October 2022

I have been in a sermon series in Leviticus

#23, about the 7 Feasts of Jehovah given to Israel

to observe each year. We have 2 more to note:

the Day of Atonement and the Feast of Tabernacles.

It is believed that the 3 fall festivals will be

fulfilled in the 2nd Coming of Christ. Join us for

this series and learn of Godʼs blueprint for manʼs

redemption through Christ Jesus.

During the rest of October, I will bring a

3-sermon series on evidence that the Bible is the

inspired Word of God. Weʼll look at the Scientific,

Historic and Prophetic accuracy of the Bible.

Invite your skeptical friends.

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Through the month of August we received Faith

Promise Mission pledge cards for the coming church

year. We received 77 cards, totaling $14,535 per

month. That is $3,526 per month more than last

yearʼs pledges. That allows us to support 81 mission

fields for the coming year. AMEN!

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We were blessed last Sunday night by a good

MBSF group of 18 students from OSU. Collier

Robertson, their director gave a report on their

ministry on the campus and then shared a

message from Godʼs Word. Afterward we had

the “Festival of the Unleavened Pizza”.

October is probably my favorite

month of the year. Fall has just begun,

and hopefully the temperatures will

start to get cooler. Iʼm reminded of

my childhood birthday parties and all

of the homemade birthday cakes my

mom would make for my family and

friends. I am also reminded of a

recurring scene in my young life. It

was the church. A lot of my childhood

memories are related to church.

Some of you might have these

same memories and gathering

together brings them back. You feel

nostalgic and comforted by singing

hymns, sitting in a pew, and passing

an offering plate. It just feels like

church. All of this is wonderful, but it

shouldnʼt be the goal. If it is, most of

us have been sitting on the goal line

for 20 or 30 years.

In Matthew 28:19-20 Jesus gives

the Great Commission. In it, he commands

us to “go and make disciples...”

Are we doing that? Iʼm not

sure that we are. For too long, our

goal has been to have someone

profess faith in Christ, be baptized,

and be in church every time the doors

are opened. This is only half way to

the goal. We then have to instruct

them and show them how to be a

disciple that makes disciples. I am

convicted and convinced that this

needs to happen. If we will focus on

making disciples, then Christ will build

His church. - Bro. Tim

Averages for September

Sunday School - 142

Morning Worship - 226

Evening Worship - 133

Mid-Week Bible Study - 125

New Members - 3

Amy Scott

John Gates

Andrew Oonk