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Hours of Operation
The
Child Care Center
is designed for children between the ages of
2 to 5.
We are
open
Monday - Friday from
7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
For more information about our facility,
please call us at
(941) 484-4415.
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Acolyte
Acolytes are responsible for lighting and extinguishing the
candles on the
altar. Lighted candles remind us that Jesus
Christ is the Light of the world.
John 8:12 states, “I am the
light of the world. He who follows Me shall not
walk in
darkness, but have the light of life.”
The two candles on the altar
reminds us that Jesus was both
human and divine.
Advocate
One who pleads another’s cause, who helps another by defending
or
comforting him.
Alpha and Omega
A term for God and Jesus found only in the book of Revelation.
Alpha and
Omega are
the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet. It means God
is
eternal and over all.
Amen
The Hebrew meaning is “Let it be so.” It is an expression of
faith used to
confirm
and support.
Atonement
The meaning of the word is simply at-one-ment, for example, the
state of being
at one or
being reconciled, so that atonement is reconciliation. Jesus
Christ
offered His life as the ultimate atonement. The word is
used to denote that
the act of Christ’s death in itself
means satisfaction. To make atonement for
one is to make
satisfaction for his offences.
Baptism
Baptism means to dip, immersion, sprinkling, and washings. The
Church uses
a water
baptism in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost as a
symbolic
sign of the change
that has taken place in a believer’s heart. In the Pentecostal
baptism “the apostles were not dipped into the Spirit, nor
plunged into the Spirit;
but the Spirit was shed forth, poured
out,
fell on them, came upon them, sat on
them.” That was a real and
true baptism. In Matthew 28:19-20 Jesus tells His
Disciples to “make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit."
Christian
A follower of Christ; A “Christ-one.”
Covenant
A contract or agreement between two parties.
Doctrine
A set of beliefs or teachings.
Election
The Scripture speaks of the election of individuals, and nations
chosen by
God to office,
honor, and privileged for a specific purpose. For example,
God
chose Abraham, Jacob,
Saul, David, the Apostles, and the Hebrew
nation for the
positions they held. There is also
an election of individuals
to eternal life.
Evangelism
Spreading the Gospel.
Glorification
The Christian Doctrine that in heaven every believer will be
like Christ.
Grace
Grace refers to God’s love, forgiveness, favor, kindness, and
friendship towards
us even though we do not deserve it. The Law
in the Old Testament was given
through Moses and grace and truth
come through Jesus Christ. Grace is most
often associated with
other terms having to do with salvation. It is related to
election, the gospel, justification, and sanctification. Grace
is a free gift by
which we are saved.
Hallelujah
In Hebrew Hallelujah means, “Praise ye the LORD.” In Latin it
means “alleluia.”
Holy Communion
Holy Communion is the body and blood of Jesus Christ given with
bread
and wine for
us to eat and drink in remembrance of Him. Holy Communion
was
instituted by Christ.
Faith
Belief and trust in God. Trust is a key component. Faith also
means to
feel secure.
All who believe in Christ will be saved.
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Justification
It is the judicial act of God, by which He pardons all the sins
of those who
believe in Christ,
and accounts, accepts, and treats them as righteous in
the eye
of the law. In addition to the pardon of sin, justification
declares
that all the claims of the law are satisfied in respect
of
the justified. The
law is not relaxed or set aside, but is
declared to be fulfilled in the strictest
sense; and so the person justified is declared to be entitled to
all the
advantages and rewards arising from perfect obedience to
the law.
Narthex
Narthex comes from a Greek word meaning the front of the church.
Pentecost
The day of Pentecost is noted in the Christian Church as the day
on
which the Holy Spirit descended upon the Apostles.
Propitiation
Christ is called the “propitiation for our sins.” Christ is “the
propitiation,”
because He took God’s punishment for our sins. By
becoming our substitute
and assuming our obligations
He expiated our guilt, and covered it, by the
punishment He
endured and His perfect sacrifice.
Reconcile
To reconcile is to restore a relationship. We are separated from
God by
our sin. When we accept the sacrifice that Jesus made for
our sins on the
cross, we are reconciled with God.
Redemption
The purchase back of something that had been lost, by the
payment of a
ransom. There are many passages in the New
Testament, which represent
Christ’s suffering under the idea of
a ransom or price, and the result thereby
secured is a purchase
or redemption. The debt against us is not viewed as
simply
cancelled, but is fully paid. Christ’s blood or life, which
He surrendered
for them, is the “ransom” by which the
deliverance of His people from the
servitude of sin and its
consequences is secured.
Repentance
True repentance means a change of mind, purpose, and life, to
which
remission of sin is promised. Repentance consists of (1) a
true sense
of one’s own guilt and sinfulness; (2) an
apprehension of God’s mercy
in Christ; (3) an actual hatred of
sin and turning from it to God; and (4)
a persistent endeavor
after a holy life in walking with God in the way
of His
commandments.
Revelation
It is an uncovering, unveiling, or disclosing of something
hidden.
The book of Revelation
is the revealing of Jesus Christ and what
He intends to do.
Righteousness
Harmony with God, His will, and with others. Goodness and
perfection.
Salvation
Salvation is the gift of eternal life that God offers us.
Sanctification
God working to make us more and more like Jesus Christ - pure
and holy.
Trinity
A word not found in the Bible, but used to express the doctrine
of the
unity of God as
subsisting in three distinct Persons - The Father, Son,
and Holy
Spirit. Some Christians describe the trinity as God as the Mind,
Jesus as the Body and the Holy Spirit as the
Spirit of God.
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