Sunday, January 25 NONE

Sunday, February 1

BY LETTER Lance John, 2607 SE Tower Rd., 355-5622, A4C1 Loretta John, 2607 SE Tower Rd., 355-5622, A4C1 Ryan John, 2607 SE Tower Rd., 355-5622, Y3B12 Seth John, 2607 SE Tower Rd., 355-5622, Y2B9A Betty Watts, 2727 SE Bishop Rd., 581-3845, A2L1

OUR SERVICES Sunday 8:00 a.m. Worship 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:55 a.m. Worship 6:00 p.m. Discipleship Training/Children’s Choirs 7:15 p.m. Worship

Wednesday 5:00 p.m. Meal Service 5:45 p.m. Sunday School Meetings 6:00 p.m. WOW 6:15 p.m. Impact 6:30 p.m. Prayer Meeting 6:45 p.m. Adult Choir

Non-Profit Organ. U.S. Postage Paid

Permit #123 Lawton, Oklahoma,

73501

First Baptist East Church 3302 SE Lee Blvd. Lawton, OK 73501

Web Site: www.fbe-lawton.org Sunday at 9:30 a.m. on KSYE FM 91.5

Doug Passmore, Pastor 3302 SE Lee Blvd. Lawton, OK 73501

580-355-6190

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February 4, 2009

The Record Speaks A Record of our New Members and Decisions

Sunday, January 25 Sunday School 568 Discipleship Training 176 New Members 0 Budget Receipts 12,679 Budget Requirements 22,300

Sunday, February 1 Sunday School 567 New Members 5 Budget Receipts 43,026 Budget Requirements 22,300

BUILDING FOR HIS GLORY BFHG Receipts (January 25) 2,420 BFHG Receipts (February 1) 8,341 BFHG Total for 2009 8,341 Final BFHG Total for 2008 246,861 Building Fund Balance 1,576,393

RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED

Team Impact

Crusade

February 25-March 1 7 p.m. each night!

Invite your friends to see incredible feats of strength and hear the gospel!!

From The Pastor

Music Ministry

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

What a great time we had at our “Soup-er Bowl” fellowship. I want to thank each person who brought soup or a dessert. I felt it was a great success. I even heard a couple of people say we should do this a lot more often. TEAM IMPACT is coming back! That’s right! Team Impact will be with us February 25-March 1. There are a lot of flyers, bookmarks, and cards to hand out. Let me encourage you to take a handful and pass them out. Last year we had more unchurched people come through our church than any other time. We also had over 160 people make professions of faith. Let’s get behind this effort and make it even more successful. If that is going to happen we need to bathe this in prayer. We need to pray for the team, the people who will be invited, the schools and the soldiers on post who will get a chance to ex-perience a performance this year. We will need a host of volunteers again this time. We will need men to set up and clean up, meals for the team and counselors each night. If you would like to help, please let us know. Bro. Doug

The Singing Churchmen of Oklahoma @ McMahon Auditorium February 12, 7:00 p.m.

Come see our Music Minister and 250 of his friends and colleagues in an unforgettable concert!

Volunteers Needed To Provide

Meals for Team Impact! If you would like to help provide a meal for the crusade team, check with your Sunday School department director or call the Education Office at 355-6190. Meals needed include: February 25 (5 and 9 p.m.);

February 26 (12 noon, 5 p.m. and 9 p.m.); February 27 (12 noon, 5 p.m. and 9 p.m.); February 28 (12 noon, 5

p.m. and 9 p.m.); March 1(12 noon, 5 p.m. and 9 p.m.). You can pair up with one or more families to

help with the meals. Someone will need to be present to serve as a host for the meals.

Pray for Our Missionaries The following is a list of people that are connected with our church that are currently serving as missionaries in the United States and abroad: James and Linda Redeker are missionaries in Thailand through the Inter-national Mission Board and we have adopted them for prayer support. Eric and Lisa Laffoon are missionaries in Malawi through the International Mission Board and Eric was part of our church through high school and college days. Pray for their work. Danny Brown is serving in Thailand with Youth With a Mission. Danny is supported by our annual budget and was a member at First Baptist East for many years. Carl and Beth Brassfield are serving with the Baptist Medical and Dental Mission International organization in Nicaragua. Beth is the daughter of Jim and Elaine McGuire. Mark and Amy Bearden are serving with Life Action Ministries.

Help us get the word out about our Team Impact Crusade!

Pick up materials at the Welcome Center to pass out as invitations to the crusade. If you have a business and would like to put a poster in your business, please check at the Welcome Center! Pick up flyers and take them to neighboring homes. Carry some of the invitation cards with you at all times to invite people you come in contact with to

the crusade. Let’s make a real effort to impact our city and area for Christ!

Education Ministry Wednesday, February 18

6 p.m., Choir Room ...for all Sunday School leadership

You will be able to pick up updated class rosters and pros-pect lists plus the spring literature. There will also be informa-tion on upcoming events and a special feature. Every Sunday School is urged to attend this once-a-quarter meeting!

