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Alright everyone, good evening, welcome to First Works Baptist Church.
Let's all find our seats and grab a song book.
Open that song book up to song number five.
Let's all stand for our first song.
Let's all stand together and sing our first song, which will be song number five.
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🎵When I survey the wondrous cross,
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All of us standing all together.
Song number five.
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Everyone nice and strong all together on that first verse.
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🎵When I survey the wondrous cross,
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Amen, let's open our service with a word of prayer.
Father, thank you God, Lord, for allowing us, God, to be here tonight.
Hear your word preached unto us, God.
I pray, Lord, that you would bless every aspect of the service, God.
Bless the singing, bless the preaching, God.
Go pastor with your Holy Spirit, Lord, as he preaches to us, Lord,
and help us in the congregation, Lord, to be attentive tonight, Lord,
that we would leave here differently than when we came in, God.
We love you, Lord, and it's in Jesus' name we pray, Amen.
You may be seated.
Song number 187, Jesus loves me.
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Song number 187, Jesus loves me.
Everyone nice and strong all together on that first verse.
🎵Jesus loves me this I know 🎵
🎵For the Bible tells me so 🎵
🎵Little ones to him belong 🎵
🎵They are weak but he is strong 🎵
🎵Yes, Jesus loves me 🎵
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Jesus loves me, yes, Jesus loves me, yes, Jesus loves me.
The Bible tells me so.
Jesus loves me, he who died.
Heaven's gate to open wide.
He will wash away my sin.
Let his little child come in.
Yes, Jesus loves me.
The Bible tells me so.
Jesus loves me, he will stay.
Close beside me all the way.
Thou hast bled and died for me.
I will henceforth live for thee.
Yes, Jesus loves me.
The Bible tells me so.
All right.
Great singing.
Just a few announcements here before we sing our next song,
which will be song number 90 if you want to get that ready in your song books.
Jesus, Lover of My Soul, song number 90.
If you don't have a bulletin, go ahead and raise your hand.
One of the ushers can get one for you.
There's some important information on there that we're going to go over tonight
and some extra things that are not on the bulletin that I'm going to mention tonight.
Of course, our services are as follows.
Sunday morning is at 1030.
Sunday evening is at 5 p.m.
And then we have our Thursday night Bible study at 7 o'clock.
And we are currently going through the book of Malachi.
And we'll be in chapter 3 this evening.
And then if you look there in the middle of the page is the 2021 fall program.
So I want to briefly go over this.
It begins this Sunday, man.
I'm excited about it.
A lot of exciting things happening that month going into November.
And then we're going to start off first and foremost with the birthday breakfast, which we typically would do.
But the difference is we're actually going to have sports night after Sunday night.
So I want to encourage all the men, families to be there.
We're going to cater in some food to the park.
And so bring your basketball shorts, bring your Jordans, bring a competitive spirit, you know, and bring all the trash talking.
Bring it all.
We're going to have a good time on Sunday.
Looking forward to it.
And make sure you're there on Sunday.
Make sure you're full attendance Sunday morning, Sunday night.
Come next Thursday because that's when we begin to record, you know, all your points.
And obviously we're going to mark it down the following week, but it begins this coming Sunday.
So just keep that in mind.
October 10th, we have the caramel apple Sunday after Sunday morning church.
October 17th is the apple cider fellowship on Sunday night.
And then on the 24th is the steak contest between the men.
And we're looking forward to that.
We'll give you the rules and regulations on Sunday for that.
October 31st is the birthday breakfast.
But actually one thing that's not on here that I want to announce is we're going to host a teen activity on the 29th, which is actually on a Friday.
Okay.
So all teens are welcome to come.
And we're going to go bowling.
Okay.
We're going to go do some bowling.
Bring your parents with you.
Or should I say parents, bring your children, your teens with you.
And you guys are all welcome to come.
So we're going to be going bowling on the 29th.
We'll give you more information as we approach that.
And then that's Sunday night.
So Friday, bowling, Saturday, business as usual.
Sunday is the 31st.
We'll be on Sunday night, we're going to have cold stones with pastor.
