Corey Grazul

This upcoming Sunday February 7th will be the last day for Corey Grazul as the student ministries pastor at Family Bible Church.  Corey will be greatly missed here but has a great opportunity to serve God in a new place God is calling him to.

Below is the letter Corey sent home to the parents of students last week:

1/25/10

Dear parents,

As I’m certain you know, understanding God’s will is…well…difficult sometimes.  Sometimes God’s will is actually difficult and sometimes it is our interpretation of God’s will that makes it such a challenging thing to understand.  With that said, the past few months for Kendall and I have been a whirlwind as we have anxiously anticipated the life changes that would be taking place upon her graduation from college.  Knowing that the near future would be filled with many important decisions

Bibles for Nepal

Collection will be at Family Bible Church , 14995 US 27 North, Marshall , MI. from 2-6 PM on February 18.

Each person is asked to bring a book, $1 to cover shipping and write the book recipient a quick note on the inner cover of the book. Be sure to share how this book impacted you personally!

Please call 781-8400 if you have questions.

Family Bible Church is acting as a collection site for the CRI trailer.

All of the Bibles and books sponsored from this Road Trip will be going to the aid of Reuben Rai in Kathmandu, Nepal.  Reuben will use these materials for his ministry to the people of Nepal .  In addition to his work with evangelism and church planting, he has a passion for training Pastors and equipping them with Bibles and other resources to do the Lord’s work.

Your Bibles and books will be placed into the hands of Pastors, teachers, and church members in villages all over this region. 

Shoes for Matipane

In February a team from FBC will journey to South Africa for a fact finding trip to the village we have adopted as a church.  This team will meet the orphans who have been adopted and discover how we can best serve them.

We have already collected over 300 pairs of shoes to take to meet the need of this village.  We will continue to collect them for the next few weeks.

Giving to Haiti

Last Sunday FBC donated just under $5,000 toward relief in Haiti.  This money was forwarded to our neighbor Crossroads Church and Ministries to be sent to Pastor Jean Carlo Thomas, founder of New World Mission in Haiti.  Crossroads, FBC, and a few other churches sent over $20,000 of supplies to meet the need of those in Haiti.  We praise God for how he moved on the church and continue to pray for those in Haiti.

Pastor Carlo Thomas

Hurt, Hard Times, and HOPE-Week One

Today we began an eight week journey through the Beatitudes in Matthew 5.  We are using the Beatitudes as a spring board to talk about our brokenness and the Hope and healing Jesus wants to do in and through our lives.

Today Pastor Gerten shared a message called “The Reality Choice”.  He shared we live a plastic existence where “everything is ok” and we do not allow our real self to be seen.  Our personal persistent problems are often the hardest to deal with and we grow to accept them as normal.

We must ask the question, “What pulls me away from God?”

What is it for you?

Jesus said, “Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven”

The three points:

1. I must humbly admit I need help.
2. I must humbly ask God for help.
3. I must humbly accept help from other people.

House Moving Today

Today we will have a new neighbor at the church.  The Boles will be moving their new home to the corner of F Drive and Kalamazoo all day today.  We will share some pictures of the move in the days to come!

Upcoming October and November Series

We will be wrapping up “Origins” next week.  The series following is titled, “Hurt, Hard Times, and HOPE”.  This eight week series will focus in on the hurts, habits, hang-ups, and hard times we face in life and ultimately the HOPE we have in and through Jesus Christ.

There are many choices we make each day.  When it comes to hurt, hard times, and hope we pray that during this two month period many new and Christ honoring choices will be made.

Love in Action Part Two: Common Ground

Check out Common Ground at www.commongroundfbc.wordpress.com.

This is the new place to help the church be the church.

We all have gifts, talents, abilities, and stuff…we need to share them because people in our own community should not go without.

Take a few moments to check it out and we invite you to be a part.

Welcome New Members

We are thrilled to welcome three people into membership at FBC.  Corey Grazul and Randy and Susan Copas were accepted into membership on Sunday morning and committed themselves to this community and mission here at FBC.

Make sure to welcome them!

Love in Action

LOVE IN ACTION: PART ONE

Just over two months ago the church was challenged to be the church and care for those who are in a season of their life with hours cut from work, job loss, or need.  During this time we have collected to date over $13,000 and distributed just over $12,000.  It has been a blessing to those who have given and those who have received.

LOVE IN ACTION: PART TWO

This upcoming Sunday in the first week of our new series “Origins” we will present part two of Love in Action.  This will expand upon what has happened and happening so far in this faith community.  Come check out part two of Love in Action.