New Location for FBCSD on The City!

Now, you can connect with First Baptist Church of San Diego on the City!  So, we won't be updating this blog in the future. 

Please join us by clicking here: https://fbcsd.onthecity.org/

See what's on The City Plaza for FBCSD here: http://fbcsd.onthecity.org/plaza

Also, you can connect with us on Facebook at facebook.com/fbcsd and Twitter @fbcsdcom

New Beth Moore Women's Study Begins Tonight - Daniel

All ladies are welcome for the Beth Moore study on Daniel, beginning September 14 at 6:30 pm in Fellowship Hall.



Questions? Contact Laura Morris at women@fbcsd.com.

Want to Share Your Story about Revelation?

Last Sunday, we finished the entire book of Revelation together, and God has blessed our church during this time!  In the video below, Pastor Scott invites you to share about your favorite part of the book of Revealtion.  Were you blessed in a particular way?  Was there a passage that you enjoyed most?  You can make your own video and share it with us, or we'll film you on Sunday.  It doesn't have to be long, even just a few seconds...

You can email your video (or video link if you've uploaded it) to info@fbcsd.com.



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Summer Blast 2011 Has Begun!

Summer Blast Kid's Camp began today at the First Baptist Church of San Diego!  We are excited that over 70 kids are at 1st B learning about Jesus and having a great time. 

Please be in prayer this week for all the kids and volunteers and for our Lyndsey White, our Children Director.  We want all these kids to know how much Jesus loves them!

Here's a couple of pictures, and more are at our Facebook page at facebook.com/fbcsd.

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FDR Audio From Today's Message

Today, Pastor Scott quoted part of this prayer said by Franklin D. Roosevelt when he announced the D-Day invasion.  Here is the entire radio clip:



Happy 4th of July!

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Independence Day Oikos Luncheon This Sunday!

Bring your Oikos this Sunday for a Special Program

This Sunday, July 3, we'll be having a special potluck lunch with an Independence Day program.  Come hear your favorite national hymns along with a great time of fellowship celebrating our nation's independence.  It will start after the service and run till around 1pm.

This is a great time to invite your oikos (the people in your relational world), especially if you know people who have served or currently serve in the military, or people in the older generations. The purpose of this time is to develop relationships with the people in your oikos. 

Can you help with the Potluck?   We still need main dishes as well as other items.  Also, we need people to help clean up afterward (and come early before church to take care of last minute set up.)  If you can bring a dish or otherwise help, please email Carri Butler.

Also on the Calendar:

July 3 - July 9:  Middle School and High School Summer Camp at Hume Lake.

Sunday,  July 10:  Family Picnic at Standley Park. - Everyone is invited to our family picnic after church on Sunday, July 10 at Standley Park.  Bring lunch, lawn chairs and whatever you need for a great time together.

Sunday July 17:  New to FBCSD?  Come to our new person's luncheon right after church on Sunday the 17th.  Meet the staff, learn more about our church and how to connect, and meet other people new and not-so-new to the church.

July 18-22:  Summer Blast!  Summer Blast Kid's Camp begins Monday, July 18.  Register your kids now online at SummerBlast.org!

Our Sunday series in the book of Revelation continues through July - don't miss it!

30 Days of Prayer and Fasting 2011 - Day 30

Today is our final day in this period of prayer together.  As you finish, please consider fasting today, from food or something else that will remind you to pray today each time you are hungry or missing something you usually do.

Specifically, please pray for the rest of our staff today. 

Pray for Rosa Yungen, our administrator, Carri Butler, our administrative assistant, Angela Sirota, our Lighthouse Director, as well as everyone who works at the Lighthouse.  Please pray for thier health for them and thier families, and their spiritual growth and love for the Lord.

Also, pray for Pastor Scott and his family, for health and protection and growing faith.

Matthew 6:16-18

  ¹⁶ “When you fast, do not look somber as the hypocrites do, for they disfigure their faces to show men they are fasting. I tell you the truth, they have received their reward in full. ¹⁷ But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, ¹⁸ so that it will not be obvious to men that you are fasting, but only to your Father, who is unseen; and your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

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30 Days of Prayer and Fasting 2011 - Day 29

Today, please pray for JR Nall and the music ministry at 1st B.  You've probably noticed many new faces along with the people who have been serving for quite a while.    Please pray for each person on the music team and others who will soon be joining.   Also, be in prayer for this Sunday's Independence Day Oikos Party which will feature many people in our music team performing great national hymns and more at the potluck after church.

Please pray also for our Worship Director, J.R. Nall.  Pray he and his wife Eri as parents to their son Corban and teach him to love God passionately as he grows up.  Also, for his parents who are retiring and looking for a condominium in San Diego to live.  Pray that they are blessed with an affordable place.

