Special Missionary Guest this Sunday Night

Special Missionary guests this Sunday night.

This Sunday I will be continuing the sermon series: Spiritual Heart Disease This series is based in the book of Malachi, the last book in the Old Testament.  As we come to the end of the Old Testament we discover the children of Israel were far away from God and they didn't even recognize it.  In this three week series we will be looking at the symptoms and the cure of Spiritual Heart Disease. This Sunday our subject is: Respecting God 6 "A son honors his father, And a servant his master. If then I am the Father, Where is My honor? And if I am a Master, Where is My reverence? Says the LORD of hosts To you priests who despise My name. Yet you say, 'In what way have we despised Your name?'Malachi 1:6 (NKJV)

This Sunday night at 6 PM Carla Bieber (pictured here serving in Mexico) and Kyle Franklin will be with us promoting Biblical literacy around the world BMM/BI Missionary Appointee Carla Bieberloves to help people learn to read. She loves it so much, in fact, that she has committed her life to teaching people to read … not just anything, but the Word of God. Carla’s desire to see this happen has taken her to two different countries recently. Near the end of 2011, Carla traveled to Mexico to work with the Tenek Indians living there. The Tenek people have some literacy materials available, but while these materials are available, they do not include Christian vocabulary. The Mexican government is committed to literacy among the minority groups, and has even worked with the Tenek people on their Scripture translation efforts, giving BI’s translator wonderful opportunities to share the gospel. A few of those involved in adult literacy efforts attended the teacher training Carla conducted while there. When the Old Testament stories were taught, these unsaved linguistic workers began asking many questions about the stories, questioning why they were included in the Bible. Pray for the translator and his wife, Fernando and Christy Angeles, as they seek ongoing opportunities to share the gospel with these unbelieving linguists. And pray for the Angeles as they continue to encourage literacy efforts among the adult Teneks who do not yet know how to read. More recently Carla worked in Peru, where she again worked with a minority group, the Quechua-speaking people. These people have few resources available to them, and many in the community do not yet know how to read. In light of the fact that BI just dedicated a New Testament there, the need for reading among these people is felt much more strongly now.Carla was happy to help them create a primer based on Bible stories. She tells us, “They were excited to have the opportunity to teach their people to read and to teach them truths from the Word of God at the same time. We tested the primer with several Quechua ladies, and they were so excited as they followed along and were able to read the first lesson when it was finished. One lady gave me a huge hug and expressed over and over again how thankful and excited she was to have the chance to learn to read.” It is hard to believe Easter is just around the corner. This year we will be in a special sermon series, "The Easter Experience"during the month of March leading up to Easter Sunday on Sunday March 31, this year both of our services will get to worship together at the Covington High School Auditorium at 10:30 for one unified service.Hope you will plan to join us and bring your friends and neighbors. This is Michele Kahle and she is our new Missions Coordinator at Faith.  She has been very busy already.  She has set up a new Face Book page just for our missionaries (see above), if you would like to check it out your self just follow this link, Faith Missionary Families She has a lot of exciting things planned for the missions program at Faith if you would like to get involved please contact Michele (cmkahle@yahoo.com) IN MY WORLD . . . Mike Wade is our deacon on deck for the month of February (968-0952) Missionary of the Week: Alan and Elena Sutphen (Uganda) We had to miss a Sunday because of bad weather but I want to thank God's people here at Faith you made up the budget difference the following Sunday, thanks for your giving spirit. M & Ms are not just the candy, we call them ministry moments here at Faith, we define them as every time face to face ministry takes place through out the week, since the beginning of the new year we have averaged over 700 M & Ms per week, with the exception of the snow week. Praise the Lord Sunday School continues to be strong we had 205 in Sunday School last Sunday Our parking lot was at 80% this past Sunday Ladies Retreat  March 1-2 at Grace Bible Camp New Quilters group last Thursday of the month (6:30 PM rm 6) Samaritan Sisters Bible Study (3rd Wednesday 10:30 rm 6) Home Study begins March 10 home of Jeff and Connie Baker, the subject "Heaven" Don't Ask!  These are some of the refined members of the 50+ group that travel every 3rd Monday to some exotic destination.  It always includes shopping, fun, food and lots of laughter.  Join them on their next journey, only one requirement, you must be 50+. (In case you didn't recognize them under those bear hats, we see Bill Kelly and Corky Downer pictured above)