Dear FBC Family,

Thank you for praying with your elders regarding the future of FBC’s ministries last week.

This week will you join us in praying for the following?

1. Let’s continue to give thanks to God for who we are as a church body. Let’s give thanks for the values that have governed us. Let’s give thanks for the people who have led us in the identification and implementation of those values.

2. We are people of values. Let’s pray for our elders as they work on making sure our values are Biblical and articulating them in a way that is understandable to most of our people.

3. We are a church that is committed to the understanding that God’s grace is free. We need do nothing to “earn” or “deserve” God’s gracious dealings with us. Yet, there are many believers around us that struggle with this concept. Many of them suffer from guilt because they feel they must “perform” to deserve God’s blessing. Let’s pray with our elders as they struggle to know how our church can be a blessing to these other brothers and sisters who suffer from this guilt.

Thank you for praying with your elders as we seek to hear from God on what our ministries ought to look like in the future.

If you have questions or suggestions, please email them to the elders at elders@fbccs.org. Also, the elders would like to know how God is working with you. How has God blessed you as you quiet yourselves to listen? Please send your stories to the same email address.

Serving Him with you,

Eric Smith
Elder, Fellowship Bible Church

Dear FBC Family,

Greetings in the name of Jesus from your elders.

We know that you have already been praying for us and for our seeking to discern the future of FBC ministries.  We will not try to bring everyone together physically to pray together, but the elders are inviting you, and the prayer groups you may participate in, to pray together for these important matters.  Each week, we will be suggesting several prayer requests.

For this week, can we pray for the following?

1. Let’s give thanks for the ministries that people from FBC are already involved in.  Let’s give thanks for what God has done in and through our people as we seek to serve Him.  Let’s give thanks for what God has done through FBC for the past 35 years.

2. We are a missional people, and we know that many in our fellowship are seeking to proclaim the Gospel in our neighborhoods, our city, and the world.  Let’s ask the Lord how He might want us to expand those efforts into new areas.

3. Let’s ask the Lord how He might want us to work together to reach our communities and the world.

Thank you for praying with your elders as we seek to hear from God on what our ministries ought to look like in the future.

If you have questions or suggestions, please email them to me at ForesightThinker@gmail.com.

Serving Him with you,

Eric Smith
Elder, Fellowship Bible Church