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A Word from Our Pastor“Dave Says” by Dave Ramsey

Page 3 Education Ministry

Job Concerns MinistryThe Counselor’s Corner

Page 4Worship Ministry

Stewardship EmphasisStudent/Activities Ministry

Page 5 Senior Adult Ministry

Cheergivers MinistryChildren’s Ministry

Page 6“In Touch with

the Church Family”Welcome, New Members

Page 7 July Calendar

Ministry Weekend Rotation Page 8

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“Becoming Great Commission Christians by Making Much of Jesus”

A Monthly Publication of the First Baptist Church of Pelham

“The world is in trouble, but Jesus came to rescue us

from its final consequences.” —Erwin Lutzer

2011

“2 A Word From Our Pastor Revival and Sunday Night Services

Summertime is here! As I write this article the echoes of VBS this morning still ring in the halls of the First Baptist Church of Pelham gold-mining camp! In July we will have several special Sunday night services leading to our revival in August. On July 10th we will have a Homecoming Block Party to celebrate our 2011 church-wide summer mission trip. Place and time are still under consideration just now. On July 17th we are having Mike Shaw leading worship and Mike Shaw preaching. I will bring a message that night from Romans 1 entitled “Eager to Preach”. On July 24th Bro. Robert Heard will be preaching and on July 31st I will bring a message entitled “Why Revival Tarries” (with

apologies to Leonard Ravenhill for using the title of his classic sermon on revival). In August, Dr. Dennis Nunn will be here with us for a revival that is called “Every Believer a Witness”. If you can envision what would happen if every believer left our church campus every Sunday to share their faith in every day settings, then you will want to be present for every service. Dr. Nunn will preach on Sunday morning, August 7th in all morning services and then each evening Sunday through Wednesday. Don’t miss any of these special services in July and August! I love you, I love you, I love you. God bless you and God bless America!

Bro. MikeDr. Mike ShawSenior Pastor

Dear Dave, My husband says there’s more risk associated with using a debit card than a credit card. Is this true? BrittanyDear Brittany, As long as you’re using a Visa or MasterCard debit card and processing it as a credit card, you will have the same exact protection against fraud and theft as a credit card—period. If your number is misused or your money stolen, both Visa and MasterCard require the member bank to replace the money you lost. In the case of a credit card, they would have to wipe it off your bill. Remember, your debit card has two functions. If you use your debit card as an ATM card—which means you enter your personal identification number—then your protection extends only as far as your bank or ATM system allows. These protections can vary depending on your particular bank. And most of the time, the protection you receive from the bank alone isn’t nearly as good! Dave

Dear Dave, Why do you only recommend 15-year mortgages? AnonymousDear Anonymous, I recommend 15-year mortgages, and never more than that, because the normalization of the 30-year mortgage has helped create a constant state of financial bondage for the middle class. It’s caused average, everyday people to lose hope of ever paying off their homes and being totally debt-free. I understand that it costs a little more

per month when you have a 15-year house note instead of a 20-or-30-year mortgage. But really, it’s just a few dollars more—like 20 percent more than you’d pay on a traditional 30-year mortgage. Plus, it gets you out of debt at least 15 years earlier! Think about this, too. Did you know that people who take out 15-year home loans have a higher probability of paying them off early? It’s true. It’s because they know from the start that they’re not going to have a house payment hanging over their heads for the rest of their lives. They can see light at the end of the tunnel right from the start. Broke people ask questions like how much down and how much per month. Rich people, or people with a plan who are going to be rich one day, ask how much or what’s the total price! Dave

*For more financial advice, you mayvisit www.davesays.org. .

Dave Says

Dave Ramsey

3 Education Ministry

The Counselor’s Corner

Stress is going to happen to all of us at some point. While we cannot always prevent the situations that contribute to stress, we can learn how to minimize the impact of stressors. A recent study re-vealed that a primate facing an unpleas-ant situation will get a stress response. But if the primate is put through the same stressor while in the room with a friend, the impact of the stressor is less-ened and the release of stress hormones is greatly decreased. Actual studies show

that stress hormones make us more sus-ceptible to illness (Sapolsky, 2004). Social support networks are made up of friends, relatives and brothers and sisters in Christ. When you are going through problems or situations that are stressful, it is important to share that burden with another. Social support comes in many forms, such as having a hand to hold or a shoulder to cry on, an ear to listen or someone to cradle you and tell you it will be okay. God tells

us to bear one another’s burdens and to comfort each other in the same way that we have been comforted.

