December 2016 A Monthly Newsletter of First Baptist Church
Count Your Blessings I love so many of our old hymns. Many are rich in doctrine, theology, and encouragement. This past week I sang “Count Your Blessings”. I had not sung that hymn nor meditated or read its words in many years. The second verse asks, “Are you ever burdened with a load of care? Does the cross seem heavy you are called to bear? Count your many blessings, every doubt will fly, and you will be singing as the days go by.” I do not believe dealing with the stress and heartache of our daily lives is quite that simple, but thanksgiving and meditating on the goodness and grace of God is certainly one practice that can help renew our minds. Psalm 107:31 says, “Let them give thanks to the Lord for His faithful love and His wonderful works for all humanity.” The spring and summer are hectic times in the life of the church, filled with a multitude of often unrelated activities. Sometimes busyness (even in the ministry of the church) can create stress and weariness. I find it helpful to stop and reflect on the specific things we have seen the Lord accomplish. I want to thank the good Lord for a few places I have been able to see Him at work in the past month. Dying, death, and funerals may seem like a strange place to start for thanksgiving, but I cannot do otherwise. I have been able to witness the glory of God in the home-
goings of a couple of God’s saints in the past month. Living and finishing well is not measured by the fight we wage to stay alive. It is gauged by our faithfulness to our Lord over a lifetime. This is reflected in the assurance our loved ones have of where we will spend eternity and the encouragement they receive at our passing to emulate our worship and steadfastness. I have been able to rejoice with a couple of families’ memorial services. They were not celebrating their loved one’s passing, but instead, celebrating their life and their Lord. We ought to all thank the Lord for our week of Vacation Bible School. FBC set records for attendance, volunteers, and organization. The impact of this week on the lives of the participants and their families is immeasurable. Many children indicated they were ready to receive Christ. They were counseled from the Word of God regarding their salvation, and their parents were contacted to begin followup. We pray the Lord would grow those seeds to maturity. We thank the Lord for all the workers that gave of their time, energy, and prayers. One of our ladies has been particularly thankful for the group of men who were here each day. She commented that she had never seen so many men willing to help wherever they were needed at VBS.
I want to thank God for the decisions, baptisms, and additions we have seen in our church throughout the past month. Some of these come as answers to prayers that have been offered on the new believer’s behalf for some time; others might have come as a surprise. Each is evidence of God continuing to work in the hearts of people. He is still saving those the Holy Spirit convicts. The Holy Spirit is still moving and growing us toward the image of Christ. Even as I write this article, two groups are away at camp. They have set time aside to be with the Lord, grow in Him, and hear from Him. We have another group preparing to head to Honduras on a mission trip to help encourage and bless our church planters, David and Nellie Lopez, in Buena Vista. GOD IS SO GOOD! We will get tired and frustrated at times with the pace of our lives or the weight of our cares. Our pace can be slowed and our responsibilities lightened through wise, prayerful prioritization, but sometimes we will still get stressed. Take some time to “count your blessings, name them one by one; count your many blessings, see what God hath done!”
“He is my Rock, my Shield, my Fortress. He’s my Salvation and my Strength. He is my Refuge, my High Tower. He’s my Deliverer, so strong. The snares of death, they were surrounding me, but He heard my cry for help. So I’ll stand and trust. I’ll stand in faith. I will not be shaken. Our God will not be moved. Our God will never change. Our God will reign forevermore!” The song is: “I Will Not Be Shaken” by Jacob Park and Tommy Walker. (We have sung it, and we will sing it again.)
Butch Reviere Minister of Music fbc.butch@gmail.com
REACHing In and REACHing Out in Student Ministry
The song is inspired directly from Psalm 18, where King David recounts his actual deliverance from literal enemies, including King Saul. After describing God in such powerful words, he declares in verse 3, “I will call upon the Lord, who is worthy to be praised; so
shall I be saved from my enemies.” While crying out to God about the distresses (problems, troubles, sicknesses, issues, questions, etc.…the stuff of life that we all experience), he gets a fresh revelation of Who God is and all that He has done in creation. In the midst of personal reflection about his own relationship with God, he is reminded that God’s word is dependable and that God Himself is a shield for those who trust in Him. With gratitude for deliverance, He declares, “The Lord lives! Blessed be my Rock! Let the God of my salvation be exalted.” Amen!!!
