EX^LT 

EX^LT is a college age ministry at FBC designed for high school seniors through young adults. EX^LT is a weekly time of fellowship, connection, accountability, worship, and scripture discussion. Our purpose is to provide a safe space for a college age community to gather, worship, learn, and share life together. We meet on Fridays at FBC, in Room 302. Arrive at 6:30 PM for refreshments before we kick things off at 7 PM. Bring a friend and we hope to see you there. Click here to sign up!

QUESTIONS ABOUT BAPTISM?

Contact Pastor Tim if you have any questions about being baptized or about baptism in general. You can email him at t.walker@fbcrichland.net.
There are also some resources at the Information Table as well as on our website resources page. And don’t forget to come to the Church at the Park on Sunday, August 21!

CHURCH @ THE PARK – 9:30 AM SUNDAY 8/21

Join this accountability and study group for men on Sunday evenings. We meet on Sundays from 5-6 PM in the MPR. Our current study in this Ethics for Man series is called Belayed. For more information or if you have any questions about this group, call Pastor Tim at 360.880.4975.

FORGE YOUTH MENTORING INFO MEETING – 8/23

Forge Youth Mentoring will have a Mentor & Volunteer Info Meeting on Tuesday, August 23, from 6:30-7:30 PM. They will meet in Room 303.
Come and learn all about Forge and how you can change the life of a young person in the community! It is simple and fun – check it out!

For more info about Forge Youth Mentoring, visit www.forgeyouthmentoring.org.

AWANA SIGNUPS OPEN

AWANA stands for “Approved Workmen Are Not Ashamed” from 2 Timothy 2:15 in the Bible.

Join us for a great year of AWANA – where kids matter!
 * AWANA is centered on the gospel – Scripture memory is a key element.
 * AWANA helps parents worldwide raise children to know, love, and serve Christ.
 * AWANA is built on volunteer leadership.
 * AWANA is exciting and fun!!

AWANA Clubber 2022-2023 Registration
Sign up here to volunteer with AWANA
2022-2023 Calendar
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NEW BREAKOUT FOR WOMEN COMING 9/11

Please join us for this 13-week study by Jennifer Kennedy Dean titled: “Live a Praying Life”. The study will be held during Breakout Sessions on Sundays from 11:00 AM-12:00 PM and it begins on September 11. Open to women in their teens and older.
Please purchase your own workbook so that you can complete the lessons each week for discussion.

Hope to see you there!
Questions? Contact Stacy Mouat, 574.265.8488 (text or call)
or email – stacymouat@gmail.com

For a study summary and for book info, please visit the event on the App! Home>Connect>Events or click here

LIBRARY BOOK CLUB – 9/27

The Library book club is for everyone who reads and loves books is invited. In fact, bring your book-loving friends too. We will talk BOOKS!

We want to know what you are reading now, so bring that and bring ideas for our next read. We’ll all vote to decide the book we will read together and discuss at the next meeting.
We meet on the last Saturday of the month from 9:30 – 11:00 AM, In August, on 9/27, we will meet at Jen Frater’s Lovely Library.

For more info and to sign up, please visit the event on the App: Home>Connect>Signups or click here

Looking forward to seeing you!
The Library Ladies – Jen, Shelly, Tami, and Tara

LIBRARY LADIES PODCAST RECOMMENDATIONS FOR AUGUST

Jen recommends: Jane and Jesus podcast (Karen Swallow Prior)
Shelly recommends: OnScript: Biblical World podcast (Bible scholars interview archaeologists)
Tami recommends: Brant & Sherri Oddcast (Brant Hansen)
Tara recommends: The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill podcast (Christianity Today)

Happy Listening!
The Library Ladies (Jen, Shelly, Tami, and Tara)

BINDERS! GET YOUR BINDERS HERE!

If you still haven’t gotten an FBC Studies binder, please contact Tami and let her know! We have a new supply of binders available along with tabs for the Main Session, Breakout sessions, and more. You can send an email to Tami and let her know you need one. When you send your request, let her know who the binder is for so she can include a tab for FBC Men or FBC Women. This is a great way to keep all of your studies together in one handy place. It’s also a fun place to put your stickers, too…have you gotten any stickers from the Information Table yet?

Send Tami an email to request your binder: t.montgomery@fbcrichland.net

Week Beginning August 21

SUNDAY

Church @ the Park @ 9:30 AM
In Person @ Leslie Groves Park, Shelter #1
or
Online Livestream: YouTube

Worship through Music ~ Emma Watts
Worship through the Word ~ Pastor Tim Walker
“Completely”

Baptism Service @ 11:00 AM
Picnic Together After Baptisms

Men’s Accountability Group @ 5:00 PM

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TUESDAY
Youth Group @ 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Grades 7-12

FRIDAY
EX^LT @ 6:30 PM
H.S. Seniors – Young Adults

Welcome to Sunday Worship @ the Park!

• Today our 9:30 AM gathering is at Leslie Groves Park!
• We will have a baptism service beginning around 11:00 AM, after the main service.
• 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 (choose “in person” or “online” when you check in)
• Please visit our information table for the giving basket, bibles, and more!
• Please stay for our picnic after the baptism service!

YouVersion Study Guide

32 And they went to a place called Gethsemane. And he said to his disciples, “Sit here while I pray.” 33And he took with him Peter and James and John, and began to be greatly distressed and troubled. 34And he said to them, “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death. Remain here and watch.” 35And going a little farther, he fell on the ground and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. 36And he said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible for you. Remove this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”
Mark 14:32-36 ESV

“Completely”

Pastor Tim Walker

1What shall we say then? Are we to continue in sin that grace may abound? 2By no means! How can we who died to sin still live in it? 3Do you not know that all of us who have been baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too might walk in newness of life. 5For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his. 6We know that our old self was crucified with him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we would no longer be enslaved to sin. 7For one who has died has been set free from sin. 8Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. 9We know that Christ, being raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has dominion over him. 10For the death he died he died to sin, once for all, but the life he lives he lives to God. 11So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus. 12Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions. 13Do not present your members to sin as instruments for unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who have been brought from death to life, and your members to God as instruments for righteousness. 14For sin will have no dominion over you, since you are not under law but under grace.
Romans 6:1-14 ESV

6 Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, 7rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, just as you were taught, abounding in thanksgiving. 8See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. 9For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, 10and you have been filled in him, who is the head of all rule and authority. 11In him also you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, 12having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the powerful working of God, who raised him from the dead. 13And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,
Colossians 2:6-13 ESV

As we gather…

What does the passage say?

Key words/phrases?

Major theological terms?

Commands?

Promises?

Difficult words/phrases?

What does the passage mean?

Context? (never interpret less than a paragraph)

How would the original hearers receive this?

Key word definitions?

Parallel Biblical teachings?

Can you communicate the point of this passage in a simple phrase?

As we go…

What must I do in response?

How does this truth apply to my life? Personally?

As the church?

In my community?

What steps do I need to take to apply this?
(Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Time-based Goals)

What is a missional conversation nugget to discuss with family, friends, neighbors, coworkers, etc.?

To whom will I be accountable?
(reach out and ask… follow up)

The Christian life is designed to be transferred relationally and journeyed together.
“Rope in”– brother to brother and sister to sister – on a weekly basis so that together we can draw near to God and join him in his kingdom work.
This is an exploration – commit and prepare for a long and rewarding journey.

To continue the conversation, email Pastor Tim: t.walker@fbcrichland.net

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Financial Information through July 31, 2022

• Planned Budget 92,797 • Giving $64,118 • Expenses $76,738 •