This Saturday in shady grove at Noon, we will have an open air sermon, pass out tracts and evangelize, and have hotdogs to invite people to eat with us and hear the Word. So if you're able to come out, it will be a good opportunity to reach the community. We have like 75 hotdogs at the church to use, so all we need is the following. Please let me know what you are willing to help with. -9 packages of buns -3 cases of coke (12packs) -3 cases of water -5 bags of chips --Cody Torres

Pastor Randall on Wednesday night said that we would do a cookout this Sunday evening. Please bring your own meat and whatever you'd like to have at a cookout.

We have created a group to encourage the memorization of our monthly memory verses on BibleMemory.com. You can go to the group to print memory cards, get the app, and encourage one another in your progress. The website has the Scripture Typer function, which is free to use. The basic app is also free. Please sign up for the program and follow the group here: biblememory.com/group/view/d293fb847c/

This week is Fellowship Meal Sunday. The theme this week is Italian. Keeping in mind that some are gluten free, let's see what you can cook up from Italy. Plan on coming to church and staying. We minister to one another out of the basis of relationships. Fellowship is important.

Church in the Park is tomorrow night. Please bring a dish to share & your own meat. We'll be ready to grill it up for you. ❤ The church will provide all the paper products (plates, napkins, plasticware, cups). Come dressed for the park and ready to pass out a few tracts! Don't forget your comfy lawn chairs.

Saints, here are the apps I mentioned this morning that can be a big help to Scripture memory. Check out biblememory.com/ for the app. You can also use the online version. Verse Locker is from Scripture Memory Fellowship, a ministry that has been around for years. They also have a Scripture memory podcast that is helpful and good. scripturememory.com/verselocker/app/

Saints, this Sunday is Fellowship Meal Sunday. Please bring your tastiest Tex Mex concoction to share with everyone. Don't be afraid to make it spicy. See you Sunday!

Saints, you can track with the Easter Week sermons here: tinyurl.com/3z8cn4p6. Share the individual sermons with friends who need to hear. Post them on your socials, blog about them, send them out like a farmer scatters seeds. There's no harvest unless you plant.

Our Easter Week services start tonight. We have a free dinner beginning at 6:15PM, service begins at 7PM and is followed by a Q&A with the speaker at 8PM. Tonight is Dr. Stephen Yuille, author of many books on the Puritans (esp. John Flavel) and currently a professor at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, TX.

Last week we didn't finish the neighborhood we did door-to-door in, so this Saturday night (tomorrow) at 5PM Pastor Jon will meet with whoever can help to do two streets. The church will provide the invitations and the tracts. Hope to see you there!

Friendly reminder that we are meeting at the church at 5pm to pass out invitations to the Briar Oaks neighborhood. Hopefully we can send out four teams and cover a lot of ground. Most importantly, this is an opportunity to fulfill the Great Commission in our Jerusalem—the church will provide tracts to hand out as well.

The April 2 Fellowship Meal is canceled due to the fact that we will have meals M-F during Easter Week. If you have not signed up yet to bring food for those meals, there are sign up sheets in the hallway outside of the Fellowship hall at church. Thanks!

This Saturday night (5:00PM) we will meet at the church fellowship hall with anyone who can go with us and go door to door in the neighborhoods around the church and invite our neighbors to the meetings. Please come help reach them with the gospel.

Saints, we have planned a work day tomorrow morning at the church. This annual work day is scheduled so we can get the premises of the church clean before we have Easter Week services. Please plan on arriving between 8-9AM--many hands make light work. There will be plenty to do inside and out to get ready. Thank you.

Saints, since the weather is going to be cold this Sunday, the elders have conferred and have decided that this fellowship meal shall be a chili theme. Bring your best chili recipe (the food, not just the recipe) and be ready to feast and fellowship.

Saints, please register for Easter Week here. We are creating a Facebook group to advertise the event and it should be done this week. But we need you to register here as well. www.sermonaudio.com/event_details.asp?eventID=fb2282322351

Your elders want you to know that it is extremely dangerous on the roads today and unsafe. The elders will pray and read Scripture at church tonight, but we do not want anyone to put themselves at risk. If you need anything please let us know and we will do all we can to help. If you have specific prayer requests please send them along.

