FREEDOM BAPTIST CHURCH - June 29, 2008

FREEDOM BAPTIST CHURCH
June 29, 2008

Church Items

1. June birthdays: Kathie Craig, 25th; Hubert Hargrove, 27th; Jennifer Tucker, 29th
2. June Anniversaries: Roy and Lisa 7th; Eddie and Linda, 22nd; Dennis and Kathi, 26th
3. July birthdays: Darrel Griffith, 13th; Leslie Peterson, 30th
4. July Anniversaries: Ron and Carol, 19th
5. The Campeau’s will be traveling to Estes Park and WA beginning July 14. We will have an ice cream fellowship Sunday night July 13th as Maria will be staying in WA to go to college.
6. We would like to have a women’s work day soon to clean curtains and other items that are needed. More info to follow.
7. We hope to host a representative from the Gideons on July 20th. If there is any problem with this date let Greg know.
8. We have a new letter from Ed Potter on the bulletin board in the hallway. He emailed us about a recent trip to Ireland. You can see Ed and Abbie’s blog at madeirabaptist.blogspot.com.
9. We need church cleaning for July and August.

Prayer Requests for 2008

• Joy, health and recuperation
• Bertha, recovery
• Lynn, grandson
• Mike and Debbie Rogers, job and health
• Lisa, upcoming surgery
• Joy grandson illness, 7 yrs old
• Larry, extended friend of Campeau’s, illness
• Our recent graduates-their future plans
• Doris, recuperation
• Friends of Joy, cancer and chemo
• Praise for Linda Harris, recuperation from surgery
• Praise for neighbor of Joy, Daniel, recuperation
• Jim and Aundie Woolard, friends of Greg and Ruth
• Greg co-worker Kellie, husband cancer

Today’s Sunday School Lesson
The Book of Jude: Contending Earnestly for the Faith
Verses 9-13: Apostates of the Past. "Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core." (Jude 11)

Today’s Sermon
When Kings Will Worship the King of Kings - Daniel 4
The kingdoms of this world will be brought into subjection to Jesus Christ by God. “Every knee shall bow” is not a poem; it is a promise.
There is no reason to engage in hand-wringing over the current state of affairs; they are serious enough to pray for and certainly we should vote, but things are not so serious that we cannot be at peace.
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WORSHIP SERVICE

God of our Fathers p. 573
Scripture Reading
Psalm 90:1-2
Lord, Thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever Thou hadst formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, Thou art God.
Battle Hymn of the Republic p. 569
My Country, Tis of Thee p. 571
America the Beautiful p. 572
All Hail King Jesus (see bulletin)
Offering and Offertory
Message (link to sermon)

The Truth Shall Set You Free

FREEDOM BAPTIST CHURCH - June 22, 2008

FREEDOM BAPTIST CHURCH
June 22, 2008

The Freedom Baptist Church is an unaffiliated, independent Baptist church located in Colorado Springs, CO. The church’s pastor is Greg A. Chandler, a 1978 graduate of the Independent Baptist College in Dallas, TX (school now located in Fort Worth). Greg is a bi-vocational pastor who works full-time at another job while administering the church.

The church is primarily Baptist in doctrine and practice but independent in its function. We belong to no group or association of churches under any name. We enjoy fellowship with like-minded believers as we meet them in our community and around the world.

The purpose of this church is to meet together to honor and glorify God in fulfilling its Biblical mission of: worshiping God in Spirit and in truth; encouraging one another in genuine fellowship; teaching the Scriptures in depth; and sharing the gospel with people that the members of the church come in contact. We seek to fulfill our purpose with grace, relevance, and authenticity in full adherence to the principles of the Word of God.

