February 4, 2018 7:30 a.m. & 10:45 a.m. Worship

PRAISE & ADORATION Call to Worship/Scripture……................…………Minister

II Chronicles 7: 12-16

Prayer………….……………………………………………..….Deacon

Praise & Worship……………….…….……FCBC Praise Team

The Word in Song

CHRISTIAN STEWARDSHIP

Church News (10:45 a.m.).………Brother & Sister Holloway

Greeting (10:45 a.m.)………………Brother & Sister Holloway

The Time of Fellowship

Hymn.…………........................................................ #532 “Lift Every Voice and Sing” Pastoral Concerns

Offertory Appeal

Offertory Prayer………………………………………….…Minister

*Offertory Response…………………………………………..#652 “You Can’t Beat God Giving” Offertory Music

CARE & CONCERNS THROUGH PRAYER

The Recognition of Returning Sick/Prayer Concerns

*Hymn of Dedication…………………………………….……#420 “I Know Who Holds Tomorrow”

Altar Call & Prayer……………………………………..…Minister

The Word in Song WORSHIP THROUGH INSTRUCTION

** The Sermon……………...…….Pastor Fredrick A. Davis

“COME ON, MY PEOPLE” II Chronicles 7: 12-16

*Invitation to Christian Discipleship/ Invitational Selection

If you would like to unite with our Church Family, you can do so

during the Hymn of Invitation following the sermon. You may join by

Baptism, Christian Experience, Letter, or as an Associate Member.

Presentation of New Members

Communion Litany

Holy Communion

*Benediction *PLEASE STAND IF YOU ARE ABLE and remain standing

**Please refrain from walking during The Sermon

CHURCH NEWS

FROM PASTOR DAVIS: The following individual has completed New Disciples Classes and will receive the Right Hand of Fellowship: Alicia Crutchfield. Welcome New Member!

“Before I Say I Do” will meet today at 3:00 p.m.

DEACON FAMILY UNITS THIS WEEK: Hatcher, Squires, & Lipscomb. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

New disciples (12 & up) are urged and invited to attend the NEW DISCIPLES CLASS at 9:30 a.m. The lesson on February 11th is Lesson 5, “The Structure of the Bible”.

CALLING ALL TEENS: YOUTH SERVING OPPORTUNITY: Do you enjoy music? Like to sing? Play an instrument? Well, come use YOUR God-given gifts and talents with Voices of Calvary! We are looking for YOU….come join us and share the gift of song. All teens, age 13 and up, are invited and encouraged to join this aspect of the Music Ministry. Parents, bring…or send…your teens to make music unto the Lord. No gift is too small….contact Brother David Cannady for details. NOTHING CAN STOP US….WE ON THE WAY UP!

LEAD WORSHIP: Parents: On every 2nd Sunday our Children and Youth lead our worship experience (Church News, Greetings, and Offertory Prayer). If you are interested in your child leading worship on 2nd Sundays, please contact Minister Emily Carroll at carroll@firstcalvary.org.

CALLING ALL YOUNG ADULTS (18-38): YAM needs YOU! Come help plan the 2018 Young Adult Conference, Thursdays at 6:30 p.m.! We need YOUR input….COME TO THE MEETING ON THIS THURSDAY…also, singers, come join the Young Adult Choir!

FROM THE COMMUNITY: SERVING OPPORTUNITY: Volunteers are NEEDED- Mobile Market Food distribution- EVERY 3RD SATURDAY….YOU CAN COME ANYTIME TO LEND A HAND- anytime between 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at Duke Memorial United Methodist Church (unload food, distribute food, process food, pack food for delivery, deliver food, set-up and clean up). There is ALWAYS a need…teens welcome too. Thank you.

“YOUNG ADULT-ISH”-YAM CONFERENCE 2017: Young Adults (ages 18-38), mark your calendars for February 16th-18th. Join us for “Game Night” (16th), the WORDshop (17th), and Young Adult Sunday (18th). YOU MATTER….and you are invited to this event and this Ministry….. we are “Seeking Spiritual Oneness”!

