Coleman Christian Community Fellowship

Thank goodness you don't have to be a great athlete to be saved! That would be the consensus answer from the First Baptist "Chosen", the Sacred Heart "Repenters" and Concho Baptist "Saints"

For those of you that haven't heard, local Coleman Christians have gotten together and formed the "Coleman Christian Community Fellowship". We recently began playing volleyball together in September. We will play again on October 11th and 25th. If your church is interested in joining all you need to do is discuss it with your pastor and congregation then put a team together and choose a name, that's it! If you are interested in playing but cant get an entire team together we still encourage you to come out and fellowship with us, Elm Street Church of Christ and Central Baptist church are in similar situations so dont let that stop you. We welcome all denominations in Coleman, if Christ is your savior you are qualified to come. If you don't know Christ, this is a good place to start.

If you have questions about joining you can contact First Baptist Church at 325-625-3559 or via their website at http://www.fbccoleman.com/ or you can email me at jasonwwatson1@gmail.com . We meet every other Sunday from 3-5 pm at the First Baptist Church Family Life Center (the large red brick bldg. behind FBC). Each church takes turns being the "host" church. The host opens with prayer and maybe a short scripture reading and they also provide refreshments for everyone, usually chips, salsa, cookies and drinks.

In order to put everyones mind at ease our one major ground rule was there will be no proselytizing or "sheep stealing"! This organization is not intended to tell anyone else they are wrong and it is not intended to replace your weekly worship service. Our divisions are man made, but we are united in Christ.

Other than the proselytizing, the other basic rules are as follows; you must be a regular member of your church, if you know a person wants to play but they have not been attending church then by all means do what you can to bring them back into the body of Christ. All players need to be at least 14 years old, it is co-ed. The entire family is welcome to come there is a game room with ping pong and Foosball tables and cartoons for the younger kids. Even if you don't want to play you can always come out and have a big laugh at the expense of some frustrated athletes!

After we finish volleyball this fall our plan is to have basketball games this winter and hopefully softball in the spring. Our prayer is that we can build an organization here in Coleman that collectively promotes the gospel and does our small part to expand the kingdom of God not only by playing sports but also beginning to have community projects and standing together on the issues that bind us all.

Ephesians 2: 19-22

Now, therefore, you are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ Himself being the chief cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole building, being fitted together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, 22 in whom you also are being built together for a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

God and Texas,
Jason Watson