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The MESSENGER (USPS 591-280) is published weekly except the week of Christmas by
First Baptist Church, 600 Governors Drive, Huntsville, AL 35801. Periodical postage
paid at Huntsville, Alabama 31801-5178. POSTMASTER send change of address to THE
MESSENGER, 600 Governors Drive, Huntsville, AL 35801.
office: 256-428-9400
weekend minister on call: 256-428-9457
24-hour prayer line: 256-428-9460
The Messengerfbchsv.org
firsT bapTisT hunTsville
this sunday
knowing, lov ing, serv ing Christ...together
First Baptist Church
600 Governors Drive
Huntsville, AL 35801
Free CPR/AED Classes
The Health Ministry Team will hold Friends and Family CPR/AED Classes Sunday
afternoon, July 29th in room 118 beginning at 1:15 pm. and hourly thereafter…2:15,
3:15, 4:15 p.m. Anyone interested in taking the class should e-mail
[email protected] or call 256-682-6271 to sign-up. Alicia Pettis and
Eugenia Graves will teach the classes. They are FREE.
School Supply Collection for Lakewood Elementary
We will begin collecting school supplies for Lakewood Elementary this Sunday, July
22, and will collect through August 12. Drop off your school supplies in the blue bin in
the East Welcome Center. A list of needed supplies can be found at the East Welcome
Center. For questions contact Debbie Howard at 256-882-0840 or [email protected].
If you are going through a difficult time, our Stephen Ministers can bring God’s love back into your life. They provide
confidential, one-to-one Christian care. They will meet with you privately on
a weekly basis to listen, support, and encourage you, to pray with and for you,
and to walk with you for the duration of your crisis.
To find out more about Stephen Ministry and how you or someone you know could be matched with a Stephen Minister, call 256-428-9434. Our Stephen Ministers are
ready to care for you!
Volume 63 / Week Number 29 / July 19, 2012
July 22, 2012
Sermon“Wonderful Words of Life: Peace”
Philippians 4:4-7
First Fellowship Worship - 8:15 a.m.Music from the First Fellowship Band
Morning Bible Study - 9:15 a.m.Bible Study for all ages
Sanctuary Worship - 10:30 a.m.Sanctuary Choir Anthem
Saints Bound for Heaven - arr. Shaw/ParkerSolo by Tom Guffin
Evening Activities 5:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall
Mission Report from Student International Mission Trip to the Dominican Republic
and M-Fuge
FIRST THougHTSDavid Hull, Pastor
In January of this year I wrote the following words in my First Thoughts article:
I want to invite you to take part in “ENCouRAgEMENT 10:25.” What is that? Let’s start by going to the Bible. We read in Hebrews 10:24-25 these words, “And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you
see the Day drawing near.” (ESV) Look at the themes that are in the great passage. The writer of Hebrews is exhorting the church to come together in faithful attendance and to encourage and stir each other up so that this faithful attendance will happen. We miss something as followers of Jesus when we “neglect to meet together.” We are strengthened when we gather for worship and the study of the Bible.
I want to encourage you – to stir you up – to faithful attendance in Bible Study during this year. give some prayerful consideration to a goal that is right for you. Think in terms of percentages. What percent of the Sundays will you commit to being in Bible Study? We all have different situations in life, so our goals will all be different. What is right for you? Begin by selecting a number that will represent your Bible Study attendance percentage for 2012. It is good to start with a goal.
Next, write that number down and put it in your Bible. You do not have to turn anything in to the church – this is a commitment between you and god. The idea is very simple – we are not printing up “commitment cards” or “campaign brochures.” All you need is one number, a piece of paper, and your Bible. Put the paper where you will see it often and it can be a visual reminder to you of your goal for the year.
Now that 2012 is more than half over, I am just checking in. For those who have set personal goals for Bible Study attendance this year, it might be a good time to look back and see how your attendance matches your goals. As a new church year approaches, look ahead and renew your commitment to “meet together” as we study god’s Word here at First Baptist Church.
“Encouragement 10:25” – “stirring one another up to love and good works.” I hope to see you in Bible Study and worship this Sunday.
John Bordley retired in 2011 from the university, having taught chemistry at Sewanee for forty-one years. He has played the carillon at Sewanee since 2001 and plans to continue as carillonneur. He passed the examination to become a Carillonneur member of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA) in 2003. While on sabbatical leave during the 2005-2006 school year he was a fulltime student at the Royal Carillon School “Jef Denyn” in Mechelen, Belgium, receiving a certificate ‘with distinction’. He is the editor of the guild’s Bulletin.
