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church does too. I’m also excited about those working with Joel in this process. His wife Cara, who already volunteers her time for our church is giving even more. Our adult volunteers look to be bought in and excited for what this interim season might bring. And now, we even have the added help of our new Ministry Intern, Noah Warren! We’re excited that Noah was available to partner with us during this time, and we are grateful to be a part of his story as he refines God’s calling on his life. There are such good days ahead for our church and for our Student Ministry. I’m grateful for the servant hearts in our church to make that last sentence possible. What about you though? Are you serving in our church to help show love to our community? If not, today’s a good day to start. Why not talk to Joel, Amy in our children’s ministry and CDO, Julie in our nursery, Bill in our traditional worship, or me so that you can find a place to utilize your God-given gifts to bless the people of this church and community? We’re ready for you!

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Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday October 15, 16, 17

2pm—7pm

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Standing in the Gap

“For the body does not consist of one member but of many.” –1st Corinthians 12:14 ESV

There are a lot of organizations that would be left reeling when a lead member of their staff team left. Stories abound of companies that close their doors not long after one of the “higher-ups” transfers to another sector. The same is true of ministries as well. Sometimes, when leaders leave, the church as a whole becomes weaker. I am glad, however, to say that FBC Grandview is not one of those churches. I believe that we might actually become stronger during such times. When our Student Pastor, Daniel Johnson, shared with me that he would be leaving a little over six weeks ago my first thought, if I’m being honest, was one of selfish dread. Filling staff positions is not in my top ten list of favorite pastoral duties. There’s a lot of time and effort involved in the search, and not just for me. Our Personnel Committee will be putting in long hours over the next several months as we search for our next Student Pastor, and we ask for your prayers to help us in making the God-honoring choice. At the same time, though, I wasn’t really worried about the future health of our church. Even though we’ve had some turnover in our Student Pastor position, I didn’t think that Daniel’s exit would leave us in a state of disarray. I wasn’t fearful of a mass exodus amongst our students or abandon-ment by their adult leaders. I wasn’t worried because I know the people of FBC Grandview. I know that we are a people that aren’t afraid to step up to the plate and get the job done. I see it every summer in our Vacation Bible School participa-tion. I see it in the attendees of our family mission trip. I know I’ll see it later this month in our Fall Festival volunteers. When there’s a job that needs to be done, I trust that some-one will step up and get it done. Thus far into the interim period for our Student Ministry, I have not been disappointed. Our Contemporary Worship and Media Pastor, Joel Allen, has jumped up to take the lead in the youth ministry while we search for Daniel’s replacement. I got to sit in the choir room while he delivered to our adult volunteers a detailed outline of where he felt God’s leader-ship to take the Student Ministry. It’s exciting to see that God is not leading us to slow down during this time but to keep pressing onward as we seek to ensure that everyone (including teenagers) knows that Jesus loves them, and His

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A First Priority, Not a Last Resort . . . September 22-29 was a time of 24/7 prayer in our church, with various mem-bers each committing to praying for a specific 30-minute period each day for a week. Having this emphasis at the begin-ning of our church year seems especially appropriate. This will likely be a busy year here at First Baptist, and we do well

to get it started with a unified time of prayer. Probably all of us, after struggling with an issue for some peri-od of time without success, have either spoken or thought words like these: “Well, all I can do now is pray.” I don’t think anyone really intends this meaning, but the implication is that we are to do all we possibly can and, when we’ve done everything we can imagine, then it’s finally time to start praying. Clearly, God nev-er intended for us to think of prayer as a “last resort,” a sort of “Plan B” to fall back on when everything we have done has failed to produce the result for which we had hoped. How much better to begin with prayer! Of course, we will likely still find ourselves busy, but that work will be done under the guidance of the One who sees what lies ahead of us. We may be tempted to think we haven’t enough time to pray, given all the things we have to do. I’m reminded of the experience of one godly individual who determined that his day was so busy that he couldn’t imagine attacking it without spending more time than usual in prayerful preparation. Someone has suggested what appears to be a proper balance: pray as if everything de-pends on God, and work as if everything depends on you . . . But begin with prayer. “THANK YOU!” church, for prioritizing prayer with your time as well as its timing. It’s going to be exciting to see where it leads us this year. I’m so glad to be a part of it with you.

