We are always in prayer for our soldiers away from home on duty. We encourage you to as well. We have a couple of enlisted people that we are trying to support with communication by email. Please take a moment to let them know that they are in your prayers. They are not used to getting many messages from home, and I am sure you can imagine how nice it would be for them to hear from an abundance of you. Below is the information for them. Please feel free to reach out in any way that you are led to do so.
Capt Ronald Helms
332 EAMDS/CASF
AEF 7/8
APO AE 09315
RONALD.HELMS@BLAB.AFCENT.AF.MIL
AND
PFC Partrick Little
690th MED CO (GA)
COB Speicher
APE AE 09393
STRIKEKING_88@HOTMAIL.COM
We thank you for your continued thoughts and prayers for all personnel over seas, and we know that these two will feel the warmth of God's love as you communicate to them in email and in prayer. We plan to send them a care package each month, so please let us know if you wish to contribute. You may email dhelms@live.com or thealtar@numail.org. Let's lift them up for a safe mission, and a safe return to home!
ALSO
Romanian Mission Trip
Saturday, February 28, 2009 @ 6pm the FBC Newnan Chruch Warehouse location in downtown Newnan. Come welcome Benu and Estera, missionaries to Galati, Romania via WEBCAM!! No passport needed / no jetlag / no luggage! Bring a covered dish and love offering for Bethesda Ministries.I.
Thank you - The Altar family.
790 Student Ministry
Welcome! We welcome you and invite you to attend and become part of our new church family! We are so very excited to begin this new year and are so thankful for what God has blessed us with since we began in August of 2008! We are currently meeting at Welch Elementary which is located off of Mary Freeman Road in Newnan, GA. Email: dhelms@live.com or thealtar@numail.org with any questions. Come grow with us in Christ and start the new year off with a great new church family! We now have a GREAT student ministry led by Ryan Helms. They meet each Sunday night. Contact Ryan Helms at 404-643-1806 with any questions. Meeting places vary so please call and find out where they will meet next!
Please Pray for...
Larry Shelnutt's Father
Betty Freeman (Matt Freeman's Step-Mom) 3 Strokes-in hospice care
Judy and Michael Miller
Barron Blunt(college friend of Matt Freeman's sister)- Cancer
Randy Beckwith- Recovering from Stroke
Denise Beckwith (Randy's wife)
The Duty's Daughter and Son-in-Law
Sydney Hudson (Lee Hudson's daughter)
Pastor Don & Janice
Those looking for work
Our Church's Future
Jennifer Doolittle- Physical healing from accident
Welch Elementary-Give thanks for where we are!
All Church Volunteers
The Wells family- adopting from China (Beth Freeman's Sister Angie)
Our new President and administration
All of our troops away from home this season
Please email any prayer requests, or PRAISES to us. We would love to lift you up in prayer, and give thanks for blessings!
TheAltar@numail.org
Betty Freeman (Matt Freeman's Step-Mom) 3 Strokes-in hospice care
Judy and Michael Miller
Barron Blunt(college friend of Matt Freeman's sister)- Cancer
Randy Beckwith- Recovering from Stroke
Denise Beckwith (Randy's wife)
The Duty's Daughter and Son-in-Law
Sydney Hudson (Lee Hudson's daughter)
Pastor Don & Janice
Those looking for work
Our Church's Future
Jennifer Doolittle- Physical healing from accident
Welch Elementary-Give thanks for where we are!
All Church Volunteers
The Wells family- adopting from China (Beth Freeman's Sister Angie)
Our new President and administration
All of our troops away from home this season
Please email any prayer requests, or PRAISES to us. We would love to lift you up in prayer, and give thanks for blessings!
TheAltar@numail.org
Noah's Ark Replica- What a great way to share God's story! Awesome idea!
How do I get involved at 'The Altar"?
- Greeter to welcome visitors, and families as they arrive after church starts- meet at the back. email: thealtar@numail.org
- Nursery and Children's Church-email thealtar@numail.org
- Praise Team- We are growing, and are praying for God to send us talent in instruments such as Drums, Guitar, and male vocals. If you are interested, please contact us. mattandbeth@numail.org
- Set- Up and Take Down Team- contact Tony Doolittle at tonydoolittle@bellsouth.net
- Sound / Video assistance- email thealtar@numail.org
NEED HELP ON THE SITE?
Here are a couple of pointers to help you navigate and participate on the site. Your participation and involvement on this site is really critical to it's success.
To make a "comment" on a post- Simply click on the word "Comments" at the bottom. This allows you to read what others have commented about a subject, and allows you to post a comment of your own- the most important part! If you don't have a "Google Account"- Just choose Anonnymous, and if you want, type your name at the end.
To see the map at the bottom of the page: Click the "Click to See" button in the lower right hand of the map box. Once there, you can view all the places where people are that have visited the site- you can even look just above the map and choose to change the size of the "dots" so you can see more specific places on the map. There are ALOT more dots than you would think. This means we are reaching the masses!
Don't want to listen to the music that is playing while you read and visit? Just click the pause button on the player. It's near the top. Click on the > button to play again.
