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"For My Friend to Know Jesus..."
All of us live and work surrounded by unbelievers.  We cannot escape being with them. You go to the doctor’s office and the person next to you in the waiting room may be an unbeliever. You go to a family reunion… chances are you will meet an unbeliever. At school, in the factory or office, out on the job site, in the park or at the mall or the auto dealership or grocery store… they are all around us and they need the Lord Jesus.  In keeping with our theme this year of “Open hearts… Open hands” we want to discover how we can help our friends know Jesus.  Our teacher will be the Apostle John and his classroom will be the first four chapters of the Gospel according to John. John’s goal as an evangelist is to bring people to faith in Christ so that they have eternal life. Evidence… belief… life is the outline of his book. John 20:30-31 summarizes his Gospel account: 

30 Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; 31 but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in His name.

John's strategy for leading our friends to Christ...

Date	Speaker/Sermon Title	Text	Audio (right click to save)
1/02/2011	YOU MUST GIVE HIM HARD EVIDENCE: The witnesses to Jesus	John 1-2	mp3
1/09/2011	YOU MUST CHALLENGE HIM TO FIRM BELIEF: The witness of Jesus to Nicodemus Part I	John 3	mp3
1/16/2011	YOU MUST CHALLENGE HIM TO FIRM BELIEF: The witness of Jesus to Nicodemus Part II	John 3	mp3
1/23/2011	YOU MUST SHOW HIM REAL LIFE: The witness of Jesus to the Samaritan Part I	John 4	mp3
1/30/2011	YOU MUST SHOW HIM REAL LIFE: The witness of Jesus to the Samaritan Part II	John 4	mp3

"The Faces of Giving"
Biblical stewardship comes alive when we see it in action. Our annual month-long study in stewardship will give us front row seats to people practicing different levels of giving. We are going to learn what tithe-giving is and how offering-giving works. We will also come away with a better understanding of generosity-giving and discover the real meaning of sacrificial-giving. Let's pray together that God will transform our perspective of life-giving.

Date	Speaker/Sermon Title	Text	Audio (right click to save)
2/06/2011	Tithe-Giving	Abraham - Gen 14 Jacob - Gen 28	mp3
2/13/2011	Offering-Giving	Paul - II Cor 12:14-19 David - I Chr 21:18-27	mp3
2/20/2011	Generosity-Giving	The Philippians - Phil 4:10-20 The Macedonians - II Cor 8:1-5	mp3
2/27/2011*	Dedication Service / 125th Anniversary		mp3
3/06/2011	Sacrificial-Giving	Hushai  - II Sam 15:32-37; 16:16-19; 17:5-23 Esther - Esther 4:1-17	mp3
3/13/2011*	Jeremy Hales speaking – Skyview Ranch		mp3
3/20/2011*	Scott Bruins speaking – Scioto Hills		mp3

* Denotes special message not part of the series

Sundays in May @ MBC

Date	Speaker/Sermon Title	Text	Audio (right click to save)
5/01/2011	Missionary Sunday... The Tim Knouch Family (ABWE, Philippines)		mp3
5/08/2011	Mother’s Day... “A Faithful Woman…who can find?” <Radical Obedience choral group>	Luke 2:36-38	mp3
5/15/2011	Shut-in Sunday... “For My Friend to Know Jesus” - The Witness of Jesus to an Invalid (special prayer time for our shut-ins)	John 5	mp3
5/22/2011	Biker Sunday... “Fan or Follower?”	John 6	mp3
5/29/2011	Memorial Day Sunday… “For My Friend to Know Jesus” - The Witness of Jesus to a Blind Man	John 9	not available

Psalm 1

Date	Speaker/Sermon Title	Text	Audio (right click to save)
8/07/2011*	Communion Sunday: "Thinking through the Death of Christ: His Death vs. My Sin"	I Cor. 11:27-30	mp3
8/14/2011*	Missionary Tom Wolf (ABWE - South Africa) Speaking		mp3
8/21/2011	"The Fight of your Life for the Good of your Soul" Part 1	Psalm 1	mp3
8/28/2011*	Pastor Jeff: "My God is better than your god" Part 1	Isa 40: 18-24	mp3
9/4/2011*	Pastor Jeff: "My God is better than your god" Part 2	Isa 40: 25-31	mp3
9/11/2011	"The Fight of your Life for the Good of your Soul" Part 2	Psalm 1	mp3

