Go to www.ciy.com/move to get more information.  Also, check out http://youtube/iqNlYdxuzeI for a promo video.  The cost of this event will be $345, but we will have at least one, if not two, dinners to raise money.  Do not let the sticker shock keep you from this event.

Register for this event here! 

A Sermon Series, Sundays in April 2012

It appears from everything we think and do that there is a yearning within us for something more out of life than we are currently experiencing.  The reality is that even in the midst of the greatest pleasures, experiences or accomplishments, we have our eye on something out there that is just a little bit more than what we have now.  Is it ever wrong to think that way?  Is it ever right to think that way? This series will focus on how a Godly perspective on life can actually lead us to better places in life than we might possibly imagine.

We will look at the implication embracing Jesus’ promise to give us life in the full has on our  work and leisure as we pursue a life of meaning.

Sunday, April 22, 2012
5:00pm-8:00pm

Annex Room 301 

Starting Point is just what it sounds like, a place to start getting to know what Pascack Bible Church is all about. Along with a light meal, you will enjoy hearing about PBC’s past, present and future, and gain an understanding of what makes PBC, PBC.   You will have a chance to meet and ask questions of Pastor Chet and several other PBC elders and leaders.

In order to properly plan for the meeting and meal, please complete the following registration form:

The PBC Leadership Council is excited to invite you to the 2012 Men’s Retreat.  Along with a wonderful time of fun and fellowship we will have the unique experience of having well-known radio host, author and teacher Steve Brown, as our retreat speaker.  Heard daily nationwide on the Key Life radio broadcast, Steve will be bringing us a wonderful message of God’s grace and encouraging us to become authentic men of God.  You can find more information about him, his radio broadcast and books at: www.keylife.org

About The Weekend
The retreat is being held at the Tuscarora Inn, located just over and hour away in Bethel, PA.  The retreat starts on Friday night, September 21st with dinner, and ends Sunday morning the 23rd with breakfast and a worship service led by Steve.  As an added feature, Michael Ferris will present his very powerful “A Journey To The Potters House” message!  You can find out more about Michael at: www.ajourneytothepottershouse.com

Cost and Registration
Space is limited to a total of 75 men.  The cost includes all meals, activities and lodging (all costs are based on double occupancy). Transportation is not included, though we will attempt to coordinator car pooling as we get closer to the date.

There are three price options depending on the room type you select ($244, $237 & $174).  A $100 non-refundable deposit is due upon registration, with the remainder due in mid-summer.  Our registration deadline with Tuscarora Inn is May 30th, but don’t wait too long to register as there are limited quantities of each room type and it is first come, first served.  Use our online registration.

Note:  If finances are keeping you from attending, please speak with Joe Battaglia or Pastor Chet about a scholarship.  We want every man who wants to attend to be there. 

Questions?
If you have questions about the retreat, speak with  Joe Battaglia on Sunday mornings, or contact him by phone during the day at: (201) 847-1292, or email: joeb@renn.com.

Friday- Saturday Afternoon
Inflatable Games (Jousting and Bungee Run)
Saturday Night- Sunday (Including individual photos) 

Traditionally for Christian Churches, the days leading up to Easter have been set aside as a time of repentance and reflection.  For the past two years as a congregation we have united in prayer, using a simple devotional booklet to guide us.  These devotions have been written by many in our congregation. Each year, the people of PBC remark how encouraged they were by the writings from such a variety of their Christian brothers and sisters.  We hope that you can join with us in this daily discipline and that it will be spiritually encouraging to you as you prepare to celebrate Easter.

Copies of the Prayer Guide are available at the church office and each Sunday morning at our information table.  You may also download a copy here.

Jesus went further when He said in Matthew 6:14,15

“For if you forgive others their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you,but if you do not forgive others their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.”

We see here that we really must forgive – and we know this to be true from experience, too, since we’ve seen unforgiveness damage people, and bitterness destroy people.

But how?
When we experience an offense and then look within ourselves we find that the power to forgive is not in us. What to do? Are we trapped in unforgiveness with no hope?  It seems as if forgiveness is not humanly possible.  Is the Lord God asking too much of us?  Well, He’s asking too much of ordinary mortals, that is, people operating in their own strength.  Martin Luther wrote:

“Did we in our own strength confide, Our striving would be losing,”
(From the hymn:  “A Might Fortress”)

Alas…

“O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death?”
Romans 7:24.

Well we know who will. Hallelujah!

How does this deliverance work?
There’s an old song I love: “Turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in His wonderful face, and the things of earth will grow strangely dim, in the light of His glory and grace.”  It’s true.

So the first step is to “turn your eyes (the eyes of your heart) upon Jesus”.  Then ask Him to save you from your prison of unforgiveness.  Ask Him to wash you clean.  Ask Him to enable you to repent, that is, acknowledge that you (we all) are needy people and that your pride, greed, fear, and unbelief must be renounced (crucified, if you will).  Jesus is a savior and a redeemer, not just from hell, but from all that binds and torments us.

But what will keep us free?
Will we just slip back into our old habits?  Oh, Jesus will save us yet again, but this is no way to live.  We desperately need to be operating in the power of the Holy Spirit. And to be operating in this power, we must be baptized in and filled with the Holy Spirit.  Mark 1:8 says that Jesus is the one that baptizes and fills with the Holy Spirit.  So, pray to the Lord and ask Him to baptize and fill you with the Holy Spirit.  He will do it.

Notice that the word baptize is used here, as it is with water baptism.  Is there any connection?  Well, water baptism signifies to all that we’re totally in, no turning back.  Same thing with being baptized in and filled with the Holy Spirit.  He’s totally in us and we’re totally in Him.  This is not just a Sunday morning activity anymore, this is life itself.

Now forgiveness is not just a hurdle to get over occasionally so we can get on with life – it is a core element in life itself.  Does that sound depressing?  Well, then turn your eyes upon Jesus, look full in His wonderful face.  Paul and Silas sang praises to the Lord God in the Philippian jail.  Why?  They were aware of God’s presence.  In the same way, you can do things that are humanly impossible, too.

Larry Carroll
Note: Larry just finished his sixth continuous year ministering as a PBC Elder and as mandated by our constitution is on a year of sabbatical from that ministry.  We are appreciative of his service to PBC and his ministry in Spirit and Truth.

Calling All Parents!!!

Starting January 15^th at 9:00 AM, Ben and Corrine Nelson will be hosting a special Sunday School class called, Loving our Kids on Purpose.  The class will be using materials created by Danny and Sheri Silk.

The class is designed to help discover what our true goal as parents needs to be, and how to effectively bring our kids into solid, healthy relationships with our families and with the Christ.   You will explore techniques you can use when:

• Your 17 year old lies to you
• Your 4 year old won’t go to bed
• Your 13 year old  won’t  get out of bed
• Your 8 year old doesn’t do their homework

The class includes of 6 ½ hours of video which will be broken up over the twelve weekly classes, so that there will be plenty of time to discuss what has been taught and brain storm together about our kids.  The class will also include time for prayer together for our families.

Since the class deals with foundational principles of parenting it really will apply to any age child or parent.  You will actually find it encouraging to other relationships in your life as well.  You will learn how to create a heart connection between you and your child and rebuild the culture of your family so that it is a place you want to be.

This class will meet weekly on Sunday mornings in the Annex, from 9:00-10:15am, for 12 weeks beginning January 15^th.