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CHURCH • MILAN

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First Baptist

FBC V a l e n t i n e Ba n q u e t

FEBRUARY2016

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February 14

6:00 p.m.

with special guestKEVIN HAMILTONand catering by Sandy Edwards

*CHILDCARE PROVIDED FORKINDERGARTEN AND YOUNGER

Sunday evening

10:15 a.m.and

4:00 p.m.

DAN ARSENAULTSUNDAY, FEBRUARY 7

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BIG GAME PARTY: Sunday, Febru-ary 7, the youth will host their annual Super Bowl Party in the Warehouse. This is always a night filled with food and great fun. We encourage all of our students to bring a friend.FREEDOM WEEKEND – March 4-5 the youth will be attending Free-dom Weekend at Fellowship Bible Church in Jackson, TN. This event is a Strength to Stand Tour and fea-tures Rush of Fools in worship along with Scott Dawson and Wade Mor-ris teaching about the freedom we have in Christ as they walk through the book of Galatians. I am pumped about this weekend and I hope you make plans to be there. Total cost is $50 per person.YOUTH SUNDAY – Sunday, March 6, our youth will be leading out in the morning worship service. You will be able to hear testimonies from our students along with our student wor-ship band leading in worship. We will be taking up a love offering fol-lowing the service for our students to help raise money for Summer Camp. Please don’t miss this Sunday and bring someone with you to help show our love and support for all of our students!SUMMER JAM – Mark your calendars for June 5-10 for our annual Summer Camp. This year Scott Dawson will be leading all of our session times along with Rush of Fools leading in worship. Bryan Drake, the Christian illusionist, will also be there with us for the week. It’s going to be an in-credible week and you do not want to miss it!MEN’S BASKETBALL LEAGUE – Our annual basketball league will be play-ing on Monday nights throughout the month of February.

TO MILAN with LOVE: Our “To Mi-lan with Love” outreach event will be Thursday, February 11. We will be tak-ing trays of “sweet treats” to our Milan Educators & Public Servants. Please help us by bringing homemade cook-ies, candy, brownies, etc. to the church any time on Wednesday, February 10, or Thursday, February 11, before 8:30 a.m. Help us show Milan how much we love and appreciate them!

FBC VALENTINE BANQUET: We will have a Valentine Banquet on Sunday evening, February 14, at 6:00 in the Family Life Center. Kevin Hamilton will be our special guest speaker and the meal will be catered by Sandy Ed-wards. Tickets must be purchased by Sunday, February 7. Tickets are $8.00 for adults and $4.00 for children 12 & under. Childcare will be provided for Kindergarten and under.

UPWARD UPDATE: Upward Awards Night is Monday, February 29. We will begin at 6:00 p.m. in the Family Life Center with a pizza supper.

NYC FAMILY MISSION TEAM: Help support the 13 members of our NYC Family Mission Team by joining us for a lunch on Sunday, February 21. Sign up in your Sunday School class or on the board in the FLC. Donations will benefit the team.

IMPORTANT SUMMER DATES: If at all possible, please plan your vacations around these important dates. We want everyone to participate in this year’s summer fun.

June 6-10: Vacation Bible School

June 20-23: 4th-6th Grade at Kidz Kamp at Shocco Springs

July 19-21: 1st-3rd Grade Jr. Kidz Kamp at Tishomingo

January 2016 was a wonderfully happy new year with God’s blessing shown to His people. The WMU groups have been challenged and encouraged to accept many new areas of opportunities and service as we remind ourselves of the Great Commission. We appreciate the mission testimonies and prayerfully avail ourselves to continue in our labors together with God. The fields are white but the laborers are few! Keep praying for each other as we grow in Spirit and truth and our faith, which leads us into obedience of God’s word. Let’s all join in “The Greatest Journey”! The “little dresses” project is ongoing and we are calling for more pillow cases, fabric and ribbons, buttons, bows & lace and any other items for trim-ming the dresses. Thank you all for helping us continue this work of love. Love and sympathy extended to the family of Sara Williams. You are so welcomed to join a mission study group of your choice. Share your testimony.• Myrtice Owens - Monday, February 8, at 6:30 p.m. at FBC• Mann/Harper Mission Group - Tuesday, February 9, at 10:00 a.m. at

FBCFor I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ. - Romans 1:16a

WOMEN’S MISSIONS UPDATE

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The FBC Golden Agers met on January 14 for their regular monthly meeting. Jim O’Daniel presented a fun and entertaining program.

Next month, the Golden Agers will meet on Feb-ruary 11 at 10:30 a.m. New Milan Mayor Billy Warren Beasley will be our guest speaker, and our add-a-dish meal will feature chili and cas-seroles. All senior adults are invited to come and join us.

