Hebrews 10:23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) 24. And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: 25. Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
At Upper Cane Creek Church, we still meet and worship in the "old time" way. We invite you to come and join us as we gather to learn our Lord's Word as we worship "in Spirit and in truth".
Sunday School: 9:45 AM (Central time) YES! We still have "Sunday School"!
Sunday Morning Service: 11 AM
Sunday Evening Service: 5 pm
ALSO: Acts 2:42 And they continued stedfastly in the apostles' doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
At Upper Cane Creek Church, we have Fellowship Dinner, every third Sunday following the morning service.
Come and worship with us and be sure to stay for the breaking of bread!
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Friday, June 26, 2009
Seeing the unseen: from Pastor Chuck
Ira G. Yates was born in West Texas in1859 and grew up around Texas Longhorn cattle. Starting late, he attended public school for only 3 weeks before starting to work on a ranch. With his brothers, he drove herds of Longhorns up the Chisholm Trail to the cow-towns in Kansas.
He always thought of West Texas as a place of opportunity, but two times early in his adult life he lost everything he had. Once he got a job filling pot-holes in the streets of San Angelo to earn money to feed his family. He tried running a butcher shop and then a livery stable, always struggling to make ends meet. In 1911, in partnership with a friend, Yates bought a ranch in Crockett County, TX. In 1913, while still running that ranch, he gave 216 head of cattle valued at fifty dollars per head, ($10,800) for a failing dry-goods store in Rankin, TX, despite pleadings of his wife and the advice of friends who warned him against the crazy venture.
The store was going pretty good when, in 1915 he traded the store for a ranch that covered 25 sections of land (16,640 acres) about 60 miles from the Mexican Border, land that friends called “worthless.” A previous owner told Yates “a crow couldn’t live on that land, the water is scarce, greasy and smells bad and the place is not worth the taxes due on it." In that part of West Texas it is dry and dusty and it takes an average of 10 acres of land, often 15 or more acres, to support a single cow. Nevertheless, Yates made the deal and moved his wife and nine children to that dry desert, worthless country.
In 1926, when Yates was about to lose everything yet again, a young oil explorer approached Yates and said, “Let me drill 4 exploratory wells on your land. You never know what we might find.” Ira Yates answered, “Why not. I have nothing to lose.”
At 1,100 feet, the drillers struck oil in what became one of the largest major oil fields in the world at that time, and they did it on Ira Yates “worthless” West Texas ranch. It was the day before his 67th birthday. Within months his wells were flowing 80,000 barrels a day. At today’s price, that would be $5,760,000 a day! People were coming from all over the country trying to lease small parcels of land with drilling rights from Yates. If they drilled and struck oil, Yates would get royalties, money from every barrel they pumped out of the ground. One day as he sat on his front porch, he sold $180,000 worth of leases.
Ira Yates had owned that “worthless” land, including the mineral rights, for 11 years and had struggled to feed his few cows and his family; eleven years of wondering how long he could keep it up, sometimes wondering where his next meal would come from.
For all of that 11 years that oil had been there, right under his feet as he walked that dry, sun-baked land. For all of that time, untold millions of dollars were legally his, available to the “believer”, but unseen to those with no vision. For all of those years, he had been a billionaire but was unable to access that wealth because he could not see “the evidence of things not seen”. Remember that “greasy water”? That was “the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
It took a young “evangelist”, an oil explorer with a vision to make Ira Yates see the possibilities.
Proverbs 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish:
As believer's in Jesus Christ and as children of God, we have access to "exceeding abundantly above all we can ask or think."
1st Corinthians 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Remember these words of God:
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
May God lead us into every increasing faith in Him and His word.
Pastor Chuck Jaggers
He always thought of West Texas as a place of opportunity, but two times early in his adult life he lost everything he had. Once he got a job filling pot-holes in the streets of San Angelo to earn money to feed his family. He tried running a butcher shop and then a livery stable, always struggling to make ends meet. In 1911, in partnership with a friend, Yates bought a ranch in Crockett County, TX. In 1913, while still running that ranch, he gave 216 head of cattle valued at fifty dollars per head, ($10,800) for a failing dry-goods store in Rankin, TX, despite pleadings of his wife and the advice of friends who warned him against the crazy venture.
The store was going pretty good when, in 1915 he traded the store for a ranch that covered 25 sections of land (16,640 acres) about 60 miles from the Mexican Border, land that friends called “worthless.” A previous owner told Yates “a crow couldn’t live on that land, the water is scarce, greasy and smells bad and the place is not worth the taxes due on it." In that part of West Texas it is dry and dusty and it takes an average of 10 acres of land, often 15 or more acres, to support a single cow. Nevertheless, Yates made the deal and moved his wife and nine children to that dry desert, worthless country.
In 1926, when Yates was about to lose everything yet again, a young oil explorer approached Yates and said, “Let me drill 4 exploratory wells on your land. You never know what we might find.” Ira Yates answered, “Why not. I have nothing to lose.”
At 1,100 feet, the drillers struck oil in what became one of the largest major oil fields in the world at that time, and they did it on Ira Yates “worthless” West Texas ranch. It was the day before his 67th birthday. Within months his wells were flowing 80,000 barrels a day. At today’s price, that would be $5,760,000 a day! People were coming from all over the country trying to lease small parcels of land with drilling rights from Yates. If they drilled and struck oil, Yates would get royalties, money from every barrel they pumped out of the ground. One day as he sat on his front porch, he sold $180,000 worth of leases.