Bro. Butch
REACHing In and REACHing Out
Few things happening this month in the Student Ministry:
Cody Thomas Youth Minister fbc.codythomas@gmail.com
Pray for our group going to World Changers in a few weeks. Pray that we will see our time in Nashville, TN, as an opportunity to bring glory to God. Pray that we will bring glory to God through our actions, our words, and even our thoughts. Pray for us as we leave Sunday, July 16th and return on Saturday, July 22nd.
- Wednesday Night After Hours – Every Wednesday night of the summer we will hang out after Bible study for a few hours. Bible study is at 6:00 p.m. - Sunday Night Spoons – Every Sunday night of the summer we will play spoons after the PM service.
- Paintball – Date and time will be announced
Rev. Joey Miller Associate Pastor
What a joy it has been for Karen and me to move back to Franklinton and to live within walking distance of First Baptist Church. For those of you who may not know, we purchased the First Baptist Church parsonage and have done some remodeling to it. And to put it simply, we are loving the privilege the Lord has given to us to live at 710 10th Avenue. We have also been blessed to reconnect with FBC friends from the past and meet new friends in the fellowship here.
I write these things to remind those of you who have been long time FBC members of what a great church home you have. Thank God every day for it and dedicate yourselves to the Lord as He continues to work through you in His church. I also bring attention to what God is doing here so that those of you who are considering a church home will pray for God’s leadership and consider making First Baptist the place where you and your family can grow in the Lord.
We can see that God is doing a great work here and are excited to be a part of it. From the time one walks in the front door of the sanctuary and is met by friendly greeters, you can sense an excitement about the Lord and His church. There is a sweet fellowship here and a great spirit of worship. We have also noted a strong missions and ministry emphasis here with men and women involved in local ministries as well as teams reaching out to other places in the USA and the world to carry the love of Jesus to others.
After all. a church family is made up of people like you and me who pledge themselves to be servants of the Lord through His church. The church will only be as strong as our commitment to the Lord and our willingness to yield to His Lordship every day. I look forward to getting to know each of you and to ministering together to the glory of the Lord. In His Love,
Joey Miller
Fbc.jmiller@gmail.com
Family Bible Study for 2017 June 25th– July 1st
Mon: 2 Corinthians 5:1-15
July 9th- July 15th
Mon: 1 Chronicles 28:1-9
Tues: 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18 Tues: 1 John 4:20-5:5
Tues: Isaiah 45:14-25
Wed: 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11
Wed: Romans 2:1-16
Wed: Matthew 4:1-10
Thurs: John 5:24-30
Thurs: Matthew 19:16-30
Thurs: Psalm 44:17-26
Fri: Daniel 12:1-13
Fri: Matthew 22:34-40
Fri: Romans 1:18-32
July 2nd- July 8th
Mon: Deuteronomy 29:16-29
July 23rd- July 29th
July 16th-22nd
July 30th - August 5th
Mon: 1 Corinthians 15:35-49
Mon: Exodus 19:1-15
Mon: Exodus 20:4-6
Tues: 1 Corinthians 15:50-58
Tues: Exodus 19:16-20:2
Tues: Deuteronomy 12:1-14
Wed: Matthew 25:31-46
Wed: Exodus 20:1-17
Wed: Deuteronomy 12:15-32
Thurs: Romans 8:18-30
Thurs: Exodus 20:18-21:1
Fri: 1 John 2:28-3:10
Fri: 1 Peter 1:13-25
Thurs: Matthew 28:20, Colossians 2:16-23
Fri: 1 Corinthians 10:14-22
Mission Updates
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD Did you know? There are so many shoeboxes donated by people like us that it is impossible for all boxes to be distributed in December. Some are delayed by customs officials and “red tape.� So some children may receive their gifts during subsequent months. Those children may even now be going through the 12 lessons discipleship classes, The Greatest Journey. Please
pray for the follow-up activities and pray that the children will grow in knowledge of Jesus as their Savior. We are so thankful for the 20 ladies, one young girl, and even one man who have helped in our sewing sessions. We will be cutting and sewing again on Thursday, July 13th, and Saturday, July 22nd.
Please, if you have a sewing machine and can sew a reasonably straight stitch, join us for sewing and fellowship. We need you! Call Sandra McDaniel 515-5738 or Margie Parker at 515-7722 for more information.
