Welcome to First Assembly
Weekly Events
Bulletin 1-19-25
*The FA family welcomes our guests. We are excited that you are here.
*Last Sunday’s attendance was 209. Invite someone this Sunday. It could very well change their life forever.
*Attention: Children are a vital part of the ministry here at First Assembly. See Pastor Mark Smith to get involved.
*Attention: Find a small group that fits you. Join us for coffee, juice and doughnuts in the FACS Center beginning at 8:45am. Classes begin at 9am; see Earl Wood for more information.
*Announcing: The Month of January Missions Spotlight is on Jonathan and Brittany Hollingsworth, missionaries to India. Please continue to pray for them and all of our missionaries.
*Wednesday is family Night at FA. Supper is at 5:30 with ministry for everyone to follow at 6:30. Come join the family.
*Joy Fellowship is Monday night at 6pm in the FACS Center.
*FACS Basketball this week; check the website for more information.
*Announcing: Annual Business Meeting, Monday, February 3rd at 6:30pm.
Message from the Pastor
2025 Ministry Theme: “Hold on”
Hebrews 10:23 “Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful. “
Finding what we’re looking for
We have talked before that human nature tends to lead us in the direction based on where we’re looking and what we’re saying. Thusly, we usually find what we’re looking for, eventually anyway. The soul follows suit, if we’re looking for the good in people we usually find it and vice versa. Our speech gets involved for as we all know “death and life are in the power of the tongue”. Now of course, some do take the power of confession past its boundaries but never the less, our words do indeed direct our emotional and spiritual path. I am fairly convinced that we can talk ourselves in to or out of just about anything. With that being said, as believers striving to walk by faith and not by sight, how do we protect ourselves from word curses, shallow thinking, carnal mind-games and other demonic traps? I believe it has to do with vision, yes vision. Proverbs 29:18 says that without a vision we perish, the NIV says that without a vision we will cast off all restraint. I say it this way; we just go wild. The vision of that points to a life with no direction, serving a false purpose while traveling down a dead end road. But what if our soul is saturated with vision brimming from the word of God? What if our spiritual eyes are focused on what God is saying, where He’s leading and what He’s doing? Then we find ourselves in the center of God’s will living an abundant life that will count for all eternity, a great goal to shoot for in 2025.
Blessings,
PK