Taking Jesus Seriously:
A Bible Study Seminar for Adults and Youth
This four-week conversation begins
TONIGHT, October 19 at 6:00 p.m. in the
Gathering Place Room.
The book, Red Letter Revolution:
What If Jesus Really Meant What He Said? (pictured) will inform our discussion together.
Prayer is a lifeline in Uganda. Life here is very raw, with little safety net in place for those on the margins, and we often pray for the most basic, simple things: For safe travel to and from a place. For the $2 a family needs to have a meal for their children that day.
Prayer itself becomes our safety net.
When people feel helpless and vulnerable, prayer provides hope, courage and strength. At Amani Sasa, we provide emergency assistance and safe housing for refugees, many of whom are in dire situations. We are always praying for those who come stay with us. We pray that we are able to meet their basic needs for clothing, food and safe shelter. But we also pray that God does more in their life than we could ask or imagine, as they heal from the trauma of war.
Getting to watch this process unfold is a privilege. Healing is not always easy or linear. Recovery is messy. But God is always at work.
We see it when someone struggling with PTSD finally has a peaceful nights’ sleep. We see it when someone smiles for the first time in months. We see it when someone has a breakthrough in a counseling session. We see it when someone learns a new skill that they enjoy, and that brings them back to life inside. All of these are answered prayers.
Pray. . .Give. . .Go.
The CDC recommends that you wear a mask indoors.
Maximize protection from the Delta variant and prevent possibly spreading it to others.
Our worship service will be streamed online at firstbaptistsylva.com.
Add this email address to your contacts list on your devices so that our staff and Pastoral Care Team can learn of your prayer requests as quickly as possible. And yes, you may still contact the church office directly at 828-586-2095 to share your prayer concerns, as well.
Thanks so much to Judy Henderson and Mary Lou Millwood for serving in the
nursery during worship on Sunday. They had fun!
Next Sunday, October 23, Dana Ayers has nursery duties. Thank you, Dana!
There is still room on the schedule to serve “the least of these”
on Sunday mornings. It is a blessing to see their smiles and enthusiasm as you spend
time with our infants, toddlers, and preschoolers.
Please contact Cheryl Beck (cabeck@ncsu.edu) if you would like to help.
Children ages 3 to 5 are invited to their own Sunday School class, located in the church nursery. Sunday school will meet from 9:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. Dr. Judy Seago is the teacher. Hope to see your preschooler there!
Students at the Jackson Community School need a diverse collection of magazines to assist them in class projects this fall. Please drop off any old magazines you might have in the Loving Kindness Center located next to the elevators beside the sanctuary. Brooke Drum is a teacher at the Jackson Community School and will gladly answer any question you have about ways that we can be good neighbors to their students.
THIS Sunday, we will have an afternoon activity. We will enjoy a hayride to the pumpkin patch at Darnell Farms. Cost is $15 per person. When we return to the church we will carve our pumpkins. We will meet at the church at 2:30 to board the van for our trip to the farm. If you plan to attend this event, be sure to register here so that we will have an accurate number. Just put your name in the email and hit send! We hope everyone will join us for this event. We should finish at the regular time (6:30 p.m.) with all activities for that day. (If you have pumpkin carving tools, bring them!)