CALLING ALL LADIES: The planning is underway! All ladies are invited Thursday, February 8th, 6:30 p.m. as we begin planning Womanhood Month 2018. We hope to see you all there.

LIGHTS, CAMERA, ACTION! SERVING OPPORTUNITY-Come volunteer behind the scenes with the Video Ministry! We need Screen/LED Operators, editors, and MORE! No experience necessary….we will train you! Everyone is welcome! Contact video@firstcalvary.org or Sister Hilary Fearrington at (919)602-1072.

NURSERY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: SERVING OPPORTUNITY-Adults and teens 12 and up, if you have been waiting for an opening for service….your time is now! Come help out in the Nursery! Current Nursery volunteers and those interested will meet Thursday, February 22nd, 6:30 p.m. Contact nursery@firstcalvary.org with any questions.

LET US PRAY: Join us Wednesday mornings at 7:00 a.m. for midweek prayer and devotion. Call 712-432-1001, enter access code 494132935.

“DRAMA KINGS AND QUEENS” -DRAMA MINISTRY: SERVING OPPORTUNITY-Young, old, male and female, join the Drama Ministry and lend your talents to our upcoming Black History Presentation in February. Come one, come all. Plan to attend the meetings on each Thursday through February 22nd (latecomers are welcome). Contact Sister Nichole Echard at (919)358-4038 for details.

POP: Pearls of Praise will meet on Saturday, February 24, 2018 at 9:30 am. All women are invited to join us as we introduce our new theme - "Transforming Discipleship: Changed into God's Glorious Image!" We will resume our regular schedule of meeting on the second Saturdays beginning in March 2018 (March 10th).

“XO18”-MARRIED COUPLES are invited to the 2018 XO Married Couples Simulcast, hosted by the FCBC Married Couples Ministry. Friday, and Saturday, February 9th and 10th, ONLY $30 A COUPLE! A wonderful event, complete with meals, snacks, and surprises! Contact couples@firstcalvary.org to register. Plan to be there!

WANT TO CAPTURE YOUR MINISTRY MEMORIES? Please remember to complete the Photography Request form when you would like for someone from the Photography ministry to be present and take pictures. Remember, the request should be submitted at least 2 weeks prior to the event. This will assist the ministry in having someone available. The form can be found at http://www.firstcalvary.org/_forms/view/32909 under Inside FCBC - Important Forms. Also, if you have your own camera and enjoy taking photos, we invite you to join the Photography ministry. Please contact Alvin Newsome at amnewsome0612@yahoo.com.

HEALING AND RECOVERY

Remember our sick & shut-in members with prayers, cards, visits, & calls and share this information with the Pastor and Deacons. Contact the church office with sick & shut in information.

HOSPITAL & CARE FACILITY

Sis. Mildred Gerald Duke University Hospital Bro. Charles Joyner Pruitt Health Rehab Sis. Gussie Langley Carver Living Center

303 E. Carver Street 27704

AT HOME CARE Sis. Mary Bolling 2330 Taylor Street 27703 Sis. Wilhemenia Foster-Long Sis. Naomi Grier Sis. Shirley Jackson Sis. Delphine Lemon Bro. Frank Lloyd

309 Pearson Drive 517 Grammery Place 2420 Glenbrook Drive 411 S. LaSalle Street 7 Gwendolyn Circle

27713 27704 27704 27704 27703

Sis. Eliza McCrimmon Sis. Rachelle Nelums Sis. Gwen Smith Dea. John Smith Sis. Mary Strayhorn Sis. LaConya Thorpe

901 Chalk Level Rd., Apt. B-4 723 Melanie Street 1326 Elmset Lane 1405 Timber Wolf Drive 1205 Moreland Avenue 2801 Ross Road

