This Week's Bulletin

Prayer Needs Audio Messages online Sunday Morning Gathering Those walking through extended illness: Let’s not grow weary Missed a Sunday morning message or want to re-listen to one? They January 3, 2016 praying for these folks as they continue to walk through extended are available at www.kingdomlifemedia.org. This Week’s Scripture Memory Verse illness: Oralee Johnson, Jennifer Clarke, and Chauncey Miller. Food and Drinks in the Auditorium Joshua 1:9: Have I not commanded you? Be strong and coura- Felicia Ryan: Felicia Ryan’s father recently passed away. Let’s con- geous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the tinue to pray for her and her family as they mourn his loss. Please Please help us care for our facilities by not bringing food and drinks LORD your God is with you wherever you go.\" especially pray for Tim and Felicia as they make decisions about into the main auditorium. They may be enjoyed in the Foyer and how best to care for Felicia’s mother. Children’s Church areas. Our Mission For guidance for 2016: As we’re set to enter a new year, let’s pray Social Media “To be a kingdom-focused, cross-centered church that impacts our and ask for God’s guidance and direction for us as a local church. nation, influences our region, and touches the world.” Facebook and Twitter Happy Birthday! Are you following Kingdom Life Church on our social media plat- Our Passion forms? If not, please help us to use God's gifts to glorify him by fol-We extend happy birthday greetings to Sarah Bethel (January 7), lowing us on our Facebook and Twitter accounts. Help us to be salt “To glorify God in all that we do and thereby enjoy his affirmingJoshua Bethel (January 8), and Patrice Hepburn (January 10). We and light in the world by sharing our posts to those around us. Follow presence and blessings.”pray that the Lord continues to bless each of you and that you will us on Facebook at Kingdom Life Church Bahamas and on Twitter atlive to see many more birthdays in good health, serving the Lord! Kingdom Life Church@kingdomlife242. We promise to share solidGod bless you; enjoy your birthday! content for you and for others with whom you connect on Social Me- dia. Thanks in advance for partnering with us in this way. Consecration 2016 Kingdom Life Bookstore Sunday, January 17 – Friday, January 22 Open for 30 minutes after our gathering todayAs is our practice to begin the New Year, we will be having a week Kingdom Life Bookstore is one of the best kept secrets on this island,of corporate consecration through prayer and fasting to prepare but we are trying to change that. We stock sound theological booksourselves spiritually for what the Lord has for us corporately and at US list prices. We encourage you to stop by today and take aindividually in 2016. This week has always been a special time of look. And please help us to spread the word about our bookstore!prayer and drawing near to God that many have referenced asbeing of critical importance as they navigate each New Year. More Sovereign Grace Churchesdetails will be announced early in the New Year. Please mark yourcalendar and plan to participate. Kingdom Life Church belongs to a family of churches in the USA and around the world called Sovereign Grace Churches (SGC). Please 2016 Bible Reading Plan visit www.sovereigngraceministries.org for more information on SGC and its mission.One of the ways we grow as Christians is through regularly readingand meditating on God’s word. Many daily bible reading plans are Our Schedule for This Weekavailable and can be accessed online, but we would like to proposetwo for your consideration. First, a through-the-bible-in-one year Sunday Morning Pre-Service Prayer: 9 AM - 9:45 AMplan is included in Tabletalk at the bottom of each daily devotional. Sunday Morning Gathering: 10 AMSecond, we are making available copies of the Robert M’CheyneReading Plan; this plan will take you through the Old Testament once, No. 25 Chesapeake Road, P.O. Box N-8151, Nassau, Bahamasand the Psalms and New Testament twice in one year. Copies of this T. 393-8262 - E. [email protected] are available on the Information Table. Eldership Team: David Humes and Cedric Moss Tabletalk Magazine Getting Digital AccessIf you have an IPad or an Android tablet and would like to get a digi-tal copy of Tabletalk magazine each month, instead of getting thehard copy, please e-mail Pastor Moss for the details. Electronic Devices In reverence for God and respect for others, please take a moment to turn off or silence all electronic devices. Please also refrain from using electronic devices during the service, except for scripture read- ing or note taking. Thanks for your understanding and cooperation.

