Weekly Newsletter

Join a great cause that anyone

who can walk, pray and is
passionate about life can be a
part of.
40 Days for Life is a powerful,
peaceful sidewalk prayer ministry
that seeks Gods intervention to
save unborn lives.

MEN and WOMEN

we need your
help in
See Michelle Shafer We need you to
help the next generation
know and grow in Christ!

Dates:
Wednesday September 28th
through Sunday, November 6th




Our Service Times:
Wednesday 12:00-1:00pm
Friday
5:00-6:00pm
Location: 302 E Stoughton St,
Champaign, IL 61820
Parking: Park in the County

Market parking lot NOT in the Planned
Parenthood lot.

MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
We will meet on the sidewalk to
walk and pray together for the
hour - Its just that easy.

Monday

10/3 Martial Arts 6:00pm - Free

Mens
6:45pm First Baptist Church, Savoy

Tuesday

10/4 Womens

9:10am First Christian Church, Champaign

Ladies Bible Study (1 Peter) 9:30am

At Community Evangelical Free Church

Mixed Bible Study 3:00pm

Carriage Crossing, Champaign

Prepare
for
Worship
In preparation for Sundays
message read: 1 Peter 3:18-22
What do you believe about baptism?
Read: Ephesians 2:8-9, Colossians
2:12, Romans 6:4, Matthew 28:19
and Galatians 3:26-27.
How are these pictures of baptism?

The Piasecki Group 6:30pm

1610 West Hickory Drive, Mahomet

The Henrikson Group 7:00pm

Meeting at the Church

Wednesday

Thursday
Saturday

Sunday

10/5 Mixed Bible Study 9:30am

Bridle Brook, Mahomet

10/8 Mens Coffee 7:00am

10/9 Christian Education 9:30am

Childrens Sunday School 9:30am

Worship Gathering 10:45am

Who should be baptized and why?

Youth Group 6:00-8:00pm
10/6 Worship Practice 7:15pm

Now read how Jesus was baptized in

Matthew 3:13-17, and how He sent us
in Matthew 28:18-20.

Kids Church 10:45am

Pastor Jason 1 Peter 3:18-22
Hope Through Baptism

AWANA Clubs 6:00pm

Interested in being apart of the

Student Missions Trip to the
Springfield Inner City Mission,
November 4th through the 6th?
The cost is: Free (but youth will
be collecting canned goods to
take with them) See Tom
McGowan or Pastor Jake Barrett
if you are interested!

Mens Coffee
This Saturday
7:00 to 8:30am
Join us as we
gather together
and discuss the
Book of James.

No matter how deeply bound we are to any

given stronghold, through Jesus Christ were
able to overcome it. Christ is mightier than the
most stubborn heart and the greatest lie of
Satan. On the cross Jesus showed us that He
is mighty enough to redirect our sin-rich hearts
heavenward so that we can get back on the
track of spiritual growth.
Join the ladies on one of two nights to learn
how we tear down strongholds and strengthen
ourselves in Christs promises.
Where? Lois Reeds in home Bible study will
be Unleashed by Eric Mason, starting on
Sept 28th and 29th at 7:00pm. The cost is $17
(scholarships are available if cost in an issue)
Sign up sheet will be available at church over
the next 2 Sundays. You can also email Lois
directly at: lreedtj@aol.com

Christian baptism is the means by which a

person makes a public profession of faith and
discipleship. In the waters of baptism, a person
says, wordlessly, I confess faith in Christ;
Jesus has cleansed my soul from sin, and I
now have a new life of sanctification.

Baptism is one of two ordinances that Jesus

instituted for the church. Just before His
ascension, Jesus said, Go and make disciples
of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the
Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
and teaching them to obey everything I have
commanded you. And surely I am with you
always, to the very end of the age (Matthew
28:1920). These instructions specify that the
church is responsible to teach Jesus word,
make disciples, and baptize those disciples.
These things are to be done everywhere (all
nations) until the very end of the age. So, if
for no other reason, baptism has importance
because Jesus commanded it.
Baptism was practiced before the founding of
the church. The Jews of ancient times would
baptize proselytes to signify the converts
cleansed nature. John the Baptist used
baptism to prepare the way of the Lord,
requiring everyone, not just Gentiles, to be
baptized because everyone needs repentance.
However, Johns baptism, signifying
repentance, is not the same as Christian
baptism, as seen in Acts 18:2426 and 19:17.
Christian baptism has a deeper significance.
Baptism is to be done in the name of the
Father, Son, and Spiritthis is what makes it
Christian baptism. It is through this ordinance
that a person is admitted into the fellowship of
the church. When we are saved, we are
baptized by the Spirit into the Body of Christ,
which is the church. First Corinthians 12:13
says, We were all baptized by one Spirit so as
to form one bodywhether Jews or Gentiles,
slave or freeand we were all given the one
Spirit to drink. Baptism by water is a
reenactment of the baptism by the Spirit.

Christian baptism illustrates, in dramatic style,

the death, burial, and resurrection of Christ. At
the same time, it also illustrates our death to
sin and new life in Christ. As the sinner
confesses the Lord Jesus, he dies to sin
(Romans 6:11) and is raised to a brand-new life
(Colossians 2:12). Being submerged in the
water represents death to sin, and emerging
from the water represents the cleansed, holy
life that follows salvation. Romans 6:4 puts it
this way: We were therefore buried with him
through baptism into death in order that, just as
Christ was raised from the dead through the
glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.
Very simply, baptism is an outward testimony of
the inward change in a believers life. Christian
baptism is an act of obedience after salvation;
although baptism is closely associated with
salvation, it is not a requirement to be saved.
The Bible shows in many places that the order
of events is 1) a person believes in the Lord
Jesus and 2) he is baptized. This sequence is
seen in Acts 2:41, Those who accepted
[Peters] message were baptized (see also
Acts 16:1415).
A new believer in Jesus Christ then should
desire to be baptized. In Acts 8 Philip speaks
the good news about Jesus to the Ethiopian
eunuch, and, as they traveled along the road,
they came to some water and the eunuch said,
Look, here is water. What can stand in the way
of my being baptized? (verses 3536). Right
away, they stopped the chariot, and Philip
baptized the man.
Have you given your life to Christ but held
off on baptism because you didnt
understand it? Do you desire to now be
baptized? See Pastor Jason today to talk
about baptism, and join us this Sunday as
we talk about Hope Through Baptism.
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