A Personal Word From Pastor Jerry...
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"Secrets to Making Memories with Your Family" IS MY TOPIC FOR SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22 @ 9:00 & 10:45 A.M...
 Oxford University Dictionary defines "memories" as 'the faculty by which things are recalled to or kept in mind." What memories will you have of your family, your marriage, your parenting, and your children? This Sunday let me take you to an interesting passage in God's Word which tells us how to create the right memories! Further, it reminds us there is a "time for everything." As you know, building a great family or marriage does not happen automatically - it comes through determination, design, and sheer dedication to follow Jesus Christ. What is my challenge to you?
Use the holidays to create great memories with your family - Sunday will help you achieve this goal!
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21 @ 10:00A.M. HELP US PACK THANKSGIVING DINNERS TO FEED OVER 2,000 PEOPLE ... the Barbara Townsend Shelter Ministry of First Family Church will lead our people in caring for those in our metropolitan area who are in need. Last Tuesday, ladies from a local shelter for battered women joined our Open  Arms Sisters in Scripture for a Thanksgiving feast! It was such a joy for Christie and me to greet them - we are already planning an even larger event with these ladies in the spring. Bring your entire family this Saturday and help us prepare the boxes filled with food, love, and the Gospel of Jesus Christ!
WEDNESDAY ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24 @ 6:30P.M. - HEAR ONE OF MY FAVORITES PROFESSORS FROM SEMINARY ... DR. ROBIN HADAWAY... I have asked him to preach to us just before  Thanksgiving (in honor of this day we move our Wednesday service to Tuesday). Dr. Hadaway will paint a picture of billions of people throughout our world who need Jesus Christ in his sermon entitled, "Missions Today." Dr. Robin Hadaway has served as Associate Professor of Missions at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary since October of 2003. Previously, he and his dear wife Kathy served as missionaries with the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention for a total of 18 years. Hadaway served as a strategy coordinator, cluster leader, and church planter in a closed country in North Africa and earlier as a church planter in Tanzania. More recently, Dr. Hadaway was the IMB Regional Leader for Eastern South America, supervising over 300 missionaries in Brazil, Uruguay and Paraguay. He also has been a senior pastor for churches in California and Arizona and attained the rank of Captain in the U.S. Air Force, stationed in Alaska and Nevada. Hadaway holds graduate degrees from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary. Dr. Hadaway also attended Dallas Theological Seminary. His undergraduate degree is from Memphis State University. Hadaway and is a native of Tallahassee, Florida. He is married to the former Kathy Baze of Phoenix, Arizona. They have three grown children. Let's get ready for a tremendous blessing from a man who has deeply challenged me spiritually!
I AM WORKING ON OUR THANKSGIVING SUNDAY SERMON, NOVEMBER 29 - "WHAT AN ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE CAN DO FOR YOU" ... my Aunt Sarah was used of God to disciple me after I came to faith in Jesus Christ during the summer of 1973. Every Sunday after church she took me to the Forum cafeteria and bought my lunch. She taught me to "say thank you" and learn the "attitude of gratitude." God used Aunt Sarah to change my entire life! Since those beginning days I have stopped many times and reflected on the innumerable blessings I have received from God and said, "Thank You Lord!" Join me Thanksgiving Sunday for a sermon I think you are going to remember for a long time to come!
 OUR NEW DECEMBER SERMON SERIES IS ENTITLED, "WHY JESUS CAME" ... as we begin the Christmas season very soon I want to remind you and every member of your family why Jesus came. It is simple, yet so profound! Jesus did not come into our sin-cursed world to make men religious. He came to save us from our sins! God incarnated Himself into a body to deliver us from spiritual bondage - more in December!
BIG OPPORTUNITIES... BIG DECISIONS... will you pray for Christie and me as we seek the Lord regarding a major opportunity before us? We are in specific prayer for specific answers and leadership from God - your prayers will help us! Plan on us sharing our hearts with you soon.
Truman Capote wrote: "I remember things the way they should have been."
Sunday @ First Family Church can make the difference in your family,
Pastor Jerry Johnston
PS. Pastor Jeremy Johnston's sermon Wednesday night - homerun! Archive video stream this fact-filled message, "Preview: How We Got the Bible," just click here.
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Every  First Family Church member needs to experience “The Journey” and its casual atmosphere and dress, contemporary worship, and challenging preaching.
Next Sunday night, November 22nd, Pastor Christian will begin his new Christmas Series in The Journey titled, "Why I Believe in Santa Clause: The Spirit of Christmas Lives On". Each Sunday night from November 22nd through December 20th The Journey will focus on how we can make the Love of God known through the Christmas season. Be sure to be there each Sunday night at 5:00 p.m.! |
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