First Baptist Church, Brevard North Carolina ~~~~~~~~~~
94 SGaston Street, Brevard, NC. 28712 First Baptist Bulletin, Pub. #191920, published biweekly by the First Baptist Church. Second Class postage paid at Brevard NC Postmaster, send address changes to First Baptist Bulletin, 94 S. Gaston St., Brevard NC, 28712. Church Office Hours:8:30AM-4:30PM-Monday-Thursday & 9:00AM- 1:00PM-Friday. Church Office: 883-8251 Fax: 883-8573 E-mail [email protected] Pastor Tommy Crocker: 553-9061 WEE School: 883-9839 Email [email protected]
THE FIRST IMPRESSION February 15, 2017
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, BREVARD
BREVARD ROCKS
The First Baptist Children will be hosting "Brevard Rocks" in ob-
servance of Children's Ministry Day on Sat Feb. 18 from 1-3pm
in the Fellowship Hall!
All Ages are invited to attend! Come help us paint rocks and
hide them throughout our community. Pray fully those who stum-
ble upon them will find a note of love and encouragement! Let's
start the Craze of Love and Hope throughout our community!
For more info contact Amber O’Hara.
POTATO LUNCH
The Youth and Children are sponsoring a Potato Lunch on
February 26th after the Morning Worship Service. There
is no charge but donations will be gladly accepted. All do-
nations will go toward the cost of camps this summer for
the youth and children. Designate on checks for Youth.
CHURCH COUNCIL MEETING
There will be a Church Council Meeting Sunday February
19th at 4:00pm in the Choir Room. If you are a Committee
Chair please plan to attend. Each Committee needs to
meet before the 19th so you can report on what your Com-
mittee has planned for 2017. If you are unable to attend
please have someone else on your committee attend.
CHURCH
COUNCIL
CHILDREN’S CHURCH
Sunday, February 19, 2017
Sherri Frisbee
Sunday, February 26, 2017
Renee Crocker
PRESCHOOL WORKERS
Sunday, February 19, 2017 : Ext. Session: Bed Babies/Toddlers -
Stacy & Debbie Groves; 2s & 3s –Barbara Hartsoe
Sunday, February 26, 2017: Ext. Session: Bed Babies/Toddlers-
Stacy & Debbie Groves; 2s & 3s: Janet Dugger
SUPPERTIME
2-15: Hot dogs, Chili, Slaw, Chips, Dessert
2-22: Potluck
KIDS AND YOUTH
WINTER JAM
Those going to Winter Jam ill be leaving the church at 3:30. For more information
contact Tony Ladley.
LADIES MISSION ACTION
Ladies Mission Action will meet in the
church parking lot at 1:30. Please bring
items for Rosman Methodist Church
food Pantry.
HELP NEEDED Children's workers needed! We are
blessed with many wonderful children,
and we need volunteers to help with Ex-
tended Session (2-4 year olds) and/or
Children's Church (4-6 year olds)! If
you are interested in being blessed by
participating in this ministry, contact
Christy Bryson (384-1206).
Thank you!
EGGCITING EASTER EVENTS!!!
Save the date! April 6th we will be
Eggsploring Easter with
preschoolers (12pm-1pm) and
elementary schoolers (3:30-4:30).
WE NEED YOUR HELP!!! More details and
sign-ups to come soon!
W.E.E SCHOOL
W.E.E. School is now accepting enrollment
for the 2017-2018 school year. Hours are
from 9:00-12:00 , with an early drop off that
hat opens at 7:45 am. The age a child is on
August 31st determines the class they are in.
Visit fbcweeschool.com for more information
or contact Director Cindy Carter at 883-9839
between the hours of 8:00am—12:00noon.
HECK JONES OFFERING
We will be collecting for Heck Jones
Missions during the month of February.
Our FBC goal is $1,000 and we have
$285 in donations so far. There are en-
velopes in the Vestibule, Welcome
Center and outside the Sunday School
Office.
BROTHERHOOD
Attention All Men! Please Come!
