Men's ZOOM Bible Study
Saturday mornings 8am – 9am
Starting THIS Saturday, October 10th
Join us for a 6 week study of the Minor Prophets!
Women's ZOOM Bible Study
Tuesday evenings 7pm – 8pm
Starting NEXT Tuesday, October 13th
Join us for a 6 week study of the book of Philippians! We will be following Jennie Allen’s study, Get Out of Your Head (no books required).
TRUNK - OR - TREAT
Our annual Trunk or Treat is coming up on Sunday, October 18th from 5pm – 7pm!
Put the date on your calendar and invite everyone you know!
-We’ll be following any precautions recommended by local and state governments at the time of the event.-
Financial Team Director - Lisa Sutherland
Name: Lisa Sutherland
About me: I am 52 years old. I am the Financial Director for Forward Church as well as a Medicaid Specialist and Financial Consultant at Keibler and Sutherland. I love the outdoors, camping, gardening, 4-wheeling, time with family and reading.
About my family: I am married to Mark and we have been blessed with 3 children, Brittany (husband – John), Josh (wife – Chelsea), and Colton (wife – Gabby). We’re also blessed with 5 grandchildren – Abby, Allie, Analyn, Atticus, and Murphy.
Fun facts-
Favorite ice cream flavor: Is there such a thing? There are too many options!
Store – Chocolate Salted Caramel Oatmilk
Patoka Lake Ice Cream Truck – Turtle Treasure
Chillers – Pretzel Yogurt
Graeters – Chocolate Brownie with either Coconut Chip or Mint Chip
I could go on and on…
Favorite dream vacation destination: A family beach vacation on the Gulf.
Favorite board/card game: Playing MadGab with the kids while they were growing up. We had so many good laughs with that. Also love playing Euchre.
Favorite movie/TV show:
Movie: Tombstone – a favorite of our whole family. You’re a daisy if you don’t watch it 😉
TV show: NCIS Los Angeles and 48 Hours
Favorite Bible verse: There are too many but here are a few
“You will keep in perfect and constant peace the one whose mind is steadfast [that is, committed and focused on You—in both inclination and character], Because he trusts and takes refuge in You [with hope and confident expectation]. Trust [confidently] in the LORD forever [He is your fortress, your shield, your banner], For the LORD GOD is an everlasting Rock [the Rock of Ages].” Isaiah 26:3-4 AMP
“Then the Angel of the Lord appeared to him and said: “The Lord is with you, mighty warrior.””
Judges 6:12 HCSB
How long have you attended Forward? Almost 9 years.
How long have you been on staff? I’ve done the finances since May of 2012. I’ve officially been on staff since January of 2015.
In what ways do you volunteer at Forward? I volunteer in the Tech Booth running lights and greet when needed. I also help at our Outreach events.
Tell us about a time that was especially meaningful for you in your time of service: There’s so many, but there are times that stand out like when we were in Georgetown and the Spirit was moving and there was no sermon, just people coming to the altar and the whole service was worship. That was amazing! It’s also amazing to see how the Spirit moves in our congregation when we’re obedient to His promptings. Also, baptisms always bring tears to my eyes.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES
1 Peter 4:10, “As each has received a gift, use it to serve one another, as good stewards of God’s varied grace:”
We’re encouraging and challenging everyone to take the step to get connected in serving on a team with us at Forward! We have many opportunities to serve:
- forKids (Nursery, Toddlers/Twos, The Clubhouse/Pre-K, God City/K-1st, The Dig/2nd-5th)
- Propel Middle (meets Sunday mornings) and Propel High (meets Wednesday evenings)
- Greeters and Ushers
- Starting Point Guides
- Security Team
- Tech Team
- Outreach Team
- Prayer Team
- Parking Team
For any area you may be interested in or want more information on, click the “Serve With Us!” button below and we’ll get you started!
Also, if you’re interested in helping out with events as we have them, you can click the “Event Volunteer Opportunities” button below to find ways to serve!
Live Stream
Join us here online from anywhere every Sunday at 10:30am! You can stream our services here on our website, Facebook, or Youtube.
We're Here For You
If you need any kind of help, especially with grocery shopping, please contact Brittany and one of our Elders or Staff will make sure you get what you need!
If you or someone you know needs prayer, please reach out to Brittany, your Homegroup leader or any staff or elder.
Week of October 4, 2020
- Weekly Need- $7,480
- Last Weeks Giving- $6,273
- Year to Date Need- $299,200
- Year to Date Giving- $269,296
- Shortfall- $29,904
Chest Of Joash
The Chest of Joash provides an opportunity to give above and beyond the normal tithe. The money from it goes directly to work needed done on our building.
In 2 Chronicles 24 we find Joash repairing the temple and a chest was set outside of it for people to bring a tithe that was used to pay the workers restoring the temple. Verse 10 says, “And all the princes and all the people rejoiced and brought their tax and dropped it into the chest until they had finished.”
A huge THANK YOU to all of you who have joyfully donated just as the Israelite officials and people did!
With money that has been raised in the Chest of Joash over the past 3 years ($50,089 since January 2017!), we have been able to
- Build a ramp off of our sidewalk for those with a handicap
- Dedicate parking spots in our parking lot with Handicap and First Time Visitor signs
- Seal our roof to repair several leaks
- Paint the exterior of the building along with the barn wood design and Forward Church signage
- Build classrooms in our back hallway for Bible studies and other classes to take place
- Pave and stripe our parking lot
- Currently working on expanding our worship space to provide room for more people (this was always the plan for this area but especially necessary now under COVID-19 response guidelines)
You can give to the Chest of Joash by clicking the button below and selecting “Chest of Joash” in the drop down menu.
