THE BAPTIST INFORMER News Of Interest To Members & Friends Of First Baptist Church Four Oaks September 2017 Important Dates to Remember 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. Wednesday, September 6th 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Discipleship Training Kick-Off and Fish Fry Don t forget to wear your T-Shirt! Guest Speaker: Mr. Chris Wells (The Bass Chaplain) Please call the church office to make reservations for the meal. Sunday, September 17th at Called Business Meeting to consider the 2017/18 Church Budget Homecoming 2017 and Pastor Appreciation Sunday, November 5th Church: 963-2102 Parsonage: 963-3199 Preschool: 963-2013 www.fbcfouroaks.org Family and friends are 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 with a covered dish lunch to follow. Come enjoy our great service and help show your appreciation to Pastor John! More details to come in our October Newsletter!
Worship in September Throughout the month of September we will continue to reflect on the stained glass windows in our sanctuary. More than adding beauty to our worship experience, however, the windows tell a story - the story of God s creating, redeeming, and sustaining the world. We hope you will join us on Sunday mornings as we retell that old, old story. See you on Sunday. Wednesdays in September 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 September 6th: September 13th: September 20th: Discipleship Training Schedule for September Discipleship Training Kick-Off and Fish Fry (All Classes, All Groups, Nursery offered) Special Speaker: Mr. Chris Wells (The Bass Chaplain) RA s/ga s Acteens/Youth on Mission Adults: Basic Beliefs: Do you know what you know? Lesson 1: John Norman RA s/ga s Youth: Creation Adults: Basic Beliefs: Do you know what you know? Lesson 2: Don Rogers September 27th: Children Group Activity: Kindness Rocks Project Youth: The Fall Adults: Basic Beliefs: Do you know what you know? Lesson 3: Don Rogers Meal Schedule for September September 6th: Discipleship Training Kick-Off Fish Fry September 13th: Agape Circle (Ann Massengill) Chicken Pastry September 20th: Choir A (Phyllis Toothman) BBQ Chicken, Mashed Potatoes and String Beans September 27th: Adult I (Michele Norman) Chicken Casserole Congratulations Congratulations to Courtney and Brandon Turner on the birth of their new baby boy! Samuel Thomas Turner was born on August 30th. He weighed 7lbs. 15oz. Congratulations also to great grandparents Walter and Rebecca Holt! The Flower Chart for the New Year has been placed in the Foyer
Little s Little Youth Word This summer has been very busy! It has been full of Missions, Vacation Bible School and lots of planning. I am so excited about the new year, but I would be remiss if I didn t say how proud I am of the Youth Committee and the work they ve done this summer. They have truly done a wonderful job in helping me to plan the upcoming year. I would also like to give a shout out to the Discipleship Training Committee, as they have been a huge part in planning Wednesday nights for the new year. But with that, it is on to the new year. On Wednesday Nights the youth will be going through the entire Bible. From Creation to Revelation. From the Fall to the Cross. From Abraham to Paul. It is truly going to be great. Throughout the year we will be having lots of time for both Fellowship and Missions. We have a lot of diverse activities that we hope will help the youth grow closer to God. Some of the activities include: Movie Nights, Faith Festival, Packing Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes, visiting shut-ins, helping seniors with their technology, visiting nursing homes, and our annual Cardboard City. It is going to be a great year! I pray and hope you will pray as well, that this year will help our youth grow closer to God; even if it is just one step. We want a Youth Group that helps to build one another up, and not tear each other down. I pray that as we grow closer to God, that we will grow closer to one another as well. Dates to Remember: September 16: Movie Night Bible Study (6pm Movie is TBA) 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)
Churchwide Missions for SEPTEMBER 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 September 2017: Agape Mission Group will meet on September 5th at 10:30 AM in the Fellowship Hall with Ranelle Johnson and Carol Leary Lib Canaday Circle will meet on September 14th at in the library. Dorothy Parker Circle will meet on September 12th at in the Prayer Room. Missions for Christ Mission Group will meet on September 5th at 6:30 PM in the Fellowship Hall with Laura Rogers. WMU-FO Officer ballots for 2017-18 will be handed out to your groups in August and due to the WMU Director by Sept. 15th. Also, please send in updated names of your WMU Group Members for the 2017-18 WMU Directories. New WMU Directories will be handed out in September at our Banquet. 