Life's Ultimate Question

Pastor’s Pen,


Easter is just two weeks away! I’d love to see each of you, especially those of you who have not attended services in person recently at church on Easter Sunday! Will you prayerfully make plans to attend? We are still wearing masks, social distancing and weekly sanitizing our facility!

What is the most important issue which our hurting generation must consider? Not COVID 19, nor the economy, nor any political issue. 

That most important issue? Who is Jesus Christ and how will I respond to Him?

The problem is, so many people are preoccupied with the immediate they are unwilling to focus on the eternal.  As we continue our study in Mark's Gospel, Jesus sends His disciples to be lights to that generation, to draw their attention to Him as the light of the world. 

In similar fashion, we who have trusted Christ are sent to point our generation to the One who has the ultimate answer to the dilemma of life.  In our test, Jesus shows the disciples what to expect when people are confronted with who He is. Then he sends them out to confront them.

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We appreciate those who help sanitize our facilities for services each Saturday morning in preparation for Sunday worship as well as those who make it possible for us to ‘live-stream’ on Facebook at 10:45 each Sunday morning, and to post each Sunday’s message on our website (www.fccwylie.org) on Sunday afternoons. 


If you haven't come out to worship with us recently, we sure love to have you! We continue to hold our Sunday services with all safety protocols and pre-service sanitizing in place. No Sunday school yet, and the nursery is not available.  We will continue following the protocols as outlined by GA-18 guidance.  Face masks, social distancing, no physical contact. We use bulletins printed untouched by human hands, with songs, etc. printed therein, and pre-packaged communion elements. Offering plates are located at the rear, or giving can be done online at www.fccwylie.org.


If you still feel uncomfortable attending, feel free to join our live stream on Facebook, at 10:45 AM, which includes communion and the worship hymns. Or the message is available each Sunday afternoon on our website. (www.fccwylie.org)



Life’s Ultimate Question                                                                                                            Mark 6:1-29


Jesus shows His disciples what to expect in Nazareth (1-6)


  • The setting  
  • The stunning reaction
  • The Savior’s response
He then sends them forth in Galilee (7-13)
  • Description of their mission 
  • Their instructions and provision  
  • His direction regarding people’s response 
  • The threefold mission 
The response of King Herod (14-29)
  • Herod and Jesus  
  • Herod and John 
    • He has John imprisoned
    • He has John beheaded
  • The final word on the Baptizer's death 
A final perspective…
  • On Herod 
  • On John (Luke 7:29, 30) 
  • Our perspectives 

PRAYER ITEMS

Rodney Love’s wife Beth—slow improvement!  Moved to acute LTC hospital, 

Mischa’s colleague’s husband Phil-COVID 

Kim’s son and mother 

Barbara’s grandson—safety in Portland 

Jerry Bostick: wife passed, he is out of the hospital 


RADIO THIS WEEKEND: God has a special place in his heart for Jewish people. But do you know how to share the Gospel with them in an effective way?

Iris Salmins, co-founder of Yeshua Connection, joins host Don Hawkins to talk about how to witness to Jewish people, this weekend on Encouragement Live. 

Encouragement Live can be heard Saturday at 7:05 PM central time on American Family Radio 90.5 FM in Dallas (www.afr.net) and on theworshipchannel.org.  Re-broadcast Sunday 9 pm on The Worship Channel.


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