fcc newsletter august '13
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7/27/2019 FCC Newsletter August '13
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Sunday Worship 10:30am
Sunday Small Groups 9:30am
Wednesday Groups 6:30pm
Vacation Bible School Recap
Why bother? Why spend our time andmoney to try and pull off a “VBS” in anage where people are already busy?
For his part, Jesus didn’t consider children to be a nuisance; he didn’tconsider them to be less important thanyouth or adults. In fact, Jesus told theadults to allow the children to come tohim (because the adults were apparently
interfering). He believed the Kingdom of God belonged even to little kids andused them as an example for the adults.
The older people get, from youth on,the busier they are and the moreresponsibilities they carry. Jesus points tothe children and tells us adults to bemore like them - less like people who
think it all depends our our efforts; lesslike people who think church is all about
what “they” want and get out of it.
If you were there during VBS (and mostpeople were not), you would have seenchildren worshipping with their wholebodies - raising their hands and wigglingin circles. You would have seen kidslistening to Bible stories; making crafts,
eating snacks; and watching amissionary on video who works with thesame organization as one of our own
missionary families. And you would haveseen a great group of adults who caredenough about children to make all thispossible.
Thanks to each of those whovolunteered and showed up, we wereable to see God at work. And I hopeFCCers will see the children as importantas Jesus does, and not simply thinkchurch is all about adult time on a
Sunday morning. -Pastor Randy
F a i t h
C o m m u n i t C
h u r c h
August 2013
Vacation Bible School
2013!
Snack Time
at VBS
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Are We Keeping theVision Alive?
Above is a photo from 25 years
ago showing some people who are
still a vital part of FCC. Most people
who attend now were not a part of
the church back then and some of
our younger families weren’t even
born yet.
I have a couple questions for twodifferent groups of people. First, for
those of you have been a part of
FCC for a long time, are you still a
vital part of keeping the vision alive?
Are you just as passionate for a
church in this area as you were
when you first began attending? Are
you as involved as you were then?
Do you attend and support the
ministries like you did then?
If you were doing then what you aredoing now, would we still be church?
For those of you that are newer:
Do you appreciate what it took to
bring the church to where it is
today? Do you understand the
sacrifice the early members made?
Can you see the results of the money
they gave sacrificially and the years
they have invested (perhaps even in
your lives while you were young)?
And are you doing the sorts of
things that will ensure there is achurch still around when your own
children grow up? Have you taken
your place of responsibility for the
church’s next decades?
I hope you will prayerfully think
through these questions. Just
because a church was used in the
past does not mean it will be in the
future. God honors faithfulness and
will use a church that continues to
value what He values. Let’s makesure we are being true to His call so
that He will be pleased. If we don’t,
God will simply use someone else -
and I would hope we would
notice His absence....
Some FCCers on a Retreat in 1988
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