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Mission Statement
News
We are a community of believers in
God as revealed in Jesus Christ as
Lord. We believe in the authority of
the Bible, the equality of all members,
unity in diversity, and the priesthood of
all believers. In communion with and
through the power of the Holy Spirit,
we follow the Way of Jesus the Christ
and share the Good News through
worship, education, ministries, and
missions. As an autonomous Baptist
Church, we value our heritage and the freedom it allows us to minister
alongside other groups, both Christian and non-Christian. We express our
love for all in gratitude for the love God has shown to us.
March 16, 2015
First Baptist – Greenville
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Rustlings...
I enjoyed the toys
of my childhood.
I’m fully aware
of the advanced
technology required
to run a modern video game,
electric car, remote-controlled
helicopter or smart pad. But I loved
the non-tech toys of my childhood:
Tinker Toys, Etch-a-Sketch, Slinky,
Jacks, Silly Putty, plastic army
men (or cowboys and Indians),
Matchbox Cars, Barrel of Monkeys,
Hot Wheels, Creepy Crawlers and
cap guns. When I see any of these
items, I immediately begin to smile.
I smiled when Juli Morrow,
our preschool minister, told me
about Project Pinwheel. I smiled
because I also like pinwheels –
another good childhood memory.
But more importantly, I smiled
because of Project Pinwheel’s
purpose. Project Pinwheel is a
child abuse prevention campaign
that promotes the little things every
family can do to help keep children
safe and secure. I was a victim of
child abuse and neglect…that’s
a memory I don’t want any other
child to carry.
Our church, along with
Greenville Health Systems and
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864-233-2527
Meet You at the Table: Fellowship with Springfield Baptist
March 22, 2015
6:00-7:30 p.m.
Bring your favorite soup or
sandwiches to share with friends! The
First Baptist Church family and the
Springfield Baptist Church family will
be sharing a meal together on Sunday
evening, March 22, 2015, 6:00-7:30 p.m.
in the Fellowship Hall. Meet You at the
Table to have fellowship with members of a sister congregation and to
hear from both of their pastors, Jim Dant and Kippie Brown.
Childcare for infants through Three-year-old Sunday School Classes
is available. Children eating table food should eat in the Fellowship Hall
before moving to the Nursery for care. Worship bags will be available for
Four-year-old Sunday School Classes and up, and these children are
encouraged to stay for the program!
Drinks, plates and desserts will be provided. You are needed to supply
the soup and sandwiches and the fellowship!
Easter Lilies to Adorn Sanctuary
An arrangement of lilies will be placed in the
Sanctuary Easter Sunday as both honorary
and memorial gifts. All gifts will be published in
the News. If you wish to place a gift, send the
following information to the attention of Kimberly Coates at the church:
• Your name, phone number and e-mail address, if applicable
• The number of lilies ($15 each)
• In honor of –––––––––––––––
• In memory of _____________
Please make checks payable to First Baptist Church. Orders must be
received by March 23.
Thought from the Spiritual Engagement Committee
“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word.”
www.firstbaptistgreenville.com
– Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Sunday’s Worship
2015 Budget Goal: $2,300,000
Needs as of March 14: $442,310
Receipts as of March 16: $431,291
Proclaimer: Jim Dant
Scripture: Luke 1:26-38, 23:44-46
Sermon: Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Anthems: “Virgin Mother of God, Rejoice” – RACHMANINOFF
Soloist: Amy Joye
The service choir for this Sunday’s service is the Sanctuary Choir.
The 10:30 a.m. worship will be simulcast live on WLFJ 660 AM
and 92.9 FM from 10:30 -11:30 a.m.
Focus on
Missions:
Living Generously @ FBC
Sunday, March 22, 2015
The Fifth Sunday in Lent
Annunciation Sunday
10:30 a.m. in the Sanctuary
During March, we are collecting items for
The Family Effect which serves
new mothers. The Family Effect,
a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization,
works to reduce addiction as a
leading cause of family collapse
and harm to children in Upstate
South Carolina. When addiction in
the home is healed, child abuse,
neglect and domestic violence are
prevented, and a stronger, more
responsible family is created.
