FBC
Carthage E-News
September
18, 2017
In less than two weeks we
will begin our Camp Meeting Fall Revival, October 1-4. This will be a great week of worshiping God
and proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
We are calling it a Camp Meeting because we will have a different
speaker for each of the five services.
Our speakers will be:
Sunday
AM, October 1 Randy Davis
Executive
Director, Tennessee Baptist Mission Board
Sunday PM, October
1 Scott Shepherd - Worship
Specialist, TBMB
Monday, October 2 Roc Collins - Evangelism
Specialist, TBMB
Tuesday, October 3 Don Pierson – Pastor
Stewart’s
Chapel Baptist Church, Flintville, TN
Wednesday, October
4 Tim Hight – Pastor
GraceLife
Baptist Church, Christiansburg, VA
In addition, Scott Shepherd, his wife and family of five children
will be leading us worship. Each service will be a power packed offering
to the glory of God. Invite your family
and friends to join with you for our Camp Meeting Fall Revival, October
1-4.
Speaking of revival services, I am preaching a revival this week
with our friend, Bro. Jimmy Arms at Upper Helton Baptist Church, 217 Upper
Helton Road in Alexandria, Tennessee. It
is always a blessing to spend time with my former Pastor and dear friend, Bro.
Jimmy. We have had him preach in our
revivals at FBC Carthage on two occasions and it is an honor to share this week
with his congregation in Alexandria.
Please pray for these services as we proclaim the good news of Jesus to
the people of Dekalb County.
I appreciate Bro. Matt Davis preaching in the morning service
yesterday while I was away. I also
appreciate Br. Marty Dodge preaching on Sunday evening and Bro. Brad Tackett
preaching in the Wednesday night service.
It is a blessing to have these capable and gifted men in our
congregation .
Thank you to the Women on Missions group for hosting the Soul Food
Café for the Tennessee Tech BCM students last week. We had a great time serving and had about 100
students attend the luncheon.
Congratulations to Sam and Madison (Dillon) Ray on their beautiful
wedding last Saturday. Pray for them as
they begin the exciting journey of marriage.
Please continue to pray for
our church custodian, Van Fields, his wife Tracey, and their son, James. Tracey will go to visit an oncologist on
Tuesday to receive the results of the biopsy done last week and to determine
what they will be the course of treatments.
Continue to pray for the
Disaster Relief workers and the clean-up efforts in Texas, Florida, and other
areas affected by the hurricanes.
Please pray for the Camp Meeting Fall Revival which begins on
Sunday, October 1. Pray for the Lord to
lead each of the preachers as they prepare to share with us. Pray for the Scott Shepherd and his family as
they prepare to lead us in worship.
Pray for lost family and friends to invite to come to the services. Pray that our hearts will be open, stirred,
and re-energized to reach our county for Jesus Christ.
Have a blessed week,
Bro. Tim
Here’s the News for the
Week:
·
Change of Time Note:
Please note that the GriefShare, grief support group will begin meeting
on Tuesday afternoons at 5:00 PM beginning this week, September 19. This time change allows participants to
return home a little earlier as the days are growing shorter. GriefShare meets at the Smith County Chamber
of Commerce, 969 Upper Ferry Road is open to anyone who has experienced the
death of a loved one.
·
Our first 5th
Quarter Youth Fellowship will be on Friday, September 22 immediately after the
Smith County High School football game for all students grades 7-12. There will be food, games, prizes and a lot
of fun. In addition, Kewon Foster will
be our guest speaker! Help spread the
word and invite your friends to join us for our 5th Quarter Youth
Fellowship.
·
The 7th
and 8th Grade Sunday School class will be having a pool party this
Saturday, September 23 at Phillip and Kathy Piper’s home, 54 Morris Lane. All 7th and 8th grade
students are invited and encouraged to bring a friend.
·
All Senior Adults
are invited to an Association-wide Fish Fry on Monday, September 25 at Hickman
Baptist Church. The fish fry will begin
at 6:30 PM and we will leave from the church parking lot at 6:00 PM. Jack McCall will be the special guest
speaker.
·
Here is a local
mission project that you can be a part of.
Volunteers are needed to staff the Inflatables as part of our FBC
Carthage ministry during this year’s William Walton Day festivities on
Saturday, September 30 from 9am-3pm. See
Bro. Tim or Bro. Matt to volunteer.
·
Bro. Tim and Bro.
Matt are making plans to visit the college students on their annual College
Road trip. Listed below is the tentative schedule. If there are conflicts or perhaps a college
we left off the list, please contact Bro. Tim at 931 261-8452.
9/27
@ 12 noon Cumberland
10/5
@ 12:15 PM Memphis
10/12 @ 6:00 PM Tennessee
Tech
10/17
@ 12 noon Vol State
10/19 @ 6:00 PM UT
Knoxville
10/24
@ 12 noon MTSU
·
Our annual Fall Festival
will be Wednesday, October 25. In
addition to the inflatables in the gym for the children, we will also have a “Super
Hero” Trunk or Treat set up in the Water Street parking lot. If you would like be a part of this Trunk or
Treat by having your car and giving out candy, please see Matt or Elizabeth
Davis.
·
We have renovated
the Preschool classrooms and now have several small wooden chairs available for
you to purchase for $5 each. The chairs
are in the hallway, just outside the Church Office. Stop by and take one or several for your use
at home.
·
Now is a great
time to start collecting items for Operation Christmas Child. School supplies are on sale now. So pick up pencils, color pencils, erasers,
paper, etc. for boxes. Also, many stores now have summer clothes on
clearance, a great time to pick up flip-flops, shorts and t-shirts. Please remember to buy items for our
WOM/Youth packing party boxes, as well as the individual boxes your family
donates. There are some changes to note
this year. NO Toothpaste, NO Candy, and
NO liquids of any kind in the boxes.
Bars of soap are allowed, but no shampoo or lotions. Also, the suggested donation per box is $9
instead of the previous $7. Collection
week is mid-November. FBC will again be
a drop-off station for the area this year.
·
A candle-light
vigil will be held on Thursday, September 28 at 6:00 PM at the Old Courthouse
in memory of those in our community who have died as a result of drug overdose
and to pray for the many whose lives are being destroyed by drugs and alcohol. Everyone is invited for this special time of
prayer.
