Thursday, June 11, 2009

All Aboard The Boomerang Express

Year after year Vacation Bible School proves to be one of the most exciting weeks of the summer. Some of the lifelong lessons we learn about faith in Christ are learned in VBS. This year our Outback Guides and Kidaroos will be hopping aboard The Boomerang Express.

To help kickoff Boomerang Express Week, we invite you to join us this week for Khaki Sunday. Participants in each of our worship services are invited to join me, our staff, our worship team, and our choir in wearing khaki, earth tones, or your best “down under” attire. Our Pre-Teen Worship Team will participate in the leadership of each of our worship services.

This Sunday’s message is anchored on I John 4:7-12 as we consider The Boomerang Effect and the many ways our actions impact the world and the kingdom for better or for worse.

On Sunday afternoon, you are invited to join Jean Ingram for The Boomerang Express Prayer Walk at 5 o’clock. We will be prayerwalking the FBC campus and then into the neighborhood as we distribute VBS flyers to the 32501 children.

Summer brings many great opportunities for worship, fun, and missional service. There are three crucial ingredients in providing these opportunities: the dependable leadership of the Spirit and the faithful financial support of the people. During tough financial times, it is especially important for God’s people to give faithfully, generously, and proportionately.

Our staff has done an amazing job of making budget adjustments to get us through this tough year. But it will require the consistent giving of our entire congregation to help us empower the awesome opportunities before us this summer.

During this season of economic uncertainty, God is teaching us many things about our values and priorities. Among those, I am convicted and convinced that God is teaching us how important it is for each of us to bring our tithes and offerings in proportion to the ways that God has blessed us. To be specific, I believe that God is calling us to….

  • Live authentically.
  • Give cheerfully.
  • Serve passionately.

Remember to pray for those from our church family who are away serving in Russia, in Ecuador, on Chapel Choir Tour, and in parts unknown.

I look forward to seeing you this Sunday as we gather for worship and Bible study.