Vol. XLIV April 6, 2016 No. 14

Men’s Rally &

Hamburger Dinner

April 15

At 6:00 pm, Dinner will be

served, followed by

Special Speaker: Roger Marsh

of Raceway Ministries & Pastor

of Riding with the Brand

Cowboy Church.

At the end we will have a time of fellowship

and the RA DERBY!

PINEWOOD DERBY Help our R.A. Boys build

their cars tonight and Wednesday, April 13 at 6:00 pm.

All are welcome!

Pastor’s Pen

Br. John Guerra - Associate Pastor

I hope you enjoyed the movie as much as I did. Remember, God’s Not Dead! In fact He is very much at work. Last Sunday we talked about changing our attitude putting a focus on seeing God at work. Take a few minutes in your Growth Groups over the next few weeks to talk about where you saw God at work. Remember, it does not have to be earth shaking to be God at work. Let’s all catch God at work and join Him there.

We are moving closer to our first goal in the “Moving

Towards More Ministry”” bus goal. Let’s knock out

goal one by the end of April. That means gathering

around $30,000. I know this is a big goal, but we have

an even bigger God. What are you giving to finish the

first part of this goal?

Pastor Grant Bowles - Senior Pastor

Goal: $7,000 Total: $6,189

family, he obeyed and left his country (Gen 12:1-4), was circumcised (17:10, 26), conceived Isaac in his old age (21:1-3), and sent his son Ishmael away (21:9-14). By the time he was asked to offer Isaac as a sacrifice, he already knew that his God would always be faithful to His promises. Previous experiences had taught Him to trust in the Lord. In the same way, each small step of obedience strengthens our faith in God. So that when He challenges us with a more difficult assignment, a firm foundation of assurance enables us to trust and obey Him. Great acts of faith grow from our past interactions with the Lord. If you’re having trouble trusting God for something big, maybe it’s because you’ve ignored the “small” and “less significant” promptings of the Holy Spirit. All of the Lord’s commands are important and He promises to reward every act of obedience, regardless of size. Great faith begins with a little step of commitment, not just involvement. Are you a committed church member or just involved? It all starts with faith. Where is our faith? What are we trusting in; our efforts, abilities, hard work, intelligence, personality, looks, family? Anything less than trusting in Almighty God will not save us, strengthen our relationships, or give us peace in this messed up world. Without faith, we may be involved, but we will never be a committed church member.

Annie Armstrong 2016

Get on Board Bus Fundraising

GOAL: $120,000.00 Total to Date: $ 47,865.00

Small Steps “The Kamikaze pilot who was able to fly 50 missions was involved, but not committed.” Lou Holtz “But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.” Most of us would like to be like Abraham, with faith that trusts God for anything or gets them through anything. But, it doesn’t just happen, that’s not the way God operates. Faith increases as a result of our obedience in little things. We’re amazed at Abraham’s willingness to offer up Isaac when the Lord commanded.

But we see a history of smaller steps of faith, no he was not perfect, but along with some of his missteps and lack of faith, we can see his smaller steps of submission that prepared the way for this epic test? Abraham obeyed God throughout his life. When the Lord gave him the command, he left his home and his

For the Record - April 3, 2016

Enrollment .............................................. 830 New Members .............................................. 0 Guests .......................................................... 5

Attendance Adults (509 enrolled) ..................... …….. 193 Youth (177 enrolled) .................................. 37 Children (92 enrolled) ................................ 32 Preschool (47 enrolled) .............................. 34 General Officers (7 enrolled) ....................... 4 Total Sunday School ............................. 305

Weekly Budget Needs ............... ..$18,119.31 Weekly Budget Received ............. $25,770.00 Building Fund ................................. $2,040.00 New Buses ................................... $10,995.00 Annie Armstrong ............................... $467.00

Please pray for Mission Committee members,

Cliff S., Tammy D., and Br. John as they go on an exploratory trip to

Honduras with 61 Isaiah Ministries. The dates are 4/7 - 4/12.

Mission Trip Fundraiser Lunch

Sunday, April 17

Spaghetti Dinner

Please bring

desserts

BIG WEDNESDAY, April 20! Snow Cones from Blake’s Snow Shack

Cool Student Sermons

SENIOR SUNDAY 2016

May 15, 2016

Look for info in the mail

VBS June

19 - 23 ITEMS NEEDED

• Pool Noodles • Rectangle Plastic Table

Cloths (Blues and Turquoise all shades)

• Cardboard Toilet paper Rolls • Clear plastic water/soft drink

bottles Please place in VBS drop off box

in foyer

Welcome New Members!

Meredith Ackerman

Brenda Jackson

Thank you to all who cooked lunch, baked cakes and served lunch for

150-200 students at the UNT Baptist Ministries.

Ryan Dunn - Youth Pastor ryan@fbcsanger.com

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

VOLUNTEERS IN PRESCHOOL April 10, 2016

Babies: Darby Dean

Walkers/2 yr olds: Open

3’s & 4’s: Lavona & Liana Burgess

God’s Table Volunteers Monday, April 11 Dillon Class

April 10 First Responders Marshall McCoulskey/Richard Muir

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Sunday, April 10, 7:00 pm Deacons’ Meeting.

Monday, April 11, 7:00 pm Women On Mission meeting. Norma Nelson’s home.

Monday, April 18, 6:30 pm Stewardship Commit-tee Meeting. Conference Room.

Wednesday, April 6, 7:00 pm Preschool SS Teachers Meeting. Upstairs.

Thursday, April 14, 6:00 pm L.L.L. (Living Longer & Loving It) Fellowship Hall.

Friday, April 15, 6:00 pm Men’s Rally/Dinner/Derby. FLC.

VBS June

19 - 23

Decorating Days June 16 - 19

Thursday, 6/16, 6:30 - 9:00 pm - focus on Sanctuary decorating Friday, 6/17, 7:00 - 10:00 pm - focus on FLC, FH, Classroom Hall Saturday, 6/18, 9:00 - 11:00 am - Finish up areas not completed Sunday, 6/19, Noon - whatever remains (hopefully

nothing) :-)

Sign up by marking your Connection Card this Sunday!

Matamoros Mexico

Mission Trip

April 29 - 30 Two groups are going to Matamoros to help in the medical clinic. One group is flying, the other driving. Please ‘write’ on your connection card this week if you are interested in going.

Saturday, April 16, 9:00 - Noon Peacemakers Quilt Ministry. Fellowship Hall.