Nov. 23... Training Materials

Good day to you all on this cloudy and cool Monday morning in Michigan.

PERSONAL NOTE: What a great Thanksgiving Sunday we had here at First Baptist!.

First, let me congratulate and thank all of you for your participation in the shoe box gift giving. Last year we had 127 boxes as a total at the end of our collection. We had 127 boxes by Saturday this year... and that did not count all the boxes brought in by our people Sunday morning. The good news is that we will exceed last years number nicely. Praise the Lord!

Second, I want to thank our musicians for making Sunday special. A special thanks to Jan Foltz for her solo and the choir for a nicely done number. GOOD JOB ALL!

Last, I want to thank everyone who had a hand in the Thanksgiving Dinner preparation that we shared in. It was marvelous! Great fellowship and good food... ahhhhhhh.

This week I will be on TV, Monday the 23rd at 2 pm. Pray for us as a panel that we will give good answers to serious questions. I also have two weddings this week end to officiate at. Busy... busy week. I hope that you will have a great Thanksgiving time with family and friends.

Some of our people will be leaving this week for warmer climates for a few months and we wish them well. Bob and Janis Johnson will be heading to Bradenton, Florida and Joyce Tennyson-Ream will be going to Floresville, Texas. Have a great winter friends... we will miss you!

MONTHLY AUDIO: Please go to the Nov. 2 blog in order to find the link to download the audio.

LEADERSHIP TRAINING FEATURED ARTICLE: Please click on this LINK in order to read and download the article: "The Reproducing Church."

BONUS THEOLOGY ARTICLE: Please click on this LINK to read and download our theology article: "I Feel Abandoned In My Trial. Why Does God Feel So Distant When I Need Him Most?"

YOU CAN KNOW THE WILL OF GOD: In First Peter chapter 4 and verses 10-11 we read that the will of God for you is to employ your spiritual gift(s) for one another's benefit. All the believers benefit when each of us gets involved with the gifts and skills that God has blessed us with. This is God's will.

LEADERSHIP QUOTE: "Be such a man, and live such a life, that if every man were such as you, and every life a life like yours, this earth would be God's Paradise." Phillip Brooks (minister and poet).

TODAY'S DEVOTIONAL: Please click on this LINK in order to read the devotional for the day.

May God bless you on your journey this week.

In His Majesty's service, Pastor Darrell