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- Beautiful cake! Thank you Kate!
- Soup Cook-Off!!
- Soup Cook-Off
- Soup Cook-Off
- Soup Cook-Off
- What great friends!
- Larry presenting pictures of his past.
- Wonderful friends!
- Larry and many hats!
- Through the years at Ruggles. Thanks Jerrie! (someone who has known Larry and Lois a…
- Thanks Dale! (someone who’s on the staff)
- Thanks Feng Ming for sharing about your experience in HouseChurch.
- Thanks Jim! (the younger generation)
- James, our amazing MC!
- The prizewinners of the coveted signed photo of Larry and Lois – lol.
- Larry and Lois’ family who were able to participate.
- Friends for many years.
- Pastor Larry’s Easter series is called, “I Worship a Jewish Contractor.” Next Sunday’…
- Today Pastor Larry received a phone call from a man who came to Christ through his mi…
- Do you think these two guys are related? Pictured below are Luke and Jonathan Showalt…
- Did you know that each month Pastor Larry leads a prayer group of local pastors ? On …
- Monday, April 19th is Patriots’ Day and Marathon Day here in Boston. Thousands of spe…
- Marathon Monday the crew from Ruggles raised $600 for the teen mission trip this summ…
- This past Sunday Jeff Bass spoke in our morning worship service. Some of you may reme…
- Heard from Kathy Sanders thanking us for our prayer and financial support of their mi…
- Our new website is up and running – rugglesbaptistchurch.org! Please have a look. As…
- Sunday was a Family Sunday and “Women’s Day” at Ruggles in view of the traditional “…
- Okay, these are Pastor Larry and Lois’ sons (Jonathan and Luke in one picture, Luke i…
- Pastor Larry is making his way through Romans 11 [show] I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! For I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin. God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel? "Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek my life." But what is God's reply to him? "I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal." So too at the present time there is a remnant, chosen by grace. But if it is by grace, it is no longer on the basis of works; otherwise grace would no longer be grace.
What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The elect obtained it, but the rest were hardened, as it is written,
"God gave them a spirit of stupor,
eyes that would not see
and ears that would not hear,
down to this very day."
And David says,
"Let their table become a snare and a trap,
a stumbling block and a retribution for them;
let their eyes be darkened so that they cannot see,
and bend their backs forever."
So I ask, did they stumble in order that they might fall? By no means! Rather through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous. Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full inclusion mean!
Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry in order somehow to make my fellow Jews jealous, and thus save some of them. For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead? If the dough offered as firstfruits is holy, so is the whole lump, and if the root is holy, so are the branches.
But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root of the olive tree, do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you. Then you will say, "Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in." That is true. They were broken off because of their unbelief, but you stand fast through faith. So do not become proud, but fear. For if God did not spare the natural branches, neither will he spare you. Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God's kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off. And even they, if they do not continue in their unbelief, will be grafted in, for God has the power to graft them in again. For if you were cut from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and grafted, contrary to nature, into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these, the natural branches, be grafted back into their own olive tree.
Lest you be wise in your own sight, I want you to understand this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written,
"The Deliverer will come from Zion,
he will banish ungodliness from Jacob";
"and this will be my covenant with them
when I take away their sins."
As regards the gospel, they are enemies of God for your sake. But as regards election, they are beloved for the sake of their forefathers. For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. For just as you were at one time disobedient to God but now have received mercy because of their disobedience, so they too have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they also may now receive mercy. For God has consigned all to disobedience, that he may have mercy on all.
Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!
"For who has known the mind of the Lord,
or who has been his counselor?"
"Or who has given a gift to him
that he might be repaid?"
For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen. (ESV)
. The series from this chapter is cal…
- Tim Kunzier is part of our church community and he needs help. He is in need of pers…
- This is a picture of a couple that Neel Roberts would like to be part of the Shan tea…
- We need your help. This summer our boiler of 30+ years has gone the way of all boiler…
- This is amazing!! We aimed to raise $32,000 for a new boiler. Today the the amount ra…
- Pastor Larry – 2008
- Thank you to all who gave toward our new boiler and the change over from oil to gas. …
- Here she is, our new burner/boiler. Thank you to all of you who contributed to our wa…
- What Pastor Larry did this morning before his work day.
- What Pastor Larry did this morning before going to work – cleared a path next to fir…
- Gathering around for prayer before baptism
- Prayer for Danielle
- The Baptizer…
- Asking Danielle questions of commitment to Christ
- Baptized in the Name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit
- Amen…
- Tamara sharing her story…
- Praying for Tamara…
- Asking Tamara questions of commitment…
- Here we go…
- Helped out of baptism tank by Tamara’s husband Craig and Pastor Larry.
- Welcome to Tamara’s parents from England and their youngest grandchild.
- Baptism and Christmas celebration feast
- Five fingers, or four fingers and on thumb?
- Abigail home from college…
- Ramsays from Edinburgh
- The party…
- We call this our “tacky” thermometer because we everyone has one when raising money. …
- This was our level of giving as of September 15th.
- We honor this old furnace that kept us warm (most of the time) for the last 30 years….
- Here are a series of views of the front of the sanctuary. There are three churches me…
- The chancel area
- The cross – the center of the sanctuary, the center of the Gospel.
- One more time.. cross is the central.
- An amazing photo of the sun reflecting off the cross. This picture is the featured ph…
- The Bible at the foot of the cross on the chancel.
- Christmas display celebrating the incarnation of our Lord. Thank you, Tina, for handi…
- Looking from the chancel area to the back of the sanctuary.
- The elegance of the architectural features…thank you architect Ralph Adams Cram.
- High columns…
- Columns and arches along the right side of the sanctuary.
- Columns and arches along the left side of the sanctuary.
- Time has returned to the Ruggles tower clock.
- New clock face
- This is what clock face was like before restoration
- Clock faces are removed and just a black plug fills the space during the process of r…
- Replacing the clock face
- Replacing the clock face
- Close up of David Graf installing the minute and hour hands
- Before the hands were installed
- New faces
- A new face
- HouseChurch in Brookline September 2010
- Tears for Geraldine at her departing Boston.
- Sweet celebration
- Two gals, sisters in Christ
- Second photo of Housechurch September 2010
- Sarah and Ken, we miss you! Thanks for keeping in touch with our Ruggles family.
- Pastor Larry with grandaughter.
- Larry with almost his entire family this summer – minus Jonathan and Irina. Great fa…
- On Saturday September 18, Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement in the Jewish calendar, we…
- An inner place of prayer was created in the prayer room, kind of like an inner sanctu…
- The 2010 Teen Mission Team
- Dale, get control of these kids!
- On the road again…
- Alex’s jumpin’ workcrew had energy to spare.
- Marti’s crew dumpster divin’
- The fearless leader hard at work.
- Michael’s workcrew with another crew.
- Hannah’s workcrew
- Hangin’ on to Anna
- Measure twice, cut once – hopefully!
- The whole crew at the Cana Retreat.
- Leaders’ group
- Made our own good meals.
- BBQ chefs
- MMMM…watermelon!
- Kids made “BELOVED” quilts for children in need.
- Family behind the quilts
- Kids and quilts made by kids
- Luke and Jonathan Showalter
- Luke Showalter
- View from the second floor
- View from the porch at the base of the steeple
- Some of the crew at work
- Lots of policemen to keep order
- The hot dog stand
- Isn’t she a beauty! For contact information go to …
- What is a clock without hands? Timeless!
- This is an actual picture of the beautiful cross we have in our sanctuary with the su…
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