volume 65 / week number 33 / august 14, 2014 monday classes...
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First Baptist Church
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Huntsville, AL 35801
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Volume 65 / Week Number 33 / August 14, 2014
August 17, 2014
SermoN - TrAViS colliNS“Play the Ball Where the monkey Dropped it”
Jeremiah 29:4-11
FirST FelloWShiP - 8:15 AmMusic from the First Fellowship Band
morNiNg BiBle STuDy - 9:15 AmBible Study for all ages
SANcTuAry WorShiP - 10:30 AmAnthem by the Sanctuary Choir
If You Search with All Your Heart - CourtneyFlute duet by Amy Helser and Emily DePlachett
FouNDATioNS For liFe clASSeSChapel Class - Taught by Travis Collins
5:00-6:00 PM, Chapel
Women’s Bible Study4:00-6:00 PM, Room 111
1 and 2 Thessalonians by Beth Moore
Let’s Talk about Marriage4:00-6:00 PM, Community Room
Student Choir5:00 PM, Choir Room
Sunday Night Classes for Children5:00-6:00 PM
Grades 1-6, Room 229Preschool 3s-Kindergarten, Room 216
Babies-Preschool 2’s, Room 213
FirST ThoughTSDavid hull, Pastor
I am overwhelmed by your outpouring of love and appreciation on my last day as your pastor. The celebration began on Saturday when Jane and I were totally surprised at a dinner party which included two people from each of the five churches we have served over the past 35 years. What a delight that was to get all of these folks together for a special evening!
Sunday was a day that I will always remember. The experience of worship was very moving for me as we offered our praises to God and gathered around the Table of the Lord. The Scriptures and benedictions helped us all to remember the goodness, grace and love of God in the past, and to move with trust into the future where Christ is already preparing the way.
Then we moved from one Table to many tables. What a “great cloud of witnesses” gathered in our new facilities for a celebration lunch! I know that this was quite a logistical challenge, and I am so thankful to all staff and volunteers who worked hard to make the event happen in a beautiful way.
The words which were expressed by friends from the church and our larger Baptist family around the state truly touched me. The gifts presented to Jane and me remind us once again of how thoughtful you are as a church. Special thanks go to the Personnel Committee who made the plans for the day of celebration. I will look forward to using the new computer that was given to be a tool for my ministry of writing, teaching, consulting, and preaching in the days ahead. I do need such a gift, and you were most gracious to think of my needs in this way. The stained glass window of the baptistery cross will be a wonderful visual reminder of the ways that we have all gathered at the cross to follow our Lord together. The humorous presentation of the “countdown clock” helped us all to laugh a bit when things were getting pretty serious. Finally, the very generous love offering is received just as the name indicates – as a deep expression of your love. Please know that we love you in return and always will.
You might think that once lunch was over that would be enough celebration for the day. But you were not through yet! A most beautiful reception was given through “extra mile efforts” and creativity of our Food Services staff, Personnel Committee, and other volunteers. We came to “the table” once again for great food, but more importantly the occasion allowed our family to have personal moments of conversation with so many friends from the church and the community.
I will end by echoing the words of Philippians 1:3 which were read in worship on Sunday. “I thank my God every time I remember you . . .”
(Please read on in The Messenger for some “Last Thoughts” from David Hull)
Fellowship Club
Friday, August 15 at 10:00 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall
Program: Joe Berry, story tellerNon-members may call Sue Mauldin to
RSVP, 256-534-2368
Dominican Republic Mission TripNovember 21-30, 2014
Cost is $1,700.00 with some financial scholarships available.
The team will work in Santiago, Dominican Republic with local Haitian Pastor Wilfrido Brunache. The team will be holding medical, dental and
eye glasses clinics with local Haitian churches. No medical experience is necessary. Workers are needed for
evangelism and witnessing. Deadline to sign up is August 24.
For more information contact Dr. Jerry Graham, (256) 461-7482, or email
Laura Elrod at [email protected].
A recital of “Music for Brass and Organ” will be presented on Thursday evening, September 11, at 7:00 PM in the Sanctuary. Featured will be our 21-piece brass choir (The First Baptist Brass), smaller
chamber ensembles, soloists, and the magnificent 80-rank Casavant organ. For more information please contact our Music Ministry Office (256-428-9421) or visit www.fbchsv.org/music.
Monday Classes
Cooking Outside the Box • 6:00-7:30 PM • Community RoomAugust 18, September 15, October 20, November 17Facilitators: Charlotte Davis, Rebecca Dean, Terry Jarnagin, Mary Ann Moon, Janice Owen, Mecia StappSign up online through Mosaic Available Small Groups or [email protected], 256-428-9418.
Tuesday Classes
Women’s Bible Study • 9:00-11:30 AM • Room 327Daniel: Lives of Integrity, Words of Prophecy by Beth MooreAugust 26-November 25 (12 weeks)Facilitator: Becky SoutulloCost of book: $17. Sign up online through Mosaic Available Small Groups or [email protected], 256-428-9418.Childcare is available with advance reservations through the Childhood Ministry Office, 256-428-9411.
