IN THIS ISSUE
Page 2 A Word from Our Pastor
Page 3
Worship Ministry
Page 4 Student Ministry
Senior Adult Ministry
Page 5 Children’s Ministry Counselor’s Corner
Page 6New Members
Thank YouWMU News
Cheergivers Ministry
Page 7 April Schedule
Weekend On-call Rotation
Page 8 General Information
“Making Disciples for Global Impact”
A Monthly Publication of the First Baptist Church of Pelham
February 2018
Pelham Vision2018
2 A Word from Our Pastor
Dear FBCP Family, Easter is the apex of the Christian calendar. Everything about our faith rises and falls upon the reality of the resurrection. As we turn the calendar to April, we have the awesome privilege of once again proclaiming “Christ is Risen…He is Risen In-deed!” Let us remember the sacred account, “Then the disciples went back to their homes, but Mary stood outside the tomb cry-ing. As she wept, she bent over to look into the tomb and saw two angels in white, seated where Jesus’ body had been, one at the head and the other at the foot. They asked her, “Woman, why are you crying?” “They have taken my Lord away,” she said, “and I don’t know where they have put him.” At this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing there, but she did not realize that it was Jesus. “Woman,” he said, “why are you crying? Who is it you are looking for?” Think-ing he was the gardener, she said, “Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have put him, and I will get him.” Jesus said to her, “Mary.” She turned toward him and cried out in Aramaic, “Rabboni!” (which means Teacher). Jesus said, “Do not hold on to me, for I have not yet returned to the Father. Go instead to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am returning to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.’” Mary Magdalene went to the disciples with the news: “I have seen the LORD!” And she told them that he had said these things to her.” We are invited to “Come and See” and then “Go and Tell.” Because the tomb is empty and Jesus is alive, we must go tell the good news! Let us go across the street and around the world. Tell your friends, family, and complete strangers that Jesus died on the cross for sin, was placed in a borrowed tomb, and on the third day he got up! This news is so great we cannot keep it to ourselves! Let us go and tell anyone who will listen, “I have seen the LORD!” May God bless you this Easter season! I love you and I am looking forward to seeing you soon. Your Pastor and Friend,Daven
King of kings During Jesus’ earthly life, colored cloth was very expensive. Only royalty and wealthy people could afford it. When Jesus was arrested and sentenced to die, the soldiers set about humiliating him (see Mark 15:16-20, NRSV). They found a purple cloak — the color of royalty — and put it on him. Then they placed a crown of thorns on Jesus’ head. “Hail, King of the Jews!” They mockingly cried. The soldiers hit Jesus with a reed and spat on him. They taunted him and knelt down before him, pretending to honor him. Despite what he endured, our Lord did end up a King — King of kings and Lord of lords. —copied
3 Worship Ministry
I hope you were blessed by all that happened during the month of March in our Worship experi-ences!! Thank you for being such great hosts, as we welcomed many guests to First Baptist Church Pelham! The Alabama Children’s Honor Choir brought hundreds of visitors on March 4. I am espe-cially proud of Catalina Barnett, Witt Bell, Faith Berry, Nathan Gantt, Alexis King, Addison Morris, Madelyn Rasco, and Connor Wright, for representing our church so well in the Honor Choir. I also want to say a huge “THANK YOU,” to Mary Shaw, Jessica Wright, Matt Wright, Crystal Rasco, & Joanie Raney for either rehearsing the kids or serving as an Honor Choir chaperone!! You all did an outstanding job!
We ended the month with two outstanding worship experiences. It was so good to see my dear friend Jonathan Rodgers back at FBCP, as the Ladies of Lee ministered to our congregation on March 18. I know many of you enjoyed catching up with Jonathan and rejoice in how the Lord is using him at Lee University and in the local church. Finally, on March 21, The Sounds of Liberty were just phenom-enal. What a blessing to be led by such talented and anointed students. Thank you again for making many adjustments in your own schedule to welcome these groups to our church!
We now turn our attention to April!! The Wor-ship Ministry will be hosting a church-wide Night of Worship on April 29, at 5:00 p.m., as our final evening service together before the summer break. The Adult Choir & Children’s Choirs will be leading alongside special musi-cal guest Overflow. Overflow is made up of husband/wife team, Cliff and April Duren, along with vocalist, Heather Richardson. Cliff is currently the Worship Pastor at Station Hill
Church in Nashville and is a prolific choral writer and arranger. We sing many of Cliff’s arrangements here at FBCP! Cathy & I consider these three vocalists our good friends in the ministry and I’m excited to welcome them to FBCP! Mark your calendars now and plan to join us for this Worship experience!!!
Cathy and I love serving with you and as always, we look forward to seeing you in worship!