That's me.
You're going to have cold stones with me.
The teens will.
And so it'll be like a teen weekend.
Someone asked if we're going to do idle burning Sunday.
And no, we're not because we don't want to burn down the building.
That almost happened a couple years ago.
Who was there when the building almost burned down?
We burned down the idols.
And another thing is people were bringing things that weren't necessarily idols.
You know what I mean?
These people were just pyromaniacs.
They just want to burn stuff.
Where's Glenn?
Brought a Mickey Mouse.
This is sort of like an idol.
Just bring any random object.
I think we've already purged the church of all idols.
I think the person who brought the most idols was John.
Where's John at?
Him and his orthodox former self.
He brought in all these things.
So we had a bonfire.
And so we're throwing them in there.
We're breaking stuff.
We're doing all this.
And then the fire just kept getting a little big.
And then after a while it was just like
oh man, this thing is getting a little too big.
And I was like alright guys, we're all done.
Everyone go inside.
The smoke is going inside the building.
And then there's a billow of smoke
and then the fire department comes.
First the police came and then the fire department.
And I went out there and I was like
what's up? Is there something wrong?
They're like what's this?
I'm like oh yeah, we put it out. Don't worry about it.
Neighbors are coming out.
It was great but we're not going to do it again.
You would have to have been there.
It was pretty fun but we're not going to do that.
So just keep that in mind.
29th is bowling,
Cold Stones with Pastor on Sunday
night on the 31st.
And then of course the birthday breakfast
we're having out on the 31st as well.
November 7th is the pie baking contest.
And ladies
we'll get you the rules to that
in a bit.
And then the 23rd we basically conclude
the
fall program with our annual
Thanksgiving banquet.
The theme is the 1800s of course.
I've heard a lot of you have already gotten your
costumes or outfits.
And so looking forward to that.
And just keep in mind that
starting on Sunday up until
the 7th
we're going to be recording all these points and it's very easy.
So if you want a King James only
hoodie, okay, if you don't want
one then don't tell me. Don't be a poor sport about it.
Just, you know, just
just get it.
It's free. Why not?
All you have to do,
well it's technically not free because you have to earn it.
You have to attend all three services. A thousand points
per week. Go soloing once
a week you get a thousand points per week
and you can't double on that. So it's not like
you can go to three services here and then
a fourth service at a different church and that'll
count for more points. Or you know
you can go to multiple soloing times and that'll
count for more points. You can only get
a thousand points per
week for the services and soloing.
The only time you can really double up
on points is by bringing
first and second time visitors. Now
I'm going to make an exception to
a rule that I actually set forth
on Sunday.
And the exception is this. If you
already brought a first time visitor
and
have not yet come back, you can
bring them back and it'll count as a second
time visitor. Because on Sunday basically what I said was
you have to be a first or second time visitor
for the fall program.
But I'm going to go ahead and breach
that contract and
breach that covenant and just change
that. The law changes
now but sometimes we change it.
Instead
if you brought a visitor
sometime this year for the first time
or whatever or even from last year if they've only
come once. If you bring them
back again the second time it counts for
those points. So you can get two thousand points
per visitor.
And so
and then you get a hoodie. It's real simple.
Anyone reaching 14,000
points gets a King James hoodie. First
prize gets a paid missions trip. Second prize
$50 gift card. Third prize
$35 gift card. And
it's going to be exciting. So we're not
going to fill out the sheets this Sunday
for the points. That'll be the following Sunday.
But it starts this Sunday. Does everyone
understand that? Okay. And so
it's not very complicated
but just keep that in mind. And then
let's see here. What else?
Lorena's baby shower is on Sunday
October 10th. Alex and Tamara's
wedding is on Saturday October
16th. And then there will be a ladies
prayer meeting on Friday October 29th.
And then you see the
general announcements there. I do
want to mention something and
please pay attention to
these announcements. Okay.
Please make sure that you
are supervising your kids
before, during
and after service.
Now when I say supervise I don't
mean just observe them as
they do whatever they want. I mean
like you got to like you know
got to handle your kids.
