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June 15, 2026 • 2 Minute Read
June 15 Weekly Update
Welcome to the weekly roundup 👋 This is your one-stop spot for everything happening in our church family. From kids to adults, small groups to special events, here's how you can get connected over the next few days and weeks. Let’s welcome our newest members We are thrilled to welcome the Kowatz family and Melody Callegan as the newest members of our Faith family. Church membership at Faith is a commitment to one another. It's a promise to encourage and support the people God has put here, and to use the spiritual gifts He has given each of us. We do the work of being a church together.New here? We'd love to connect. Annual Back-to-School Backpack Giveaway This year’s giveaway will be on July 15th. Here’s a list of the supplies we will be collecting for the backpacks this year. 2 pocket folders looseleaf paper/wide rule one subject notebooks/wide rule 10 count colored markers 12 count colored pencils 24 count Crayola crayons 2 count pink erasers glue sticks 24 count #2 pencils 1 inch binder with clear front Black dry erase markers/fine tip Box of Kleenex Scissors You have several options for donating supplies. You can drop them off when you attend worship, or email us at info@meetfaith.org to schedule a drop-off time. This Week's Message "Lead Your House"
| Pastor Bart Leger Romans 8:28-30 Most dads measure the job by what they provide and how often they show up, and miss the one thing the family needs most: someone deciding where the home is headed with God. In Joshua 24:14-15, Joshua stands before the nation and commits his whole household to serve the Lord, giving fathers the boldest leadership charge in the Bible. This Father's Day message calls every man to make that decision out loud this week and to back it with leadership at home. Watch last week’s sermon 👇 Giving Your generosity makes our work in this city possible. We’re so grateful for you. New to our community? No pressure. Today, just be our guest.Give Now Here Stay Connected 📩 Subscribe below to this Collection to get these updates delivered directly to your inbox.Subscribe 📸 Follow us on , Facebook, and YouTube 💬 Pastoral care or questions? Connect with us here. Services: Sundays at 9:15 AM & 10:15 AM
6294 Tom Hebert Rd, Lake Charles, LA 70607 See you soon ☀️
June 15, 2026 • 2 Minute Read
Letter from the Pastor June 15, 2026
Dear Faith family, We welcomed new members into the church family two Sundays ago: Melody Callegan and the Kowatz family. It's always a good day when God brings new people into our lives. Membership at Faith is a commitment to encourage and support one another, using the spiritual gifts God has given each of us. It's mutual, and we're glad Melody and the Kowatzes have made it with us. We also celebrated baptism this past Sunday morning. Frank Kowatz and his son took that public step of obedience to Christ. Watching someone go under the water and come up again never gets old. We rejoice with them and with all of heaven. We had a surprise visit from T.J. Sipes last night. T.J. is our Awana missionary, and he gave us an update on his work and what's happening with Awana. We're grateful he stopped in. One more thing for the calendar. We're beginning to collect supplies for our annual Back-to-School Backpack Giveaway. This is one of the ways Faith serves our community every summer, and we'll need help to fill 250 to 300 backpacks for kids heading back to school. Details will follow in the Weekly Updates Post Collection (Weekly Bulletin)https://www.meetfaith.org/posts/collections/weekly-bulletin Grateful to serve with you, Pastor Leger
June 9, 2026 • 7 Minute Read
How to Forgive Someone Who Isn't Sorry
You've replayed it more times than you'd admit. What they said, and the way they walked off like nothing happened. Part of you keeps waiting for the apology, the moment they finally own it. It hasn't come, and you're starting to think it never will. Beneath the hurt, a stubborn thought has settled in. They're not even sorry, and forgiving them feels like letting them win. The question that keeps you stuck Here's a question you might be thinking. If they never apologized and never admitted they were wrong, it feels somehow wrong that the work of forgiving should land on you. The person who did the damage gets to walk free while you do the labor of letting it go. That instinct for fairness is good. God put it in you, and He cares about justice more than you do. The trouble is what we do with the instinct when the apology never comes. We hold the offense like collateral, waiting on a payment the other person may never make. And while we wait, the resentment grows. Forgiveness and reconciliation are not the same thing Here's the piece almost everyone misses, and it changes the whole picture. Forgiveness and reconciliation are two different things, and you've probably been treating them as one. Forgiveness is something you do on your own. You release the debt. You give up your right to collect what they owe you, the apology you're owed, and the satisfaction of seeing them pay. You hand the account to God and take your hands off it. This is between you and the Lord, and it goes ahead whether or not the