The city of Gilbert, Ariz., has ordered a group of seven adults to stop gathering for Bible studies in a private home because such meetings are forbidden by the city's zoning codes.
The issue was brought to a head when city officials wrote a letter to a pastor and his wife informing them they had 10 days to quit having the meetings in their private home.
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Saturday, March 13, 2010
Friday, March 12, 2010
Clayton State Opera Plans Evening on Women from the Bible, Mar. 26, Mar. 27
In conjunction with Clayton State University’s celebration of Women’s History Month, Clayton State Opera presents: “Eve and Her Daughters: Opera and Women of the Bible,” an evening of opera focusing on women from the Bible, featuring a cast of Clayton State University students directed by Dr. Kurt-Alexander Zeller, Clayton State’s director of Opera and vocal Studies, and accompanied by an orchestra under the baton of Clayton State Director of Choral Activities Dr. Shaun Amos.
The program will run in Clayton State University’s Spivey Hall on Friday, Mar. 26 and Saturday, Mar. 27 at 8 p.m., and will open with Eve’s Odds, an award-winning one-act “musical midrash” on the Garden of Eden story by composer Bruce Trinkley and librettist Jason Charnesky. The program will continue with excerpts of Romantic and Baroque era works by Saint-Saëns (Samson et Dalila) and Handel, and conclude by 9:30 p.m. with one of the oldest surviving musical dramas of the Western world, the Planctus Mariae, the lament of Mary the mother of Jesus at the foot of the Cross.
General admission is $10; and $5 for students and seniors. Admission is free with a LakerCard ID. For more information, contact Zeller at (678) 466-4759.
A unit of the University System of Georgia, Clayton State University is an outstanding comprehensive metropolitan university located 15 miles southeast of downtown Atlanta.
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The program will run in Clayton State University’s Spivey Hall on Friday, Mar. 26 and Saturday, Mar. 27 at 8 p.m., and will open with Eve’s Odds, an award-winning one-act “musical midrash” on the Garden of Eden story by composer Bruce Trinkley and librettist Jason Charnesky. The program will continue with excerpts of Romantic and Baroque era works by Saint-Saëns (Samson et Dalila) and Handel, and conclude by 9:30 p.m. with one of the oldest surviving musical dramas of the Western world, the Planctus Mariae, the lament of Mary the mother of Jesus at the foot of the Cross.
General admission is $10; and $5 for students and seniors. Admission is free with a LakerCard ID. For more information, contact Zeller at (678) 466-4759.
A unit of the University System of Georgia, Clayton State University is an outstanding comprehensive metropolitan university located 15 miles southeast of downtown Atlanta.
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Follow the Final Footsteps of Jesus at PTCUMC
On Saturday, March 27, Peachtree City United Methodist Church invites all families in the community to take a “Journey to the Tomb,” an event depicting the final days in the life of Jesus.
Set outside in a wooded area behind the church, the journey includes six interactive stations that bring to life the actions of Jesus on Palm Sunday, in the Garden of Gethsemane, during the Last Supper, his Crucifixion and culminating with his Resurrection.
All stations are family-friendly and suitable for children of all ages.
Journeys will begin every 10 minutes from 3:00 - 5:00 PM in the back parking area at our worship campus at 225 Robinson Road. The event will conclude with an exciting Easter celebration in the PTCUMC Scout Lodge.
While waiting for departures to begin, guests can visit the Jerusalem Marketplace, which will immerse participants in Bible-times culture: taste and smell new foods, explore new traditions, and discover the many interesting and exciting aspects of the culture in which Jesus lived.
Guests are encouraged to sign up in advance for a departure time at JourneyRSVP@gmail.com.
There is no charge for this interactive experience. For more information contact the church at 770.487.6499 ext. 249 or go to www.ptcumc.org.
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Set outside in a wooded area behind the church, the journey includes six interactive stations that bring to life the actions of Jesus on Palm Sunday, in the Garden of Gethsemane, during the Last Supper, his Crucifixion and culminating with his Resurrection.
All stations are family-friendly and suitable for children of all ages.
Journeys will begin every 10 minutes from 3:00 - 5:00 PM in the back parking area at our worship campus at 225 Robinson Road. The event will conclude with an exciting Easter celebration in the PTCUMC Scout Lodge.
While waiting for departures to begin, guests can visit the Jerusalem Marketplace, which will immerse participants in Bible-times culture: taste and smell new foods, explore new traditions, and discover the many interesting and exciting aspects of the culture in which Jesus lived.
Guests are encouraged to sign up in advance for a departure time at JourneyRSVP@gmail.com.
There is no charge for this interactive experience. For more information contact the church at 770.487.6499 ext. 249 or go to www.ptcumc.org.
