2022 Lectureship

Schedule

Thursday – October 13

7:00pm	Congregational Singing
7:20pm	Keynote: Courage to say Something – Tim Lewis

Friday – October 14

9:00am	Keynote: Feeding The Flame (God’s Word) – Corey Sawyers Matt 4:4 – Just like the disciples on the road to Emmaus who had their hearts set ablaze when the Scriptures were explained to them by Jesus — Luke 24:32 we need to dig into the Scriptures and allow the Lord to start explaining the Scriptures to us just as He did to them.
10:00am	Break
10:15am	Keynote: Stoking The Fire (Prayer) – Cliff Sabroe 3 things needed to have a blazing fire, fuel, oxygen and heat. Prayer is the oxygen we use to stoke the flames. Spending time in prayer is spending time in the presence of God and the presence of God is the air that our souls need to be a fire.
11:00am	Break
11:15am	Keynote: Bring Your Fire Closer To The Flames – Hi Jones To build a fire, gather all smoldering firewood or charcoal together. This is why we should never live the Christian life in seclusion.
12:00pm	Break for Lunch
1:30pm	Keynote: Watch Out For Fire Snuffers – Tim Lewis Watch out for those who are willing to throw cold water on the fire or set to high of expectations on others and set expectations to high.
2:15pm	Break
2:30pm	Keynote: Setting Our Souls Ablaze – Bob Turner The Word of God is taught through preaching, writing and song – songs are the language of the soul that speak to us in Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual songs that teach, admonish and spur one another on to greater heights of Christian living.
3:15pm	Break
3:30pm	Keynote: Preventing Forest Fires – Corey Sawyers Ephesians 4:29; Colossians 4:6; James 3:5-6
4:15pm	Break for Dinner
7:00pm	Congregational Singing
7:15pm	Keynote: Igniting The Fires Of Worship – Hi Jones The assembly is where the fire is ignited – Hebrews 10:24-25 (Spur, encourage etc.)

Saturday – October 15

9:00am	Keynote: The Church Firebrands – Bob Turner Everyone must learn how to make a fire – we don’t do it naturally. We need spiritual mentors to teach us how to light our spiritual fires.
9:45am	Break
10:15am	Keynote: Putting Out The Fire – Tim Lewis Sooner or later, someone is going to offend or let you down in some way. Learning how to put out the fires of bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor, slander along with all malice and light the fires of kindness, tenderheartedness and forgiving one another as we have been forgiven by the Lord. Ephesians 4:31-32
11:00am	Break
11:15am	Keynote: Locate The Fire – Bob Turner Sharing, communing, participating = fellowship – if there is anything we need today in the church it would be people. God never intended that we go in it alone, but that is exactly what has happened to so many for the last 30 months with the pandemic threat. People have got use to going at life alone. We need to locate the fire. Share with examples of where fellowship can be locate.
12:00pm	Break for Lunch
1:30pm	Keynote: Restoring The Fire In Our Souls – Brett Petrillo Sometimes our sin and the guilt associated with it so weighs us down that we can hardly function. There is one thing we all need, a clean heart that only God can give. Psalm 51
2:15pm	Break
2:30pm	Keynote: Tending The Fires Of The Family – Cliff Sabroe Help our children establish good priorities – example: make Bible class, mission trip s etc. a priority vs sports, homework or college etc.
3:15pm	Break
3:30pm	Keynote: Keeping The Fires Burning In Our Marriages – Corey Sawyers Even hot coals will eventually go out if they are not tended to and fed.
4:15pm	Break for Dinner
7:00pm	Congregational Singing
7:15pm	Keynote: Spreading The Flame – Cliff Sabroe Greatest thing we can each do is to raise our spiritual temperature and light the fire of God in our life to spread the flame. Nothing is more exciting than leading a person to faith in Christ. Part of Christian life is spreading the flame.
8:30pm	Teen Gathering Around The Fire – Igniting The Fire (developing an interest in Studying God’s Word) – Brett Petrillo Every fire begins somehow – it might be a spark, lightning strike, or striking a match. How might we develop a burning interest in reading God’s Word and what it can do for us.

Sunday – October 16

9:00am	Auditorium Class: Making Your Fire Useful – Corey Sawyers Use the gifts and talents that God has given you to help others. Face your fears and stretch your faith as you begin to step out serve others. Teen Class: Igniting The Fire (developing an interest in Doing God’s Word) – Brett Petrillo Fire by nature cannot not be contained, its nature is to spread. Talk about some ways we do the Word of God in our lives? (take a look at the titles in the Lectureship and spend some time overviewing important aspects of the lessons that the teens can use in applying (God’s Word) them to their lives.
10:00am	Worship: The Church On Fire – Bob Turner
5:00pm	Worship: Guatemala report – Hi Jones

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2022 Speakers

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