Weekly Bulletin 4-18-21
Welcome
Welcome to our Sunday Worship Service!
• Worship with us live in the Auditorium with distanced seating
• We will continue to adhere to safe social distancing practices and wear masks as required for in-person activities
• If you have children attending KidZone, please pick them up promptly after the service
• Worship service will also be available via Facebook or YouTube for those who wish to continue to watch at home
• Please check in – whether you are here in person or watching online – using the ChurchCenter app on your smartphone, or on the ChurchCenter online portal on a computer
Regular Weekly Activities
SUNDAY
2Go Cafe Open @ 9:00 AM
KidZone Classes
Nursery-3rd Grade @ 9:30 AM
Please pick your child up promptly after the Worship Service.
Sunday Worship Service @ 9:30 AM
In Person in Auditorium
Click here for self-screening protocol
or
Join us online on YouTube or Facebook
Worship through Music ~ Emma Watts
Worship through the Word ~ Chaplain Gil Alden, WSP
Clothed & Learned in Christ Jesus
Breakout Sessions @ 11:00 AM
Book of Titus with Paul Eslinger – Room 303/305
Modern Day Parables with Pastor Isaac – Room 302/304
Q/R and WSP update with Chaplain Gil Alden – MPR
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TUESDAY
YOUTH:IMPOSSIBLE
We invite all Middle and High School students to join us Tuesday, April 20th from 6:00 to 8:15 PM.
Our youth group is hosting Richland Baptist for this free event which takes place right here at FBC.
There will be games, snacks, and a message. It’s going to be a blast!
WEDNESDAY
Awana @ 6:30 PM
Open to students age 3-6th grade
Announcements
TODAY:
2GO CAFE
Our coffee stand is open on Sunday mornings at 9:00 AM. Stop by and grab some coffee before the worship service begins. You can pay in cash or by using a prepaid 2Go Café coffee card. Proceeds from your purchase will go toward FBC missions.
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Breakout sessions begin at 11:00. We hope you’ll join us after the service:
• Book of Titus with Paul Eslinger – An interactive bible study for adults
– Meets in Room 303/305
• Modern Day Parables with Pastor Isaac – This will be a fun breakout session based on conversation, and biblical examination of modern day sayings. Join us this week as we talk through and examine, “Life is ten percent what happens to you and ninety percent how you respond to it.”
– Meets in Room 302/304
• Q/R with Chaplain Gil Alden from Washington State Penitentiary, today’s guest speaker – he will also be sharing what God is doing in the ministry at WSP.
– Meets in the MPR
NEW! YOUVERSION SERMON NOTES
We have a new option that will allow you to follow along with the message take notes, AND save your notes. We will be using the YouVersion Bible App which is FREE and available for iPhone/iPad, Android, and Kindle Fire devices.
Here’s what to do:
1. Go to your app store or https://www.bible.com/app and install on your device.
2. Set up a FREE account either in the app or on the website.
3. If you haven’t used this app before, spend some time getting to know all its features.
4. When you come on Sunday look under “More” and “Events” to find our service. Alternatively, you can click on the “YouVersion Notes” link right here!
5. Make sure to click “save” when you get to the event so you will be able to access your notes later.
If you have any problems let a staff member or deacon know and they can point you in the direction of someone who can help!
(If you would prefer a hard copy notes page, you may download one here, or they will also be available on the table as you enter the auditorium.)
HEARING ASSISTANCE NOW AVAILABLE!
If you or someone you know needs to make use of this great tool in our worship service, here are some instructions.
- Download the WaveCAST Audio Receiver application.
Download for Apple phones
Download for Google phones - At the worship service, connect to the “FBC-Guest” Wi-Fi network.
- Next, open the WaveCAST app, and choose “FBC Service”
- You should be connected! Just move the slider to adjust the volume.
MOTHERS OF PRESCHOOLERS
If you are a mom of kids (from pregnancy) through age five, please join us for some adult conversation, coffee, creativity, and fellowship.
