Welcome to Sunday Worship!

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

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

• 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 ~ Emma Watts
Worship through the Word ~ Pastor Brad Nelson
The Mind of a Servant

Breakout Sessions @ 11:00 AM

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TUESDAY
Youth Group @ 6:00 PM
with Pastor Isaac – MPR
Youth Group ends at 8:00

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.

BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Join us after the Main Session:

•    Book of Genesis 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)

•   Discussion & Application with Pastor Brad – Join this Q/R discussion about this week’s message. Youth & Adults welcome
– Meets in the MPR

11:00 AM Breakout Sessions 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

BLOOD DRIVE
We are hosting a Red Cross Blood Drive sponsored by Oasis Physical Therapy. This event has been rescheduled and there are still spaces open for you to donate on Thursday, September 23, from noon to 5 PM.
The Red Cross is facing a critical shortage with only 60% of the blood needed expected to be donated this summer. Please consider giving blood. It’s easy and only takes about 30 minutes! There will be a kiosk at the Information table in the lobby this Sunday so you can easily sign up for a time!
Alternatively, you may click here to register online for a time 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!

TRUNK OR TREAT – CANDY DONATIONS
Our annual Trunk or Treat event is in the works for Sunday, October 31 and we are looking forward to a spectacular evening! If you’re planning to decorate a trunk, start thinking now about what you want to do! Registration for this event will open in a few weeks, but candy donations are welcome starting now! Drop off your candy donations on Sunday mornings in the foyer.

If you would like to drop off donations during the week, call the office at 509.943.8421 to set up a drop-off time.

MOPS AND MOMSNext
•    Meetings for this month are September 13 & 27
•    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

The Mind of a Servant

Pastor Brad Nelson

1 If, then, there is any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and mercy, 
2 make my joy complete by thinking the same way, having the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. 
3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves. 
4 Everyone should look not to his own interests, but rather to the interests of others. 
5 Adopt the same attitude as that of Christ Jesus, 
6 who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God as something to be exploited. 
7 Instead he emptied himself by assuming the form of a servant, taking on the likeness of humanity. And when he had come as a man, 
8 he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death — even to death on a cross. 
9 For this reason God highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, 
10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow  — in heaven and on earth and under the earth  — 
11 and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. 
12 Therefore, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, so now, not only in my presence but even more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. 
13 For it is God who is working in you both to will and to work according to his good purpose. 
14 Do everything without grumbling and arguing, 
15 so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God who are faultless in a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine like stars in the world, 
16 by holding firm to the word of life. Then I can boast in the day of Christ that I didn’t run or labor for nothing. 
17 But even if I am poured out as a drink offering on the sacrificial service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you. 
18 In the same way you should also be glad and rejoice with me.
Philippians 2:1-18 CSB

Four If-Then Statements – v. 1-2
1 If, then, there is any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and mercy, 
2 make my joy complete by thinking the same way, having the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. 
Philippians 2:1-2 CSB

(IF) Encouragement in Christ – (THEN) Think the same way
(IF) Consolation of love – (THEN) Have the same love
(IF) Fellowship with the Spirit – (THEN) Be united in Spirit
(IF) Affection and mercy – (THEN) Be intent on one purpose

Paul’s Summary – v. 3-4
3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves. 
4 Everyone should look not to his own interests, but rather to the interests of others. 
Philippians 2:3-4 CSB

Paul’s Illustration – v. 5-11
5 Adopt the same attitude as that of Christ Jesus, 
6 who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God as something to be exploited. 
7 Instead he emptied himself by assuming the form of a servant, taking on the likeness of humanity. And when he had come as a man, 
8 he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death — even to death on a cross. 
9 For this reason God highly exalted him and gave him the name that is above every name, 
10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow  — in heaven and on earth and under the earth  — 
11 and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. 
Philippians 2:5-11 CSB

Paul’s Application – v. 12-18
12 Therefore, my dear friends, just as you have always obeyed, so now, not only in my presence but even more in my absence, work out your own salvation with fear and trembling. 
13 For it is God who is working in you both to will and to work according to his good purpose. 
14 Do everything without grumbling and arguing, 
15 so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God who are faultless in a crooked and perverted generation, among whom you shine like stars in the world, 
16 by holding firm to the word of life. Then I can boast in the day of Christ that I didn’t run or labor for nothing. 
17 But even if I am poured out as a drink offering on the sacrificial service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with all of you. 
18 In the same way you should also be glad and rejoice with me.
Philippians 2:12-18 CSB

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 Brad:
b.nelson@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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