After a year of waiting, preparation, and two months of daily diligent study, Bible Bowl 2007 has now arrived!  This Saturday, March 3rd, seventy-seven teams (That’s right – 77 teams!) from all over South Carolina will be arriving early to test their Bible knowledge of the Book of Acts.  We will have everything ready!  Even if you are not participating on one of the Bible Bowl teams you can enjoy a great day of fellowship with fellow Christians as we meet together under the banner of God’s word. Last Sunday we were tested with a power outage after a passing lightning storm took out a local transformer.  Thank you for your patience as we continued to worship God in spirit and in truth without much of our lighting.  Maybe this is another reason why God through the Scriptures directs Christians to sing “psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your hearts to the Lord” (Ephesians 5:19).  Another passage (Colossians 3:16) commands “singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.”  God has chosen the “instrument” He desires.  He did not choose mechanical instruments.  He chose the human singing voice.  Let us always make melody in our hearts to the Lord, teaching and admonishing one another with singing just as the Lord has directed. Mark your calendar for these three big events! Men’s Fellowship at Rock Hill        Saturday, March 10th Gospel Meeting at SAR                  Sunday through Wednesday, April 15th-18th                                                  Our speaker:  W.T. Allison Senior Rally at SAR                        Saturday, April 28th                                                  Our speaker:  Your minister, Brother Mickey This Sunday we will continue in our series entitled; “Am I drifting?” Remember, last Sunday we focused on “Knowledge – Things I need to know about drifting.”  Drifting requires no effort.  It is an unconscious process.  We never drift upstream.  The speed downstream usually increases.  Drifting is dangerous to others.  It ends in shipwreck unless we take action.  When we stop serving others, when we stop fighting the fight of faith, when we stop running the Christian race, when we retire into complacency, when we decide to let someone else carry the load we should be carrying, we begin to drift. This Sunday we will focus on “Thought – How can I know if I am drifting?”  The answer to the following questions can help us determine the answer to our central question:  Am I drifting?  Do I earnestly desire to study and meditate on God’s word?  Do I have more desire or less desire to attend the work and worship of the church?  How am I doing when it comes to evangelism?  Am I a prayerful person?  Do I have greater joy over spiritual honors or worldly honors?  Do I find myself choosing worldly pleasures over God?  I hope that these lessons will help us move ever closer to Christ in our daily thoughts, words, and actions. On Sunday evening our lesson will be taken from Acts 8 where we find the story of the Ethiopian eunuch becoming a Christian.  How does the gospel work to convert lost souls to salvation in Jesus Christ?  We’ll consider this question and find the answer in this story. May God bless us all with health, happiness, and hope as we look forward to our worship together on Sunday.