Psalm 96

 ¹ Sing to the LORD a new song;
   sing to the LORD, all the earth.
² Sing to the LORD, praise his name;
   proclaim his salvation day after day.
³ Declare his glory among the nations,
   his marvelous deeds among all peoples.

 ⁴ For great is the LORD and most worthy of praise;
   he is to be feared above all gods.
⁵ For all the gods of the nations are idols,
   but the LORD made the heavens.
⁶ Splendor and majesty are before him;
   strength and glory are in his sanctuary.

 ⁷ Ascribe to the LORD, all you families of nations,
   ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
⁸ Ascribe to the LORD the glory due his name;
   bring an offering and come into his courts.
⁹ Worship the LORD in the splendor of his^[a] holiness;
   tremble before him, all the earth.
¹⁰ Say among the nations, “The LORD reigns.”
   The world is firmly established, it cannot be moved;
   he will judge the peoples with equity.

 ¹¹ Let the heavens rejoice, let the earth be glad;
   let the sea resound, and all that is in it.
¹² Let the fields be jubilant, and everything in them;
   let all the trees of the forest sing for joy.
¹³ Let all creation rejoice before the LORD, for he comes,
   he comes to judge the earth.
He will judge the world in righteousness
   and the peoples in his faithfulness. 

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30 Days of Prayer and Fasting 2011 - Day 27 and 28

[Due to a technical difficulties, Day 27 didn't post yesterday, so it's posted here with Day 28.  Please pray for both the Youth and Kids ministries today.] 

Day 27 

Today, please pray for our student ministry.  Summer camp at Hume Lake is next week for both Middle School and High Schoolers.  Please pray for their time at camp, that lifelong commitments to Christ would be made by non-believing students and re-commitments by believers.  Also, please pray for safe travels up and back.

Additionally, pray for our Youth Director, David Popovich as he is recovering from hernia surgery, and preparing the next year of Student Ministry @ FBCSD.

 

1 Timothy 4:12

¹² Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith and in purity. 

Day 28

Today, please pray for our Children's ministry.  Not only is Summer Blast coming July 18 - 22, but many more existing things are being readied for the Fall.  Please continue to be in prayer for that.  The challenges for our kids department are the good ones to have!  Among other things, pray for decisions to be made about a new class for 2 year olds (freeing up nursery space and volunteers for more and more infants on the way.)  Also, pray for 30 volunteers who are now serving regularly in the Children's ministry.

Also, be in prayer for our Children's Director, Lyndsey White, and her husband Jason.  We are thrilled to announce that Lyndsey is expecting, and their little one is due in December.

 

Luke 18:15-17

The Little Children and Jesus

 ¹⁵ People were also bringing babies to Jesus to have him touch them. When the disciples saw this, they rebuked them. ¹⁶ But Jesus called the children to him and said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. ¹⁷ I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”

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30 Days of Prayer and Fasting 2011 - Day 26

As we come to our final week of this period of prayer for our church, please plan to fast on Thursday, June 30.  Many people will abstain from food on that day, however, please do as the Lord leads you and participate in some meaningful way.  As you fast, each time you desire to eat or do whatever you are refraining from today, stop where you are and pray for our church.

Psalm 121

A song of ascents.

 ¹ I lift up my eyes to the mountains—
   where does my help come from?
² My help comes from the LORD,
   the Maker of heaven and earth.

 ³ He will not let your foot slip—
   he who watches over you will not slumber;
⁴ indeed, he who watches over Israel
   will neither slumber nor sleep.

 ⁵ The LORD watches over you—
   the LORD is your shade at your right hand;
⁶ the sun will not harm you by day,
   nor the moon by night.

 ⁷ The LORD will keep you from all harm—
   he will watch over your life;
⁸ the LORD will watch over your coming and going
   both now and forevermore.

30 Days of Prayer and Fasting 2011 - Day 25

As we come to a close of this 30 day period, please spend each of the next few days in prayer for the upcoming year of our church.  We have many exciting things being prepared, changes and new ideas.  But we need prayer for God's blessing and endurance.  Over the next few days, we'll be sharing prayer requests from church staff and ministry areas.  

Did you know you can share prayer requests via email, and that we have an emailed prayer list each week?  Our prayer team includes our staff and other leadership, as well as many others in our congreagation that pray each week for you and our church.  To join the prayer team, or to simply ask for prayer, please email prayer@fbcsd.com.   Unless you mark these as confidential, these prayer requests will be published by email (and in print to some of our shut-ins without Internet). 

For today, read John 17 and note how Jesus prayed for you:

John 17

Jesus Prays for Himself

 ¹ After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed:

   “Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you. ² For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him. ³ Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent. ⁴ I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do. ⁵ And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.

