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Immanuel Baptist Church2819 Douthat Rd, Clifton Forge, VA 24422Phone: 540-862-1011www.ibccf.org
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Tonight Lord's Table 6:00 pmFeb 8th Senior Saints Fellowship 11:00 amFeb 9-10 Couples' Retreat Feb 11th Anniversary Sunday Feb 16th Hands & Hearts 6:30 pmFeb 25th Ambassador Baptist College Ensemble (morning)
Today Nursing Home February 18 Plugged In March 4 Nursing Home
2/9-10 Couples Retreat2/11 Anniversary Sunday3/10 Beast Feast4/1 Easter Sunday4/21 Ladies Banquet
4/25-29 Missions Conference5/22-25 TRT6/11-16 The Wilds6/22-30 MMO Missions Trip7/1 Patriotic Picnic
Church bus minstry: contact Joe Turner at 319-1243
Guardian AngelsChristy Cook
Connie Puckett
10 AM11 AM
6 PM7 PM
Sunday SchoolSunday Morning WorshipSunday Evening Worship
Wednesday Bible Study
Today Next Week
ChristySusanna, Rebecca Brenda, Frances
Kelsi, Calli Brooke, Katie
Bridgette, Kristin Sarah, Sandi Care Giver Group:Group 4 - Melissa Nicely
clifton forgeist ChurchImmanuel Bap
John W. Godfrey, Senior PastorMark Harvey, Youth Pastor
Dan Hefner, Assistant Pastor
Couples' RetreatBristol, VA February 9th-10th, 2018
A challenging and refreshing weekend for all married couples. Please sign up in the hall!
$100 per couple - Saturday breakfast provided
The Senior Saints will have their next fellowship on Thursday, February 8th at 11:00 AM in the gymnasium. Please bring you favorite soup to share; sandwiches and dessert will be provided. On the signup sheet on the back table, please indicate the type of soup you plan to bring. Senior Saints Fellowship
A special partof this evening's service
Date & Time: Friday, Feb 16th at 6:30 PMPlace: The Club Car DinerBring $ for your mealSign up on the sheet in the hallway
Choral Ensemble with Dr. Alton BealSunday, February 25th in the morning service
Pray for our
Jason Brodsky
Tim Miller Kenny Mayo Mike Clark
Scott Brown Ray Puckett
Archaeologists Find Goliath
Proclaiming Evidence for Truth
And there went out a champion out of the camp of the Philistines, named Goliath, of Gath, whose height was six cubits and a span. – 1 Samuel 17:4
Sometimes you just have to feel sorry for Bible skep-tics who cast doubt on the historical accuracy of the Bi-ble. With each passing year, archaeologists keep finding evidences that the Bible is thoroughly reliable!
Take, for instance, the story of David and Goliath. Bi-ble skeptics insist that the biblical account has no con-nection to reality. But in 2005, archaeologists, digging
at the biblical home of Goliath, unearthed a shard of pottery bearing an in-scription of the Philistine's name.
While the discovery does not prove Goliath's existence, it does support the Bible's depiction of life at the time of the supposed battle, said excava-tion director Dr. Aren Maeir of Israel's Bar-Ilan University. "What this means is that at the time there were people there named Goliath," he said. "It shows us that David and Goliath's story reflects the cultural reality of the time."
Though many skeptics tell us that David slaying the giant Goliath is a myth written down hundreds of years later, Dr. Maeir said that finding the inscription gives credence to the biblical story. As reported in Great Brit-ain's The Independent, "The shard dates to about 950 BC, within 70 years of when biblical chronology says David squared off against Goliath, making it the oldest Philistine inscription found. It was at Tel es-Safi in southern Israel, thought to be the site of the Philistine city of Gath."
Clearly, the Bible's account of David and Goliath is no tall tale!Ref: Rachel Hoag, "Shard of pottery supports Bible account of David and
Goliath," The Independent, 11/11/05. Lithograph: David and Goliath by Osmar Schindler (c. 1888). (PD)
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Sunday Bulletin February 4, 2018
clifton forgeist ChurchImmanuel Bap
Guest PreacherDr. Charles Surrett