Brotherhood Meeting Feb. 23rd
, 2017
6:00pm-8:00pm
Subway Meal @ 6:00pm Cost $5.00
Sign-up with Martha in the Office.
Program begins at 6:30
OPPORTUNITIES for the WEEK
Deacon : Will Dinkins (862-3396)
Sunday, February 19, 2017
8:55 Prayer-Prayer Room & Parlor
9:00 Media Center open
9:30 Sunday School
SS Greeters: Nathan & Porsha Smith
10:30 CAFÉ FBC
Greeters: Jim & Jo Barnes
11:00 Morning Worship Service
4:00 Church Council Meeting
4:45 Kings Kids
4:45 Youth (5th Grade & Up)
Monday, February 20, 2017
1:00 Staff Meeting
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
5:30 SupperTime
6:00 Wednesday Night Services
6:00 Team Kids &Mission Friends
6:00 Youth (5th Grade & Up)
7:00 Choir Rehearsal
Thursday, February 23, 2017
6:00 Brotherhood
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Deacon: Randy Frisbee (883-8452)
Sunday, February 26 2017
8:55 Prayer-Prayer Room & Parlor
9:00 Media Center open
9:30 Sunday School
SS Greeters: Nathan & Porsha Smith
10:30 CAFÉ FBC
Greeters: Jim & Jo Barnes
11:00 Morning Worship Service
12:00 Potato Lunch
4:45-6:15 Kings Kids
4:45-6:15 Youth (Grades 5-12)
Monday, February 27, 2017
1:00 Staff Meeting
Wednesday, Matrch 1, 2017
5:30 SupperTime
6:00 Wednesday Night Service
6:00 Team Kids and Mission Friends
6:00 Youth (5th Grade & Up)
7:00 Choir Rehearsal
1:30 Ladies Mission Action
SUNDAY SCHOOL REPORT
Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017 Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017
S.S. Enrollment 238 S.S Enrollment 238
S.S. Attendance 136 S.S Attendance 131
Worship Attendance 185 Worship Attendance 187
FEBRUARY BIRTHDAYS
Karen Bell (15), Evelyn Frady
(17), Sherry Frisbee
(18),Bettye Hixon (20), Leon
Wall (20), Jack Allred (23),
Libby Dixon (25)
MARCH BIRTHDAYS
Betty Rodgers(05),Stella Kate Cuevas (12), Olivia
McEntire (12), Glenn Halter (13), Betty McCrary (13),
Ellen Dean Saunders (14), Betty Taylor (16), Michael
Ball (17), Jeremy Bryson (20), Perry Lee Brown (21),
Ruth Moore (21), Tony Dotson ( 22), Mel Davis (23),
Rebecca Stroup (23), Peggy Alverson (24), Tony La-
dley (24), Dorothy Bryson (26), Joyce Owens (27),
Robert Dixon (28), JoAnn Fisk (28), Margaret Garren
(30), Sharon McLendon (30), Tommy Burgess (31)
FINANCIAL REPORT
Tithes and Offerings Received Jan. $34,639.67
Tithes and Offerings Received Feb. $34,639.67
Monthly Budget Needs $47,719.25
Heck—Jones Missions $ 285.00
THANKS
Dear Church Family,
Thank you for the fruit basket. It was appreciated and en-
joyed, and thanks to Joyce for getting it to me.
God Bless all of you.
With love,
Margurette Summey
Thank you so much for the prayers for Trista's knee inju-
ry. She will have ACL reconstruction surgery March 8, but
for now she is able to walk without crutches. We continue
to ask for your prayers until then and as she recov-
ers. Thank you so very much!
