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Thursday, June 26, 2014

FBC Weekend

Big Stuff this weekend at FBC!

Saturday, Sunday and Monday - Remember your professional photography session at the Community Center in Randolph.  If you've forgotten your appointment time, or have any other questions related to this, please call or email Sue Goodyear.  And if you are scheduled, please try and be prompt for your appointment!  More information is available on the FBC website.


Sunday morning - we will be back in the Randolph Town Hall for our 10:30 worship service this Lord's Day.  No Sunday School hour due to the Phase 2 construction project.

Sunday evening, 5:00-8:00 - Combined Teen Meeting and church-wide Campfire Fellowship at JohnsonAcres.  Bring a lawn chair, yard games, fishing poles, and join us for a fun evening with your FBC brothers and sisters.  We'll provide the meat and drinks.  If you choose, you can help by bringing a dish to pass.


Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Prayer Meeting Tonight

“Pray often, for prayer is a shield to the soul, a sacrifice to God, and a scourge for Satan.” (John Bunyan, author of Pilgrim's Progress)

Join us for midweek prayer meeting this evening, 6:30 PM, at the Turner home.

Wednesday, June 18, 2014

Last Day

Tunneling along the Temple Mount




Walking on the very street Jesus walked




Seeing the Dead Sea scrolls




Herod's temple




The David stone




The Pilate stone




Herod's sarcophagus




The Caipphas ossuary




Heading home in the morning with full hearts and filled minds. What an incredible place is this Holy Land.

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Penultimate Day

New friends made in the Holy Land. Sad to say goodbye to them tonight, the last day of their tour.




Plums growing next to the wall of Jerusalem.




The Church of All Nations, and the Garden of Gethsemane, viewed from the eastern wall of Jerusalem.




Walking the wall around Jerusalem.




Gordon's Calvary, viewed from atop the wall of Jerusalem.




Tomorrow we see a few more sights in Jerusalem, then it's time to pack and head home.

Sunday, June 15, 2014

Jericho and Massada and the Dead Sea

Camel riding




Triumphal end of the Massada snake path




Jericho dates




Jericho, the oldest and the lowest city on earth. Also one of the largest oases on earth.




Tomorrow, the way of the cross and the empty tomb!

Saturday, June 14, 2014

Jerusalem and Bethlehem

Jerusalem - the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock.




Jerusalem is such a beautiful city.




Gethsemane




The Eastern Gate




We are ahead of the Church of the Nativity. They are only on Phase 1!




The tomb of Jerome, who spent his life translating the Hebrew Old Testament and the Greek New Testament into the Latin Vulgate.




Friday, June 13, 2014

Israel Update

Olive tree at Nazareth




Nazareth Village




Three weeks old




Jezreel valley - Valley of Armageddon




Mediterranean Sea




Jerusalem and Bethlehem next.