FBC O'Fallon College and Career Update

Hello Brothers and Sisters in the Lord,

It has been a great week. The Lord has blessed us with fantastic weather and lots of opportunities to serve Him.

We have a very busy couple of weeks coming up. Here’s what we have planned:

Friday and Saturday January 16 and 17

Metamorphosis is the Illinois Baptist State Association’s first ever Collegiate Women’s Conference. It is being held close by at Winstanley Baptist Church in Fairview Heights. If you haven’t signed up yet, but still would like to attend there will be tickets available at the door. Cost for the conference is $25. This should be an awesome time if you can make it. The guest speaker is Dawn Phillips and the music will be led by Jami Smith. Check out the latest information at the Metamorphosis website.

Sunday January 18

Sunday Morning Bible Study at 9:45 and 11:00 in the Youth Lounge. This week we will be studying the sanctity of life. This will be a very discussion oriented week, so please come ready to share with each of us as we use this time to learn together.

Wednesday January 21

Ricky Vaught is leading us through the book of Romans. We have almost completed the book and will be starting in on Chapter 16. Ricky has been doing a great job of helping lead the discussion on how the book of Romans has so many applications to our every day lives. As we finish up Romans be thinking on where you want us to go next.

January 25

Sunday Morning Bible Study at 9:45 and 11:00 in the Youth Lounge.

Metro East College and Career Sunday Night Alive! at 7:30 in the new McKendree College BCM building located at 225 N. Monroe, Lebanon, Illinois. It is about 2 blocks east of the McKendree campus. We will be kicking off the new ministry at McKendree, sharing worship with the praise band Decrease, and hearing a special message. The food and the experience are all free, so please come and help us celebrate what God has done over the last couple of months to open the doors for this ministry to even exist.

February 1

Superbowl Party at 5:00 at the McKendree BCM building at the address above. Gateway Community Baptist Church will be sharing the building with the McKendree BCM and wants to get to know us with a combined Superbowl Party! Everyone is welcome! More information to follow.

February 7

The Elms will be in concert in Carlinville (about a 1 hour drive north of O'Fallon). The Elms are a Christian Band that are incredible. They are not too well known her in the mid-west, but have a huge following in the UK and on the east coast. Tickets are $6 ahead of time or $8 at the door. Please see me if you need a ticket. For those who would like to go we can caravan up to Carlinville.

We sure have a lot going on. Life is pretty busy right now, so please remember to slow down and take time to be alone with the Lord for a sabbath to refresh your yearnings to serve Him.

Take a chance and live for the Lord every day. Your brother in Christ,

Rick Marshall