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.

Update from Naco

Happy Wednesday to you all.  I wanted to post an update on the blog for you.  I don't have any pictures for you because they're all on my phone.  I have uploaded a few of those to the church facebook group if you want to check there.

We had a good trip in on Saturday, and we picked up an extra team member from a church in Kentucky.  Charlotte has been to Naco 3 times before and was talking with Jennifer a few weeks ago saying that she wanted to come back, so Jennifer invited her to join our team.

Sunday was worship at Naco Baptist and in the afternoon we spent time planning our VBS days and going to pick up supplies.

Monday and Tuesday we were running our VBS.  In the mornings from 10am-12pm we do VBS in Naco, AZ.  In the afternoons from 5pm-7pm we do the same VBS in Spanish in Naco, Mexico.  Monday we had 43 kids (12 in AZ, 31 in Mexico).  Tuesday we had 69 kids (19 in AZ, 50 in Mexico).

The Lord has blessed us with good sleep and stamina.  Thanks for your prayers!  I look forward to being back you in worship on Sunday morning.

Bro. Mark

Announcements (6.1.12)

Vacation Bible School - There is a meeting this Sunday at 5:00pm for all volunteers.  If you are serving in VBS please make every effort to come to this meeting.  VBS will be from Monday thru Thursday (Jun 4-7) at 6:00 - 8:00 each night.


For EVERYBODY - Even if you are not serving each night at VBS, you are still critically important to the success of our VBS in 2 ways: 1) Prayer  2) Inviting / bringing children.  We need everybody to do this!!!

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

True Gospel Sermon Series - Our sermon series from the book of Galatians continues this Sunday morning.  We'll be looking at Galatians 1:11-17 in a sermon called "Conversion"

Naco Mission Team - Our mission team to Naco, AZ / Mexico will be leaving June 9.  Team members are Mark Bass, Emily Bass, Luke Bass, Heather Shehane, & Jordan Atnip.  Please be in prayer for the team as they minister to children in both Arizona at Naco Baptist and Mexico at a new church plant.

Announcements (5.18.12)

Vacation Bible School volunteers needed - Below are the areas that we still need additional volunteers in our VBS.  The number in parentheses is how many more we need.  Please speak with, email, or call Anthony or Mark to let us know how you'll serve.  If you have already signed up, Thank You!!!

1. Basketball Coach (1)
2. Cheerleading Coach (1)
3. Soccer Coach (1)
4. Basketball group leaders (3)
5. Cheerleading group leaders (4)
6. Soccer group leaders (4)
7. Preschool (3)
8. Nursery (1)
9. Photography (1)

IMB Missionary Appointment Service - On Wednesday, May 23rd we are traveling to Brentwood to attend a commissioning service for newly appointed missionaries with our International Mission Board.  You will not have another opportunity to attend one of these services for a long time, as the IMB uses churches all over our country to host their missionary appointment services.  We will not be having services here at First Baptist on Wednesday.  We will be leaving the church parking lot at 5:00pm prompt.  Please let pastor Mark know if you are going.  Click here for a brief info spot on IMB website.


AWANA - A huge "Thank You" to everyone who volunteered and served in AWANA this year.  It was a great year and you have made an eternal impact.  In case you weren't there on Wednesday night for our end-of-the-year awards ceremony, I want to give you one number: 1,789.  That's how many total Bible verses were memorized by our kids this year.  That's Awesome!

 


True Gospel Sermon Series - Our sermon series from the book of Galatians continues this Sunday morning.  We'll be looking at Galatians 1:10 in a sermon called "God Pleasers"