Hey All well this will be my last post! There is a really great facebook group put together now that will keep you plenty informed. If you need an invite and haven't yet been invited let me know :)
http://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/home.php?sk=group_195837140441663&ap=1
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I have enjoyed blogging with you all and love you all lots :)
Have a great rest of your school year !!!!
Many Blessings - Dawn Prather
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Saturday, February 26, 2011
FBC Week 02-20
Hey everyone! How are you?? Well in case you haven't heard things are a little crazy at FBC. We had a HUGE water leak and are out of the sanctuary! AHHHH!!! The water didn't actually go into the sanctuary but everywhere surrounding which means no access to the sanctuary and no bathrooms and etc... So in the mean time we are having church in the gym. Please pray for the church as they work through all the details of all of this and try and get the repairs done ASAP!! One great thing about all this, is that it is a great reminder that our building doesn't make us a church but those who enter in and worship together :)
In other news .... We are currently working diligently on the new contemporary service that is scheduled to start the Sunday after Easter (exciting huh!!?) The worship team has been put together and have been practicing for about 3 weeks now. I must admit they sound pretty good and are all working to keep humble hearts and give God all the glory! The focus of this service is to reach lost people in our community that might feel more comfortable at a contemporary service and will allow us to share the gospel with them. It is not to "entertain" but to bring lost people to christ! If you know anyone who might be interested you might mention that this will be starting soon! I will post about upcoming preview nights, dates, times.. etc...
Also wanted to mention a West Africa Missions conference in Springfield coming up March 31st - April 2nd. If you might be interested in attending this conference it is $35 and I can give you more info!
Lastly and most important - this week Greg continued to preach in Galations on Grace - "demonstrating grace daily" It is not just important for us to understand how we receive Grace but how to give it. I would strongly encourage you to read Galations and to read with not just a heart to receive the information but a heart to reproduce it to others!
Blessings and Prayers - Dawn
In other news .... We are currently working diligently on the new contemporary service that is scheduled to start the Sunday after Easter (exciting huh!!?) The worship team has been put together and have been practicing for about 3 weeks now. I must admit they sound pretty good and are all working to keep humble hearts and give God all the glory! The focus of this service is to reach lost people in our community that might feel more comfortable at a contemporary service and will allow us to share the gospel with them. It is not to "entertain" but to bring lost people to christ! If you know anyone who might be interested you might mention that this will be starting soon! I will post about upcoming preview nights, dates, times.. etc...
Also wanted to mention a West Africa Missions conference in Springfield coming up March 31st - April 2nd. If you might be interested in attending this conference it is $35 and I can give you more info!
Lastly and most important - this week Greg continued to preach in Galations on Grace - "demonstrating grace daily" It is not just important for us to understand how we receive Grace but how to give it. I would strongly encourage you to read Galations and to read with not just a heart to receive the information but a heart to reproduce it to others!
Blessings and Prayers - Dawn
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
February 15th!
Good morning everyone! I hope everyone had a wonderful Valentine's Day Loving on someone. Such a good day to be reminded of God's Love! Yesterday I saw a facebook post and someone said "my valentine's is Jesus!" What a great thought! Ultimately God is the center of our Love and offers us perfect Love!
Well for FBC news... In case you have not heart the education building had a pipe burst. Some church staff received a phone call Saturday morning and said that there was water seeping out of the doors. Needless to say when people arrived they found two inches of standing water. The water was in the classrooms, choir suite, and chapel that is close to the sanctuary. And unfortunately the water seeped below the carpet and ruined the ceiling in the basement. As a family often does everyone pulled together and was able to start the clean up process. In the mean time we will have church in the gym and they say it may be 6 to 8 weeks before we are able to get back into the sanctuary and classrooms. Please be in prayer for the church family as they work through all the details of this craziness.
While we had church in the gym last Sunday Greg continued his messages on Grace and preached from Galatians 6:11-18. One thing that Greg said that really stuck out to me was that he reminded us that we need to humbly sit at the cross, remember the sacrifice, and accept the gift. He reminded us that we are sinners and we sin every day, and while we may hide our sins from others we can not hide them from God. And because we are such sinners we must understand the Grace that we need so desperately. I would encourage you as Greg has encouraged us to read Galatians, it is not a long book in the bible but is packed with a lot of good information!
