Etna Community Church

Serving God in the Etna Community for over 200 years Founded in 1804
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The Etna Community Church is a caring, Christ centered, Bible based Church,

welcoming every-one to come and worship with us in spirit and in truth. Our

mission is to serve God in ministry and love in our local area through Worship,

Bible Studies, Missions, and Youth Programs. If you have questions or concerns,

please do not hesitate to contact the Pastor with the Contact Form or:

                                      etnacommunitychurch@yahoo.com

  Or phone 607-272-9080 cell 607-229-0862

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"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give your resi.

 Matthew 11:28

 

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                  A Place For You
Worship
   Sunday Worship - 11:00am    
   Children's Time
       Children's Church - 11:30am
   Holy Communion -1st Sunday each month    
 
Programs
   Sunday Classes 10:00am Fellowship Hall   
                               
   Women's Bible Study - Tuesday, 1:00pm in    
                   the Fellowship Hall 
   Youth Group - 3:00pm-5:00pm, Sundays in 
                   the Fellowship Hall   
    Bible Study -Thursday, 6:30pm in the Fellowship 
                   Hall                  
    Choir Practice - Thursday at 7:30pm in the Fellowship
                   Hall 
                  
Caring Ministry
   Care Cards
   Phone Calls
   Visitation
   Transportation
   Food Support (Illness & Funerals)
 
Fellowship Events
   Social gathering after Worship
   Free Harvest Dinner for the Community
   Victorian Christmas Tea
   Dish to Pass Dinners
 
Camp Opportunities  
   Camp Lamoka, Tyrone, NY
   Scholarships for children 8-18
   available.
 
Missions
We support both local and national disaster aid 
as well as foreign missionaries:  Sheryl O'Bryan 
(World Venture), Bill & Ann Clemmer
(International Ministries), and
Renovation House Recovery Center
  
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Commentary for week of January 22nd
Considering the distress of those times, the unmarried state was best. Notwithstanding, the apostle does not condemn marriage. How opposite are those to the apostle Paul who forbid many to marry, and entangle them with vows to remain single, whether they ought to do so or not! He exhorts all Christians to holy indifference toward the world. As to relations; they must not set their hearts on the comforts of the state. As to afflictions; they must not indulge the sorrow of the world: even in sorrow the heart may be joyful. As to worldly enjoyments; here is not their rest. As to worldly employment; those that prosper in trade, and increase in wealth, should hold their possessions as though they held them not. As to all worldly concerns; they must keep the world out of their hearts, that they may not abuse it when they have it in their hands. All worldly things are show; nothing solid. All will be quickly gone. Wise concern about worldly interests is a duty; but to be full of care, to have anxious and perplexing care, is a sin. By this maxim the apostle solves the case whether it were advisable to marry. That condition of life is best for every man, which is best for his soul, and keeps him most clear of the cares and snares of the world. Let us reflect on the advantages and snares of our own condition in life; that we may improve the one, and escape as far as possible all injury from the other. And whatever cares press upon the mind, let time still be kept for the things of the Lord.

To get in touch:

Etna Community Church

1 Upper Creek Road,
P.O. Box 275
Etna, New York 13062
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CHURCH OFFICERS
CHAIRMAN - Robert Brackett
TREASURER - Judy Zazzara / Donna Vose
SECRETARY - Donna Vose
TRUSTEES - Carol Nelson, Thelma Ridley, Robert Vantine,
Janice Wood
TRUSTEE EMERITUS - Richard Baumgras
DEACONS - Robert Brackett, Ross Adkins, Bruce Lloyd,
Richard Burney
DEACONESS - Carol Nelson, Thelma Ridley, Chris Veit
Paula Brackett
BOARD OF RELIGIOUS EDUCATION - Sidney Doan,
Terri Vantine, Carol Nelson
MUSIC DIRECTOR & PIANIST- Donna Vose
ASSISTANT PIANIST - Terri Vantine
SUNSHINE LADY - Donna Vose
SOCIAL COMMITTEE - Terri Vantine, Donna Vose
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Commentary for week of January 22nd
The self-condemned sinner need not perplex himself how this righteousness may be found. When we speak of looking upon Christ, and receiving, and feeding upon him, it is not Christ in heaven, nor Christ in the deep, that we mean; but Christ in the promise, Christ offered in the word. Justification by faith in Christ is a plain doctrine. It is brought before the mind and heart of every one, thus leaving him without excuse for unbelief. If a man confessed faith in Jesus, as the Lord and Saviour of lost sinners, and really believed in his heart that God had raised him from the dead, thus showing that he had accepted the atonement, he should be saved by the righteousness of Christ, imputed to him through faith. But no faith is justifying which is not powerful in sanctifying the heart, and regulating all its affections by the love of Christ. We must devote and give up to God our souls and our bodies: our souls in believing with the heart, and our bodies in confessing with the mouth. The believer shall never have cause to repent his confident trust in the Lord Jesus. Of such faith no sinner shall be ashamed before God; and he ought to glory in it before men.

 There is not one God to the Jews, more kind, and another to the Gentiles, who is less kind; the Lord is a Father to all men. The promise is the same to all, who call on the name of the Lord Jesus as the Son of God, as God manifest in the flesh. All believers thus call upon the Lord Jesus, and none else will do so humbly or sincerely. But how should any call on the Lord Jesus, the Divine Saviour, who had not heard of him? And what is the life of a Christian but a life of prayer?