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Welcome to Worship:  Ethan Ramsey

Worship in Music:  Charla Buchanan

Worship in the Word:  Rance Shuler:  "Lead Those Entrusted to You!" - Nehemiah 2

¹And it came to pass in the month of Nisan, in the twentieth year of King Artaxerxes, when wine was before him, that I took the wine and gave it to the king. Now I had never been sad in his presence before. ² Therefore the king said to me, “Why is your face sad, since you are not sick? This is nothing but sorrow of heart.”

So I became dreadfully afraid, ³ and said to the king, “May the king live forever! Why should my face not be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ tombs, lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire?”

⁴ Then the king said to me, “What do you request?”

So I prayed to the God of heaven. ⁵ And I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city of my fathers’ tombs, that I may rebuild it.”

⁶ Then the king said to me (the queen also sitting beside him), “How long will your journey be? And when will you return?” So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.

⁷ Furthermore I said to the king, “If it pleases the king, let letters be given to me for the governors of the region beyond the River, that they must permit me to pass through till I come to Judah, ⁸ and a letter to Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he must give me timber to make beams for the gates of the citadel which pertains to the temple, for the city wall, and for the house that I will occupy.” And the king granted them to me according to the good hand of my God upon me.

⁹ Then I went to the governors in the region beyond the River, and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me. ¹⁰ When Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard of it, they were deeply disturbed that a man had come to seek the well-being of the children of Israel.

¹¹ So I came to Jerusalem and was there three days. ¹² Then I arose in the night, I and a few men with me; I told no one what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem; nor was there any animal with me, except the one on which I rode. ¹³ And I went out by night through the Valley Gate to the Serpent Well and the Refuse Gate, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem which were broken down and its gates which were burned with fire. ¹⁴ Then I went on to the Fountain Gate and to the King’s Pool, but there was no room for the animal under me to pass. ¹⁵ So I went up in the night by the valley, and viewed the wall; then I turned back and entered by the Valley Gate, and so returned. ¹⁶ And the officials did not know where I had gone or what I had done; I had not yet told the Jews, the priests, the nobles, the officials, or the others who did the work.

¹⁷ Then I said to them, “You see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lies waste, and its gates are burned with fire. Come and let us build the wall of Jerusalem, that we may no longer be a reproach.” ¹⁸ And I told them of the hand of my God which had been good upon me, and also of the king’s words that he had spoken to me.

So they said, “Let us rise up and build.” Then they set their hands to this good work.

¹⁹ But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard of it, they laughed at us and despised us, and said, “What is this thing that you are doing? Will you rebel against the king?”

²⁰ So I answered them, and said to them, “The God of heaven Himself will prosper us; therefore we His servants will arise and build, but you have no heritage or right or memorial in Jerusalem.”

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 1st, 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:

February 22nd:  Tammy Creasman & Kendall Williams

March 1st:  Cassie Patterson & Felicia Moody

March 8th:  Tammy Kaplan & Sunny Jenkins

March 15th:  Caroline & Tim Palmer, & Milexa

Counting Team

February: Glenda Odom & Coty Jenkins

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. 

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

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

March 1st:  CRAGS Teens & RENEW meet at 6:00pm

March 4th:  CRAGS Teens meet at 6:30pm