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1 THE BAPTIST INFORMER News Of Interest To Members & Friends Of First Baptist Church Four Oaks October 2017 Homecoming 2017 and Pastor Appreciation Sunday, November 5th Mission Statement The family of First Baptist Four Oaks believes in God through Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit. To fulfill the Great Commission, we will love, serve, learn, and fellowship together. Everyone is cordially invited to our Homecoming 2017 and Pastor Appreciation at First Baptist Church Four Oaks on Sunday, November 5th. Worship service will begin at 10:30 AM. Our guest speaker will be Dr. Len Keever from First Baptist Church in Dunn Special music will be provided by Eric Strickland and our choir. Pastor John will be honored for his 20 years of service as Pastor at First Baptist Church with several presentations, cards, and a love offering. A covered dish luncheon will follow in the Fellowship Hall. Church: Parsonage: Preschool: Come enjoy a great time of worship and show your appreciation to Pastor John and his family!

2 Worship in October October 1, 2017 Acts 1:12-26 A Baker s Dozen October 8, 2017 Acts 3:1-10 I Give You What I Have October 15, 2017 Observance of the Lord s Supper Matthew 22:1-14 RSVP October 22, 2017 Acts 3:23-31 To Boldly Go... October 29,2017 Reformation Sunday Romans 1:8-17 A Holy Yard Sale Wednesdays in October 6:00 PM Dinner Served - Suggested Cost: $4.00 per meal 4-10 years old-$2.00 3years old and under-free 6:30 PM Prayer Meeting Children/Youth Choirs Discipleship Training (See Schedule Below) 8:00 PM Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal October 4th: October 11th: October 18th: Discipleship Training Schedule for October RA s/ga s Acteens/Youth on Mission Adults: Basic Beliefs: Do you know what you know? Lesson 4: Don Rogers RA s/ga s Youth: Abraham & Sons Adults: Basic Beliefs: Do you know what you know? Lesson 5: Don Rogers QUARTERLY BUSINESS MEETING (Church-wide event-no classes) October 25th: Faith Festival Evangelistic Block Party-Community Event (Church-wide event-no classes) Meal Schedule for October October 4th: Dorothy Parker B SS Class (Pat Bridgers) BBQ Sandwiches, Hot Dogs and Trimmings October 11th: Baptist Men (Jerry Durham) October 18th: Youth (David Little) October 25th: Discipleship Training Team Soup and Sandwiches Pancakes and Sausage Hot Dogs Thank you A Note of Thanks from Clyde s Chapel Baptist Church (We delivered items to Clyde s Chapel Baptist Church for Disaster Relief to go to Texas after the hurricane) Beulah Hill Shoe Drive The Shoe Drive that has been going on at Beulah Hill Church will be closing on October 6th. Any shoes that you might want to donate can be taken to FO Small Engine or Beulah Hill Church. You may also contact Brenda Lee at to make arrangements to get the shoes to her.

3 Little s Little Youth Word October is here, a new beginning to the church year, leaves changing colors, and of course Halloween. I loved Halloween growing up and I still do. I don t know why, but I love the adrenaline rush when I get scared. I love sitting down and watching a scary movie in the dark. I know this isn t for everyone, but this is why October is one of my favorite months of the year, along with the fact that hockey season begins! Onto the youth news! We will be continuing our Journey through the Bible this month. In October we only have one lesson which will be on Abraham and his many sons. Boy did he have a lot! Come join us as we take a look at the remaining chapters of Genesis. Also on Wednesday night we will be having our Dudes on Missions as usual the first Wednesday of the month. Our big youth activity will fall in line with the big church wide Faith Festival. This will be a great night to witness to our community. We are First Baptist Church of Four Oaks, so let us make this night great by inviting as many people as possible and show them what we have to offer. We are a church who most of all cares about people, so let s do this at our Faith Festival on October 25th! On October 18th before our Business Meeting the youth will be serving dinner (pancakes & sausage). Come out for the great meal prepared by our youth. The Youth Committee is hard at work on our yearly goals & objectives. Please be in prayer for each committee member as we go through this process. Dates to Remember: October 18: Youth serve Wednesday night dinner October 25: Faith Festival November 8: Operation Christmas Child shoebox packing December 6: Youth will deliver meals (be at the church by 5:15) December 15: Youth Christmas Party (6-11pm)