More details:
• Meetings are on the second and fourth Mondays, September-May
• 6:30 PM in the MPR at FBC
• Bring a friend or neighbor
• See our Facebook page or the FBC MOPS page for more info
Song Lyrics
Today’s Songs
Click here for printer-friendly lyrics
~tap a title to jump
to the song~
Gone
Stronger
Shout To The Lord
You Are Holy/Prince Of Peace
Gone
Verse 1
It wasn’t for nothing that you shed your blood
So I’m gonna live like my shame is gone
Won’t be shackled to the way I was
I’m gonna live like my chains are
Chorus
Gone gone
Now my sin is dead and gone
And I sing hallelujah
Done done
He is risen it is done
And I sing hallelujah
Verse 2
Praise is a weapon that will overcome
I’m gonna shout like the battle’s won
Fall back devil cause your time is up
I’m gonna live like the stone is
Bridge
How great the power of the blood
Oh oh
I am the righteousness of God
Oh oh
(Oh oh)
Stronger
Verse 1
There is Love that came for us
Humbled to a sinner’s cross
You broke my shame and sinfulness
You rose again victorious
Verse 2
Faithfulness none can deny
Through the storm and through the fire
There is truth that sets me free
Jesus Christ who lives in me
Chorus
You are stronger
You are stronger
Sin is broken
You have saved me
It is written
Christ is risen
Jesus You are Lord of all
Verse 3
No beginning and no end
You’re my hope and my defense
You came to seek and save the lost
You paid it all upon the cross
Bridge
So let Your Name be lifted higher
Be lifted higher
Be lifted higher
Shout To The Lord
Verse
My Jesus my Saviour
Lord there is none like You
All of my days I want to praise
The wonders of Your mighty love
My comfort my shelter
Tower of refuge and strength
Let every breath all that I am
Never cease to worship You
Chorus
Shout to the Lord
All the earth let us sing
Power and majesty
Praise to the King
Mountains bow down
And the seas will roar
At the sound of Your name
I sing for joy
At the work of Your hands
Forever I’ll love You
Forever I’ll stand
Nothing compares to the promise
I have in You
You Are Holy/Prince Of Peace
Verse
You are holy (You are holy)
You are mighty (You are mighty)
You are worthy (You are worthy)
Worthy of praise (worthy of praise)
I will follow (I will follow)
I will listen (I will listen)
I will love You (I will love You)
All of my days (all of my days)
Chorus 1
I will sing to and worship
The King who is worthy
And I will love and adore Him
And I will bow down before Him
And I will sing to and worship
The King who is worthy
And I will love and adore Him
And I will bow down before Him
You’re my Prince of Peace
And I will live my life for You
Chorus 2
You are Lord of lords You are King of kings
You are mighty God Lord of ev’rything
You’re Emmanuel You’re the Great I Am
You’re the Prince of Peace who is the Lamb
You’re the living God You’re my saving grace
You will reign forever You are Ancient of Days
You are Alpha Omega Beginning and End
You’re my Savior Messiah Redeemer and Friend
You’re my Prince of Peace
And I will live my life for You
Ending
You’re my Prince of Peace
And I will live my life for You
Scripture & Sermon Notes
Clothed & Learned in Christ Jesus
Chaplain Gil Alden
Clothed & Learned In Christ Jesus: Dynamics For Increased and Deeper Intimacy With My Lord
27 For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
Galatians 3:27 (NASB)
20 But you did not learn Christ in this way,
Ephesians 4:20 (NASB)
Printable version of notes from Chaplain Alden
Prayer
Giving
You may give in person using the box at the back of the Auditorium. You may also mail a check, use the ChurchCenter app, or click the button below.
Financial Information through March 31, 2021
Giving: $409,159 • Expenses: $417,513 • Budget: $476,625
Missionary of the Month
Grace Kitchen
Amanda Lorraine, Founder & CEO
Grace Kitchen is a ministry that exists in order to empower and employ women out of poverty in the Tri-Cities area through the daily work of discipleship, friendship, job training, and employment. We seek to meet the needs of some of the most marginalized women in our city and proclaim the amazing news of our risen Savior. Through the production of our gourmet dried food products, catering, and eventually having a food truck and a retail store, we equip women in our city to become confident, self sufficient and Christ dependent. This ministry enables women to learn to work and eventually support themselves and their families apart from relying solely on government programs or destructive relationships.
Prayer Requests:
- Please pray for me as the director to steward the time I have well, and for wisdom from God to lead this organization with Christ-centered humility, boldness, and courage that only comes from the Lord.
- Pray for our protection as we are in a more dangerous area of our city, and it is all women in the building most of the time.
- Pray for Sue (Assistant director) as she works directly with the ladies assisting them with tutoring, computer skills, resumes, & discipling. This isn’t an easy job when you are working with women who have experienced a lot of trauma in their lives.
- Pray for our Thursday leadership team, that God would continue to give them wisdom and truth to speak as they walk alongside new women each week. We often see the effects of trauma, prostitution, and addiction, and we need the Holy Spirit to guide each of us as we seek to tenderly care for these women’s needs.
- Pray for the women currently enrolled in our program that they would see Jesus for who He really is and want to fully surrender their lives to Him.
- Pray for the women that God would provide housing, stability, and continued sobriety so they can be fully reunited with their children.
- Pray for these women that they would learn the truth of God’s word and find their hope and salvation in Christ alone through the numerous bible studies we teach weekly.
To make a one-time gift (love offering) to Grace Kitchen you may choose “Missionary of the Month” in the drop-down menu of the ChurchCenter app’s giving option. This option is also available online, here. Alternatively, you may visit their website to contribute directly to them.
Library News
Latest Library Info
We hope y’all have had a chance to stop by the Library. We are still working on it, and have plans for cataloguing and creating a new checkout system, and even a sign for our window. But in the meantime, as we go about our work there, we hope you will feel free to take a look at the books and resources we have available.
Stay tuned for our next book recommendations, coming soon. Make sure to come and visit church library and look around again and see what’s new. If you have any questions, you can always send us an email!
~The Lovely Library Ladies
Jen, Shelly, Tami, and Tara
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