FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, SENATOBIA, MS (www.sfbcms.com) July 30, 2020

Tapestry

PLEASE REMEMBER: Everyone is strongly encouraged to wear a mask when coming to church on Sunday and Wednesday. Please wear a mask going to and from the sanctuary and Sunday School. Please feel free to take your mask off after you are seated in your Sunday School class and in the sanctuary.

In the coming weeks members of First Baptist Church will be receiving a phone call from a staff member. The purpose of

the call will be to update information (phone num-ber, address, e-mail, etc.). This will also be an opportunity for church members to share any prayer request with the staff. We look forward to talking to you personally in the coming weeks.

Beginning Sunday, August 2nd, First Baptist Church will be streaming a Sunday School class live for those who are unable to attend Sunday School during this time of pandemic. We will be livestreaming as Allen Winstead teaches the Discovery Class and the Becoming Class in the Family Life Center Dining Room. The Sunday School lesson will go live each week at 10:00 AM. To watch the lesson go to Facebook and in the search type “Senatobia Sunday School FBC”. After the search you may have to scroll down a bit to find it. We look forward to those of you at home joining for Sunday School. Livestream

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Regular Weekly Tithe ............................................................... $10,689.86 Regular Weekly Budget............................................................ $23,867.00

Regular Month to Date ........................................................... $109,485.38 Regular Monthly Budget ........................................................ $103,424.00

Regular Year to Date ............................................................$1,058,328.71 Budget Year to Date .............................................................$1,034,240.00 Prior Year to Date .................................................................$1,121,575.85 2019/2020 Annual Budget ....................................................$1,241,085.00 Capital Additions & Improvements Offering ............................... $900.00

*Fiscal year: October 1, 2019-September 30, 2020

LAST WEEK AT A GLANCE

ANNIVERSARIES

July 30 Garry & Brenda Stepp July 31 Briley & Allison Tomlinson Aug 3 Dedric & Allyson Mitchell Aug 4 Jim & Edie Smith Aug 5 Jeff & Dawn Underwood Aug 7 Lee & Phyllis Powell, Jim & Joan Sharp Aug 8 Dex & Emily Herrington

Aug 2 Calvin, Lyndsay & Cali Kirkland Aug 9 Barney Beuker Aug 16 The flowers gracing our Sanctuary this week are given by Calvin & Lyndsay Kirkland in memory of Buddy & Carol Kirkland.

PRAYER LIST

OCTOBER 11TH - 15TH

TOTAL COST OF TRIP: $550.00:includes accommodations for four nights, the seminar and seminar materials, and eight meals FEATURED SPEAKER: Dr. Erwin Lutzer

TOPIC : “Faith at the Breaking Point: Lessons from Lives of Bibli-cal Heroes SPACES ARE LIMITED - Reserve your spot with a $50.00 deposit

Jean Beckum Jamie Chapuis Jerrie Frayser Mitch Graham Jack Kilpatrick Shirley Lane David Lunceford

Mary Nations Gary Newton Ed Pang Marilyn Pang Nelle Parks Cohen Perkins Kathy Rowan

Dianne Sanders Louisa Sanders Kam Spencer Leon Warren Tommie White Evelyn Yarborough

EXTENDED SESSIONS LEADERS

Aug 2 8:30 a.m.

Laurie & JJ Brown

Aug 9 8:30 a.m.

Adam/Lacey Moore

Aug 16 8:30 a.m.

Lynda Coleman Jennifer Jones

July 30 Grant Alford, Sandra Williams, Cindy McCommon, Robert Patterson Berkley Parrish July 31 Harry Jones, Jere Gammon Aug 1 Ricky Price Aug 2 David Dowdle, Steve Walters, Heath Harris Aug 3 Paul Patterson, Elizabeth Nobles, Bennie Stone Aug 4 Tommie White, James Cook, Stephanie Franklin Aug 5 Trey Lamar, Logan Lipscomb Aug 6 Emily Kirby, Brooke Baker Aug 7 Louise McKellar, Jana Powell, Makenzie Nosef Aug 8 Chantay Rhone, Sheila Dandridge, Foster Alford, Sadie Alford, Frances McLain, Mary Addison Johnson

The Prayer Committee has placed a Prayer Request Box in the lobby for anyone who has specific prayer needs. Your requests will be retrieved by one Prayer Committee member, emailed to the other committee members, and will be held confidential.

MEMORIALS

Susan Terry (Kay Chapuis’ sister)-Joy Sunday School Class, Walter & Louise McKellar Audie Robertson (Glenda Patterson’s brother) - Joy Sunday School Class Bobbie Moore Gail Veazey-Emmy Jarjoura, Faith Sunday School Class, Pat Williams Mission Group, Bobbie Moore, Hope Sunday School Class, Jerry & Dianne Davis, Walter & Louise McKellar

HONORARIUMS

DVDs of each Sunday’s sermon will be available each Thursday afternoon in the church office suite. If you or someone you know is unable to stream our video content, feel free to drop by each week and pick up a free

DVD.

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Honor the life or memory of loved one by providing flowers for the sanctuary on a specific Sunday.

Sign up on the Floral Calendar on the wall outside of the sanctuary.