PASTOR ’S PEN

Dan Arsenault grew up in the Atlanta, Georgia area graduating as valedictorian from Berkmar High School. Dan dropped out of church as a teen and became an atheist. But while pursuing his masters degree in philosophy at Vanderbilt, Dan began researching and reading the Bible. He became a believer on September 5, 1972.

A growing sense of calling regard-ing the unchurched led Dan to resign from the pastorate in 2002 to launch Dan Arsenault Min-istries, a ministry of apologetics built around a television program, Church for Skeptics. The program has aired since January of 2003, and has given Dan the opportunity to teach around the world, includ-ing the United Nations in Vienna, the Institute for Science in Reyk-javik, Iceland, and the “Harvard” of Canada, McGill University. His program can be seen by 3.5 million people throughout the southeast.

Dan is a great friend and one of my favorite speakers. He will be speaking in both services on Sun-day, February 7. A love offering for his ministry will be taken that day.

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I don’t know about you, but I love Netflix. It is just the greatest creation. Leah and I pro-gressively have really cut down on the televi-sion we watch because of the content in most tv shows. In fact, that is one of the primary reasons we are such baseball fans, because it is something we feel can be on the television and we don’t generally have to worry about what they kiddos may hear or see if they are in the room. But during the winter, when there is no baseball, we are netflix nuts. It’s great because you can find a show you like and watch as much as you want as quick as you want. We’ve been watching “The Office” for the past few months and you know what that means… I talk about “The Office” with people. I ask people all the time if they’ve watched it and then I can make references to the show, because it is something I have been spending my time on lately. Recently, Netflix released a documentary called “Making a Murderer.” You may have seen it or heard about it. I haven’t watched it yet, but from what I can see, it is a lot like the NPR series “Serial,” which lays out the evidence for a complex case. It is full of doubt and suspicion as to whether this per-son is guilty or not. I’m sure Leah and I will get around to watching it sometime. Any-way, the point I wanted to make is this, my Facebook has been blowing up with people talking about this show. They argue back and forth about whether the man on the documentary is actually guilty or not. They have invested hours of their life recently into watching this riveting series and want to talk about it. We are creatures made to talk about what we are interested in. Whether it is your fa-vorite sports team, your favorite hobby, your favorite place to hunt, or your new tv show binge, you talk about what you enjoy. On Sunday, January 24, the Praise Team sang a song called, “One Name Alone,” which opens with these two lines, “Everybody praises the thing they love. Everyone announces what they adore.” Don’t you find that to be true?If we are willing to invest hours each week into sports, hobbies, tv shows, or you fill-in-the-blank, then we talk about it. The ques-tion has to then be asked, why do we not spend more time talking about the Lord? If we are truly taking delight in him, should our Facebook feeds be filled with talk about how great He is? Shouldn’t our coworkers know us as someone who radiates with the love of God and whose lips are filled with His Word? Shouldn’t our families know right where we stand with the Lord? I challenge you to take inventory about how much you talk about things this week. Take delight in the Lord and let your speech reflect that delight.

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GOLDEN AGERS

PASTOR ’S PENr a n d y @ f b c m i l a n . o r g

CLARK’S CONTEMPLATIONS

- the family of MARTHA LITTLE (Vickie Jones’ mother) who passed away on January 1, 2016.

- the family of SARA WILLIAMS who passed away on January 10, 2016.

- the family of Wayne Tidwell (Kenny Tidwell’s father) who passed away on January 16, 2016.

WE EXTEND OUR SYMPATH IES TO THE FOLLOWING FBC FAM ILY MEMBERS :

“Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself, and our God and Father, who has loved us and given us everlasting consolationand good hope by grace, comfort your hearts and establish you in every good word and work.” (2 Thess. 2:16-17)

HUNTER & LESLEY HOWELLby Letter on

January 17, 2016

OUR SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP SERVICES WILL BE AVAILABLE ON-LINE EACH WEEK VIA VIMEO AND WILL BE LINKED TO OUR TWITTER AND FACEBOOK PAGES, AS WELL AS ON OUR WEBSITE,

www.fb cmilan.org. YOU MAY ALSO PURCHASE A DVD OR CD IN THE CHURCH OFFICE.

