September 11, 2026
Church Family,
I'm really looking forward to worshiping with you this Sunday!
We’re continuing our short series called ONEvite, which is leading us toward Back to Church Sunday on September 20. And throughout these weeks, I want us to keep asking one simple but important question:
- Who is your ONE?
Who is the one person God has placed in your life that you can pray for, encourage, have a conversation with, and invite to church? Don’t underestimate what God can do through one simple invitation. Your invitation could be the beginning of someone’s life being mended by Christ.
I also want to encourage us to begin—or get back into—a simple practice:
Bring your Bible to church every Sunday.
Yes, you can read Scripture on your phone, and we’ll continue putting Scripture on the screens. But there is something valuable about having your own Bible open in front of you.
Follow along. Take notes. Highlight. Underline. Write in the margins. Put a date beside a passage that God uses to speak into your life. Make your Bible personal. A well-used Bible should look well-used!
If you’re wondering which translation to bring, I teach predominantly from the New Living Translation (NLT).
Why the NLT?
Because I want people not only to hear the Word of God, but to understand it. The NLT communicates the meaning of the original biblical languages in clear, natural, everyday English. It is especially helpful when Scripture is being read aloud and when we are teaching people at different places in their journey with Jesus.
But whatever faithful translation you use, bring it. Open it. Mark it. Know it. Live it.
My prayer isn’t simply that we become people who listen to sermons. I want us to become people of the Word—people who know what God has said, believe what God has said, and build our lives upon what God has said.
So this Sunday:
- Bring your Bible.
- Bring a pen.
- Bring an expectant heart.
- And bring your ONE!
We don’t gather around the opinions of a preacher. We gather around Jesus and the living, powerful, life-changing Word of God.
I can’t wait to worship with you Sunday!
We are Better Together!
Pastor Don
LOCATIONS
Ringgold Location (10 AM Service time)
14416 Barkdoll Road
Hagerstown, MD 21742
Frederick Location (10:30 AM Service time)
2100 Rosemont Ave.
Frederick, MD 21702
Also available as Markdown.