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Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Redhot & Blue Concert at Fairburn UMC
Fairburn United Methodist Church in downtown Fairburn invites you to experience Yale University’s premier a capella group, “Redhot & Blue”, on Wednesday, March 17, at 7:00 pm. This free concert is open to the community. For more information, call the church office at 770-964-3393 or visit us at www.FairburnUMC.org.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
PTCUMC Preschool To Celebrate 25th Anniversary
Peachtree City United Methodist Church is proud to announce the 25th anniversary of the Church Preschool program. In September, 1984 the school began with three teachers and four classes with a total of 43 three- and four-year-old children. Over the years the program steadily increased in size and scope. In 2003-04 a Kindergarten program was added with 15 children, giving the school a total of 10 classes and 130 students. The PTCUMC Preschool first became recognized as a Program of Excellence by the United Methodist Preschool Association of the North Georgia Conference in 1996. The PTCUMC Preschool has maintained the same high quality of programming in the years that followed, achieving recertification in 1998, 2001, 2005 and 2008.
On Tuesday, March 16 the community is invited to celebrate the 25th anniversary. Festivities will begin with a spaghetti dinner at 5:30 PM in the PTCUMC multipurpose room. Class photos from all 25 years will be shown during the dinner and current students will sing. From 6:30 – 7:30 PM the school will hold an open house in the classrooms on the first floor. Dinner is $5 per person, $3 for children under 12, with a $20 maximum per family. RSVP by March 5 by calling the church at 770.487.6499 ext. 248. There is no charge for the open house. The celebration will be held in the PTCUMC Children and Youth Center at 400 Windgate Road. For further information, contact PTCUMC at 770-487-6499 or see the church website at www.ptcumc.org.
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On Tuesday, March 16 the community is invited to celebrate the 25th anniversary. Festivities will begin with a spaghetti dinner at 5:30 PM in the PTCUMC multipurpose room. Class photos from all 25 years will be shown during the dinner and current students will sing. From 6:30 – 7:30 PM the school will hold an open house in the classrooms on the first floor. Dinner is $5 per person, $3 for children under 12, with a $20 maximum per family. RSVP by March 5 by calling the church at 770.487.6499 ext. 248. There is no charge for the open house. The celebration will be held in the PTCUMC Children and Youth Center at 400 Windgate Road. For further information, contact PTCUMC at 770-487-6499 or see the church website at www.ptcumc.org.
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Sunday, February 21, 2010
Coweta-Fayette Rotary brings SHROUD ENCOUNTER to Senoia on March 1st
SHROUD ENCOUNTER will be coming to McGuires in downtown Senoia on Monday March 1st at 6:30 PM. Shroud Encounter is a highly acclaimed multi-media presentation and is sponsored by the Coweta-Fayette Rotary Club.
Shroud Encounter is a production of Shroud of Turin Education Project, Inc. and will be presented by Russ Breault, president and founder. The presentation is a fast moving, big-screen experience covering all aspects of Shroud research. The Rotary event will be 30-minute abbreviated version.
Russ Breault is an international lecturer and researcher who has been featured in seven national documentaries and has presented at numerous colleges and universities including Duke, West Point, and Auburn. See www.ShroudEncounter.com for more info.
The Shroud of Turin is the most analyzed artifact in the world yet remains a mystery. The 14-foot long linen cloth that has been in Turin, Italy for over 400 years and bears the faint front and back image of a 5'10" bearded, crucified man with apparent wounds and bloodstains that match the crucifixion account as recorded in the Bible. Millions of people over the centuries have believed it be the actual burial shroud of Jesus. The historical trail tracks back through Italy, France, Asia Minor (Turkey) and may have originated in the Middle East according to botanical evidence.
A team of 24 scientists in 1981 concluded it was not the work of an artist. They found no visible trace of paint, pigment, dye or other artistic substances on the cloth. Other discoveries have defied explanation such as why the image shows up as a positive image in a photographic negative. The image also contains 3-D or distance information indicating the cloth must have wrapped a human form at the time the image was created. The blood is AB positive with human DNA. Skeptics have mounted numerous attempts to show how a medieval artist could have produced the image but all have been inadequate to fully explain how the mysterious image was formed. The image is so superficial it only penetrates the top micro-fibers to the depth of a single bacterium. In addition, there is no image under the blood meaning that the blood was on the cloth before the image. No attempt at replicating the image has resolved these two key attributes. If the cloth indeed wrapped a corpse, there are no stains of decomposition.
The Shroud was largely dismissed in 1988 when three carbon dating labs indicated a medieval origin. However chemical research published in a peer reviewed scientific journal in 2005 shows that the single sample cut from the outside corner edge was not part of the original Shroud material. In violation of the sampling protocol, only one sample was used for dating and was cut from the most handled area of the cloth, an area that should have been avoided. The sample appears to have been part of a section that was frayed and repaired sometime during the Middle Ages. Based on this new evidence, many scientists now believe the carbon dating result is inconclusive and should no longer be considered valid.
