Volume 49 Issue 2

February 1, 2018

Senior Pastor ~ Rev. Ryan P. Tucker

Church Address:

1240 Russell St

PO Box 637

Orangeburg, SC 29116

Phone:

803.536.1545

Fax:

803.536.2270

Website Address:

www.fbcorangeburg.org

Church &

Family Life Center

Office Hours:

Monday-Thursday

8:30 am-5:00 pm

Wednesday, February 14

ASH Wednesday Service

@ 6:00pm ~ Sanctuary

We will celebrate Easter on Sunday, April 1st. As we approach this season of personal reflection & preparation called the “Season of Lent,” I encourage

you to begin thinking of the tremendous sacrifice offered to us through the death & resurrection of

Jesus Christ, God’s only begotten Son.

Drawing from Christ’s prayer in Gethsemane, “Thy will be done,” these devotions reflect on the idea

of seeking God’s will in all aspects of our lives, especially during Lent, in terms of identity, our dreams

for the future, our worldview & our response to Christ the Crucified. -Ted Schroeder

To help guide us through this time, Devotions for Lent,

Thy Will be Done will be available on February 4th & 11th.

You will find them on one of the three information tables at the church.

Rev. Jerry French

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Weekend Staff Member On Call

Feb. 3-4 Feb. 10-11 Rev. Ryan Tucker Rev. Kris Aaron C) 803-707-2132 C) 803-225-0795

Feb. 17-18 Feb. 24-25 Jane Williams Rev. Clary Aaron C) 803-747-1221 C) 803-225-0796

As always, the minister may be reached at the church office (803-536-1545)

during business hours.

Worship Care Workers

Call in your Wed. night supper reservation(s).

Reservations must be called in by 10 am

each Monday!!

Adults (age 12 & up): $6; Family Night Supper Reservation Line #:

803-531-4138

Sunday, Feb. 25 8:45 AM

Leona Mack, Cameron King

11:00 AM

Infants / Creepers: Glenn & Shelley Barr,

Cameron King

Ones / Twos: Charlie & Blake Williams

Threes / Fours: Paid Worker & Paid Worker

FNS Menu

Wed., Feb. 7 Breakfast Bar

Wed., Feb. 14 Fried Chicken

Wed., Feb. 21 Italian

Wed., Feb. 28 Grilled Chicken

Upcoming Calendar Events… Thurs. Feb. 1

Couples S.S. Class Supper 6:00 pm, FLC

Sun. Feb. 4

Baby Dedication Service Jack Fisher Lukens @ 11am Worship

Children’s Ministry Sun. Evenings (3rd - 5th Graders Only!)

Bible Drill, CHIMES, & Fellowship Weekly: 5:00pm - 7:15pm, FLC

Student Ministry Sun. Evenings Choir, CHIMES, Dinner, Bible Study, &

Fellowship Weekly: 5:00pm - 8:00pm, FLC

Adult Handbells Weekly: 6:30pm - Bryant Hall, FLC

Tues. Feb. 6

Golden Singers Weekly: 11:00 am, Social Hall

Wed. Feb. 7

Wed. Family Nights:

Family Night Supper Weekly: 5:00pm - 6:00pm, Davis Hall

Student Ministry Wed. Evenings Weekly: 5:30pm - 7:30pm, FLC

Children’s Ministry Wed. Evenings Activities

PRESCHOOL (Babies - 4K) Weekly: 6:00pm - 6:45pm, Educ. Bldg.

ELEMENTARY (2nd - 5th)

Weekly: 5:45pm - 7:00pm, Educ. Bldg. (5K - 1st)

Weekly: 6:00pm - 7:00pm, Educ. Bldg.

***Elementary Children Pick Up & Drop Off Davis Hall***

Prayer Meeting Weekly: 6:00pm - 7:00pm, Davis Hall

Praise Team Rehearsal Weekly: 6:00pm, Sanctuary

Chancel Choir Rehearsal Weekly: 7:00pm, Music Suite

Sun. Feb. 11

Deacon Ordination Service “Dee Dee” Deidre Platt Prickett & Sylvia Kizer Ott @ 8:45am Worship

Merle Kemmerlin Buck & Jamie Knowlton Kennerly @ 11am Worship

CM Preliminary VBS Meeting 4:30pm - 5:45pm - Room TBA, FLC

CM & SM Sun. Evenings *** Battle for the Burg - Blanket

Volleyball - Gym, FLC ***

Adult Handbells

Mon. Feb. 12 WEM Prayer Group

4:00pm - Arts & Crafts Room, FLC

Tues. Feb. 13

Golden Singers

Wed. Feb. 14 HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!!!

