REPORTER

Volume 66 * No. 8*August 25, 2015 207 West Main Street * Henderson, Texas * 903-657-1646 * www.the fbc.org

Our Fall Semester

begins September 2!

There are four Bible

studies being offered

this session.

Join us on

Wednesdays this fall!

church goal: $28,000

Week of Prayer for Week of Prayer for Week of Prayer for

State Missions State Missions State Missions

Meeting Meeting Meeting

Monday, September 14th Monday, September 14th Monday, September 14th

10:00 am 10:00 am 10:00 am

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Week of Prayer for State Missions Week of Prayer for State Missions Week of Prayer for State Missions

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David Higgs Pastor

FROM THE PASTOR’S DESK…

It is hard to believe that summer is over and that the fall season has begun! I believe that the final four months of the year are going to be great months here at First Baptist Church. Please pause right now while you are reading this article and ask God to do a tremendous work in this church throughout the remainder of the year. Additionally, tell God that you are available to be used of Him in any way that He desires to use you.

Make sure that you reserve Sunday, September 27 on your calendar. This will be the 165th anniversary of First Baptist Church. What an exciting day that will be as we celebrate together God’s blessings upon this church. It will be a day where we will also recommit ourselves to what God has in store for us in the coming years ahead.

I am looking forward to seeing you this Sunday as we honor the Lord on His Day!

Rod Salmon Minister of Music

Tell Somebody! Thank you CHOIR & ORCHESTRA for all your hard work, and the wonderful job you did in

presenting “Tell Somebody”! It is an incredible blessing to share the gospel message in song every

week here at FBC!

The amount of God gifted, talented singers and musicians here at FBC is absolutely amazing! Thank you Lord for blessing us so much!

We are still asking The Lord to send us adults of all ages, including college students and high school students, to join the choir and help us Wednesdays and Sundays to lead our people to worship Him!

Join us this coming Wednesday at 6:30 pm! September 2 choir goes back to 6:00-7:30 pm!

Upcoming Worship & Music Dates: August 26 - Christmas in August - last 6:30-7:30 rehearsal.

(when the choir first sees the new Christmas music) September 2 - Sanctuary Choir resumes normal rehearsal schedule of 6:00-7:30

December 6 - Children’s Choir Christmas Music AM Worship December 13 - Sanctuary Choir & Orchestra Christmas Music AM Worship December 20 - JoySingers & Master’s Hands Christmas Music AM Worship

December 20 - Church Wide Christmas Caroling – Evening

“The Lord is my strength and my song”

Psalm 118:14a

Don Edmiston Minister of Education-Administration

Sunday School is a vital part of the life of the church. We plan opportunities throughout the year to encourage and help equip our Sunday School leadership. This year we have scheduled one of the

top Sunday School consultants in the country to meet with us. Josh Hunt will be here Sunday, September 13th. He will meet our Sunday School

leadership for training beginning at 4:00pm and will lead an additional session for the entire church at 6:00pm.

Watch for more information.

9/2/15 Fried Fish

Okra Pinto Beans

Cole Slaw French Fries Hushpuppies Kid’s Meal:

Cheese Sticks French Fries

9/9/15 Chicken Breast with Stuffing

Rice Pilaf Green Beans with Almonds

Kid’s Meal: Dinosaur Chicken

French Fries

9/16/15 Chicken Fried Steak with Gravy

Mashed Potatoes Green Beans Kid’s Meal:

Chicken Nuggets French Fries

9/23/15 Pork Loin

Broccoli with Cheese Yellow Squash

Kid’s Meal: Mini Hamburgers

French Fries

9/30/15 Chicken Enchiladas

Rice Beans Chips

Kid’s Meal: Chicken Rings French Fries

Salad Bar, Baked Potato,

and Desserts available each Wednesday.

