VOLUME MMXVII, ISSUE III INSIDE THIS ISSUE MARCH 2017 Church Staff Contact Information 8 Church Yard Spring Clean Up 8 Coupons 6 End of Year Statements 6 Family Movie Night 1 FBC Calendar—March 7 FLC/Conference Room Usage 6 FBC Music & Arts Academy 8 Gifts — February 7 GriefShare Support 6 Habitat for Humanity 3 Library Committee 6 Looking Ahead 6 Missionary Spotlight 2 N.C. Baptist Singers Concert 4 Scholarship Opportunities 3 Sanctuary Flowers 6 Senior Adult Ministries 4 Senior Adult Sunday 4 Senior S-T-R-E-T-C-H 4 Vacation Bible School 5 Volunteer Schedule 7 Website Information 8 Wednesday Night Meal Menu 7 Worship Team 6 OUR VISION: We live to be disciples of Christ who exalt God, prepare people, and share Christ. Time to Spring Forward Sunday, March 12 th All parents and grandparents are invited to come with their children or grandchildren for a fun Family Movie night. We will make cars and race them down our own race track before we watch the Disney movie Cars. Join our pit crew for snacks and fun family time together. For further information or if you would like to help, contact Miss Ginger at : [email protected] or 726-4142. Family Movie Night Friday, March 3—7pm Ladies and Gentlemen Girls and Boys THIS MONTH at FBC 03 Family Movie Night 12 Deacon’s Meeting 17 Youth Lock-In 20 Church Council Meeting 26 Senior Adult Sunday & Luncheon 28 JOY Club Meeting and Lunch
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VOLUME MMXVII, ISSUE III
INSIDE THIS ISSUE
MARCH 2017
Church Staff Contact Information 8
Church Yard Spring Clean Up 8
Coupons 6
End of Year Statements 6
Family Movie Night 1
FBC Calendar—March 7
FLC/Conference Room Usage 6
FBC Music & Arts Academy 8
Gifts — February 7
GriefShare Support 6
Habitat for Humanity 3
Library Committee 6
Looking Ahead 6
Missionary Spotlight 2
N.C. Baptist Singers Concert 4
Scholarship Opportunities 3
Sanctuary Flowers 6
Senior Adult Ministries 4
Senior Adult Sunday 4
Senior S-T-R-E-T-C-H 4
Vacation Bible School 5
Volunteer Schedule 7
Website Information 8
Wednesday Night Meal Menu 7
Worship Team 6
OUR VISION: We live to be disciples of Christ who exalt God, prepare people, and share Christ.
Time to Spring Forward Sunday, March 12th
All parents and grandparents are invited to come with their children
or grandchildren for a fun Family Movie night.
We will make cars and race them down our own race track before
we watch the Disney movie Cars. Join our pit crew for snacks and
fun family time together.
For further information or if you would like to help,
MISSIONARY: JENNY JENKINS , COMMISSIONED: 2010 LOCATION: HAITI
“God has blessed me to live and work among an amazing group of people in Grand Goave, Haiti. The Haitian people are strong and resilient. They have survived through many catastrophes and disasters—political, natural and man-made. Our prayers center on these people and their faces.”
Jenkins uses her medical experience to serve the people of Haiti, working to improve the continuity of health care.
“Since the earthquake my focus has become clearer,” Jenkins said. “There is a great need for follow up care with infections, wound care, physical therapy and the rebuilding of lives. It's an opportunity to be Christ to a people who
are desperately seeking a safe refuge. In the past, health care was always disjointed at best, and now that the major crisis has passed it becomes the slow painful process of rebuilding. We as Christians have an opening to be Christ to these people as never before.”
MISSIONARIES: ANGEL & JASON PITTMAN, COMMISSIONED: 2002 LOCATION: MIAMI, FL Angel and Jason Pittman serve as directors of Touching Miami with Love (TML), a ministry of the Fellowship and CBF of Florida, located in the Overtown neighborhood of Miami, one the poorest communities in the state. TML follows Jesus’ example of ministry to the poor, reaching out to children, youth, families, and people who are homeless by providing a variety of services – summer camps, after school programs, a Christmas store, tax services and assistance finding jobs, housing and social services. “The folks that we work with and have the privilege of be-ing in relationship with are the inner city poor,” said Jason. “They are folks that have been forgotten, have been looked over and have struggled for many years.