Please place the following items
in the collection containers:
Small bottles of bubbles
Crayons
Coloring books
Squishy balls
Silly putty
Glitter
Bubble wrap
A Green Tip from SAVER
Sanctuary Flowers
The flowers in the
Sanctuary on Sunday,
March 22, are given
by Cindy Coggins to
the glory of God and
in memory of her parents, Harry
and Hazel Coggins and her sister,
Becky Coggins.
Missions
Offering
$3,728
A Year of Living Generously
March Stewardship
Participate in Operation
Inasmuch on March 21. Give this
one Saturday morning of your year
to serve others in our community.
In addition, keep giving a monetary
offering each Sunday – when the
offering plates are passed – as
part of your worship. Also, keep
sharing random acts of kindness in
your community. Write one of those
in your church order of worship,
tear it off and place it in the offering
plate. These are ways for all of us
to be the hands and feet of God in
our community.
Get Ready to Roll!
Saturday
March 21, 2015
Join your church family for a morning
of local missions followed by a
pizza lunch fellowship in the AYMC.
Registration begins February 1 at
www.firstbaptistgreenville.com.
Questions? Contact Heather Snow at
[email protected] or 640-2526.
“If you have men who will exclude any of God’s
creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you
will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow
men.”
– Francis of Assisi
Roller Time Skating Academy
will be hosting a camp
this summer at First
Baptist! Skaters will
learn how to balance,
skate forward and backward, fall
and recover, toe stop and more.
August 10-14
9 a.m.-noon
1-4 p.m. (advanced skaters only)
Cost: $135 (includes rental skates)
Register at www.rollertime.net
Questions? Contact Angela
[email protected]
(864) 561-2172
Roadrunners
Holy Rollers
April 19
April 14
“The Man Who Came to Dinner”
Mary C. Mullen Bible Camp
Fountain Inn Younts Center
Lake Lure, NC
Depart FBC: 2:00 p.m.
Tour and Lunch
Return to FBC: 5:00 p.m.
Depart Enoree: 10:00 a.m.
Cost (play/bus): $17.00
Lunch: pay your own
Please contact Sylvia Clyborne at 370-2522 ext. 137 or
[email protected] to make reservations
for any trip with Roadrunners or Holy Rollers.
First Friday Takes Break
First Friday Lunch and More
will not take place in April because
it falls on Good Friday but will
happen again in May.
Make
Wednesday
night supper
reservations
by calling the
Reception
Desk by noon on Monday. Serving
lines are open 4:45-6:15 p.m.
Menu for March 18
Adults
Corned Beef, Cabbage,
Hot Potato Salad,
Butter Basil Carrots, Corn Bread,
Dessert
Kids
Corn Dog on a Stick, Tater Tots,
Veggie Sticks, Fruit, Cookies
March 21
Operation Inasmuch
March 22, 9:30 a.m.
Protecting Our Children (E-317)
March 22, 6:00 p.m.
Meet You at the Table
Soup and Sandwich Potluck with
Springfield (Fellowship Hall)
Deacon Nominating Committee Election
FBC members are requested to submit nominations for the 2015
Deacon Nominating Committee:
• Freda Lark will serve as the 2015 Deacon Nominating Committee chair.
• Nominees for the additional eight Deacon Nominating Committee
members are requested early in the year so the committee can be
formed and begin their work during the summer months.
• In the fall, Deacon Nominating Committee members will contact
Deacon nominees equal to the number of vacancies on the Diaconate as
to their willingness to serve.
• Once the slate of new deacons is complete, it is submitted to the
church for a vote.
• Installation, ordination and service of new deacons are in early January.
Below is a ballot that will be used in submitting recommendations for
the eight positions on the Deacon Nominating Committee. Ballots will
also be available on Sunday morning, March 29. Ballots must be signed
by members. They may be placed in the offering plate or returned to the
church office by Sunday, April 5.
