Catch-up Sunday, May 20th FBC Holly Springs

ENCOURAGEMENT comes from a message to wait on the Lord found in Acts 1:4-8. The wait is always worth it! The power of the Holy Spirit in Acts 1:8 resulted in bold witnesses. In verse 11 of Acts 1 the men of Galilee are asked, “Why do you stand looking into the sky?” The time of

waiting is over; there is work to be done. He is ahead of us, looking for us to be faithful.

II Chronicles 16:9 says, “The eyes of the Lord move to and fro throughout the earth that He may strongly support those whose heart is completely His”. In other words, we need to Catch Up! He is waiting.

The phrase, Catch-Up, can be very positive. It means there is something great ahead and I don’t want to miss it! In the context of our church, a Catch-Up Sunday is an opportunity to catch up on our plans for ministry, our vision and our special needs.

Will you pray for His leadership with regard to your individual sacrificial gifts toward the Catch-Up Sunday offering? SACRIFICE means a decision to forego something, however worthwhile, in order to participate generously in support of these Catch-Up Sunday goals.

In a church’s life, as well as an individual’s, we have goals and dreams. FBC Holly Springs has ongoing ministry goals and dreams. We can simply exist from week to week or we can “press on” toward our ministry plans. We have before us opportunities to not only continue our ministry plans that are already in place, but to move forward. Catch-Up Sunday will help us achieve our goals of catching up on our budget giving as well as helping us get ahead with summer projects such as Vacation Bible School, community outreach events such as water giveaways, youth camp, the Yucatan mission project, the formation of our SHARE community food pantry, etc.  In just one example, it was such a blessing to see the fruit of last year’s VBS as little Layla was baptized two weeks ago during our worship service. To God be the glory!

The finance committee and I believe that a goal of $10,000.00 above and beyond our regular weekly budget need of $3,724.08, would be a faith goal for Catch-UP Sunday.  Notice I said a “faith goal”.  Hebrews 11:6 says ⁶ And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.” If we are to trust God with our eternity, we must also be willing to trust him with our finances both individually and corporately.  With that in mind, please begin to ask God to meet this financial need in a supernatural way as well as asking Him exactly how He would have you to be involved in the process. 

My prayer is that each family will make a genuine sacrifice with the same spirit as the Macedonian Christians – “not equal gifts, but equal sacrifice”. The result will be a new unity and a fresh dedication of the embership of First Baptist Holly Springs toward the Lord’s work.

Men's Retreat May 18th & 19th

We are considering a Men's retreat to simply regroup and challenge the men of our church to become fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ.  My prayer is that every person in our church rise to the challenge of passionately pursuing God.  I sincerely believe this will begin with our men leading the way in their families and homes.  We are looking to go to a hotel type retreat center in Toccoa, GA (about two hours from Holly Springs) for a Friday night through Saturday at noon gathering.  We will be bringing in a powerful guest speaker who will be sure to instruct, encourage, and challenge us to pursue God and lead our families.  The tentative dates are May 18th and 19th.  The place we would be staying would provide supper on Friday night as well as breakfast and lunch on Saturday.  The cost would be approximately $75.00 per person and would include hotel accommodations for one night, three meals, snacks, and a notebook. I would love to get some feedback from our guys as to whether or not this would be something they would be interested in participating in.