Welcome to Sunday Worship!

• Worship with us live at 9:30 AM in the Auditorium for our Main Session

• Join us live at 11:00 AM for our Breakout Sessions

• Main Session will also 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 ~ Emma Watts
Worship through the Word ~ Pastor Tim Walker
That You May Proclaim: Week Four

Breakout Sessions @ 11:00 AM

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TUESDAY
Youth Group @ 6:00 PM
with Pastor Isaac – MPR
Youth Group ends at 7:30

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:

• Book of Titus with Paul Eslinger – An interactive bible study for adults
  – Meets in Room 303
• Loving God with Your Mind with Pastor Isaac- this group will be joining the Baptism breakout (see below) in the MPR
• Women of the Word with The Lovely Library Ladies (Shelly Gilliland, Jen Frater, Tara Zacher, and Tami Montgomery) – a book discussion of Women of the Word by Jen Wilkin. Ladies of all ages are welcome. This week we will discuss chapters 5 and 6, but if you’re just jumping in, please join us even if you aren’t caught up!
  -Meets in Room 302
• Understanding Baptism with Pastor Tim – If you have questions about baptism, or if you anticipate wanting to be baptized now or in the future, join this breakout session to gain a biblical understanding of baptism
  – Meets in the MPR

BREAKOUT SESSIONS FOR KIDS
Breakout Sessions are now 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

BAPTISM SERVICE AT THE RIVER
Join us TODAY at 12:30 PM at Leslie Groves park for a baptism service! Afterwards we’ll spend some time together at the nearby pavilion with music and refreshments. So bring whatever you want to do at the park – pack a lunch, bring chairs or blankets, activities, games, whatever you want – and we’ll hang out and share some fabulous fellowship!

VBS
“Boomerang Express” begins tomorrow! July 12-16 from 1 to 4
Take a thrilling ride across the “land down under” on the Boomerang Express. As kids wind their way across Australia, they’ll discover the vastness of God’s love, and they’ll learn that no matter where they go or what they do in life – it all comes back to Jesus!
Sign your kids up for VBS here!

SUMMER FELLOWSHIP & CRAFT NIGHT
Come for a night of fellowship and crafty fun on Friday, July 23, 6:30 PM. We will be providing supplies for creating bath bombs. Bring a snack to share and feel free to bring a friend! This event is hosted by our FBC MOPS group, but all ladies are welcome to attend. Sign up here!

UPCOMING EVENT
Mark your calendar now for a Summer Family Barbecue sponsored by MOPS!
All families are invited for some great food and family fellowship together. 
• Friday, August 13 at 5:00 PM

BLOOD DRIVE
We are hosting a Red Cross Blood Drive sponsored by Oasis Physical Therapy on Thursday, August 12, 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!

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!
(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
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

That You May Proclaim: Week Four

Pastor Tim Walker

17 And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile,
18 knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold,
19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.
20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you
21 who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
1 Peter 1:17-21 (ESV)

17 And if you call on him as Father who judges impartially according to each one’s deeds, conduct yourselves with fear throughout the time of your exile,
1 Peter 1:17 (ESV)

11 “For this commandment that I command you today is not too hard for you, neither is it far off.
12 It is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will ascend to heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’
13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’
14 But the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it.
15 “See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil.
16 If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I command you today, by loving the Lord your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his rules, then you shall live and multiply, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to take possession of it.
17 But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but are drawn away to worship other gods and serve them,
18 I declare to you today, that you shall surely perish. You shall not live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to enter and possess.
19 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live,
20 loving the Lord your God, obeying his voice and holding fast to him, for he is your life and length of days, that you may dwell in the land that the Lord swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.”
Deuteronomy 30:11-20 (ESV)

1 When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
2 The more they were called, the more they went away; they kept sacrificing to the Baals and burning offerings to idols.
3 Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk; I took them up by their arms, but they did not know that I healed them.
4 I led them with cords of kindness, with the bands of love, and I became to them as one who eases the yoke on their jaws, and I bent down to them and fed them.
5 They shall not return to the land of Egypt, but Assyria shall be their king, because they have refused to return to me.
6 The sword shall rage against their cities, consume the bars of their gates, and devour them because of their own counsels.
7 My people are bent on turning away from me, and though they call out to the Most High, he shall not raise them up at all.
Hosea 11:1-7 (ESV)

18 knowing that you were ransomed from the futile ways inherited from your forefathers, not with perishable things such as silver or gold,
19 but with the precious blood of Christ, like that of a lamb without blemish or spot.
20 He was foreknown before the foundation of the world but was made manifest in the last times for the sake of you…
1 Peter 1:18-20 (ESV)

21 who through him are believers in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.
1 Peter 1:21 (ESV)

16 From now on, therefore, we regard no one according to the flesh. Even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh, we regard him thus no longer.
17 Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
18 All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the ministry of reconciliation;
19 that is, in Christ God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and entrusting to us the message of reconciliation.
20 Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, God making his appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God.
21 For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
2 Corinthians 5:16-21 (ESV)

1 Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain.
2 Corinthians 6:1 (ESV)

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 Pastor Tim:
t.walker@thefirstfamily.net

Prayer Requests

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Giving: $32,532 • Expenses: $40,761 • Budget: $47,042

David and Christie Sommers

Strategic Resources International (a part of ABWE)

David and Christie serve in Indonesia with Strategic Resources International. Their primary ministry is through education.

Christie serves as the provost of a large Christian university and also serves as the Executive Dean of Nursing. David teaches science and computer technology at a Christian international school. Through these ministries, they have many opportunities to share the love of Christ with their students, staff, and faculty members. In addition, they have been able to partner with national believers for ministry and outreach through the International church they attend.

Prayer Requests:
Pray for safety as they head back to Indonesia and for the hybrid learning for the next school year.

To make a one-time gift to the Sommers’ 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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