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| Address: 5th & Main Street Grove, Oklahoma, 74344 Phone: 918-786-4419 Fax: 918-786-3238 Email: grovefbc@sbcglobal.net |
| Welcome to Grove's First Baptist Church |
*Located in the growing community of Grove, Oklahoma, on the shores of The Grand Lake of the Cherokees, we are a warm fellowship of Christians,
ministering to people of all ages. Whenever you are in the Grand Lake Area, stop in and meet us personally. We are members of the Southern Baptist
Convention, the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma, and the Northeastern Baptist Association.
ministering to people of all ages. Whenever you are in the Grand Lake Area, stop in and meet us personally. We are members of the Southern Baptist
Convention, the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma, and the Northeastern Baptist Association.
| A place to praise and be refreshed ... Worship, A place to love and be loved ... Fellowship, A place to share and be changed ... Evangelism A place to serve and be served ... Missions, A place to teach and be taught ... Discipleship |
| From Our Pastor ... |
Better One…Two…or about the Same…
of correction would give me the best vision. My answers would then determine the prescription for
of correction would give me the best vision. My answers would then determine the prescription for
new glasses, allowing me to see God’s world with greater clarity. Over time and as our eyes get
older, we start to notice the scratches on our lenses, from mistakes made while wearing them, as it
becomes harder and harder to keep things in focus. Over time, we do the same thing in life. The
hard part is focusing on what God wants us to see rather than on what we are accustomed to
seeing. Long range planning requires vision, and that includes a new vision for things we have never
looked at before!
looked at before!
I am reminded of God’s vision for us when I look at Acts chapter 11. In chapter 11 we see the
church acting on the vision God gave them through an older set of lenses. The Christians are
witnessing to the lost, there is a reaction from the support church in Jerusalem, Barnabus and Paul
are teaching new converts, and those new converts are responding to the needs of the Christians in
Judea. The Jewish Christians, fleeing to Antioch to escape persecution in Jerusalem, were being
confronted with many changes. Having shared the Gospel with Jews only, there were now thousands
of Gentiles in Antioch waiting to hear about Jesus Christ! They were used to always going to the
synagogue to preach their message, the old vision. Now the marketplace was their pulpit as God
gave them His new vision! They were used to only receiving Jewish believers into the church…that
was the old vision. Now with God’s vision there were Gentile converts waiting to be baptized and
included in the membership of the congregation.
God is using His Holy Spirit to show us some different lenses through which we will be asked to
look, as we seek to minister to a constantly changing world. Change is hard. Better one…two…or
about the same?
James
of correction would give me the best vision. My answers would then determine the prescription for
of correction would give me the best vision. My answers would then determine the prescription for
new glasses, allowing me to see God’s world with greater clarity. Over time and as our eyes get
older, we start to notice the scratches on our lenses, from mistakes made while wearing them, as it
becomes harder and harder to keep things in focus. Over time, we do the same thing in life. The
hard part is focusing on what God wants us to see rather than on what we are accustomed to
seeing. Long range planning requires vision, and that includes a new vision for things we have never
looked at before!
looked at before!
I am reminded of God’s vision for us when I look at Acts chapter 11. In chapter 11 we see the
church acting on the vision God gave them through an older set of lenses. The Christians are
witnessing to the lost, there is a reaction from the support church in Jerusalem, Barnabus and Paul
are teaching new converts, and those new converts are responding to the needs of the Christians in
Judea. The Jewish Christians, fleeing to Antioch to escape persecution in Jerusalem, were being
confronted with many changes. Having shared the Gospel with Jews only, there were now thousands
of Gentiles in Antioch waiting to hear about Jesus Christ! They were used to always going to the
synagogue to preach their message, the old vision. Now the marketplace was their pulpit as God
gave them His new vision! They were used to only receiving Jewish believers into the church…that
was the old vision. Now with God’s vision there were Gentile converts waiting to be baptized and
included in the membership of the congregation.
God is using His Holy Spirit to show us some different lenses through which we will be asked to
look, as we seek to minister to a constantly changing world. Change is hard. Better one…two…or
about the same?
James
| Schedule at First Sunday 8:15 - Morning Celebration 1 9:15 AM - Sunday School 10:30 AM - Morning Celebration 11 6:00 PM - Evening Service Tuesday 10:00 AM - Ladies Bible Study Wednesday 5:30 PM - Sanctuary Choir Practice 6:30 PM - Bible Study 6:30 PM - Financial Peace Thursday Grand Lake Christian Medical Clinic |
| We have Christ in our hearts, the Great Commission as our mission, and love as our vision |
| TWO SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP CELEBRATIONS Grove’s First Baptist will start having two Morning Celebrations starting May 4th. We have outgrown our sanctuary on Sunday mornings, pushing 300 most Sundays. All praise and glory to God for this wonderful problem. The new Sunday schedule will be as follows ... Morning Celebration 1 - 8:15 am Small Group Bible Study - 9:15 am Morning Celebration 2 - 10:30 am |