CHURCH MILAN

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First Baptist

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Loving... Sharing... Serving... Loving... Sharing... Serving...

CHURCH MILAN

Magnify Mature Multiply

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First Baptist

Ho l yWe e kMARCH

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Ho l yWe e kH o l yWe e kMarch 21-25

at Northside Baptist Church12:05-12:35p.m. daily (with lunch following)

Youth-led serviceSunday, March 6

10:15 a.m.

6-week study by David Jeremiah:

What Are You Afraid Of?beginning

SUNDAY, MARCH 13 @ 5:15 p.m.

6-week study 6-week study

*EASTER SUNRISE SERVICESunday, March 27 @ 7:00 a.m.

at Milan Cumberland Presbyterian Church

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YOUTH SUNDAY! Sunday morning, March 6, will be Youth Sunday. Our youth will be lead-ing out in the morning worship service. I am so excited for this day and I hope that you will make every effort to be here to be led in worship by our Student Worship band and support all the youth who will be helping out during the service. This service will be a fund raiser to help raise money for our annual Summer Camp! We will take up a special love of-fering following the service, so please bring your cash and checks to help out our student ministry!

SUMMER JAM: Students and par-ents, registration is underway and you can sign up at the front desk in the Grand Hall. Camp dates: June 510. Deposit due at registration: $75. Total cost: $275.

Its hard to believe that we are already in the month of Easter. Easter is a declaration for Chris-tianity! It is because of Easter that sets us apart from all other world religions. You see, when Jesus came out of that tomb, He proved that He was who He said that He was. He was not a liar or a lunatic, but He was LORD!

Happy Easter!

Brandon, Amanda, Noah, Gra-ham, and Quinn

TO MILAN with LOVE: Our To Milan with Love outreach event was a huge success. Thank you so much for all of your help. We were able to deliver 28 trays of delicious treats to those who serve our community.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL: We are making plans for an exciting week of VBS. VBS will be June 6-10 from 9:00a.m. to 12 noon each day. Please take a minute and stop by the display in the FLC and write down where you would prefer to serve in VBS, or call the church office and let me know. I need to know who will be available.

NYC FAMILY MISSION TEAM: Please be in prayer for our NYC Mission Team that will be serving March 24-31 with Connection Church in Astoria, Queens, New York. Team members are Michael, Niki, Sager & Sadie Glyn Allen; Jeni & Jaclyn Moore; Dana & Sarah Rainey; Todd, Kellye & Tatum Sheppard; Carrie Crossett & Rhonda Gateley.

BIBLE DRILL: Church Drill - Sunday, March 20 at 1:30 p.m.Associational Drill - Monday, April 11, at 6:30 p.m. at Whitehall Baptist ChurchState Drill - Saturday, April 23, at 10:00 a.m. at FBC Milan

IMPORTANT SUMMER DATES: June 6-10: Vacation Bible SchoolJune 20-23: 4th-6th Grade at Kidz Kamp at Shocco SpringsJuly 19-21: 1st-3rd Grade Jr. Kidz Kamp at Tishomingo

Thank you, Jesus, for your greatest love. We love you because you first loved us. You are the light and love of the whole world! Many experiences of love and encouragement were shared last month at our meetings. These gifts go on and on and on as we share with others. We go in obedience as You speak to us. We heard a great testimony from a local volunteer in Faith Works Mission to Honduras. Bro. Jeff Keel from Atwood guided our thoughts and prayers to the needs of the impoverished people of Honduras. There are needs for any-thing and everything that we can gather to pack a cargo shipping container to be delivered there sometime in May. All items can be brought to the atten-tion of WMU to be picked up here at FBC (childrens clothing, black shoes up to size 10, linens, towels, hygiene products, hosiery, pot & pans, underwear, etc.) May God bless in this giving! Praying for New York Mission Team and Ethiopia Mission field workers! *Tennessee State Women on Missions Convention in Gatlinburg on April 8-10. Wait for further registration info! You are so welcomed to join a mission study group of your choice. Mann/Harper Mission Group - Tuesday, March 8, at 10:00 a.m. at FBC Myrtice Owens - Monday, March 14, at 6:30 p.m. at FBC

Love and sympathy to the John Mayo family.

WOMENS MISSIONS UPDATE

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The Golden Agers met on February 11 for their monthly meeting. Singer/songwriter Art Wheeler of Jackson, Tennessee provided an en-tertaining program, and we enjoyed our add-a-dish lunch. The March meeting will be held on Thursday, March 10, at 10:30 a.m. at FBC. All senior adults are invited to join us.

