The Vision
Newsletter of
First Baptist Church
May 30, 2016
The Goal of Discipleship:
We have an incredible discipling machine here at FBC. We have a fully graded, life
stage form of bible study on Sunday mornings that consistently includes well over 300
people every week. As a matter of a fact, the Sunday School is the main discipling arm
of the church. We have two semesters (fall and spring) of FBC Study U which
represents multiple topical focused discipling efforts. I would guess over 100 each
semester participate in FBC Study U. We also have several men’s and women’s bible
studies that meet on various week days. I don’t know exactly how many individuals
attend these week day discipling ministries but it is significant. Our worship service
also is intended to disciple folks in the faith. We have a lot of discipling focused studies
and ministries going on at FBC.
The ultimate goal of discipling is to reproduce reproducers. Jesus said to his would be
disciples, “follow me and I will make you fishers of men.” Reproduce reproducers! Paul
told Timothy, “And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the
same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.” Reproduce
reproducers!
The end goal of making a disciple is to mature someone to the point that they are able to
reproduce others in the faith. In other words, to bring someone to Christ, and mature
them in the faith to the point where they are able to turn around and bring someone to
faith and mature them to the point where they are able to do the same thing. You get the
idea. Reproduce reproducers.
I would remind all pastoral staff, teachers, and other disciple makers, you cannot take
someone where you have not been yourself. Paul told Timothy, “the farmer that labors
must first be a partaker of the fruit.” (2 Timothy 2:6)
The ministry of discipling in today’s church culture has become a process of discipling
disciples that have already been disciple and then discipling them again and again. The
problem with this is, they are not being discipled to fruition (reproducers) because they
are being discipled by folks who are not reproducers themselves. Something to think
about.
Blessings,
Brother Gary
THEY WORK!
Last Wednesday I was visiting with a couple after the
service. They are relatively new to our church and
community. As we were talking, they reminded me that
their first contact with our church was last summer at our
first “Block Party.” They have been coming faithfully ever
since. BLOCK PARTIES WORK!
Sitting next to my keyboard is a stack of ten GROW
outreach cards. I pulled these from the GROW file
Tuesday. Why are they important? They are the cards of
ten families that were all visited on a Monday night of
GROW and have since joined our FBC family. GROW
WORKS!
What makes them WORK? YOU! Thank you for giving of
your time to make an impact on our community. If you
have not helped with one of the “Block Parties” it is not to
late. Our next Block Party is scheduled for June 18th.
Sign up on the bulletin board.
If you have not joined one of the GROW Teams, you can
join us on any Monday night at 7:00 PM. I promise, you
will be blessed.
Brother Randy
JOY GROUP
Mark your calendars!
September 22-24
2nd Annual JOY Group Retreat
**Special Speaker
Senior Adult Pastor at FBC
Owasso, Paul Purifoy**
Come and join us for worship
and fellowship time while
enjoying the outdoors at the
beautiful Oakridge Christian
Camp and Retreat Center in
Anadarko
Brother Lyndall
Falls Creek is UNDER A MONTH AWAY!
Sign up is currently underway. You don’t
want your teenager to miss out on this great
week of camp. It is June 20-25. You can
receive a sign up link by texting @thecreek16
to 81010. You can also click on the link in the
info section of our Instagram page
(@fbcpiedmontstudents), or you can swing by
the office and ask Nancy for a registration
form. Don’t miss out on this great week of
camp!
Steve
***REMINDER***
B.A.S.I.C.
(Becoming a Soldier in Christ)
~Children’s Summer Program~
(Ages 10 months-6th grade)
Monday and Wednesdays ~June 6-29th~
9am-2:30pm
Cost is $150.00.
Come by the church office to register
Or contact Jennifer Robinett 405-706-3555
Weekly Activities
THE RECORD
Sunday
9:00 a.m. Sunday School
10:30 a.m. Worship Service
Children’s Church
6:30 p.m. Evening Worship
May 15, 2016
Offering:$15,477.25
SS Attendance:324
Wednesday
5:30 p.m. Fellowship Meal
6:15 p.m. Bible Study and Prayer
6:30 p.m. “Elevate” (youth)
7:00 p.m. Worship Choir
New Members:
May 22, 2016
Offering:$15,855.30
SS Attendance:314
*Zachary & Kristin Lutz
*Shawn, Donna, Emily, Luke, & Nick Benn
*Erin Kreisler
*Carson & Cooper Mackinnon
*Autumn Geiger
*Josie Chandler
Vacation Bible School
July 24 - 29
4 year olds-5th grade
VBX-6th grade
Volunteer sign-up ongoing now!
(Contact Stefanie Parnell)
**Sunday School Promotion Sunday**
**August 7**
June
SUN
MON
TUE
WED
THU
1
FRI
SAT
2
3
4
9
10
11
16
17
18
Women’s
Ministry
Meeting
5p.m.
5
6
B.A.S.I.C
7
6-7am
Men’s
Breakfast
8
B.A.S.I.C
Cross Timbers Grade 3rd-6th
June 6-9 Cost $190.00
GROW
12
13
14
B.A.S.I.C
15
B.A.S.I.C
Block
Party
GROW
19
20
21
Father’s B.A.S.I.C
Day
22
23
24
B.A.S.I.C
Falls Creek Youth Camp June 20-24 7th grade-12th grade
No Evening
Worship
26
GROW
27
B.A.S.I.C
GROW
28
29
B.A.S.I.C
30
25
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