OUR STAFF - Dr. Dave McFadden, Lead Pastor

Garnet Blaney, Youth Pastor Sara Keller, Children’s Ministry Director

Wayne Anderson, Worship Pastor LeeAnn Hersey, Secretary

Misty Blaney, Financial Secretary Preston Lenard, Custodian

Ronnie Johns, Assistant Custodian

A 12 week course on developing a Biblical

Worldview will be led by Pastor Dave, meeting on

Sunday nights, at 5:00PM starting January 8th.

The Bible Study will also be offered on Wednesday nights

at 6:00pm.

To sign up, call the church office at 575-356-6761 or go by the Connection Center.

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We will be helping with community food distribution on Saturday, December 17th.

Sign up to let us know of your intent to help out. You can call

the church office at 575-356-6761 or come by

the Connection Center!

December 11th- Dec. 17th, 2016

We are actively looking for someone that would like to

help in the sound booth during worship services. If you are interested in this, please speak to Garnet.

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We are currently looking for a small group leader for

our 4th-6th grade class during our Kid's Connection

Group time. This person would help during large group time and lead a small group also.

Curriculum and material are provided. Please see Sara if

you are interested. __________________________

We are looking for someone

who can work in the Infants and 2 year olds during

the 11:15 service. If you are interested, please see Sara.

Women in the Word will be doing the book of Esther: It’s Tough Being A Woman.. This 10 week Bible Study will begin on Tuesday, January 10th at 6:00 pm. Please contact Cathy Rankin at 575-226-8077 for details.

The church office will be closing at 12:00pm on

December 22nd. The office will also be closed on December 26th and January 2nd.

FBC, Thank you for joining our partnership to expand children’s opportunities for healthy eating and active living where they live, learn, and play. Healthy eating and active living are two major lifestyle choices that can prevent obesity and prevent consequent chronic disease in New Mexico’s children. First Baptist Church played an important role in shaping children’s behaviors and teaching them healthy eating and physical activity habits. Thank you for purchasing materials for the James School/Community Garden. Your simple steps can help raise awareness about healthy lifestyle behaviors and help students live healthier lives, pay better attention in class and succeed academically. Sincerely, Caron Powers HK Roosevelt County Coordinator

New Year’s Day Party to bring in 2017!! We will be having a game night on Sunday, January 1st from 7:00pm-12:00am(Midnight). Bring your favorite board games, your favorite snack to share and be ready to have a great night of food, fun and fellowship!!

Meals on Wheels needs volunteers for the last week of December. If you can help deliver meals during this time, there is a sign-up sheet at the connection Center or you can call the church office at 356-6761.

Celebrate Recovery will begin meeting on Tuesday nights starting January 10th at First

Baptist in Fellowship Hall. We will begin with a meal from 5:30 until 6:00 pm, following the

meal, we will have a class for men and a separate class for women.

International Missions (20%) $ 7,000.00 $ 3,045.67 Baptist Children’s Home (15%) $ 5,250.00 $ 5,147.45 North American Missions (10%) $ 3,500.00 $ 634.30 Mission New Mexico (10%) $ 3,500.00 $ 1,649.30 College Student Scholarships (9%) $ 3,150.00 $ 480.87 FBC Mission Partnerships (8%) $ 2,800.00 $ 427.44 Slovenia Mission Team (8%) $ 2,800.00 $ 447.44 FBC Food Pantry Ministry (5%) $ 1,750.00 $ 2,207.40 Ramp Up, Portales (5%) $ 1,750.00 $ 2,467.15 Adopt-A-School Initiative (5%) $ 1,750.00 $ 717.15 World Hunger (3%) $ 1,050.00 $ 1,880.29 Prayer Ministry Outreach (2%) $ 700.00 $ 106.86 TOTAL: $35,000.00 $19,211.32

Budget Required YTD: $468,346.92 Budget Received YTD: $430,015.87 (+/-): - $ (38,331.05) Budget Designated Dec. 4th: $ 15,637.75 $ 1,707.00 Total: $ 15,637.75 $ 1,707.00

Sunday (Dec.11th) Traditional Service - 8:45 AM

Connection Group - 10:00 AM Contemporary Service - 11:15 AM

Journey Begins- 3:00 PM AWANA Christmas Program 5:00 PM Youth 5:00 PM

Monday (Dec. 12th) Prayer mtg (Mary Watt's) - 10:00 AM

Prayer Ministry Team mtg - 5:15 PM

Wednesday (Dec. 14th) Praise Team Practice 6:00 PM Youth 6:00 PM Saturday( Dec. 17th) Food Distribution- 8:00 AM

Preschool Remodel Goal: $14,000; Rec'd Dec. 4th: $810.00 Balance: $14,148.04

Wow! I can’t believe it is already Decem-ber. This year has gone by so fast! It has been a very busy one for our children, but a very blessed one as well. As I reflect back on all the things we have done with and for our kids this year, I am so thankful for the support everyone has given this ministry. We went to Albuquerque for the Young Lives Ablaze conference in April, had a great week of Sports Camp in June, went to mission camp at Inlow in July, had lots of fun at our back to school bash in August, joined our community for the safe trick or treat event in October, collected shoeboxes for our Operation Christmas Child mission project in November and we are not done yet. This Sunday night at 5:00 PM, the children in our AWANA clubs have a special treat for all of you. They have been working very hard on their Christmas program this year called The Fumbly Bumbly Angels and are very excited to share it with everyone. We will have refreshments afterward in the fellowship hall. All of our leaders and children have put a lot of time and effort into this presentation, so please be in prayer for all those involved, especially the children, and I hope that all of you will be able to join us. It is sure to be an enjoyable time and a great way to end the year. A new addition this year has been The Gos-pel Project on Sunday mornings. The teachers love it and the children are learning so much! It is helping them to see how all of the pieces of the Bible fit together to tell one big story: the story of Jesus and God’s plan to save us through Him. We are in need of one more leader for both groups. If you would like to be involved in this amazing program or any of our other events coming up, we will be having a children’s council meeting Sunday, January 22nd at 3:00 in the purple room and would love for you to join us. Thank-you for a wonderful year and have a very merry Christmas! Sara

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1st Service: 95 151 2nd Service: 66 154 Nursery: 16 16 Worship Total: 177 321

Connection Groups: 141 155 AWANA COUNT: Dec. 4th:

AWANA Clubbers: 31 AWANA Leaders: 19

Arnold, Vera– in Heartland Bell, Linda– at Covenant Hospital in Lubbock Branscum, Mitzi—Breast Cancer Collins, Dave and Iva– at Wheatfields, Clovis Celebrate Recovery Launch Dodd, Eliza - continued prayers Garcia, Adlyn– 2 year old with head trauma from car accident Einspahr, Ester– health concerns Gonzales, Chachi - lupus, on dialysis, Hampton, Loy - possible mini stroke Isbell, Alton– Wife Cindy has cancer Massey, Kevin – cancer Rebecca McDonald’s Aunt Mary - taking chemo Metlach, Daisy– Cancer Overton, Dean– cancer treatments for 8 weeks Tipton, Dottie - healing in her legs Turner, Shelley - cancer Walker, Raenell – Health Concerns Wells, Billie– recovering from surgery, in Roswell Wooley, Junior-kidney cancer

Pray for Our Mission Partners

Lindy Pate - Papua, New Guinea PJ Crook - Missionary to Muslims in

Albuquerque Foundations of Faith Dairy Ministry

- Raul Ornales Cody Brown - The Porch in Portales