Ferguson Avenue Baptist Church 10050 Ferguson Avenue v Savannah, Georgia 31406

FABC Elders Bob Dimmitt Pastor 912-398-4363 bob@fabchurch.com Tim Wade Assoc. Pastor/Youth 912-231-7199 tim@fabchurch.com Tom Keller Assoc. Pastor/ Senior Adults 912-308-3767 tom@fabchurch.com Steve Posner Elder 912-704-5617 steve@fabchurch.com Church Phone: 912-355-0949 office@fabchurch.com

Announcements Where Christ Is Exalted and the Fellowship Is Exciting

Wednesday Night Dinner is Taco Bar. Please sign up in the hall.

Joy Class Their next meeting is Tuesday morning, May 7, at 9:00 a.m. All ladies are invited.

Senior Saints’ Bible Study Thursday, May 9, at 10:00 a.m., in the Fellowship Hall.

Men’s Fellowship Fun Tom Keller has planned an opportunity for 12 men to go out to a shooting range in Richmond Hill to fire their pistols (no rifles or shotguns). This is Saturday, May 11. Sign up, meet at the church at 9:30 a.m., and convoy together to the range. After this, you will meet for lunch at Southern Image Restaurant at 12:00 noon. If you miss the 12 man cutoff, or do not want to shoot, you can still meet for lunch. So sign up for that, too! Check out the signup sheet in the hall. If you are shooting and staying for lunch, please sign both lists!

Savannah Sacred Harp The Savannah Sacred Harp Singers will meet to sing on Satur-day, May 11, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., in the piano side overflow room. Loaner books are available, and it is a lot of fun! Talk to Dawn Stanford if you have questions.

May 5, 2019

FABC Deacons

Shawn Champion 433-0098 Ron Fowler 901-409-8628 Jimmy Kicklighter (CH) 355-5616 Jack Moore 547-5000 Joe Morris 398-0125 Jay Rowe 547-5770 John Sumner 658-4186 Michael Walker 655-2497

This Week at FABC Today

Coffee Fellowship 9:00 a.m. Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship 10:30 a.m. Choir Practice 4:30 p.m. Evening Worship 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday Dinner: Taco Bar 5:45 p.m. Youth & Awana 6:30 p.m. Prayer & Bible Study 7:00 p.m.

Thursday Senior Adult Bible Study 10:00 a.m.

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* All those who are able, please stand.

Doxology

Praise God from whom all blessings flow.

Praise Him, all creatures here below. Praise Him above, ye heavenly host, Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen

10:30 a.m.

Welcome and Announcements

* Opening Chorus & Greeting “I Will Sing of the Mercies” Words are on the back of the bulletin

* Call to Worship Lamentations 3:22-23

* Hymn #40 “Great Is Thy Faithfulness”

Prayer of General Confession Bob Dimmitt

Romans 8:1-4

Special Music All Glory Be to Christ

Words on p. 7 to follow along

Scripture Reading Exodus 10:1-20 Robert Holland

Receiving of Tithes And Offerings

* Hymn #318 “I Need Thee Every Hour”

Message Bob Dimmitt

The Foolishness of the Cross & the Destruction of Wisdom, Part 6

1 Corinthians 1:18-25, 1 Corinthians #14

* Hymn, to right “Doxology”

Old Hundred tune

6:00 p.m.

Welcome and Announcements

* Hymn #62 “Crown Him with Many Crowns”

Prayer

Receiving of Tithes And Offerings

Hymn #407 “Lead On, O King Eternal”

Hymn, bulletin p. 7 “All Glory Be to Christ”

* Hymn, bulletin pp. 8-9 “We Will Feast”

Message Bob Dimmitt

Every Circumstance Christian Living Ephesians 6:5-9, Ephesians #124

* Hymn, bulletin p. 10 “Jude Doxology”