Lastly in other news - FBC will have a spiritual renewal meeting next Sunday. This is the 2nd meeting of its kind where Greg is asking anyone who is interested in seeing our church have spiritual renewal to come and visit as a church family. There is a men's retreat next weekend the 25th and 26th and if you are interested in going you can still sign up. Coming up on April 1st-3rd is the 30 hr famine. If you want to help with this event at all then contact Kyle Ward! As always there is lots of going on with the focus being to Glorify God in all things!
Have a great week and talk to you all soon!
Dawn
Well for FBC news... In case you have not heart the education building had a pipe burst. Some church staff received a phone call Saturday morning and said that there was water seeping out of the doors. Needless to say when people arrived they found two inches of standing water. The water was in the classrooms, choir suite, and chapel that is close to the sanctuary. And unfortunately the water seeped below the carpet and ruined the ceiling in the basement. As a family often does everyone pulled together and was able to start the clean up process. In the mean time we will have church in the gym and they say it may be 6 to 8 weeks before we are able to get back into the sanctuary and classrooms. Please be in prayer for the church family as they work through all the details of this craziness.
While we had church in the gym last Sunday Greg continued his messages on Grace and preached from Galatians 6:11-18. One thing that Greg said that really stuck out to me was that he reminded us that we need to humbly sit at the cross, remember the sacrifice, and accept the gift. He reminded us that we are sinners and we sin every day, and while we may hide our sins from others we can not hide them from God. And because we are such sinners we must understand the Grace that we need so desperately. I would encourage you as Greg has encouraged us to read Galatians, it is not a long book in the bible but is packed with a lot of good information!
Lastly in other news - FBC will have a spiritual renewal meeting next Sunday. This is the 2nd meeting of its kind where Greg is asking anyone who is interested in seeing our church have spiritual renewal to come and visit as a church family. There is a men's retreat next weekend the 25th and 26th and if you are interested in going you can still sign up. Coming up on April 1st-3rd is the 30 hr famine. If you want to help with this event at all then contact Kyle Ward! As always there is lots of going on with the focus being to Glorify God in all things!
Have a great week and talk to you all soon!
Dawn
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
February!
So needless to say I have been bad at this lately!! Please be the wonderful people you are and forgive me! It is not that I haven't been thinking of you just that I never seem to get to this site and update you on the wonderful news at FBC! As always there are lots of good things going on. We are in the process of starting to plan for the Africa Mission Trip this summer. If you any of you are interested let me know i will gladly get you information. I also have started a monthly newsletter and if you are not receiving that and would like to let me know as well and I will get you on my email list. In other mission related news some of our Puerto Rico friends are going to join us over Easter Weekend. They are always a blessing to us when they come to visit and I look forward to seeing them. Hopefully you will all be around over Easter weekend and can visit with them as well. Also relating in mission news we are promoting the sponsorship of Sheltering Wings children in Burkina Faso Africa. To sponsor a child it is $35 a month and covers all of their schooling, meals, clothes, and basic needs. I can remember in college God calling me to sponsor a child and I thought "God how in the world am I going to sponsor a child when I can barely pay my rent" and then God reveiled to me that feeding children was more important then the $30 dollar cable bill I had each month. So I shut my cable off and began sponsoring a child. Needless to say from that moment on I never had any trouble making my rent! Not that my heart was after God's blessing, but I could feel his hand on me after making that change. I would challenge you all to consider sponsoring a child or consider doing something sacrificial as we approach Easter for someone else.
I hope everyone is well and staying warm despite the crazy amount of snow! I look forward to posting to you again soon (I promise !!) and hopefully hearing back from you as well!
Also keep your eyes open from some posting from Rick Herndon and some study materials!
Love and Blessings to all (a little mushy for the Valentine season!) - Dawn
I hope everyone is well and staying warm despite the crazy amount of snow! I look forward to posting to you again soon (I promise !!) and hopefully hearing back from you as well!
