FFM Bulletin 8.27.2023

["\n `\n \u00a0\n \u00a0\n \u00a0\n\n","\n\n\n\n\n\n Firm Foundation Ministries\n\n\n 17567 Hubbell at West Outer Drive\n Morning Worship Celebration\n\n\n\n Praise and Worship\n\n\n Welcome\n\n Ministry of Music\n\n\n Announcements\n\n Ministry of Intercession\n\n\n Ministry of the Word\n\n Call to Discipleship\n\n Offering\n\n\n Benediction\n\n\n\n Offering of Thanks\n\n As I tithe and give offerings, I am planting seed and expecting it to produce\n righteous fruit. I am believing God for: jobs and better jobs; raises and\n bonuses; benefits; sales and commissions; favorable settlements; estates and\n inheritances; interest, dividends, and income; rebates ad returns; discounts;\n checks in the mail, gifts and surprises; finding money; bills decreased and bills\n paid off; blessings and increase. Thank You, Lord, for meeting all of my\n financial needs that I may have more than enough to give into the kingdom of\n God and promote the Gospel of Jesus Christ.\n\n\n\n","\n\n\n A Message from the Pastors-\n\n \u201cFlashpoint: Giving Full Expression to God\u2019s New Creation\u201d\n -- Our Theme for 2023 --\n 2 Cor 5:17\n\n \u201cThe Gloom Index\u201d\n\n \u2013 Mart De Haan \u2013\n\n \u201cA t midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God.\u201d \u2014Acts\n 16:25\n\n At midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God. \u2014Acts 16:25\n Gray skies and blue moods\u2014the two seem to go together. In fact, some weather\n forecasters describe the amount of cloudy days a region can expect during its winter\n season as \u201cthe gloom index.\u201d\n Other factors might be figured into a gloom index. Think, for instance, of what Paul and Silas, those\n two first-century co-workers for Christ, endured (Acts 16). Any one of their troubles was enough to\n ruin the sunniest day.\n Try to imagine the frustration of dealing with greedy profiteers who had turned a demon-possessed\n girl into a sideshow (vv.16-17). Think about the pain of confronting an angry mob and furious judges\n (v.22), of receiving a whipping and imprisonment (v.23), and of having your feet locked in stocks\n (v.24). How\u2019s that for a gloomy atmosphere?\n Paul and Silas were able, though, to rise above their circumstances (v.25) because they were\n motivated by a desire to obey God and spread the message of Christ.\n We too can rise above the gray skies of discouraging circumstances by relying on the Holy Spirit. We\n can find encouragement and hope in God\u2019s Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We can overcome\n the gloom index.\n\n God, give us wings to rise above\n The clouds of trial that block the sun,\n To soar above gray skies and see\n The love and goodness of Your Son. \u2014Sper\n No day is dark when you live in the light of God's Son.\n\n Source: Our Daily Bread. https:\/\/www.preceptaustin.org\/acts_devotionals#16.\n\n Yours in Christ,\n\n Paul\u00a0and\u00a0Kathy\u00a0Walker,\u00a0Pastors\u00a0\n\n Come! Let Us Worship Together!\n\n Although our style of worship may be different from yours, we\n invite you to participate fully in worship. Sing the songs of praise\n and worship to God with us, and as you sing, meditate on the words.\n Consider how wonderful God is and how good He has been. Feel\n free to lift your hands, to raise your voice, to dance, to shout, and to\n release yourself in the Holy Ghost. Let us praise Him for His\n goodness, His mercy and His grace. Come worship the King of Kings\n and Lord of Lords with all of your heart!\n","\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Our Statement of Faith\n\n\n WE\n believe that the Bible is the authoritative, inerrant and infallible Word of\n God.\n\n WE\n believe in one God, omnipotent, omniscient, and omnipresent, eternally\n existent as God, the Father Almighty, Jesus Christ the Son, and the Holy\n Ghost.\n\n WE\n believe in Jesus Christ, the Only Bego tten of the Father and the only Savior.\n\n\n WE\n believe in his miraculous conception by the Holy Ghost, His virgin birth,\n His sinless life, His miracles, and His sufferings. We believe in His\n vicarious and atoning death to accomplish the salvation of man, in His burial, and in\n His bodily resurrection on the third day according to the Scriptures. We believe in\n His ascension into Heaven, where He now sits at the right hand of God, the Father\n Almighty, forever making intercession for all who would come to God.\n\n WE\n e believe that the whole purpose of man is to glorify God and to be His good\n pleasure. Yet man is sinful and is separated from God by his sin. Man is\n saved from the consequences of sin and brought into fellowship with God by\n experiencing the New Birth. This New Birth is accomplished by believing in the death,\n burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ, confession of the Lordship of Jesus Christ,\n and water baptism into Jesus Christ according to the Scriptures.\n\n WE\n believe that the baptism in the Holy Ghost with the evidence of speaking in\n other tongues according to Acts 2:4 is the gift of God to all believers who\n ask for it.\n\n WE\n believe in the resurrection of all, the righteous to eternal life, and the\n wicked to eternal damnation and punishment.\n\n","\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Schedule of Services and Meetings\n\n Sunday, 10 a.m. \u2013 Morning Prayer\n Sunday, 10:30 a.m. \u2013 Sunday Morning Worship Celebration\n\n Sunday, Immediately After Service \u2013 Music Ministry Rehearsal\n Monday, 5 p.m. Precept Bible Study\n Thursday, 7:00 p.m. \u2013 Corporate Prayer and Bible Study- Exclusively\n\n online until further notice!*\n Tuesday and Thursday, 12 a.m. to 4 p.m. Corporate Fast Days\n\n Third Saturdays, 9-10 a.m. \u2013 Intercessory Prayer (Exclusively online until\n further notice)\n\n\n *See Video\/Teleconferencing information below for login\/access instructions\n\n Memory Bible Verses:\n\n John 12:26\n If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall\n also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.\n\n Don\u2019t forget Your Missions Offering.\n\n Please set aside an offering each Month for Missions.\n Give securely online using this link(fellowshiponegiving.com)\n\n\n Help Our Church To Grow!\n\n Invite someone to worship with us at Firm Foundation Ministries!\n\n Follow us on Facebook at @worshipatffm!\n","\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Download the Zoom app to your personal device:\n 1. Download Zoom from the Zoom website:\n 2. https:\/\/zoom.us\/download\n 3. Downloads available for Mac, Windows, iPhone, Android devices\n 4. Open the installer \/ Click Download\n 5. Follow the prompts\n\n How to Joining the Meeting\n From Your Device (Videoconferences)\n To access the videoconferences, you should have received the following links to\n the meetings by email from Pastor Paul.\n \uf0b7 For Bible Study, Thursday at 7:30 pm\n o Join Zoom Meeting: https:\/\/umich.zoom.us\/j\/99710014654\n o When prompted, enter the Meeting ID: 997 1001 4654\n \uf0a7 Passcode: 700571\n\n \uf0b7 For Sunday Morning Worship, 10:30 am\n o Join Zoom Meeting: https:\/\/umich.zoom.us\/j\/98218548605\n o\n o When prompted, enter the Meeting ID: 982 1854 8605\n \uf0a7 Passcode: 870535\n\n \uf0b7 For Intercessory Prayer, Third Saturday, 9 am\n Join Zoom Meeting: https:\/\/umich.zoom.us\/j\/91328489366\n When prompted, enter the Meeting ID: Meeting ID: 913 2848 9366\n \uf0a7 Passcode: 844424\n Want to dial in from a phone? (Teleconference into the meetings)\n Dial one of the following numbers:\n +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown)\n +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n\n"]