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Faith Community San Diego

2017-03-12 When God doesn't answer my prayers

2017-03-12 When God doesn't answer my prayers

Locations & Times

Faith Community Church

2285 Murray Ridge Rd, San Diego, CA 92123, USA

Sunday 8:30 AM

LifeGroups

Interested in joining a LifeGroup? Find out more about our LifeGroups at the Welcome Table
http://www.faithsandiego.org/lifegroups-1

HER Women's Retreat

Click below for more information and to register online... or you can sign up at the HER table in the Courtyard following service.
http://www.faithsandiego.org/upcoming-events/2017/3/17/womens-retreat

Strengths Seminar - Saturday, March 25 - 9-Noon

Do you get to do what you do best on a regular basis—to use your talents, gifts, and strengths?  Do you find joy, satisfaction, and growth in the ways you serve God, your church and other people?  This session will help you affirm and understand your strengths and determine how to use them for growth and service. Material cost is $20.00. If you have already taken the assessment, there is no charge. (Class size limited to 15 participants) Class will be taught by Pastor Deb who is a certified Strengths Coach. Click link below to register.
https://faithsandiego.ccbchurch.com/form_response.php?id=173

Gospel Choir Sign Ups

If you can talk you can sing! Touch base with Pastor Benji for more info and to sign up. He will be next to the Welcome Table in the Courtyard after worship this morning...

This morning's sermon notes

Click the link below to view/download this morning's sermon notes/slides.
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/518c65fee4b0887d9a39138d/t/58c4e0c3f5e23157c0ae9237/1489297613050/2017-03-12.pdf

Additional Resource: Finding God In Hard Times by Matt and Beth Redman

In this inspiring book, Matt and Beth Redman draw on their experiences as well as those of others, exploring how to offer praise even in the face of hardship and pain. Focusing on the psalms, many of which were written out of struggle, they show how difficult or tragic circumstances--and our choices--can propel us toward God or away from him, build up our faith or break it. Learn how to ride out the storms of life with a cry of "blessed be your name" on your lips.
https://smile.amazon.com/Finding-God-Hard-Times-Choosing-ebook/dp/B012H0ZSF2/ref=dp_kinw_strp_1

Additional Resource: Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling

From the previous week's messages: It is not enough to condemn culture. Nor is it sufficient merely to critique culture or to copy culture. Most of the time, we just consume culture. But the only way to change culture is to create culture. Andy Crouch unleashes a stirring manifesto calling Christians to be culture makers. For too long, Christians have had an insufficient view of culture and have waged misguided "culture wars." But we must reclaim the cultural mandate to be the creative cultivators that God designed us to be. Culture is what we make of the world, both in creating cultural artifacts as well as in making sense of the world around us. By making chairs and omelets, languages and laws, we participate in the good work of culture making. Crouch unpacks the complexities of how culture works and gives us tools for cultivating and creating culture. He navigates the dynamics of cultural change and probes the role and efficacy of our various cultural gestures and postures. Keen biblical exposition demonstrates that creating culture is central to the whole scriptural narrative, the ministry of Jesus and the call to the church. He guards against naive assumptions about "changing the world," but points us to hopeful examples from church history and contemporary society of how culture is made and shaped. Ultimately, our culture making is done in partnership with God's own making and transforming of culture. A model of his premise, this landmark book is sure to be a rallying cry for a new generation of culturally creative Christians. Discover your calling and join the culture makers.
https://smile.amazon.com/Culture-Making-Recovering-Creative-Calling/dp/0830837558/ref=sr_1_12?ie=UTF8&qid=1484984382&sr=8-12&keywords=christ+and+culture

Additional Resource: How Christianity Changed the World

From the previous week's messages: Western civilization is becoming increasingly pluralistic, secularized, and biblically illiterate. Many people today have little sense of how their lives have benefited from Christianity’s influence, often viewing the church with hostility or resentment. How Christianity Changed the World is a topically arranged Christian history for Christians and non- Christians. Grounded in solid research and written in a popular style, this book is both a helpful apologetic tool in talking with unbelievers and a source of evidence for why Christianity deserves credit for many of the humane, social, scientific, and cultural advances in the Western world in the last two thousand years. Photographs, timelines, and charts enhance each chapter. This edition features questions for reflection and discussion for each chapter.
https://smile.amazon.com/Christianity-Changed-World-Alvin-Schmidt/dp/0310264499/ref=pd_sim_14_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=9G80VAAR8R9F5DWKKNAX

Online Giving

If you would like to worship the Lord through financial giving to the ministries of Faith Community please click the link below.
https://faithsandiego.ccbchurch.com/form_response.php?id=22