Week Beginning April 17

SUNDAY

Community Easter Sunrise Service @ 7:00 AM
(Thumbnail Stage at Howard Amon Park)
2Go Cafe Open @ 9:00 AM

Main Session @ 9:30 AM
In Person @ FBC: Auditorium
or
Online Livestream: YouTube!

Worship through Music ~  Pastor Brad Nelson
Worship through the Word ~ Pastor Tim Walker
FBC Richland: Who We Are (Week Fourteen)

KidsChurch @ 9:30 AM
Nursery-3rd Grade

Easter Brunch @ 11:00 AM
In lieu of normal Breakout Sessions

Men’s Study/Accountability @ 5:00 PM

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MONDAY
MOPS & MOMSnext @ 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Moms of kids up to age 18
Meets 2nd & 4th Mondays in MPR

Men’s Prayer & Bible Study @ 6:30 PM
Men 18 and over
Meets in Room 303

TUESDAY
Youth Group @ 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Middle and High School

WEDNESDAY
Awana @ 6:00 PM – 8:15 PM
Kids clubs for ages 3 – 6th grade

FRIDAY
EX^LT @ 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM
College Age – Young Adults
Meets in Room 201

EX^LT – NOW ON FRIDAYS
EX^LT is a college age ministry at FBC designed for young adults between the ages of 18 and 30. 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 201 (Youth Room). 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!

BABY SHOWER FOR SIERRA SMITH
Ladies, come help us celebrate a soon-to-arrive little blessing! Sierra and Brock Smith will be welcoming a sweet, baby girl in May. Let’s shower Sierra with encouragement and support. Join us on Saturday, April 16 at 2:00 PM in room 303.

Kindly respond to Alisha Piper at 509.521.7089 or a_piper@msn.com.

Sierra is registered at https://www.babylist.com/fwhcftcff
Bring a package of diapers to be entered into a raffle for a gift card!

EASTER COMMUNITY SUNRISE SERVICE
We are very excited to be partnering with Lighthouse and New Heights churches to host a community sunrise service on Easter Sunday, April 17, from 7:00 – 7:45 AM. Come join your neighbors in celebrating the resurrection of our Lord at the Fingernail Stage in Howard Amon Park. Invite your friends and neighbors! Please bring your own chair.
We will still be having our normal Main Session at 9:30 AM later that morning.

2GO CAFE
Our coffee stand is open on Sunday mornings at 9:00 AM. Stop by and grab some coffee before and after the Main Session. Donations currently benefit Tri-Cities Young Life.

EASTER BRUNCH
Join us at 11:00 AM on Sunday, April 17 for an Easter brunch, in lieu of our normal adult and kids Breakout Sessions! Food will be provided. Come spend some time in fellowship with the Church family after our Main Session at 9:30 AM. If you are interested in helping with this event, you may contact Rebecca Jones: 269.325.2509

5:00 PM – MEN’S STUDY/ACCOUNTABILITY GROUP
Join this accountability and study group for men on Sunday evenings. We will meet from 5-6 PM in the MPR. Our current study is called Delivered. For more information or if you have any questions about this group, call Pastor Tim at 360.880.4975.

MEN’S PRAYER & BIBLE STUDY
Join the Men’s Prayer and Bible study weekly on Monday evenings at 6:30 PM for men 18 and older.
Our goal is to Grow, Connect, and Encourage men.
Contact Dave Neumayer with questions: 509.713.6026

SENIOR FUN, FOOD, FELLOWSHIP
Join this exciting time of fun, food, fellowship, hymn singing, and games!
Every third Tuesday of the month…Starting April 19, 2022 from 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM. Feel free to invite others.
It’s lovely if you sign up on the ChurchCenter app…but if you haven’t, please come anyway. Click here to sign up!

TOWN HALL
Mark your calendars! Our quarterly Town Hall meeting will take place in lieu of adult Breakout Sessions on Sunday, April 24 at 11:00 AM. We will be hearing from our latest elder nominees and reviewing the handout for the annual budget to be affirmed at the business meeting on May 15.

