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First Servant Weekly
Dr. Gil McKee, Senior PastorOctober 19, 2017
Volume 16 Issue 41
MAGNIFY. MULTIPLY. MATURE. MINISTER.
New Location and Parking Info - The Fall Festival will be in our newest parking lot on Greensboro Avenue between 8th and 9th Streets (at the Family Ministry Building). Eighth Street between Greensboro and 23rd Ave. will be closed for this event. Please park on other adjacent streets, in our other parking areas or in the parking deck.
Fall Festival Volunteers NeededContact Genna Champion ([email protected] or 205-391-3115) if you would like to volunteer to serve a shift during the Fall Festival in the food area, registration, or face painting; if you will bring your vehicle with the trunk area decorated for “Trunk or Treat”; or if you will hand out candy at a trunk.
Invite Someone! Pick up a few Fall Festival cards (placed around the church) as you invite your neighbors, coworkers and others you meet in the community.
Instead of the annual Church-wide Thanksgiving Dinner, we will share Thanksgiving meals with the Hay Court community, help support the Community Soup Bowl’s Thanksgiving bag distribution, and deliver meals to some of our homebound members. Volunteers are needed for the Packing Team (place the meals into individual carry-out containers) and the Delivery/Distribution Team (take the meals to Hay Court and others) on Sunday, November 19. Those who deliver should be willing to greet and pray with those who receive meals, if the recipient wishes. Sign up information will be available soon in Sunday School classes, or you can call the church office at 205-345-7554 or email [email protected]. Please consider how you can help serve our community on November 19.
BLACKOU
17Student Ministry BLACKOUT Retreat
Saturday, October 288:00 a.m. - 8:30 p.m. at Camp Tuscoba
Cost: $40; Deadline: October 25More info and online registration:
firsttuscaloosa.org/blackout
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Shoebox Dedication Sunday: November 12National Collection Week: November 13-20
Completed shoeboxes are starting to come in! Have you started your boxes yet? Visit samaritanspurse.org/occ for details and ideas for packing your shoeboxes with gifts, school supplies and hygiene items for children around the world. • If you bring your filled boxes before November 12, please place them in the Guest Services area. If you bring your boxes on Dedication Sunday (November 12), please bring them with you to the Sanctuary and place them at the altar. We will have a special time of prayer that day for those who will deliver the boxes and for the children who will receive them. We will especially pray that the children will choose to participate in “The Greatest Journey”, a 12-week discipleship course offered as a follow-up to the shoebox distribution parties.• As you pack boxes, remember: No toothpaste, candy, liquids, breakable items, medicine, food, war-related toys allowed; shipping cost per box is now $9.• We have a few empty boxes still available in Guest Services. Brochures with instructions/labels also available.• If you have items left-over after filling your boxes, bring those to church. They can be used to fill additional boxes.
Drop-Off Location Volunteers Needed!Volunteers still needed for our Drop-Off Location, especially on November 16-20. This year First Baptist Church will serve as one of the community Drop-Off Locations for Operation Christmas Child during Collection Week, November 13-20. We need at least five volunteers during collection hours each day to greet people who bring in boxes, help them fill out the log book forms, count the boxes, pack boxes into cartons, pray over the shoeboxes, and be available to talk with anyone who would like to know more about Christ. Sign up lists are available in Sunday School classes, and outside the Sanctuary near the elevators. Volunteers must be age 15 and up. If you missed the training and info meeting on Sunday, October 15, you can attend the next one on Sunday, November 5 at 4 p.m. in Fellowship Hall, Room 2.
Texas Disaster Relief TripNovember 20-25 (Thanksgiving Week) This team is planning to work in Katy, Texas, a suburb of Houston, helping with rebuilding efforts. Spaces still available for adults (anyone who has completed high school and older). Contact Kristy Myers in the Missions office for details about joining this team: 632-3074 or [email protected]. Most expenses for team members will be covered.
Thursday PrayerThe Chapel is open every Thursday for prayer from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Come at any point during that time to pray individually or as a small group. Use a portion of your lunch break to spend a few peaceful moments in prayer. Meet a friend to pray for a need and to offer praise and thanks to God.Remember that you are welcome to come to church at any time on weekdays to pray. We will help you find a quiet place not already in use by another group.
Thank You NoteWords cannot begin to express our thankfulness for the kindness and love shown to us over the last several months. Flowers, food, phone calls and prayers have meant so much to us. How blessed we are to have such a loving and caring church family. - Donald and Katelyn Hardy
Save the Date!Our Bicentennial
Celebration week is January 21-28, 2018.You will not want to miss the
special events and services on Sunday, January 21 and Sunday,
January 28, and especially on Wednesday, January 24, which is First Baptist Church’s actual 200th anniversary!
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First Baptist Tuscaloosa721 Greensboro Ave.Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
205-345-7554
Family Ministry Building:205-391-3115
www.firsttuscaloosa.org
Gil McKee Senior Pastor [email protected]
Kris Sullivan Executive Pastor [email protected]
Joe ZieglerMinister of Music & [email protected]
Vial Fontenot Minister of Missions & Ministry [email protected] Jerry Lake Minister to Senior [email protected]
Joe Armour Minister to Adults & [email protected]
Beth YatesMinister to [email protected]
RJ Voorhees College Pastor [email protected]
Jody Gambrell Minister to Students [email protected]
Sidney HiersHispanic Pastor
Carl Wells Associate Pastor Emeritus
Recently Hospitalized (as of 10/17/17)Northport Hospital Rehab: Joy LeighForest Manor Rehab: Midy Holt
Minister on Call In case of an emergency need during the weekend please call the church office at 205-345-7554 and leave a voice message. The Minister on Call that weekend will check the messages regularly and make contact as needed.
