- The Messenger - FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH - HILTON HEAD ISLAND South Forest Beach Drive Hilton Head Island, SC

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1 - The Messenger - FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH - HILTON HEAD ISLAND South Forest Beach Drive Hilton Head Island, SC Rev. Brett Myers, Pastor March 2019 Sunday, March 10 Move clocks forward one hour. FBCHHI Is Hosting A Captain s Dinner Men Volunteers Are Needed Friday, March 29, 2019 Call Paulette Gardner at if you can help. The above event is NOT to be confused with the FBCHHI Men s Event Men s With Captain Fuzzy Davis Saturday, April 6-5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Fishing Clinic, Great Dinner, and Worship for Men $10.00 each. Reservations are needed. Call Paulette Gardner at to make your reservations. Pay at the door. Complete details on page 8. Dr. Richard Blackaby Guest Speaker Sunday, March 10 10:30 AM Worship Service FBCHHI is blessed to be able to have Dr. Richard Blackaby as our special guest speaker on Sunday, March 10th, in our 10:30 AM worship service. Richard is the president of Blackaby Ministries International and lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Richard travels internationally speaking on spiritual leadership in the home, church, and marketplace as well as on spiritual awakening, experiencing God, and the Christian life. Richard regularly ministers to Christian CEOs, church, and family leaders. 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM A ernoon Session Building a Legacy of Faith: Reaching Prodigals $10.00 each. Reservations are needed. Call Paulette Gardner at to make yours. Pay at the door. All WOMEN are invited to a Women s Ministry Event! Friday, May 3. First Baptist Church - Hilton Head Island - Present and Encouragement Café s Warrior Event 5:30 PM - 9:00 PM Buy One, Bless One Tickets (2 for $20.00) (Doors open at 5:00 PM for Vendor Shopping.) Special Guests: Natasha Owens - Award Winning Worship Artist, Songwriter, Speaker Mindy Hopman - Guest Speaker from Hilton Head Island Be y B Shoopman - Stage Art Ar st HighRoad - Musical Guests- GMA Female Group of the Year You will get two ckets for $20.00, one for you and one to share with a lady you know that could use a fun night out and some extra encouragement. Childcare will be offered for children 1 year - 5th grade with a childcare reserva on. Mother s Room is available in the Sanctuary for infants. Ticket informa on and details on page 9.

