Immanuel Southern Baptist Church

Edna McMillan Offering Goals Announced
The Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma has announced the goals for the 2008 Edna McMillan State Missions Offering. The statewide goal is $1,050,000. The “Hallelujah Goal is $1,100,000.

The time for salvation is today. Now is the time to share the Gospel with those in Oklahoma who need Christ. Through your support of the Oklahoma State Missions Offering, nearly 30 ministries seize the opportunity to share Christ each day. Whether it’s a Disaster Relief volunteer, resources for our emerging generation, a new church plant or a Strategic Focus Community partnership, the Oklahoma State Missions Offering funds go above and beyond your regular tithe to provide additional funding to impact lostness in our state.

Our statewide goal is $1,050,000. Through the offering, Oklahoma Baptists are:
1. Impacting areas all over our world and state effected by natural disaster
2. Seeking to engage the Emerging Generation that is disappearing from our churches
3. Planting new churches that embrace social, economic, and cultural distinctives in order to bridge the gap between Christ and the lost
4. Inspiring, training, and funding associational churches to strategically focus on specific unchurched communities through Church Planting, Outreach Evangelism and Outreach Sunday School
Begin praying today and ask the Lord how He would have you support the Oklahoma State Missions Offering because “Now Is The Time!” Let’s make a difference in our state and see our world changed!
July 30, 2008

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New Sign Footer Poured and Ready!

Yesterday, the city inspector came and approved our footing plans. Today, the concrete arrived and we poured the footer. The sign should arrive Thursday.

Getting ready to pour the footer.

The concrete is pouring.

Glen Bradshaw, Willie Rice, and Dee Berryhill smooth out the cement.

The finished footer.

I intended to write something in it, but when I went out this afternoon, it was already so hard that I could just barely scratch the date in it!

July 29, 2008

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New Church Sign Coming!

Immanuel Southern will have a new church sign. It should have arrived in Tulsa today and will be delivered Thursday! Stewart Signs, out of Sarasota, Florida, is the sign company manufacturing our custom made sign.

Today, Bro Willie and his son-in-law, Glen, worked on getting the rebar footing in place for a city inspection. If all goes well, we should have the footing poured tomorrow. Despite the fact that the sign will be here on Thursday, the concrete won’t have enough time to cure properly to get the sign in place before next week.

We hope that our new church sign will attract attention and will let the community know that we are here for them!

July 28, 2008

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Bits & Bytes
Here are some “sound bites” from yesterday morning’s sermon, “The Unforgivable Sin” based on Matthew 12:22-32,
- God will forgive every sin, except one.
- Many people are confused about what that one sin is.
- People think it might be a secret abortion, murder, abuse, or something else.
- Jesus explains that the unforgivable sin is rejecting the Holy Spirit’s conviction of your sin and of the forgiveness through Jesus.
- All other sins can be forgiven.
- If you deny Jesus, it won’t be forgiven.
You can listen to the sermon here, or by clicking on the audio player below.
http://www.mypodcast.com/fsaudio/wisbc_20080728_1001-268220.mp3
Sunday evening’s sermon, “Lay Aside the Old Self” based on Ephesians 4:17-24 is available to listen to here or by clicking on the audio player below.
http://www.mypodcast.com/fsaudio/wisbc_20080728_0935-268194.mp3
July 28, 2008

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Abbott’s Arrived Safely!

Here is an email from Brian and Melissa Abbott:

Thanks to all of you who prayed for our trip. Your prayers were definitely felt over our 34 hours in transit. From being given food vouchers for a missed flight, to locating all our gates even in Russia with no English, to remaining healthy and safe, to getting through customs and immigration under an hour, we thank the Lord for bringing us to this point!

Currently, we are safe and sound at the NTM Guest House in Jakarta, trying to acclimate to the weather and 12-hour time difference.

