Faith Connection 06.22.12

This Sunday  At Faith . . . (AM)   I will be taking a look at Haggai chapter two.  The children of Israel had returned to Jerusalem 18 years earlier to rebuild the Temple, after a stirring challenge from Haggai, they began to rebuild the Temple.  But it wasn't long until they began to compare the new temple with the original temple and discouragement set in, creating a desire to quit.  This Sunday we will be looking at the subject of discouragement. There  were several elements that caused the people to get discouraged. They began to look and live in the past They began to compare their work with others They forgot the God who had brought them back to Jerusalem Our core principle in this message is: DISCOURAGEMENT IS THE PRICE YOU PAY FOR FORGETTING GOD   Sunday night (6 PM) JOHN WYATT IN CONCERT John is one of our missionaries that we support here at Faith.  He has a ministry to the jail population in West Virginia and Virginia, he also helps open closed churches in the mountains of West Virginia.  He is also blessed with the ability to sing and communicate through music, playing a twelve string guitar and writing some of his own music John has a way of communicating to the hearts of those who hear him.  Hope you can join us for this concert, I know it will speak to your heart.   or July 8th 9:00 & 10:30AM speaker – Brian Stutler, 6:00pm. VBS 2012 kicks off Sunday night We challenge everyone that is not already working in VBS to “Observe or Serve” that night. We will be designating our evening service to this purpose. So, mark your calendars for July 8th and come out at 6pm, ready to observe or to serve where needed. Thanks! In my world. . .  Congratulations to Megan and Dustin on their wedding this Saturday It's that time VBS and TeenWeek are fast approaching check Welcome Center for sign up sheets to bring food items and supplies Deacon on Deck for June: Tim Bradley 968-3108 Missionary  of the week: Ernie & Hilda Harman - Mexico - church planter & evangelistic ministries TeenWeek kick-off July 15th 9:00 & 10:30 AM   Speaker, Jonathan Windle Please keep those in our church who are battling serious illness in your prayer (Audrey Mercer, Kathy Hayden, Brenda Lockhart, Joyce Potter) How we thank God for His blessings upon our church, we have another baptism scheduled for this Sunday, 15 people have been baptized in the last few weeks Covington Bible Church invites everyone to Tim Zimmerman & The King's Brass in concert at River Rock Amphitheater at Jackson River Complex  Tuesday, June 26th @ 7 pm Please remember to pray for the church leadership in these areas: building project, search for new staff member, finances    Follow us on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Faith-Baptist-Church-Covington-VA/367864835486 Is there something you would like to comment about in this update?  Need to let the rest of us know something?  leave comment on Facebook at the link for this update  You can 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 iphone,ipod or ipad.  You have to download the Truthcasting app for your device. http://www.truthcasting.com/    My son in-law Matt Walls preached last Sunday on "Be Present", it was a great message and I heard a lot of feedback from our folks which is a good thing.   There are so many distractions in our culture it is truly hard to be present for God, our families and others. Here is our praise team in action last Sunday, how I thank God for our music ministry here at Faith.  The choir and the praise team both add so much to our services.  The choir will be presenting a patriotic musical Sunday night July 1 here at the church. We had all of our grand kids together last week for several days, all six of them.  It was great seeing them all together, we took them to Roaring Run for the first time and they really seemed to enjoy it.  They saw their first snake in the wild.  I thank God for this opportunity to have our family with us for a few days.      Hope to see you Sunday