Message Slides – Perception, Prescription, & Peppermint

Weekly Bulletin 11-15-20

Welcome

Welcome to our Sunday Worship Service!

• Worship with us in the Auditorium or in the MPR where we will simulcast our livestream.

• 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

Connecting Point @ 9:20 AM
Chat with friends and family at FBC
or
online on YouTube or Facebook
(YouTube/Google or Facebook account required)

KidZone Classes
NURSERY-3RD GRADE @ 9:30 AM
Please pick your child up promptly after the Worship Service.

Sunday Worship @ 9:30 AM
Live in Auditorium
or
Livestream Simulcast in MPR
Click here for self-screening protocol
or
Join us online on YouTube or Facebook

Worship through Music ~ Tami Montgomery
Worship through the Word ~ Jeff Stachofsky
Perception, Prescription, & Peppermint

Sunday School Classes @ 11:00 AM
Bible Talk with Pastor Isaac – Room 302/304
Book of Titus with Paul Eslinger – Room 303/305

Tuesday Youth Group @ 6:00 PM
In person at FBC with Pastor Isaac
Meeting in the MPR
Youth Group ends at 7:30

Announcements

TODAY: ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES
Sunday school classes begin at 11:00. We hope you’ll join us after the service in one of these classes:

Bible Talk with Pastor Isaac: An interactive study for both youth and adults
– Room 302/304
Current topic: What it means to be the Church
This week: How to present the Gospel to a person or small group

Book of Titus with Paul Eslinger: An interactive bible study for adults
– Room 303/305
Current passage: Titus 1:1-9
This week: Continuing study of Titus 1:1-9

GIVE THANKS TO THE LORD
Share what you are thankful for! Submit a photo with a caption, a video, or a short paragraph to fbc@thefirstfamily.net. We will encourage each other with God’s blessings to our church family on Sunday, November 22.

TUESDAY:
YOUTH GROUP
November 17 • 6:00-7:30 PM
In person at FBC with Pastor Isaac
Meeting in the MPR

WEDNESDAY:
AWANA
November 18 • 6:30 PM
Some clubs still have space available!
Register on the ChurchCenter app under Events or click here to register.
Space is limited!

THURSDAY:
KIDZONE ONLINE CONTENT – brite*
Watch the KidZone Facebook Page each Thursday afternoon for a new lesson and activity. Because kids who know the Bible can:

Navigate a changing culture
Build a strong foundation of faith
Love Jesus for the rest of their lives

Click here to see what you can learn in these online Bible lessons, powered by Awana.

MORE EVENTS:

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD
Our faithful Operation Christmas Child enthusiasts have finished another year of prep have packed many boxes. First Baptist Church’s OCC goal this year is 200 boxes and we need to raise $2,000 to cover shipping and the cost of the boxes themselves.

For more information, please contact Dana Mortimer or Melany Bickford.
Boxes and funds will be collected through Nov. 22. You may give in person, by mail, or choose “OCC” when giving online.

MONDAY: MOPS – MOTHERS OF PRESCHOOLERS
MOPS has plenty of room for new moms, so if you are a mom of kids up to age five, please join us!
More details:

Next meeting: Monday, November 23
6:30 PM in the MPR at FBC
We have plenty of room for new moms, so bring a friend, neighbor, etc.!
Meetings are on the second and fourth Mondays of the month, September-May
See our Facebook page or the FBC MOPS page for more info

Song Lyrics

Today’s Songs

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Sing to the King

Yes I Will

How Great is our God

Sing to the King

Verse 1

Sing to the King
Who is coming to reign
Glory to Jesus the Lamb that was slain

Life and salvation
His empire shall bring
And joy to the nations when
Jesus is King

Chorus

Come let us sing a song
A song declaring that
We belong to Jesus
He is all we need

Lift up a heart of praise
Sing now with voices raised to Jesus
Sing to the King

Verse 2

For His returning
We watch and we pray
We will be ready the dawn of that day

We’ll join in singing
With all the redeemed
‘Cause Satan is vanquished and
Jesus is King

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Yes I Will

Verse

I count on one thing
The same God that never fails
Will not fail me now
You won’t fail me now

In the waiting
The same God who’s never late
Is working all things out
You’re working all things out

Chorus

Yes I will lift You high
In the lowest valley
Yes I will bless Your name

Yes I will sing for joy
When my heart is heavy
All my days yes I will

Bridge

I choose to praise
To glorify glorify
The name of all names
That nothing can stand against

End

For all my days
Yes I will

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How Great is our God

Verse 1

The splendor of the King
Clothed in majesty
Let all the earth rejoice
All the earth rejoice

He wraps Himself in light
And darkness tries to hide
And trembles at His voice
Trembles at His voice

Chorus

How great is our God Sing with me
How great is our God
And all will see how great
How great is our God

Verse 2

And age to age He stands
And time is in His hands
Beginning and the End
Beginning and the End

The Godhead three in one
Father Spirit Son
The Lion and the Lamb
The Lion and the Lamb

Bridge

Name above all names
Worthy of all praise
My heart will sing
How great is our God

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Scripture

Perception, Prescription, & Peppermint

Jeff Stachofsky

Romans Chapter 8

1 Therefore there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death.

3 For what the Law could not do, weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh,

4 so that the requirement of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who do not walk according to the flesh but according to the Spirit.

