First Baptist Church of Rancho Cordova 10720 Coloma Road, Rancho Cordova, CA 95670

Phone (916) 635-4672 fax (916) 635-4677

fbcrancho.org

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Sunday evening beginning

September 16, 2012~ 5:00-7:30 pm

A program for children age 5

(kindergarten) through grade 6

Uniforms, Fun, Games, Bible Stories, and more!

Call the church office 635-4672

for more information.

Sacramento Convoy of Hope - A Day of Hope Saturday, Sep 15 10:00a to 3:00p at California Exposition & State Fair, Sacramento, CA

Price: Free

Phone: Robin Smith 916-549-9922

Age Suitability:All Ages

Tags:church, community, food, volunteer, charity, free, god, non profit, hope, convoy, sachealth

5K Sac volunteers, local businesses, churches, community agencies & individuals mobilize to make a dif-

ference to 20K people w/hope, clothes, groceries, health screenings, job fairs, haircuts, games & kids ac-

tivities, etc. ALL FREE.

Volunteers: http://sacramentocoh.org/volunteer-opportunities.php

Sponsors: http://sacramentocoh.org/sponsor_become.php

Churches: http://sacramentocoh.org/church_info.php

Contact: Robin 916-549-9922 info@sacr

Our History

In 2010, Convoy of Hope assisted nearly 8 million people in the United States and around the world by

providing food, clothing, medical aid, and other needed resources through our community outreaches and

disaster response arms.

The mission of Convoy of Hope is simple - we exist to feed millions of people in need in the United

States and around the world through children’s nutrition initiatives, citywide outreaches and disaster

response.

Hal Donaldson, president of Convoy of Hope, knows how powerful compassion can be. On August 25,

1969, his parents, Harold and Betty Donaldson, were hit head-on by a drunk driver. Harold was killed;

Betty was incapacitated for some time. Hal and his younger siblings quickly learned what it was like to

live without many of life’s basic necessities.

However people from local churches and the community assisted the family by providing food and

shelter. Those generous acts gave the Donaldson kids a sense of hope and also a determination to one day

help others in need.

In 1994 Convoy of Hope was formed and has morphed into a global movement where churches, busi-

nesses, government agencies, and other organizations join forces to carry out Convoy of Hope’s mission,

which is to feed the world through feeding initiatives, community outreaches, disaster response and

partner resourcing.

In 16 years Convoy of Hope has helped more than 52 MILLION people in more than 100 countries. In

that time we have also given away more than $299 million worth of food and supplies to people in need.

~After Summer Breaks ~

WMU Meetings resume October 2nd

AWANA starts September 16th.

5:00-7:30 pm

August 1

Bible Study; Prayer & Praise; Choir Practice Begins

Youth Meet

August 5

Regular Schedule

Leadership Team Meeting

August 8

Bible Study; Prayer & Praise; Choir Practice;

Youth

August 11

Speranta children’s Program in Sanctuary

August 12

Regular Schedule

Post VBS Meeting/Lunch

August 13

School Starts

August 15

Bible Study; Prayer & Praise; Choir Practice;

August 18-24

Campers to Redwoods

August 19

Regular Schedule

August 22

Bible Study; Prayer & Praise;

Choir Practice;

August 24

Neighborhood Meals

Family Movie Night

August 26

Regular Schedule

August 29

Bible Study; Prayer & Praise;

Choir Practice

If you have an article or announcement that you would

like included in next month’s newsletter, don’t miss your

chance!

Deadline for next month is: September 20th

Also, If your birthday or

anniversary are not listed, please put the information on the

“People Card” or call the church office.

All article submissions are

VBS 2012

Was a huge success! We had over 80 students, including Youth and Adults;

about 25 volunteers;

And served an average of 88 meals

each evening.

