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Please mark your calendars for our annual fall festival, which will be held at our church facilities on Sunday, October 16th from 3-7 p.m. As always, this event includes supper (FREE FISH FRY, along with other great food), music, basketball, kickball, octaball, other games, pumpkin decorating, the bounce house, popcorn, bonfires, hayrides, and more.

Something folks in our church and in our community look forward to each year, the fall festival is a great opportunity to fellowship with others, make new friends, enjoy great food and have a lot of fun. Because there is no set program, you can come and go as you please, but the games and activities will start at 3:00, with supper around 5:00 and the last event of the evening, the hayrides, starting around 6:00.

Church members, please be sure to bring lawn chairs for yourself and to share with others, if possible. Thank you!

PICTURES FROM PAST FESTIVALS

A new class for joining Richland Baptist Church (or just learning more about Jesus and the church) will begin Sunday, October 16, at 9:30 a.m.

Membership Matters is our membership orientation class for learning about the church and why church membership is so important. This class is what we require for one to be baptized and/or to join the church.

Taking place during our family groups (aka Sunday School) hour, this class will last for six weeks (as often as scheduled and needed), after which time we hope you will plug into one of our weekly family groups.

The topics covered in this 6-week class are:

October 16 – Session 1: What do we believe?

October 23 – Session 2: What is our church covenant?

October 30 – Session 3: Why join a church?

November 6 – Session 4: What is the history of the church?

November 13 – Session 5: What does it mean to live on mission?

November 20 – Session 6: How can we do life together?

This class is great for anyone who wants to learn more about Richland Baptist Church, what we believe, how to get involved, etc. Whether you are considering membership or not, you are welcome to join us.

Nursery and children’s family groups are provided for children of all ages.

If you have any questions and/or want more information, please contact us. For our regular weekly schedule, please click HERE.

At the beginning of our worship celebration this morning, Vanessa Clevenger publicly professed her faith in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord through believer’s baptism. You can check out her testimony and baptism below, preceded by a short explanation of Christian baptism by Pastor Nick.

Please make plans to join us for a new sermon series called Summer on the Mount, beginning Sunday, June 5 during our morning worship celebration at 10:40.

Paul’s letter to the churches in Galatia is perhaps one of the most important letters for the church. This eleven-week series will look at its importance and theological relevance for our faith and life today. Specifically, we will look at the sweeping vision of grace that Paul lays out in this letter.

Here is the planned schedule for the ten weeks of this series, along with a few breaks in the series…

Sunday, September 4 – “The Grace of God” (Galatians 1:1-5)

Sunday, September 11 – “The Way of Grace” (Galatians 1:6-10)

Sunday, September 18 – “The Calling of Grace” (Galatians 1:11-24)

Sunday, September 25 – “The Work of Grace” (Galatians 2)

Sunday, October 2 – “Grace with Faith” (Galatians 3:1-26)

Sunday, October 9 – “The Promise of Grace” (Galatians 3:26-4:7)

Sunday, October 16 – “The Identity of Grace” (Galatians 4:8-31)

Sunday, October 23 – “The Response to Grace” (Galatians 5:1-15)

Sunday, November 6 – “The Spirit of Grace” (Galatians 5:16-26)

Sunday, November 13 – “The Service of Grace” (Galatians 6:1-10)

Sunday, November 27 – “The Power of Grace” (Galatians 6:11-18)

As always, you are invited to join us not only for our morning worship celebration but for all of our services and activities. If you have any questions or prayer requests, please let us know.

Our annual back-to-school ice cream social is Sunday evening, August 28th. We will start with a special worship service at 6:00, followed by ice cream and fellowship.

If you are a teacher, coach, school staff member or student (at any age level – elementary school, middle school, high school, college or beyond), we would love the opportunity to recognize and pray for you at the end of the service, which will also include a special gift for students.

Everyone is invited to join us, so please spread the word to your family, friends, classmates, teachers, coaches, school staff, neighbors and the community.

For our regular schedule, please click HERE. If you have any questions or need more information, please contact us. Hope to see you Sunday!

Vacation Bible School is almost here! Nightly from 5-8 p.m., VBS will take place Sunday, July 24 through Thursday, July 28. We hope your kids will join us and that you will consider volunteering.

Supper (for all interested kids and volunteers) will be served each evening (Sunday through Thursday) at 5:00 with the VBS program beginning at 5:30. We will be done right at 8:00 each night, and we’ll finish off the week with a big VBS family celebration (10:40 a.m.) and lunch on Sunday, July 31.

VBS is for children who recently completed pre-school through sixth grade, with nursery only being provided for the children of our volunteers.

For more information, please contact us. Check out the below video to learn more about this year’s theme.

Please make plans to join us for a new sermon series called Summer on the Mount, beginning Sunday, June 5 during our morning worship celebration at 10:40.

This ten-week series shows how to have Kingdom living in an upside-down world. In a world of sin and brokenness, Jesus shows what it looks like to live the life of a citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven through His time-honored and beloved “Sermon on the Mount.”  Do you struggle to live a consistent Christian life in a world that tries to drag you down?  Join us each Sunday to hear what the Lord’s wisdom reveals!

Here is the planned schedule for the ten weeks of this series, along with a few breaks in the series…

Sunday, June 5 – “Kingdom People” (Matthew 5:1-12)

Sunday, June 12 – “Kingdom Influence” (Matthew 5:13-16)

Sunday, June 19 – “Kingdom Law” (Matthew 5:17-20)

Sunday, June 26 – Special Sermon from Dennis Peterson

Sunday, July 3 – “Kingdom Standard” (Matthew 5:21-48)

Sunday, July 10 – “Kingdom Practice” (Matthew 6:1-18)

Sunday, July 17 – Special Sermon from Dennis Peterson

Sunday, July 24 – Special Sermon from Dennis Peterson

Sunday, July 31 – “Kingdom Treasury” (Matthew 6:19-24)

Sunday, August 7 – “Kingdom Trust” (Matthew 6:25-34)

Sunday, August 14 – “Kingdom Court” (Matthew 7:1-6)

Sunday, August 21 – “Kingdom Power” (Matthew 7:7-12)

Sunday, August 28 – “Kingdom Wisdom” (Matthew 7:13-29)

As always, you are invited to join us not only for our morning worship celebration but for all of our services and activities. If you have any questions or prayer requests, please let us know.

At the beginning of our worship celebration this morning, Rocky Rogers and Collin Moore publicly professed their faith in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord through believer’s baptism. You can check out their testimonies and baptisms below, preceded by a short explanation of Christian baptism by Pastor Nick.

To go straight to Rocky’s testimony and baptism, go to the 1:50-minute mark.

To go straight to Collin’s testimony and baptism, go to the 5:09-minute mark.

During May, which is Associational Emphasis month, we invite you to participate this week in the Association Week of Prayer.  This is a time where we focus as an association of churches on the overall mission and work of the association.

Sunday, May 15: Pray for your church.

Monday, May 16: Pray for the HMBA churches and their pastors.

Tuesday, May 17: Pray for the REACH of our association.

Wednesday, May 18: Pray for your Director of Missions, Preston Thompson.

Thursday, May 19: Pray for harvest workers.

Friday, May 20: Pray for our Associate Director of Missions, Charles Gholson.

Saturday, May 21: Pray for the Leadership Council and Executive Board for HMBA.

Sunday, May 22: Pray for the Mission and Vision of HMBA.