Sunday, Jan. 7 9:45 am Sunday School 11:00 am Worship Service

Monday, Jan. 8 6:00 pm The Rose Calder Mission Group will meet at the home of Sara Fleming (502 Hilltop Lane, Lancaster).

Tuesday, Jan. 9 10:30 am The Ola Mae Weir Mission Group will meet in the Betsy Mize SS Classroom.

Wednesday, Jan. 10 5:00 pm Leadership Team Mtg /Act Room 5:00 pm Supper Line Opens Menu: Breakfast for Supper 5:45 pm TeamKid /Choir 6:00 pm Prayer Service 6:00 pm Youth Activities 7:00 pm Worship Choir Rehearsal

Thursday, Jan. 11

Friday, Jan. 12

Saturday, Jan. 13 9 - 2 pm Dream Team / FLC

January 3, 2018

Church Office ~ 803-285-4322

www.fbclancastersc.org www.facebook.com /First BaptistChurchLancaster

Pastor Randy Hatcher 1022 Westover Place Lancaster, SC 29720 email: randyhatcher94@yahoo.com Phone: 704-575-3165 - cell

Mrs. Kim Vehaun Worship Leader/Minister of Music email: kimv.fbcl@gmail.com Phone: 803-517-8446

Mrs. Sandi Cox

Director of Children’s Ministry

email: sandic@comporium.net

Phone: 803-289-9501

Mrs. Ann Pardue ~ Office Manager

email: apardue@fbclancaster.org

LOOKING AHEAD TO 2018

I want to close 2017 newsletters with one of my favorite

prayers, may it inspire us to step out in faith in 2018. May we

leave the safety of the harbor to voyage on the open seas of

faith. May we have big dreams inspired by a mighty God.

May we continue to seek Him and hear His voice each day as

He leads us. May we walk by faith and not by sight in 2018.

Ask God to lead you on a great adventure in 2018. Jesus came

to give us an abundant and full life and we only have that as

we walk with Jesus each and every day.

- By His Grace, Pastor Randy

Disturb us, Lord, when

We are too pleased with ourselves,

When our dreams have come true

Because we dreamed too little,

When we arrived safely

Because we sailed too close to the shore.

Disturb us, Lord, when

with the abundance of things we possess

We have lost our thirst

For the waters of life;

Having fallen in love with life,

We have ceased to dream of eternity

And in our efforts to build a new earth,

We have allowed our vision

Of the new Heaven to dim.

Disturb us, Lord, to dare more boldly,

To venture on wilder seas

Where storms will show Your mastery;

Where losing sight of land,

We shall find the stars.

This we ask in the name of our Captain,

Who is Jesus Christ.

Prayer of Francis Drake, 1577

A New Year Prayer

Holy Father,

God of our yesterdays, our today, and our tomorrows.

We praise You for Your unequaled greatness.

Thank You for the years behind us and for the year ahead.

Help us in Your new year, Father, to fret less and laugh more.

To teach our children to laugh by laughing with them.

To teach others to love by loving them.

Knowing, when Love came to the stable in Bethlehem,

He came for us.

So that Love could be with us, and we could know You.

That we could share Love with others.

Help us, Father, to hear Your love song in every sunrise,

in the chirping of sparrows in our backyards,

in the stories of our old folks, and the fantasies of our children.

Help us to stop and listen to Your love songs,

so that we may know You better and better.

We rejoice in the world You loved into being.

Thank You for another new year and for new chances every day.

We pray for peace, for light, and for hope, that we might

spread them to others.

Forgive us for falling short this past year.

We leave the irreparable past in your hands, and step out into the

unknown new year knowing You will go with us.

We accept Your gift of a new year and we rejoice in what’s ahead,

depending on You to help us do exactly what You want..

I say it again, we rejoice!

Celebrating Birthdays

Jan. 09 - Judy Hammond

Jan. 10 - Ray Brown

Jan. 11 - Cindy Cole, Doris Glass

Jan. 13 - Betty Lou Still

Serving this Week

Deacon: Rick DuRant

Sound: Adam Crawford

Counting Committee: Margaret Adams, Joe Catledge, Ken Cole

Nursery Workers:

Infant Nursery: Sara Fleming, Betty Lou Still

Preschool Nursery: Sandi and Emily Cox

Reminders: Jan. 8 - Rose Calder Mission Group will meet at the home of Sara Fleming, 502 Hilltop Lane, Lancaster at 6 PM. Jan. 9 - Ola Mae Weir Mission Group will meet at

10:30 AM in the Betsy Mize SS Classroom.

Book of the Bible: Romans

First Baptist Church Lancaster Sunday, January 7, 2018 - 11:00 AM

Message In Song “Come to the Altar” Kenzlie Blankenship

Video

“This Year I Mean It”

Sermon “What will be your response to Jesus in 2018?”

Luke 8:4-16 Pastor Randy Hatcher

Prayer List

Our Church Family— Hollee Gay, Marcene Neal, Martha Welch, Ellen

White, Mildred Knight, Lib McGee, Geraldine Wall, Betty Lou Still, Charles

& Roberta Moon.

The Extended Family —Lois Lucas (Judy Hammond/friend), Clara

Anderson (Jenkins Family/friend), Mary Faulkenberry (Neal Family/

family), Brenda Parker (Cole Family/friend), Gwen Furse, Jo Ann

Carmack, & Judith York (Still Family/friends), Dixie Roberts (Bob Roberts/

family), Bradley Oates (Ruby Hinson/family), Maldon Miller (Vehaun

Family/family), Jane Napier (Carolyn Taylor & Gene Starnes/family),

August Joy Price (Charles & Roberta Moon/family)

Homebound of the week : Mrs. Evelyn H. Hall, 8401 Prince George

Road, Charlotte, NC 28210.

College Student of the week: Aedan Cole, University of Texas at San

Antonio, 437 Scenic Lullaby, Spring Branch, TX 78070

Attendance & Offering

December 24, 2017

Sunday School — 80

Morning Worship — 174 Hispanic Ministry — 14

Offering Received $ 8,155.25 Received to Date $ 444,888.50 Budget Needs To Date $ 440,189.00

December 31, 2017

Sunday School — 90

Morning Worship — 139 Hispanic Ministry — 20

Offering Received $ 19,762.00 Received to Date $ 464,650.50, Budget Needs To Date $ 447,500.00

2017 Lottie Moon Offering - $5,583

2018 Offering Envelopes are in the FLC hallway and ready for pick up. If you haven’t picked yours up, please do so as soon as possible.