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First Baptist Church

Athens, Alabama

October 2012 Dr. Edwin F. Jenkins, Pastor Volume 16, Issue

Fall Family Festival Sunday, October 28

5:00-7:00 p.m. Especially for Ages 4-12

Annual Community Wide Event

Bring your Family, Friends, and neighbors

Connect with God, with Persons, with Purpose!

Reaching Neighborhoods, Absentees, and Prospects

Let’s do it...let’s CONNECT

Serving our Lord Jesus alongside of each of you has been and continues to be a great honor and privilege. God has been at work in and through the ministries of First Baptist Church of Athens for more than 190 years. Praise His Name and give thanks to Him for the many faithful people who have

preceded us. Now, we must diligently continue and build upon the foundation that has been laid.

During the remaining months of 2012 you and I are being encouraged to CONNECT. We are to connect with God, with persons and with purpose. We need to be and we must be intentional about that process. Permit me, as you pastor, to appeal to you to seek God and spend time with Him in personal, private time of Bible study, prayer and soul

searching.

In addition, let me urge you to review your lists of people you need to contact. Add to those lists additional names. Some of those will be church members who have been absent lately. Some of those will be neighbors and

family members. Some will be new acquaintances. All of them are important to God.

All of this will result in fruitfulness for Christ’s sake. Obedience to our Lord Jesus always brings rich rewards in terms of purposes fulfilled. When we seek to be sincerely faithful to the purposes of God our lives and the lives of

others are always blessed.

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During the month of October we will be involved in many marvelous events. One of those events is the recogni-tion of Bro. Larry Hicks’ Tenth Anniversary of service through our church. Bro. Larry diligently serves our Lord as Minister to Maturing and Senior Adults and in numerous other capacities as a faithful minister of the gospel. We will honor Bro. Larry and his precious companion and complement in ministry, Linda, following the Evening Service at a

fellowship in their honor on Sunday, October 21, 2012.

Please make it a point to be present at that fellowship and to share your personal words of appreciation and affirmation to this wonderful couple during the month of October. Their commitment and dedication deserves recognition and acknowledgement from each of us. We are blessed in many ways too numerous to mention because

of their efforts and faithful examples.

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May I remind you. God loves you and so do we,

Pastor Edwin and Joan

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Ministry and Mission Budget The Budget/Finance committee is working hard with the staff to put together a challenging but realistic budg-et for 2013. As we get into the closing months and weeks of the current year, it will be a challenge to meet the needs of the 2012 budget; a challenge, but certainly not an impossibility. The Word teaches that with God all things are possible.

Luke 6:38 contains one of the great promises, right

from the lips of Jesus, concerning generous giving: Give

and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed

down, shaken together and running over will be put into

your bosom. For with the same measure that you use, it

will be measured back to you.

Pastor’s October Message Series

"The Future Draws Near" Bible Prophecy Clues for Life Today

October 7 a.m. “Clues from the Old Covenant”

Books of Law and Poetry

p.m. “Clues from the Prophets”

Key Prophetic Bible Books for End Times

October 14 a.m. “Clues from the Gospel Accounts”

Matthew, Mark, Luke, John

p.m. “Clues from the Epistles of Paul”

October 21 a.m. “Clues from the Revelation of John”

Revelation 1-3

p.m. “Clues from the Revelation of John”

Revelation 4-22

October 28 a.m. “Clues from the Epistles of Peter”

II Peter 3:1-18

Limestone Baptist Association Annual Meeting

October 16 - Piney Grove Baptist Church

1:30 p.m.-5:15 p.m.

