Miss last week’s meeting on the church vision, restructuring and this year’s programming?  No worries; The video is posted here >>

If you have any questions about the restructuring that is proposed, please contact John Jessup at 770.466.4250.  He’d love to sit down and discuss any questions you might have.

Get a copy of the handout with the Jan-June dates on it by clicking here>>  (Printed copies are also available in both Welcome Centers.)

Do you have something that you want to share about what was discussed? Send us an email; We’d love to hear from you!

2012 Vision, Structure & Programs (01-08-2012 Evening) from First Baptist Church Loganville on Vimeo.

A retreat for women to spend time with the Lord, focusing on spritual growth and restoration.

Led by Jennie Jones, Jackie Davis and Tamarra Soto at Woodland Christian Camp in Temple, Georgia.

Cost $100 due before Feb. 12th. Questions? Email Tamarra Soto.

Psalm 86:11 – “Teach me your way, O Lord, and I will walk in your truth; give me an undivided heart, that I may fear your name.”

Mark your calendar for Sunday, Jan. 8th at 6 pm. We will meet in the Worship Center to hear about the plans for 2012, receive a calendar of important dates, learn about the new organizational structure and hear about the upcoming ministries of the church. This will be the most important church meeting of the year!

In January 2012, we are offering 3 new opportunities to help create God-centered marriages:

1. Engaged Couples Class

The most important time to decide to live a God-centered marriage is before it even begins. Braxton & Suzanne Roberts will teach the following curriculum: Love & Respect by Dr. Emerson Eggerichs; The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman: and His Needs, Her Needs by Willard Harley, Jr. This class is open to all engaged couples. It will meet in room 222 of the Education Building beginning at 9:30 am on January 8th.

2. Young Marrieds Class

Kyle & Paige Harrison will be starting a Young Marrieds & Newlyweds class on January 8th. They will meet in room 206 of the Education Building at 11 am. Their class will deal with how to grow your relationship with God, communication in marriage, finances, parenting, and growing together through God’s Word. They will also help connect young couples to each other to form strong friendships.

3. Successful Marriages Seminars

Beginning January 11th, we will spend five weeks on Wed nights (6:45-8 pm), learning how we can have healthy, God-centered marriages. Topics will include Communication, Intimacy, Finances, Spiritual Guidance and more. There will be big group sessions as well as smaller seminar break-outs. Speakers will include Pastor Ronnie and various couples from within our church. Here are the topics:

Developing an Environment in the Home for Spiritual Growth
1 Peter 3:1-8

Week 1 January 11 Establishing Order
Week 2 January 18 Resolving Conflict
Week 3 January 25 Redefining Perception
Week 4 February 1 Repairing Respect
Week 5 February 8 Praying Together

As some of you might already know, several members of our church have been working within the Bay Creek Community Trailer Park for months now to develop a relationship with the people in that community. Our hope in doing this was to build a trust/bond within the community and in doing so open doors to share Jesus Christ.

We were able to do ROCK THE BLOCK there this past summer and meet many of the children that live there. We have also met many of the adults and have been able to help them with various projects/clean up that they have needed done on their homes.

Having been there and seen the many needs that are there, our church felt overwhelmed to reach out even further to this community. God gave us an opportunity to purchase a trailer, within the park , to use for after school programs, ESL classes, ladies bible study etc. After many months of working with the city on zoning and purchasing, we now have the trailer and are in the process of remodeling it to use for the above programs.

We are currently working on the remodel project and are hoping to paint the inside next week. We will still have a lot of work to complete after that, but we are looking to have the trailer up and running by the second week in January.

The name of the trailer will be: THE HOPE UNITED CENTER

The plan is: starting in January (probably the second week) with the after school program for the children (this will probably start out just one day a week, then gradually go to four days a week). The kids will come there on a voluntary basis (parents must give consent before hand) from 3:30 until 5:30.There will be tutors there (all volunteers-older students, some teachers, whoever wants to help) to help the children with their homework. The time will be very structured for everyone. Tutoring/homework help will be for the first hour, then we will break up into games/fellowship for the second hour. At 5:30 the children will be given a snack (if available) and then released to their parents.

We are also looking to have ESL (English as a second language) classes for the adults, as well as hold a ladies bible study once a week.

We are also planning a dinner on Thanksgiving Day at the trailer. We will be providing the turkey and asking the community to bring all the sides/desserts. This will be another way for us to connect with all the families.

We are so excited that God has opened this door and given us this great opportunity to minister within this community.

If you have any questions, or would like to help with anything mentioned above, please contact me, Penny Lowery at 770.466.4250.

This Sunday in all four services, Pastor Ronnie will be sharing from his heart about what the Lord has been strongly speaking to him about over the last year or so. He shared this with the staff today and we were greatly encouraged, excited, and unified – this is something we know that God has spoken to him about. So, please be in prayer for Sunday – Ronnie also asked us – the staff – to fast for Sunday.

Thank you to everyone who has been praying for God to work this year. We are seeing the fruits already!

Sunday Sept.11
After the services
Details: http://www.fbcloganville.org/events-news/bethlehem/