The VISITOR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH SILSBEE

Mark Carpenter, Pastor James Trabing, Student Minister Wayne Monk, Music

Tom Hawk, Minister of Church Ministries

Vol.63, No.24 (409) 385-2819 www.fbcsilsbee.org June 14, 2017

FBC-VBS JUNE 19-23, 2017 9:00AM-NOON

4YRS-COMPLETED 6TH GRADE

COME JOIN US!!!

Next Women’s Ministry Meeting – July 10 – 6:00pm

Chick-Fil-A, Ice Cream, and Watermelon, you can also bring your

favorite dish to share with the group if you would like.

Ladies will be doing a bible study:

Content to be good, called to be Godly. By Janet Denison. We will start it July 17th. If you want to participate please see Andrea Dunn or order your book

through the office by July 1st. More details to come

This Sunday evening, we’ll be having a farewell fellowship honoring Bro. James and Tori Trabing. Mark your calendar

for this special event. That evening will begin at 5:45pm with a potluck dinner at the Jones Activity Campus. We are

asking you to consider bringing a card of appreciation to share with Bro. James and Tori some encouraging words as they move into a very new chapter of life God has opened

to them. If you’d like to include a gift card or financial gift along with your card of appreciation, we know they would put it to use over the next year. Please allow the Lord to

use you in blessing this couple who have given much to our student ministry.

Mark your calendars church family for an exciting patriotic musical by the sanctuary choir, Sunday, July 2, in the Jones Activity Center at 5:45 PM. This will

be a church-wide covered-dish dinner-theater in celebration of our country’s 241st anniversary.

Brimming with patriotic exuberance and nostalgic charm, It’s America, features a stirring George M.

Cohan tribute, a rich medley of traditional folk songs, and a uniquely moving vocal setting of “Taps” to

honor our fallen heroes. Also, a moving presentation of quotations by some of our founding fathers regarding their attitude of the

Judeo-Christian influence in American Society. You won’t want to miss this encouraging evening of patriotic celebration…a great opportunity to bring a friend

as well.

Christian Care Center items our church is asked to provide are as follows: dry laundry soap, shampoo, dish soap, diapers size 3-5, flour, jelly, canned meats, ramen noodles, boxed macaroni and cheese, and spaghetti sauce.

Student ministry news…Wednesday night Student ministry will resume after VBS and will be in the youth Sunday school Cabana for the summer.

Upcoming: Farewell fellowship for Bro. James and Tori Trabing – June 18 at 5:45pm VBS – Vacation Bible School – June 19-23 VBS Family night – June 21 Church Family meeting – June 25 “It’s America” presentation by our adult choir – July 2 Church office closed July 3-4

Bible Study Report June 11, 2017 Enrollment Attendance

Adults 505…………………………………….…..138 Youth 88………………………………….………22 Children 44….………………………………………20 Preschool 29….………………………………….…...11 Homebound 2... …………………………………….……1 TOTALS 668 192

WORSHIP ATTENDANCE FOR JUNE 11, 2017:

Morning– 245 Evening– NA

FINANCE REPORT

Budget Receipts to Date………………..………….........$398,096.66 Budget Expenses to Date……………………………..…$340,693.08 Missions to Date…………………………………….…. $5,007.43

Birthdays June 14-June 20 14 Maxine Wood 17 Barbara Thompson 14 Mason Rodgers 17 Mickey Williams 15 Bobby Mock 17 DanAnne Burk 15 Mark Carpenter 18 Stephen Littlepage 15 Aubrey Hill 18 Anthony Love 16 Bill Wilson 20 Gary Strahan 16 Jay Balla

The FBC library is open on Sundays at 8:30 and by appointment during the week. Please come by to see the DVDs, wide assortment of fiction, reference books and biographies available. There are also AR books for children to check out.

Stepping Up – for 6th Graders only With Bro. Tom and Ms. Gail

Bible Study – Service Projects – Lunch 10:00am – 1:00pm

July 11 – July 18 – July 25 – August 1 – August 8 – August 15

Student Ministry Update: HOWDY CHURCH FAMILY! This is my last time saying that as your Student Ministries Pastor. And what an honor and joy it’s been to serve the Church here in Silsbee, Texas in this capacity. For this opportunity, I can’t say thank you enough to God, and then to you. I hope I have forged lasting relationships, I hope I have made Jesus known in a greater sense; I hope I have further equipped His disciples, and I hope I have inspired people to never stop chasing after Him. I’m so grateful for every interaction to live the world-changing love of Jesus with our students, with others, in the church, in the schools, in the community, and in this world that this season of life has afforded me. But there’s so much left undone. So I look forward to seeing the newness and life heading this way shine out and light up this world for Jesus. I pray you continue striving for Christ, bringing world-changing transformation. I pray that above all else, you guard your heart against selfishness and “me”, and that you see this world as Jesus does. And I pray that when you see brokenness in this world, you feel it. And that feeling leads to compassion, and that compassion always means action. I pray you find your identity in Jesus only, and that you seize hold of your purpose found in Him. And I pray that your heart beats alongside Jesus’, overflowing into the world around you. I pray you run into the days ahead with unrelenting pursuit of the One who made you on purpose, with a purpose. Our time here as your student ministry team is done as Tori and I move on to the next season of life. But of this church, this student ministry, and this life, the best days are yet to come. So go live life to the fullest. Go with Grace and Truth. Love God, and love people.

Ever in His Love, James

18 “Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. 19 See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the wilderness and streams in the wasteland.

Isaiah 43:18-19

Please pray over our Student Pastor Search committee. Those

members are: Angela Camden, Casey Copley, Joey Dunn, Dana

Hancock, Christy King, Anthony Love, Bob Parish, and Mark Stewart.

2017-18 Tiger School Box campaign Through the Christian Care Center, we are trying to supply about 1100 students with basic school supplies costing $12-$15 per student. We are seeking donations to the Tiger School Box fund during the month of June and early July in order to use bulk supply purchasing. If you’d like to donate, please do so through our church or directly to the Christian Care Center. Information is available on our website, Facebook, and our church bulletin board.