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This Month:
SUN, January 3
Lord’s Supper
6:00 P=
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MON, January 11
Choir Practice
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SAT, January 16
Patch the Pirate Game Day
1:00-3=
:00 PM
SUN, January 17
Church Pizza Fellowship after evening service
*Please bring a 2-liter and either a salad or dessert.
SAT, January 23
Couples Game Night
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SUN, January 24
Annual Business Meeting
Coming Soon:
WED, February 3
Teen “Souled Out” Pr=
ogram
Begins
FRI-SAT, Feb. 12 & 13
Couples Conference
THU-SAT, Feb. 18-20
Youth Ablaze Trip
SUN, February 28
Chili Cook-Off
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Don&=
#8217;t
forget to pray for and write to college students,
remember to pray for those home and away.
Out of Town:
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Crown<=
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Jason & Ann Deleone<=
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jasondeleone@yahoo.com
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Maranatha Baptist Bible
College
Judson Richardson
JRicha=
rdson@mbbc.edu
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Wright=
State Universit=
y
Stephanie Shomper
Shomper.2@wright.edu
Local:
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Ohio State Universit=
y:
Aus=
tin Hinds
Peter Jukkola
Natalee Maggard
Emily Maggard
Rachel McConnell
Nathan Smith
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Columbus State:
Joel Rogers
Sam Shomper
Nicholas Wolvin
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New Opportunities=
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by Pastor Wolvin
For nearly six months I have been anticipating
this year and the inception of some new programs which I pray will
strengthen and build our church.
By God’s grace in this new year we expect to:
1.Improve and redefine our soulwinning
program
2.Add a teen training program to our youth
department
3.Switch to 4 neighborhood Bible clubs in the
summer from one central VBS
4.Adapt our Sunday School to meet more diverse
needs in our congregation
5.Engage a sister church in Michigan in an attendance contest =
this
spring
There are still more areas in which we long to
improve and as the Lord presents the opportunity to do so, we will happ=
ily
adjust our programs to the leading of the Holy Spirit. At the same time, we wish to r=
emain
the same in doctrine and intensify our burden to reach the lost with the
Gospel of Jesus Christ.
What’s The
Difference?
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After fielding various questions recently
concerning other churches and the differences in our doctrinal position=
s, I
have decided to examine these differences on Wednesdays during our Mid-=
Week
service. Increasingly we =
hear
that Nazarene, Church=
of Christ, Bret=
hren,
Pentecostal and Non-denominational churches (and others) are
“the same as us.”
Time will not permit an “in-depth” study of our
differences, but a basic, “thumbnail” sketch outlining Bible
positions (which we hold as independent Baptists) vs. these other
positions.
We are not attempting =
to
be antagonistic nor intentionally inflammatory in this series of messag=
es. Our goal is to strengthen and
solidify our own Bible position.
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We
are happy to initiate a new concept in our Sunday School this year,
designed to meet more of the needs of our congregation. Older teens and adults now hav=
e the
option of choosing a topic of interest and attending the appropriate
class. January-March class
options are: Things To Come (studies from Revelation 1-6), Foundations =
for
Life (studies from Genesis 1-11) and Marriage: A Life-Support System.
Classes for April-June will most likely inclu=
de:
a class solely for ladies and how God can meet their particular needs, a
study on current event issues through the eyes of Scripture and a study=
in
the Book of Romans.
Never Forget=
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During
the Reagan administration and both Bush administrations, we were thankf=
ul
that these Presidents set aside a Sunday entitled National Sanctity of
Human Life Day. Unfortuna=
tely
these days meant nothing to the Clinton
administration and will probably be ignored in our current one as
well. It SHOULD BE on Sunday, January 17, 2010.
Since Roe v. Wade in 1973, we have murdered a
staggering 49,551,703 of our own citizens in this nation. Even if one was foolish enough=
to
set aside the horrific moral wrong of this crime – consider the
financial ramifications. =
Had
these unborn children been allowed to survive, over 22.5 MILLION adults
over 18 years old would be in the work force today. That would mean more consumers=
for
more products, more taxes to keep Social Security solvent and more
homebuyers looking for places on the market.
Sin makes any nation sick. Proverbs
14:34, “Righteous=
ness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.” Pray that our God will end abo=
rtion
in this land SOON!
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