Volume 40 No. 24 FATHER’S DAY Sunday, June 16, 2019

BEREAN Loving God, Loving People

9:00 a.m. Worship Service 10:45 a.m. Worship Service

FATHER’S DAY

THIS WEEK AT BEREAN:

TODAY AT BEREAN:

MONDAY, JUNE 17 5:30 p.m. American Heritage Girls 7:00 p.m. Mission Board Meeting

TUESDAY, JUNE 18

9:30 a.m. Scripture Fellowship 6:30 p.m. Deacon Board Meeting 7:00 p.m. College Age Volleyball

@ Lex. Community Park

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19 3:00 p.m. Grief Share/Healing Hearts 6:30 p.m. SURGE REACH Mansfield—

Jr. & Sr. High Meeting 7:00 p.m. Prayer Meeting

THURSDAY, JUNE 20

8:00 p.m. Loveology—Girls Bible Study 8:00 p.m. Praise Team Rehearsal

FRIDAY, JUNE 21

6:00 p.m. Friday Night Volleyball for Jr. & Sr. High School Students @ The Sparks

SATURDAY, JUNE 22

NEXT WEEK: MEGA SPORTS CAMP! Monday, June 24 through Friday, June 28 At Mansfield Christian School (in case of inclement weather it will be moved to Berean) 5:30 p.m.—Drop-off and Registration 8:45 p.m.—Pick-up

Our Mission: To glorify God by growing disciples who follow Christ

and love others.

Our Ministers: The Entire Congregation

Our Shepherds:

Pastor Mike Wells Interim Pastor

Pastor Phil Leineweber Pastor of Student Ministries

Pastor Steve Storkel Pastor of Outreach & Missions

Pastor Spencer Valeri Pastor of Children & Parents Ministries

Ashley DeFrancisco Director of Women’s Ministry

Rev. William Heaton Director of International Missions

Matt Spiegel Director of Jr. High Ministries

“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit

has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses

in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and

to the end of the earth.” Acts 1:8 ESV

NEED TO CONNECT TO YOUR BIBLE APPS?

Connect to: Berean Guest Password: HolySpirit

Please help us by limiting usage to Bible Apps only.

TODAY’S CONGREGATIONAL SONGS Good Good Father, Whom Shall I Fear,

One Thing Remains, Come Thou Font, Future/Past We want our corporate praise to be as meaningful as possible for everyone.

Please feel free to sit, if necessary, during this time. Song lyrics are available in the Lobby. All songs are reproduced by permission, CCLI #107225.

KEEP IN TOUCH On the Web: www.bereanfamily.com

On Facebook: www.facebook.com/Bereanfamily

Fill out a “CONNECT CARD” located in the back of your seat.

Send an email: info@bereanfamily.com

Call: 419-756-3300 (Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.) Berean Family App available for free on the Apple App Store and the Android Play Store

MISSION FOCUS: GRACE CHURCH—BROVARY, UKRAINE

Pray for our team of 7 people who will be traveling to Brovary, July 7- August 5 to help at a camp for families with special needs children, headed up by Tanya Kolodey from Grace Church, and to teach Conversational English with Pastor Boris Medyanik at Grace Church. The English school is made up of mostly college students and young professionals. Pastor Bill Heaton leads our teams.

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Welcome to Berean!

If this is your first time at Berean, please be sure to stop by the Welcome Center in the Lobby . . . We’d love to meet you and give you a special gift!

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WOMEN’S MINISTRY EVENT CHANGE We had planned to go to the movies on June 18th as a group. Due to no Christian movies out at this time we have moved our outing to August 23rd to see Overcomer. Plan to join us! More details to come.

We have thirty-one 10-13 year old students arriving from Shanghai, China on July 5. They will be here for a “Summer Camp” experience until July 16. Their purpose in coming is to improve their conversational English and to experience different parts of America. We need host families to help with housing and help to give them the experience of an American family. This is also a terrific opportunity for us to introduce them to Jesus. Most of them have no concept of who God is. For more information please call or text Elizabeth Dawson @ 419-543-1485 or email eodawson@aol.com.

Dearest Berean Family and Carpenter Class, The family of Bob Rickel would sincerely like to thank you for all of your fervent prayers, calls and cards of encouragement, visits, delicious meals, and the many gifts of love that you showered upon us during Bob’s illness. You blessed our family in countless ways with your love. Thank you for being a part of Bob’s journey with us. We love you all.

BEGINNING NEXT WEEK ...

SERVE AT MEGA

SPORTS CAMP

JUNE 24-28 In order to make Mega Sports Camp happen we need lots of volunteers! Please be praying how God might use you during this fantastic outreach event.