Bill

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OCTOBER DEACONS ON CALL

06 Robbie Mayse ........................................... 254-231-1431

13 Jeff Hudson .............................................. 214-663-5976

20 Greg Firebaugh ........................................ 214-212-6328

27 Erin Jenkins .............................................. 817-201-3479

I have the great task of covering some happenings in Contemporary Worship and the Student Ministry. Our students have been looking at what it means to find our identity in Christ. Wrapped up within that is the desire that we all have to hear what God is saying to each of us

in a given season. I think looking at certain ways to hear God speaking to us applies directly to worship and student ministry! It can, at times, feel like understanding and discerning what God is calling us to is not an easy task. Sometimes, it may seem like hearing from God is a fairly arduous thing. It may feel like it requires work or maybe we just don’t know exactly the direction we need to move in a given moment. At certain times in my life, different spiritual practices have helped me seek God’s voice. One of those particular spiritual disciplines is that of silent reflection. In my time with God, I typically find myself doing most of the talking. I have to remind myself to take time to sit still before God and listen. For years, I assumed being silent before God was much like having to sit quietly when I got in trouble as a little kid. I only sat still when I had to! I had a mentor explain that silence is often a time of healing and a time of reflection. We read, work, sing, and speak nonstop, but are rarely silent before God. Lately, I have made the practice of spending at least some time in silent reflection before I pray. Psalm 46:10 says, “Be still, and know that I am God.” When we are still before God, it often helps to center our thoughts and give us direction and focus on what He has for us. As we go through this week, may we be aware of how we stay so busy that sometimes we don’t hear God amongst all of the craziness, and may we look to place our fo-cus on what God has for us. In the stillness and solemn times, may we be attuned to God’s voice and the ways He desires to speak to us. In the Student Ministry, we are soon to be looking deeply at the Parables at Jesus. Please be in prayer for our students as they continue to grow in relationships with God and learn more about the teachings of Jesus.

Grace and Peace,

Joel

Contemporary

WORSHIP

Columbus Day: October 14th Church office closed.

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From the Children’s Director

On to October! This month we have a lot of extra activities going on at CDO! The color of the month for October is Orange! You can all join us on October 8th and wear Orange to help us at CDO cele-brate the color of the month. Coming up on October 10th is our PreK class going on their fall field trip to Mainstay Farm. That will be such an exciting time! October 24th we will have our fall picture day. So come ready to show us your best smile! Then on October 31st, we will have our fall parties and activi-ties! More details will come on this later. If you would like to help out on this day, please let me know. Feel free to send kids dressed up in costumes. Our teachers here at CDO are so important to our program; we couldn’t make it without them! Please pray for all of our teachers this month. They are making a difference every day with our kids.

Welcome October!! Fall is my favorite season. It reminds me that all around me things are changing, but God is always the same . . . yesterday, today, tomorrow, forever! Due to the extended heat wave during the month of Septem-ber, we moved our Father—Son Campout to the 5th of October! Hope to see lots of our dads there making memories with their sons! It will be a lot of fun! Don’t forget. This event is free. At the end of the month is our annual Fall Festival! We have scheduled the Fall Festival on Wednesday evening, October 30th, from 6pm until 8pm! We will have games, food, and prizes in the back parking lot! We could use your help to make this wonderful night a success! If you would like to help, please let me know! We have all kinds of jobs available. I know we have a spot just for you! Be praying for this event, it is a wonderful outreach opportunity. People, who never come to church, come to fall festivals! This time of year can be very scary for some children. Fear opens up an opportunity for you as a parent to talk to them about God, and how he is always with us, so we don’t have to be afraid! It also gives an opportunity to talk to your kids about prayer, because when they are scared they can talk to God. Take advantage of these times. Don’t forget to pray for and WITH your kids each day! Chil-dren learn best by observing and repetition, so praying with them and for them daily teaches them that they should pray daily! I would love to come to your child’s school activities or sport events, so let me know when they are happening and I will do my best to be there!

