Brothers and Sisters in the Lord,
Well, I'm back from a very busy vacation to Los Angeles. When I got home I felt like I hadn't slept in a week. It was fun to go back to LA and see my school buddies and my family, but it is good to get back home to Illinois. As a Christian it is comforting to know that wherever we are, whatever we are doing, even when we are on vacation, we are part of the local body of Christ. We always have brothers and sisters around that we can fellowship with, feel a part of, and share our lives with. I ran across some amazing Christians in my home town that are living for the Lord every day. It is very encouraging.
Here's what we have planned over the next couple of weeks:
Sunday June 27
Sunday Morning Bible Study at 9:45 and 11:00 in the FBC O'Fallon Youth Lounge. This week we will be studying 2 Kings 6&7 where we will see Elisha looking ahead with faith. Please read the chapters ahead of time and come ready to discuss how it applies to each of our lives. We've had some good discussions the last couple of weeks and the class will be incomplete if you don't add your thoughts.
Sunday Night Alive! at 7:30 pm. We'll be having an beach party at the Anderson's house located at 1108 Fair Oaks, Caseyville, IL. Here's a link to a map to help you find it. Link. Bring your swimsuit, towel, and Hawaiian shirts (I put that in there for me, but you all can wear your Hawaiian garb if your want to also) and get ready to make a splash. As always, we will have all you can eat free food!
Tuesday June 29
Tuesday Night Movie Night at 7:30pm at the Anderson's house . The link to their house is above. The food is great and if you have a movie you want to share please bring it. The last 2 years this has been a solid time of fellowship and getting to know each other. Plus the Andersons are fantastic hosts.
October 8/9
FBCOF is hosting AXIOM04, the Illinois Baptist State Association's big annual College and Career conference on October 8 and 9. Students from all over Illinois will be attending. We are expecting around 300 students to be here for that Friday and Saturday! We have an incredible opportunity to show off our church and our department to those who come from all over the state. If you are interested in being a part of the planning team for this conference please let me know. So far, we have a couple of students who are involved in the planning, and we could always use your help, we can always use more. If you would like to help, please don't feel shy to volunteer. It will be a gre! at conference. Our headliner speaker, named Aubrey Speers, is coming all the way from England to share with us and the conference will include other top notch speakers and awesome music. We'll have more information available as we get closer.
Just like the last couple of weeks, I have a couple of websites I want to mention to you all that I hope you will be using on a weekly basis.
The new FBCOF College and Career website located here. It should contain a copy of this E-Mail and some places for you to comment and chat. Please visit and let us know you were there. If you are interested in helping to keep this website updated please let me know. We can always use help!
The Gate's Website located here. It is very similar to the College and Career website, only the information is for The Gate. If you are interested in what we do out there it contains quite a bit of information for you and has a great links section (places we recommend).
God bless you all and hope to see you Sunday. Your brother in the Lord,
Rick Marshall
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