The VISITOR NEWSLETTER FOR FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF SILSBEE

Mark Carpenter, Pastor Tom Hawk, Minister of Church Ministries

T.J. Brawley, Student Pastor Wayne Monk, Music

Vol.64, No.23 (409) 385-2819 www.fbcsilsbee.org June 13, 2018

Purpose: (why we are here) “Loving God as He loves us, loving others as God loves them”

Mission: (what we are supposed to be doing) “Making disciples who make disciples”

Vision: (what we want to be) “Unified in The Truth, surrendered to Jesus, maturing in faith, walking in

love”

We are still collecting items for the

Christian Care Center through

the end of June.

First Friends Summer Style Wednesdays—6:30-7:30pm

Coming Events: June 17—Father’s Day June 17—Church Family Meeting June 18-22—Vacation Bible School June 20—VBS Celebration, 6:30pm June 27—Senior Adult Expo-Lumberton-10:00am July 4—4th of July-Church Office Closed July 16-21—Youth Camp

Vacation Bible School is coming up June 18th and there will be some furniture moving and decorations going up in most of the rooms within our church facilities. Thank you in advance for your patience and understanding if your room is not set as “normal.” Our VBS workers will be as diligent as possible to make sure you have as much normalcy as possible for the ongoing ministries of our church family. *Wear your VBS Game On shirts this Sunday to help our church get in the game!! *If you still need one we have some left ($10) while they last.

Galveston Urban Ministries (GUM), led by Josh Dorrell, will be receiving our 2018 VBS

offering. Over the next two weeks, we’ll use our website, Facebook, newsletter, and bulletin to

give you more information about the support our offering will give to GUM. We have great

privilege of a GUM representative sharing with us on the second day of our VBS. Let’s begin praying over our gift and God’s use

of our offering!

REMINDER: Pastor’s Bible Study—will not meet the month of June.

Pray for Bro . Mark as he will be in Haiti June 7-17.

Pray for VBS June 18-22

Pastor’s Bible Study will resume Thursday, July 5.

Bible Study Report May 27, 2018 Enrollment Attendance

Adults 500…………………………………….…..134 Youth 85………………………………….………..10 Children 45.…………………………………………..15 Preschool 26….………………………………….…….13 TOTALS 656 172

WORSHIP ATTENDANCE FOR MAY 27, 2018: Morning– 207

FINANCE REPORT

Budget Receipts to Date………………..……………….$348,814.43 Budget Expenses to Date……………………………..…$348,889.84 Missions to Date…………………………………….…. $4,706.49

Birthdays June 13-June 19

14 Sharon Monk 16 Jay Balla

14 Mason Rodgers 17 Barbara Thompson

15 Bobby Mock 17 Mickey Williams

15 Mark Carpenter 17 DanAnne Burk

15 Aubrey Hill 18 Stephen Littlepage

16 Bill Wilson 18 Antony Love

Spiritual discipline of life stewardship hits all of us – the clock and the dollar greatly influence our lives – so we must

consider their role in godly living. God calls us to be disciplined in the use of both our time and our money. We may find that

biblically disciplined stewardship of time and money are at the heart of a disciplined spiritual life that lead to Christlikeness

(Donald Whitney – Spiritual Disciplines). Because we invest most of our days working in exchange for money, in a very real sense, our money represents us. Therefore, how we us it reveals a lot of

who we are, for it manifests our priorities, our values, and our hearts. Growth in godliness will express itself in a growing

understanding of these 10 New Testament principles of giving… God owns everything you own – 1 Corinthians 10:26

Giving is an act of worship – Philippians 4:18 Giving reflects faith in God’s provision – Mark 12:41-44

Giving should be sacrificial and generous – 2 Corinthians 8:1-5 Giving reflects spiritual trustworthiness – Luke 16:10-13

Giving – love, not legalism – God wants you to give as the overflow of your love for Him – 2 Corinthians 9:7

Give willingly, thankfully, and cheerfully – 2 Corinthians 9:7 Giving is an appropriate response to real needs – Acts 2:43-45;

4:32-35; 11:27-30 Giving should be planned and systematic –

1 Corinthians 16:1-2 Generous giving results in bountiful blessing – 2 Corinthians

9:6-8 – God does not promise riches in return, He promises bountiful blessing (sometimes of unspecified nature, sometimes

we may not receive those blessings until we enter heaven)

Youth News Youth Summer Style—Wednesdays 6:30-7:30pm: June 13—Historical Books an water balloon volleyball June 20—VBS Celebration June 27—Poetry Books and steal the bacon Youth Camp: Fuge Camp July 16-21 Mobile, AL Cost: $331—$50 deposit due now Sundays: 9:00am—Sunday School 5:45—Eat and Bible study

Recommendations for June Church Family Meeting:

Church Letters a. Alex Taylor to Lake Highlands Baptist Church, Dallas Texas

Recommendations a. The Church Operations Manual committee recommends the adoption of the

following Job Descriptions: 1. Academy Committee Page 14 2. Bylaws Committee Page 15 3. Church Property Committee Page 16 4. Missions/Benevolence Committee Pages 17-18