HONDURAS UPDATE Dear Church Family, As you get this month’s edition of The Bridge, there is a team of eleven in Honduras doing mission work in the village of Buena Vista. In the past years, we have done Vacation Bible School, and medical, veterinary, construction, and youth ministries. However, this year we are taking a different direction. As I read about the Apostle Paul’s missionary endeavors, I see him going first to the Jews in whatever town the Holy Spirit was leading him, and then reasoning with them about Christ. His aim was to show them the futility of relying on the law, sacrifices, and rituals of Judaism, and that salvation had come to them by grace through faith in Christ alone. Some (a few) could and would accept his message and be saved, but for the most part, the Jews rejected it. Paul would then go to the Gentiles and share the gospel with them. Again, some would accept the message and be saved, and some would reject it. Paul would take those who had repented of sin and believed in Christ and plant a church in that town. Then he would stay in the town instructing these new believers until the church was established, and then the Holy Spirit would move him to the next place.
Paul would (in some cases) make it back to the churches that had been planted, or he would send letters to the ones he could not. His aim in doing so was to strengthen, encourage, and correct the believers of each particular church. His vision was that each member of the local church was to be an indigenous missionary in that town/ region, reaching people for Christ. One person can only do so much, but many can accomplish a lot, and this was Paul’s mission vision for the churches. This is also our mission vision this year: To strengthen, encourage, and correct the believers at Word of Truth Baptist Church in Buena Vista. We want them to know that church membership is not just about coming to church, but also about going and sharing their faith in Christ with their family members, friends, and neighbors in Buena Vista and the surrounding villages. Please keep our team in your prayers. As I write this, I have been informed that it has rained torrentially every day for the past two weeks. Please pray for our safety. Pray that we will teach and preach the Word of God for His honor. Please pray for Pastor David and his family as they minister in the village of Buena Vista. Finally, please pray that truth will reign, that lost sinners will be saved, that God’s kingdom will grow, and that He will be both glorified and magnified. Love to all in Christ,
Bro. Dale Parker
SANCTUARY FUNDING COMMITTEE UPDATE Spiritual Growth through Sacrificial Giving
The Sanctuary Funding Committee is developing plans for at least four different fundraising programs to pay for the new sanctuary. Even though some of these programs are months away, we want our members to have an idea of where we are heading with our overall approach. In this edition, we want to give a brief description of the four programs we intend to pursue. First is a Pledge Campaign. This program will encourage our members to give a specific amount on a regular, monthly basis. The pledge itself is a covenant between God and each member. As such, we intend for all pledges to be anonymous. The total amount pledged will help in crafting additional campaigns. We estimate that approximately 60% of
the construction funds will come through The last campaign is Estate Giving. the pledge campaign. While no one likes to think about it, we all come with an expiration date. However, Our second campaign (chronologically) even when we are gone, we can still have will be a Special Events Campaign. This an impact on the future of our church. program will not produce a huge amount This campaign will encourage our memof money but is intended to give everyone bers to make one final “tithe” to the a chance to participate in fund-raising church. Only this one will be designated efforts. This campaign will include pro- to support the Master Plan building and jects for children, youth, Sunday School renovation projects. departments, and other small groups. Events may include bake sales, car wash- Our first work on this campaign will be to es, manpower auctions, and take-out din- contact the Louisiana Baptist Foundation ners just to mention a few possibilities. to see if they will assist with this program. We hope to have enough volunteers to The Sanctuary Funding Committee is have a least one event each month. looking forward to implementing these The Special Events Campaign should four programs. Even so, we are more begin sometime this fall. than open to other ideas. If you wish to share your thoughts with the committee, The third of our campaigns will be an “In- please contact any of the members listed Gathering.” This campaign will be held below. only one time. It is intended to gather relatively large contributions—that is, one- Sanctuary Funding Committee time donations. The In-Gathering Cam- Casey Casanova (Vice Chairman & paign will be promoted after a floor plan Secretary), Charles Corkern, Donald and architectural drawing are presented Daniel, Kelly McElveen, and to the church. We estimate this campaign Jimmy Wales (Chairman) will account for 20%-25% of the funds need.