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A .M. Notes

The Foolishness of the Cross & the Destruction of Wisdom, Part 6 1 Corinthians #14 1 Corinthians 1:18-25 Many atheists attempt to label religious faith (namely Christianity) as a crutch. They charge that Christians are afraid of death, and God is just a projection of our own needs to comfort that fear. Romans 1:18-23 Summary and thoughts on Romans 1:18-32 First Second Third Fourth In addition: First Second Third It is true that since we are conceived in sin, our rejection of this knowledge must begin at the moment of birth. Proverbs 1:7

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P.M. Notes

Every Circumstance Christian Living Ephesians #124 Ephesians 6:5-9 Masters often complained that slaves were lazy Job 31:13-15 Paul confronts the practical issue of how slaves can deal with their situation, not whether slavery should be abolished; even a violent revolution could not have ended slavery in the Roman Empire. Here, as elsewhere in the N.T., slavery is accepted as an existing institution, which is neither formally condemned nor formally approved. The Christian faith does not bring about harmony by erasing social or cultural dis-tinctions. Are you a boss? 4 things 1. 2. 3. 4.

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Continued from p. 1 Weekly Catechism Question

Question #102: Are the infants of professing believers to be baptized? Answer: The infants of believers are not to be baptized; because there is neither com-mand nor example in the Holy Scrip-tures, nor implication from them to baptize such. But baptism is made an expression of faith. Scripture: Colossians 2:12; 1 Peter 3:21; Galatians 3:26, 27

Senior Saints’ Ministry May 12-19 is National Healthcare week. Tom Keller is organizing minis-try opportunities for our shut-ins and fellow residents. If you would like to be involved any day that week, please sign the list in the hall, and indicate the days you are available. There will be no Thursday morning Bible study that week.

Awana Awards Wednesday, May 15, at 7:00 p.m., we will have our annual Awana awards. Chicken Finger dinner will be served beginning at about 6:00 p.m. Come and support these young people as we rec-ognize their accomplishments.

Young Adult Bible Study Thursday, May 16, at 6:30 p.m., at the Sheffields’. Attention, Graduates! Any of you who are graduating this spring, please send your picture and a short paragraph about from where you are graduating, and your immediate and/or long-term future plans to dawn@fabchurch.com. We will honor our graduates on June 2, in the Evening Worship service. An After Church Fel-lowship will follow the service. Home Fellowships We are planning Home Fellowships for the evening of June 30. Please let Dawn know if you can host a group! We need at least four homes.

Save These Dates! D3 Youth Camp June 16 - 21

Vacation Bible School June 24 - 28 More info on page 6 Children’s Music Camp

Wednesday nights, July 3 – August 14

Children’s Camp July 22 - 25

B y God’s design, we (Christians) belong to one another. For that

reason, not only our gifts but also our joys and our sufferings are meant to be lived out in fellowship with other be-lievers. And, God intends for us to ex-perience His comfort primarily in the fellowship of other believers.

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VBS: June 24 - 28 9:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Register online at fabc.myanswers.com/incredible-race/

Talk to Cindy Wise if you would like to help with preparation. There are lots of little projects available to do!

For those who have completed Kindergarten through 6th grade.

The preschool class is full! Please do not assign your preschooler to another class.

New Security Procedures As we strive to boldly display the light of the gospel in an increasingly hostile world, it is important that we continue to monitor our procedures and evaluate pos-sible areas which someone seeking to do us harm might exploit. To that end, based on the recommendation of law-enforcement officials, the deacon board has moved to install panic bar exits on essential points of entry into the church. These mecha-nisms will allow those within the church to exit freely in the case of an emergency, but can be locked securely so that no unauthorized persons can gain access to the church building during our times of worship. Eventually there will be three en-trances with the panic bar installations including the office entrance doors, the fel-lowship hall doors, and the hallway doors, which have already been modified. The goal of this change is to ensure the safety and security of those worshipping to-gether. There have been no specific threats against our church, but rather these changes have been made in an attempt to be proactive and prudent. The primary change that you may experience as you worship with us, is that if you have to leave the sanctuary during the worship service, you will not be able to reenter the building at any other door besides the main entrance to the sanctuary. Therefore, if you need to leave the sanctuary during the worship service for any reason, you will need to exit the sanctuary through the exits on either side of the stage, or through the overflow room exits. If you have any questions, please contact the church office or speak with one of the deacons, we would be happy to answer any questions you might have.

