Fellowship Bible Church Jonesboro

Just a friendly reminder to fall back this Saturday. Although we LOVE to see you here early preparing for worship and to serve, we say thank you each year by giving you an extra hour of rest about this time of year. So take an hour this Saturday night and we’ll see you here ready to go for the 9:00 a.m. hour well rested.

Surf the internet and you will find countless articles on the benefits of gratitude. Even “science” argues for the benefits of being a thankful person? Our Bible is certainly full of admonitions, such as Colossians 4:2, that encourage and command us to have an attitude of thanksgiving. As Christians we have more reason than anyone to be grateful since God has done so much for us by bringing us to the place where we can see how glorious and wonderful He is. Dietrich Bonhoeffer believes gratitude is necessary to make our life rich. “In ordinary life we hardly realize that we receive a great deal more than we give, and that it is only with gratitude that life becomes rich.”Yet, such gratitude must be cultivated. Thanksgiving is a great reminder that we are to always be cultivating a grateful attitude toward God. Do you make Thanksgiving a part of your spiritual pursuit of a life of gratitude? If so, help us out by sharing your thoughts as to how your Thanksgiving traditions or celebratons have made you a more thankful person. I know we could all benefit by thinking through this issue together.

We just received a newsletter update from Miguel Castillo, our missionary in Madrid, Spain. He has recently returned to Spain, and moved from Barcelona to Madrid, where by God’s grace he hopes to plant a life-giving, Christ-exalting church. This past summer when Miguel shared his heart with us, updating us as to where he saw the Lord leading him, he reminded us of the bleak situation in Spain—namely, 0.06% of the population is Evangelical Christian. And that is supposedly an optimistic figure. Our Community Group has decided to pray weekly for Miguel and I know he would love for you to join us in asking God to move mightily in Madrid to glorify the name of Christ through Miguel. For a full update, I would strongly encourage to take a minute to read Miguel’s latest newsletter (PDF). And then, don’t just set it aside. Rather, stop and pray earnestly that God would draw the people of Madrid to Himself in His great mercy.

The kids in the third and fourth grade class, taught by Roger & Reagan McNeil, are having so much fun each Sunday.  Yes, that’s what I said; fun at church!  They are studying a great curriculum called “In the Beginning…Jesus” and each Sunday the kids become magnifying glass-carrying detectives. The super sleuths are doing hands-on activities to uncover clues about Jesus.  They are strengthening their knowledge about Christ and having a great time doing it! Thanks to Roger and Reagan for their time spent training these detectives and thanks to the kids and their parents for coming each Sunday to uncover more truths.

Sunday morning I challenged you from Luke 16:1-11 to set aside some cash this week in an envelope marked Luke 16. Once the cash is in the envelope pray God will give you some wildly creative ways to use the money to “win friends” for eternity. If you weren’t here, please read Luke 16:9 or check out the sermon on the podcast section of our website.

Several people told me Sunday they had never heard that passage taught. I would love to hear your reaction to this fun little parable. I would also love to hear your creative ideas. Blog on.

God has been so good in bringing us thirteen new adult members. I know He has great plans to unite our hearts with theirs as we seek together to pursue intimacy with God, community with believers, and influence with unbelievers. Please make a point to introduce yourself to all of these folks and welcome them personally. Our newest members are:
Tesha Nicholson
Tommy Rose
Brent and Amy Holt
Rodney and Cristy Harris
BJ and Cheryl Vincent
Jamele Garrett
Richard and Cindy Wimberley
Robbie Glasgo
Kimberly Dale

The Turn will gather again this Monday, October 1 for the second time. Please continue praying for God to ignite a passion for the glory of Christ among college students. For more details, visit www.theturngathering.com.

There is now a good number of people from our church and the surrounding area that are on their way to financial peace. We started the class out strong last week with a lesson called Super Savers, a lesson that encourages people to use effectively their best weath building tool…their money. Continue reading ‘Financial Peace Underway’

We’ve been at this new web site and blog for a month or so now, and you may be wondering “how do I effectively use the web site and the blog?” So let’s cover some tips and tricks so that you get the most out of this web site, while also helping to make the most out of this web site Continue reading ‘How To Use This Web Site’

Thanks for your prayer support as we launched The Turn this past Monday night. We had a great time setting the vision and meeting with close to 30 college students as we shared our passion to pursue a glorious vision of Christ together.  Continue reading ‘“The Turn” Turns Loose’