Attendance Report May 17

Sunday School 104

First Focus
Worship 167

First Baptist Church, Hamilton, Texas

Our Tithes and Offerings....
Advancing the Gospel
Gifts to the Budget
May 10 6,499.00 Vol. 32, No. 21 May 20, 2009
May 17 4,411.00
Average Weekly Needs 5,350.48
Accounts Receivable 2,550.00
Dental Ministry 50.00
FBC Revitalization Plan 10.00
Special Offerings-Rob Baker 272.69
Wednesday Night Meal 160.25
Youth Nicaragua Mission Trip 8.00

Total Gifts May 17 $7,461.94

Sunday Personnel May 24 We are proud of you and thankful for your service
WELCOME TEAM
Cody Catoe, Dewayne Clover, Dick Dixon,
Bridgette Haile, Holly May, Joyce Spencer to our Family of Faith at First Baptist!!!! We
COUNTERS
Moody Courtney, David Holley, Steve McKandless
CHILD CARE
pray your dual Masters of Divinity and Music will
E-mail Address office@fbchamiltontx.org

Sunday School - Allyson Elkins, Clydell Massingill

serve you well as you fulfill the calling God has on
Rev. Eric Coleman, Minister to Youth

Church Nursery - Julie Boatwright, Susan

Rev. John Woods, Minister of Music

ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED

Foster
Church Office - 254/386-8141

2-3 Year Olds

Nancy Diaz, Mellisa Pearce your life—
life—We are grateful for all you do and for
Rev. Keith Felton, Pastor

