Announcements (8.30.12)

AWANA Report - Just wanted to take a minute and ask for your prayers for our AWANA ministry. Last night we had our all-time high attendance in the 4 year history of the AWANA ministry at First Baptist.  Last night we had 70 kids!!!  Pray that the Lord will work in each of these hearts this year.

Special Opportunity - The first week of October Bro. Mark will be traveling on mission with Dr. David Sills and Reaching & Teaching International Ministry.  They will be going to train indigenous pastors in the central mountains of Ecuador, South America.  These men have very little training and no education.  Additionally, these pastors do not have libraries of commentaries and theological books to aid them in their study of God’s Word and preaching.

Here’s where you come in:  You can purchase a 1-volume Spanish-language Bible commentary for these pastors for $13.  Bro. Mark will hand deliver these commentaries to the pastors during the week that he is in Ecuador.  There will be about 30 pastors at the week-long training session, so we need donations to purchase 30 commentaries.  Due to fairness, the mission organization has said that we cannot give out commentaries to only part of the pastors.  So, we need donations to cover the price of all 30 commentaries for this to work!!! 

After-School Reading Program - We need caring adults/youth (men and women) who are willing to give one hour per week to help a third grade child become a better reader.  You will be using a child’s story Bible and other children’s books, helping them one on one.  We will meet on THURSDAY afternoons at 3pm following the school schedule in the activities building.  Our first session will be September 20th. Please contact Carol Alberg 761-5285 if you would like to help. 

Ladies Bible Study — Beginning Tuesday, September 4th from 9:00-11:00 a.m. in the Activities Building. This study will last 11 weeks.  Teacher is Vivian Stock.

Announcements (8.15.12)

AWANA Is Back - Below is our start up schedule and a copy of the front of the postcard that went out in the mail this week.  On Sunday there will be a similar invite card in each of your bulletins.  Each of you, whether you serve in AWANA or not, is important to the success of the ministry through your prayers and through inviting and bringing children.

• Wednesday, August 22 - Kickoff / Registration night featuring the Crazy Tie Guy and Family.  We start at 6:00pm in the LEC.  We are in need of a couple of folks to man the grill for the night.  Let me know if you're interested.
• Wednesday, August 29 - 1st night of AWANA Clubs

Homecoming This Sunday - Rick Roberts, pastor here from 1994-1998, will be with us on Sunday morning for our homecoming service.  Our homecoming dinner will be in the LEC immediately following the morning worship service.  Please bring side dishes and desserts with you when you come to church Sunday morning.  Also, there will not be any evening services this Sunday.

Announcements (8.1.12)

Youth Pastor Vote This Sunday Morning - This past Sunday morning the youth pastor search team  presented Jordan Atnip as candidate for the full time Youth Pastor position at First Baptist.  The team also announced a special called business meeting for the vote.  The special called business meeting will be held this Sunday morning (Aug 5) immediately following worship service for voting on Jordan.


Children's Choir Practice Schedule for Homecoming - Children's Choir will be singing on Homecoming (August 19th).  This is for all kids preschool and elementary ages.  Here's the rehearsal schedule...

• August 5th - 6:30pm in the LEC
• August 12th - 6:30pm in the Sanctuary

Homecoming (August 19th) - Rick Roberts, pastor here from 1994-1998, will be our homecoming speaker this year.  Please bring a side dish and/or dessert to church that morning as we will have our homecoming meal following the morning worship service.


Business Meeting Sunday Night - Our regular bi-monthly business meeting will be this Sunday night after evening worship.


AWANA Launch Schedule - Here's the kickoff schedule for this year's AWANA clubs.

• Wednesday, August 22 - Registration and Opening Celebration
• The Opening Celebration will feature the Crazy Tie Guy and Family
• Wednesday, August 29 - First regular night of AWANA clubs 

Announcements (7.18.12)

Children's Choir Practice Schedule for Homecoming - Children's Choir will be singing on Homecoming (August 19th).  This is for all kids preschool and elementary ages.  Here's the rehearsal schedule...

• July 22nd - 6:30pm in the LEC
• July 29th - 5:00pm in LEC
• August 5th - 6:30pm in the LEC
• August 12th - 6:30pm in the Sanctuary

Deacon Election Schedule - July is the month we select our new deacons for the upcoming church year.  The schedule for deacon elections is as follows:

• Nominations finished.  Men who were nominated are being contacted this week to see if they are willing to serve.
• July 22nd - Those men who are nominated and are willing to serve will be presented to the church for a vote.

