Tim Etheridge, Maintenance Email: timetheridge@fbcsumrall.org

RECORDS FOR SUNDAY,

September 24, 2017

Morning Worship: N/A Sunday School Attendance: 294

Budget Needs Per Week: $14,234.00 Budget Offering: $8,818.47

Carla Cook, Financial Secretary Email: carlacook@fbcsumrall.org

Phone: 601.758.4738

Marilyn Sumrall, Church Secretary Email: marilynsumrall@fbcsumrall.org

Phone: 601.549.6793

Hampton Sims Minister to Children

Email: hamptonsims@fbcsumrall.org Phone: 601.320.4942

Reed McDaniel Minister to Students

Email: reedmcdaniel@fbcsumrall.org Phone: 601.452.0127

Opportunities for Ministry

Sunday

Sunday School 8:45 am Morning Worship 10:00 am Deacon’s Meeting 4:00 pm Adult Choir Rehearsal 5:00 pm Evening Worship 6:00 pm Elevate (Kids) FLC 6:00 pm

Wednesday

Meal 5:15 pm M&M Kids (music/missions) 6:15 pm Ladies Bible Study 6:20 pm Financial Study (Conf. Room) 6:20 pm Student Activities 6:15 pm Prayer Meeting 6:30 pm Handbell rehearsal 7:00 pm

Phillip Butler Minister of Music & Education Email: phillipbutler@fbcsumrall.org

Phone: 601.516.0699

Dr. Philip Cooper Senior Pastor

Email: philipcooper@fbcsumrall.org Phone: 601.516.0790

169 Center Ave., Sumrall, MS 39482 Phone 601.758.4738 Fax 601.758.3762

www.fbcsumrall.org Mark Your Calendar: It’s Just A Phase Parent Training, beginning Oct. 18,

Lamar Baptist Association is spotlighting food items that are used often. They are asking Sunday school classes, youth or children's groups, or any other groups or individuals in the church to collect items to bring to the Food Pantry. The items are as follows:

October: Personal Items: November: Canned Meat (any kind) Toothpaste, deodorant, shampoo, December: Pasta Sauce & Noodles bars of soap

OCC Shoebox items needed: small toys, small boxes of baking soda ($0.48 at

WalMart), toothbrushes, bars of soap, small washcloths. There is a box near

the Information Desk.

Student News:

*Passion (deadline Nov. 5) & D’Now (deadline to receive a

t-shirt Dec. 3) register now, online or see Reed.

*World Religion study will resume next Sunday, Oct. 8.

Wednesday - $6.00

Chicken Tenders, Cheesy Potatoes, Green Beans,

Roll, Dessert & Drink

CHILDREN’S NEWS

#SumrallFallFest is coming Wednesday, October 25 from 6-8 pm! Here’s how you can be a part...

1) Volunteer by signing up to do trunk-or-treat, help with parking, supervise an inflatable, run a carnavil game, or assist parents with registration & church info. 2) Donate bags of individually wrapped candy, & drop them in the designated buckets. 3) Donate silent auction items for guests to bid on to help our children’s ministries. 4) Involve your business by donating appropriate promotional items as prizes for games played. It’s the biggest outreach event of the fall...be a part of it!

Apps for Parents that will help you connect to your church & your family.. 1) Check-In on Sundays & Wednesdays with the KidMin App for families with kids up to age 5. 2) Kids studying the First Look curriculum on Sundays (birth to age 5) can download the Parent Cue app for videos, songs, & family activities that correlate. 3) Kids studying Bible Studies for Life Kids curriculum on Sundays (1st- 4th grades) can download the Bible Studies for Life & Worship: Kids App to receive the One Conversation Page, Bible skill games, & electronic coloring pages.

Elevate:Treasure Quest continues tonight at 6:00 PM in the FLC as we travel through the life of Christ with kids.

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The Sanctuary Choir is rehearsing

Christmas music Sunday nights at

5:00 p.m. Come join us as we

prepare to present the musical

“The Greatest Story Ever Told”.

There will be a display of handcrafted PINE STRAW BASKETS in the

church library from September 17th through October 1. These

baskets were designed and made by Ms. Faye Miller.

Be sure to stop before or after church on Sunday or on Wednesday night!