Small churches can have an impact on the community and the world by living authentically in agreement with the infallible Word of God. It is our prayer that if the Lord directs your spiritual journey to come into contact with us that you will come to know the Lord in a deeper way because the Freedom Baptist Church was there. At the very least, we hope to do you no harm in your journey. Pastor Greg Chandler

Church Items

1. June birthdays: Kathie Craig, 25th; Hubert Hargrove, 27th; Jennifer Tucker, 29th / June Anniversaries: Roy and Lisa 7th; Eddie and Linda, 22nd; Dennis and Kathi, 26th
2. We are rotating the food items we keep on hand for any needy that come by and need help. Please take the foods that will soon expire if you need them, and bring new items.
3. Greg and Ruth had a visit from the Woolard’s from Dallas this past week. They recently lost their son Ben to cancer. It was good to see them and they thank the church for your prayers.
4. We would like to have a women’s work day soon to clean curtains and other items that are needed. More info to follow.
5. Doris is home from the hospital and is grateful for your prayers and our card.
6. We hope to host a representative from the Gideons on July 20th. If there is any problem with this date let Greg know.
7. We have a new letter from Ed Potter on the bulletin board in the hallway. He emailed us about a recent trip to Ireland. You can see Ed and Abbie’s blog at madeirabaptist.blogspot.com.

Prayer Requests for 2008

• Joy, health and recuperation
• Bertha, recovery
• Lynn, grandson
• Mike and Debbie Rogers, job and health
• Lisa, upcoming surgery
• Joy grandson illness, 7 yrs old
• Larry, extended friend of Campeau’s, illness
• Our recent graduates
• Lynn son-in-law Dennis, surgery
• Doris, recuperation
• Friend of Joy, Linda Harris, illness
• Neighbor of Joy, Daniel, stabbing
• Jim and Aundie Woolard, friends of Greg and Ruth

Today’s Sunday School Lesson
The Book of Jude: Contending Earnestly for the Faith
Apostates of the Present – Verses 8-10
Likewise also these filthy dreamers defile the flesh, despise dominion, and speak evil of dignities. He refers now to “filthy dreamers,” returning to the apostates within the church from the apostates of the past. These were “vile” dreamers of the Gnostic faith who used visions and dreams as a way of stating that they were directed by angelic beings (Col. 2:18). The Gnostic false teachers were described by Jude as polluters of their bodies like those in Sodom and Gomorrah. The Gnostic teaching on the separation of body and soul led them to extremely wicked acts in their bodies, and Jude compares them accurately to the Sodomites.

Today’s Sermon
Get Wisdom – Getting Through the Storm
Proverbs 4:18-27 and Luke 6:45-49
The wise advice of a father can guide our lives with sureness and stability. Wisdom is the way of light, but it requires an intense focus. Wisdom is a lady that is worth pursuing and will result in honor and exaltation for us. Wisdom will not betray us. The examples provided at the end of Proverbs 4 and in one of the sermons of Jesus provide further reinforcement to our pursuit of wisdom. Go get it!

WORSHIP SERVICE

Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee p. 1
Scripture Reading
Psalm 150
Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in His sanctuary: praise Him in the firmament of His power.
Praise Him for His mighty acts: praise Him according to His excellent greatness.
Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet: praise Him with the psaltery and harp.
Praise Him with the timbrel and dance: praise Him with stringed instruments and organs.
Praise Him upon the loud cymbals: praise Him upon the high sounding cymbals.
Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.
Praise the Name of Jesus p. 93
His Name is Master p. 114
In His Time p. 465
Offering and Offertory
Message (link to sermon)

The Truth Shall Set You Free

FREEDOM BAPTIST CHURCH - June 15, 2008

FREEDOM BAPTIST CHURCH
June 15, 2008
Happy Father’s Day

The Freedom Baptist Church is an unaffiliated, independent Baptist church located in Colorado Springs, CO. The church’s pastor is Greg A. Chandler, a 1978 graduate of the Independent Baptist College in Dallas, TX (school now located in Fort Worth). Greg is a bi-vocational pastor who works full-time at another job while administering the church.

