FBC Keiser Blog

Fundraiser, Black Friday…and a Great Sunday!

fbckeiser — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:50:52 +0000

First of all, I want to thank Jesus for taking care of our pastor, Bro. Todd Vinson this week. On Thanksgiving, Bro. Todd, was checked into the hospital in Jonesboro, AR with heart attack-like symptoms. Thank goodness it wasn’t a heart attack. All tests came back negative and the heart cath showed no blockage. We’re thanking God for that! They are leaning towards it being more of a blood pressure problem and medication side effects.

Being the trooper Todd is, he was released from the hospital near noon on Saturday…came straight home, got cleaned up and came to Rivercrest for His Guys’ sound check. Wow! His Guys was sure glad to have him! We had a great time opening for Nashville recording artist, Buddy Jewell, at the Stepping Stones Learning Center fundraiser. Over $2,000 was raised for our daycare.

Sunday was great…Bro. Todd preached on the first “black Friday.” The day that Jesus died for you…for me! We watched a video called “The Gospel” by Eric Ludy! Cool sermon…but the best part was the invitation. Steve and Holly Kirk came down with their youngest…Emma. Emma gave her heart to Jesus!!!! Praise God! Great way to kick off the holiday season!!!

Tithing and Life Change

fbckeiser — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:04:23 +0000

Hey guys! Ed Young Jr. says quite often…”people get funny when you talk about money!” hahaha. Funny but true. Rarely does Bro. Todd preach on money…but Sunday’s sermon was powerful and very challenging and so true. Tithing is a faith and trust thing and one of two places in the Bible where God says “test me on this”….He said he’d open the floodgates of heaven and pour out so many blessings that you could hardly stand it. Wow!

Jace and Carty Smith quoted Bible verses before their mom, Amy, sang….phenomenal…so awesome to hear the Word of our God spouting out of the mouths of kids. …and Amy did an awesome job singing!

Best part of the day though…Colby Brister made his decision to trust Christ as Lord and Savior public!!! So proud of him!

Guest speaker…great challenge

fbckeiser — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:49:35 +0000

Hey guys! It’s been a little while since I’ve posted on here. We had a guest speaker this past Sunday – David McClung from the Arkansas Baptist Convention. David did an awesome job! His sermon was titled “Hope in the Midst of Brokenness.” The break down was pretty much this…
If we go where Jesus goes, we’ll see what Jesus sees
If we see what Jesus sees, we’ll feel what Jesus feels
and if we feel what Jesus feels, we can’t help but do what Jesus does!
Thanks for the challenge!

Trunk-or-treat went great Monday night. We had about 250 kids come by. Thanks to all of the families that participated and all the families who came by!!!

Celebration Sunday, Back to Church Sunday and Discipleship Challenge

fbckeiser — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:54:38 +0000

Hey everyone! Well, I’ll go with what Gary Gardner said Sunday morning concerning our Sunday school numbers. I would definitely take it on a Calculus test but not great for Sunday morning – 97. hahaha.

Amazing Day!!! We kicked it off right – 4 baptisms! Always cool to see members of the same family be baptized on the same day….we got to do just that Sunday with Billy Holt and his son, Noah. Also being baptized were Lee Ann Bell and Tracy Towery! So proud of these guys!

I had a great time singing “Long As I Got King Jesus” with Gary Gardner and Riley Hipps! That is stinkin’ high for a tenor…good thing I’m not a tenor…love you Gary! hahaha.

Bro. Todd preached an awesome sermon called “Remember These Things.” As we remembered what happened on September 11 ten years ago, he gave Christians things to remember whether you had just walked through the waters of baptism or whether you had been a Christian for 70 years. You’ll definitely want to listen when I get these sermons up!

This Sunday, September 18 is Back-to-Church Sunday! If you’re not in church for one reason or another or maybe it’s been a while, we invite you back..everyone is invited to Sunday school this Sunday at 9:45am. At 11am we’ll have a special concert by southern gospel quartet, Forgiven. These are some great guys and they are an awesome group. Don’t miss out!!!

Great start to Christian University Sunday night. Their is something for all ages. The adult ladies have a class and the adult men too. The adult men’s class started studying “Angels, Demons, and Spiritual Warfare.” Join us at 5pm on Sunday nights.

Don’t forget about the Discipleship Challenge starting this week and going for 8 weeks (hopefully not just 8 weeks but for the rest of your life). The challenge is to (1) pray like a missionary (2) attend a Bible study class each week for 8 straight weeks and that includes Sunday School, Christian University and Wednesday night Bible study (3) Sign-up to serve on a ministry team and (4) get involved in someone’s life! If you missed Sunday school and Christian University to meet the challenge, you need to make it to Wednesday night Bible Study at 6pm this Wednesday! You won’t regret it!

Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord…

fbckeiser — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 19:49:10 +0000

No, not the song and ,no, not that Noah….9 year-old Noah at our church Sunday gave his heart to Jesus! So awesome!!!

We had 101 in SS. Some of us had a blast forming an impromptu quartet as we helped out Riley Hipps on “He Saw It All” for special music.

