The Power Sunday School Class

If we have FAITH without any FRUIT it makes people wonder if we just have RELIGION and not a RELATIONSHIP. We study James 2:14-26 tomorrow morning at 8 at FBCW.  You can get the lesson notes  on the Lesson Notes page here: http://tinyurl.com/lp6dsw

Reminders:

• We’re starting at our NEW TIME of 8 a.m. for fellowship.
• At 8:10 CARE GROUPS. At 8:25 Corporate Prayer and Announcements.
• Tomorrow will be your last opportunity to sign up and pay for Game Night on August 15th.
• Mark Mooring will be giving a Strategic Mission Project Update tomorrow before our lesson.

The Calendar Link on this site is now up to date with current events.

Reminder (as mentioned in class Sunday):

Power Class Social

Pizza Party & Game Night

Saturday, August 15th

6:00 pm

Home of James and Elizabeth Garvin
263 Fawn Dr.

Canton, GA 30115

$6.00 per adult, $3.00 kids 12 and under

Menu includes pizza, salad, dessert, snacks and drinks

Reservations and Prepayment is STRONGLY encouraged and will be accepted beginning this Sunday in class.

Power Sunday School Class

New Sunday Morning Format

Revised August 2009

• 8:00 to 8:10 Fellowship Time (10 Minutes)
  • (At 8:09 a signal occurs …signaling time to move into Care Groups and begin)

• 8:10 to 8:25 Care Group Time (15 Minutes)
  • (At 8:23 the signal occurs again & Care Group Leaders have TWO MINUTES)

• 8:25 to 8:30 Announcements (5 Minutes)
  • At 8:25 Care Groups quietly move into the classroom configuration.

• 8:30 to 8:40 Outreach or Missions Time (10 Minutes)

• 8:40 to 9:10 (or 9:15 if needed) Lesson (30 to 35 minutes)

• Closing Prayer

Class,

I really enjoyed our time together today as we studied James 2:1-13 this morning! What a convicting lesson:  What if we took the comma away in Verse 1 of Chapter Two?  It would read like a statement of fact: “Believers in Christ DON’T SHOW FAVORITISM.”

What a joy to have new members of our class – Roger and Lisa Harman.  Please make them feel warmly welcomed!  We’re also grateful for our visitors!  Keep inviting folks to come.

There’s much for us all to be reminded of:

August 16^th will be a big Sunday as we move to a new classroom LL (Lower Level) B.  That’s also the official start of our new time at 8 a.m.  However, we’re already working to shift to the new time in advance of that.  Would you make an effort to come at the new time starting next Sunday?

We will also do a realignment of Care Groups on August 16th.  Look below for the specifics on that.

The lesson notes are posted on the Lesson Notes page of the blog website:  https://powerclass.wordpress.com/ .  We continue to experiment with the video streaming.  We streamed this morning (but it is not archived because the computer operator forgot to his “save”.  Guess who that volunteer is? Thats a great segue to…

Volunteer Needs: Some volunteer help in updating the website.  Also with manning the computer for streaming on Sunday morning.  Finally, a volunteer to type up and email the prayer requests from Care Groups to the whole class each week.  Let me know if you have an interest in any of these.

We also really need to “birth” a new Care Group so that we can keep them small enough to accommodate growth in members.  Would you pray with us and ask God if He might be leading you into this ministry role?

As we said last week we plan to gather the prayer requests from each Care Group and email those (or post on the blog) each week.  Look for them shortly. We feel this will keep the whole class even more connected to pray for each other…an important thing!

We are discussing plans for a Family Christmas Celebration (Social) and are looking for a couple of volunteers who might be interested in helping to plan this.  We’ll discuss more about this.

Mark your calendar for some future socials:

August 15th, Game night, James and Elizabeth Garvin’s home, 6:00 pm

August 20th, Ladies lunch, Panera Bread, Chastain, 12:00

Susan and I love and appreciate you ALL!

Care Group Realignment

We periodically change up the members of Care Groups. We plan to do this again beginning on August 16th (the first Sunday in our new location).

Questions:
• Why do we do this? Simply to give class members an opportunity to meet and share the prayer needs of more class members as time passes.
• Do I have to move to a new group? No. If you’d like to remain in your current group you may certainly do so. Just let your Care Group leader know.
• If you have any other questions please contact Steve & Cristi Rice.

New Care Group Lists

Note: Lesson Notes For This Week Now Posted on the Lesson Notes Page

• Does your church have “sky boxes” and “cheap seats”?
• Will some fly “first class” to Heaven?
• Are there BIG sins & little SINS — or just SIN?

Prejudice and Favoritism:  We’ll study James Chapter 2:1-13 tomorrow morning in Sunday School at 8 a.m. at First Baptist Woodstock  in Bldg B Room 110 a/b.  Join us!

We’re experimenting with video streaming (key word EXPERIMENTING) on the Video Streaming page of this site.

The link is in the list of links to the right. Mark Robnett’s study notes are posted as a part of his Bike Fellowship website. Check it out!