Jesus Prays for His Disciples

    ⁶ “I have revealed you to those whom you gave me out of the world. They were yours; you gave them to me and they have obeyed your word. ⁷ Now they know that everything you have given me comes from you. ⁸ For I gave them the words you gave me and they accepted them. They knew with certainty that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. ⁹ I pray for them. I am not praying for the world, but for those you have given me, for they are yours. ¹⁰ All I have is yours, and all you have is mine. And glory has come to me through them. ¹¹ I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, protect them by the power of your name—the name you gave me—so that they may be one as we are one. ¹² While I was with them, I protected them and kept them safe by that name you gave me. None has been lost except the one doomed to destruction so that Scripture would be fulfilled.

   ¹³ “I am coming to you now, but I say these things while I am still in the world, so that they may have the full measure of my joy within them. ¹⁴ I have given them your word and the world has hated them, for they are not of the world any more than I am of the world. ¹⁵ My prayer is not that you take them out of the world but that you protect them from the evil one. ¹⁶ They are not of the world, even as I am not of it. ¹⁷ Sanctify them by the truth; your word is truth. ¹⁸ As you sent me into the world, I have sent them into the world. ¹⁹ For them I sanctify myself, that they too may be truly sanctified.

Jesus Prays for All Believers

    ²⁰ “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, ²¹ that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. ²² I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: ²³ I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.

   ²⁴ “Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory, the glory you have given me because you loved me before the creation of the world.

   ²⁵ “Righteous Father, though the world does not know you, I know you, and they know that you have sent me. ²⁶ I have made you known to them, and will continue to make you known in order that the love you have for me may be in them and that I myself may be in them.”

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30 Days of Prayer and Fasting 2011 - Day 24

Today, be in prayer for the 2 congregations that also meet at 5055 Governor Drive - Chinese Bible Church of San Diego and the San Diego Taiwanese Presbyterian Church.  These churches are meeting the needs of many Asian believers in University City and their oikos.

Please pray for each congregation as they are going through much transition and change as churches do.  

Acts 1:8

⁸ But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

30 Days of Prayer and Fasting 2011 - Day 23

 Today, please pray for our Church leadership, specifically, our church board, ministry teams, teachers, small group leaders, and volunteers who serve us so dilligently every week.  When you see someone who you know serves, please thank them next time you see them.  Ask God to let you know who needs encouragement, and let them know.

Colossians 1:15-20

¹⁵ He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. ¹⁶ For by him all things were created: things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or powers or rulers or authorities; all things were created by him and for him. ¹⁷ He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. ¹⁸ And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. ¹⁹ For God was pleased to have all his fullness dwell in him, ²⁰ and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether things on earth or things in heaven, by making peace through his blood, shed on the cross.

 

30 Days of Prayer and Fasting 2011 - Day 22

Today, pray for the neighborhood our church meets in, University City.  Pray for our neighbors, schools, shops, parks and all that is life in UC.  Pray that we are able to add value to our community in new ways this coming year, demonstrating and announcing the Gospel of Jesus Christ in all we do and all we are.

To know more about UC, try these links.

http://universitycitynews.org/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/University-City-Community-Association/304091928814
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_City,_San_Diego

Matthew 5:13-16

¹³ “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything, except to be thrown out and trampled by men.
   ¹⁴ “You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. ¹⁵ Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house. ¹⁶ In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven.

30 Days of Prayer and Fasting 2011 - Day 21

Today, be in prayer for the Lighthouse Early Childhood Center and it's staff. 

The Lighhouse has been a part of our church ministry for 30 years.  Recently, God has opened up doors to allow us to have a better minitstry for parents and families of kids who are enrolled.  Please pray that God gives wisdom to the Lighthouse Council, the church staff, and Lighthouse staff, and to Angela Sirota, the Lighthouse Director.

Most of all, pray for the kids who go there, that they would know Jesus as their savior, develop a lifelong commitment to being a disciple of Jesus Christ.  Pray that way for their family (and oikos) as well.


Proverbs 22:6

6 Train a child in the way he should go,
   and when he is old he will not turn from it.

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30 Days of Prayer and Fasting 2011 - Day 20

Today, please pray for the women at 1st B.  Pray for strength, encouragement and spiritual renewal.  Pray for the moms and grandmothers, wives and caretakers, and all who serve so wonderfully.  Give God thanks for them!