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All Glory Be To Christ 1. Should nothing of our efforts stand, no legacy survive, Unless the Lord does raise the house, in vain its builders strive. To you who boast tomorrow’s gain, tell me what is your life? A mist that vanishes at dawn, all glory be to Christ.

Chorus All glory be to Christ our King. All glory be to Christ. His rule and reign we’ll ever sing. All glory be to Christ.

2. His will be done, His kingdom come on earth as is above. Who is Himself our daily bread, praise Him, the Lord of love. Let living water satisfy the thirsty without price. We’ll take a cup of kindness yet, all glory be to Christ.

Chorus 3. When on the day the great I Am, the Faithful and the True, The Lamb who was for sinners slain, is making all things new. Behold our God shall live with us and be our steadfast light, And we shall e’er his people be, all glory be to Christ.

Chorus CCLI Song # 7008232 Dustin Kensrue © 2012 We Are Younger We Are Faster Music (Admin. by Music Services, Inc.) For use solely with the SongSelect®. Terms of Use. All rights reserved. www.ccli.com CCLI License # 2358754

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Jude Doxology Cam Huxford

Remember, Jesus brought you out of Egypt. Remember, He has sought you as His people. Remember, He has saved you from your sin. Remember, remember Him. Remember, Jesus brought you through the Red Sea. Remember, mighty miracles that you have seen. Remember, you were slaves and now are free. Remember, that He is king. To the only God, our savior, Jesus Christ. Be glory, honor, power, and dominion. Before all time, and now, and evermore! Remember, Jesus reigns above the heavens. He’s coming, He is coming with his kingdom. Do not forget, He is seated on the throne. Remember what He has done. To the only God, our savior, Jesus Christ. Be glory, honor, power, and dominion. Before all time, and now, and evermore. Amen

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Dennis Brittingham Diane Brittingham

Joyce English Hannah Linn

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Articles Spiritual Fruits vs. Self-Righteous Fruits How can I discern the difference between keeping in step with the Spirit’s work in my life and laboring in my own strengths and abilities? By Melissa Kruger Picture with me for a moment two trees in the distance. Both are heavy laden with apples. The natural assumption is that you’ve come upon two apple trees. How-ever, once you arrive at the base of the trees, you notice that they differ in one very important way. On the first tree, apples hang naturally from the stem, just as you’d expect. The second tree causes you to look again in bewilderment. All of the apples on this tree have been tied onto it. Painstakingly, someone spent hours attempting to make this tree appear to be an apple tree. Close inspection reveals the reality that the fruit was not born from the inward sap of the tree, but from the outward labors of someone seeking to cre-ate an illusion. We can all spot the futility of such labor in an apple orchard (knowing full well that hanging apples on a tree does not an apple tree make). However, I have a feel-ing this might be how many of us go about our attempts to bear fruit in our spiritual lives. Galatians 5:22-23 tells us, “But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.” These graces show forth the beauty of the Spirit’s work in the life of a believer. The sap of the Spirit produces fruit in the life of a Christian. Yet, each of us will find ourselves in situations where we feel unloving, impatient, unkind, or lacking in joy or self-control. Faced with our own barren tree, we often attempt to achieve in our own strength what is not growing in our hearts. We determine that we will act lovingly to that unlovable person, be kind to that annoying relative, or faithfully serve in that ministry. We will work harder, be more disciplined, and pick ourselves up by our proverbial bootstraps and get on with it. Now, let me clarify. Hard work, discipline, and diligent labors are good things. Even Paul said, “I worked harder than any of them” (1 Cor. 15:10). But then, lest he be misunderstood, he rightly added, “though it is not I, but the grace of God that was with me.” It is the work of God’s grace, through the power of the Spirit that fuels our obedience. Thus, the question before us as we ponder spiritual fruit is: How can I discern the difference between keeping in step with the Spirit’s work in my life and laboring in my own strengths and abilities? Righteousness with Strings Attached - Just like the tied-on fruit tree, when I am working out of my own strength the false fruit comes with strings attached. Two strings of self-righteousness appear, making it clear to any close observer that these are not Spirit-born fruit. The first string is judgment and the second string is despair.

