P.O. Box 1324 - Fayetteville, AR 72702 Corner of College and Dickson E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.fbcfayetteville.org
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Phone: 479-442-2387 Church Staff Extension Pastor - Douglas Falknor ............................. 12 Associate Pastor - Josh Mauldin ................. 16 Minister of Music - Mike Paslay ................... 19 Minister of Adults - Lance Brewer ............... 18 Children’s Minister - Lisa Wheat ................. 20 Student Minister - David Powell ................... 25 Church Administrator - Kevan Kutter .......... 15 Pastor’s Secretary - Sheila Smith ................ 12 Publications Secretary - Terri Johnston ....... 11 Play Learn Director - Traci Burnett .............. 22 Preschool Coordinator - Linda Dilley ........... 23 Security - Joshua Goff ................................ 26
First Baptist Church 20 East Dickson
Fayetteville, AR 72701 479-442-2387
www.fbcfayetteville.org
Praise Record - October 9 Sunday School Attendance ........................... 556
Morning Worship ........................................... 625
8:30 ................................................ 214
11:00 .............................................. 411
ENGAGE Worship ........................................ 143
Received for week ................................. $32,073
Budgeted for week ................................. $32,811
Expenses for week ................................ $35,944
Received in month to date ..................... $72,133
Budgeted month to date ........................ $65,623
Expenses month to date ........................ $43,144
Received in 2016 .............................. $1,429,083
Budgeted in 2016 ............................. $1,542,131
Expenses year to date ...................... $1,486,479
One Heart One Treasure This week ........................................... $2,687 This year .......................................... $84,327
Hospitalized:
Roy Williams, Health South 108
ETC - October 16
8:30 service
Babies: Dawn Mabry, Terri Johnston
Preschool: Laura & Maureen Mantooth
11:00 service
Babies 1: Kelsi Johnson & Mayra
Gonzalez
Babies 2: Julia Den Herder, Julianna
Tidwell
Toddlers: Gene & Taylor Johnson
Twos: Micah & Jenny Stewart
Preschool: Clay & Brianne Fowlkes
Van Drivers - October 16
Mike Luttrell (871-7090)
David Fellows (236-2977)
Deacon of the Week - October 16 -22
Brett Reid (870-404-8142)
Decis ions
After baptism Anibal Santos
LOOKING AHEAD
8:00 am Sunday AM Worship Team Rehearsal
8:30 Morning Worship
9:45 Sunday School
11:00 Morning Worship
4:00 pm JH Missions
HS Bells (gr 9-12)
ENGAGE Rehearsal
Nominating C., CR
PlayLearn C., M105 (P)
5:00 MS Chr Rehearsal (gr 5&6)
JH Chr Rehearsal (gr 7&8)
HS Chr Rehearsal (gr 9-12)
Public Relations C., N125
6:00 ENGAGE Worship
Women’s Prison Ministry
7:00 Regular Business Mtg.
4:30 pm Golf at Brush Creek
6:00 Battle Plan for Prayer (Ladies)
Quilting at Women’s Prison
9:30 am Ladies’ Quilting, 320
4:00 pm JH Bells Rehearsal
5:00 Family Meal, MH
5:45 Graded Choirs (3 yrs-gr 4)
MS Club 56
Hebrews Precept Bible Study (Ladies), N125
6:00 JH Worship/Bible Study
HS, One Thing: Worship/Bible Study
Adult Bible Study & Prayer Mtg., LA170
Missions Study, Chapel
Multiply Study (Men), LA152
Discerning Voice of God (Ladies), N118
Discuss & Discover Study for Internationals, M105 (P)
6:40 Children’s Missions
Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal
8:10 Sunday AM Worship Team Rehearsal
9:30 am Ladies’ Bible Study, N118
11:00 Ladies’ Bible Study Lunch Trip
6:00 pm Elementary Spanish 1, N118
6:00 pm RA Walk-A-Thon
8:45 am WMBA Evangelism Training, Elmdale
5:00 pm Family Barn Party
12:00 pm New Member Luncheon, Chapel
Sunday, October 30 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. At The U of A Gardens
On the U of A Campus
Pumpkin patches of donations will be located by the Information Center & in the North building. Please take a pumpkin & deliver that donation to the baskets outside the preschool or the north building kitchen by Wednesday, October 26.
Donations Needed: bags of wrapped candy small bottles of water small 8oz sodas $5-$20 gift cards to use as door prizes.
Volunteers needed: Games Someone to drive the church truck & trailer to the Gardens & back to the
church when it’s over.
Sign up to help at the Information Center or in your Sunday School classroom.
