Sulphur Springs Christian Church

06/02/2026

Last Sunday was BUSY! It was Mission Sunday, Promotion Sunday, there was a Youth Group fundraiser breakfast before church, AND a VBS volunteer meeting after church! Whew!

For Mission Sunday Tony Augsburger, director of Mahoning Valley Christian Service Camp came to tell us all about the exciting changes taking place just in time for camp to start TOMORROW!! You can watch a video of our service to hear all that Tony had to share.

Then, between services some of our kids were promoted to their next Sunday School class!

Enjoy a few photos of the day!

05/31/2026

05/19/2026

We celebrated Graduation Sunday this week. The moms were weeping. The students are ready to spread their wings. Join us in praying over our young men and women as they venture out to be salt and light to the world.

God goes before you, your church family rallies behind you in prayer and support, and the Holy Spirit resides inside you to guide you.

05/12/2026

On May 7th members of our church gathered to pray in honor of The National Day of Prayer. A church that prays together, impacts the world for Jesus together. Amen.

05/06/2026

Thought: God's ways are not our ways

Quote: "Jesus is the true Servant King, as He befriends the most wretched of sinners, including you and me!" --Daniel Akin

Church Family,

What is your reaction to the word "unexpected"? Some of you view this positively. An unexpected gift, a surprise party; the out of the norm is a welcomed break from the monotony of life. Others, "unexpected" sends shivers down your spine. You have received unexpected and unwelcomed news that has forever changed your life. For you there is beauty, comfort, and security in the monotony. Neither response to "unexpected" is bad; they are just different.

To those who have a negative connotation to unexpected, you might have found it hard to be a disciple of Jesus in the 1st century. Jesus was the King of the unexpected. There is no better proof to this fact than the passage we will study this week. Jesus will call the most unexpected person into His discipleship circle. Matthew/Levi, who was a dreaded tax-collector is invited onto the Jesus Team.

Jesus will then teach about the spiritual disciplines of fasting and Sabbath in unexpected ways. Jesus will affirm there is a time for fasting, but then, unexpectedly He would say in essence, "Now is not that time". Jesus, unexpectedly taught about keeping Sabbath in a way that honors God, as opposed to keeping the Sabbath in a way that honors one's self-righteousness.

Here is the crux of Jesus's unexpectedness; to those who are humble and dependent upon Him, His unexpected ways are glorious. To the prideful, arrogant, and self-reliant Jesus's unexpectedness is frustrating. Which are you? Until Sunday...

Captivated Servant,

Cj

05/05/2026

is rather a cool one! Pastor Caleb (youth pastor at Sulphur) came up with a genius way to help our students practice sharing the gospel.
"My objective is to help kids practice sharing their faith.
They paired up and entered Sunday School [rooms] not knowing who was in it. Adults [inside the room] had a “persona” they were playing.
Such as:
-I’m a good Christian, I don’t need God
-the church is too full of hypocrites
-there more than one path to heaven
-why would I serve a god who lets bad things happen?
All my volunteers bragged on the kids. They knew their stuff and were able to have good conversations against tough topics."

And here's a photo of the group gathered to worship!