Nugent Church

08/20/2026

Great night to be at the Hawley High School to meet the bearcats and kick off another great year with FCA!

08/18/2026

08/10/2026

Series on Biblical Rest.

Hebrews 4:4
Psalms 116:7
Jeremiah 6:16
Micah 2:10
Mark 6:31

Biblical rest is intentionally stopping the normal demands of life so that we can release our anxiety and burdens, reconnect with God, and allow His Word to guide us.
Rest is not laziness, nor is it simply doing nothing. True rest is trusting God enough to stop striving—to pause, surrender, and make room for Him.

Choose one day each week as a Sabbath day. Cease from the normal activity, motion, labor, and exertion of life. Be intentional about slowing down and being still in God’s presence.

Have faith. Release your anxiety. Give your burdens to God and receive the rest He offers.

True rest is freedom from anxiety and disturbance.

But sometimes we struggle to rest because of where we are trying to rest. We may be looking for peace in places, people, possessions, or circumstances that were never meant to carry the weight only God can bear.

Other times, we can’t rest because we are holding onto something we refuse to give to God.

You cannot fully rest while gripping what God is asking you to surrender.

So today, ask yourself:

Where am I trying to find rest?
What am I still holding onto that I need to give to God?

Surrender it. Be still. Trust Him.

Rest is not the absence of activity—it is the presence of trust.

We would love for you to attend service with us
on Sundays
Bible study @ 9:00
Service @ 10:00

A.C.T Driving Range
6877 US 277 N
Abilene, TX 79601

08/09/2026

We met tonight at Hawley ISD to pray for God’s protection, wisdom, strength, peace, and guidance throughout the coming school year. Let’s lift up every student and every person who walks through those school doors. Hope everyone has a wonderful year and God bless our schools, students, faculty, and staff.

08/08/2026

Changing to Saturday, August 8th @ 6:00.

Please join us on Sunday, August 9th @ 6:00 PM

07/29/2026

“Now these things took place as examples for us, that we might not desire evil as they did.”
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭10‬:‭6‬
Evil- unfortunate; unhappy; producing sorrow, distress, injury or calamity; as evil tidings; evil arrows; evil days. Do you desire evil? Sounds like kind of a weird question for the church, doesn’t it? It’s one that we need to answer honestly! Do we make snide remarks? Do we make comments knowing it will get a rise out of someone or escalate a situation rather than deescalate a situation? If we are honest and answered these honestly, and our answer was yes to these questions, then we desire evil! So many times we think of evil as addictions, witch craft, etc…. but evil is simpler than that, it’s the harsh words and the words that stir up strife and the words that hurt. This comes from us being tired and wore out spiritually and physically. Hebrews 4:11 “let us strive to enter into that rest” that rest being the rest Jesus tells us about taking His yoke upon ourselves. Rest looks different than a Sunday nap, it’s resting in Jesus, and it is a very important part of our walk with Christ. So rest, stop letting the things of this world wear you out and causing your deeds to be evil and hateful.

07/28/2026

“Nevertheless, with most of them God was not pleased, for they were overthrown in the wilderness.”
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭10‬:‭5‬
“for they were overthrown in the wilderness” One of the words in the definition for overthrown is defeated. Have you been defeated in the wilderness or are you being defeated in the wilderness! The scriptures that I read this morning all pointed to things that lead to our overthrow or defeat, and many times it’s our own sin, not someone else’s like we often like to make ourselves believe! One of the scriptures I read talked about our secret sin, that’s the sin that often leads to our overthrow and defeat. Often times that secret sin isn’t the addiction or “bad” thing in our life. So often it’s the thing we don’t want to address or the thing we have convinced ourselves that is for the kingdom. God has done so many amazing things in our lives! These are the things we need to look to and be victorious over our unbelief! Meditate and think on the amazing things that God has done in your life, and increase and grow your faith instead of being defeated and overthrown!

07/26/2026

“But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.”
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭9‬:‭27
What does it mean for you to discipline your body? I think this is a very personal question for us, one that we answer individually! For some discipling their body is tied to what they eat, for some it’s what they, say, for some it’s where they go, etc…. Paul says in this scripture “and keep it under control, lest preaching to others” so this discipline we are talking about, yea it has great personal benefits but I believe at the end of the day it’s like the rest of this biblical Christian life, it’s for others. Keeping our bodies disciplined, helps in bringing others to know Jesus Christ as savior, it also helps in growth for our brothers and sisters in Christ. So today ask God, how can I discipline my body for the kingdom? What areas of my life do I need to be better in discipling my life for the benefit of others?

07/24/2026

Please join us on Sunday, August 9th @ 6:00 PM

07/21/2026

“So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air.”
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭9‬:‭26
God’s is truly awesome and faithful! I’m in a season of life where I am seeking what His will is. Through this time I have been challenged to answer the question, Why? Why do I preach, why do I teach, why do I pastor, why do I attend congregational services, why do I go to Bible studies, etc…. Sometimes in this walk with Christ we have to step back and answer these questions. The reason it’s important for us to step back and evaluate every now and again is because we will get caught in a religious routine with no purpose. We will just go to congregational services, to go, we will just go to Bible studies, to go, we will just preach and teach, to just do it, we will read and study the Word to, just do it. We will do things and stay in places out of routine instead because that’s what God desires for us or it is God’s will for us. I was recently challenged with the question, What is my why? When our why we do things is right our what we do will matter and be right!