Jesus talked a lot about seeking.  He was surrounded by people who were looking to find the answers, to experience  love, and to belong.  He loves people who are seeking.

A voice to be heard”
Urgent Prayer Release for Afghanistan

    At the end of May, Noorin TV, a private television station in Afghanistan, broadcast stories of Afghan people who had decided to become followers of Jesus. The video footage included an Afghan baptismal service and showed the faces of number of these Afghans. This video clip, along with inflammatory statements against the Christian faith, has been broadcast repeatedly on different television stations.
By Monday, May 31 it became national news throughout Afghanistan. The subject ignited a heated debate in the Afghan Parliament and Senate who have ordered a formal investigation into the situation.
    The Associated Free Press reported that the deputy secretary of the Parliament has called for the execution of Afghan Christians. Speaking in response to the video broadcast, he said, “Those Afghans that appeared on this video film should be executed in public. The house should order the attorney general and the National Department of Security to arrest these Afghans and execute them.”
In addition, the broadcast triggered an angry protest by a few hundred Kabul University students.
    Many Afghan followers of Jesus have been frightened by these events and have gone into hiding. Two have gone missing. One has been detained. Afghans inside the country and who have fled the country want the world to know about their situation. In a country where it appears that they have no rights and no voice, they want their voice to be heard.
    Ironically, at the same time of this crisis, the Peace Jirga was held in Kabul, where hundreds of Afghan elders met together in Kabul to discuss reconciliation and a peace process. It is quite clear that political parties who lost in the previous elections are using the Afghan believers to discredit the government and divide it.  The timing was not coincidental.  To scapegoat believers in an effort to destabilize the government is immoral.

 Please pray for
•    The security of the Afghan followers of Jesus. Those Afghans whose faces have been repeatedly shown on TV are in serious danger of being arrested or killed by a mob. Some have managed to leave the country. Those who remain are very nervous about this situation.
•    Pray that God will strengthen and encourage the believers and give them wisdom.
•    Pray that God will have his hand on the decisions of the government.
•    Pray that God will turn this situation into something good and profitable for believers inside Afghanistan.

 - Monday night at 7pm here at First Baptist Church.

The Sound Team is looking for people who would be interested in working the sound booth. Training will be provided. If you are interested, please contact Shannon Aulenbach or Bob Marshall or call the church office.

In years past, several ladies from FBC have attended the interdenominational retreat held at Malagash or more recently at the Salvation Army Camp outside New Glasgow. The LIFT Retreat ( Ladies in Fellowship Together) will be held this year at Bayside Camp on September 24-26th. Judy Savoy, a well known Christian artist and speaker will be the guest speaker and the theme is Faith, Standing on the Rock. To help raise funds to keep the costs down, there will be a clothing sale held at City Heights Church on May 1st from 9-1. Ladies, save the clothes you are finished with and plan to donate them to the sale and come and get some "new" things!! All items will sell for $2 and all the proceeds will go to support the retreat. More info will follow in the future.

 - We want to make available to you the opportunity to come to the Church Sanctuary for a quiet place to pray. The Sanctuary will be open each morning Monday through Thursday between 9am and noon. You can enter the building where the offices are located.

A voice to be heard”
Urgent Prayer Release for Afghanistan

    At the end of May, Noorin TV, a private television station in Afghanistan, broadcast stories of Afghan people who had decided to become followers of Jesus. The video footage included an Afghan baptismal service and showed the faces of number of these Afghans. This video clip, along with inflammatory statements against the Christian faith, has been broadcast repeatedly on different television stations.
By Monday, May 31 it became national news throughout Afghanistan. The subject ignited a heated debate in the Afghan Parliament and Senate who have ordered a formal investigation into the situation.
    The Associated Free Press reported that the deputy secretary of the Parliament has called for the execution of Afghan Christians. Speaking in response to the video broadcast, he said, “Those Afghans that appeared on this video film should be executed in public. The house should order the attorney general and the National Department of Security to arrest these Afghans and execute them.”
In addition, the broadcast triggered an angry protest by a few hundred Kabul University students.
    Many Afghan followers of Jesus have been frightened by these events and have gone into hiding. Two have gone missing. One has been detained. Afghans inside the country and who have fled the country want the world to know about their situation. In a country where it appears that they have no rights and no voice, they want their voice to be heard.
    Ironically, at the same time of this crisis, the Peace Jirga was held in Kabul, where hundreds of Afghan elders met together in Kabul to discuss reconciliation and a peace process. It is quite clear that political parties who lost in the previous elections are using the Afghan believers to discredit the government and divide it.  The timing was not coincidental.  To scapegoat believers in an effort to destabilize the government is immoral.

 Please pray for
•    The security of the Afghan followers of Jesus. Those Afghans whose faces have been repeatedly shown on TV are in serious danger of being arrested or killed by a mob. Some have managed to leave the country. Those who remain are very nervous about this situation.
•    Pray that God will strengthen and encourage the believers and give them wisdom.
•    Pray that God will have his hand on the decisions of the government.
•    Pray that God will turn this situation into something good and profitable for believers inside Afghanistan.

 - Monday night at 7pm here at First Baptist Church.

The Sound Team is looking for people who would be interested in working the sound booth. Training will be provided. If you are interested, please contact Shannon Aulenbach or Bob Marshall or call the church office.

In years past, several ladies from FBC have attended the interdenominational retreat held at Malagash or more recently at the Salvation Army Camp outside New Glasgow. The LIFT Retreat ( Ladies in Fellowship Together) will be held this year at Bayside Camp on September 24-26th. Judy Savoy, a well known Christian artist and speaker will be the guest speaker and the theme is Faith, Standing on the Rock. To help raise funds to keep the costs down, there will be a clothing sale held at City Heights Church on May 1st from 9-1. Ladies, save the clothes you are finished with and plan to donate them to the sale and come and get some "new" things!! All items will sell for $2 and all the proceeds will go to support the retreat. More info will follow in the future.

 - We want to make available to you the opportunity to come to the Church Sanctuary for a quiet place to pray. The Sanctuary will be open each morning Monday through Thursday between 9am and noon. You can enter the building where the offices are located.