MISSIONARIES: BLAKE AND LAURA BETH COMER LOCATION: GREENPOINT, BROOKLY, NEW YORK
Blake and Laura Beth Comer moved to Brooklyn from South Carolina in December of 2015. Blake is part Tar Heel, though, because he lived in North Carolina during some of his growing up years.
During the first few months of 2016, they found an apartment in which to live and got their two young children enrolled in school. It was a big adjustment: From South Carolina to New York!
By the end of 2016, the Comers were beginning to invite people into their homes for brunch or cookouts, so they can get to know neighbors, share faith and get Bible studies started. Our church is helping Blake and Laura Beth serve in Brooklyn through our Cooperative Program giving.
More than 40,000 people live in Greenpoint, but there are only a few evangelical churches. Strong Bible-teaching churches are greatly needed. Many people in Greenpoint are of Polish background; there are many stores and restaurants where Polish is spoken. Blake and Laura Beth have found a great little donut shop they stop by once a week to meet people, again to share their faith.
Today, let’s pray the Lord will bless their ministry and help them get a strong and growing new church planted very soon!
MISSIONARIES: PHIL AND DONYA KESLER LOCATION: BRAZIL
Phil teaches many churches about the Bible and about how to share their faith. When Phil and Donya Kesler started language school in Campinas, Brazil, in the late 1990s, neither knew a word of Portuguese.
Today, Phil Kesler takes Brazilian believers with him when he shares the Gospel, in a strategy called Churches Multiplying Churches (Igrejas Multiplicando Igrejas). They learn from him and gradually take the lead. Meanwhile, Phil mentors other leaders, resulting in a continual multiplication of the number of people spreading the Gospel and training others to do the same.
That is what happened when Kesler's four children – Bethany, Anna, Carlos and Aline – started accompanying Phil and his wife Donya on church-planting endeavors. They learned from them, joined in the efforts, then gradually took a
lead in accompanying and encouraging others to share the Gospel.
Phil's travel throughout the country as an ethnic ministries coordinator in conjunction with the Brazilian Home Mission Board often takes him away from home, which can be hard on the family. But Donya says the family knows they are doing exactly what they've been called to do.
"I know that ... no matter how tough it has gotten at times, I have never wanted to be anywhere else but where God put me," Donya says.
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Habitat Lunches 2017 Ministry Needs Your Help
Lunches for Habitat for Humanity Workers—Several Months still available
FBC has committed to providing the Habitat for Humanity workers with lunch on the fourth Tuesday of each month. The Mission Council is asking Sunday school classes to take one month and prepare these lunches on that Tuesday.
The Mission Council members make these lunches when no one else volunteers. The lunch typically consists of 25-30 meat sandwiches, bags of chips, cookies (homemade or store bought), fruit, 2-3 gallons of tea and paper products (plates, cups, and napkins).
If your class is unable to prepare a lunch, then a monetary donation is greatly appreciated. Cost for the lunch can run between $60-65. (For those of you that have already made a donation, thank you.)
Lunches are delivered to the Habitat store on Hwy 70 near the Flea Market around 10:30am on the fourth Tuesday of each month. If your class is able to prepare the lunch but can’t deliver it, then the Mission Council has someone who will deliver it.
For further information, or if you can help prepare or deliver the meal, please contact Lois Parker at 726-5678.
JOHN TILLERY SCHOLARSHIP The John Tillery Scholarship is open to anyone in need who wishes to go to college, including but not limited to high school seniors.
Consideration will be made in the following order: A member of the John Tillery family. Applicants from members of either First Baptist Church or St. Luke’s
Missionary Baptist Church. Any applicant currently enrolled in high school who has applied for or has been accepted for admission to an accredited college. Any applicant currently not enrolled in high school, but one who is either currently enrolled in an accredited college or one who has applied
for and been accepted for admission to an accredited college.
To apply pick up an application form from the church office. Applications need to be turned in to the office by April 15. If you have questions, please call Nancy Munden at 726-7906.
PRIVETTE SCHOLARSHIP Students seeking to study for the ministry are able to receive financial help through this scholarship established in memory of Rev. H. A. Privette. If you are a member of an Associational church and are studying for a career in missions or ministry, please write a brief written essay on your sense of call as well as your thoughts on Cooperative Missions. Please include your contact information and the name of the institution to which applying. Contact Rachel in the Atlantic Baptist Association office for further information (252-447-4593).
