Wiregrass Church
Unveiled: Revelation 2:8-11 Purified by Persecution: The Letter to Smyrna and Us
5 options on Wednesdays at 6:45 PM 1. On campus 2. www.wiregrass.church (live and recorded media options-audio only or video) 3. Facebook Live: Wiregrass Church 4. YouTube channel: Wiregrass Church New Tampa 5. Wiregrass Church app- available on iTunes, Google Play, & Amazon App stores
Locations & Times
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  • Wiregrass Church
    28125 County Line Rd, Zephyrhills, FL 33543, USA
    Wednesday 6:45 PM

Connect with us! Fill out a digital connection card

If this is your first time or first time in a while, we are so glad you have joined in with us today! You may also use this to update your contact information, sign up for an event, or take a next step in your life. Pastor Carl would love to send you a text or an email this week. This way you will also have his contact information and give more opportunities to connect in the days ahead. He, the staff, and the church will be praying for your prayer requests this week. (If the prayer requests are confidential, they will not be shared publicly.)

https://wiregrass.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/11/responses/new

Download the Wiregrass Church app!

Click on the link to download the new Wiregrass Church app! Choose from the iTunes App Store, Google Play, or the Amazon App Store.

https://subsplash.com/wiregrasschurch/wiregrass-app

Visit the website for wiregrass.church

Also-like, check in, share, and follow us on Facebook!

http://www.wiregrass.church

3 Good Reasons To Be Baptized

If you have repented (turned) from your sins and received Jesus Christ as your Savior and Master, we invite you to read this well written and concise article on why you should be baptized. This article may give a fresh perspective to those who have already turned to Jesus and been baptized as well. Enjoy…

https://www.crossway.org/articles/3-good-reasons-to-be-baptized/

options for giving

WAYS TO GIVE...             give online-We want to make obedient and cheerful giving as simple and secure as possible. Use the online giving option on this link, the website, or the app to give a one time or recurring gift. You can use a bank account, debit card, or credit card.  Using a bank account incurs the lowest processing fee for the church however, feel free to use the method that is best for you.           
give in person-We provide offering boxes and envelopes around the auditorium. We do not normally take up an offering during the worship services so feel free to place your gift in an offering box before or after a service. We consider giving as an act of worship according to Scripture so whether you click the submit button or place a gift in the offering box, the Lord knows our hearts as we obey Him.            
mail a check-You or your bank can write a check and mail your gift to the church office. Many people set up Wiregrass Church as an online bill pay with their bank. The bank mails a check directly to the church office for you.  This option is usually free with your bank and neither you or the church incur processing fees.              
Wiregrass Church        
28125 County Line Rd.        
Wesley Chapel, FL 33543

https://wiregrass.church/give

Unveiled: A Study of Revelation

Celebrate Recovery every Monday evening
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Are you struggling with hurts, habits, and hang ups in your life? Maybe it is because of hurt someone else has caused you or hurt you have brought on yourself? CR is a ministry based on the Beatitudes in Matthew 5 to bring real healing whatever the struggle may be in your life. We meet every Monday evening beginning at 6:30 PM with food and coffee. The gathering begins at 7 PM. Childcare is provided.

Freedom
Celebrate Recovery is designed to help people find freedom from hurts, habits and hang-ups including addictions, compulsive and dysfunctional behaviors. The purpose of the Celebrate Recovery @ Wiregrass ministry is to fellowship and celebrate God’s healing power in our lives through the “8 Recovery Principles.” This experience allows us to “be changed.”

Growth
We open the door by sharing our experiences, strengths and hopes with one another. In addition, we become willing to accept God’s grace in solving our life problems. By working and applying these Biblical principles, we begin to grow spiritually. We become free from our addictive, compulsive and dysfunctional behaviors. This freedom creates peace, serenity, joy and most importantly, a stronger personal relationship with God and others.

Healing
As we progress through the program we discover our personal, loving and forgiving Higher Power – Jesus Christ, the one and only true Higher Power. No hurt is beyond healing! No habit is beyond help! No hang-up is beyond hope! Jesus changes everything!
Coed Belong Groups-Interactive Bible Study
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Join in with Pastor Carl as we study and apply God’s Word verse by verse on Wednesday evenings. Food and coffee are available at 6:15 PM and the study begins at 6:45 PM. Student ministry and childcare are provided.
Belong Group: Experiencing God
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Stay tuned as we just finished this series and plan to offer it again!

