Following on the heels of our series “Know God in the New Year”, where we looked at what it means to truly know God along with practical ways to experience Him, is our new series entitled “This is our God.”  In this series we will take a serious look into the character and nature of God.  We will see what it means when the Bible says that our God is a God of love as well as a God of wrath.  We will see how God can be a God of grace while still being a righteous judge.  Join us as we explore the character and nature of the God who does not change and seek to know Him on deeper levels than ever before.

Join us on Sunday mornings at 8:30 and 11:00a.

Day 1//Jan. 30 – Pray for depth. Ask God to bless you and your family with deeper levels of relationship with Him than you have ever experienced before.

Day 2//Jan. 31 –Pray for your time in God’s Word. Ask God to bless the reading of His word.  Ask God to take its truth and fill your hearts and minds with it.

Day 3//Feb. 1 – Pray for your family.  Ask God to guard, protect, and guide each you as you follow Him.

Day 4//Feb. 2- Pray for your marriage.  If you are not married, pray for the marriages of our church, community and your family.  Ask God to strengthen them and protect them.

Day5//Feb. 3 – Pray for our men.  Lift up the men of the church & our nation; that they would take their God given responsibilities seriously to lead, love, protect ,and provide for their families.

Day 5//Feb. 4 – Pray for our women.  Ask God to bless them and use them to nurture and serve their families and live as examples as they love and serve God.

Day6//Feb. 5 – Pray for the leaders of your church.  Ask God to bless your staff as they prepare to teach, lead, & equip the flock of God.  Ask God to give them wisdom, strength, and the power of His Holy Spirit as they follow Him.  Lift up their families asking God to protect them.

Day 7//Feb. 6 – Pray for the body of Christ, the church.  Ask God to lead us, equip us, and send us out to make a difference in the world.

Day 8//Feb. 7 – Pray for a difference. Ask God today where you can make a difference in the world for Him. In the areas that God has placed you, where you can you serve and minister is His name?

Day 9//Feb. 8 – Pray for tonight. Today is Wednesday which means the church will be full with children and students.  Ask God to bless the teaching of his word and that hearts will be receptive to the gospel.

Day 10//Feb. 9 – Pray for our missionaries around the world.  Pray for their safety, their needs, and that God would bless their efforts and lives would be changed by the power of the gospel.

Day 11//Feb. 10 – Pray for Sunday morning at FBCER.  That the worship services, small groups, and all that happens will glorify God and help make disciples of Jesus.

Day 12//Feb. 11 – Pray to be prepared. Seek God, submit to Him and let Him search your heart. Come to church tomorrow prayed up and ready to encounter God.

Day 13//Feb. 12 – Pray for today. Pray that it would be a God honoring day of worship at FBCER. That lives would be changed and God would be glorified.

Day 14//Feb. 13 – Thank God for His power. Spend some time meditating on God’s great power. Think about times that God has shown his power in your life. Thank Him for all those times.

Day 15//Feb. 14 – Thank God for His love. Today is Valentine’s day, thank God for his unconditional love for you and ask God to give you the same type of love for others.

Day16//Feb. 15. – Thank God for providing. How has God provided  for you and your family? Reflect on his provision and thank Him for all that He has done and all that He will do in the future.

Day 17//Feb. 16 – Meditate on His majesty. We serve a great and glorious God. Think about His majesty. Think about such a majestic God giving up His life for you. Respond to Him in prayer.

Day18 //Feb. 17 – Meditate on His wrath. We focus a lot on God being a God of love and He is but scripture also describes God has a God of wrath. God must punish sin. Spend some time thinking about this truth. How does this truth relate to the follower of Christ?

Day 19//Feb. 18 – Pray for tomorrow. Pray that God would use tomorrow morning’s service to bring people closer to himself. Prepare yourself to meet with God tomorrow.

Day 20//Feb. 19 – Pray for Today. Pray for Pastor Charlie as he preaches today. Pray that God uses Him and that people lives are changed through encounter God’s living Word

Day 21//Feb. 20 – Thank God for not changing. We serve an unchanging God. Take some time to think about how this truth has an effect on your life. Spend some time thanking Him for being unchanging.

Day 22//Feb. 21 – Thank God for his grace. Followers of Christ have received a gift of grace unlike any offered. Reflect on the grace you have received and spend some time thanking God for it.

