June 28, 2010... Training Materials

Greetings on this sunny Monday morning. I hope that you have a wonderful day.

PERSONAL NOTE: First, I want to thank and congratulate all of the workers who were involved in Vacation Bible School this past week. What a great week! All of our workers went the extra mile and did an outstanding job. THANKS!!!

I also want to thank Bill and Barb Swift who headed up and "mothered" the entire program. Great work, Swift Team. Bill, congratulate all of your crew for me. I don't have all of the stats yet, but it looked good.

I want to thank Bud Myers for singing this past Sunday. I enjoyed the song, Bud.

My thanks goes out to our 4 pm. Sunday concert group, Chosen. They put on a fine concert for us and made it very comfortable. I personally enjoyed the song selections... I was even singing along on several of the numbers. My only regret was the small turnout. I don't think our people have yet grasped the idea of "outreach". We will continue to work on it. Our next (and third) concert is on July 18, 2010 featuring Mark and Andrea Forester. Please plan now to attend and bring some guests with you. It is a low key way to share the Gospel with people.

MONTHLY AUDIO: Please visit the June 8 blog in order to find and download the audio if you have not already done so.

LEADERSHIP TRAINING FEATURED ARTICLE: Please click on this LINK in order to read and download the article: Apathy.

BONUS THEOLOGY ARTICLE: Please click on this LINK in order to read and download the article: Do Gender SensitiveTranslations Distort Scripture?

YOU CAN KNOW THE WILL OF GOD: In Second Corinthians chapter 6 and verse 17 we see it recorded as the will of God that we are to "...come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord.". This expression is an allusion to a couple of different OT. passage in Isaiah, Ezekiel and IISamuel. The context of the Corinthians passage is an appeal to separation from worldly practices that confuse the loyalty of the individual Christian (note verses 15-16). The Lord desires and neads clean vessels for service. We are to be those vessels.

ADVANCED DISCIPLESHIP TRAINING: If you wil go to this LINK you will discover 10 different lessons on the subject of Ecclesiology and Eschatology... or the doctrine of the Church and End-Time events. I don't expect that you will listen to them all in one setting! Tke your time and listen to them all... or the ones that you find pertinent. I believe that you will find the study helpful. Glean what you can... don't worry about what you can't.

PARENTING HOPE: Please click on this LINK in order to read and download pat 8 of No More Jellyfish. The master subject is, of course, bullying.

LEADERSHIP QUOTE: "Without adversity, without change, life is boring. The paradox of comfort is that we stop trying." John Amatt

TODAY'S DEVOTIONAL: Please click on this LINK in order to view today's devotional.

May God shower you with blessings this week.

In His Majesty's service, Pastor Darrell