Holy Spirit Event–An Opportunity to be Filled with Holy Spirit!

Robby Bradfordbaptism in the Holy Spirit, Charismatic Christianity, Church life, First Assembly Community Ministries, Holy Spirit, New Testament, Pentecostalism, speaking in tonguesLeave a Comment

On Sunday evening, May 19 at 6PM, we’ll be offering a two-hour focus on the infilling of the Holy Spirit. I’ve not been at First Assembly long enough to know if anything like this has been done here, but I can say I’ve never seen a church offer this kind of experience to help their people grow in their experience … Read More

The Story: Let the Battle Begin

Robby BradfordBible, Bible studies, Church life, First Assembly Community Ministries, First Assembly of God Lafayette, Holy Spirit, mission, Old Testament, The StoryLeave a Comment

Yesterday’s powerful services were a reminder that God is about doing something with us as a community, and not just personally.  Check out the two videos below to hear the messages and taste what God was doing in our midst that day.  The first one is just the message and the second one includes those powerful worship and communion moments … Read More

The Story–10 Commandments

Robby BradfordFirst Assembly Community Ministries, global church, mission, missions, Persecuted ChurchLeave a Comment

WOW!  Our special guest speaker on April 28, 2013 spoke about reaching people in places that have never been reached.  He gave two different messages and most everyone there said that missionary’s messages were some of the most powerful they’d heard.  Below the two videos show the two different services with the two different messages that came out of the … Read More

The Story: Spring/Summer 2013 Megaseries

Robby BradfordBible studies, Bible study, biblical chronology, Church life, First Assembly Community Ministries, Sunday message series, Sunday themes, the Bible1 Comment

The Story has just begun, and I am so excited about the feedback I have heard from Kathryn LaFon, a senior citizen who reads the Bible every year.  She says she’s read it 40-50 times, but loves what she’s finding in The Story, a book that is bringing together the narrative of the Bible in an easy-to read format.  That’s … Read More

The Netflix of Video Bible Study

Robby BradfordBible studies, Christianity, Church life, discipleship, First Assembly Community Ministries, technologyLeave a Comment

Our church is always looking for ways to serve you as you live out your faith throughout the week. We are inviting you to have a free account to an exciting new video library called RightNow Media. It’s essentially the “Netflix of Video Bible Studies” because you will have instant access to thousands of great videos for kids, youth, parents, … Read More

The Main Thing

Robby BradfordChurch life, communion, discipleship, First Assembly Community Ministries, Jesus Christ, preaching, sermon, teaching, worship, worship serviceLeave a Comment

Sunday, April 7 was a change in pace and style for us at First Assembly, as took on an “unplugged”, acoustic style with some very famliar songs for our congregation.  We were trying to get at “the main thing”–abiding in Christ.  Worship, the message and communion yesterday were powerful exercised in the main thing!  Kind of a goofy picture of … Read More

GLOBAL LEADERSHIP SUMMIT VIDEO RE-CAP

Robby BradfordChurch life, community, development, discipleship, First Assembly Community Ministries, First Assembly of God Lafayette, Global Leadership Summit, leadership, outreachLeave a Comment

Below you’ll find a short video that shows highlights from the Willow Creek Global Leadership Summit that First Assembly Community Ministries hosted last August.  It’s returning to Lafayette and some 500 cities across the United States on August 8-9!  Check out the video below and click here to learn more about this year’s world-class faculty!  You can also register directly … Read More

Re-Cap Video of Easter Eggstravaganza 2013

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Check out the above video to see images from First Assembly Community Ministries’ Easter Eggstravaganza 2013!  This amazing day that blessed between 2500 and 3000 people was made possible by a team of more than 150 volunteers from our congregation!  They did an amazing job, as you’ll see here!

NEW GIVING PATH COMING TO FIRST ASSEMBLY

Robby Bradfordautomated giving, Church life, financial stewardship, First Assembly Community Ministries, giving, online giving, online tools, stewardship, technologyLeave a Comment

Have you ever been sitting in a service and wished you had been prepared to give to a missionary who was visiting or felt like God was directing you to give, but didn’t have a checkbook or something else with you to make it happen?  We’ve found a solution for just that situation!A new path for giving is coming to … Read More

EASTER WEEKEND AT FIRST ASSEMBLY

Robby BradfordChurch life, Easter, easter eggs, Easter Eggstravaganza, Easter Offering, First Assembly Community Ministries, Lafayette, outreachLeave a Comment

This coming Easter Weekend is going to be great!  Check out what’s going on: Good Friday Services, 5PM & 6:30PM–Two identical 60-minute services will feature interactive prayer stations, worship, the reading of the passion and a chance to linger in a time of adoration at the cross of Jesus.  Plan to join us spending an hour giving thanks and drawing … Read More