Thanks to everyone for your hard work! \

~~~Post VBS Meeting/Lunch~~~~

August 12th

Following Worship Service

8/20/1960 Elijah & Catherine

Williams

8/29/1992 Ron & Lisa Seward

Landon Crowder 8/2

David Hightower, Jr. 8/4

Lynn Smith 8/6

Krystelle de Guzman 8/7

Tania Kasyanchuk 8/7

Eva Sciascia 8/7

Aleksandr Tsygankov 8/8

Kristy O’Donnell 8/10

Ana Magden 8/11

Marc Shirley 8/13

Loredana Bodorev 8/14

Regina Patterson 8/14

Chad Thompson 8/15

Melissa Beckel 8/18

Cody Cox 8/19

Michael Black 8/20

Joy Rousch 8/21

Bobbie Snow 8/23

Kathy Sornberger 8/24

Janice Black 8/25

Lexi Hightower 8/25

Caitlin Shoemake 8/26

Ava Garwood 8/27

Daniela Singur 8/27

Tracy Wittnebel 8/28

Helen Littlejohn 8/29

Austin Seward 8/29

Terrie Ferrell 8/30

Jim Compton 8/30

~Fantastic

Fellowship ~

Resumes

September 13th

with a trip to San

Francisco.

Details will follow,

First Baptist Church of Rancho Cordova

10720 Coloma Road

Rancho Cordova, CA 95670

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Permit No. 48

We at First Baptist Church are a loving Christian

fellowship that would enjoy helping you find God’s

purpose for your life, a life filled with His power. Listed

below are some activities provided for you and your family

here at First Baptist church. We hope you will take

advantage of a program, or programs that best suit your

needs.

Because Jesus is alive today, God’s purpose for

your life is still unchangeable. God has a purpose for your

life that He wants to share with you.

Won’t you come and learn with us what God has

in store for you?

Sunday:

9:00 am Sunday School for all ages

10:30 am Morning Worship

5:00 pm AWANA Club September ~ May

Wednesday:

6:00 - 7:00 pm Bible Study with Prayer & Praise time

6:00 pm Youth meet

7:15-8:30 pm Choir Practice

Other events include:

Fantastic Fellowship a Seniors

ministry with trips and activities

WMU (Women’s Mission Union)

supporting various missions

Sacramento Convoy of Hope

The Sacramento Convoy of Hope is a collaborative

effort between dozens of local churches, businesses,

social service organizations, local government and

Convoy of Hope, Inc—a 501(c)(3) non-profit hu-

manitarian organization, serving in the United

States and around the world, providing food for the

hungry and relief for people in crisis.

The outreach will provide an estimated ten thousand

people with a tangible message of hope—free gro-

ceries, health screenings, job fairs, haircuts, games

and activities for children, and much more. All

goods and services are provided to guests free of

charge.

This all-volunteer event mobilizes hundreds of area

residents to serve and make a difference in their

community. Strong participation by local business-

es, churches, community agencies, and individuals

is crucial to the success of this event.

Brothers and Sisters in Christ, Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. As I mentioned last month, I am going to share with you various articles on the subject of marriage and the debate sur-rounding same sex marriage. These articles are published by Christians of differing denominations, yet all are focused on informing and equipping the Body of Christ for the debate we will and must have. A disclosure from your Pastor: I have made a conscious choice to not advance a political agenda or support any one party or candidate. I will continue to take that position as I firmly believe that the pulpit is reserved for the proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ! Or, as the Apostle Paul put it, “I preach Christ crucified.” As you read these articles please remember that any political statements are from the author and your Pastor may or may not agree with the political statements. The issue here is not politics, but rather to equip the local body of Christ so we can make informed Biblical decisions enabling us to articulate an informed thought-out response to the mar-riage debate. The second article I want to share with you is from Eric Metaxas. I have reproduced it in its entirety and with no edits. Pastor Tom

By Eric Metaxas| Published Date: May 05, 2010 Crime against the State? Yesterday I read an article about a street preacher arrested in a northern English village. His crime? When responding to a woman's question, he listed homosexual behavior among a list of things contrary to the Word of God. He wasn't combative or loud, but a nearby policeman -- who happened to be gay -- overheard him and the preacher, a Baptist in his early forties, was promptly arrested for causing "harassment, alarm or distress" contrary to Section 5 of the Public Order Act. Adolf Hitler may have failed to bring fascism to England, but when reading about incidents like this, we have to wonder how much they needed his help. Incidentally, this event took place on April 20th, Hitler's birthday. This struck me as disturbingly apt and as I thought about it, I couldn't help wonder: "What would Dietrich Bonhoeffer do?" I've been asking this question a lot lately. That's probably because I've written a biography of Bonhoeffer (Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy) and I can't get him out of my mind. But part of the reason I wrote the book in the first place was to get others to ask the same question. Those who have gone before To some Christians the idea of asking anything but "What would Jesus do?" is blasphemous. But God wants us to look at the lives of those who have gone before us -- whom the writer of the book of Hebrews called that "great cloud of witnesses" -- who have run the race