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This Sunday in the morning services I will begin a new sermon series: C S I: Critical Spirit Investigation.  In this series I want to explore  the orgin and danger of a critical spirit. This Sunday we are looking at the topic, "What's Satan Got To Do With It?"Satan started the ball rolling when he was critical of God and convinced other angels to criticize God and eventually he and his fellow angels were cast out of heaven.  A critical spirit can color ever area of our lives, rob us of our joy and destroy what we have worked so hard to build.     "The Potter and The Clay"- Chris Chesley (this Sunday night 6 PM)     Children of the World Next Sunday, August 28 @ 6 PM In my world. . .  Praise the Lord last Sunday we went over the top on our goal to hire a firm to do our master plan Deacon on Deck for August: Mike Wade Do you love your church? Celebrate with us then on Sunday September 11 Missionary family of the week:Romeo and Kay Capuli (Southeast Asia Director with Advancing Native Missions) We will begin a new series in the Victory Bible Class this Wednesday: Crazy Love I want to thank Caleb Vance for the good job he did as our church janitor, he is heading off to school Bud Shires is taking over as church janitor Check out our help wanted board in the McAllister Addition close to the office door Larry Woodward has agreed to serve on our building team as a Trustee, vote this Sunday night You can now watch or listen to the sermons from Faith on the Internet just follow this link to watch a recent sermon. http://www.truthcasting.com/player.aspx#showSermon=35980 You can also watch or listen to sermons on your ipod or ipad.  You have to download the Truthcasting app for your device. http://www.truthcasting.com/   Chris  This past Sunday night Chris announced to the church that He feels God leading him to start a church.  When I first heard this news I had mixed emotions, I was excited that a new church would be formed, yet I was sad to know Chris would be leaving Faith.  Chris has been a real blessing to our church and we hate to see him go, but we must trust the wisdom of the Lord.  Please pray for Chris, LeAnn and the girls as they start this adventure.  Chris will continue on staff here at Faith for at least another year, the search for a replacement for Chris will not begin until August 2012.     God and the Front End Loader Jim McAllister was a key part of the story of Faith in the early days.  He was a hard worker who knew much about construction.  But above all he loved the Lord.  In the early days of the church after experiencing rapid growth, we needed a building and we needed it fast.   We found some property in town that seemed like a possiblity and we got permission to begin clearing it even before the deal was finished.  Bro. McAllister took his front end loader up to the land to begin clearing it, he worked for the railroad and they agreed he could use their equipment.  That's when things got interesting. As soon as he arrived at the site the loader just quit and wouldn't start.  Bro. McAllister took it to the railroad shop and they couldn't find anything wrong with it.  So he tried a second time, but the results were the same.  After three attemps and three mysterious breakdowns,  Bro. McAllister came to me and said, "Bro. Billy do you think God is trying to tell us something?" To this day I think God caused that front end loader to die each time on that property because that was not His will for our church.  Later God opened the property at Jackson Drive which eventually became the permanent home for Faith.  God has truly been faithful to Faith.  Come help us celebrate 36 years of God's goodness on the second Sunday in September.