Adding strength to the Shroud’s authenticity, scientists from Hebrew University confirmed the presence of pollen from plants that grow only in Israel. The mystery continues. National Geographic called it "One of the most perplexing enigmas of modern times."
Shroud Encounter will cover all aspects of the history, science, art and theories of how the image may have been formed.
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Shroud Encounter is a production of Shroud of Turin Education Project, Inc. and will be presented by Russ Breault, president and founder. The presentation is a fast moving, big-screen experience covering all aspects of Shroud research. The Rotary event will be 30-minute abbreviated version.
Russ Breault is an international lecturer and researcher who has been featured in seven national documentaries and has presented at numerous colleges and universities including Duke, West Point, and Auburn. See www.ShroudEncounter.com for more info.
The Shroud of Turin is the most analyzed artifact in the world yet remains a mystery. The 14-foot long linen cloth that has been in Turin, Italy for over 400 years and bears the faint front and back image of a 5'10" bearded, crucified man with apparent wounds and bloodstains that match the crucifixion account as recorded in the Bible. Millions of people over the centuries have believed it be the actual burial shroud of Jesus. The historical trail tracks back through Italy, France, Asia Minor (Turkey) and may have originated in the Middle East according to botanical evidence.
A team of 24 scientists in 1981 concluded it was not the work of an artist. They found no visible trace of paint, pigment, dye or other artistic substances on the cloth. Other discoveries have defied explanation such as why the image shows up as a positive image in a photographic negative. The image also contains 3-D or distance information indicating the cloth must have wrapped a human form at the time the image was created. The blood is AB positive with human DNA. Skeptics have mounted numerous attempts to show how a medieval artist could have produced the image but all have been inadequate to fully explain how the mysterious image was formed. The image is so superficial it only penetrates the top micro-fibers to the depth of a single bacterium. In addition, there is no image under the blood meaning that the blood was on the cloth before the image. No attempt at replicating the image has resolved these two key attributes. If the cloth indeed wrapped a corpse, there are no stains of decomposition.
The Shroud was largely dismissed in 1988 when three carbon dating labs indicated a medieval origin. However chemical research published in a peer reviewed scientific journal in 2005 shows that the single sample cut from the outside corner edge was not part of the original Shroud material. In violation of the sampling protocol, only one sample was used for dating and was cut from the most handled area of the cloth, an area that should have been avoided. The sample appears to have been part of a section that was frayed and repaired sometime during the Middle Ages. Based on this new evidence, many scientists now believe the carbon dating result is inconclusive and should no longer be considered valid.
Adding strength to the Shroud’s authenticity, scientists from Hebrew University confirmed the presence of pollen from plants that grow only in Israel. The mystery continues. National Geographic called it "One of the most perplexing enigmas of modern times."
Shroud Encounter will cover all aspects of the history, science, art and theories of how the image may have been formed.
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Thursday, February 11, 2010
Celebrating Grace Hymnal to Premiere in Two Congregational Concerts
Nine Georgia Choirs will Participate in the Atlanta Concerts
After four years in development, Celebrating Grace Hymnal will be in church pews across the nation, beginning in March. Highlighting the premiere of the highly anticipated hymnal will be two congregational concerts held Sunday and Monday, March 7 and 8, at Second-Ponce de Leon Baptist Church, 2713 Peachtree Road, Atlanta.
Each of the evening concerts will feature five choirs, accompanied by organ, piano, hand bells, brass quintet, and timpani, to lead the congregation in singing. Several new works by well-known composers and arrangers will be performed, including four congregational anthems, a commissioned anthem, and the first anthem in the “Celebrating Grace Choral Series.”
Participating in the Sunday concert will be The Georgia Youth Choir Festival, and the choirs of First Baptist Church of Marietta, First Baptist Church of Griffin, First United Methodist Church of Milledgeville and Wieuca Road Baptist Church of Atlanta. Performing at the Monday program will be the Belmont University Chorale of Nashville, Tenn., the Mercer University Children’s Choir of Macon, and the choirs of First Baptist Church of Macon, and Peachtree Baptist Church and Second-Ponce de Leon Baptist Church, both of Atlanta.
The Sunday concert will begin at 5:30 p.m., and the Monday event, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 per person, which includes a commemorative hymnal. Seating is limited, so advance registration is recommended, especially for groups. For more information, or to order tickets, go to www.celebrating-grace.com or call (877) 550-7707, ext. 7019.
