"The Journey"
Welcome to Summer Sundays @
the Shore! This is
the last Sunday of the summer—a summer that has seemed to fly by!
I hope you have had a chance to refresh yourself and get in
some vacation time.
Bobbie and I haven’t done that yet, but we are going to get away for
a week beginning this Friday.
We gather this morning to dedicate our faithful Christian Education
workers. Many of them
work in other parts of our building, and you may not even know who
they are or what they do.
We want to try to correct that this morning.
Please take notice of all the people who will be up front
this morning. God may
prompt you to pray for one or two of them through the coming year.
Next Sunday we will do the same kind of dedication for the ACA
faculty and staff.
Dr. Bruce Lockerbie, one of the most respected Christian educators
in America, will come as our guest speaker for the morning.
All of us involved in the Academy have come to appreciate his
ministry as he worked with us during the transition to a classical
model of education.
We meet at the Lord’s Table this morning.
I have asked Pastors Stephens and Kelsey to serve communion
this morning; I’m looking forward to receiving communion instead of
serving it. Both
receiving and serving make us privileged people—just to think that
God allows us participate in Jesus death, burial, and resurrection!
We have planned the worship this morning to touch your heart,
strengthen your spirit, and challenge your mind.
We’ll focus our thinking around Revelation 5:1-14 and worship
the Lamb of God who is worthy of all our praise.
Join in and meet with God this morning.
Thank you for coming to FBC today.
We are here to serve you and our community.
Please let us know if we can minister to you in any way.
Pastor John
