For the members, family and friends of Frisco City United Methodist Church The calling of the twelve disciples gives us won- derful insights into the business of how men and women are reached for Christ. According to the Gospel of John, only one of the first five disciples was reached directly by Christ. That was Philip. Jesus said to him, “Follow me” (John 1:43). The other four were reached by someone else’s witness to Christ. Andrew and an unnamed disciple, perhaps John, came as the result of John the Bapst’s witness. Simon came because of his brother Andrew, and Nathaniel came because of his friend Philip. You and I have significant roles to play in the ad- vancement of the kingdom of God. If people around us are go- ing to find Christ, it will happen only as we hear a winsome witness to Him. These first disciples were not ministers. They were laypersons who had been impressed by someone else’s tesmony about Christ. They had not known Christ long when they became soul-winners, and they turned first to their family and friends. We should begin our witness for Christ by reach- ing out to those to whom we are closest. They are our first re- sponsibility. What are you doing to bring others to Christ? Our lives and our lips must speak of Him. And we should begin with those we love. Dr. Dennis Kinlaw, This Day with the Master Frisco City United Methodist Church PO Box 9 40 Church Ave. Frisco City, AL 36445 251-267-3965—Office E-mail: [email protected] Ushers for April Roy Bailey Rennie Byrd “I pray because the need flows out of me all the time, waking and sleeping. It doesn’t change God, it changes me.” ~ C.S. Lewis