1 Jean Blanton Alyssa Burks Tracy Elder Lori Hughes Michael LaGrone David Lee Michael Moores Travis Orr Alyssa Pinnell Leatha Plunkett Milton Smith 2 Sherri Baker Rev. Robert Jones Jim Kelley Wyatt Mosley Noble Welch Donald Whitehead Becky Wood 3 Abb Abercrombie Shannon Dickerson Joshua Henson Jason Lambeth Ava Mayes Ethel Mae Mullins Fred Spell 4 Jack Benningfield Johanna Pool Renda Rowe Dr. James Sims Carter Whitlock 5 Kylie Carroll Dawn McRae Elmer Reynolds Jana Tiefenwerth Kay Whitehead 6 Louise Farley Rachael Hacker Marilyn Hoebel Kylee Liner 7 Greg Estes Caleb Holmes Josh Holmes Taryn Howell Rena Jordan Amy Robinson Lou Ann Standard Carol Wingo 8 Connie Carter Shanan Coats Sharon Florey Collin Gibson Rachel Gonzalez Richard Harris Jenny Hruska Ladean Wilson 9 Lindsey Mann Kimberly Branham Max Dorsey Mozelle Duncan Rachel Galant Adam Gillespie David Hill

Eloise Maynard Brett Mitchell Peyton Moody Shelly Senyard Cannon Welch 24 Josh Ellis Penny Gearheart Samantha Glenn Joey Groseclos Barbara McDonough Becky Pruitt 25 Charlotte Cavazos Phillip Floyd AnnMarie Thrasher Taylor White 26 Mika Chapman Chandler Crawford Vicki Davis Craig Fenter Charlie Franklin Mary Haynes Edward Johnston Michael Liner 27 Cassi Baker Kate Bromley Phil Castles Emily Emigh JJ Fernandez Rex Gage 28 Katie Andrus Sadie Briscoe Terry Everitt Brady Odom Matt Pettigrew Dustin Rogers 29 Angela Berry Jim Brady Helen Capps Ryan Kirkner Cindy Liles Lydia McDonald Sarah McRae Susie Peterson Pat Rushton Irene Seelbach Jo Velvin Matt Vietzke Jena Williams 30 Jamie Bowman Gloria Brewer Roy Brown Kassi Freeman Allison Nolen Steve Odom Jesse Partin Cameron Rich Michelle Springfield Tom Waugh

Lunches are served each

Tuesday, Wednesday &

Thursday.

$6 per plate,

$1 extra for carry out.

18 Jan Boothe Tammy Brightwell Rhonda Brown Mendi Cooper Alisa Crow Jennifer Gasaway Melissa Goss Bailey Greer Burl Richards Zelda Smith Jonathan Spence Robert Starling Ashley Turner 19 David Belflower Ozzie Gramling, Sr. Tabitha Honzell Beverly Jones James Mason Blair Maxwell Paige Rushton Jerri Spivey Randi Thompson Barbara Vinson Sadie Watson Jessica Youngblood 20 Rebecca Gray Jennifer Kelley Rickey Mahaffey Pam Moore Kristen Threadgill 21 Carolyn Barnett Gena Gardiner W.T. Gaston Dylan Grammer Debbie Jarrell Jessy Nelson Scotty Perryman Melinda Warner 22 Brenda Barton Carli DeVance Brenda Galyean Kim Harkins Lisa Hawsey Jack Hodges Markus Johnson Amanda Jones Erik Miller Shirley Moody Ronnie Schweng 23 Anthony Berry Sandy Brooks James Campbell Micah Anne Castles Teresa Conner Ozzie Gramling, II Kati Irwin Rob Jackson Jobe Johnson Andy Lee Amy Lewis

10 Reese Allen Sarah Compton Pam Crouch Treena Foster Connie Orr Colby Rockey Macy Watson Luke York 11 Barbara Bennett Morgan Bradley Dana Bush Bruce Durant Donald Groom Betty Jones LaNell Toon 12 Braylee Anderson Morgan Bromley Deborah Dawson Tyler Nelson Kelly Teems 13 Pam Adams Garry Antunes Anita Cavaliere Sarah Deason Tracy Fears Sue Hurley Lacy Liles Mark Perry Renee Sessions Latisha Watson Kanaan Wilhite 14 Tammy Brumitt Suzanne Dotson Juston Glenn Jared Henderson Caleb Hutto Linda Jaeger Kristina Smith 15 Cameron Flanagan Monica McNew Mildred Plummer 16 Kelsi Anderson Hazel Beard Jennifer Ellis Caleb Herron Troy Jacaman Kimberly Mahaffey Cindy Rush Scott Thomas Patrick Warren 17 Ashley Berry Melissa Dixon Bromli Pruitt Mary Rodgers Jack Turner

