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Welcome to Worship:  Rance Shuler

Worship in Music:  Charla Buchanan

Worship in the Word:  Ethan Ramsey:  "Resolve & Restore" - Nehemiah 5

¹And there was a great outcry of the people and their wives against their Jewish brethren. ² For there were those who said, “We, our sons, and our daughters are many; therefore let us get grain, that we may eat and live.”

³ There were also some who said, “We have mortgaged our lands and vineyards and houses, that we might buy grain because of the famine.”

⁴ There were also those who said, “We have borrowed money for the king’s tax on our lands and vineyards. ⁵ Yet now our flesh is as the flesh of our brethren, our children as their children; and indeed we are forcing our sons and our daughters to be slaves, and some of our daughters have been brought into slavery. It is not in our power to redeem them, for other men have our lands and vineyards.”

⁶ And I became very angry when I heard their outcry and these words. ⁷ After serious thought, I rebuked the nobles and rulers, and said to them, “Each of you is exacting usury from his brother.” So I called a great assembly against them. ⁸ And I said to them, “According to our ability we have redeemed our Jewish brethren who were sold to the nations. Now indeed, will you even sell your brethren? Or should they be sold to us?”

Then they were silenced and found nothing to say. ⁹ Then I said, “What you are doing is not good. Should you not walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the nations, our enemies? ¹⁰ I also, with my brethren and my servants, am lending them money and grain. Please, let us stop this usury! ¹¹ Restore now to them, even this day, their lands, their vineyards, their olive groves, and their houses, also a hundredth of the money and the grain, the new wine and the oil, that you have charged them.”

¹² So they said, “We will restore it, and will require nothing from them; we will do as you say.”

Then I called the priests, and required an oath from them that they would do according to this promise. ¹³ Then I shook out the fold of my garment and said, “So may God shake out each man from his house, and from his property, who does not perform this promise. Even thus may he be shaken out and emptied.”

And all the assembly said, “Amen!” and praised the Lord. Then the people did according to this promise.

¹⁴ Moreover, from the time that I was appointed to be their governor in the land of Judah, from the twentieth year until the thirty-second year of King Artaxerxes, twelve years, neither I nor my brothers ate the governor’s provisions. ¹⁵ But the former governors who were before me laid burdens on the people, and took from them bread and wine, besides forty shekels of silver. Yes, even their servants bore rule over the people, but I did not do so, because of the fear of God. ¹⁶ Indeed, I also continued the work on this wall, and we did not buy any land. All my servants were gathered there for the work.

¹⁷ And at my table were one hundred and fifty Jews and rulers, besides those who came to us from the nations around us. ¹⁸ Now that which was prepared daily was one ox and six choice sheep. Also fowl were prepared for me, and once every ten days an abundance of all kinds of wine. Yet in spite of this I did not demand the governor’s provisions, because the bondage was heavy on this people.

¹⁹ Remember me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.

Mark your calendars for Vacation Bible School held at RFBC on Monday, June 15th through Wednesday, June 17th!  If you are interested in serving at VBS, please let Rance or Jennifer Shuler know!

RENEW:  Real Talk (a women's minisry fellowship) will meet at RFBC fellowship hall from 6-7:30 on the following dates in 2026:

March 15th, March 29th, April 19th, May 3rd (year end)!

The theme for the year is Craving Connection:  Creating a Culture of Community.

SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES THIS QUARTER ARE AS FOLLOWS:

Adult Classes

Ethan Ramsey & Coy Buchanan:  Revelation

Barry & Susan Millsaps:  What did you Expect? Redeeming the Realities of Marriages (for couples only)

Tim Creasman:  The Parables of Jesus

Nursery (0-2 year olds)

Jeremy & Ashley Brown

Preschool (3-5 year olds)

Emily Loafman & Mariah Boxberger

Kids 4 Christ (6 years - 6th grade)

Jenni Shuler & Lindsay Jenkins

Nursery Ambasssadors:

March 15th:  Caroline & Tim Palmer, & Milexa

March 22nd:  Tammy Creasman & Kendall Williams

March 29th: Melanie Phillips & Veronica Shuler

April 5th:  Cassie Patterson & Felicia Moody

April 12th:  Tammy Kaplan & Sunny Jenkins

Counting Team

March:  Rachel Cline & Terran Parker

Jonathan Cline

Lisa Immel

It takes a large team to fulfill the vision that God has given to us as a church family! If you would like to know more about serving, check the form below to see ares of need. If you are interested, or have questions, fill out the form and we will be in touch. 

March 15th:  CRAGS Teens & RENEW meet at 6:00pm

March 18th:  CRAGS Teens meet at 6:30pm

March 22nd:  CRAGS Teens meet at 6:00pm

March 25th:  CRAGS Teens meet at 6:30pm