FREEDOM BAPTIST CHURCH - February 2010

FREEDOM BAPTIST CHURCH - February 2010

February Celebrations: Eddie Olsen, 6th, Richard and Joann Motzkus, 11th, Ben Campeau, 13th, Joy Sunderland, 14th, Vicky Burschia, 16th, Michael Eells, 17th, Melody Tucker, 28th

Church News
Please be in prayer for Brother Marshall Craig and Brother Mike Rogers; Bro Craig is in assisted living; the most recent letter from Sister Craig is on the bulletin board in the library
For Mike, he is undergoing chemotherapy; you can help Mike by visiting the transplants.org website to make a donation to the National Foundation for Transplants in Mike’s honor. The letter is posted in the library for the web address and procedures.
We heard from Mike and he is doing well. He is home and renewing his activities.
We thank Richard for the new outside light over the sign; he donated and installed it
We can get a real good deal on new blinds for the main windows in the auditorium. They would match the blinds on the interior windows.

Prayer Requests for 2010

• Shawna’s mother, illness getting worse
• Ruth’s dad, Parkinson’s
• Darrel and Carolyn’s grandson Josh and family
• Lynn, Medical Tests
• Lynn’s daughter Christie father in law, illness
• Lynn’s brother Wayne, illness
• Lynn, health issues
• Lynn’s friend Pat, job
• Joy, recuperation from surgery
• Joy’s Shawna, traveling to mother in hospice
• Joy’s Matthew, job; had interview
• David Jenkins’ brother Rich, cancer treatment
• David Jenkins, surgery recuperation
• Mike Rogers, recuperation at home
• Missionary Marshall Craig, hospitalized/assisted living
• Bertie’s sister-in-law, cancer treatment
• Jenny Peterson, friend of Carolyn, healing
• Unspoken for Lynn’s grandson
• Martha’s cousin, passing
• Jeff’s family, Flying W employee, loss of parents
• Mike Zwerlin, friend of Lisa, recent passing from illness
• Christa’s aunt, fire/property damage
• Carlton’s niece Patricia, cancer
• Chris, co-worker of Shannon
• Heidi, friend of Campeau’s, her friends
• Bob Mahan, recovery from pneumonia
• Nate & Annka, Matt's Friends, expecting

February 7, 2010's Sermon

From Malachi to the Messiah: The Time Between the Testaments

• There was 400 years from the final events of the Old Testament from Nehemiah 13:4-30 and the final prophecy of Malachi in appx 424BC
• The next event in Scripture is Luke 1:5-25, the census declared by Caesar Augustus
• Nebuchadnezzar’s vision – Babylon to Persia, Persia to Greece, Greece to Rome, from Rome to the Antichrist and the return of the Lord Daniel 2, 7 and 8
• Antiochus Epiphanes’ desecration of the temple and the rededication of the temple
• The completion of the Old Testament by the scribes and experts of the Law from the post-exilic period and the translation of the Hebrew Old Testament into Greek
• The rise of “myopic legalism” as a reaction to the secularization of Hellenism
• The fall of the priesthood into political rule and corruption

February 14, 2010's Sermon

From Malachi to the Messiah: The Time Between the Testaments

• The Spiritual Condition of the people – “myopic legalism”
• The Rise of the Synagogue and the Oral Traditions
• The Old Testament and the Septuagint (Greek translation of the OT)
• The Romans and the Herods
• The Birth of Jesus-the beginning of the Gospel

Our Dear Friend - Mike Rogers

National Foundation For Transplants
Raising Hope, Changing Lives

Winter 2009

Dear friend,


Mike Rogers is fighting lymphoma. In 2007, he felt a lump under his right arm. After the initial biopsy, his doctor was very confident the lump was not cancerous. Surprisingly, just days later, Mike received the news that he was suffering from Non-Hodgkin’s Follicular Lymphoma. In 2008, he began his first round of chemotherapy. Although his health began to improve dramatically, a few stubborn spots remained, and a second round of treatment began in 2009. Doctors told Mike a stem cell transplant was critical to his survival. Thankfully, in December, he received an autologous stem cell transplant at the University of California in San Diego, meaning his own stem cells were harvested, treated, and then returned to his body.

Mike was raised in South America, where he and his family were missionaries. Throughout his life as a missionary kid and pastor, he lived in Brazil, Paraguay and multiple states throughout the U.S. Despite his health challenges, Mike relies on God and the unwavering encouragement of friends and family members throughout the world. Mike is grateful for his valuable support system, including his 2-year-old granddaughter who prays, “Help Papa because he doesn’t feel good.” His wife, children, grandchildren and friends want nothing more than to spend many more years with Mike. They would appreciate your help.

Mike’s treatment is very expensive.

A stem cell transplant costs approximately $300,000, and that’s only the beginning. Even with health coverage, Mike faces significant medical expenses. He will need expensive follow-up care and medication to ensure his body accepts the newly treated stem cells.

When he was originally diagnosed, Mike and his wife, Deborah, lived in Wyoming. When they moved to California to begin working jobs that provided a more flexible schedule for Mike’s doctors’ appointments and evaluations, he had to change insurance companies. His new insurance is very selective about what it will cover, and Mike’s out-of-pocket expenses are very costly. The National Foundation for Transplants (NFT) is working with volunteers and supporters to help relieve the growing burden of expenses for Mike and his family. NFT has been assisting transplant patients with advocacy and fundraising support for 26 years. Your gift of any size will enable NFT to provide Mike with the financial support he needs.

You can help by visiting www.transplants.org/donate/mikerogers to make a donation to the National Foundation for Transplants in Mike’s honor.

If you have any questions about NFT, feel free to contact the NFT staff at 800-489-3863.

Many Thanks.