Bro. Todd preached an awesome yet challenging sermon. He asked “What Should the Church Look Like?” He asked if we would be a church that said “come and see” or if we’d be a church that would “go and be.” Meaning…for a long time, the main focus of the church was getting people inside the walls (and that will still be a focus for sure)…but most “lost” people are not coming through the church doors. We were challenged to not just come to church but to go out and be the church!!! To go to where the lost are and tell them about Jesus as we’re going.

There are so many ways to “go and be” and it’s not a cookie-cutter thing…be in prayer with us as we find the best way to reach people in and around Keiser, AR.

Decisions, decisions…

fbckeiser — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:21:01 +0000

it’s a good thing when they come at invitation time!!!

Well, we were really down in SS for some reason…81. ewwww! hahaha. Keep inviting and living the life!!!

Service started with a bang…Callie Brister was baptized right at the beginning of worship! I love to start worship like that!!!

I got to sing one of my favorite songs, “The Rock” by the Crist Family. This is when I had to leave church…my sister-in-law, Kathy (Routon) Brothers went into labor. Wasn’t far into the afternoon that we welcomed John Brody Brothers into the world…all 21in. 7lbs 8oz of him!

I knew what Bro. Todd was preaching on though. He preached on getting past the obstacles to get people to Jesus. At FBC Keiser, we no longer have “members”…we have “partners” in Christ…to serve and do life together!!! We are asking every single “partner” in our church to sign up for a ministry team! Be praying about which one you’ll be a part of. It’s time to go to work!

Bro. Todd told me that we had 2 make their decisions public to rededicate their lives – Lee Ann Bell and Katie McLaughlin! So proud of everyone that made decisions. Truly, we should rededicate ourselves to the Lord each and every day by dying to self and taking up our cross and following Jesus!!!

Making It Work Conference

fbckeiser — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 16:28:55 +0000

We had a great crowd at the MCBA Discipleship Conference – Making It Work. Awesome conference. A huge thanks to all of the conference leaders who came and taught and challenged us. Let’s go reach our community! God is good!

Flip Flops and Superheroes

fbckeiser — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 19:17:17 +0000

What do those 2 things have in common…usually nothing but this past Sunday was Flip Flop Sunday and there was a connection.

Gary Gardner sang “In This Life/If We Never Meet Again” by Selah. He did a great job!

Well, on Flip Flop Sunday…we encourage everyone to dress casually and wear their flip flops or sandals…and Bro. Todd and I flip-flop roles. Bro. Todd puts the music service together and I preach.

I preached a sermon called “Who Wants to Be a Superhero?” God just wanted to encourage Christians and remind them of the power that they have inside – God Himself!!! Also got to tell those who don’t know Jesus as Savior how to become a superhero…Christian.

It was awesome and humbling experience….thank You, Jesus for using your servant.

Kids Camp, Sunday recap and Flip Flop Sunday

fbckeiser — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:46:52 +0000

MCBA Kids Camp at Smithville, AR this year was awesome. They had 117 campers not including the group from Timber Crest Baptist Church in Waco, TX. The kids had a blast and God worked in that whole camp all week long. In talking with people there, this year was really different in the fact that most kids saved weren’t saved at invitation time after the worship service….they were saved everywhere…worship, breakfast, snack shack, in their cabins. Just an awesome thing!!!

There were several rededications and 12 salvations at the camp. Praise God in a HUGE way for that!!! There were several seeds that were planted and God began to work on the hearts of several others.

I got the chance to go up to camp on Thursday and finish out camp with everyone and I was soooooo blessed!!! I think the worship service hit me most of all…to see kids with their hands raised praising our God with a passion. To see kids at the first music note at invitation time…just flood the altar (a lesson to be learned here)…huddled at the altar…praying for each other. So powerful.

Another cool thing…on Thursday night at camp, family night, at invitation time…Larry Smith came to Bro. Todd and said he wanted to join our church and be an example for his family. What a cool thing!!!

Great day at church yesterday!!!

I think we had 106 in Sunday school. Keep inviting!!! Our college class started a 3 or 4 week lesson on dealing with temptation. Very powerful and will be so useful throughout our lives!!!

Bro. Todd preached on Jesus calming the storm. Great sermon and much needed.

The best part of the day though was at the beginning of the service, Bro. Todd announced that Callie Brister had given her heart to Christ right after Sunday school. PRAISE GOD!!! All good things flow from Him!!!

Well, Bro. Todd, a few counselors ands several teens headed off to Ridgecrest, North Carolina at 4am this morning for FUGE!!! Our teens won’t just be camping there, they’ll be doing a lot of mission work. Please pray for God to use all there in an amazing way!!!

This coming Sunday is Flip Flop Sunday. We didn’t get a chance to promote it much so we need your help getting the word out. Bro. Todd and I will be “flipping” roles. He’ll be putting the song service together and I’ll be bringing the message. We’re encouraging everyone that wants to…to dress casually and wear your sandals or flip flops. Come join us in worshipping our awesome God!!!

Day 1 of camp = 1 saved!!!

fbckeiser — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 13:22:12 +0000

Hey guys! Just wanted to throw out an update from Kids Camp…per Bro. Todd’s facebook post, Abbi Tate gave her heart to Jesus last night!!! Had to share with everyone! Keep praying for everyone at camp. It is making a difference and God is rockin’ it out!