The MESSENGER (USPS 591-280) is published weekly except the week of Christmas by

First Baptist Church, 600 Governors Drive, Huntsville, AL 35801. Periodical postage

paid at Huntsville, Alabama 31801-5178. POSTMASTER send change of address to THE

MESSENGER, 600 Governors Drive, Huntsville, AL 35801.

office: 256-428-9400

weekend minister on call: 256-428-9457

24-hour prayer line: 256-428-9460

The Messengerfbchsv.org

firsT bapTisT hunTsville

this sunday

knowing, lov ing, serv ing Christ...together

First Baptist Church

600 Governors Drive

Huntsville, AL 35801

ESL Needs Your Help!

The ESL Ministry is in great need of nursery volunteers, especially with the 3-5 year

olds. ESL meets Thursdays at 8:45-11:15 a.m. You can work weekly, monthly, or as

often as you wish. Please contact Tina Darby at 256-837-5699.

Also, the Madison Baptist Association is offering ESL teacher training on May 10-12. The cost is $25. Contact the Madison Baptist Association for more information.

Table Cloths

Please check and see if you have any of the church’s table cloths. If so, please call

Pat Williams at 256-518-9262.

Saturday, April 21

Yes! There is a place for you to serve, with over 20 different projects supported by FBC. Last year over 2,800 persons

shared in this great day, won’t you join that number today! Volunteer team leaders are already assessing sites, gathering supplies and filling volunteer slots. On-site childcare for birth through kindergarten is available through reservation only. You must call

the Children’s Ministry at 256-428-9411 to reserve a spot for your child before April 1.

Find a complete list of projects in the Serving Brochure or on-line at www.

servingthecityonline.com or on Facebook: Serving the City as ONE.

Volume 63 / Week Number 12 / March 22, 2012

March 25, 2012The Fifth Sunday in Lent

Sermon“A New Deal”

Jeremiah 31:31-34

First Fellowship Worship - 8:15 a.m.Music from the First Fellowship Band

Morning Bible Study - 9:15 a.m.Bible Study for all ages

Sanctuary Worship - 10:30 a.m.Music from the Hallelujah Choir

I Can Do All Things — FordSolo by Wendell Powers

I Walked Today Where Jesus Walked — O’Hara

Offertory Music from Woodwind Trio

Evening ActivitiesFoundations for Life Classes

www.fbchsv.org/foundationsforlife

FIrST THOugHTSDavid Hull, Pastor

g. H. Morling in The Quest for Serenity wrote, “A valuable study of the gospels could be made, noticing how many times Jesus gave some of His greatest teachings in circumstances where he had simply been interrupted. How different this is from us; we hate to be interrupted. To Jesus, the importance seemed to lie in the person whose path had crossed His own. Things don’t just ‘happen’ in the providence of god. The interruption may well be our highest task at that very moment.”

Someone may interrupt you today. Your plans will take a turn in a new direction when an unexpected event or person crosses your path. How will you respond? Is the interruption a bother or an opportunity? Will you see the interruption as a divine appointment with someone who needs your help . . . your words . . . your love?

Dietrich Bonhoeffer echoed this thought when he wrote, “We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by god. god will be constantly crossing our paths and canceling our plans ... sending us people with claims and petitions. ... It is a strange fact that Christians and even ministers frequently consider their work so important and urgent that they will allow nothing to disturb them. They think they are doing god a service in this, but actually they are disdaining god’s ‘crooked yet straight path.’”

get ready, then, for the ministry of interruptions. You might just have a special encounter with god!

This Sunday is the last day to place orders for Easter lilies to be placed in the Sanctuary on Easter Sunday. If you would like to purchase a lily in memory of or in honor of someone, you will find order envelopes at the welcome centers and in the Church Office. You may also order online at www.fbchsv.org/easterlilies. Cost is $12.00.

First Baptist Church’s Boy Scout Troop 70 invites interested boys and parents, boys 5th grade, 10-1/2 years and older, and Webelos II to a informational meeting about Troop 70 and the Boy Scouts of America program. The meeting will be held in room 342, April 17, at 7:00 PM.