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When I’ve labored in my own strength and find myself somewhat successful in my efforts, the most common overflow is that of judgment. Observing another struggling to do what I’ve attained, it’s tempting to sit high on my perch and think to myself, “Well if she just did this or that, then it would go much better for her.” Thankfully, the Lord has faithfully nudged me off my perch more times than I can count. Falling face forward in the dust has a way of dismantling pride and self-righteousness. Judgment is an ugly string, exposing the illusion of fruit on our tree. In contrast, when I’ve labored in my own abilities and come up short or missed the mark in some way, a second string appears. It’s the string of despair. How can it be that I’m such a horrible person? I’m a failure of a Christian. What use am I for the king-dom? Everyone is better than me. These are not the thoughts of a humble soul, but a self-righteous one. Should I be surprised at my own inabilities or weaknesses? My false belief that I’m not really that bad is shocked by my complete inability to change apart from the Spirit’s work. Despair is simply the other side of judgment in the currency of self-righteousness. Spirit-Born Fruit- In contrast, how can we spot the fruit that is born of the Spirit’s work in our lives? Like a painter, the Master puts a signature on His creation: The work of the Spirit always overflows in worship. When we find ourselves living lives of obedience, showing forth joy and pa-tience, kindness and love, our hearts abound with thanksgiving. We rejoice, not in our own righteousness, but in the work of the Spirit within us. There is no judgment for others because we recognize all our works are simply a gift born within us. We do not look down on others who are struggling; we just keep inviting them to Jesus. With a heart of worship, we say to all: Come behold the King! I was lost, but now I’m found. I was blind, but now I see. The scar of prideful judg-ment does not mar the glow of a worshiping countenance. In a similar way, when faced with our failures, the Spirit prevents us from de-spairing thoughts and inward focus. Instead, we repent and turn again to Christ in worship. Rather than become paralyzed by our sin, we behold the work of Jesus in new ways. We mourn our sin, and we rejoice all the more in our Savior. All our failures are absorbed in His sacrifice. With confidence, we boldly approach the throne of grace, finding mercy and grace to help us in our time of need. This type of fruit is only born by abiding in Jesus (John 15:4-5). There’s no need to spend our labors tying on fruit. What we yearn for, He freely gives. As the Master Gardner tends our branch, we overflow in worship and bear the beauty of our Creator: I will greatly rejoice in the LORD; my soul shall exult in my God, for he has clothed me with the garments of salvation; he has covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decks himself like a priest with a beautiful headdress, and as a bride adorns herself with her jewels. – Isaiah 61:10