27707 27704 27713 27713 27707 27703

Sis. Joyce Wall 2330 Taylor Street 27703

MUSIC MINISTRY REHEARSAL SCHEDULE

MONDAY & THURSDAY- February 5th & 8th Tots of Praise-6:00pm

Voices of Calvary-6:45pm

TUESDAY- February 6th Praise Team- 6:30pm

MINISTRY MEETING SCHEDULE

CFLR –Community Family Life Center at Lyon Park CFR –Conference Room CRM -Choir Room

CR I -Classroom 1 CR II -Classroom 2 CR III -Classroom 3 FH – Fellowship Hall LIB – Library Sanct-Sanctuary

SUNDAY 7:00 am Intercessory Prayer Service (4th Sun) Sanct 9:30 pm Discipleship Orientation Class LIB 1:15pm 1:15 pm 1:15 pm

1:15 pm

Health & Wellness Ministry (2nd Sun) Evangelism Ministry (2nd Sun) Daughters of Calvary (3rd Sun) Computer Ministry (2nd Sun)

CR I CR II CR II CR III

4:00 pm Associate Ministers (each 2nd Sun) CR II 5:00 pm Deacons & Trustee Ministry Mtg. (2nd Sun) CR III/LIB 6:30 pm Official Leadership Team (2nd Sun) FH

MONDAY 6:00 pm Tots of Praise Rehearsal (after 1st) CRM 6:30 pm Psalm 150 (after 3rd & 4th Sun) CRM 6:30 pm Young Adult Choir (after 2nd Sun) CRM 6:30pm Children’s Church Committee (after 2nd Sun) LIB 6:30 pm Sunday School Teachers (1st Mon) CR I 6:30 pm Calvary’s Anointed/Vessels of Praise FH/Sanct 7:00pm Entrepreneur Ministry (1st Mon) CR III 7:00pm Visionary Ministry (3rd Mon) LIB 7:30pm Male Chorus (after 2nd & 3rd Sun) CRM 7:30pm Young Adult Choir (before 3rd Sun) CRM

TUESDAY 6:00pm Scouting Ministry (every other Tues) ALL AREAS 6:30pm Hospitality Ministry (2nd Tues) CR I 6:30pm 6:30pm

Praise Team Circle of Care (COC) (2nd Tues-Quarterly)

CRM LIB

6:30pm Video Ministry (4th Tues) Balcony 7:00pm Male Summit (Tuesday after 3rd Sun) LIB 7:30pm Music Council (2nd Tues) CR II 7:30pm The Encouragers (1st Tues) CR III

WEDNESDAY 12:00pm Noon Day Prayer LIB 6:30pm Prayer and Praise Service FH 7:00pm Bible Study FH & CR

THURSDAY 6:00pm Nursery Ministry (1st Thurs) Nursery 6:30pm Calvary’s Anointed/Vessels of Praise FH/Sanct 6:30pm Beautification Committee (2nd Thurs) CR I 6:30pm Couples’ Ministry (4th Thurs) CR II 6:30pm Youth Council (4th Thurs) CR I 6:30pm ACT Ministry (3rd Thurs) CR I 6:30pm Young Adult Ministry (3rd Thurs) CR II 7:00pm Singles in Love with Christ (4th Thurs) LIB 7:00pm Sunday Service Choir Rehearsal CRM 7:30pm Drama Ministry CR III

SATURDAY 9:30am Pearls of Praise (2nd Sat) CRM 10:00am Scholarship Ministry (before the 2nd Sun) CR II 10:00am 10:30am

PROJECT F.I.N.E. Onesiphorous Prison Ministry (3rd Sat)

CFLR CR I

10:30am Deaconess Ministry (1st Sat) LIB/Sanct 11:00am Senior Missionary Ministry (3rd Sat) LIB 11:00am Senior Usher & First Aid Ministry (2nd Sat) CRM/ Sanct 11:30am Culinary Arts Ministry (4th Sat) LIB

FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK

February…..a short month….but quite a busy month at First Calvary. Thank you, Diaconate Ministry, for serving over 200 of our Mature Adults on yesterday at the Annual Honoring Our Elders Luncheon. We are looking for our Married Couples to be in the place on this Friday and Saturday at the XO Married Couples Simulcast. For those that are available, the event will start at 9:00 a.m. on Friday….and please don’t let that “during the day time” on Friday stop you and your spouse from being here. Come on over after work….REGISTER TODAY! It is always a blessed, enriching time.

