BCF Church
Gratitude – Part 2
Sunday Service
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BCF Church
2414 Central Blvd, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 10:30 AM
Sunday 12:00 PM
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https://bcfchurch.churchcenter.com/people/forms/88895Young Adults Thanksgiving Gathering
Young Adults (ages 18y/o to 30 y/o) you are invited to our Young Adults Ministry Thanksgiving Gathering!
🗓 Date: Saturday, November 16, 2025
🕖 Time: 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
📍 Location: BCF Worship Center, 2414 Central Blvd
Come enjoy good food, great company, and night full of gratitude and fun. It's the perfect time to show down, connect, and celebrate all that God has done this year!
Invite a friend and join us for a cozy evening of fellowship and thankfulness. We cant wait to see you there!
🗓 Date: Saturday, November 16, 2025
🕖 Time: 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM
📍 Location: BCF Worship Center, 2414 Central Blvd
Come enjoy good food, great company, and night full of gratitude and fun. It's the perfect time to show down, connect, and celebrate all that God has done this year!
Invite a friend and join us for a cozy evening of fellowship and thankfulness. We cant wait to see you there!
CR Movie Night
Hey everyone! We're hosting a Movie Night for our CR church family! Join us on:
📆 Date: Friday, November 21, 2025
⏰ Time: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
📽 Movie: Free Birds (Rated for all ages)
Join us for a cozy movie night that’s great for families! We'll be showing Free Birds — a fun animated adventure.
PLOT: Pardoned by the president, a lucky turkey named Reggie gets to live a carefree lifestyle, until fellow fowl Jake recruits him for a history-changing mission. Jake and Reggie travel back in time to the year 1621, just before the first Thanksgiving. The plan: Prevent all turkeys from ever becoming holiday dinners. Unfortunately, the two birds encounter colonist Myles Standish, out to capture feathered friends for all the hungry Pilgrims.
Please note: Free Birds is not a faith-based film, it is family-friendly and rated for all ages. We encourage parents/guardians to preview the movie in advance and decide if it’s the right fit for your family.
Come comfy bring a blanket if you’d like to sit on the floor or snuggle up!
Free concessions while supplies last!
• Popcorn
• Candy
• Nachos
• Sodas
(You're also welcome to bring your own snacks.)
📆 Date: Friday, November 21, 2025
⏰ Time: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
📽 Movie: Free Birds (Rated for all ages)
Join us for a cozy movie night that’s great for families! We'll be showing Free Birds — a fun animated adventure.
PLOT: Pardoned by the president, a lucky turkey named Reggie gets to live a carefree lifestyle, until fellow fowl Jake recruits him for a history-changing mission. Jake and Reggie travel back in time to the year 1621, just before the first Thanksgiving. The plan: Prevent all turkeys from ever becoming holiday dinners. Unfortunately, the two birds encounter colonist Myles Standish, out to capture feathered friends for all the hungry Pilgrims.
Please note: Free Birds is not a faith-based film, it is family-friendly and rated for all ages. We encourage parents/guardians to preview the movie in advance and decide if it’s the right fit for your family.
Come comfy bring a blanket if you’d like to sit on the floor or snuggle up!
Free concessions while supplies last!
• Popcorn
• Candy
• Nachos
• Sodas
(You're also welcome to bring your own snacks.)
CR Movie Night 11/21/2025
Christmas Decorating Volunteers
It's that wonderful time of year again! We are getting ready to deck the halls and make our church beautiful for the Christmas season . We'd love your help bringing the joy of Christmas to life through decorating. 🎄
📆 Date: November 24-25, 2025 (Monday and Tuesday)
⏰ Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
No special skills are needed, just willing hearts and helping hands! Let's make this Christmas season bright together!
📆 Date: November 24-25, 2025 (Monday and Tuesday)
⏰ Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
No special skills are needed, just willing hearts and helping hands! Let's make this Christmas season bright together!
Gratitude
Part 2: The Ever Illusive Gift of Contemptment
November 16, 2025
Part 2: The Ever Illusive Gift of Contemptment
November 16, 2025
TRUE contentment is found in dependence on God.
