VENICE BIBLE CHURCH. June 15 th, 2014

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1 VENICE BIBLE CHURCH OUR MISSION: To make disciples who June 15 th, 2014 make disciples of Jesus Christ Are You a Son or a Slave Galatians 4: 8-12 Thank you for joining us as we worship God together this morning. If this is your first visit, you are invited to come forward after service and meet one of our pastors and his wife. Information is available for you at our Welcome Cart in the courtyard about how Venice Bible Church makes disciples who make disciples of Jesus Christ. We want to get to know you better and look forward to talking with you personally. Our elders are available in the Worship Center to talk or pray with you after the service. Also, we have a prayer garden set up behind the Fellowship Hall. It is available to anyone at any time. Our Small Groups (or home groups) are the best way to get connected with others here at VBC. Please see the bulletin boards in the foyer for Small Group information, or call the church office, to join a Small Group. Happy Father s Day! Psalm 103:13: As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear him; Thank you to all our VBC dad s; may the Lord bless you all on this day and every day with His abundance of compassion, wisdom and courage. OUR VISION: To glorify God in all the world by making disciples who make disciples of Jesus Christ

2 PLEASE SIGN IN! Our Welcome Team members are using a list at the check-in tables to record your attendance weekly. If you did not sign in before service, please be sure to sign in before you leave today so that we can keep our records current. Please select your hand-painted NAME TAG at the table too! Thank you! Late Arrivals PLEASE be considerate of those who are engaged in worship. Kindly WAIT in the foyer or back of sanctuary, until a worship song or prayer ends, and then find your seat. Thank you! Worship Service on TV s TV s in Rooms 204/5 and the nursery broadcast the service live; you are welcome to watch the service in any of these rooms. How To Give Your Offering Your offering may be placed in one of the two white offering collection boxes that are built into the wall in the foyer, below the bulletin boards, either before, during, or after worship service. Chairs Please stack the chairs today after worship service. Thank you! Please see the insert regarding the upcoming PeaceMakers seminar and meeting information. Ladies LUNCH BUNCH, June 21 st The next Lunch Bunch will be THIS Saturday, June 21 st, 11:30 at Plaza Mexico Restaurant, 405 US 41 Bypass N., across the street from TJ Maxx. Come and join other VBC women for lunch, fellowship, and to meet new friends! Just show up at 11:30! Bring a friend! Beach Bonding! Saturday, June 28 th LADIES, please bring your kids, and/or your friends, your picnic basket, or coffee, and join us at the Venice Beach for a casual beach get together UNDER THE SHADE of our VBC tan canopy for a few hours of fun on the beach together. For your safety and comfort, there are 3 lifeguard stands at Venice Beach, restrooms, showers, and a snack bar! We appreciate our youth volunteers who will set up and take down the canopy for us on the beach! Would you like to join the Phone Prayer Chain? If you don t check your much, or don t have , but have a heart for praying for those in need, please contact the church office to join our prayer chain. VBC Website Visit our web site at or scan this QR code, to see what s happening at VBC! Watch a video, listen to a sermon, click NEWS for what s happening, or CHILDREN or YOUTH for your kids, get the Bulletin or Calendar, or click MEMBERS and enter the password for the insider s news and videos of our meetings. Please call the church office for the password.

3 Summer DISCIPLEship University has started! Sunday mornings at 9:00 in the Worship Center You are welcome to join the adult Bible study class led by Bob Steele using The Peace Maker book by Ken Sande. If you missed the introductory class, you are still welcome to join. Class videos are available on the web site, on the DU tab, for you to catch up. All are welcome and encouraged to attend this class. Vacation Bible School starts tomorrow! The Wacky World of Water It s not too late to register your children or invite others to come! The Wacky World of Water, from June th!! Invite your neighbors and friends! Please register in the courtyard today. Silent Auction to benefit Summer Mission Teams The Silent Auction has started! Included are a plane ride, free golf, restaurant gift certificates, date nights, family fun items, and pamper-yourself days. Post your bid NOW on the bulletin board in the foyer! Newcomers Reception Are you a new visitor to Venice Bible Church, here for the first time, or have been visiting for a few months? Then you are invited to a dessert reception, Sunday, July 27 th at 7:00 p.m. Please sign up in the foyer if you are interested in coming. Our Military Family...Please pray for our military family; their names are on the bulletin board in the foyer.