About the Hymnal
Celebrating Grace Hymnal is a collaborative initiative of more than 50 leaders from the United States and Canada comprised of pastors, church musicians, composers, scholars and laity. The five-member editorial board purposefully took a grassroots approach to developing and designing the hymnal. Editors and committee members traveled across the nation, holding meetings with church leaders and seeking new ideas of how to meet the music needs of churches today.
The result is a comprehensive collection of timeless hymns and songs that have been sung for generations, along with new expressions of Christian faith by many of today’s most distinguished church music composers and arrangers. The format is designed to provide depth as well as flexibility to congregations and worship planners who seek fresh ways to tell the Gospel story.
Two components have been developed to complement the Hymnal: The Worship Matrix™ and Supplemental Music Resources. The Worship Matrix™ is an interactive library of online resources for worship planning. This web-based component provides an easy-to-use planner that enables users to develop a well-balanced cohesive worship service with scripture, readings, music and prayers complementing and building upon each other.
Supplemental Music Resources provides churches with quick online access to a full line of music and worship resources designed to enhance the music ministry. Some of the nation’s finest composers and arrangers in church music are participating in the creation of this exceptional music collection, including C.L. Bass, Cindy Berry, Todd Billingsley, Pepper Choplin, Michael Cox, Lee Dengler, Patti Drennan, Steve Dunn, Mark Edwards, Dan Goeller, Marty Hamby, Gary Lanier, Lloyd Larson, Ralph Manuel, Joseph M. Martin, Mary McDonald, Hart Morris, Anna Laura Page, Mary Kay Parrish, Stan Pethel, David Schwoebel, Robert Sterling, Martha Lynn Thompson, Sandy Wilkinson and Daniel Zamora.
Leadership
J. Thomas McAfee III, Chairman and President of Hallmark Systems, Inc., Macon, and church music proponent, initiated the Hymnal Project in 2006. He serves as Chairman and Editor and has been primarily responsible for the business side of the Hymnal’s development, publishing and distribution.
Mark Edwards, retired longtime Minister of Music at First Baptist Church of Nashville, joined Celebrating Grace in 2007. As Vice President of Music and Worship Resources, Edwards has overseen the music side of the Hymnal.
Other members of the editorial board are John Simons, Director of the Townsend-McAfee Institute for Graduate Church Music Studies, Mercer University; David Music, Professor of Church Music, Baylor University, Waco, Texas; Milburn Price, retired Dean, Samford University School of Performing Arts, Birmingham, Ala., and Stanley Roberts, Associate Dean and Director of Choral Activities, Townsend School of Music, Mercer University.
Celebrating Grace Website
More information on the Celebrating Grace Hymnal is available at www.celebrating-grace.com. Celebrating Grace is located at 6501 Peake Road, Building 350, Macon, Georgia 31210.
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After four years in development, Celebrating Grace Hymnal will be in church pews across the nation, beginning in March. Highlighting the premiere of the highly anticipated hymnal will be two congregational concerts held Sunday and Monday, March 7 and 8, at Second-Ponce de Leon Baptist Church, 2713 Peachtree Road, Atlanta.
Each of the evening concerts will feature five choirs, accompanied by organ, piano, hand bells, brass quintet, and timpani, to lead the congregation in singing. Several new works by well-known composers and arrangers will be performed, including four congregational anthems, a commissioned anthem, and the first anthem in the “Celebrating Grace Choral Series.”
Participating in the Sunday concert will be The Georgia Youth Choir Festival, and the choirs of First Baptist Church of Marietta, First Baptist Church of Griffin, First United Methodist Church of Milledgeville and Wieuca Road Baptist Church of Atlanta. Performing at the Monday program will be the Belmont University Chorale of Nashville, Tenn., the Mercer University Children’s Choir of Macon, and the choirs of First Baptist Church of Macon, and Peachtree Baptist Church and Second-Ponce de Leon Baptist Church, both of Atlanta.
The Sunday concert will begin at 5:30 p.m., and the Monday event, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 per person, which includes a commemorative hymnal. Seating is limited, so advance registration is recommended, especially for groups. For more information, or to order tickets, go to www.celebrating-grace.com or call (877) 550-7707, ext. 7019.
About the Hymnal
Celebrating Grace Hymnal is a collaborative initiative of more than 50 leaders from the United States and Canada comprised of pastors, church musicians, composers, scholars and laity. The five-member editorial board purposefully took a grassroots approach to developing and designing the hymnal. Editors and committee members traveled across the nation, holding meetings with church leaders and seeking new ideas of how to meet the music needs of churches today.
The result is a comprehensive collection of timeless hymns and songs that have been sung for generations, along with new expressions of Christian faith by many of today’s most distinguished church music composers and arrangers. The format is designed to provide depth as well as flexibility to congregations and worship planners who seek fresh ways to tell the Gospel story.