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Coffee Shops, Community, and Conversation for Christ Author: Jim Elliff I don’t want to be so bold as to say that coffee shops and fast-food restaurants (I’m sitting in one now) are God’s gifts to evangelical believers, but I may come close. I mean to convey that the yearning for relationships is so great that various eateries have purpose statements to encourage people to hang around. These shops have a good goal in mind—to fill a void in most every human. Frequenting such places allows what I just now experienced, a meaningful discussion with an em-ployee who is considering Christ’s claim on her life, without offending the establish-ment. It permits casual conversations that build friendships over time so that deeper discussions can take place and real concern can be shown. That ought to make Christians happy. When I was in Seminary, I took my first trip overseas. The trip was an eventful one, including some time with Edith and Francis Schaeffer in the middle of their years in Huemoz. I also had my first visit to Bristol, England, to see the orphanages that George Muller had built. I remember distinctly seeing and experiencing the coffee shops in the various villages in the Alps, then thinking to myself, “I don’t know anything like this in the U.S.” The coffee was too expensive, and that took some getting used to, but the idea was the thing . . . the idea of people seeking com-munity in a frenetic hostile world. I knew there were bars and nightclubs in the States, something I had no inclination toward, but this coffee/tea kind of environ-ment for socializing was a concept that I immediately loved. I still do. As hard as it might be for some to believe it, several years passed before we began to see the first coffee shops in the U.S. In my simplistic view, their emergence seemed to correspond to the hunger people felt for being near other humans. For many, this took the place that churches should take, providing caring friendships. Soon there were “the regulars” and relationships got even deeper. You learn their names and their children’s plights and their concerns and trials and their ambitions. For a person like me, and many others, the coffee shop and those other WiFi-equipped places have become the sort of platform we’ve longed for in this barren merchandizing maze of life, places where people can actually talk. Our church pro-vides that (though many don’t), but the coffee shop is another such place with this additional value—we can talk with people who are not like us, people whose goals and interests are far different, people on their journey to a different eternity. We can share what is important to us as well as find out what moves them. The results are advantageous for the gospel. Eritrean Longing I have good friends from Eritrea who are neighbors of ours. We were thankfully instrumental in the woman’s conversion to Christ, after long hours of talk over a few years. When the family moved to the States, she sorely missed the relationships in her home country. We make a mistake when we think that all comers to our country think we are great. We lack something: sufficient community. And most

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third world people have exceptional difficulty getting over the loss of it. Soon, sadly, affluence and commodities that were rare in their past win the day and they substitute cleanness and mammoth stores and glitz and readily-available electronics for what they now only faintly remember. At first, however, there is a deep pain that most of them feel. My friend said that her husband’s mother was totally confused when she first visited her home from Eritrea. She grabbed her coffee cup the first morning, and walked across the street to a house, knocked on the door, and was greeted by the neighbor. But her mother-in-law spoke no English. They stared at each other and the door was shut. The mother-in-law couldn’t understand it. In her country, com-munity was so strong a concept that this would never have happened, whether there was a language barrier or not. Believers must do all they can to get into relationships with unbelieving people outside the churches. One such place (not the only place, of course) is on the neu-tral ground of the coffee shop world. It is no small thing and we should be there, sipping and talking and building true relationships with others because of love. Where else will you meet the craggy old codgers who will be there one week and are dead the next? Where will you visit with the foreign medical student, the lonely college kid nobody hangs out with, the grandmother who wants to show you her photos, the businessman who has to have his java and bagel every morning, the Muslim man who sits alone, the shop owner at the city market, the athletic man in his workout clothes, the local Catholic priest? Where there are places to do that, believers should have an inbred compulsion to be there. A mentality to mix with the world in common places for the gospel is an essential aspect of vibrant Christi-anity. Jesus was called “a friend of tax collectors and sinners.” Let’s be like him. If date night is the silver bullet for your marriage, you’ve got bigger problems than whether you have a date night By Stephen Kneale I read this TGC post on why we shouldn’t put our hope into a date night. The Conservative Evangelical internet went, as they say round here, madferrit. Then Tim Challies, linking to that article on his A La Carte feature yesterday, also linked to this one urging us to put some hope in date night. I’ve not noticed quite the same response but Tim noted his pleasure at the contrast between the two. My interest was piqued by these articles for two reasons. First, we are currently leading a couple through some marriage prep right now. Only yesterday, we had our second of five sessions with them. So, the key to getting marriage right and how we try to prepare people to have a solid basis for their marriage is very much on my mind right now. But second, and perhaps more significantly, my wife and I have never done ‘date night.’ Never. I don’t think I am speaking out of turn (though I await my wife’s

