Right now, we need to pray and we need to trust Jesus.

For many of us, it would seem the best thing to do is become the Lone Ranger, drive our cars into the disaster zone, and just start helping. We have been asked by our city leaders NOT to do that. Instead, we are being asked to stay away and let the first responders do the jobs they were trained to do.

Sean Evans, Frontline South’s lead pastor, is right in the middle of the recovery planning meetings for the city of Moore. I literally just received a text from him saying that plans are being developed that would allow all of us to help, but we need to prepare for the long haul. The recovery process won’t be completed overnight, so that means we are – and must plan to be – in this long-term. We will be communicating needs as they arise.

In the meantime, here are your next steps:

1. To make sure everyone in each of your community groups is accounted for, and then to ask if their friends and family are accounted for. This is how you/we can identify people and families in need.

2. If you’d like to be a first responder, you can attend a Red Cross Training at 9:00 AM or 1:00 PM at their Red Cross Headquarters, located at 601 NE 6th St in Oklahoma City. There will be an orientation followed by disaster training. They have warned us that it will be HECTIC, so show early if you and your c-groups would like to be trained.

3. If you’d like to volunteer at the Red Cross offices, there is an orientation at 5:30 PM at their Red Cross Headquarters at 601 NE 6th St in Oklahoma City.

4. We have a grief counseling team on hand for anyone needing assistance. Contact us at care@frontlinechurch.tv to be connected ASAP.

5. Continue to pray. Pray for families dealing with loss, pray for the rescue efforts, pray that Jesus would grab glory from the jaws of death like only He can.

We are behind our cities. We will actively show love in Shawnee, Edmond, Moore, and Oklahoma City as they recover from the damage from the last two days of storms.

We love you, we care, we’re here, and we’re trusting Jesus — together.

Parents, do NOT miss this event! If you have a child in the Frontline Children’s Ministry (birth – 5th grade) we want to see you at The Myriad Gardens! The Frontline Children’s staff & volunteers will be on-hand to visit with and get to know you more. You’ll also get all the information you need for our Summer of Fun!

For lunch we’ll have a traditional cookout feast of hot dogs, potato salad, watermelon, and more. Be sure to bring an extra set of clothes for your kids because we plan to play in the Thunder Fountain. Sidewalk chalk and Frisbee toss are just a few of the activities we’ll do, not to mention the awesome Children’s Gardens to explore!

**Please RSVP to rfoster@frontlinechurch.tv by May 22nd

Dates: August 3rd-11th
Cost: $1,600

As a woman, I know how we can so easily reduce life to a list of to-dos that eat up our time and energy. I see how we compare ourselves to other women, regardless of our stage of life. I even understand how easy it is to judge ourselves and others harshly, taking on burdens that the Father never intended us to bear.

We sometimes carry the weight of the world on our shoulders! Plus – okay – that extra fifteen pounds that no amount of cycling, swimming, or running ever seems to melt away.

And this is the reason for Titus 2. (Not the extra-fifteen-pounds part, but the carrying-the-weight-of-the-world-on-our-shoulders part.) Paul asks us to

“teach what is good, and so train the young women to …”1

do a lot of amazing things that can quickly become a list of requirements rather than an avenue through which the gospel can do its practical work in our lives.

Did you know Jesus spent a lot of time training, teaching, and disciplining women as part of His ministry?

Jesus spent time with the mothers, manual laborers, professionals, women in ministry, and YES, even the “bad” girls. They were all important and important to Him. And now, just as they did back then, women hold an irreplaceable role in society.

Because we play such a pivotal role in our society, learning our identity in Christ is imperative and profoundly transformative. As in, it changes everything.

On May 31st, we will unite with the goal of understanding how the gospel is able to form our identity, and we’ll learn how to apply this amazing new awareness in our daily lives. We’ll enjoy a live interview with Nancy Kouri, take part in the intimacy of small groups, lean into the power of prayer, and – of course – eat (yummy) food.

You don’t want to miss this! It is time to walk in our identity as God’s daughters. Please be sure to register and invite your friends

1 Titus 2:3-4

God has graciously blessed us with a very diverse crowd of people, among which are lots of college students. As you may or may not know several of our students go home for the summer and in turn this shrinks our core down considerably for the summer. It is our hope that by going to 10am we will be able to pack in for one service and have a great opportunity to spend more time reaching out to the community that surrounds us. As a church we will be spending TONS of time each Sunday in neighborhoods spreading the Gospel and meeting needs. Come join us for a summer full of community and mission!

Be sure to get plugged into a community group, click here to find one.

We are very thankful to church planter John Murphy who came in and kicked off the evening. John, a former airborne infantryman in the US Army, always believed he would spend his life jumping out of airplanes and kicking in doors, but was medically discharged from the Army after a parachute jump that didn’t go quite as expected (an understatement, but you need to read his story and discover for yourself just how much). After a subsequent stint in the business world, he discovered God had different plans for his life.

Josh then shared a powerful message uniquely designated for the men in the room. Several men were saved and prayer continued deep into the night.

We are very thankful for everyone who showed at Dear Timothy and for the teams who helped make this happen. Ultimately, we are thankful for the Spirit of God, Who showed up in a powerful way to save men, change lives, rebuild families, and revive our neighborhoods.

Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled. – TITUS 2:3-5