12.29.2008
12.22.2008
January Newsletter
What an incredible opportunity we as a church have this coming year. The year 2009 holds for First Baptist Church of Senoia a chance to grow spiritually and in number. All we have to do is look around town to see that there is a tremendous harvest waiting to be brought in. People are moving into our area in droves. And I honestly don’t know of another church around that is as prepared to minister to the whole family as First Baptist is.
Some will come join us on a Sunday all on their own, either out of curiosity about the church or because they are looking for a new church home. But the majority of people need a little more than just the FBC sign in the yard to get them through our doors. The GA Baptist Association has found in a survey that over 85% of visitors in churches on the average Sunday come because they were personally invited by a church member. You may not be able to bring in five new people a week. But that one that you can invite is just one more that we can reach for the Kingdom of God.
Starting January 20, every third Tuesday night of the month will be dedicated as Youth Visitation night. What we do from month to month will probably vary. We could be making phone calls, writing postcards, visiting some friends in order to invite them to church, or just passing out flyers in one of the nearby subdivisions. There are a tremendous number of students in our area who go nowhere to church. Our goal is to create a desire in them to come join us. But it will take our own students getting involved to make it all happen. Even if you can’t commit to every month, come on those months when you can.
I am excited about the challenge that I issued to the students: to read through the entire Bible in 2009. It is a very demanding goal, but would you believe it only takes reading about three chapters a day to complete? I encourage the rest of our church as well to consider taking on this challenge. If you want a copy of the monthly reading plan, just see me.
Living for His glory,
Bro. Ryan
Some will come join us on a Sunday all on their own, either out of curiosity about the church or because they are looking for a new church home. But the majority of people need a little more than just the FBC sign in the yard to get them through our doors. The GA Baptist Association has found in a survey that over 85% of visitors in churches on the average Sunday come because they were personally invited by a church member. You may not be able to bring in five new people a week. But that one that you can invite is just one more that we can reach for the Kingdom of God.
Starting January 20, every third Tuesday night of the month will be dedicated as Youth Visitation night. What we do from month to month will probably vary. We could be making phone calls, writing postcards, visiting some friends in order to invite them to church, or just passing out flyers in one of the nearby subdivisions. There are a tremendous number of students in our area who go nowhere to church. Our goal is to create a desire in them to come join us. But it will take our own students getting involved to make it all happen. Even if you can’t commit to every month, come on those months when you can.
I am excited about the challenge that I issued to the students: to read through the entire Bible in 2009. It is a very demanding goal, but would you believe it only takes reading about three chapters a day to complete? I encourage the rest of our church as well to consider taking on this challenge. If you want a copy of the monthly reading plan, just see me.
Living for His glory,
Bro. Ryan
12.09.2008
Meal on the Move
This Friday, we'll be having our first ever Youth Christmas Progressive Dinner. Plan on meeting at the church at 5:45pm. We'll take the bus to our first stop: appetizers. Once we've finished there, then we'll head on to the main course, then it's over to another house for dessert and a White Elephant Gift Exchange. We should be back to the church around 9:30pm.
If you've never seen a White Elephant Exchange before, it is a lot of fun. We'll explain the rules once we get to that house. All you need to know to be ready for it is to bring some kind of gift. It could be something from home that you don't use anymore. Many people try to bring something that would be kind of a gag gift. If you choose to go out and buy something, then just make sure to keep it under $5.
Call or email Bro. Ryan with any questions that you may have. We hope to see you out on Friday for this great time!
If you've never seen a White Elephant Exchange before, it is a lot of fun. We'll explain the rules once we get to that house. All you need to know to be ready for it is to bring some kind of gift. It could be something from home that you don't use anymore. Many people try to bring something that would be kind of a gag gift. If you choose to go out and buy something, then just make sure to keep it under $5.
Call or email Bro. Ryan with any questions that you may have. We hope to see you out on Friday for this great time!
12.01.2008
December Newsletter
Well, another year has once again come and gone. This past year has been so much fun for our youth, both in the Bible study times we’ve had on Sundays and Wednesdays and in the places we’ve been able to go. In just a few short weeks, we will ring in yet another new year. I can almost hear the starting gun signaling the next 52 exciting weeks that I know is in store for the youth and this church.
I think I might be too young to say this, but I have no idea where the time has gone. It’s so hard to believe that it has been over a year now since Kim and I came into the church. In some ways, it seems just like a couple of days ago that we were moving in. In other ways, we feel like we’ve known some of you for so much longer than a year. This church has been such an amazing blessing to me and my family!
This past week, some of the youth and adults were able to go and help again at the Processing Center for the Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes. The Atlanta center is projected to receive and ship anywhere from 700,000 to 1,000,000 shoeboxes in the span of about three weeks. The 97 boxes that we took with us from our church are headed to India and the south African countries of Ghana and the Republic of Benin. Everyone has been so faithful to give what they can to help out in this effort. Thanks so much to all who contributed through the gift of a simple shoebox.
My family wants to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas! In all that’s going on during this next month, don’t forget the reason we celebrate this time of year: the coming of the Lord Jesus.
I think I might be too young to say this, but I have no idea where the time has gone. It’s so hard to believe that it has been over a year now since Kim and I came into the church. In some ways, it seems just like a couple of days ago that we were moving in. In other ways, we feel like we’ve known some of you for so much longer than a year. This church has been such an amazing blessing to me and my family!
This past week, some of the youth and adults were able to go and help again at the Processing Center for the Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes. The Atlanta center is projected to receive and ship anywhere from 700,000 to 1,000,000 shoeboxes in the span of about three weeks. The 97 boxes that we took with us from our church are headed to India and the south African countries of Ghana and the Republic of Benin. Everyone has been so faithful to give what they can to help out in this effort. Thanks so much to all who contributed through the gift of a simple shoebox.
My family wants to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas! In all that’s going on during this next month, don’t forget the reason we celebrate this time of year: the coming of the Lord Jesus.
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