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FIRST BAPTIST BRYAN
MARCH 2015
fbcbryan.org
Operation Easter
Sunday, April 5
9 am Traditional Worship
10 am Egg Drop
11 am Contemporary Worship
Disciple
Now 2015
PHOTOS: Youth celebrate
weekend of discipleship
SPOTLIGHT
OPERATION
EASTER
PREVIEW: See what First Baptist Bryan
has in store for this Easter Sunday
The Seven
Last Days
PREVIEW: 5th annual
Tenebrae celebration
FIRST BAPTIST BRYAN
FBCBRYAN.ORG
TABLE of CONTENTS
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Announcements
Easter Volunteer Opportunities
Operation Easter
MINISTRY RECAP: Disciple Now 2015
Tenebrae: The Seven Last Days
Spring Bible Conference: Iraq and the Bible
Staff Listings
Deacon Listings
Prayer Update
The Record Speaks
ALL-CHURCH
ANNOUNCEMENTS
OPERATION EASTER
Join us Easter Sunday for a helicopter Easter egg drop. We need the
whole church family to make this event successful. Join the event on
Facebook and begin sharing with your friends. For more information
on how you can help, turn to page 4 or visit the church website and
click on the Operation Easter banner.
ALL-CHURCH
EGG STUFFING PARTY
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ALL-CHURCH
Beautiful Offerings Tour
Big Daddy Weave is coming to First
Baptist Bryan! Join us for a concert
sponsored by First Baptist Bryan
and Peace 107, featuring Big Daddy
Weave, with special guests Jason
Gray, Citizen Way, and Lauren Daigle.
The concert will take place April 17
from 7:00-9:30 pm. Visit the church
website for more information.
Join us Wednesday, March 18 from 11 am-1 pm, for an egg stuffing party in the
Fellowship Hall. Bring your family and a sack lunch. We will have tables set up MISSIONS
and a movie playing. We need everyone’s help to stuff all 20,000 Easter eggs.
Estonia Mission Trip
For additional details on stuffing eggs contact Renee Brady.
Travel to Estonia with us for a
ALL-CHURCH
MISSIONS
mission focused on construction,
13-28. We will build a ropes
Ladies’ Craft Night
Germany Baseball Camp May
course at a youth camp there.
Come join in the fun for Ladies’ Craft Come spread the Word with us Contact Ralph Girlinghouse for
Night, Thursday, March 26 from 5:30- on a baseball mission trip to more information.
7:30 pm in the Fellowship Hall. We Siegburg, Germany, June 23-July
will be making bunny banners. Cost 8. Contact Gretchen Hanson for MISSIONS
is $10. RSVP to Kay at kay@fbcbryan. more information.
Women on Mission
org or call (979) 776-1400 ext. 102.
ALL-CHURCH
Join us March 24 at 11:30 am for a
ALL-CHURCH
luncheon focused on Breakaway
Annie Armstrong
at Texas A&M. Cost is $5.
Spring Bible Conference Our annual offering for North Amer- Ministries
RSVP to Kay at [email protected] or
Dr. Bill Tolar of Fort Worth will lead this ican missions, named for missions call (979) 776-1400 ext. 102.
year’s Spring Bible Conference titled advocate Annie Armstrong (1850“Iraq and the Bible.” Plan to join us 1938), is coming up. Please share MISSIONS
April 12-15. For more information turn what you can to support North
Lasara Mission Trip
to page 10.
American missionaries.
Meet Sunday, March 22 at 2 pm in
ALL-CHURCH
MISSIONS
room 120F for information about a
mission to Lasara and the Rio Grande
Brush Arbor
Mozambique Mission
Valley, July 12-17. We will conduct
Brush Arbor will not meet March 15 Travel with us to Mozambique to a sports camp, sewing classes, do
or March 22 due to Spring Break. help dig water wells and spread the construction work and more. Contact
Enjoy your break and we will see Gospel, June 12-27. Contact Scott David Gusewelle for more details.
you on March 29.
