e-news for week of 9/5/10

Quick question: Are you giving God your personal best today?

Every day is a gift from God that should be opened up and embraced with full force.

One of the great promises of the Lord is this: He who began a good work in you will be faithful to complete it.

This Sunday we’ll explore the greatness and grandeur of God, His majesty, His splendor, His power, and His might.

In order to give to God our personal best – we have to know Him. Forum exists to intentionally connect people to Jesus Christ. The next two weeks we’ll talk about connecting to God and what the reality that He is King of kings and Lord of lords means.

When an older person within our ministry approaches me after the 8:30 service (which – BTW is the best traditional worship service in Columbia) and tells me of his personal best he’s achieving as he is training for the 5K and how his wife is doing (she’s actually doing better than him currently) it tells me that God, in numerous ways, is causing a stirring that is exciting. Even though we’re just shortly into the fall, there’s a transformation that God is accomplishing at Forum. We’re going to continue to push forward to fully follow God. Are you on board?

As a staff we want to say, “thank you” to Forum as a church body for helping this ministry to excel.
• To our deacons, who serve in so many ways, we thank you. The ways you serve are too numerous to name – but the Lord knows everything you do.
• To our life group leaders – we are praying for you this fall as you strive to grow in fellowship and the word. Columbia is counting on every one of us to help them connect to Jesus.
• To our youth and children’s workers – thanks for the exceptional ministry you are doing. Our youth ministry is off to a phenomenal start this fall and we’re praying these students continue to grow.
• This Sunday choirs begin: Adults will meet in the choir room from 4:30 – 6 p.m.; Preschool for 3 – 5 year olds will meet from 10:30 – 11 .a.m.; K – 2nd will meet from 4:30 to 5:15 p.m. and 3rd – 5th will meet from 5:15 – 6 p.m. We’re looking forward to a great season of worship and praise. We completely value the ministry of our choir and I want to personally encourage you to get involved with the adult choir, even if you haven’t sung in years. Parents – I’d also encourage you to involve your kids. These songs they learn now will etch into their memories forever.
• I want to personally thank the worship crew and the north set up team for the overall great experience this past Sunday. I hope it helped all who were able to make it to see the great potential we have up north. I also want to highlight the great job Jared Wortman did preaching out north Sunday as well. It was a great event. It was also a learning experience for that room – there’s a lot we would do differently once we experienced it – but we’re thrilled so many people turned out for that worship gathering.
• We have 6 adults on a mission trip to Haiti this coming week. Please keep them in your prayers: Brandon Campbell, Stephanie Dirksmeyer, Janet Mountjoy, Jody Riley, Brenda Wilson and Deloris Wurdeman.

Looking forward to a great Sunday. Pray about someone you can invite. Pray for someone you know that needs to give their life to Jesus. Spend time on your knees before our Great and Mighty God who answers prayers. — Scott