FBC
Carthage E-News
April
24, 2017
Good
Morning,
Two weeks
and counting! Two weeks until our Spring Revival, May 7-10 with Bro.
Kewon Foster and the Nesbitt Family. Please
be praying this week and next for this special series of services and for God’s
Holy Spirit to move in power. The
services will begin at 10:45 AM on Sunday, May 7 and continue at 6:30 PM each
evening thru Wednesday, May 10. Pray for Bro. Kewon as he prepares his heart
and the messages God would have for us.
Pray for the Nesbitt family as they prepare to lead us in worship. Most of all, pray for lost and un-churched
family and friends to attend the services with you. They will come if you will invite them.
The theme
of our Spring Revival will be “Impact” as we celebrate the impact Jesus has on
our lives and as we are stirred to make an impact for Christ in our homes, our
community, our nation, and around the world.
May this truly be a time of great impact in the name of Jesus Christ.
On Sunday,
May 7 we will have a special church-wide luncheon following the morning service
in honor of our 2017 graduates. This
will also be a great time to fellowship with Bro. Kewon and the Nesbitt family. Bring a covered dish and celebrate with the
graduates and their families.
In
preparation for our Spring Revival, we will continue to go out into the
community on visitation tonight and next Monday night at 6:00 PM. We will meet for prayer at 6:00 PM in the
Christian Life Center and then distribute invitations to the revival to our
friends and neighbors.
I am
asking that next week be a special week of prayer and preparation for the
Spring Revival. If you would like to
host a cottage prayer meeting in your home please contact me or Bro. Matt. In all our activities and gatherings next
week, let us have a special time of prayer for the revival and the impact on
souls.
Sunday,
April 30 will be the final night of AWANA for the 2016-17 school year. Thank you to Michael Collins and all the AWANA
workers for preparing meals, leading in games, and teaching the children and
youth this year in AWANA.
The
Missions Committee met last week and discussed several mission trips and projects
for the Summer/Fall 2017. These are
listed at the end of this E-News. Plan
to be personally involved in some way through missions this year. Make an IMPACT!
This is the final week for
our “Trial Period” for the Right Now Media subscription. If you have found this resource helpful and
would like to see it continued to be offered please send me an email tfrank@fbccarthage.com this week. We
are delighted to offer this resource if it is helpful and being used.
Have a
blessed week as you rejoice in the resurrection of Jesus,
Bro. Tim
Here is the news for the
week:
·
Join us for a “Call
to Prayer” on Tuesday mornings at 7:00 AM in the Sanctuary as we will be praying
for revival in our church and for the special revival services with Kewon
Foster and the Nesbitt Family.
·
The new Ladies
Bible Study continues this Tuesday night at 6:30 PM in the Christian Life
Center entitled “JOY in the JOURNEY,” a
joyful look at the book of Philippians By Jean Stocksdale. The study will be facilitated by Elizabeth
Davis. Ladies of all ages are invited to
participate in this journey.
·
A low-impact
exercise class is being offered on Wednesday afternoons at 1:00 PM in the
Christian Life Center. Everyone is
invited to participate.
·
The Wednesday
Night Bible Study for adults will continue a study of the passages used this
year in our Vacation Bible School classes.
This provides everyone an opportunity to study these special passages
and gives our VBS teachers a “jump-start” on their study and preparation. This year’s theme is “Galactic Starveyors:
Discovering the God of the Universe.” Wednesday,
April 26 we will be studying Genesis 3, “God Is Still in Charge.” The main truth for this lesson is, “God will
always love me, even when I make wrong choices.”
·
Speaking of VACATION
BIBLE SCHOOL, this special week is approaching quickly, June 12-16. Jan Trainham and Tina Gantenbein are now
recruiting volunteers. Please see them or
call the church office at (615) 735-1929 to sign up for this year’s Galactic adventure. Training will be Sunday, May 7, 2017.
·
Ladies attending
the Women of Joy Conference this weekend in Pigeon Forge are reminded to meet
in the parking lot across Main Street from the church on Friday, April 28 at
9:00 AM.
·
Attention
Graduates! It’s graduation time! On Sunday, May 7th, we will honor our 2017
high school and college graduates with a luncheon after the morning
service. If you are graduating submit
pictures to Bro. Matt or the church office to include in our Graduate
Recognition. We will also have a
church-wide luncheon after the morning service in the Christian Life Center in
honor of the graduates.
·
This Sunday,
April 30 we will be observing the Lord’s Supper in the 10:45 am service.
·
This Sunday
night, April 30 we will have a special service as we host the Upper Cumberland
Academy Youth Choir as they sing and share at 6:00 PM. Everyone is encouraged to come out and
support this fine group of young musicians as they sing for the glory of God.
·
Upcoming Meetings
Church
Council April 30 @ 3:00 PM
Deacons May 7 @ 8:00 PM
Business
Mtg May
17 @ 6:30 PM
·
Here are the
Nursery Workers for the coming weeks:
April
30 Betsy Broyles Venessa Denney
May 7 Sharon
Raymond Judi
Henderson
·
With the Spring
Revival’s theme of IMPACT, here is a moving testimony of the IMPACT Jesus had
on a young woman’s life after a diving accident left her quadriplegic. Listen to Joni Eareckson Tada as she shares her story: https://youtu.be/VVXJ8GyLgt0
·
Here are the
dates from the Missions Committee for upcoming mission trips and projects for
the Summer and Fall 2017:
June
2 Tennessee
Baptist Children’s Home – Parent’s Night Out
Each
Tuesday Begin June 6
Backyard
Bible Clubs – Clemmons Circle
June
12-16 Vacation Bible School,
FBC Carthage
June
22-24 Atlanta
- New Church Start – Kewon Foster
Block
Party / Ice Cream Festival – Apartment Complex
Homeless
Care Packets and Picnic Meal / Prayer Walking
July
12-15 Cincinnati
– Redemption Baptist Church – Jason Lohorn
Outreach
Events / VBS Promotion for Following Week
July
21 Defeated Creek
Campground
Backyard
Bible Club 10:30 AM
July
21-28 Guatemala
Collecting
Multi-Vitamins, Prenatal Vitamins, Cough Syrup, Vitamin D
July
31-August 5 Smith County Fair Ministry
Booth
October
5-9 New
City Church – New York City – Christy Dyer
Community
Block Party
Upcoming
Tentative Plans
Hawaii – Ohana Church
2018
Kenya – Ridgeways Baptist 2019
