March 25, 2018 7:30 a.m. & 10:45 a.m. Worship

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

Mark 14: 32-42

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

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

The Word in Song

The Litany

CHRISTIAN STEWARDSHIP

Health Tip (10:45 a.m.)…………………...Sister Carolyn Boone

Church News (10:45 a.m.)

Greeting (10:45 a.m.)………………..…Sister Dwanna Wiggins

The Time of Fellowship

Hymn.…………........................................................ #293 “All Hail the Power” Pastoral Concerns

Offertory Appeal…………………….Minister William Booth Trustee Fredrick A. Davis II

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…………………………………….……#441 “I Need Thee Every Hour”

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

The Word in Song WORSHIP THROUGH INSTRUCTION

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

“WITHHOLDING NOTHING” Genesis 22: 1-14; Mark 14: 1-9

*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.

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

**Please refrain from walking during The Sermon

CHURCH NEWS

FROM PASTOR DAVIS: “JOURNEY TO THE CROSS”: JOIN OUR MUSIC AND WORSHIP MINISTRIES AS WE CELEBRATE THE SEASON WITH A SPECIAL CONCERT, TODAY AT 4:00 P.M.

Deacon Family Units this week: Hatcher, Squires, and Lipscomb.

On Tuesday, March 27th, at 7:00 p.m., Pastor Davis, the Mass Choir, Ushers and Church Family will Minister at Olive Branch Baptist Church, 326 E Juniper Avenue, Wake Forest, NC 27587, for a Holy Week Worship Service.

JOIN US AS WE CELEBRATE COMMUNION & HOLY WEEK AT OUR MAUNDY THURSDAY SERVICE, MARCH 29th AT 7:00 P.M.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ New disciples (12 & up) are urged and invited to attend the NEW DISCIPLES CLASS at 9:30 a.m. The lesson on April 8th is Lesson 4, “How to grow as a Christian”.

CLASS OF 2018-GRADUATING SENIORS: Schedule your one-on-one with our Youth Minister, Minister Emily Carroll. In order to obtain your graduation stipend, this meeting must take place prior to May 20, 2018. She can be reached at (919)489-4184 or carroll@firstcalvary.org. Make your appointment SOON and get a special calendar from Pastor Davis.

REACHING OUT TO AFRICA: SERVING OPPORTUNITY: Help the Scouts support our Church Financial Consultant, Sister Cecelia Horton, on her upcoming Mission trip to Uganda (not Wakanda )…. donate toiletry items (toothpaste, deodorant, lotion, toothbrushes, soap, etc.) by April 29th. A collection basket is across from the Church Office.

FOR THE SISTERS-GET TRANSFORMED: Ladies, get ready for Womanhood Month, April 2018, “Transforming Discipleship: Changed Into God’s Glorious Image” (II Corinthians 3: 18). Mark you calendars and plan to be in the place: Ladies Social (4/6), “W.E.B” (4/14), Women’s Revival (4/18 & 19), the Hour of Power (4/20), Womanhood Sunday (4/21), and the Spiritual Retreat (4/28). Register now for all events that require in the Vestibule or online.

LADIES OF ALL AGES…COME SHARE YOUR GIFT—OF MUSIC! The Womanhood Choir will rehearse on April 9th & 12th at 6:30 p.m. and April 16th at 7:00 p.m. Also, the Womanhood Praise Team will rehearse on April 17th at 6:30 p.m. Come join in the celebration of Womanhood Sunday…be Transformed…and Make a Joyful Noise!

COME CHECK IT OUT: All new members who have joined First Calvary from October 2017 to now are invited to the New Disciples Fellowship on Sunday, April 15th, after 10:45 a.m. service. This fellowship is a wonderful opportunity to meet new members. Ready to become an active part of FCBC? Come and check out our ministry fair to learn more about FCBC ministries. ALL ARE WELCOME!!! Refreshments will be served. Please RSVP by Sunday, April 8th, with Sister Natashia Privette at (919)451-5156 or privmadia@aol.com. First Calvary Ministries, be ready to represent at this event!