Day 23//Feb. 22 – Pray for our families. Tonight we are having a family night. Pray that God would use it to strengthen the families in our church and community.

Day24//Feb. 23 – Thank God for His work. Did God work in your life last night at family night? Has God working in your life recently? Spend some time thanking Him for his continued work in your life.

Day 25//Feb. 24 – Thank God for His healing. Our God is a God that heals both physically and spiritually. How has God manifested his healing power in your life? Thank Him for healing you.

Day 26//Feb. 25 – Pray for tomorrow. Prepare yourself to encounter God tomorrow through our worship services. Confess sin, humble yourself before God and ask Him to prepare you.

Day 27//Feb. 26 – Prayer for tonight. Tonight we will be going to the nursing homes in the community to worship with them.  Ask God to bless the time of worship we will have together.

Day28//Feb. 27 –Think about God’s justice. How does God being just affect the life of the follower of Christ? Spend some time thanking God for being just.

Day 29//Feb. 28 – Pray for our church. Pray that we would all continue to passionately seek God.

Day 30//Feb. 29 –Pray for you. Pray that you would continue to grow in your relationship with God.

The Shepherd’s House

The Shepherd’s House provides assistance to people in our area that have basic material needs. They are open every Tuesday (except the fifth Tuesday of the month) and have shifts in the morning and evening. Volunteers normally serve once a month and they can do a variety of tasks from counseling with people to sorting through donations.

Video Tech Team

The Video Tech Team is responsible for running the computer and video in both morning worship services. A person will normally be responsible for running the computer once every month and you will only lead in the service that you normally attend. And you do not have to be a computer genius to be on this team! (training is happening Sunday at 3:30pm)

Welcome Ministry Team

Our church is a maze and the welcome ministry team is there to help new (and old) people successfully find their way around the church. We need volunteers to work the “guest services” booth once or twice a quarter as well as serve as greeters at our entrances and in our services.

Small Group Ministry

We currently have several small groups ranging from preschool to college age that need some faithful volunteers to serve and lead every week during our 9:30am small groups.

Kid’s Church

Kid’s Church needs adults that love Jesus and enjoy working with kids to come be a part of this exciting worship experience! Kid’s Church needs people to help with registration, crafts, worship, lead small groups and much more. Volunteers serve once a month during the 11am service.

Nursery Volunteers

On Sundays and Wednesdays we need people to volunteer in our nursery. Rocking babies, water coloring and playing with blocks are just a few of the things you might be doing. Nursery volunteers normally work once a month.

Wednesday Morning Breakfast

Every Wednesday, while school is in session, our church serves breakfast to the 8th-12th graders of El Reno. We normally begin cooking around 6:30am and head home at around 9:00am. We need people to help serve, to help cook, to help with dishes or even help lead a team. A breakfast volunteer normally works once a month.

Wednesday Nights @ FBCER

Wednesday night is a big night of ministry and outreach for FBCER. We need people to work in the nursery, with our First Kids, with our Middle School and High School students (REFUGE), and help in the kitchen with our meal. Volunteer work load and schedule vary by position.

Set-Up Team

We need a team of people to help setup the church at various times throughout the year. Volunteers on this team will serve when needs arise and as they are available.

Worship Team

Do you love to sing, play the guitar, bang on the drums, etc? The worship team might be for you. Our Worship choir practices every Wed at 7:05pm and is open to anyone. Worship band members must audition.

Our goal at FBCER in 2012 is to know God in ways that we have never known Him before.  We want to move from the shallows into the depths of experiencing God and being found in Him.  In order to do that, we know we must experience the living God through His living word.  This week the members of FBCER have committed to spending 100 days in the word of God.

We are doing so by taking place in the E100 challenge where for the next 20 weeks (5 days a week for 20 weeks = 100 days) where we will read with our families an assigned passage of scripture that give us a picture of the entire Bible.  If you want to join with us you can pick up a card with the assigned scriptures at the church or you can find this plan on the “YouVersion” Bible app for your smart phone.

Along with spending 100 days in the Scriptures, we are challening our church to memorize a verse of scripture each week.  The scripture will be taken from a passage you will read that week and will be available on the church website, facebook page, and in the weekly worship guide.

We hope that you will journey with us in our pursuit of knowing God and that you will make His word a priority as you do.

Join us every week as we are challenged to “Know God in the New Year”.