Friends of Faith Baptist of North Chili,
This Saturday (the 8th) is our Annual Sunday School Picnic. We will be gathering at the Parma Town Park – you can check out pictures and directions at the following web site: http://www.parmany.org/Parks/index.html
We will be there from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm and eat around 4-ish. The weather prediction looks decent (as much as we trust those predictions), but no matter what comes, we have a pavilion reserved (Burritt Pavilion) and we will enjoy the fellowship of likeminded saints as we visit and eat together. The church is supplying hot dogs, hamburgers, condiments, and soft drinks. People will bring the salads and desserts to share and we will all be well fed. Let me know if you can come (and haven’t already signed up) we’ll look for you there.
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TIME FOR A SMILE
A few things to ponder:
Garden Rule: When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant.
The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement.
There are two kinds of pedestrians: the quick and the dead.
I used to eat a lot of natural foods until I learned that most people die of natural causes
Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.
All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.
How is it one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?
Do illiterate people get the full effect of Alphabet Soup?
No matter how busy people are, they are never too busy to stop and talk about how busy they are.
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Sunday, September 9, 2007
* Family Bible Classes – 9:30am
* The Adult Class (meeting in the auditorium) continues studying the Old Testament life of David. This week, from II Samuel 10-12, we will see what happened when David sent others to war, but stayed back in Jerusalem in his palace. May we learn from his mistakes and sin (what not to do).
* Morning Worship – 10:45am
* In John 6:1-14, we find the very familiar story of Jesus feeding 5,000 men (plus women and children which would make the total closer to 10,000 or even 20,000). It is such a familiar story, the challenge is to present this in a fresh and compelling way. It is one of the few things that John includes in his gospel record that is also covered by the other three gospel (I think it’s the only miracle all four record). John, who was the last of the four to write a gospel, doesn’t engage in needless repetition. So, what is his purpose for including this story? Come and find out. The title of this message is, “A Test That Teaches.”
* Evening Celebration – 6:00pm
* This Sunday evening we will get back to our brief series on Spiritual Maturity. Our last visit to this theme covered “Spiritual Maturity – The Purpose” (from Eph. 4:7-16 we learned that the goal is Christ-likeness). This week, from Philippians 3:12-16, we will study “Spiritual Maturity – The Process.”
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That’s all for this edition of FaithFriends. Pray with me that God’s people will be equipped and encouraged and the lost will hear the good news of the Gospel and trust Christ for their salvation!
Your faithful Minister of the Word,
Pastor Harriman
www.fbcnorthchili.org