4 Churchwide Missions for OCTOBER and WMU-FO News WMU Mission: is to inform and inspire the Christian woman to influence her world for Christ. Events for WMU Mission Groups in October 2017: Agape Mission Group will meet on October 3rd at 10:30 AM at the home of Rebecca Holt. Dorothy Parker Circle will meet on October 10th at in the Prayer Room. Lib Canaday Circle will meet on October 12th at in the library. Missions for Christ Mission Group will meet on October 1st at 3:00 PM in the FH with Effie Dunn. New WMU directories were handed out in September at the banquet. Extra copies of the Directory are on the table underneath the WMU bulletin board. The Johnston Community College Campus Ministry on Wednesdays started again in January. Each week this ministry needs at least $90 towards purchasing food and drinks for the weekly Bible study. (Attendance last fall averaged 39 in the Wednesday meetings). Available fall lunch dates are: October 4, 18, 25; November 1, 8, 15, 29 and December 6. If you are able to help with this, please let Kelton Hinton or Tonya Grice know at the JBA office. The SECU Hospice House in Smithfield is requesting that area church groups make meals for those individuals who have a family member staying in Hospice. The coordinator of this project is asking for desserts on Wednesday nights and a lunch on Saturday or dinner on Sunday nights. This would entail 15 individually wrapped desserts on Wednesday and Saturdays/Sundays would require 15 lunches or dinner plated items wrapped. A schedule for the year was sent out by the church office. Anyone or group interested in working on this project contact Laura Rogers for a sign up date or Wanda Johnson at Hospice in Smithfield with your selected date and menu item. Carolina Women of WMU-NC is offering a Retreat on October 6-7, 2017 at Fort Caswell, Baptist Assembly, Oak Island, NC. Some of those on the program are: Phyllis Foy, NC missionary; Renea Henderson, Kimberly Sowell, author from Lancaster, SC and founder of Kingdom Heart Ministries, Sandy Wisdom-Martin, and new national Executive Director for WMU and the Cross Walk for entertainment. Cost is $90 and includes lodging, meals and program fee. You can register at: This is open for all WMU members. WMU-NC Red Box Inmate Christmas Ministry due on November 2. This year the item for collection is toothbrush adult size. The toothbrush must be in the original wrapper and be individually wrapped. WMU-NC is saying no exceptions on items collected this year. The JBA-WMU has a goal of 1700 toothbrushes to collect. This is a good time to begin collecting during spring/summer sales. A WMU Red collection box will be in the Genesis classroom. Camp Mundo Vista is having a fundraiser. They are in the process of replacing the old beds with some bunk beds and some single beds in each cabin. They are challenging each association/church to help fund at least one bed each. To donate you can send a check to WMU-NC and send to: P.O. Box 18309, Raleigh, N.C Camp Mundo Vista is owned and by WMU-NC.

5 WMU-FO Ladies Groups will need to decide how to disperse monies for the China project this year. We have $1798 available to give to some charitable organization or project within our community. So far the recommedations for 2017 monies are: FBC-FO Food Pantry and SECU Hospice in Smithfield. JBA-WMU Quarterly Meeting is Saturday, October 7th at 9:00 AM at the JBA Office. CHECK OUT THE WMU BULLETIN BOARD LOCATED ACROSS FROM THE PRAYER ROOM FOR ANY NEWS ITEMS. ACTEENS AND GIRLS IN ACTION GROUPS ALSO HAVE SPACE FOR ITEMS AVAILABLE. Samaritan s Purse Operation Christmas Child Item for OCTOBER: Donations to help in mailing shoeboxes Preschool News The Preschool is off to a great start! We have thirty-eight students enrolled. Our Mom s Morning Out Program on Friday has approximately fourteen students in attendance. During September we learned about Yucky Germs, Transportation, Cowboys, and Fall. Pastor John did devotion during Transportation Week and each child got to sit on his motorcycle. During Cowboy Week, Kelly Coats, co-owner of Hillcrest Farms in Smithfield shared items used for horseback riding and each student got to sit on a saddle. Ms. Nancy, librarian came and read two stories for assembly. October will be fun with Pet Week, Community Helpers, Farming, and a trip to the Pumpkin Patch. The Preschoolers will have their Trick or Treat on October 30th and 31st in the FH. If any church members would like to pass out candy, please call Carol Adams at the Preschool. ( ) HELP NEEDED As we all know the Food Pantry can always use help in carrying out it s mission of feeding the hungry in our community. Over the next few months we will be in critical need for volunteers to step up and help in the Food Pantry. Jack and Marilyn will be visiting family and will be away most of November and December. During their absence there is only ONE other couple who help in the Food Pantry on a regular basis. If you are willing to help in filling this need (especially during their absence), please contact the church office or Marilyn Parker. Your help will be greatly appreciated.