2 From the Pastor... Church Family, We Are Growing We are quickly entering a busy season for church, which means lots of opportuni es for making an impact on the lost around us! This Relate sermon series is all about that. We are seeing some great growth not just in vaca oners but also in new local people to our church. We have had 6 new people join the church in the past 6 weeks, our current Discovery Course (new member s class) has 17 people registered! It s an exci ng me at First Bap st as we welcome new people and grow. So as you walk from your car, as you drink coffee in our Sunday morning fellowship me, as you enter your Sunday School class, and as you find a seat in a sanctuary, look for people who could be new here. Be inten onal to welcome them to our church family. Great Losses for our Church This has been a tough year so far as we have lost a couple of great men of God: Richard Wheeler and William Barre. William in par cular was so excited about his new role on our staff, and he and I had some great plans to expand some ministries in which he was involved. However, we know where both of these men are, that their death was no surprise to our Father, and He will walk with these families and our church through these losses. Con nue to reach out to these two families to extend love and care to them. New Greeter Ministry One exci ng new ministry we are preparing to launch is a Greeter Team. Our current Usher Team does a great job at welcoming people into the Worship Service and helping to seat people. This new Greeter Team will basically work on the outside of the buildings before Sunday School and Worship to help direct people to parking spots when the lots fill, to welcome people as they walk toward the buildings, and to give direc ons as needed. These will be the first faces our members and visitors see, so this is a cri cal role. If you are interested in volunteering for this team, call Paule e Gardner at the church at We plan to have a training mee ng to begin this exci ng new ministry in late March. Men s Ministry Event We are also star ng a new event as the front door to our men s ministry on Saturday, April 6. We already host some great men s Bible studies, so this is being designed to a ract those men who might never come to a church service or Bible study as their first contact, but who might be drawn to a church s fishing clinic. We will be conduc ng an evening for men that will include a fishing clinic with Fuzzy Davis, a low 2 country boil, some men-led worship, and a great me together. As we try to become all things to all people so that we might win some, consider someone who you might invite to this event, and even consider paying their way. The cost is $10/person which covers dinner, the clinic, and the en re event. We are hos ng this in the Student Building. For dinner prepara ons, we need to know who is coming. To RSVP for you and any guests, call Paule e again at with the number of people coming to the Men s Night. Please RSVP by Wednesday, April 3. Summer 2019 Our summer ministry will look different this summer. While we are s ll partnering with and conduc ng Week of Champions, VBS, and a youth camp on our property, we will also take some Wednesday nights during the summer to do some very different things that provide varied opportuni es for fellowship and for evangelis c events. We will be pu ng this informa on out in the next few weeks, so listen up as we announce this on a Sunday morning soon. Thank You Finally, I want to thank you! I have had several of our snowbird families who have recently gone home tell me in the past couple weeks about how welcome they have felt into our church these past few months. Some, with tears in their eyes, have gone on about how they feel loved and a sense of belonging here. First Bap st, well done! Let s not miss people whether they are here for a week or here for the rest of their life, let s love those whom God brings us. What a beau ful day, Sunday, February 24, 2019, when three of Henry and Patricia Goss grandsons were bap zed during our morning worship service. What a great tes mony of grandparents and parents leading their grandchildren and children to follow the Lord in Believers Bap sm. In Christ, Brett Myers

3 Children s Ministry Children s Ministry Ka e and Hetch Cal On Sunday, February 24th, Ka e and Hetch Cal, missionaries to Guatamala, working with Wycliffe Bible Translators, shared with the children in Children s Church, a li le bit about their mission work, par cularly what Wycliffe Bible Translators does around the world and specifically in Guatemala. Using jars of M&M s, Ka e and Hetch Cal helped the kids learn that over 7,000 languages exist in the world today, and learned that about 1,500 languages s ll have no scripture at all, and only about 450 have the en re Bible in their language. That s a lot of people that are unable to read a Bible in their own language. Hetch spoke to the children in a dialect from Guatemala and asked if they understood him. Of course, they did not. The children were given Bibles wri en in a different language and were asked if they could read it. Of course, they could not. Those illustra ons drove home to them how hard it is for some people to learn of Jesus, because they cannot hear or read the Word in their own language. The kids also learned that Bible transla on takes a team of partners, from translators to teachers to mechanics, pilots, and doctors, lots of people are involved. They learned that they - the children - are also involved in missions through their giving and prayers as well as their sweet le ers of encouragement. Ka e and Hetch were thankful for the opportunity to share this informa on with children, helping show them a li le bit more of their passion and calling as missionaries. Ka e and Hetch will be returning to be in Guatemala full- me very soon. We ask the en re church to be in prayer for them and their work. Awana Sparky Award Awana leaders, Wendy Gudz, Samantha Neville, and Sheila Kelca congratulate Brooks. He was awarded the Sparky Award for completing his Awana Sparks book. Look for this sweet face around the church campus and congratulate him on his hard work, and thank the Awana leaders for consistently helping the children in Awana learn all they can about God and the Bible. Congratulations! Kid s Matter to God and FBCHHI! 3