The Torres family has welcomed little Cameron into the world! Help them celebrate by signing up to bring them a meal at this link: mealtrain.com/mn7o9l

Fellowship meals are cancelled until further notice. The fellowship hall is currently serving as storage while we renovate the nursery and a couple of Sunday School rooms. Pray for a quick renovation.

Fellowship Meals will resume on January 15th. Let’s kick off the new year with a fiesta! Mexican Theme! Plenty of time to plan something delicious. And plan on getting to know brothers and sisters in Christ.

Grayson is on his way to have surgery. He will be in the OR at noon until 3:30PM or so. If all goes well, Lord willing, he will be released to go home today. Please pray for little Grayson, his family and for a successful surgery.

Tomorrow is Christmas Day and our Sunday School classes and morning worship service ARE STILL ON. 9:30AM Sunday School and 10:45AM worship. Evening service is cancelled. See you there!

We have an opportunity to serve our new members, Brittany and Brent. Their little girl was welcomed into their family this week and we are doing a Meal Train. You can sign up here: www.mealtrain.com/trains/09zng5

Tonight we have the privilege and opportunity to go into our own city and call out for people to look unto Jesus Christ and be saved. We will do this by giving out gospel bags (containing a Bible, gospel tract, and church brochure). We will gather around our Christmas parade float about 5:45 and the parade will start at 6:30. Please pray for the outreach. 500 people in our city are about to receive the gospel in written form and many more will hear the gospel preached. Pray that the people will believe God.

We need all hands on deck for the parade on Saturday. Volunteers have worked hard on the float. We just need people who can smile, hand out gifts, and say something controversial like "Merry Christmas". You can either walk the parade route or ride on the float and hand out bags to those who are running them out to the crowd. We need you to be at the parade staging area (corner of church and Main) by 6:00PM.

1. Thanksgiving Door to Door Outreach: Saturday Nov. 19th, 4:00PM. We will meet at the church and go into surrounding neighborhoods to invite our neighbors to our annual Thanksgiving Dinner. 2. Saturday, December 3rd: Annual Lighted Christmas Parade. Staging begins at 4:30PM (Church Street in front of Azle ISD Administration Building), parade begins at 6:30pm on Main Street. The church will have a float, Pastor Randall will open-air preach and YOU can help by handing out 500 gift bags.

Double whammy this weekend. It's fellowship Sunday AND the time change!! Bring something to share and come to Sunday School This is also the last Fellowship Sunday until January 15th! Plan to stay and enjoy each other's company.

Saints, the funeral information for Freddy P. is: visitation from noon-1PM. The service begins at 1PM. Meal to follow at 2PM. All food needs to be dropped off at the church kitchen between noon-1PM. Please sign up to bring something here: www.mealtrain.com/potlucks/k0g0y0 Many slots are still open. Thank you and please continue to pray for the family.

Please pray for Freddie Paul. He has been ill all day but this afternoon he fell out of bed and has bleeding on the brain. He is at the hospital now. Pray for Melba and the whole family.

Saints, Ronnie Barnes' grandmother passed away. The visitation for Jane Anne King is 10AM on Wednesday October 5. The funeral is at 11AM. Shannon Rose Hill Funeral Home Chapel. 7301 East Lancaster. Fort Worth. 76112. If you can support the Barnes' family by going to either the service or the viewing, please do. Please be in prayer for the family.

The theme for this Sunday's Fellowship Meal is "Soups, Salads and Sandwiches." Surprise us! Also, please remember that the funeral for B. Edwards is Saturday. Viewing hours are 1:30-3PM and the funeral starts at 3. Pray for Tony as he preaches the gospel and for the family as they grieve.