Sunday School Attendance FBC 9/2/12 541

Hispanic Mission 10

FBC 9/9/12 533

Hispanic Mission 9

FBC 9/16/12 523

Hispanic Mission 12

FBC 9/23/12 498

Hispanic Mission 15

FBC 9/30/12 496

Welcome New Members Sunday School: Katie Brannon, Kay-

la Phillips, Asa Gray Wood, Linda Ste-

venson, Slade Smith

Baptism: Kylie Chavers, Bryant

Chavers, Cristian Nolasco, Joseph Bau-er, Don Matthews, Elsa Brunsvold,

Mina Brunsvold

Letter: Charles, Teresa & Slade Smith

Thank You Dear Church Family, Thank you very much for your cards, food,

visits and especially your prayers during my recent surgery. I’m not completely

over it yet, but I am improving each day. I really appreciate the many people for

thinking of me. Sincerely,

Lanell Gilliam Financial Information SEPTEMBER YTD

Budget Requirement $188,580 $1,508,640

Budget Receipts $161,706 $1,317,164

Capital Growth $429 $5,146

Designated $4,662

Kathleen Mallory $1,937

Maturing & Senior Adullts

Movie Day

“Facing the

Giants”

Snacks will be provided.

Do not bring lunch.

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Chaffin’s Barn Day Trip

November 1 - Depart at 9:00 a.m. Prayer Meeting/

Bible Study

Wednesdays at 11:00 a.m.

& 6:30 p.m.

Praying, singing and studying

God’s Word together!

Pastor Edwin continues in Proverbs

through October

WMU Meetings Tuesday, October 9, 9:30 am

Deborah Nichols Prayer Group

meets in the Prayer Room

Rebekah Naylor Bible Study Group

meets at Etna Sherrod’s home

Tuesday, October 10, 10:00 am

Mary Swedenburg Bible Study Group

meets at Marion Walker’s home

Tuesday, October 16, 9:30 am

Evelyn Sexton Mission Group

meets in the Family Life Center

Jubilation Singers Choir Festival

First Baptist Church-Birmingham

October 25

Congratulations to...

Adam & Mary Catherine Littrell in the birth of a son, Jack Creed Littrell

Todd & Amy Hendrix in the birth of a daughter, Ann Langston. Grandparents, Norman & Donna Speakman

Love & Sympathy Rebecca Leopard and family in the death

of her nephew Leroy Davenport

Linda Hicks and family in the death of her uncle, Clarence Mattox

Grace Holland and family in the death of her brother, Roy Sullivan

Barbara Wood and family in death of her mother, Thelma Wright

Grant & Kristen Lecroix in the death of their infant daughter Addison Grace.

Grandparents, Kathy & Marcus Legg

Catherine Britt and family in the death

of her brother, Elvin Hill

Jerry Sandlin family (cousin of Wade

Batts) in his death

Bonnie Mountain’s family in her death

The family of Roberto Guvman

(Raul Tovar’s brother-in-law)

Lord's Supper Observance

Sunday

October 14

Morning Worship

Services

Copies of the Proposed Ministry and Missions Budget for 2013 will

be available to the church family on

October 14.

Budget Discussion

Wednesday, October 24, 6:15 pm

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VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED!

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We are collecting individually wrapped candy for the Fall Festival. Containers are located in the

Church Foyer. Thank you for your help!

Weekly Wednesday Outreach will co ncl ude o n Octo ber 24 (res um e i n earl y Spri ng)

Fall F amily F estival on October 28 will generat e a number

of out reach opportuniti es . We may need to schedule a

Saturday morning out reach.

Our fall theme “CONNECT” can be nothing more than a

word if you are not reaching out t o your respective ci rcl es of

influence. Your dili gent continuing out reach is necessary

and vital t o your growth, church growth, and the spi ritual

need of your fri ends and neighbors.

New Books at the Library

Billy Graham: His Life and Influence

by David Aikman

Starting and Closing: Perseverance, Faith and

One More Year by John Smoltz (with Don Yaeger)

Grace: More Than We Deserve, Greater Than

We Imagine by Max Lucado

October Baby: Every Life is Beautiful

by Eric Wilson and Theresa Preston

Thunder of Heaven by Tim LaHaye & Craig Parshall

Rugged and Relentless by Kelly Eileen Hake

Unending Devotion by Jody Hedlund

Many more new books have arrived.

Stop by our church library and check us out!