Forum: Young Adult Supper, Fun, and Bible Study • 6:30-8:30 PM • Student CenterAges 20s and 30sResumes Tuesday, August 12Contact: [email protected], 256-428-9418Childcare is available by calling the Childhood Ministry Office, 256-428-9411 by Sunday noon before the Tuesday.
Wednesday Classes
Prayer Meeting and Bible Study led by Dan Champion • Fellowship Hall4:45—Supper5:45—Prayer Meeting and Bible study
Women’s Bible Study • 5:30-7:00 PM • Room 111James—Mercy Triumphs by Beth MooreAugust 13-October 8 (9 weeks)Facilitators: Lisa Wilson and Mindy HyattCost of Book $15.Sign up online through Mosaic Available Small Groups or [email protected], 256-428-9418.
The Daniel Plan • 5:30-7:00 PM • Room 114August 13-October 1 (8 weeks)Facilitators Beth HoffmanSign up online through Mosaic Available Small Groups or [email protected], 256-428-9418.
Employment Peace Seminar • 5:30-7:00 PM • Room 118August 13-November 19 (14 weeks)Facilitator: Austin BoydSign up online through Mosaic Available Small Groups or [email protected], 256-428-9418.
Financial Peace University • 5:30-7:00 PM • Room 254August 13 (Preview Class)-October 29 (9 weeks)Facilitators: Hunter and Alison HoskinsCost is $90 for materialsSign up at www.daveramsey.com or contact [email protected]
His Needs, Her Needs: A Marriage Study • 5:45-7:00 PM • Community RoomAugust 13-September 17 (6 weeks)Facilitators: Bob and Cherry SaintParticipant’s Guide: $10 eachSign up online through Mosaic Available Small Groups or [email protected], 256-428-9418.
Wednesday Classes (continued)
Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage • 5:45-7:00 PM • Community RoomSeptember 24-October 29 (6 weeks)Facilitators: TBASign up online through Mosaic Available Small Groups or [email protected], 256-428-9418.
Jesse Tree Bible Study and Ornament Making • 5:30-7:00 • Room 107Creative Crafting for Adults!October 1-October 29 (5 weeks)Facilitators: Joy Moore and Kristin WilkersonSign up online through Mosaic Available Small Groups or [email protected], 256-428-9418.
Beginner & Intermediate Spanish Class • Wednesdays, 5:00-6:50 PM • Room 141Begins August 20 - November 19Taught by Alberto DuarteContact [email protected] or call 256-428-9408.
Student LiftOff • 6:00 PM • Student Center • Grades 7-12
Children’s Music and Missions • 5:30-7:00 PM • Preschool 3’s—Grade 6
Loving Care for Babies—Preschool 2’s • 4:30-8:30 PM
ministry calendar
knowing, lov ing, serv ing Christ...together
FAMILY MATTERS
NEW MEMBERSAna Lankford703 Owens DriveHuntsville, AL 35801
Chuck & Andra Chamberlin6901 Ridge Pointe Drive SEHuntsville, AL 35763
CHRISTIAN SYMPATHYGreg and Marcia Newman in the loss of his mother, and Patrick Newman in the loss of his grandmother, Mary Newman
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, August 20
Adultschicken cordon Bleu
corn casseroleitalian green Beans with New Potatoes
roll
Salad grilled chicken Salad
(reservations for salad must be turned in by 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday.)
STeWArDShiP rePorT
Week # 45
08/10/14
year-to-Date goal $ 3,572,740.00
offering
This Week $ 53,470.71
yTD $ 3,655,081.94
Faith Steps - Admin Suite
This Week $ 412.00
yTD $ 120,640.63
To Date $ 813,275.46
Faith Steps to the Future
This Week $ 4,281.00
yTD $ 508,412.10
To Date $ 5,474,213.36
ATTeNDANce
Sunday SchoolPreschool 84
children 76
Students 145
Adults 661
Visitors 79
Brookdale 18
ToTAl 1073
Worship Service
combined Worship Service Total 1185
ThANk youA thank you note has been received from
lucy glover. it has been placed on the bulletin board across from the music Suite.
Foundations for Life ClassesFall 2014
Sunday Night Bible Studies
Chapel Class • 5:00-6:00 PM • ChapelTaught by Travis Collins
Women’s Bible Study • 4:00-6:00 PM • Room 111Children of the Day—1 and 2 Thessalonians by Beth MooreAugust 17– November 9 (9 weeks)Facilitator: Nannette O’DellSign up online through Mosaic Available Small Groups or [email protected], 256-428-9418.
Dating, Engaged, or Newlywed Couples • 4:00-6:00 PM • Community RoomLet’s Talk about MarriageAugust 17-September 28 (6 weeks)Facilitators: Bob and Cherry Saint, guest couplesCost is $10/couple. Sign up online through Mosaic Available Small Groups or [email protected], 256-428-9418.
