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06/01/2026

Monday, June 1 doors open at 5:30 p.m to 7:30 p.m

06/01/2026

Coming to The Bridge… July 27-31 2026

05/31/2026

Religion without Christ empties the soul. Check out this weeks message in our series Church of Fire.
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This morning Pastor Charles brings a message titled, "When Man Tries to Replace God" based upon verses from Acts 14 and Galatians 5. What do you worship oth...

05/29/2026

Monday June 1 from 9:00 am to 11:00 am Summer Break Spot is back!!! This year each child 18 years old and younger will receive 7 breakfasts and 7 lunches every Monday. We have almost doubled the amount of children we can serve from last year. Please like and share this post.

05/24/2026

Today we started Acts 14 in our series Church on Fire. Today we saw that the Gospel divides.

Today we are in Chapter 14 of Acts and dipping into Galatians and other books in the New Testament. Pastor Charles Matlock rings a message he titles "The Gos...

05/24/2026

After the American Civil War, communities across the United States began decorating the graves of fallen soldiers with flowers, flags, and wreaths. Because of that practice, the observance became known as Decoration Day. In 1868, the Grand Army of the Republic, a Union veterans’ group, officially proclaimed May 30 as a day to decorate the graves of Civil War dead. John A. Logan helped formalize the observance.

Over time, especially after World War I and World War II, Americans increasingly used the term Memorial Day because the holiday expanded beyond honoring Civil War soldiers to honoring all U.S. military personnel who died in service. The newer name reflected a broader purpose.

By the mid-20th century, “Memorial Day” had become the common name in everyday speech, though “Decoration Day” lingered in some places, especially among older generations and in the South. The federal government eventually made it official through the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, passed in 1968 and implemented in 1971, which standardized the holiday on the last Monday in May and formally recognized the name Memorial Day.

In short:

Decoration Day → focused on decorating Civil War graves
Memorial Day → expanded to remembering all fallen American service members

There is something powerful in the name change itself: America moved from emphasizing the act (“decorating graves”) to emphasizing the purpose (“remembering sacrifice”).

05/23/2026

If you have not seen Sundays sermon click the link below. Please like, tag, and share

As we continue in our series "Church on Fire" we finish out Acts chapter 13 where Pastor Charles Matlock brings a message titled, "Where Grace Confronts Reli...

05/18/2026

Check out today’s message in our series Church on Fire.

As we continue in our series "Church on Fire" we finish out Acts chapter 13 where Pastor Charles Matlock brings a message titled, "Where Grace Confronts Reli...

05/16/2026

The Bridge Ladies Prayer Team this morning at World Vision’s 6K walk for water.

05/16/2026

Madison!! come out to Lake Francis this morning from 8 until 10 a.m. for World Vision walk for 6K Walk for Water