e-news for week of 5/30/10

From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven has been forcefully advancing, and forceful men lay hold of it. – Jesus, as found in Matthew 11:12.

This quote from Christ stirs my spirit and inspires me for a lot of reasons. On a personal level, action biased faith inspires me. When people serve in our community in the name of Christ, when we interact with people who don’t know Christ as their Lord and savior, when we come to a facility and paint, when we give, when we change the diaper of someone else’s child so they can hear a sermon, when we visit someone who has just lost a loved one, when a physician prays with her/his patient, when we act in the name of Jesus, the kingdom of God advances forcefully.

One of the reasons Forum is remodeling, mauling, and overhauling the facility is we want to provide a great environment for children and youth. We’re several weeks into this project and it is going very smoothly. Once again, let me encourage you to give generously to the ministry proportionally to your income. Trust God with your finances. As a staff and leaders, we are hoping and praying for a breakthrough type of fall. Be praying about people to invite to church, your life group, and some of the church ministry events both during the summer and the fall. With the arrival of some IBMers, I’d encourage you to keep your eyes open for new people moving in. Prime time opportunity to invite people to church.

This Sunday adult room changes:
Chris Collier’s class will meet in Room 212 (Family Life Center).
Lance Tamerius & David Hockman’s class will meet in the upper main hallway, last classroom on the left.
Ted Mountjoy’s class will meet in the upper hallway, first classroom on the left.
Dan Howell’s class will meet in Room 215 (Family Life Center).
Jim & Lana Ferneau’s class will meet in the upper main hallway, first classroom on the right.
Lindall Perry’s class will meet in the upper hallway, last classroom on the right.

Preschoolers (2 - 5 yrs.) will meet in rooms 100 & 104/106.

This summer, not only is our church going through some great changes, but so is our staff.

This past weekend, Justin Keith, our high school youth minister, got married.

June 1 Katelyn and Tyler Morris gave birth to Liam Ray Morris who weighed in at 8 lb 9 oz.

Frankly, it’s been a year of fascinating change and transition that God orchestrates to advance His kingdom. If I were to list all the changes, your mind would start spinning, I know mine does when I list it out, but at the center of all the change is our faithful God and His ever advancing kingdom!!!!

We start a new sermon series this week called, “I Do.” Sermon text for this Sunday will come out of Ephesians 5 if you want to read ahead. This would be a great time to invite friends and family to church. From God’s word, we’ll look at the great insight the Lord has for our households.

Looking forward to worshiping with you this Sunday. — Scott