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F.I.S.H.
Ministry
Fun in Serving Him
Senior Adult Ministry
The Senior Adult Ministry was
established at Calvary Baptist Church by our pastor Emeritus, The Reverend
Thurmond Stone, who saw how import it is for our Seniors to have the
"Golden Years" to be fun filled and challenging. Calvary has continued
this vision over these years. The F.I.S.H. GROUP as this group is called
is in acrostic meaning very simply [Fun in Serving Him]. We invite you to
join us as we meet every first Thursday in the month [6:30 to 8:30 PM].
The meetings are filled with fun,
inspiration, fellowship, food, entertainment, and friendship. Many of
these folks have forged a long lasting bonds of friendship through these
times together. A typical meeting would include, opening remarks, enjoying
the wonderful cooking of all of these ladies who have brought their best
casseroles, and dessert, a twenty five to thirty minute program, business,
birthdays and anniversary recognition.
Spiritual
Goals
We also desire that every Senior Adult have a living vital relationship
with Jesus Christ. The Bible answers the question of how a person can
go to Heaven, in fact there is a word that can be used, it's FAITH.
F
is for Forgiveness,
we cannot have eternal life without God's forgiveness. "In Him [Jesus] we
have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins" [Eph. 1:7a].
A
is for Available,
you see forgiveness is available to all who believe [John 3:16]
I
is for impossible,
it is impossible for God to allow sin into Heaven. "For all who have
sinned and come short of the glory of God" [Romans 3:23].
T
is for Turn,
which means to repent, to turn from something - sin and self "But unless
you repent you shall all perish". But it also means to turn to someone; to
trust Christ only. "If you confess with your month the Lord Jesus
and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead you will
be saved" [Romans 10:9]
H
is for Heaven,
in fact Heaven is eternal life, both here [John 10:10] and hereafter [John
14:3]. Would you like to receive this forgiveness by trusting in
Christ?
Travel Philosophy
The FISH Group is on the way to somewhere just about every month for
either a day trip, 2-3 day trip, or possibly a 4-5 day trip. We do this
to enrich the lives of our Seniors here at Calvary, believing that as
a church we should honor our Seniors and try to make the travel as
affordable as possible. We try to operate the travel so that no profit is
generated, which works well. It is expected that tour participants
be members of the FISH Group, but not necessarily Calvary Baptist
Church.
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