The Vision
Newsletter of
First Baptist Church
April 3, 2017
Come Celebrate with us
~April 16~
Worship Times
8:00a.m. or 10:30a.m.
Sunday School at 9:15a.m.
Adult Choir Worship Celebration
and Observance of the Lord’s Supper
April 9 – 6:30pm
Reasons you don’t want to miss this:
1) We will be exalting the name of the Lord
2) This will prepare us for the upcoming Easter
celebration.
3) God inhabits the praise of His people – His people
will be praising His name extra this night!
4) We will be observing the Lord’s Supper, which is
one of the sacraments of church.
5) It will encourage your spirit and heart.
6) Music led by our adult choir is always an amazing
time!
7) There is something in worshipping God in a
corporate setting that can’t be duplicated by just
sitting at home.
8) You’ll be with the family of God.
9) God wants to remind you how much He loves you
and desires your praise and time.
10) God wants your attention – will you give it Him?
I have a confession to make. I LOVE SUNDAY
SCHOOL! To this day, I can still close my eyes and see Al Curb
or Junior Evans or Mrs. Jackson, just to name a few, standing
before a group of ornery teenagers (me being one of them)
teaching us the truths of God’s Word. They did this Sunday after
Sunday with great patience and grace. During my forty years in
the ministry, I have watched as hundreds of others have done the
same. The impact of the Sunday School teacher often goes
unrecognized.
In fact, because our society is changing, some have
suggested the age of the Sunday School is past. But I believe the
future of Sunday School is bright, and God will continue to use
the Sunday School as the evangelistic and educational arm of the
church. Especially when we understand the purpose of Sunday
School.
In a recent survey asked Sunday School leaders, “What is
the purpose of Sunday School?” The top three answers were:
Bible Study, Fellowship, and Ministry. Great answers, but all of
them are wrong answers. You see, the purpose of Sunday School
is to assist the church in carrying out its mission of making
disciples all over the world.
Colossians 1:13 (HCSB) states, “He has rescued us from
the domain of darkness and transferred us into the kingdom of the
Son He loves.” Notice the word “rescue”. Your Sunday School
class, whether it is a senior adult class or a preschool class, is part
of the greatest rescue mission in the world. We are part of our
Master’s rescue mission to save lost and perishing souls from a
Christ-less eternity and bring them into a personal relationship
with Jesus.
Knowing and understanding your purpose enables you to
prioritize what you are doing. Knowing your purpose aids, you in
evaluating how you are doing. Knowing your purpose gives
direction to where you are going.
Randy
Weekly Activities
Sunday
8:00 a.m. Worship Service
9:15 a.m. Sunday School
10:30 a.m. Worship Service
Children’s Church
5:00p.m. FBC Study “U”
Children’s Choir
6:30 p.m. Evening Worship
THE RECORD
March 19, 2017
Offering:$24,343.40
SS Attendance: 266
Wednesday
5:30 p.m. Fellowship Meal
6:00 p.m. Youth Choir
6:15 p.m. Bible Study and Prayer
6:20 p.m. AWANA
6:30 p.m. “Elevate” (youth)
7:00 p.m. Worship Choir
PIEDMONT PARK PROJECT
FBC folks, our community needs our help to be volunteer work
crews for the Piedmont Park Project. This is a GREAT WAY to
share Christ with our community! SIGN UP when you can on the
bulletin board by the offices. Here’s the quick info:
When: April 17-22 (building it that week)
Shifts are: 8am-12pm, 12:30pm - 5:00pm, 5:30pm - 8:30pm
(Monday-Friday); 8am-12pm and 12:30-5:00pm (Saturday)
What you can do: *working at the actual build site
*assisting with childcare committee* assisting with the food
committee *serve as a construction captain
Ages to help: 18+= volunteer
ages 14 - 17 = volunteer (prohibited from using power tools)
ages 10-13 = volunteer accompanied by parent/legal guardian
APRIL
SUN
MON
TUE
WED
THU
FRI
SAT
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
NFT
Breakfast
for Mark
Carnell
6-11am
12
13
14
15
Men’s
Breakfast
GROW
9
10
11
Deacon’s
Meeting 5pm
Adult Choir
“Your
Great
Name”
6:30p.m.
GROW
16
17
Business
Meeting
6pm
18
19
20
21
22
25
26
27
28
29
Easter
No Evening
Service
GROW
23
24
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Children’s
Choir
6:30p.m.
GROW
AWANA
Awards
Blood
Drive
4-7p.m.
JOY
Clinton
Trip
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