To see Don's sermon, just click on Play ( > ) or just click on the photo, and you can watch. *You may need to turn the volume up on your computer due to low volume from the camera.
I hope this helps! If you need more assistance, just email us and we will try to answer your questions-
TheAltar@numail.org
To make a "comment" on a post- Simply click on the word "Comments" at the bottom. This allows you to read what others have commented about a subject, and allows you to post a comment of your own- the most important part! If you don't have a "Google Account"- Just choose Anonnymous, and if you want, type your name at the end.
To see the map at the bottom of the page: Click the "Click to See" button in the lower right hand of the map box. Once there, you can view all the places where people are that have visited the site- you can even look just above the map and choose to change the size of the "dots" so you can see more specific places on the map. There are ALOT more dots than you would think. This means we are reaching the masses!
Don't want to listen to the music that is playing while you read and visit? Just click the pause button on the player. It's near the top. Click on the > button to play again.
To see Don's sermon, just click on Play ( > ) or just click on the photo, and you can watch. *You may need to turn the volume up on your computer due to low volume from the camera.
I hope this helps! If you need more assistance, just email us and we will try to answer your questions-
TheAltar@numail.org
Interesting Articles / Information
Thanks, Jeanine for the contribution! Very interesting!
GOD'S ACCURACY
How lovely to think about the way our Creator God planned everything so carefully and perfectly, everything with a plan. As His highest creation, "we are fearfully and wonderfully made."
God's accuracy may be observed in the hatching of eggs.
For example,
The eggs of the potato bug hatch in 7 days;
Those of the canary in 14 days;
Those of the barnyard hen in 21 days.
The eggs of ducks and geese hatch in 28 days;
Those of the mallard in 35 days.
The eggs of the parrot and the ostrich hatch in 42 days.
(Notice, they are all divisible by Seven).
God's wisdom is seen in the making of an elephant. The four legs of this great beast all bend forward in the same direction. No other Quadruped is so made. God planned that this animal would have a huge body, too large to live on two legs.
For this reason He gave it four fulcrums so that it can rise from the ground easily.
The horse rises from the ground on its two front legs first.
A cow rises from the ground with its two hind legs first.
How wise the Lord is in all His works of creation! God's wisdom is revealed in His arrangement of sections and segments, as well as in the number of grains.
Each watermelon has an even number of strips on the rind.
Each orange has an even number of segments.
Each ear of corn has an even number of rows.
Each stalk of wheat has an even number of grains.
Every bunch of bananas has on its lowest row an even number of bananas, and each row decreases by one, so that one row has an even number and the next row an odd number.
The waves of the sea roll In on shore twenty-six to the minute in all kinds of weather.
All grains are found in even numbers on the stalks
The Lord specified Thirtyfold, sixtyfold, and a hundredfold - all even numbers.
God has caused the flowers to blossom at certain specified times during the day, so that Linneus, the great botanist, once said that if he had a conservatory containing the right kind of soil, moisture and temperature, he could tell the time of day or night by the flowers that were open and those that were closed!
Thus the Lord in His wonderful grace can arrange the life that is entrusted to His care in such a way that it will carry out His purposes and plans, and will be fragrant with His presence. Only the God-planned life is successful. Only the life given over to the care of the Lord is safe.
*Author unknown
GOD'S ACCURACY
How lovely to think about the way our Creator God planned everything so carefully and perfectly, everything with a plan. As His highest creation, "we are fearfully and wonderfully made."
God's accuracy may be observed in the hatching of eggs.
For example,
The eggs of the potato bug hatch in 7 days;
Those of the canary in 14 days;
Those of the barnyard hen in 21 days.
The eggs of ducks and geese hatch in 28 days;
Those of the mallard in 35 days.
The eggs of the parrot and the ostrich hatch in 42 days.
(Notice, they are all divisible by Seven).
God's wisdom is seen in the making of an elephant. The four legs of this great beast all bend forward in the same direction. No other Quadruped is so made. God planned that this animal would have a huge body, too large to live on two legs.
For this reason He gave it four fulcrums so that it can rise from the ground easily.
The horse rises from the ground on its two front legs first.
A cow rises from the ground with its two hind legs first.
How wise the Lord is in all His works of creation! God's wisdom is revealed in His arrangement of sections and segments, as well as in the number of grains.
Each watermelon has an even number of strips on the rind.
Each orange has an even number of segments.
Each ear of corn has an even number of rows.
Each stalk of wheat has an even number of grains.
Every bunch of bananas has on its lowest row an even number of bananas, and each row decreases by one, so that one row has an even number and the next row an odd number.
The waves of the sea roll In on shore twenty-six to the minute in all kinds of weather.
All grains are found in even numbers on the stalks
The Lord specified Thirtyfold, sixtyfold, and a hundredfold - all even numbers.
God has caused the flowers to blossom at certain specified times during the day, so that Linneus, the great botanist, once said that if he had a conservatory containing the right kind of soil, moisture and temperature, he could tell the time of day or night by the flowers that were open and those that were closed!
