Cable Community Church

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We are a traditional church serving the Sherrard, Illinois area, including communities in Mercer, Henry and Rock Island Counties.
We exist to provide spiritual education and enrichment to the people of these areas.
Our goal is to live and love like our Lord, Jesus Christ.

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Considering Transience And Hope

Mar 29th, 2011 by Clint | Comments Off

One of the things everyone one should try to do before they die is to visit our nation’s capital in the spring. Each year, during the National Cherry Blossom Festival more than 700,000 people visit Washington to admire the blossoming cherry trees that herald the beginning of spring in the nation’s capital. I was there nearly twenty years ago, and the sights and smells of that visit remain a pleasant memory.

I was reminded of that this week, as the Associated Press published an article detailing the traditions of cherry blossoms in the nation of Japan. This article stated :

“For the Japanese, [this year's cherry blossoms] will be a particularly poignant sight. Even in normal times, the flowers are a cause for rejoicing tinged with sadness, because they fall at the moment of their greatest beauty. They are the embodiment of a notion that is central to Japanese culture — “hakanasa,” a hard-to-translate word that conveys the fragility, or evanescence, of life….

“In this time of national grieving, the cherry blossoms will bring home the awareness of hakanasa with a strange kind of force…. The fragility of technologically-advanced Japan was exposed in the most terrifying way in the earthquake and tsunami that devastated the northeast, leaving more than 10,000 people dead, some 17,500 missing and about a half-million homeless, and spawning a nuclear disaster.

“Hiroyuki Yoneta, a monger at Tokyo’s bustling Tsukiji fish market, reflected on life’s frailty ….

“‘Thinking about how these people living normal lives suddenly disappeared, you can’t escape the feeling that humans, like the flowers, are transient things,’ Yoneta said.”

As we continue in this season approaching Easter, it is important for us to reflect upon life, death and resurrection. None of us can deny the transitory and fragile nature of human existence after witnessing the recent events in Japan, but the Easter story shows us how human existence, unlike that of the flowers, has a higher value.

In the Bible story we read of a special relationship between mankind and the Creator, God. We discover how that relationship was severed through disobedience, and how God went about to restore that bond of affection. We read in the Holy Text of a Creator/God who loves mankind so much that he chose self-sacrifice as a means to rescue humanity from its bondage to sin and death. Those bonds were then broken in dramatic fashion in the Easter Morning Resurrection!

As I was watching the news from Japan, I thought about our late missionary, Delta Bond, and her heart for the Japanese people. Through her nursing skills she was able to bring the Gospel message of hope and resurrection to the people of Japan. Were she alive today, I believe her heart would be broken witnessing the awful destruction of that island nation. She would, no doubt, encourage all of us to pray for Japan and to help them in whatever other ways we are able. She would also be reminding us of the need for others to “fill her shoes” in the missionary work of spreading the Gospel.

Sure, human life is often bitter and sometimes cut short. James, the evangelist, wrote that our life was like “a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away” (James 4:14). The ever suffering Job was “comforted” with the acknowledgment that, “man is born to trouble, as the sparks fly upward,” (Job 5:7) but that does not mean that we should live without hope. We, the church, have the hope born in the Garden when our Hope prayed, “Not my will but Yours be done.” (Luke 22:42) We have the hope won on the cross when our Savior cried, “It is finished!” (John 19:30) We have the hope displayed for all to realize in the empty tomb where angels declared, “He is not here; He has risen, just as He said.” (Matthew 28:6) May we ever live as people of Hope.

Praying you fully realize Hope this Easter,

Pastor Clint

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Youth Group Overnight

Mar 29th, 2011 by Clint | Comments Off

Title: Youth Group Overnight
Location: Cable Church
Description: Youth Group “Spring Fling” Overnight
Start Time: 18:00
Date: 2011-04-29

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Easter Sunrise Service

Mar 29th, 2011 by Clint | Comments Off

Join us on Easter Sunday for the sunrise service at 7:00 AM. The service will be followed by breakfast in the kitchen area.

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Notes for Sunday

Feb 5th, 2011 by Clint | Comments Off

Attn: Cable Church… Be advised that the massive amount of snow has limited our parking space. The East side is plowed, as usual, but parking along the North side of the church is limited. You are advised to car-pool if you can and come early to assure your parking spot.

Also, remember the youth group lunch tomorrow after church to benefit the food pantry.

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Women’s Christmas Party

Jan 4th, 2011 by Clint | Comments Off

Women are invited to the Women’s Christmas Party at 2pm on Saturday, Jan. 8th, at Carolyn Johnson’s home, rural Viola. Please bring a finger-food and a $5 grab-bag gift. At this party the 2010 Secret Pals will be revealed and new ones selected for 2011. If you desire to be a part of the secret pals and cannot attend the party, please let Carolyn know.

Filed under: Women's Fellowship