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comments) to say that neither of us have ever felt the need for it either. We were married five years without children and have had a further five years with them. Still, at no point, have we ever discussed having a ‘date night.’ Maybe it just feels a bit too American, teenagery and crass for our sophisticated British palate, I don’t know. But I’ve certainly never felt the need for it and nor has my wife. I basically agree with the four points laid out in the TGC article. However, the second article made a valid point: ‘Every single marriage problem we’ve encoun-tered finds its root in the two married people not talking to each other in a real meaningful exhaustive way.’ I hear that. An awful lot of marital problems – the overwhelming majority I have seen – stem from a lack of communication and not talking to one another meaningfully or frequently. I 100% concur. But here’s the thing. I think it is a logical leap to jump straight from ‘you’ve got to talk frequently and meaningfully’ to ‘you better enshrine a date night into your weekly routine or your marriage is going to fall apart.’ I mean, honestly, those two things are not equivalent at all. In fact, I would argue that a proper focus on the first of those things is the very reason my wife and I have never particularly felt the need for a date night at all. Don’t get me wrong. We love a bit of time on our own without the kids. We love to go out for meals and do stuff together when we can. All that is great. But it isn’t the defining saving-grace of our marriage. Nor is it the basis on which our marriage is or isn’t going to last. To my knowledge, neither of our sets of parents had date nights enshrined into their weekly routine and both of them are still happily married and going on with the Lord. Our believing Christian grandparents before them equally never had date nights. My Nana & Gran-dad were happily married in their 20s right up until my grandfather died the day before his 90th birthday. Arguing that date night is the key to marital fidelity and felicity is just not true. See, my wife has some failings and I, no doubt, have even more. But one thing that has been apparent throughout the time we were going out at university and ever since throughout our marriage has been that we talk… a lot! So much so that one of our friends commented, before we were married, ‘I’ve never met a couple that talk quite as much as you.’ I’ve no idea whether it was intended as a compli-ment or not, but it is an admittedly fair observation. But because we talk, we don’t feel the need for a date night. We talk all the time. We talk when the kids are around about the stuff we don’t mind them hearing; we talk when the kids aren’t around about the stuff we don’t want them to hear. Even while we watch TV, we’re reading, I’m blogging, or whatever we tend to take breaks and chat about what we’re watching, reading, writing. It may not be for eve-ryone, but it kind of works for us. It means we can enjoy times out together without loading it with pressure to be the time we have to discuss all our important stuff. We talk as a matter of course and because we talk we don’t particularly need to set aside one evening a week to make sure we talk because we never stop talking! Now, don’t get me wrong. I don’t think our setup will work for everyone because we’re all wired differently (and that’s OK). But that is what is so unsatisfying about posts of the kind mentioned above. I think the TGC article, for my money, is about right. I think the other article well overstates the case for date nights. But I appreci-ate there are some people who simply will not talk if they don’t set aside a specific

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time to do it. Nevertheless, we also need to recognize that date nights aren’t the only opportunity to talk and plenty of people find ways and means of communicat-ing properly and effectively apart from them. My bigger concern with this focus on date nights, which I took to be the implica-tion of the TGC article (though I accept I may be inferring this rather than it being the intended implication), is the way we are effectively looking to it as the silver bullet. Apparently Christ isn’t the savior on which our marriage relies, it’s date night. Seemingly the gospel isn’t the basis for a healthy marriage, it’s date night. If we are genuinely setting up date night as that sort of solution, your marriage is go-ing to have far bigger problems than whether you get to go out with your wife once per week. Again, don’t get me wrong. If date nights work for you, and you find them a really helpful and healthy part of your marriage, that’s great. Really. Just don’t assume everybody needs them and maybe don’t imply that marriages will fall apart if you don’t enshrine it.

T he God of Scripture is extraordinary when compared to other so called gods: Only the God of the Bible is entirely personal and unlimited at the same time. He communes with people on a level they can understand, and yet He

is the One who created all matter, energy, and time. They do not control Him. He does not subject Himself to the scrutiny of human hands and eyes seeking proof of His existence through observation and measurement, but He reveals Himself to the humble, who seek Him with their whole heart. His existence is not explained. We must come to Him believing simply as a child. He is Lord over all He has made, and there is nothing which has come into existence apart from His creative act.