ASH Wednesday Wed. Family Nights

ASH Wednesday Service 6:00pm, Sanctuary

Fri. Feb. 16 - Sun. Feb. 18 CM Snowtubing Trip

Sun. Feb. 18

(NO CM Sun. Evenings)

SM Sun. Evenings

Trustees Meeting 5:00pm - Arts & Crafts Room, FLC

Deacon’s Meeting 6:00pm - Arts & Crafts Room, FLC

Adult Handbells

Tues. Feb. 20

Golden Singers

Wed. Feb. 21 Wed. Family Nights

Thurs. Feb. 22

Student Ministry 3rd Thursday 6:00pm - Off Campus

Sun. Feb. 25

Baby Dedication Service Hannah Elizabeth Phillips &

Taylor Dane Phillips @ 11am Worship

Women’s Choir @ 11am Worship

CM & SM Sun. Evenings

Adult Handbells

Tues. Feb. 27 Golden Singers

Wed. Feb. 28

Wed. Family Nights

Sunday, Feb. 4 8:45 AM

Leona Mack, Cameron King

11:00 AM

Infants / Creepers: Kathy Chaplin, Beth Phillips,

Cameron King

Ones / Twos: Donna Rigden, Reneé Roberts

Threes / Fours: Paid Worker & Paid Worker

Sunday, Feb. 11 8:45 AM

Leona Mack, Cameron King

11:00 AM

Infants / Creepers: Parker & Nacole Dempsey,

Cameron King

Ones / Twos: Robert & Reagan Blanchard

Threes / Fours: Paid Worker & Paid Worker

Sunday, Feb. 18 8:45 AM

Leona Mack, Cameron King

11:00 AM

Infants / Creepers: Jennifer Vaughn, Susan Yoakum,

Cameron King

Ones / Twos: Mark & Sheri Garrick

Threes / Fours: Paid Worker & Paid Worker

Welcome New Members!

Eddie H. & Deborah S. Fogle 1513 Norway Rd

Orangeburg, SC 29115-8668 Eddie H. & Deborah S. Fogle are re-joining FBCO from

Lexington Baptist Church of Lexington, SC, on Sun., Jan. 28, 2018. They have three grown sons:

Derek, Matthew, & Chandler Fogle.

Welcome back to First Baptist Church! We are so excited to have you both to be

a part of our church family again

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The Record Speaks Date: 12/24/17 12/31/17 01/07/18 01/14/18 01/21/18 SS Attendance: 175 153 208 197 216 Weekly Budget Requirement: $ 22,721.81 $ 22,721.81 $ 23,575.73 $ 23,575.73 $ 23,575.73 Weekly Budget Received: $ 37,020.50 $ 19,565.01 $ 19,303.86 $ 18,033.76 $ 22,699.54 Building Fund Gifts YTD: $ 39,571.14 $ 40,645.64 $ 75.00 $ 380.00 $ 700.00 Global Missions Goal: $ 16,000.00 $ 16,000.00 $ 16,000.00 $ 16,000.00 $ 16,000.00 Global Mission Received: $ 6,568.00 $ 6,869.07 $ -------- $ -------- $ 325.00 Designated Gifts: $ 695.00 $ -------- $ 470.00 $ 575.00 $ 2,027.23 Year to Date Received: $1,189,885.95 $1,240,120.54 $ 19,303.86 $ 37,337.62 $ 60,037.16 Year to Date Expensed: $1,156,477.33 $1,191,564.46 $ 7,565.87 $ 30,370.00 $ 46,682.40 Year to Date Balance: $ 33,408.62 $ 48,556.08 $ 11,737.99 $ 6,967.62 $ 13,354.76

2018 Sanctuary Flowers If you are interested and would like to place flowers in the sanctuary of the church In Honor Of or

In Memory Of a loved one or for a special occasion/ celebration,

please contact the church office to sign up.