25th Anniversary
Carillon ConcertSunday, July 29 at 6:00 PM
with Special Guest John BordleyRefreshments will be served
Invite your friends and neighbors!
fbchsv.org
ministry calendar
knowing, lov ing, serv ing Christ...together
Library Hours Sunday 9-9:15 AM | 10:10-10:45 AM | 11:40-12:00 PMTuesday 10:00 AM-12:00 PMWednesday 4:00-5:00 PM
Wednesday Night Dinner MenuWednesday, July 25
AdultsChicken and Beef Fajitas
Rice and BeansChips & Salsa and Cheese Dip
Homemade Cheese Cake
Saladgrilled Chicken Salad
(Reservations for salad must be turned in by noon on Wednesday.)
STEWARDSHIP REPoRT
07/15/12
Year-to-Date goal $ 3,442,320.00
offering
This Week $ 59,896.13
YTD $ 3,278,513.73
Debt Retirement
This Week $ 570.00
YTD $ 39,386.50
Faith Steps to the Future
This Week $ 8,018.10
YTD $ 1,286,159.50
To Date: $ 3,692,890.45
ATTENDANCE
Sunday SchoolPreschool 59
Children 68
Students 107
Adults 616
Visitors 45
ToTAL 895
Worship ServicesFirst Fellowship 285
Sanctuary Worship 699
ToTAL 984
THANK You
Thank you notes have been received from Mitch McKenzie, Libby Yancey,
Michael Moore, and Doris Sneed. They have been placed on the bulletin board
across from the church office.
Family Matters
CHRISTIAN SYMPATHYRon and Susan McClung in the loss of his brother, William McClung Interested in College Ministry?
Our church is looking for people to help in the ministry to our college students, those in Huntsville as well as those students who are away at
college. If you are interested in bible study, fellowships, outreach, or other methods of ministry, please contact Jamie Mackey at [email protected] or
256-428-9411.
Join our Students in the Fellowship Hall this Sunday night at 5:00 for a special report on their Mission
Trip to the Dominican Republic and M-Fuge.
New Church Pictorial Directory
Deadline to sign up isTHIS SUNDAY
JULY 22nd
Volunteers are needed to greet and register people when they come in to get their pictures taken and do a very small amount of simple paperwork. If you are
interested, please contact Pat Chambers at 256-714-1014.
Have you ordered our new apparel?www.fbchsv.org/apparel
We are offering five different pieces of apparel that have our logo embroidered on them for sharing with others about First Baptist Church Huntsville. You can see the apparel on our website and have the ability to order through our E-giving service. Sales tax, shipping, and handling are included as part of the total you see. These
prices are actual costs we incur to purchase the apparel so the church incurs absolutely no cost. Once you have placed your order and paid online, your apparel should arrive within two weeks and you will be notified. If you have any questions
about the apparel, please email [email protected].
Staff News
With the resignation of Amanda Allen as Minister of Children’s Music and Missions, the Personnel Committee has voted to divide the position into two 12 hour/week positions. Resumes are currently being accepted for the position of Children’s
Choir Coordinator and Children’s Missions Coordinator. Those interested in the Children’s Choir Coordinator position should contact Billy Orton, Minister of Music and Worship ([email protected]). Those interested in the Children’s Missions Coordinator position should contact Cindy Russell, Minister of Children ([email protected]). Job
descriptions are available at fbchsv.org/jobs.
GriefShare Grief recovery support group
New GriefShare sessions begin August 7. GriefShare meets every Tuesday from 6:00-7:30 PM in the Parlor. Registration is $15. All who have experienced the loss of a
loved one are invited.
Sunday, July 22First Fellowship 8:15 AM
Sunday Morning Bible Study 9:15 AM
Sanctuary Worship 10:30 AM
Student Mission Reports/FH 5:00 PM
Monday, July 23Letter Writing/242 9:00 AM
Tuesday, July 24 Tues. Morn. Intercess./242 7:00 AM
CPR Class/118 8:00 AM-4 PM
Pictorial Directory Photos/242 2:00-9:00 PM
Boy Scouts/343 6:30 PM
Wednesday, July 25 Pictorial Directory Photos/242 2:00-9:00 PM
Supper/FH 4:45 PM
Prayer Service/FH 5:45 PM
Wacky Wednesday 6:00 PM
orchestra Rehearsal 6:00 PM
Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal 7:00 PM
Thursday, July 26 Young Adult guys’ Bible Study 6:00 AM
Pictorial Directory Photos/242 2:00-9:00 PM
Friday, July 27Pictorial Directory Photos/242 1:00-7:00 PM
Saturday, July 28Pictorial Directory Photos/242 10 AM-5:00 PM
fbchsv.org
ministry calendar
knowing, lov ing, serv ing Christ...together
Library Hours Sunday 9-9:15 AM | 10:10-10:45 AM | 11:40-12:00 PMTuesday 10:00 AM-12:00 PMWednesday 4:00-5:00 PM
Wednesday Night Dinner MenuWednesday, July 25
AdultsChicken and Beef Fajitas
Rice and BeansChips & Salsa and Cheese Dip
Homemade Cheese Cake
Saladgrilled Chicken Salad
(Reservations for salad must be turned in by noon on Wednesday.)
