We are finishing the summer with a flurry of important events. Pray that God will bless these efforts in a mighty way and that souls would be saved in the process.

Lakeside will hold a revival meeting the week after Bible School. The meeting will be Monday through Friday evenings, August 10-14. Services will begin at 7:00 PM nightly with Brother Gary Malone serving as Evangelist. Brother Malone is pastor of the Landmark Missionary Baptist Church in Forrest City, Arkansas.

This year’s Homecoming will mark the 62^nd anniversary of Lakeside Missionary Baptist Church. This service will be Sunday morning, August 16^th . Brother Preston Addison will preach our homecoming message. There will be a singing service that same afternoon.

Our regular monthly business meeting will include the annual election of teachers and officers this evening.

Our Vacation Bible School, for kindergarten through sixth grade, begins Monday night. Call and reinforce all the invitations to VBS that you have already made. Then make some new ones. We have a great VBS planned and we would like for as many young people as possible to be here. We are looking forward to a great week. The VBS closing program will be next Sunday afternoon(August 9^th) beginning at 4:00 PM. There will be a fellowship following the closing program.

Director’s Request: Sister Faye has asked that you save clear, one or two liter, bottles for VBS.

Refreshments Director’s Request: Sister Doris asks that you bring lots of home made cookies for each evening of VBS and for the closing program fellowship. No peanut butter please.

Missionary Committee -

Our missionary committee will meet in the Couples Class room following the noon meal today.

Another effort that is underway is for raising tabernacle funds is for parents, grandparents or others interested adults to give a monthly offering. A monthly offering of $25.00 amounts to $300 in twelve months. If 30 families did this, it would raise $9,000.00 by itself! Everything should go through the church. Your checks may be made out to Lakeside and designated on the memo line that it is for the Budd Creek Tabernacle Fund. Your gifts are important but please don’t forget to pray. Pray that God will bless the efforts of all the churches that are helping with this and always pray for Budd Creek for the salvation of souls.

Advance sales for the Ladies Auxiliary cook books are being accepted. The books will be $12.00 each. You will find coupons on the vestibule table. Money for the cookbooks may be turned in to Sister Faye or Sister Brenda.

There is a sign up sheet for a trip to an Arkansas Travelers baseball game. The trip will be on Saturday, August 8, 2009. See Brother Randy for details.

Our Wednesday night youth ministry will begin the fall semester on September 9^th. Begin now to pray for a great year. We are looking forward to seeing all of our AWANA and Discovery students again after the summer break.

Sunday Morning I Cor. 16:13-24 27^th in series

The first letter to the church at Corinth ends with an exhortation to dedication. There are five general commands given in these closing verses. They are then encouraged to support the ministry of Stephanas, who is most likely the pastor. The final admonition is to serve God out of love, which is coupled with a warning against those who have other motives.

I. Stand Fast in the Faith I Cor. 16:13-14

A. Watch ye - be alert, stay awake, use caution

1. Walk circumspectly; use time wisely (Eph. 5:15-15)

2. Do not allow others to exploit your weaknesses

3. Let God use your weakness for His glory (II Cor. 12:9)

B. Stand fast in the faith - not waiver (Jude 3, Eph. 6:14)

C. Quit ye like men - be bold for Christ, be a man

D. Be strong - strengthen your position (Heb. 5:14)

E. Done with charity - motivation must be out of love

II. Submit to Leadership I Cor. 16:15-18

A. Household of Stephanas - early converts (I Cor. 1:11-16)

B. Seem this man was the pastor - told to respect him

1. He was not alone in setting such an example

2. He and two others traveled to Paul (v 17-18)

C. Addicted to the ministry - completely dedicated

D. Submit yourselves - allow such men to lead (Heb. 13:17)

III. Salute the Brethren I Cor. 16:19-21

A. All the churches of Asia Minor sent greetings

B. Aquila & Priscilla mentioned (Acts 18:26, Rom. 16:3)

C. Holy kiss - warm greetings extended to the brethren

D. Closing & signature by Paul’s own hand (v 21)

IV. Stress Love I Cor. 16:22-24

A. If any man love not the Lord - God will judge his work

B. Anathema - accursed: Maranatha - coming judgment

C. My love - Paul’s own example of love

Con. The Lord is coming and will judge every man’s work. (Rev. 22:12, I Cor. 3:12-14, II Cor. 5:10-11, John 15:9-14)