A PLACE TO BELONG
The Church at the Butte is A Place to Belong. Whether you are a community leader, business owner, retired senior, single adult, or a young family you can find A Place to Belong with us.
Together, we are making a difference in our community through The Shepherd’s Closet, Meals on Wheels, All-Stars for children, WIRED for youth and Legacy for seniors. We also help support church planters throughout the United States, thousands of missionaries in approximately 200 countries.
Several of our members make trips to our mission church in Mexico to support them and strengthen their service. We participate with Franklin Graham’s Operation Christmas Child. This ministry distributes gift-filled shoe boxes to children throughout the world, demonstrating that people matter to God.
Drop in on a Sunday morning just after nine o’clock for Coffee and Conversation. Then stay for Sunday Morning Worship at ten o’clock. Pick up some brochures and make a couple of new friends. You may discover A Place to Belong sooner than you think.
♦ ♦ ♦
516 Butte Blvd. PO Box 1346 | Elephant Butte, NM 87935
575-744-4487
catb@valornet.com
Pastor Houston Cano – houstoncano@yahoo.com
Senior Adults/Missions Pastor: Bruce Morrison – bruce@churchatthebutte.com
Youth Pastor: Zebadiah Rose – zeb.rose@churchatthebutte.com
Meals On Wheels – Rae Edenfofer
Shepherd’s Closet – Tami Smith
Sermon 1/9/2022
A Divinely Inspired Crisis
Crisis:
The book of Ecclesiastes is about life
The question in the book of Ecclesiastes is not about the existence of God
The question in the book of Ecclesiastes is whether God matters
The purpose of the book of Ecclesiastes is to show that a life of faith in a generous God is better than the grimness of the alternative
______ Is: Ecclesiastes 1:2-8
Vanity
Short
Repetitive
Unsatisfying
______ Not the Offers New: Ecclesiastes 1:9-11
World offers nothing new
God offers new:
Luke 22:20 – New ___________
2 Corinthians 5:17 – New ___________
Ephesians 4:24 – New _________
Hebrews 10:19-20 – New _______
John 13:34-35 – New ____________
Matthew 16:18 – New ____________
Revelation 21:5 – New ___________
Two ways to live:
Without God
With God
Joshua 24:15
How are you going to live?
