this weekend @ sfbc - August 30th

sfbc family,

We will host 5th Quarter this Saturday night following the LaRue County Football game. Students will have a time to gather in the fellowship hall for food and games, then finish the evening with worship and a guest speaker in the sanctuary. Please pray for this event, Dewayne has challenged the our group to invite their friends and to see 300 students at worship Saturday night. What an opportunity to love kids and to share about Jesus! Contact DeWayne if you would like to help this weekend, Dewayne.gibson@larue.kyschools.us.

I read this recently, about dying churches.

Darryl Dash writes that every church is a dying church in one of three ways:

• Some churches are literally dying. They are slowly losing people and will likely shut down.
  
  
• Some churches are glitzy and successful. They look vibrant and alive, but they’re really only alive to themselves and their institution. They look alive, but they’re dying and they don’t know it.
  
  
• Then there’s the church that could be big or small, glitzy or drab, that dies to itself daily – that has taken up the cross and is more concerned with following Christ, no matter what the costs.

All churches are dying. Only the third type of church, however, will experience a resurrection. What kind of church are we? Great Question. . . .

We will finish the Jonah series this Sunday. I hope you have been blessed by it. Did you write your second chance with God story and share it with someone this week? I hope you did, if not, remember, it is not too late! That maybe your story, I forgot to write mine, so God gave me a second chance to write it and share it with someone! Try it, you'll be amazed at peoples response.

See you this weekend @ sfbc
Bro Norm



5th Quarter @ sfbc
Join us for 5th Quarter on Saturday, August 29th after the first Larue County Home Football Game. There will be tons of food and Games. Service will begin at 11:00 PM with Worship by the SFBC Praise Band. There will be drawings for give-a-way items, t-shirts and other prizes.
Guest Speaker : Charles Juma. Charles is from Kenya, Africa and is a Doctoral Student at Southern Seminary! 5th quarters are for anyone 6th grade through adults! Bring your friends! See Dewayne for details.

5th Sunday Offering
Please give a special gift this Sunday for the sfbc building fund. Every gift designed as building fund will be applied to the principal on our church debt. As we pay this debt down it allows us to do more ministry and missions. Designate your gift building fund and place it in the regular Sunday morning offering. Thank you for gift and faithful giving.

5th Sunday Concert
This Sunday night Glenn Rice will be our special guest for a special Sunday of worship. Join us at 6pm in the sanctuary.

Crazy Love Small Group Study coming in September

Small Group Bible Study will be forming soon! Small Group sign ups will last until September 13th. Crazy Love books can be purchased at the Welcome Center, for $12 and Crazy Love T -shirts are available for $6.

Lynn Baptist Annual Meeting
The Annual meeting will be on Monday, September 14th at Aetna Grove Baptist Church and on Tuesday, September 15th at South Fork. We need several people to serve as messengers (voting representatives) for the Lynn Baptist Association Annual meeting. To serve as messenger please sign up at the welcome center or see Bro Norm.

We will be providing a meal for about 150 people on the Tuesday session of the Annual Meeting. The church will be providing chicken and drinks. Please drop off a side dish and dessert on Tuesday, September 15th at 6pm.

this weekend @ sfbc - August 23rd

sfbc family,

Couple of things are always true about our ministry at South Fork. There is always something to do and there are always some adjustments to be made.

It is a busy weekend . . . beginning with a work/clean up day. You may not realize but we depend greatly on volunteers to occasionally come to do the extra maintenance in our buildings and around our campus. Light bulbs need replaced, walls need extra cleaning, things need moved, equipment needs installed. These are not difficult tasks but take time, a valuable commodity these days. Would you please invest a little time in helping your church do the routine things that keep our building and grounds in great shape this Saturday. You connect people to Jesus by helping us care for the facility God has given us. We need you. If you can wash a wall, move a table, throw away some trash, we need you. Simply put we need everyone who can to help.

Crazy Love small group sign ups begin on Sunday. These small groups will meet for 10 weeks and study the book "Crazy Love" by Francis Chan. Several people in our church have already read or our currently reading this book. It is a great study and I highly recommend it. The small groups will meet in homes or at South Fork. They will watch the Crazy Love DVD and discuss the chapter for that week. This will be a don't miss opportunity for you to grow in your walk with Christ and in your relationship to your group. Groups will be available for students through senior adults. The last date to sign up will be September 13th. Books will be available on Sunday at the welcome center and cost $12. Sign up for a small group and pick up Crazy Love you won't regret it.

