KIDSTUF.:.Christmas Extravaganza

Saturday, December 6, 9:45 AM - 2:00 PM

The Preschool and Children’s Departments’ annual Christmas party is an opportunity for parents to shop while their children hear the Christmas story, have fun making gifts for the family, enjoy lunch and have a “Birthday Party” for Jesus.

Open to ARBC families and the community...

Call the church office to register for this event - 303.794.3033

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Candlelight Christmas Eve Service

Christmas Around The World
We will be holding our Christmas Eve Service 6:00pm on Wednesday evening, December 24. Please plan to join us…

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Weekly Discipleship Class For Men

Henry Blackaby’s Experiencing God
How to live the full adventure of knowing and doing the will of God
Begins Sunday, November 30
5:15—6:15 p.m. in the Crossroads Classroom (formerly Adult 5)
Sign up on the bulletin board in the foyer.
Workbooks will be $20.
See Danny for more details.

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November 2008

“All scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness...” II Timothy 3:16

Isn’t that a great scripture? From the education ministry point of view, it’s great because it reminds me that all scripture is to be taught to every believer. This is why preaching verse by verse - the big fancy name for that is “expository preaching” - is better than topical preaching. Topical preaching focuses on felt needs, whereas expository preaching is about teaching the whole Word of God in context of how God authored it. Think of it this way: Verse by verse preaching will eventually cover every topic anyway - but on God’s timing, not on yours, mine, or even the preacher’s.

Here is another reason why expository teaching/preaching is preferable: “All scripture is inspired by God.” That little word “inspired” in the original Greek is Theospneustos. This word is made up of two other Greek words, Theos, meaning God, and pneustos, which is where we get words such as pneumonia and pneumatic, both of which have to do with air or breathing air. When we put the two Greek words together, we get “God-breathed”, as in “all scripture is God-breathed.” That is an awesome word picture.

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December 2008

The Wednesday night study on different world religions has just wrapped up, and we learned...well, you’ll just have to take the class next time it’s offered if you want to know what we learned!

On the horizon, we will have a study about different Christian denominations. There are some things we have in common, yet there are other things we Baptists do that are different. For example, did you know that some denominations have the pulpit off to the side, while we Baptists place it front and center? If you want to know why Baptists are correct, you’ll need to attend the Wednesday evening discipleship class that will begin in January 2009!

On the subject of discipleship training, I would like to gradually add a greater variety of studies on Wednesday evenings. If you are a Christian, you are automatically signed up for God’s discipleship program. It includes real-life experiences, along with church and classroom training, so I hope you’ll make an effort to attend some of ARBC’s discipleship training.

There are two types of disciples. One type are disciples in word only. These are the ones who say they believe in Christ, say then want to learn about Him, but never show up for Sunday School or any other training. The second type of disciples are disciples in deed. These people know that becoming a Christian means becoming a disciple at the same time. There is a consistent pattern of learning and serving in their lives. They may not sign up for every class and ministry opportunity, but over time, a pattern of participation in classes and events can be seen in their lives.

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InChWesta - December 2008

YOU ARE A YOUTH LEADER!

All right, you might be thinking, “No, I am not! I have never signed up to help out with any Youth event, and I never will!” Okay, you might not be a youth leader in the sense of working directly with them, but, in reality, you are because the students at ARBC gain a lot of their understanding of what it means to be a Christian by watching you. And trust me, they are watching you. They notice how you worship, how you act, how you talk. They can quickly tell if you are living a life desiring to please God or if you are living a life of hypocrisy.

It is my prayer that the adults in our church will provide excellent examples of how to go about this Christian life. Granted, we will fail, but how we respond to our failure can be a valuable learning experience for students.

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December 2008

ne Parson’s Opinion
Prayer is one of the means God has ordained to move Heaven to earth.

A verse that teaches this is from the Model Prayer, Matthew 6:10: “Your kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven.” So, we ask Him. Prayer is simply talking to and asking our Heavenly Father to intervene.

Could God accomplish His will without our prayers? Yes, of course! But He has chosen prayer as a means to bring His will to earth.

So, it is vital that Christians pray! Prayer is not a matter of last resort. Prayer is the activity of the front-line warrior in the kingdom.

Notice how the apostle Paul told the church at Rome that they could be part of his ministry by praying for him: “I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me. Pray that I may be rescued from the unbelievers in Judea and that my service in Jerusalem may be acceptable to the saints there.” Romans 15:30-31 (emphasis added).

Last Wednesday night, as we prayed for North Tongass Baptist Church and their new pastor in Ketchikan, Alaska, we-believers many hundreds of miles away joined with them in the work of the ministry in Ketchikan.

Prayer is the ministry!

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