Two components have been developed to complement the Hymnal: The Worship Matrix™ and Supplemental Music Resources. The Worship Matrix™ is an interactive library of online resources for worship planning. This web-based component provides an easy-to-use planner that enables users to develop a well-balanced cohesive worship service with scripture, readings, music and prayers complementing and building upon each other.
Supplemental Music Resources provides churches with quick online access to a full line of music and worship resources designed to enhance the music ministry. Some of the nation’s finest composers and arrangers in church music are participating in the creation of this exceptional music collection, including C.L. Bass, Cindy Berry, Todd Billingsley, Pepper Choplin, Michael Cox, Lee Dengler, Patti Drennan, Steve Dunn, Mark Edwards, Dan Goeller, Marty Hamby, Gary Lanier, Lloyd Larson, Ralph Manuel, Joseph M. Martin, Mary McDonald, Hart Morris, Anna Laura Page, Mary Kay Parrish, Stan Pethel, David Schwoebel, Robert Sterling, Martha Lynn Thompson, Sandy Wilkinson and Daniel Zamora.
Leadership
J. Thomas McAfee III, Chairman and President of Hallmark Systems, Inc., Macon, and church music proponent, initiated the Hymnal Project in 2006. He serves as Chairman and Editor and has been primarily responsible for the business side of the Hymnal’s development, publishing and distribution.
Mark Edwards, retired longtime Minister of Music at First Baptist Church of Nashville, joined Celebrating Grace in 2007. As Vice President of Music and Worship Resources, Edwards has overseen the music side of the Hymnal.
Other members of the editorial board are John Simons, Director of the Townsend-McAfee Institute for Graduate Church Music Studies, Mercer University; David Music, Professor of Church Music, Baylor University, Waco, Texas; Milburn Price, retired Dean, Samford University School of Performing Arts, Birmingham, Ala., and Stanley Roberts, Associate Dean and Director of Choral Activities, Townsend School of Music, Mercer University.
Celebrating Grace Website
More information on the Celebrating Grace Hymnal is available at www.celebrating-grace.com. Celebrating Grace is located at 6501 Peake Road, Building 350, Macon, Georgia 31210.
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Monday, February 8, 2010
Gospel Singing at Noah's Ark Holiness Church
Saturday February 20, 2010 7:00PM
At 1404 Barnesville Rd., Griffin, GA 30224-8531
Refreshments served at 5:30PM and at intermission
For additional information contact Brother Michael Pritchett @ 770 227 6644
At 1404 Barnesville Rd., Griffin, GA 30224-8531
Refreshments served at 5:30PM and at intermission
For additional information contact Brother Michael Pritchett @ 770 227 6644
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
Fayette: Centering Prayer Workshop Offered at PTCUMC
Peachtree City United Methodist Church invites the community to a Centering Prayer Workshop on Saturday, February 27, from 8:30 AM - 3:00 PM. Centering Prayer helps open minds and hearts to the presence of Christ and to deeper relationship with him. Rather than replace other forms of prayer, Centering Prayer casts a new light and depth on the meaning of them. Based in Christian tradition, the practice of Centering Prayer was developed as a way of praying that leads one beyond conversation with Christ to communion with Christ through silence, solitude and simplicity.
Led by Roberta Oster, coordinator for Contemplative Outreach of Atlanta, the cost of the workshop is $30. Register online at www.ptcumc.org or by calling the church at 770.487.6499. Reservations made by February 24 will include a box lunch and drink. The church will take registrations at the door on February 27 (lunch not included).
Registration includes an optional six-week Centering Prayer weekly study on Mondays from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM, March 1 through April 12. Participation in the workshop is not a requirement for the weekly study. Advance registration is encouraged.
“I am looking forward to the Centering Prayer Workshop because in the midst of my often busy life I need to learn more about stillness. I believe that centering prayer will offer me a way to rest in the presence of God’s love and grace,” said Kim Reindl, Director of Adult Christian Formation at PTCUMC.
Both the workshop and the weekly study group will be held at the PTCUMC Worship Campus, 225 Robinson Rd in Peachtree City. For more information on the practice of Centering Prayer go to www.contemplativeoutreach.org.
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Led by Roberta Oster, coordinator for Contemplative Outreach of Atlanta, the cost of the workshop is $30. Register online at www.ptcumc.org or by calling the church at 770.487.6499. Reservations made by February 24 will include a box lunch and drink. The church will take registrations at the door on February 27 (lunch not included).
Registration includes an optional six-week Centering Prayer weekly study on Mondays from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM, March 1 through April 12. Participation in the workshop is not a requirement for the weekly study. Advance registration is encouraged.
