Vacation Bible School

June 22-26, 2009

9:30 AM – 11:30 AM

Ages 3 to 7th Graders

We have enjoyed having the VBS Team here from Iowa.   They have been a wonderful blessing to our church and our community.

We are looking forward to a great week!
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Men’s Retreat: Red Cliff Bible Camp

We had a wonderful time at the Men’s Retreat at Red Cliff Bible Camp.

Return Conference: Recap

What an incredible challenge this was as we begin 2009.  Check out continuing information and discussion on the conference website.

Breakout 1: Brian Poitras

Breakout 2: Faye Sauerbrum

Session 1: Todd Wood

Session 2: Joe Lacy

Session 3: Jason Ehmann

Session 4: Christopher Leavell

Session 5: John Lovegrove

Session 6: Todd Wood

“Return . . . for I am merciful” Regional Conference 2009

I am excited about the message of this conference.   Biblical repentance is at the heart of a right relationship with God.

Please make plans to attend!

Here is the Conference website.

www.returnconference.org

Christian Living Today

Check out this new blog by Lerrina.

Christian Living Today

I like to write. I like to interact with others – sharing my life with them and learning from them as well. I love my Lord.

For some time now, I have been playing with an idea for putting the two together in a way that makes sense and can be edifying to both myself and my readers. This is the result. Please feel free to join in – share your thoughts. Of course everyone won’t agree with me. That is okay. This blog is not about me. It is about Christians sharing with each other what it takes to live as Christians in the here and now. It is about applying Scripture to everyday life. It is about sharing the truths of God’s Word in ways which will inspire, admonish, and encourage.

Having read through several of the post I found I was inspired, admonished and encouraged.

This post is exceptional!

Does God Deal With Pride?

Romans Chapter 5:1-5

Our church family has been studying the book of Romans.

November 9th 2008

You can also download the message here.

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Quote on the Work of God in Creation

During our study on Romans, we spent a great deal of time in Romans 1 talking about what is revealed about God in His creation and the responsibility of mankind towards what it reveals.

I came across this quote from the second century by Theophilus A.D.115-181

Introducing Audio on BBC Blog

We have been working on placing audio on the blog for the last few weeks and think we have finally settled on a format. This audio is from the first 4 His Glory Conference held at Berean Baptist here in Ashton this past May.

You can also download the entire message here.
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James Chapter 3

We have been going through the book of James for the last few months and are now finishing James Chapter 3. I came across this video from DG and found it a great illustration for what James is saying. We showed this during our afternoon service this past Sunday.

James 3:10  Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.
HT: MTC

Farnum Cemetery

Several Sundays ago, Ellis mentioned going to find a cemetery he had heard about near Drummond. Ellis is the mayor of Drummond Idaho.

Conant Creek

Neither of us knew the name of the cemetery nor the exact location, but we decided to try to find it. After a short search, we found it off of Old Hog Hallow Road. The road to the cemetery had long been plowed under, and the cemetery itself, sits on top of a hill, surrounded by plowed under grain fields, overlooking the valley. The cemetery turned out to be Farnum Cemetery with only a handful of gravestones dating from 1906 – 1950’s and looks to not have been maintained for many years.

One message on a gravestone caught our eye. It was from a woman born in 1842 and died in the early 1900’s.

Remember me

as you pass by.

As you are now

so once was I.

As I am now

so you may be.

Prepare for death

and follow me.

This saying was a common poem placed of grave stones throughout the old west. It is a sober reminder of

Hebrews 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment:

I also thought it was interesting that all of the other times I have seen this poem on grave stones it has read “As I am now so you must (or shall) be” rather than “As I am now so you may be“. I can’t help but wonder if this change is a reference to…

1 Thessalonians 4:14-17 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

Either way it is a timely reminder of eternity and the reality that we must all face.