| Operation Christmas Child
November 18-25 Collection Week
It will not be long before we will be collecting shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child. School Supplies are on sale and other items that you may want to put into your shoeboxes. If you would like a list of possible items contact the church office.
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Carlos Schmidt, Church Planting, Louisiana Baptist Convention
Sunday, August 11, 5:00pm
Fellowship to Follow
Come hear of opportunities to assist Westside Baptist Church in Brownsville, Texas, as they receive 100 asylum seekers per day seeking entry into the United States. Each asylum seeker is being housed at the church for a few hours, fed, given a shower, and a change of clothes. Each asylum seeker is hearing the gospel and is assisted in transportation to sponsors or family members in the United States. (These people are seeking legal asylum in the United States)
How can we help?
Our Summer Mission Camp will be July 14th-19th, 2019. We will be on mission in Lookout Mountain, Georgia Our students will be to serve and worship from the beautiful campus of Covenant College.
Cost for camp is approximately $330 per student, and this includes travel, lodging, a t-shirt, and a great experience to touch the life of others. We will leave on Sunday at 2pm (be at the church for 1:30pm), and we will return on Friday at around 11pm-12am. Make sure you review the camp letter, Packing List, Schedule and FAQs. The Waiver and Release form (mandatory) for everyone going to camp, including adults. If you have any questions, please contact Derrick.
“Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.” – Isaiah 42:9
Human beings are nothing if not creatures of habit. We are drawn to routine. We expect the expected and when it doesn’t happen we get frustrated and confused.
Have you ever noticed the result of something completely disrupting our expectations? When something so out of the ordinary happens that it shatters the status quo? It’s absolute chaos. We don’t know how to respond. But when the disrupter is God, it can be a beautiful chaos.
God is the great redefiner. At the heart of what it means to know and experience God is the process of redefinition. God defines what it means to be new. God spoke a new creation into existence out of nothing, redefining our existence. Through the person and work of Christ, God made complete renewal possible for all who would come to faith in Him, redefining our reality. In the salvation offered by God, we discover a new identity, redefining who we are. And in discovering who God meant for us to always be, our purpose is redefined.
For questions or comments, please text or email Derrick. 337-356-6334/derrick@fbcjennings.com
Generate Camp is put on by YM360, the experts in youth ministry events and curriculum. Our students have attended these camps for the last 5 years and absolutely love them. From top-notch worship and speakers, to fun games and hands-on mission opportunities, students’ lives are moved closer to Christ, through this one-week experience.
Dear Church Family,
I stopped in a random Walmart for a haircut this week. My hair was out of control, and I desperately needed someone to trim my locks. Well, when I signed in to get the haircut, the only barber was a lady with bright, emphasis bright, blue hair. Hmm, I thought, I have never had my hair cut by someone with blue hair. I was not particularly biased toward the girl, just curious about how this would go. I thought, if she can cut hair, what difference does it make what color her hair is. I plopped into the chair.
“What have you been doing today?” Deanne spoke confidently. “I have been in a meeting to help churches start programs to help people with addiction”, I replied. Well, that opened the floodgates of conversation.
She began to share how her church ministered to people with drug addiction. She had personally dealt with drug addiction in her family. Jesus had healed her family. Deanne poured out her heart about Jesus, and how he can change the lives of so many people….she went on and on. It was sweet!
I began to affirm her for her testimony and for her convictions to share Jesus with everybody who sat in her chair. “It’s like you have a one chair church!” “All day long, people come to your “church” for a haircut, and for Jesus!
After I left blue-haired Deanne, I got to wondering, how many other one chair churches could we start? How many captive audiences do we engage everyday, who need to be in “church” and hear about Jesus ? I wonder, do you need to start a “church” where you work?
Also, thanks for praying for Jo’s family as her father is remembered this weekend in Austin. Thanks Eric for preaching today. Thanks to all our service people who have served. Blessings to you.
