Pastor’s Post May 26 2021

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Sr. Pastor Zach Schlegel – May 26, 2021
Announcement

Mid-week Announcements on May 26, 2021

1) FBCUM Prayer Meeting, (6/2), 6:30 PM (ZOOM) – Lord willing, we plan on having a churchwide tonight at 6:30 PM on ZOOM. Please check your email your calendars for the ZOOM invite and join us as we come together to praise God and make our requests known to Him. If you have any questions, please contact the church office.

2) Summer Schedule – As we look ahead to the summer, we wanted to communicate a few things that may be helpful. James warns us to hold our plans loosely “Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring” (James 4:13-14a) but please join with us in praying for our summer as a church family and we’ll keep you posted with any changes as they come:

• Sunday School – We hope to relaunch our Sunday School classes starting in September. That means we’d keep our 9:30 AM church service time and make any service time shifts in September.
• Christianity Explained – After our very encouraging evangelism workshop this past weekend, we hope to offer a 6-week class this summer that equips us to share the good news using the Gospel of Mark. Stay tuned and we’ll keep you posted on those details.
• Churchwide Prayer Meetings – Our June 2^nd prayer meeting will be on ZOOM. After that our plan is to do a bi-monthly prayer meeting. The first Wednesday will be in the church building, the third Wednesday will be on ZOOM.

James reminds us “You do not have, because you do not ask” (James 4:2b). It’s been encouraging to gather as have to pray together. Let’s use this summer to continue to ask!

3) Testimony of Grace – We’ve reached the end of another AWANA year and are thankful to God for our leaders, parents and children who used the virtual option for the entire year. A huge thank you to Ronnie and Chrissy Sweetman for leading our AWANA program by organizing the groups, getting the books to the children and keeping up with awards. Thank you to our leaders who spent time each week encouraging the children and listening to their sections: Rich Dearstyne, Melissa Dronsfield, Leslie Fleet, Rita and Isaac Neal, Susanna Schriever, Tammy Slaughter, Melanie Spicer, Janell Wagner, Debbie West.

These are the kids who worked hard to complete at least one book in an effort to hide God’s word in their hearts. Way to go!!

• Cubbies:  Joelle Ballard
• Sparks:  Sarah Dronsfield, Hannah Hustead, Joshua Hustead, Ethan Jones, Jase Ryan, Logan Ryan, Carys Winder
• T&T:  Isaiah Ali, Alana Ballard, Celeste Ballard, Kaylee Dronsfield, Elijah Hustead, Caleb Jones, Zion Jones, Derin Olawunmi, Gavin Schlegel, Hudson Schlegel, Benaiah Webb, Jesse Webb, Malachi Winder

4) Local ‘Adopt a Home’ Service Opportunity – We have an opportunity to help our neighbors in Prince George’s County who’ve suffered loss due to flooding with the ‘Adopt a Home’ outreach. We’ve had several members volunteer to help but if you’d like to join the FBCUM TEAM please contact Eric or Kristine Sohn, for more details about the work and more about what you may offer as we pursue our goal.

5) Book Recommendations – Evangelism as Exiles: Life on Mission as Strangers in Our Own Land by Elliot Clark

6) FBCUM Playlist – Check out the playlist on the resources section of our church’s website. We’ve collected all the songs we’ve recorded over the last several months for our edification and encouragement:  FBCUM Worship Songs

7) Indoor Meeting Plans: By God’s grace we’ve been able to meet indoors for our Sunday gatherings with masks and socially distanced. Please note, we plan to continue to offer the live-stream option for the duration of COVID-19. If you have any questions, please contact the church office with any questions.

8) Giving We encourage you to continue to faithfully give as a way to sustain the gospel ministry at FBCUM and as a means for us to care for those in need as a church family. You can give online or mail in your offering to the church office. Church members who have a benevolence request, please contact the church office at [email protected].

If you have any questions, please contact the church office.
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