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Diaper Dinner Beth Granberry - November 16, 2017

 

2017 Fall Fellowship - Campfire at the Helders

Everyone wants this to be a regular (monthly) event!

Tailgate 2015

Summer Fun 2015

Tailgate Kickoff to the 2014 SEC Football Season

2014 Annual Minister Appreciation Dinner
March 27th

Picture Worth 1,000 Words

Lydia Scarvey - MC

Andy, Debbie, Kristin, Jamie, Brandon

Dinner

Patrick, Kerrie, Jamie, Bob

Linda, Brittan, Kirk, David, Ray, Holly, Cybil, Chris, Sue Marie

Debbie, Kristin

Johnny Be Cool

Y&M Girls

Valentine Social - 2014

Christmas Social - 2013

STRENGTH FINDER - Dealing With Relational Conflict

Today we looked at how to successfully manage your talents in your closest relationships.

We all desperately need to be loved, but because we are broken people living in a broken world, sometimes the "love train" gets off track. So, how do we prevent those off-track excursions? Or, how do we find the tracks once we are derailed?

The video below "Broken By Darkness" is a picture of what relational conflict looks like:

Conflicts in relationships can begin with the smallest of disagreements and quickly escalate into full-blown standoffs. So how do we prevent them, and how do we escape their torment once they occur? In other words, how do we get the train back on the tracks when the inevitable happens?

Before I summarize the solution from today's lesson, watch the short video below and see one couple's attempt to resolve a head-splitting relational problem.

Just as the video illustrated, "It's not about _____." In times of personal pain and darkness, what we need most from each other is not answers, but presence.

All relational conflicts are born out of sin... the deadliest of all being PRIDE. It is because of our sin resulting in a broken relationship with God that we encounter human relationship conflicts. It is also because of sin that we remain derailed.

Before we can even think about restoring a human relationship conflict, we must first resolve our broken relationship with God. Sin breaks our fellowship with God. The first step in restoring a broken relationship with God is to recognize and admit that sin is the problem. As we have discussed in previous classes, we must Recognize the sin, Repent it, and then we are able to Restore our heart to a state of fellowship with God. Once this has happened, we can then address our human relationship conflicts.

When there is a conflict between you and another person, you need to get alone with God, first, as soon as possible. Just you and God. Recognize your sin (pride, frustration, jealousy, anxiousness, selfishness, worry, fear, critical spirit, etc.), and then ask God to forgive you and fill you with the fruit of His Spirit (love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control). We know we have reached this place of restoration when all nine of the fruit of the Spirit are evident (Galatians 5:22-23). Then go to the person you have the conflict with and say these words: "I am sorry for ________. Please forgive me." Do it quickly.

If you are ever approached by a person that you are having conflict with and they say those words to you, you should immediately respond with these words: "I forgive you." Nothing else! If they are your spouse or someone you love, you should say these words: "I forgive you and I love you." Nothing else!

Forgiveness does not mean that trust has been restored. If trust has been broken, it takes time for trust to be restored.

The mechanics of reconciliation look easy on paper, but it is one of the most difficult things you will ever do. It is difficult because it requires that you surrender ALL of yourself to God and trust Him to work through you. In a way, it is an act of worship. Your surrender to God is always the first step to healing your human relationship conflicts. When your pride tells you that you are right, remember... the opposite of PRIDE is HUMILITY.

"For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be exalted." Matthew 23:12

The slides used in today's lesson are below. If you weren't in class today, be sure to see the video below on our highlighted couple: Shay and Denise Nichols.

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Shay and Denise Nichols

Next Sunday (March 16th) we will have the S-Finder Jeopardy Review. Here are the topics.

Who's Who

As our class grows and flows, we need to know everyone's name. This is especially important for new members of the class.

If your picture is not here, or if you don't like the picture that is here, please email me a good picture of you (if you are single), you and your spouse (together), or you and your spouse-to-be (together). I will also have my camera on Sundays.