MOTHERS OF PRESCHOOLERS & MOMSnext
•    Moms of kids up to age 18 welcome
•    Meets on Second and Fourth Mondays, 6:30-8:30 PM
•    Meets at FBC in the MPR (no childcare at this time)
Questions? Send an email to Melany Bickford
Learn more about MOPS and MOMSnext
Follow our MOPS group on Facebook

FBC WOMEN LADIES SPRING LUNCHEON
We hope you will join us for the Ladies Spring Luncheon brought to you by FBC Women.
Join us on Saturday, April 30 at 1:00 PM in the MPR. Bring a friend!
RSVP by April 22 by signing up in the ChurchCenter App, by clicking this link, or by filling out the signup sheet on the Connect Table on Sunday.

CHILDRENS MINISTRY ASSESSMENT
This spring, we are choosing to invest significant time and energy in exploring the future of our church’s children’s ministry. As a church that cares deeply about the spiritual formation of children, we are always looking for ways to improve.

As a part of this effort, we are participating in a virtual learning cohort called CoLab with Barna Group. Barna has done a lot of research on the next generation, and over the next few weeks, we are going to be spending time learning and growing as a team, considering how we can best lead and serve children moving forward.

We want YOU to join us as we prayerfully consider the future of our children’s ministry! In partnership with Barna, we would like to invite everyone who attends FBC Richland to complete a short, 10-minute survey on the topic of children’s ministry. Even if you personally have no connection to our children’s ministry at this time, we would like your input and observations.

As we deeply value your honest thoughts and opinions on this topic, all the data collected in this survey is anonymous.
Click HERE to begin the assessment!
Thank you for partnering with us in this important effort to serve the next generation well.

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FBC Richland: Who We Are (Week Fourteen)

Pastor Tim Walker

1On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there.
2Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples.
3When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.”
4And Jesus said to her, “Woman, what does this have to do with me? My hour has not yet come.”
5His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever he tells you.”
6Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.
7Jesus said to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” And they filled them up to the brim.
8And he said to them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.” So they took it.
9When the master of the feast tasted the water now become wine, and did not know where it came from (though the servants who had drawn the water knew), the master of the feast called the bridegroom
10and said to him, “Everyone serves the good wine first, and when people have drunk freely, then the poor wine. But you have kept the good wine until now.”
11This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.
12After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother and his brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there for a few days.
13The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.
14In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there.
15And making a whip of cords, he drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and oxen. And he poured out the coins of the money-changers and overturned their tables.
16And he told those who sold the pigeons, “Take these things away; do not make my Father’s house a house of trade.”
17His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for your house will consume me.”
18So the Jews said to him, “What sign do you show us for doing these things?”
19Jesus answered them, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.”
20The Jews then said, “It has taken forty-six years to build this temple, and will you raise it up in three days?”
21But he was speaking about the temple of his body.
22When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this, and they believed the Scripture and the word that Jesus had spoken..
John 2:1-22 ESV

1“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me.
2In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?
3And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.
4And you know the way to where I am going.”
5Thomas said to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going. How can we know the way?”
6Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
7If you had known me, you would have known my Father also. From now on you do know him and have seen him.”
8Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is enough for us.”
9Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and you still do not know me, Philip? Whoever has seen me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?
10Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father who dwells in me does his works.
11Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father is in me, or else believe on account of the works themselves.
12“Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.
13Whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.
14If you ask me anything in my name, I will do it.
John 14:1-14 ESV

26Eight days later, his disciples were inside again, and Thomas was with them. Although the doors were locked, Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”
27Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and see my hands; and put out your hand, and place it in my side. Do not disbelieve, but believe.”
28Thomas answered him, “My Lord and my God!”
29Jesus said to him, “Have you believed because you have seen me? Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
John 20:26-29 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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