Linda Story The HOPE Center

Stress is a fact of life

We have two success stories that we would like to share with our church family. One of our church members, Chris Vonderau, heard about a job opening and passed it along to the jobs ministry. We searched through our job seekers and found several people who would meet the criteria. One of our candidates went on the interview and got the job. In making calls to employers, it was discovered that one of them had a job opening. We passed this along to our job list and one of our church members, Lena Smith, went on the interview. She was hired for the job and has been there about one month. Lena is going to pass along any job openings within her new company to us so hopefully we can help some other job seekers. God is blessing this ministry through the help of our First Baptist Church Family. Thank you all for your support. Please remember to pray for this ministry and everyone involved. If you hear of job openings in the community, let us know. If you or someone you know are in search of a job, contact our office. Our e-mail is job.fbcpelham@gmail.com. We meet at the church every Monday from 9:00 am until noon. Job Concern Ministry Staff

Pray Now! Please begin praying now for the “Every Believer a Witness” Revival with Dennis Nunn. It will be August 7-10. The most powerful thing we can do to make this revival a success

is pray, pray, pray! Will you join me in committing to pray daily for the revival, for Dennis Nunn, for faithfulness of our members, and for those who need to hear the gospel? I know that this revival has the potential to change our church and community forever. Please commit to pray, attend, and bring others with you.

New Adult Discipleship Training Classes The Fall Semester of Wednesday Night Discipleship Training begins on August 17, and Sunday Night Dis-cipleship Training begins on August 28. Classes include Spiritual Gifts, Precepts Bible Study, Book of Romans, Book of Revelation, and many others. Posters will be placed around the church in early July with all the classes, room locations, and facilitators.

Job Concerns Ministry

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Student/Activities Ministry “Clan Wars” every Wednesday during the summer Clan Wars is a recreation program for students, Grades 6-12. We begin at 6:00 PM and end at 8:00 PM. Check our website www.fbcpelhamstudents.com for the location.

Check out our website for Thursday evening Bibles studies through the Summer. www.fbcpelhamstudents.com

Senior High School 6-Flags and Whitewater trip July 11-12 Cost is $125.00 (includes tickets, lodging, 2 meals, fuel cost)

Homecoming Block Party Sunday, July 10th

Location/time to be announced

Upward Flag Football/Cheerleading Evaluations Saturday, July 23, 9:00 AM until 1:00 PM (Annex)Make-up Tuesday, July 26, 6:00 PM until 8:00 PM. Early Bird cost $75.00. After July 10 cost $85.00.

Incoming 6th grade meetingWednesday, August 10 4 PM in the Quad roomWatch your mailbox for more details.

If you are interested in serving on our Student Ministry Team, we encourage you to call and set up an interview with Donnie during the month of July.

We need Creative Ministry leaders. If you have any new ideas for a Creative Ministry, or would like to help with some of our current Cre-ative Ministries, we need you. Please contact Donnie Sisk, 664-0237, or email Donniesisk@fbcpelham.org.

Bible Studies

Stewardship Emphasis

I want to say a special “thank you” to all who volunteered in our recent VBS. It was SO exciting to see so many children learning about Jesus with a huge smile on their face! Thank you to every student and adult who helped to make it happen! Many lives were changed for eternity! It’s summer and hot in Alabama. There are so many things going on and we are all running in ten different directions. I want to personally encourage you to make worship a priority in your life. Worship is something that is vital to your relationship with the Lord. We gather together every week to worship as the body of Christ, but there are many ways that you can worship God through-out the week. I believe that we are the busiest group of people that I have ever seen. Let’s not be too busy to remember what is most important, and that is our relationship with our Lord. We have somewonderful things planned this summer. As you read through the newsletter, take note of how you and your family will participate. First of all, we need to be in prayer for all of the decisions made during mission trips this summer. We are already prepar-ing and you have a wonderful opportunity to experience revival August 7-10. Our Music Makerz Choir needs a couple of work-ers to help lead them. They will start back on August 17, and we are already making plans. Our Praise Makerz Choir will need a few more workers when they resume on September 11. I know it seems like the staff is always asking for help, but our heart’s desire is that each one of the members here at First Baptist Church of Pelham find where they can BEST serve with their individual God-given gifts. That is vital to the success of any ministry. This is all God’s ministry, and this is His church, and we are here to be Christ’s hands and feet. God bless you all, as you continue to serve Him with your whole heart, soul, mind and strength. I love you all, Paula