Also keep your eyes open from some posting from Rick Herndon and some study materials!
Love and Blessings to all (a little mushy for the Valentine season!) - Dawn
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Overdue.....
Hey everyone - Sorry it has been so long since I posted. Life gets a way from me sometimes. With traveling for the holidays I feel a little out of the loop of what is going on at FBC myself. But I can tell you that it has been a great season to be reminded of the wonderful gift of our saviour! The candle light service on Christmas Eve was wonderful and such a great reminder for me personally before we tore into presents the next day. I hope that during this Christmas season you were able to be reminded "the reason for the season" I always love to hear about other's holiday traditions and would LOVE some comments about yours! We open 1 present on Christmas eve (pj's) and always do stockings, Santa present, breakfast, and then take a long time with our other presents! And we always sing Happy birthday to Jesus! How about you??
In the news at FBC we have a lot going on as we roll into the new year, but we also want to concentrate on "being" with God in this new year. We have had a spiritual renewal meeting at FBC to just chat. What would spiritual renewal meant to you??? Always good to be challenged and to think about how you can grow your roots deeper!
The exciting things going on at FBC right now would include: New women's Sunday night class, men's fraternity, SOAR events, Team Kids, Hispanic ministry, Youth ministry, and much more!
The most recent thing that I am excited about is the approval to turn a Sunday School classroom into a Mission Resource Room! It will house maps, documents, training dvd's and more! It will be a great place to learn about FBC mission work and meet for mission related things! Hope you will come check it out soon!
With that being said I'm going to sign out for now! I will post again soon ... I PROMISE! With more detailed info. I hope to see you all at somepoint why you are home and hope you are enjoying a break and some good family/friend time!!!
Love and Prayers - Dawn Prather
In the news at FBC we have a lot going on as we roll into the new year, but we also want to concentrate on "being" with God in this new year. We have had a spiritual renewal meeting at FBC to just chat. What would spiritual renewal meant to you??? Always good to be challenged and to think about how you can grow your roots deeper!
The exciting things going on at FBC right now would include: New women's Sunday night class, men's fraternity, SOAR events, Team Kids, Hispanic ministry, Youth ministry, and much more!
The most recent thing that I am excited about is the approval to turn a Sunday School classroom into a Mission Resource Room! It will house maps, documents, training dvd's and more! It will be a great place to learn about FBC mission work and meet for mission related things! Hope you will come check it out soon!
With that being said I'm going to sign out for now! I will post again soon ... I PROMISE! With more detailed info. I hope to see you all at somepoint why you are home and hope you are enjoying a break and some good family/friend time!!!
Love and Prayers - Dawn Prather
Monday, November 15, 2010
Week of 11-15
ONE MORE WEEK UNTIL THANKSGIVING BREAK! I am sure you are all very excited to have a break before you have to hit the books hard for end of the semester finals. I do not envy final week for all of you college students. Definitely not a fun time! But it is true, it will be worth it in the end!
Yesterday was the monthly business meeting at FBC and there was lots up for discussion! One big thing this time of the year is the budget. We are very blessed as a church body with our resources (especially in this hard economy) but still need to be good stewards of our money. So the church body has been working hard on crunching the numbers, so to say! Also up for discussion at the meeting was a possibility of having a preschool at FBC. We have a great facility for it, we just need the right people to make it happen! Something you can definitely be praying for. Who knows maybe someday you'll be back in Cali and your kids will be attending an FBC pre-school :)
This week takes the staff to a retreat at Windemere. The staff take an annual retreat to discuss the upcoming year goals and plans. They will discuss personal goals as well as church wide goals. Some items up for discussion will be the Africa missions, Puerto Rico missions, a Contemporary Worship Service, and the Hispanic ministry. Please pray for the staff for the next few days as they will be uniting in prayer and vision for the church body.
On Wednesday all the area youth groups will come together to worship together. It is always a good thing when all God's children can come together and enjoy fellowship and community worship. Sometimes it seems as the lines between churches become a competition ground, when I really don't think we will care in heaven who went to FBC and who went elsewhere???
