Potluck Update for September 6th

The lovely Mrs. Cheryl Burnett would like to encourage all families to bring extra food for the potluck following the worship service this Sunday, September 6th.  We will be hosting the Family Connection team, as they come to minister to our fellowship.  It would be wonderful if all our local families would help out in providing lunch for them.  Thank you in advance for your support!  We look forward to seeing everyone on Sunday at the Stratford Senior Center.

Blessings upon you and your precious family this week!

Worship Service ~ September 6th

The ATI Family Connection team will be joining us for worship service this coming Sunday, September 6th at the Stratford Senior Center at 10:30 AM.  A member of the team will be bringing forth God's word for the service.  We will have a potluck following. We hope everyone will be able to join us, especially since it may be a while before we all gather again!

**If you are interested in attending the Family Connection event in OKC on Saturday, September 5th from 9:00 PM to 5:00 PM, please click HERE for more details.

2015 Family Connection Event in OKC ~ September 5th

In selected cities throughout the U.S. and Canada, a team of ATI staff will be hosting Saturday “Family Connection” events with encouraging messages and rich fellowship. Our simple objective is to help strengthen families in their walk with the Lord and their love for His Word. They will be coming to OKC soon!  (The team will also be joining us for fellowship the following day, September 6th.  More details to below.**)

September 5, 2015

9:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Oklahoma City, OK

520 W. Main St.

SPEAKERS:

David Waller

• David and Priscilla Waller's passion is to help young people and families take steps to deepen their walk with the Lord and develop family harmony.
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Gabriel Cleator

• Gabe enjoys challenging everyone he meets to grow deeper in their walk with God, drawing closer to Him and communing with Him through His Word.

John Hynes

• John and Tia's desire is to help others learn how to see life from God’s perspective and to love Him with all their heart.
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Bob Newhouse (video)

• Bob Newhouse has been involved with the home school movement for many years, helping fathers take the lead in training their children.
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Gary Fraley (video)

• Gary’s life experiences have had him leaning hard upon “Father.” Knowing God intimately enables Gary to give unique insights for marriage, family, and personal growth.

DETAILS:

Cost: This Event is free.

Attendees: The whole family is welcome. No prior involvement with ATI or IBLP is necessary. Whether you are coming as an individual or with your family, our desire is that you be encouraged in your relationship with the Lord.

Meals: Lunch will be a “pot-trust” meal where families bring a dish to share.

Registration and further information, click HERE.

**The Family Connection team will be joining us for worship service on Sunday, September 6th at the Stratford Senior Center at 10:30 AM.  A member of the team will be bringing forth God's word for the service.  We will have a potluck following. We hope everyone will be able to join us, especially since it may be a while before we all gather again!

Please Pray and Consider Giving

The service to celebrate the life of 

Manuel Becerra will be held today, Thursday, July 16 at 2 pm.  

It will be held in Lawton, OK at First Baptist East on Lee Blvd.  

Manuel Beccerra was a dear family friend  and is the man we have been praying for as he battled two types of cancer. He leaves behind a wife, a dozen children, five grandchildren and one grand baby on the way. The family is happy that Manuel is no longer suffering and now resides with Jesus, but they miss him greatly! Life with out him will be difficult financially, as well. There is no life insurance and his wife, Lisa, no income. Please prayerfully consider donating to the fund below and joining us in holding Lisa Becerra and her precious family up in prayer. Thank you! 

http://www.youcaring.com/medical-fundraiser/renewing-a-father-s-strength/338730/update/342685

Stratford Peach Festival ~ July 18th

It's the Stratford Peach Festival time of year again!  If you have never been to the Peach Festival and visited the Burnett family's booth, you are missing out.  They sell the best tasting homemade peach and vanilla ice creams, along with refreshing peach tea.  This year they are planning to prepare a 100 gallons of ice cream with the help of the Nakatsu family.  There will be lots of family entertainment and things to see.  We encourage you to come support the Burnett family by visiting them at the Peach Festival next Saturday, July 18th...and if you hope to try their delicious ice cream, you better plan on coming early.  They sell out fast!

