: Announcments http://www.wbcsumter.org/Lists/Announcments/AllItems.aspx RSS feed for the Announcments list. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 12:59:48 GMT Windows SharePoint Services V3 RSS Generator 60 : Announcments /_layouts/images/homepage.gif http://www.wbcsumter.org/Lists/Announcments/AllItems.aspx Seeking Him http://www.wbcsumter.org/Lists/Announcments/DispForm.aspx?ID=58 Body:
A Season of
Seeking Him

Our Pastor has called everyone to join him in seeking God for personal, family, and community revival. He is preaching a series of messages at 8:30 & 11:00am on this theme and on Sunday evenings at 6:30pm he is leading a study of God's Requirements for Revival.  Additionally, the Seeking Him workbook is available for individual or group study.

From the introduction: Are you tired of trying to be a good Christian? Are you overloaded and worn out with church activities? Do you sometimes feel as if you’re just going through the motions of the Christian life? Do you often find yourself running on empty spiritually? Do you experience heaviness or shame more than joy and freedom in your Christian life? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then perhaps God is calling you to something deeper.  Maybe you’re ready to experience personal revival!

Welcome to Seeking Him, an interactive study designed to lead you into a revived relationship with our loving heavenly Father. God wants to reveal Himself to you; He wants to fill your heart with Himself; He wants to set you free from every unholy passion; He wants you to drink deeply of the joys found in His presence; He wants your service for Him to be the overflow of genuine love and an authentic life; He wants you to be a reflector of His glory in our dark world. He wants you – and His entire church – to be revived!

From the Introduction to Seeking Him

 
Please contact the church office to reserve your copy of the Seeking Him workbook!
 
Expires: 9/6/2009
]]> Pastor Mark Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:20:38 GMT http://www.wbcsumter.org/Lists/Announcments/DispForm.aspx?ID=58 MEMBERSHIP 101 http://www.wbcsumter.org/Lists/Announcments/DispForm.aspx?ID=48 Body:
MEMBERSHIP 101
A New Semester Begins 26 July @ 10am
 Call 80-775-3484 or
for More Information
 

Are you new to Westside? 

Are you considering membership at Westside?

Would you like to spend several weeks with the Pastor and a few others learning who we are, what we believe, what we do, and why we do it? 

If so, MEMBERSHIP 101 is for you! 

Class members receive a free four-part workbook ready for you to fill in the blank and add your own notes.  You’ll enjoy the “laid-back” atmosphere where you can ask anything you want without fear that you’ll be put “on the spot.”  You’ll come away from MEMBERSHIP 101 having made new friends and ready to join God in His work.  Simply call or email us and reserve your place. Our next series of classes begins Sunday, July 26.

You may join MEMBERSHIP 101 at any time because the sessions are repeated. 

Expires: 8/31/2009
]]> Pastor Mark Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:18:34 GMT http://www.wbcsumter.org/Lists/Announcments/DispForm.aspx?ID=48 Summertime Home Teams http://www.wbcsumter.org/Lists/Announcments/DispForm.aspx?ID=55 Body:
Reaching our world through
HOME TEAMS
 
Westside Baptist Church exists to glorify God by winning the lost and growing the saved.  Our evangelistic strategy has many points of contact, but all of them depend upon God’s people simply loving Him, loving others, and being obedient.  Everything we do is to bring Christ glory and further His Kingdom. This summer, we are stepping out of our comfort zone again in order to remain faithful to our calling and reach our friends for Christ. Beginning Sunday evening, June 14, some of our members will be meeting together as "Home Teams."
 
Home Teams are small groups of Westside Members, who invite their unchurched friends to gather at one of their homes during the summer for a casual and enjoyable evening.  In a friendly, informal atmosphere, these groups will enjoy time together where their goal will be to introduce their friends to Christ and lead them to become active followers of Christ at Westside. Within these parameters, each Home Team will have the freedom to determine the time of their Sunday evening meeting as well as what they do and what snacks or food they enjoy. Remember, Home Teams are made up of real people, having a really good time together while they work to build relationships that result in real followers of Christ.
 
Home Teams really began at Westside many years ago.  At three o’clock in the afternoon on March 5, 1961 a group of 21 adults and three children from Southside Baptist Church met to organize a mission church on the Westside of Sumter.  The following week, they held their first service in a home on Laurens Street that Southside had purchased.  Eventually, the small group out grew the home and purchased three acres of land on Pinewood Road. Since that time, God has blessed His peoples’ obedience with continued growth. 
 
From the beginning, Westside Baptist Church has held firm to the inerrant, inspired, and infallible word of God.  The Great Commandment and the Great Commission have been our theme for nearly 50 years and will continue to be so until Jesus comes. Unfortunately, we are as prone to slipping into complacency and resting on tradition as much as any of God’s people.  Therefore, we are constantly reminded that “faith without works is dead” (Jas. 2:20, 26).
 
If our neighbors, as well as our world, are to be won to Christ, we must get back to the basics of prayer and intentionally building relationships and sharing the Gospel. The Great Commission was never intended solely for evangelists, pastors, and missionaries – but every follower of Christ!
 
The early church began and grew in people’s homes (Acts 5:42; 20:20; Ro. 16:3-5; Col. 4:12).  Around the world today churches are multiplying through small groups who turn their homes into “lighthouses” for Christ. 
 
If you and your family would like to turn your home into a “lighthouse” and host a Home Team, or if you want to be a part of a Home Team this summer, please contact the church office and request more information. Someone will reply to you with the latest details.  This could be a summer you and your friends remember forever!
 
For Christ, for the Church, for the lost,
I am
 
Your Pastor,
Mark

Expires: 8/9/2009
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