FATHER/SON CAMPOUT Saturday, October 5th

6pm

at the home of

Rustin and Ashli Mayse 7325 CR 206, Grandview

(903-229-0591) Food/games provided.

Bring a tent/bedding/flashlight.

Ms. Amy

Ms. Amy

Wear ORANGE Day Tuesday, October 8th

Share the Love of Christ

October Goal: 30 Gift-Filled Shoeboxes for Children in need.

Info Brochures/Boxes Provided!

CDO Fall Parties Day

Thursday, October 31st

Check with your child’s teacher to see what time his/her

party is!

NON-PROFIT U.S. Postage

PAID Grandview, TX Permit No. 8

First Baptist Church PO Box 454 Grandview, Texas 76050 (817) 866-4430 www.gvfbc.org / gvfbc@windstream.net Corey Cornutt, Pastor Joel Allen, Interim Minister of Students Amy Curry, Children’s Ministry Director Bill Louthan, Minister of Music Joel Allen, Contemporary Worship & Media Minister

Sundays - Traditional Worship 8:30am Sunday AM GROW Grps 9:45am Contemporary Worship 11:00am Sr Adult Grp 4:00pm

Wednesdays - Student Ministry Grp 6:00pm FBC Kids 6:30pm Ladies/Men’s GROW Grps 6:30pm Mixed Adults GROW Grps 6:30pm

FOR THE RECORD WEEK OF: Aug 25 Sept 01 Sept 08 Sept 15 Sept 22* SS Attendance: 161 160 163 148 158 8:30 Worship: Combined 77 71 80 70 11:00 Worship: 164 116 118 151 144 Income Rec’d: 11963.13 12736.54 13397.85 9689.59 15700.00 BUDGET: YTD Required: 398580.30 410303.25 422026.20 433749.15 445472.10 YTD Receipts: 353938.77 364530.31 374669.74 382638.07 397732.86 Wkly Required: 11722.95 11722.95 11722.95 11722.95 11722.95 Wkly Receipts: 9429.27 10591.54 10139.43 7968.33 15094.79

*All online donations may or may not have been reported /included this date at newsletter print time.

Address Service Requested

Individual Committee 2020 Budget Requests Due: Sunday, October 6th.

Budget/Finance Committee’s 2020 Budget Workshop:

Wednesday, October 16, 7:30pm

FBC Missions Building Lot Wednesday, October 30

6pm—8pm

FREE Fun for the Whole Family

Games • Candy • Prizes Inflatables • Food

*Now accepting individually wrapped candy. Collection

containers are available in the main hallway.

Candy & Baked Goods Needed for the Fall Festival!!!

Place individually wrapped candy in the collection containers in the main hallway. Bring baked goods wrapped as single serv-ings by 3pm on Wednesday, October 30th.

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Available Youth Bible Studies

Sundays at 9:45am

Gary Thomas’ Sacred Pathways: Discover Your Soul’s Path to God

Wednesdays at 6pm

Parables of Jesus will follow

the current Identity Bible Study Series

Attention All Youth (& Adults)

Volunteers Needed!

FBC’s Annual Fall Festival is com-ing up just around the corner . . . Wednesday, October 30th. The Children’s Ministry needs your help! Please sign up with Amy Curry to help man a booth. There are close to 20 to choose from! The festival will run from 6pm until 8:00pm. If you are not available to help with a booth, we can always use an extra hand with the set up and tear down.