WE R E J O I C E W I T H T HO S E WHO R E C EN T LY MAD E D E C I S I O N S :Welcome him in the Lord with great j oy...! ” Phil. 2:29

L E A D E R S H I P T E A MBRO. RANDY PATE - SENIOR PASTORNiki Allen - Director of Children / OutreachAustin Clark - Minister of Music / DiscipleshipBrandon Spain - Minister to Students / Recreation

June Belew - Administrative Assistant / Human ResourcesSusie Gonzales - Maintenance Dana Holden- Administrative Assistant / FinanceKeith Morrison - Maintenance SupervisorKelia Mullins - Administrative Assistant / Sr. Pastor & StudentsAnita Wallace - Administrative Assistant /Office Manager

F I R S T B A P T I S T C H U R C H2000 South Second Street

Milan TN 38358(www.fbcmilan.org)

Office: 731-686-3385Prayer Line: 731-686-3353

W O R S H I P W I T H U SS U N D A Y

9:00 a.m. - Bible Study10:15 a.m. - Morning Worship6:00 p.m. - Evening Worship

W E D N E S D A Y6:15 p.m. - Mission Friends, KAMOTION, KAOSS, Youth

6:30 p.m. - Bible Study & Prayer

FIRST FAMILY CONNECTION (USPS 780540) is pub-lished monthly by First Baptist Church, Milan. Sec-ond Class postage paid at Milan, TN. Postmaster: send change of address to First Baptist Church, 2000 South Second Street, Milan, TN 38358.

2016FEBRUARY

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Th ursday Friday Saturday1 *Men’s Basketball

League

7pm-Deacons’ Prayer

2 3 4 5 6

7 10:15a.m.-Dan Arsenault

4:00p.m.-Dan Arse-nault (SS fellowships to follow)

8 *Men’s Basketball League

10:00a.m.-Golden Ag-ers Program Team

6:30p.m.-Myrtice Ow-ens Mission Group

910a.m.

Mann/HarperMission Group

10 11 *TO MILAN with LOVE

10:30a.m.Golden Agers

12 13

146pm-Valentine

Banquet with KevinHamilton

7pm-Deacons meeting

15 *Men’s Basketball League

16 17

5:30p.m.Stewardship

18 19 20

21

*NYC Mission Team fundraiser luncheon

22 *Men’s Basketball League

23 24 25 26 27

281:00-2:30p.m.Bridal Tea in

Grand Hall for Whitney Harrison &

Lucus Burt

296pm-Upward Awards

Night

FBC Weekly Budget FBC Weekly Budget FBC Weekly Budget FBC Weekly Budget FBC Weekly Budget FBC Weekly Budget FBC Weekly Budget FBC Weekly Budget FBC Weekly Budget Requirements:Requirements:Requirements:Requirements:Requirements:Requirements:Requirements:Requirements:Requirements:2015:2015:2015: $ 24,349.00 $ 24,349.00 $ 24,349.002016:2016:2016: $ 24,152.00 $ 24,152.00 $ 24,152.00

FIRST FAMILY CONNECTION (USPS 780540) is pub-lished monthly by First Baptist Church, Milan. Sec-ond Class postage paid at Milan, TN. Postmaster: send change of address to First Baptist Church, 2000 South Second Street, Milan, TN 38358.

DECEMBER 20, 2015 RECEIPTSBUDGET RECEIPTS $35,333.00“Investing in Eternity” $ 3,210.00

DECEMBER 31, 2015 RECEIPTSBUDGET RECEIPTS $53,783.39“Investing in Eternity” $14,655.00

JANUARY 3, 2016 RECEIPTSBUDGET RECEIPTS $22,979.97“Investing in Eternity” $ 3,840.00

JANUARY 10, 2016 RECEIPTSBUDGET RECEIPTS $24,219.55“Investing in Eternity” $ 1,395.00

JANUARY 17, 2016 RECEIPTSBUDGET RECEIPTS $24,533.49“Investing in Eternity” $ 2,840.00

VAN DRIVER FOR THE MONTH:

JEFF SANDERS414-2680

“INVESTING IN ETERNITY” $ 1,513,291.08 - Pledges to Date

$ 1,675,377.54 - Given to Date

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** Wednesday Night meals - PRICING: Adults (12 & over)/$5.00 each - Children (11 & un-der)/$3.00 each / *By reservation only - by each Tuesday @ noon / *Pay on Wed. nights

WEDNESDAY NIGHT MEALS

FEBRUARY 3Baked HamWhite Beans

Fried PotatoesCornbread, Rolls

Dessert

FEBRUARY 10Chicken SupremeMashed Potatoes

English Peas Rolls

Salad, Dessert

FEBRUARY 17Meatloaf

Macaroni-n-CheeseGreen Beans

RollsSalad, Dessert

FEBRUARY 24Pork TenderloinBaked Potatoes

Field PeasCornbread, RollsSalad, Dessert

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