other person ever moves. Scripture commands it without conditions: "And be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God in Christ forgave you." (Ephesians 4:32) Reconciliation is a different matter. Reconciliation is the relationship rebuilt, and trust restored. That takes two people. It depends on the other person owning what they did and changing. Jesus describes that side of it: "If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him" (Luke 17:3). Their repentance opens the door to a restored relationship, So hear the difference. You can forgive someone who never says sorry. You cannot rebuild trust with someone who refuses to change. The first one is your obligation before God. The second one depends on them. You were forgiven a debt you couldn't repay There's a reason God can ask you to release someone who hasn't earned it. He did it for you first. Jesus told a story about this. A servant owed his king ten thousand talents, a debt he could never repay. He begged for mercy, and the king forgave the whole thing. Then that same servant went out, found a man who owed him a small sum, and had him thrown in prison over it. When the king heard, he was furious. "Should you not also have had compassion on your fellow servant, just as I had pity on you?" (Matthew 18:33). That's the math of grace. Whatever this person owes you, it's the small sum. What you owed God was the ten thousand talents, and He canceled it at the cross. When Peter asked Jesus how many times he had to forgive and offered seven as a generous number, Jesus told him, "up to seventy times seven" (Matthew 18:22). In God's kingdom, there's no limit to forgiveness. Hand them to God instead of holding the grudge Here's the part that holds most people the longest. You want them held accountable. You want someone to see what they did and name it. That desire isn't petty. It's a longing for justice, and God shares it. And the relief is this: the justice you're aching for matters to God, and it's His to deliver, not yours. "Beloved, do not avenge yourselves, but rather give place to wrath; for it is written, 'Vengeance is Mine, I will repay,' says the Lord." (Romans 12:19) Read that as good news. You can set down the burden of being judge and collector, because God has not forgotten a thing. He sees what was done to you with more clarity than you have. When you forgive, you hand the matter to God and trust Him to weigh it rightly. The wrong still counts. You're letting the right Judge keep the books. A few verses earlier, Paul writes, "If it is possible, as much as depends on you, live peaceably with all men" (Romans 12:18). As much as depends on you. The rest depends on them, and on God. You can forgive and still keep your distance This is where many believers get stuck. Forgiving someone does not require letting them back into your life as though nothing happened. You can release a person fully while still maintaining a protective boundary between you. If someone has been abusive or has shown over and over that they won't change, wisdom may call for limited contact or none at all. That can be the loving choice for everyone involved. You forgive them before God and stop rehearsing the offense in your mind. You can also decline to hand them another chance to wound you. Forgiveness opens your hands. It says nothing about whether you leave the gate unlocked. What this looks like day to day Forgiveness is rarely one and done. You decide to release the person, and then a memory surfaces, and the resentment is back at the door. That's normal. Forgiving is something you may have to do again tomorrow, and the day after. Returning to it is part of the work, the same way you tend a wound more than once. A few things that help. Name the thing you're releasing, out loud, to God. Tell Him the actual offense, and tell Him you give up your right to collect on it. Vague forgiveness slips away by morning. A named debt is one you've genuinely handed over. Pray for the person, even when you'd rather not. You don't have to feel warm toward them to ask God to work in their life. Praying for someone has a way of softening the ground in your own heart. Get help when the bitterness won't lift. If you've been gripping this for months and it's poisoning your sleep and your relationships, talk with your pastor or a trained counselor. Bitterness left alone tends to deepen, and there's wisdom in letting someone help you work through it. The marker that you've forgiven someone shows up slowly. It's the day you can think about them, and the anger no longer flares up. You may still feel the sting of what happened. The grip on you is gone. Free before the apology comes Here is what I want you to hold onto. Your freedom does not wait on their apology. Think about the cross. While the soldiers were still driving in the nails, before a single one of them was sorry, Jesus prayed, "Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they do" (Luke 23:34). He forgave in the middle of the wrong, with no apology in sight. That's the pattern you've been given, and the grace you've been handed. You may never get the words you've been waiting for. You can still be free. Forgiveness is the key you hold in your own hand, and you can turn it today.