The church is primarily Baptist in doctrine and practice but independent in its function. We belong to no group or association of churches under any name. We enjoy fellowship with like-minded believers as we meet them in our community and around the world.

The purpose of this church is to meet together to honor and glorify God in fulfilling its Biblical mission of: worshiping God in Spirit and in truth; encouraging one another in genuine fellowship; teaching the Scriptures in depth; and sharing the gospel with people that the members of the church come in contact. We seek to fulfill our purpose with grace, relevance, and authenticity in full adherence to the principles of the Word of God.

Small churches can have an impact on the community and the world by living authentically in agreement with the infallible Word of God. It is our prayer that if the Lord directs your spiritual journey to come into contact with us that you will come to know the Lord in a deeper way because the Freedom Baptist Church was there. At the very least, we hope to do you no harm in your journey. Pastor Greg Chandler

Church Items

1. June birthdays: Kathie Craig, 25th; Hubert Hargrove, 27th; Jennifer Tucker, 29th June Anniversaries: Roy and Lisa 7th; Eddie and Linda, 22nd; Dennis and Kathi, 26th
2. We are rotating the food items we keep on hand for any needy that come by and need help. Please take the foods that will soon expire if you need them, and bring new items if you can.
3. Doris is in the hospital at this time. Be sure to be in prayer for her and Terry.

Prayer Requests for 2008

• Joy, health and recuperation
• Bertha, recovery
• Lynn, grandson
• Owen, recovery from surgery
• Mike and Debbie Rogers, job and health
• Missionary Larry & Linda Morgan
• Esther and Hubert, loss of son
• Lisa, upcoming surgery; traveling
• Johnie and Jackie, traveling west coast and AK
• Joy grandson illness, 7 yrs old
• Larry, extended friend of Campeau’s, illness
• Our recent graduates
• Lynn son-in-law Dennis, surgery
• Doris, hospital

Today’s Sunday School Lesson
The Book of Jude: Contending Earnestly for the Faith
Apostates of the Past, Verses 5-7
Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

Today’s Sermon
Advice from Dad: Get Wisdom!
Proverbs 4, For I was my father’s son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.

WORSHIP SERVICE

Crown Him with Many Crowns p. 234
All Hail the Power p. 97
Scripture Reading
In that day the Lord of Hosts will become a beautiful crown and a glorious diadem to the remnant of His people. He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords; who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light; To Him be honor and eternal dominion! Amen. Isaiah 28:5; I Timothy 6:15-16
Jesus Name Above All Names p. 112
I Love You Lord p. 80
God Is So Good p. 41
Offering and Offertory
Message (link to sermon)

The Truth Shall Set You Free

FREEDOM BAPTIST CHURCH - June 8, 2008

FREEDOM BAPTIST CHURCH
June 8, 2008

The Freedom Baptist Church is an unaffiliated, independent Baptist church located in Colorado Springs, CO. The church’s pastor is Greg A. Chandler, a 1978 graduate of the Independent Baptist College in Dallas, TX (school now located in Fort Worth). Greg is a bi-vocational pastor who works full-time at another job while administering the church.

The church is primarily Baptist in doctrine and practice but independent in its function. We belong to no group or association of churches under any name. We enjoy fellowship with like-minded believers as we meet them in our community and around the world.

The purpose of this church is to meet together to honor and glorify God in fulfilling its Biblical mission of: worshiping God in Spirit and in truth; encouraging one another in genuine fellowship; teaching the Scriptures in depth; and sharing the gospel with people that the members of the church come in contact. We seek to fulfill our purpose with grace, relevance, and authenticity in full adherence to the principles of the Word of God.

Small churches can have an impact on the community and the world by living authentically in agreement with the infallible Word of God. It is our prayer that if the Lord directs your spiritual journey to come into contact with us that you will come to know the Lord in a deeper way because Freedom Baptist Church was there. At the very least, we hope to do you no harm in your journey. Pastor Greg Chandler

Church Items

1. We are rotating the food items we keep on hand for any needy that come by and need help. Please take the foods that will soon expire if you need them, and bring new items if you can.
2. Father’s Day is next Sunday, June 15th. Gentlemen, start your grills!