We need:

SPORT COACHES (Baseball, Basketball, Soccer)

SAFETY COACHES (medical help and security)

If you have any questions or are interested in serving with us

contact Kelly Canfield kcanfield@bereanfamily.com

or Pastor Spencer Valeri

svaleri@bereanfamily.com, or call (419) 756-3300

or sign up in the Lobby today!

!

serve

Monday, June 24 through Friday June 28 5:45-8:45 p.m.

at Mansfield Christian School

500 Logan Road Mansfield, OH 44907

Registration/Drop-Off –

5:30 p.m. Pick-Up – 8:45 p.m.

Thank You!

Looking for other ways to impact MEGA SPORTS CAMP?

Each night the kids will be getting a “half-time snack”. We are

asking the congregation to help provide the snacks and drinks. WE COULD USE: Granola Bars Fruit Snacks Individual bags of pretzels, crackers, chips… Applesauce squeeze pouches Small bottled water (8 oz.) Small bottled juices/sports drinks String cheese* Bananas* Apples* Easy Peel Oranges*

Please drop off your pre-packaged, non-perishable donations in the bin near door K or in the Lobby upstairs by June 23rd.

*Please drop off your refrigerated or perishable items in the Community Room kitchen (downstairs by the Kid’s Church/Community Room) ON Sunday, June 23rd.

for 6th-12th Graders Sunday—10:45 a.m. in the SURGE Center

Stay Connected! Follow @WeBeSURGE

REACH Mansfield Jr. & Sr. High Meeting Wednesday, June 19th at

6:30 p.m. in the SURGE Student Center All students participating must attend!

CONNECT WITH US!

www.bereanfamily.com/bereankids

Facebook.com/bereanchildren

Pastor Spencer Valeri: svaleri@Bereanfamily.com

Kelly Canfield: kcanfield@Bereanfamily.com

Sunday Morning Kid’s Church @ 9:00 a.m.

Sunday School 10:45 a.m.

Nursery (birth-2 years old) available Sunday mornings

THIS SUMMER: Kindergarten will be in Kids Church

during 1st service. 5th Grade will join SURGE

during 2nd service.

JOIN OUR TEAM

We are looking for a few more volunteers who love serving Jesus and working with kids! Contact Kelly Canfield or Pastor Spencer Valeri if you are interested! (419) 756-3300, KCanfield@bereanfamily.com or SValeri@bereanfamily.com

Connect Group Questions 6/16/19

1) Empathy is the ability and willingness to connect in a personal manner

with another person’s experience and emotions. Modeled by the Lord Jesus and commanded in Romans 12:15 “Rejoice with those who rejoice; and mourn with those who mourn.” Why do you think this so hard for some people?

2) The clear teaching of the Word is that we are to act and not just “feel”. Proverbs 3:27 & 28; Galatians 6:10; 1 John 3:18. Share a time when someone was genuinely Biblically empathic toward you. What was the immediate and long term impact of their active caring?

3) How did Nehemiah demonstrate/ model his empathy to the hurting/needy people of Jerusalem? 1:4; chapter 5

4) Making critical decisions in a timely fashion is a distinguishing characteristic of spiritual leadership. “The spiritual leader will not procrastinate when faced with a decision, nor vacillate after making it. A sincere but faulty decision is better that weak-willed ‘trial balloons’ or indecisive overtures. To postpone decision is really to decide for the status quo. In most decisions the key element is not so much knowing what to do but in living with the results.” (page 70) “Procrastination, the thief of time, is one of the devil’s most potent weapons for defrauding us of eternal heritage. The habit of ‘putting off’ is fatal to spiritual leadership. Its power resides in our natural reluctance to come to grips with important decisions. Making decisions, and acting on them, always requires moral energy. But the passing of time never makes action easier, quite the opposite. Most decisions are more difficult a day later, and you may also lose an advantage by such delay” (page 118) Spiritual Leadership by J. Oswald Sanders What do you think of Sanders’ perspective? How have you seen the reluctance of leadership to make decisive decisions impact the success of an organization, ball game, family, community, or church?

5) How did Nehemiah demonstrate decisive decision making? 2:4&5; 2:18; 4:9; 4:15; 5:7; 6:8; 7:2; 13:8 & 11; 13:21 & 22 & 28

6) How do you reconcile the example of Nehemiah and many others in Scripture who made significant decisions in a decisive timely fashion with the warnings and instruction in Proverbs 19:2; 21:5; 29:20; 15:22; 20:18?

BEREAN BAPTIST CHURCH 2145 Middle Bellville Road—Mansfield, OH 44904-1613

Phone: (419)756-3300 Web: www.bereanfamily.com Office Hours: Tuesday-Friday, 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.

Sunday, June 16, 2019

NEHEMIAH ON LEADERSHIP: HIS CHARACTER

Part Two

Nehemiah Selected Passages 1. ________________________ Nehemiah 5:1-19 2. ________________________ Nehemiah 2:18-20