DEBRA STULL MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND The Stull Memorial Scholarship & Enrichment Fund is available to any FBC member for music training, lessons, camps, including its use for non-academic training & conferences, which will benefit the music ministry of the church. It is the desire of the music committee to assist those who seek to grow musically.
For information on how you can participate, either by applying for assistance or in growing the fund, please contact Diane Hawkins, Director of Music Ministries at 726-4142 or [email protected].
DUKE & EMILY JENNINGS CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND As a perpetual memorial to his wife, Duke Jennings of Aurora has established an endowment in honor of her and their sixty-one years of marriage. Emily Jennings served her fellow human beings as a nurse, wife, mother of three, and in her church and community. This fund is intended for two types of scholarships: For nursing students pursuing careers as either a registered or licensed practical nurse who are members of churches within the ABA. For persons training for mission ministries, either in the local community, North America Missions or International Missions. This training
can be “hands-on” such as Disaster Recovery work or certification.
To apply, send in a short essay with name, address, church affiliation, organization to which applying and sense of call, whether it be to nursing or missions, to Atlantic Baptist Association, PO Box 365, Havelock, NC 28532.
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NC BAPTIST SINGERS IN CONCERT—MARCH 13, MEMORIAL BAPTIST, GREENVILLE The bus will leave the FBC parking lot at 2:45pm. We will eat dinner at the K & W Cafeteria in Greenville, Dutch treat.
The concert begins at 6:45pm, and there is no admission fee. Sign up on the Communication Card or on the bulletin board
beside Deborah’s office to reserve your seat on the bus.
JOY CLUB MEETING AND LUNCHEON—TUESDAY, MARCH 28
JOY-MAKERS CHOIR—EACH THURSDAY Our JOY-Makers Choir meets each Thursday at 10:30am for rehearsal. If you enjoy singing, we encourage you
to come and be a part of this group as we sing and worship together each week and minister in our community.
SPRINGTIME JUBILEE—SENIOR ADULT CONFERENCE, MYRTLE BEACH, MAY 1-3 Gospel singing, preaching by Johnny Hunt and Herb Reavis, and laughter with Chonda Pierce. There will also
be an afternoon free for shopping or resting. Good food, good fellowship, spiritual encouragement, worship, and lots
of laughter. Come go with us! Sign up today on the sheet on the bulletin board beside Deborah’s office. Cost
will be around $210, and a $50 deposit is required to hold your space.
SENIOR S-T-R-E-T-C-H—TUESDAY MORNINGS AT 9:30AM You are cordially invited to join our Senior Stretch Class. Beginning at 9:30am we have devotion with prayer
requests and then begin our gentle stretch, muscle memory activities and cardio work. You may stay after the
class to walk in a comfortable environment with friends. Come, join us and get fit while making great friends!
JOY-Maker’s Choir Testimonies Luncheon following 11am service in FLC
If you would like to give your testimony, please contact Deborah Lockey.
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There are few, if any, experiences as exciting as the day your child first enters this world or the day that you get the call that the child you have been waiting to adopt is finally available. There is no gift that can ever match that tremendous gift from God! We hold our new baby in our arms and a thousand thoughts begin rushing through our minds. What will he/she want to be when he/she becomes an adult? What will he/she look like? What will his/her talents be? Who does the baby look like? Won’t we have a good time playing together as the years go by? Where will the child want to go to school? The list goes on and on. We begin thinking of all of the things that we want to give to our child throughout his/her life. Will we be able to afford all that we want to give to him/her? However, the most important thing that we can give to our children is the gift of FAITH. We must teach them about God through teaching and by example. Our children will learn very quickly if God is important in our own lives by observing our actions. The saying that “actions speak louder than words” is very true! Do they see us reading our Bible? Do we pray with them? There is not one of us that will not face difficult times in our lives. It may be today, it may be next week, or it may be years from now. But, we will face difficult times! Knowing that God is with us and carrying us through the valleys of our lives is such a comfort. We are never by ourselves. Don’t we want our children to know the comfort and peace that we have when we know that God is there with us? We must equip our children with the necessary tools to survive in the world. The most important tool for them to have is faith in our Lord and Jesus Christ. We can lose material items but our faith can never be taken from us. Isn’t that a wonderful gift to give to our children? Vacation Bible School is one way we can teach our children about God. One week in VBS is the same as attending Sunday School for four months without ever missing a Sunday! Our children are the future of the world. The type of adults they will become will depend upon what they are taught as children – both through direct teaching and by example. We, as Christians, have a responsibility to teach children everywhere about the love of Jesus and to give them hope. Vacation Bible School is one way to do this. Our theme this year is “Galactic Starveyors: Discovering the God of the Universe”. As Galactic Starveyors, children will search the skies and God’s word to uncover God’s truth etched in His handiwork. They will discover that the God who created everything
that there is wants a relationship with them! From the very beginning, God had a plan to restore the relationship He knew we would break. God sent His son, Jesus, to be our Savior and His Holy Spirit to be our Helper. From the very beginning to the furthest reaches of space (and beyond), NOTHING is outside of God’s control or beyond His grasp. God loves us and will never leave us! During the week, we will learn how:
1) the Relationship began 2) the Relationship was broken 3) the Restoration was Promised 4) the Relationship was restored 5) the Relationship continues.
