FREEDOM BAPTIST CHURCH - August 2009

FREEDOM BAPTIST CHURCH
August 2009
August – a big celebration month
Carol Campeau, 1st; Terry and Doris Tucker, 2nd; Terry Tucker, 3rd; Bertie Mahan, 3rd; Stephanie Heald, 5th; Bethanne Tucker, 13th; Jana Motzkus, 17th; A J Olsen, 24th; Stacey Heald, 26th; Martha Osban, 28th; Greg Chandler, 29th

Cookbook Project and Church News

• We are currently receiving recipes for the new church cookbook as a fundraiser for the pews. With the completion of the pews we can proceed with getting the cookbook info together. The remaining balance for the pews of $1032.50 (total cost 4282.50) will be handled by the proceeds from the cookbook.
• We will have a church outing tonight at the Flying W Ranch for those that want to come. The tickets will be available at our tables tonight. We will be at tables 42-44. We have reservations for 33-36 so we are about full. The church will purchase the tickets and you can pay the church whenever you can. The average price is $20 after coupon; seniors pay a little less. See the price list on the hall table for more information.

August 2, 2009’s Sermon
The Book of Ezra
The rebuilding of the temple (3:1-6:15)
Ezra 4-5, The Opposition Begins

• Opposition will inevitably occur and will require steady and consistent resistance
• There is strength and resilience in the prophets (the Word) of God
• There is no anonymity in the work of God; the enemy will write down your name

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August 9, 2009’s Sermon
The Book of Ezra
The rebuilding of the temple (3:1-6:15)

• Ezra 6 Restoration and Renewal: The House that God Built

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August 16, 2009’s Sermon
The Book of Ezra
Chapters 7-8
Return to the Land and the Law

• Ezra was a man strongly devoted to the Law of God-returning the people not only to the land but also to the Law
• The was the second return to Israel from captivity in 458BC. Ezra now writes in the first person singular (“I”) and plural (“we”). Even though in captivity, Ezra was determined to keep the people true to God and bring them back to the land.

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August 23, 2009’s Sermon
The Book of Ezra
Chapter 8-9:1-4
The Return of the Priest

• Ezra and the people arrive in Jerusalem: the road was hard, but they made it back
• There was a gap of 57 years between chapter 6 and the dedication of the temple in 7
• Ezra leads the people as a devoted and skillful priest and scribe in the Law of God
• He is the man to lead them back to their roots of worship and sacrifice of self; it is “The Return of the Priest”

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