Deacon Ordination Service Sunday, February 11, 2018

8:45am Worship

Sylvia Kizer Ott “Dee Dee” Deidre Platt Prickett

11:00am Worship

Merle Kemmerlin Buck Jamie Knowlton Kennerly

Bonnie’s Bunch Overnight Trip

Spring Jubilee/

Myrtle Beach Convention

Myrtle Beach, SC

Mon., April 30 -

Wed., May 2, 2018

Cost PP Double: TBA

$100 Deposit Due w/ Sign Up Transportation-Church Bus (Departure: TBA)

Call to sign up or for more info.: 534-5434

FLC Office Hours Temporarily Mon. - Thurs. 9:00am - 2:00pm

The Personnel Committee is continuing to work on the FLC office situation with Rev. Ryan Tucker, Rev. Kris Aaron, & Ed Hinshaw. If you have an FLC office need or question, you may try calling out there first, if no answer then contact the main office & we will get it to the appropriate person. Or you may directly call Ed Hinshaw @ 803-747-1233 or Rev. Kris Aaron @ 803-225-0795.

Updated 2018 Church

Directory Inserts are available for pickup &

located throughout the

church & at the FLC.

Who will be the winners this year... youth or adults???

I - Sun., Jan. 14th (Bowling) - YOUTH

II - Sun., Feb. 11th (Blanket Volleyball)

III - Sun., Mar. 11th (Wiffle Ball)

IV - Sun., Apr. 8th (Putt Putt)

V - Sun., May 20th (Amazing Race)

"Carpenter's for Christ"

Tool & Trailer Stocking Fundraiser Grilled Boston Butts

(7-9 lb. average)

Friday, March 30, 2018 Pickup (11:00am - 1:00pm)

Behind the FLC at the Grill

$30 donation - tickets available at the church (see Rev. Jerry French)

Once we sell out, we will not be able to take additional orders so get your tickets soon!

Bonnie’s Bunch Overnight Trip

The Ark Encounter &

Creation Museum

Mon., May 14 -

Fri., May 18, 2018

Cost PP Double: $550

$75 Deposit Due w/ Sign Up & Final $ Due 03.07.18

(this trip will be the same as last yr)

Call to sign up or for more info.: 534-5434

Certified Lifeguards

Needed for Summer! If interested & for further

details contact Amber Robinson or Brooke Rogers, CDC Director

@ the CDC (533-1311)

Baby Dedication Services

Sun., Feb. 4, 2018 ~ 11am Worship

Jack Fisher Lukens Son of Brandon & Molly Lukens

Sun., Feb. 25, 2018 ~ 11am Worship

Hannah Elizabeth Phillips Taylor Dane Phillips

Twin Daughters of Ryan & Laura Phillips

Sun., Mar. 18, 2018 ~ 11am Worship

McKenley Abigail Vaughn Daughter of Ryan & Jennifer Vaughn

2018 Youth Summer Mission Trip Info: • Passport: Choices- Greensboro, NC - June 17-22 - $375 {middle school students & up, only 10 spots available, 1st come, 1st serve!} • Buckner International - Mission, TX - July 14-21 - $600 {rising 9th graders & up, plane tickets need to be booked w/in the month, so need to know ASAP!}

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Gifts Received In Honor Of… Russell A. & Cynthia Blanchard, III: Russell A. & Linn Blanchard, Jr.

“Patty” Patricia Bozard Clements: Bill & Gaye Burch

“Bill” William B. Cox: Cathy Cox Price

Norman & Shirley McLean: Leslie & Avie Phillips

Rev. “Tom” Thomas M. Owens, Sr.: Bill & Gaye Burch

George “Xennie” Weeks: Norman & Shirley McLean

Gifts Received In Memory Of...