6 OCTOBER 2017 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY *Designates each week 1 *10:00 AM Sunday School *11:00 AM Worship 3:00 PM Missions for Christ Mission Group meets in FH with Effie Dunn 6:00 PM Preschool Committee Deacon Board meets 2 Long Range Planning Comm. meets 3 10:30 AM Agape Mission Group meets at the home of Rebecca Holt 4 *6:00 PM Fellowship Meal *6:30 PM Prayer Meeting Ch./Youth Choirs RA s/ga s Acteens/Youth on Mission Adults *8:00 PM Choir Rehearsal 5 Memorial Comm. Meeting 6 7 FH Reserved 8 12:00 PM Youth Committee meets 4:00 PM Dawnings Team meets 5:00 PM Missions Team meets 9 Building and Grounds Comm. meets 10 Dorothy Parker Circle meets in Prayer Room 11 RA s/ga s Youth Adults 12 *12-2:00 PM Food Pantry open at church Lib Canaday Circle meets in library :45 AM Baptist Men s Breakfast Communion :30 AM Young at Heart Worship Comm. meets 18 Quarterly Business Meeting 19 Personnel Comm. meets Stephen Ministry Workshop Faith Festival :00 PM Prayer Vigil in Sanctuary Outreach Planning Committee meets

7 Birthdays 01 Denise Hamilton Emma Ruth Parker 03 Jonathan McLamb 04 Grimes Stewart 05 Michael Mobley 06 Delilah Sharp 07 Michael Fish Vicki Grimes Allen Parker 08 Terry Parker 09 Greg Jackson 10 Anda Abrams 11 Elizabeth Fish 12 Myrtle Lassiter Frank Moore 13 Josh Champagne 14 Sam Gregory Adam Norris 15 Arnette Johnson 16 Alexander Britt 17 Susan Sloan 20 Jerry Durham Mary Leigh Edwards Charley Johnson 21 Effie Dunn 22 Julia Moore Mary Hunter Olive 23 Luke Clothier Roy Turner 24 Zeke Sharp 26 Lydia Carberry Jaxon Combs 30 Jimmy Coats 31 Kara Britt Keith Coe Anniversaries 03 Stephen and Tanya Carberry 05 Tim and Terri Barbour Michael and Wanda White 07 Jason and Vicki Lee 09 Craig and Elizabeth Boyd 10 Jason and Christie Stephenson 12 Tim and Connie Grady 15 Cliff and Jessi Sharp 22 Bobby and Judy Creech 23 Carl and Nancy Langdon

8 Cradle Roll First Baptist Contacts October 1 October 8 October 15 October 22 October 29 Wendy Heritage Logan Baker &Viki Grimes Yorke Johnson and Michele Norman Debbie Blackmon and Tally Jackson Emily Vann Pastor Minister of Music Minister of Youth Secretary Organist Preschool Director Deacon for the Month Rev. John Norman, Jr. Mrs. Phyllis Toothman Rev. David Little Mrs. Deirdre Parker Ms. Annette Carroll Mrs. Carol Adams Mr. Harold Keen Nursery (2 s & 3 s) Acolytes October 1 October 8 October 15 October 22 October 29 October 1 October 8 October 15 October 22 October 29 Eden Barbour Mario Hamby Everett Jackson Lily Johnson Lela Strickland Children s Church October 1 Melanie and Charlie Autry October 8 Melanie and Charlie Autry October 15 Melanie and Charlie Autry October 22 Melanie and Charlie Autry October 29 Melanie and Charlie Autry October 1 October 8 October 15 October 22 October 29 Flowers Wayne Hamilton & Alyssa Hamilton Available Raeford Moore Walter and Rebecca Holt Available Four Oaks First partners with the Johnston Baptist Association, Baptist State Convention of NC, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship of NC, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship (National), and the Southern Baptist Convention. First Baptist Church P.O. Box North Main St. Four Oaks, NC Change Service Requested Non-Profit Organization U.S. POSTAGE PERMIT No. 6 PAID FOUR OAKS, NC 27524