2011 was a record year for many of Troop 70’s activities and growth. Troop 70 had 1,955 hours of volunteer service hours to the community, second in our District. Troop 70 was one of only four troops in our district to

earn the National Outdoor Challenge Award which is based on outdoor activities and advancement. The troop earned the Gold (highest) Level in the Journey to Excellence Quality Unit program for the seventh year in a row. Twenty eight scouts attended summer camp, a record number for Troop 70. The troop had ten camping activities and twenty one nights of camping. Two scouts attended Northern Tier, the BSA’s high adventure canoe base in Minnesota and Canada. Troop enrollment was up from last year with fourteen new scouts, for a unit size of thirty seven scouts in four patrols. Scoutmaster Cox was named the Northern Area Troop Scoutmaster for the 2013 Boy Scout National Jamboree. He will lead one of three Greater Alabama Council Troops to The Summit, Bechtel Reserve, the fourth BSA high adventure base, in West Virginia in July of 2013. Nine Troop 70 scouts and leaders will attend as participants and staff.

Assistant Scoutmasters Daniel Dean and Ken Dunn were awarded the Boy Scout Leader's Training award. Dr. Dan Belk and Mr. Ken Dunn were recognized with the District Award of Merit for extraordinary service to their unit and the Talako District, Greater Alabama Council. Congratulations Troop 70!

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Family Matters

OUR NEWESTEmmett Lee Webster, son of Holly and Cameron Webster. Proud grandparents are Cheryl and Steve Baten

WELCOME NEW MEMBERSAndy Jones7584 Old Madison Pike Apt 616Huntsville, AL 35806

CHRISTIAN SYMPATHYMarilyn and Tom Guffin in the loss of her mother, Sheryl Guffin in the loss of her grandmother, Ethel Mitchell

Catherine Miller in the loss of her sister-in-law, Margaret Honey

Brenda and Byrom Goodwin in the loss of her mother, Deedie May

Eugene Hutchens in the loss of his sister, Dale and Cindy Hutchens in the loss of his aunt, Lillian Pope

Library Hours Sunday 9-9:15 AM | 10:10-10:45 AM | 11:40-12:00 PMTuesday 10:00 AM-12:00 PMWednesday 4:00-5:00 PM

Wednesday Night Dinner MenuWednesday, March 28

AdultsSweet and Sour Chicken

Fried riceStir Fried Vegetables

Egg rolls

SaladFried Chicken Salad

(reservations for salad must be turned in by noon on Wednesday.)

There is no children’s supper this week

STEWArDSHIP rEPOrT

03/18/12

Year-to-Date goal $ 2,162,475.00

Offering

This Week $ 62,991.95

YTD $ 1,924,983.09

Debt retirement

This Week $455.00

YTD $ 27,221.50

Faith Steps to the Future:

This Week $ 8,665.15

YTD $ 1,030,531.97

To Date: $ 3,437,262.92

www.fbchsv.org/give

ATTENDANCE

Sunday SchoolPreschool 69

Children 85

Students 124

Adults 648

Brookdale 16

Visitors 24

TOTAL 966

Worship ServicesFirst Fellowship 339

Sanctuary Worship 665

TOTAL 1004

THANK YOu

A thank you note has been received from Barbara and JD Kirkland. It has been placed on the bulletin board across from the church

office.

Palm Sunday April 1 - Regular schedule in the morning and the evening

Maundy Thursday Communion Service April 5 at 7:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall

Good Friday Tenebrae ServiceApril 6 at 7:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary

Easter SundayApril 8 - First Fellowship Worship at 8:15Bible Study at 9:15Sanctuary Worship at 10:30No Evening Activities

Young AdultsYou are invited!

April 13-152345 Girl’s retreat at The Cottage at AshvilleMy people will live in peaceful dwelling places. Isaiah 32:18Cost: $40

April 21Serving the CityAfter-Service Party at Pam and Gregg’s home

May 4YAGG (Young Adult Girls’ Gathering) at Susan Wessinger’s homeYAMEN (Young Adult Men’s Event) TBA

JuneYoung Adult Mission Project TBAConcert in the Park at Big Spring Park, Huntsville

July 21Young Adult Lake Party

August 24Bowling...followed by dessert and conversation at the home ofDavid and Jane Hull

September 21-23Young Adult Retreat at Camp ToknowHim

FBC Young Adult Ministryages 20’s - mid 30’s

For more information or to sign up for any of these events,

contact Pam McDaniel pam@fbchsv.org | 256-428-9403

Hope is RisingOne day retreat with Dr. Frank Lewis

Pastor of FBC Nashville, TN.

