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
Saturday, February 26, 2011
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
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