January 3, 2016 Nursery Facilities Pre-Service Prayer Good morning, and welcome to our church gathering! We are so glad We want to provide the best possible care for babies, so we ask Each Sunday, 9 am to 9:45 am, Toddler Room you came! Each time we gather as a church family, we do so on the mothers of babies under the age of 2 years old to care for them basis of our Savior’s sacrificial death and glorious resurrection. We personally in our nursery facilities. A television monitor is in the Please join us each Sunday, 9 am to 9:45 am, for Pre-Service Prayer are so grateful to God for saving us and bringing us to Himself, so we nursery for mothers to see and hear the church service. in the Toddler Room. This is an opportunity for us to pray together celebrate His goodness in our lives! He is indeed good! prior to our church gathering, crying out to God for the presence of Combined Gathering Today his Sprit to be manifested in our midst as we meet together to lift up If you have not already come to know Christ as Savior and Lord, we our voices in song and sit under the preaching of his word. pray today will be the day that you do. We encourage you to be On the first Sunday of the month, we normally have a combined open and allow God’s love and grace to touch your life! Thanks once gathering, so there is no Children’s Church. Therefore, with the ex- Monthly Corporate Prayer Meeting again for joining us today. ception of babies, our children are joining us in the main gathering. We ask the head of all families to ensure that their children Tomorrow night, January 4, at 7:30 pm, Children’s Church Room Are You a Guest? (including teens) sit with them. We believe that this will help to mini- mize distractions. Also, since we have some children whose parents Tomorrow is our monthly corporate prayer meeting. It is our first for If you are a guest with us today for the very first time, we are really are not a part of our church, heads of households, we ask that you the New Year. Corporate Prayer is not just the duty of a few mem- glad that you came! Thanks for coming, and we hope you come again! invite them to sit with your family for this gathering. bers; it is the privilege of all those who call this church their home church. Therefore, let’s all make it a priority to attend and participate If you are able to, we would love to have you join us immediately The Lord’s Supper in Corporate Prayer tomorrow night and throughout this year. after today’s church service for our Guest’s Reception. Exit the double doors at the back of the auditorium, and the Guest’s Reception is Our understanding and practice We have much to pray for on behalf of our church and our nation, so through the door on your immediate right. let’s all come out tomorrow night and pray. There is nothing too hard Today, as a church, we commemorate and celebrate the Lord’s Sup- for God to do. As a church, let’s continue to pray without ceasing! The reception is hosted by Kingdom Life’s leadership and will last per. The Lord’s Supper is the memorial event that the Lord Jesus about 15 minutes. commanded that His disciples should observe on an on-going basis 2016 Scripture Memorization Plan to remind them of His death until He returns. It expresses the New Pastoral Care Form Covenant which He made with His own shed blood that reminds us of For 2016, we will continue our efforts to memorize God’s word as a our covenant with Him and each other. The sharing in the bread, church family. To help us with this, once again we will be using Desir- Please help us to better care for you by completing the Pastoral Care which represents His body broken for us, and the cup, which repre- ing God’s Fighter Verse Scripture Memorization Plan. The plan is for Form enclosed in this bulletin. If you are a member or regular at- sents His shed blood for the forgiveness of our sins, are only for us to learn one verse per week. If you’ve not yet gotten one of the tendee, please only note your name and the names of family mem- those who have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ as a result bookmarks containing the verses that we will be learning in 2016, bers in attendance today, together with any prayer requests or other of placing their trust in Him for the forgiveness of their sins. additional bookmarks are available on the Information Table. Let’s information you want us to be aware of. make a concerted effort to hide God’s word in our hearts in 2016. We welcome all in this gathering today (including our guests) who Guests, if you do not mind, please complete the form in its entirety, know Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord to share the Lord’s Supper Tabletalk Magazine and place it in the offering basket during the offering. Thank You! with us. If you do not yet know Jesus Christ as Saviour and Lord, first of all, thank you so much for coming; however, we ask that you not January 2016 issue now available Today’s Sermon partake of the Lord’s Supper. Since the Lord’s Supper is only for believers in Jesus Christ, the meal will be of no benefit to you and The January 2016 issue of Tabletalk is available on the Information “Seek the Lasting City” might minimize its value to you when (it is our sincere hope) you do Table. It is titled, “Apologetics.” This first issue of Tabletalk for 2016 Text: Hebrews 13:7-16 come to Christ. Our prayer is that you will come to Christ today. will help to equip us to give answers concerning what we believe and the hope that we have in Christ.We don’t need to live very long to realize how transient life in this Ministry Microphoneworld is. Nothing lasts on this side of eternity. Clothes wear out, cars Tabletalk is a unique magazine. In addition to providing a managea-break down, and even buildings are destroyed. And most painful of 1st Corinthians 14 gives us guidance on the use of spiritual gifts, ble daily devotional guide, it is also filled with excellent articles thatall, our relationship with loved ones often times end in death. However, particularly the gift of prophecy, which we are instructed to eagerly help us to be grounded in sound doctrine. Bearing this in mind, a com-we still tend to forget the reality of our transient lives, so Scripture desire. Prophecy is simply communicating something that God has mitment to read the monthly issues of Tabletalk would be an excellentreminds us again and again that this life is passing away. In today’s brought to mind, and its goal is to edify people and glorify God. spiritual goal for 2016.message, we will consider one of these reminders. Therefore, when we gather as a church, we make room for the exer- cise of spiritual gifts generally and the gift of prophecy particularly. Please pick up a complimentary copy before you leave today. Next Sunday’s Sermon Preview During the week and as you are preparing to come on Sunday morning, we encourage you to prayerfully consider how God may New Church Website “Live for the Glory of God” want to use you prophetically. Then, during our gathering, if you Text: 1 Corinthians 10:31-33 sense that the Lord has brought a word of prophecy to mind, we Launching this week! encourage you to share it. Simply approach the church leader who isNext week’s message will focus on the ultimate aim for living: God’s responsible for the ministry microphone at the front and share it with We are pleased to announce that we will be launching a new churchglory. This is a timely topic to consider as we enter a new year. Please him. He will determine if, when, and how it should be shared. website this week! The new website will be filled with information onmake plans to join us, and please invite family and friends to come our church, and it is very easy to navigate. It will also include newalong. features like the ability to subscribe to podcasts for audio record- ings and other content posted to the website. When the site launch- es, we will send out an e-mail to let you know.