Weekly Announcements (8.22.11)

2011-2012 Service Positions Open - We have just a couple of positions still needing to be filled for this coming church year.

1. Mission Friends teacher
2. Children in Action teacher

Mission Friends (preschool ages) and Children in Action (elementary ages) are our missions programs for our children. They meet during Sunday evening service.


Naco, Arizona Mission Trip - We will be partnering once again with Tim and Jennifer Scarbrough and Naco Baptist Church this fall to help spread the gospel in Naco. The main focus of our work will be in Naco doing a children and youth outreach camp to reach the younger population and intensive adult discipleship classes to help ground all of the new adult believers they have seen come to faith over the past several months. Dates for the trip are Sat, Oct. 15 - Sat, Oct. 22. This is during the second of the two school fall break weeks. You are officially invited to come!!! Speak with or email pastor Mark to sign up. We have up to 2 spots remaining.


AWANA Registration Night (this Wednesday, August 24th) - Registration night will start with some hamburgers and hotdogs off the grill. We will have our very on ventriloquists with us for some entertainment and then we'll finish off with ice cream. (We'll get the kids registered in the middle of all that as well.)


Puggles Is New to FBC AWANA This Year - Puggles is the AWANA club for boys and girls that are 2 years old (Cubbies is 3-4 year olds). So, if your child isn't quite ready for Cubbies, then come register him/her for Puggles!


Deacon Ordination Council - All ordained men are invited to ordination council this Sunday afternoon at 4:30 in the Sanctuary.


September 11th Memorial Service - This year Sept. 11th falls on a Sunday. This year is also the 10 year anniversary of the terrorist attacks. We will be doing a special afternoon memorial service that day on the town square with other churches in the area. We have one request: if you or someone you know was particularly affected by the events of the day and found hope thru Christ will you please contact me to talk about doing a short testimony during the service? Thanks so much.

Weekly Announcements (8.16.11)

Naco, Arizona Mission Trip - We will be partnering once again with Tim and Jennifer Scarbrough and Naco Baptist Church this fall to help spread the gospel in Naco. The main focus of our work will be in Naco doing a children and youth outreach camp to reach the younger population and intensive adult discipleship classes to help ground all of the new adult believers they have seen come to faith over the past several months. Dates for the trip are Sat, Oct. 15 - Sat, Oct. 22. This is during the second of the two school fall break weeks. You are officially invited to come!!! Speak with or email pastor Mark to sign up.


Homecoming - This Sunday (Aug. 21) - This year's homecoming speaker will be Mark Thomas, former pastor of youth and worship. As always, make sure you bring a dessert/side dish or two for our Homecoming meal that follows our morning worship service.


2011-2012 Service Positions Open - We have just a couple of positions still needing to be filled for this coming church year.

1. Mission Friends teacher
2. Children in Action teacher
3. 3rd-4th grade SS teacher

Mission Friends (preschool ages) and Children in Action (elementary ages) are our missions programs for our children. They meet during Sunday evening service.


AWANA - School is starting back up so that means that AWANA is returning as well. Here's the schedule we have planned.

• Wednesday, August 24th - Registration / Parent Orientation, 6:00 pm
  
• Wednesday, August 31st - First Night of AWANA Clubs, 6:00 pm
  

Church - We have an awesome opportunity for you to serve children. I hope you remember the sermon from Mother's Day this year called "One Generation Away". The critical importance of passing on the faith to the next generation cannot be understated. Will you embrace this opportunity? We averaged over 50 children per week last school year, so that means we have a lot of opportunities for you to serve. Speak to or email pastor Mark to get connected to this ministry.

Parents - If your child is 3 years old thru 6th grade this school year please come to our registration night on August 24th to get your child in AWANA.



Youth Pastor Search Team - Our search team has worked diligently to take our list of candidates from 70+ submitted resumes down to a final 3 candidates. Please be in prayer for the search team as they continue forward.

Weekly Announcements (8.1.11)

Chasing After the Wind - Just when you thought it was gone for good...it's back. We continue this Sunday morning in the book of Ecclesiastes. We'll be chapter 7.




AWANA - School is starting back up so that means that AWANA is returning as well. Here's the schedule we have planned.

• Wednesday, August 24th - Registration / Parent Orientation, 6:00 pm
  
• Wednesday, August 31st - First Night of AWANA Clubs, 6:00 pm
  

Church - We have an awesome opportunity for you to serve children. I hope you remember the sermon from Mother's Day this year called "One Generation Away". The critical importance of passing on the faith to the next generation cannot be understated. Will you embrace this opportunity? We averaged over 50 children per week last school year, so that means we have a lot of opportunities for you to serve. Speak to or email pastor Mark to get connected to this ministry.

Parents - If your child is 3 years old thru 6th grade this school year please come to our registration night on August 24th to get your child in AWANA.



Deacon Elections - We didn't have a deacon election this past Sunday morning because we had only 5 men (the exact number we needed) who were willing to serve as deacon this year. Here's the names of the 5 men who will begin serving as deacon in September...

• Larry Redmon
• David Hirsbrunner
• CD Webb
• Roth Terrell
• Mac Harney

Men's Conference - "Leaving a Legacy" Saturday, August 27th 8am - noon at Calvary Baptist here in Smithville. Cost is $15. Breakfast and workbook are included. To sign up leave a comment below, email Pastor Mark or use the bulletin board sign up sheet. Sign up deadline is August 13th. Here's a description of the conference...