Class,

It was again a joy to be with you as we continue to study the book of James. Thanks to so many of you who are already adjusting in advance to the new 8 a.m. start time! Remember, on August 16th we move to a new classroom LL (Lower Level) B.

As I said, I definitely saw practical application of last week’s lesson: Joy in trials and asking for WISDOM. I’ll bet this week’s challenge to be Quick to Listen; Slow to Speak; and Slow to Anger; while being DOERS and not just HEARERS will show up too. I hope you think of James’ illustration of looking into a mirror every day this week when you are getting ready to go out and face the world.

The lesson notes are attached and are posted here on the class blog. We continue to experiment with the video streaming though I’m still not satisfied with the quality. It is posted on this site and you can check out the archived recording, however, adjust your expectations for the video quality and we will continue to work to perfect this. A reminder, we could use some volunteer help in updating the website and with manning the computer for streaming on Sunday morning. If you have an interest in either, let me know.

We had a TERRIFIC Leadership Meeting today after the 9:30 service. I’m so proud of your ministry leaders and how they are working together as a team.

One of the action items from that meeting is a realignment of Care Groups. We do this periodically to allow the class to get to know each other better and in a more intimate way through “bearing each others burdens.” Cristi and Steve Rice along with your Care Group leaders have done a marvelous job with this plan and we’ll discuss it with you Sunday. Before anyone panics…they have taken into consideration requests from some who have asked to remain in your current group.

We also really need to “birth” a new Care Group so that we can keep them small enough to accommodate growth in members. Would you pray with us and ask God if He might be leading you into this ministry role? We’ll talk more about this on Sunday as well.

We have an idea to gather the prayer requests from each Care Group and email those (or post on the blog) each week. We could use a volunteer and a back up to do the typing up of this information each week. Do you think you might feel called to do this? If so, please let Cristi and Steve know. We feel this will keep the whole class even more connected to pray for each other…an important thing!

We are discussing plans for a Family Christmas Celebration (Social) and are looking for a couple of volunteers who might be interested in helping to plan this. We’ll discuss more about this Sunday as well.

Mark your calendar for some future socials:

August 1st, Ladies breakfast, Woodstock IHOP, 9:00 am

August 15th, Game night, James and Elizabeth Garvin’s home, 6:00 pm

August 20th, Ladies lunch, Panera Bread, Chastain, 12:00

Susan and I love and appreciate you ALL!

Allen

P.S. – Steve and Traci Brock asked that we communicate their new email address: steveandtracibrock@gmail.com we are keeping them in the loop on these email updates.

Class,

What a great weekend we had with all of you.  First, the great time at the pool party (one estimate was 57 people including kids)!  Susan and I were honored and blessed by the turnout and the spirit of fun and fellowship this group has.  The “came the farthest award” goes to Mark Weems who came straight off a plane from Europe to be at the social.  I have posted photos on this site under “Photos from Socials”.
Then I was really blessed this morning to lead us as we began our study of the book of James.  Remember, God gives wisdom (what He wants you to do in the midst of your trials and temptations) JUST ASK!  We may not be happy but we CAN COUNT IT ALL JOY!  The lesson notes are attached.

I have put together this class blog website to facilitate sharing information and as a vehicle for the new streaming video with which we are experimenting.  It is VERY MUCH A WORK IN PROGRESS and has room for improvement and expansion so feel free to make suggestions.  A word about the video streaming: we recorded the lesson this morning and I’m still not satisfied with the quality.  It is posted on the site and you can check out the archived recording, however, adjust your expectations for the video quality and we will continue to work to perfect this.

By the way, we could use some volunteer help in updating the website and with manning the computer for streaming on Sunday morning.  If you have an interest in either, let me know.

Several reminders:

August 16^th with the start of the new 8 a.m. worship service WE WILL START AT 8 a.m. instead of 8:10 a.m.  Please be adjusting to this new time.  We will also be moving to a new room on that date: LL (Lower Level) B.  I have not scoped this out yet (just learned of it tonight) but it is in the basement.

Leadership Team Meeting next Sunday at 11 a.m. after the 9:30 service in our current Sunday School room.  We’ll meet quickly and efficiently (we’re NOT going to do food) and get out in plenty of time for folks to get to lunch.

Men’s Bible Study THIS THURSDAY July 23^rd from 7 to 9 at Mark Robnett’s

We will be exploring the dynamic tension between planning our lives versus being open and flexible to God’s leading.

Directions to Mark’s house:

From I-575, take exit 11 (Sixes Road)

Head west on Sixes Rd (toward Bridgemill) for 2.3 miles

Turn left onto Blankets Creek Drive (Highland Point subdivision)

Travel 0.5 miles, then turn left on Sixes Drive

We are at the end of the cul-de-sac

Mark your calendar for some future socials:

August 1st, Ladies breakfast, Woodstock IHOP, 9:00 am

August 15th, Game night, James and Elizabeth Garvin’s home, 6:00 pm

August 20th, Ladies lunch, Panera Bread, Chastain, 12:00

Know that Susan and I love and appreciate you ALL!

Allen