Circle of the Tithe

Everyone, please make plans to come this Sunday to Woodland Baptist for our Stewardship Revival with guest speaker, Rev. Dan Robertson from our Golden Triangle Baptist Association.  The schedule is as follows:

9:00am – Church wide breakfast in the gym [Everyone bring a breakfast item, the church will provide coffee & juice.

9:30am – Combined Sunday School with Rev. Dan Robertson & Roger Wade

10:15pm – Dismiss for Morning Worship – Rev. Dan Robertson preaching

6:00pm – Evening time of giving testimonies/commitment to giving

This Sunday is our final Sunday of 2012.  What I would like us to do as Woodland Baptist Church is to reflect on 2012 and prepare for 2013.

Sunday morning, I will be bringing a message from 2 Kings 22 about the young Judean King, Josiah and his reforms to the Kingdom of Judea and how he eradicated idolatry, returning the nation to the proper worship of Yahweh.

This story forces us to ask ourselves – is there anything in our life that needs changing or reforming?  The short answer is yes, but let’s not leave it there, let’s really look at our lives…financially, spiritually, relationally, physically…etc., and commit to the Lord to change where we need to change.

Let’s also ask the questions:  What did we accomplish in 2012?  What do we want to accomplish in 2013?  Where are we headed as a church?  What are we thinking as Christian men?  What are we thinking as Christian women?

Sunday night, we will have a time of “open mic testimony” and let our congregation come and share a Scripture or a testimony or prayer about how they see God moving in our church and what they would like to see accomplished in 2013.

Everyone, please be advised that we will begin our online learning environment beginning in January of 2013.  You will have un-restriced access to me and other knowledge portals that I will provide you over time.

I plan to try to use this as a way to help assist teachers and other leaders to be better equipped to do their jobs.  This could revolutionize the way we learn in the church as it has in secular circles already.

The first Sunday in January, the day we have our stewardship revival, we will have a sign up sheet available for you.  Please put your name on the sheet and I will make sure to get you the steps to get enrolled in study sessions.

Just some of the topics:  Why is the Bible the Word of God?  Cultural Influences on the the Biblical Teaching of Hell, Worldview Impact from the Gospel of John, God Marriage and Family…and just about anything else you can think of.

This will be one of the best opportunities you will ever have to learn the Bible more deeply, more regularly so please plan to take advantage of it!!

The web address for the learning site is http://woodlandonline.org/moodle/

Come join us this Sunday night for a special time of worship as we remember what the Christmas season is all about.  Several of our members and leaders will narrate the Christmas story from the Scriptures and sing congregational songs remembering and praising God for what he has done through the incarnation of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

At the end of the service we will light candles and remember that Jesus is the “Light of the World.”  This will usher us into the New Year as we begin our time in the gospel of John.