BLOOD PRESSURE CHECK: Get your Blood Pressure checked TODAY in the Atrium area after both services. Sponsored by the FCBC Health & Wellness Ministry.

THE SPRING FESTIVAL is on March 31st, 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. All are invited to share in this Pre-Resurrection celebration of our Savior. There will be food, the egg hunt, games and more! IT’S NOT TOO LATE TO VOLUNTEER. Sign-up on the form outside Minister Carter's office. This is a great SERVING OPPORTUNITY.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL is June 11th-15th. Any adults interested in volunteering for the week should contact Sister Mary Gilmer at (919)358-9279 or wibbie.gilmer@gmail.com. There will be 2 VBS Training sessions, and each volunteer MUST attend one. Please contact Sister Gilmer and RSVP for the date you will attend…either Thursday, May 10th or Tuesday, May 15th, both at 6:00 p.m.

NO CLOTHES: Thank you all for your generous donations to the Smith House. At this time we are NOT accepting any donations. We have no room for donations, so PLEASE DO NOT drop off anything to the church or the Smith House until further notification. We are in the process of transforming the Smith House and at this time we are overwhelmed with items and have no space to put anything else. THANK YOU for your generosity and support.

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

Bro. Charles Joyner Pruitt Health Rehab 3100 Erwin Road 27705

Sis. Gussie Langley Carver Living Center 303 E. Carver Street 27704

AT HOME CARE Sis. Mary Bolling Sis. Linda Breeze Sis. Patricia Edwards

2330 Taylor Street 117 Hill Street, Hillsborough 15 Wood Cottage Ct. Unit 202

27703 27278 27707

Sis. Wilhemenia Foster-Long Sis. Mildred Gerald Sis. Naomi Grier Sis. Shirley Jackson Sis. Delphine Lemon Bro. Frank Lloyd

309 Pearson Drive 6304 Amhurst Road 517 Grammery Place 2420 Glenbrook Drive 411 S. LaSalle Street 7 Gwendolyn Circle

27713 27713 27704 27704 27704 27703

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

2726 Weldon Terrace 901 Chalk Level Rd., Apt. B-4 723 Melanie Street 1326 Elmset Lane 1405 Timber Wolf Drive 1205 Moreland Avenue 2801 Ross Road

27703 27707 27704 27713 27713 27707 27703

Sis. Joyce Wall Sis. Dorothy Waller

2330 Taylor Street 1027 Moreland Avenue

27703 27707

MUSIC MINISTRY REHEARSAL SCHEDULE

MONDAY.- April 2nd Mass Choir - 7:00pm

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 6:45pm 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

As March marches out…we recognize Palm Sunday today. This time in the life of a Christian is very important, for it marks the coming of our Lord and Savior and the people crying, “Hosanna”! Don’t forget to come out this afternoon for a Worshipping good time with our Music and Worship Ministries Concert at 4:00 p.m. We look

forward to an afternoon of Praise and Worship where we will give glory to God through music, mime, dance, and reading. Let me thank our Music Ministry for a wonderful event this year. This is a special way to start Holy Week! We celebrate as a Church Family with those events that mark the Resurrection of our Savior! On Tuesday, we will worship with Olive Branch Baptist Church in Wake Forest. Join us on Thursday for our Maundy Thursday Service…as well as our Spring Festival on Saturday for our children and youth! Then, on next Sunday, we will come together and celebrate the Resurrection, First Calvary style! We look forward to our Sunday School Recitations on this day as well.

As we continue and reach the ending of this month’s emphasis on Stewardship, I remind us that God is the Owner of everything. God has allocated his blessings to us as managers of His resources and God is holding us accountable for the way we use those resources. Once again in the life of FCBC, God has proven that all things are possible to them who would believe! Thank you, disciples, for trusting God with your sacrificial gifts and your time, talents and treasures during this month. Here is a final thought about stewardship: we should always remember that it’s mostly about TRUST. If you can’t trust God then you can’t trust yourself to be an effective steward. If you are struggling, know this: you can be assured of your commitment to this local body of Christ, by becoming disciplined students of the Word. Once again, our tithes and stewardship offering is listed each week in the bulletin. As we also celebrate our first Sacrificial Sunday of the year, we hope and pray that each of you would prayerfully GIVE on today.