Youth Workers / Parents of Youth / Youth Pastor Search Team - There will be a meeting for these 3 groups of people at 5:30pm this Sunday, July 22.


Homecoming (August 19th) - Rick Roberts, pastor here from 1994-1998, will be our homecoming speaker this year.


AWANA Directors Meeting - Sunday, July 29th at 5:30pm

Announcements (7.6.12)

Deacon Election Schedule - July is the month we select our new deacons for the upcoming church year.  The schedule for deacon elections is as follows:

• July 8th & 15th - Nominations will be accepted.  You will find the nomination slips in both the front and side lobbies.  The Biblical qualifications for a man to serve as deacon are found in 1 Timothy 3:8-13.
• July 22nd - Those men who are nominated and are willing to serve will be presented to the church for a vote.

Youth Fuge Trip - Our youth group is going to summer Fuge camp from July 9-13.  Please begin praying for God's work in the hearts of our youth during that week.  We still have 4 students who need prayer partners for the trip.  If you sign up to be a prayer partner you will pray for the student each day and pack them a goodie bag for the trip.  The trip departs at 4:45am on Monday morning, so please bring goodie bags with you to church this Sunday.


Children's Choir Practice Schedule for Homecoming - Children's Choir will be singing on Homecoming (August 19th).  This is for all kids preschool and elementary ages.  Practices will be on Sunday nights in the LEC during evening worship at 6:30pm on the following Sundays...

• July 22nd
• August 5th
• August 12th

Announcements (6.26.12)

Wednesday Nights

• This Wednesday (June 27) - Both adults and youth will be going to the Blue Water Bay pool and community center for food, worship, and devotion time.
• Next Wednesday (July 4) - No adult or youth meetings at the church.  Enjoy July 4th with your families!

Youth Fuge Trip - Our youth group is going to summer Fuge camp from July 9-13.  Please begin praying for God's work in the hearts of our youth during that week.  This Sunday the prayer partner signup list will be posted on the bulletin board for you to adopt a specific student or adult volunteer for the purpose of praying for them over the week and for making them a goodie bag for the trip.


Gospel Sermon Series - We continue our Gospel series this coming Sunday morning with Galatians 2:11-14 The Gospel of Second Chances.  This is a topic that we desperately need to hear from God about.  Many of us beat ourselves up over our mistakes, but God is in the business of redeeming our mistakes and restoring us to himself and each other.

Deacon Election Schedule - July is the month we select our new deacons for the upcoming church year.  The schedule for deacon elections is as follows: 

• July 8th & 15th - Nominations will be accepted.  You will find the nomination slips in both the front and side lobbies.  The Biblical qualifications for a man to serve as deacon are found in 1 Timothy 3:8-13.
• July 22nd - Those men who are nominated and are willing to serve will be presented to the church for a vote.

Encouragement Packet to the Scarbroughs - Thank you to everybody who came on Sunday night for the Naco Mission report and wrote encouragement letters to our partner missionaries, Tim & Jennifer Scarbrough.  The packet was mailed Monday morning. 

In case you're interested, here's the websites that they maintain: Naco Baptist Church (church where Tim is the pastor) & Living Water Ministries (ministry the Scarbroughs founded when the moved to Arizona).

Announcements (6.21.12)

Naco Mission Report - This Sunday night in the evening worship service we will share with you about our mission to Naco.  We're going to do something a little different after we share about the trip.  One of the things that missionaries need is encouragement.  The Scriptures teach us to encourage each other (Acts 13:15; Acts 15:30-32; 1 Thess 5:11).  Tim and Jennifer need our encouragement in this time.  We will have a time at the end of the worship service for each person to write a letter of encouragement to the Scarbroughs.  Also, Emily and I were planning on sending them some financial support, and we thought that we would open that up on Sunday night for anyone else who is interested in contributing as well.  The Scarbroughs live on a very meager means from their church + anyone who chooses to support them.

Communion Sunday Morning - We will celebrate communion together this Sunday morning during our worship service.  This is always one of my favorite times for the church.


Breakfast Cooks for Jamboree - Would you be interested in cooking some breakfast for the jamboree vendors as part of our ministry to them?  Let pastor Mark know.  This would be an early morning ministry on the Friday and Saturday of the jamboree.


Galatians, True Gospel Series - We continue our series in Galatians this Sunday morning.  If you've missed any parts of the series, the sermon audio is available on our church website or you can read summaries on Mark's blog.