4 Student Ministry March PM For King and Country Concert: For King and Country is a great Chris an band and they will be in concert at the Savannah Civic Center, March 10th. We have 25 reserved ckets for the concert and would love for your student to go. Each cket costs $20.00; the church is covering the rest. Look for the church bus in the Lowe s parking lot in Blu on, behind Chick-Fil-A. The bus will leave promptly at 5:00 PM so please be a few minutes early. The concert begins at 7:00 PM. We should be back to the Lowe s parking lot about 10:00 PM where you can pick-up your student. How can you help: Please make sure your student has eaten before they come and that you have sent money for any refreshments they would like at the concert. Please get your $20.00 for a cket to First Bap st as soon as you can. Tickets are first-come, first-served basis. March 6:30 PM Answers in Genesis: Our New Study Series Answers in Genesis begins on Wednesday night, March 20th at 6:30 PM. We will be looking at the first 11 chapters of Genesis and learning why we can believe that the Bible gives an accurate account of crea on and how the origins of life began. We will also look at how the secular view of evolu on is trying to chip away at our belief founda on, trying to make us doubt that the Biblical account is true. See you in the Student Building on Wednesdays. Contact Brian Parker, Minister of Youth and Families, for more information at

5 From the Minister of Music One of the key passages on worship in all of the scriptures is found in the fourth chapter of John s gospel. It is here that Jesus breaks through the social boundaries of the day by engaging in conversation with a particular Samaritan woman many of us know her as the woman at the well. When this Samaritan woman diverted the conversation from her own troubled domestic life to the theology of worship, she gave our Lord an opportunity to express words that rivet our attention and rock our assumptions. She asked a question about art. Jesus responded with the issue of the heart. She asked Jesus where worship ought to be done. Jesus responded with what worship is. Many of our questions about worship are like those of the Samaritan woman. We ask where and how questions, for we want to settle issues of form. Jesus answers cut across form to deal with reality, with spirit, and with truth. This telling passage of scripture brings us to the reality that God is actively seeking true worshipers. Genesis chapter four describes the offerings that were presented by Cain and Abel. Some readers have assumed that Abel s offering was accepted by God because his offering involved the blood of the fi rstlings of the fl ock, whereas the offering of Cain, lacking blood, was unacceptable. It is more likely, however, that Abel s offering was accepted by God because of his heart attitude. Hebrews 11:4 tells us that it was by faith that Abel pleased God. So from the beginning, God was looking for true worshipers. It is important to realize that God s desire for worship does not imply that there is something lacking in Himself. He does not need our worship. In the eternities that preceded our creation, God has always been complete, perfect, and suffi cient. But God, the Creator, desires the adoration of His people. He looks for it. He gazes out for it. He cares about it. When we come like Abel came, we fi nd ourselves in the center of His desire. God has a desire regarding man which He expects, looks for, and demands. The emphasis in all Scripture is not on what the believer does in isolation, but on what the believer is, and how what the believer is relates to what he or she does. Serving God is a matter of one s entire being. So it is with our worship. In Micah 6:6-7, the prophet pictures an individual coming before the Lord asking what is necessary to be pleasing in His eyes. With what shall I come to Yahweh and bow myself before the God on high? Shall I come to Him with burnt offerings, with yearling calves? Does Yahweh take delight in thousands of rams, in ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my fi rst-born for my rebellious acts, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? Micah then reminds the questioner of the teaching in the book of Deuteronomy: He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does Yahweh require of you, but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God? God requires something within us that leads to outward acts of genuine spirituality. God desires true worshipers. He actively seeks those who relate to Him from the inner man, from the heart. True worshipers come before the true God in spirit and in truth. Keep looking up! Richard 55

