First Baptist Church February 25, 2018

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1 First Baptist Church February 25, 2018 the endless, objectless pursuit of pleasure inevitably ends in despair. To be governed by nothing more than the free exercise of one s passions can be the most terrifying repression of all. ~ Charles Colson (Against the Night)

2 Your Message Notes Whatever Became of Sin? Romans 5:12-21 Jonathan Edwards & Karl Menninger Sin Man s Search for Meaning Sin Separates Us From God Past sermons are available at madisonfbc.org. Copies (CDs) are available upon request. Activity pages for children are available at the back of the sanctuary.

3 Traditional Worship 8:45 a.m. * = please stand for hymn Prelude Through Adam's Fall Was All Corrupted Pachelbel Welcome & Opportunities Invocation Hymn #337 Pass Me Not Offertory Hymn #202 Amazing Grace Prayer & Offertory Fantasia In G Minor Pachelbel *Doxology #624 Hymn #506 I Will Sing of My Redeemer Congregational Prayer Choir Anthem My God and I Sergei Message Whatever Became of Sin? Dennis Bickers *Invitation Hymn #342 Just As I Am Benediction Postlude O Christ, Our Hope Walther Contemporary Worship 11:00 a.m. Call to Worship Welcome & Opportunities Congregational Prayer Congregational Singing Offering Children dismissed to Kidz Worship Special Music Message Whatever Became of Sin? Dennis Bickers Invitation Benediction

4 Coming Events THIS WEEK Lenten Services You re invited to join churches around our community at worship services over the weeks leading up to Easter. These half-hour services are held at different churches each Wednesday at noon, and are followed by a lunch at the host church. This week s service will be February 28th at Madison Presbyterian. Evelyn Wheeler will be speaking. NEXT WEEK Ice Skating (Youth & Families) All 6th -12th graders are invited to join us for ice skating in Columbus on Sunday, March 4th. Students families and friends are welcome and encouraged to come too! We ll hold a pitch-in lunch after second service and then leave from our church building at 1:00p. Cost for ice skating is $7 per person. If you re interested in going or have any questions, contact Randy at COMING SOON Mark Your Calendars! Community VBS Community Vacation Bible School will be Monday, June 19th through Thursday, June 22nd from 6p- 8:15p each night (location TBA). Our theme will be Shipwrecked: Rescued by Jesus! Registration to volunteer or participate begins April 1st. Bulletin announcements are due the Thursday before the Sunday you d like it printed. Guidelines for writing one are available outside our office.

5 Opportunities & Reminders GIVING & SERVING OPPORTUNITIES Easter Candy We re collecting donations of plastic eggs and individually wrapped candy to stuff in Easter eggs for our children s Easter egg hunt. Donations can be dropped off at Kelly s office now through Sunday, March 25th. (Any donations after that must already be stuffed in eggs.) Homework Helpers You can show Lydia Middleton students they re important to you and to God by helping them with homework weekly from 2:45p-3:45p on a Tuesday, Wednesday, and/or Thursday. No experience necessary. If you d like to help, write Homework Helpers and the days of the week you can help on your communication card, sign up in the Lower Auditorium, or contact Nancy Totten at Jefferson House We re collecting items for the Jefferson House, a local inhouse rehab program for men with alcohol and drug addictions. They especially need paper towels, toilet paper, and cleaning supplies. Items can be dropped off in the lower auditorium. (Please label donations Jefferson House so we know what ministry you are donating to.) REMINDERS/NOTICES College Scholarship Forms for the Madison Association scholarship are available in the lower auditorium. Applications are due March 15th. Church Directory Pictures We re planning to update our church directory this year. To help each other put names to faces, we would like to have as many people as possible submit their family photos for the directory. (If you had a photo in the previous directory, unless you submit an updated photo, that old photo will be used.) If you would like to submit an updated photo, please follow these guidelines: Make sure to submit a high-quality photo (high resolution, faces close-up, in-focus, with clear lighting). If you submit a professional portrait, please make sure you have the rights to reproduce it. Please provide the name, birthday, anniversary, and updated contact information for each person in the photo (Don t forget to include the college address for any students!) Please submit photos to our office by April 30th. Send digital files to: india@madisonfbc.org. Leave prints in the Office Manager s mail slot outside the church office.

