(Every third Saturday of the month at 930AM at Miramar Church) Men's Breakfast 2012 theme: "How to study the Bible for all its worth" (Title borrowed from book: "How to Read the Bible for all its Worth," Authors Gordon Fee and Douglass Stuart)The Bible as Prose* Story/Narrative (January 21, 2012)The Bible as Proverbs/Poetry (February 18, 2012)The Bible as Psalms/Personal (April 21, 2012)The Bible as Prophecy/Preparation (May 19, 2012)The Bible as Prescription/Praxis* (June 16, 2012)The Bible as Proscription*/Anti-Praxis (July 21, 2012) March no breakfast (out of town)   *Prose (the ordinary form of spoken or written language) *Praxis (practice) *Proscription (prohibition or forbidden) For the first six to seven months of our breakfast fellowships, we will look at the different genres (types, styles of writing) of Scripture for each one must be approached somewhat differently in order to gain or maximize our interpretation skills. In other words, not each book or section of the Bible can be read like the gospels or prophecy. We must consider that each one of these bring with it a set of different challenges to understanding what you are reading. Moreover, when you are reading from the book of Matthew as opposed to Proverbs, you will find that in order to accomplish interpretation, and subsequently application, you must know the structure and literary style (genre) so that accomplishing interpretation does not become a foggy and haphazard event. This of course is important to reading the Bible devotionally. Ultimately, the key to your reading is accurate meaning for accurate manner of life. To this end, we endeavor to learn as much as we can.   Therefore, mark your calendars so that you can prepare for these fellowship times. We look forward to God's Word "invading" your "whole" life. As we become more skillful in handling God's Word, we become more skillful to distinguish between good and evil, hence we mature (not the least, that our worldview and values solidify). We are looking forward to a great year. Be praying for these meetings and the door open to men and their needs. As we teach men to be lovers of God and His Word, we help in making godly men leaders of their spheres of influence: home, work, neighbors, friends, etc. You cannot substitute edification in God's Word for mere entertainment; nonetheless, the purpose of these meetings is to achieve genuine edification, fellowship, fun (we play basketball or soccer), and sanctifying activities (discussions and reflection).    Hope to see many men come.  "For we can do nothing against the truth, but only for the truth" (2 Corin.13:8)   Blessings, Pastor James T. Cater Miramar Church 6390 SW 32nd Street Miramar, FL 33023 (954) 981-4677 pastorjim@miramarchurch.org or Caterluvmy@aol.com www.miramarchurch.org

Hi Everyone,   I hope you all enjoyed this past Sunday with Jim Koenig. He will be preaching again this Sunday in the Psalms. Please welcome him once again. We will see you all July 3, 2011 God willing. Please pray for the next sermon series on the book of Hebrews. I've been getting ready weekly for it. Awesome book!! Please pray for our final message/s on Christian Liberty. I hope this series has been edifying.     If you are able, begin to read the book of Hebrews. Try and get a first impression on the book if you read the whole thing. It should take you about an hour or two. Looking forward to getting back.  "For we can do nothing against the truth, but only for the truth" (2 Corin.13:8)   Blessings, Pastor James T. Cater Miramar Church 6390 SW 32nd Street Miramar, FL 33023 (954) 981-4677 pastorjim@miramar.org www.miramarchurch.org

Dear Gentlemen,   I would love to let you know that we are planning another men's breakfast that will include the representation of several churches. Once again, plan ahead. Either the second or third Saturday of August tentatively we will be shooting for as a date to come together and fellowship and learn. I've asked pastor Darin from Westgate Baptist church to do us the honor and follow up on the teaching from last time together. He will follow up on some of the questions that arose from our discussion time. The topic had to do with sanctification (the process of becoming more and more holy).   I hope you can plan ahead and try and be there. Last time together we had lots of food and a great time getting to know many of the men from each respective church. In fact, we had a total of seven churches represented and 38 men attended. Let's do it again! "For we can do nothing against the truth, but only for the truth" (2 Corin.13:8)   Blessings, Pastor James T. Cater Miramar Church 6390 SW 32nd Street Miramar, FL 33023 (954) 981-4677 pastorjim@miramar.org www.miramarchurch.org

Dear Church family,   I want to announce that Nic Schrieber, Youth Pastor from la Vina Community church will be our guest preacher this Sunday. Please welcome him. He serves as youth pastor, director of Kid's place, public sponsored program for kids, and he is son of Glenn Schrieber, Superintendent of the SE region for EFCA. He is also a graduate of TEDS with a Master of Divinity. He also served in the biannual Challenge youth conferences (huge conferences sponsored by EFCA that over 5000 students attend). He serves currently under Rollo Caspile, Senior Pastor of La Vina, sister church to ours.   Please welcome him, his message will be a message on a revival of discipleship. "For we can do nothing against the truth, but only for the truth" (2 Corin.13:8)   Blessings, Pastor James T. Cater Miramar Church 6390 SW 32nd Street Miramar, FL 33023 (954) 981-4677 pastorjim@miramar.org www.miramarchurch.org

