FBC Carthage E-News
April 25, 2016
Good Morning,
Yesterday was a great
start for “Heaven’s Gates and Hell’s Flames.”
There were well over 300 people present and the room was packed. During the invitation, there were 20
professions of faith in Jesus and 15 rededications. 35 decisions in the first night! Wow!
This is the day to call and contact your friends and family, especially
those who are lost that you are praying for and invite them to come. Compel them to come with you. Go by and pick them up and say, “Let’s Go!” There are two presentations remaining, tonight
and tomorrow night, April 25-26, 7:00 PM at the Ag Center. The doors open at 6:00 PM. Come early for a good seat. I posted
a promotional video on First Baptist Church Carthage FaceBook page. Check it out and then help get the word out
by sharing it on your page. This is our
effort to reach the lost in Smith County.
People will come if you invite them.
Let’s do all we can to share the word and see our lost friends and
family come to Christ.
In the midst of this week
of evangelistic emphasis, I also call on you to be praying for our Spring
Revival, May 15-18 with Bro. Jimmy Arms.
Pray for God to do a miracle in your life, in your home, in your
family. Pray specifically for that
burden you have that only God can carry and transform. Ask him for the impossible. Seek His solution to the challenges you
face. Knock on Heaven’s door and allow
the Lord Jesus to open that door and show you His great and amazing power. The church sanctuary will be open on
Wednesday’s from 10am until church time at 6:30 PM for you to come by and
pray. This prayer time is provided for
you to have a time to focus your heart and prayers to God for that miracle in
your life. We are also planning several
home prayer meetings during the week of May 8.
If you would like to open your home for one of these prayer times please
contact me and let me know.
AWANA had their final
meeting for this semester last night and awarded the children who had completed
their Bible memory work. AWANA is our
Discipleship program focusing on Bible memorization for our preschool and
children. Thank you to everyone of our AWANA leaders and
workers who give tirelessly throughout the year to teach the boys and girls to
hide God’s Word in their hearts.
Yesterday’s message was on
the power of your story. Following up with
that focus, I challenge you to take some time this week and write down your
story. Think of organizing it as Paul
did in Acts 26 with the following three areas:
·
My Life Before I
Trusted in Christ
·
How I accepted
Christ as Savior and Lord
·
The difference
Christ has made in my life
To help you focus on your
story, here is our theme song for the Summer emphasis, “His STORY, My Story” (Thanks
Jerry Wilmore for finding this perfect song.) :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TKAN-nAsu8&app=desktop
Have a blessed week as you invite family and
friends to “Heaven’s Gates, Hell’s Flames,”
Bro. Tim
Here’s the news for the
week:
·
We celebrate with
Josh Gibbs as he came yesterday making his Profession of Faith and desiring to
follow the Lord in Believer’s Baptism!
·
Vacation Bible
School is fast approaching, June 6-10 and workers are currently being
enlisted. You can see Jan Trainham or
Tina Gantenbein for a place to serve in this important event in the life of our
church and the lives of our children.
There is a place for you to serve.
Teachers, beginning this week, we will be using the VBS lesson passages as
the text during the Sunday Night services leading up to VBS.
·
Graduate Recognition Sunday service and luncheon will be held this Sunday, May 1. The church-wide
luncheon will be held after the morning worship service in the CLC and everyone
is invited and asked to bring a covered dish.
·
The Mission
Montana Team will meet on Sunday, May 1 at 3:00 PM in the Christian Life
Center. This will be our major
organizational planning meeting before the trip so all team members are needed.
·
Mark Dillon will
be leading the Defeated Creek Campground Service this Sunday, May 1 at 8:30 PM. Be
praying for this important ministry to the campers each week.
·
The Deacons will
meet this Sunday, May 1 at 7:00 PM.
·
A Baby Dedication
Service will be held on Mother’s Day Sunday, May 8 in the 10:45 AM
service. This service is for all parents
of infants or small children as we have a special time to dedicate them to the
Lord and have a commitment time for the parents. If you would like to be a part of this
dedication service please contact the church office or see Bro. Tim, Bro. Matt,
or Audrey Russell.
·
Bible Readings
for the Week:
April
25 2 Samuel 23-24 Luke 19:1-27
April
26 1 Kings 1-2 Luke 19:28-48
April
27 1 Kings 3-5 Luke 20:1-26
April
28 1 Kings 6-7 Luke 20:27-47
April
29 1 Kings 8-9 Luke 21:1-19
April
30 1 Kings 10-11 Luke 21:20-38
May
1 1 Kings 12-13 Luke 22:1-30
·
The Church
Leadership Team meet yesterday afternoon and this is a calendar of events that
was discussed and presented:
April 24-26 Heaven’s Gates, Hell’s Flames
24 Last night of AWANA
May 1 Defeated
Creek Campground Service, 8:30 AM Mark
Dillon
Graduate Recognition and Luncheon
Mission Montana Meeting, 3:00 PM
Deacon’s
Meeting , 7:00 PM
2 Women
on Missions Meeting @ Faye Reece’s Home, 6:30 PM
3 Decision America w/ Franklin Graham, State
Capital Building, 10AM
5 National Day of Prayer, 6:00 PM @
Courthouse
8 Mother’s
Day – No Evening Service
Baby
Dedication Service
10 Young at Heart Luncheon, 11:30 AM
15-18 Revival w/ Jimmy Arms, 6:30 PM
20-21 County Graduations
21 WOM sponsored birthday party at Kindred
Nursing Home
26 Youth Great Escape, 10:00 AM
27 Last day of school
29 Memorial Day Picnic @ Crump Paris Park,
5:00 PM
31-6/3 Children’s Day Camp
June 3 Young
Adult Family Picnic
5 Defeated
Creek Campground Service, 8:30 AM
6 Women
on Missions Meeting @ Mildred Westbrooks’ Home, 6:30 PM
6-10 Vacation
Bible School
11-18 Mission Haiti
18 Family Trip to Zoo
19 Father’s Day – No Evening Service
22-7/2 Mission Montana
3 Patriotic
Picnic @ Defeated Creek Campground Pavilion, 4:00 PM
July 5-7 Children’s Camp
9 New/Expectant
Mother’s Brunch, 11:00 AM
14 Family Trip to Dolly Wood
25-31 Smith County Fair Booth
Aug 3 First Day of School
7 Fireworks
Spectacular @ John and Rhonda Etheridge’s Home