WASHINGTON PARISH FOOD BANK UPDATE The Washington Parish Food Bank began in June and will complete this month the recertification of all of its families as required annually by Second Harvest. With over 500 families currently on our rolls, this is an immense task which has been made a little easier by the additional help of some new volunteers and the extra training of some long-term volunteers. Thank you to all of those who have been helping these last few months. Without you, this would have been an impossible task. I also want to say a huge thank you to Mrs. Kelly McElveen who again, had the recent Vacation Bible School do a food drive for the Food Bank. We asked for dried beans and boxed macaroni and cheese, and I can honestly testify that it was a huge success. We have never had so many different kinds of dried beans to offer at one time, and our families have loved it. I have heard several of them comment that it has been like going to a real grocery store. Macaroni and cheese has always been a need and is not one of the food items that we can receive from Second Harvest without a cost. Thank you to all the VBS staff and especially the children and their parents who furnished so much food that is already being chosen at our food choice pantry. We have indeed been blessed by your generosity.
I also need to thank the Celebrate Recovery group and the A. W. Robbins Sunday School class who have collected food items recently for the food bank. Thank you also to those of you who continue to come by regularly to drop off extra food. You have all blessed us and the families we serve, and we appreciate your help so much. Both the Food Bank and the Thrift Shop will be closing for a few days in August so that all of our faithful volunteers can have some well-deserved rest. The days closed will be Wed., August 2nd through Tues., August 8th. Except for the monthly Second Harvest food delivery on the morning of the 2nd, there with be no volunteers on site during this time. Last, but definitely not least, we still have an urgent need for some volunteers who will make the commitment to pick up food from Wal-Mart in Bogalusa and Winn-Dixie in Franklinton at least once a week. We could still use more volunteers at the Food Bank and the Thrift Shop too, so please consider this as an opportunity to minister to others. Contact Beverly Cooke or call our office at 322-2017. -
Beverly Cooke
YES Yield myself to God Example is what is important Serve others as Jesus Christ did One of the lessons in Celebrate Recovery is on YES. So many times our first response to something new is to say NO! In CR we are learning to say YES to God. God’s Word is teaching us to change our way of thinking and our perspective. We are learning to: YIELD to God to be used to bring the Good News to others, by my example, and by my words. When we yield to Him, God can use us in ways we never thought possible. Being an EXAMPLE to others is important.
If you want someone to see what Christ will do for them, let them see what Christ has done for you!
3) Volunteers can help with our weekly meeting, nursery and/or help with movie nights/socials.
SERVE others as Jesus Christ did. Jesus said, “And since I, the Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash each other’s feet. I have given you an example to follow: do as I have done to you.” (John 13:14-15, TLB)
4) Greeters – Greeters welcome and provide directions for newcomers.
There are many ways FBC members can serve in the ministry of Celebrate Recovery. You can say “YES” in any of the following areas:
There are many, many more ways to serve! Come and get involved! You will be glad you said “YES”! If you would like to volunteer and be involved in this wonderful ministry, talk to any of our leaders or call the church office.
1) Childcare – CR needs volunteers to work alongside our leaders on Tuesday nights. You can volunteer weekly, monthly or a few times a year.
Attend CR and support the ministry! Come and find out what CR is about!
2) Refreshments – Refreshments are a welcomed treat to those attending CR.
is looking for volunteers to help in the nursery on Tuesday evenings. If you are interested, please contact the office.
Director of Preschool/Children’s Ministries
fbc.playschool@gmail.com
Happy Birthday! Grace Spears 1st Hallie Garner 2nd Johnny Lynn Miller 4th McKayla McCain 5th Christian McCain 6th Melody Theony 6th Newman Graham 11th Summer Applegate 15th Brody Buster 15th Sophia Harrison 15th Maddie Anthony 16th Allison Bell 16th Jax Barber 17th Kavin Hall 18th Blaize Rogowski 18th Jase Baughman 21st Berkley Goings 22nd Adelaide Palmer 23rd Karmen Stokes 24th Khloe Courtney 28th
Perfect Attendance for May Joseph Carter Hallie Garner Brecken Goings Newman Graham Mason Keaton Wyatt Phelps Kaylan Pope Blaize Rogowski Abigail Sherlin Caroline Sherlin Madison Smith Phillip Varnado Briana Walle Brooke Walle Lucas Watts Lydia Watts James Westmoreland
June was a whirlwind of a month! As you may have heard, we had our largest Vacation Bible School to date. We had an enrollment of 359 children, with a high attendance day of 328 children! That is almost 100 children more than we have ever had! Over the course of the week, our Bible Study teachers shared the good news of Jesus Christ 1,564 times! Isn’t God good?! Not only that, but the children gave offerings enough to ship 144 Operation Christmas Child boxes…right at $1,300! AND, they collected more than 1,000 food items for the Washington Parish Food Bank! Team GREEN, made up of our 1st and 2nd graders, collected the most and won our Missions Challenge!
other camp). As a reminder, all chaperones must have a background check on file with the church office to attend. Any of the paperwork that you do not have can be picked up in the church office.