For more information on the 2015 Peach Festival, please click here.

Worship service canceled until further notice

Due to summer travels and lack of attendance, we are canceling worship service for our sweet little fellowship till further notice. We pray that the Lord will bless you wherever your families are called to worship. We will miss seeing everybody weekly! Blessings upon you and your precious family!

Worship Service ~ July 5th

We will be meeting this coming Sunday, July 5th, at the Elliott Home at 11:00 AM.  *Please note that we are meeting 30 minutes later than usual.*  We will be watching another great DVD from the 2015 Family Conference. There will be a potluck following the service. 

Blessings to you and your family in the coming week!

Potluck Canceled for Sunday, June 28th

We still plan to have church this coming Sunday, but we will be canceling the potluck portion of our fellowship. Our family needs to be in Oklahoma City by 1 o'clock and it's just too much to add to our plate for the day. Looking forward to seeing everybody on Sunday morning!

Worship Service ~ June 28th

We will be meeting this coming Sunday, June 28th, at the Elliott Home at 10:30 AM.  We watching another fabulous DVD from the 2015 Family Conference. There will be a potluck following the service.

Lord willing, you will be able to join us on Sunday.

{Father's Day} NO Worship Service

We want to remind everyone that we will NOT be meeting for worship this coming Sunday, June 21st.  We pray that everyone has a wonderful Father's Day and enjoys the first day of summer wherever the Lord calls your family to worship.

"Dads are most ordinary men turned by love 
into heroes, adventurers, story-tellers, and singers of songs." ~Pam Brown

To all the fathers of our fellowship, may you always know

that you are deeply loved and appreciated...

Happy Father's Day!

Worship Service ~ June 14th

We will be meeting at the Stratford Senior Center this coming Sunday, June 14th, at 10:30 AM for worship. Mr. John Burnett will bring forth God's word for the service.  Please keep him in prayer as he prepares this week.  Thank you!  There will be potluck lunch following the service.

Lord willing, we will see you on Sunday!

Worship Service ~ June 7th

We will be meeting this coming Sunday, June 7th, at the Elliott Home at 10:30 AM.  We will be watching "The Way Home" DVD with Ken Pierpont from the 2015 Family Conference. There will be a potluck following the service. 

Blessings upon you and your family in the coming week!

Worship Service ~ May 31st

We will be gathering for worship this coming Sunday, May 30th, at 10:30 AM at the Stratford Senior Center. Mr. Brent Elliott will be sharing God's word for the service.  Please keep him in prayer as he prepares this week.  Thank you!  There will be potluck lunch following the service.

We hope to see everyone on Sunday!

Worship Service ~ May 24th

We will be meeting at the Stratford Senior Center this coming Sunday, May 24th, at 10:30 AM for worship. Mr. Wayne Fagala has graciously agreed to bring forth God's word for the service. Please keep him in prayer as he prepares this week.  Thank you!  There will be potluck lunch following the service. Lord willing, we will see you on Sunday!

Worship Service ~ May 17th

We will be gathering for worship this coming Sunday, May 17th, at 10:30 AM at the Stratford Senior Center. Mr. Brent Elliott will be bringing forth God's Word for the service.  Please keep him in prayer as he prepares this week.  Thank you!  There will be potluck lunch following the service.

Blessings to you and your family in the coming week.

{Mother's Day} No Worship Service

"Motherhood is more than a stage—

it’s a lifelong calling from God.

With it He gives us hearts that love deeply,

hands that serve tirelessly, and vision to see

His blossoming image in the precious ones

entrusted to our care." 

~unknown

We want to wish everyone a very Happy Mother's Day! Service has been canceled for this coming Sunday, May 10th, due to our members being out and about. We pray that wherever you find yourself worshiping the Lord, it will be abundantly blessed and filled with joy.