Our mission outreach this year is Family Promise. Each VBS Department will visit the mission, learn about what the mission does, and deliver much needed items that have been brought from home. All of our offering collected during VBS will be given to Family Promise. The children will learn that they can be missionaries right here in Carteret County. Our VBS IS making a difference in our community!
It is NOT too late to volunteer! No experience is necessary! Please pray for God’s guidance as to how He would use
YOU in VBS!
“I, the Lord of sea and sky, I have heard My people cry. All who dwell in deepest sin My hand will save.
I, who made the stars of night, I will make their darkness bright. Who will bear my light to them, Whom shall I send?
Here I am, Lord. Is it I, Lord? I have heard You calling in the night.
I will go, Lord, if You lead me. I will hold your people in my heart!”
(Daniel L. Schutte; based on Isaiah 6:8) Please keep our VBS in your prayers! We have many workers preparing Bible stories, crafts, music, and snacks to get ready for this most important week! Make it a priority in your summer schedule to have your child in
VBS! It will be one of the greatest gifts you can give to your child!
Make it a priority in your summer schedule to HELP in VBS! It will be one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself!
Love, Diane Poag
Mark your calendars NOW—Sunday March 5, 2017 @ 3:00pm
June 19-23, 2017 9:00am — 12:00 noon
Rising 4 year olds - Rising 6th graders Nursery provided for workers’ children: Birth – 3 yrs.
Classroom Directors, Teachers, and Workers Organizational Meeting to pick up materials, complete schedules, and discuss VBS
Sanctuary Flowers If you would like to put flowers in the Sanctuary on a specific Sunday morning in memory or in honor of someone or for a special occasion such as an anniversary or birthday, please call Vonne in the church office to make arrangements.
Available 2017 dates are: Mar. 19 June 25 July 16 Oct. 8 & 15
Library Committee News The Library Committee has requested that anyone who has donated
books or other items to the FBC Library and would like to reclaim them, to please do so by Wednesday, March 15. After that date, all remaining books and items will either be relocated or donated during the Library
renovation process. The Library is open Monday-Friday from 8:00am-5:00pm as well as on Sundays from 8:30am-12 noon and
on Wednesday nights from 5:15pm-7:30pm. Books have been separated and are located on shelves marked Children, Teens, and
Adults accordingly. If you have questions or need further information, please contact Ann Stanley at 726-1420.
WORSHIP TEAM NEEDS We would love to have some of our
younger folks join us, but welcome
all ages! If you play guitar, bass
guitar, keyboard or drums and
would be willing to help out with
our worship team on a regular or
fill-in basis, please contact
Deborah Lockey at 725-7510.
CONFERENCE ROOM, PARLOR, OR FAMILY LIFE
CENTER USAGE Please contact Vonne in the Church office before planning
a meeting in either the Conference Room, Parlor,
or FLC. A number of meetings are taking place
and these areas may already be reserved.
GRIEFSHARE
SUPPORT GROUP FBC offers a support group on
Saturday mornings at 10:30am for those who are dealing with the
painful process of grief and do not want to walk that journey alone. GriefShare is open to anyone in our community to attend.
For information please call the church office.