Here’s what’s happening in July:
Sunday, July 16th: Deadline to sign up for Preteen Invasion for rising 4th, 5th, and 6th graders and only 12 spots are available. A sign-up sheet is on the FBC Kids Bulletin Board near the Coke machine. This event will be held on Saturday, August 26th at FBC Lafayette. Cost is $35.
Tuesday, July 4th: Happy Independence Day! No I Tuesday event.
Thursday, July 6th-Saturday, July 8th: CentriKid! This camp is all full, and we cannot wait to go! We will be meeting at FBC on Thursday, July 6th at 10 am and returning on Saturday, July 8th about 2 pm. We will be stopping to eat both coming and going, so be sure your child has money for a fast-food meal. Check your So, if you prayed for VBS, gave to VBS, Parent Packet that was given out at the helped in any capacity at VBS, Lori and I May 22nd meeting for packing instructions simply cannot thank you enough! Our and more camp details. prayer is that God would bless you for the tremendous blessing you were to us! As Tuesday, July 11th: the VBS Directors, our next prayer chal- I Tuesdays gets wet! We will be going lenge for you is about #ftonvbs18. Please to the Kroc Center on the Gulf Coast for a begin to pray very specifically about how morning of indoor swimming, lunch, and God would have you participate. We met crafts! Forty (40) total spots are available. on the Monday following VBS, have re- We will be leaving at 8 a.m. (sharp!) and worked the VBS format, and are very ex- will return by about 4 p.m. The cost is $10 cited! We believe that God will call up all per child. *VERY IMPORTANT: To particithe leaders, assistants, and other workers. pate in the indoor swim, anyone in the waHaving said that, when you have prayerful- ter MUST be wearing fabric of traditional ly considered how God will use you in swimsuits. No cotton fabrics are allowed in 2018’s Game On! VBS (June 4th-8th), give the pool. T-shirts are not permitted in the facility. Children are encouraged to wear us a call and let us know. modest swimsuits. Also, ALL preschoolers We saw how mightily God moved this must have a chaperone in the pool with year, and our plan is not to call anyone to them, regardless of their ability to swim. ask him/her to work. Let us know how God Chaperones must also be wearing nonis leading you! Vacation Bible School 2018 cotton fabric swimsuits. If your 1st-6th gradwill be June 4th – 8th from 8:30 a.m. until er is not a strong swimmer, please be sure noon. The day will be similar in structure, to tell discreetly Kelly so that extra precaubut the new format will be loosely struc- tion can be taken. tured more like a CentriKid camp where This event is open to 1st-6th graders (just children can choose their tracks, allowing completed). Preschoolers (ages 3-just leaders to be more efficient in sharing the completed Kindergarten) are welcome to good news. We are so excited and can’t join us but must have their own adult chaperone. All children MUST have a completwait for the preview kits to get here! ed Student Emergency Card and Liability At the time of this writing, we have not yet Waiver on file. Transportation is provided, let for our June Kids Camp at Tall Timbers, but chaperones are welcome to follow in so be on the lookout in August for pictures their personal vehicles. of both Tall Timber Camp and CentriKid!
Monday, July 3rd by 4 pm: Deadline for all CentriKid paperwork to be turned in. Paperwork includes completed and notarized Participant Form for both campers and chaperones, a front and back copy of health insurance card for both campers and chaperones, a Track Time Sign Up Card for campers, any Special Tuesday, July 18th: Attention cards for campers, and an or- No I Tuesday event. ange FBC Student Emergency Card for campers (not necessary if you have filled one out for an I Tuesday event or an-
Tuesday, July 25th: I Tuesday bounces on over to Elevation Station! The cost is $10 for 90 minutes of jumping. Be sure that your child has a completed Elevation Station online waiver (available on their website) in their own name. Also, if your child does not have the special Elevation Station socks, please send $3, so he/she can purchase a pair. Forty (40) spots are available. We will leave at 9 am and return by about 2:30 pm. Weather permitting, we will go to one of the nearby state parks for a little while afterward. Be sure to pack a picnic lunch. This event is open to 1st-6th graders (just completed). Preschoolers (ages 3 -just completed Kindergarten) are welcome to join us but must have their own adult chaperone. All children MUST have a completed Student Emergency Card and Liability Waiver on file. Transportation is provided, but chaperones are welcome to follow in their personal vehicles. Tuesday, August 1st: I Tuesdays is all about the "grads"! This is a special I Tuesday just for our (completed) 6th graders that are promoting to Youth! We will begin with a very special How Great Thou Art lead by Mrs. Kristina Seal, then go to Covington for dinner and a movie. We will meet at 8:30 a.m. and be back at about 4 p.m. There is no cost for this event.