STEWARDSHIP REPoRT
07/15/12
Year-to-Date goal $ 3,442,320.00
offering
This Week $ 59,896.13
YTD $ 3,278,513.73
Debt Retirement
This Week $ 570.00
YTD $ 39,386.50
Faith Steps to the Future
This Week $ 8,018.10
YTD $ 1,286,159.50
To Date: $ 3,692,890.45
ATTENDANCE
Sunday SchoolPreschool 59
Children 68
Students 107
Adults 616
Visitors 45
ToTAL 895
Worship ServicesFirst Fellowship 285
Sanctuary Worship 699
ToTAL 984
THANK You
Thank you notes have been received from Mitch McKenzie, Libby Yancey,
Michael Moore, and Doris Sneed. They have been placed on the bulletin board
across from the church office.
Family Matters
CHRISTIAN SYMPATHYRon and Susan McClung in the loss of his brother, William McClung Interested in College Ministry?
Our church is looking for people to help in the ministry to our college students, those in Huntsville as well as those students who are away at
college. If you are interested in bible study, fellowships, outreach, or other methods of ministry, please contact Jamie Mackey at [email protected] or
256-428-9411.
Join our Students in the Fellowship Hall this Sunday night at 5:00 for a special report on their Mission
Trip to the Dominican Republic and M-Fuge.
New Church Pictorial Directory
Deadline to sign up isTHIS SUNDAY
JULY 22nd
Volunteers are needed to greet and register people when they come in to get their pictures taken and do a very small amount of simple paperwork. If you are
interested, please contact Pat Chambers at 256-714-1014.
Have you ordered our new apparel?www.fbchsv.org/apparel
We are offering five different pieces of apparel that have our logo embroidered on them for sharing with others about First Baptist Church Huntsville. You can see the apparel on our website and have the ability to order through our E-giving service. Sales tax, shipping, and handling are included as part of the total you see. These
prices are actual costs we incur to purchase the apparel so the church incurs absolutely no cost. Once you have placed your order and paid online, your apparel should arrive within two weeks and you will be notified. If you have any questions
about the apparel, please email [email protected].
Staff News
With the resignation of Amanda Allen as Minister of Children’s Music and Missions, the Personnel Committee has voted to divide the position into two 12 hour/week positions. Resumes are currently being accepted for the position of Children’s
Choir Coordinator and Children’s Missions Coordinator. Those interested in the Children’s Choir Coordinator position should contact Billy Orton, Minister of Music and Worship ([email protected]). Those interested in the Children’s Missions Coordinator position should contact Cindy Russell, Minister of Children ([email protected]). Job
descriptions are available at fbchsv.org/jobs.
GriefShare Grief recovery support group
New GriefShare sessions begin August 7. GriefShare meets every Tuesday from 6:00-7:30 PM in the Parlor. Registration is $15. All who have experienced the loss of a
loved one are invited.
Sunday, July 22First Fellowship 8:15 AM
Sunday Morning Bible Study 9:15 AM
Sanctuary Worship 10:30 AM
Student Mission Reports/FH 5:00 PM
Monday, July 23Letter Writing/242 9:00 AM
Tuesday, July 24 Tues. Morn. Intercess./242 7:00 AM
CPR Class/118 8:00 AM-4 PM
Pictorial Directory Photos/242 2:00-9:00 PM
Boy Scouts/343 6:30 PM
Wednesday, July 25 Pictorial Directory Photos/242 2:00-9:00 PM
Supper/FH 4:45 PM
Prayer Service/FH 5:45 PM
Wacky Wednesday 6:00 PM
orchestra Rehearsal 6:00 PM
Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal 7:00 PM
Thursday, July 26 Young Adult guys’ Bible Study 6:00 AM
Pictorial Directory Photos/242 2:00-9:00 PM
Friday, July 27Pictorial Directory Photos/242 1:00-7:00 PM
Saturday, July 28Pictorial Directory Photos/242 10 AM-5:00 PM
The MESSENGER (USPS 591-280) is published weekly except the week of Christmas by
First Baptist Church, 600 Governors Drive, Huntsville, AL 35801. Periodical postage
paid at Huntsville, Alabama 31801-5178. POSTMASTER send change of address to THE
MESSENGER, 600 Governors Drive, Huntsville, AL 35801.