01 Rhonda Dowling, Todd Holliday 02 Craig Caudle, Abby Reynolds, Keith Scharnhorst 03 Brett Self 04 Shannon, Jessica Felter, Mandy Hoover, Jake Moore 05 Kirby Basham, Benjy Bennett, Carter Ellestad, Josh Flow-

ers, Shae Wilson 06 Taylor Dailey, Dr. Rex Maddox 09 Shirley Jackson, Jorden Tye 10 Larry Mullins, John Schneider, Courtney Self 11 Amberly Dycus, Kaylie Smith 12 Spencer Braymer, Susan Post 13 Bob Geiger, Travis Tolar 14 Landon Gabel 15 Marvin Cloud, Keith Pruitt, Charles Stevens 17 Tyler Miller, Marcia Tackett, Ross Willis 20 Kinlegh Stotts 21 Ryker Killion, Jennifer Mote, Gavin Ray, Mason Schneider,

Susan Schronk 23 Emma Warren 24 Joseph Corgliano, Kenneth Pipes 25 Erin Gober, Brad Quisenberry 26 Molly Short, Hannah Simmons Wright, Billy Wiginton 27 Marcella Reynolds 28 Charlye Hailey, Carly Hooser, Kaylee McCorkle, Elden

Smith, Ronnie Yeoman 29 Rexann Knowles, Clyde Nivens, Khiana Shannon 30 Skylar Hall 31 Kyle Needham, Johnny Waller

Please report any corrections to the church office.

Celebrating Birthdays

PRIMETIMERS LUNCH BUNCH

Monday, October 28th, 12 noon

Remember your music from the ol’ days? Well dust off your favorite record . . . yes, your record, not your CD . . . and let’s enjoy sharing some foot tapping music, fond memories and some great food. Bring a covered dish food item to share.

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Ft Worth at Unity Park Saturday, October 19th

Volunteers wishing to serve are asked to depart from the FBC Missions Building at 10:15am.

Fellowship of Christian Athletes

FAITH + SPORT = FCA

FCA Fields of Faith RALLY Wednesday, October 9th, 6pm to 8:30pm

Special Speaker • Musical Guest

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 7:30/8:30 CDO 9:00 Staff Mtg 9:00 Wives/Moms Prayer Group

2 9:00 Golden Girls Exercise Group 6:00 Wed PM Supper 6:00 Student Ministry 6:30 FBC Kids 6:30 Adult GROW Grp Ladies GROW Grp Men’s GROW Grp

3 7:30/8:30 CDO 9:00 FBI Class 5:00 Primetimers

4 5 6:00 Father Son Campout

6 7:45 Choir Rehearsal 8:00 Prayer Time 8:30 Worship 9:45 Sun AM GROW Grps 11:00 Worship 2:00 GV Nursing Hm 4:00 Sr Adult Grp 6:00 FBI Class

7 9:00 Sew ‘n Sews 9:00 Golden Girls Exercise Group 6:00 FBI Class

8 7:30/8:30 CDO Wear Orange Day 9:00 Staff Mtg 9:00 Wives/Moms Prayer Group

9 9:00 Golden Girls Exercise Group 6:00 Wed PM Supper 6:00 FCA Rally— Zebra Stadium 6:30 FBC Kids 6:30 Adult GROW Grp Ladies GROW Grp Men’s GROW Grp

10 7:30/8:30 CDO 9:00 CDO PreK Trip to Mainstay Farms 9:00 FBI Class 5:00 Primetimers

11 12

13 7:30 Deacons Mtg 7:45 Choir Rehearsal 8:00 Prayer Time 8:30 Worship 9:45 Sun AM GROW Grps 11:00 Worship 4:00 Sr Adult Grp 6:00 FBI Class

14 9:00 Sew ‘n Sews 9:00 Golden Girls Exercise Group 6:00 FBI Class

Church Office Closed

15 7:30/8:30 CDO 9:00 Staff Mtg 9:00 Wives/Moms Prayer Group

16 9:00 Golden Girls Exercise Group 6:00 Wed PM Supper 6:00 Student Ministry 6:30 FBC Kids 6:30 Adult GROW Grp Ladies GROW Grp Men’s GROW Grp 7:30 B/F Workshop

