fbcmonroe.com Vol. 45 Issue 37 First Baptist Monroe November 8, 2017 Newsletter WARE IT IS Dr. Todd Ware Senior Pastor Sunday brought us the tragic news of the attack on our fellow believers as they gathered to worship in Texas. Ours is a sick world in desperate need of the Gospel. Continue to pray for the victims of the tragedy, and also pray that God’s Church responds more out of love and hope than out of fear. Pray for our church leadership as we determine the best strategy for a safe campus while also maintaining a welcoming posture to those seeking a church home. MISSIONS & MINISTRY CELEBRATION I want to thank Margie Briscoe, Mike & Sallie Eckles, and Decie Miller for a wonderful meal and atmosphere for our celebration. We were able to hear from and pray for several of our partners. It was a good opportunity to celebrate the larger picture of FBC Missions. Speaking of celebrating, I am thankful for your gifts to world hunger ($5,850) and disaster relief ($25,215.23). You can also read a great article in the The Christian Index about our young people’s relief efforts at christianindex.org/challenge-students-watch-excel. OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD We need your help. In order to put together 1000 shoeboxes for children around the world, we need our members to prepare a box or two. If you would rather, you can cover the cost of a box including shipping by contributing $20. The boxes will be delivered to the our regional collection point on Sunday, November 19. VISITATION MINISTRY Simple acts of kindness can make a big difference in others’ lives. You’re invited to join us in the fellowship hall on Sunday, November 19, at 4:00pm as we begin our Sunday afternoon doorstep visits. Welcoming others among us is important Kingdom work. HOME ALONE, TOO? Make a reservation, prepare a dish, and get ready for some football! It’s a great way to enjoy Thanksgiving Day. The doors to the fellowship hall will open around 10am and we will enjoy lunch at noon. If you’re planning on coming, call the office to let us know what dish you’re preparing and how many, if any, you’re bringing with you. Serving Jesus Together, Pastor Todd
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fbcmonroe.com
Vol. 45 Issue 37
First Baptist Monroe
November 8, 2017Newsletter
WARE IT ISDr. Todd WareSenior Pastor
Sunday brought us the tragic news of the attack on our fellow believers as they gathered to worship in Texas. Ours is a sick world in desperate need of the Gospel. Continue to pray
for the victims of the tragedy, and also pray that God’s Church responds more out of love and hope than out of fear. Pray for our church leadership as we determine the best strategy for a safe campus while also maintaining a welcoming posture to those seeking a church home.
MISSIONS & MINISTRY CELEBRATIONI want to thank Margie Briscoe, Mike & Sallie Eckles, and Decie Miller for a wonderful meal and atmosphere for our celebration. We were able to hear from and pray for several of our partners. It was a good opportunity to celebrate the larger picture of FBC Missions. Speaking of celebrating, I am thankful for your gifts to world hunger ($5,850) and disaster relief ($25,215.23). You can also read a great article in the The Christian Index about our young people’s relief efforts at christianindex.org/challenge-students-watch-excel.
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD We need your help. In order to put together 1000 shoeboxes for children around the world, we need our members to prepare a box or two. If you would rather, you can cover the cost of a box including shipping by contributing $20. The boxes will be delivered to the our regional collection point on Sunday, November 19.
VISITATION MINISTRY Simple acts of kindness can make a big difference in others’ lives. You’re invited to join us in the fellowship
hall on Sunday, November 19, at 4:00pm as we begin our Sunday afternoon doorstep visits. Welcoming others among us is important Kingdom work.
HOME ALONE, TOO? Make a reservation, prepare a dish, and get ready for some football! It’s a great way to enjoy Thanksgiving Day. The doors to the fellowship hall will open around 10am and we will enjoy lunch at noon. If you’re planning on coming, call the office to let us know what dish you’re preparing and how many, if any, you’re bringing with you.
Serving Jesus Together,
Pastor Todd
JUST TAKE A BREATH…Dr. Greg DeLoachTeaching Pastor
Has anyone ever told you to just “take a breath?”
Sometimes when I am speaking I have to remember to slow down and “take a
breath.” Other times I feel anxious or frantic or just plain distracted and I find myself huffing and puffing as I jump from task to task.
Just breathe.
For many years Amy and I attended weekly yoga classes where we learned the importance of good breathing. “In the nose and out the nose,” our instructor reminded us. When there is stress and chaos going on in your life in a very real way you forget to breathe and so you might find yourself sighing a lot. When you feel deep stress, you breathe very shallow breaths. Your body compensates for the lack of oxygen by making you sigh and take a deep breath.
Just breathe.
We go from task to task and stress to stress assuming that it is all about our power, our strength, our will and like a marathoner stumbling along the road we are panting and limping along.
Just breathe.
