Family Life Center

Attendance Report February 15 Sunday School Worship Wednesday Night

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Our Tithes and Offerings....

First Baptist Church, Hamilton, Texas

Gifts to the Budget February 8 February 15

4,611.10 5,440. 83

Average Weekly Needs

$5,350.48

Designated Gifts

February 15

Chandler Craig HB Choir Dental Ministry Special Offerings - SMC Wednesday Night Meals Youth Fund- Nicaragua Trip Total Gifts for February 1

300.00 70.00 320.00 165.00 128.33 $6,424.16

ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

Rev. Keith Felton, Pastor John Woods, Minister of Music Rev. Eric Coleman, Minister to Youth

E-mail Address: [email protected]

First Baptist Church 220 S. Bell Street P.O. Box 673 Hamilton, TX 76531 Church Office - 254/386-8141

Sunday Personnel February 22 USHERS Cody Catoe, Bridgette Haile, Grant Lengefeld, Howard Wilson COUNTERS Moody Courtney, David Holley, Steve McKandless CHILD CARE Sunday School - Bridget Bruce, Clydell Massingill, EXTENDED SESSION Nursery - Bridgette Haile, Sarah Pearce 2 & 3 Year Olds - Sheena Dolloff, Jimmy Quigg Children’s Church Leslie Jester, Jon/Robbye Lengefeld

Deacons on Call for February Jim Summers - Team Leader Dale Caraway, Luke Killian, Saundra Lengefeld

Focus

Advancing the Gospel Vol. 32, No. 7

February 18, 2009

From the Shepherd’s Shop‹ Shop‹ by Pastor Keith Felton

I have seen God at work in a great way this past week. On Valentine’s Day, around twenty First Baptist folks showed up at Oscar Romo’s (our newest member) home to paint, repair, provide furniture, home necessities, and much more. Not many times have I witnessed a greater display of love for a family in need. A couple of days before this occurred, one of our members had her housekeeper come and clean the house. Several folks have donated items for the Romo family. One of our members drove 150 miles one way just to pick up a twin bed for one of the Romo children!! What an amazing church! One of the Romo children came up to me after the service on Sunday and gave me a drawing. On the back it said, “Love you, Thank you for helping us with the house.” Thanks to all of you who reaffirmed in me just how cool it is to be your Pastor. I hope all of you will come and purchase a Spaghetti dinner this Saturday evening at the Youth and Family Life Center. In doing this, you will help raise the needed funds for our Nicaragua Mission Trip this summer. Please continue to pray for all of those who will be participating in this wonderful experience. I know God has great things in store for this trip.

WEDNESDAY Night Meal February 25 Meat Loaf & trimmings

Life of the Church Saturday February 21 Spaghetti dinner fund raiser Sunday, February 22 Sunday School Worship Children’s Church for Pre-K thru K Usher/Greeter Luncheon Portico for Youth Monday, February 23 Cub Scouts Chandler Craig Handbell Choir Rehearsal Wednesday, February 25 Fellowship Meal Adult Bible Study Children’s Choir & Missions Ekklesia Bible Study Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal Thursday, February 26 Ladies Crafts AA Meeting

Mission Trip Fundraisers 6:00 pm 9:45 am 11:00 am 11:00 am 12:00 pm 6:00 pm 5:00 pm 5:15 pm 5:15 pm 6:00 pm 6:00 pm 6:00 pm

9:00 am 8:00 pm

YOU NEED A SPAGHETTI DINNER!!! Join us this Saturday evening (6-8 P.M. at the Youth & Family Life Center) for some great food and help sponsor our team to Nicaragua for our 2009 Mission Trip. You are welcome to stop by and take a plate home with you or call ahead and we will have it ready when you get here! We are expecting a great turn-out and pray that you will be part of it! Also, as we continue our fundraising endeavors we need your help. We are putting together an FBC Cookbook to raise money for our mission trip and we need your recipes. Please take a few moments and pull together your favorite recipes and submit them to Eric Coleman. We will be taking all the submissions and binding them into a nice and cozy cookbook for you to purchase in the near future. Also, be sure to check out the church website for a full fundraising calendar for our 2009 mission trip. Thanks for the support of everyone from our church family! Remember to pray for us and our trip, that we will be able to change lives and show people the gospel through our lives. We serve a great and compassionate God!! In His Grip, Eric Coleman

Ongoing Lunch after Sunday morning worship - dates TBA (check the church calendar and newsletter for updates!!) Newspaper Sales currently underway ($1.00 per newspaper [$.70 profit]) Youth & Mission Trip Peeps for Hire bid on your fellow church members for service hours The list will be posted in the Youth & Family Life Center for bids in the upcoming weeks!! (check the church calendar and newsletter for updates) Consumer Electronics Recycling Fundraiser donate your old cell phones, notebook/laptop computers, digital cameras, and inkjet printer cartridges we will receive up to $300 per donation!! Drop donations by the church office Mon-Friday 10am-4pm February 2009 Spaghetti Dinner @ Youth & Family Life Center – Saturday, Feb. 21st 6-8pm $5/plate Take out only (call ahead for pick-up 254.386.8141) Cookbook of church favorite recipes submit your recipes to Eric Coleman March 2009 Parent’s Day Out (March 28th – 9am-4pm) Pay Scale = $25/1, $35/2, $45/3, $50/4+ Price is listed per child April 2009 Community-wide yard sale & pie auction (April 18th) - $15 / table to reserve your spot May 2009 More Events and Activities to Come!! - Check back soon to see the updated schedule!

A N NO U N C E M E N T S If you are interested in being a part of the Usher/ Greeter Team, join us for lunch this Sunday after worship in the Youth and Family Life Center. We’ll take care of lunch, if you’ll take care of being there!

NEEDED - DESSERT for the Youth Fund Raiser February 21, 2009 Please bring to the youth family life center by 4:30 P.M.

Congratulations ...to the proud parents, B ritney and J.P. A aron, on the birth of tw ins, Lila K ail and G age Preston on Thursday, D ecem ber 11, 2008. Paternal grandparents are R icky and E lizabeth A aron of Teague, TX. M aternal grandparents are K en and B renda A ndrew s.

Our Sympathy and Prayers. Our love and support, sympathy and prayers go out to Ed and Susan Tober. Ed’s mother went to be with Christ this past week. We join together as a family of faith and pray for this family as we celebrate Christ’s gift of eternal life. 2009 BIBLE 365 Day 44 - Genesis 13:5-15:21, Matthew 5:27-48, Psalm 6:1-10, Proverbs1:29-33 Day 45 - Genesis 16:1-18:19, Matthew 6:1-24, Psalm 7:1-17, Proverbs 2:1-5 Day 46 Genesis 20:1-22:24, Matthew 7:15-29, Psalm 9:1-12, Proverbs 2:16-22 Day 47 - Genesis 23:1-24:51, Matthew 8:1-17, Psalm 9:13-20, Proverbs 3:1-6 Day 48 - Genesis 24:52-26:16, Matthew 8:18-34, Psalm 10:1-15, Proverbs 3:7-8 Day 49 - Genesis 26:17-27:46, Matthew 9:1-17, Psalm 10:16-18, Proverbs 3:0-10 Day 50 - Genesis 28:1-29:35, Matthew 9:18-38, Psalm 11:1-7, Proverbs 3:11-12