Saints, please sign up for the Meal Train for the funeral on Saturday. The food needs to be at the Fellowship Hall BY 3:00PM. The visitation hours are 1:30-3:00PM and the funeral starts at 3. www.mealtrain.com/potlucks/2er178

Saints, this Sunday is FELLOWSHIP MEAL SUNDAY!!! The theme is Mexican Fiesta. Please bring food in that theme and we will share a meal, speak of the things of God and enjoy being together. See you there!

Saints, just a reminder that our new season of Sunday School classes begins tomorrow at 9:30AM AND that we have a fellowship meal tomorrow! Bring a homestyle dish to pass.

This Sunday, Wade P. and Travis S. will grill hamburgers for the church fellowship meal. You will need to bring buns, condiments, fixin's, potato salads, other salads, chips, coconut cream pie, desserts involving cherries, etc., etc.

Please read this heartfelt update and rejoice over the Lord’s beautiful work in Mexico. www.facebook.com/156072454431322/posts/pfbid0axUgmuBNm9VRVpuEjiqDJieeJFVLsRV8B3Mr2BVjuiWZQeWkGUzzXiP5D5nKWBwZl/?d=n

A short, but great update from Chiapas, Mexico. tinyurl.com/3trz9w6x

Saints, go check out the update from the second day of the conference. It includes an exciting report on ministry at a rehab. tinyurl.com/7ycfd98t

Saints, please check out this most recent update on the Conference in Mexico, including pictures. It's very encouraging! tinyurl.com/2m23b28k

Be in prayer today for Jack, Tonya, Pastor Randall, and the rest of the team in Mexico. The conference has begun and the Word of God is going forth. Pray for a harvest! Matthew 9:37-38

Church family this week is a fellowship Sunday. Let’s hang out together! Bring your favorite summertime dish!

Check out this link to read the latest update from Mexico on the church Facebook page. tinyurl.com/fz64xtp6

This Sunday is Joseph and Ale’s last, they leave to move to Mexico on Monday. we will be having lunch and a little cake and would love if everyone would stay to fellowship this Sunday. Contact Mendi C. for more info.

"We’re hoping to try and move the rest of our stuff to the house this weekend. Is anyone available Saturday to help us? We’ll probably do it in the morning so the weather is cooler." --Robbie & Emily L.

Hey everyone! We’re going to be serving breakfast for the men this Sunday. Please think simple. Bring your contribution of good food in throw away containers so there will not be such clean up. We will begin serving at 9:00 so if everyone could have it there before then - it will be greatly appreciated!

If you are coming to the Evangelizing Pro-Life Roman Catholics conference, with Mike Gendron from Proclaiming the Gospel Ministries, please register (FREE) using this link. Thank you. www.sermonaudio.com/event_details.asp?eventID=fb330221346

Saints, please pray for Fred P. He is at the ER after a seizure that may have been induced by high blood pressure. They are checking to make sure he didn't break anything. Pray for Melba as well. Thank you.

Reminder that we are meeting at the Central Park in Azle (behind the Library) at 6:00PM on Sunday night. Pastor Randall will bring his grill. The church will provide tea, ice and water as well as the plates, forks and cups. Bring whatever meat you want to grill (burgers or hot dogs) and picnic style dish or snack to share. Also bring lawn chairs, outdoor picnic games (corn hole, frisbees, etc.). After we have eaten we will have church in the park and invite whoever is there to join us.

Saints, tomorrow is the day we bless our graduates: Dylan Carlson, Lydia Easter and Charlie Speed. We will do a Mexican themed fellowship meal after the worship service. Please bring a Mexican themed dish to pass.

Saints, we are beginning the push to advertise Evangelizing Roman Catholics with Mike Gendron on June 3-4. Please help us out by sharing the event on your social media pages and inviting friends who want to learn how to evangelize them. You can share this link: fb.me/e/9HrZcPo48. I will update this with a schedule in the next day or so. There will be volunteer opportunities as well.