Thus the Lord in His wonderful grace can arrange the life that is entrusted to His care in such a way that it will carry out His purposes and plans, and will be fragrant with His presence. Only the God-planned life is successful. Only the life given over to the care of the Lord is safe.
*Author unknown
Words of Encouragement
Thank You, Jeanine, for This Submission
2008/08/18
~Authentic Friendships by Rick Warren~
But if we live in the light, as God is in the light, we can share fellowship with each other. Then the blood of Jesus, God’s Son, cleanses us from every sin. If we say we have no sin, we are fooling ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 1 John 1:7–8 (NCV)*** *** *** ***In Christian fellowship people should experience authenticity.Authentic fellowship is not superficial, surface-level chit-chat. It’s genuine, heart-to-heart, sometimes gut-level, sharing.It happens when people get honest about who they are and what is happening in their lives. They share their hurts, reveal their feelings, confess their failures, disclose their doubts, admit their fears, acknowledge their weaknesses, and ask for help and prayer.Authenticity is the exact opposite of what you find in many churches. Instead of an atmosphere of honesty and humility, there is pretending, role-playing, politicking, superficial politeness, and shallow conversation.People wear masks, keep their guard up, and act as if everything is rosy in their lives. These attitudes are the death of real friendship.It’s only as we become open about our lives that we experience authentic fellowship. The Bible says, “If we live in the light, as God is in the light, we can share fellowship with each other. . . . If we say we have no sin, we are fooling ourselves” (1 John 1:7–8 NCV).The world thinks intimacy occurs in the dark, but God says it happens in the light. We tend to use darkness to hide our hurts, faults, fears, failures, and flaws. But in the light, we bring them all out into the open and admit who we really are.Of course, being authentic requires both courage and humility. It means facing our fear of exposure, rejection, and being hurt again.Why would anyone take such a risk?Because it’s the only way to grow spiritually and be emotionally healthy. The Bible says, “Make this your common practice: Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you can live together whole and healed” (James 5:16 MSG).
2008/08/18
~Authentic Friendships by Rick Warren~
But if we live in the light, as God is in the light, we can share fellowship with each other. Then the blood of Jesus, God’s Son, cleanses us from every sin. If we say we have no sin, we are fooling ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 1 John 1:7–8 (NCV)*** *** *** ***In Christian fellowship people should experience authenticity.Authentic fellowship is not superficial, surface-level chit-chat. It’s genuine, heart-to-heart, sometimes gut-level, sharing.It happens when people get honest about who they are and what is happening in their lives. They share their hurts, reveal their feelings, confess their failures, disclose their doubts, admit their fears, acknowledge their weaknesses, and ask for help and prayer.Authenticity is the exact opposite of what you find in many churches. Instead of an atmosphere of honesty and humility, there is pretending, role-playing, politicking, superficial politeness, and shallow conversation.People wear masks, keep their guard up, and act as if everything is rosy in their lives. These attitudes are the death of real friendship.It’s only as we become open about our lives that we experience authentic fellowship. The Bible says, “If we live in the light, as God is in the light, we can share fellowship with each other. . . . If we say we have no sin, we are fooling ourselves” (1 John 1:7–8 NCV).The world thinks intimacy occurs in the dark, but God says it happens in the light. We tend to use darkness to hide our hurts, faults, fears, failures, and flaws. But in the light, we bring them all out into the open and admit who we really are.Of course, being authentic requires both courage and humility. It means facing our fear of exposure, rejection, and being hurt again.Why would anyone take such a risk?Because it’s the only way to grow spiritually and be emotionally healthy. The Bible says, “Make this your common practice: Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you can live together whole and healed” (James 5:16 MSG).
Church Family Business Directory (click business name to visit their web site)
- Community Welcome House- Linda Kirkpatrick- Safe-haven for women and children victims of domestic violence: includes Healthy Dating Relationships for preteens and teens: out reach and a unique shop "New Beginnings". 770-304-0966 or communitywelcomehouse@numail.org
- Note Worthy Designing (Perry's daughter-in-law)
My Prayer
- Matt Freeman (Host)
- It is my prayer and my hope that God can use this tiny space on the Internet to help encourage, or lift someone up, or ultimately lead them to Him. This is for Him, and your contributions will help more people than you will ever know just by participating and sharing. I thank you for your support and prayers. You have mine in return!
The Altar Family Facebook Listings- Another way to get to know everyone!
Christian News Links / Other Periodical or Book Links
Community Involvement Opportunities
Church Family Business Directory (Click on Business to visit web site)
- Community Welcome House- Linda Kirkpatrick, Exec.Dir.- Safe-haven for women and children victims of domestic violence: includes Healthy Dating Relationships for preteens and teens: out reach and a unique shop "New Beginnings". 770-304-0966 or communitywelcomehouse@numail.org
- Noteworthy Designing - The Perry's daughter-in-law (click to visit web site)
The Altar 11-30-08
The Altar 10-5-08 Noah's Altar
9-21-08 Service (Enhanced Volume)
Sermon 9/07/08 - "A Scandalous Love"
Daily Bible Verse
Are We Reaching the Masses?
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