From Assumptions that Affect Our Lives by Christian Overman

C hristianity is not only intellectual….Christianity is being born again on the basis of the finished work of Christ, His substitutionary death in real history. Christianity is the reality of communion with God in the present

life; it is the understanding that there is the indwelling of the Holy Spirit; it is the understanding that there is the moment-by-moment empowering of the Holy Spirit. Christianity is the understanding that the fruit of the Spirit is “love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance.” It is the understanding that the fruit of the Spirit is meant to mean something real to all Christians. It is understanding that prayer is real and not just a devotional exercise. God means for us to affirm life and not negate life. May God show us the living balance and help us to live, by His grace, in that balance.

Francis Schaeffer

A true opium of the people is a belief in nothingness after death—the huge solace of thinking that for our betrayals, greed, cowardice, and murders, we are not going to be judged.

Thus, since God does exist, atheism can be seen as a psychological escape mechanism to avoid taking ultimate responsibility for one’s own life.

Polish Nobel Laureate Czeslaw Milosz

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Missionary of the Week

Ray & Marti Williams TEAM - NAMA

It's a new quarter and time for an update. A lot has happened since December so we need to let you know what we have been up to. For those who also receive our weekly updates, here is a reminder of what you have been praying for. Here goes . . . Our year began with a couple of weeks to prepare for a VERY busy January and February. January - • We were in Mexico for their annual conference 13-17 Jan. • Then up to Portland to present workshops at a VERY large

missions conference 18-19 Jan. • Then down to Orlando for TEAM's Board meeting 21-25 Jan. • Followed by a gathering in Germany of all our field leaders from Europe, Africa and the Middle East,

plus several of our senior leaders 28 Jan to 1 Feb. February: • After a week to try and catch up we were off to Missionary Candidate Orientation near Asheville, NC

9-14 Feb. • Another week to come home, do laundry, try to wade through our inbox. • A TEAM Connectedness Conference for all our North American Staff Feb. 25-28 March: • Ray had a whole month at home to work on some big projects: TEAM's annual summer gathering,

now known as Refresh and a total revision of TEAM's Guiding Practices. • Marti was busy making 2 trips to Charlotte - one for a gathering of African American church leaders

and one for coordination with our South America Mission partners. April: • Began with 2 whole weeks at home to continue working on some projects and catch up on email • Bolivia Field Conference with our partner organization - South America Mission April 13-16. Now till Summer:: • Sunday Marti heads for Idaho for a week long intensive on Women Leading Authentically as

Women. It is a great opportunity to not only learn, but assemble tools that others in TEAM and our partner organizations can use to develop women for leadership roles. She will be taking two young women who are leaders in TEAM. Pray for her travel as well as a worthwhile time with the other leaders.

• Ray will be home for May, working on the revision of TEAM's Guiding Practices as well as continu-ing to plan for Refresh - TEAM's big annual conference for missionaries, staff, retirees, supporters, . . . . Pray that Ray can focus while he has some extended time at his desk.

• June will see us again meeting near Asheville, NC, with our new missionaries for their orientation sessions. It is a great opportunity to get to know the new workers as well as have some input into their development. Pray for our new workers.

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Sunday School Classes & Descriptions

Adult “Revelation” - Organ Side Overflow

Room: Matt Coleman “Chronological Survey of the Bible” -

Fellowship Hall: Bob Dimmitt “Hebrews” - Youth House: Steve Posner.