Ira Yates had owned that “worthless” land, including the mineral rights, for 11 years and had struggled to feed his few cows and his family; eleven years of wondering how long he could keep it up, sometimes wondering where his next meal would come from.
For all of that 11 years that oil had been there, right under his feet as he walked that dry, sun-baked land. For all of that time, untold millions of dollars were legally his, available to the “believer”, but unseen to those with no vision. For all of those years, he had been a billionaire but was unable to access that wealth because he could not see “the evidence of things not seen”. Remember that “greasy water”? That was “the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.”
It took a young “evangelist”, an oil explorer with a vision to make Ira Yates see the possibilities.
Proverbs 29:18 Where there is no vision, the people perish:
As believer's in Jesus Christ and as children of God, we have access to "exceeding abundantly above all we can ask or think."
1st Corinthians 2:9 But as it is written, Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Remember these words of God:
Hebrews 11:1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
Hebrews 11:6 But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
May God lead us into every increasing faith in Him and His word.
Pastor Chuck Jaggers
Friday, June 12, 2009
UPPER CANE CREEK CHURCH
"Helping to transform individuals into empowered disciples of Jesus Christ."
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“Church”, as established in the New Testament, exists that all people may:
KNOW the love of God in Jesus Christ;
LEARN of and attain salvation and redemption from sin through Jesus Christ;
WORSHIP Him openly and without reservation, yet “decently and in order”;
GROW as disciples of Jesus Christ;
GO share the love of God according to the “Great Commission”;
EXPERIENCE peace in the face of all things, knowing that “all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”
Our Core Values:
#1 Faith - We are committed to complete Faith in Jesus Christ as taught in the Bible;
#2 Prayer - We are committed to “effectual, fervent Prayer”;
#3 Worship - We are committed to faithfully worshiping God;
#4 Biblical Teaching - We are committed to the study of God’s Word (Bible study);
#5 Outreach - We are committed to bringing people to a personal encounter with Christ;
#6 Gifts & Callings - We are committed to utilizing the “gifts and callings” of all believers who are called by God;
#7 Excellence in Service - We are committed to excellence in everything God calls us to do.
Our mission statement is as follows:
To gather faithfully and in unity as God’s people;
To worship God in Spirit and in Truth;
To seek an ever increasing understanding and knowledge of God’s Word;
To grow in faith and love;
To faithfully serve outside the church as disciples and witnesses of Jesus Christ;
To bring people to the knowledge of and salvation through Jesus Christ;
To help in establishing them as disciples of Christ; ones who are faithful to Him;
To help others experience the joy of knowing Jesus as Lord.
To fulfill our mission we pursue the following purpose:
To bring believers to spiritual maturity through,
FELLOWSHIP with other Christians;
LEARNING and living Christ's teachings;
EXTENDING our outreach to all people, regardless of their station in life;
WORSHIPPING God and Him alone;
SERVING the church and others in need, doing it all in His name.
The “Church”, established by Jesus Christ, was intended to introduce people to Him and to help them grow to be more like Him. May God help us to accomplish that goal!
This Mission Statement adopted by the members of Upper Cane Creek Church; Pastor Chuck Jaggers D D
"Helping to transform individuals into empowered disciples of Jesus Christ."
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
“Church”, as established in the New Testament, exists that all people may:
KNOW the love of God in Jesus Christ;
LEARN of and attain salvation and redemption from sin through Jesus Christ;
WORSHIP Him openly and without reservation, yet “decently and in order”;
GROW as disciples of Jesus Christ;
GO share the love of God according to the “Great Commission”;
EXPERIENCE peace in the face of all things, knowing that “all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.”
Our Core Values:
#1 Faith - We are committed to complete Faith in Jesus Christ as taught in the Bible;
#2 Prayer - We are committed to “effectual, fervent Prayer”;
#3 Worship - We are committed to faithfully worshiping God;
#4 Biblical Teaching - We are committed to the study of God’s Word (Bible study);
#5 Outreach - We are committed to bringing people to a personal encounter with Christ;
#6 Gifts & Callings - We are committed to utilizing the “gifts and callings” of all believers who are called by God;
#7 Excellence in Service - We are committed to excellence in everything God calls us to do.
Our mission statement is as follows:
To gather faithfully and in unity as God’s people;
To worship God in Spirit and in Truth;
To seek an ever increasing understanding and knowledge of God’s Word;
To grow in faith and love;
To faithfully serve outside the church as disciples and witnesses of Jesus Christ;
To bring people to the knowledge of and salvation through Jesus Christ;
To help in establishing them as disciples of Christ; ones who are faithful to Him;
To help others experience the joy of knowing Jesus as Lord.
To fulfill our mission we pursue the following purpose:
To bring believers to spiritual maturity through,
FELLOWSHIP with other Christians;
LEARNING and living Christ's teachings;
EXTENDING our outreach to all people, regardless of their station in life;
WORSHIPPING God and Him alone;
SERVING the church and others in need, doing it all in His name.
The “Church”, established by Jesus Christ, was intended to introduce people to Him and to help them grow to be more like Him. May God help us to accomplish that goal!
This Mission Statement adopted by the members of Upper Cane Creek Church; Pastor Chuck Jaggers D D
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