• July 5, Community Cookout — FREE! — Noon to 4 PM
• Aug. 4-8, Vacation Bible School — 9:30 to Noon each day
• Sept. 7, Carry-in dinner after 11 AM service and Pierpont Singers to sing in 11 AM worship service and in concert at 2 PM
• Sept. 11-13, Ladies Retreat, Lake Ann Camp
• Sept. 27 12-Hour Prayer Marathon — in conjunction with the MARBC Day of One Accord Prayer

Plan now to be with us for the Community Cookout, July 5, Noon to 4 — come join us for great food and good fun — all free. Click here for more information.

It’s time to plan for Vacation Bible School 2008, August 4-8. Click here for more information.

We welcome you to Higgins Lake Baptist Church, Higgins Lake, Michigan in northwest Roscommon County where you’ll find…

• Biblical teaching
• Christ honoring music
• Sunday School for all ages
• Staffed Nursery for all services
• Frequent times of fellowship
• And we think, a friendly atmosphere - but we want you to be the judge of that

Join us this Sunday…
We’d love to have you join us, just as you are, inside and out.

You can find us just off Old 27, at the corner of County Road 200 and County Road 201, south of Higgins Lake, in Roscommon County.

Our Address:
7461 West Higgins Lake Drive
Roscommon, Michigan 48653

Click here for more info or call us if you have questions: (989) 821-5464

Higgins Lake Baptist Church has been ministering to people from the Higgins Lake, Houghton Lake, Roscommon and Grayling area in Roscommon county and Crawford county for over 50 years. We’re only 17 minutes from Roscommon, Michigan, 15 minutes from Houghton Lake, Michigan, 20 minutes from Grayling, Michigan, and 25 minutes from Prudenville, Michigan. We would love to serve you and your family.

• A Community Cookout for everyone
• Saturday, July 5, 2008
• Noon — 4PM
• Hamburgers and Hot dogs, drinks and snacks
• Games for all
• Face Painting
• Inflatable jump
• Treasure hunt
• Hula hoop contest
• Hoop shoot
• Frisbee toss
• Fun for the whole family
• it’s all free
• and pre-register your children ages 4 - grade 6 for Vacation Bible School, August 4-8, 2008

Here’s how to find us.

The 2008 MARBC Men’s Retreat at Lake Ann Baptist Camp May 1-3, 2008 was a great weekend.

Messages from Keynote Speaker Rev. Bill Jenkin, President, Continental Baptist Mission are now available at the MARBC.net website.

D. A. Carson has modified the M’Cheyne plan by taking the reader through the New Testament and Psalms once each year and through the Old Testament over two years. This reading plan may be more manageable for some and can can be downloaded in printable PDF format by clicking here.
(Our thanks to Ben Edgington for providing these PDF’s)

Discipleship Journal Bible Reading Plans
Available are three to choose from:

• The NEW 5 x 5 x 5 Bible Reading Plan — 5 minutes per day, 5 days per week, 5 ways to dig deeper. Takes you through one chapter each day. Read the New Testament in one year.
• Book-at-a-Time Bible Reading Plan — Intersperses Old and New Testament books in each month’s readings, with the four gospels spread throughout the year. Read the complete Bible in one year.
• The Discipleship Journal® Bible Reading Plan — Read four places in God’s Word every day to better grasp the unity of the Scriptures. Read the complete Bible in one year.

Bible Reading Plans at BibleGateway.com
Available are four to choose from:

• Comprehensive Bible Reading Plan (365 Days)
• Biographical Bible Reading Plan (121 Days)
• Survey Bible Reading Plan (61 Days)
• Chronological Bible Reading Plan (61 Days)

“I’ve begun to read through the Bible in a year several times!”
Have you ever said that — with the emphasis on the “begun” part? If you have then may we suggest you read this insightful article by Noel Piper at DesiringGod.org which may help you as you desire to read God’s Word.

• Don’t Waste Your Life, by John Piper — this book can be read online or downloaded in PDF form or purchased.

Looking for answers to your questions?

• AnswersInGenesis.org - “Upholding the Authority of the Bible from the Very First Verse.”
• NeverThirsty.org - Question and Answer Archive

Help with relationships

• Peacemaker Ministries - Equipping and assisting Christians and their churches to respond to conflict biblically
• OneHumanRace.com — startling evidence of a connection between racism and the teaching of evolution and more.

Daily Devotionals

• My Utmost for His Highest - read today’s devotional from Oswald Chambers

Prayer Resources

• The Voice of the Martyrs - www.persecution.com — “aiding Christians around the world who are being persecuted for their faith in Christ”
• New! - Global Prayer Digest — “a unique devotional booklet. Each day it gives a glimpse of what God is doing around the world, and what still remains to be done.”

Just for kids

• Children’s Bible Hour - Bible studies, games and fun stuff for kids