Saints, just a reminder that tomorrow is the first Sunday of May and therefore it's Fellowship Meal Sunday. The theme this week is: "Surprise Us." In other words, bring whatever you can because there's no specific theme this week. :-)

Here is a link to the Easter Week Sermons. Tomorrow's message will be uploaded tomorrow. Share this link with your unsaved friends. tinyurl.com/yc7ccc2h

Saints, here is a link you can use to invite your friends to attend our annual Easter Week services. Private message, email, and Facebook. fb.me/e/2un6skYdU

Saints, don't forget our letter writing outreach tonight at 6:30PM. Bring a snack to share, Cokes, 2-3 addresses of unsaved friends. We will provide paper, envelopes and the postage. We will pray over the people we are writing to and then we will write evangelistic letters to our friends, family, co-workers...whoever. We will also provide invitations to Easter Week. See you then!

Please sign up for the meal train for the Battistas. Congratulations to their family on their new arrival! www.mealtrain.com/trains/q6dmo5

The theme for this week’s fellowship meal is “Family Favorites “. Make something that’s nostalgic for you and share it with us all. If you don’t usually stay for the fellowship meal, why not give it a try this weekend. It’s a good time to get to know your church family.

Sorry guys. It's spring FORWARD. You have to set your clock forward one hour. I knew that. --Pastor Jon

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Remember to set your clocks back one hour tonight or else you will be late to church tomorrow.

Check out the new worship space at Felipe’s church! www.facebook.com/156072454431322/posts/5048991455139373/?d=n

Saints, David M. is going in for surgery and we are doing a meal train. You can sign up for it here. mealtrain.com/yv9elk

Soup and Salad theme this Sunday for our Fellowship meal. Let’s see what you can do with your creative take on this theme. Hope to see you there!

Saints of By the Word, this is your reminder that this Sunday is Fellowship Meal Sunday. The theme idea went so well, we want to try it again. So, this Sunday the theme is ITALIAN food. Let's see your best lasagna, rigatoni, spaghetti creation, meatballs, etc., etc.

Saints, please remember that this Sunday is Fellowship Meal Sunday. Considering the cooler weather, a good old-fashioned Texas chili theme is a good idea. Bring your best chili recipe. And, of course, a coconut themed dessert for someone we know.

Saints, this Sunday is Fellowship Meal Sunday. Please bring a dish to pass and\or a dessert. This is a great opportunity to minister to one another as we deepen our relationships. Hope to see you there!

If you can help with the meal train please use this link to sign up and help provide this need. www.mealtrain.com/trains/e1dmwy?fbclid=IwAR2XHQZTMacL5R8z964LnQ6qxApm4jizU_i2eXxjrr5t-Bqk-TnS6br_YKU

“For the first time in her life, Megan M. will be able to see Christmas in Color this year.  We are encouraging everyone to send her a colorful Christmas Card.  The address is 1900 Ross Lane, Boyd, TX 76023.”

Saints, please pray for Rory's dad, Randy. He is hospitalized, is on a ventilator in ICU, and is heavily sedated. He may have clotting in his legs. Pray for his healing.

TONIGHT – 5:30pm at Azle. By the Word Baptist Church will meet for the annual Christmas parade to pass out gospel bags. Come and be a part of this outreach, which seeks to get the gospel out in our own community. We have a float in the parade with Joseph, Mary, and baby. I will follow the float carrying a cross and proclaiming the ultimate purpose of Christmas. If you cannot attend, please pray that Christ is exalted, people receive the good news, and that the church shines her light clearly.

We are serving a specific menu for our church Thanksgiving this Tuesday night at 6:30pm. Please sign up to bring a large crock pot of a savory side. People have signed up for desserts but not side dishes. We will have a number of visitors from the community so please help support this evangelistic effort with your cooking skills.

Just a reminder that tomorrow night is our cookout. We will have hot dogs to cook over the fire. If you would like to use the charcoal grill, you can bring hamburgers. Please remember to bring lawn chairs. Bring drinks and any sides you would like to share. There will be a brief devotional message. 6:30PM.

Due to the projected weather tomorrow, we are cancelling the campfire\hot dog cookout Wednesday Night (11-3). We will reschedule for next Wednesday.

