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.

FREEDOM BAPTIST CHURCH - January 2010

FREEDOM BAPTIST CHURCH - January 2010

January Celebrations
Richard Motzkus, 4th; Calieb Griffith, 4th; Doris Tucker, 7th; Ed Griffith, 8th; Carlton and Emma Smith, 11th; Maria Campeau. 13th; Britanie Olsen, 14th; Carolyn Griffith, 21st

Church News
Please be in prayer for Brother Marshall Craig and Brother Mike Rogers who are in the hospital at this time.

Prayer Requests for 2010

• Shawna’s mother, illness getting worse
• Ruth’s dad, Parkinson’s
• Darrel and Carolyn’s grandson Josh and family
• Lynn’s daughter Christie father in law, illness
• Lynn’s brother Wayne, illnessLynn, tests
• David Jenkins’ brother Rich, cancer treatment
• David Jenkins, surgery recuperation
• Martha, tests
• Jim Weisie (Jackie’s brother), back surgery
• Mike Rogers, continued chemo, in the hospital
• Missionary Marshall Craig, hospitalized
• Bertie’s sister-in-law, cancer treatment
• Jenny Peterson, friend of Carolyn, healing
• Traveling safety this holiday season
• Unspoken for Lynn’s grandson
• Martha’s cousin, passing
• Jeff’s family, Flying W employee, loss of parents

January 3, 2010's Sermon

New Studies: The Book of Malachi and the time between the Testaments

• The time of Malachi’s prophecy dates to the time of Nehemiah and after the close of Nehemiah’s work
• Nehemiah returned to Judah to rebuild the wall in 445BC, went back to Persia in 433BC and then returned to Israel in 424BC to deal with the sins described in the book of Malachi
• The time period of Malachi is during the time of Nehemiah upon his 2nd trip back to Judah in 424BC
• Malachi would have been close to 100 years after Zechariah’s prophecy

January 10, 2010's Sermon

New Study: The Book of Malachi
The Second Oracle: Their Failure to Honor God 1:6-2:9
The first oracle ended with a proclamation that the glory of the Lord will be magnified from beyond Israel’s borders. The entire world will one day see the kingdom blessings on the nation of Israel. The Lord will be glorified in Israel and from Israel His glory will go forth to the entire world.

January 17, 2010's Sermon

The Book of Malachi
Malachi 2:10-3:6/The Third Oracle: Who’s Gonna Clean Up This Mess?

• The priesthood was corrupt and was corrupting the people
• The sins of the people were itemized in verses 2:10-16: How would God clean up this mess?
• He would send His messenger as a forerunner of the Messiah who would come and clean the people as fire and soap, to purify His house so that the worship of Him could be pure once again

January 24, 2010's Sermon

The Book of Malachi
Malachi 3:1-12
His Word is Sure: In Blessing and In Judgment/3:1-12
Will the judgment of God on His people bring about their demise? Will they be consumed by the “refiner’s fire?” No, for the sons of Jacob will not be destroyed (3:6). God’s people will be delivered in the day of the Lord. And for those that decry the spiritual condition of today’s world and ask, “Where is the God of judgment,” hold on: He’s coming. Return to Him, and He will return to you.

January 31, 2010's Sermon

The Book of Malachi - next sermon, “The Time Between the Testaments.”
A Reverential Return to the Lord
Malachi 3:13-4:6

In this final section of the book of Malachi, the Lord utters His final warning against those that denied their slide into sin and who questioned God's covenant promises. The Lord sought to correct their flagrant sin as well as their slow turn to short-sighted legalism in the time between the testaments. This slide will be challenged by God in the sending of John the Baptist and the Messiah. Ultimately the original Elijah will need to return and the judgment of God will come to all but the faithful remnant of His people. Let us be among the faithful.