July 2019 Tower Tidings First Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland
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July 2019 Tower Tidings First Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland Beginning with the August issue, Tower Tidings will be available only on our web- site unless you call or visit our website https://firstbaptistcleveland.org/go-digital and let us know you would like it mailed. In Vacation Bible School This Issue Kregg’s Korner 2 Evening Family VBS 3 July 29 - August 2 Hero Headquarters 3 Daily 9:00 AM - Noon Evening Family VBS 3 Faith In Action Review 4 49ers Community Theater 5 for kindergarten - 4th grades Broadway Lights Review 5 Single Service Summer 5 register online now at 49ers Scenic Railroad 6 Music Notes 6 firstbaptistcleveland.org Schneider CD Available 6 ($20 per child, $50 max per family, scholarships available) Calvary News 6 https://firstbaptistcleveland.org/roar East Side Ministry 6 July Birthdays 6 International Ministries 7 Evening VBS For The Entire Family Stephen Ministry 7 Mon, July 29 - Wed, July 31 6:30-8:30 PM Watch Sermons Online 8 Evening Vacation Bible School - Mon, July 29 - Wed, July 31 6:30-8:30 PM Don’t Miss It! Join Us for Church Wide Vacation Bible School for All Ages… Dinner at 6:30 Children’s Discussion and Activities Youth Discussion - God’s Not Dead 2 Adult Class - Spiritual Warfare: A Biblical & will focus on the Fruit of the Spirit. A high school history teacher, Grace Balanced Perspective God created us in His image, and He Wesley, comes under fire for answer- Let’s continue this refreshing and Gracious Spirit! Love Divine! sent His Son, Jesus, to show us the ing a student’s question about Jesus. empowering discussion about the realities way to live. He also knew we would When Grace refuses to express regret of spiritual warfare. Voddie Baucham, pastor Gracious Spirit, Love divine, simple and metrical in form, genuinely emotional, need help; that’s why He sent us for her response, the school board of Grace Family Baptist Church, says, “In Let your light within me shine; poetic and literary in style, spiritual in quality, and in the Holy Spirit. With the power of votes to suspend her and threatens to the book Spiritual Warfare, the authors its ideas so direct and so immediately apparent as to the Spirit, we can produce fruit that revoke her teaching certificate. This is Borgman and Ventura make much of Christ All my guilty fears remove, unify a congregation while singing it.” points others to Jesus. Each day, kids when she is compelled to stand trial to and what He has done without negating the Fill me full of heaven and love. Today’s contemporary songs are therefore nothing will discover something about God’s protect her career. God Is Not Dead 2 reality of our adversary and the real danger less than modern hymns. The tension between character and how they can reflect is a powerful call to action! Where will he presents, as well as our call to faith, or respond to that character because you stand? righteousness, prayer, and perseverance advocates for the old hymns and those who gravitate Speak your pardoning grace to me, they are created in God’s image. that flows directly from our Savior’s finished for devotional words in harmony with an upbeat We’ll discover how several of these work.” In the preface of this text, Borgman Set the burdened sinner free; sound is often a matter of personal preference. Some characteristics show up specifically in states, “Awareness and vigilance are critical Lead me to the Lamb of God, campaign for substance, others for sing-ability. An what the Apostle Paul calls the fruit of for survival. It is sad that we, as followers old hymn may soar above our heads, and a new one the Spirit. of Jesus, so easily forget that we are in Wash me in his precious blood. may take our hearts soaring and leave our heads a war---an invisible war, but a real one below. A good hymn—young or old—captures both in nonetheless.” The authors of this book want rapturous worship. to help equip Christians to fight spiritual Life and peace to me impart, Register for Evening VBS now! warfare biblically and in a practical way. This Seal salvation on my heart; A good hymn is singable doctrine. I don’t think https://firstbaptistcleveland.org/evening-vbs is definitely an important study for a time anyone is put off by the “sing-able” part of that—no such as this! Breathe yourself into my breast, one wants a song they can’t follow. But