Welcome
VBS starts August 2nd, 6-8pm
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Special Online Service Content
Our Sunday morning services are now being held at our church building, but will also be streamed live here as video.
Additionally, an audio-only recording will be available after the service on the sermons page.
October 3, 2021 — current/upcoming Sunday
September 26, 2021 — previous Sunday
It is our hope that those among our church family at higher risk will continue to worship with us remotely, until it
becomes safe to resume normal interactions again.
Service Times
- Adult Bible Fellowships - 9:30 AM
- Kids' Sunday School - 9:30 AM
- Sunday morning - 10:30 AM
- Sunday evening - 6:00 PM
- Wednesday evening - 6:30 PM
Highlights
- Truth Trackers-Wednesdays @ 6:30 P.M.
Our Wednesday night ministry for kids ages 4-6th grade has resumed for 2021/2022! Truth Trackers will meet each Wednesday from 6:30-8:00 P.M. Truth Trackers teaches Biblical truths, as well as Scripture memory, and includes game time. We are looking forward to having the kids back & we'd love to have you join us! - Church Cleaning
Thank you to everyone who has volunteered their time to help keep our church building clean & looking nice! It is much appreciated!
Remember, please clean the church at least twice during your month.
September: Thumma - Scripture Memorization Challenge
For all of 2021 we will be memorizing one Psalm per month using the ESV version of the Bible. I hope you will join us in committing God's Word to memory. Below is a schedule for the year.
Sept Psalm 100
Oct Psalm 110
Nov Psalm 111
Dec Psalm 112 - September Scripture Memorization
Psalm 100:1-5
1 Make a joyful noise to the Lord, all the earth!
2 Serve the Lord with gladness! Come into his presence with singing!
3 Know that the Lord, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his;
we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
4 Enter his gates with thanksgiving, and his courts with praise! Give thanks
to him; bless his name!
5 For the Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever, and his
faithfulness to all generations. - BRBC Prayer List
Each week we put together a prayer list that is typed up and put in
the bulletin. We hope this will be helpful in knowing how to pray specifically for the needs of those in our church.
If you would like to be added to the prayer list please let Ashley Day(ashleylday11@gmail.com) or Renee Palermo (reneenpalermo@gmail.com) know!
Please include how we can specifically pray for you.
BRBC Prayer List
Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
"If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land." 2 Chron. 7:14
Prayer Requests:- Fall Kids Ministry: Please pray for the Fall kids ministry, Truth Trackers. Pray for spiritual growth for each of the kids as they memorize God's Word.
- Sharon Lucas: Continue praying for her sister, Susan, who recently received a cancer diagnosis.
Pray for Vanny as she is sick with Covid. - Rodger Burnett: Pray for God's guidance & strength as he has recently been diagnosed with a physical heart failure condition. Praise that he is enjoying his assisted living home in Amana! He is excited to have visitors to be able to have visitors again!
- Andie Black: Pray for her as she has been dealing with some health problems.
- William Loeffers: Healing of his eyesight and kidneys as he undergoes dialysis.
- Pray for continual spiritual growth in our church.
- Pray for opportunities for each of us to share the Gospel with those we come in contact with.
- Pray that God would continue to bring people to our church who need the Gospel.
- Pray for our Deacons: Nate Day, Gary McCool, Joseph Palermo, & Randy Witte
- Pray for our Pastor and family.
- Pray for the President & other elected officials that they would have wisdom & listen to godly counsel.
- Hymn of the Month: There is a Fountain
"Praise for the Fountain Opened", commonly known by its first line, "There is a fountain filled with blood," is a hymn composed by William Cowper.
William Cowper was one of the rare hymn writers that were also a known secular poet. This popular and yet depressed literary character was born in his father's rectory at Great Berkhampstead, England, in 1731.
After graduating from Westminster, he was apprenticed to an attorney. In 1754, Cowper was invited to the Bar, but never actually practiced law. He was chosen in 1763 to the Clerkship of Journals of the House of Lords. But just as Cowper's profession seemed secured, disaster hit. When he was interviewed for the Clerkship, he experienced a panic attack. As a consequence, he was not granted the position, a failure that influenced a time of intense depression.
Through his depression, Cowper wrote one of his most loved and provocative hymns, "There is a Fountain Filled With Blood." It repeatedly refers to the fountain washing away the sins of man.
It was likely drafted in 1771, first published in Conyers's Collection of Psalms and Hymns in 1772 and published again by Cowper and Newton in 1779 for The Olney Hymns.
https://www.godtube.com/popular-hymns/there-is-a-fountain/ - Missionary of the Month: Wordsower International
Wordsower Int'l is a small ministry of compassion that has grown from the Spirit's conviction that love must matter of word, or talk, but must show itself in action and they are dedicated to meeting the needs of the least of Jesus' brethren.
They operate several orphanages & are also involved in widow care & church planting in a number of countries (Liberia, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Côte d'Ivoire, India, & Nepal).
Praises- The Lord has so graciously supplied the daily needs for our children and widows. We are always grateful.
Prayer Requests- Our children in Liberia start classes again in the next few weeks. They did very well last year, with most making the honor roll. The year's tuition, books, uniforms and fees will be over $4,000 for our 30 kids. Thus far we have had $1225 donated.
- We continue to have problems getting funds into our ministry locations in India. This has been going on for over 5 years! We will be told by the authorities that we should do "this, that or the other thing" in order to have a usable bank account again. At best, we have had only temporary fixes until the next regulatory issue comes along that requires we meet demands designed to be extremely difficult for Christian ministries. Please pray for our Indian folks about this. They have been very patient.
- Book Corner: Made for His Pleasure by Alistair Begg
If we want to experience true joy, we have to seek God's pleasure above all else. Pleasing God is not a matter of personal preference, but a priority that everyone is called to take seriously.
In Made for His Pleasure, Alistair Begg walks us through ten biblical benchmarks for living a life pleasing to God. Exploring Scripture's teaching on topics such as prayer, sacrifice, vocation, suffering, and evangelism, he invites us to discover a revitalized faith by accepting the challenges--and the promises--of God's Word.
The life of faith requires endurance and perseverance. As you respond to Scripture's call to seek God first, you will find yourself strengthened and encouraged for your spiritual race. - BRBC Month of Prayer
October 2021 will be the BRBC Month of Prayer.
I hope that you will take part as much as you are able.
We will observe a 24 hour fast from noon October 1st until noon October 2nd.
Throughout the month pray each day at the same time. Pray with us at 8AM if you are able.
Pray for the requests listed on our BRBC website.
Pray together with a specific focus each week:
October 1-8 - Pray for our nation
October 9-15 Pray BRBC ministries, unity, finances & growth
October 16-22 Pray for salvation of the lost, open doors for ministry, Bible study opportunities
October 23-31 Pray for our missionaries & brothers and sisters around the world
We will observe a 24 hour fast from noon October 29th until noon October 30th.
Fasting is meant to be a time of prayer and reflection with thanksgiving. A fast is typically from food but should also be from things that are a distraction. It is also a good reminder to be generous and share with those who have less than we do.
Daniel fasted: "Then I turned my face to the Lord God, seeking him by prayer and pleas for mercy with fasting and sackcloth and ashes." Daniel 9:3 (ESV)
Jesus said His followers would fast: "And Jesus said to them, "Can the wedding guests mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast." Matthew 9:15 (ESV)
The early church fasted "While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." 3 Then after fasting and praying they laid their hands on them and sent them off." Acts 13:2-3 (ESV)
"And when they had appointed elders for them in every church, with prayer and fasting they committed them to the Lord in whom they had believed." Acts 14:23 (ESV)
