Sunday
Worship Service: Sunday @ 10:00 am.
Kids Quest Sunday @ 10:00 am
Christian Education Classes: Sunday @ 9:00 am
Encounter Gathering: Sunday @ 6:00 pm
Tuesday
Morning Intercessory Prayer @ 7:30 am
Wednesday
Expedition Rangers @ 6:30pm
Ranger Kids
Discovery Rangers
Adventure Rangers @ 6:30pm
"Unmasked" Youth Group @ 7 pm
Adult Teaching  @ 6:30pm
Saturday
Iron Men Bible Study @ 7:30 am
Ladies Bible Study @ 9:00 am
Upcoming Events:
Royal Rangers Pizza Fundraiser
February 5th

Super Bowl Party
February 5th 5 P.M.

Family Bowling @ Fremont
Lanes in Florence
February 16th 7 P.M.

Annual  Business Meeting
Sunday February 19th
1:15-3 P.M.
Our Mission:
To Discover God's Love
To Develop God's Church
To Deliver God's Message

Our Vision:
To build bridges and tear down walls that
separate people from God. To make Christ
visible, reachable, and touchable in our
community.

Our Values:
To make disciples, to express worship, to
develop leaders, and to expand the church
body within our community.
Welcome!


Bridge to Life Assembly
Cañon City, Colorado
Pastor Larry D. Kettle and Marilyn Kettle
THE SPARROWS
JANUARY 15, 2012

Luke 12:7…you are worth more than many sparrows.

The word worth means; the quality or value of.

By now we are getting our credit card bills from our Christmas shopping, we have for gone
our New Years resolutions, it’s the dead of winter and the Tax season is upon us.  It’s hard
to see our value under all the stresses and the reality of our lives.  Our value-the quality in
which we see ourselves is not how our Lord sees us.

I was on a personal retreat some years ago for a weekend in the small town of Ouray
Colorado.  I stayed at a nice Bed and Breakfast.  While there I cried, wrote, read, rested and
observed.

On my last morning there I was looking out my second story window at the street below.  
There was a pick-up truck parked in front, frosted heavily from the winter air.  Next to the
truck was a puddle and about a dozen sparrows grooming, bathing, playing and thoroughly
enjoying the dawn of a new day.

Three or four would hop into the water splashing about, chirping it up while they played.   
Those few would fly up and set on the deer guard of the truck and comb their feathers with
their beaks, flap their little wings, shake and fluff.  As they finished their morning bath and
all was good with the day they all found a place on the deer guard to perch as the sun peaked
up over the mountains and warmed them.

They were not stressed or overwhelmed by the up coming days activities.  They were not
comparing themselves to each other or in competition.  They were not worried or striving-
they knew their worth and the warm sun was now their reward.

Pause just for a minute-if He, our Lord, cares for the birds of the air and gives them all they
need, are we, His image bearers, any less valuable?

Here’s the whole verse: indeed, the very hairs on your head are all numbered.  Don’t be
afraid (worried, anxious, overwhelmed, discouraged, uncertain); you are worth more than
many sparrows.

By Tamara Hunter
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