6 In Our Thoughts & Prayers Please Keep Us In Your Prayers Audrey Andrews (Hickory Creek) Norman Crabtree (Home) Claude Dale (Res Care) Charles Dobson (Waters of Clifty) Phil Eades (Home) Melanie Fuhrman (Home) Paulina Giltner (Thornton Terrace) Mary Jo Goins (Home) Chris Hassfurder (Home) Judie Ingalls (Home) Louis Jenkins (Home) Kit Peters (Hanover Nursing Center) Laura Jean Risk (Home) Don Royce (Thornton Terrace) Bea Rusk (Thornton Terrace) Dru Tripp (Home) Margaret Sage (Home) Irvin Stockdale (River Terrace) JoAnn Wehner (Waters of Clifty) Irene Youngblood (Hickory Creek) Military Personnel Captain Nathan Barr - Ft. Rucker, AL Jacob Childs - Air Force Captain Matt Cuthrell - Ft. Bragg, NC Colton Fox - Marines Staff Sgt. Skyler Harrod - Air Force, Germany Logan Hudson - Air Force Taylor Kelly - Air Force Please pray for the safety of those on active duty Brady Lattire - Army, Afghanistan Alex Marion - Coast Guard Maj. Justin Roman - Army Jim Saylor - Army, Afghanistan Ese Taylor - Marines Brandon Yowler - Army First Baptist Missions Partners Kerry Dougan - Kids Alive Dominican Republic Pastor Ruth - Our Sister Church El Salvador Amy Fisher (Cecil Fisher s great-niece) - Peru IN/KY American Baptist Missions Partners International Ministries: Kristy Engel Caribbean Carlos Bonilla & Mayra Govanetti Nicaragua; Peter & Sarah McCurdy Dominican Republic; Kyle & Deborah Witmer Thailand; Emerson & Ivy Wu East Asia; Jon & Amanda Good Hungary Home Missions: Tysha Hardy-Sellers Edna Martin Christian Center, IN; Susan Harding Cordova Community Christian Center, AK; Yvette Kenner, South Providence Neighborhood, RI First Baptist s Special Focus Missionaries: Dwight & Barbara Bolick Chile You can find out more about our American Baptist Mission partners at internationalministries.org and abhms.org

7 Please Keep Us In Your Prayers Please keep us updated on changes to this list. Requests remain on the list for six weeks before being removed, unless we hear otherwise. The date after the name is the week they were added to the prayer list. Andy Burch - upcoming 4-way bypass surgery; brain surgery recovery 2/25 Rick Dalgleish - rehab at River Terrace 2 /18 Connie Scott - knee replacement surgery recovery 2 /18 Eddie Brooks - health issues 2/11 Glenda F. (Margie Fisher s friend) - cancer 2/11 Ashley Rea - health issues 2/11 Laura Jean Risk - health issues 2/11 Deanna Bickers - chemo 2/04 Bettie Chambers - serious health problems 2/04 Deniece Darnell (Rachel Wielgat s mom) - very aggressive brain tumor 2/04 Gary Duckworth - heart attack recovery; aortic aneurism 2/04 Marcie Dunn - health concerns 2/04 Laura Strouse - surgery recovery 2/04 Helen Boldery (Margaret Geyman s sister) - health problems 1/28 Gary Kelley - malignant tumor in lung; biopsy January 29 1/28 Nancy Totten - surgery recovery 1/28 Persecuted Christians around the world If you have an immediate prayer concern, or want to be a part of the prayer network, (a team of people contacted to pray for concerns that arise during the week) please contact pray@madisonfbc.org

8 This Week s Events Today 8:45-9:45 a.m. Traditional Service 10:00-10:45 a.m. Sunday Morning Studies 10:00 a.m. Women of the Bible Library 11:00a- 12:00 p.m. Contemporary Service 5:00 p.m. The Eggleston 5:30 p.m. Creative Kidz Basement 6:00 p.m. Healthy Churches L. Auditorium Monday 3:30 p.m. Basement Tuesday 2:45 p.m. Homework Lydia Middleton 6:30 p.m. Unoffendable Whitmans Wednesday 7:00 a.m. McDonald s (Madison) 12:00 p.m. Lenten Madison Presbyterian 2:45 p.m. Homework Lydia Middleton 6:00 p.m. Jewish Origins of Sparks 7:00 p.m. A Study in the Book of L. Auditorium Thursday 7:00 a.m. McDonald s (Hanover) 2:45 p.m. Homework Lydia Middleton 6:00 p.m. Spiritual Lower Auditorium 6:00 p.m. Religions of the Eggleston Your Financial Gifts Last Week Total: $6, Offering: $5,661 Sunday School: $32.26 Justice Breakfast: $31 Mission Circles: $58.59 For Bolicks: $58.58 Stained Glass Windows: $200 ($100 in memory of Sharon Imel; $100 in memory of Dottie Demaree) To designate gifts, please use the envelopes available in your pew. Together Last Sunday Morning Sunday Morning Worship 173 Sunday School 78