UPCOMING EVENTS:

• Camp Elim Men’s Retreat:  August 15-17;  Speaker: Doyle Roth
• Memorial Service for Frank Rennecker (Cindy Harrison & Lynn Pappas’ father) will be at LBC on Sunday, August 17th.
• Wedding Celebration!  All are invited to the wedding of Nancy Loyd and David Corbett.  Saturday, August 23rd at 1pm, here at LBC.
• Galilee Community Church Summer Carnival August 23rd from 11:00 to 3:00 (this is  the new Chinese - English speaking church across the street taking over the old 4 square church).  Let’s welcome our new neighbors!
• Camp Elim Labor Day Family Camp:  August 30 - September 1;   Speaker: Jon Glock

Upcoming Teaching & Bible Study Opportunities:

• Sept 7th, 11:00 am - Missions Sunday Presentation
• Sept 14th, 11:00 am - Hebrews Series Begins
• Sept 14th, 6:15 pm - Identity Theft Seminar
• Sept 21st, 6:15 pm - LBC Vision for Growth
• Sept 28th, 6:15 pm - “Paul’s Final Words” (2 Timothy) by Alex Strauch and Phil Keyser
• Sept 28th, 6:15 pm - “Parables of Jesus” by Lars Anderson
• Oct 5th, 6:15 pm - "Guilt, Shame & Forgiveness" by Tom Sorensen

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

• Nursery Helpers Needed:  New sign-up sheets are ready by  the nursery room door for September 2008 - August 2009. Your help is greatly appreciated!
• Grace Warfare:  Indonesia prayer guides for July-Sept are on the table in the foyer.
• King Soopers Gift Card Promotion:  A 5% discount will be applied to the Deacons    Benevolence Fund!    See Bill or Paula Leopold for details.
• Women’s Bible Study:  A volunteer is needed to help care for babies in the nursery  for the Thursday morning Bible studies beginning September 18th from 9-11:30 am. The study will last for 10 weeks. Please contact Jacci Folk at 303-794-8344.

CURRENT WORSHIP THEME:   
              “While we were still helpless...Christ died for the ungodly”                           Romans 5:6

NEXT WEEK’S WORSHIP THEME:  
            “Christ is seated at the right hand of God”
                   

SERMON NOTES:   “The Appearing of Anti-Christ”       2 Thessalonians 2:1-12       Tom Sorensen

I.   The Day of the Lord
      A)    What the OT says about this Day is not contradicted by the NT
     
      B)    The term can be used with some flexibility
     
      C)    The Day is a day of both darkness & light

II.  The Day as Darkness
      A)   The Day cannot begin without the rebellion and the Man of
              Lawlessness
     
      B)    Key Anti-Christ passages: Daniel 9:24-27; Rev. 11: 7-10,
             13:1-9, 19:20, 21; II Thess. 2: 1-12
     
      C)    The many names and faces of Anti-Christ
    
      D)    The Anti-Christ cannot appear in his final embodiment until
              God’s restraint is removed
     
      E)    The end of the Man of Lawlessness and the shattering of his
              kingdom

III.  The Day as Light
      A)    The Day ushers in a millennial reign of Christ that replaces the
               prior kingdom
     
      B)    The 1000-year kingdom will be a spectacular referendum on
              Christ’s greatness
     
      C)    As nations once came to Anti-Christ, now they will come to
              Christ to solve their problems, and the world will be changed
               in many ways
     
      D)    How to stay out of the counterfeit kingdom and get into Christ’s
              true kingdom