4 Venice Bible Church 2395 W. Shamrock Dr. Venice, FL (941) Fax (941) Venice Bible Church exists to make disciples who make disciples of Jesus Christ. VBC VITAL SIGNS ~ Week of June 8 th, 2014 Attendance: 160 Giving: $9, Giving needed: $8, Budget YTD: $223, Giving YTD: $196, Variance: ($26,412.30) FAMILY MATTERS Prayer requests are listed here at the request of family or friends of the person listed. Small Groups: If you are not already in a small group, you are invited to join one! Please call the church office for details about summer small groups. FOR CHILDREN Sunday School: Children from age 3 to 5 th grade are to go to their Sunday School classes at 9:00 a.m. Children s Church: Children from ages 3 through 5 th grade are checked in before the 10:30 service for Children s Church in their respective classrooms; Pre-school in room 103, K-5 th grade in Fellowship Hall. FOR YOUTH (CANCELLED TODAY!) Middle & High School: Meet at 9:00 a.m. in the Shamrock House Epic & Godstrong: Epic (Middle School) and Godstrong (High School) meet on Sunday evenings from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. THIS WEEK AT VENICE BIBLE CHURCH SUNDAY 9:00 a.m. DU Class..Worship Center 10:30 a.m. Worship Service....Worship Center 10:30 a.m. Nursery & Children s Church....Nursery/FH MONDAY - FRIDAY 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Vacation Bible School...Campus SATURDAY 11:30 p.m. Lunch Bunch...Plaza Mexico OUR LEADERS & STAFF Our Elders: Brett Brooks, Jerry Smith, Bob Steele (Chairman), Bill Swanson, (Elders@vbcfl.com) Pastor Allen Speer, Interim Preaching Pastor Our Staff: Brett Brooks, Associate Pastor Brett@vbcfl.com Mike Gibson, Youth Pastor Youth@vbcfl.com Sheila Papini, Office Manager Sheila@vbcfl.com Debbi Whiteley, Min. Assistant Debbi@vbcfl.com Kate Burda, Min. Assistant Kburda@vbcfl.com Donna Laughlin, Custodian Bill Carlson, Maintenance Our Deacons: Howard Flagler, Bob Fuller, Gene Good, Dave Mattson (Chairman of the Deacon Board) (Deacons@vbcfl.com)

5 TODAY S MESSAGE: Are You a Son or a Slave? Text: Galatians 3:19-25 Rev. Allen T. Speer, Interim Preaching Pastor, Sunday, June 15 th, 2014 Are you living as a Slave or are you living as a Son? Galatians 4:8-12 What a wonderful book, the book of Galatians. Christianity and the Christian life and I hope we understand this from the text that we have been studying is all about Christ. It s all about Christ. It s about me learning to say yes to Him, and you, all of us, and letting Jesus be Jesus in us, letting Him be the life in us, manifesting His character through us. You know what the Galatians did? They dropped out of the school of grace and they reenrolled into the kindergarten of law. That s exactly what they did. And how many times in our life have we all done the same thing? When we choose not to live in that intimacy of a relationship, we choose not to say yes to God, we choose not to let His word totally affect our behavior and our life, we choose to enroll one more time in the school of the law, the kindergarten of law. We have a choice today. We have a choice to live as a slave and we have a choice to live as a son. Slaves have no relationship with the Father and they have no relationship with the family. Only by faith do we enjoy those relationships. And this begs the question that I am going to address today in Gal 4:8-12. And here is the question: Are you now draw a circle around yourself and forget that anybody else is here, but just draw that circle and say am I living as a slave or am I living as a son? And there are three things that are a downside of living as a slave that Paul addresses the Galatians that I want us to understand this morning, three things in Gal 4: First of all, we want to see the of being a slave. 2. The second thing: the frustration of to be a slave. 3. And then finally, the of choosing to be a slave. And I guess that comes back to the question. It begs to be asked. It begs to be asked. You say, Allen, you ve got an agenda. No, I don t, before God I don t. I m just trying to tell you what Paul is trying to tell them, and he is trying to tell us today. And here is what it is: are you living as a slave or are you living a son? Only by faith can you live as a son, which means the Bible is going to become your spiritual guide. You live out of it. It dictates your thoughts. It renews your mind so God can transform your life. If you love Him you will love His Word and then you begin to enter into what is already yours in Christ Jesus. The life comes inside of you and now there are things that you can do that you couldn t do before, not because of you, but because the life that is inside of us. Here s what I m saying: if we are living as slaves you d better be careful and I d better be careful because we become dull of hearing and truth, truth can no longer affect us. And what will happen is, in our disorientation, in the dullness of our senses, we will turn and go right back into that which destroys us. That s why it s so important. Are you living as a slave or are you living as a son?

6 PeaceMaker Update And Tentative schedule Saturday, July 12 th All-Day Biblical PeaceMaker Seminar We are excited for all to attend. Sunday, July 13 th 9:00 a.m. PeaceMaker Presentation Worship service 10:30 a.m. Message by PeaceMakers Leadership training Sunday Evening Conflict coaching interviews Monday to Wednesday By Appointment Wednesday evening Interim Report Assignments Presentation of Findings Follow-Up Visit Mid-August Place the completed form in the offering boxes. I/We will attend the PeaceMaker Seminar on Saturday, July 12th. Name(s): Phone number: Beverages, donuts, snacks, and lunch provided for a suggested donation of $5.00 per person. th

7 BUDGET UPDATE In recognition of our current giving/ministry fund, in relation to budgeted expenses, your Administrative Team has conducted a mid-year review to reassess the budget and provide areas of cost reduction opportunity. Much time and consideration, along with involvement from the Missions Team, Staff and approval from our Elders, has been given to adjustments in the following budgeted areas: Missions Staff Operations Ministry Offering - To be included as part of worship service. Should you have any questions, the Administrative Team would be happy to assist. Ecclesiastes 3: A time for everything

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