Dear Gentlemen,   I wanted to thank you for attending our monthly men's breakfast. Thank you for the fellowship, camaraderie, and the building up of each other. The time we had together in getting to know each other's ministries and lives is worth an eternity. We were blessed to have so many men in one place--the final count was 38!! I personally enjoyed getting to know many of the different members from each one of your churches (there were 7 churches represented in whole group). It was truly a delight.   Thank you David for challenging us with such a challenging passage of Scripture--Romans 7:13-25. We hope we can continue to meditate on the truths you presented. Thank you for your diligence in study. The time in the passage was well spent.   Thank you all for the food--lots of it!!! Below are some pictures of the event... "For we can do nothing against the truth, but only for the truth" (2 Corin.13:8)   Blessings, Pastor James T. Cater Miramar Church 6390 SW 32nd Street Miramar, FL 33023 (954) 981-4677 pastorjim@miramar.org www.miramarchurch.org 

I am so pleased as well as excited to let you know that our guest preacher on April 3, 2011 is an honored man of God. I will have you know that he is special. Our guest is no other than John Stevenson, Trinity International professor and elder at St Andrews Presbyterian church, author and speaker, archeology enthusiast, fencing extraodinaire (LOL), and wonderful friend. Please welcome him with open arms and a good Christian hug and handshake. You do not want to miss him preach! For more information about John Stevenson, please visit his website http://JohnStevenson.net Pastor James Cater

Dear Gentlemen,   This is just a reminder that we will be having our monthly men's breakfast on Saturday, April 9, 2011 at Miramar church at 9:30 AM. You don't want to miss this one!! We will be having two other churches joining us. Pastor David Diez from Miami Bible church will be providing for us our Bible focus on Romans 7. And, as always, we will be having some recreation after, for those who would like to get competitive with some basketball. If you plan on attending and would like to assist with the food arrangements, please let us know via email or phone call so that we can prepare before hand our needs.   See ya there!! Blessings, Pastor James T. Cater Miramar Church 6390 SW 32nd Street Miramar, FL 33023 (954) 981-4677 pastorjim@miramar.org www.miramarchurch.org

We just completed our Second Annual Youth/Family night. It has been an exciting time of encouragement, fellowship, gospel preaching, games, dramas, and fun. We have had many neighborhood visitors come and join us. Many new contacts with the neighborhood.    If you did not joined us this year, don't miss it, plan ahead for next year.  "Summer Slam 2009" is a three day family event to encourage your heart and soul Featuring the Youth Mission Team of Faith Evangelical Free Church of Spring Hill Florida (http://www.faithevfree.com/). Each evening included... -Exciting Activities -Powerful Drama -Live Music -A Challenging Devotion -Personal Testimonies -and Refreshments MEFC is greatfull that the Youth Mission Team of Faith Evangelical Free Church of Spring Hill Florida leaded the event.

Once again it is time for our next men's breakfast. This time we will be having it on the third Saturday, April 19, 2008 at 9:00 am at Miramar Church. Last time together we had ten and we had a great time playing basketball and soccer. We also had a great time with breakfast, fellowship, and Bible study. Please don't miss this one. We invite you to join us if you haven't already. There is a free gift to those who come for the first time. Any questions please feel free and contact me at the end of this email. This will be encouraging and strengthening. For more information contact: Pastor Jim Cater Miramar Evangelical Free Church 6390 SW 32 Street Miramar, Fl 33023 Phone: 954 981-4677 Fax: 954 981-2491 home tele: 954 981-7948 e-mail: caterluvmy4@aol.com or PastorJim@miramarchurch.org www.miramarchurch.org

This is an interesting fact about Easter this year... As you may know, Easter is always the 1st Sunday after the 1st full moon after the spring equinox (which is March 20).  This dating of Easter is based on the lunar calendar that Hebrew people used to identify Passover, which is why it moves around on our Roman calendar. Based on the above, Easter can actually be one day earlier (March 22), but that is pretty rare.  This year is the earliest Easter any of us will ever see the rest of our lives!  And only the most elderly of our population have ever seen it this early (95 years old or older!)  And none of us have ever seen or will ever see it a day earlier! Here are the facts: The next time Easter will be this early (March 23) will be the year 2228 (220 years from now).  The last time it was this early was 1913 (so if you're 95 or older you are the only ones that were around for that!) The next time it will be a day earlier, March 22, will be in the year 2285 (277 years from now).  The last time it was on March 22 was in 1818.  So no one alive today has ever seen or will ever see it any earlier than this year!