June 27 & 28, 2009
First Baptist Church Naples
Our Special GuestNext Weekend,July 4 & 5, is
Dr. RichardLand
Our worship choir and orchestra will be providing special patriotic music in the Sunday, July 5th service.
Join us as we welcome the
United StatesAir ForceMarching Band
This will be a very special concert including a ag folding ceremonywhere the 13 folds of the ag are explained. You won’t want to missthat! Plus, the ag that they are bringing has own over the UnitedStates Capital Building.
Friday, July 37:00-9:00 p.m. in the Worship Center
President of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission
Next Weekend, We Welcomea High-Impact Leader
Next weekend as we remember our nation’s independence, it is mygreat joy to welcome
Dr. Richard Land
to our pulpit. Since 1988,he has served as President of our Southern Baptist Convention
Ethicsand Religious Liberty Commission
. With an undergraduate degreefrom Princeton and a doctorate from Oxford, he is one of the most brilliant thinkers on the American scene and a powerful spokesmanfor our conservative and biblical values. He has represented us inthe halls of Congress, before U.S. Presidents, and in the media on various talk showsand in numerous articles. He was featured in Time magazine as one of the “twenty-vemost inuential evangelicals in America.” He hosts three nationally syndicated radio programs, speaking clearly and powerfully to the social, ethical, and public policy issuesof our nation.Richard’s latest book is The Divided States of America? What Liberals and Conservativesare Missing in the God-and-Country Shouting Match! He takes to task both from theright and the left those who would misunderstand the issue of “separation of church andstate.”Dr. Land will speak in all of our services from biblical themes and then will do a free-owing question and answer time following the services during what would normally bethe Bible & Life Group hour. This is a rare opportunity for us to dialogue with a high-impact leader who understands the “ins and outs” of our current political situation andethical challenges.When the founders of our nation made “a statement of independence” in the nal sectionof the Declaration of Independence, they afrmed “self-evident truths” and our “Creator”God. They were “appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world.” They closed with “arm reliance on the protection of divine providence.” Our nation began with these godly professions by many men who were themselves godly. Certainly our Pledge of Allegianceis not unconstitutional with its wording, “under God.” As Dr. Land wrote in an article:“One nation under God is not forcing every American to admit the existence of deity or to worship a Supreme Being. It is to acknowledge…that our Republic is not supreme,despite our allegiance to it, but there is One who is.” May we declare our independencethis weekend from fear and secular thinking, not “wringing our hands” but “lifting up holyhands” in prayer for our nation and leaders “in faith and truth” (1 Timothy 2:1-8).
Guest Reception
There is a guest reception in the Commons immediately following the Saturday nightand Sunday morning worship services. Come and meet Dr. Wicker.
Help Us Protect Parental Rights
The Parental Rights Amendment: SECTION 1: The liberty of parents to direct theupbringing and education of their children is a fundamental right. SECTION 2: Neither the United States nor any State shall infringe upon this right without demonstrating thatits government interest as applied to the person is of the highest order and not otherwiseserved. SECTION 3: No treaty may be adopted nor shall any source of internationallaw be employed to supersede, modify, interpret, or apply to the rights guaranteed bythis article.
You can sign this petition at ParentalRights.org.
Protect the children by
empowering the parents!
Ladies, once again this year, join us for a precious time of book discussion with our Senior Pastor’s wife, Janet Wicker. This year promises to be even more exciting and rewarding than last year. All books are available in our bookstore. Light refreshments will beserved at all meetings.
Janet’s SummerReading Club
“Shadow of the Almighty”
by Elisabeth Elliot
This book tells the gripping story of the life andtestament of Jim Elliot. This very personal account by the woman who would become his wife revealsa missionary story that is truly a heroic spiritual pilgrimage. Original writings from Jim Elliothimself are included and give insight into the heartof a man who could pray, “Give me not a long life, but a full one,like you, Lord Jesus.” It is considered a modern Christian classic.
Our First Night isthis Tuesday, June 30at 7:00 p.m. in the Commons
Janet is happy to announce that Karen Head will be joining her for the last session of our Reading Clubon August 25. We have added the book
“Your Boy:Raising a Godly Son in an Ungodly World” alsoby Vicki Courtney.
This book will do for moms of boys what the other book “Five Conversations YouMust Have With Your Daughter” will accomplishfor moms of girls. Because both their needs areunique, we will discuss these books in separategroups that night. As you parent and guide ayoung boy to become a young godly man, this additional book willencourage you, challenge you, and help your son avoid the pitfallsof cultural pressures. See the Lighthouse Bookstore to purchase this book, and add it to your summer reading schedule.
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