Newsletter - FULL GOSPEL MISSION

FULL GOSPEL MISSION

887 W. Spruce Ave., Ravenna, OH 44266

Rev. Barbara A. Davis, Pastor

Pastors Pen, August 4, 2013....Last year a former physics and chemistry teacher in Orwigsburg, PA, came up with a 250-word explanation of Christianity. And Tom Ritter is a somewhat unlikely person to do this. Although he is a Christian, he started out as an agnostic, has a skeptical attitude and thinks independently. In short, as his website says, "Tom Ritter had to examine almost every aspect of Christianity logically and skeptically before he would accept it and [be able to] explain it in plain language." His years of teaching high school undoubtedly impressed upon him the need to keep it simple.

God created man to be His friend. .........God has other friends. The angels, but angels do not have our free will. The Trinity also make good company, but though They have different jobs, The Trinity think exactly alike. They are, after all, one Being.

This friendship, like any other, requires a conscious effort from both parties. God wants man to accept the hand of friendship freely, which means he can also refuse it. In short, He had to give man a free will, our tendency to think ourselves in charge, our human pride. If we accept it, this friendship lasts for eternity, a condition we call heaven. If we refuse this hand of friendship, however, because we are immortal, we exist forever in a state of isolation we call hell.

God also had to do something to show us how much He wanted that friendship and that this friendship was His doing, not ours. That ‘something' was the voluntary death on the cross of Jesus, One of the Trinity and part of Himself. We commit a lot of sins and cannot atone for most of these. For example, suppose you kill someone. How can you ever atone to that man's family, let alone the victim? Our acceptance of Jesus' Atonement pays for this sin and worse in God's eyes.

The payment also puts us in God's debt, which is precisely where He wants us, because God has important jobs and satisfying relationships for everyone who accepts this hand of friendship.

"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved" (John 3:16-17).

PRAYER LIST:

Mr. Myers Shower project

Sister Bishop

Jenny/Dennis–recovery

Hazen Ministries –finances.

ALL OUR MILITARY

Bro. Mark-pancreites

Hank W.-Cancer /Carol

Devria St.Aubin---health

RC & Esther—health

Don & Sue Duncan

Sister Rachael/ Euel

The Whaleys and church

Bro. & Sis. Ballew

Arthur Wilson—health

Connie-recovery

Center of Hope

Karen–health

Libby-health problems

FGCC/Radio/Churches/Minister SOULS

Marie—Cancer

THE CHURCH

Steve Sabo-Surgery

Grieving Families

John Weber-cancer

Pray for the President!

Anne C--Cancer

Bill, Susan & Cody

Rev. Donnie Turner–health Rev. Mack Turner—health

Grieving families

Rev. Charles & Sue Herron

Rev. Barb Davis & church leadership

Workers in the church

Calvary Crusade

Dale/Charlie-jobs

Zack, Courtney & Ella

Gene & Debbie--G-child

Gossip corner: Crash II is back, trying to play "bumper"car at Conneaut Park

Joke of the Week.....Who Is This? Dale shouted frantically into the phone, "My wife is pregnant, and her contractions are only two minutes apart!" "Is this her first child?" asked the dispatcher. "NO!" Dale exclaimed, "this is her husband."

THIS IS THE DAY THAT THE LORD HAS MADE–EMBRACE IT!!!

Ten Signs You May Not Be Reading Your Bible Enough

1.You open up your Bible in church and a huge dust cloud rises.

2. You think Abraham, Isaac & Jacob may have had a few hit songs during the 60s.

3. You open to the Gospel of Luke and a WWII Savings Bond falls out.

4. Your favorite Old Testament patriarch is Hercules.

5. A small family of woodchucks has taken up residence in the Psalms of your Bible.

6. You become frustrated because Charlton Heston isn't listed in either the Concordance or the Table of Contents.

7. Catching the kids reading the Song of Solomon, you demand: "Who gave you this stuff?"

8.You think the Minor Prophets worked in the quarries.

9.You keep falling for it every time when Pastor tells you to turn to Second Opinions.

10.The kids keep asking too many questions about your usual bedtime story: "Jonah the Shepherd Boy and His Ark of Many Colors."

Work Meet update: Thank you to all who mowed on Thursday, I was at the Hospital with Sister Susan. May God bless you real good.

THANK YOU:: Pastor Barb D., Sister Susan , Sis. Juanita, Sis. Pauline, Sis Becca, Cody, Sylvia Anne, and Bill for traveling to Pennsylvania for fellowship, it was a great time in the Lord.

Fund-raising Breakfast at God Church, August 10th

Cancer Walk the 17 of August—at Sunny Lake Park

Farm Breakfast/All you can eat August 31, Ravenna. Should we have one more Garage sale..will you work and be part of it....

SCHOOL STARTS IN RAVENNA AUGUST 27–are our children ready to go back and be God’s light in the world?

Thank God Sis. Susan is out of the hospital......

Update: Thank you trim crew. On Tuesday Cody, Juanita, Pauline, and Bill painted the trim for the fellowship hall. On Wednesday Rev. Jack Murphy, his nephew Michael, Cody, Dale and Pauline cut an put up about 90% of the trim. The fellowship hall is starting to come together.

The new carpet has been ordered, and by a great miracle, we were given a donation from Sister Mary daughter and son in law to pay for the balance due. God is so good. The manufacture says it should all be in and done by the end of August. It looks like it is all coming together to make our hall a beautiful place to fellowship in.

A nice tribute: by Rhonda Orterga: to Ron Baumgartner....This one is for my Dad...to every person who's ever mocked made fun of or judged him because of his love for God...and he'll be the first to tell you he's not perfect and he's made mistakes...and he'll prolly make more...but I can tell you he would give this man food, invite him to church, be a witness, buy him some shoes give him a hot shower and a nights sleep under his roof and pay for a bus ticket out of town to get out of the desert heat...and so, to me it's no wonder reading this made me cry. I'm proud of my dad and I know that no matter how many times his heart has been broken down here by the mean words people have said or the way ones he loves has treated him. He'll get his reward. For the record, I'd take the guy I know over the guy he was who drank before he let God into his life any day....Thanks dad, for being a good example. I'm proud of you, and I love you!!!