On next Sunday during both worship services we will celebrate Scholarship Sunday, with Guest Dr. Elwood Robinson, Chancellor of Winston Salem State University. This is our first time having a non-clergy person as a Worship Guest, but if you’ve been on his Facebook page you know that Dr. Robinson has been sharing some very thoughtful and theological meditations…and I will present to him his Ministerial License next Sunday…LOL. Please consider making a contribution towards our Scholarship efforts ($100.00 is a good goal….however, it can be more or less but give SOMETHING).

Also coming is our Young Adult Conference. Young Adults, age 18-38….we are looking for you! YAM is on the move, with new leadership and fresh ideas, and we want…..no we NEED…you to become an active part of this newly revamped and revised Ministry. Get ready for some fun, fellowship, and teaching on February 16th-18th. Please fill out and turn in the Young Adult Survey Card in today’s bulletin. We need your input and we want to know how to contact you and keep you informed. Due to the Couples Simulcast, our Pearls of Praise (Sisterhood Ministry) will have a special kick-off meeting on Saturday, February 24th, at 9:30 a.m. Ministers Torie Forte, Lynette Gregory, Micara Sessoms and others are moving forward with this Ministry. Plan to be there and join the “Transformation”.

It is African American History Month at First Calvary! The month of February is designated as Black History/African American month and even though for some it’s just another month, there is a reason that we should pause and reflect on the historical contributions that African Americans have made not only in America but around the world. The first celebration of the Black History Month took place at Kent State in February 1970. In 1976 as part of the United States Bicentennial, the informal expansion of Negro History Week to Black History Month was officially recognized by the U.S. government. President Gerald Ford spoke in regards to this, urging Americans to "seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.” We are ready for our Drama Ministry presentations for the Month….they are always a treat and a reminder of our rich history as a people. As we celebrate during Worship with our Drama Ministry, let us find some time as a family to share what knowledge we have with one another. Also, this month we will feature a ‘Who Wants to be a “History-aire’” insert to challenge your knowledge of those who have made our history. Please participate and maybe even learn a thing or 2! Here’s a history question, straight outta OUR history…how many Pastors have there been at First Calvary? Including Pastor Davis... History is all around us….for instance, find someone who grew up in this Church and talk to them about how far we have come. What legacy are we leaving….as a Church and as individuals? Years from now, how will they talk about the history WE’VE made? Hopefully, it will be some exciting talk, because we are AN EXCITING CHURCH EXCITED ABOUT ITS MISSION!

THE DEACON’S MESSAGE

Have you ever become so busy with what you’re doing that you find yourself lacking something…. you can’t seem to put your finger on what it is, but you know it is there. Here’s a clue. It is akin to going through a whole day without drinking water. The end result is not good for your body because you become dehydrated. The last time I checked the body can survive without many things, but water is not one of them. Our walk with Christ is the same. If we do not take him into our lives daily we will become spiritually dehydrated. The result is the same as if you do not drink water daily…. you will not survive. David proclaimed these very thoughts in Psalm 42:2 (NIV) when he said, “ I thirst for God, the living God. When can I come and stand before him?” If you find yourself weary during the day maybe you should have a glass of living water. It will make all the difference. Especially since it is the key to your survival.