Ruth 1:1, New Living Translation
In the days when the judges ruled in Israel, a severe famine came upon the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah left his home and went to live in the country of Moab, taking his wife and two sons with him.
In the days when the judges ruled in Israel, a severe famine came upon the land. So a man from Bethlehem in Judah left his home and went to live in the country of Moab, taking his wife and two sons with him.
Moab:
· Moabites worship the false god Chemosh
(Numbers 21:29)
· Moabites practiced human/baby sacrifice to this god
(2 Kings 3:27)
· Israelites were told to stay away from the Moabite
(Deuteronomy 23: 3,6)
· Moabites worship the false god Chemosh
(Numbers 21:29)
· Moabites practiced human/baby sacrifice to this god
(2 Kings 3:27)
· Israelites were told to stay away from the Moabite
(Deuteronomy 23: 3,6)
Discontentment and worry can keep us from clearly seeing God’s power and blessings.
Discontentment, worry, fear…takes us to places we don’t want to be, and causes us to stay stuck in them far too long.
Ruth 1:6, NLT
Then Naomi heard… that the Lord had blessed his people in Judah by giving them good crops again. So Naomi and her daughters-in-law got ready to leave Moab to return to her homeland.
Then Naomi heard… that the Lord had blessed his people in Judah by giving them good crops again. So Naomi and her daughters-in-law got ready to leave Moab to return to her homeland.
Ruth 1:14–17, NLT (emphasis added)
And again they wept together, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye. But Ruth clung tightly to Naomi. “Look,” Naomi said to her, “your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods. You should do the same.”
But Ruth replied, “Don’t ask me to leave you and turn back. Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. Wherever you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord punish me severely if I allow anything but death to separate us!”
And again they wept together, and Orpah kissed her mother-in-law goodbye. But Ruth clung tightly to Naomi. “Look,” Naomi said to her, “your sister-in-law has gone back to her people and to her gods. You should do the same.”
But Ruth replied, “Don’t ask me to leave you and turn back. Wherever you go, I will go; wherever you live, I will live. Your people will be my people, and your God will be my God. Wherever you die, I will die, and there I will be buried. May the Lord punish me severely if I allow anything but death to separate us!”
Cling to the godly people around you!
Ruth 1:20, NLT
“Don’t call me Naomi,” she responded. “Instead, call me Mara, for the Almighty has made life very bitter for me.
“Don’t call me Naomi,” she responded. “Instead, call me Mara, for the Almighty has made life very bitter for me.
Ruth 2:2, NLT
One day Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go out into the harvest fields to pick up the stalks of grain left behind by anyone who is kind enough to let me do it.” Naomi replied, “All right, my daughter, go ahead.”
One day Ruth the Moabite said to Naomi, “Let me go out into the harvest fields to pick up the stalks of grain left behind by anyone who is kind enough to let me do it.” Naomi replied, “All right, my daughter, go ahead.”
Ruth 2:17–18, NLT
So Ruth gathered barley there all day, and when she beat out the grain that evening, it filled an entire basket. She carried it back into town and showed it to her mother-in-law. Ruth also gave her the roasted grain that was left over from her meal.
So Ruth gathered barley there all day, and when she beat out the grain that evening, it filled an entire basket. She carried it back into town and showed it to her mother-in-law. Ruth also gave her the roasted grain that was left over from her meal.
Stay grateful by being generous.
Ruth 3:2–3, NLT
Boaz is a close relative of ours, and he’s been very kind by letting you gather grain with his young women. Tonight he will be winnowing barley at the threshing floor. Now do as I tell you—take a bath and put on perfume and dress in your nicest clothes. Then go to the threshing floor, but don’t let Boaz see you until he has finished eating and drinking.
Boaz is a close relative of ours, and he’s been very kind by letting you gather grain with his young women. Tonight he will be winnowing barley at the threshing floor. Now do as I tell you—take a bath and put on perfume and dress in your nicest clothes. Then go to the threshing floor, but don’t let Boaz see you until he has finished eating and drinking.
Stay grateful by pursuing your God given desires.
Stay grateful by pursuing your God given desires.
God has great plans for your life!
You ARE NOT not disqualified from God’s great plan.
I am not disqualified from God’s blessings.
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