Thanks for sharing about that conference, Bonnie! Faith Baptist is such an
interesting ministry. It has always been pretty small, but has managed to
stay afloat for a very long time. I didn't go there as a student because my
Dad had been on the board for a while, and he knew about all the inner
problems. He wanted me to go somewhere where he could be blissfully
ignorant. :) I trust that the Lord will continue to bless that Bible
college for His glory!
Carrie, I'll be praying with you about that burden of yours, which seems
really important. I think my church here does a good job in discipleship;
we try to meet one-on-one with any new ladies who come, in order to make
sure they know and understand the Gospel, and in order to teach them the
basics of personal Bible study. For the girls who grow up in the church, we
encourage the moms to do that kind of study with their daughters when they
get to be teens/young adults and show an interest in baptism.
For the past two years we've been having monthly ladies' Bible studies for
all the women, in which we try to teach them how to study a genre of the
Bible. Last year it was one of Paul's letters; this year it's biblical
narrative (women of the Bible). The one aspect that I think we could do
better is being intentional about training the more mature women to be
teachers. We aren't there yet. But hopefully that will come. I try to make
comments from time to time about it.
Kristi Jeanne Colas
11 rue Henri Dunant
95410 Groslay, France
Le jeu. 7 févr. 2019 à 02:52, Renee O'Leske <larsen.renee@xxxxxxxxx> a
écrit :
Agreed, Carrie!!! We really need it in the church!!! Craig and I often
feel like... okay, that was an okay sermon but it didn't really feel like
the piercing Sword of the Word of God in our souls...
I will pray with you for your church and for the church in general... the
church here in our area (perhaps in the whole US) just doesn't seem well...
(I will include myself in that). It seems sick... as if it is sitting on
the couch watching meaningless TV and in danger of a heart attack... maybe
just filled with nominal believers.
On Wed, Feb 6, 2019 at 2:53 PM Carrie Hub <carriehub060300@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
That sounds great, Bonnie! Glad you could be there.
Would you pray with me? I am very burdened that this type of Bible
teaching needs to be happening in our church. That none of our kids should
have to go to Bible college to learn how to study the Bible for themselves.
I'm also concerned that the ladies in our church take a more active role in
disciplining our teen girls . . .not sure where all this is leading, but
it's been building inside me for a while. I have a meeting Sat. morning
with the leader of our women's ministries. Lots going on in my head.
Have you seen this kind of discipleship done well? What did it look like?
Carrie
On Wed, Feb 6, 2019 at 1:29 PM Renee O'Leske <larsen.renee@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Sounds soo good!
On Wed, Feb 6, 2019, 10:38 AM James Brabson <thebrabsonfamily@xxxxxxxxx
wrote:
Finally am able to sit and write ☺. Last week James and I were able to
attend the Refresh Conference at Faith in Iowa. We had been hearing good
things about them, but had never been to their campus. James and I were
very impressed with what we saw. The attitudes of the students was
refreshing. All the students that were working it, setting up\taking down,
serving the dinner, working the snack shop were all volunteers. The coffee
was all free, yes we took advantage of that ☺The President, Jim Tillotson
was always with students, very visible. His wife the same way. She was very
involved with the ladies side and was always with girl students. You all
were in my thoughts because u would of enjoyed the ladies workshops. I
told my husband I hadn't heard a ladies speaker in a long time where you
walked away knowing your Bible better. Hope Taylor did 3 of them. Two were
a two part. She teaches at the school and does a class on how to teach
\study for a bible study. You all would of been cheering in her workshop on
Bible study. It was so good to hear that this is what she is teaching. She
also did a workshop from Lamentations 3:18-27. It was such an
encouragement, almost didn't go. Verse 23 really hit. His mercies are new
every morning. We don't have to save them up or wonder if there will be
enough because he is faithful. If you are interested they will be putting
them up on their web site. The Bible Study one may be a little confusing
without the notes.
Bonnie