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Children’s Ministry

Dear Senior Adults, Thank you Senior Adults, for your faithful work in Vacation Bible School. A special thanks to Bonnie Elder and her crew, who made Bible school work smoothly. Bonnie was pressed into action and she measured up to the task. Thanks to all the volunteers who came every day and helped all the boys and girls with the crafts. I am proud of every single one of you. Now on to the future. Remember: Senior Adult Luncheon in on July 12. It is a covered dish meal this time. It seems that the summer gets shorter each year, and I hope you are having a good one. We will take a day trip in July, but at this point, the plans are not fully developed. Sometimes you have to wait on other folk to answer your inquiry. We will have details for you soon. I know twenty-four Senior Adults are getting excited about the Alaska trip in August. It will be here before you know it. I love you all. Keep up the good work. For His Glory, Bro. Paul

Senior Adult Ministry

Upcoming Preschool and

Children’s Events

July 18, 19, 20, 21 Jr. Kidz Kamp (Grades 1-3) Tishomingo, MSJuly 24 - 5:00 PM First Grade Parent OrientationJuly 31 - 5:00 PM Sunday School Teachers Meeting

Elementary PreschoolJuly 6 Water Games D.O.G. NightJuly13 Roller Motions Ice Cream BashJuly 20 Ed’s Pet World Ed’s Pet World (in house) (in houseJuly 27 YMCA Pool Jump for Jesus

(Questions: call 216-0028)

What About Wednesday6:15 PM

Cheergivers MinistryMeet Florence Strickland This month the Cheergivers would like to introduce you to Mrs. Florence Strickland. Florence was born in Waycross, Georgia, where she lived for 19 years. John Strickland came to Waycross to visit a friend and they “crashed” a party that Florence was attending. She was 19 and he was 24. John went back to Birmingham and told his mother that he had met the girl he was going to marry. John and Flor-ence lived in the West End area when they first married, and moved to Center Point several years later. They raised one daughter and two sons there. They left Center Point when they moved to Riverchase to live with their son. John died in 2003. Florence has seven grand-children and nine great grand-children. Florence became a Christian when she was 18 and was baptized in a river. “It was so beautiful to see all the people from the church watching from the river bank”, she said. Florence lives at The Oaks and take part in all the activities. She requested prayer for her daughter-in-law and her family. Her daughter-in-law’s mother had died the day before this interview. She said the Cheergivers “spoil” her with gifts. She laughed and said she loves it. She is a lovely lady and always has a bright smile for us. (contributed by Gerri Basic) If you have any questions concerning this ministry, please contact me, Jeanette Owens - 664-9700. Leviticus 19:32 (NIV)

6 In Touch With the Church Family

Welcome, New Members!

2011 Church Family Giving

(through June 20)

General Fund given to date $ 1,109,362.67 Year to Date Expenses $ 1,059,997.72 Debt Retirement given in 2011 $ 29,400.08 Loan Balance as of 6/15/2011 $ 8,698,593.16

Congratulations to …Austin and Allison Smith on the birth of Grayson Anthony Smith, weighing 8 lb 15 oz and measuring 21 1/4 inches. Proud big brother is Braydon. Grand-parents are Cynthia and Larry Smith.

First Baptist Church Family, Words can’t express my gratitude to my church family during the recent illness and death of my mother. Your prayers, cards, calls and words of en-couragement have sustained me these past few months. Thank you FBCP for the “Memorial Gift” to the building fund in my mother’s name. A very special thanks to Bro. Paul and Bar-bara for sacrificing their vacation time to minister to my family in Sevierville. God is pleased with His servants here at FBCP. Laura Troutman and Family

I would like to thank each and every one of you who prayed for me, sent cards, visited and called me dur-ing my recent surgery. We truly have a caring and supportive church family and we are truly blessed! GOD IS GOOD! Thank you again, Sylvia Williams

…Laura Troutman and family in the death of her mother, Pat Solka.…Eddie Thomas and family in the

death of his sister, Robbie Rogers.…Linda Marshall and family in the death of her aunt, Dot Livingston.…Reed Howard and family in the death of his grandmother.…Jean Ann and Bill May and family in the death of their daughter, Tonya.…Stella Watkins and family in the death of her brother, Joe Holly.…Lyn and Danny Lewis and family in the death of her uncle, Donald Tingen, and his sister-in-law, Mandy Lewis.…Beth and Harry Horton in the death of their son, Jonathan Sullivan.…Jim Phillips in the death of his mother, Ruth Phillips.