office: 256-428-9400
weekend minister on call: 256-428-9457
24-hour prayer line: 256-428-9460
The Messengerfbchsv.org
firsT bapTisT hunTsville
this sunday
knowing, lov ing, serv ing Christ...together
First Baptist Church
600 Governors Drive
Huntsville, AL 35801
Free CPR/AED Classes
The Health Ministry Team will hold Friends and Family CPR/AED Classes Sunday
afternoon, July 29th in room 118 beginning at 1:15 pm. and hourly thereafter…2:15,
3:15, 4:15 p.m. Anyone interested in taking the class should e-mail
[email protected] or call 256-682-6271 to sign-up. Alicia Pettis and
Eugenia Graves will teach the classes. They are FREE.
School Supply Collection for Lakewood Elementary
We will begin collecting school supplies for Lakewood Elementary this Sunday, July
22, and will collect through August 12. Drop off your school supplies in the blue bin in
the East Welcome Center. A list of needed supplies can be found at the East Welcome
Center. For questions contact Debbie Howard at 256-882-0840 or [email protected].
If you are going through a difficult time, our Stephen Ministers can bring God’s love back into your life. They provide
confidential, one-to-one Christian care. They will meet with you privately on
a weekly basis to listen, support, and encourage you, to pray with and for you,
and to walk with you for the duration of your crisis.
To find out more about Stephen Ministry and how you or someone you know could be matched with a Stephen Minister, call 256-428-9434. Our Stephen Ministers are
ready to care for you!
Volume 63 / Week Number 29 / July 19, 2012
July 22, 2012
Sermon“Wonderful Words of Life: Peace”
Philippians 4:4-7
First Fellowship Worship - 8:15 a.m.Music from the First Fellowship Band
Morning Bible Study - 9:15 a.m.Bible Study for all ages
Sanctuary Worship - 10:30 a.m.Sanctuary Choir Anthem
Saints Bound for Heaven - arr. Shaw/ParkerSolo by Tom Guffin
Evening Activities 5:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall
Mission Report from Student International Mission Trip to the Dominican Republic
and M-Fuge
FIRST THougHTSDavid Hull, Pastor
In January of this year I wrote the following words in my First Thoughts article:
I want to invite you to take part in “ENCouRAgEMENT 10:25.” What is that? Let’s start by going to the Bible. We read in Hebrews 10:24-25 these words, “And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you
see the Day drawing near.” (ESV) Look at the themes that are in the great passage. The writer of Hebrews is exhorting the church to come together in faithful attendance and to encourage and stir each other up so that this faithful attendance will happen. We miss something as followers of Jesus when we “neglect to meet together.” We are strengthened when we gather for worship and the study of the Bible.
I want to encourage you – to stir you up – to faithful attendance in Bible Study during this year. give some prayerful consideration to a goal that is right for you. Think in terms of percentages. What percent of the Sundays will you commit to being in Bible Study? We all have different situations in life, so our goals will all be different. What is right for you? Begin by selecting a number that will represent your Bible Study attendance percentage for 2012. It is good to start with a goal.
Next, write that number down and put it in your Bible. You do not have to turn anything in to the church – this is a commitment between you and god. The idea is very simple – we are not printing up “commitment cards” or “campaign brochures.” All you need is one number, a piece of paper, and your Bible. Put the paper where you will see it often and it can be a visual reminder to you of your goal for the year.
Now that 2012 is more than half over, I am just checking in. For those who have set personal goals for Bible Study attendance this year, it might be a good time to look back and see how your attendance matches your goals. As a new church year approaches, look ahead and renew your commitment to “meet together” as we study god’s Word here at First Baptist Church.
“Encouragement 10:25” – “stirring one another up to love and good works.” I hope to see you in Bible Study and worship this Sunday.
John Bordley retired in 2011 from the university, having taught chemistry at Sewanee for forty-one years. He has played the carillon at Sewanee since 2001 and plans to continue as carillonneur. He passed the examination to become a Carillonneur member of the Guild of Carillonneurs in North America (GCNA) in 2003. While on sabbatical leave during the 2005-2006 school year he was a fulltime student at the Royal Carillon School “Jef Denyn” in Mechelen, Belgium, receiving a certificate ‘with distinction’. He is the editor of the guild’s Bulletin.
25th Anniversary
Carillon ConcertSunday, July 29 at 6:00 PM
with Special Guest John BordleyRefreshments will be served
Invite your friends and neighbors!