“I am looking forward to the Centering Prayer Workshop because in the midst of my often busy life I need to learn more about stillness. I believe that centering prayer will offer me a way to rest in the presence of God’s love and grace,” said Kim Reindl, Director of Adult Christian Formation at PTCUMC.
Both the workshop and the weekly study group will be held at the PTCUMC Worship Campus, 225 Robinson Rd in Peachtree City. For more information on the practice of Centering Prayer go to www.contemplativeoutreach.org.
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Thursday, January 7, 2010
CBF Launches Audio Bible Listening Campaign
/PRNewswire/ -- Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (CBF), a fellowship of about 1,800 Baptist churches across the country, officially kicks off You've Got The Time this month.
You've Got The Time is a nationwide Bible listening initiative launched by Faith Comes By Hearing, the world's foremost Audio Bible ministry. Almost 14,000 churches have participated and more than four million Audio Bibles have been provided free to churchgoers.
Participating churches listen to the Audio New Testament 28 minutes a day for 40 days. Research shows nearly 70 percent of believers have not read the New Testament and many do not read their Bible regularly.
Daniel Vestal, CBF's executive coordinator, is encouraging all 1,800 churches in the fellowship to participate.
"We place high value on Scripture," said Vestal. "We believe the Bible is central to the life of the individual and the church. But if we're honest about it, all too often we spend little or no time with God's Word in our daily lives... that's why CBF is embarking on this new initiative unlike any we have ever attempted before."
Bo Prosser, CBF's coordinator of congregational formation writes, "The You've Got The Time Bible listening initiative is gaining momentum. We're feeling the excitement and affirmation."
More than 200 CBF churches signed up and half of these finished listening before the close of 2009.
For those listening to the Audio Bible, Prosser said he anticipates personal and congregational spiritual growth as people engage in serious conversations centered around Scripture. He also expects engaging in the Scriptures will encourage support of global missions.
CBF plans to sponsor Audio Bible recordings for people who, due to poverty and illiteracy, don't have access to God's Word. Offerings received are slated for recording the Bible in audio for the most neglected people groups where CBF personnel work.
Half of the world's population is functionally illiterate and lives on less than $2 a day. Faith Comes By Hearing has seen how God's Word in audio breaks through poverty and illiteracy barriers, giving everyone the opportunity to hear God's Word.
"We will be transformed by listening to God's Word, reflecting on it, discussing it, and sharing it with others," said Vestal. "It will create greater desire to study and share Scripture as we open ourselves to the Spirit by hearing the Word of God."
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You've Got The Time is a nationwide Bible listening initiative launched by Faith Comes By Hearing, the world's foremost Audio Bible ministry. Almost 14,000 churches have participated and more than four million Audio Bibles have been provided free to churchgoers.
Participating churches listen to the Audio New Testament 28 minutes a day for 40 days. Research shows nearly 70 percent of believers have not read the New Testament and many do not read their Bible regularly.
Daniel Vestal, CBF's executive coordinator, is encouraging all 1,800 churches in the fellowship to participate.
"We place high value on Scripture," said Vestal. "We believe the Bible is central to the life of the individual and the church. But if we're honest about it, all too often we spend little or no time with God's Word in our daily lives... that's why CBF is embarking on this new initiative unlike any we have ever attempted before."
Bo Prosser, CBF's coordinator of congregational formation writes, "The You've Got The Time Bible listening initiative is gaining momentum. We're feeling the excitement and affirmation."
More than 200 CBF churches signed up and half of these finished listening before the close of 2009.
For those listening to the Audio Bible, Prosser said he anticipates personal and congregational spiritual growth as people engage in serious conversations centered around Scripture. He also expects engaging in the Scriptures will encourage support of global missions.
CBF plans to sponsor Audio Bible recordings for people who, due to poverty and illiteracy, don't have access to God's Word. Offerings received are slated for recording the Bible in audio for the most neglected people groups where CBF personnel work.
Half of the world's population is functionally illiterate and lives on less than $2 a day. Faith Comes By Hearing has seen how God's Word in audio breaks through poverty and illiteracy barriers, giving everyone the opportunity to hear God's Word.
"We will be transformed by listening to God's Word, reflecting on it, discussing it, and sharing it with others," said Vestal. "It will create greater desire to study and share Scripture as we open ourselves to the Spirit by hearing the Word of God."
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Tuesday, January 5, 2010
FIREPROOF Pastor Reveals Church Secret
/PRNewswire/ -- How does a church in southern Georgia turn out box-office-hit movies? The secret isn't superior production or top actors but a top-down policy to make revival the first, second, third, and fourth priority.