Jeremy, Christy, Trista, & Carter
IN THE PRAYER ROOM
February 19, 2016
Betty Reed
February 26, 2017
Doug & Perry Lee Brown
PRAYER CONCERNS
CHURCH MEMBERS: : Phillis Cooper, John Pierce, Kathy Dillen, Trista Bryson, Jack & Vivian Allred,
Will Dinkins, Lana Burgess, Barbara Smart Smith
FAMILY & FRIENDS: Jami Stewart, Jackie Whitmire, Elaine Hopley, Trentha Mackey, Nancy Wilson, Ru-
by Brown, Garland Clark, Ed Reineke, Corine Allen, Lee Wilson, Malloy Lee, Katherine Bradley, Nancy
Nichols, Jack Holmes, Wilma Williams, Stacy Jennings, Ben Alverson, Steve Metcalfe, Emily Forester
Houston, Jerry Reiser, Bill Norris, Kim Nicholson, Ray Talley, Merrell Lewis
PRAYER SUPPORT: Pastor Tommy, Associate Pastor Tony, Deacons & Staff; Light and Hope Ministry;
Our Local, State & National Leaders; The Center for Women; Visitor Card Ministries; Our Personnel Com-
mittee; Acts 1:8 Team; Dept. Social Services; Sunday School Teachers, Sanctuary Renovation Commit-
tee, Moung Missions, Transylvania Baptist Association
CHURCHES & PASTORS: New Hope & Interim Pastors; North Toxaway & Pastor Tommy Mullis; Oak
Grove & Pastor Allen Murray; Pisgah Forest & Pastor David Spray
EMERGENCY SERVICES: Brevard Police Department, Transylvania County Sheriffs Dept., Fire Depart-
ments, Transylvania County EMS, Transylvania County Emergency Dispatchers, NC Highway Patrol
HOMEBOUND: Nan Hall (in SC); Lois Kellar (The Oaks) Ruth McCall (KY), Lou Edith Miller (The Oaks),
Betty Jean Teague (Kingsbridge), Charles Bryson (The Oaks), Tom Reeder (Home), Betty Plemmons
(Home), Tommy & Billie Payne (Foothills Retirement Center, Easley SC), Bonnie Grose (Spring Arbor of
Hendersonville), Wanda Justice (Lowell, NC), Harold & Theresa Byers (Home), Roy Garren (Oaks), Mar-
garet Garren (Tores), Dot Bryson (Home), Ruth Clement (Portland, OR), Wanda Nelson (Oaks)
MILITARY: FBC MEMBERS: Campbell Aspray; Adam Pace; Matthew Travers; Patrick Smith
FAMILY & FRIENDS: Eddie Fox; Jason Hall; Caleb Sisk; Patrick & Christopher Wilde; Corey Essenberg;
Sean Andrew Newman, Bryan Taylor, Timothy Smith, Parker Wright
MISSIONARIES: Dewey/Kathie Aiken, Appalachian Area; Ryan/Alicia Cameron, WCU; Neal/Kristen
Bond, India; Greg/Nancy Frady, Comp. Intern; Harrison/Taylor DaJernett, India; Howard/Kathy /Eliza-
beth Kelly, Thailand; Paul Pillai, India; Phillip/Jennifer Porter, Cen. Asia; Mike/Kathy Shipman, SE
Asia; Stephen & Sarah Dinkins, Kenya; Debbie Allen, Southeast Asia; Carolyn McClure, Southeast
Asia
CHURCH FAMILIES TO PRAY FOR:
WEEK OF February 19, 2016
Daniel Little, Bill & Hedy Lomax, Ruth McCall
WEEK OF February 26, 2017
Violet McConnell, Betty McCrary, Kim McCrary
PRAYER PROMISES
Ephesians 4(NLT) 29bLet everything you say be good
and helpful, so that your words will be an encourage-
ment to those who hear them. 30
And do not bring sor-
row to God’s Holy Spirit by the way you live. Remem-
ber, he has identified you as his own, guaranteeing
that you will be saved on the day of redemption.
FBC STAFF
SENIOR PASTOR.….....Rev. Tommy Crocker
ASOCIATE PASTOR..…......Rev. Tony Ladley
CHURCH SECRETARY................Martha King
FINANCIAL SECRETARY............Sherry Smith
WEEK DAY EARLY EDUCTION...Cindy Carter
CUSTODIAL SERVICES…..........Denise Wynn
MAINTENANCE……........................Marty Reid
CHILDREN…….………..….....…Christy Bryson
PIANIST……..............................Christy Bryson
ORGANIST…………………...…Sherri Frisbee