Check out the August Bridge for Summer camps and I Tuesday photos! Picture to the right are the winners of
the #ftonvbs17 Missions Challenge Team GREEN!
Welcome to the Family
Our New Church Members Contact us 950 Self Street Franklinton, LA 70438
Jonathan & Kirby Barber
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With children Jax and Jace
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Phone: (985) 839-3427 Fax: (985) 839-3572 Prayer Line: (985) 839-3337
Office E-mail: fbc.natasha@gmail.com
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With grandchildren Barrett & Bailee Lindsey
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Service Times: Sunday Worship Services Sundays at 8:15 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 10:45 a.m. & 6:00 p.m.
Bible Study Groups Sundays at 8:15 a.m. & 9:30 a.m. Wednesdays 5:45 p.m. Ladies Bible Study 5:45 p.m. Preschool/Children’s Activities 6:00 p.m. Youth Activities Joey & Karen Miller
RJ Rogers
Seth Schilling
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Prayer Times 7:30 a.m. Sundays in the Chapel 7:00 a.m. Tuesdays in the Fireside Room 6:00 p.m. Wednesdays in the Sanctuary
Anytime/ any day of the week in the Prayer Room
Choir Rehearsals Mondays 8:30 a.m. Senior Singers Wednesdays 6:00 p.m. Sanctuary Choir 7:00 p.m. Praise Team Rehearsal
Sunday Night Fellowship July 2nd Bell, Watts, Jenkins, McElveen, Schilling, Thomas, Varnado, & Keaton
July 9th McElveen, Knight, Bankston, Sandifer, Waskom, Burris, Galloway, & Schilling
Nursery July 2nd
Wee Worship July 2nd
Brittany Fussell & Stephanie Cavanagh
Nikki Watson ***
July 9th
Lori Schilling ***
Sally Foy & Renee Sandifer
July 16th
July 9th July 16th Leslie Varnado ***
July 23rd
July 16th
Emily Phelps & Angela McVea
Kelli Brumfield ***
Cooke, Creel, Varnado, Mobley, Morgan, Sylvest, Lindsey, & Graham
July 23rd
Courtnie Lindsey ***
July 23rd Knight, Pope, Varnado, Branch, Wales, Kirby, & Rawls
July 30th Celebrate Recovery Hosting Supper
Wednesday Night Supper A Special
Thank You To all the Wednesday Night Supper Team Members for all your hard work this year!
Ann Hingle & Linda Crain
July 30th
(May 31st - August 9th)
As a reminder, Wee Worship is for children who are over the age of 36 months but have not yet begun 1st grade.
Pauline Bankston & Hazel Varnado
*** Both Services Volunteer
Sound
Deacons
10:45 a.m. Service
July 2nd Matt Westmoreland
July 9th
July 2nd Dick Parish & David Sylvest
July 9th
Brandon Lebo
Bobby Fortenberry & Charlie Corkern
July 16th
July 16th
Darren Schilling
Just a reminder: Wednesday night supper will not be served during the Summer
July 30th
July 23rd John Burris
July 30th Matt Westmoreland in our Family Life Center Cost is $3 for adults & $1 for children under the age of 12
Eric Barber & Robby Stringfield
July 23rd Jimmy Stafford & B. Burris
July 30th Billy Burris & Darren Schilling
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3:00 p.m. Finance Committee Meeting
8:30 a.m. I Tuesday Kroc Ctr. Biloxi ($10)
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6:30 p.m. Celebrate Recovery
3:00 p.m. Long Range Planning Committee Meeting
5:30 p.m. Outreach
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3:30 p.m. Hymn Sing at Heritage Manor
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