Murray Edison Antley, Sr.: Shirley Maddox, Leslie & Avie Phillips, Palmetto Health Outpatient Holding Room Staff

“Tom” Thomas E. & Mary Lawrence Cotton Bell: Barbara Bell Gibbons

Clay Griffith Bryant: Jane Griffith Bryant

Charles “Parker” & Doris Dean Dempsey: Glenn & Nancy Davidson

Deborah “Jewel” May Edwards: Melicue & Hazel Metts, Sylvia Kizer Ott, “Bill” William I. Powell, Henry & Burley Rutland, Linda Ann Voyles Sanders

Chad Victor Funchess: “Russ” Russell N. Hewitt, Jr.

Mary Sims Gressette: Russell A. & Linn Blanchard, Jr., Christina Boland, “Tom” Thomas & Carole Bonnette, George & Dixie Brooks, Dr. & Mrs. James Brunson, Jane Griffith Bryant, Lyn & Phala Burleson, Dean & Rozanne Campbell, Harold & Bobbie Carroll, “Shot” Donald A. & Navie Carole Clariday, “Chuck” Robert C. & Joyce Cleveland, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of South Carolina, David & Sheryl Davidson, Glenn & Nancy Davidson, Robert & Cheryl Dobson, John & Jane Felder, Merritt & Faye Fogle, Ken & Tommie Kay Garrick, Gloria Garrison, Billy & Ann Glover, “Tom” Thomas S. & Jean Harrison, “Russ” Russell N. Hewitt, Jr., Gordon K. Huddleston, Jay & Cynthia Jackson, Guy E. & Linda Kirby, Hazel A., Tony, & Donnie Kittrell, Grace D. Livingston, Phillip L. & Matilda Martin, Melicue & Hazel Metts, Paul A. Miller, Jr., Sylvia Kizer Ott, Dale Pearson, Dr. & Mrs. Ben Pendarvis, Bert Pooser, “Bill” William I. Powell, “Sam” Samuel F. & Rosa G. Reid, Jr., Susan Nichols Salley, Linda Ann Voyles Sanders, James M. Simons, The Souk Family (Chris , Rachelle, & Caroline), Ken & Becky Stovall, West & Freda Summers, The Times & Democrat, “Bob” Robert L. & Pam Utsey, Jr., Steve & Carol VandeVen, Kurt & Gerlinde Von Besser, Foster H. Yarborough, Jr.

Rhett Clarendon Hartzog: Macon Ray & Lynn Garrick, Shirley Maddox

Bobbie Jean Nixon Miller: “Bill” William I. Powell

Virginia F. Miller: “Bill” William I. Powell

Michael “Troy” Pooser: Macon Ray & Lynn Garrick

Cynthia Powell: “Bill” William I. Powell

Dallas Way Rast: Patricia Harvey, Norman & Shirley McLean, Robert & Nancy Rast, Henry & Burley Rutland, Michael & Beverly Van Straten

Terry Dorsey Sanders: Shirley Black, David & Marie Choi, Earl & Yvonne Crook, Macon Ray & Lynn Garrick, “Tom” Thomas S. & Jean Harrison, Shirley Maddox, Leslie & Avie Phillips, “Bill” William I. Powell

“Bill” William Thomas Taylor, Sr.: Macon Ray & Lynn Garrick, Shirley Maddox, Leslie & Avie Phillips

Esther Rogers Tomson: Macon Ray & Lynn Garrick

“Sam” Samuel Homer Watford, Jr.: Ken & Tommie Kay Garrick, Susan Nichols Salley

We extend our deepest Christian sympathy to Mary Sims Gue & family in the death of her mother, Mary Sims Gressette, to Michelle Rast Stoller & family in the death of her mother, Dallas Way Rast, and to the family of Gladys Shuler Varn.

IN REMEMBRANCE Mary Sims Gressette

Joined First Baptist.......Feb. 11, 1945 Died…………..………..….…Dec. 22, 2017

IN REMEMBRANCE Dallas Way Rast

Joined First Baptist….....Oct. 15, 1978 Died…………..………..….…Dec. 28, 2017

IN REMEMBRANCE Gladys Shuler Varn

Joined First Baptist.......Apr. 15, 1954 Died…………..…………..….…Jan. 2, 2018

We would like to express our deepest

sympathy to the family of

Deborah “Jewel” May Edwards

August 30, 1961—January 7, 2018

Started working at FBCO April 30, 2007.

~ She will be greatly missed ~