Blessings,Brett
44 Student Ministry
Senior Adult Ministry
Orleans. The ministry opportu-nities in that city are still in the hundreds. We can only do a few projects each year on our annual trip to the city. Over the years we have been able to see marvelous results from the things we have shared in so many places with a large number of people. It is exciting to see the spiritual light come on in the eyes of those whom we touch. We thank God for the opportunities that He has given to us. Now about April: Our
Dear Senior Adults, Our Senior Adult Choir is coming along. We are singing some great songs that we will sing at Senior Adult Living Cen-ters and Nursing Homes. Come and join us at 10 AM on Wednes-days in the choir room. We are growing and are sounding better each week, but your voice will make us sound even better. Come join us! By the time you read this, the Senior Adults will be heading for our 15th Mission Trip to New
monthly meeting will be April 10th. Come, bring your favorite dish and fellowship with our brothers and sisters. It is always a great time together around the table. We are having 70 to 80 or more attend our luncheons. It is a wonderful opportu-nity to see our seniors enjoying such sweet fellowship together. Now the weather is break-ing and we will resume our day trips soon. Thank you for your patience. We love you dearly, Brother Paul and Barbara
Hey Students! Scholarship Time!The Oates Scholarship applications may be picked up from the Pastor’s Assistant any time during the month of April and must be returned to the
Pastor’s Assistant no later than May 4th in order to be considered.
5Children’s Ministry Spring has sprung and at FBCP Kids that means summer is just around the corner. Before we get to sum-mer, we have several key activities taking place, starting with our 4th-6th grade Bible Drillers participating in 3 different drills in the month of April. Also, on Friday April 20th, FBCP Kids will be hosting a “Family Fun Night.” Keep your eye out for further details. With summer just around the corner, we are getting ready! VBS planning and recruiting is underway. We still have a couple of spots for volunteers, so let Carole know today if you want to help on June 11th-14th from 9:00-noon. Our Preschool and 1st-5th grade summer Wednesday night program “What About Wednesday” will start on May 16th, with lots of fun activities planned for both age groups. Look for Summer Forms, out on April 8th, and come join the fun!
to convey our feelings. Body language is a form of physical behavior that is used to express feelings or emotions. I believe that we are in a continuous state of trying to be better at who we are and what we do. In making changes we might decide to be less critical or negative toward someone or something. In our attempt at being less negative or criti-cal we may decide not to make comments about something that in the past has been an issue for us. While taming the tongue is a first step in the process, it isn’t the only step. If our physical behavior doesn’t change as well, then the message is still the same. For example, you might say you are not angry but if you withdraw and don’t speak, the message is sent out
There are many styles of communication. All of which come together to deliver and receive messages from others. We can observe the world around us and see that all living things communicate. We see forms of communica-tion in plants, animals and humans. Plant behavior lets us know when the plant is cold, hot, dry or thirsty and even signal the beginning of warmer weather or colder weather. Our pets communicate their needs as well, such as happiness, feeling ill, hunger and so forth. Humans have a higher form of communication in that they use spoken words to relay and understand one another in con-versation. While words say a lot, body language works hand in hand with the spoken word
Communication
The Counselor’s Corner
whether you speak it or not. We see in the scripture that body language can expose a person’s intentions. Proverbs 16:30 & 32 speaks to that by pointing out that one who winks his eye is plotting perversity. We also see in this same scripture that patience is better because one who has self control is better than one who takes a city. Colossians chapter three discusses many aspects of body language we are to put away. So if you close your mouth to nega-tive communication, you must also contain your body language. Whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus; Colossians 3:17a. Linda Story
6 Welcome, New Members
Rick Weigant(For Baptism)
WMU will be meeting April 9 in the Quad Room at 10 AM. Our focus will be the Alabama Children’s Homes and
our speaker will be Mary Minor, a recent retiree from Alabama Children’s Home Social Services. See you on April 9, ladies! Margaret Richardson 988-4466
