Sunday
January
Monday
New Year’s Day
1
Regular Morning Schedule
Tuesday
2
Church Office and ROC Closed for the Holiday
Vision Night
Upward Basketball Coach & Referee Training
3
Celebrate Recovery & Grief Share
No Evening Service
8
Wednesday
XYZ Covered Dish Luncheon
9
Thursday
4
Regular Activities: Fellowship Meal Prayer Meeting Midweek Bible Studies DivorceCare Mission Orgs Choir/Orchestra Student Activities
10
Missions Connections Monthly Meeting
11
Regular Activities
16 WHBC Classes
18 Regular Activities
Celebrate Recovery & Grief Share
Spring Adult Discipleship Begins
22
17 Middle School Crossing
23
WHBC Classes
ROMEO’s
Saturday
5
12
6
13
LIFE Group Fellowship Night
7
14
Upward Basketball Games
Whitesburg Heritage Bible College (WHBC) Registration
Celebrate Recovery & Grief Share
15
ROMEO’s
Friday
Kids Crossing
Middle School Crossing
Lord’s Supper in Evening Service
WHITESBURG BAPTIST CHURCH W H I T E S B U R G B A P T I S T C H U R C H
24
Ladies Bible Studies Begin Academy Open House Middle School Crossing LIFE Group Outreach
19
20
ROMEO’s
21 Upward Basketball Games
Kids Crossing Women’s Ministry FOLD “Friends Out to Lunch & Dinner”
25
ROMEO’s
26
Academy Open House
27
High School Disciple Now Weekend 2012
Kids Crossing
28
High School Disciple Now Weekend 2012 Upward Basketball Games
Celebrate Recovery & Grief Share
29
High School Disciple Now Weekend 2012
Christian Citizen Task Force Monthly Meeting
30
WHBC Classes
31
Middle School Crossing
6806 Whitesburg Drive, Huntsville, AL 35802 Emails: firstname.lastname@wbccares.org
256-881-0952 (receptionist) 256-704-5678 (automated line)
Jimmy Jackson, Senior Pastor ext. 224 Terry Herald, Executive Pastor/Education ext. 235 Greg Corbin, Associate Pastor of Pastoral Ministries ext. 279 John Crocker, Associate Pastor of Missions ext. 211 Kenny Spain, Operations ext. 261
Guy Morton, Minister to Children ext. 227 Jane Baker, Recreation Director ext. 715 Jerry Reeder, Whitesburg Academy Headmaster ext. 454 Luanne Pugh, Director of Weekday Education ext. 259 Mary Lou Herald, Food Services Director ext. 711 Matthew Sloma, Associate Minister of Music ext. 236 Melvin Capps, Business Administrator ext. 232 Steven Dunne, Minister to Students ext. 217 Sue Ansley, Mature Adult Director ext. 243 Tim Bandy, Associate Minister of Music ext. 212
Beth Cape, Director of Preschool Ministries ext. 240 Charles Malmede, Media Services Director ext. 242 Christian Parrish, First Impressions Coordinator ext. 246 David Dye, Minister to Young Adults ext. 205 Deree Tarwater, Women’s Ministry Coordinator ext. 209
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January 1-14, 2011
A Note from the Pastor What a day to start a brand new year—Sunday, the Lord’s Day—a weekly reminder of the day of the Lord’s resurrection! Sunday brings a message of hope. It starts a new week. It brings a message of merry. God has watched over us for another week and has blessed us with a new one. As we enter 2012, we might do well to consider part of the very thoughtful prayer found in Psalm 86. Verses 11-13 read like this: “Teach me Your way, O Lord, and I will live by Your truth. Give to me an undivided mind to reverence Your Name. I will praise You with all of my heart, O Lord my God, and I will honor Your Name forever. Because Your faithful love for me is great, and You deliver my life from the lowest Hell.” This prayer is self explanatory. It is a balanced mixture of petition and praise. In these uncertain times, we need to strengthen the godly habit of prayerful dependence upon our gracious Lord and Savior. Let us start this New Year in this spirit and continue in this frame of mind every day of 2012. May God bless you with a year of growth and joy in Christ.