Sitton for more information.
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FIRST BAPTIST BRYAN
Volunteer
Opportunities
Candy Donations
to the blue baskets in the atrium
Contact: Renee Brady
Candy donations are needed to make this a successful
event. Please donate hard candy (non-chocolate) by March
22. Candy must be small enough to fit inside the eggs.
If you would prefer a monetary donation, please contact
Renee Brady at [email protected] for more details.
Egg Stuffing
in the Fellowship Hall
Contact: Renee Brady
We are stuffing 20,000 Easter eggs, and we need your help!
You can stop by anytime Monday-Friday during church
office hours (8 am-noon & 1-5 pm) to help. On Wednesday,
March 18 at 11 am-1pm, join us for a Spring Break Egg
Stuffing party. We will have tables set up and a movie playing. Bring your family and come join us.
If you would like to schedule a group for a time other
than those listed, please contact Renee Brady at renee@
fbcbryan.org.
Child Care
Contact: Debbie Prince
We need volunteers to help with child care on Easter Sunday. If you would like to volunteer, contact Debbie Prince at
[email protected] for more information.
Parking Lot Attendants
Contact: David Gusewelle
We need 12 volunteers to help direct traffic in the parking
lot. To volunteer please contact David Gusewelle at david@
fbcbryan.org for more information.
Greeters
Contact: Katrina Smith
We need enthusiastic volunteers to serve as greeters for
the event. Greeters can serve at one of the information
booths, or can float freely to answer any questions participants may have. To volunteer as a greeter, contact Katrina
Smith at [email protected] for more information.
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FBCBRYAN.ORG
Operation Easter
This Easter Sunday take flight as First
Baptist Bryan hosts Operation Easter, a
helicopter drop of 20,000 Easter eggs.
After the drop, children ages Birth-6th
grade are invited to join in the fun and
gather as many eggs as they can. Each
egg will contain a piece of hard candy for
their enjoyment.
First Baptist Bryan will cordon off the
eastern field adjacent to the church for the
event. In the interest of fairness and safety,
the field will be divided into four distinct
zones for four different age groups. One
zone for ages Birth-2, one for ages 3-5,
one for children in Kindergarten-2nd grade,
and one for 3rd-6th grades.
In addition to the egg drop, all participants
who register at one of the information
booths will be entered into a drawing.
There will be a winner drawn from each
age group, with prizes including an RC
helicopter.
Along with the outside event, First Baptist
Bryan will host two services on Easter
Sunday. A traditional service will be held at
9 am preceding the drop, and a contemporary service will be held immediately following the event at 11 am. All participants
in the event are invited to join First Baptist
Bryan for either service.
Help make this Easter a memorable one,
by volunteering for the activities listed on
the left, liking and sharing the event on
Facebook, and inviting friends and family
to join us that day.
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Tenebrae
FIRST BAPTIST BRYAN
FBCBRYAN.ORG
The Seven Last Days
On Good Friday, April 3, at 7 pm the First Baptist
Bryan Worship Choir, Orchestra, and Solo Deo Gloria Handbells will present The Seven Last Days, our
church’s 5th annual Tenebrae celebration of Holy
Week.
You are invited to join us for this 30-minute masterpiece chronicling the last seven days of Jesus
as described in the book of Matthew. The program
features scripture readings, choral anthems, and
the lighting and extinguishing of candles through a
wonderful musical journey.
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FIRST BAPTIST BRYAN
MINISTRY RECAP
FBCBRYAN.ORG
Empowered: Disciple Now 2015
The Crosswalk Youth group joined together for their annual Disciple Now weekend March 13-15.
The weekend featured a night of broomball and games, along with worship and bible studies focused
on discipleship and evangelism.
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FIRST BAPTIST BRYAN
FBCBRYAN.ORG
Spring Bible Conference
Iraq and the Bible
Led by Dr. Bill Tolar
This April, First Baptist Bryan will host our annual Spring Bible Conference featuring Dr. Bill
Tolar of Fort Worth.