Okay. And you know
we need to make sure first and foremost that
you know if your kids are going into different
rooms in the building
you know you need to follow them.
Okay. And supervise them if
they do so. Alright.
You know we don't want kids going into closets
and going into different rooms alone
and what not. You need
to make sure you're keeping an eye on your kids.
And I'll just be honest with you as the pastor of the church
if I see this because I did
see it or I'm sorry I received a
report about this
then I'm going to have to personally talk to you about it.
Okay. And I don't want
to have that uncomfortable conversation
with you. So please make sure that you're
watching your children at
all times so they're not getting involved in
mischief in the church. I know their children
and you know often sometimes
they just do stuff like that but
you need to make sure that you're watching your kids at all
times. Okay. And then
along with that
you know obviously the kids have a great time
when they're here at the church and we want
them to. But what we don't want
is for them to have some sort of like train
running around the auditorium
bumping into
adults and just
kind of being you know
creating havoc. Make sure you check that
and that they're not doing that. And if you
want them to run and have fun you can
take them to the mother baby room and
do that after service so they can do so.
But please make sure that they understand
that the main auditorium is not like a playground.
Okay. You know they need to make sure
that they're respectful and not just
because there's been multiple times where groups of
people are talking and you're just like
and look one of my kids is one
of them so I'm telling my wife.
Wife. Watch the kids.
Okay. Make sure they're not doing that. And
when my kids are doing that I obviously I correct
them right away and they get it from
me but I want to
make sure that you guys do your part as well. Okay.
And this is just part of having a
family integrated church. You know
there's a lot of little ones and you
know there's just a lot of little ones
and so we're all friends here it's great
but we need to make sure that we keep
track of them and making sure they're not
getting involved in mischief. Along with that
so there's another thing that I need to mention. Okay.
Is
please make sure that your kids are not turning on
and off the lights in the fellowship hall.
Okay. The switches in the fellowship hall
are not toys. Okay.
And so you know
there's been a couple times when kids have done
that during church or not during church
but like after the service or whatever. They shouldn't
be touching the switches at all. Okay.
And so and if you see your kid do that please
make sure you discipline them and if
you don't then I'm going to have to come to you and talk to you about
that because you're not doing anything about it.
And I don't want to have that conversation.
I don't want to tell you to discipline your kids. You need to
make sure you take care of that.
You say what's the big deal? The big deal is they're switching
on and off the lights and it's disruptive.
You know this is
not their home. I don't know if that's how they behave
when they're at home with you.
This is family time. Amen.
But they're not at home. This is the house of God.
They need to make sure they respect the house of God
and not just kind of do whatever they want. Okay.
And by the way I'll lead by example.
My kids have done that.
And they get spankings if they disobey.
And so
spankings is what I'm saying.
You understand?
Now we got that uncomfortable
stuff out of the way.
Folks sometimes we just got to mention these things though.
Don't hate me for it.
Don't get mad at me. Don't be bitter towards me.
I'm just trying to teach us as a church
how to behave ourselves in the house of God.
Amen.
Alright. Well if you're mad at me then too bad I already
said it. Pull out your prayer sheet
there. And
we're going to go over that briefly just on a lighter
note. Okay.
Please pray for the church corporately. You see
the different needs there and the church
families. The church of
the month was actually supposed to change.
It's not supposed to be
Holdfast. We're praying for
Sherr Foundation Baptist
Church UK.
Okay. So brother Maury
write that down.
We love Holdfast Baptist Church and Pastor Jared
but we're switching the church for the month.
And so
pray for them. And if you could please
pray a special prayer
this evening
and throughout the week for Miss
Nicole. She had her baby. Amen.
The church is great.
Unfortunately she didn't have a C-section
and there was some complications.
By the way they have a boy. Amen.
So congratulations to them.
What is that?
Lord? I'm just kidding.
Always happens.
I always get these visions when I'm...
For those of you on YouTube
don't... I'm not charismatic.
Okay. Someone's phone was going off.
What was I saying? Oh Miss Nicole.
So she had her baby.
Thank God for that. But there was
some complications. And if you
can please pray for her recovery.