Some dates to put on your calendar that you might consider joining us in while you are home are the following:
Thanksgiving in our Community - Hosted by United Methodist Church November 21, 7pm. Come join everyone as we worship with a thankful heart as a community.
Basketball Tournament - November 28, 2pm Sponsored by the Hispanic Ministry but everyone is invited. Let the church know if you want to put a team together.
Ladies Christmas Tea - December 3rd, 6pm. $5 for the meal and get to enjoy an evening of fellowship. There will be a speaker and worship. And the theme is "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
Lots of good things to be involved in and allow you to be loved on by your church family! And as Thanksgiving approaches I have to ask... What are you thankful for??
Yesterday was the monthly business meeting at FBC and there was lots up for discussion! One big thing this time of the year is the budget. We are very blessed as a church body with our resources (especially in this hard economy) but still need to be good stewards of our money. So the church body has been working hard on crunching the numbers, so to say! Also up for discussion at the meeting was a possibility of having a preschool at FBC. We have a great facility for it, we just need the right people to make it happen! Something you can definitely be praying for. Who knows maybe someday you'll be back in Cali and your kids will be attending an FBC pre-school :)
This week takes the staff to a retreat at Windemere. The staff take an annual retreat to discuss the upcoming year goals and plans. They will discuss personal goals as well as church wide goals. Some items up for discussion will be the Africa missions, Puerto Rico missions, a Contemporary Worship Service, and the Hispanic ministry. Please pray for the staff for the next few days as they will be uniting in prayer and vision for the church body.
On Wednesday all the area youth groups will come together to worship together. It is always a good thing when all God's children can come together and enjoy fellowship and community worship. Sometimes it seems as the lines between churches become a competition ground, when I really don't think we will care in heaven who went to FBC and who went elsewhere???
Some dates to put on your calendar that you might consider joining us in while you are home are the following:
Thanksgiving in our Community - Hosted by United Methodist Church November 21, 7pm. Come join everyone as we worship with a thankful heart as a community.
Basketball Tournament - November 28, 2pm Sponsored by the Hispanic Ministry but everyone is invited. Let the church know if you want to put a team together.
Ladies Christmas Tea - December 3rd, 6pm. $5 for the meal and get to enjoy an evening of fellowship. There will be a speaker and worship. And the theme is "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me."
Lots of good things to be involved in and allow you to be loved on by your church family! And as Thanksgiving approaches I have to ask... What are you thankful for??
Monday, November 8, 2010
Week of 11-08
Hey Students - Sorry its been a couple weeks, I have had sick babies and busy schedules... But no worries I have not forgot about you!!! I think most of you have had a fall break and hopefully are all geared up for finals that are just around the corner! Can you believe fall semester will be coming to an end in less then a month and then you will get CHRISTMAS BREAK!!! If it wasn't for Christmas I would really dislike winter! And as a Christian we have so much more to celebrate then the rest of the world! The day our savior was born, a great reason for a celebration!
In FBC news - as always a lot going on and always trying to bring Glory to God! This last weekend was Disciple Now. Some of you came and participated in the weekend to be "Set Apart" and others I am sure can remember participating in a DNow in your youth years! It was a great weekend as always and one of my favorites. The weekend had a great theme with good challenges and also lots of laughs (especially the un-talent show)! Thank you for any of you that helped or were praying for this event.
We held a trunk or treat for Halloween at the church for the children of the community and had a great turn out. Were out of candy after the first hour! We passed out salvation cards and hopefully planted some good seeds!
Coming up with the Christmas season is the preparation for the Christmas Musical. If you are home on the weekends and want to participate I know Tim would love to have some extra beautiful voices!
Next weekend we are throwing a baby shower for Stephanie Ward the new youth minister's wife who is due in February. I would love for any of you girls (sorry boys) to come to the shower Saturday at 10am. She is having a boy and is always in need of diapers :) It will be a great time to get to know her and her family.
