New Hope News. A Note from Your Pastor... Sermon Direction & Discipleship for June Cogswell Avenue, Pe ll C i ty, AL 35125

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1 New Hope News New Ho pe Ba ptist Church 7 5 Cogswell Avenue, Pe ll C i ty, AL A Note from Your Pastor... Dear Brothers and Sisters, I get asked this question from time to time What do you expect from the church body, Bro. Paul? My answer is usually sounds like this: I expect the church to be the church Growing in God s Word in knowledge and growing by living that knowledge out in our daily lives. I expect that we should put our relationship with God first and that we should love our neighbor as we love ourselves. I expect Christians to be long suffering with each other. Our relationship with God can overcome differences and sharpen each other in time If we take the time to really know each other. Love covers over a multitude of sins. I expect Sunday School teachers to teach the Bible in their classes and not get diverted to opinions that can divide us. I expect them to support and participate in as many opportunities of worship and study that we offer outside of Sunday School at New Hope. All teachers (and other Christians too!) need the sharpening and the encouragement from the scriptures. Plus a teacher should be a humble and sacrificial example of what they teach by being active in many areas of the church. I expect Deacons to lead in personal accountability, in being present, and to lead in serving those in the church. Their attitude should be one of commitment, calling, compassion, and caring. They are the servers, the peace makers, and the ones who work as a team to keep the Spirit of the church vivacious! I expect myself and our staff to lead in equipping, and encouraging and evangelizing those around us. We are to be steeped in God s Word, and are to be first in accommodating people to do Christ s work in the church, in the community and around the world! I expect the church to be there for God s will and for each other. So during vacation time, if you miss fellowshipping due to being out of town, know that we miss you and hope that you have a great time! But please don t get out of the Godly ministry that He is doing for you and through you. Get back involved and know that He, Jesus, is counting on you! Sermon Direction & Discipleship for June 2013 Sunday AM & PM Sermons Walking in His Forgiving Love, Bro. Paul Wednesday Studies Bro. Paul Brasher ~ Pastor Jacque Snow ~ Associate Pastor Laurie Brasher ~ Worship Leader Stephanie Fambrough ~ Secretary Betty Kemp ~ Office Assistant Betty Scott ~ Pianist Record of Facts & Figures Through May, 2013 Sunday School Enrollment ~ 401 Budget Update: Volume 6 Issue 6 June st Sunday 206 2nd Sunday 193 3rd Sunday 196 4th Sunday 175 Our Annual Budget for $446, May Tithes & Offerings $30, Year to Date Total $171, Thessalonians 3 & 1 &2 Timothy - Bro. Paul Bible & Prayer for Ladies Kim Williams Ruth & 1 Samuel Bible Study - Bro. Paul DEACON S MEETING June 4:00 pm

2 Page 2 New Hope News New Hope Baptist Orientation Class June 2nd & 9th at 9 am, there will be a 2 session class on getting to know New Hope Baptist. Jim Williams is our Deacon who leads this class. It is an informative class that introduces you to New Hope Baptist s ministries, doctrines, staff, policies and Lord Jesus. If you have recently come for membership to New Hope Baptist Church, please come and be a part of class. Sunday School Classes GROW each Sunday by: For June. Deacons on Call Mitch Bartee Alton Phillips Ken Thomas Ushers Denny Blalock Mitch Bartee On the 1st Sunday, Call your prospects who you will receive from your Prospects Folder that contains names and phone numbers. On the 2nd Sunday, Call your inactive members from the Inactives Folder. down names of lost people on the prospect card found in the Prospect Card Folder that contains blank prospect cards. On the 4th Sunday, Sign postcards from the Homebound/ Nursing home Postcard Folder and brighten their day! GROW VISITATION to visit prospects once a month, please do and enjoy getting to know new people who need the Lord and need to have you as their church family! Damon Fuller Chad Stinnett Ken Thomas Bob Wheeler On the 3rd Sunday, Write If your class is not signed up for Shield of Prayer Praying For New Hope For the next 60 days I ask you to pray for revival to come to our congregation and community. We are seeing God move in tremendous ways in the life of New Hope Baptist. Baptisms and lives being put together through God answering prayers! Jesus in Matthew 9 tells us to pray that God will send workers to the harvest. Each day, let me encourage you to pray for 4 things: 1. Self pray that God would cleanse us and give us a new attitude of spending time with God. If we do that our relationships with Him and others change. 2. Servants whether you voted for our City, State, or Government leaders, we must pray for them to line up with God s standards. 3. Souls pray that lost people would be saved and that we would gratefully share the Gospel with them. 4. Service pray that God would help us to be involved in service to Him inside the church and outside as the church. 2nd Charlie Barber 9th Mitch Bartee 16th Praying from Pews 23rd Greg Compton 30th Jim Williams Start Serving faithfully in June!