Mary Tindle from Bobbie Moore

Open gym and bible study 5:30 to 6:30 pm 4K-6th

New 7th graders may now join the Youth Worship

on Wednesday Nights

MUSIC NOTES

UPCOMING DATES FOR KIDS

YOUTH NEWS

First, let me thank you for your prayers. I strained my Achilles tendon

somehow and Saturday night, I couldn’t put any weight on it. I also thank

Glenn for being willing to jump in at the last moment. We are blessed to

have Glenn in our church and music ministry.

I had a discussion with someone about “grace” the other day. They men-

tioned a shortcoming in their life and said “well, God’s grace covers me.” I

guess it was more they way they said it than what they said (God’s grace

does cover our sins). But as Paul so aptly stated in Romans 6:1-2: “Well

then, should we keep on sinning so that God can show us more and more of

his wonderful grace? Of course not! Since we have died to sin, how can we

continue to live in it?” God’s grace does cover our sins but notice that Paul

said we have died to sin? That’s also grace. God gives us the grace and

power to overcome sin. But to live in sin, to relish in sin and count on

God’s forgiveness so we can just go on sinning is a different issue entire-

ly. It speaks to our choosing sin over Christ. This is never a good position

for a follower of Christ. If we are no longer convicted of our sin, we need

to take action immediately. God will bring discipline into our lives if we

choose to continue to sin. Hebrews 12:10 teaches us clearly that God disci-

plines those he loves and he does it for our benefit. So we can share in his

holiness and righteousness. True joy, peace, hope and love exist in our

walk with God. We will never find that in any sin we enjoy. Look forward

to worshiping with you this Sunday! Randy

All Active Group activities are postponed until further notice. The senior adult community is at a higher risk of contracting Covid-19 from social interactions. We encourage all of our Senior Adults to carefully practice social distancing during this time of pandemic.

• Please pray for our rafting trip group this

week as we travel, have Bible study, and

fellowship time

• Join us each Wednesday at 7 for youth! We

will meet upstairs in the youth room. Make

sure to check our Instagram for updates:

fbc_senatobia_youth

• Text: @sfbcsm to: 81010 to Join our

“Remind” to get updates as well!

A WORD FROM YOUR PASTOR

Look at Psalm 70.

“Make haste, O God, to deliver me! O Lord, make haste to help

me! 2 Let them be put to shame and confusion who seek my

life! Let them be turned back and brought to dishonor who de-

light in my hurt! 3 Let them turn back because of their shame

who say, “Aha, Aha!” 4 May all who seek you rejoice and be

glad in you! May those who love your salvation say evermore,

“God is great!” 5 But I am poor and needy; hasten to me, O

God! You are my help and my deliverer; O Lord, do not delay!”

Do you ever feel like David must have felt when he wrote this

psalm? Just wanting the Lord to hurry up and deliver you from your

situation? I bet we all have at one time or another.

The problem is, rarely does the Lord bring an end our situation when

we want Him to. That’s when we have to trust that His plan and His

purposes are best.

If He hasn’t brought an end to your problem, you can rest assured

that there’s a good reason for it.

It might be to increase your faith. It might be so that someone on

the outside can be encouraged by the way you handle adversity. Or

it might be that your situation is part of much larger situation that

you aren’t even aware of.

Whatever His reason for tarrying may be, the Lord will bring an end

to your trial when He is ready, and not before.

It’s certainly ok to pray for His expedience in the matter, but until it’s

done, have patience and be faithful. Just like David did.

1 John 3:1-3 this Sunday morning. See you then!

Love you all,

Bro. Chris

Chris Williams (cwilliams@sfbcms.com) .............................................................................................................................................. Pastor Allen Winstead (awinstead@sfbcms.com) .................................................................................................... Minister of Education/Outreach Randy Chappell (rchappell@sfbcms.com) .......................................................................................................................... Minister of Music Sylvia Alford (salford@sfbcms.com) ........................................................................................................... Church Administrator/Activities Mary Tindle (mtindle@sfbcms.com) .............................................................................................................................. Minister of Children Brooks Ward (bward@sfbcms.com) ................................................................................................................................... Minister of Youth Beverly Russell (brussell@sfbcms.com) ............................................................................................................................................ Finance Susan McNulty (smcnulty@sfbcms.com) .......................................................................................................................... Ministry Assistant Garrett Glaser ..........................................................................................................................................................Director of Food Services Jan Miles (jmiles@sfbcms.com)......................................................................................................................... Weekday Preschool Director Mae Wooten .....................................................................................................................................................................................Custodian Chantay Rhone (chantayrhone@gmail.com) ........................................................................................................... Serve Ministry Associate

CHURCH STAFF

We are currently accepting resumes for the position of Children/Youth Intern. Detailed information and a list of qualifications for the position are available in the church office. If you have any questions about the position, please contact Mary Tindle or Brooks Ward.

ATTENTION D-GROUP PARTICIPANTS

With the governor lifting some of the restrictions that have been enacted because of Coronavirus, D-Groups are once again cleared to meet each

week. If your D-Group is ready to resume, please have a mem-ber of your group contact Allen in the church office to let us know where and when your group will be meeting. Also, the sec-ond book for D-Groups is available if your group has finished the first book. If you are not in a D-Group and would like more infor-mation, please contact Allen in the church office.