First Baptist Church January 24, 2016

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We are free to deliberate, to make decisions, and to choose between alternatives.

1 First Baptist Church January 24, 2016 We are human because we are free to operate within a framework of our destiny. We are free to deliberate, to make decisions, and to choose between alternatives. We are free to do evil or to do good and to walk the high road of beauty or tread the low road of ugly degeneracy. ~ Martin Luther (revised)

2 Your Message Notes Not By Coincidence Esther 2:17 God s Timing Is Perfect (Isaiah 55:8; Proverbs 3:5-6; Esther 4:14) Learn to Accept God s Wisdom (James 1:5) God is Sovereign (Psalm 135:6; Isaiah 55:8-9; Romans 8:28; 1 Samuel 6:9; Proverbs 16:9) God Created Each of Us With a Divine Appointment Activity bulletins for children are available at the back of the sanctuary. Past sermons are available at madisonfbc.org and as podcasts (search Madison FBC Sermons ). Copies (CDs) are also available upon request.

3 Traditional Worship 8:45 a.m. * = please stand for hymn Prelude Sweet Hour of Prayer Bradbury Welcome & Opportunities Invocation *Hymn #10 O Worship the King Offertory Hymn #252 Sweet, Sweet Spirit Prayer & Offertory What a Friend We Have in Jesus Converse *Doxology #624 *Hymn #12 Holy God, We Praise Thy Name Congregational Prayer ** Children Dismissed to Kidz Worship Choir Anthem God Is So Good Wilson Message Not By Coincidence Brian Teater *Invitation Hymn #342 Just As I Am (vs. 1,5) Benediction Postlude In Thee Is Gladness Walther Contemporary Worship 11:00 a.m. Welcome & Opportunities Congregational Singing Offering Congregational Prayer ** Children Dismissed to Kidz Worship Message Not By Coincidence Brian Teater Invitation Benediction ** Children can be picked up on the first floor after the service is over. For more information, feel free to follow the children as they re dismissed and meet with our kids worship workers, or contact our office about meeting with our Children s Ministry Director.

4 Coming Events THIS WEEK Deadline! 55+ Derby Dinner Trip The 55+ Friends are going to Derby Dinner on Wednesday, February 10th, to see Southern Fried Funeral. Tickets are $33. (They ll travel together in our bus. The bus will leave at 10:30a from our church building.) If you re planning on going with the group, please contact Connie Dalgleish at today. Church Business Meeting Due to weather, last week s business meeting was canceled. We will hold the business meeting in the lower auditorium Wednesday, January 27th, at 7:30p. Please join us for discussions and updates on our church s ministries. Members will vote on our 2016 budget. Women s Study Group Looking to grow spiritually with other women? Our women s Bible study and enrichment activity group has resumed. They are doing a study on prayer based on the movie War Room. The study will be from 6p- 6:45p on Thursdays at Eggleston followed by an (optional) activity from 7p-8:30p. Schedules and detailed information are available outside the church office. If you d like to participate, please contact Cheryl Hooton at , or cdhooton@aol.com. Focus Group If you re interested in hearing and/or sharing ideas and suggestions about how to replace Dennis Bickers, who recently retired as Southeast Area Minister, please join the American Baptist Churches of IN and KY for a Focus Group session in the lower auditorium this Thursday, January 28th, at 7p. Light refreshments will be served. NEXT WEEK Church-Wide Study Groups! Beginning January 31st our church family will take a seven-week journey looking at Max Lucado s You ll Get Through This. We ll hold several small group studies throughout the week to explore each Sunday morning s theme more deeply. Everyone s encouraged to participate in one of these groups. Sign-up sheets are in the Lower Auditorium and include the study s day, time, and location. COMING SOON Valentine s Dinner Looking for a special gift for your loved one? Get a ticket to our Sister Church s Valentine s Dinner! It will be held on Saturday, February 6th, at 6p in the lower auditorium. Entertainment will include a short, silent auction. Cost is a freewill donation, made the night of the dinner, which will go toward our work with Shekina in El Salvador. To reserve a ticket contact Jerry Dougan at Space is limited to 60 people, so don t miss out!

5 Opportunities & Notices GIVING & SERVING OPPORTUNITIES Warm Shelter Help Needed During the cold weather, Faith Covenant Church is serving as a warming station for the homeless or those in need. They open their doors at 5p each night until 7a the next morning. They also provide a meal during the evening. They are looking for volunteers to help staff the warming station as well as donations of money and food. If you would like to help, please contact our office at or write shelter on your communication card. Homework Helpers Lydia Middleton teachers and students are already asking when we can start helping with homework again. The answer: As soon as we have volunteers! If you re interested in helping, please contact Nancy Totten ( ) or write Homework Helpers on your communication card and place it in the offering plate. House of Hope We re collecting items for the House of Hope food pantry on an ongoing basis. Needs include boxes or bags of cereal and baking mixes, condiments, and other non-perishable food and hygiene items. Please avoid donating economy sizes. To donate, drop off items in the lower auditorium. We will also collect an offering for this ministry on January 31st. Baby Bottles You can help Life Choices reach our community and save the lives of the unborn by filling baby bottles with coins, bills, and checks. Please pick up a bottle at the sanctuary exits, fill it up, and return it to our church office by Sunday, February 21st. (Visit madisonchoices.com for more information about Life Choices.) REMINDERS/NOTICES 2015 Giving Statements Your 2015 Giving Statements are ready. Please help us save postage and pick yours up in the lower auditorium today. SPECIAL NOTES Thank you to everyone who donated filled shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child. Their coordinator called to let us know our support makes a big difference and is much appreciated. Bulletin announcements are due the Thursday before the Sunday you d like it printed. Guidelines for writing one are available outside our office.