Students & Children Babies - Room 3: Kay Stanford & Saundra

Bridges 1s & 2s - Room 24: Michael & Ruth Klein-

peter/Kamee Roberson 3s & 4s - Room 25: Emily Wise, Susan Su,

Savannah Stanford, Haley Bull Kindergarten, 1st & 2nd Grade - Room

200: John & Pam Humphrey 3rd-6th Grade Boys - Room 202: Richie

Mills 3rd-6th Grade Girls - Room 204: Mary

Ann Fowler, Amy Horton Youth Guys - Room 206: Tim Wade,

Bobby Deloach, Shawn Champion Youth Girls - Room 208: Sona Bailey,

Jessica Dimmitt, & Lauren Wade

Bible Reading Schedule April/May 2019

1 2 Sam 5:1-10; 1 Chr 11-12

2 Psalms 133

3 Psalms 106-107

4 2 Sam 5:11-6:23; 1 Chr 13-16

5 Psalms 1-2, 15, 22-24, 47, 68

6 Ps 89, 96, 100, 101, 105, 132

7 2 Samuel 7; 1 Chronicles 17

8 Psalms 25, 29, 33, 36, 39

9 2 Samuel 8-9; 1 Chronicles 18

10 Psalms 50, 53, 60, 75

11 2 Sam 10; 1 Chr 19; Ps 20

12 Psalms 65-67, 69-70

13 2 Sam 11-12; 1 Chr 20

14 Psalms 32, 51, 86, 122

15 2 Samuel 13-15

16 Psalms 3-4, 12-13, 28, 55

17 2 Samuel 16-18

18 Psalms 26, 40, 58, 61-62, 64

19 2 Samuel 19-21

20 Psalms 5, 38, 41-42

21 2 Samuel 22-23; Psalms 57

22 Psalms 95, 97-99

23 2 Sam 24; 1 Chr 21-22; Ps 30

24 Psalms 108-110

25 1 Chronicles 23-25

26 Psalms 131, 138-139, 143-145

27 1 Chr 26-29; Psalms 127

28 Psalms 111-118

29 1 Kings 1-2, Ps 37, 71, 94

30 Psalms 119:1-88

31 1 Ki 3-4; 2 Chr 1; Ps 72

• July is a very big month for us: • We start with the Refresh Conference 15-19

July. • That overlaps with TEAM's board meeting 19-

20 July • Which leads into a Global Ministries face-to-

face meeting with the Senior Directors of TEAM on 20 July. Pray that the time together will be encouraging as well as fruitful.

• TEAM should be naming a new International Director within the next weeks. Pray for our new leader and for the transition as our current International Director moves into a role with continued influence in TEAM as well as a key role in the development of our association - Therefore Alliance.

Thanks again for ayour faithful rayer and encour-agement. We are blessed to be able to call you our friends and appreciate each of you. God bless you all. Ray & Marti, April 29, 2019

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Nursery May 5 10:30 A.M.

Babies: Carolyn Blanton, Lauren Wade

Toddlers - 4 year olds: Ashley Strickland, Jordan Keller/

Emily Wise, Lilly Horton Allie Mills 6:00 P.M.

Gena Russell, Haley Bull, Napoleon & Savannah Martin

Nursery May 12

10:30 A.M. Babies:

Donna Martin, Beth Lewis Toddlers - 4 year olds:

Karrie & Lindsey Walker/ Aaron Waite, Linnea Posner

6:00 P.M. Sona Bailey, Cindy Dimmitt,

Shawn Champion

Ushers May 5 10:30 A.M.

Kelly Stanford, John Sumner, Michael Walker, Billy Waters

6:00 P.M. Dean McCraw, Cole Morris

Ushers May 12 10:30 A.M.

Johnny Bridges, Reggie Brown, Ron Fowler, Jimmy Kicklighter

6:00 P.M. Ron Fowler, Joe Morris

Sunday Greeters - May 5 Lisa Rowe, Jeanie Groover

May Lock-Up Deacons Shawn Champion, Ron Fowler

I Will Sing Of The Mercies Chorus I will sing of the mercies of the Lord

forever, I will sing, I will sing. I will sing of the mercies of the Lord

forever; I will sing of the mercies of the Lord. Verse With my mouth will I make known Thy faithfulness, Thy faithfulness. With my mouth will I make known Thy faithfulness to all generations!

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