Judy & Brandon Kuper (by letter) Dylan Kuper (for baptism)

Mr. C.O. (Neil) and Mrs. (Helen) Armstrong (baptism, from another church affiliation)

Scott & Ashley Hassler (by letter)Noah & Cole Hassler (for baptism)

Abigail Paschal (for baptism)

Mr. and Mrs. Barry Kornegayand

Mr. and Mrs. David Meanyrequest the honor of your presenceat the marriage of their children

Patricia Elizabeth & David Brian

on Saturday, the sixteenth of Julytwo thousand and eleven

at two o’clock in the afternoon

First Baptist Church of Pelham2867 Pelham Parkway

Pelham, AlabamaReception to follow

Madison Porter (for baptism)

Unavailable for photo:Mrs. Sharon Austin (by statement)Natalie Coyle (for baptism)

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7 July Schedule

SUNDAY SCHEDULE 7 AM Prayer Team8, 9:15, 10:45 AM Sunday School & Morning Worship

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

WEDNESDAY SCHEDULE 6 PM Prayer Meeting (Choir Room) “Clan Wars” (Students) 6:15 What About Wednesday (Elementary and Preschool)6:30 Celebration Choir Rehearsal Adult Discipleship Training

July Ministry Staff Weekend Hospital RotationJuly 2&3 - Mike Shaw - Home 663-1788, Cell 283-4749 July 16&17 - Paul Moore - Home 663-0155, Home 913-5129July 9&10 - Donnie Sisk - Home 620-1157, Cell 567-7475 July 23&24 - Paula Kornegay - 230-8987

July 30&31 - Robert Heard - Home 663-8767, Cell 936-2302

6 PMParents Night Out

9 AMJob Concerns

Ministry

1 PM “Crafty Chicks”

Church OfficesClosed

Scout Orienteering at Oak Mountain

AM Lord’s Supper5 PM

SS Teachers Meeting6 PM

Evening Worship

9 AMJob Concerns

Ministry1 PM

“Crafty Chicks”

7 PMDeacons Meeting

No Evening Activities

Jr. Kidz Kamp (1st-3rd Grades) - Tishomingo, MS - Monday-Thursday

5 PM 1st Gr Parents

Orientation6 PM

Evening Worship

Scout Orienteering at Oak Mountain

5-7 PMMission TripHomecomingBlock Party

Sr Hi to Six Flags/Wh Water Mon-Tues

Wedding:Liv KornegayBrian Meany

6 PMWorship Service

withMike Shaw

and Mike Shaw!(see page 2)

9 AM - 1 PMUpward

Flag Football

Evaluations(Annex)

(see page 4)

10:30 AMSenior Adult

Covered DishLuncheon

6-8 PMMake-upUpward

Evaluations(Annex)

6:15What About Wednesday

Elementary - PoolPS - Jump for Jesus

(see page 5)

6:15What About Wednesday

Elem & PreschoolEd’s Pet World(see page 5)

6:15What About Wednesday

Elem - Roller MotionsPS - Ice Cream Bash

(see page 5)

6:15What About Wednesday

Elem - Water GamesPS - D.O.G. Night

(see page 5)

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CHURCH STAFFDr. Mike Shaw, PastorRev. Robert Heard, Administrative PastorDr. Paul Moore, Assoc. Pastor: Ministry/Senior AdultsRev. Donnie Sisk, Pastor to Students/ActivitiesRev. Jonathan Williams, Preschool/Children’s DirectorPaula Kornegay, Worship LeaderLinda Kennemore, Administrator

GENERAL INFORMATIONOffice Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00-5:00Church Office Phone: 664-0237Children’s Offices: 216-0028Fax: 621-2351HOPE Center: 663-2779School of Fine Arts: 664-2466Sunday School Annex: 664-0237, ext. 5020 (All phones are area code 205)Web Site - www.fbcpelham.org

2867 Pelham ParkwayPelham, Alabama 35124-1728

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Our church is to be sold Our church is to be sold! Yes, our church is to be sold! No, we are not about to lose our building through foreclosure or repudiated debt. However, our church must be sold to the city and county. It has been planted to wield an influence beyond its membership and walls. Thus, we are presented with an enormous challenge. Our church must be sold to the unchurched! There are scores of people in our community who would attend our church and join us in the Lord’s service if we would bother to sell our church to them. How much is our church worth to you? How much do you val-ue its ministry? How much do you value the Christ it proclaims? As a member of this church, you are selling your church to others every day. Are you selling it short? Has it helped you to the extent that you’re willing to sell it to others? Will you be enthusiastic in talking about your church? Will you share your church with others who have no idea what they’re missing? Take our church seriously and talk to people about what our church has to offer them. —copied

Freedom of religion President Franklin D. Roosevelt knew that freedom of religion was a necessary element in a true democracy. He believed that when there is no freedom to worship God as one chooses, democ-racy is not a reality. Roosevelt said, “An ordering of society which relegates reli-gion, democracy and good faith among nations to the background can find no place within it for the ideals of the Prince of Peace. The United States rejects such an ordering and retains its ancient faith.” —copied