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https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/f1/9b/fc/f19bfc056c46798a8f693c4db5201a23.jpg This year for the Annual BFC Youth Summer Camp we are going to be discussing the topic of prayer. As a precursor to camp our youth group has started discussing and practicing praying together for the last few weeks. I, the small group leaders, and the kids have all commented that this process has been very helpful. It takes us from just teaching the kids about prayer to actually modeling and practicing praying with them. All that being said, I thought I'd share with you a brief outline we used with the hope that it might be a help and encouragement to you and your family in your own prayer times. Prayer Practice  (R.A.T.S.) Repentance – confessing sin and thanking God for forgiveness & newness through Christ ·       Read Prov 28:13 & 1 John 1:9 together and briefly discuss what they mean in light of repentance ·       Ta...

A little preview of this Sunday's sermon on Colossians 3:1-9... Are you weary of your earthly desires? Tired of being beat down by sin? Take heart! Despite the pressures, your flesh, and the culture around us, it is possible to put off your earthly desires. The fuel of putting off these desires is the gospel. Jared Wilson, when asked about the gospel, says, It provides freedom from the past It provides power for the present It provides hope for the future So, seek and set your mind on things above, not on things that are earthly. For you have died, and your life is hidden in Christ! (Colossians 3:1-2). Hope you can join us this Sunday or catch sermon audio or video. Just head to our website, click on sermons or the youtube icon to find non-series sermons . Take care, Pastor Ben 

The following is adapted from an article on membership I was asked to write for the North Central Conservative Baptist Association. –Pastor Daniel Over a year ago, our church began a mini-series on church membership. In the series, we discussed God’s goals for relationships within our community of faith and how membership—formal commitment to the members of the local church—was necessary to accomplish these goals. Following the series, I felt convicted. I feared asking friends at church questions about their membership. What if I asked a regular attender why they weren’t a member and they told me it was because they didn’t really like my preaching? What if I asked a missing member where they had been and they told me they were attending another church? What if my questions pushed people away? It seemed easier to just let things be. I realized those fears reflected unbiblical thinking. Over the past year, we as a church grew in pursuing conversations about church membersh...