Tamee Weaver

Attendance Report February 8 Sunday School Worship Wednesday Night

87 139 111

First

First Baptist Church, Hamilton, Texas

Our Tithes and Offerings.... Gifts to the Budget February 1 February 8

5,493.17 4,611.10

Average Weekly Needs

Designated Gifts

ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

February 11, 2009

190.01 $4,801.11

Sunday Personnel February 15 USHERS

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

Vol. 32, No. 6

February 8

Total Gifts for February 1

E-mail Address: [email protected]

Advancing the Gospel

$5,350.48

Wednesday Night Meals

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

Focus

Dewayne Clover, Shelly Lengefeld, J.T. Massingill, Joyce Spencer COUNTERS David Courtney, Don Jones, J.T. Massingill CHILD CARE Sunday School - Clydell Massingill, Penny Wright EXTENDED SESSION Nursery - Susan Foster, Kenda Lackey 2 & 3 Year Olds - Jennifer Ingram, Brittany Krueger Children’s Church Shawna Cozby, Grant Lengefeld

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

DEACONS’ VALENTINE DINNER February 15, 2009 6:30 P.M. Church Parlor

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

I hope you’ve had a chance to visit our new website: www.fbchamiltontx.org. John Woods did a nice job on Sunday introducing us to the site. We believe this launch into the virtual world can be a very helpful ministry tool for First Baptist Church. We have some cards in the sanctuary and in the church office that have the web address on them. Please take a few and pass them on to your friends and neighbors – even strangers – so all the good things going on at FBC can be shared with our community. Our weekly newsletter, past worship orders, and even a link to KCLW where our worship is aired live each Sunday can be accessed. I want to tell you about a couple of really great things that are going on at the beginning of 2009. First, John Woods and I have been discussing the possibility of ordaining him to the Gospel ministry for some time now. Later this spring, we will have the honor of having an ordination service for John. An Ordination Council is in the process of being formed. This group will meet with John and upon their approval will present John to First Baptist as a candidate for ordination. It is a great privilege to be ordained by a church – to have a collective hand of affirmation lain upon one’s call to ministry. It is also an honor as a church to be a part of such an important step in one’s ministerial journey. John, we look forward to this special day and we will be praying for you as it approaches. Also, I began meeting with Keith Gardner (one of our Senior High youth) about his call to ministry. You may recall that Keith made his calling public to FBC a little over a year ago. Keith and I will meet once a month until May discussing what it means to be called to vocational ministry. After these meetings, we will set up a time where Keith will have the opportunity to preach for our congregation. After these meetings and preaching for us, and upon the approval of the church, we will license Keith to the Gospel Ministry – which is an initial step towards ordination. Keith, we will be praying for you as graduation and licensing to ministry approaches.

We have so many good things going on at FBC right now: Easter and our Pageant will be here before you know it, Nicaragua Mission Trip preparation, Wednesday Activities for children, youth, and adults are in full swing, innovative and meaningful worship each Sunday, possibility of a strategic plan for FBC’s future, new Sunday evening Youth Bible Study called Portico, numerous visitors gracing our church campus, wonderful Sunday morning Bible study for all ages, 30 to 40 students at Wednesday Night Student Worship called Ekklesia, a choir loft full of fantastic worship leaders, Peter Elkins - Maria Weaver - Ben Griffin Tamee Weaver, accompanying us with beautiful music each Sunday. I hope you will tell your friends, coworkers, neighbors, and anyone else about your family of faith.

Notes

As one worship leader said, “Worship is communion with God in which believers, by grace, center their mind’s attention and heart’s affection on the Lord, humbly From glorifying God in response to God’s greatness and Word.” It is John bigger than what happens on Sunday mornings, yet our personal worship-life is strengthened and stretched by corporate worship in community. Yes, worship is first for God and God alone. However, as we come to worship God each Sunday, we do not ignore those sitting to the right and the left of us. We “speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs” (Colossians 3:16). The privilege of worshipping in community as outlined in the biblical text is one of great importance. There are times that we must sing on behalf of our sister or brother who cannot bear to sing “It Is Well with My Soul.” There are also times when we sit silently while the congregation sings prophetically to us, “Forever God is Faithful.”

A N NO U N C E M E N T S

WEDNESDAY Night Meal February 18 Frito Pie & trimmings

If you have not picked up your offering envelopes, you may pick them up in the church office.

A Time to Think Intense love does not measure, it just gives.--

Mother Teresa To Act Respect, and nurture those around you.

Sing, congregation! Sing!

To Pray

John

Lord, may I always remember the importance of a healed heart

Remember in Prayer… Ruby Webb Agnes Long Bill Chappell Jessie Kinsey Ronda Allison Anna Marie Hutcheson Family Kaley Neie Hilbig Dale & Glenn Chilton Nelson Shave Gwen Wallace Doris Lancaster Marty Wilson Sarah Bone Earl Cowley Christina Kroeger Frankie Ellingberg Jack Pettit Danny Craig Jean Phillips Shannan Lee Dick Dixon Dan Kroeger

Vada Gregory Jace Williams Leslie Smith Sydney Peterson Chantelle Menton Ben & Sherry Booz Peggy Kemp Robb Penoyer Joyce Anglin Rosa Gillham Mandy Wallace Earl Cowley Red Williams Ave Dore Gunter Mack Cole Elena Mirmontes, Julie and Trent Christenson Mary Lou Crosby Rene Spradling Amber Buster Corky Tatum Pam Jones

Renee Smith Sue Lasater Patty Gillham Don Plagins Mary Atchley Louise Vaughn David Clark Derrel Hungerford Tony Rogers Walter Edwards Jim Wayman

Life of the Church Sunday, February 15 Sunday School Worship Children’s Church for Pre-K thru K Nicaragua Information Meeting Deacons’ Valentine Dinner Monday, February 16 Cub Scouts Chandler Craig Handbell Choir Rehearsal Tuesday, February 17 Stewardship Committee Meeting Wednesday, February 18 Fellowship Meal Adult Bible Study Children’s Choir & Missions Ekklesia Bible Study Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal Thursday, February 19 Ladies Crafts AA Meeting

9:45 am 11:00 am 11:00 am 2:30 pm 6:30 pm 2009 BIBLE 365 5:00 pm 5:15 pm 6:00 pm 5:15 pm 6:00 pm 6:00 pm 6:00 pm

9:00 am 8:00 pm

Day 37 - Malachi 1:1-2:17, Revelation 21:1-27, Psalm 149:1-9, Proverbs 31:10-24 Day 38- Malachi 3:1-4:6, Revelation, 22:1-21, Psalm 150:1-6, Proverbs 32:25-31 Day 39 - Genesis 1:1-2:25, Matthew 1:1-2:12, Psalm 1:1-6, Proverbs 1:1-6 Day 40 - Genesis 3:1-4:26, Matthew 2:13-3:6, Psalm 2:1-12, Proverbs 1:7-9 Day 41 - Genesis 5:1-7:24, Matthew 3:7-4:11, Psalm 3:1-8, Proverbs 1:10-19 Day 42 - Genesis 8:1-10:32, Matthew 4:12-25, Psalm 4:1-8, Proverbs 1:20-23 Day 43 - Genesis 11:1-13-4, Matthew 5:1-26, Psalm5:1-12, Proverbs 1:24-28