FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING TUESDAY, January 13 ~ 7:00 PM MEN & BOYS’ BREAKFAST SATURDAY, January 10 ~ 8:00 AM Family Life Center BUSINESS MEETING WEDNESDAY, January 14 ~ 6:00 PM Menu: Sausage, eggs, biscuits and gravy. CLOTHES CLOSET 01/10 - Roger & Jennifer McNelly Purpose: A program will be led by Scott Lane and Dave Rimmer. GOLDEN OAKS Youth Ministry USHERS FOR JANUARY Bill Vardiman, Marilyn Rimmer, Beth Pollan, Scott Lane, Chris Corkill and Derek Davis GREETERS For January 11, 2015 7:45 - Bill & Lana Sanders 9:00 - Raymond & Irene Sims TRANSPORTATION 01/11 - Chris Corkill SOUND SYSTEM 8:00 - Michael Doolin 10:30 - Larry Charles MORNING WORSHIP Invite other men, youth and boys to join us for a great breakfast hour of food, fellowship, inspiration and prayer this Saturday morning. WOM Ministry Project for January The WOM will be collecting individual packaged foods (cracker/cheese, granola bars, cookies, etc.) and hot chocolate mix for Municipal Services (Marshall Street & Sanitation). We want to show our appreciation to them for all of their efforts during this very difficult time of year. Leave your donation in the basket by the WMU table in the foyer. HAPPY 90th BIRTHDAY!! 2014 Contribution Statements Emma Driskell Record of Contribution Statements for 2014 will be available in the foyer after each worship service beginning this Sunday, January 11, 2015. They may also be picked up in the Church Office throughout the week. Also, please check for your “box of giving envelopes” for 2015 which are in the church foyer. January 6th Emma celebrated her 90th birthday on Tuesday of this week. If you would like to wish her a Birthday Blessing, please send your card to: The Blosser Home 1210 E. Eastwood Marshall, MO 65340 Thank you Emma for your many years of faithful service to our church family. ********************************************** Frank & Virginia Rifferts’ Address: 24 N. Bell Marshall, MO 65340 Frank’s Cell number 816-565-3165 8:00 & 10:30 AM Special Music (8:00) (10:30) Bill Gauldin Worship Choir Morning Message Pastor Mike “Teaching Our Children True Worship” Exodus 20:4-6 EVENING WORSHIP 6:00 PM Special Music Message Kathy Broyles Pastor Mike “The ABC’s of 2015” Proverbs 17:24 SALVATION ARMY BELL RINGING REPORT Monday, December 22 Our Youth rang the bell from 12:00 (Noon) to 8:00 PM, collecting: $407.93. Wednesday, December 24 Our Deacons and wives rang the bell from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM, collecting: $591.13. Total Salvation Army collection for 2014 ~ $10,600. YOUTH NEWS As we begin the New Year, our Wednesday nights in youth are changing. We are going to be dividing into three different groups within our youth time; a girls group, a group for those who are wanting more of a challenge, and a group for those who are wanting to learn what it means to be a Christian and also more about the Bible. ~ Erik A WORD FROM YOUR PASTOR ~ Moving Forward Into the New Year ~ Hosea 6:3 ~ “Then shall we know, if we follow the Lord: His going forth is prepared as the morning; and He shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.” In the New Year, you may be wondering what is going to happen. Sunday night I shared a story about some men who were on a leaky old ship in the middle of a rough and stormy sea. One of them asked the Captain, “Are we safe?” He said, “Well, the boilers are weak and may explode at any moment. The ship is old and taking on water. To be very honest with you, we may go up, or we may go down, but at any rate, we are going on.” And that is the way we are as we face this new year of 2015. Jesus may come and we will go up. We may die, and go down and then up. But at any rate, we are going on with Jesus Christ. As we reflect on this past year, let us allow the Holy Spirit to invade our hearts, convicting and drawing us to Himself. May we ask for wisdom, courage and faith to continue on, whatever happens in this new year of excitement and anticipation. There are Four Keys to maximizing your life in 2015. They are the ABC’s to the New Year: A - Assume Responsibility for your life. The fact is we cannot control the circumstances that will happen to us in the next 365 days, but we can control two things: our actions and reactions. B - Believe you can change. We need to stop saying, “I can’t” and start saying, “I can.” Paul said, “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” (Philippians 4:13). The good news of the Bible is that God wants to use you. He will give you the power to change if you will believe and trust Him. C - Clarify what is really important. God has given each of us an incredible gift called the freedom of choice. We define what is good by standing upon God’s Word and writing down our values as to what is really important to us. Clarify the important. D - Don’t wait to begin. Three life-changing words are “Do it now!” Ecclesiastes 11:4 says, “If you wait for perfect conditions, you will never get anything done.” That’s the way to maximize your New Year. Loving you, Pastor Mike T H E B U L L ET I N “VITAL SIGNS” FOR SUNDAY January 4, 2015 187 211 $10,368.41 $10,289.00 $ 130.00 No words can begin to express our Heartfelt Thanks for the many acts of kindness in the form of phone calls, cards, meals, Christmas caroling, memorials, prayers and hugs (during the loss of my brother, mother and stepdad) that have been shown to us. It is such a blessing to be a part of the First Baptist Church Family. Dave & Sandy Baumert Thank you to our church family for all the cards, phone calls and prayers during my Mother’s illness and my surgery. A special “Thank You” to Pastor Mike, Erik & Bekah Houston, John Maples, Kathy Broyles and Bill & Shirley Barron. Michelle Lamb & Helen Crane HOSPITAL Fitzgibbon: Nadyne Rogers CHURCH STAFF Bible Study Worship Budget Receipts Weekly Budget Needs Building Fund Marshall, Missouri 65340 Telephone: 660.886.5546 Website: www.firstbaptistmarshall.org ___________________________________________________________________________ VOLUME 43 January 7, 2015 NUMBER 01 LIONS, SHEPHERDS AND QUEENS (OH, MY!) «Name» «C/O» «Address» «City» «State» «Zip Code» BUDGET RECEIPTS (December 31,2014) Budget Receipts $15,440.00 Building Fund 550.00 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Pastor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dr. Michael B. Parris Education/Music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Wayne Doolin Minister of Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Erik Houston Church Secretary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jeanie Tucker Treasurer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ruth Ann Anderson Financial Secretary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lynn Seelow Custodians . . . . . . . . . . .Jim Ruff & Buddy Weaver 176 201 $ 15,268.26 $ 9,925.00 $ 315.00 $ 105.00 $ 13,471.39 THE BULLETIN Bible Study Worship Budget Receipts Weekly Budget Needs Building Fund Lottie Moon Offering LMCO to date: First Baptist Church Odell Avenue at East Arrow Marshall, MO 65340 December 28, 2014 Published weekly (except Christmas week and 4th of July week) by First Baptist Church, Marshall, Missouri 65340. Second class postage paid at Marshall, Missouri. “VITAL SIGNS” FOR SUNDAY A “Veggie-Tales Day” for Kindergarten Through 4th Grade Sunday, January 11, 2015 11:45 AM - 1:30 PM 11:45 - Lunch 12:15 PM - Games and Crafts 12:45 PM - Veggie-Tales: “Heroes of the Bible!” 1:30 PM - Closing Prayer and Dismissal RSVP by Wednesday, January 7th Church: 886-5546 or Sue: 886-8805