Weekly Announcements
Here are some announcements both for opportunities within our church, and in our community.
This Sunday we’ll enjoy lunch after the 2nd service. If you’re able, please bring a large side dish to go with pizza. Also, don’t miss out on the fun by participating in our Kids Kookie Kontest.
Communion: This Sunday we’ll serve communion twice – at the end of each sermon. If you (or your children) go to Sunday School during the 2nd service then you’ll want to attend the 1st service for communion. Also, because we believe the preaching of God’s Word is most beneficial (for both young and old) we’d suggest attending the 1st service if you do go to a class during 2nd service. Communion will continue to be served twice a month (1st and 3rd Sundays), and to give more people an opportunity to partake, we will serve it (3rd Sundays only) after each sermon. On the 1st Sunday of the month, we’ll keep to our regular practice of serving communion during the singing in the 2nd service. Please feel free to reply to this e-mail with any input or questions about this change.
Small Groups: There are several opportunities for you to connect and grow at BCC. Check out our list various small groups for men, women, and teens.
In need of prayer? You can submit your prayer needs on our website, and you can be praying for the needs of our church family by joining the Prayer Team. Click here to find out more.
March 7th: Cornerstone Lecture Series, God’s Stories: A Study of Parables with Dr. Gabe Fluhrer. Dr. Fluhrer is the Associate Minister of Discipleship at First Presbyterian Church in Columbia South Carolina (where Dr. Derek Thomas is Senior Pastor). He has written or edited several books and articles, including Atonement, These Last Days, and a forthcoming book on the resurrection.
June 26-28: BCC’s Annual Church Campout. Before the date is taken in your calendar, be sure to save this date for a special time of friendship building, recalling God’s faithfulness, and baptisms at Howard Prairie Lake, Sugar Pine Campground.
Ask for Wisdom and Read in Faith
God promises that if you ask Him for wisdom, He will give it to you! But how do you expect Him to give it? The primary means He chose is through the written word. So if you ask for wisdom, don’t expect Him to just “zap” you. Ask and then in faith, go to His Word, and go to good books. We gain wisdom from others, so read biographies, works of theology, history, science, and fiction to name a few.
This reading stat may get your attention, but if you don’t set a time, and decide on a book, then it’ll just be an interesting stat. What’s your recommendation? How about Don Whitney’s modern classic, “Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life,” or “Trusting God,” by Jerry Bridges? Don’t get overwhelmed with the selection… pick one and start!
– pb
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Wisdom Every Day
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Surely we only have to be realistic and honest with ourselves to know how regularly we need to turn to the Bible. How often do we face problems, temptation and pressure? Every day! Then how often do we need instruction, guidance and greater encouragement? Every day! To catch all these felt needs up into an even greater issue, how often do we need to see God’s face, hear his voice, feel his touch, know his power? The answer to all these questions is the same: every day! As the American evangelist D.L. Moody put it, “A man can no more take in a supply of grace for the future than he can eat enough for the next six months, or take sufficient air into his lungs at one time to sustain life for a week. We must draw upon God’s boundless store of grace from day to day as we need it.” – John Blanchard
