Gospel Meeting!
The Lord willing, three weeks from today, Sellers Crain will be with us to preach in our Gospel Meeting. The date for the Gospel Meeting is Sept. 17-20. It can be an effort in which: lost souls are confronted with the good news of sal-vation in Jesus Christ, church members are edified, and God is greatly glorified! In order for all of these things to happen, every member needs to do what is suggested in the article below. Please read and act accordingly! Carl
A Successful Gospel Meeting Depends Upon Us…
1. It Depends On Our Attitude! Are we looking forward to it? Do we realize its potential for good? Are we excited about the cause of Christ?
2. It Depends On Our Attendance! Some meetings fail because 50% of the members do not attend any service except Sunday morning worship. A few of these have even been known to leave the assembly after communion has been served. To assure that our meeting will not fail due to our own poor attendance, let us clear our schedules so that we can be present for every service.
3. It Depends On Our Invitations! Regardless of all the advertising done through printed announcements, the newspaper, radio, and etc., visitors will usually attend only if personally invited by a Chris-tian friend. How many of your friends do you plan to invite to the meeting?
4. It Depends On Our Friendliness! Do our visitors feel welcome and wanted in our services? How many of us make a special effort to greet visitors and to invite them back?
5. It Depends On Our Participation! Nothing “kills” a service so effectively as a combination of back-seat sitting, inattention during the services, and poor participation in the singing. How simple these problems are to solve! Will we though?
6. It Depends On Our Prayers! Have we made a list of those who we would like to see obey the gospel, and have we made another list of wayward children of God who need to be restored? Do we pray daily and specifically by name for each person on that list? Have we asked God to provide us with opportunities to talk with them about the condition of their souls? Are we praying for the preacher and also the one who will lead us in our singing?
7. It Depends On Our Encouragement! A word of love and encour-agement to one who needs to respond to heaven’s invitation means so much. Words of appreciation to those who work in behalf of the meeting will also help to assure success.
--The Alamo Bulletin
Yes, my brothers and sisters! A successful Gospel Meeting here at Bethel depends on us! May God grant each one of us the strength and the determination to do our part!
The Lord willing, three weeks from today, Sellers Crain will be with us to preach in our Gospel Meeting. The date for the Gospel Meeting is Sept. 17-20. It can be an effort in which: lost souls are confronted with the good news of sal-vation in Jesus Christ, church members are edified, and God is greatly glorified! In order for all of these things to happen, every member needs to do what is suggested in the article below. Please read and act accordingly! Carl
A Successful Gospel Meeting Depends Upon Us…
1. It Depends On Our Attitude! Are we looking forward to it? Do we realize its potential for good? Are we excited about the cause of Christ?
2. It Depends On Our Attendance! Some meetings fail because 50% of the members do not attend any service except Sunday morning worship. A few of these have even been known to leave the assembly after communion has been served. To assure that our meeting will not fail due to our own poor attendance, let us clear our schedules so that we can be present for every service.
3. It Depends On Our Invitations! Regardless of all the advertising done through printed announcements, the newspaper, radio, and etc., visitors will usually attend only if personally invited by a Chris-tian friend. How many of your friends do you plan to invite to the meeting?
4. It Depends On Our Friendliness! Do our visitors feel welcome and wanted in our services? How many of us make a special effort to greet visitors and to invite them back?
5. It Depends On Our Participation! Nothing “kills” a service so effectively as a combination of back-seat sitting, inattention during the services, and poor participation in the singing. How simple these problems are to solve! Will we though?
6. It Depends On Our Prayers! Have we made a list of those who we would like to see obey the gospel, and have we made another list of wayward children of God who need to be restored? Do we pray daily and specifically by name for each person on that list? Have we asked God to provide us with opportunities to talk with them about the condition of their souls? Are we praying for the preacher and also the one who will lead us in our singing?
7. It Depends On Our Encouragement! A word of love and encour-agement to one who needs to respond to heaven’s invitation means so much. Words of appreciation to those who work in behalf of the meeting will also help to assure success.
--The Alamo Bulletin
Yes, my brothers and sisters! A successful Gospel Meeting here at Bethel depends on us! May God grant each one of us the strength and the determination to do our part!
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