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Glorify…to magnify, to light up brilliantly
Suffering…to submit to or be forced to endure, to labor under

All thoughout scripture there is a connection between suffering and glorifying God. This semester at the Gathering we will be studying, exchanging truth, and teaching on this topic. All over the world the Body of Christ is glorifying God in there suffering, its time for us to grasp the depths of what God has for us and the Kingdom of Heaven relating to suffering for the glorification of God.

Philippians 3:7-10
But whatever was to my profit I now consider loss for the sake of Christ. What is more, I consider everything a loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ - the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith. I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his suffering, becoming like him in his death…

I hope to see you at our first Gathering for the spring semester, as always the tf band will lead us in worship, there will be time for testimonies, prayer, and personal ministry. The Gathering is a very interactive experience, come and be apart.
The Gathering is at 8pm in the FOC Auditorium this Wednesday, Jan. 27th. Come at 7pm and hang-out with us in the tf building on the FOC campus as we enjoy some good food and community together before we go into the Gathering.
Invite a friend, see you all this Wednesday evening.

love serve live
Scott Palmer

How about we submit to the Tech Administration that we go to three day weekends and every week start on Tuesday. Nothing like a four day class schedule! I hope that you are settled in this week and for sure for the spring semester. In this post I want to catch you up to date on whats on the calender for the Spring. We look forward to having you apart.

Every spring semester tf hosts a Spring Retreat. The dates for this years retreat are April 16-18. Please mark these dates are your calender so that you can make sure you attend this awesome weekend. We will spend three day and two night at the Summit House on Mt. Nebo. I will have the total cost for the weekend in a few weeks, last year the weekend cost $50/person which included food and lodging. We spend the time enjoying games, rest, food, worship and Bible study, hiking and whatever else you find to do. Make plans early to be apart.

Last semester we talked in this blog and at the Gathering about the value of community and studying God’s Word. We committed to making those two things a big part of our spring semester. Here is our plan to accomplish both of these important aspects of our lives together in tf.
Starting this Wednesday, January 20th we are beginning a Girls and Guys Bible Study at 8pm. Bethany Palmer will lead the girls and I will lead the guys. We are very excited about what God will do in these times together as we study His Word. The evening actually begins at 7pm with a time of food and fellowship in the tf building beside the FOC church building and then at 8pm we will split up for our studies. These studies will take place on the 1st and 3rd Wednesday nights and the Gathering will take place at 8pm on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday’s in the FOC Auditorium.Our time of food and fellowship will happen every Wednesday at 7pm in the tf building. Put it on your weekly to-do list to hang with us on Wednesday evenings. I look forward to seeing you there tomorrow evening.

Just a few reminders for next week, we start our Monday Prayer in Doc’s Place at 7am this coming Monday January 25th and next Wednesday January 27th will be our first Gathering for the semester.
Come cheer on Tech this Saturday at 4 and 6 as the basketball teams compete with Delta State in conference games.

love serve live
Scott Palmer

Its great to have you back on the campus and starting the spring semester. I hope that you had a restful winter break. There are many plans for Tech Fellowship for the semester but before we get into that I want to take some time and share our heart with you for the first week back.

Each January Fellowship of Christians takes time to hear from God for the new year. Tech Fellowship is joining in with FOC in our week long emphasis of worship and fasting. There will be nightly worship gatherings at the church auditorium starting at 6pm monday thru friday. Also, each day at noon you can come to the church for prayer and personal ministry. Prayer is in the auditorium and the personal ministry will be in the conference room. As we seek God in unity as the Body we are believing for power from the Holy Spirit, healing in our lives and direction for the new year as we seek to serve the Kingdom of Heaven. The dates are Jan. 11-15, 2010.
Fasting is also being encouraged so that as we seek to step toward God we step away from something for a time to better focus on what God might be saying.

Acts 13:2 While they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said…

Tech Fellowship has not scheduled any activities for this week so that we can give all of attention to hearing from God. We would love to see you as much as possible, stay in touch and in next weeks post look for new information for the spring semester with Tech Fellowship.

love serve live
Scott Palmer