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: Auditorium
or
Online: YouTube or Facebook

Worship through Music ~ Pastor Brad Nelson
Worship through the Word ~ Pastor Tim Walker
That You May Proclaim: Week Nine

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 and after the Main Session. 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
Join us after the Main Session: 

•    Book of Genesis with Paul Eslinger – An interactive bible study for adults
– Meets in Room 303

•    Life of Cephas with Pastor Tim – Discussion about the life of Cephas, using a scriptural case study approach
– Meets in the MPR

11:00 AM Breakout Sessions are STILL available today 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

AWANA BEGINS SEPTEMBER 8 – SIGN UP NOW
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 begins Wednesday, September 8, 6:30 PM

Space is limited – register now!
Questions? Click here to contact Diana Crowell, Awana Commander

FBC FAMILY FUN
“FBC Family Fun” is a great new way to get our church family together outside of our normal Sunday gatherings. There will be different activities scheduled throughout the year, and we will get together in various locations to spend time together with fun and fellowship!

The first activity is a walk at Bateman Island, on Friday, September 10, from 6:00 – 7:00 PM. People of all ages are welcome and to join this short outing. Meet at the parking lot at the intersection of Columbia Center Blvd. and Columbia Trail. Invite your friends!

Watch for more FBC Family Fun gatherings to come!

CHILDREN’S MINISTRY TRAINING REMINDER
If you help in Children’s ministry, please add these dates to your calendar!

• Reducing the Risk Child Safety Training:
This training is required for all humans 16+ who work with other humans 0-18 years of age. This includes volunteers, staff, elders, and deacons. If you are one of these people who know you need this class or are interested in working in the nursery, children’s ministry, or student ministry, you are welcome to attend this training on Sunday, September 12 from 2:30 – 4:00 PM.

Please contact Isaac Terry if you are going to attend so we know how many materials are needed.

• Children’s Ministry Volunteer Training:
All current Sunday/KidZone Children’s Ministry volunteers (nursery – 6th grade) will have a training and informational meeting on Sunday, September 12 at 4:00 PM. 

MOPS AND MOMSNext STARTING SOON
•    MOPS and MOMSNext begins on Monday, September 13
•    New! Moms of kids up to age 18 welcome!
•    Meets on Second and Fourth Monday evenings, 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

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.

YOUVERSION STUDY GUIDE
Access the sermon study guide on the Bible app! This will allow you to follow along with the message AND take and save your notes. We use 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

That You May Proclaim: Week Nine

Pastor Tim Walker

13 Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, 
14 or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. 
15 For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the ignorance of foolish people. 
16 Live as people who are free, not using your freedom as a cover-up for evil, but living as servants of God. 
17 Honor everyone. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honor the emperor.
1 Peter 2:13-17 ESV

1 These are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders of the exiles, and to the priests, the prophets, and all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had taken into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. 
2 This was after King Jeconiah and the queen mother, the eunuchs, the officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metal workers had departed from Jerusalem. 
3 The letter was sent by the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. It said: 
4 “Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, to all the exiles whom I have sent into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon: 
5 Build houses and live in them; plant gardens and eat their produce. 
6 Take wives and have sons and daughters; take wives for your sons, and give your daughters in marriage, that they may bear sons and daughters; multiply there, and do not decrease. 
7 But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the Lord on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare. 
8 For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Do not let your prophets and your diviners who are among you deceive you, and do not listen to the dreams that they dream, 
9 for it is a lie that they are prophesying to you in my name; I did not send them, declares the Lord. 
10 “For thus says the Lord: When seventy years are completed for Babylon, I will visit you, and I will fulfill to you my promise and bring you back to this place. 
11 For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. 
12 Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will hear you. 13You will seek me and find me, when you seek me with all your heart.
Jeremiah 29:1-13 ESV

5 Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
1 Peter 5:5 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@fbcrichland.net

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Juan Marcos and Raquel Jean

World Reach: Birmingham, AL

Juan Carlos and Raquel Jean serve with World Reach, Inc., a missions organization based out of Birmingham, Alabama. There are 27 families serving abroad as missionaries with World Reach. Of those families, 20 use Spanish as the language of their home. They are serving in Honduras, El Salvador, Peru, Colombia, Argentina, Romania and in the Balkan Region. For these missionaries their first culture is a Latino culture with Spanish as their first language. It is Juan and Raquel’s job to liaison between these missionaries and the home office. They help with simple jobs like translating prayer letters and ministry reports, but also through the more weighty and difficult task of translating culture and expectations. What has proven to be invaluable is participating in ministry alongside their Hispanic missionaries. Traveling to the countries where they serve, Juan and Raquel are able to understand at a deeper level what their life and ministry is like, and therefore know how to better serve them. Their goal is to offer missionary care to the Hispanic missionaries so that they are able to serve where God has called them and not feel so isolated and alone.

The other side of their ministry is Juan being heavily involved in the Mobile Bible Institute. World Reach has Bible Institutes in Honduras, Peru, and Colombia. A team of missionaries is currently working on a project to reconceptualize the classes and teaching methods. These courses are mainly for Pastors and leaders of local congregations. Each country is different, each with unique needs and contexts. The goal is to have courses that will minister to these pastors where they have the greatest need and produce men and women who walk with God and are able to address the needs of their church and community as Jesus calls us to do.

Juan Carlos and Raquel Jean are thankful for how God has used their life in missions to teach them. What they have learned has brought them to where they are today and has given them the tools they need to serve within World Reach at this time.

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