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You can read the July-August 2010 edition of The Communicator newsletter for parents by clicking the link below.  This issue is jam packed with upcoming events and activities that you will not want to miss at FBCE.

Click Here To Read the Newsletter.

The recently established Orphan Care Team of FBCE is providing a wonderful ministry opportunity for our congregation by partnering with Packs of Hope, a Colorado based ministry.  Packs of Hope provides dignity to children who are transitioning from home to home in the foster care system.  Instead of a dirty trash bag that holds their belongings, children can receive a new backpack filled with new clothes and other items, making their trip to a new hope a little bit brighter.

You can begin to “check out” a backpack beginning July 25th next to the welcome center at the church.  When you check out a pack, you will receive a simple list of items to fill the bag with.  You can then return it to the church anytime up till August 15th.  God will be glorified by your service and a child will receive a nice surprise.

If you have any questions about Packs of Hope or the Orphan Care Team, please contact Pastor Philip.

“Family education and order are some of the chief means of grace. If these fail, all other means are likely to prove ineffectual.”
-Jonathan Edwards

I am frequently asked why our students drop out of sight from the local church after graduating high school. Many ideas, some of them good ones, are suggested as to why this happens and many solutions, some of them good ones, are provided as to how the church should respond. Although providing a strong college-age program in the local church is a great thing and although teaching the reality of postmodernism in our church classes is a helpful thing, nothing will compare to the life-long impact on a child than a family who worships together. If family worship and order are out of place, then all of our church means will ultimately find themselves less effective.

We are seeing God do some great things at FBCE. The student ministry is alive and thriving, students are excited about church, in-depth Bible study is eliciting a host of conversation and question (I spoke for 15 minutes last night with a student who was wanting to know more about when “messenger of God” in the Old Testament is actually Jesus Christ Himself), the Genesis Café is packed when the doors are open, our children are learning the narrative of the Bible in Sunday School, and all ages have opportunities to serve others. As thankful as I am for all these wonderful things, I count them as secondary to getting our families, especially fathers, more plugged in to family worship. It is that important.

The Family Ministries of FBCE has been providing consistent resources for families. Our Family Ministry website is regularly updated with family related articles and resources for growth and worship, and the pastors have provided home worship tools, such as the Biblical Exploration Guide and the Holy Week Devotional Book. Beginning in the fall of 2010, we will step up our emphasis and education of family worship through the addition of several ministry opportunities. You can read about these in greater detail in this newsletter. Some of them will include:

1. A Family Worship One-Day Conference. I will spend a few hours with parents on Saturday, September 18th discussing family worship in the Bible, in History, and in the Home.

2. Simple Family Worship Guides. Pastor Drew and I will make available a series of simple, easy to follow family worship guides that will provide your family with a once a week worship “service.” This will be a supplement to your other family worship times during the week.

3. Big Questions Club. September 1st will be the kick-off of the Big Questions Club, the systematic theology program for children ages K-6th grade. Accompanying this program will be a parent’s “Big Questions Book” that will be used as a great tool for family worship and will coincide with the Big Question being studied by the children at church.

Pray with me that God will work in the hearts of all our families.  Then, let’s be excited about what will happen. God is big. Bigger than we can imagine. And He does big things.

With great love,
Pastor Philip

Enjoy our video of the grand opening of the Genesis Cafe, the new fellowship space for our student ministry!

The Family Ministries of First Baptist Church of Evergreen has formed and established an Orphan Care Team.  Based on the conviction from Scripture that God is most immediately recognized as Father and based on His command in James 1:27 for Christians to look after and care for orphans, this new team will be moving forward in a three-fold vision.

1.  We will commit to pray for orphans in the Colorado area and around the world.
2.  We will provide practical ministry needs for orphans, adoption agencies, and adoptive or foster parents.
3.  We will educate our people on the theological significance of adoption and allow God to foster the hearts of husbands and wives to consider adoption.

If you are a member of First Baptist Church of Evergreen and would like more information on how you can join our Orphan Care Team, simply contact me and I will be in touch very quickly.  If you are interested in adoption and would like to discuss the spiritual and practical implications, please write or call.  If you are a member of another church and would like help in starting an adoption ministry at your church, I would love to talk with you.

Blessings and Love
Pastor Philip

Vacation Bible School is just around the corner!  Visit our “High Seas Expedition” website where you can register your child or volunteer to serve.  Don’t miss it!

FBCE VBS Website – Click Here

Seeds Family Worship is a terrific ministry that provides catchy, entertaining music incorporated with Scripture.  The intent is to make Scripture memorization in the home fun and easy.  I was reminded a couple of weeks ago how music can aid in our memorization when one of my students “sang” the books of the Bible in order to me!  Here is a brief description from the Seeds Family Worship website:

“Seeds Family Worship was planted when worship leader, Jason Houser, was asked to write some songs to help kids remember the verses from his church’s summer Bible school.  The songs were well crafted and taken from Scripture.  Families liked them. . .a lot.”

You can listen to a few songs for free right here.

You can purchase their cd’s right here.

Students and parents can now view the monthly Quest Student Newsletter online by following this link, or by going under “We Equip Students.”