Because the persons on the committee are ineligible to serve again for
two years, do not nominate any of the following: Elaine Barnhill, Ralph
Bouton, Christa Brackin, Arnold Burrell, Bob Cloaninger, Ana Gibbs,
Brandt Gilbert, Doug Girvin, Peggy Good, John Jones, Joan Kellett,
Freda Lark, Laurin McDonald, Harry Shucker, Michael Stogner, Kristy
Way and Reed Wilson.
NOTE: This is not a ballot to nominate Deacons, but a ballot to
nominate members of the Deacon Nominating Committee. Ballots must
be signed.
Ballot for Deacon Nominating Committee
Menu for March 25
Adults
Beef Tips and Rice,
Roasted Vegetables,
Salad, Dessert
Kids
Chicken Fingers, French Fries,
Fruit, Cookies
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2.6.
3.7.
4.8.
Signed ___________________________________________________
INTRODUCING
Kae Harper Childs, 8 Twin Oaks Lane, Isle
of Palms, SC 29451, joined the church on
November 23, by requesting Watchcare.
Kae is a retired counselor and teacher of
dance. She is the mother of two grown and
married children, Brad and Mary Ann Childs
and Harper and David Steele.
The News
The Interfaith Forum invites you to Secrets of an Interfaith Book Club
with Dr. Michelle McClendon and Frances Worthington from 11:30 a.m.1:00 p.m. on Monday, March 23, 2015, at the Greenville Baha’i Center,
132 Greenacre Road. Bring a brown bag lunch (drinks and dessert
provided).
Michelle McClendon will describe why and how she founded two
Interfaith Book Clubs in 2007 and introduce some of the current
members.
Frances Worthington will reflect on how the group she attends
influenced the writing of her book – Abraham, One God, Three Wives,
Five Religions.
Those interested can sign up for new groups that will be forming in
April and May. A question and answer time follows the program.
(USPS No. 597060) is published weekly January thru December (except
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Interfaith Opportunity
Vol. LVI March 16, 2015 No. 11
Care List as of
3/16/2015
In the Hospital:
Memorial: newborn twin daughters,
Charlie and Millie Smith
North Greenville:
Oscar Funderburk
Returned Home:
Joan Cauble to Rolling Green
Newt Stall
Nancy Sanders
Sympathy to:
...the family of Mary Ann Williams.
...Kandas Robinson (Facilities Staff)
in the death of her grandfather.
...Sidney Surles in the death
of her cousin.
...David Petty in the death
of his father.
...Sarah Barton in the death
of her sister.
...Neil Rabon in the death
of his aunt.
DANT
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Greenville County First Steps, is
sponsoring a Project Pinwheel
Awareness Walk on Sunday,
April 12, at 2:00 p.m. We’ll walk
less than a mile from the church
to the Julie Valentine Memorial.
I want to encourage you to go
to our church’s website, click on
Project Pinwheel, register, donate
a minimum of $10 (hey, you get a
t-shirt!) and join me for the walk.
Juli would like at least 50 church
members to join the stroll. Is she
kidding? At least 100 of us should
show up, enjoy a beautiful Spring
afternoon, watch the pinwheels
spin, and insure the protection of
our children.
– Jim
Random Acts of Kindness
by Our Children
This week, I generously shared
a random act of kindness by...
...helping a boy who wasn’t very
good with math.
Extended Session: March 22
Georgiana and Pat Gray (Directors)
April and Steven Czarsty
(Twos)
Brian and Perry Behrens (Threes)
Melissa and Roy Janse
(Fours)
Brooks and Julie Israel
(Fives)
Helen Lee Turner
(Worship)
Cherry Marshall
(Pianist)
PASTORAL CARE
EMERGENCIES
Nights and Weekends
March 9-15
Matt Rollins 346-0971 (h)
370-2522 ext. 199
March 16-22
Kyle Matthews 236-8587 (h)
370-2522 ext. 199
If you are unable to reach this minister
immediately, please call the Church
Office, 233-2527, and leave a message
by pressing the number “3” for “Pastoral
Care Emergencies.”