Prayer Request:  Mama Niece has been in the hospital and is struggling with her health.  Please join us in holding her and the Fagala family up in prayer.  Thank you!

Happy Mother's Day to each family as you enjoy the company of the mothers in your life or recall memories of joy you have shared with them.  So happy God created mothers!!  Many blessings to you and your precious family!

Worship Service ~ May 3rd

We will be meeting this coming Sunday, May 3rd, at the Elliott Home at 10:30 AM.  We be continuing on with the Anger series by S. M. Davis. There will be a potluck following the service. Lord willing, you will be able to join us on Sunday.

Worship Service ~ April 26th

We will be meeting at the Stratford Senior Center this coming Sunday, April 26th, at 10:30 AM for worship. Mr. Troy Don Henry will be bringing forth God's word for the service.  Please keep him in prayer as he prepares this week.  Thank you!  There will be potluck lunch following the service.

We look forward to seeing everyone on Sunday!  Until then, may your week be abundantly blessed.

NO Worship Service ~ April 19th

We will not be meeting for worship this coming Sunday, April 19th.  Many of our members will in route or preparing to be heading to the ATI Regional Conference in Big Sandy, Texas for the week. Prayers for safe travel and a conference that glorifies God and changes hearts would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you!

Lord willing, we will gather together again on April 26th.  Blessings to you and your precious family this coming week!

Worship Service ~ April 12th

We will be gathering for worship this coming Sunday, April 12th, at 10:30 AM at the Elliott home. We will be watching a DVD by David Gibbs. There will be potluck lunch following the service.

Blessings to you and your family in the coming week.

Worship service CANCELED for Easter Sunday

We want to wish everyone a very Happy Resurrection Day! Service has been canceled due to our members being out and about. We pray that wherever you find yourself worshiping the Lord, it will be abundantly blessed and filled with joy. 

Many blessings to you and your precious family!

Worship Service {Easter Sunday} ~ April 5th

We will be meeting this coming Easter Sunday, April 5th, at the Elliott Home at 11:00AM (*please note we are meeting 30 minutes later this week).  We will be watching a DVD on prayer by Louie Giglio or the Ten Comandments by Dennis Prager.  (A series on Anger just didn't seem quite right for Easter Sunday!) There will be a potluck following the service.

Lord willing, you will be able to join us on Easter Sunday.

Worship Service ~ March 29th

We will be gathering for worship this coming Sunday, March 29th, at 10:30 AM at the Stratford Senior Center. Mr. Wayne Fagala will be sharing God's word for the service.  Please keep him in prayer as he prepares this week.  Thank you!  There will be potluck lunch following the service.

We hope to see everyone on Sunday!

Worship Service ~ March 22nd

We will be meeting at the Stratford Senior Center this coming Sunday, March 22nd, at 10:30 AM for worship. Mr. Heath Beachum has graciously agreed to bring forth God's word for the service.  Please keep him in prayer as he prepares this week.  Thank you!  There will be potluck lunch following the service. Lord willing, we will see you on Sunday!

NO Worship Service on March 15th

We will not be meeting for worship this coming Sunday, March 15th.  Our members will be out an about.  The Burnett family will be traveling to the Christian Worldview Film Festival in San Antonio, Texas and would appreciate prayers for safe travel.  Thank you!

Lord willing, we will gather together again on March 22nd.  Blessings to you and your precious family!

Worship Service ~ March 8th

Worship service will be this Sunday, March 8th, at 10:30 AM at the Stratford Senior Center. Mr. David Mount will share God's Word for the service.  Please keep him in prayer as he prepares this week.  Thank you!  There will be potluck lunch following the service.

We hope to see everyone on Sunday!

Worship Service is CANCELED for March 1st

Due to the weather, the worship service for tomorrow is CANCELED.  We pray that everyone is staying safe and warm.  Blessings upon you and your family this coming week!