Also, also, remember to fill out a yellow card with a sermon request. I will be planning sermons for the next couple of months. I want to include your request!
Blessings,
Dr. j
A Place Called Heaven
Kurt and Tina Goebel started a new study on Sunday, June 2. All are invited to join the class for this 6 week study: A Place Called Heaven by Robert Jeffers. Books are $6.50.
If any of us learned we were going to move to a foreign country, we’d do everything we could to learn about that place so that we’d be prepared when moving day arrived. As Christians, we know someday we will leave our familiar country and be united with God in heaven. And yet many of us know very little about this place called heaven. In this Bible study, explore several surprising truths about heaven and reveal whom we see there and what we will do. This study will give believers a clearer picture of the divine place Jesus has prepared for us. And it will encourage us to make heaven a greater priority in our hearts and minds so that we are better prepared for it.
Senior Adult Luncheons
The next BYAH Luncheon will be on Tuesday, September 17. We will start gathering about 10:30 and lunch will be served at 11:00. Brian will be making BBQ chicken. Please bring a side dish or dessert to complement the meal.
The speaker will be from the I-10 Park Tourism Office Gator Chateau.
Mark your calendar and come enjoy good food and good fellowship!
Dear Church Family;
“Gone with the Wind”, “The Sound of Music”, “Mary Poppins (original)”, “Lion King”, “Beauty and the Beast”….You get the point. These movies never get old. They are timeless tales that always evoke emotion, entertainment, and a smile.
To an even greater degree, the story of Jesus, especially at the last moments leading up to the cross, and ultimately concluding with the resurrection, never gets old either. We are moved with compassion as Jesus shares the Lord’s Supper with His disciples. We are grieved and touched as Jesus washes the disciples feet, (Including Judas), as He knows he is about the be betrayed. We are gripped with emotion as Jesus asks for “this cup to pass from me” in the garden, and are terrified as Jesus is arrested and taken off to ultimately be crucified.
We weep with Mary as she (unlike many disciples), stands by Jesus on the cross. We wonder, “what is she feeling” as her son is hurting so bad.
We go into the tomb (in our imagination) as Jesus wakes up on Easter Sunday morning, knowing that before he rolls the stone, He must be contemplating what has just happened, and what is about to happen. And we imagine that the victorious exit from the grave, includes a moment when He might think about you, and smile a wry smile of victory.
We are touched in the heart when Mary realizes it is Jesus, and begins to cling to Him, never wanting to let go. Only to know that He must go. Jesus must go once again to the Father.
Every time we read the classic story of Jesus, we are again gripped, moved, and touched in a way much deeper than any movie can do. So, as you settle in to celebrate this timeless story today, be ready to be moved, by Jesus.
Blessings, Dr. j
Throw on your camera strap and buckle your seatbelt. VBS 2019 takes you on a wild adventure—with elephants and egrets, polar bears and penguins, cockatoos and crocodiles. As you seek out exotic animals, you’ll also find snapshots of real-life encounters with Jesus in Scripture. Kids go from bewildered to believing as they get In The Wild at this summer’s VBS. June 17th – 21st!
It’s time to zoom in and focus on Jesus as the Messiah. Join us this summer as we go in the wild.
Ages (just completed):
Pre-K 4-Kindergarten: 8:30-11:30
1st grade-6th grade: 8:30-2:00
All activities free of charge. Transportation is available if needed.
Pre-Registration Pool Party June 13th 6-8pm at Jennings City Pool.
VBS Motto: Zoom In! Focus on Jesus!
Bible Verse: “But these are written so that you may believe Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and by believing you may have life in His name.” John 20:31
Registration is now closed! But don’t worry, you can signup any time in person.
Saturday, April 20th
2-4pm
Easter Sunday
On Easter Sunday the Adult Choir will
present the musical “Road to Calvary”
during the worship service. This will be
followed by a sermon by Bro. jeff.