First Baptist Church June 2014 Volume 58 Issue No. 5

USPS 571-920 Published Monthly by The First Baptist Church 212 East F Street, Elizabethton, TN 37643-3212

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In Honor of Mary Chambers Rainy Day Dreams by Lori Copeland Placed by Christine Eller

Donated by Rev. Todd Hallman: Revolution of Spirit: Essays in Honor of Richard Shaull by Nantawan Boonprasat Lewis Finding God in the Questions by Timothy John-son Divine Omniscience and Human Freedom in Thomas Aqyubas and Charles Hartshorne by John C. Moskop

MAY 2014: Budget Required: $ 47,109.00 Budget Received $ 47,643.55 Designated 5,226.28 Total Given $ 52,869.83

Average SS: 163 Average Worship: 305 Mother’s Day Offering: $484.39 AED Giving to Date: $1,135.00

O ur Christian Sympathy to Kathy Tipton Tay-lor in the loss of her mother-in-law, Ida

Garland Taylor, on May 23.

T hank you notes have been received from Pat Pollard and Lillian Oliver and are on

the bulletin board outside the library.

JUNE 2014

“Glorifying God, serving the Lord Jesus Christ, and sharing Him with the world.” See you at VBS!

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Congratulations, Graduates Elizabethton High School

Eric Carter Lydia Honeycutt

E T S U Beth Hall , BSN

Kelsey Mains Human Services with Minor in Psychology

University of Tennessee Lindsey S. Dugger, B. S.

Business Administration with Human Resource Emphasis

New Directory Pictures Lifetouch Church Directory and Portraits will be taking pictures at FBC on July 31, August 1, 2, 18 and 19. More info to follow.

June 1 Levi Hardin, Rick Walters June 2 Eleisha Lacy, Donna Myers June 3 Doug Cole June 4 Jim DuBose June 5 Tim King, Tom Wetzel June 7 Wayne Hayes June 8 Pat Campbell, Jesse Egeler, Katie Sternke June 9 Pat Duty, Tim Hinkle June 10 Brent Dugger June 11 Viki Campbell, Cassie King June 13 Jim Chandler, Alex Riddle, Sarah Shook June 17 Tammy Wright June 18 Wyatt Hall June 19 Lanny Norris June 20 Joyce Guthrie June 21 Kathy May June 22 Dave Honeycutt, Harold Lane June 24 Hunter Hughes June 26 Bob Cable, Suzanne Dugger, Lou Eller June 27 Nathan Goodwin, Christy Riddle June 28 Susan Gardner June 29 Emily Dugger June 30 Nathan Batchelder, Larry Alderson, Joe May

First Friday Pool Party is June 6 from 5-8.

Scavenger Hunt June 21 from 6-9.

MAS Mondays at 6.

All VBS workers need to be at the church at 5:30 on Monday, June 9, and no later than 5:45 the rest of the week. Please wear your FBC t-shirts if you have one. If you have not regis-tered your child or their friends, please pick up a registration form on the board outside the Sanctuary door.

We will have a can drive during VBS to benefit the Abortion Alternatives & Women’s Center’s sum-mer food program. All monies collected at VBS will be given to the Angel Tree Christmas program.

Wednesday Camp Fit Kids program begins June 18 for children who have completed Kindergarten through 5th Grade. Wear tennis shoes!

We have plenty of paper towel tubes and macaroni. Thank you!

Prayer Shawl Group meets Monday, June 16, 6:00PM in the Parlor. Open Heart WOM will meet Thursday, June 19, at 10:00AM in the Parlor. Mission Seekers will meet that evening at 6:30PM. Nursing Home Visitation will be Tuesday, June 24, at Hermitage Health Center. Meet in the lower parking lot at Hermitage at 5:30.

If you would like to help with the Mission Trip to Roan Mountain State Park July 28-31 see Vickie Ford or Carter Blevins.

Our youth have several fundraisers planned to help with the cost of their summer programs, and they need your participation!

On Wednesday, June 4, the meal will be Chick-Fil-A. Any donation accepted, but please make a reservation by June 2 so we’ll know how many meals to order.

For $25 you can have your friends “flocked” in the middle of the night with flamingos in their yard. Or for $20 you can pur-chase Flocking Insurance so this won’t happen to you! For more information contact Jordan Carder at 483-5702 or Becky Street at 737-3457.

Clean out those closets, storage bins, garages, whatev-er you can clean out! Bring it to Youth Department and they will get rid of it for you! Items are now being accepted. The yard sale is scheduled for June 19, 20 and 21 from 8-2 each day!

Visitation/Help — Would you like the youth to help with some work at your house? Or just come by for a visit? Dates available are June 5, June 26, July 10 and July 24. Sign up outside the library or call the office. Please be specific so they can bring the proper tools.

Coming attraction for Seniors and All! Let’s go for lunch to Bandana’s Bar B Que & Grill in Boone, NC, on Thursday, June 26, at 10:45AM sharp. After lunch we’ll shop. Sign up outside the choir room.

A designated fund was approved at the May business conference for a new piano. When giving please notate it on your check or envelope.

From the Missions Committee: If you need funds for a ministry/mission trip, please put your request in writing and give it to one of the com-mittee members. Requests over $500 are submitted to Finance. Happy Father ’s Day June 15! No PM Service .

June 30—July 4 Greenville, SC

Third payment of $75 is due June 20!

A HUGE thank you to everyone who helped at the VBS work nights!