Butler Ave MB Church

Common Ground - Pastor Scott Holman - March 21, 2021 Powered by Restream https://restream.io/ Join us for our Common Ground Church At Home service.... This morning Pastor Scott will be speaking from John 12:20-33 "Buried/Alive" We'd love to connect with you! Please fill out our digital connection card: www.butlerchurch.org/connect Families: Check out our great lessons for kids at https://www.butlerchurch.org/church-at-home You can keep up with everything going on right now with Butler Church at www.butlerchurch.org or by following us on social media: www.facebook.com/ButlerChurch www.instagram.com/butlerchurch_fresno If you'd like to give to the mission of Butler Church please visit www.butlerchurch.org/give

Faith Community - Pastor Jim Holm - March 21, 2021 Powered by Restream https://restream.io/ Join us for our Faith Community Church At Home service.... This morning Pastor Jim will be speaking from Isaiah 43:1-21 "Rivers in the Desert" We'd love to connect with you! Please fill out our digital connection card: www.butlerchurch.org/connect Families: Check out our great lessons for kids at https://www.butlerchurch.org/church-at-home You can keep up with everything going on right now with Butler Church at www.butlerchurch.org or by following us on social media: www.facebook.com/ButlerChurch www.instagram.com/butlerchurch_fresno If you'd like to give to the mission of Butler Church please visit www.butlerchurch.org/give

We are thankful for this statement from our USMB Leadership: USMB Leaders statement regarding the violence at the U.S. Capitol https://usmb.org//usmb-leaders-statement-regarding-the-vi/... As Mennonite Brethren leaders, we believe what happened in our nation’s capital Wednesday afternoon, January 6, 2021, does not reflect the values or mission of Jesus entrusted to his followers. The life and message of Jesus do not call us to violent solutions to the problems in our world. Jesus calls us to live as he lived, exemplified by his teaching on the Sermon on the Mount. He calls us to serve others in humility, to model the holy work of repentance and self-sacrifice. He calls us to seek first the Kingdom of God; to seek it first and always. We are dismayed by all displays of violence in recent years, especially by those who profess to believe in Jesus. The person of Jesus, revealed to us through the Bible, would not have encouraged or supported this kind of action. We urge all Christians to cooperate with others in society to defend the weak, care for the poor, promote justice, righteousness, and truth*. As followers of the Prince of Peace, we obey all laws that do not conflict with the Word of God* and should never resort to violence to promote our agendas. We call our churches and God’s people to pray for our nation and to refrain from conflating political ideologies with allegiance to God. Our nation, our world, needs healing and that comes from the Healer IF we’ll allow Him to work in us. This begins with the saving acts of repentance and reconciliation.

Beginning tonight! Each year churches across Fresno & Clovis have joined together for prayer at the start of the year. You’re invited to join in where you are or on zoom January 11-31 @ 7:00 pm and weekends at 5:00pm. See link for details.