Church of Christ
Bible Bowl info is available To come up with new ideas, new concepts, or new ways if illustrating established facts is not always easy. In a worldly sense, our creativity is pretty much limited to building upon what we have experienced with our five senses. If I were to ask you to describe a starry night, but you had never seen one, you would be at a loss to describe it. Real creativity is bringing into existence something that is new, not something that is a change from a previous creation.
When we read, “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth” (See Genesis 1:1), we are not reading about God taking the idea of heaven and earth from someone else and reworking it to be something different. We are talking about God creating, from nothing, heaven and earth from His imagination. We are talking about God creating the molecules, the protons, the neutrons, and the electrons.
We are talking about God creating something known as gravity. We are talking about God melding together these ideas to create oxygen and designing the human body so that it will function on the inhaling and exhaling of the oxygen.
God is the one who set the forces into place that keeps the moon going around the earth, the stars shining in the sky, and the earth turning in the direction it does. I am sure that scientists can give you explanation as to why the earth turns the direction it does and how the lungs process oxygen, but can they tell you how such complex processes started or are sustained?
While I struggle periodically trying to come up with new ways of illustrating eternal truths, I marvel at how God takes truths from His mind, through His word, to my mind, through my mouth , to the ears of others and they (The truths) make sense. The real source of the truth and the creativity of communicating with others is God and His Spirit. All the glory for all that is goes to the real Creator, God.
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WHAT IS IT? A monthly fundraiser for the youth group. It will be held on the last Sunday of each month from 9:30AM-10 AM. Bible classes will end at 9:30 on the last Sunday so members can enjoy coffee, hot chocolate and muffins--all for generous donations
WHAT FOR? The funds help to fund youth activities like Bible Bowls and Leadership Training for Christ as well as help support an 11-year old Chinese orphan named Lan Jing Huang the youth group is sponsoring through international Christian adoption agency Holt International
WHAT ELSE?
Do not conform any longer to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Romans 12:2a
THOSE WHO SERVE AND WEEKLY CHURCH BULLETIN
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When the last Eldership at the Fairfield Church dissolved in 2001, the church accepted a plan to establish a leadership from men who could and would become Elders in the future. Thus the concept of a transitional leadership team was instituted. The current four men serving as transitional leaders were approved by two-thirds of those who attended a special congregational meeting for the purpose of confirming their nomination.
The prayer of the Fairfield church and the transition leadership team is that God will raise up men who will be desirous of and who meet the qualities of an Elder as outlined in I Timothy 3:1-7 and Titus 1:5-9.
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ROBERT JOHNSON
I have been a member of the Lord’s church since I was thirteen years
old. My active servant-ship has spanned the past seventeen years
including the most recent three plus years with the Fairfield congregation. Prior to Fairfield, I worshiped at the Hilltop Church of Christ in Richmond, CA.
I have been married to my wife Rozalind for more than 30 years and we have three adult daughters. I enjoy working for the Lord in helping others as well as operating as a functioning member of the Lord’s body. I enjoy listening to classical and jazz music, studying cultural history and Oakland Raiders football. My vision for the Church at Fairfield is to have us become unified embodying the model described in I Corinthians chapter 12.
MICHAEL MOSHIER
I have been a member of the Fairfield Church of Christ for 26 years. I served as a deacon at the church for 5 years and on the Transition Leadership Team for 9 years. I have traveled to Central and South America for medical mission trips for 10 years. I have been married for 27 years and have 2 children. I am a physician in Family Medicine and have worked in Fairfield for 26 years. My interests include bird watching and photography.
DWIGHT PERRY
I have been privileged to serve as the pulpit minister for the
Fairfield church since 2001. I have been married to Diana for
over 40 years and authored the book The Shepherd’s Side of
the Fence. I enjoy reading and spending time with those who
love the Lord. My fondest memory of ministry is the blessing of
baptizing numerous souls into the family of the Lord. My vision
for the church in Fairfield is that we develop a unity of the Spirit which results in the bond of peace.
JOHN REED
I was literally born into the body of Christ. I was born to George and Geletha Reed in a church parsonage attached to a local church building where my father served as minister. Growing up in the home of a minister provided me with invaluable training in ministry and afforded me tremendous opportunities to serve in the Lord’s Church. I have served the Lord’s church as elder, minister, youth minister, and teacher. I love to teach, share the gospel, and exhort others to claim the Lord as lord of their lives and live for Him. Additionally, I love to help individuals discover their true potential and find more joy and fulfillment in life by encouraging a strong desire to move from the physical to the spiritual element of life.