6 Upcoming Events For Men 6 Men s With Captain Fuzzy Davis Saturday, April 6, :00 PM - 7:00 PM Held in the Student Building Are you a man who enjoys fishing? Want to learn how to be a better fisherman? Do you have friends that want to learn more about fishing, but also could use some manly spiritual encouragement? Join us at FBCHHI for dinner, a Lowcountry Boil provided by Kenny B s. and a fishing clinic with renowned local fisherman, Fuzzy Davis, including a time of worship. Prize Giveaways! Prize Giveaways! IMPORTANT: $10.00 each. Call Paulette Gardner at for a reservation. PAY AT THE DOOR. Fuzzy Davis has been fishing the waters surrounding Hilton Head for over 40 years and was one of the first fishing guides to target tarpon, fly fishing for redfish, and trout developing these fisheries into bountiful adventures today. Fuzzy has been active in conservation issues, leadership roles in the region, teaching clinics, hosting charity events and is currently in his 23rd consecutive year of hosting his special needs fishing day for local children and adults called, Fish with Friends. Fuzzy is also a nationally acclaimed fishing guide being recognized by Saltwater Sportsman in 2013 as one of the Top Fishing Guides in the US. He has been featured on several national fishing shows such as ESPN and NBC SPORTS including Flip Pallotʼs Walker Cay Chronicles, John Browleeʼs Saltwater Sportsman Sportfishing Television, Roland Martin, Andy Mill, G3 Outdoors, and Jimmy Houston. His articles have been featured in Saltwater Sportsman, Southern Saltwater, and Tide Magazine. In 1986, Fuzzy and partner Raz Reid designed a nationally distributed fishing trivia game, Gone Fishing, sold in over 50 locations including Neiman Marcus, Saltwater Sportsman and Worldwide Games Catalog. Fuzzy Davis

7 Upcoming Events For Women Cup of Encouragement Warrior Event Natasha Owens First Baptist Church - Hilton Head Island - and Present Friday, May 3, :30 PM - 9:00 PM 100 South Forest Beach Drive (Doors open at 5:00 PM) Could you use a quick Cup of Encouragement? The God of all grace, who has called you to His eternal glory in Christ, will Himself Restore, Confi rm, Strengthen, and Establish you. 1 Peter 5:10 Ladies, you are invited to an event designed for women by women to strengthen and encourage your mind, body and spirit. Stage Art, Laughter, Inspiring Speakers, Inspiring Music, Worship, Prayer, Vendor Shopping, Food Trucks for Dinner, and More... (Doors open at 5:00 PM for Vendor Shopping.) HighRoad Special Guests: Natasha Owens - Award Winning Worship Artist, Songwriter & Speaker Mindy Hopman - Guest Speaker & Author from Hilton Head Island Be y B Shoopman - Stage Art Ar st HighRoad - Musical Guests- GMA Female Group of the Year & Songwriters $20.00 for Two Tickets, Buy One, Bless One Use your extra ticket to bring a woman with you who could use some spiritual encouragement. Tickets can be purchased before the event at or under EVENTS, when they become available. Or purchase from Church Receptionist Paulette Gardner at FBCHHI or at the door. Call for info. Childcare will be offered for children 1 year - 5th grade with a childcare reserva on. Mother s Room is available in the Sanctuary for infants. Call Paule e Gardner for your childcare reserva on at

8 Another Pictorial Directory Photography Date Is Open Tuesday, April 23 We had four photography days recently and completely filled them, but not everyone had a chance to have their photos made for our new church directory. We have scheduled another day, Tuesday, April 23, 2019, so more of you can participate. You can sign up or change appointments online at appointment-plus.com/ykbm75qm/ or call Paulette Gardner or Lynda Hopkins at , and they will help you with an appointment. Every family/individual photographed will receive a free 8 x 10 color photograph and a free directory. Bring some canned goods to your photography session for a $5.00 discount off of your order. The collected goods will be delivered locally to Deep Well and Bluffton Self Help. Other discounts are also available. With any purchase, you will receive a $30.00 gift card for Shutterfly that will be mailed to you with your purchased portraits. Thank you for being a part of our church family by participating. Our Discovery New Members class continues March 3 and 10, with a lunch for all of those who attended the class held immediately following the morning worship service the next Sunday, March 17. We have 17 people taking this course. This class is taught by church staff and held in the Children s Building from 9:15 AM - 10:00 AM on Sunday mornings. The class offers a full overview of our church and the Southern Baptist faith and principles. Thank You FBCHHI I am most grateful for your prayers, visits, cards, and assistance with transporta on during my recovery from a fall and the broken wrist. I extend my hear elt thanks. Frances Hunt 8