Always good stuff going on at FBC and so great to be in a church where God is moving! As Thanksgiving is approaching try and think of reasons why YOU are Thankful! And if your feeling nice post them :) I am thankful for a friendship with all of you and seeing you continue to grow in the Love of the Lord!!!
Love Give Grow
Dawn
In FBC news - as always a lot going on and always trying to bring Glory to God! This last weekend was Disciple Now. Some of you came and participated in the weekend to be "Set Apart" and others I am sure can remember participating in a DNow in your youth years! It was a great weekend as always and one of my favorites. The weekend had a great theme with good challenges and also lots of laughs (especially the un-talent show)! Thank you for any of you that helped or were praying for this event.
We held a trunk or treat for Halloween at the church for the children of the community and had a great turn out. Were out of candy after the first hour! We passed out salvation cards and hopefully planted some good seeds!
Coming up with the Christmas season is the preparation for the Christmas Musical. If you are home on the weekends and want to participate I know Tim would love to have some extra beautiful voices!
Next weekend we are throwing a baby shower for Stephanie Ward the new youth minister's wife who is due in February. I would love for any of you girls (sorry boys) to come to the shower Saturday at 10am. She is having a boy and is always in need of diapers :) It will be a great time to get to know her and her family.
Always good stuff going on at FBC and so great to be in a church where God is moving! As Thanksgiving is approaching try and think of reasons why YOU are Thankful! And if your feeling nice post them :) I am thankful for a friendship with all of you and seeing you continue to grow in the Love of the Lord!!!
Love Give Grow
Dawn
Monday, October 11, 2010
Week of 10-10
I usually put Monday's date on the blog but Sunday was 10-10 so I couldn't resist! Its been a good week in CaliMO and the weather has been beautiful. The trees are changing and the leaves are falling. I am not excited about the freezing cold winter around the corner but I am enjoying this fall season.
Just as the leaves are changing so are things changing at FBC. Kyle Ward the new minister of youth had his first week at FBC. I think he may have been a little overwhelmed but all went well. The transition time will be crazy, but with God's plan it will all work out wonderfully.
Since it is October and Halloween is approaching FBC will be hosting a "trunk or treat" on halloween evening in the parking lot. If you have any interest in decorating a trunk and handing out candy to adorable kids then bring your car around 4pm and have some fun! If you have any young siblings or neices or nephews this would be a great event to bring them too!
There will be an africa meeting this Sunday that we have been talking about, it has been changed to 3pm to accomadate everyone better. If you are unable to attend the meeting it will be recorded and put on DVD's for anyone who wants the information but isn't able to be there. Just let me know and I'll send you a copy. It will be packed with information so would encourage anyone who has a slight interest to attend. I would love it if you would attend and bring it to your college groups or church that you are attending to join as a prayer partner for this mission! If any of you would be willing to do that it would be WONDERFUL!
At FBC we have also begun rehearsals for the Christmas musical. Can you believe that Christmas is right around the corner?
We are always planning and preparing things with God's lead in hopes of bringing more to Christ and growing Christians deeper in his love! If you have any ministry ideas and thoughts please share them!
I greatly appreciate the comments and look forward to reading more!
Many Prayers and Blessings - Dawn
Just as the leaves are changing so are things changing at FBC. Kyle Ward the new minister of youth had his first week at FBC. I think he may have been a little overwhelmed but all went well. The transition time will be crazy, but with God's plan it will all work out wonderfully.
Since it is October and Halloween is approaching FBC will be hosting a "trunk or treat" on halloween evening in the parking lot. If you have any interest in decorating a trunk and handing out candy to adorable kids then bring your car around 4pm and have some fun! If you have any young siblings or neices or nephews this would be a great event to bring them too!
There will be an africa meeting this Sunday that we have been talking about, it has been changed to 3pm to accomadate everyone better. If you are unable to attend the meeting it will be recorded and put on DVD's for anyone who wants the information but isn't able to be there. Just let me know and I'll send you a copy. It will be packed with information so would encourage anyone who has a slight interest to attend. I would love it if you would attend and bring it to your college groups or church that you are attending to join as a prayer partner for this mission! If any of you would be willing to do that it would be WONDERFUL!