Worship Service ~ March 1st

We will be meeting this coming Sunday, March 1st, at the Elliott Home at 10:30 AM.  We be continuing on with the Anger series by S. M. Davis. There will be a potluck following the service. Lord willing, you will be able to join us on Sunday.

Worship Service ~ February 22nd

We will be gathering for worship this coming Sunday, February 22nd, at 10:30 AM at the Stratford Senior Center. Mr. John Naylor will be sharing God's word for the service.  Please keep him in prayer as he prepares this week.  Thank you!  There will be potluck lunch following the service. We hope to see everyone on Sunday!

No Worship Service on February15th

We will not be meeting for worship this coming Sunday, February 15th.  Our members will be out an about.  Please feel free to join the Burnett family as they lead the music for the worship service at First Baptist Church in Stratford.  The service starts at 11:00AM.

Lord willing, we will gather together again on February 22nd.  Blessings to you and your precious family!

Worship Service ~ February 8th

We will be meeting at the Stratford Senior Center this coming Sunday, February 8th, at 10:30 AM for worship. Mr. Troy Don Henry will be bringing forth God's word for the service.  Please keep him in prayer as he prepares this week.  Thank you!  There will be potluck lunch following the service.

We look forward to seeing everyone on Sunday!  Until then, may your week be abundantly blessed.

Follow up to Sunday's sermon

From John Burnett...

The following was sent to me by the Chaplain at Kimray today. I thought it fit well with the sermon yesterday. I wondered if you might send to the group as some encouraging words for follow up to the sermon, If the Lord had not been on our side...Psa 124.

Romans 8:31 NASB “What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who is against us?”

 

When the One Who possess all power and authority in Heaven and Earth is on your side there is nothing that can ultimately destroy you. The perfect case in point is Christ; when everything satan and his kingdom, allied with the most powerful nation on Earth threw everything they had at The Lord Jesus Christ, He came forth triumphant because His Father was on His side. For about three days it seemed as though the enemy had won, but the very evil they perpetrated to destroy Him was turned and became the crushing force that defeated the enemy once and for all and for all time. 

 

The Father truly causes all things to work for good for His children.

 

1Corinthians 15:54-57 NASB “But when this perishable will have put on the imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written, "DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP in victory.  “O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR VICTORY? O DEATH, WHERE IS YOUR STING?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law; but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Worship Service ~ February 1st

We will be meeting this coming Sunday, February 1st, at the Elliott Home at 10:30 AM.  We be continuing on with the Anger series by S. M. Davis. There will be a potluck following the service. Lord willing, you will be able to join us on Sunday.

Worship Service ~ January 25th

We will be meeting at the Stratford Senior Center this coming Sunday, January 25th, at 10:30 AM for worship. Mr. John Burnett will be bringing forth God's word for the service.  Please keep him in prayer as he prepares this week.  Thank you!  There will be potluck lunch following the service.

Lord willing, we will see you on Sunday!

Worship Service ~ January 18th

We will be meeting at the Stratford Senior Center this coming Sunday, January 18th, at 10:30 AM for worship.  Mr. Brent Elliott will share God's word for the worship service.  Please keep him in prayer as he prepares this week.  Thank you!  There will be potluck lunch following the service.  We hope you can join us.

Worship Service ~ January 11th

We will be gathering for worship this coming Sunday, January 11th, at 10:30 AM at the Stratford Senior Center. Mr. Wayne Fagala will be sharing God's word for the service.  Please keep him in prayer as he prepares this week.  Thank you!  There will be potluck lunch following the service. We hope to see everyone on Sunday!

Worship Service ~ January 4th

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

We will be meeting this coming Sunday, January 4th, at the Elliott Home at 10:30 AM.  We be continuing on with the Anger series by S. M. Davis. There will be a potluck following the service. Lord willing, you will be able to join us on Sunday.