Andrew did really well on the flights and layovers. Except for a few late departures and a missed flight in Singapore,. our flights were pleasant and uneventful. We lost a small bag with all Bryan’s clothes and spare diapers for the week, but it was delivered to the guest house in the middle of the night. Praise the Lord! By the time I realized we were missing Andrew’s diapers for the rest of the week, the bag had already been delivered. The Lord definitely had things under control and Singapore Airlines did take really good care of us, even with flight attendants to play with Andrew.

We spend a few days here in Jakarta, doing some paperwork and shopping, then we take a flight to Palu, get our VISAs stamped, and then fly to our temporary home in Salatiga for language study. We will probably be in Salatiga a little over a year, which will be the longest we have ever lived anywhere as a family, so we’re excited!

We’d love to have hear from you as we have internet here at the Guest House, but it may take us a couple weeks to get things set up in Salatiga, so don’t worry if you don’t get a reply during that time. We have Skype, so feel free to contact us, my username is FlyingAMT. We are 12 hours ahead, so 8 pm your time is 8 am the next day for us.

We are excited to be here, but it is still a bit unreal. Once we get settled in our new house in Salatiga, life should start to seem normal again. We’ll try to give more cultural insights and pictures over the next few days/weeks, so stay tuned.

Thanks again for your prayers and support,

Bryan, Melissa and Andrew

July 27, 2008

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An “Extra” Sermon

Here is a “bonus” sermon. Well, actually, it is from July 6th, evening service, and I neglected to post it until now. The sermon was “More Than We Can Expect” based on Ephesians 3:14-21. You can listen to it by clicking here or by clicking on the audio player below.

July 24, 2008

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Sunday’s Coming!

Join us at Immanuel this Sunday as we take a look at Matthew 12:30-32 “The Unforgivable Sin”. It might not be what you think it is. Sunday evening, we continue our exploration of Ephesians with 4:17-24 “Lay Aside the Old Self”.

Sunday is Bro. Steve’s last Sunday with us as interim Minister of Music. Sunday evening, during our regular Fourth Sunday Finger Food Fellowship, you’ll have the opportunity to express your appreciation to him for his service to our church.

Be sure to invite someone to Sunday School this week!

July 23, 2008

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Bits & Bytes
Here are some “sound bites” from yesterday morning’s sermon, “The Cost of Sacrifice” based on II Samuel 24:
- Innocent people can suffer the consequences of your sin.
- Your sin requires payment from God.
- David couldn’t use the gift of someone to make his burnt offering; he had to pay it himself.
- We are blessed because Jesus has paid the sacrifice for our sin, if we only accept Him.
- Any sacrifice we make will not be good enough for God. Jesus made (and was) the perfect sacrifice.
You can listen to “The Cost of Sacrifice” here or by clicking on the audio player below.
http://www.mypodcast.com/fsaudio/wisbc_20080721_1327-264782.mp3
You can also listen to Sunday evening’s sermon, “Same-Same, but Different” based on Ephesians 4:7-16 here or by clicking on the audio player below.
http://www.mypodcast.com/fsaudio/wisbc_20080721_1055-264755.mp3
July 21, 2008

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2008 Church Survey

The 2008 Church Survey is available for all members and attenders of Immanuel Southern Bapitst Church. The written document is available in the foyer. We ask that folks take them home and prayerfully consider each question before answering.

The six questions on the survey are:

1. What do you think is the most important thing we can do to reach out to Wagoner?

2. What ministries would you like to see our church involved with?

3. Do you know how to share the Gospel with someone? If yes, when is the last time you shared the Gospel?

4. What do you think is the biggest problem we face in our church?

5. What do you think is the best thing about Immanuel Southern?

There is also a place at the bottom of the survey to include names and phone numbers of people that need the

Lord.

Complete the survey and bring it back next Sunday.

July 21, 2008

church survey
Mission Quote of the Week

“My Master calls me to these poor children of His. I have at best but a few more years to live. It is clear that my place is not in the old home any longer…I shall go to the Nez Perces and earn my eternal reward.” – Susan Law McBeth

July 21, 2008

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