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Grace and Peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! This week has seen much good going on for First Baptist Church. As I mentioned last week, we hosted the City-wide Intercessor group on Thursday evening. This group prayed intensely for this congregation, for its health, growth and well-being. We certainly have people outside of our congregation who are rooting for us! We'll be hosting them again this evening, and I encourage you to join us at 7:00 PM! Over the last few weeks, I have begun working with some of our newest regular attenders to invite them more fully into the life of God here at First Baptist. Right now, we have around 10 people who are growing intentionally toward baptism and/or church membership at FBC. The men's group at First Baptist is beginning to read a book called Outflow. It's about how to allow the Spirit of God to fill you to overflowing with God's life, so that you can pour God's life into the lives of others. We had a great kick-off discussion yesterday evening at Panera Bread on Elm Road. You can join us at 6:30 on Wednesdays. Tim F. and Eric S. have been talking with me and with a number of you about getting a youth group re-started. If you are interested in participating - as a youth or as a leader - contact either of them, or talk to me. We'll get something going soon! This Sunday, we will look at how we can encourage one another with God's promises about what he's up to, even when times are hard. We'll look at 1 Thessalonians 5:1 - 11 during worship. Next week, we'll be in Ezekiel 34:11 - 16, 20 - 24. This passage marks the last Sunday of the year before Advent, and the focus is on God coming to take charge of his people and get them where they need to be. I look forward to worshipping with you this Sunday! |
