Children & Youth Scoop
Deep Impact: June 30th - July 6th
Please be in prayer for our youth as they serve on their different mission sites. If you would
like to send mail address it as follows: North Carolina Baptist Assembly
Attn: Students Name
100 Caswell Beach Road
Oask Island, NC 28465
Kaitlin
Maddie
Peyton
Natalie
Jay D.
Shannon
Joel
Weston
Andrew
Taylor
Gabbie
Marrisa
Summer
Cayleigh
Jennifer
Breanna
Renae
Jay B.
Josh G.
Johnathan B.
Jordan C.
Teresa S.
Larry
Vacation Bible School
July 21st - 26th
6pm-8:30pm
Church Family,
It’s nice to be back. Motherhood is nice but I was not called to be a stay at home mom.
I have missed the work, conversations, worship, and everything else that comes with
this ministry position. Thanks for the time with Mae Joy. Now let’s get back to work!
Children’s Church List for July
In His Service,
Rev. Amanda M. Monroe
[email protected]
7th 14th 21st 28th -
Teresa Stockdale
Amanda Monroe
No Children’s Church (VBS set up)
Beth Froeba & Maddie Branch
Thank you to the
Baptist Men for putting
up the railing near my
steps. I appreciate all you’ve done.
Ellen Patterson
The Story of the Fourth of July
We celebrate American Independence Day on the
Fourth of July every year. We think of July 4, 1776, as a
day that represents the Declaration
of
Independence and the birth of the United States of
America as an independent nation. But July 4, 1776
wasn't the day that the Continental Congress decided to
declare independence (they did that on July 2, 1776). It
wasn’t the day we started the American Revolution
either (that had happened back in April 1775). And it
wasn't the day Thomas Jefferson wrote the first draft of
the Declaration of Independence (that was in June
1776). Or the date on which the Declaration was
delivered to Great Britain (that didn't happen until
November 1776). Or the date it was signed (that was
August 2, 1776).
So what did happen on July 4, 1776?
The Continental Congress approved the final wording
of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
They'd been working on it for a couple of days after the
draft was submitted on July 2nd and finally agreed on
all of the edits and changes. July 4, 1776, became the
date that was included on the Declaration of
Independence, and the fancy handwritten copy that was
signed in August (the copy now displayed at the
National Archives in Washington, D.C.) It’s also the
date that was printed on the Dunlap Broadsides, the
original printed copies of the Declaration that were
circulated throughout the new nation. So when people
thought of the Declaration of Independence, July 4,
1776 was the date they remembered.
In contrast, we celebrate Constitution Day on
September 17th of each year, the anniversary of the
date the Constitution was signed, not the anniversary of
the date it was approved. If we’d followed this same
approach for the Declaration of Independence we’d
being celebrating Independence Day on August 2nd of
each year, the day it was signed!
Known Sick: Johnnie Altman, May Wixom
At-Home, Health Care, & Retirement Facilities:
Cleo Beasley, Doris Callaway, Katie Childress,
Christine Cothran, Frances Goan, Muriel Gourley,
Hazel Harrell, Blanche Hedgpeth, Betty Oxendine,
Robbie Peoples, Myrl Ray, Edna Weaver, and Rosa
Wilson
REPORT FOR JUNE 2-23, 2013
Average Sunday School Attendance
Average Worship Attendance
Budget for 2013
Required per Week
Budget Required to Date
Giving to Budget this Month
Giving to Budget to Date
100
160
$301,814.00
$5,804.00
$145,100.00
$20,370.82 $138,857.51
Additional Designated Contributions:
Youth
$1,774.10
Youth Band
$250.00
FBC Academy
$52.00
Brotherhood
$25.00
Building Fund
$120.00
New A/C Unit
$18,060.00
Calloway Scholarship
$33.33
Pipe Organ Fund
$515.02
Music Fund
$225.00
Relay for Life
$75.00
Deacons
$11.00
an amount was given in memory of Linda Lee
an amount was given in memory of Charles Shockley
an amount was given in honor of Sonny & Lib Wood
an amount was given in honor of Relay for Life
U.S. Postage Paid
Permit No. 4
Non-Profit Org
Raeford, NC
28376
The Beckoner
First Baptist Church of Raeford, NC
“To nurture members in spiritual growth and service, and to win the lost to Christ.”
Vol. 40
POSTMASTER: Send address changes to
333 N. Main St., Raeford, NC 28376
No. 7
THE LORD IS BLESSING
The Beckoner of
First Baptist Church
This week our nation will celebrate. We will celebrate our
independence as a nation under God. We do give thanks to our Lord
because His hand has been on us for 237 years. Many things have
changed since 1776. Today there is a debate about whose god we are
to serve and worship. Our nation has become so pluralistic that it is
rapidly becoming a crime to mention the God of our Judeo-Christian
heritage. We are being encouraged by others, if not forced by others,
to accept the gods of other lands.
The Word of God is clear and His people must always understand that
our freedom is not based on our military power, wealth, education,
and healthcare. Our freedom and prosperity are directly related to our
relationship with God Almighty. We are to never take our Lord and
our freedom for granted, for the result of doing so is too costly.
Remember, God has shed His grace on Thee!
CHANGE SERVICE REQUESTED
First Baptist Church
333 N. Main Street
Raeford, NC 28376
The Beckoner
Published Monthly by the First Baptist Church
Raeford, NC 28376
Phone: 910-875-3508 Fax: 910-875-1419
E-mail: [email protected]
www.raefordfbc.org
July 2013
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Rev. Thomas Lee
Rev. Amanda Monroe
Betty Odom
Dara Harmon
C.D. Bounds
Becky Laviner
Tony McLaurin
Ellen Patterson
Senior Pastor
Minister of Children/Youth
Choir Director
Church Secretary
Treasurer
Organist
Maintenance
Nursery
Church Office Hours:
Monday - Thursday 8-5; Friday 8-1
Psalm 33:12
Blessed is the nation whose
God is the LORD,
The people whom He has
chosen for His own inheritance.
Have a blessed Fourth of July!