January 13, 2019
with Pastor Terrell
“‘Who do you say I am?’ Simon Peter answered, ‘You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.’ Jesus replied, ‘Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven. And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.’ ~ Matthew 16:15-18 ~ 2,000 plus years now, and the promise of Jesus still holds true. No matter what Satan has tried, the church still stands today — and in fact, the church thrives today. Not that all the work is done — in fact, far from it. There has always been and will always be work to be done. That does not mean a broken church — rather it means that we are still the church for a broken world. As we look back for a moment at 2018, we discover that First Southern has been active in engaging a broken world. We have engaged our local community, our region, our state, our nation and our world in significant ways. Outside of Prescott Valley we saw significant work being done at Generations Church SBC in Cordes Lakes, where we continue the challenge of being the lead church in that church replant. Pastor Jamie Long and his wife Brooke are now beginning their second year in that challenging community. We are continuing in our five year, $40,000 commitment to seeing this replant off to a good start. Some of our members were involved in overseas ministries. Jerry Guiber made two trips to the Ukraine, where he facilitates seminars for public school teachers on how to teach Christian Ethics in their lesson plans. Recently, his Ukrainian co-worker, Surgie, spent a Sunday here at First Southern, sharing the great work going on in Ukraine. Bill and Beth Vogel continue to have a nation-wide and global ministry in reaching children for Christ through Child Evangelism Fellowship. Their work this past year saw them opening doors into public schools from here in Prescott Valley to Jamica, and across the country of Belieze. Our own Janet Marshall was able to go along on that life-changing trip. We will continue to support these folks in prayer and other ways this coming year. They are an important extension of our outreach to a broken world.
PASTORAL STAFF Terrell Eldreth, Senior Pastor Scott Terry, Worship Pastor OFFICE CONTACT & HOURS Monday — Thursday 8:30 A.M. — 2:30 P.M. Phone: 928-772-7218 Email: fsbcpv@firstsouthernpv.org SUNDAY SCHEDULE • Bible Study 9:00 A.M. • Morning Worship Service 10:30 A.M. • Evening Worship Service 6:00 P.M.