Sunday School News
March 8 High Attendance
Sunday
March 15 Celebration
Sunday
March
will be a busy month in the life of our church, and our Sunday School
Department is one of the reasons. Sunday School classes
are pushing to have the highest attendance ever in each class on March 8. Then
on March 15 the whole church body is invited to celebrate with a soup luncheon
provided by Sunday School leadership after church. It
is exciting to see new faces in Sunday school and new members becoming
dedicated and growing in their knowledge of the Lord.
Two
new classes have been added since we began our Sunday School growth campaign in
the fall. We have a class for those who are new in their walk with the Lord
entitled Christianity 101. In addition, the Youth have divided into two
classes, one for girls and one for guys. Hopefully that will split into
separate classes for high school and middle school in the near future. On March
6 and 7 Mr. Glenn Cummings will be returning to help us review our growth and
teach us how to continue growing and serving the Lord through bible study and
fellowship.
We
welcome everyone to join us in Sunday School. We have
a real time learning and fellowshipping together.
Cathie Dexter is our Sunday School
Director.
Ladies Sunday School
Class On The Move
What a blessing to
learn about all the different aspects of prayer for the last 12 plus months!
The class is now studying next to the last chapter that focuses on ‘Praying for
Yourself and Others’! The last chapter will focus on ‘Starting a Church Prayer
Ministry’. This comprehensive study on prayer will end about mid-April.
The Ladies Class
will enter a new themed Study on Forgiveness: Breaking The
Power of the Past based on the book by internationally
acclaimed author/teacher-- Kay Arthur. The study about Forgiveness will be
supplemented with various video presentations on forgiveness by other subject
experts including Evangelist Joyce Meyer and Pastor Joel Olsten.
The Ladies classes
are fun, interactive using workbooks and hands on discussion of God’s Word
which helps to proclaim and live that abundant life! New class members and
visitors are always welcomed to join this class that is full of love and
excitement!
Annette Funn is
the teacher/facilitator.
Adult
1
Gloria
and I were gone for 2 weeks in January. Our class had the pleasure of having
Pete Bryan and Pastor Dan fi ll
in for me. The class said they did great. We got emails in FL.! We study from
Master Works. This course is made up of studies from books written by very
knowledgeable and devout people. The ones we have been covering since December
are “The Miracle of Life Change” by Chip Ingram and “Downpour” by James
MacDonald.
James
MacDonald brought us very deep messages from his book. One was on HOLY. A
sentence from this section said, “it is true whether you realize it or not:
Your entire life revolves around your view of GOD, He is Holy meaning set
apart. God is not like us at all, not in any way. He’s different.
We
can’t even begin to fully understand God. Then we learned about sin, how it is
like a big umbrella held high above our head keeping God’s blessings from
reaching our life. The next thing was repentance. This lesson gave us 5 things
we need to personally do for genuine repentance.
1.
Grief over sin
2.
Repulsion over sin
3.
Restitution toward others
4.
Revival toward God
5.
Moving forward
We
have a wonderful class of people wanting to know more about the Bible and how it
fits into their lives now. We would love for you to join us in the fellowship
hall at 9:00am on Sunday. Every day is that special day you’ve been waiting
for. Seize It! Become Closer to God.
Frank
Collinson, Teacher
Adult 2
Open Nesters
If
you like to study the Bible in a friendly, open atmosphere and have a good time learning, the Open Nesters class is for you. If
you have an empty nest, a nest that is full, or a nest that has been empty but
keeps filling up again, then Open Nesters is for you.
During
the month of March we will be studying about Nehemiah, a man who was willing to
step up to the task God called him to do, even though everything seemed to be
against him. From the time Nehemiah first heard about the circumstances in
Jerusalem until the completion of the wall, he set an example of what it means
to serve the Lord, an example from which we all can learn.
Beginning
with the first Sunday in March, our class will be meeting in one of the rooms
created by the new partitions recently installed in the Fellowship Hall. Please
come join us for a fun time of Bible study and discussion.
Rosemary
Phelps
Teacher
Next Bayside Beacon Deadline:
May 11 , 2009
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