Welcome to our Sunday Gathering!

• Worship with us at 9:30 AM for our Main Session (in person or online)

• Join us at 11:00 AM for our Breakout Sessions (in person only)

• Main Session will be online via Facebook or YouTube for those who wish to watch at home

• Click here for hearing assistance information

• 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

SUNDAY

2Go Cafe Open @ 9:00 AM

KidsChurch
Nursery-3rd Grade @ 9:30 AM

Main Session @ 9:30 AM
In Person in Auditorium
or
Online: YouTube or Facebook

Worship through Music ~ Pastor Brad Nelson
Worship through the Word ~ Jeff Stachofsky
Great Intentions

Breakout Sessions @ 11:00 AM

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TUESDAY
NO Youth Group 

TODAY:

2GO CAFE
Our coffee stand is open on Sunday mornings at 9:00 AM. Stop by and grab some coffee before the Main Session and again before Breakout Sessions. 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:

• **NEW** Book of Genesis with Paul Eslinger – An interactive bible study for adults.
  – This new session will focus on the metanarrative of scripture. In Genesis, God reveals himself to man in a way that explains our origins, the origins of good and evil, and some of his plan for us, which includes a wonderful future for those who believe. God’s plan started before time began, as the Apostle Paul told Titus in Titus 1:2 “…in hope of eternal life which God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.” Join us as we open the word of God and learn more about him.
  – Meets in Room 303
• Workshop: Discussing and Applying a Sermon with Alan Zacher – All ages are welcome
  – Meets in the MPR

BREAKOUT SESSIONS FOR KIDS
Breakout Sessions are available for kids of all ages!

• Nursery – Ages 0-4, Room 106A (Nursery)
• KidZone Breakout – Grades K-3, Room 307
• KidsPlus Breakout – Grades 4-6, Room 305

A NOTE FROM PASTOR TIM
FBC Richland family and friends,
A quick update from the Walkers: COVID has finally found its way to our home. We’ve got a couple positive tests, a couple negative tests, and a few more with symptoms. Out of a heart toward caution and care for our church family, I am choosing to stay away one more week. We miss y’all immensely but continue to serve from afar and will join you again for Sunday’s Main Session via YouTube. Thank you all for the sweet care and timely front-porch-supply-drop-offs. Thank you also to the staff and elders who have so willingly stepped up to cover some of my duties. Make sure and reach out to me if you need anything.

Thanks,
Pastor Tim

1 Thessalonians 5:11

NEW! CONNECT CARDS
If you’re visiting or simply want to send a message to staff and pastors, fill out a connect card! You can find them by the Information Table, click the “connect” button on our home page, or click here.

BLOOD DRIVE
We are hosting a Red Cross Blood Drive sponsored by Oasis Physical Therapy HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR Thursday, September 23, from noon to 5 PM. The Red Cross is facing a critical shortage with only 60% of donations needed scheduled this summer. Please consider giving blood. It’s easy and only takes about 30 minutes!
Click here to register to donate. Donating blood is safe, quick and easy, and you can save up to 3 lives with just 1 blood donation!  Giving blood saves 4.5 million lives each year in the US, yet fewer than 1 out of 10 people in the US donate.
Let’s roll up our sleeves and do our part!

SUMMER FAMILY BARBECUE
The whole family is welcome to come to the FBC MOPS Summer BBQ as we kick-off the MOPS year. Hamburgers and hotdogs provided, please sign up for other potluck items here. We are planning on having a bounce house, so bring a lawn chair along if you want to sit outside. Open to all FBC families!

• Friday, August 13 at 5:00 PM

UPCOMING EVENTS
Some new events are coming up! Here is a quick breakdown of events and the dates so that you can put them on the calendar. More detailed information to come!