June 8, 2026 • 2 Minute Read
June 8 Weekly Update
Welcome to the weekly roundup 👋 This is your one-stop spot for everything happening in our church family. From kids to adults, small groups to special events, here's how you can get connected over the next few days and weeks. Last Week This past week, we hosted the DM2 Youth Conference, and we spent it together in the Book of Galatians. The young men from the 3D Training Center did a great job teaching. What encouraged me most was watching some of our own teenage young men take sessions of their own during the week. Seeing them open the Word and teach it to their peers tells me the next generation is being built right here at Faith. Around 30 came out, young people and adults alike.New here? We'd love to connect. This Week's Message "When You Don’t Know How to Pray"
| Pastor Bart Leger Romans 8:26-27 Romans 8:26–27 answers one of the most common pastoral questions in the Christian life: what happens when I don’t know how to pray? In this message from Pastor Bart Leger, Paul shows us that the Spirit himself helps us in our weakness, prays inside us with groanings that cannot be uttered, and brings our wordless cries to the Father in perfect agreement with his will. Walk away with a clear truth: when you don’t know how to pray, the Spirit prays for you. Watch last week’s sermon 👇 Giving Your generosity makes our work in this city possible. We’re so grateful for you. New to our community? No pressure. Today, just be our guest.Give Now Here Stay Connected 📩 Subscribe below to this Collection to get these updates delivered directly to your inbox.Subscribe 📸 Follow us on , Facebook, and YouTube 💬 Pastoral care or questions? Connect with us here. Services: Sundays at 9:15 AM & 10:15 AM
6294 Tom Hebert Rd, Lake Charles, LA 70607 See you soon ☀️
June 7, 2026 • 3 Minute Read
Camp Pearl 2026 Summer Schedule
A week at Camp Pearl changes how a kid sees the summer. They spend the day hearing about God and playing games. They sleep in a cabin with new friends and hear about Jesus from people who mean it. Camp Pearl has been doing this in Reeves, Louisiana since 1947. It's a Christian camp on a 56-acre campus, run by Bible churches across our area, including Faith Bible Church. The week is full of swimming and chapel sessions where kids hear the gospel. Registration for summer 2026 is open, and the weeks are filling. The 2026 Schedule 5-Day Summer Camps (Grades 3-12) Students will enjoy a fun, spiritually enriching week filled with chapel sessions, classes, team-building activities, swimming, games, and more! (Mon-Fri) Cost - $250 Canoe Trip Fee (Sr. High Week only) - $35 Check-in - 5pm Monday evening (in the gym) Check-out - 7pm Friday evening following chapel Register your child for the grade they'll enter in fall 2026. 3-Day Adventure Camp (Grades 6-8) Adventure Camp is a perfect camp for students going into 6th-8th grade who love the great outdoors! Students will enjoy many outdoor and off-campus activities and learn skills in a Christ-centered environment. (Girls Mon-Weds, Boys Weds-Fri) Girls Adventure Camp (June 15 - 17): Activities will include craft projects, swimming, fishing, canoeing, learning outdoor cooking skills, and more! The girls' 3-day camp will be followed by the Boys Adventure Camp. Boys Adventure Camp (June 17 - 19) Activities include fishing, swimming, canoeing, archery, shooting range, low ropes course, and more! Cost - $135 Girls Adventure Camp Check-in - 10am Monday morning (in the office) Check-out - 5pm Wednesday evening Boys Adventure Camp Check-in - 10am Wednesday morning (in the office) Check-out - 5pm Friday evening Save your camper's spot today by registering today! - Sr. High Camp (Grades 9–12): June 22–26 - Jr. High Camp (Grades 7–8): June 29–July 3 - Pathfinders Camp (Grades 5–6): July 6–10 - Kidz Camp (Grades 3–4): July 13–17 5-Day Deeper Impact (Grades 9-12) Deeper Impact is a camp for students who desire a deeper knowledge of the Lord and His Word. It is much different than our other summer camps - at Deeper Impact students spend most of their day in sessions being taught biblical truths in a lecture-type setting with some Q&A sessions in the evenings. It is a wonderful time digging deeper into the Word with fellow high school believers. (Mon-Fri) Cost - $250 Check-in - 10am Monday morning (in the gym) Check-out - 11am Friday morning at the cabins These years shape what a kid believes. The friends they make and the truth they hear at camp can stay with them long after the summer ends. The Bible puts it plainly: "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it" (Proverbs 22:6). Summer fills up fast, and the first week is days away. Find your child's week above and sign them up.Register Your Child for Camp For questions about a camp or registration, call Robin at 337-666-2443 or email robin@camppearl.com.
June 6, 2026 • 1 Minute Read
Letter from the Pastor June 6, 2026
This past week, we hosted the DM2 Youth Conference, and we spent it together in the Book of Galatians. The young men from the 3D Training Center did a great job teaching. What encouraged me most was watching some of our own teenage young men take sessions of their own during the week. Seeing them open the Word and teach it to their peers tells me the next generation is being built right here at Faith. Around 30 came out, young people and adults alike. A friend of the church also donated boxes of loose-leaf paper this week, and we'll put it to use this fall for our Annual Back-to-School Backpack giveaway. One person's giving will help children in our community start the school year ready. Paul wrote to the Galatians, "And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart" (Galatians 6:9, NKJV). That is what this week looked like at Faith. Young men learning to teach, and a friend giving so that kids are cared for. Grateful for you, Pastor Leger
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