Michael Catt, senior pastor of Sherwood Church in Albany, shows the roots of that policy as he opens The Power of Surrender: Breaking Through to Revival," number three in his trilogy on God-dependence, from B&H publishing: hitting stores on March 1. "I am a man who begins with the thought of 'What if?'" Catt writes. "What if we were willing to lay hold of the altar and not let go until the Lord blessed us and changed our lives? What if we stopped our conniving and started a concentrated emphasis on seeking Him?"
Sherwood Church senior pastor since 1989, Catt is executive producer of the surprise movie successes FIREPROOF (2008's top-grossing indie film), FACING THE GIANTS (the breakout Christian film of 2006), and FLYWHEEL (now in a re-mastered DVD). The Power of Surrender maintains that surrender is the key to revival and revival is the key to spreading the gospel--by any means.
"I had a roommate in college who didn't like the word surrender when associated with Christian life," Catt writes. "I find it refreshing. It's the awareness of my desperate need for something or someone to lift me out of the miry clay and set my feet on solid rock . . . It's not overstating to say revival is our key to survival."
Catt sees the disciplines of revival lived out in his congregation firsthand. "People are being saved. Members are inviting their lost friends and un-churched neighbors," he says. "Attendance shot up. Why? Revival produces evangelism."
As part of Sherwood Pictures, Catt has appeared in the New York Times, on the 700 Club, the Dr. Phil Show, Glenn Beck, Washington Post, Baptist Press, Leadership Journal, and FamilyLife Today among many other national media. But he's the first to say that filmmaking is not the hallmark of Sherwood's faith in God. Surrender is.
Michael Catt is the think-outside-the-sanctuary leader making good on his church's goal to "change the world from Albany, Georgia." He's also founder of Sherwood's annual ReFRESH revival conference. In 2008, he headed the Southern Baptist Convention Pastors' Conference, representing more than 42,000 churches. He is a prolific author, speaker, conference founder and leader, and pastor to pastors.
B&H Publishing Group is a division of LifeWay Christian Resources, the world's largest provider of Christian products and services, including Bibles, church literature, books, music, audio and video recordings, and church supplies. LifeWay serves 150,000 church customers, shipping more than 61 million units of product a year from a 350,000 square-foot distribution center. From its original core of Bibles, textbooks, and reference titles, B&H has developed into a major publisher of Christian living, fiction, youth, history, academic, reference, and electronic products. B&H is home to bestselling authors Beth Moore, Henry Blackaby, Gary Chapman, Oliver North, Chuck Norris, Vicki Courtney, Dan Miller, and Thom S. Rainer.
The Power of Surrender is appropriate for personal, small-group, or church-wide study.
Release Date: March 1, 2010
ISBN-13: 978-0-8054-4869-6
Retail Price: $14.99
Web Site: www.MichaelCattBooks.com
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Michael Catt, senior pastor of Sherwood Church in Albany, shows the roots of that policy as he opens The Power of Surrender: Breaking Through to Revival," number three in his trilogy on God-dependence, from B&H publishing: hitting stores on March 1. "I am a man who begins with the thought of 'What if?'" Catt writes. "What if we were willing to lay hold of the altar and not let go until the Lord blessed us and changed our lives? What if we stopped our conniving and started a concentrated emphasis on seeking Him?"
Sherwood Church senior pastor since 1989, Catt is executive producer of the surprise movie successes FIREPROOF (2008's top-grossing indie film), FACING THE GIANTS (the breakout Christian film of 2006), and FLYWHEEL (now in a re-mastered DVD). The Power of Surrender maintains that surrender is the key to revival and revival is the key to spreading the gospel--by any means.
"I had a roommate in college who didn't like the word surrender when associated with Christian life," Catt writes. "I find it refreshing. It's the awareness of my desperate need for something or someone to lift me out of the miry clay and set my feet on solid rock . . . It's not overstating to say revival is our key to survival."
Catt sees the disciplines of revival lived out in his congregation firsthand. "People are being saved. Members are inviting their lost friends and un-churched neighbors," he says. "Attendance shot up. Why? Revival produces evangelism."
As part of Sherwood Pictures, Catt has appeared in the New York Times, on the 700 Club, the Dr. Phil Show, Glenn Beck, Washington Post, Baptist Press, Leadership Journal, and FamilyLife Today among many other national media. But he's the first to say that filmmaking is not the hallmark of Sherwood's faith in God. Surrender is.
Michael Catt is the think-outside-the-sanctuary leader making good on his church's goal to "change the world from Albany, Georgia." He's also founder of Sherwood's annual ReFRESH revival conference. In 2008, he headed the Southern Baptist Convention Pastors' Conference, representing more than 42,000 churches. He is a prolific author, speaker, conference founder and leader, and pastor to pastors.