Looking Ahead April 2017
09 Sanctuary Choir Concert Diaconate Meeting 16 Easter Sunday 24 Church Council Meeting 25 JOY Club Meeting & Lunch
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FBC MARCH 2017 CALENDAR
M ONTHLY SCHEDULE & S PECIAL E VENTS
Fri 03 7:00pm Family Movie Night Sun 05 3:00pm VBS Organizational Meeting Sun 12 6:00pm Deacon’s Meeting (Conf. Room) Fri 17 5:30pm Youth Lock-In Mon 20 7:00pm Church Council Meeting Sun 26 Senior Adult Sunday
Sunday
8:30am Traditional Worship Service 9:45am Bible Study for All Ages 11:00am Blended Worship Service 5:15pm Youth—F6
Wednesday 10:00am Prayer Shawl Ministry 3:30pm Youth L.I.F.T. (Panera’s) 4:15pm Children/Youth Handbell 5:30pm Family Meal 6:00pm Children’s Choirs 6:00pm Youth—Worship Band 6:30pm Discipleship University 6:45pm Children’s Mission Studies 6:45pm Youth—Dare To Share 7:30pm Handbell Choir
10:30am JOY-Makers Choir 6:00pm Worship Team 7:00pm Sanctuary Choir
February 2017 Memorials/Honorariums (2-23)
Wednesday Family Meals—March
Call the church office or sign up online at fbcmhc.org/Wednesday_meal by Tuesday at Noon to make your reservation each week.
Cost: Adults & Youth—$5, Children Age 4-11—$3, Children 3 & Under—Free
Adults & Youth Age 12 & Up _ Children Age 11 & Under 01 — Chicken Casserole Same 08 — Vegetable Beef Soup/Grilled Cheese Same 15 — Spaghetti w/Salad Bar Same 22 — Fried Chicken Same 29 — TBA
(All meals with Sides, Bread, & Dessert—Coffee, Tea, or Water)
Saturday 10:30am GriefShare
FRONT DOOR GREETERS 8:10 – 8:30 am 10:40 – 11:00 am 05 Ken Bobbit & Pege Jennings Roger Latham 12 Michael & Frances Gooden Gina Sanderson 19 Bruce & Yvonne Howard Demus & Carolyn Thompson 26 Cliff & Marty Ransdell Scott & Julie Foley
SUNDAY SCHOOL GREETERS Pre-School Suite Sanctuary Stairs 05 Susan Vallance Mack Baker 12 Diane Herring Andy Herring 19 Charlotte Brothers Lewis Brothers 26 Amy Nelson Bev Kannan
CHILDREN’S CHURCH POST GREETERS 05 BJ Williams & Sheila Gateley 9:30am Mary Laughton 12 Maria Garner 12 Noon BJ Williams 19 Sandra Phillips 26 Sarah Lewis
WORSHIP CARE 05 Melodie Daniels, Suellen Leonard, Christi Wood, Joe & Connie Carraway 12 Judy White, Debbie Butler, Martza Majstoravich, Corey & Sarah Lewis 19 Scott Foley, Chris & Vicki Bouler, Dean & Melisa Urquhart 26 Maria Garner, Marty Ransdell, Alex Munden, Christy Propst, Carolyn Thompson
PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING 8:30AM 11:00AM 05 Susie Smith Rob Williams 12 Phyliss Adcock Shannon Henry 19 Anne Murdoch Nancy Piner 26 Milton Laughton Preston Garner
SAFETY TEAM 05 Dean Urquhart & Phil Haning 12 Dan Williams & Jeff Howell 19 Ron & Linda Johnston 26 Carroll Rice & Chris Royal
SAFETY TEAM 01 Wood Parker & Neil Chamblee 08 Ray Ballentine & Charles Dixon 15 Wood Parker & Neil Chamblee 22 Ray Ballentine & Charles Dixon 29 Wood Parker & Neil Chamblee
To the General Budget in honor of Michael & Frances Gooden By Leon & Barbara Novicki
To the Children’s Ministry in memory of Beverly Salter By Judith Warren, Patt Vestal
This letter is to thank everyone that took time to call and offer condolence, prayer, and help offered anywhere it was needed. It is nice to know my Church home is truly a part of my family's life. Not only was it nice to get a call from both Nate and Darrell as well as other people in
our church, but even Miss Deb contacted our kids to see how they are doing. Diane and several people from our Choir and our Sunday class sent uplifting messages, cards and a nice call to say we are with you through this.
Thanks to all the love shown in a difficult time, Minor, Heidi, Grace, and Luke Smith