Adult meals (13-up) - $6 4-12 yrs of age - $5 1-3 yrs of age - $2

To go orders - $1 extra

Wednesday Night Supper

Hap

py B

irth

day!

It’s a girl!

Eva Annalise

Congratulations to

Logan & Elena Gearheart

on the birth of their baby girl

Eva Annalise born July 21, 2015

6 lbs. 12 oz., 19.25 in. long

Proud Grandparents:

Lee &

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

Potter’s Hands

2

Local Missions Mtg.

DiscipleLife begins!

3

Rusk/Panola WMU

Leadership Mtg.

4

Youth - Pride Ride

5

6

Children’s Church

7

Labor Day church offices closed

8

9

WMU Leadership

Team Mtg.

10

11

Youth - Pride Ride

12

Living Proof

Simulcast

13

Lord’s Supper

Sunday School

Leadership Training

14

Week of Prayer Mtg.

15

Praying Women

16

Finance Mtg.

17

18 19

20

Deacons’ Mtg.

21

22

Shades of Read

23

See You At The Pole

24

25

Youth - Pride Ride

26

27

165th Anniversary -

Dinner on the

Grounds

28 29 30

October

no evening service

no evening service

Month ending 7/31/15 Monthly budget receipts target $169,865.83

ACTUAL monthly budget receipts $160,695.07 YTD budget receipts target $1,189,060.85 ACTUAL YTD budget receipts $1,084,480.72 Monthly budgeted EXPENSES target $169,865.89

ACTUAL monthly EXPENSES $184,933.57 YTD Budget EXPENSES target $1,189,060.55 ACTUAL YTD EXPENSES $1,109,794.43

____________________________ Sunday School Attendance July 2015 Average Enrollment: 1661 Average Attendance: 463

New Members: 2

Miriam Johnston Preschool/Children’s Ministry

PreK & Kindergarten Choir & Missions Friends : 5:45-7:30pm Registration & drop-off preschool room closest to preschool entrance doors.

1st-6th Grades: 5:45-6:15pm – Creative Arts Ministry Teams 6:15-6:45pm – Children’s Choirs 6:45-7:00pm – Devotion 7:00-7:30pm – Children In Action Registration at Welcome Desk.

O’Brien Satcher Student Minister

Join us this fall on Wednesday nights !!!

6:00-7:30

It all begins with registration on September 2!

With Sympathy

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First Baptist Church

(903) 657-1646

FAX (903) 657-2463

STAFF:

Dr. David Higgs Pastor

(903) 658-4390 home

(903) 658-4491 cell

Don Edmiston Minister of Administration

(903) 836-2464 home

(903) 658-1472 cell

Rod Salmon Minister of Music

(903) 658-9309 cell

O’Brien Satcher Student Minister

(903) 658-2806 cell

Miriam Johnston Children’s Minister

(469)231-3737

First Baptist Preschool (903) 657-3262

Prayer House

(903) 657-1394

Family Life Center

(903) 657-2504

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS:

Konner Hand

Lara Toon

Mia McNew

Carter Wheat

Ella Wheat

RADIO MINISTRY

KWRD 1470 AM or KPXI 100.7 FM

Radio Bible Class – 10:00 am

Morning Worship – 10:30 am

CD’s of our services are available for $2.00.

Contact Brandy in the Media Center. You may also listen to our services on our

website: www.thefbc.org.

BECAUSE WE ARE

BLESSED… Our PALS food pantry items

for October is Cereal.

Matthew 25:34-40