We Believe That God’s Plan For Our
Church Is That We Become . . .
Excellence
Experiencing
Expounding
Extending
A Church of
God and His family,
October 30, 2014
His Word,
the
and
Beacon
in
Dr. David W. Spencer
His Kingdom.
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Shining the Light of Christ for Over 150 Years
Who Are They?
First Baptist Church
6797 Caroline Street
Milton, FL 32570
Office/Prayer Line FAX
On the Web
850-623-3122
www.fbcmilton.org
850-626-0582
The Morning Worship service is recorded and broadcast on
WEGS-91.7 FM at 12:00 p.m. every Sunday.
SUNDAY - November 2, 2014
8:00a
Family Breakfast (Gym)
8:30a
First Cup Opens
9:15a
Sunday School
10:30a
Morning Worship (Sanctuary)
11:30a
First Cup Opens
4:00p
Deacon’s Meeting (Bldg. E)
4:45p
Bible Drills 4th & 5th Grade (The Way)
L.I.F.E. Leadership Training (Bamberg Chapel)
5:00p
Student Choir (Choir Room)
5:30p
First Cup Opens
AWANA (FLC)
6:00p
Evening Worship/Middle East Mission Report (Sanctuary)
MONDAY – November 3, 2014
10:30a
Senior Aerobics (Gym)
TUESDAY – November 4, 2014/Election Day
All County Chorus (Sanctuary/Gym/Bamberg Chapel)
WEDNESDAY – November 5, 2014
10:30a
Senior Aerobics (Gym)
4:45p
Wednesday Night Supper with Super Supper Club
5:15p
First Cup Opens
5:30p
Church Nursery Open
WorshipQuest (Preschool Bldg. B and The Way)
Adult Bible Studies (Bldg. E)
5:45p
Prayer Meeting (Sanctuary)
Youth Activities (FLC)
6:00p
NEXT Young Adult Bible Study (Upstairs, Bldg. B)
6:30p
Celebrate Recovery (Prayer Room)
7:00p
Childcare for Celebration Choir (Bldg. C)
Audit Committee Meeting (Bldg. E)
7:05p
Celebration Choir & Orchestra Rehearsal
THURSDAY – November 6, 2014
9:00a
Leave for XZY Delta Safari (Mobile)
9:30a
Ladies’ Bible Study (First Cup)
FRIDAY – November 7, 2014
10:30a
Senior Aerobics (Gym)
SATURDAY – November 8, 2014
4:30p
Special Needs Class Party (FLC)
SUNDAY - November 9, 2014
Operation Christmas Child Shoe Box collection Week Begins
8:30a
First Cup Opens
9:15a
Sunday School
10:30a
Morning Worship (Sanctuary)
11:30a
First Cup Opens
4:45p
Bible Drills 4th & 5th Grade (The Way)
L.I.F.E. Leadership Training (Bamberg Chapel)
5:00p
Student Choir (Choir Room)
5:30p
First Cup Opens
AWANA (FLC)
6:00p
Evening Worship/Russia Mission Report (Sanctuary)
MONDAY – November 10, 2014
Florida Baptist Convention (Lakeland, FL)
10:30a
Senior Aerobics (Gym)
TUESDAY – November 11, 2014/Veteran’s Day
Florida Baptist Convention (Lakeland, FL)
7:00p
MHS Volleyball Banquet (FLC)
WEDNESDAY – November 12, 2014
9:30a
WMU Women’s Ministry Mtg. (Bamberg Chapel)
10:30a
Senior Aerobics (Gym)
4:45p
Wednesday Night Supper with Super Supper Club
5:15p
First Cup Opens
5:30p
Church Nursery Open
WorshipQuest (Preschool Bldg. B and The Way)
Adult Bible Studies (Bldg. E)
5:45p
Prayer Meeting (Sanctuary)
Youth Activities (FLC)
6:00p
NEXT Young Adult Bible Study (Upstairs, Bldg. B)
6:30p
Celebrate Recovery (Prayer Room)
7:00p
Childcare for Celebration Choir (Bldg. C)
7:05p
Celebration Choir & Orchestra Rehearsal
Stewardship Committee Mtg. (Bldg. E)
THURSDAY – November 13, 2014
9:30a
Ladies’ Bible Study (First Cup)
FRIDAY – November 14, 2014
10:30a
Senior Aerobics (Gym)
There are 4,810 of them. There were 635 added to their number last
year. They baptized 114,571 people in 2013. They lead the work in
28,008 different churches around the world. They started 6,192 new
churches last year. They work with 901 different people groups around
the world. Some of them live in dangerous places in this world where
they must keep secret what their mission is.
Who are they? They are your Southern Baptist missionaries. They
believe that Jesus Christ is God’s only provision for salvation and that
all people without a personal faith in Jesus are doomed and lost. They
have two sources of financial help: the gifts from the Cooperative
Program supported by churches like ours who send ten percent of our
money for their support every month, and the Lottie Moon Christmas
Offering for International Missions. The Lottie Moon Offering is
named after one of our most famous missionaries who gave her life in
China for 40 years until she starved to death in December 1912.
Each year in December we take up
a special offering to support our
missionaries who serve in the
brave tradition of Miss Lottie
Moon. Last year Southern Baptists
gave a total of $154 million. Our
church gave a total of $44,549.87.
Recently we were recognized as
the top-giving church in the Santa
Rosa Baptist Association. You can
see a picture of this award here in
this edition of The Beacon.
I hope you agree with me that we need to keep up our strong giving for
this missionary support. Most of us will never go to the international
mission field, but we can support those who do go. There are people
from our church serving right now across the globe. Let’s give them our
support. I always try to give you advanced notice that we’ll soon be
receiving this offering so you can get ready. I like to put some money
aside each week so I’ll be ready in December. Would you join me in
this great effort?
S.R.B.A. Prays for Congressman Jeff Miller
IT’S THAT TIME AGAIN!
Yes, it’s time to change your clocks by setting them BACK one hour on
Saturday night. You’ll get back that hour you lost back in the spring.