9 Missions Annual Mission Offering Goal for : $50,000 Collected from November April 2019 Our Annual Mission Offering con nues. The money collected is how we fund various mission projects throughout the year. The Missions Commi ee gratefully appreciates any dona ons to this worthy fund of our church. Thank you for your con nued support of all that FBCHHI endeavors to accomplish for the Lord s work here on Hilton Head Island, in the United States, and throughout the world. 50% of the money collected goes to the Lo e Moon Christmas Offering for Interna onal Missions. 25% goes to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American Missions. 25% remains in our local church to be used for mission projects and to support opportuni es as designated by our Missions Commi ee. Paid Part-time Custodial Position Available FBCHHI is in need of some part- me custodial and maintenance help for hours a week. If you are interested in finding out more about this job or know of someone who may be interested, please Dr. Chuck Staab at drchuckles3@aol.com. Financial Statement Year-to-Date Budget Receipts Goal thru 01/31/19 $75,489 Year-to-Date Receipts thru 01/31/19 $78,398 Year-to-Date Expenses 01/31/19 $92,234 Budget Receipts Goal for February 2019 $75,489 Month-to-Date Receipts thru 02/27/2019 $79,331 Month-to-Date Expenses thru 02/27/2019 $71,548 Building and Maintenance Fund 02/27/19 $995 Annual Missions Fund thru 02/27/19 $12,815 (Collected from 11/01/ /30/2019) Gideons Interna onal Special Offering Collected 2/17/2019 $1658 Student Ministry Chili Challenge Fund Raiser Collected 2/17/2019 $1375 we are planning ahead Put these dates on your calendars for summer ac vi es. Week of Champions - June 3-7, 2019 Vacation Bible School - June 17-21, 2019 Summer Camp for Middle and High School Students - July 8-12, 2019 Easter Schedule Flashlight Easter Egg Hunt Wednesday, April 17 Hot Dog Dinner - 7:00 PM Easter Egg Hunt using Flashlights - at dusk Children Ages Toddlers - 5th Grade Parents must accompany their children. Good Friday, April 19 Good Friday Worship Service - 6:00 PM with Communion, held in the Sanctuary Easter Sunday, April 21 Easter Sunrise Service on the Beach - 6:30 AM Easter Breakfast in the Family Life Center - 7:15 AM Early Worship Service in the Sanctuary - 8:00 AM Coffee Fellowship - 9:00 AM Sunday School for all ages - 9:15 AM Easter Worship Service- 10:00 AM 9

10 Wonder of Wonders The world is fi lled with wonders, writes Nathaniel Olson. Consider chemistry: Salt is formed by two poisonous substances (sodium and chlorine). The alnico magnet, the world s strongest, contains three nonmagnetic substances (aluminum, nickel and cobalt). And water consists of oxygen (which is fl ammable) and hydrogen (which burns easily); yet water puts out fi res! That pales in comparison to the wonder of salvation through Jesus. Every day, Olson writes, Jesus transforms fi lthy, hopeless sinners into new, forgiven creations. On the skid rows of our cities, in wealthy and poor homes, in jungles whenever any soul wants Christ, the wonder of the new birth is taking place. Our God is the true Wonder of wonders. None can compare (Psalm 40:5). The key of the day Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night. George Herbert Food for Thought and Just for Fun From great to good Jim Collins 2001 book Good to Great featured companies that had made the leap to greatness. Years later, many of them are no longer great; some aren t even around. Should Christians seek greatness? After all, our attempts to be great wealthy, powerful, successful, famous often become the enemies of our doing the good God commands. God s Word fl ips on its head the saying good is the enemy of great. The meek, Jesus teaches, will inherit the earth (Matthew 5:5). Whoever would be great among you, he says, must be your servant (Mark 10:43, ESV). One of Jesus most famous parables is called the Good Samaritan, not the Great Samaritan. And goodness, not greatness, is a fruit of the Spirit. Christians and churches are called not to greatness but to doing good for the sake of the world. Let s shift our focus from great to good. Based on From Great to Good, Homiletics, January-February

