Please Send Workers to Help Us!

Church has been busy this week. The work is never complete. There is always something that needs to be done. People need someone to love and care about them. Studying is so important so I can preach the Word. Outreach will bring new people into the church. Training people to witness and teach the Bible is an awesome task. Paul said, he was a wise master builder. He built churches from the ground up. We need more workers in many areas of our church. I pray God will send labours to our field of work. It takes many to keep a church floating. Without workers there is no church with purpose. I pray with people all week long believing God is going to do a great work in our church family. I pray some will be saved at each service. We have a new church year coming up and I want us to be ready for the growth God is going to give us. We will have some new teachers and deacons serving our church in 2010. We have a few more precious souls to baptize this month. We finally got our letter from the Army Corp Engineers to begin work on the 4 acres of land behind youth building. We have a vision to clear that land and start upward football and soccer. We need people to work in this area of our church in about 1 year.

Doing the Work!

I'm so happy to start a new year at SFBC. I have been pastor at SFBC 18 years as of June of 2009. What a wonderful thing God has done for us during these years of service. We just finished completing our Nominating process yesterday. It will be ready for the churches approval by next week. Teachers and leaders have been secured for another year of working for Jesus. We've had around 40 baptisms this church year. The attendance has increased in all areas of church ministries. Three new deacons will be elected the second Sunday in August. What a wonderful opportunity to serve our Lord by being a deacon. God has saved some precious souls the last several months and they are growing in the Spirit. By next year they will be ready to serve in some type ministry. We are 3% above our tithes this same month as we were last year. God has His Hand on this church family. We hope to prepare the 4 acres of land behind youth building into an upward football and soccer by next year. Come on out and join the fellowship with our loving church family.

Happy Birthday Miriam!

Happy Birthday to Mrs. Miriam Cox. We enjoyed your birthday celebration tonight at Steve & Donna's. You are such a precious woman and we are so blessed to have you in our lives. We pray you will have many more happy years. It was good to see your family and fellowship with them. Your love for Jesus shines in your desire to serve Him. Happy Birthday to one of God's saints.

Love, Preacher & Nancy

VBS Updates!

VBS at SFBC has been great this week. I'm so proud of all the workers who have given the Lord a good weeks work. It takes a large group of people to make VBS work in a church our size. Mrs. Janet Ham, our VBS Director has put together a good team. From the feeding of 250 plus every night to the classes being full is awesome. We reached an enrollment of 319 last night. This is the biggest crowd we ever had in VBS. The boys and girls are learning so much about the Lord Jesus. It is wonderful to see 70 plus adults in Bible classes each evening. Everyone seems to enjoy the crafts they are working on each night. We are praying for souls to be saved before the week is over. Keep praying for the hearts to open up for Jesus. See you tonight. Look at these photos.

Updates at SFBC

We have had some crisis in our church family this week. Some of our families have been given bitter cups to drink. We have Bradley Wilson, a new born in MUSC with heart and lung problems. He seems to be improving just a little. He still has a long time to recover. If things continue to improve he might get to have his surgery early in the week. Keep praying!

Alania Pitts gave birth to a baby boy Thursday evening at Mcleod Hospital. A few hours after birth he was taken to NICU for breathing problems. He will be there maybe a week. Alania will be discharged tomorrow.

Tammy Filyaw Allen's grandmother Burdett Filyaw fell and fractured her hip bone. She is in Mcleod Hospital. Keep her in your prayers.

Don't forget, VBS begins Sunday evening.

Jeffery has been camp pastor at Camp Jubilee, Tazewell, TN this week. So far 23 have been saved and 14 have surrendered to the ministry. He will be coming home on Saturday.

The Fear of Man

"The fear of man brings a snare, but he who trusts in the Lord shall be safe." (proverbs 29:25)

12 Warning signs that you fear man:

1. Unwilling to pray out loud
2. Immodest or suggestive clothing
3. Defensive when confronted
4. Unwilling to be honest about failures
5. Critical of others; fault finding
6. Greedy for material wealth and reputation
7. Unable to make clear decisions
8. Harsh with your children in public
9. Constantly fishing for commendation
10. "One-upping" people's stories with your own
11. Unwilling to be baptized or to verbally witness for Christ
12. Displaying different behavior depending on who you're with

copied: by Del Fehsenfeld Jr.

The Greenes Are Coming!

Sunday evening at 7:00 p.m. "The Greenes" will be singing at SFBC. This is a Southern Gospel singing. We would like to invite you to come share in this special singing. It will be uplifting and inspirational! The Greenes are nationally known. This could make a difference in your life. Invite your lost friends to come and hear some awesome singing. You will like what you hear.

The Greenes Gospel - Official Website

The Greenes Gospel - Official Website

What a Night!

We had a great turn out for our 4th of July Celebration last night. We had between 250 and 300 in attendance. We ran out of hot dogs and hamburgers, had to go to Wal-Mart and get some more to serve. We had more cup cakes than we could eat. The food was prepared and the people enjoyed the meal and fellowship. I was able to preach from Psalms 34 and give God praise for all things. After the meal and sermon we went outside to youth building and watched the fireworks . People enjoyed watching the fireworks light the sky up. We had a good group of people working last night to glorify the Lord in their service. Thank you Lord for your blessings on SFBC. I want to thank all the people who worked so hard last night to make this Celebration a joyful event. Karen Rogers and her fellowship committee did a great job. Eddie Wilson and Timmy Wise did some cooking with their team of men. June and Bob Bair in their decorating the tables. Gary Miller, Jay Caudle and Frank Neal for working with the fireworks. It all turned out good.

Mary Lynn Kleinknecht and Bob for bringing the Military Bibles for the members to sign and write notes in before shipping to soldiers in Middle East. We bought 83 Bibles to send to soldiers. This was a mission outreach. May the Lord use the Bibles to share His Word. Thanks SFBC for you do for our Lord.