17 7:30/8:30 CDO 9:00 FBI Class 5:00 Primetimers

18 19 10:15 Homeless Ministry Servers Depart

20 7:45 Choir Rehearsal 8:00 Prayer Time 8:30 Worship 9:45 Sun AM GROW Grps 11:00 Worship 4:00 Sr Adult Grp 5/5:45/6:45 Association Annual Mtg, Hender- son St Bapt Church 6:00 FBI Class

21 9:00 Sew ‘n Sews 9:00 Golden Girls Exercise Group 6:00 FBI Class

22 7:30/8:30 CDO 9:00 Staff Mtg 9:00 Wives/Moms Prayer Group

23 9:00 Golden Girls Exercise Group 6:00 Wed PM Supper 6:00 Student Ministry 6:30 FBC Kids 6:30 Adult GROW Grp Ladies GROW Grp Men’s GROW Grp 7:30 Church Council

24 7:30/8:30 CDO Picture Day 9:00 FBI Class 5:00 Primetimers

25 26 2:00 D Chamberlain Wedding Shower

27 7:45 Choir Rehearsal 8:00 Prayer Time 8:30 Worship 9:45 Sun AM GROW Grps 11:00 Worship 4:00 Sr Adult Grp 6:00 FBI Class

28 9:00 Sew ‘n Sews 9:00 Golden Girls Exercise Group 12:00 Primetimers Lunch Bunch— Covered Dish Lunch 6:00 FBI Class

29 7:30/8:30 CDO 9:00 Staff Mtg 9:00 Wives/Moms Prayer Group

30 9:00 Golden Girls Exercise Group 6:00-8:00

31 7:30/8:30 CDO Fall Parties 9:00 FBI Class 5:00 Primetimers

Youth Conclave—October 14-16

Lifetouch Directory Photo Sessions, 2-9pm

FALL

Ladies Christmas Tea (Saturday, December 7, 10am)

Ladies interested in decorating and hostessing a table are asked to call Cheryl at 325-370-5232.

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By Letter Harlan and Jan Hanson

Our Christian love & sympathy are extended to . . .

Wes and Georgeann Allen and family on the loss of their nephew,

Kerri Noack.

Amy Curry and family on the loss of her great aunt, Barbara Smith.

Barbara Peppers and family on the loss of her cousin, Virginia Baker.

John Allen David and Paula Quisenberry NC

Jack Baker Sr Bobbie Jane Mosley NC David and Paula Quisenberry NC

Ronnie Bowen and Charles Barker David and Paula Quisenberry NC

Bess Louthan David and Paula Quisenberry NC

Kerri Noack Collectibles Sunday School MTF David and Paula Quisenberry NC

Melva Sue Swain David and Paula Quisenberry NC

Don Wilson David and Paula Quisenberry NC

Sunday, October 20th, 5pm—7:30pm Please pray for our and the rest of the messengers

as they conduct associational business.

CHURCH OUTSIDE THE WALLS

Our Community Church Families in Action

Sunday, October 27th

Come be the hands and feet of Jesus as we help with individu-al and communitywide projects. Meet at the city park at 12:15pm for a light lunch. Receive your project assignment. Then go forth and make a difference whether you are cleaning, doing lawn work, painting, building, roofing, repairing, etc. If you know of a potential project, please give the details to Bro.

Corey as soon as possible.

Mark Your Calendar! Next PNO

Saturday, November 9th

BF Building Fund BN Benevolence Fund BTSF Back to School Fair CDO Children’s Day Out CDO Sch Children’s Day Out Scholarship Fund CCF Children Camp Fund CM Children Ministry

CF Choir Fund FFF Funeral Food Fund

GF General Fund HM Homeless Ministry

IM International Missions KF Kitchen Fund LF Library Fund

MF Memorial Fund

MisF Missions Fund MTF Mission Trip MusF Music Fund

NC New Construction OO Overcoming Obstacles

SSF Sew ‘n Sews Fund YCS Youth Camp Scholarship

YF Youth Fund

Sunday, October 20 Both Services

STAFF Appreciation

Southwest Metroplex Baptist Association