Verse for today:   THIS SUNDAY AT BALBOA UNION CHURCH Worship Service at 10 a.m. – ALL ARE WELCOME! SPEAKER: Special guest speaker – Joel Guerra Sunday School Teachers: First Testament Readings and Psalm Deuteronomy 26:1-11 , Psalm 91:1-2, 9-16 Epistle Reading Romans 10:8b-13 Gospel Reading Luke 4:1-13  Prayers Concerns Please Pray for Our Brothers and Sisters…

Verse for today:             THIS SUNDAY AT BALBOA UNION CHURCH Worship Service at 10 a.m. – ALL ARE WELCOME! SPEAKER: Special guest speaker – David McIntosh Sunday School Teachers: On Vacation First Testament Readings and Psalm Exodus 34:29-35,  Psalm 99 Epistle Reading 2 Corinthians 3:12-4:2 Gospel Reading Luke 9:28-36, (37-43a)  Prayers…

Verse for today: Zechariah 4:6  So he said to me, “This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: ‘Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,’ says the LORD Almighty. Zerubbabel, governor of Jerusalem, was faced with what seemed to be an impossible task. God had spoken to his heart and told…

Verse for today: Psalm 29: 11  The LORD gives strength to his people; the LORD blesses his people with peace. Complete peace; inward peace and the fullness of peace is in fellowship with God. All you have to do is turn on your T.V. any night of the week and you will see that we…

Verse for today: Jeremiah 29: 11 For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Sometimes things are not as we want them to be.  Despite our best efforts, our circumstances aren’t “user friendly”. Perhaps…

Verse & Prayer for today: Joshua 1:8  Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. So, it’s the start of another year, and generally at the…

Prayer for this end of year: O God of all beginnings and endings, We praise and thank you for the gift of 2015. It has been a time filled with grace and blessings, With challenges and opportunities, joys and sorrows. The days have passed quickly, O Lord. The weeks, the months, the seasons, the holidays…

Thought for today: »Flee to Egypt with the child and his mother« Matthew 2:13   The term “Refugee” was voted word of the year. This year so many people in our world had to flee; that never before had happened. – Jesus shared this hard fate with all those people. I can´t imagine a worse…

Thought for today: John 3:16 For God SO loved the world, that He sent his only begotten son, that whosoever should believe in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. Love is the best known but least understood of all God’s attributes. Almost everyone who believes in God these days sees Him as a…

Thought for today: How did the ox and the donkey enter into the Christmas story? Many families follow an old tradition. For Christmas time they prepare a nativity scene. Always 3 figures stand together. In the middle of all are Mary and Joseph with the child, and then follow 3 shepherds and 3 kings. We know…