Proverbs 31:10-31

 ¹⁰ A wife of noble character who can find?
   She is worth far more than rubies.
¹¹ Her husband has full confidence in her
   and lacks nothing of value.
¹² She brings him good, not harm,
   all the days of her life.
¹³ She selects wool and flax
   and works with eager hands.
¹⁴ She is like the merchant ships,
   bringing her food from afar.
¹⁵ She gets up while it is still night;
   she provides food for her family
   and portions for her female servants.
¹⁶ She considers a field and buys it;
   out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.
¹⁷ She sets about her work vigorously;
   her arms are strong for her tasks.
¹⁸ She sees that her trading is profitable,
   and her lamp does not go out at night.
¹⁹ In her hand she holds the distaff
   and grasps the spindle with her fingers.
²⁰ She opens her arms to the poor
   and extends her hands to the needy.
²¹ When it snows, she has no fear for her household;
   for all of them are clothed in scarlet.
²² She makes coverings for her bed;
   she is clothed in fine linen and purple.
²³ Her husband is respected at the city gate,
   where he takes his seat among the elders of the land.
²⁴ She makes linen garments and sells them,
   and supplies the merchants with sashes.
²⁵ She is clothed with strength and dignity;
   she can laugh at the days to come.
²⁶ She speaks with wisdom,
   and faithful instruction is on her tongue.
²⁷ She watches over the affairs of her household
   and does not eat the bread of idleness.
²⁸ Her children arise and call her blessed;
   her husband also, and he praises her:
²⁹ “Many women do noble things,
   but you surpass them all.”
³⁰ Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting;
   but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
³¹ Honor her for all that her hands have done,
   and let her works bring her praise at the city gate.


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30 Days of Prayer and Fasting 2011 - Day 19

Today, Father's Day, please be in prayer for our men's ministry, in particular Men's SteakOut, this Saturday at 5pm. 

Pray that it will be a good time of fellowship for the men in our church, as well as a time of encouragement, strengthening, and an inspiration to accomplish new things together in discipleship and ministry.

Proverbs 27:17

¹⁷ Iron sharpens iron,
So one man sharpens another.

30 Days of Prayer and Fasting 2011 - Day 18

As Father's Day is tomorrow, let's pray today for the men in our church.  Pray that God would strengthen them, that great leaders in our midst would be used to minister and bless and lead.

Happy Father's Day

Proverbs 20:7
7 The righteous lead blameless lives;
   blessed are their children after them.

30 Days of Prayer and Fasting 2011 - Day 17

There are many things that we can be praying for related to our church.  But let's not forget that praying for each other is what that means at it's most basic level - the "church" is not the building or the company, it's the people.

Today and through this weekend, pray for our church that we will be more Christlike in all we do - specifically, that we would be a forgiving people, full of grace.   That prayer is one we can also say for ourselves.

Below is a video and scripture references that will help inspire your prayers today.  Consider the amazing work that is being done all because this woman chose to forgive as Christ forgives us.




Mathew 5:44-46

⁴³ “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor^[i] and hate your enemy.’ ⁴⁴ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, ⁴⁵ that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. ⁴⁶ If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that?

Matthew 6:14-15


¹⁴ For if you forgive other people when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. ¹⁵ But if you do not forgive others their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

Luke 6:35-36

³⁵ But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. ³⁶ Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.

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30 Days of Prayer and Fasting 2011 - Day 16

Today, pray for our city, San Diego, and the surrounding cities.  Pray that as we serve our city in various ways, that we would both demonstrate and announce the Gospel, by loving others and Jesus loved us.  

FBC supports the Interfaith Shelter Network, you can learn more about them here: www.interfaithshelter.org.

Psalm 145

    A psalm of praise. Of David.

 ¹ I will exalt you, my God the King;
   I will praise your name for ever and ever.
² Every day I will praise you
   and extol your name for ever and ever.

 ³ Great is the LORD and most worthy of praise;
   his greatness no one can fathom.
⁴ One generation commends your works to another;
   they tell of your mighty acts.
⁵ They speak of the glorious splendor of your majesty—
   and I will meditate on your wonderful works.
⁶ They tell of the power of your awesome works—
   and I will proclaim your great deeds.
⁷ They celebrate your abundant goodness
   and joyfully sing of your righteousness.

 ⁸ The LORD is gracious and compassionate,
   slow to anger and rich in love.

 ⁹ The LORD is good to all;
   he has compassion on all he has made.
¹⁰ All your works praise you, LORD;
   your faithful people extol you.
¹¹ They tell of the glory of your kingdom
   and speak of your might,
¹² so that all people may know of your mighty acts
   and the glorious splendor of your kingdom.
¹³ Your kingdom is an everlasting kingdom,
   and your dominion endures through all generations.

   The LORD is trustworthy in all he promises
   and faithful in all he does.
¹⁴ The LORD upholds all who fall
   and lifts up all who are bowed down.
¹⁵ The eyes of all look to you,
   and you give them their food at the proper time.
¹⁶ You open your hand
   and satisfy the desires of every living thing.

 ¹⁷ The LORD is righteous in all his ways
   and faithful in all he does.
¹⁸ The LORD is near to all who call on him,
   to all who call on him in truth.
¹⁹ He fulfills the desires of those who fear him;
   he hears their cry and saves them.
²⁰ The LORD watches over all who love him,
   but all the wicked he will destroy.

 ²¹ My mouth will speak in praise of the LORD.
   Let every creature praise his holy name
   for ever and ever. 

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