* Denotes special message not part of the series

1 Timothy Series - "Church 101: What the Church Should Be!"

“Everyone has ideas on what church should be. What shapes people's expectations of church? Where do people get their ideas of what a church ought to be?" They can range from what grandma told them to what the latest church fad may be. The impact of so many diverse ideas about church is weakening the influence of the body of Christ on the world and its own people. Kevin DeYoung & Ted Kluck in their book Why We Love the Church make the following observation about what C. S. Lewis called “Chronological Snobbery.” “The phrase refers to the all-too-common tendency among Christians to quickly discount what is old and automatically embrace what is new…Although there is much talk these days about our lack of Christian community…the one community we seldom look to for wisdom is the community of the dead. Being inclusive toward the communion of the saints—who represent different centuries, different cultures, and different contexts-seems to be the one type of diversity that doesn’t count.”
So…where does one go to discover what church should be? And why is such a question vitally important to 21st century people? The obvious answer to the first question is the Scripture itself. And the answer to the second question will become readily apparent as we move through our study together on the book of I Timothy. Join us for an eye-opening expositional journey through Paul’s first letter to Timothy called: Church 101: What the Church should be!”

PART I - April

Date	Speaker/Sermon Title	Text	Audio (right click to save)
4/03/2011	“A Place of Sound Teaching”	I Tim. 1:1-11	mp3
4/10/2011	“A Place of Salvation Testimony”	I Tim.  1:12-16	mp3
4/17/2011*	Communion Sunday "Was the Cross Difficult for Jesus?"	Matt 27:45-46	mp3
4/24/2011*	Easter Musical - The Cross "From Hurts to Hallelujahs"	John 11:25-26	mp3

PART II - June/July

Date	Speaker/Sermon Title	Text	Audio (right click to save)
6/05/2011*	Candidate Sunday for Associate Pastor in Youth & Family Ministries	Col. 1:23-9	mp3
6/12/2011	“A Place of Firm Conviction”	I Tim. 1:17-20	mp3
6/19/2011*	Special Message & Baptismal serivce		mp3
6/26/2011	“A Place of Evangelistic Prayer”	I Tim. 2:1-7	mp3
7/03/2011	“A Place of Holy Habits”	I Tim. 2:8-15	mp3
7/10/2011	“A Place of Righteous Leadership” part 1	I Tim. 3:1-7	mp3
7/17/2011	“A Place of Righteous Leadership” part 2	I Tim. 3:8-13	mp3
7/24/2011*	Aaron Bowes family Missionaries to Germany		mp3
7/31/2011	“A Place of God-centered Priorities”	I Tim. 3:14-16	mp3

PART III - September / October / November

Date	Speaker/Sermon Title	Text	Audio (right click to save)
9/18/2011	“A Place of Biblical Discernment” part 1	I Tim. 4:1-5	mp3
9/25/2011*	Steve Dye family - missionaries to Germany		mp3
10/02/2011	“A Place of Biblical Discernment” part 2	I Tim. 4:6-11	mp3
10/09/2011*	Communion Sunday - "How does the cross satisfy God?"	Rom 3:21-6	mp3
10/16/2011	“A Place where New Generations are Challenged”	I Tim. 4:12-16	mp3
10/23/2011	“A Place of Family Compassion”	I Tim. 5:1-8	mp3
10/30/2011	“A Place of Family Wisdom”	I Tim. 5:9-19	mp3
11/06/2011	“A Place of Family Rules”	I Tim. 5:17-25	mp3
11/13/2011	“A Place of True Accountability”	I Tim. 6:1-5	mp3
11/20/2011	“A Place of Godly Contentment”	I Tim. 6:6-10	mp3
11/27/2011	“A Place of Strong Commitment”	I Tim. 6:11-21	mp3

* Denotes special message not part of the series

WHY did Jesus come into this world? If you were in a wonderful place, why would you leave it to go to a land where you were mostly unknown and unwanted? Your life there would be short, but full of trials and days of teaching. And worst of all, you would know your fate and that the end wouldn't be pretty. Why Christmas? Why would we celebrate the coming of one who seemed to experience one tragedy after another? What is all the hype about the coming of Christ? We are going to discover together from God's Word why Jesus came. There are 4 powerful and incredible reasons why Jesus came. These reasons affect every human being on the face of the earth - you and I included. When you know the reasons, you can never be the same. Join us as we explore an answer to the question: "WHY CHRISTMAS?"

Date	Speaker/Sermon Title	Text	Audio (right click to save)
12/04/2011	He came to save Sinners	Luke 19:1-10	mp3
12/11/2011	He came to destroy the works of the Devil	Heb 2:14-18; I Jn 3:8	mp3
12/18/2011	He came to Die	Jn 3:16; Mk 10:45	mp3
12/25/2011	He came to proclaim the Truth	John 18:33-37	mp3