Annual Salad Luncheon
Wednesday, May 9th
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Women’s Missionary Organization
Annual Salad Luncheon
All men and women of the church are asked to support this event by attending and bringing a friend. Consider inviting your office co-workers or neighbors for a pleasant spring afternoon lunch. Tickets are just $6.00 each and they are available from any circle leader. In order to be a successful venture, all women of the church are asked to donate a salad.
Harmony Circle
HARMONY CIRCLE BANQUET
Tuesday, May 15th
6:30 pm
Red Star Diner on Lewis Ave.
Outreach
Make it a date and Don’t be late!
For what you wish to know?
Fun, Fellowship, Talents and Treats
at the FBC Variety Show.
No tickets necessary – Free will offering
Be sure to invite your family and friends!
Join us Sunday, May 20 at 7pm for our very first variety show. If you have a talent, a poem, or anything really – that you’d like to share, please sign up on the posted announcement in the hallway outside the Fellowship Hall by Thursday, May 17.
Extra Innings: Revivals
*A few notes about previous revivals.
1. Revivals are outward focused. They usually begin when preachers and churches stop worrying about themselves and their pulpits and get involved in the greater nation around them. Revivals occur when Churches work together and grow beyond their individual walls. American revivals offer us a hint as to what we must do when we recognize that they all seem to have taken place in tent meetings. Revivalists left their sanctuaries and preached in open air settings, not only so that they could reach those who might not darken the sanctuary doors but also as a testimony to the outward focus of the Church in the midst of a revival.
2. Revivals are not afraid to take on the tough issues. Revivals are not based upon minor issues or petty concerns. Revivalists are not afraid to take the tough stand, and they have clear answers to the tough issues of the day. They are willing to take sides in what today would be recognized as political issues, leading the charge in movements in opposition to slavery in the 1850s, and in support of civil rights one hundred years later.
The Pastor’s Perspective – May 2012
“If my people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their evil ways, then I will hear from heaven, I will forgive their sins, and I will heal their land.”
I Chronicles 7: 14
I have discovered that many American Christians love the passage of scripture listed above. We are drawn to it because we know that our nation is in need of repentance. We are angered and frustrated by the current lack of morality and civility in our public sphere and we are desperate for change. That, however, is usually where we stop. We freeze at the point of complaint because we also know that true repentance leads to personal transformation. We stop in our tracks because we know that repentance is not just a change of heart, but a change in action. And we know that change is as difficult as it is rare.
Thankfully, rare and impossible are not the same thing. The United States of America has a history of public and national repentance. From the personal mea culpa to national Great Awakenings, our nation is no stranger to the penitent heart of the sinner.
This nation was born in the cauldron of the First Great Awakening, sparked by the sermons of Jonathan Edwards, who preached the now-classic “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God,” and the Methodist revivalists John Wesley and George Whitefield. While many are aware of the preaching of Jonathan Edwards, and it was as compelling as it was popular, it is more accurate to place George Whitefield in the center of what is now known as the First Great Awakening.
The Pastor’s Perspective – April 2012
“If the Christian faith is true – if, in other words, Jesus of Nazareth rose from the dead three days later to launch God’s new creation and, by his Spirit, to reenergize his followers to be its active agents – then the moment of Jesus’s death is, like Jerusalem on those ancient maps, the central point of the world… Jesus’s death is in fact given its full meaning and its fully central place in the history of the world by what happened next (the resurrection).”
“Simply Jesus” N.T. Wright
As we prepare to enter Holy Week it is time once again to reflect on the central story of the Christian faith: the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. When we reflect on Jesus’ death, our first and most basic understanding is that the death of Jesus pays the price for our sins. We believe that Jesus died to set us free from sin and to become our Passover lamb. He is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. His death gives us life.
When we reflect upon His resurrection, our minds immediately turn to the promise of eternal life and the coming Kingdom of God. When Paul tells us that Jesus is the first fruits of the resurrection we hear God’s promise that we will not cease to be at the conclusion of our mortal life. There is more to come. His life gives us life.
Congregational Care Team
Congregational Care Team
VISITATION BREAKFAST
Sunday, April 22, at 8:15 a.m., the second breakfast for the Visitation Small Group will be held. Pastor Dan will address the group regarding visitation tips and explain the planned visit experience for Saturday, April 28.
Saturday morning the group will meet at 10:00 a.m. at the church, going out in teams to visit Shut-Ins and any hospital patients. A brief orientation will be given by Pastor Dan to the participants. A light lunch will be served at noon following the visits with discussions regarding the experiences.
Those who attended the first session are encouraged to return, as well as anyone wishing to participate in visiting the FBC Family. It is requested that those visiting on Saturday attend the Sunday breakfast.
Questions may be directed to Pastor Dan or Team Leader, Gail Black.
Easter Breakfast
Easter Breakfast
Sunday, April 8th
8:30 am, Fellowship Hall
LAST CHANCE TO GET THOSE RESERVATIONS IN. Reservations can be made by contacting the church office, 419/865-9171, or by submitting the reservation slip in the bulletin. Breakfast is a free will offering.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
Annual Salad Luncheon
Wednesday, May 9th
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
All men and women of the church are asked to support this event by attending and bringing a friend. Consider inviting your office co-workers for a pleasant spring afternoon lunch. In order to be a successful venture, all women of the church will be asked to donate a salad.
2012 Graduates
PATHFINDERS SCHOLARSHIP
It’s that time of year again to think about gathering college acceptance letters, transcripts, and letters of recommendation in preparation for applying for the Pathfinders Scholarship.
Applications may be obtained from the church office and must be returned no later than Sunday, May 13. Completed applications must include a copy of an official transcript, a copy of college acceptance letter, and three letters of recommendation. Materials may be left in the church office, addressed to Scholarship Chairman, Gail Black.
The scholarship will be awarded in June on Graduate Sunday. Those receiving the scholarship should plan to be in attendance or have a representative in church that Sunday.
Upcoming Events
-
May19Sat
-
May20Sun
Add to Google