FBC
Carthage E-News
July
24, 2017
Good
Morning,
This week we have two
members of FBC Carthage on mission in Guatemala with the Tennessee Baptist
partnership with the Guatemala Baptist Convention. Seven persons from the New Salem Baptist
Association joined in with others for this project. Listed below is a prayer guide for the team this
week.
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Monday, July 24
Pray as the team begins the medical clinic, VBS, and the construction project. Pray as they share the gospel; pray for
FLEXIBILITY.
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Tuesday, July 25
Pray for the team as they serve in three areas: 1) the medical team as they
love on hurting and scared patients; 2) the VBS team as they share the gospel
twice a day with 500 students; and 3) the construction team to be safe.
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Wednesday, July
26 Pray for the team to have strength as they continue serving in the medical
clinic, VBS, and construction today.
·
Thursday, July 27
Pray for the team to have a restful and enjoyable day as they have the
opportunity to go sightseeing around Guatemala City and prepare to leave.
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Friday, July 28
Pray for the team as they say their good-byes, travel to the airport, and fly
home. They should arrive in Atlanta at 6:45
pm EDT. Pray as Brad Tackett picks them
up and brings them home. Praise the Lord
for what He has done!
This Sunday, July 30 will
be the observance of baptism and the Lord’s Supper in the 10:45 AM
service. Both ordinances represent and
remind us of the death, burial, and resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus
Christ. Let us prepare our hearts for
this special service of remembering the cross of Jesus.
We have a very special day
planned the following Sunday, August 6 as we welcome Gary Bates with Creation Ministries as our guest speaker. He will share in the Sunday School hour with
the children, youth, and adult classes on “Dinosaurs, Fossils, and the Flood:
Amazing Evidence for Creation.” He will
also be preaching in the morning service a message entitled, “Creation not
Confusion.” Plan to attend both sessions
and invite your friends to join you for these informative, inspirational, and
important messages. Here is a video and
website to introduce you to Gary and his ministry: http://creation.com/gary-bates
The church camping trip
was a lot of fun and very HOT! Everyone
seemed to have a good time as they endured the 100+ degree heat. Thank you to John and Kristen Sanders for
bringing their boat for the lake day activities. On Sunday we had 60 people (and 4 dogs) attending
the campground service.
The Men’s Main Event Conference
is this weekend, July 28-29 at the
Municipal Auditorium in Nashville. Speakers
for the weekend will include football star, Kurt Warner; baseball legend,
Darryl Strawberry; radio personality, Rick Burgess and many others. Tickets are $50 for men and $25 for young men
under 18. We still have tickets
available so see Bro. Matt Davis to sign-up for this incredible and uplifting
conference.
Last night we enjoyed
three different In-Home services and appreciate Stephen and Audrey Russell and
John and Kay McCall opening their homes for the services. We have two special Summer Sunday nights remaining
before AWANA begins on August 13. Those
special services are:
July 30 Mission Reports and Sharing, CLC
Free Supper at 5:30 PM and Service at 6:00 PM.
August 6 Fireworks Spectacular and Picnic
@ John
and Rhonda Ethridge’s Home
Covered
dish picnic at 6:30 PM.
Bus will
leave from the church parking lot at 6:00 PM.
The Bible Pathways reading
guides for August are in! You can pick
up a copy in the Connection Point or the front foyer. You can also subscribe to the reading guide
online by free daily emails or access the reading the guide directly each day at
www.crosswalk.com/devotionals/biblepathways.
The Smith County Fair will
be next week, July 31-August 5! FBC
Carthage will host a ministry booth each evening of the fair to minister and
reachout to our community. A different
Sunday School class will host the booth each night from 5:30-8:00 PM and
distribute water and sno-cones, play games, take photos, and visit with our
community. We will also have a drawing
each night for a Hard-back Study Bible.
This is a great week of ministry to our own community. Here are the classes hosting the booth each
night.
Monday, July 31 Samantha
Upchurch’s Class
Tuesday, Aug 1 Jim
Broyles’ and Jan Trainham’s Classes
Wednesday, Aug 2 Cindy
Dowell’s Class
Thursday, Aug 3 Stephen
Russell’s Class
Friday, Aug 4 Youth
Classes
Saturday, Aug 5 Brad
Tackett’s Class
We rejoice as Josie Kelly
followed the Lord in believer’s baptism yesterday and Bobbie Key came forward
professing her faith in Jesus, desiring to follow Him in baptism.
Have a safe and blessed
week,
Bro. Tim
