John Calvin turns 500 years old today! In honor of this special occasion here are some resources and offers to help you get acquainted with one of the most important men in Church History. What sets Calvin apart is his relentless focus on the greatness of God. Everywhere in Scripture he saw the majesty of God and the glory of Christ. And everywhere in his life and ministry he proclaimed it! May we do the same.
John Calvin: A Heart for Devotion, Doctrine, and Doxology
Today only, Ligonier Ministries is offering this book for a donation of any amount. 20 different scholars and pastors look at the Reformer’s life, ministry and God-centered teaching.
Most people probably wouldn’t label the good ole USA as “idolatrous.” But the fact is, we have merely repackaged and domesticated our idols. If we grasped the fact that we really do worship 24/7, I think we’d be shocked by our idolatry–our worship gone bad.
The “FAITH STIMULUS PLAN” goes into effect July 5 to Sept. 6. For 10 weeks, we’re encouraging everyone to be a part of a Gospel Intentionality strategy. While we’ll be taking a break from our normal Sunday school classes, we’ll meet three times to equip & encourage each other on how to live ordinary life with gospel intentionality: July 5, July 26, and Aug. 16.
On Saturday, July 25 (rain date 8/1), we will be holding a church-community yard sale. Everyone is invited to bring their unwanted items and sell them. If they would prefer, they can donate their items to a Senegal missions trip table where all proceeds will be used to support the missions team that is headed to Senegal this September. Yes, we are raising money, but our primary goal is to get some exposure in our community and have some fun at the same time. We would like to have some snacks/sweets to give to people as they shop. Also, if anyone would like to run some kind of kid’s carnival type games that would be great. We want to create a fun, family, servant atmosphere. I hope you will join us!
Please contact the church office at wbcoffice@windhambaptistchurch.org and let us know what you would like to do. There will also be a sign up sheet in the foyer. 1) Have a table to sell your own items.
Ladies, young and old(er), we’d love for you to come and be a part of this enjoyable evening. Join us Tuesday, July 21 at Jerilyn’s from 6:30-8:30pm. The evening will be in two parts. The first part we’ll be kicking things off at 6:30pm with a cookout and a time of fellowship. If you’d like to stay and participate in the second part of the evening, we’ll be a having a baby shower for Teyah.
Here is an encouraging thought for you today from the people at Of First Importance.
“It doesn’t matter how complicated, how desperate, perhaps even hopeless your life has become. No matter how overwhelmed you may feel by your problems, if your trust is in Jesus Christ, you can be sure that he is praying for you now and through that prayer he will provide for you the resources to bring you relief or enable you to carry on.
The most important thing that you and I need to learn about prayer is this: first of all and ultimately, prayer is not something we do but what Jesus does for us.”
- Richard B. Gaffin, “Christ, Our High Priest in Heaven“
What a blessing it has been these past 5 days to be a part of the Spurgeon Sabbatical. I’ve reconnected with pastors that I’ve met over the past 5 years. It’s also been a joy to connect with some of the new men. In fact two of the pastors are from Maine! I’m really looking forward to partnering with these like-minded, Christ-centered guys. Hearing how God has sustained them in their lives and ministry has been an immense encouragement to me. Many of these men have served as pastors for 20 and even 30 years! Through the many, dangers toils and snares they’ve found God to be faithful. I long to be like these guys in my love for God and his church. Continue Reading »
We wanted to be sure to let you know that we have a special surprise in store for this Sunday’s time of gathered worship – Nic and Christy Brenner are planning to be with us. If you don’t know them (which you surely should want to do), Nic is one of the young men that grew up at Windham Baptist Church. While in pursuing his undergrad degree at UNH, God moved powerfully in Nic’s life and called him to work with college students. Continue Reading »
If you hadn’t noticed, there’s a lot of talk about the gospel these days. Our goal for WBC is to be a gospel-centered church, a community that exists through the gospel and for the gospel. But we’re not the only church aiming for reclaiming of the centrality of the gospel for all of life and ministry. There is an entire gospel-renewal movement afoot in the West. Just check out the The Gospel Coalition and Together for the Gospel. What you’ll find is a staggering list of the most respected, theologically-sound, missionally-minded pastors, scholars, and church leaders banding together to say the greatest need of the church is (and always has been and always will be!) to remain unswervingly committed to the gospel of Jesus Christ.
With so much talk about the gospel one might wonder, is this “gospel-centeredness” just a fad? A buzzword to be forgotten by the next trend?
As I’ve been serving and studying at the Spurgeon Sabbatical this week, I’ve become even more convinced that to be gospel-centered is to be truly biblical and that the gospel is ancient and essential. Continue Reading »