We are planning a trip to Oakland Baptist Church in Corinth, Mississippi, on March 25 to see their Easter Pageant. The bus will leave FBC at 2:30 p.m., and we will eat at the Dinner Bell Restaurant, then see the 7:00 p.m. performance. If you would like to go, please sign the list on the FLC bulletin board.

PASTOR S PEN

Today, I am thinking about the lo-cal church, and in particular, this local church. I am proud to be a member of First Baptist Church, Milan, Ten-nessee!

Every believer belongs to the univer-sal body of Christ. It is also important for the believer to belong to the lo-cal body of Christ (the local church). When a person is saved, he/she should join together with the other believers in his locality (assuming there is a good church there). According to Acts chap-ter two, we assemble together to study the Word, for fellowship, to share in the Lords Supper and for prayer.

Local church membership means three things:1. Identification - By becoming a member of a church you are identify-ing with a group of believers and you are becoming part of the team. You are saying, I want everyone to know that I believe what this church believes, and this church believes what God says in the Bible.2. Commitment - Sadly, we are living in a day when very few people are com-mitted to much of anything. When a person becomes a member of a local church he is saying, I am a part of this church and therefore I am committed to it. As a church member I have cer-tain responsibilities that I must faith-fully carry out!3. Service - A healthy member is a serving member. They come to church not only to get, but to give!

You are at FBC Milan for a reason. My prayer is that we will all bloom where we are planted! That we will be church members that are actually committed to serve our Savior!

Proud to be your pastor!

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We are all afraid of something. There are common fears like the fear of heights (altophobia), the fear of spiders (arachnaphobia), or the fear of clowns (coulrophobia). There are also some more rare fears such as the fear of teenagers (ephebiphobia), fear of dust (ama-thophobia) and fear of thinking (phronemophobia). So whether you have a fear of school (scoli-onophobia) or a fear of the moon (selenophobia), you can know that you are in good company because we all fear something. The prob-lem is that most people share some of the same fears about life.Starting on Sunday, March 13, we will begin our new Sunday Night Life groups. We are all going to be walking through a great study by Dr. David Jeremiah called What are You Afraid Of? In the six weeks of this study, we will con-front 5 major fears that adults to-day face:

The Fear of FailureThe Fear of Mental Breakdown

The Fear of Being AloneThe Fear of Serious Illness

The Fear of Dying Whether these are real fears that you face or not, this study will help prepare you to face these fears and be able to help those who do struggle with these issues. Finally, on the last week of April as we con-clude the study, we will talk about The Fear of God, which is a fear we are supposed to have. We will take time to explore what having a healthy fear of God is. I hope you are marking these six weeks on your calendar now and planning to join one of our small groups on Sunday nights at 5:15.

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CLARKS CONTEMPLATIONS

- the family of JOHN MAYO who passed away on January 31st;

- the family of John David Bond in the loss of his grandfather who passed away on February 3rd;

WE EX TEND OUR SYMPATH IES TO THE FOLLOWING FBC FAM ILY MEMBERS :

Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting consolationand good hope by grace, comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work. (2 Thess. 2:16-17)

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please contact the church offi ce with your current E-mail address.

OUR SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE ON-LINE EACH WEEK VIA VIMEO AND ARE LINKED TO OUR TWITTER AND FACEBOOK PAGES, AS WELL AS ON OUR WEBSITE, www.fb cmilan.org.

YOU MAY ALSO PURCHASE A DVD OR CD IN THE CHURCH OFFICE.

Sunday, March 27

He is not here; He is risen, just as He said.Come and see the place where He lay.

L E A D E R S H I P T E A MBRO. RANDY PATE - SENIOR PASTORNiki Allen - Director of Children / OutreachAustin Clark - Minister of Music / DiscipleshipBrandon Spain - Minister to Students / Recreation

June Belew - Administrative Assistant / Human ResourcesSusie Gonzales - Maintenance Dana Holden- Administrative Assistant / FinanceKeith Morrison - Maintenance SupervisorKelia Mullins - Administrative Assistant / Sr. Pastor & StudentsAnita Wallace - Administrative Assistant /Office Manager

F I R S T B A P T I S T C H U R C H2000 South Second Street

Milan TN 38358(www.fbcmilan.org)

Office: 731-686-3385Prayer Line: 731-686-3353

W O R S H I P W I T H U SS U N D A Y

9:00 a.m. - Bible Study10:15 a.m. - Morning Worship6:00 p.m. - Evening Worship

W E D N E S D A Y6:15 p.m. - Mission Friends, KAMOTION, KAOSS, Youth

6:30 p.m. - Bible Study & Prayer

FIRST FAMILY CONNECTION (USPS 780540) is pub-lished monthly by First Baptist Church, Milan. Sec-ond Class postage paid at Milan, TN. Postmaster: send change of address to First Baptist Church, 2000 South Second Street, Milan, TN 38358.

