For scheduling your appointment please go to this link and sign-up for a picture time that would work well for your schedule.

As always, you can sign up in the foyer during service times.

For everyone who signs up for a free portrait session, they will receive a free 8×10 picture with no obligation.

However, if you would like to take advantage of some Life-touch’s great picture packages, they encourage you to bring things to your session like people you would like in your pictures, pets, and even props. (violins, basketballs, etc)

Also, in support of our new ministry “Feed the Need”, Life-touch will give each family a $5.00 coupon towards a picture package, who brings a can good or dry good for that ministry. They will also donate $1.00 per family who sits for a directory picture towards this needful ministry.

Thanks for your part in our church family!

Obviously, I would not liken ourselves to dim witted trolls! However, it is strangely similar how that we lose thought of the soon approaching dawn and in danger of being caught unaware. In the story, the trolls fought and argued among themselves all the while forgetting that time was running out for them. As the dawn rose over the horizon they were immediately turned into stone figures.

The truth is we often fall into the same trap. We lose our sense of direction and purpose. Is it possible for us to get so sidetracked in our minds that the most important elements in life are pushed aside for whatever may be interesting. Our attention span has sadly diminished over the years. Many Christians find it hard to concentrate on anything that lasts longer than 30 minutes without commercials. Dealing with life and Christian maturity takes attention and effort. If you cannot stay on target and allow the Spirit to continually transform your life, the effect will be a shallow spiritual walk with much carnal behavior. Although a life can be sustained like this without too much apparent ill effect, the real test of this pathetic excuse for spiritual dedication will be known when the Lord Jesus returns in the Rapture of the Saints. Now that will be a sunrise we need to be ready for!

Jesus said that many would be caught by surprise when He returns as a thief in the night. No warning, no preparation, just the immediate light of His divine presence! Let it not be said of us that we played with our lives and time while neglecting the great opportunities that God has given to us!

So I say to you today, your life and all your days will be the only gift you can give to God. It is up to you to determine if that gift is worth anything!

Our bus ministry here at Ramseur Baptist Church functions to bring kids, teens, and families to church all across our community. Our church bus runs every Sunday morning beginning around 9 AM and our church van runs every Sunday PM during the school year. If you have any questions regarding our Bus Ministry here at Ramseur please e-mail us at stephen@rbcparis.org.

Jesus said, “For with God, nothing shall be impossible.” (Luke 1:37)

Do we believe that? As individuals? As a nation? As a church? God is all-powerful and yet, sometimes we choose to believe that the problem that we are facing in life is too hard for God to solve. Or we have convinced ourselves that the darkness of the sin that we have committed is too dark for God to forgive. But the verse is still found in our Bibles today and the truth still rings true, “For with God, nothing shall be impossible.”

Maybe 2012 is the year for you to give up trying to solve every problem yourself. The year to remove the pressures of life from off your shoulders and placed upon the shoulders of the Almighty God, who not only has the power to change things, but also has the love and care to carry those burdens for you. When looking at the pressures, the failures, and the scars of your life stacked up against you, it may seem an impossible feat. And in our own strength, it is. But allow this year to be one of victory by the power of God, and not a defeat of our own! 2012…Nothing Impossible!

But since when did professing Christian people decide to set aside God’s word in preference to their own passion and promiscuities?

Each Christian can testify of the current presence of sin, at some level, in their life. The time must never come when we stop dealing with our own sin as it arises. The book of Proverbs tells us to confess and forsake our sins. Our ongoing struggle against temptation, along with the sins of commission and omission, must never be embraced or accepted as approved of God. The Apostle Paul said “If we would judge ourselves we should not be judged.”

Sin must never be the ‘welcomed guest’ but rather the forceful intruder, an enemy that we are seeking to expel.

Sadly, it is far easier to accommodate our sinful choices and seek for ways to excuse their presence. Some would argue ‘I was born this way..’ but that appeal would not be accepted for the pedophile, the rapist, the alcoholic, the gambler, the domestic abuser, or the habitual thief and liar.

God has made provision for our struggle, forgiveness, and progressive sanctification. He is ever ready to forgive and to restore. His heart is always looking to reclaim no matter the mistake. Yet the key for the Christian is very simple; never accept sin as accepted! Seek forgiveness, seek victory, and never settle for anything less!

For those of you who have graduated from High School and are in your still under 30 there is a Sunday morning bible study for you. We study and discuss bible topics that apply to college and career age. Living as a Christian is amazing when you live in the knowledge and truth of the Word. Come be a part as we explore God’s Word together.