3 Volume 6, Issue 6 Page 3 Musical Moments with Laurie It is summer! Hallelujah! Three of my favorite words from the past were June, July, and August, but now it is just June and July that are free for most Alabama teachers. We return in August back to, but in those off weeks, teachers have many opportunities to attend workshops and get wiser in their field of teaching. I will be able to do that as well, and I coach girls sports, so I also get time with them in the summer for training and conditioning. In other words, there is work to be done. I pray we remember as we head into the summer ministries at New Hope that there is still work to be done. May we keep our eyes focused on our high calling from the Lord Jesus. May we always strive to not just attend worship services, but participate and worship. If you are not a member of a Sunday School, now is the time to get involved in a small group Bible study. I know the weather will be beautiful and the lake will be calling your name, but grab your family and friends and invite people you really don t know, and worship with us each Sunday and Wednesday and hear the Lord calling your name. What a blessing to have the opportunity to freely worship the King of Kings and Lord of Lords in Pell City, Alabama! Many people in the world do not have that freedom. Praise the Lord for what He is doing in our local body of believers and the church world-wide! I want to encourage you to also join the choir and be a part of our music ministry. You are very much welcome to worship with us through a solo, playing an instrument, or simply praising His name with the entire choir. He deserves our best ALL year long! Praise and Worship Opportunities Anyone who did not get their picture made, will have the opportunity on June 9th, immediately after the morning worship in the FLC Gym, on the stage. Please come ready to have your picture made. Please mark your calendar Brotherhood Breakfast June 7:00 am and J.O.Y Club Meeting June 11:30 am In the FLC Gym Sunday Wednesday 8:20 AM Ensemble and Praise Band 10:00 AM Choir Review and Prayer Time 5:00 PM Adult choir practice every 2 nd and 4 th Sundays in the sanctuary. 5:50 PM Youth Worship Band Rehearsal 7:15 PM Ensemble and Praise Band Rehearsal and Prayer Watch your bulletin for more details. Check out our NEW LOOK on the church website! We have an online church directory, improved Sermon and Music archives. Also, improved church calendar. You can check it out at:

4 From the Desk of Jacque Too Busy! Psalm 39:6 Surely everyone goes around like a mere phantom; in vain they rush about, heaping up wealth without knowing whose it will finally be. As summer approaches our thoughts naturally turn to fun and recreation, to vacations and rest. But, for many of us, the summer is just a time when we exchange on kind of busy for another! We rush to practices, rehearsals, trips, vacations, parties, events, and before you know it, autumn will be here and we will all be wondering where the summer went! While it isn t sinful to be busy, we can turn our busyness into sin when we don t find time for God. We all know how important it is to spend time with God, but we also seem to be very willing to skip those times with God to fit all the other activities of summer. Schedules fill up quickly, work consumes our thoughts at night, family and friends compete for our attention, and then there s this thing called sleep. How do we fit it all in? What do we let drop? What do you do when you simply need 36 hours in a day instead of 24? There can be many reasons and causes for our busy lives. But, no matter the season, no matter the busy schedule we have, God demands our worship. In the middle of Psalm 39:6, there is a phrase that jumps out at me, in vain they rush about. This summer, make sure that all your time is not wasted in a vain rush by making time to worship at church, read your bible at home, and pray no matter where you are! We are NEVER too busy for God! at New Hope Baptist Church June (Soccer & Baseball) July (Basketball & Football) Time: 9:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. in the Gym Fee: $2 per athlete / Grades: K-8th To register, please call the church office Date: June 9th 13th Time: 6:00 8:30 p.m. Place: FLC Gym Volunteers Needed! at

5 New Hope Baptist Church 75 Cogswell Avenue Pell City, Alabama Phone (205) Fax (205) Web: Weekly Schedule Sunday 8:20 am Music Ensemble 8:30-10:00 am Library Open 9:00 am Sunday School 10:15 am-morning Worship -Children s Church 5:00 pm Choir Practice - Youth/Small Groups 6:00 pm - Evening Worship - Children s Church Monday 12:00 pm- Men s Accountability Group at PC Steakhouse 1:30 pm Care Visitation Wednesday 5:30 pm Library Opens 6:30 pm - Youth, Children & Preschool Activities - Bible Study led by Bro. Paul - Ladies Bible Study led by Kim Williams Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat :30 pm :00 pm Deacon s Meeting Picture Day! VBS 6:00-8:30 pm Father s Day! :00 am Brotherhood Breakfast 30 9:00 am Pack Food Boxes Adoption Network Support Group 5-6:00 pm Handout Food Boxes 11:30 am - JOY Club Meeting Water Night for Youth! Sports Camp 9:00 11:00 am Youth Camp 1 Gym Reserved JUNE BIRTHDAYS 1-Margaret Bearden 1-Brian Isbell 2-Johnny Turner 2-Matthew Tarrant 2-Mallory Isbell 3-Stephanie Wilson 3-Sumter DeGaris 6-Anna Grace Richey 6-Lee Yeager 7-Mary Beth Phillips 7-Scotty McKee 9-Janice Wheeler 10-Katherine Armstrong 13-Alethea Fitts 14-Elizabeth Fuller 15-Stacy Thomas 17-Jamie Truitt 17-Breezie Callahan 20-Julie Patterson 20-Edna Price 20-Natalie Rice 20-Ed Harrison 21-Clayton Rich 22-Betty Holder 22-Daniel Fowler 24-Jenny Davis 25-Jennifer Hill 26-Wendy Epperson 28-Mallory Horton 29-Joan Wilson 30-Casey Isdell 30-Martha Webber 30-Stevie Thomas, Jr. JUNE ANNIVERSARYS 4-Paul & Laurie Brasher 6-Johnny & Cheryl Gregg 10-Dave & Pat Jolley 11-Greg & Miki Turley 14-Alton & MaryBeth Phillips 15-Wynton & Gail Benefield 23-Lawrence & Margaret Bearden 23-John & Ruth Pope 23-Bob & Janice Wheeler 24-Chuck & Shannon Grant 25-Fred & Marian Kilgroe 29-Bryan & Rhond Tucker Deacon s On Call ~ Mitch Bartee Alton Phillips Ken Thomas