Sunday School 10/15/17 Enrollment AttendancePreschool 186 66Children 194 56Students 232 111College 313 87Adults 1294 559Special Education 34Internationals 80 46Totals 2299 959
Sympathy to:Janice Back and family in the death of her aunt and her cousin.
721 Project Update$728,236
2017 Mission/Ministry Plan SummaryActual Year-to-Date Gifts $2,865,700.97Year-to-Date Need $3,132,024.00Difference for Year ($266,323.03)
October 15, 2017Ministry Plan Gifts $76,572.00Weekly Ministry Budget Need $74,572.00Surplus for Week $1,882.14
721 Project Gifts $1,937.00Designated Gifts $1,650.00Total Gifts $80,041.14
Gifts in Memory of:Joe W. Armour, Sr.; Ellen Hardy;
Eleanor Jones; Steve Lamkin; Earline Sparks; Nena Walker
Welcome New Member
Family Night Meal
by letter/statement:Angela Howell (1)
firsttuscaloosa.orgKids Ministry: ttownkids.orgCollege: fbctcollege.com
Sermons: firsttuscaloosa.org/mediaGiving: firsttuscaloosa.org/givingFacebook: FirstTuscaloosaTwitter: @firsttuscaloosaInstagram: firsttuscaloosa
Visit the LibraryThe church library is now on the first floor of the Main Building next to the gym. Hours are Sundays, 9:30-10:45 a.m. and Wednesdays, 4:30-7:30 p.m.
October 25Vegetable Plate with purple-hull peas, turnip greens, fried okra, creamed corn, pickled beets, cornbread, cookiesOR Baked Potato BarKids: Chicken nuggets, tater tots, fruit cup, cookiesAdults: $6; Kids: $4 (age 10 and under)
Meal served 4:45-5:45 p.m.Reservations are not needed.
Ministries on Facebook:Kids Ministry - fb.me/ttownkidsminStudents - fb.me/ttownstudentsFBC Women - fb.me/firsttuscaloosawomenCollege - First Baptist College MinistryMissions - fb.me/firsttuscaloosamissionsCDP - fb.me/firsttuscaloosacdpInternationals - fb.me/firsttuscaloosaeslIglesia Biblica Bautista TuscaloosaBicentennial - fb.me/firsttuscaloosa200
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH721 Greensboro Avenue | Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35401205.345.7554 | Fax 205.391.3108 | firsttuscaloosa.org
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Mission Statement: First Baptist Church exists to magnify Jesus Christ and multiply HisKingdom, to mature believers into effective Christ-followers, and to minister to others in Jesus’ name.
Our Worship Service is broadcast at 11:00 a.m.
every Sunday on WVUA-TV.
Sunday, October 228:30 Worship8:45 Chinese Prayer Service9:30-10:45 Library open9:45 Sunday School11:00 Worship; Kids Praise11:00 Chinese & Spanish Worship11:00 Discover: Missions/Evangelism3:45 p.m. Handbell rehearsal4:00 GriefShare4:00 Deacons’ Meeting4:30 Revelation Choir5:00 Women’s studies5:00 College leadership meeting5:00 Explore the Bible for Kids5:30 Adult DiscipleLife studies5:30 3D - Student Discipleship
Monday, October 238:30 a.m. Second-Hand Rose Ministry6:00 p.m. Samford MTI course begins
Tuesday, October 245:30 p.m. Line Dance Exercise class8:00 College worship
Wednesday, October 257:00 a.m. Men’s Prayer Group9:00/9:30 Women’s Bible studies4:30-7:30 Library Open4:30-6:00 Reception for Chesnutts4:45-5:45 Wednesday Night Meal5:30 DivorceCare | GriefShare5:45 Spanish Bible study5:45-7:15 ESL Classes5:45-6:40 Preschool & Children’s Choirs6:45-7:30 Mission Friends/RAs/GAs6:00-7:00 Adult DiscipleLife studies6:00-7:30 Women’s Bible study6:00-7:30 Students: LIVE6:45-8:05 Worship Choir & Orchestra
Thursday, October 269:00 a.m. Quilters Group9:30-11:30 English as a Second Language10-2 Prayer time in the Chapel
Friday, October 276:00 p.m. Chinese Bible Study/Fellowship
Saturday, October 288:00 a.m. Student Ministry BLACKOUT
Info flyer: http://go2l.ink/market17
Volunteer Needs: Contact Beth Yates ([email protected]) if you would like to volunteer to serve in any of these areas: Thursday (11/2), anytime between 3 & 8 p.m.: Help with unloading vendors and set up, Vendor hostsFriday (11/3) anytime between 10 a.m. & 6 p.m. and/or Saturday (11/4) between 10 a.m. & 2 p.m.: Greeters, Servers in the Deli, Vendor Hosts, Parking Assistants2 p.m. on Saturday: Help vendors break down booths and load their items
Friday, November 310 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Saturday, November 410 a.m. - 2 p.m.
Featuring over 40 vendors with a wide variety of decorative and hand-crafted items and unique gifts for everyone on your Christmas list.
FREE Admission
FREE ParkingSponsored by the Women’s Ministry of First Baptist Church.
721 Greensboro Ave. Tuscaloosa, AL 35401|205-345-7554|firsttuscaloosa.org
First Baptist Fellowship Hall(between 7th and 8th Streets
in Downtown Tuscaloosa)
“Cafe” with deli-style
sandwichesBake Sale