Africa Team

The team has finally arrived in South Africa and will spend the night
there. They are scheduled on an 8:15 AM flight to Botswana on Sunday
morning. Everyone is well and excited about finally getting to
Botswana tomorrow. Please continue to keep them in your prayers.

Daily Scripture

28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.

Isaiah 40:28

Botswana Mission Team

Our third team left on Thursday morning for a 10 day trip to Botswana. Currently they are stalled in Senegal with plane troubles. Everyone is safe and OK. They are waiting for another plane to take them on to South Africa and then Botswana. Please pray for them as they anxiously await. If you would like to follow their travels, a blog has been set up at www.adbcinafrica2008.blogspot.com. Follow the link for updates and to leave them an encouraging comment or prayer.

Daily Scripture

18 When I said, "My foot is slipping," your love, O LORD, supported me.
19 When anxiety was great within me, your consolation brought joy to my soul.
Psalm 94:18-19

Cut It Out

Clink on the link to go to a story from Yahoo! Finance on some very easy and practical ways to save up to $5,000 over the course of a year. None of these moves are impossible to make and they are definitely worth the payoff.

If you have any other tips to share, please let me know.

http://finance.yahoo.com/banking-budgeting/article/105397/Cut-It-Out

Next Steps

Alice Drive Baptist Church exists to help as many people as possible take their next step toward Jesus Christ. We do this by helping them Know Jesus, Know Community, Grow Character and Go Share.

Through the months of July and August we have had 15 people take their next step toward Jesus Christ through baptism. Let’s celebrate these baptisms and the next steps these individuals have taken. This is also a great time to encourage others you know who need to take their next step toward Jesus by establishing a relationship with Him and being baptized. Together we can fulfill our mission and help as many people as possible take their next step.

Daily Scripture

How much better to get wisdom than gold, to choose understanding rather than silver!

Proverbs 16:16

Daily Scripture

Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.

Proverbs 16:3

Daily Scripture

The plans of the diligent lead to profit.

Proverbs 21:5

Daily Scripture

Many are the plans in a man's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails.

Proverbs 19:21

Daily Scripture

In his heart a man plans his course, but the LORD determines his steps.

Proverbs 16:9

Daily Scripture

Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and your plans will succeed.

Proverbs 16:3

Daily Scripture

Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.

Proverbs 15:22

Daily Scripture

Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant than pretend to be somebody and have no food.

Proverbs 12:9

Daily Scripture

Cast your cares on the LORD and he will sustain you; he will never let the righteous fall.
Psalm 55:22

Daily Scripture

14 May the LORD make you increase, both you and your children.

Psalm 115:14

Help Wanted?

Do high gas prices have you worried? Does the increasing cost of groceries scare you? Do you have questions about how to get out of debt, how to save and invest or how to create a budget? Maybe you would like to start giving but don’t know how you can possibly fit it into your budget.

Join us for Crown Financial Ministries’ “Biblical Financial Study.” This is a 10 week course that will teach you God’s way of handling money. We will be offering two classes this fall on Tuesday and Wednesday nights. The cost for materials will be $15 per person. For more information, please email me at mark@adbc.org.

Daily Scripture

22 The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it.

Proverbs 10:22

Daily Scripture

With my great power and outstretched arm I made the earth and its people and the animals that are on it, and I give it to anyone I please.

Jeremiah 27:5

Daily Scripture

15 The eyes of all look to you, and you give them their food at the proper time. 16 You open your hand and satisfy the desires of every living thing.

Psalm 145:15-16

Daily Scripture

14 "But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? Everything comes from you, and we have given you only what comes from your hand.

1 Chronicles 29:14

Daily Scripture

36 For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen.

Romans 11:36

Daily Scripture

8 Aware of their discussion, Jesus asked, "You of little faith, why are you talking among yourselves about having no bread? 9 Do you still not understand? Don't you remember the five loaves for the five thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered? 10 Or the seven loaves for the four thousand, and how many basketfuls you gathered?

Matthew 16:8-10

Daily Scripture

7 The LORD your God has blessed you in all the work of your hands. He has watched over your journey through this vast desert. These forty years the LORD your God has been with you, and you have not lacked anything.

Deuteronomy 2:7

July Report

July Report

Baptisms 6
Average Worship Attendance 1026
Average Bible Community Attendance 690

Ministry Offerings Received $115,069.00
Ministry Offerings Goal $143,076.92
Difference ($28,007.69)

Build on the Rock $20,220.60
Debt Retirement $2,400.00

First Sunday

Today is the first Sunday of August. The month of August is a turning point in many people's lives. If you have children, then the countdown has begun to school starting back up. If you are a football fan, practice has begun and the first kickoff is just a few weeks away. If you enjoy taking vacation during the summer, August is the last month of summertime.

August is also a time when many people look to reconnect with church. Sometimes they have stopped going during the summer because of vacations or other activities or maybe it has been a lot longer than just the summer months since they have been to church. Whatever their reason for returning, we are glad they are here.We want to be ready and welcoming of them. If you see someone you don't recognize, take a moment and say hello. If you see someone who looks like they don't know where to go, offer them some assistance. Your awareness of them and your friendliness to them will make a difference. Together we can make a difference for the Kingdom.

Tonight also marks the beginning of the First Sunday services for the 2008/2009 year. Join us at 6:00 PM for a time of worship, a message from Clay and refreshments afterword.

Daily Scripture

“But the LORD said to Samuel, "Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The LORD does not look at the things man looks at. Man looks at the outward appearance, but the LORD looks at the heart.”- 1 Samuel 16:7

Daily Scripture

Who, then, is the man that fears the LORD? He will instruct him in the way chosen for him.

Psalm 25:12