Weekly Bulletin 7-4-21
Welcome
Regular Weekly Activities
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 ~ Pastor Tim Walker
That You May Proclaim: Week Three
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
Announcements
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- Open to youth and adults.
– Meets in the Youth Room (Room 201) - 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 3 and 4, but if you’re just jumping in, please join us even if you aren’t caught up yet!
-Meets in Room 302 - Ministry Update with David & Christie Sommers – Join the Sommers family as they share what they are doing lately! They are our featured July Ministry of the Month.
– 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, this week they will join Pastor Isaac’s Breakout in the Youth Room!
LADIES BIRTHDAY LUNCHEON
The Ladies Birthday Lunch is starting back up again! We will be meeting on the first Wednesday of the month. The location may change, so watch watch FBC publications each month! You can also call Merry Collop for more details. Men are invited and welcome to join (and will sit at their own table). There will be accommodations for wheelchairs as well!
Here are the details for July:
• Wednesday, July 7, at noon
• Denny’s on George Washington Way
• Call Merry with questions: 509.531.6881
NEW BREAKOUT COMING SOON
Coming next week: Understanding Baptism
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. Join this new Breakout Session with Pastor Tim at 11:00 on July 11 in the MPR.
BAPTISM SERVICE AT THE RIVER
Join us on July 11 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!
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!
VBS
“Boomerang Express” VBS is July 12-16 from 1 to 4 PM at FBC.
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!
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.
- Download the WaveCAST Audio Receiver application.
Download for Apple phones
Download for Google phones - At the worship service, connect to the “FBC-Guest” Wi-Fi network.
- Next, open the WaveCAST app, and choose “FBC Service”
- You should be connected! Just move the slider to adjust the volume.
Song Lyrics
Today’s Songs
Click here for printer-friendly lyrics
~tap a title to jump
to the song~
My Redeemer Lives
O Come To The Altar
The Stand
Holy Is The Lord
My Redeemer Lives
Verse
I know He rescued my soul
His blood has covered my sin
I believe I believe
My shame He’s taken away
My pain is healed in His name
I believe I believe
Pre-Chorus
I’ll raise a banner
‘Cause my Lord has conquered the grave
Chorus
My Redeemer lives
My Redeemer lives
My Redeemer lives
My Redeemer lives
Bridge
You lift my burdens
I’ll rise with You
I’m dancing on this mountaintop
To see Your kingdom come
O Come To The Altar
Verse 1
Are you hurting and broken within
Overwhelmed by the weight of your sin
Jesus is calling
Have you come to the end of yourself
Do you thirst for a drink from the well
Jesus is calling
Chorus
O come to the altar
The Father’s arms are open wide
Forgiveness was bought with
The precious blood of Jesus Christ
Verse 2
Leave behind your regrets and mistakes
Come today there’s no reason to wait
Jesus is calling
Bring your sorrows and trade them for joy
From the ashes a new life is born
Jesus is calling
Bridge
Oh what a Savior
Isn’t he wonderful
Sing alleluia Christ is risen
Bow down before him
For he is Lord of all
Sing alleluia Christ is risen
The Stand
Verse 1
You stood before creation
Eternity in Your hand
You spoke the earth into motion
My soul now to stand
Verse 2
You stood before my failure
And carried the cross for my shame
My sin weighed upon Your shoulders
My soul now to stand
Pre-Chorus
So what can I say
And what can I do
But offer this heart O God
Completely to You
Verse 3
So I’ll walk upon salvation
Your Spirit alive in me
My life to declare Your promise
My soul now to stand
Chorus
So I’ll stand
With arms high and heart abandoned
In awe of the One who gave it all
I’ll stand
My soul Lord to You surrendered
All I am is Yours
Holy Is The Lord
Verse
We stand and lift up our hands
For the joy of the Lord is our strength
We bow down and worship Him now
How great how awesome is He
Pre-Chorus
And together we sing
Ev’ryone sing
Chorus
Holy is the Lord God Almighty
The earth is filled with His glory
Holy is the Lord God Almighty
The earth is filled with His glory
The earth is filled with His glory
Bridge
It is rising up all around
It’s the anthem of the Lord’s renown
It’s rising up all around
It’s the anthem of the Lord’s renown
Sermon Study Guide
That You May Proclaim: Week Three
Pastor Tim Walker
10 Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully,
11 inquiring what person or time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories.
12 It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in the things that have now been announced to you through those who preached the good news to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look.
1 Peter 1:10-12 (ESV)
10 Yet it was the will of the Lord to crush him; he has put him to grief; when his soul makes an offering for guilt, he shall see his offspring; he shall prolong his days; the will of the Lord shall prosper in his hand.
11 Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.
12 Therefore I will divide him a portion with the many, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong, because he poured out his soul to death and was numbered with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and makes intercession for the transgressors.
Isaiah 53:10-12 (ESV)
2 looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.
Hebrews 12:2 (ESV)
13 Therefore, preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
14 As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance,
15 but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16since it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.”
1 Peter 1:13-16 (ESV)
14 And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.
15 (John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’”)
16 For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace.
17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
18 No one has ever seen God; the only God, who is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.
John 1:14-18 (ESV)
6 Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him,
Colossians 2:6 (ESV)
1I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called,
Ephesians 4:1 (ESV)
1 Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.
2 And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
Ephesians 5:1-2 (ESV)
15 Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,
Ephesians 5:15 (ESV)
7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
1 John 1:7 (ESV)
2 Beloved, we are God’s children now, and what we will be has not yet appeared; but we know that when he appears we shall be like him, because we shall see him as he is.
3 And everyone who thus hopes in him purifies himself as he is pure.
1 John 3:2-3 (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
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Financial Information through May 31, 2021
Giving: $498,376 • Expenses: $520,669 • Budget: $571,950
Ministry of the Month
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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