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Dear Christian Family Believers
We are combining the July - August Newsletter into one
this year.
It has been an extremely busy time with having the CFF
Family Reunion and Youth Advance 2OOO so close together
that we thought it best to do a combination letter. This
years theme for the CFF Family Reunion was 'The Christian
Family," and we had eight different teachers handling
both doctrinal and practical issues concerning the Christian
Family. We also had Ted Ferrell and other musicians from
years past, plus new up and comers that entertained us
on Friday and Saturday night.
We are especially thankful for all of
the teachers, [both for the adult and children's fellowship
1 the coordinators of all the working crews, and for the
preparation, set-up, clean up, and meal workers, etc.
Another thanks to Ted Ferrell for organizing the "Joyful
Jam" on Saturday night and for Cliff Adelman, Helen
Sudduth, Dean Ellenwood, Fred Grant, and Sheila &
Ken Lorence who also came to be a part of the Joyful Jam.
Sunday morning Wayne Clapp and I had
the privilege to teach during the final session and we
got to handle topics that were hot on our hearts. Wayne
clarified once and for all our stand on the issues of
adultery and fornication that both are wrong and are not
proper conduct for the Christian believer. Wayne went
to the Word of God and doctrinally set forth the Word's
stand which is our stand. We are not judgmental to those
that error, but we are saying that it is WRONG and we
do not, and nor does God's Word approve this kind of behavior.
We are ready to help those that have a problem in these
areas, but will not condone it's practice.
I taught on God's will for the Christian
Family. "Restoration and Recovery." I shared
the record from I Samuel 30 about David and his six hundred
men recovering their families after their enemy had stolen
them. David asked God if they should pursue and if they
would recover their families and in I Samuel 30:8 and
18 he received his answer:
And David enquired at the Lord, saying. Shall I pursue
after this troop? Shall I overtake them? And He answered
him, Pursue: for thou shalt surely overtake them and recover
all.
And David recovered all that the
Amalekites had carried away: and David rescued his two
wives.
Our God cares about His family and He
is in the recovery business, it started back in Genesis
3:15 when He set out to recovery His family and He declared
His promise of the Messiah, Jesus Christ to come and rescue
us. God was faithful through out the ages and was constant
with His prophecies until Jesus Christ came and fulfilled
all the law and the prophets and thus he made full payment
for our redemption and salvation. God our Father cares
about every tiny detail of our lives and when the enemy
tries to rob us of what God has given unto us through
His Son; His Word is the same as to David in I Samuel
30:8, "Pursue'." and recover all.
Youth Advance 2000 will be July 27th
-30th and the theme is "THINK, SAY, DO." with
a focus on the Book of Proverbs and it's message to the
youth, plus many other scriptures from God's Word. The
purpose and goal for the Advance is "God's Youth
Advancing," in their personal growth, development,
and fellowship with God and His Family. God's youth have
been placed in the Body of Christ and need to function.
Our hearts are to help them see the vision of themselves
that God has set before them and their importance.
We love you all and thank God for your
lives and stand on His Word. Serving together in the Body
of Christ,
John
and Mary
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