April 27 at Monte Sano State Park LodgeThe cost is $10

Sign up with the Adult Ministries Office @ 256-428-9403

Grandma’s Got a Brag BookAn Intentional Grandparenting Connection

April 3At the home of Susan Wessinger

2711 Fanelle Circle SE, Huntsville

TimeFor those grandmothers NOT working: 10am-1pmFor those grandmothers who ARE working: 6-9pm

RSVP by April 1Contact the Adult Ministry OfficeNo cost. A meal will be provided.

Sunday, Mar. 25 First Fellowship 8:15 AMSunday Morning Bible Study 9:15 AMSanctuary Worship 10:30 AM“Stretch Out” Bible St/242 3:00 PMChildren’s Handbells 4:00 PMFoundations for Life Classes 5:00 PM Monday, Mar. 26MOPS/241 9:00 AMLetter Writing/242 9:00 AMHallelujah Choir/Cr 10:30 AM Tuesday, Mar. 27Tues. Morn. Intercess./242 7:00 AMgrief Share/Parlor 6:00 PMForum/118 6:30 PM

Wednesday, Mar. 28Precept Bible Study/342 9:00 AMWriting Your Life Story/118 11:00 AMSupper/FH 4:45 PMPrayer Meeting/FH 5:45 PMOrchestra/Sanct. 6:00 PMSanctuary Choir/Cr 7:00 PM Thursday, Mar. 29First Fellowship Band reh./FH 6:30 PM Friday, Feb. Mar. 30BSF Leaders/Parlor 4:30 AM Saturday, Feb. Mar. 31MOPS Easter Egg Hunt/courtyard 9:00 AM

MAr. 24-28STuDENT MINISTrY SPrINg CAMP

fbchsv.org

ministry calendar

knowing, lov ing, serv ing Christ...together

Family Matters

OUR NEWESTEmmett Lee Webster, son of Holly and Cameron Webster. Proud grandparents are Cheryl and Steve Baten

WELCOME NEW MEMBERSAndy Jones7584 Old Madison Pike Apt 616Huntsville, AL 35806

CHRISTIAN SYMPATHYMarilyn and Tom Guffin in the loss of her mother, Sheryl Guffin in the loss of her grandmother, Ethel Mitchell

Catherine Miller in the loss of her sister-in-law, Margaret Honey

Brenda and Byrom Goodwin in the loss of her mother, Deedie May

Eugene Hutchens in the loss of his sister, Dale and Cindy Hutchens in the loss of his aunt, Lillian Pope

Library Hours Sunday 9-9:15 AM | 10:10-10:45 AM | 11:40-12:00 PMTuesday 10:00 AM-12:00 PMWednesday 4:00-5:00 PM

Wednesday Night Dinner MenuWednesday, March 28

AdultsSweet and Sour Chicken

Fried riceStir Fried Vegetables

Egg rolls

SaladFried Chicken Salad

(reservations for salad must be turned in by noon on Wednesday.)

There is no children’s supper this week

STEWArDSHIP rEPOrT

03/18/12

Year-to-Date goal $ 2,162,475.00

Offering

This Week $ 62,991.95

YTD $ 1,924,983.09

Debt retirement

This Week $455.00

YTD $ 27,221.50

Faith Steps to the Future:

This Week $ 8,665.15

YTD $ 1,030,531.97

To Date: $ 3,437,262.92

www.fbchsv.org/give

ATTENDANCE

Sunday SchoolPreschool 69

Children 85

Students 124

Adults 648

Brookdale 16

Visitors 24

TOTAL 966

Worship ServicesFirst Fellowship 339

Sanctuary Worship 665

TOTAL 1004

THANK YOu

A thank you note has been received from Barbara and JD Kirkland. It has been placed on the bulletin board across from the church

office.

