this week @ sfbc - June 25

SFBC Family,

June has just disappeared. I know we often talk about how quickly time gets away, but this has felt like June has passed in the blink of an eye. July brings many events to our church family.

On July 5th, we will celebrate Independence Day with a picnic and fireworks at Sportsman's Lake. Everyone is invited. We will be grilling hot dogs and burgers. Please bring drinks and a side dish or dessert. Most importantly invite someone to attend with you. The picnic is always a lot of fun and a great time of fellowship. It takes a lot of work. We will need a good clean up crew to help after the picnic with cleaning up the pavilions and all the firework trash, please plan on helping us. Gospel music will be provided under the pavilion following the meal, if you would like to sing please sign up at the welcome center or see Vinessa Johnson.

Our Students will be traveling to South Carolina for MFUGE, July 4th - 11th. Please begin praying for them now. MFUGE is a life changing on mission time of focusing on Christ and serving Him. Pray that our students will bring renewal and revival back to our church and community. Pray for DeWayne as he leads our student ministry.

On July 12th, a mission team will be leaving for Wilmington, Delaware. This trip is from July 12th - 18th. It will include leading a backyard VBS, church painting, evangelism surveys, and a great time. There are still openings if you would like to join this team. It is not too late to go. The team will be in Washington, DC for some sight seeing on Friday, July 17th as part of the trip home. Please talk with Randy or Suzanne Hines about going on this trip, it will be a great first mission trip. God has already said go, we just need to be obedient to his command.

Vacation Bible School is July 19th - 23rd. We still need workers in some areas, please see Sandy Kidd about how you can be involved in VBS. If you can only give one day please come join us for Bible School. Don't think that because you can only help a day or two that you are not needed. VBS is revival for our children. Please participate and most of all please pray!

We will also be celebrating with the Ireland Mission team in July as we hear testimonies from their trip.

Please pray that God will be glorified in our events and that they are more than just something we do. That they are the very things that God uses to change our lives and bring the Gospel to the world.

I do hope to see you in Bible Study and Worship on Sunday. We will be celebrating baptism in the morning service. I am looking forward to it with great anticipation!

See you this weekend,
Bro Norm

visit this weekend on line at http://southforkchurch.blogspot.com/

GA Camp
GA Camp is this Friday and Saturday. The girls and leaders will be leaving at 11am on Friday. Please pray for them as they travel and learn about missions.

"Younger" Couples Sunday School
A new Sunday School class for younger couples will begin on July 12th at 10am. This class will be lead by Kelly and Emily Lawler. This is going to be a good class to join. Please be one of the first to get involved and help us grow this class. It will meet in the first room on the left in the basement classroom area. Please contact Kelly or Emily to see how you can help prepare for the first Sunday.

Operation Worship Bibles
We have had a request for more Operation Worship Bibles. We have been able to get one additional case of Bibles. There are 32 Bible available for you to write a personal note to a soldier serving in Iraq or Afghanistan. Thank you for giving providing Bibles to US military personnel. All Operation Worship Bibles need to be returned by July 12th. Here is a web site for more information about Operation Worship Bibles http://www.operationworship.com/

Fourth of July Fireworks
We are receiving donations for our annual fourth of July fireworks show. Our 4th of July church picnic will be held at Sportsman's Lake on Sunday July 5th. You may give your donation to Trevor Clopton, James Jeffries, or designate your check and place it in the church offering. Our goal is $1500 to allow for a great fireworks display. This can be reached by each family giving $5 or $10 designated for fireworks. The picnic is well attended and is a great opportunity to bring your friends and introduce them to our church family.

Men's Prayer and Fellowship
Men's prayer group will meet on July 2nd at 7pm. We will be meeting at the home of Barry and Rita Eads.

Vacation Bible School begins July 19th. Please join us for a trip on the Boomerang Express - it all comes back to Jesus!

