FBC Carthage E-News
June 9, 2014
Good Morning,
Hopefully we have gotten
to the bottom of our E-News issues and everyone is receiving this e-mail. Come to find out, there has been a new
regulation for group emails to try to reduce SPAM. We have changed our email server and
completed the transfer of our address. I apologize for the inconvenience. E-News is a vital link from FBC Carthage to
you for the events and ministry of the church.
Thank you for reading and staying informed.
Because of the E-News not
making it to many of you for the last couple of weeks, this E-News will have
some of the previous news items to make sure we are all caught up and informed.
The BIG news of the week
is Vacation Bible School this week, June 9-13 from 6:00-8:30 PM each
evening. We have classes for Kindegarten
thru High School. Younger classes are
available for children of the VBS workers.
Everyone is needed to come and be a part of VBS 2014. Of all we do in missions throughout the year,
this week is the premier mission event with the most people involved in
teaching, leading, and helping. The
Mission Carthage VBS Team 2014 (That’s a great mission team name.) has over 50
people serving and ministering to the children of Smith County! If you are not yet signed-up simply come
tonight and see Rhonda Etheridge or Kristina Hall, our VBS Directors and they
will be glad to find a place for you.
Help spread the word to the children you know about VBS this week at
First Baptist Church Carthage.
Summer is into full swing and
we welcome Anna Maxwell as she serves this summer as our Ministry Intern. One of these ministry opportunities is the
Backyard Bible Club each Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 PM in the Project Circle
Community Room. Anna will need people to
help with the activities and meal each week so there are many opportunities to
serve. We had two great Backyard Bible
Clubs last week at Project Circle and Defeated Creek
Our first summer mission
trips to Cincinnati was a great time of ministry, fellowship, and missions. The team conducted a Backyard Bible Club at
McCelvey Road Baptist Church. Check the
church FaceBook page for pictures of the trip.
If you haven’t “Liked” the First Baptist Church Carthage FaceBook page
go ahead and click on “Like”. Updates
will automatically come to your page.
Here is a list of the
mission trips and projects available to you this summer. Be involved in some way:
Backyard Bible Clubs Begin
Tuesday, June 3 @ 4:30 PM
@ Project Circle
Vacation Bible School June
9-13 @ 6:00 PM
Campground Bible Club Saturday,
July 27 @ Defeated Creek
Mission
Montana June 26-July 5,
2014
Smith
County Fair Booth July 28-August 2
Mission
New York August 10-16, 2014
Mission
Cincinnati August 14-17,
2014 Bible Club & Block Party
Revivals
in Cincinnati October 19-23, 2014
Community Food Distribution Every 2nd Wednesday
This Sunday, June 15 is
Father’s Day and we will have a special gift for every man present. There is a great need in our church, our
city, our state, our nation for men to step up and be Godly men and fathers. One of the reasons for the moral and
spiritual decline in our nation over the past 60 years is the increase in
absent and non-involved dads. It’s time
for Christian men to be the role models for their sons and examples for their
daughters of a man of God. Dads, this is
our time to make a difference in the lives of the families God has given us to
lead. Lead forth in Godly living. Lead forth in church attendance and
faithfulness. Lead forth in mission and
ministry involvement. Lead forth in the
eternal things that affect your children and grandchildren for eternity.
John Etheridge led the
Defeated Creek Campground Service this past Sunday, June 8 and had 10 campers
attend the service. We will host and
lead one of the services each month for the campers.
This is the summer to share
the good news of Jesus with others.
Let’s all join in and be involved.
Have a blessed week,
Bro. Tim
Here’s the news for the
week:
1.
The new church
ministry t-shirts have been a great success.
Many of the sizes are already all gone and a re-order is taking
place. We intend to provide a shirt for
everyone to wear throughout the summer and year as a witness to the Lord Jesus
Christ and as a representation of FBC Carthage.
Wear them as you minister in the many different projects and mission
efforts this summer. Wear them as you
are out and about in the course of your life.
Pick one up for your whole family at the Connection Point.
2.
The greatest mission/ministry event of the
entire year is Vacation Bible School which starts today, June 9. Invite the children in your neighborhood to
attend this year’s VBS, June 9-13. In
fact, stop what you are doing and call someone right now to join you tonight at
Vacation Bible School.
3.
We are collecting
small toys during the month of June for the Mission Montana Team to take with
them to Poplar. Collection boxes will be
available at the Connection Point to bring your toys.
4.
Bible Pathways
Bible reading guides for June are available in the front foyer and in the
Connection Point.
5.
Listed below are the
calendar dates for June:
June 9-13 Vacation
Bible School 6:00-8:30 PM
Lighthouse Girl’s Camp
10-11 Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting
11 Community
Food Distribution
No Wednesday Night
Services - VBS
15 Father’s
Day – No PM Service
16-21 Centri-Kid Children’s Camp @ Campbellsville University
17 Senior
Adult Fellowship
20 Cooking
Team Meeting @ 3:30 PM
20-26 Anna Maxwell to Dominican Republic
21 Cookie
Bake for Mission Montana @ 8:00 AM in CLC
22 Youth
Pool Party @ Piper’s 12 Noon
Student Life Camp
Meeting @ 4:30 PM
Anna Maxwell Sharing
Trip to Haiti @ 6:00 PM
23-25 Cincinnati Mission Team to Carthage
24 Jeff
Hall’s Birthday
26-July 5 Mission Montana
6.
If you miss any of the services this Summer
you can watch the service online at the church web site www.fbccarthage.com or on the church video
page at http://vimeo.com/fbccarthage.
Services are also posted each week on
our FaceBook page.
7.
Be making your
plans to join us for the Church Camp-Out at Defeated Campground, July 25-27. The church has reserved 8 spots and they are
available on a first-come, first-serve basis.
The church is providing the camp sites for your enjoyment. To sign-up, simply contact Jeff Hall and say,
“Sign me up!” The early service will be
moved to the Defeated Creek Pavilion for that Sunday morning, July 27 at 8:30
AM. All other services will be held as
normal.
8.
The annual meeting of the Southern Baptist
Convention is Tuesday and Wednesday of this week in Baltimore, Maryland. All the sessions are live streamed and
available for you to watch and listen. There
will be reports from the various mission boards, seminaries, and entities of
the convention. There will be powerful
sermons and inspiring music. Check it
out at: http://www.sbcannualmeeting.net/sbc14/default.asp
At
the same site Today, June 9 will be live streaming of the Pastor’s Conference,
a day-long marathon of the best preachers in the nation.
9.
It has been a couple of weeks since a Skit
Guys’ video to end the E-News. Here is a
tribute to Fathers:
You may
see that one again soon. See you Sunday.