Here is an opportunity to bless a family in our church. Please sign up for the meal train for John and Anita W. Thanks so much!! www.mealtrain.com/trains/qm4vy5

1. Samantha will probably deliver tomorrow (Friday). Her labor has stopped. She still has some amniotic fluid and Elizabeth is doing very well. 2. The baby shower for Samantha and baby Elizabeth will be rescheduled. More details TBA.

Pray for Samantha and Rory. Samantha's water broke last night and they need to determine how long they can wait until they induce delivery. She's six weeks early. Baby Elizabeth is healthy as is Samantha, but they want to keep the muffin in the oven as long as possible.

Jack’s mother’s (Joyce Huffman) memorial service is scheduled for tomorrow, August 7, 2021, 10:00 AM at North Ft Worth Baptist Church. It is requested that all memorials be made to the Bill & Pinky Gray Student Missions Endowment @ BGCT. Mail to BGCT attn: Bill & Pinky Student Mission Endowment, 7557 Rambler Rd. Ste. 1100 Dallas, TX 75231-2310. Please come support the Huffmans.

From Beverly Easter: "According to Dallas Morning News - American Airlines are canceling flights because of the storm Sunday Night. Jonathan group’s flight has already been canceled and they are having a hard time finding another flight. They have purchased tickets on another airline but it has an insane schedule. So far, our group’s flight is still on time. Please pray for Jonathan’s group to be able to get a better flight and that our group’s flight will not be cancelled.

Honduras Update: Brother Jonathan and his members are leaving 7am Wednesday morning with a short lay over in Miami, they should be in around 5pm. Pastor Randall and the rest of us are on a plane Wednesday at 4:30pm and will be in around 9pm Texas time.

Saints, please pray for Pastor Randall and the Honduras team. Their return is delayed because the Hondurans are doing a national strike. The team has been able to pass through roadblocks without any delay, but flights out of Honduras have been canceled. They will be delayed at least a day or two. Pray for this extension of their trip by the Lord of the Harvest, that it will be fruitful (they are handing out tracts at roadblocks), that they will be safe and that they will be able to return soon.

Saints, please remember that tomorrow is the first Sunday of the month and that we have our 1st Sunday Fellowship Meal. Please bring a dish to pass. Thanks!

Please continue to pray for the Huffman Family, Jack’s mother’s (Joyce Huffman) memorial service is scheduled for August 7, 2021, 10:00 AM at North Ft Worth Baptist Church. It is requested that all memorials be made to the Bill & Pinky Gray Student Missions Endowment @ BGCT. Mail to BGCT attn: Bill & Pinky Student Mission Endowment, 7557 Rambler Rd. Ste. 1100 Dallas, TX 75231-2310.

Tonight, immediately after the service, we will go out to the local fireworks stand and hand out bottles of water and gospel tracts. Service begins at 6:00PM and Cody Torres will preach on Romans 1:16-17. At about 7:00PM we will pray and go out to the corner of 730 and Knob Hill Rd., set up an EZ Up tent and a few tables and coolers and hand out tracts. Please watch your kids carefully if they are coming.

Saints, you can help us a great deal if you will sign and share the Abolition of Abortion Resolution document that we presented to the SBC last week. It will help show the support of our church for the resolution as a whole. Thank you. southernbaptistsabolishingabortion.com/?fbclid=IwAR2yz9Iep__F5PIWKHc6PxX_xiDNWbaEXoS3eoLFNnXhqxkOT6R01W8HBdQ

Please pray NOW (and throughout the day) for the Abolition of Abortion Resolution at the SBC Convention. God brought it out of committee yesterday at the last minute. It will be debated on the floor today. Pray for wisdom for those of us speaking, gentleness, and for God's favor on this resolution. Here is video of Pastor Jon reading the resolution for the video the abolitionists released before the convention. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hrYuyEplrs&t=217s

Friday night, 7PM: Fort Worth Water Gardens. Tracts, one to one, open air preaching. 1502 Commerce Street in Fort Worth. Contact Cody Torres for more info. Saturday morning, 8AM abortion clinic ministry @ Whole Woman's Health at 3256 Lackland Road in Fort Worth. Gospel tracts, prayer, one to ones, open air preaching. Contact Pastor Jon for more info.