2016MARCH

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Th ursday Friday Saturday1 2 3

6pm-Mens Basketball League in FLC

4Youth Freedom weekend thru 5th

Marriage Conf. in Youth Room

5

610:15a.m.-Youth Sunday

6pm-Divide & Conquer followed by Deacons meeting

710:00a.m.-Golden Ag-ers Program Team

7pm-Deacons Prayer

810:00a.m.Mann/Harper Mis-sion Group

9 10

10:30a.m. - Golden Agers Program

11 12

A Night with John Smoltz @ Chapel Hill Baptist Church (5pm-dinner / 6:45pm-Main Event)

13(a.m.) - Widows/Widowers Banquet following morning service

5:15p.m.-SNL begins

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6:30p.m.- Myrtice Ow-ens Mission Group

15 16

5:30p.m.Stewardship Team

17 18 19

201:30p.m. - Church Bible Drill

5:15p.m. - SNL

21 HOLY WEEK thru 25th12:05-12:35 daily with

lunch following

22 23 24

*NYC Mission Team in Astoria, NY thru 31st

25

9a.m. - Golden Agers to Corinth*FBC OFFICE CLOSED

26

277a.m. - Sunrise Ser-vice at Milan CPC

-No PM services at FBC Milan

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FBC Weekly Budget Requirements:FBC Weekly Budget Requirements:FBC Weekly Budget Requirements:FBC Weekly Budget Requirements:FBC Weekly Budget Requirements:FBC Weekly Budget Requirements:FBC Weekly Budget Requirements:FBC Weekly Budget Requirements:FBC Weekly Budget Requirements:2016:2016:2016: $ 24,152.00 $ 24,152.00 $ 24,152.00

FIRST FAMILY CONNECTION (USPS 780540) is pub-lished monthly by First Baptist Church, Milan. Sec-ond Class postage paid at Milan, TN. Postmaster: send change of address to First Baptist Church, 2000 South Second Street, Milan, TN 38358.

JANUARY 24, 2016 RECEIPTSBUDGET RECEIPTS $16,298.50Investing in Eternity $ 1,220.00

JANUARY 31, 2016 RECEIPTSBUDGET RECEIPTS $23,515.25Investing in Eternity $ 3,570.00

FEBRUARY 7, 2016 RECEIPTSBUDGET RECEIPTS $18,912.00Investing in Eternity $ 4,080.00

VAN DRIVER FOR THE MONTH:

STEVE SUTTON414-9360

INVESTING IN ETERNITY $ 1,513,291.08 - Pledges to Date

$ 1,686,773.54 - Given to Date

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** Wednesday Night meals - PRICING: Adults (12 & over)/$5.00 each - Children (11 & un-der)/$3.00 each / *By reservation only - by each Tuesday @ noon / *Pay on Wed. nights

WEDNESDAY NIGHT MEALS

MARCH 2Fried Chicken

Mashed Potatoes/GravyEnglish Peas

SaladBiscuitsDessert

MARCH 8Spaghetti

Broccoli-n-CheeseCorn NuggetsGarlic Bread

Salad, Dessert

MARCH 16Mexican Night:

Tacos / Beef or ChickenEnchilada Casserole

Refried BeansMexican Rice

Chips-n-CheeseSalad, Dessert

MARCH 23Poppy Seed ChickenRoasted Potatoes

Green BeansRolls

Salad, Dessert

MARCH 30Hamburgers, Hot Dogs,

CheeseburgersBaked BeansFrench FriesCondiments

Salad, Dessert

Th e church has a 1.2 acre lot for sale lo-cated on Graves Lane in Trenton.

Th is property is located on the #10 fairway at the Diamond Oaks Golf Course.

If interested, please call Frances Wadley at 686-9899.

**VIDEOS OF OUR SERVICES ARE NOW ONLINE!

To view them, go to www.fbcmilan.org,

or visit our Facebook or Twitter accounts.**