 Patrick & Kerrie Reed

Mike & Sue Marie Coe
 

 Bryant & Paige Hardy

Adam & Kristin Rollins

Ray & Holly Rollins

Shay & Denise Nichols

Bradley & Jessica Bedwell

Chase & Sara Elizabeth Jordan

Jerad & Deanna Sowell

David Coe

Caroline Ritter

Andy & Lydia Scarvey

Gabe & Jamie Crook

Dustin & Beth Granberry

Jeremy & Sybil McGhee

Todd & Ashley Sellers

Ross & Crystal Lee

Kirk & Brittan Jones

Dan & Jill Hershman

David & Lindsay Holloman

Hank Mosley

Justin & Jacquelyn Smith

Taylor Johnson

James Crockett

Rob & Buffie Dryden

Ryan & Suzanne Richards

Michael & Katie Nunnally

Daniel & Kathryn Pittman

Justin & Lilly Barfield

Tommy & Sarah Tolleson

 Lauren Wilbanks

Tim & Brooke Patton

Scott & Kristie Graves

William Blount

 Jennifer Farish

 Jack Sims

 Malcolm & Tilly Brooks

 Josh McNeal

 

 Angel Dease

Tracy Wallace

STRENGTH FINDER - Making Disciples Starts With You & Me

Today we focused on the three key elements of the You & Me Class: Product, Process, and People.

1. PRODUCT: Disciples. Our primary work as believers is to make disciples. The Great Commission given to us by Jesus was to "Go therefore and make disciples of all nations..." Matthew 28:18-20. Making disciples starts with You & Me, then to those closest to us (spouse, family, class members, church members, friends, co-workers), then to the city, etc.

2. PROCESS: The process is a 5-step process we have adopted as our class mission statement: Surrender (love God), Serve (love others), Seek (pray), Study (grow in wisdom), Share (tell others). When we do these 5 things in Purity and with Passion, we will have God's power (Holy Spirit) to fulfill His Purpose through us. It is a supernatural process.

Just as we saw in the example of Moses (Numbers 11:11-17) and with the example of the first church in Acts (Acts 6:1-7), we need to be prepared for what God is doing and is going to do with our class. As with Moses and with the church in Acts, making disciples requires organization and teamwork.

We know Moses had reached the end of his rope when he cried out to God, "If this is how you're going to treat me, why don't you just kill me?" God solved Moses' problem by enlisting 70 leaders and officers to establish care teams to take the load off of Moses.

In Acts 6:1 it says, "Now at this time while the disciples were increasing in number..." There were problems and disputes growing among the people. The solution was to select from among them seven men of 1) good reputation, 2) full of the Spirit, and 3) full of wisdom to be put in charge of caring for the people. After this was done, its says in Acts 6:7, "The word of God kept on spreading; and the number of the disciples continued to increase greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were becoming obedient to the faith."

Our class is growing. God is blessing. The group that God is bringing together is amazing! The You and Me Class is loaded with talents and Spiritual Gifts. We need to put those talents and gifts to work in our class in the areas that will prepare the class for what is coming. Each person needs to pray about where they can best serve based on their talents and Spiritual Gifts.

The foundation of our class needs to start with three groups: Administration, Care Groups, and Rapid Response Teams. Within each of these three key groups will be opportunities for you to serve in primary or support roles. In one of these three groups you will be able to use your Spiritual Gifts and talents. We will be looking into this further in the upcoming weeks. In the mean time, please complete the 80 question Spiritual Gifts Survey to discover your Spiritual Gifts (email me for the spreadsheet), and be sure to complete the Strengths Finder test. These two tools are invaluable to our class as we move forward in building an effective team and make disciples. In addition, in preparation for our next series, complete the 5 Love Language test and email me your results. Here is the link: 5 Love Language Test

3. PEOPLE: You can have a great PRODUCT (ours has been given to us by God), and an effective PROCESS (ours is scripturally-based and dependent on the Holy Spirit), but without PEOPLE (surrendered believers growing in wisdom) you have nothing.

We need to love each other, support each other, and not let the enemy rob us of God's blessings. We can be guaranteed that we will face trials and periods of darkness, but with God, we can grow stronger. We need to stand strong together as a class. Remember, we are at war and must put on the armor of God (Ephesians 6). "For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms." Ephesian 6:12.

Next week we will look closer at how our talents work together in our closest relationships.

Congratulations to Patrick and Kerrie Reed on the birth of their son, Carter Reed.

This week, the spotlight was on DAVID COE. The animal that best describes his talents and personality is the owl. Since David is single, I proposed a set of 5 top talents for the woman that I felt might best complement David's "top 5". Here is a trailer for David as he continues his quest to find his "Green-eyed Relator".