Celebrate Recovery & Grief Share
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HEARTBEAT
Love in Jesus, Bro. Jimmy
Spring Adult Discipleship Classes Begin Sunday, January 15
VISION NIGHT & LEADERSHIP TRAINING SUNDAY, JANUARY 8 DETAILS INSIDE...
Dr. Jimmy Jackson
January 2012 Sermon Series
Make each Sunday in January a priority for this important message series.
Happy New Year January 1 - No evening service or activities January 4 - Regular Wednesday activities January 8 - Regular am & pm schedule
Start the year out right by studying God’s amazing Word throughout the week in groups of men, women or co-eds. Studies like Read the Bible for Life, Experiencing God, James by Beth Moore, Courageous, Precept, GriefShare, The Virtuous Woman, and many more. Details, registration and childcare information will be available in the January 8 & 15 bulletins.
The Whitesburg Baptist Church Newsletter is a twice a month publication with the purpose of keeping our church body informed about its ministries.
ADULT MINISTRY LIFE Group Connection Night Fellowship Dining Room/South Campus
Tuesday, January 24 will be our first outreach night for 2012. Let’s kick off the new year and follow-up with any guests that have visited your LIFE Group. Remember, prospects are members of your LIFE Group who are not yet connected... begin praying and providing ministry to everyone on your class roll. All outreach supplies, class rolls, labels, and postcards are available. Dinner begins at 5PM and childcare is provided. For more information, contact Donna Faye Brown at 256-7045678, ext. 216 or donnafaye.brown@wbccares.org.
LIFE Group Fellowship Night Friday, January 13
All the Christmas parties are over and decorations are put away...It’s time for a LIFE Group Fellowship! Friday, January 13 is LIFE Group Fellowship Night. Childcare will be provided to allow your LIFE Group an opportunity to fellowship together. Childcare is provided at the Main campus from 6:30-9:45 pm. The cost is $5 per child with a $15 family maximum. You must sign up for childcare in your LIFE Group or by calling the hotline number at 256-704-5678, ext. 352. Deadline to sign-up for childcare is Wednesday, January 11 at noon.
Mark your Calendar!
Sunday, February 5 Souper Sunday... Churchwide Fellowship luncheon and food collection for our Food Pantry.
VISION NIGHT SUNDAY, JANUARY 8, 2012 4:00 - 6:00 pm ADULTS - ROOM 221 ... Sunday, January 8 is Vision
Night and Terry Herald will be leading our Adult LIFE Group Leadership. He will share information about facility improvements and more information concerning possible worship and LIFE Group changes. We will also look ahead to “What’s Happening” in 2012 in Adult LIFE Groups! All Adult Leadership will meet in Room 221 at 4:00 pm and we will enjoy a dessert snack before joining Brother Jimmy in worship at 6:15 pm.
STUDENTS - STUDENT CENTER CHAPEL ...
Vision Night 2012 will be a great time of prayer, fellowship and encouragement. We will be talking about the vision for the entire student ministry for the upcoming church year. We believe that 2012 will see more students come to Christ and more students growing in faith than any year prior. We will also be talking about our potential minister to Middle School students. You will not want to miss Vision Night this year.
CHILDREN & PRESCHOOL - LION’S DEN ... Joe
Schmidt will conduct Vision Night training for Children & Preschool workers in the Lion’s Den. Joe will present an entertainingly informative, yet humorously challenging program dealing with certain key principles which are of tremendous importance in our daily relating to God, ourselves, other people, and circumstances in our lives. Utilizing music, humor, personal anecdotes, and the clear truth of God’s Word, Joe brings a message of hope, restoration, and encouragement to audiences both young and old(er) alike.
Whitesburg Christian Academy (K12) is hosting two “Open Houses” for prospective students for the 2012-2013 school year. The dates are Tuesday, January 24, 2012 and Thursday, January 26, 2012 from 9:00 to 11:00 am. Whitesburg Christian Academy is accredited through SACS and ACSI. If you need more information about the Academy, please contact Lynn Lewis, registrar, at 256-704-5678, ext. 458 or email lynn.lewis@wbccares.org. You may also contact Lynn Lewis if you would like to schedule a tour of the Academy.
