Community, Compassion, Service
“Play Ball” Team FBCS! Evening Prayers for the Month of August While We Miss the American Legion World Series in 2020 It’s August and it has become the joy of our community to host the American Legion World Series at Keeter Stadium in Shelby. So many of our FBC members provide the leadership and the vision for this community emphasis that builds on our sports heritage in Cleveland County. Sadly, this year, we will miss […]
A Dozen Ways to Pray for Our Nation, and beyond, on this National Day of Prayer 1. Government Leaders – Federal, State, Cleveland County, City of Shelby. Pray for wisdom and integrity as they propose action and provide genuine “states-person-ship” that lifts us above the partisan divides and into the embrace of the diversity that e pluribus unum expects. 2. Military Personnel who serve our nation with courage and perseverance. As they serve in “harm’s […]
There is a Monday Night Bible Study group that has been meeting faithfully together since we dug-in to the 40 Days of Purpose study in the Spring of 2004. This group has encouraged each other in their faith journeys and they have learned much from the Holy Spirit at work in their times together. Recently, the group’s study has inspired the members to their feet in prayer. This small group has been immersed in Mark Batterson’s study, The […]
During Holy Week this year, our church family joined together for an Inter-generational Holy Week Prayer Experience during which we painted our interpretations of the Scripture passages below. The crosses were built by our youth and used wood stripped from the demolition from our Sanctuary and Youth Center construction projects. First Station: Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and he said to his disciples, “Sit […]
Day 19: Young Adults God is calling! “Come. Everyone who thirsts, come to the waters…” (Isaiah 55:1 ESV). The call to “come” in Isaiah happened 45 years after the Babylonians took the Israelites into exile. At the outset, it seems clear that this verse is describing the importance of coming into a relationship with God as primary over the physical needs and nourishment of a person. However, the physical/material and spiritual dimensions of the Jewish […]
Day 18: Adults Washing our hearts “Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me and I will be whiter than snow” (Psalm 51:7 NIV). While shopping recently I, for some unknown reason, paid close attention to all the various varieties of laundry detergents and stain removers. Then, I moved on to the body soaps in different shapes, some round, others rectangular. Next were all kinds of liquid body cleansers in various colors […]
By Holly Sweat The Lord continues to carry us through a difficult storm. The last couple of days have been trying, it began Wednesday when I came home from work and found Dan completely disoriented. Phone books were thrown all over the counter in Dan’s attempt to reach me at work. He couldn’t figure out how to use the phone or his cell phone to contact me or anyone else for help. He was having […]
By Michelle Moser I met my husband on a blind date on Easter weekend of 2015. My mom’s friend thought it would be a good idea for us to meet, and needless to say she was right. One thing that bonded us early on was the strong desire to start a family. With both of us in our mid-thirties, we were ready to start a new chapter in our lives. Bruce and I dated for […]
Dear Father, as the transition of power is taking place in our nation this week, we take time to pray for our leaders as Paul brings the charge in Scripture, “The first thing I want you to do is pray. Pray every way you kow how, for everyone you know. Pray especially for rulers and their governments to rule well so we can be quietly about our business of living simply, in humble contemplation. This is […]
Perhaps you can remember the television show Star Trek from the late 1960’s. The show was a science fiction adventure into the vast reaches of the universe and week after week the voice-over of Captain Kirk from the bridge of the Starship Enterprise would begin, “Captain’s log, Stardate 41239. Our destination is ……,” and the episode, duly identified, would be underway. Though “stardate” was a time-record made up by the show’s creators to keep people from guessing how far […]
