First Baptist

Church December 1, 2014 www.fbcbainbridge.com

Pastor Rev. Paul Medley Minister of Music Rev. Art Bruce

Minister of Youth & Students Rev. Jeff Baxley Director of Children Stacey Sweitzer

Sunday December 14, 2014 Budget Receipts

$15,331.80

Budget Needs To Date

$842,813.50

Budget Receipts YTD

$784,931.27

Receipts Under Budget By

$57,882.23

Lottie Moon Offering

$7,815.76

Bible Study

287

WEDNESDAY FAMILY

NIGHT

December 24

No Supper

EXTENDED SESSION

December 21

Jim & Shirley Beck, Virginia Bennett, Sandra Mobley, Angela

Shockley, Faye Young and Libby Barber.

December 28

Dwayne & Margaret Kelly, Jean Stokes, Betty Johnson, Dorislynn

Padgett and Savannah Padgett.

Love Bainbridge Christmas Lunch

The Love Bainbridge Christmas Lunch will be held on Friday,

December 19. Our guests will be clients of the Salvation Army & the

Community Food Bank. If you feel led to be part of this mission

outreach, please call the church office and volunteer to provide a

dessert. Desserts can be dropped off at the church on Thursday,

December 18 or Friday morning by 10:00 AM.

Offering Envelopes

The 2015 Offering Envelopes will on the table in the hallway of the

Educational Building ready to be picked up.

We are approaching the week of Christmas and I want to

take this means on behalf of my family to wish each of you a

MERRY CHRISTMAS! I hope to worship with you this Sunday

and to join with you on Christmas Eve for our Candlelight

Communion Service.

The Christmas Season also reminds us that the end of the

calendar year is also fast approaching. This has been quite a year at

First Baptist Church. We have seen transition in several staff

positions, had a good soul searching of ministries and seen God’s

hand upon us even when we didn’t realize it. This remains God’s

church and we praise Him for that.

Looking forward to 2015 we should rededicate ourselves to

serving God through the ministries of First Baptist Church. God has

placed us here to minister to the community and to one another.

Every member is an important and vital part of the work of the

Lord. Now is a good time to review and renew our commitment to

service and to the Church.

I look forward to seeing you this Sunday in worship and

study.

Paul

OUR CONDOLENCES TO:

Tommy & Claire Wheeler in the death of his brother, Coleman

Wheeler.

Free Equipment

There are various projectors on the back counter of the library free

to any member who would like to take one home.

Sunday, December 21

Contemporary Service 9:00 AM

Bible Study 10:00 AM

Morning Worship 11:00 AM

Missions Committee 4:00 PM

Evening Worship 6:30 PM

Monday, December 22

Saints Alive - Pelham 9:00 AM

Tuesday, December 23

Men’s Prayer Breakfast 7:00 AM

Wednesday, December 24 Candlelight Communion 7:00 PM

OFFICE HOURS

The Church Office will be closed

December 24 thru January 1 with

the exception of Wednesday Decem-

ber 31 from 10:00—12:00 AM for

those making year end contributions.

SPECIAL CHRISTMAS MUSIC OPPORTUNITIES

DEC 21 PM CHANCEL CHOIR MUSICAL

24 PM CANDLELIGHT COMMUNION

28 PM STUDENT NIGHT AT CHRISTMAS

CANDLELIGHT LORD’S SUPPER

Join us on Christmas Eve as Bainbridge celebrates Jesus’s birth

with a Carol Sing on the Square at 6:00 PM and a Candlelight Com-

munion here at First Baptist Church at 7 PM. Celebrate Jesus—

the real meaning of Christmas!

CHILDREN’S CHOIRS Our preschool choirs wowed us with the cutest songs about

Jesus’ birth. The Music Makers and Young Musicians Choirs

did an awesome job with their presentation of “An Unplugged

Christmas”. The sanctuary was full of folks who enjoyed the

music and drama our children presented. Take a moment to

share your appreciation for their great leaders: Erin Timmons,

Mildred Betts, Dian Bruce, JoAnn Moore, Pam Ward, April

Aldridge. They always do a great job!

SAINTS ALIVE CHOIR Dec. 22 Plans are still on to depart church at 9 a.m. on the

bus to Pelham Parkway Nursing Home. Concert at 10. Then,

travel to Mablewood Personal Care Home, 207 Kemp Road,

Climax for a concert at 11 a.m. Listen for the latest informa-

tion this Sunday at church or call me on my cell.

Join us this Friday at 11:15 in our Fellowship Hall as we host

special friends in our community. Wear your green shirts and

khaki pants and a smile.

The Saints Alive Christmas Luncheon will be held at ELIZA-

BETH & ME on Shotwell Street, Monday, Dec. 22. The cost

of this catered meal will be $12.50 per person. White Elephant

gift exchange fun! Call Phyllis Collins with your reservation.

Art

MERRY CHRISTMAS

My family and I would like to wish each of you a very, merry

Christmas. So many of you have been a blessing to us in just

the few short months that we have been in Bainbridge and at

First Baptist. We are still learning our way around and

becoming more familiar with a new place, but in the midst of

the unfamiliarity we have found a place to call home and

people to call family. So thank you for welcoming us here and

we look forward to 2015 and many more years after that!!

STRENGTH TO STAND

The Strength to Stand student conference is just under 4 weeks

away. The theme for the weekend is reNOWn. This is going

to be a great weekend to get away and spend time together and

in God’s Word.. Parents, please remember that if your student

is attending the Strength to Stand student conference in

January that the balance for the tip is due by Sunday January

4th. Also, there will be a meeting on that day for all parents

and students attending the conference at 3:30 in the youth

building.

PARENT MEETING

Parent, also mark your calendar for January 11. We have a

parent meeting planned for this day. We will meet in the youth

building following the 11:00 service for lunch and then a short

meeting together to discuss the next few months and events

that our students will have coming up.

Blessings,

Jeff

Can you help with taxes? We are planning a trip to Clarkston, GA over the last weekend of

January to assist refugees with their income taxes. I am looking for

any person that is willing to train online over the Christmas and New

Year's holidays and be ready to do 4 hours more on Saturday, January

24, to become a certified volunteer with the IRS VITA program.

Although some familiarity with taxes is helpful, it is not a requirement.

Please pray and let me know ASAP if this may be an area where you

are able to serve.

Searching for YOU! Do you have a love for missions? Do you like to be silly? Are you

crafty or even slightly so? If you answered yes to any one of these,

you would make a most excellent Mission Friends teacher! Mission

Friends is our Wednesday night program for ages 3-5 from 7-7:45 pm.

We need TWO individuals interested in serving from January to May.

Please let me know if you are interested!

AWANA is collecting TRAVEL ITEMS The AWANAs are collecting travel size toiletry items for the Baptist

Friendship House in New Orleans, LA. Please drop any donation off

at the church office.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Remember, Jesus is the reason!

Stacey

What's Happening:

January 14 RAs, GAs and Mission Friends begin