Join Claudia George on Wednesdays as she leads an in depth study on Experiencing God from Henry Blackaby. This discipleship group will help you see where God is at work around you and calling you to join in with Him in His work. Food and coffee is available at 6:15 PM and the study begins at 6:45 PM

connect on wiregrass.church under Belong Groups
Women’s Belong Group: A Woman of the Word
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This series has just finished. Stay tuned for a new Bible study for ladies coming soon!
Belong Group-We Can Trust the Bible
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Join in with Pastor Mark on Sundays at 9:15 AM as we answer why we can trust the Bible. Adults and youth alike will benefit from this interactive study. This is a coed Bible study.

connect on wiregrass.church under Belong Groups
Student Ministry
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Join in with Pastor Steve and the team on Wednesdays as they enjoy food, opportunities to hang out, games, and time in the Bible. They will deal with real struggles and find real victory in Jesus and His Word. Food is available at 6:15 PM and they meet at 6:45 PM.

Men’s Integrity Conference 9/23-9/25

Join us for a full weekend conference designed for men to strengthen their relationship with God by learning authentic manhood, stronger integrity and true biblical leadership.  Choose between two courses to study through the weekend. Track #1 - Authentic Manhood: Reject passivity, take responsibility, lead courageously, and invest eternally. Track #2 - Conquer Series: Connecting with other Christian men, strengthening sexual integrity and health, addressing the pornography problem in our community, and becoming better at true intimacy. The overnight accommodations are dormitory style with bunk beds: You will need to provide your own twin-sized bedding, pillow, towel and toiletries. If you have a specific question, you may call the sponsoring organization, Buyer Rehabilitation Project, at 813-553-1138. DATE AND TIME Friday, September 23rd @ 4:00 pm through Sunday, September 25th @ 4:00 pm 2022  This is a 2-day event: 48 continuous hours including six meals, two overnights, and church service Saturday night. LOCATION Tampa Bay Baptist Conference Center  15601 Lake Magdalene Boulevard  Tampa, FL 33613

https://www.buyerrehabilitationproject.org/events

New to Wiregrass? More information? Ready to join as partners? Recently joined as a partner?

First Connections Lunch online RSVP

New to Wiregrass Church? Want to know more about this church family? Ready to join Wiregrass as a partner (member)? Recently joined as a partner?
You will get to meet many people who serve Wiregrass Church in different ways. You will get to hear the heart of this family of believers.
If you are newer to this church family and would like to know more about becoming an official partner, fill out this form to sign up for our First Connections Lunch on 10.9.2022.   We will gather next door in the Greenhouse for a great lunch after the morning service. You will get to know the leadership, vision, requirements and opportunities for partnering with this family of believers.   This is open for those who have questions or seeking to join in membership as well as those who have recently joined. Childcare will be provided.  

https://wiregrass.ccbchurch.com/goto/forms/18/responses/new
Unveiled! Revelation 2:8-11
The Church Purified by Persecution
The Letter to Smyrna and Us

Look where Smyrna is located on your map. About 35 miles north of Ephesus and also at a major p_______. Why is this significant?

Vs. 8-Jesus wrote to the m____________ of the church in Smyrna and gave two descriptions of Himself-they seem like a c__________________, rather a p____________________ -to describe a great truth. F_____________ and L______________. D_____________ and came to L____________. Why is this description appropriate for this church?

Vs. 9a Jesus says again; “I Know…” What does “know” mean and what is it He knows in this verse?

A___________________ , p________________, s____________. How does He counteract each of these persecutions?

Vs. 9b Historically, what does the description of those who say they are Jews but are not intend? What is the synagogue of Satan?

Vs. 10 Many times in Scripture He tells His people; “don’t be afraid!” When and why?
Jesus tells them they will s____________.
Being thrown in prison for their faith is attributed to S___________. The purpose of the incarceration was a t__________.

What is the significance of suffering affliction for t______ days?

How faithful is the church in Smyrna, the church in China, the church in Iran, and the Church in Wesley Chapel called to be? To the point of d__________.

Christ is completely faithful. If we are faithful, what is the reward? The c___________ of l_________.

Vs. 11 The call for all who can hear (not just physically but s_____________) should listen to what the Holy Spirit says to the church_____. While each church is written to individually, all the churches are to read, receive, and r_________ to the letters for all of the churches (plural).

What is the protection for the one who conquers? Never harmed by the s___________ death. How does this complete the understanding of the reward in verse 10.
Born t____________, die o____________.
Only born o___________, die t____________.

While this letter follows the same format as all other churches, this is one of only two churches that Jesus doesn’t r________________ and call to r________________. Why is this?

Definition of death:


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Messenger contradiction paradox First Last dead life
Affliction poverty slander
Suffer Satan test
Ten
Death
Crown life
Spiritually church”ES” respond
Second twice once once twice
Reprimand repent