FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 216 Sunset Road Willingboro New Jersey 08046 609-871-2015 fbcwillingboro.org Transforming Lives with the Word of God
THE LORD S DAY FEBRUARY 3, 2019 Text of Meditation: Psalm 136:1-9 Praise & Worship: This Is Amazing Grace My Savior s Love #512 O, How He Loves You and Me #513 Recognition of Visitors Announcements Prayer Worship in Giving: Rosemary Adkins Message: We Will Be the Church Pastor Gary Tum Suden and Love One Another John 13:31-35, 15:9-17; 1 John 3:11, 23, 4:7, 11, 12; 2 John 5 Communion Song of Response: Love Lifted Me #505 NO EVENING SERVICE TONIGHT 2
February 03, 2019 AM We Will Be the Church and Love One Another John 13:31-35, 15:9-17; 1 John 3:11, 23,4:7, 11, 12; 2 John 5 Eternal Truth: We will be the Church therefore we must Love One Another as Jesus Loved Us. I. Some Preliminary THINKING (Why this Matters) II. We will Love Another A. The Study of One Anothering B. The Situation of the Context (John 13:1-33) C. The Statement of Jesus (John 13:34) D. The Standard that is Required (John 13:34) E. The Significance of This One Another (John 13:35) III. So Where Do We Go from Here (The Applications/Steps) 3
Serve the Lord with gladness, Come before His presence with singing: The Choir is waiting for you to come and use your gifts and talents to make a joyful noise! Wednesday evenings at 7:30 p.m. Take my voice and let me sing always, only for my King Valentine s Day Couples Dining Out Saturday, February 9 th Please mark your calendars for Saturday, February 9 th to join Pastor Gary & Jane for an encouraging night out for the couples. Please feel free to invite friends from outside the church as well. We will meet at the church at 4:30 p.m. so that we can arrive at the Restaurant at 5 p.m. Plan to get a babysitter for your children. Join us for a wonderful evening out. KEENAGERS!! We have scheduled our Annual Valentine Luncheon on Thursday, February 14 th at 12 Noon here at Church. Please sign up on the bulletin board in the foyer if you plan to attend. 4
The BRIDGE TEEN SUPER BOWL PARTY TONIGHT Pre-Super Bowl Gathering Games & Basketball, etc. in the Gym at 5 p.m. Super Bowl Party in the Old Sanctuary (Chapel) 6:30 p.m. Cost is $5.00/per teen for food Choosing to Live as Kingdom People! Dine by Design Hostesses We will meet next Sunday, February 10 th, following the morning service to turn in your guest lists, your money and unsold tickets. It is essential that you check in next Sunday in rm. 20 & 21. ABBA Certificates - If you shop at Shop Rite or Acme, please consider buying a gift card from either store, in denominations from $5 to $100. It is exact exchange of money, with no surcharge, and five cents of every dollar benefits ABBA Pregnancy Crisis Center. Please stop at the Welcome Center before or after every morning service to make your purchase. It s an easy way to show you are pro-life!! 5
YOUTH ANNOUNCEMENTS THE BRIDGE Please join us each Friday at 7:30 p.m. for an exciting time of learning God s Word, exciting Games, Sports and spending time with Friends with Food and Fellowship. Bring a Friend! Snow Camp - NOW is the time to sign up for our waiting list and also to complete your digital health form by February 8th. Please see Jonathan Olatubosun or Pastor Gary with your $50 deposit. LEADERS Please let Jon know ASAP if you are attending. Awana clubs Join us each Friday for our children s AWANA ministry for grades K 6 th. We will learn the Word of God, experience an exciting Game Time and enjoy Music and Teaching. Bring a friend!! T&T Club 2/8 Pajama Night 2/15 Share the Love! Bring a Friend Night 2/22 Lots of Layers, Store Night Sparks Club 2/8 Jesus and Lazarus 2/15 Jesus Feeds the 5,000 2/22 Float-A-Boat Is Here!!! 6
TODAY: 9:45 a.m.---sunday School 11:00 a.m.---morning Worship Service 5:00 p.m.---super Bowl Party WEDNESDAY, 12:00 p.m.---prayer Meeting WEDNESDAY, 7:30 p.m.---choir Rehearsal FRIDAY, 7:25 9:30 p.m.---awana Clubs FRIDAY, 7:30 10:00 p.m.---the BRIDGE (Youth Group) SATURDAY, 5:00 p.m.---valentine s Day Couples Dining Out 2019 ELECTED OFFICERS DEACONS Gordon Johnson (3 yr. term) Marvin Ferguson (1 yr. term) Dennis Rothwell (1 yr. term) TREASURER Doug Beach (1 yr. term) ASST. TREASURER Dennis Rothwell (3 yr. term) SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT Sherry Devine (3 yr. term) CLERK Barbara Chiemingo (3 yr. term) Special Benevolence Offering As determined in our Annual Meeting, Communion Sunday will be our special over and above benevolence offering to help those in need in our congregation first and also our community. Please place these offerings in a blue envelope and mark them Benevolence and place your offering envelope number on it. Charitable Contribution Statement See Gordon Johnson to pick up your 2018 Charitable Contribution Statement from FBC. This is only for those who used the box envelopes with numbers. 7
Nursery Schedule Today: Nathaline Sackie, Senia Massaquoi, Gloria Devine Next Week: Gloria Meekins, Debby Beach Junior Church Teachers Schedule February Ages 2 & 3 George Sackie Ages 4 & 5 Yah Duana & Helper Grades 1-6 Stewart Boyer & Helpers NEW CHAIRS!!! We are excited to have two new rows of special chairs for those requiring extra comfort or special needs access in the Auditorium. If this is your situation, please test them out and let us know how they are or any additional ideas you may have to help us include everyone in our corporate worship. Cell Phones and Beepers As we prepare to worship God together we would ask that these be turned off or put in the silent/vibrate mode. Handicap Restrooms - Unless it is an emergency, please use our regular restrooms facilities to allow our people with special needs complete access to the Handicap Accessible Bathroom. Thank you for your cooperation in this area. Parking Spaces Please refrain from parking in the designated handicap spaces unless you have an authorized permit. Please DO NOT PARK in unauthorized or unmarked spaces to allow access for Emergency Service vehicles. If you need assistance in parking, please pull up to the awning at our main entrance and someone will assist you. Health Concerns During the Services If you don t feel well during a service please summon an usher or ask a neighbor in the pew to summon someone so that we can adequately tend to any medical issues. Please do not be concerned about disrupting the service. We care about you! Parents & Children Parents, in an effort to consistently improve our worship services, we ask you to sit with your children and teenagers in the worship service so that all can be edified without great distraction. Phones and tablets can be used too by our young people to access sermon notes and the Bible online, but we ask that they refrain from other uses so that they can grow as well. Tithes & Offerings FBC keeps track of all financial giving by check or cash through an envelope system. If you want a financial tax deduction statement at the end of year, please help us by requesting and using our envelope system. Please put name clearly on your envelope for the first month or two so we can be accurate in recording your giving. Gordon Johnson is our point of contact to request an envelope box. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Glorifying God by Making Faithful Disciples of Jesus Christ 216 Sunset Road, Willingboro, NJ 08046 (609) 871-2015 - www.fbcwillingboro.org Rev. Gary Tum Suden, Senior Pastor - ext. 211 Cindi Decker, Director of Music & Arts - ext. 213 Carol Bachman, Office Manager ext. 212 Terry Kerner, Maintenance & Facility Manager ext. 212 8