Palm Sunday April 1 - Regular schedule in the morning and the evening

Maundy Thursday Communion Service April 5 at 7:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall

Good Friday Tenebrae ServiceApril 6 at 7:00 p.m. in the Sanctuary

Easter SundayApril 8 - First Fellowship Worship at 8:15Bible Study at 9:15Sanctuary Worship at 10:30No Evening Activities

Young AdultsYou are invited!

April 13-152345 Girl’s retreat at The Cottage at AshvilleMy people will live in peaceful dwelling places. Isaiah 32:18Cost: $40

April 21Serving the CityAfter-Service Party at Pam and Gregg’s home

May 4YAGG (Young Adult Girls’ Gathering) at Susan Wessinger’s homeYAMEN (Young Adult Men’s Event) TBA

JuneYoung Adult Mission Project TBAConcert in the Park at Big Spring Park, Huntsville

July 21Young Adult Lake Party

August 24Bowling...followed by dessert and conversation at the home ofDavid and Jane Hull

September 21-23Young Adult Retreat at Camp ToknowHim

FBC Young Adult Ministryages 20’s - mid 30’s

For more information or to sign up for any of these events,

contact Pam McDaniel pam@fbchsv.org | 256-428-9403

Hope is RisingOne day retreat with Dr. Frank Lewis

Pastor of FBC Nashville, TN.

April 27 at Monte Sano State Park LodgeThe cost is $10

Sign up with the Adult Ministries Office @ 256-428-9403

Grandma’s Got a Brag BookAn Intentional Grandparenting Connection

April 3At the home of Susan Wessinger

2711 Fanelle Circle SE, Huntsville

TimeFor those grandmothers NOT working: 10am-1pmFor those grandmothers who ARE working: 6-9pm

RSVP by April 1Contact the Adult Ministry OfficeNo cost. A meal will be provided.

Sunday, Mar. 25 First Fellowship 8:15 AMSunday Morning Bible Study 9:15 AMSanctuary Worship 10:30 AM“Stretch Out” Bible St/242 3:00 PMChildren’s Handbells 4:00 PMFoundations for Life Classes 5:00 PM Monday, Mar. 26MOPS/241 9:00 AMLetter Writing/242 9:00 AMHallelujah Choir/Cr 10:30 AM Tuesday, Mar. 27Tues. Morn. Intercess./242 7:00 AMgrief Share/Parlor 6:00 PMForum/118 6:30 PM

Wednesday, Mar. 28Precept Bible Study/342 9:00 AMWriting Your Life Story/118 11:00 AMSupper/FH 4:45 PMPrayer Meeting/FH 5:45 PMOrchestra/Sanct. 6:00 PMSanctuary Choir/Cr 7:00 PM Thursday, Mar. 29First Fellowship Band reh./FH 6:30 PM Friday, Feb. Mar. 30BSF Leaders/Parlor 4:30 AM Saturday, Feb. Mar. 31MOPS Easter Egg Hunt/courtyard 9:00 AM

MAr. 24-28STuDENT MINISTrY SPrINg CAMP

The MESSENGER (USPS 591-280) is published weekly except the week of Christmas by

First Baptist Church, 600 Governors Drive, Huntsville, AL 35801. Periodical postage

paid at Huntsville, Alabama 31801-5178. POSTMASTER send change of address to THE

MESSENGER, 600 Governors Drive, Huntsville, AL 35801.

office: 256-428-9400

weekend minister on call: 256-428-9457

24-hour prayer line: 256-428-9460

The Messengerfbchsv.org

firsT bapTisT hunTsville

this sunday

knowing, lov ing, serv ing Christ...together

First Baptist Church

600 Governors Drive

Huntsville, AL 35801

ESL Needs Your Help!

The ESL Ministry is in great need of nursery volunteers, especially with the 3-5 year

olds. ESL meets Thursdays at 8:45-11:15 a.m. You can work weekly, monthly, or as

often as you wish. Please contact Tina Darby at 256-837-5699.

Also, the Madison Baptist Association is offering ESL teacher training on May 10-12. The cost is $25. Contact the Madison Baptist Association for more information.

Table Cloths

Please check and see if you have any of the church’s table cloths. If so, please call

Pat Williams at 256-518-9262.