At FBC we have also begun rehearsals for the Christmas musical. Can you believe that Christmas is right around the corner?
We are always planning and preparing things with God's lead in hopes of bringing more to Christ and growing Christians deeper in his love! If you have any ministry ideas and thoughts please share them!
I greatly appreciate the comments and look forward to reading more!
Many Prayers and Blessings - Dawn
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
FBC Week 10-04
Can you believe that it is October? I can hardly believe it myself!! I have been in denial that summer is over but I think it is finally time to face it that fall is here and winter is approaching! I hope you are all well as you are in full blown college work. Probably have papers and books up to your ears! I do not envy you.. but "this too shall pass" :)
Anyway, an exciting week as always at FBC! We officially have a new youth minister - Kyle Ward went on the staff officially on the 1st and will experience his first Wednesday night at FBC Calimo tomorrow! He will either leave excited, overwhelmed, or exhausted! Who knows maybe all 3! Can you remeber your first time at youth group?? This last week we talked about how many people see church as a place of judgement and full of hyprocits. Any thoughts on that?? We also talked about how as a Christian you should be Changed.. you should be changed. Do you think you have let God change you? Are you different today then you were last year? Always good to evaluate ourselves and ask if we are producing good fruit or bad fruit! I hope that you are all able to find a place to grow and challeng yourself in your walk with the Lord wherever you are. Often change is uncomfortable but God has a purpose in it all!
Also we have scheduled a very important Africa meeting! We will meet Sunday the 17th at 2pm. It will be a very important meeting for anyone who thinks they might ever Go, pray for, fundraise, or support the Africa missions. If you fall under any of those categories I would really encourage you to make it to this meeting! If you absolutely can't make the meeting but want some info let me know and I will get it to you!
There are lots of other good things happening at FBC! The senior adults are always on a new adventure, the adult ministries are growing and becoming more in depth then ever, the children are multiplying by the minute it seems, and the hispanic ministry is thriving as well! In saying all of that I would love to ask for you to pray for a few things for the FBC church family.
1- Pray for the transition of our new youth minister
2 - Pray for our pastor Greg as he always carries a heavy burden and wants to always be leading God's way
3 - Pray for the other staff members as they make decisions for the good of the church family
4 - pray for the people in the church that we wouldn't be a church that puts our "christian card" in our back pocket for when needed, but would be a church that is seeking God!
5 - Pray for the people who come in contact with any FBC church member, that they would see God's love in them!
Also please let us know how we could pray for you! Would love any comments and would love to hear from you!
Prayers Always - Dawn
Anyway, an exciting week as always at FBC! We officially have a new youth minister - Kyle Ward went on the staff officially on the 1st and will experience his first Wednesday night at FBC Calimo tomorrow! He will either leave excited, overwhelmed, or exhausted! Who knows maybe all 3! Can you remeber your first time at youth group?? This last week we talked about how many people see church as a place of judgement and full of hyprocits. Any thoughts on that?? We also talked about how as a Christian you should be Changed.. you should be changed. Do you think you have let God change you? Are you different today then you were last year? Always good to evaluate ourselves and ask if we are producing good fruit or bad fruit! I hope that you are all able to find a place to grow and challeng yourself in your walk with the Lord wherever you are. Often change is uncomfortable but God has a purpose in it all!
Also we have scheduled a very important Africa meeting! We will meet Sunday the 17th at 2pm. It will be a very important meeting for anyone who thinks they might ever Go, pray for, fundraise, or support the Africa missions. If you fall under any of those categories I would really encourage you to make it to this meeting! If you absolutely can't make the meeting but want some info let me know and I will get it to you!
There are lots of other good things happening at FBC! The senior adults are always on a new adventure, the adult ministries are growing and becoming more in depth then ever, the children are multiplying by the minute it seems, and the hispanic ministry is thriving as well! In saying all of that I would love to ask for you to pray for a few things for the FBC church family.