Prayer Requests for 2008

• Joy, health and recuperation
• Bertha, recovery
• Lynn, grandson
• Owen, recovery from surgery
• Mike and Debbie Rogers, job and health
• Missionary Larry & Linda Morgan
• Esther and Hubert, loss of son
• Lisa, upcoming surgery; traveling
• Johnie and Jackie, traveling west coast and AK
• Joy grandson illness, 7 yrs old
• Larry, extended friend of Campeau’s, illness
• Our recent graduates
• Lynn son-in-law Dennis, surgery

Today’s Sunday School Lesson
The Book of Jude: Contending Earnestly for the Faith
Apostates of the Past – Verses 5-7
Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire. I will therefore put you in remembrance, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed them that believed not. And the angels which kept not their first estate, but left their own habitation, he hath reserved in everlasting chains under darkness unto the judgment of the great day.

Today’s Sermon
Psalm 139: 13-24, Knowing God’s Creation in Searching Yourself
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvelous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well. Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

WORSHIP SERVICE

Lisa is out of town today
Bless His Holy Name p. 13
Blessed Be the Lord God Almighty (see bulletin)
Scripture Reading
My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand. Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. John 10:27-28; Hebrews 10:22
Blessed Assurance p. 345
Offering and Offertory
Message (link to sermon)

The Truth Shall Set You Free

FREEDOM BAPTIST CHURCH - June 1, 2008

FREEDOM BAPTIST CHURCH
June 1, 2008
Church Items
We forgot to run the May birthdays and anniversaries, so they are belatedly listed today. My apologies to our May celebrants.
May birthdays: Linda Olsen, 5th; Beth Griffith, 8th; Matt Heald, 20th; Annie Motzkus, 21st; Matt Campeau, 29th
May anniversaries: Leon and Martha-Greg and Ruth, 27th
June birthdays: Kathie Craig, 26th; Hubert Hargrove, 27th; Jennifer Tucker, 29th – June Anniversaries: Roy and Lisa 7th; Eddie and Linda, 22nd
We congratulate Brandon and Kellie Mayes on their wedding yesterday.
Prayer Requests for 2008

• Joy, health and recuperation
• Bertha, recovery
• Bertie, unspoken
• Leon, illness
• Lynn, grandson
• Owen, recovery from surgery
• Mike and Debbie Rogers, job and health
• Missionary Larry & Linda Morgan
• Esther and Hubert, loss of son
• Lisa, upcoming surgery
• Johnie and Jackie, traveling west coast and AK
• Joy grandson illness, 7 yrs old
• Graduates Maria and Travis
• Terry and Doris to Oklahoma
• Larry, extended friend of Campeau’s, illness

The Sarah Corner – “And Sarah laughed”
Kid’s Prayers:

• A pastor asked a little boy if he said his prayers every night. “Yes, sir,” the boy replied. “And, do you always say them in the morning, too?” the pastor asked. “No sir,” the boy replied. “I ain't scared in the daytime.”
• A Rabbi said to a precocious six-year-old boy, “So your mother says your prayers for you each night? That's very commendable. What does she say?” The little boy replied, “Thank God he's in bed!”
• The preacher's 5 year-old daughter noticed that her father always paused and bowed his head for a moment before starting his sermon. One day, she asked him why. “Well, Honey,” he began, proud that his daughter was so observant of his messages; “I'm asking the Lord to help me preach a good sermon.” “How come He doesn't answer it?” she asked.
• A Sunday school teacher asked, “Johnny, do you think Noah did a lot of fishing when he was on the Ark?” “No,” replied Johnny. “How could he, with just two worms?”