Children’s Church
First Baptist Church

this great achievement in your ministerial and

Hamilton, TX 76531

Kenneth Foster, Josh Mehaffey

220 S. Bell Street
P.O. Box 673

Deacons on Call for May

spiritual journey. God bless you!
David Courtney - Team Leader
Cody Catoe, Jimmie Edwards, Don Haile
 From the Shepherd’s Shop‹
Shop‹ A N NO U N C E M E N T S
by Pastor Keith Felton
CONGRATULATIONS TO JOHN WOODS!!! John graduated
from Truett Theological Seminary on Saturday. We are proud DON’T FORGET…
of him and thankful God has led him to lead us in music and Kleenex for HOPE FOR KIDS.
worship. I am thankful for the model of ministerial staff we
can bring to the church office or to
have at First Baptist Church which allows its ministers to
Worship on Sunday or on
further their education while serving the church. You have
Wednesday night.
been a big part of John’s ministerial training and education.
I’m grateful for your foresight and wisdom to have agreed in 622
moving forward with the part-time seminarian model of Boxes needed.
ministerial staff four years ago. We could not have imagined
a better initial participant in this staff model than John. He
continues to set a high mark of excellence in our worship
experiences and leads with a compassionate heart. Thanks, MISSING…
John and congratulations! 3 ROUND tablecloths
All of our membership should have received by now a letter Please return to the church
from me explaining the FBC REVITALIZATION PLEDGE
CAMPAIGN and pledge card. I hope you will pray earnestly
about your participation in this campaign as we seek to ‘pay Our Sympathy and Prayers. Our love and
back’ a loan from our Capital Fund (CD). Instead of
support, sympathy and prayers go out to
borrowing money from an outside source, the Stewardship the family of Clay Ingram, Rocky’s father,
Committee recommended to the church we use our own
who went to be with Christ this past week.
resources for the up front costs of Phase One of the
Revitalization Plan. Then, over a period of 12 months, we We join together as a family of faith and
would work on a pledge campaign to reimburse ourselves. I pray for this family as we celebrate Christ’s
believe this is an innovative and fiscally responsible way of
gift of eternal life.
getting some much needed work done on our facilities. The
pledge card you received will need to be completed and
turned into the church office on or before June 7. There are WEDNESDAY Night Meal
options for how much one can contribute on a per-week or
May 27
per-month basis – however, if you need to add another
Pizza and trimmings
option, like a ‘one-time gift’ or something else, feel free to do
so. Thank you, in advance, for all you will do to help
Remember in Mack Cole
revitalize FBC!!! Prayer… Jace Williams
I want to say THANK YOU to a couple of groups that work Ruby Webb Leslie Smith
very hard each week for all of us at FBC. Our Volunteer Bill Chappell Rosa Gillham
Wednesday Night Meal Teams are about ready to take a Kaley Neie Hilbig Earl Cowley
Dale & Glenn Chilton
break for the summer and we are very grateful for them Pam Jones
making Wednesday Fellowship Meals wonderful. What a joy Nelson Shave Micha Farris
Gwen Wallace
it is to be able to take a mid-week break from cooking or Renee Smith
Doris Lancaster
going out to eat and getting the chance to fellowship with our Patty Gillham
Sarah Bone Jackie Weaver
family of faith!! Also, our Volunteer Lawn Maintenance Crews Earl Cowley
David Clark
are already hard at it each week making our church campus Frankie Ellingberg
Heather Gates
look beautiful. This is a huge task and we are privileged to Jack Pettit Jackie Crusenberry
have folks who are willing to do this – it is a very nice picture Dick Dixon Jim Elkin
of the Body of Christ at work. THANKS! THANKS! THANKS! Tony Rogers Angie Jenkins
DeWanna Alsouissi
Notes Thank You
I am so grateful for the
numerous cards, beautiful
reception, and generous gifts
MARK YOUR CALENDAR
From that many in the church have
given in celebration of my
You John
graduation from seminary and VACATION BIBLE
graduate school. After eight
years of school, I am relieved SCHOOL
to be finished. God has been
faithful every moment of the process, and I give thanks
for a church that has supported Lindsay and I
throughout the journey. June 8 - 12
4th Annual Music Ministry Banquet 6-8 p.m.
This past Tuesday the entire music ministry had a
wonderful dinner at Little Bear Creek Lodge,
Life of the Church
celebrating the past year of ministry through music.
People from all parts of the music ministry were
there—staff, children’s choir leaders, handbell ringers, Sunday, May 24
choir members, technology team—and the list goes on. Deacon’s Meeting 8:30 am
Each year the music ministry honors one of its own Sunday School 9:45 am
that has gone above and beyond in faithful service. Worship 11:00 am
This year’s recipient of the Psalm 92 Award for Children’s Church for Pre-K thru K 11:00 am
Personnel Committee Meeting 12:00 pm
Musical Excellence is Brenda Edins. As you know,
Brenda is an active member of the Sanctuary Choir and Wednesday, May 27
Fellowship Meal 5:15 pm
directs the Chandler Craig Handbell Choir, on top of
Audlt Bible Study & Prayer Meeting 6:00 pm
the work she does with children and youth each week. Children’s Music & Missions Party 6:00 pm
Thank you, Brenda, for your example to all of us. Ekklesia 6:00 pm
Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal 7:00 pm
Awesome Children’s Choir Concert Thursday, 8
On Wednesday, May 20, the children’s choirs of our Ladies Crafts 9:00 am
church presented a concert of music to their family and AA Meeting 8:00 pm
friends of our church and community. These children
have been working hard all year, learning songs of
faith and becoming well-rounded worshippers of 2009 BIBLE 365
Bobby Varner Christ. The Children’s Music and Missions leaders Day 134 - Deut. 31:1-32:27, Luke 12:8-34, Psalm
Audrey Anglin have invested so much in the children of our church. 78:32-55, Proverbs 12:21-23
Diane Franklin Be sure and thank them when you see them. Day 135 - Deut. 32:28-52, Luke 12:35-59.Psalm
Claude Brock 78:56-64, Proverbs 12:24
Jim Payne Day 136 - Deut. 33:1-29, Luke 13:1-21, Psalm
Children’s Party This Wednesday
Milton Harelik This Wednesday is the last meeting of Children’s 78:65-72, Proverbs 12:35
Dr. Randy Lee
Music and Missions until the beginning of school. Day 137 - Deut. 34:1-Joshua 2:24, Luke 13:22-14:6,
After dinner, we’ll have a big party to celebrate a great Psalm 79:1-13, Proverbs 12:26
season of learning about music and missions together Day 138 - Joshua 3:1-4:24, Luke 14:7-25, Psalm
with our friends. Get ready for some fun! 80:1-19, Proverbs 12:27-28
Day 139 - Joshua 5:1-7:15, Luke 15:1-32, Psalm
81:1-16, Proverbs 13:1
Day 140 - Joshua 7:16-9:2, Luke 15:1-18, Psalm
82:1-8, Proverbs 13:2-3