The conference will kick off on Sunday, April
12 at 6 p.m. and continue through Wednesday.
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday sessions
will include lunch at 11:30 a.m. followed by
Bible study at noon.
Titled “Iraq and the Bible,” the conference will
focus on the Biblical backgrounds, geography,
and history related to Assyria, Babylonia and
the Hebrew kingdoms of the Old Testament.
Dr. Tolar, a former pastor and distinguished
professor of Biblical backgrounds emeritus,
has lectured in 58 different countries on six
separate continents, and has studied extensively in the Middle East.
First Baptist Bryan invites you to join us for
this detailed look at Biblical roots.
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CHURCH STAFF
CHURCH STAFF
Jim Heiligman
Senior Pastor
Email Address
[email protected]
Phone
ext. 102
[email protected]
255-1217
Bill Wiman
Minister of Education/Administration
[email protected]
219-4070
David Gusewelle
Associate Pastor / Business Manager
[email protected]
776-1400
Renee Brady
Minister of Childhood Education
[email protected]
776-1400
Debbie Prince
Interim Preschool Director
[email protected]
776-1400
Jim Adams
Interim Ministry Associate for Adults 55+
[email protected]
936-546-1949
Mikey Osborne
Youth Pastor
[email protected]
776-1400
David Blaschke
College Pastor
[email protected]
277-4057
John-Travis Smith
Interim Young Adult Pastor
[email protected] 268-5714
Chester Fehlis
Small Groups Coordinator
[email protected]
229-5472
David Kipp
Pastor of Worship Arts
[email protected]
589-1039
Rob Urbanek
Interim Music Associate
[email protected]
492-2845
Gary Balmain
Interim Minister to Missions
[email protected]
ext. 141
David Cooper
Media Director
[email protected]
ext. 107
Aaron Walling
Communications Director
[email protected]
ext. 102
Kay Dowling
Pastor / Membership Assistant
[email protected]
ext. 103
Lynn Bronstad
Financial Assistant
[email protected]
ext. 104
Gladys Kuykendall
Financial Assistant
[email protected]
ext. 119
Hannah Roy
Youth, College & Young Adult Assistant
[email protected]
ext. 110
Liz Lindan
Music Assistant
[email protected]
ext. 100
Michal DeBord
Adult & Small Groups Assistant
[email protected]
ext. 137
Patsy Jones
Children / Preschool Assistant
[email protected]
ext. 112
Tiffany Whitford
Missions & Adult 55+ Assistant
[email protected]
ext. 121
Ronny Jones
Building Superintendent
DEACON OFFICERS/CAPTAINS
DEACONS
Email Address
Phone
Jim Moore
Chairman
[email protected]
224-0307
Zerle Carpenter
Chair Elect
[email protected]
822-3167
Harry Hogan
Secretary
[email protected]
574-5209
Jim Thompson
Benevolence
[email protected]
846-3492
Lynn Branan
Hospital Visitation (weekend)
[email protected]
690-9079
Harvey McFalls
Hospital Visitation (weekday)
[email protected]
775-3127
Rob Brower
Hospitality
[email protected]
696-6831
Dicky Herron
Prayer
Derek Moore
Worship Transition
Jake Berkline
Nail Pouch
Sam Smith
Bereavement
[email protected]
693-3141
[email protected]
820-3117
[email protected]
690-7767
[email protected]
774-0851
THE RECORD SPEAKS (3/8/2015)
Records
S.S. Enrollment
2136
S.S. Attendance
781
Budget Req. Per Week
$64,652.88
Budget Gifts
$59,820.68
Budget Req. to Date
$646,528.85
Budget Gifts to Date
$644,224.98
Gifts Over/Under Budget - $2,303.87
Building Fund Contributions
Sunday (3/8/2015)
$5,174.00
Year To Date
$39,734.50
Loan Balance (2/28/15) $2,389,146.74