November 2008
November-December Calendar
- Main and Oklahoma Church, McAlester, Oklahoma
- Wednesday Afternoon: Authentic Living in a Shadowy World: Studies in the Book of James
- Sunday Morning: Living Messages from Dead Men: A Fresh Look at the Minor Prophets
- Sunday evening: Kingdom Principles to Transform Lives: the Beatitudes
- Wednesday Evening: Portraits of Jesus in Hebrews
- Preaching [sermon topics are available at my Sermon Schedule Page]
- McAlester Christian Academy, High School Bible Class
- October 31-November 12, Pan American Lectureship, Quito, Ecuador
- December 3-8, Baxter Graduation and Board Meeting, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
An expanded Mission Calendar and additional information appears on my Missions Page.
bits from bob....
Come and See: Knowing What We Are Doing and Why
Church XYZ is hosting another "Come and See" event. They are advertising the "Feeding of the 5000"-a Thanksgiving Dinner for all who will come on the Sunday before Thanksgiving. Church ABC is not about to be left out. Their most recent "Come and See" event was a weekend Marriage Seminar which included several speakers and lots of entertainment. You can expand this sample with a glance at the weekend religion section in most any urban newspaper.
In many places, the church has become "event" oriented in its efforts to reach out and touch the lives of the communities and people around it. Events are not all bad-in today's society, they may be essential to community outreach. Special events provide multiple opportunities for the church. The challenge is to understand the purpose of an event. The church where I minister also hosts "Come and See" events. The challenge I constantly wrestle with is that we are asking people to "come and see", but usually they do not see us doing what we customarily do as church. More often, they see us in a special situation or circumstance doing things we do not normally do.
Let me suggest three purposes of special events.
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