Sunday night our students will share their MFUGE mission reports. The effect of MFUGE this summer can still be seen in our students and church. I am really looking forward to this service and encourage you to be sure to attend Sunday night at 6pm. Thank you for loving and supporting our students. This is going to be a special year for this ministry.

Last night, we were packed with so many people involved in Ministry. There were 96 who attended AWANA and 117 in student worship, overall our attendance Wednesday night hit about 240. Absolutely, awesome. We need to recognize how blessed we are to have the people who serve and attend on Wednesday nights. Thank you all who support, serve, attend on Wednesdays! If you haven't attended lately, come join us this week. God is doing exciting things at South Fork!

Please say a prayer for our new college students. Some have already started classes,and others will leave today or tomorrow to begin classes next week. Please pray for them and while you are at it pray for the parents of these students too. . . thanks.

Sunday, we will be in week 3 of Jonah, the sermon is titled "Never too Late".
Hope to see you this weekend @ sfbc
Bro Norm

Church Work / Clean up day
There will be a work/clean up day @ sfbc this Saturday at 8am. We need everyone who can help. There are some class room things that need moved, some general maintenance, and deep cleaning around the building. If you can help even for a short time Saturday morning please do so. We need you to help with the important aspect of our churches ministry. Help us connect People to Jesus by caring for the building and grounds God has blessed us with.

Jeremy Camp @ the KY State Fair
Monday, August 24th. Concert is free with Fair Admission ($8). Please sign up at the bulletin board near the welcome center or email the church office.

Crazy Love Small Group Study coming in September
Small Group Bible Study will be forming soon! There will be a leader / host meeting on Sunday, August 23rd at 5pm. The meeting will be in the AWANA room. If you are interested in serving as a host home or leader for a Crazy Love Small Group please attend this meeting.

Small Group signs will begin this Sunday. Crazy Love Books can be purchased at the Welcome Center, they are $12.

Mission Team Report
MFUGE Mission Team - Students will be sharing testimonies about their M-Fuge trip on Sunday, August 23rd at 6pm.

5th Quarter @ sfbc
Join us for 5th Quarter on Saturday, August 29th after the first Larue County Home Football Game. There will be tons of food and Games. Service will begin at 11:00 PM with Worship by the SFBC Praise Band. There will be drawings for give-a-way items, t-shirts and other prizes.
Guest Speaker : Charles Juma. Charles is from Kenya, Africa and is a Doctoral Student at Southern Seminary! 5th quarters are for anyone 6th grade through adults! Bring your friends! See Dewayne for details.

this weekend @ sfbc - August 16th

sfbc family,

Crazy Love has struck at South Fork. I hear of someone new reading this book each time I am at church. The book by Francis Chan has made a powerful impact on my life and I am hearing many of you say the same thing as you read it. Crazy Love is going to be our fall theme at South Fork. What does this mean?

First, we are encouraging everyone to be involved in a Crazy Love Small group. Small groups will meet for a DVD study weekly for 10 weeks. Groups will meet both at church and in host homes. Our goal is to have at least 10 groups with 10 people in each group. These will be life stage groups for example students will be in group with students, senior adult with senior adults.

Second, there will be a Crazy Love Ministry project this fall to allow us to demonstrate Crazy Love, you are just going to have to wait for all the details.

Third, there will be a Crazy Love kick off night on September 13th at 7pm. Even if you aren't planning to join a small group, everyone should attend this night. Small groups will begin meeting the week following this kick off!

We will have Crazy Love books available to purchase at the welcome center soon. The book will be $12. There will also be t-shirts available to promote this emphasis that have Crazy Love on the front, and "experience it @ sfbc" on the back.

Why should be involved? Jesus said, "we were to love God with everything we are" that means followers of Christ are Crazy in Love with God and this changes everything! We love God because He love us first and we demonstrate that love to the world. Give this a try and see if God might use it to bring renew to your heart and revival to our church. This study will be the most important thing we or you do this fall.

Sunday, we will be in week 2 of Jonah, the sermon is titled "In Too Deep".
Hope to see you this weekend @ sfbc
Bro Norm





Please pray for these requests

Jerry Holman family. Janet Homan's husband passed away yesterday.
John Hall recovering from surgery, room 408 at HMH.
Lois Hornback in rehab at HMH room 303.
Mickey Lawler surgery on Friday, August 13th.
Ray Crump surgery on Monday, August 24th.