Father's Day this weekend

sfbc family,

Hope your week has been a great one! I sent an email this week from Pastor Ronnie Floyd about our responsibility to follow Christ. Dr. Floyd has been a great influence in my life. He was one of the first preachers I listen to after becoming a Christian. I wanted to know more about Christ and the church he serves had their worship services on television. Now, it is on the internet, times change. Through sermons, books, and now blogs, I have learned much from him. You know when you think about it there are lots of people who encourage us as we learn to walk with Christ. I am thankful for the people like Eula Mae Feltner, who gave me a copy of "My Utmost for His Highest" as my very first devotional book or my first pastor Claude Maggard, who taught me to love the lost and work together in missions. We do more together than we can alone. Or the Directors of Missions in my life, Roy, Lonnie, Gordon, who are friends and pastors to the pastor. Think about who has been as encourager in your life . . . maybe that Sunday School teacher when you were a child, a friend who just wouldn't give up on you, or maybe that person who is still encouraging you today. . . think about them and thank God for them. I pray that I can be one of them. You are an encourager for me. Thank you for being that in my life.

Here is one more word from Dr Ronnie Floyd.

As I have reviewed my day, I have learned or been reminded of several things. I want to share these with you today. In fact, we move so fast sometimes, we forget to stop long enough to remember various things. Here are my reminders from yesterday:

• Reminder #1: Time with God is needed daily.
  Reminder #2: Reviewing God’s activity in your past can have great encouragement for the future.


• Reminder #3: Slowing down is good on some days.


• Reminder #4: There is always something to learn.


• Reminder #5: There is always something to deal with.


• Reminder #6: It is always a joy to be with our people.


• Reminder #7: NOTHING is more exciting to hear about than a miraculous work of God reaching down in salvation to a person.


• Reminder #8: God answers prayer. Read #7.
  

Thank you for all the keep sending this weekend emails.

Sunday is Father's Day. Remember Dad this weekend and join us for worship on Sunday,
See you this weekend @ sfbc,
Bro Norm
PS - Check this weekend out at http://southforkchurch.blogspot.com/



Hinton's Orchard Tractor Show and Benefit for Julianne Miller
On Saturday beginning at 11am there will be a benefit tractor show with lunch at Hinton's Orchard. Funds raised from this event will be given to Scoot and Charlotte Miller. Their daughter Julianne has been in Kosair Children's Hospital battling a rare lung virus. If you can't attend but would like to share a gift for the family you can give it at church on Sunday just designate your check by writing for Julianne on the for line. You can place it in the offering or give it to Jeremy Hinton.

GA Camp meeting
Parents who are going or who have children going to GA camp, please meet in the conference room after church this Sunday morning.

Operation Worship Bibles
We have had a request for more Operation Worship Bibles. We have been able to get one additional case of Bibles. There are 32 Bible available for you to write a personal note to a soldier serving in Iraq or Afghanistan. Thank you for giving providing Bibles to US military personnel. All Operation Worship Bibles need to be returned by July 5th. Here is a web site for more information about Operation Worship Bibles http://www.operationworship.com/

Fourth of July Fireworks
We are receiving donations for our annual fourth of July fireworks show. Our 4th of July church picnic will be held at Sportsman's Lake on Sunday July 5th. You may give your donation to Trevor Clopton, James Jeffries, or designate your check and place it in the church offering. Our goal is $1500 to allow for a great fireworks display. This can be reached by each family giving $5 or $10 designated for fireworks. The picnic is well attended and is a great opportunity to bring your friends and introduce them to our church family.

Oneida Baptist Institute
On Father's Day, June 21st, we will receive the Barkley Moore offering for Oneida. This offering greatly helps the ministry at OBI as each Father's Day Ky Baptist give to this offering. Oneida would not be able to do many of the things they plan without it. There will be a special offering envelope available at the missions area or welcome center.




Vacation Bible School is July 19 - 23! Workers please sign up in the front foyer.