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OCTOBER 15, 2025              
 
I'M GOING TO CONQUER CHICAGO!
 
Dear Snyder's Church Family and Friends,
 
As we gather for Worship this Sunday morning our Gospel lesson
is St. Luke 18: 1 - 8 and our sermon title is "Do Not Lose Heart!"
We shall sing "Sweet Sweet Spirit"; "Jesus We Just Want To Thank You"; "Leaning On The Everlasting Arms" and other selected music for the Service.
Jeff will continue the Children's Moment.
Plan to be with us.
 
With all the riots and failures to obey the law in Chicago and elsewhere in our nation these days, I read the following story that is meaningful and inspirational and helpful.
 
Former heavy-weight boxer James "Quick" Tillis is a cowboy from Tulsa, Oklahoma, who fought out of Chicago in the early 1980's.
Tillis still remembers his first day in Chicago after his arrival from Tulsa.
Tillis says, "I got off the bus with two cardboard suitcases under my arms in downtown Chicago and stopped in front of the Sears Tower.
I put my suitcases down and I looked up at the Tower and I said to myself,
'I"m going to conquer Chicago.' "When I looked down, the suitcases were gone."
 
There are too many times in our lives when we feel like
James "Quick" Tillis. Times when it would be very easy to be discouraged - to give up - to lose heart.
In Luke 18: 1 - 8 we find Jesus telling His Disciples a parable to encourage them - to keep praying - to keep trusting in God - even in the "Quick" Tillis times of our lives!
 
How true and we want you to know that at Snyder's Church we are here to pray with you and help you in our journey of faith.
May you truly be blessed today and may you also truly be a blessing to others.
See you in Church this Sunday morning.
God bless.
Pastor Bill