Text SENDRELIEF to 41444 to aid the residents who are impacted by severe flooding by Hurricanes Harvey & Irma.

Total Received to Date: $2,083.17

Women On Mission will meet Monday, Oct. 2 at 10:00 am in the Parlor.

All ladies are invited to attend.

Today is Red Basket Sunday. All monies placed in the red

baskets will be used to purchase food for our LBA food pantry.

WELCOME

We’re glad you’re here!

We are honored to have you as our guest. Please fill out the visitor section of the worship guide & place it in the offering plate. We would love to have a record of your visit.

Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hampton Sims

Fellowship Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . “Hallelujah to the King”

Call To Worship . . . . . . . . .”Amazing Grace” . . . . . . . . . Tone Chimes

Worship through Singing

Hymn: 547 “I Stand Amazed in the Presence”

Choral Praise: “Boundless Love” Sanctuary Choir

Hymn: 450 “I Need Thee Every Hour”

Worship through Giving (3 & 4 yr. old Children’s Church - exit)

Message in Song . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Message from the Word . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hampton Sims

Invitation Hymn: 287. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .“Take My Life, Lead Me Lord”

Ministry Opportunities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Hampton Sims

Benediction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Justin Winburn

Postlude . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Evening Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reed McDaniel

WELCOME VISITOR Please complete and place in the offering plate.

___First Visit ___Visited before ___Attend Often

I’M A GUEST OF __________________________

NAME___________________________________

SPOUSE’S NAME_________________________

ADDRESS_______________________________

________________________________________

CELL PHONE_____________________________

EMAIL ADDRESS:

________________________________________ ___MARRIED ___SINGLE

ARE YOU A MEMBER OF A CHURCH, IF SO, WHAT CHURCH? ________________________________________

I WOULD LIKE TO BE VISITED ___YES___NO

PRAYER REQUESTS: ________________________________________ ________________________________________ I WOULD LIKE MORE INFORMATION ON:

___ HAVING A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH JESUS CHRIST

____BECOMING A CHURCH MEMBER

____ENROLLING IN BIBLE STUDY

____MUSIC MINISTRY

____ADULT MINISTRY

____YOUTH MINISTRY

____CHILDREN/PRESCHOOL MINISTRY

www.fbcsumrall.org

October 1, 2017

TODAY’S VOLUNTEERS

NURSERY WORKERS:

AM-BB Kristi Raynes, Debra Burnham AM-TOD(1) Joanne Marsh, Susan McNeil

AM-TOD(2) Alesia Lucas, Brittney Atkins

PM-BB & TOD Kristie Bass, Peggy Carley

USHERS TODAY: Tim McNeil, Willie Brumfield, Billy Whitehead, Steve Graham Jim Sumrall

PRAYER PARTNERS: Morning, Missy Mitchell

Evening, Lib Sumrall

CHILDREN’S CHURCH: Byron & Jennifer Mulder

DEACON COUNTERS: Jared Hester & Lemuel Boyer

ANGEL PATROL: James & Debra Burnham - 601.606.0022/601.606.1682

SERMON NOTES

The Ladies Committee is collecting the following items for FBC’s ministry to the residents of Regency Apartments. Thanksgiving bags will be shared by our church.

*small canned hams *packaged cookies *cans of green beans *canned fruit *boxes of macaroni & cheese *cans of corn

Collection baskets are available at The Hub, outside the church office or in the FLC. Donations in lieu of food items are welcome. Thanks for your help with this ministry.

The Ladies Committee is hosting another “Paint with Megan” on October 20 at 6 p.m. in the FLC. We will paint a nativity door hanger. Please sign up and prepay by Oct. 11.

Forms are available in the church office, or see Tina Cooper or Emily Smith. The cost of the event is $35.

Senior Adult Trip

Tuesday, Oct. 3, Mitchell Farms - $10.00 Leaving church at 8:15 am, eating lunch at Main Street Café.

Sign up sheets are located throughout the buildings.

Background Checks are a routine par t of our safety policy for EVERYONE working with ALL children & teens here at FBCS. If you are a new volunteer or haven’t filled out a consent form in a few years, please pick one up from the church office. (Backgrounds checks have to be updated every 5 years.)