The fastest way to grow a Church is to start new units! No doubt, no argument, and no kidding! NEXT SUNDAY, 3/7/2010, we will give birth to a NEW YOUNG ADULT SS CLASS! David and Kim Senseney will lead the new Class for Young Adults. They will be having a get together with the prospective Class Members at church on Friday evening.
Here is how it works! David and Kim are leaving the Jr and Sr High Class to lead this new Class; Jim and Lynnette Wilson are taking over leadership of the Jr and Sr High Class along with Leslie Schultz; Matt Voyles and Andy Appleby will take over the leadership of Jim Wilson's Men's Class... Got all that?
We already have over 30 prospects for the new Class, of which only about 10 are currently attending Sunday School at our Church. Please pray that God will bless our efforts to reach these young people and build this new Class; and, that He will continually provide us the workers to start more new Classes!
We currently have classes for all ages from Birth to Senior High; and, Adults have 7 Classes from which to choose:
Young Adults - Dave and Kim Senseney
Adult Men - Matt Voyles and Andy Appleby
Adult Women - Misty Appleby
Life Principles Class for Men - Patrick Curry
Mixed Adult Class - Bob Eads
Mixed Adult Class - Pastor Lanny Faulkner
Senior Adults Class - Freda Black
I hope to see you Sunday Morning at 9:00am with your Bible in your hand; a smile on your face; and family and friends by your side!
Devotions, Commentary, and Personal Reflections by Lanny Faulkner, Pastor-Teacher of the FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF ATWOOD, ILLINOIS!
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Monday Morning Memo
Monday Morning, February 22, 2010
God richly blessed us again yesterday at FBC! We had 95 people in Sunday School; 155 people in AM Worship; and we were able to take down another Brick from the Wall of Debt. We had two baptisms and several visitors were present in the service.
The Lord again provided us with a generous offering, and our usual crowd of faithful folk came out for the Sunday Night study. 14 workers and young people attended Greatest Common Factor, including a first-time visitor!
REMEMBER, we are starting a new Sunday School class for Young Adults on March 7th and we are getting ready for the "Find It Here" Easter Evangelism Campaign! You will be hearing much more about that this coming week.
Also, "Life Builders" Discipleship Classes begin on March 7th at 4:45pm. Sign-up sheets are in the foyer.
WOW! Just six more days till Sunday!
God richly blessed us again yesterday at FBC! We had 95 people in Sunday School; 155 people in AM Worship; and we were able to take down another Brick from the Wall of Debt. We had two baptisms and several visitors were present in the service.
The Lord again provided us with a generous offering, and our usual crowd of faithful folk came out for the Sunday Night study. 14 workers and young people attended Greatest Common Factor, including a first-time visitor!
REMEMBER, we are starting a new Sunday School class for Young Adults on March 7th and we are getting ready for the "Find It Here" Easter Evangelism Campaign! You will be hearing much more about that this coming week.
Also, "Life Builders" Discipleship Classes begin on March 7th at 4:45pm. Sign-up sheets are in the foyer.
WOW! Just six more days till Sunday!
Friday, February 19, 2010
Before Jehovah's Awesome Throne!
Before Jehovah's Awesome Throne
Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
Before Jehovah's awesome throne,
Ye nations, bow with sacred joy;
Know that the Lord is God alone;
He can create, and He destroy.
His sovereign pow'r, with-out our aid,
Made us of clay, and formed us men;
And when like wand'ring sheep we strayed,
He brought us to His fold again.
We are His people, we His care,
Our souls, and all our mortal frame;
What lasting honors shall we rear,
Almighty Maker, to Thy Name?
We'll crowd Thy gates with thankful songs,
High as the heav'ns our voices raise;
And earth, with her ten thou-sand tongues,
Shall fill Thy courts with sounding praise.
Wide as the world is Thy command,
Vast as eternity Thy love;
Firm as a rock Thy truth must stand,
When rolling years shall cease to move.
This is sung to the tune "Old 100th" (All People Who on Earth Do Dwell)
Isaac Watts (1674-1748)
Before Jehovah's awesome throne,
Ye nations, bow with sacred joy;
Know that the Lord is God alone;
He can create, and He destroy.
His sovereign pow'r, with-out our aid,
Made us of clay, and formed us men;
And when like wand'ring sheep we strayed,
He brought us to His fold again.
We are His people, we His care,
Our souls, and all our mortal frame;
What lasting honors shall we rear,
Almighty Maker, to Thy Name?
We'll crowd Thy gates with thankful songs,
High as the heav'ns our voices raise;
And earth, with her ten thou-sand tongues,
Shall fill Thy courts with sounding praise.
Wide as the world is Thy command,
Vast as eternity Thy love;
Firm as a rock Thy truth must stand,
When rolling years shall cease to move.
This is sung to the tune "Old 100th" (All People Who on Earth Do Dwell)
Thursday, February 18, 2010
It's Friday, but Sunday's Coming!
Friday, February 19th
Yesterday was an exciting day! Sunday School lesson done; AM Sermon (The Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus) and PM Sermon (Profiting from the Prophets - Introduction) done; and, while I was counseling a young woman about her upcoming baptism, one of her friends who came along with her accepted Christ!
We should have three or four to be baptized in the AM Service, and that always makes for a great Lord's Day!
Thanks to one of our very generous members, another brick is coming down!
Sunday is going be a great day! I hope to see you with your Bible in your hand, a smile on your face, and your family and friends by your side…
Yesterday was an exciting day! Sunday School lesson done; AM Sermon (The Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus) and PM Sermon (Profiting from the Prophets - Introduction) done; and, while I was counseling a young woman about her upcoming baptism, one of her friends who came along with her accepted Christ!
We should have three or four to be baptized in the AM Service, and that always makes for a great Lord's Day!
Thanks to one of our very generous members, another brick is coming down!
Sunday is going be a great day! I hope to see you with your Bible in your hand, a smile on your face, and your family and friends by your side…
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