Western Hills Christian Church: “You are family here!”

Worship in the park.

DATE: 9 May, 2009
TIME: 10:00 am
LOCATION: Medicine Park

More details to follow.

Men’s Prayer Breakfast

DATE: Saturday  9 May, 2009
TIME: 8:00 am
LOCATION: WHCC – Family Life Center

Vacation Bible School Meeting - 2009

DATE: 3 May, 2009
TIME: 4:00 pm
LOCATION: WHCC

2009 WALK FOR LIFE – 2009

If you can walk,run,skip,or rollerblade, you can join us in the WALK FOR LIFE 2009, in a 2–mile walk.  Register and get started on collecting your sponsorship pledges today!

The Pregnancy Resource Center of Southwest Oklahoma provides help to women facing unplanned pregnancies.

DATE: Saturday 9 May, 2009
TIME: 9:00 am
LOCATION: Elmer Thomas Park

STEP BY STEP, we can make a difference.

Every person, no matter how small, is special to God and loved by Him.  The Pregnancy Resource Center’s Walk For Life will be Saturday, May 9th @ 9:00 am.

Pick up your Sponsor pledge form at the Walk For Life display table and get registered.  It’s easy to participate and you can ear a free T-Shirt.

We praise God for the benefits we’ve seen during our “Rich Towards God” series.  Several members have already begun sharing their stories of faith and God’s work in their lives.  As you experience God’s faithful provision, please share these stories with us in the church office.

Text: John 15:1-17

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I. We can be fruitful only when we are connected to the vine. (John 15:1-30).

(See: Numbers 13:23;Ezekiel 15:1-8;Isaiah 5:1-7;Jeremiah 2:21;Hosea 10:1)

1. The branch of the vine must bear fruit, or else it will be cut off and destroyed.
2. Jesus points out that in order to bear fruit, you must be attached to the vine.
3. Jesus is the vine. (John 15:1)

II.The key to a fruitful Christian life is to remain in Christ (John 15:4-17)

“remain” - to continue in the same state or condition

Application:

1. If we are going to be fruitful, we need pruning.
2. Without Christ in your life, you are not going to bear fruit for Him.
3. We remain in Him through our obedience to Him,

He promises to meet our needs as we remain in Him