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 dates for fall lunches are: September 6, 13, 20, 27; 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 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 2017-18 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. The WMU-FO Annual Banquet will be held on Sunday, September 24 at 5:00 PM in the Fellowship Hall. As part of our Missions Theme for 2017-18, Phyllis Moody is our guest speaker and will present on Blackfeet Missions. A question and answer session will follow. The four WMU-FO groups will provide food for the banquet and the WMU is covering the meats for the meal. Assigned dishes for each of 4 circles: Agape Fruits/Veggies; Missions for Christ Mission Group -Veggies; Lib Canaday Group- Desserts; Dorothy Parker Group Salads. 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 CrossWalk for entertainment. Cost is $90 and includes lodging, meals and program fee. You can register at: www.wmunc.org/carolinawomen2017. This is open for all WMU members
WMU-NC Red Box Inmate Christmas Ministry is due on November 2. This year the item for collection is toothbrushes 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,P.O. Box 18309, Raleigh, N.C. 27619-8309. Camp Mundo Vista is owned and operated by WMU-NC. 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. This information needs to be decided by September 15, for proper handling by our church treasurer. So far the recommedations for 2017 monies are: FBC-FO Food Pantry and SECU Hospice in Smithfield. 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 September: Small Toys Please bring any items that you have collected for Operation Christmas but have not turned in yet, so that we can evaluate and determine what is still needed for our boxes. Stephen Ministry If you would like to join us for an informational meeting concerning Stephen Ministry on October 21st please call the church office to sign up. For more information on Stephen Ministry please go to www.stephenministries.org
SEPTEMBER 2017 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY *Designates each week 1 2 3 *10:00 AM Sunday School *11:00 AM Worship 4 Long Range Planning Comm. meets 5 10:30 AM Agape Mission Group meets in FH with Ranelle Johnson and Carol Leary 6 *6:00 PM Fellowship Meal *6:30 PM Prayer Meeting Ch./Youth Choirs Discipleship Training Kick-off *8:00 PM Choir Rehearsal 7 *12-2:00 PM Food Pantry open at church 8 9 10 6:00 PM Preschool Committee meets Deacon Board meets 11 Building & Grounds Comm. meets 12 Dorothy Parker Circle meets in Prayer Room 13 RA s/ga s Youth Adults 14 Lib Canaday Group meets in the library 15 Sept. 15th-17th Youth goes to Fort Caswell for CBF Beach Retreat 16 17 7:45 AM Baptist Men s Breakfast Called Business Meeting 18 19 11:30 AM Young at Heart Luncheon Group lunch at Western Sizzlin in Dunn Worship Committee meets 20 RA s/ga s Youth Adults 21 Personnel Committee meets 22 23 Baptist Men s Retreat 24 9:30 AM Acolyte Training 12:00 PM Youth Committee meets 5:00 PM WMU-FO Annual Banquet 6-8:00 PM Prayer Vigil in Sanctuary 25 26 Outreach Planning Committee meets 27 28 10:00 AM- 1:00 PM Senior Adult Rally at Middlesex Baptist Church 29 30
Birthdays 01 Lila Rose Parker 02 Tina Toothman 03 Yorke Johnson Jerri McLamb 04 Jenna Johnson 06 Carl Langdon Brookie Register Lessie Mae Vinson 07 Terri Barbour 08 Samuel Elliott Driggers 09 Logan Combs Gloria Lick Chad Stewart Caroline Tucker 12 Wayne Hamilton Gracie Hatch 14 Wendy Barbour Michael Santoro 15 Jaxon Barbour Edna Johnson Jenny Stewart 16 Amelia Toothman 17 Joleeyn Webb 18 Ranelle Johnson Temi Sharp 20 Michael Lee 23 Trigger Byrd Melissa Grady 24 Ellen Boyd Laura Faye Canaday 26 Harper Barrett Sumerel 27 Julie Stewart Caleb Thornton 28 Jessica Johnson 29 Eric Fogleman Sarah Mobley 30 Justin Champagne Amy Evans Anniversaries 02 Ned and Marian Walsh 06 Chris and Wendy Heritage 07 Brandon and Courtney Turner Roy and Sandra Turner 12 Jamie and Lynn Williams 15 Linwood and Patsy Parker 25 Frank and Carol Moore 30 Russell and Jean Lee
Cradle Roll First Baptist Contacts September 3 September 10 September 17 September 24 Wendy Heritage Logan Baker and Viki Grimes Yorke Johnson and Michele Norman Debbie Blackmon and Tally Jackson 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. Trigger Byrd Nursery (2 s & 3 s) Acolytes September 3 September 10 September 17 September 24 Brenda Strickland Carol and Robbie Adams Wendy and Chris Heritage Margaret Baker and Debbie Lee September 3 September 10 September 17 September 24 Jaxon Barbour Zeke Sharp Delilah Sharp Drew Stewart 3 3 3 Children s Church September 3 Melanie and Charlie Autry September 10 Melanie and Charlie Autry September 17 Melanie and Charlie Autry September 24 Melanie and Charlie Autry September 3 September 10 September 17 September 24 Flowers Available Available Rosa Pell WMU 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 717 403 North Main St. Four Oaks, NC 27524 Change Service Requested Non-Profit Organization U.S. POSTAGE PERMIT No. 6 PAID FOUR OAKS, NC 27524