Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Weekly Announcements (9.26.11)

Communion Service this Sunday - So, Ecclesiastes is finished (I can hear your excitement). Communion is always a special time in the life of our church. See you Sunday.


Get Motivated Conference - We have a few free tickets available for this business conference. If any of our business men or women want to go please let pastor Mark know and we'll get you the tickets. Date of the conference is Monday, October 17th. Location is Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. Click here to go to the conference website.


Serving at Lighthouse Christian Camp - Sign up sheet will be on the bulletin board for you to sign up to serve any day or days, October 10-14. LCC needs help with painting, construction on Widow's Home, and leaf removal.


Trunk-or-Treat - We need you to come up with carnival type games for our annual Trunk-or-Treat event. The event will be on Monday, October 31st. Also, anybody can donate candy for the event as well (and we need lots of it).


Business Meeting This Sunday Evening - After our evening worship service this Sunday, we will have our regularly scheduled business meeting.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Announcements (9.20.11)

Chasing After the Wind - This is our final week of our series in Ecclesiastes. We're going to finish up with Ecclesiastes 11:8-12:14. The most famous verse of the book (12:13) is found in our passage. See you Sunday as we look at the Scripture says to the young and the old.



Returning to Revelation - Sunday night we'll get back into the book of Revelation, chapter 11.


October Events
  • Week of October 9th (fall break) - Teams will go to Lighthouse Christian Camp to help serve. We'll be helping with camp leaf cleanup (and they have a lot of leaves) and other tasks they request. For those who have construction skills, LCC is building a new widow's home and may need help.
  • October 31 - 4th annual Trunk-or-Treat event

Golden Offering for Tennessee Missions - September is our month for collecting the Golden Offering for Tennessee Missions. This offering goes 100% to support TBC ministries and new church starts in Tennessee. The offering envelopes are in the pew backs if you want to give to this offering. Click here to go to the Golden Offering website to learn more about this offering.

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Weekly Announcements (9.8.11)

9/11 Memorial Service - This Sunday at 2:00pm on the city square, east side of courthouse, we will join with other churches in a memorial service on the 1oth anniversary of the terrorist attacks. We will not have an evening service here at our church.


Special Business Meeting - This Sunday immediately after morning worship there will be a short business meeting to approve money to be spent for heating and air units. The property committee will bring a proposal. The business meeting is necessary b/c the money needed is significantly more than budgeted.


Deacon Ordinations - Sunday night, September 18th, we will ordain our two new deacons, Mack Harney and David Hirsbrunner, during our evening worship service.


AWANA - We have jumped out to a great start this year. Our average club attendance has been 57 over the first 2 weeks. Please keep praying for these kids and for the volunteers who serve.


Golden Offering for Tennessee Missions - This month. Look for offering envelopes in your pews. 100% of this money goes towards mission causes in the state of Tennessee. 50% of all money collected statewide will go towards starting new churches.


Request from RT Ministry - RTs would like to have the names, addresses, and birthdays of all our college students. Please submit this information to the church office. You may call the church secretary Monday, Wednesday, or Friday between the hours of 8:30 and 12:30 to give her this information. Or you may leave it on the secretary’s desk anytime.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

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.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

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.

Monday, August 1, 2011

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.

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

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.