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July 24,
2011We are a group of believers who simply try to follow the Bible as a guide for all we do. Everything done in our worship service is something we have a Bible basis for. You are welcome to participate as much or as little as you wish. We will sing hymns together and we will observe the Lord's Supper or Communion together. We will also have an opportunity to give to the work of God in this area. This collection is for the members here, and if you are visiting you should not feel any pressure to give. Our lesson time will be divided into two groups. The young children will go to our classroom area in the basement where they will be taught the Bible at a level they can understand. The adults will stay in the auditorium for a lesson at an adult level. We do try to serve the community, and if you have some needs that we can help you with, mention it to one of our members. Thank you for worshipping with us.
FAMILY NEWS
FAIR EXHIBIT: We need everyone to sign up to help operate our booth at the Cass County Fair, August 1-6. There are signup sheets on the bulletin board in the lobby. You can work as many shifts as you would like. Those of us who have flexible schedules will fill in times when no one is available.
SINGING: August 14 is the date of our area-wide singing here. We will need help on Saturday, August 13, to set up the tent and get the fellowship area ready for food. Plan to spend Saturday afternoon helping out. The singing starts at 5:00 p.m. If you can bring food and have not let anyone know, be sure to check with one of the ladies about what you should bring.
NEXT POTLUCK: August 7 will be the next potluck. Plan to join us for a wonderful meal together.
TODAY'S LESSON
INTRODUCTION:
WORKING
OUR 4H FAIR BOOTH
FEAR
"Why are you
fearful, 0 You of little faith?"
Matthew 8:23
Matthew 8:23
INTRODUCTION:
A.
"Chicken Little" fable
B. We live in a fearful generation
FEAR WILL
ALWAYS UMITWHATWE CAN DOB. We live in a fearful generation
1. If
you do not believe in something you
will believe anything.
2. Christians should not be paralyzed by fear.
2. Christians should not be paralyzed by fear.
A. Matthew
17:14-16
1. You do not know what you can do till you try.
2. Do not be afraid to share your faith.
FEARS
MAKE US DOUBT THAT GOD WILL PROVIDE.1. Verse
20--Faith like a mustard seed can move
mountains.
B. Matthew 14:27-33--"Why did you
doubt?" 1. You do not know what you can do till you try.
2. Do not be afraid to share your faith.
A. 1 Kings
17:8-16--She has nothing--God does His
best work through the feeble.
B. Hebrews 13:5-6
C. Matthew 6:24-34
D. Luke 12:16-21--The anti-retirement sermon
FEARS CAN
NEGATIVELY IMPACT OUR ABILITY TO GIVE.B. Hebrews 13:5-6
C. Matthew 6:24-34
D. Luke 12:16-21--The anti-retirement sermon
A.
Galatians 6:6-10
B. The first century church rose to a need.
D. 1 Corinthians 16:2--we plan without fear.
E. 2 Corinthians 8:7--Giving is a "grace."
F. Luke 6:38--God gives a promise to givers.
G. 2 Corinthians 9:6-7
H. Acts 20:35--Do we believe this?
I. Who is happy when we cut back? Listen to Foxy-Loxy.
J. Has fear caused you to not act in obedience?
B. The first century church rose to a need.
1. Sold
posessions Acts 2:44-45
2. No one lacked Acts 4:34-35
C. 1 Corinthians 8:1-4--our model 2. No one lacked Acts 4:34-35
D. 1 Corinthians 16:2--we plan without fear.
E. 2 Corinthians 8:7--Giving is a "grace."
F. Luke 6:38--God gives a promise to givers.
G. 2 Corinthians 9:6-7
H. Acts 20:35--Do we believe this?
I. Who is happy when we cut back? Listen to Foxy-Loxy.
J. Has fear caused you to not act in obedience?
Next Sunday afternoon
we will set up our 2011 Cass County Fair booth.
Starting on Monday, we will need to have our booth
operational with people available to pass out free
materials and answer questions. We plan to have
people in the booth from 10:00 in the morning
until 10:00 in the evening. That requires us to
have four three-hour shifts. It is a good idea for
us to have two people available in each shift, but
in slow periods there is no reason why both have
to be in the booth.
On the bulletin board in the lobby we have sign up sheets for each shift. We hope everyone will sign up for at least one shift. This is a fun thing to do. There are lots of interesting things to do at the fair, and there are some good shows. You can combine working the booth with seeing the fair. In addition, most of us have been surprised at how many times we see people we know who come by the booth.
The requirements for working the booth are to know how to smile and be friendly. We are not at the fair to debate, indoctrinate, or proselyte. We have gifts to hand out to people--balloons, emery boards, refrigerator magnets, New Testaments, a fair bulletin, and some Bible study course materials.
We have several purposes in having a booth at the fair. A major purpose is advertising. We can do the entire fair project for about what it would cost for one newspaper ad in the local paper. People have a human touch and something to take home with them. It is important that we let people know we are here, we care about the community,
and we have some things to offer the community and individuals within the community. This year we have a slightly different theme for the booth in that we are making a special plea to former members of the congregation in this area to return and worship with us. It has been estimated that there are as many as 1,000 former members of the church who are not attending anywhere right now, and we want to let them know we welcome them and want them to be comfortable to return to work and worship with us.
Sign up today and let us work to make this a great outreach!
On the bulletin board in the lobby we have sign up sheets for each shift. We hope everyone will sign up for at least one shift. This is a fun thing to do. There are lots of interesting things to do at the fair, and there are some good shows. You can combine working the booth with seeing the fair. In addition, most of us have been surprised at how many times we see people we know who come by the booth.
The requirements for working the booth are to know how to smile and be friendly. We are not at the fair to debate, indoctrinate, or proselyte. We have gifts to hand out to people--balloons, emery boards, refrigerator magnets, New Testaments, a fair bulletin, and some Bible study course materials.
We have several purposes in having a booth at the fair. A major purpose is advertising. We can do the entire fair project for about what it would cost for one newspaper ad in the local paper. People have a human touch and something to take home with them. It is important that we let people know we are here, we care about the community,
and we have some things to offer the community and individuals within the community. This year we have a slightly different theme for the booth in that we are making a special plea to former members of the congregation in this area to return and worship with us. It has been estimated that there are as many as 1,000 former members of the church who are not attending anywhere right now, and we want to let them know we welcome them and want them to be comfortable to return to work and worship with us.
Sign up today and let us work to make this a great outreach!