1- Pray for the transition of our new youth minister
2 - Pray for our pastor Greg as he always carries a heavy burden and wants to always be leading God's way
3 - Pray for the other staff members as they make decisions for the good of the church family
4 - pray for the people in the church that we wouldn't be a church that puts our "christian card" in our back pocket for when needed, but would be a church that is seeking God!
5 - Pray for the people who come in contact with any FBC church member, that they would see God's love in them!
Also please let us know how we could pray for you! Would love any comments and would love to hear from you!
Prayers Always - Dawn
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
FBC News Week 9-27
I can't believe how fast the weeks are flying by. How about you college folk? Does the time seem to be flying by as your writing papers, studying, and heavy in the test taking season?? I do not envy the coarse load you must carry! I have been in denial that it is fall, but the weather change leaves me forced to embrace the new season! But I will be counting down the days to the next summer!
Here in Cali, things are busy but steady. It is amazing to watch God work, and to watch it happen in ways you don't even expect. Something none of us could predict is how the Hispanic ministry has taken off here at FBC. We currently have a interum Hispanic Pastor and his name is Daniel Puerto. He's about 24? LOl... and received his ministry degree in Texas. He has such a heart for the Lord and the lost people here in Cali. He is doing a really great job reaching the hispanic community and one way he is doing that is through volleyball tournaments. FBC had their 3rd tournament on Sunday and had another great turn out. They are averaging between 100-150 people at the tournament, including children. They always take time to give testimonies and share the gospel. The tournament on sunday even offered a one day VBS for the children. Some SBU students including Hayley Belt and Nick Burger came down and poured their Jesus love onto these kids!! It was a great day in God's house, and I'm sure there will be more to come!
Sunday I was also reminded through Greg's sermon of how many we have lost in the last year or two. It is really a shock to think of the lifes that have been greived. I would ask that in this coming year as families continue in the grieving process and come upon anniversaries and holidays that you will keep them in your prayers.
In random news - Tonight we will have a mission council meeting and discuss AFRICA! and We will set a date for our church meeting and I will be sure to post that. This weekend will be a busy weekend with the arrival of Kyle Ward. There will be a reception sunday evening at 6pm with music anc cake. No college kid can pass up cake?? LOL Also this saturday is a Women's Brunch at 9 am at the eulinger's. If any of you ladies want to join us, you would be blessed with yummy food and we would be blessed to hear about your lives!!!
Well thats all I have for now! Keep up the hard work and hope to see you all soon!
Prayers and Blessings - Dawn
Here in Cali, things are busy but steady. It is amazing to watch God work, and to watch it happen in ways you don't even expect. Something none of us could predict is how the Hispanic ministry has taken off here at FBC. We currently have a interum Hispanic Pastor and his name is Daniel Puerto. He's about 24? LOl... and received his ministry degree in Texas. He has such a heart for the Lord and the lost people here in Cali. He is doing a really great job reaching the hispanic community and one way he is doing that is through volleyball tournaments. FBC had their 3rd tournament on Sunday and had another great turn out. They are averaging between 100-150 people at the tournament, including children. They always take time to give testimonies and share the gospel. The tournament on sunday even offered a one day VBS for the children. Some SBU students including Hayley Belt and Nick Burger came down and poured their Jesus love onto these kids!! It was a great day in God's house, and I'm sure there will be more to come!
Sunday I was also reminded through Greg's sermon of how many we have lost in the last year or two. It is really a shock to think of the lifes that have been greived. I would ask that in this coming year as families continue in the grieving process and come upon anniversaries and holidays that you will keep them in your prayers.
In random news - Tonight we will have a mission council meeting and discuss AFRICA! and We will set a date for our church meeting and I will be sure to post that. This weekend will be a busy weekend with the arrival of Kyle Ward. There will be a reception sunday evening at 6pm with music anc cake. No college kid can pass up cake?? LOL Also this saturday is a Women's Brunch at 9 am at the eulinger's. If any of you ladies want to join us, you would be blessed with yummy food and we would be blessed to hear about your lives!!!
Well thats all I have for now! Keep up the hard work and hope to see you all soon!
Prayers and Blessings - Dawn
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