Have you ever thought about Jesus and His mom. On the cross, Jesus is bearing the weight of the sins of the whole world on His shoulders, and yet He sees to it to make sure His mother is taken care of after He is gone! As God, Jesus is dealing w/ eternal matters, but as a man, He's  showing all of us today how important it is to take care and love our mothers! You cannot be wrong with your mother and be right with God. If your mother is still alive, regardless of your ages, you can love her in these 7 ways:

1. Love her Verbally.
Esp. men have the philosophy-I don't have to say I love you, you already know it. I have told you before, if I change my mind I'll let you know! Or, I SHOW love, not just say it...and that may be true, but a woman needs to hear those words, "I Love You!" 

2. Love her Physically.
When's the last time you gave her a big hug w/ out her asking for it...or a kiss on the cheek, or a neck rub, or just sat on the couch and held her for a change?  She's the first person who ever touched you...she wrapped you up in her womb for months, and you came out and first priority was to hold you, and she cuddled you, stroked your head, rubbed your feet, held your little cheeks against her, gave you a finger to grasp...in love she did all these things, including grooming you w/ a licked thumb!

3. Love her Patiently.
Mothers have an incredible job w/ no pay. No position in the business world compares to the physical, emotional, and spiritual commitment she has in motherhood. Love her patiently...just because she's tender to your needs is no reason to take advantage of her, it's reason to be patient and to love her all the more!

4. Love her Attentively.
Mothers listen as you pour out your heart...she has a sympathetic ear, always has...and even as an adult you've gone to her when you want someone who will really listen and understand...and she'll always be on your side. One day a father sat his children down and said, "you all are living the best days of your life right now, because you have your children and your parents." It caused them to realize 2 truths: one about their parents:, and how they won't always have them. And another about theirchildren.

6. Love her Generously.
There's nothing too good for her, we could never repay her, but we ought to die trying before she dies! She didn't spend on herself unless all your needs were met...she could easily do without, and now it's time for her to have something she wants! 

7. Love her Honorably.
Exodus 20:12 Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee. This is binding as long as your mother lives. Another command says children, obey...non-binding when you leave home, but "honor" is different!
"Yeah, but my mother wasn't honorable!" Well, the Bible says nothing about that qualification...it only asks, is she your mother! By the way, it's the only one of the 10 commandments which includes a built-in promise of blessing!

Lord, help us never to be too busy for mom...if You could take time and great effort for her on the cross in Your death, help us to love her while we have her in our life!

Events & Activities

Praise Band. Anyone interested in being part of a praise band, see Bart Leu.

Family Game. Pastor Burdine's sermons from Mother's Day through Father's Day use classic games to illustrate powerful Biblical principles for the family. Messages include Scrabble (communication), Barrel of Monkeys (children/teens), Monopoly (finances), Battleship (fighting), Twister (balance), and Sorry (forgiveness). Actual games will be given away at each worship service.

Missions News
A Weekly Report from one of our missionaries.  Faith Baptist supports 50 missionaries in 25 countries with an annual budget of $60,000.

From Charles & Mary Joyce, our missionaries in Burkina Faso, Africa.

  Worship                     Sunday School               Contacts

General Offering          Missions Offering

The FBC SCOREBOARD shows at a glance how we did last weekend in five areas. It is color-coded to show some comparisons.  Green means we surpassed our comparisons. Yellow means we only surpassed one comparison. Red means we were below both comparisons.

Sunday School - This week's Sunday School attendance is less than our 5 year May average (113) and less than our highest May average (124). May 2013 average is 74. 

General Offering - This week's offering is more than our 5 year May average ($4745) and we are $1674 beyond our 2013 budget. May 2013 average is $7646.

Missions Offering - This week's missions offering is more than our 5 year May average ($1003) and we are $359 ahead of our 2013 budget. May 2013 average is $1538. 

Contacts - This category is new and includes personal contacts with others about Jesus or our church.  We have averaged 20 weekly contacts in April 2013. 

Mom Answers by 2nd Graders 

Why did God make mothers?

1. She's the only one who knows where the scotch tape is.
2. Mostly to clean the house.
3. To help us out of there when we were getting born.

How did God make mothers?

1. He used dirt, just like for the rest of us.
2. Magic plus super powers and a lot of stirring
3. God made my mom just the same like he made me. He just used bigger parts.

What ingredients are mothers made of?

1. God makes mothers out of clouds and angel hair and everything nice in the world and one dab of mean.
2. They had to get their start from men's bones. Then they mostly use string, I think.

Why did God give you your mother and not some other mom?

1. We're related
2. God knew she likes me a lot more than other people's moms like me.