Did You Say You Were Bored?

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My nephew is 11 years old. When I call their house and he answers the phone, I always ask him what he is doing. He always replies, “Nothing.” I then ask, “Why aren’t you doing something?” He replies, “I am bored.” I wonder what it is like to be bored. Do you have that problem? If so, then let me tell you of some ministry opportunities going on both at church and in the community.

A couple of Monday evenings ago we had a good group of people gather to find out more information about the Snack Pack Ministry we are trying to start at the elementary school in the fall. It has been brought to our attention that there is a large number of children who are going through the weekend at home without proper nourishment. We have an opportunity to help with this need. Starting in the fall we will be getting food from the Food Bank in Fort Worth and packing it in backpacks for the children who are underprivileged to take home with them for the weekend. The packs will have food for breakfast, lunch and dinner for Saturday and Sunday for the children. This ministry will take a lot of people to run it, so if you are bored or at least looking for a place to serve, see Michelle Pannell about more details.

In the next few weeks you will be hearing information concerning G.R.O.W. Ministry Teams. This is an outreach/inreach program we will be starting as a church. We continue to see large numbers of guests in our Sunday worship services and it is vital we make them feel welcome when they visit, but we also must be diligent in following up with them after they come worship with us. There is also a great need for us to make sure we are letting our members know we miss them when they are not here. This program has a very simple way of doing both of these and will only require one night a month out of your busy schedule. There will be more information coming in the days ahead, but I wanted to let you start thinking about this ministry opportunity since perhaps some of you are bored!

Once again this fall we will be having our Grandview Back to School Fair. The date of the event is August 16th and it will be at the new city park. Last year we had a great turnout of both volunteers and people from the community. This year we have more time to plan and I believe the event will be even bigger and better! Mark your calendars now and be looking for more information in the days to come concerning planning meetings.

I know many of you are laughing as you are reading this thinking to yourself how you do not have one more minute in your busy schedules to do anything, but I hope you will find the time to continue to help grow the Kingdom of God through the ministries of First Baptist Grandview.

Thanks for being a church that is not BORED!

A Word for March 27

Tomorrow is my birthday! I remember when I was a child the anticipation of another birthday. I could not wait to have another birthday. Now as I get closer to 40 than 30, birthdays do not seem to have quite the same excitement. The hair is falling out. The waistline is growing. The pains seem to be more apparent. Who says getting older is a good thing?

As I get older, I find myself asking myself what type of difference I am making. I wonder if I have accomplished all that I am capable of? It is a daily reminder to me how I need to have the faith to run the race so as to attain the crown of righteousness laid up for me.

Let my reflection on getting older be a challenge to you this week to run the race for our Lord in such a way which is pleasing to Him!

A Word for the Week of April 20

This next Sunday is going to be Teacher Appreciation Sunday at First Baptist Grandview. I am so proud of the teachers we have in our church. Some have been teaching for years and others have been teaching for a short time. Many hours go into preparing a lesson each week to challenge us to grow in our faith.

I want to personally say thank you to our teachers for their time and commitment to our church family, and I hope you will take an opportunity this week to take a moment to drop your teacher a card, make a phone call, or share a simple hug to say a great big THANK YOU for what they do!

We will be having a luncheon for the teachers and their families next Sunday at noon to show them our appreciation.

A Word for the Week of April 13

I am sure many of you receive the Grandview Tribune newspaper each week. On the right corner above the fold each week is a contest called "Can You Guess Who?" It is an older picture of someone in our community and the fun is guessing who the person is.

As I thought about the picture this week and tried to figure out who it was, I began to wonder how much I have grown up in my Christian faith. Would the person who helped lead me to Christ be able to recognize me today? Am I still at the same maturity level in my Christian faith I was 29 years ago? It is a good question for all of us to ask. Hopefully there is a great difference in your spiritual life today than the day you were saved!

A Word for April 6

Last Sunday evening as a church we voted on a new Building Task Force Committee. This committee has a huge task to undertake in researching what space needs we currently have and what we anticipate in the future. These are exciting times at First Baptist with some exciting problems. (There are good problems and bad problems!) I hope you will be in prayer for this committee as they begin their work.

Along those lines several of you have been asking what to do with any money you would like to give above your tithe. I would encourage you to give to the Building Fund as we continue to make some improvements to our current building.