Saturday, April 21

Yes! There is a place for you to serve, with over 20 different projects supported by FBC. Last year over 2,800 persons

shared in this great day, won’t you join that number today! Volunteer team leaders are already assessing sites, gathering supplies and filling volunteer slots. On-site childcare for birth through kindergarten is available through reservation only. You must call

the Children’s Ministry at 256-428-9411 to reserve a spot for your child before April 1.

Find a complete list of projects in the Serving Brochure or on-line at www.

servingthecityonline.com or on Facebook: Serving the City as ONE.

Volume 63 / Week Number 12 / March 22, 2012

March 25, 2012The Fifth Sunday in Lent

Sermon“A New Deal”

Jeremiah 31:31-34

First Fellowship Worship - 8:15 a.m.Music from the First Fellowship Band

Morning Bible Study - 9:15 a.m.Bible Study for all ages

Sanctuary Worship - 10:30 a.m.Music from the Hallelujah Choir

I Can Do All Things — FordSolo by Wendell Powers

I Walked Today Where Jesus Walked — O’Hara

Offertory Music from Woodwind Trio

Evening ActivitiesFoundations for Life Classes

www.fbchsv.org/foundationsforlife

FIrST THOugHTSDavid Hull, Pastor

g. H. Morling in The Quest for Serenity wrote, “A valuable study of the gospels could be made, noticing how many times Jesus gave some of His greatest teachings in circumstances where he had simply been interrupted. How different this is from us; we hate to be interrupted. To Jesus, the importance seemed to lie in the person whose path had crossed His own. Things don’t just ‘happen’ in the providence of god. The interruption may well be our highest task at that very moment.”

Someone may interrupt you today. Your plans will take a turn in a new direction when an unexpected event or person crosses your path. How will you respond? Is the interruption a bother or an opportunity? Will you see the interruption as a divine appointment with someone who needs your help . . . your words . . . your love?

Dietrich Bonhoeffer echoed this thought when he wrote, “We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by god. god will be constantly crossing our paths and canceling our plans ... sending us people with claims and petitions. ... It is a strange fact that Christians and even ministers frequently consider their work so important and urgent that they will allow nothing to disturb them. They think they are doing god a service in this, but actually they are disdaining god’s ‘crooked yet straight path.’”

get ready, then, for the ministry of interruptions. You might just have a special encounter with god!

This Sunday is the last day to place orders for Easter lilies to be placed in the Sanctuary on Easter Sunday. If you would like to purchase a lily in memory of or in honor of someone, you will find order envelopes at the welcome centers and in the Church Office. You may also order online at www.fbchsv.org/easterlilies. Cost is $12.00.

First Baptist Church’s Boy Scout Troop 70 invites interested boys and parents, boys 5th grade, 10-1/2 years and older, and Webelos II to a informational meeting about Troop 70 and the Boy Scouts of America program. The meeting will be held in room 342, April 17, at 7:00 PM.

2011 was a record year for many of Troop 70’s activities and growth. Troop 70 had 1,955 hours of volunteer service hours to the community, second in our District. Troop 70 was one of only four troops in our district to

earn the National Outdoor Challenge Award which is based on outdoor activities and advancement. The troop earned the Gold (highest) Level in the Journey to Excellence Quality Unit program for the seventh year in a row. Twenty eight scouts attended summer camp, a record number for Troop 70. The troop had ten camping activities and twenty one nights of camping. Two scouts attended Northern Tier, the BSA’s high adventure canoe base in Minnesota and Canada. Troop enrollment was up from last year with fourteen new scouts, for a unit size of thirty seven scouts in four patrols. Scoutmaster Cox was named the Northern Area Troop Scoutmaster for the 2013 Boy Scout National Jamboree. He will lead one of three Greater Alabama Council Troops to The Summit, Bechtel Reserve, the fourth BSA high adventure base, in West Virginia in July of 2013. Nine Troop 70 scouts and leaders will attend as participants and staff.

Assistant Scoutmasters Daniel Dean and Ken Dunn were awarded the Boy Scout Leader's Training award. Dr. Dan Belk and Mr. Ken Dunn were recognized with the District Award of Merit for extraordinary service to their unit and the Talako District, Greater Alabama Council. Congratulations Troop 70!