Today’s Sunday School Lesson
The Book of Jude: Contending Earnestly for the Faith
“The faith” (used also in Gal. 1:23 and I Tim. 4:1; reference also Heb. 4:14) is the body of truth contained in the Scripture that was delivered “once for all.” This means that there will be no new truth added. All we need to hear from God we have heard in the Scripture.
Today’s Sermon
Obadiah – The Kingdom will be the Lord’s
This is the shortest book in the Old Testament. Today’s tormentors will not always plague us, for God’s wrath is inevitable against His enemies. Those who oppress may feel superior in taking advantage of us today, but their judgment is coming, for “pride goes before the fall.” God’s wrath against His enemies is an expression of grace to His people. “And saviors shall come up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the LORD’S.” (verse 21)

WORSHIP SERVICE

Morning Has Broken p. 60
Scripture Reading
Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in Me. In my Father’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto Myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. John 14:1-3
Mansion Over the Hilltop (see bulletin)
Face to Face p. 549
Offering and Offertory
Message (link to message)

"The Truth Shall Set You Free"

FREEDOM BAPTIST CHURCH - May 25, 2008

FREEDOM BAPTIST CHURCH
May 25, 2008
Church Items
We sent cards to Owen this week to encourage him in his recovery from surgery. Continue in prayer for him.
Rocky is meeting with his WWII B-29 bomber squadron this weekend here in town at the Crowne Plaza.
We congratulate Maria Campeau and Travis Heald on their graduation.
Greg, Ruth and the Campeau kids saw the movie “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed” recently. We recommend that anyone interested in the debate of Darwinism vs. Intelligent Design go see it.
Prayer Requests for 2008

• Joy, health and recuperation
• Bertha, recovery
• Bertie, unspoken
• Leon, illness
• Lynn, grandson
• Owen, recovery from surgery
• Mike and Debbie Rogers, job and health
• Missionary Larry & Linda Morgan
• Esther and Hubert, loss of son
• Lisa, upcoming surgery
• Johnie and Jackie, traveling west coast and AK
• Joy grandson illness, 7 yrs old
• Graduates Maria and Travis
• Terry and Doris to Oklahoma

The Sarah Corner – “And Sarah laughed”
Children’s letters to God – Dear God:

1. In Bible times did they really talk that fancy?
2. I bet it is very hard for you to love all of everybody in the whole world. There are only 4 people in our family and I can never do it.
3. I went to this wedding and they kissed right in church. Is that OK?
4. I think the stapler is one of your greatest inventions.
5. Thank you for the baby brother but what I prayed for was a puppy.
6. Please put another holiday between Christmas and Easter. There is nothing good in there now.
7. If you watch in church on Sunday I will show you my new shoes.
8. I would like to live 900 years like the guy in the Bible.
9. If you had not let the dinosaurs go extinct we would not have a country. You did the right thing.
10. Please send Billy Clark to a different camp this year.
11. Maybe Cain and Abel would not kill each other so much if they had their own rooms. It works with my brother.

Today’s Sunday School Lesson
The Book of Jude: Contending Earnestly
Today’s Sermon
Memorial Day Thoughts: the “Just War” viewpoint, Isaiah 2:4

"The Truth Shall Set You Free"

WORSHIP SERVICE

He’s Everything to Me p. 516
Scripture Reading
It is of the LORD’S mercies that we are not consumed, because His compassions fail not. They are new every morning: great is Thy faithfulness. The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in Him. Lamentations 3:22-24
Great Is Thy Faithfulness p. 43
The Solid Rock p. 404
Offering and Offertory
Message (link to sermon)
A child’s prayer for a deployed father:
I pray my Daddy
Will be strong;
That time away
Will not be long.
I pray, dear Lord,
Be close to him.
On every mission,
Go with him.
While we at home
Stay strong and true;
Help us to love
And trust In You.
Amen.
From “We Serve Too: A Child’s Deployment Book” by Edick and Johnson