Correction to the previous message: there is NO Raceway Ministry tonight in Boyd. So that leaves you with Pastor Randall in Azle at 5:00PM or Pastor Jon in Fort Worth (Stockyards) at 7:00PM.

Tonight: Pastor Randall will evangelize at Shady Grove Park in Azle at 5PM. Tony Edwards will be at the Boyd Raceway at 6PM. Pastor Jon will be at the Stockyards in Ft. Worth at 7PM. Saturday: Pastor Jon will be at Whole Woman's Health in Ft. Worth reaching out at the abortion clinic at 8AM. Cody Torres has a team going to Fair Park in Dallas to preach to the homosexuals at their pride event outside of the Park. Contact the leader of the outreach you are interested in. Pray for all of them.

You can sign up to bless the Davis Family with Meal Train here: mealtrain.com/30ryey

A meal train has been set up for Margaret McCoy. To participate visit mealtrain.com/o1eq78.

Proclaiming Christ Ministries Weekend Schedule Friday 28th - Stockyards 6:30pm-8:30pm 109 E Exchange Ave Fort Worth Tx 76164 Open air preaching, pass out tracts, one on one witnessing Saturday 29th - Abortion Clinic Ministry 7am-12pm Whole Woman’s Health 3256 Lackland Rd Fort Worth Tx 76116 Open air preaching, prayer, passing out pamphlet and tracts. Please come join Jeffrey Crago Jr. and Cody Torres as they take the gospel to these places. If you cannot, please pray.

Here are two helpful tools Pastor Jon mentioned Wednesday night for Scripture memory: The Bible Memory App (www.BibleMemory.com) and VerseLocker ( scripturememoryfellowship.com/verselocker/). These are both helpful.

You can testify against the compromised pro-life bills being discussed in committee today, and promote HB 3326 (the only bill that will end it in Texas), using this link. 3,000 word limit. Just pick a bill on abortion and point out that they are not enforceable, do not provide equal protection for life in the womb, and ask them to support TX HB 3326. Please be respectful. Written testimony must be submitted today. comments.house.texas.gov/home

Tonight Pastor Derek Melton of Grace Life Church of Pryor, OK will be the guest speaker. 6PM, dinner (free), 7PM service. Q&A afterwards in the fellowship hall (with dessert). The theme of the conference is The Glory of Christ. Pastor Melton is a good friend of FBC Briar and has pastored Grace Life since 1999. Randy Buster from Northlake Bible Church will lead the worship again tonight. Please come join us. These are sweet times of worship of our Lord Jesus Christ.

We begin tonight with Pastor Blake Gideon of FBC Edmond (OK). 6PM, dinner (free), 7PM service. Q&A afterwards in the fellowship hall (with dessert). The theme of the conference is The Glory of Christ. Pastor Gideon has been a faithful pastor for many years, started in ministry at FBC Briar, and has recently become an important voice for the abolition of ab()rti()n in Oklahoma. Randy Buster from Northlake Bible Church will lead the worship. Please come join us if you can.

For those who do not use Facebook, we have a Sermon Audio event page in development for Easter Week. You can find it here: www.sermonaudio.com/event_details.asp?eventID=fb3232193140

Saints, we now have a Facebook event page for Easter Week! Please respond, share the event on your page and in your groups, and invite friends using the invite button in the group. The event is still under development, but can be shared now. Thanks! fb.me/e/E90zhVYQ

Saints, this is a link to sign up for nursery duty for Easter week. Sign up for Easter week nursery ( signup.com/go/KJPsTTd ) on @SignUpdotcom today! Thank you for your help.

Pastor Randall's Commentary on Jonah is now available for purchase! It has been published by One Million Tracts and it's only $9.95 (not bad for a commentary). It's also in the new "store" section of our Sermon Audio page (on the SA site). Congratulations, Pastor Randall! We hope it will influence many for the gospel. onemilliontracts-com.3dcartstores.com/Commentary-on-Jonah-_p_308.html