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Summer Worship Series - Living by the Spirit
This summer our worship is going to focus on the fruit of the Spirit as listed by Paul in Galatians.
Can you think of someone in your life who exemplifies love joy, peace, patience, or kindness? Can you picture a person who embodies each of the fruit of the spirit? How do you feel about people whose lives bear clear testimony to the fruit of the Spirit?
We tend to be drawn to them, don’t we?
Pastoral Counseling Available
Rev. Lee Vermont, a retired pastor and BBC member, would like to offer 3-5 sessions of no fee short term pastoral counseling services to anyone from the BBC congregation from now to October 1, 2019. These services should not be considered professional therapy.
Message Preview: Let Your Gentleness Be Made Known to Everyone
Gentleness is another Fruit of the Spirit. It’s vital to relationships, and just a little will go a long, long way. Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. Philippians 4:5 Watch our “1 minute” preview for “Let Your Gentleness Be Made Known to Everyone” Additional scripture for this week 1 Peter…
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Message Preview: The Importance of Faithfulness
If you read Proverbs you find that the word “faithfulness” is always paired with the word “loyalty.” Those are kind of like the “glue” holding together our relationships. Join us this week as we learn about growing in faithfulness. Do not let loyalty and faithfulness forsake you; bind them around your neck, write them on…
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Message Preview: Practicing Kindness
Kindness is a practical way to show love and caring. Do you subscribe to the idea of doing “random acts of kindness?” God wants us to do deliberate, intentional acts of kindness! “Thus says the Lord of hosts: render true judgments, show kindness and mercy to one another; do not oppress the widow, the orphan,…
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Message Preview: Learning to Be Patient
Do you sometimes find it difficult to be patient? Ever wonder how you could increase your “patience quotient?” God is thankfully very, very patient with us! Can impatience hurt us? Can patience help us? “May you be made strong with all the strength that comes from his glorious power, and may you be prepared to…
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Message Preview: Finding Peace that Conquers Troubles and Fears
In our third week on the Fruit of the Spirit, we’ll talk about peace, which is a virtue, a feeling, and a sense that Jesus wants to give to us. “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your…
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Message Preview: You Can Choose Joy
This week we’ll look at the second Fruit of the Spirit, Joy. In the Bible Jesus consistently reminds us that we can choose joy, but how do we do that in times of challenge and difficulties? “I have said these things to you so that my joy may be in you, and that your joy…
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