For more information, contact Lisa Wheat, 442-2387, Ex. 20 or [email protected]
The WMU needs your help filling Christmas bags for the Arkansas Department of Community Corrections. Donation boxes will soon be placed in the atrium and the Information Center, and of course, we accept monies. Please make checks out to FBC and indicate on the check that it is for the Women’s Prison Christmas ministry. Items needed:
Dollar Tree-sized containers of shampoo, Conditioner, Body wash, Body/hand cream/lotion
Toothpaste (3-4oz.)
Toothbrushes (soft/med.)
6 blank note cards with envelopes
Assorted Christmas candies
Christian magazines These are a gift of God’s love in action.
We all can have a part in it.
The Fowler Sunday School
Department has organized
Operation Christmas
Child for our church.
Boxes are available at the
Information Desk and the
Atrium, and are due back on
Sunday, November 20. For
those that aren’t able to shop,
a $25 donation will enable a
college ministry student to
shop and fill a box for you!
OPPORTUNITIES TO BLESS OTHERS
THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON
In Memory of John Story by
Teresa Ann Cole
In Memory of Murray Smart by
Cathy Oxford Bozynski Bob & Oleta Nash
Letter
Dear Church family,
Thank you for your prayers and
cards during my recent surgery.
Gloria Falknor
Congratulations
to David & Carolina Gonzalez on the
birth of a son, Noah David Gonzalez on
September 12, 2016. Noah weighed 7
pounds 8 ounces. Also welcoming Noah
are big sister, Allison; grandparents
Roberto & Rose Gonzalez; uncles and
aunts Anthony & Jeanett Gonzalez,
Katherine Gonzalez, Gilbert & Karen
Gonzalez, and Robert & Mayra
Gonzalez; as well as his cousins
Nathanael, Judah, Anthony, Michael,
Johnny, and Adelynn Gonzalez.
Family M eal - October 19 @ 5pm
Cost: $4 per person. Free for
preschoolers, Family maximum: $15
Menu: Chili and corn bread with
caramel/chocolate covered apples.
Kid’s option: Chicken nuggets and
tots.
SECURITY/CUSTODIAN
We are still in need of a part time
security/custodian. Duties include, but
are not limited to:
►Ensuring doors are locked at night
►Cleaning preschool area after
evening events and on Sunday
►Getting building ready for worship
and Sunday school.
The position pays a fair wage and
provides an apartment onsite. For
more information or applications,
contact the Church Administrator,
Kevan Kutter, @ 442-2387 Ext. 15
Saturday, October 22 from 5-7 p.m. at the Vinson Barn—533 Rheas Mill Rd
This is a great opportunity to invite an unchurched or a
new family to join your family.
Sign up in Preschool or at the Information Center by October 19.
Preschool & Children’s Family
Ladies’ Book Club
November 1
10:00 a.m.
at Ann Burk’s home
The book for November’s
meeting is A Thousand Splendid
Suns by Khaled Hosseini.
Fundraising Banquet
Fundraising Banquet
October 27 @ 7pm To register, contact Suzanne Morris
at 479-409-9001 or Allyson Reid at
417-337-3441 by October 19.
You must be registered to attend.
LEGACY LUNCH Road Trip to Mount Magazine
Thursday, October 27
9:15 AM – 4:15 PM
Lunch at The Lodge.
Space is limited! Signup in your SS Class, Atrium
or the
Information Desk.
Deadline to sign-up:
Sunday, October 23
Friday, October 21 6-11 pm
Please support the RA’s as they walk to
raise money for World Missions. You can
sign up to pledge with any of the RA’s. If
you need more information on how to
support them, contact Andy Gebauer.
November 6 Don’t miss Sunday School or Morning Worship on November 6,
then join the church family at
Veterans Memorial Park for an
All-Church Hamburger Cookout. The deacons will serve lunch. Bring your lawn chairs or
blankets for this time of fellowship. Donations will be accepted to help defray the cost of the meal. Following lunch will be the
annual Pass the Pig football game. There will be no evening service.
Sign up for the Hamburger Cookout here or at the Information Center, Atrium, or
Sunday School department.
Mark your calendars for High Attendance Day.
A Christmas Gathering with Denise Lopez
Thursday December 1 Doors open at 6:00 p.m.
Dinner at 6:15 p.m. Program Starts at 7 p.m.
Tickets go on sale this Sunday in the Atrium and online on Monday,
October 17.
Tickets are $29 and include the program, dinner, great gifts for each
attendant and more!
Deacon nominations
Forms are available in the church
office, the Atrium and at the
Information Center. All nomination
forms must be
completed and
turned in to the
church office by
Wednesday,
November 30.
A Christmas Gathering is a ladies' event with dinner, lots of complimentary take-home gifts for all attendees, holiday ideas for the
family, entertaining, reducing stress and keeping the "Reason for the Season" in your holiday activities. See samples of the
complimentary gifts on display in the atrium on Sunday!