of faith successfully. That's an important part of how we learn what it is to live the Christian life. We need to see other Christians in action, to see what the Christian faith looks like when it’s lived out in difficult circumstances by others. And when we need to see how we should deal with persecution amidst encroaching fascism, Bonhoeffer is the best role model there is. So what would Bonhoeffer do? For one thing, Bonhoeffer would recognize that what happened in that English village was a serious attack on religious liberty: the state was encroaching on the realm of the church. He saw this in his own Germany up close and understood that Christians must fight against such things with all their might and main, before it was too late. Sadly he was often alone in understanding this. In a 1934 meeting with Hitler, the great pastor Martin Niemoller naively still believed that Hitler would respect the Church's place in Germany. But when he offered some thoughtful advice, Hitler snapped: "I'll take care of the Third Reich, you just worry about your sermons!" Hitler wanted to severely limit the activities of Christians to the merely "religious" sphere; and he knew that if he commanded all other spheres in German life, what these annoying pastors said in their sermons wouldn't matter anyway.

Continued Bonhoeffer, however, understood the proper roles of the church and the state, and he recognized the Nazi threat to religious liberty from the beginning. He understood what the Dutch statesman Abraham Kuyper once said, that there is not one square inch of creation over which Jesus Christ does not say: "Mine!" The Nazis wanted to bully Christians into accepting a place of such diminished stature in the culture that they had no real voice. But whenever the Nazis trespassed on God's property, as it were, Bonhoeffer met the challenge. He drew a line in the sand and then passionately rallied his fellow Christians to stand with him on that line, to defend it at all costs. Most famously -- in what came to be known as the "Aryan Paragraph" -- the Nazis made laws barring ethnically Jewish Christians from church ministry, and Bonhoeffer spoke out. He knew that the Church of Jesus Christ could not be divided along racial lines. Most other Christians were not so bold, though. They thought they might go along with this idea, in the interests of continuing to preach the Gospel. Bonhoeffer knew that preaching the Gospel under such circumstances was not preaching the Gospel at all. A fool’s errand But while Bonhoeffer was trying to wake up the German Church to stand boldly and decisively against the Nazis, another Christian was taking a different tack. Frank Buchman was a prominent American evangelical who headed up something called the Oxford Movement. He hoped to convert Hitler and the other top Nazis to the Christian faith, believing that this would solve everything. Bonhoeffer knew that Buchman's goal was laudable in principle, but in reality it was a fool's errand. Buchman failed to discern the times in which he was living. While he was trying to arrange lunches to talk with Himmler about Jesus, the very liberties that made it possible to preach the Gospel in Germany were brutally being kicked down the stairs and out the door. But Buchman's idea is alive and well in America today. One often hears Christians say that they don't want to get involved in political or cultural battles; they just want to "preach the Gospel." They think that by avoiding political and cultural battles they will retain the credibility necessary to be effective in preaching the Gospel. But according to Bonhoeffer, this is tragically mistaken. If your ability to speak the truth is itself under attack -- if you cannot say that certain sexual behavior is wrong, or that taking unborn life is wrong -- your ability to be a Christian is itself under attack. The Gospel you will be preaching has been fatally compromised. Stand for religious freedom Bonhoeffer struggled to get his fellow Christians to see that if one didn't stand up for religious freedom, every possibility to preach the true Gospel would soon be gone. Time and again he drew a line in the sand and tried to rally other Christians to stand with him and hold that line. The biggest, brightest line in the sand was something called the Barmen Declaration. The Nazis had infiltrated the church and were perverting its doctrines from within, so Bonhoeffer and Niemoller and other Christian leaders decided it was time to make a clear break with the Nazified "Reich Church." So they wrote the document that came to be called the Barmen Declaration. Anyone who signed on to it became a member of what was then known as the Confessing Church, the true Church in Germany, free from the interference of the Nazi State. Recently a group of U.S. Christian leaders felt that our own government had crossed a line and was overreaching its proper role with regard to the church: redefining marriage and forcing Christians to go along with pro-abortion policies, for example. These Christian leaders reckoned that the time to take a stand against this encroachment had come, so they drafted something called the Manhattan Declaration (www.manhattandeclaration.org). Like the Barmen Declaration before it, the Manhattan Declaration is a bright line in the sand. I'm sure that Bonhoeffer would have stood with them, by signing it and by exhorting others to do the same. So I've signed it and I'm hereby exhorting you to sign it, too, if you haven't already. And I'm hoping you will exhort those in your circles to do the same. Won't you?