This conference will challenge each one of us to be the spiritual leaders of our families that God has called us to be. One of the greatest needs, if not the greatest need, of our day is Godly men. There is a gaping hole in our post-modern society that needs to be filled with men who will walk with integrity, be upright in their character, honest in their dealings, who will love their wives as Christ loves the church and raise their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Homecoming, August 21st - This year's homecoming speaker will be Mark Thomas, former pastor of youth and worship. As always, make sure you bring a dessert/side dish or two for our Homecoming meal that follows our morning worship service.

Weekly Announcements (7.27.11)

AWANA - School is starting back up so that means that AWANA is returning as well. Here's the schedule we have planned.

• Wednesday, August 24th - Registration / Parent Orientation, 6:00 pm
  
• Wednesday, August 31st - First Night of AWANA Clubs, 6:00 pm
  

We have an awesome opportunity for you to serve children. I hope you remember the sermon from Mother's Day this year called "One Generation Away". The critical importance of passing on the faith to the next generation cannot be understated. Will you embrace this opportunity? We averaged over 50 children per week last school year, so that means we have a lot of opportunities for you to serve. Speak to or email pastor Mark to get connected to this ministry.



Homecoming, August 21st - Former Youth and Worship Pastor, Mark Thomas will be our homecoming speaker this year. Also, you know the routine, bring some side dishes and deserts b/c we'll have our homecoming meal after the morning worship service.


Deacon Elections - This Sunday morning (7/31) after worship service we will have our deacon elections. The sermons from the past two Sunday mornings, "Deacon: The Man and the Ministry" are available on our sermon download page. On a related note, I have begun a series on my blog about pastoral qualifications if you would be interested in reading this.


Men's Conference - "Leaving a Legacy" Saturday, August 27th 8am - noon at Calvary Baptist here in Smithville. Cost is $15. Breakfast and workbook are included. To sign up leave a comment below, email Pastor Mark or use the bulletin board sign up sheet. Sign up deadline is August 13th. Here's a description of the conference...

This conference will challenge each one of us to be the spiritual leaders of our families that God has called us to be. One of the greatest needs, if not the greatest need, of our day is Godly men. There is a gaping hole in our post-modern society that needs to be filled with men who will walk with integrity, be upright in their character, honest in their dealings, who will love their wives as Christ loves the church and raise their children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Youth Sunday - This Sunday morning will be Youth Sunday as our youth lead us in worship, testimony and preaching. Come hear what God is doing in our youth.

Weekly Announcements (July 4th edition)

Happy 4th of July - Today is our country's celebration of independence. May you live a life that is in dependence on Jesus every day. He is our everything!


Youth Group to Camp - Our Youth Group left for camp this morning. Please be in prayer for them this week that God will work greatly in their lives!


Guest Preacher This Sunday (7/10) - Emily and I are headed out on vacation for our 10th anniversary!!! This Sunday, Jimmy Arms will here preaching. He is one of the most gifted preachers I have ever had the privilege of listening to (and I've listened to a lot of preaching). Click here to link to his ministry blog. There is a link on the homepage of his blog that says, "contact me". Why don't you send him an email and tell him you're excited that he's coming to First Baptist??? That would be a blessing to him.


Deacon Elections This Month - Here's the schedule for the election of deacons this month. July 17th and 24th will be open for nominations. July 31st will be election of those who were nominated and willing to serve. We will be taking a break from our Ecclesiastes series on the 17th and 24th for a 2 week sermon series called "Deacon: The Man and the Ministry". Don't miss it.

Weekly Announcements (6.20.11)

VAN DRIVING ROTATION - We have kids who came to VBS who would like a ride to church on Sunday mornings. This is an awesome opportunity for ministry that we have before us. If we are to do this, we will need to create a rotation for the driving schedule. Please let me know asap if you are willing to be on this rotation. I am hoping for enough (8-10) people so that no one will have to drive more than once per month. It would require you to leave the church in the van around 8:45am so the kids will be here on time for Sunday School.

You can email me at mbass@smithvillefbc.org or leave a comment at the end of this post.


CENTRIFUGE / M-FUGE - Our teenagers are leaving Monday, July 4th to go to camp. Prayer sign ups are available on our bulletin board for you to be able to partner with a particular student in prayer for the week.


NEW TRACT RACK - Look for a new tract display in our side lobby this Sunday. These tracts are to help you share the gospel with your neighbors and our community. Spreading the gospel is at the core of what we do. Take as many tracts as you want.


VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL - Huge thank you to everyone who helped with Vacation Bible School in any way. You are each a huge blessing to our church and to all the children who attended.

Weekly Announcements (6.6.11)

Vacation Bible School - Next week (June 13-17) is VBS. 6-8pm

• If you are volunteering, please plan on attending a training meeting on Sunday 12th at 5:30pm in the LEC.
• Remember to bring in your snacks to the office this week if you grabbed a postcard this past Sunday morning.
• Totally weird/awesome way for you to help us...we need to borrow 2 portable basketball goals. If you have one we can borrow, please email Mark or Anthony.
• INVITE. INVITE. INVITE. (1st - 6th grade) We have invite cards in the office if you want to us those.
  

Communion Sunday, June 26th - This is a special time in our church family as we reflect on and remember the sacrifice of Christ on our behalf. Be here.


Youth Pastor Search Team Update - We met last night to begin working through all of the resumes we have received. We received a total of 67 resumes. Each person on the team read each of the resumes on their own before coming to the meeting. At last night's meeting we agreed on 10 candidates that we wanted to pursue in greater depth. We were not seeking to get a top 10 list, that's just the number of candidates that we all felt good about. We are in process of contacting each of these 10 candidates to see if they are still interested and to request more information from them. Please continue in prayer for your search team.