School is in full session, papers are due and exams are on the near horizon. Schedules are full with the demands of self, family, friends and church. You may even feel like there is just not enough time in the day. Not only that, the world is still a mess with the news of hardships, heartaches and conflict.
Just breathe.
It was God who breathed a universe into being and God who gives to us the breath of life and God who breathes for us when we realize we cannot make it on our own. I am comforted in knowing that as I draw my breath I do so because of the grace and love
of God’s gift. It is so for each of us. It is so for this church. When we remember this, we may rest easier not because all of our stress and strain disappears, but because we do not have to bear it all alone.
Just breathe.
Pastor Greg
…then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being…(Genesis 2:7)
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CALLING ALL SENIOR ADULTS!!! Thursday, December 7th we will take a one hour tour of the Fox Theatre from the “Mighty Mo” organ to the men’s restroom with the original furniture selected by the owner’s wife. The cost is $15.00 per person. We will follow the tour with lunch at the iconic Mary Mac restaurant. The meal will be dutch treat. Pay for the tour at the church to reserve your seat on the bus. Hurry. First come first served.
The Wayfarers breakfast is Tuesday, November 14, 9:30am Cost is $3.00. Reservations not required.
KITCHEN VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDEDVolunteers are needed in the kitchen on Thursday November 17th and Friday November 18th for the Ladies’ Christmas Tea. Arrive at 5:00pm. No tuxedo required. Please contact the church office if you can help.
NEW MEMBERSStuart & Callie Smith2240 Liberty Hill Church Rd, Monroe, 30655
PRAYER LISTAudrey Adcock (Wayne’s mother) – HomeSusanne Autry - Out-patient eye surgery 11/13, PiedmontLeena Banks - Diagnosed with lung diseaseJimmy Bowick (Arthur’s brother) – Stroke, Blackshear, GAChuck Bradley (son of Carol/Larry) - Home, Larry & Carol’sDerrick Brown – Home, off his leg for 4 monthsRita Burney – Home, shinglesChris Carpenter (Marvin Reddish’s friend) – cancerEllie Chambers - HomeTricia Cox - HomeRuss Dillard – Home after knee replacementBobbie Edwards - Home after hospital visitMarge Ellison - HomeLarry Fussell – HomeMarcy Haymans – Home after hospitalPeggy Howard - HomeJim Head - HomeDerrick James (Cathy Inabinet’s son-in-law) - Stem cell transplant at DukeKaren Knight (Larry Richardson’s niece) leg amputee, healingDillon Lewis (Ginny Gregg’s nephew) – Shepherd’s ClinicWillene McNeal - TestLee Malcom – HomeMark Millians - Surgery, 11/09, AthensMarissa Napoli (Marvin Reddish’s cousin) - Cancer, remissionCliff Peters - Blood clots, legReba Plaster - Shoulder surgery 11/14, Eastside HospitalMike Reddish (Marvin Reddish’s nephew) - Home
WEEKLY FINANCIALS Weekly Budget RequiredWeekly Budget Receipts Sunday Offerings Online Giving Stock GiftsBudget Required to DateBudget Received to DateDesignated GiftsGive to GoWorld Hunger
$30,141.00
$ 32,994.82 $4,453.50$7,403.91
$1,356,345.00$1,305,803.93
$3,775.00$86,856.00
$5,850.00
SUNDAY SCHOOL ATTENDANCEAdultsStudentsChildrenPreschoolTotalAttendance Goal
283703743
433450
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 128:30am Worship in Sanctuary9:30am Sunday School11:00am Worship in Sanctuary11:11am Worship in Fellowship Hall7:00pm Student Ministry Worship Band rehearsal - The Loft
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 149:30am Wayfarers’ Breakfast10:30am Intercessory Prayer Group
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 155:00pm Family Meal5:30pm Children Bible Drill6:00pm Preschool6:00pm Zip tracks for Kids6:15pm Adult Bible Studies6:30pm Student Mid-Week7:15pm Sanctuary Choir Practice
DEACONS OF THE WEEK - NOVEMBER 9-15Tommy AycockSean Ellerbee
CONGRATULATIONS to Brian and Callie Caldwell and big sister, Lucy on the October 19 birth of their son, Jackson Porter. He weighed 8 lbs & 3 oz and 21 inches long.
Bob Richards - Home, radiationDean Scoggins - severe back painJeanette Stone – with daughterCarol Story – HomeKathryn Tullar – MRI, EEG, 11/02Dwayne Wommack (brother-in-law of Kelly Bryan) - CancerGene Wood (Judy Richardson’s brother) - HomeMatthew Young (Shannon Dominy’s brother) - CancerSheila Young – Cancer, awaiting surgery
CHRISTIAN LOVE AND SYMPATHY are extended to Chris and Kelly Bryan and family at the November 2 death of his grandmother, Mildred Bryan.
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