Café Special January 2-5: Tender herb roasted pork loin with roasted potatoes and a vegetable medley for $5.50.
FOLD friends out to lunch & dinner Enjoy dinner
Café Special January 9-12: Tender herb roasted pork loin with roasted potatoes and a vegetable medley for $5.50.
moms to pray scripturally for your child/ren and their school/s every Monday during the school year 8:159:15am at the Whitesburg Baptist Center Room 617. with your girlfriends and hear a wonderful message from Karen Larrabee. Join us at Surin of Thailand on Airport Road Thursday, January 19 at 6 am. No reservations are required, and the only cost is the cost of your meal.
Ladies Bible Studies Start the year out right by studying God’s amazing Word with other ladies—studies like Experiencing God, the new James by Beth Moore offered three different times, The Virtuous Woman, and many more. Details, registration and childcare information will be available in the January 8 & 15 bulletins. WhitesburgBaptist.org/women or 256-881-0952, ext. 279
CHILDREN
SENIOR ADULTS
Project Share Day
MISSIONS CONNECTION ladies will prepare “winter necessities” gift bags for Salvation Army distribution through the Project Share program. Join them Tuesday, January 10, 11:30 am 1:30 pm in Room 600, upstairs at South Campus. Bring Your Own Lunch, drinks furnished. Need more info? Please call the Global Missions Office at 256-704-5678, ext. 211. For childcare reservations please call the reservation line at 256-704-5678, ext. 352.
After School Special January 9-12: Succulent BBQ pork sandwich with house made potato chips for $3.50.
WORSHIP CENTER FLOWERS
If you would like to place flowers in the Worship Center in 2012 in memory or in honor of a special person or occasion, contact Karen Tidwell in the Pastor’s Office at 256-704-5678, ext. 224 or go to whitesburgbaptist.org/flowers and follow the instructions.
XYZ Covered Dish Luncheon
Mark your Calendar!
Winshape C3 Camp for Kids! July 16 - 20, 2012 $184.00 for ONE awesome week! Grades 1 – 6 Completed
January 9 at 11:00 am. ***Note the new day and time. Bring a covered dish and enjoy a special program. We will also share our plans for our Senior Adults for 2012.
Student Wednesday Night Events
GLOBAL MISSIONS
ON THE MENU
Moms-in-Touch Moms and grandmothers, join other
STUDENTS
WHITESBURG ACADEMY Open Houses at the Academy January 24 & 26, 9:00 - 11:00 am
WOMEN’S MINISTRY
Don’t miss the Wednesday night mid-week services for students in the Student Center, 6:30-7:30 pm! We have RIOT for High schoolers in the Student Center Chapel. Middle schoolers can come to Amp’d in the Student Center, Room 180. Amp’d & RIOT will start back on January 11!
High School Disciple Now
Sign up for High School Disciple Now today! Forms can be found in the Student Center (Midtown) or on our website: WhitesburgBaptist.org/ hsdnow. This fun weekend is happening January 27-29! Cost is $50 through January 8, $60 January 9-22, and $75 January 23-24. Tuesday, January 24 is the last day to sign up!
Middle School Disciple Now
Save the date for Middle School Disciple Now: March 2-4! Information and registration forms are coming very soon!
WORDS OF APPRECIATION
The following people wish to express their appreciation to the Church Family for all the love, prayers and concern shown to them in recent days: • Gary and Stephanie Ely and family at the death of Gary’s father. • Phillip and Pat Fleming of Phil Campbell, AL for the gift to purchase appliances due to the loss of their home from the tornado. • Joe and Claire Byrd during Joe’s recent hospitalization. • Dorothy Walker and family at the death of her husband, Jacky Walker.
SYMPATHY
The church family expresses sympathy for: • Steve and Debbie Pierce and family at the death of Steve’s mother, Sue Pierce. • Chris and Hannah Crutchfield at the death of Hannah’s grandfather.