WMU News
Cheergivers Our greatest Christian holiday was being celebrat-ed. The “resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ who died for our sins”. The cheergivers delivered Easter baskets to all our home bounds, assisted living and nursing home residents. Thank you, God, for your greatest gift. Bless our precious home bound ones. Our birthday this month is: Ann Franks (April 25) Room 622 300 Royal Tower Dr. Homewood, AL 35203 If you or a loved one is in need of our ministry or you would like to be a Cheergiver, please call me. Jeanette Owens 664-9700, 276-1525
Peyton Wilkins(For Baptism)
Hannah Grace Smith(For Baptism)
Olivia Tanksley(For Baptism)
Abby Grace Lolley(For Baptism)
Graycee Quick(For Baptism)
Mckenzie White(For Baptism)
Patrick Davis(For Baptism)
Austin Davis(For Baptism)
John and Ashley Beasley(By Letter)
Bianca Bingham(For Baptism)
Thank youChurch Friends, Thank you all for praying for our family. We love you all and may God bless each of you. Love in Christ, Don & Mildred JohnsonDear Church Members, On behalf of the Lee family, we extend our heartfelt thanks to the members of the church and staff for your prayers, phone calls, cards, and wonderful love offered so freely and often to our family due to the death of my wife, Annette. We could not have made it through this crisis without our faith in GOD’s ability to show us HIS LOVE, GRACE and COMPASSION during the entire week leading up to Annette’s “Celebration of Life” service. Thanks to all of your and GOD bless! Yours in CHRIST, Wallace Lee
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7April Schedule
SUNDAY SCHEDULE 7:00 AM Prayer Time8, 9:15, 10:45 AM Sunday School & Morning Worship9:15 AM KIDS Church (Elementary)10:45 AM Wigglin Worship (3K-5K)5:00 PM FW Friends, Bible Drills, Adult FOCUS Groups Visitation (SG 24) Students Discipleship Training (A)6:00 PM The Gathering with Pastor Daven
April Pastoral Staff Weekend On-call RotationApril 7-8 - Paul Moore - 663-0155, 913-5129 April 14-15 - Brett Fuller - 972-809-6163April 21-22 - Don Dixon - 504-0558 April 28-29 - Donnie Sisk - 620-1157, 567-7475
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
6:30 PMAmerican Heritage
Girls Meeting(2nd Floor)
WEDNESDAY SCHEDULE 4:45 PM Wednesday Church Family Dinners5:30 PM Children’s Choir6:00 PM Wednesday Night Bible Study6:30 PM Celebration Choir Adult FOCUS Groups Wednesday Night Worship RIOT Student Ministries Crew for School Age Preschool Choir
9:30 AMWednesday
Morning Ladies’ Bible Study (Q)
Q = Quad RoomA = Annex
10 AMWMU (Women’s
Missionary Union)(Q)
6 PMFinance Committee
7 PMDeacons Meeting
1 PM Crafty Chicks (Q)
1 PM Crafty Chicks (Q)
9:30 AMWednesday
Morning Ladies’ Bible Study (Q)
9:30 AMWednesday
Morning Ladies’ Bible Study (Q)
9:30 AMWednesday
Morning Ladies’ Bible Study (Q)
1 PM Crafty Chicks (Q)
10 AMSenior Adult Choir
10 AMSenior Adult Choir
10 AMSenior Adult Choir
1 PM Crafty Chicks (Q)
11 AMEncouraging Women
10 AMSenior Adult Choir
11 AMSenior AdultLuncheon
(A)
6:30 PMAmerican Heritage
Girls Meeting(2nd Floor)
1 PM Crafty Chicks (Q)
5:45 Church Business
Meeting (A)
9 AM-12 PMMoms connect Clothing Swap
(Q)
Youth UniteWorship
2 PMChurch Bible Drills
12:30Discovery Class
(A)
12:30Widows Tea
(Gathering Area)
Last Night forFOCUS Groups
5 PMNight ofWorship
6:30 PMFamily Fun Night!
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CHURCH STAFFDr. Daven Watkins, Senior PastorRev. Don Dixon, Administrative PastorRev. Brett Fuller, Worship PastorDr. Paul Moore, Assoc. Pastor: Ministry/Senior AdultsRev. Donnie Sisk, Assoc. Pastor:Activities/OutreachRev. Jonathan Williams, Preschool/Children’s DirectorRev. Matt Wright, Student Pastor
GENERAL INFORMATIONOffice Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00-5:00Church Office Phone: 664-0237Children’s Offices: 216-0028HOPE Center: 663-2779Kindergarten/Mom’s Day Out: 663-7455Sunday School Annex: 620-5228 (All phones are area code 205)Website - www.fbcpelham.org
2867 Pelham ParkwayPelham, Alabama 35124-1728
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Wednesday Night Meals Church Family Meal at 5 p.m.
Please check the First Baptist Church of Pelham web site and/or your Sunday bulletin for current menus.
Prices: Adults - - - - - - - - - - - - $ 5.00 Children (12 and under) - $ 3.50
Reservations: Before noon on Monday (no exceptions, please) Standing reservations payable in advance monthly
Serving time: 5:00-5:45 PM
This is a volunteer, self-supporting ministry (non-profit) from our church cook team. (Complimentary dinner for 1st time visitors by reservation.)
“I would rather be what God chose to make me than the most glorious creature that I could think of; for to have been thought about, born in God’s thought, and then made by God, is the dearest, grandest and most precious thing in all thinking.” George MacDonald
