L. A. HAPPENINGS Hopefully everyone had a great Labor Day weekend. We had a large number of folks who took advantage of the holiday and it certainly showed in our attendance numbers. As always, we’re glad you were able to get away, but we missed you and hope to see you this Sunday. September will be a relatively quiet month for us here at Laurel Avenue, as far as planned activities are concerned. We do have a firepit devotional scheduled for the last Sunday evening of this month. This will be a hot dog roast over by the fellowship hall. Hopefully there will be no ban on outdoor fires by then. I love roasting (i.e., burning) a hot dog on an open fire. Plan to come and enjoy a great time. And speaking of roasting things, maybe we can do this again in December, with chestnuts being the featured “roastee”! As you read this bulletin, we will have concluded our showing of season 4 of The Chosen. This season has been in many ways very difficult to watch, as opposition to Jesus continues to mount and moves more swiftly to the crucifixion. Thankfully we know how the story ends, as Jesus gains the victory over death and gives us eternal hope! The following Wednesday, September 11, we’ll resume our morning class at 10:30 in room 12. Enter Jesus Christ – Max Lucado After Adam and Eve rebelled, God set in motion a plan of redemption that includes promises, prophets, and miracles. He made a covenant with Abraham. He raised up Joseph in Egypt. He gave courage to David and strength to Esther. But still the people sinned. It would take a perfect man and a perfect sacrifice to overcome it. Enter Jesus Christ. Like Adam, Jesus had no earthly father. Like Adam, Jesus was given authority over creation. Like Adam, Jesus was tempted. But unlike Adam, Jesus never sinned. We can thank the apostle Paul for this concise summary found in Romans 5:18 (MSG): “Just as one person did it wrong and got us in all this trouble with sin and death, another person did it right and got us out of it. But more than just getting us out of trouble, he got us into life!”