6 Please Keep Us In Your Prayers In Our Thoughts & Prayers Audrey Andrews (Hickory Creek) Julia Burke (Waters of Clifty) Vera Cheatham (Home) Norman Crabtree (Jewell House) Carolyn Crabtree (Jewell House) Phil Eades (Home) Melanie Fuhrman (Home) Aneta Furnish (Home) Carl Furnish (Waters of Clifty) Chris Hassfurder (Home) Bill Holcroft (Thornton Terrace) Laura Jean Risk (Home) Geneva Spicer (Thornton Terrace) Paulina Giltner (Thornton Terrace) Irvin Stockdale (Thornton Terrace) Irene Youngblood (Hickory Creek) Margaret Wakefield (Batesville, IN) Military Personnel Please pray for the safety of those on active duty Captain Nathan Barr - Huntsville, AL Staff Sgt. Dustin Beatty - Marines, Hawaii Nick Bohn - US Navy James Brooks - Stationed in USA Mitchell Burch - Home Kevin Cheatham, Jr.- Army Afghanistan Joe Cline - Coast Guard Justin Consley Lt. Col. Michael Curtin - Texas Captain Matt Cuthrell - Ft. Bragg, NC Nick Graham - Afghanistan Msgt. Bridgette Hopkins - Air Force Skyler Harrod - Air Force Logan Hudson - Air Force Tyler Hudson- Marines Daniel King - Army Brady Lattire - South Korea Eric Manion - Marines Staff Sgt. Bill Martin - Army, Iraq Jacob Miller - Army, Stationed in USA Marc Miller - National Guard Capt. Justin Motenko - Marines Jerry Smolarczyk - Navy Lt. Col. Colie Whitaker - California Joshua Zimmerman - Air Force, Abu Dhabi 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: Scott & Tan Coats Thailand; Carlos Bonilla & Mayra Govanetti Nicaragua; Katie & Taku Longkumer India; Kihomi Ngwemi & Nzunga Mabudiga Haiti; Kristy D. Engel Caribbean; Rev. Madeline Flores-Lopez Dominican Republic; Rev. Peter & Sarah McCurdy Dominican Republic; Larry & Rebecca Stanton Liberia; Rev. Kyle & Deborah Witmer Thailand; Emerson & Ivy Wu Macau 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. Praise! Hayden Curtice recovering well from pneumonia and ear infection Praise! Keith McBride - home after heart and double kidney transplant Praise! Doug Oak recovering well from heart attack Praise! Donald Upp recovering well from health problems Jerri Goebel (Laura Jean Risk s niece) - health problems; at U of L 1/24 Dawn Morris (our custodian) - cancer 1/24 Bonnie Stephens - lung cancer 1/24 Kenny Higbie - radiation treatments 1/17 Mercy Cobb - recovering from shingles and an allergic reaction to antibiotic 1/10 Carolyn Crabtree - declining health 1/10 Bennie Goins - dialysis; health problems 1/10 Linda Griffin - health problems 1/10 Sarah Myers - health problems 1/10 Don Riley - heart operation 1/10 Ted Sullivan - health problems; at Baptist East 1/10 Deniece Wielgat (Rachel Wielgat s mom) - cancer 1/10 Fran Cull - surgery recovery; home 12/27 Sarah Dougan and Milagros Dougan - dengue fever 12/27 Peggy Eckerty - treatments 12/27 Families in crisis Ava (16-month old) - cochlear implants; pray she will be able to hear 12/20 Jennifer Goodin - cancer 12/20 Don Royce - recovering from operation; home 12/20 Pastor Saeed Abedinee and his family (wife, Naghmeh, and children) - he was recently released after 4 years of imprisonment and torture in Iran; praise God for his release; pray for healing and restoration for him and his family Persecuted Christians, especially in Middle East, being killed by ISIS and other groups in large numbers every day 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 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. Evening Lower Auditorium Monday 11:00 a.m. Community Nursery Tuesday 10:15 a.m. Drusilla Tripp s Wednesday 7:00 a.m. McPrayer (Madison) 6:30 p.m. Choir Rehearsal (Room 17) 7:30 p.m. Business Lower Auditorium Thursday 7:00 a.m. McPrayer (Hanover) 6:00 p.m. Women s Eggleston 7:00 p.m. AB Focus Lower Auditorium Your Financial Gifts Last Week Offering:$9, Justice Breakfast: $45.95 Stained Glass Windows $50 Missions Circles: Love Gift: $55 For Bolicks $55.42 To designate gifts, please use the Gift of Love envelopes available in your pew. Stained Glass Windows Fund Restoration Cost $134, Funds raised - $ 58, Funds needed $ 75, Together Last Sunday Morning Sunday Morning Worship 223 Sunday School 113

Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance.

First Baptist Church October 11, 2015 Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of such infinite importance. - C.S. Lewis Your Message