Remember FALL BACK on Saturday night and enjoy an extra hour of
sleep.
DWS
Sympathy
The Pastor, the Staff and the Church Family extend Christian sympathy
to Steve and Vicki Ford and family in the death of Steve’s uncle,
Otto Ford of Michigan.
Administrator’s Article
Minister of Education
Children’s Ministry
Church Administrator
Minister of Education and Outreach
Director of Children’s Ministry
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Approved at October 26th
Business Meeting :
Your Church Needs You to
Accomplish Its Mission
Fall Festival...What a great example of
..loving the city where we are planted!!
The scriptural description of
preschool ministry is found in
1Corinthians 15:51: Behold, I
shew you a mystery; We shall not
all sleep, but we shall all be
changed . . . (KJV)
Over 600 people enjoyed a night of popcorn, cotton candy,
cupcakes, candy, hot chocolate, balloons, face painting, bounce
houses, coloring, golf, football, basketball, ducks, bean bags,
fishin’, hula hoops, ring tossin’ and the number one activity for the
second year in a row… Hammer It!
Rev. Bob Lowe
 August 10 Business Meeting
Minutes
 July, August, September 2014
Report of the Ministries
 September 2014 Financial
Statement
 Purchase of Tankless Water
Heater for the FLC from
Budget Investment ($2,800)
 Purchase of Piano from Budget
Investment ($6,700)
Sunday, November 9, 2014
Blood Drive
11:00 AM—2:30 PM
First Baptist Church, Milton
(Between the Sanctuary and
the Family Life Center)
October Food Drive
The Food Pantry team is
preparing a
Special Thanksgiving Box
For EVERY family we serve
Items Needed:
Cake Mix/Cake Frosting
Pie Filling/Pie Crust
Cranberry Sauce
Mashed Potatoes
Stove top Stuffing
Candied Yams
Gravy Mix
Chicken Broth
“In every way I’ve shown you
that by
laboring like this, it
is necessary to help the weak
and to keep in mind the words
of
the Lord Jesus, for He said,
‘It is more
blessed to give than
to receive.’”
Acts 20:35
HCSB
$1
Dr. Gary Nichols
My philosophy of ministry with
preschoolers and children is
simple: If you love people’s
children, they will love you back.
First Milton provides cleanliness,
friendliness, and godliness. And
we need you to reach families.
Preschool Sunday School
volunteers needed: bed-babies
and toddlers.
Volunteers are also
needed in bed-babies
and toddlers on
Wednesday nights.
Don’t you want to work with
precious, cute, sweet, adorable,
gorgeous, likeable, yea verily
even lovable, always-smiling,
never-messy preschoolers.
To ensure the security of the
children entrusted to us,
volunteers must go through a
training/screening process. See
Elaine for details.
Adult Sunday School still needs
teachers for 2 senior adult ladies
classes. See Gary.
In addition to all of the “fun and games”, Daniel Weekley was
sharing the gospel as the children/families were making Ichthus
beaded key chains..
As you can see from the attendance, we have a tremendous
outreach opportunity with these families. I hope you will be a
part of our follow-up;
to change the world where we live through the Gospel.
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Many Christian
entities, including the
Florida Baptist
Convention’s State
Board of Missions
and the Santa Rosa Baptist
Association are encouraging “no”
votes on Amendment 2. Whether
or not one agrees with the
politics, medical, or business
models, this spring the Florida
legislature passed The Florida
Medical Cannabis Act, taking
effect in January. Be informed
when you vote.
Web sources:
www.DontLetFloridaGoToPot.com;
www.RethinkPot.org.
Time Change!
Saturday night
November 1
Joining you to Take risks in
service and ministry,
Gary
Do not attend church..make that 250
(A family of five that attended the Festival joined FBC Sunday morning)
108
237
Attend a local church
Attend FBC (includes volunteers/workers)
Thanks to all of our church members for the
delicious candy and cupcakes!
A very special thank-you to the following people for their help in
making our Fall Festival such a great success:

The best staff “infection” ever…...Dr. Spencer, Gary, Bob, Bo
and Kenneth

Phillip, John and Ellis for preparing our campus, setting-up
the booths and assisting with all of the clean-up

Beverly, Toni and Randy for all of the prep work

Blackie Black, Rick Hunsucker, Ted Waters, Claude DeVane
and David Kell for assisting with the set-up

Clayton Tolbert for giving us the “power”

Bonnie Black and the team of ladies for wrapping up all of the
very festive and yummy cupcakes

Our youth for assisting with the face painting, cotton candy
and bounce houses

Our registration team/greeters

Sunday School classes for their great “gaming skills” and
assisting with the clean-up
Election Day, November 4
Thanksgiving
Feast Tickets
will be available
beginning Sunday in the
Sanctuary, First Cup,
the Church Office and at
Wednesday Night Supper
for $1 per person. 600
tickets will be available
for purchase.
Elaine Gillis
Sow the Seed of the Gospel to
the ends of the earth
(FBC Mission Statement)
By being a part of Operation Christmas Child
Boxes will be
available for
pick up
in the Sanctuary
Average cost
to pack a box is
$10-15 per box
plus $7per box for shipping
SHOEBOX DEADLINE
is Sunday, November 16, 2014