This Week At North Anderson

Hello North Anderson Family!

We pray that you are having a great week and we look forward to connecting with you at one of the many opportunities for fellowship, discipleship, and worship that we have this week at North Anderson Baptist Church!

Here are a few things on the calendar -

Wednesday:

• Ladies Prayer Time at 9:00am (this prayer group meets the third Wednesday of each month)
• Worship Ministry Rehearsal at 5:30pm in the Sanctuary. Our Choir will be presenting the anthem, “Christ Our Hope In Life And Death” this Sunday so please make every effort to be in attendance for rehearsal.
• North Anderson Children’s Ministry will meet in the Family Life Center at 6:30pm and then be dismissed to their respective classes for their next lesson on the New City Catechism. Children must be checked in at the kiosk in the FLC from 6:15-6:30pm and must be checked out in the FLC at 7:30pm
• The True North Student Ministry will continue their study of John's Gospel at 6:30pm upstairs in the Youth room.
• Adult DiscipleU Bible Study at 10:30am (Family Life Center) or at 6:30pm (Sanctuary). We’ll continue our study through Hebrews and will be covering Hebrews 7:1-10

Thursday:

• Men’s Bible Study at Mama Penn’s at 7:00am
• DMA Senior Adult Luncheon and Presentation at noon
• The Cultural Christian Cohort at the Rydin’s  home will take place at 6:30pm. The group will be discussing chapter 2 of the book, “Love What Last”

*Our Pastoral Staff and Pastoral Interns will be in Columbia on Thursday for a conference. If you should need anything from the church office, contact Mrs. Debbie from 8:00am-12:00pm

Saturday:

• Pastor Kyle will be leading a group of men on a hike of Table Rock Mountain. We will depart from the parking lot at North Anderson at 7:30am. If you would like to join us, please let Kyle know asap (pastorkyle@northandersonbaptist.com)
• Children’s Ministry Game Night from 5:00-7:00pm! All families with children 5th grade and under are invited to Family Game Night! Bring your favorite board game or card game to play with other families. This is a free event, and food will be provided. All children must be accompanied by an adult. Please register online to ensure adequate food supplies. If you have any question, please reach out to Children’s Ministry Director, Ashley Rollins (ashley@northandersonbaptist.com)

Sunday:
Bible Fellowship Classes for all ages and stages at 9:15am and Corporate Worship at 10:30am

NOTE: Bible Fellowship teachers and Mid-Week Ministry leaders who use curriculum – please stop by the Bible Fellowship Office and pick up the materials that have arrived for your class

Verse of the week: “The earth and everything in it, the world and its inhabitants, belong to the Lord” – Psalm 24:1

Prayer Focus this week: Theological Education in Tanzania
“All Scripture is inspired by God and beneficial for teaching, for rebuke, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man or woman of God may be fully capable, equipped for every good work” 2 Timothy 3:16-17
Cultural mandates and God’s Word often clash. One such mandate, which involves young men who have reached the age of being recognized as adults in the community, requires the young men to be involved in actions and practices that are contrary to God’s Word. Some of the young men who are believers want to compromise so that they are not rejected by friends. Others want to obey God. Ask God to help those who are His children to desire to stand firm in their faith and, thus, please the Lord and not their friends. Also pray for pastors and other church leaders who are taking a stand in the community to defend their faith and their children against those cultural mandates, and pray that their defense will stand on the truth of God’s Word. “The sum of Your word is truth, And every one of Your righteous judgments is everlasting” - Psalm 119:160.

Whole Life Stewardship: Leveraging connections for Gospel good.
As Christians who believe in the sovereignty of God, we do not but into the notion of happenstance of coincidence. We know that everything has a time, place, and purpose under Heaven (Ecclesiastes 3:1). That most certainly includes the relationships and connections that we have in life and we must be very intentional in stewarding those connections well.
For example, it’s not a coincidence that an unbelieving neighbor who just moved into the home beside the a Christian. It’s not happenstance when a coworker shares with a church member that they feel like they need to get back in church and are looking for a good one to check out. When a friend comes to a believer and shares their personal struggles and ask for advice, it’s not something out of left field when
Situations like do not come about because of random chance but by sovereign orchestration. Stewarding these connections well means taking advantage of the opportunities that the Lord has set before us by being salt and light. It’s leveraging relationships for the sake of the Gospel, sharing the good news of Christ in both word and deed.
Think for a moment about those relationships and connections, both old and new, that God has blessed you with. Are you stewarding them well? Pray today about how you can best leverage them for Gospel advance. Share the good news with that lost neighbor! Counsel that Christian friend who has confided in you with Biblical instruction. Invite that coworker or classmate to church!