•    Men’s Breakfast – August 14, 7:30 AM
•    “It’s A Kick!” FootGolfing after Men’s Breakfast – August 14, 8:30 AM
•    “A Possibility for Opportunity” Community Service Fair (Breakout Session) – August 22, 11:00 AM

BUSINESS MEETING POSTPONED
The special business meeting that was scheduled for tonight, August 8, has been rescheduled for August 29 at 6:00 PM. We will be discussing and voting on the possible sale of the Mac House. Thank you for your patience as the deacon board waits for some additional information. Note: this meeting will be in person only.

YOUVERSION STUDY GUIDE
We now have our sermon study guide on the Bible app! This will allow you to follow along with the message AND take 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!

HEARING ASSISTANCE
If you or someone you know needs to make use of this great tool in our worship service, here are some instructions.

1. Download the WaveCAST Audio Receiver application.
   Download for Apple phones
   Download for Google phones
2. At the worship service, connect to the “FBC-Guest” Wi-Fi network.
3. Next, open the WaveCAST app, and choose “FBC Service”
4. You should be connected! Just move the slider to adjust the volume.

YouVersion Study Guide

Printable Study Guide

Great Intentions

Jeff Stachofsky

13 Now when Jesus heard about John, He withdrew from there in a boat to a secluded place by Himself; and when the people heard of this, they followed Him on foot from the cities.
14 When He went ashore, He saw a large crowd, and felt compassion for them and healed their sick.
15 When it was evening, the disciples came to Him and said, “This place is desolate and the hour is already late; so send the crowds away, that they may go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”
16 But Jesus said to them, “They do not need to go away; you give them something to eat!”
17 They *said to Him, “We have here only five loaves and two fish.”
18 And He said, “Bring them here to Me.”
19 Ordering the people to sit down on the grass, He took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up toward heaven, He blessed the food, and breaking the loaves He gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the crowds,
20 and they all ate and were satisfied. They picked up what was left over of the broken pieces, twelve full baskets.
21 There were about five thousand men who ate, besides women and children.
Matthew 14:13-21 NASB

As we study together…

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 leave on mission…

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)

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

The Christian life is designed to be transferred relationally and journeyed together. You need to “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 Jeff:
j.stachofsky@thefirstfamily.net

Prayer Requests

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Financial Information through June 30, 2021
Giving: $32,532 • Expenses: $40,761 • Budget: $47,042

From Kristin:
I work with national partners all over the world, but am currently based in Arizona. While I’m based in AZ, I will Lord willing soon be traveling to visit national partners in the Middle East and Asia.

My calling is to use my gifts in Bible scholarship and my multicultural background to serve the global church, particularly for purposes of growing church unity, and helping the church to fulfill its peacemaking commission from Christ. My work is all about 1) bridging cultural gaps to deepen our understanding and love for God’s Word, and 2) breaking down dividing walls of hostility according to Eph. 2:11-22, so that we can be one even as Christ and the Father are one, and so that we can be a display of His glory to the world.

Right now, I’m working on my PhD in Bible and cross-cultural missiology, and have just begun to collaborate on a very exciting project with another organization based in AZ. This organization has an entire team of people who do exactly the kind of training and resource development work that I’m called to do, and I have the privilege of joining them on The Ephesians 2 Gospel Project, where we are using Ephesians 2 to develop resources made by and for the global church, to help Christians everywhere to address conflict and violence with the gospel, and to give us new tools for reaching our neighbors with Christ’s gospel of peace.

Prayer Requests:

• I praise God for the truly miraculous ways that He brought me in contact with The Ephesians 2 Gospel Project, and the many more-than-coincidental ways that He has provided for my financial needs, and for this project thus far.
• Please pray with me for God’s continued provision on The Ephesians 2 Gospel Project, and on my PhD work.
• Pray for the strength and wisdom necessary to do this work, that the attacks of the Enemy against us would be thwarted, and that financial provisions would continue to come in and increase.

To make a one-time gift to Kristin’s ministry, you may choose “Ministry of the Month” in the drop-down menu of the ChurchCenter app’s giving option or click here to give on our website.

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