TODAY’S MINISTRY THROUGH SERVICE

Music: Psalms 150 Director of Music Ministries: Church Musician:

Minister Michael Dotson Brother David Cannady

Percussionist: Saxophonist:

Brother Andre Sanders Brother Lynwood Jones

First Aide Ministry: Sister Thelma Reed Encourager: Audio Technicians: Videographers: Next Sunday Van Drivers:

Sister Lajeune Cox Sister Fleechia Holloway/ Brother James Holiday Brother Felton Wiggins/ Dr. Cedric Bright Brother Ralph Joynes/ Brother Michael Hill

STEWARDSHIP STATISTICS

Our Tithes & Offerings must be $31,115.00 per Sunday

to meet our budget. Thank you for giving!

January 28, 2018 Bible Study 110 Sunday School 118 New Members N/A

Early Worship 202 Worship Service 203

Tithes and Offering $20,950.98 Sacrificial Offering Children’s Church

Food Pantry Scholarship

Special Project Sunday School Online Giving

Total Giving

$724.00 $15.73

$226.00 $55.00 $20.00

$130.00 $ 4,311.90

$26,522.71

THE FCBC FOOD PANTRY

IS ALWAYS ACCEPTING

DONATIONS OF NON-

PERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS,

to include: jelly, peanut butter, pasta, pasta sauce, canned fruit and veggies, ramen noodles, cereal, rice, dry beans,

oatmeal, and tuna. THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING

THIS MINISTRY!

AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH

FEBRUARY 2018

3 2:00 PM DIACONATE MINISTRY “HONORING OUR ELDERS” LUNCHEON

SUN 4 7:45 AM Early Morning Worship Service Holy Communion

9:30 AM Sunday School 10:30 AM Service of Baptism 10:45 AM Morning Worship Service

Holy Communion 7 12:00 noon Noon Day Prayer 6:45PM Prayer & Praise 7:00PM Bible Study

9-10 9:00 AM-Fri 8:00 AM-Sat

COUPLES’ MINISTRY XO MARRIAGE SIMULCAST

CELEBRATING AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY (2nd, 3rd, & 4th Sunday)

SUN 11 SCHOLARSHIP SUNDAY 7:45 AM Early Morning Worship Service 9:30 AM Sunday School 10:45 AM Morning Worship Service

14 12:00 noon Noon Day Prayer NO BIBLE STUDY

16-18 YOUNG ADULT CONFERENCE

SUN 18 YOUNG ADULT SUNDAY 7:45 AM Early Morning Worship 9:30 AM Sunday School 10:45 AM Morning Worship Service

21 12:00 noon Noon Day Prayer 6:45 PM Prayer & Praise 7:00 PM Bible Study

SUN 25 7:00 AM Intercessory Prayer 7:45 AM Early Morning Worship 9:30 AM Sunday School 10:45 AM Morning Worship Service

28 12:00 noon Noon Day Prayer 6:45 PM Prayer & Praise 7:00 PM Bible Study

NO FOOD, DRINK OR GUM IN THE SANCTUARY. HELP KEEP THE BUILDING CLEAN BY DISPOSING OF TRASH.

*Please remain standing **Please refrain from walking during The Sermon

Use the rear exit unless there is an emergency THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION

If you are having a medical procedure, or are sick at home for over a week, please contact the church office so that Pastoral

contact can occur as soon as possible or at your request.

You are invited to join us for Sunday School at 9:30 a.m.! LIKE US ON FACEBOOK: First Calvary Baptist Church, Durham, NC

The Abbreviated FC Mission Statement:

E3: Empower spiritual lives, Enhance quality of life,

& Evangelize the lost

"An Exciting Church Excited About Its Mission"

African American

History Month

1311 Morehead AvenueDurham, NC 27707 (919) 489-4184FAX (919) 489-3565

Fredrick A. Davis, M.DIV., D.MIN.-Pastor

February 4, 2018

SUNDAY Early Morning Worship-7:45am

Morning Worship & Children’s Church-10:45am Sunday School- 9:30am

WEDNESDAY Noon Day Prayer- 12:00pm

Prayer & Praise – 6:30pmBible Study – 7:00pm

“DEVELOPING AND LEADING DISCIPLES

INTO SPIRITUAL EXCELLENCE”