Well, it's great to see all of you here this morning. I do wanna encourage you to be paying extra close attention to your bulletin over the next few weeks because, a number of our ministries are, are starting up again in the month of September. And if you look in your bulletin, for, today, there's a number of ministries that are coming. in the, in the coming weeks of September, they'll be starting, but for this week, our man forum begins, again Tuesday morning at 6 o'clock in the morning and it meets here in the alcove of the auditorium.
And then also you see the, the Women's Bible studies that, are also starting up again, meeting at different points, of the week and our Thursday man forum also. So those are the, the men's ministry things, with the man forums and the Women's Bible studies are starting up this week and we would encourage you to, if you're available, and can use the fellowship around God's word, to join us for those, those wonderful times. Well, as a church, we are all about helping people to journey from brokenness to Wholeness through the gospel, the good news of salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, and we ourselves are on that journey from brokenness to wholeness, and we wanna bring as many people on that journey as, as possible. And that journey involves us being converted to Christ, being born again.
living a life that is immersed in this reality of the good news of the gospel, which is huge. It's ginormous, and it's all encompassing, and we want to be immersed in that and have our lives oriented around that good news. it is also, a journey that involves being involved in gospel community, relationships with one another in the Church of Jesus Christ, also living a life that is, characterized by full-on gospel intentionality, a life of gospel mission, and a journey that culminates in glory. with our Lord Jesus Christ.
That's the journey we're on and we want to bring as many people with us on that journey as possible and all the ministries that it's dark on the perimeter right now, but all the ministries that, that are represented in this room this morning are designed to assist you in that journey from brokenness to wholeness or to be a means through which you can come alongside of others and be a help to them, as well. And I hope after the service today you'll take the time to check out the ministries of our church and just rejoice in what God is doing and seeing also how you might be involved in, in these ministries. With this being the launch of our ministry year, I want to speak to you from Ephesians 4. So if you would turn to Ephesians 4, next Sunday, we'll be back in the Book of Genesis as we continue our study through that book....