B&H Publishing Group is a division of LifeWay Christian Resources, the world's largest provider of Christian products and services, including Bibles, church literature, books, music, audio and video recordings, and church supplies. LifeWay serves 150,000 church customers, shipping more than 61 million units of product a year from a 350,000 square-foot distribution center. From its original core of Bibles, textbooks, and reference titles, B&H has developed into a major publisher of Christian living, fiction, youth, history, academic, reference, and electronic products. B&H is home to bestselling authors Beth Moore, Henry Blackaby, Gary Chapman, Oliver North, Chuck Norris, Vicki Courtney, Dan Miller, and Thom S. Rainer.
The Power of Surrender is appropriate for personal, small-group, or church-wide study.
Release Date: March 1, 2010
ISBN-13: 978-0-8054-4869-6
Retail Price: $14.99
Web Site: www.MichaelCattBooks.com
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Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Faith Comes By Hearing Makes Historical Progress
/PRNewswire/ -- 2009 was a busy year at Faith Comes By Hearing, the world's foremost Audio Bible ministry.
This international Bible organization recorded new Audio Bibles, launched new outreaches into more nations and designed and deployed new Audio Bible technologies.
Faith Comes By Hearing established more than 85,000 Bible listening groups in villages, slums, schools, shanty towns, hospitals, orphanages, prison systems, house churches and mega-churches. Estimates suggest more than 8.5 million people heard the Word of God this year alone.
More than 130 Audio Bible recordings were started in 2009. Nearly 50 Bible recording teams, made up of national workers, dispersed to dark and dangerous lands, faced hardship after hardship, some even endured persecution to record God's Word in a format their fellow tribesman can use.
A new outreach, the Military BibleStick project, grew tremendously this year. More than 34,000 Military BibleSticks found their way into backpacks and cargo pockets of deployed and stateside service members through military chaplains serving around the world. With the recent commitment of 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, Faith Comes By Hearing expects a surge of new requests to meet the growing need.
The ministry also field tested the Mini Proclaimer(R), a palm-sized Audio Bible designed to disciple small groups of 30 people or less. The Mini Proclaimer(R) comes pre-loaded with the entire New Testament and has a memory card slot, allowing workers to proclaim God's Word in areas with multiple languages.
In May, the ministry released the Audio Bible Ambassador(R), an online innovative Bible distribution project that inspires users to download Audio Bibles in other languages to reach others through the Internet.
Another online development, a streaming Audio Bible player, well-received around the world, now has more than 500,000 people listening to the Bible in their own language.
At home, almost 14,000 churches and parishes have participated in the Audio Bible campaign, called You've Got The Time. Faith Comes By Hearing provided more than 4 million Audio Bibles through this campaign.
In Houston, the ministry worked with hundreds of churches and parishes in a city-wide campaign called You've Got The Time Houston. Nearly half a million people listened to the Bible in their homes, cars, at work or privately.
Faith Comes By Hearing anticipates to help millions more hear God's Word in their own language in 2010.
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This international Bible organization recorded new Audio Bibles, launched new outreaches into more nations and designed and deployed new Audio Bible technologies.
Faith Comes By Hearing established more than 85,000 Bible listening groups in villages, slums, schools, shanty towns, hospitals, orphanages, prison systems, house churches and mega-churches. Estimates suggest more than 8.5 million people heard the Word of God this year alone.
More than 130 Audio Bible recordings were started in 2009. Nearly 50 Bible recording teams, made up of national workers, dispersed to dark and dangerous lands, faced hardship after hardship, some even endured persecution to record God's Word in a format their fellow tribesman can use.
A new outreach, the Military BibleStick project, grew tremendously this year. More than 34,000 Military BibleSticks found their way into backpacks and cargo pockets of deployed and stateside service members through military chaplains serving around the world. With the recent commitment of 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, Faith Comes By Hearing expects a surge of new requests to meet the growing need.
The ministry also field tested the Mini Proclaimer(R), a palm-sized Audio Bible designed to disciple small groups of 30 people or less. The Mini Proclaimer(R) comes pre-loaded with the entire New Testament and has a memory card slot, allowing workers to proclaim God's Word in areas with multiple languages.
In May, the ministry released the Audio Bible Ambassador(R), an online innovative Bible distribution project that inspires users to download Audio Bibles in other languages to reach others through the Internet.
Another online development, a streaming Audio Bible player, well-received around the world, now has more than 500,000 people listening to the Bible in their own language.
At home, almost 14,000 churches and parishes have participated in the Audio Bible campaign, called You've Got The Time. Faith Comes By Hearing provided more than 4 million Audio Bibles through this campaign.
In Houston, the ministry worked with hundreds of churches and parishes in a city-wide campaign called You've Got The Time Houston. Nearly half a million people listened to the Bible in their homes, cars, at work or privately.
Faith Comes By Hearing anticipates to help millions more hear God's Word in their own language in 2010.
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