April is on the horizon and many exciting things are coming for the spring at First Calvary. It will also be Womanhood Month around here! Sisters, mark your calendars, so that you won’t miss a single event. Take note of the insert in today’s bulletin and plan to participate. Oh, and invite someone to join us! Let us always remember, First Calvary, that we are AN EXCITING CHURCH EXCITED ABOUT ITS MISSION!

LADIES-SAVE THE DATE: Friday, May 18th… “The Church Basement Ladies in a Mighty Fortress”, The Barn Dinner Theatre, Greensboro, N.C.

THE DEACON’S MESSAGE

Planet earth has an overabundance of people walking around tired. We often try to find things to remedy the problem. Unfortunately, we often misdiagnose the source. Misdiagnosis puts you on a collision course with true exhaustion. Our ability to handle stress in life is directly related to the strength of our spirit. The spirit that lives within us is the lens that allows us to focus on what matters most. It also allows us to deal with tough times when they come knocking at our door. If our spirit has been under attack and we have been unable to provide a proper defense, we find it broken. So what do you do? You go to the doctor and this is what he or she tells you. “A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength”, Proverbs 17:22, NLT. Taking time to focus on the goodness of God and his blessings brings joy and strength to our spirit. The weight of the world brings us down, but the joy of the Lord lifts us up. Joy overcomes exhaustion every time and it is just what the doctor prescribed.

TODAY’S MINISTRY THROUGH SERVICE

Music: Male Chorus Director of Music Ministries: Church Musician:

Minister Michael Dotson Brother David Cannady

Percussionist: Saxophonist:

Brother Andre Sanders Brother Lynwood Jones

First Aide Ministry: Sister Melinda Cozart/ Deaconess Yvette Barrow

Encouragers: Audio Technicians: Videographers: Van Drivers Next Sunday:

Sister Rochelle Jackson/ Sister Sharon Crisp Brother Ronald Bethea/ Brother Robert Vance Sister Jackie Fountain/ Sister Toni McIntosh Brother James Simms/ Brother Ralph Mack

STEWARDSHIP STATISTICS

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

to meet our budget. Thank you for giving!

March 18, 2018 Bible Study 80 Sunday School 128 New Members N/A

Early Worship 187 Worship Service 235

Tithes and Offering $15,987.88 Sacrificial Offering

Food Pantry Scholarship

Miscellaneous Income Gift/Donation

Sunday School Online Giving

Total Giving

$774.00 $160.00 $198.00 $200.00 $100.00 $155.50

$5,669.68 $23,215.06

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.

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!

STEWARDSHIP MONTH

March 2018

SUN 4 7:45 AM

“All Tithers/Prove Me Sunday” 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 6:45 PM Prayer & Praise 7:00PM Bible Study

10 10:00 am COLLEGE FAIR

SUN 11 7:45 AM

Scouting Sunday Early Morning Worship Service

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

14 12:00 noon Noon Day Prayer 6:45 PM Prayer & Praise 7:00 PM Bible Study

17 8:30 AM WECF, Inc. GOLF TOURNAMENT

SUN 18 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

24 9:00 AM CPR TRAINING

SUN 25

7:00 AM 4:00 PM

PALM SUNDAY SACRIFICIAL SUNDAY Intercessory Prayer “JOURNEY TO THE CROSS” CONCERT

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

29 7:00 PM MAUNDY THURSDAY SERVICE 30 GOOD FRIDAY-Church Office Closed

10:00 AM SPRING FESTIVAL

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

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

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.

The Abbreviated FC Mission Statement:

E3: Empower spiritual lives, Enhance quality of life,

& Evangelize the lost

"An Exciting Church Excited About Its Mission"

PALM SUNDAY Sacrificial Sunday

Stewardship Month

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

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

March 25, 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”