Sunday School Leaders Meeting
There will be a meeting for all Sunday School leaders, teachers, workers, substitutes this Sunday at 9am. We will have a donuts, coffee, juice available. Sunday School leadership will be meeting monthly to discuss ways to grow our Sunday School. The meeting will end by 9:45am to allow teachers to be in place to greet their class members.

Children's Ministry Forum
There will be a children's ministry forum on Monday, August 17th in the AWANA Room at 6:30pm. The meeting is to discuss all aspects of our children's ministry including, RA's GA"s, AWANA, children's church, VBS, nursery, Sunday School. If you serve in one of these areas, have a child involved in our children's ministry, or just are interested please do attend. Machelle McDowell will be leading this meeting. Please attend as we discuss ways to make our children's ministry the best it can be.

Jeremy Camp @ the KY State Fair
Monday, August 24th. Concert is free with Fair Admission ($8). Please sign up at the bulletin board near the welcome center or email the church office.

Crazy Love Small Group Study coming in September

Small Group Bible Study will be forming soon! There will be a leader / host meeting on Sunday, August 23rd at 5pm. The meeting will be in the AWANA room. If you are interested in serving as a host home or leader for a Crazy Love Small Group please attend this meeting.

Mission Team Reports
Ireland Mission Team
The Ireland Mission team will be sharing about their mission experience on Sunday, August 16th, during evening worship.

MFUGE Mission Team
Students will be sharing testimonies about their M-Fuge trip on Sunday, August 23rd at 6pm.

this weekend @ sfbc - August 9th

sfbc family,

It's today. Returning to school, well, it is today in LaRue County. Where did the summer go?

Pray for students today. Pray that they will adjust to their new schedules, pray that they will have a great and safe school year. Pray for teachers. Pray that our students will make an great impact for Christ during this school year. Our student ministry is an the verge of exploding in growth. I believe we are ready to make a real difference for Christ through our students. We could easily see 100 students in Bible Study (Sunday School) this fall and see our Wednesday worship attendance reach 150 or more. These are not out of the reach, impossible goals. We have passionate leader, a great group, and parents who are involved. everything is ready. Pray that today are students will begin not only a journey in another year of education but a year of living for Christ!

Kids Choir did a great job Sunday night with the musical, " I am a Promise". Thank you Randy and Machelle for working this summer with our children. I hope you are excited to see so many kids and youth at our church each week. We are seeing new families each week who are looking for a church with active youth and children's ministry. We are blessed to be able to provide these ministries and have a church that supports them so well. Thank you for loving kids at South Fork.
I want to encourage you to join a small group Bible Study. There are several options for groups. First, is Sunday School. We have Sunday School class for all age groups and life stages. These classes meet each Sunday morning at 10am. Second, in September we will offer several small groups that will meet at different times during the week and in different locations. The groups will be studying the book Crazy Love by Francis Chan. Our goal is to have 10 groups with 8 - 10 people in each group. We will begin with a Crazy Love Kick off on a Sunday night in September to form our groups. Then groups will meet for 10 weeks. These should be awesome times of sharing, studying, and fellowship. They don't replace Sunday School but do offer additional opportunities for growth.

Schedule Change
Men's Prayer Group meets tonight. There has been a change in the schedule. Please meet at the church at 6pm.

Hope to see you this weekend,
Bro Norm

AWANA begins August 12th
Please join us for a new year of AWANA. AWANA is for children age Preschool - 5th grade and meets every Wednesday 6pm - 8pm. See Machelle McDowell Machelle.McDowell@ky.gov to volunteer to help during AWANA. We need people to work with small groups of kids. AWANA Meals are 5:30pm - 6pm in the fellowship hall.

Wednesday Schedule beginning August 12th
AWANA meals 5:30pm - 6pm
AWANA (Children preschool - 5th grade) 6pm - 8pm
Bible Study and Prayer 6pm - 7pm
Student Worship 7pm - 8pm

Jeremy Camp @ the KY State Fair
Monday, August 24th. Concert is free with Fair Admission ($8). Please sign up at the bulletin board near the welcome center or email the church office.

Mission Team Reports
Ireland Mission Team
The Ireland Mission team will be sharing about their mission experience on Sunday, August 16th, during evening worship.

MFUGE Mission Team
Students will be sharing testimonies about their M-Fuge trip on Sunday, August 23rd at 6pm.

Crazy Love Small Group Study

Coming in SeptemberSmall Group Bible Study will be forming soon. See Bro Norm if you are interested in leading/hosting an adult group and Bro Dewayne to host a student groups.



Jonah begins this weekend, more than a fish tale, it is the story of God's grace. Join us on Sunday at 11am.