Okay. She needs a lot of prayer.
I wouldn't
say necessary. It's
super serious but
it did take a lot out of her. And they did
request prayer. So please
pray for them. And pray that she
would recover. That all would be well.
And so pray for her. Pray for brother Chris.
And reach out to them.
Make sure you let them know that you're praying for them.
And of course anytime someone has a baby
in our church. We want to bring a meal.
Okay. And I know they live a little far. If you need
to send them a gift card or whatever.
Do whatever you have to do. But please be a blessing to them
during this time.
Okay. And if you
have any additional prayer requests please make sure
that you place them at the bottom. And
we'll make sure that it gets on the bulletin
for the following week.
And that's pretty much it. Brother Maury
wants you coming up and he's going to pray over these needs.
All right. Please bow your heads.
Dear Lord, Heavenly Father, thank you for
giving us another day. And Lord, thank you for allowing
us to be able to make it to church, Lord.
Lord, I'd like to thank you for your Bible.
Thank you for giving us your word that
we're able to read and learn more
about you, Lord. And Lord, I also want to pray
for, thank you for our salvation,
Lord. Thank you for just
allowing us to be able to believe the gospel.
And Lord, I also want to pray
for our church that you bless our church
and we continue to find
and you continue finding favor with us
or we continue finding favor with you, Lord.
And Lord, I also pray for the
for new laborers. We pray that more people
are willing to go out and go soul winning
and teach people
and show people how to go to heaven, Lord.
And I also want to pray for new people
during the fall program. We're
going to have a lot of new people coming, Lord.
And we pray that they can get saved
and that they can start living the Christian life
and coming to church and reading their Bible
and going closer to you every day.
Lord, I pray for the leadership in our church.
We pray that you bless the man, bless
Pastor Mejia and
his family. I have a hedge of protection of him
and his wife and his
children, Lord, and keep them safe.
Lord, I also want to pray for the general
requests that we have on our list here, Lord.
I pray that
you can meet those needs there. And Lord, I also
pray for the health of all of our
loved ones in our church as well.
I pray for Ms. Nicole. We pray that
we pray that
you have a hand of healing
and protection over her. And Lord, keep
her safe, Lord. I also want to pray
for our co-workers as we're working on the world,
Lord, and pray that they're able to
hear the gospel
and that we can get them saved.
And Lord, I also pray that you
bless our fall program
with the new people and all
the different events that we have, Lord.
And Lord, I also want to pray for Sure Foundation
Baptist Church UK. I pray that you
bless Pastor Aaron Thompson as he's
starting this church in
the UK, Lord. And Lord, I just pray
that they have success and that
they continue
so winning and doing a great work for you
over there, Lord. I pray that you bless
Pastor Aaron Thompson and his family.
I pray that you have a name. Amen.
Alright, please turn your hymnals to song number 90,
Jesus, Lover of My Soul.
Paul's going to lead you in the next song.
We're going to sing song number 44,
We'll Work Till Jesus Comes.
His brother Aaron's back there.
Song number 44,
We'll Work Till Jesus
Comes.
Sorry for the confusion
there.
We'll work
till Jesus comes. Song number
44. Everyone all together
nice and strong on that first verse.
O land
of rest for thee
I sigh when
will the moment
come
when I shall
lay my armor
by and
dwell in peace
at home.
We'll work
till Jesus
comes. We'll work
till
Jesus comes.
We'll work
till Jesus
comes and we'll
be gathered
home
to Jesus
Christ. I fled
for rest. He
bade me cease to
roam
and lean for
succor on
his breast till he
conduct me
home.
We'll work
till Jesus
comes. We'll work
till
Jesus comes.
We'll work
till Jesus
comes and we'll
be gathered
home.
I sought at once
my Savior's
side no more.
My steps shall
roam
with him all
brave depths chilling
tight and
reach my heavenly
home.
We'll work
till Jesus
comes. We'll work
till
Jesus comes.
We'll work
till Jesus
comes and we'll
be gathered
home.
And then at this time the ushers will collect the
offering. Tonight we'll be in
Malachi chapter number three.
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