See you there!

Team Impact Counselor Training

February 22 Two Opportunities: 5:15 or 8 p.m.

We will need an army of volunteers to help people wishing to make decisions during the upcoming crusade. Last year, we did not have enough and so we need your help - par-ticularly if you have been trained previously in evangelism training such as FAITH or CWT. We need people that can help all five nights, but if you can help only one or two nights, we need you! If you served last year, we need your help again and you do need to attend one of these meet-ings as we are making some adjustments to the way we did things last year.

If you have never done anything like this before, we will tell you exactly what to do and staff members will be available to assist you if need during the counseling time.

Every person needs to attend one of these two meetings. The meetings will be identical and child care will be avail-able at the 5:15 p.m. training only.

VBS Coming June 1-5

Recruitment begins this month for age-group department directors and rotation leaders in children and preschool for Vacation Bible School. If you are interested in serving in this way, contact Matt Passmore or Trey Smart at 355-6190.

After the first week in March, directors will be-gin recruiting teachers and your help will be needed every morning during this week. Other volunteers will be needed to help with trans-portation and registration. Call 355-6190 if you would like to help.

This year’s theme is based in Australia and we will be studying events in the life of Peter! It will be a great week.

Visitation Nights Continue Each Tuesday! Snack Supper: 6 p.m. Visitation: 6:30 p.m.

We need teams from every youth and adult department and groups of children and preschool leaders as well each week.

Student Ministry

Youth teachers & directors meeting will be Sunday, February 15, Youth teachers & directors meeting will be Sunday, February 15, 2009 at 5:00 p.m.2009 at 5:00 p.m.

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Some Reminders About Your Giving!! Your help is needed with the following items to help us with accuracy concerning your financial records: 1. Use an offering envelope. (if you are not getting them through the mail and would like to, please call the church office at 355-6190).

2. Fill out envelope completely with husband and wife (if applicable) and Sunday School class or department. Believe it or not, we have different members that have the exact same names!

3. Write giving breakdown between your tithe/budget offering and Building for His Glory or other designated giving in your check memo as well as on your envelope.

Your attention to these matters is greatly appreciated by your financial secretary!

Preschool/Children’s Ministries

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

FOR YOUR INFORMATION

Serving from 5 p.m. to

5:45 p.m.!

Call the church office for reservations! February 11

Roast February 18

Chicken Fried Steak

Building For His Glory Memorial

We have received a contributions to our Building For His Glory fund in memory of Flora Crump’s mother and in memory of Harriette Petersen’s father from the Adult 2 Sunday School Department.

In Sympathy… The Pastor and church family would like to extend Christian sympathy to Harriette Petersen in the death of her father.

Joke of the Week Q. Why is an airline pilot like a running

back? A. Both want to make a touchdown!

Thank You… Thank you for the beautiful plant. We appre-ciate your thoughtfulness during the loss of our loved one.

—LaDonna Williams family

Ladies Bible Study Fridays at 9:30 a.m.

The Friday morning study features the Beth Moore series entitled, “Esther”. The books are $12 and the study is led by D. Grant. Friday,

February 6 will be the last day to join this weekly Bible study for ladies. Child care is provided and you can call the church office at 355-6190 to

make reservations! Mother-Daughter Banquet

A volunteer is needed to serve as the coordinator for this event held each year. If you would like more information or would like to volunteer, contact Mary Kephart at 458-1947.

Reaching 3000 ...Praying for Family and Friends!

This is an effort to pray for 3,000 people to come to Christ. More information is available at the Welcome Center or check out the follow-

ing web site: www.reaching3000.com

LOST & FOUND Several items have been found around the church recently. If you

have lost something, please check with the church office. If you have lost a Bible, please check the table in front of the library.

Kid’s Night Out Friday, March 6

Leave the church at 6:15 p.m. Return at 9:00 p.m. For kids who are in 3rd—5th grade.

We will be going to Olivet Baptist Church here in Lawton for a free kids night out. We will eat there, see Glen Barber an illusionist, and meet world traveled missionaries, Duane and Deanna Hunt.

To attend you must sign up at the children’s bulletin board by March 1. Parent are welcome but I need you to sign up also for the reservation. For more information call Matt at 355-6190

Baby Showers

You are invited to attend a Baby Shower

for:

Prudence Miller on February 14, at 2 p.m.,

in the home of Blake & Mary Kephart,

3716 NE Madison. Selections can be

found at Babiesrus.com, Target.com, and

Wal-Mart. It’s a girl!

Jessica Woods on February 22 at 2 p.m.,

in the home of Jon & Kristal Bawden 182 SE Katie Ln.

678-1017 (for directions) No Selections. It’s a boy!

CHILDREN’S CHURCH DURING SECOND SERVICE

We are needing two enthusiastic people to help monitor children’s church.

See Matt if you are interested.