5 For those who are according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who are according to the Spirit, the things of the Spirit.

6 For the mind set on the flesh is death, but the mind set on the Spirit is life and peace,

7 because the mind set on the flesh is hostile toward God; for it does not subject itself to the law of God, for it is not even able to do so,

8 and those who are in the flesh cannot please God.
9 However, you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. But if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Him.

10 If Christ is in you, though the body is dead because of sin, yet the spirit is alive because of righteousness.

11 But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.

12 So then, brethren, we are under obligation, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh—

13 for if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.

14 For all who are being led by the Spirit of God, these are sons of God.

15 For you have not received a spirit of slavery leading to fear again, but you have received a spirit of adoption as sons by which we cry out, “Abba! Father!”

16 The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are children of God,

17 and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.
18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us.

19 For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God.

20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because of Him who subjected it, in hope

21 that the creation itself also will be set free from its slavery to corruption into the freedom of the glory of the children of God.

22 For we know that the whole creation groans and suffers the pains of childbirth together until now. 23And not only this, but also we ourselves, having the first fruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting eagerly for our adoption as sons, the redemption of our body.

24 For in hope we have been saved, but hope that is seen is not hope; for who hopes for what he already sees?

25 But if we hope for what we do not see, with perseverance we wait eagerly for it.
26 In the same way the Spirit also helps our weakness; for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us with groanings too deep for words;

27 and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

28 And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.

29 For those whom He foreknew, He also predestined to become conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brethren;

30 and these whom He predestined, He also called; and these whom He called, He also justified; and these whom He justified, He also glorified.
31 What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?

32 He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him over for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things?

33 Who will bring a charge against God’s elect? God is the one who justifies;

34 who is the one who condemns? Christ Jesus is He who died, yes, rather who was raised, who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.

35 Who will separate us from the love of Christ? Will tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword?

36 Just as it is written,
“For Your sake we are being put to death all day long;
We were considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
37 But in all these things we overwhelmingly conquer through Him who loved us.

38 For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers,

39 nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 8 (NASB)

Prayer

Prayer Requests

Giving

You may give in person using the boxes at the back of the Auditorium or the MPR

Give Online

Financial Information through October 31, 2020
Giving: $166,328 • Expenses: $171,834 • Budget: $238,312

Missionary of the Month

Steve & Mendi Everett

Steve and Mendi have been serving with ABWE since 2001. For 10 years of that time they lived and served in southern Brazil assisting in church planting as well directing a retreat center called Sitio da Esperança. This property was used to offer “like-minded” churches in the area a place for retreats, baptisms, sporting events, training opportunities and classes, Bible study groups, and family events. It was a great way for churches to encourage their flocks and grow in their fellowship. It also was a great way to evangelize through sporting tournaments, youth rallies, and youth/adult retreats.

They are now based in Salem, OR and have an emphasis on partnering with Brasilian ministry workers to further the gospel reach worldwide. They are partnering with them in an effort to reach further into their communities or the communities they work in through teaching English, running sports camps, construction projects, offering specific training modules, or anything else within the skill sets the Lord has given them that aids in reaching others for the Lord. Their desire is to allow their national partners dictate what type of help and ministry is needed.

As a bonus, they get to share these things with churches in the US in hopes of inspiring and encouraging Christians to jump on board with what God is doing around the world. And by “jumping on board” they mean by going on short-term missions trips or contributing financially towards these ministries and national partners.

Steve’s Mom and Grandma are both former members of First Baptist Church. Mendi is also a former member, and attended First Baptist in her jr. high and high school years, so they both have long time ties to this church.

To make a one-time gift (love offering) to the Everetts, 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 ABWE giving page.

Praises:
•   Some recent increases in monthly support
•   Some recent & encouraging “divine” meetings with good friends
•   Our health through this COVID time
•   God meeting ALL our needs! PTL!

Prayer Requests:
•   We are currently around $1,000 short in monthly support
•   Trying to plan our 2021 calendar with so many unknowns
•   Our partners in Guyana: John and Fabi & Renato and Francilene
•   Our partners in Brazil: Pierre and Inha & Edson and Alessandra
•   Our country and our leaders

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