11.14.08 - WMM Meeting

Friday, November 14
10:00—11:30AM
Ladies, please join us for an interesting and informative meeting; our guest speakers will be Anne Solomon and Kim Myers. Anne will share about her experience with the Disaster Team in Galveston, Texas in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike. Kim will tell what it was like working in a hospital in India for the past three months.

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Girls In Action (GA)

Wednesdays, 6:00—7:00 p.m.
For girls in grades 1 through 6
Led by Beth Rogers

If you are a girl in grades 1—6 and would like to learn more about missionaries, ministry and helping others, please join us on Wednesday evenings. We’d love to have you!

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InChWesta - November 2008

Dare2Share
Friday—Saturday
November 14-15
A weekend in which students will be trained and equipped to share their faith.
Cost is $55
See Josh for more details!

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November 2008

ne Parson’s Opinion

The story goes that two men were talking about a problem. One says, “I guess we’ll have to pray about what is to be done!” The other fellow responds, “Oh, it’s down to praying, is it!” Ha!

This is one of those sad but true stories, at least among Baptists. We tend to think prayer is the last resort, yet prayer is to be our regular practice, and God is to be the first we consult when we face an issue.

Since I have been a Baptist, I have noticed this about us. We talk more about prayer than most anything else, yet we do very little actual praying. In all of the churches I have pastored, we have normally had just a few come to Prayer Meeting. ARBC does not skew these stats.

Now, if one of the means God uses to get His will accomplished on earth is prayer, and there is little praying, should any Christian be surprised when there is little supernatural activity?

I don’t know about you, but I hunger to see God do what only God can do, which is, change lives! I know of no better place for Him to show up than Denver. But we have to ask!

To that end, we are adding a variety of prayer groups to those already in existence. I hope God will burden you to pray with one or more groups, if your schedule will allow. I also trust more prayer groups will arise than what we presently have at ARBC.

What follows is a list of the groups we currently have available.

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October 2008

“For this is the will of God, your sanctification.” In regard to discipleship training, at ARBC we’ve completed two sessions of Share Jesus Without Fear, and Crown Financial is currently in session. There is more training on the horizon, and I would like you to know why these particular classes have been chosen for the coming year.

Some may ask, “Why wasn’t I asked about what I’m interested in learning?” I considered that, and then I looked at our rolls. We have 600+ names on our rolls with around 230 attending every Sunday. If only half of those in worship responded with two suggestions, I could have had 200 different suggestions. Considering duplication, it could have been a large number. There had to be a better way.

It all began with prayer. Next I turned to the Bible. Specifically, Galatians 5:22-23 and Matthew 28:19-20. I also considered the five basic functions of the church – worship, evangelism, fellowship, discipleship, and ministry. The last item I used as a guide was the ARBC mission statement printed inside every Sunday’s worship guide. Then I asked myself, “Using this specific criterion, what are the factors in what a fruit-bearing Christian looks like and/or does?”

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