Equipping Hour (9a.m.)

No Equipping Hour in July, but we’ll be starting up again this Sunday, August 1. We’ll continue our study called Thirsty? which is about having a passionate pursuit of God.

Service (10:30 a.m.)

• Announcements:
  • The Deasons and Tomlins will host a Baptism and Fish-Fry on August 7 at 4:30. We’ll have maps on the information table next Sunday. Plan to join us for a great time together—let Shaun know if you’d like to be baptized.
  • We’re in need of a nursery worker. Please contact Beth LePage if you can help.
  • Equipping Hour will start up again next Sunday (Aug 1). The Thirsty? study continues from 9-10 a.m. This is a series of studies to help you passionately pursue a close relationship with God.
  • Mom’s Time is changing to Mondays at CBC—same time: 9:30-11:30 a.m. Contact Charity Harris for more information.
  • Your opportunity to get in on the “cleaning ministry” is at hand. We need someone to take the last week of August. Contact Madalan Vann if you can serve that week.
  • This was the final week Paul & Melanie Lavery and their family could be with us before they move to California. Keep them in your prayers as they get settled in the Sacramento area. Note: Paul preached one final time for us (see notes below).
  • Mitch & Kristi Langley announced that all the obstacles have been cleared for Mitch to be able to adopt both Hayden and Preston. Congratulations!
• Songs (click on links to listen/watch):
  • O Taste and See
  • Glory to God Forever
  • Take My Life and Let It Be / I Am Yours
  • Our God
  • Wonderful Maker
  • As For Me
• Message by Paul Lavery: Philemon—Forgiveness Applied (Listen on the CBC Podcast):
  • Four Components of a forgiving body of Christ:
    • Component #1: Faith in Christ and love for the saints (Read Philemon 1-7). Example: Philemon.
    • Component #2: Willingness to humbly go to your brother (Read Philemon 8-14). Example: Onesimus.
    • Component #3: Willingness to forgive your brother in love (Read Philemon 15-17). Example: Philemon.
      • We are to forgive others the same way the Lord forgave us. Read Colossians 3:12-13.
      • How did Christ forgive you?
        • Totally / completely.
        • Permanently.
        • Undeservedly.
    • Component #4: Willingness to intercede on behalf of another (Read Philemon 18-25). Example: Paul.
  • Application:
    • Are you like Onesimus? Do you need to seek forgiveness of someone? Read 1 Peter 5:5. Get past the barriers of pride, hurt and fear.
    • Are you like Philemon? Do you need to grant forgiveness to someone? If you are unwilling, there are 2 possibilities: 1) You don’t appreciate the depth of your own sin; 2) You understand the depth of your own sin, but you still struggle.
    • Are you like Paul? Are you willing to intercede to bring about reconciliation? Pray and ask the Holy Spirit to reveal a need to you so you can help bring about reconciliation.