some may be Earnest of immortal rest. put off by the “doctrine” part because doctrine can connote dogmatic, theological jargon. Yet there is Adult Class - What On Earth Am I Here For? Have you read The Purpose Driven Life? nothing bad about songs of doctrine. If so, this is the class for you. During this Let me never from you stray, Doctrine, simply put, is truth about God and what study, we will focus on answering life’s most Keep me in the narrow way; He has done for us. This is why a good hymn is both LESSON MAIN POINT BIBLE STORY BIBLE VERSEfundamental question,LESSON “What GOAL on earth am I Fill my soul with joy divine. theological and personal—the theology concerns us. here for?” Rick Warren succinctly answers, The children will learn that we should only worship God. Jesus Speaks to the Rich Young Man “It’s not about you…You were created by Scripture attests to this. Read through the Psalms Lesson 1 Only God Is Worthy Of 1 Timothy 1:17 We accomplish this by not letting anything become more Keep me, Lord…for I am Thine. My Worship! (Mark 10:17-22) God and for God, and until you understand and see how David’s heart rejoices at the work of the Children’s Department Schedule For important to us than God. -From the Methodist Hymnal 1840 Lord. See how often the Israelites point back to their that, life will never make sense. He further explains, “It is only in God that we discover exodus and then respond in praise to God. Look at ElementaryI WChildrenorship God When I Sing (InfantsDavid Celeb tor ates5th as grade)the Ark is Returned to The children will learn that we should worship God with Lesson 2 Psalm 33:1 our origin, our identify, our meaning, our the chapters of doctrine in the epistles and how often To Him! Jerusalem (2 Samuel 6) our voices by singing to Him. Among the books within my library, is a small print purpose, our significance, and our destiny.” they end in a doxology. Even if you have not read The Purpose Driven The children will learn that when we worship God through Methodist hymnal which I receive many years I Worship God When I Pray Elijah Speaks to God on the Mountain Lesson 3 Psalm 46:10 Life, you arepraye welcomer, we should not to just this give Himdiscussion our requests. of Doctrine leads to praise, and the better the doctrine, To Him! (1 Kings 19) ago tucked in a box of books someone was giving life’s fundamental question!We should also listen. away. The cover is missing but inside was found the deeper the praise. Just as some of our old hymns are locked in the music of the period, so too some The children will learn that we worship God through an inscription dated 1840. In its day, hymnals were I Worship God When Jesus Anointed by a Sinful Woman at Bethany Lesson 4 1 Peter 4:10 serving. We should serve God and serve others even if it of our modern praise will be viewed the same by I Serve Him! (John 12:1-11) purchased to take home and bring back to church. LESSON MAIN POINT BIBLE STORY BIBLE VERSE maLESSONkes us uncom GOALfortable. At home, they were used as part of a person’s generations to come. The fact of the matter is songs of the Spirit flow from our hearts to the heart of The children will learn that we should only worship God. devotional life. Today in our digital world, hymnals Jesus Speaks to the Rich Young Man The children will learn that we worship God through giving. Lesson 1 Only God Is Worthy Of The Believers Share Their Possessions with 1 Timothy 1:17 We accomplish this by not letting anything become more God. The hymnal belongs to the church. Its place is Lesson 5 I Worship God When I Give! (Mark 10:17-22) Psalm 37:21 seem to be forgotten relics. My Worship! Each Other (Acts 4:32-37) important to us than God. on the altar of the Lord. It is a garden for all, grown should also give to people in need. St. Augustine wrote that a hymn is “singing to the for One: The risen Lord. Let our hearts grow with its The children will learn that part of worshiping God is loving I WIorship Worship God God When When I Sing DavidPeter Celeb Healsrates a Lameas the Man Ark atis Rtheeturned Gate to The children will learn that we should worship God with praise of God.” Carl F. Price, who wrote several books Lesson 26 1Psalm John 33:13:11 fruit, old and new, and our voices rise as one with its I LoTvoe Him!Others! Jerusalem(Acts (2 Samuel3) 6) including kindour wovoicesrds, bgifts,y singing touch, to qual Him.ity time and on the study of hymns and worship in the early fragrances to the Lord.