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Spoke too soon…

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Dear Friends,

Apparently in my joy that our team’s visas had been granted, I spoke too soon. The Bolivian customs and immigration dept. is coming up with additional requirements. Our team has NOT left the room yet. Obviously the powers are not letting go easily and someone does not want the team in the country. Please renew your prayers for them. They are on day three in the same clothes and day two in the same 12’x18′ room. The God thing is that the AA flight home was cancelled today. The bad thing is that they are still stuck in the room.

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Ephesians 1:16-21

Pastor Colin

Our Mission Team,

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Dear Family,

You may be aware that a team of people from Family Bible Church and others departed on Sunday to serve the Lord in Bolivia. After arriving at the Bolivian airport this morning they were detained for lacking the proper stamp on their visas (a new and undisclosed requirement). As I write 13 hours later, 13 team members and their luggage are still confined to a 12’x18′ room awaiting final word on whether they will be allowed to enter the country or be sent home. Our team has Bolivian partners who are working hard to obtain what is needed for entry. Everyone is okay, just very tired.

Please, please pray that our team will be approved by customs and immigration for entry in the morning. I have no idea what the Lord is doing in these circumstances. I am reminded of at least two situations in which the apostle Paul was prevented by the Lord from doing what he wanted to do to serve him (Acts 16:6-7), or detained at length while doing what the Lord clearly wanted him to do (Acts 23:11; 24:26-27). The Lord’s purposes in what he does with us while we are serving him are not always clear, especially at the time. But it is clear that we are to pray and not give up praying.

So let us pray for our team’s entry into Bolivia, for patient endurance for them, and that whatever happens they will bring honor to Christ’s name by their conduct. I will post as I hear of further developments.

Pastor Colin

 

 

Maundy Thursday and Easter Services

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Dear Family,

Here is a quick rundown on Family Bible Church events to celebrate our Lord’s passion and resurrection this weekend:

Maundy Thursday service–Thursday at 6:30 P.M. I know, some of you are wishing we would make up our minds: “Is it on Monday or Thursday?” Maundy Thursday, sometimes called “Holy Thursday” has been observed by Christians from various church traditions to commemorate the events recorded in the Gospels the evening prior to Jesus’ arrest and trial. The name “Maundy” is derived from the Latin word mandatum, which means “commandment,” from Jesus’ words that he spoke that night recorded in John 13:34 “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another….” At our service we will share the Lord’s Supper that he instituted on this night long ago.

Easter Sunday–Our worship service will begin at 10:30 A.M. There will be an Easter egg hunt following the service. Parents please bring a bag or basket for your kids to collect their eggs.

May the Lord bless you as you remember all that he has done for us this week,

Pastor Colin

Beth Moore conference and Spring Break calendar

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Dear Family,

There are some important dates approaching that I would like to make you aware of.

Beth Moore’s Living Proof Live conference is coming to Evansville July 21-22, but the “early bird” registration discount expires this Monday, 3/21. Registration is currently $59. Seating is “general admission” so you do not need to register as part of a group, though FBC will organize a group of ladies to attend together. I am not sure what the rate will increase to after this Monday but if you would like to attend, the cheapest time to get tickets is now. You can register online here.

We will adjust our Sunday School schedule over Spring Break as follows:

Mar. 19–Sunday School at 9:30
Mar. 26–No Sunday School.
Apr. 2–Sunday School at 9:30.
Apr. 9–No Sunday School but we will have an “all church” Palm Sunday devotional and continental breakfast at 9:30.
Apr. 16–No Sunday School. Easter Sunday. Stay tuned for further information regarding our egg hunt following our worship service.

We will hold our worship service at 10:30 as usual each of these weeks.

See you tomorrow!

Pastor Colin

Sunday School Kickoff this Sunday

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Dear Family

This Sunday, 1/29, Family Bible Church will launch Sunday School classes for our kids and youth. We will have classes for pre-k through high school from 9:30 to 10:15 between now and Memorial Day. Our nursery will also be available during Sunday School. Our worship service will begin at 10:30.

Parents and other adults, please consider serving in our kids or youth classes. We are not currently planning to offer adult classes yet this spring. Let’s do what we can to make our first semester of Sunday School a success for our kids.

See you Sunday morning,

Pastor Colin

Good News!

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Dear Family,

I have good news to share–not as good as the gospel, of course, but good news nonetheless! Family Bible Church will gather to worship for the first time in our new building on Husky Way this Sunday morning, January 1 at 10:30 AM. Feel free to invite whoever you wish, but keep in mind this Sunday will not be our “grand opening” dedication service which we will celebrate with a meal afterward on January 15. Our nursery will be ready to receive little ones this Sunday.

Please join me in prayer that God will prepare us to use for his glory and the good of our community the building he has prepared for us.

See you Sunday,

Pastor Colin

FBC Christmas Eve service

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Dear Family,

Thank you for you patience in waiting for news on where our Christmas Eve service will be held. I am sorry to tell you that we will not be worshipping in our new building on Husky Way tomorrow. All of the critical work is being completed as I write, but we will not receive our final inspections and (if the Lord wills) our certificate of occupancy until early next week. We will meet for worship at Cambridge at 5:00 PM on Christmas Eve for our final worship service of 2016.

I suppose it is fitting that our first worship gathering on Husky Way will be on the first day of 2017 (again, if the Lord wills). I will confirm location and time once our building passes final inspections and we gain occupancy, hopefully by the middle of next week.

Last night the Kerr family observed our annual tradition of watching Frank Capra’s classic film, It’s A Wonderful Life. I was reminded again that sometimes our dismal view of life can be changed when we consider our circumstances from an alternate perspective. We could consider our having to wait (again) to get into our new building from the perspective of Simeon, who was “waiting for the consolation of Israel” (Luke 2:25). Many of God’s people have waited far longer than we have for blessings far greater than a new building. Or we could consider our disappointment about where we will worship on Christmas Eve from the perspective of Mary and Joseph who worshipped the new born King for the first time in accommodations far less comfortable than what the Lord has graciously provided us in Cambridge Golf Club. God has given us far more than we need and every blessing spiritual blessing in Christ. So let us be glad and declare with Tiny Tim, “God bless us every one!”

See you tomorrow,

Pastor Colin