11 Wind of God Tiny breeze or mighty wind, swirling round as God commands. Hats go flying. Branches bend. Little seeds spread through the lands. God Almighty makes the wind; great big gusts can shape the sands. Awesome is the power of God, when even wind obeys his plans. MaryAnn Sundby 11

12 Sunday, March 3 Regular Sunday Schedule 9:15 AM - Discovery New Member Course, Children s Building, Rm #7 Tuesday, March 5 10:00 AM - Handbell Choir Rehearsal, Music Suite 11:15 AM - Ladies Bible Study, Family/Student Building Wednesday, March 6 Deadline to register for Dr. Blackaby s A ernoon Session on Sunday, March 10 5:00 PM - Deacons Mee ng, Family Life Center, Room #7 Regular Wednesday Night Schedule Sunday, March 10 Daylight Saving Time Begins Regular Sunday Schedule 9:15 AM - Discovery New Member Course, Children s Building, Rm #7 10:30 AM - Dr. Richard Blackaby, Guest Speaker, Sanctuary 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM - Dr. Richard Blackaby Session, Building a Legacy of Faith: Reaching Prodigals, Student Building, $10.00 Each. Reserva ons Needed. 5:00 PM - 10:00 PM - For King and Country Concert in Savannah, Georgia. Meet the bus and pick up your students at the Lowe s parking lot in Blu on. Tuesday, March 12 10:00 AM - Handbell Choir Rehearsal, Music Suite 11:15 AM - Ladies Bible Study, Family/Student Building 12:00 PM - Personnel Commi ee Mee ng, Church Library 2:00 PM - Connec on Leadership Mee ng, Family Life Center, Rm #2 Wednesday, March 13 4:00 PM - Missions Commi ee Mee ng, Family Life Center, Rm #2 Regular Wednesday Night Schedule Thursday, March 14 Sunday, March 17 Monday, March 17 Tuesday, March 19 Wednesday, March 20 Thursday, March 21 Friday, March 29 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM - Good News Club, Hilton Head Prep St. Patrick s Day Regular Sunday Schedule 12:00 Noon - Discovery New Members Class Lunch, Family Life Center, Multi-purpose Room Connection Meetings in Homes, Various Times and Places 4:00 PM - Building and Grounds Committee Meeting Connection Meetings in Homes, Various Times and Places Regular Sunday Schedule 4:00 PM - Stewardship Committee Meeting 3:15 PM - 4:00 PM - Good News Club, Hilton Head Prep FBCHHI Hos ng CFA Captain s Mee ng for Fishing Tournament Sunday Schedule 8:15 AM - 8:45 AM - Open Prayer Time, Family Life Center, Room #7 9:00 AM - 9:15 AM - Coffee Fellowship Time, Family Life Center, Mul -purpose Room 9:15 AM - 10:15 AM - Sunday School For All Ages, Various Buildings 10:30 AM - 11:30 AM - Worship Service, Sanctuary Tuesday 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM - Handbell Choir Rehearsal, Music Suite 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM - Ladies Bible Study, Family/Student Building Wednesday Night Schedule 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM - Wednesday Night Dinner, Family Life Center, Mul -purpose Room 5:30 PM - 6:15 PM - Children s Choir Rehearsal, Children s Building, Room #7 6:15 PM - 7:45 PM - Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal, Music Suite 6:20 PM - 7:30 PM - Awana, Educa on/children s Building, Atrium 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM - Student Ministry, Family/Student Building 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM - Adult Bible Study in the Family Life Center, Room #4 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM - Women s Bible Study in the Children s Building, Room #8 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM - Men s Bible Study in the Family Life Center, Room #3 6:30 PM - 7:30 PM - CORE, Parents and Family Study, Children s Building, Room #7