Parenting Class: Mom Talk • 5:00-6:00 PM • Room 253September 7-September 28 (4 weeks)Facilitators: Teresa Bailey, Carlene Braun, Robin Chambers, Susan Field, Susan Gravlee, Linda Jeter, Nan Kirk, Susan McClung, Mary Ann Moon, Kristi TaylorSign up online through Mosaic Available Small Groups or [email protected], 256-428-9411.
Parenting Class: Dad Talk • 5:00-6:00 PM • Room 252September 7-September 28 (4 weeks)Facilitators: Austin Boyd, Mark Braun, Steve Chambers, Scott Field, DeWayne Jeter, Mike Kirk, Pat Lewallen, Phillip Roberts, Mark Russell, Randy Taylor, Wayne WesterhouseSign up online through Mosaic Available Small Groups or [email protected], 256-428-9411.
Parenting Class: Hands-Free Parenting • 5:00-6:00 PM • Room 253November 2-November 16 (3 weeks)Facilitator: Joy Moore, [email protected] up online through Mosaic Available Small Groups or [email protected], 256-428-9411.
Student Choir • 5:00 PM • Choir RoomBegins August 17Led by Billy Orton, Anne Reasons, and Sherry UpshawContact: [email protected], 256-428-9421
Sunday Night Classes for Children • 5:00-6:00 PMGrades 1-6, Room 229Preschool 3s-Kindergarten, Room 216Babies-Preschool 2’s, Room 213*Sunday night care for children is available for 4:00 classes if advance reservations are made.
Sunday, August 17First Fellowship Worship 8:15 Ammorning Bible Study 9:15 AmSanctuary Worship 10:30 AmTrout Fishing interest meeting 12:00 PmhAm radio club 2:00 PmStudent Praise Band rehearsal 3:00 PmPreschool/children August Bday Party 4:00 Pmmen’s ensemble Practice 4:00 PmFoundations for life classes 4:00 & 5:00 PmStudent choir 5:00 PmStudent Blast off celebration 6:00 Pm
monday, August 18letter Writing ministry 9:00 Amcooking outside the Box 6:00 Pm
Tuesday, August 19Spiritual Formations 7:00 AmSilk meeting 5:00 Pm2345 ministry gym 5:30 PmgriefShare 6:00 PmBoy Scout Troop 70 6:30 PmForum 6:30 Pmmosaic ringers rehearsal 6:30 Pm
Wednesday, August 20Supper/Fh 4:45 Pmemployment Peace Seminar 5:30 PmFinancial Peace university 5:30 Pmchildren’s music & missions 5:30 PmThe Daniel Plan 5:30 PmWomen’s Bible Study: James 5:30 Pmmarriage Study: his Needs/her Needs 5:45 PmPrayer meeting & Bible Study/Fh 5:45 PmStudent liftoff 6:00 Pmorchestra rehearsal 6:00 PmFirst Fellowship Band Practice/lc 7:00 PmSanctuary choir rehearsal 7:00 Pm
Thursday, August 21eSl 8:00 AmWalkie Talkies 10:00 Am
FBC’s interim preacher, Travis Collins, will be leading the Chapel Class as part of
Sunday Night Foundations for Life this fall. His book, Directionally Challenged: How to Find and Follow God’s Course for Your
Life is available for purchase ($8.00) in the church office or on Sunday nights in the
Chapel.
Pam’sBeach Bon Voyage
You are invited to help celebrate Pam McDaniel as she retires from 20 years of service at FBC!
Wednesday, August 276:00-7:30 p.m.Gathering Place
Everyone is invited for fun, games and food!
This is set up for you to come and go as your Wednesday night schedule will allow, so drop in for a few minutes and have some fun and
bid farewell to Pam!
lAST ThoughTSDavid W. hull
During the past twelve years most issues of The Messenger have contained “First Thoughts.” These articles were my way of reflecting on our life together in First Baptist Church. My preacher friends probably did not get many good sermon illustrations from my articles, but hopefully everyone caught a sense of the life and ministry of our congregation. Now, in a final article, I write some “Last Thoughts” about your future and mine.
I am very excited about the future of First Baptist Church. You are a great church with a heart for the mission of God and you live this out in caring and creative ministries. You have outstanding church leadership who will guide you through the interim period. Excellent staff will continue high quality ministry in the years to come. Beautiful and functional facilities equip you to maximize ministry and mission as you continue to reach out to the community. The location of the church has always been very strategic, and it becomes more so each year with the redevelopment of downtown Huntsville all around the neighborhood. The reputation of First Baptist in our city and in the larger Baptist family is highly respected. The future looks bright for the old First Church.
A pastoral interim can be an apprehensive time. It can also be a time for great growth and development. Everything about the interim that lies before you leads to the way of health. My friend Travis Collins will provide sermons and biblical teaching that will bless your life. If you were present on August 3 you already know that. I encourage you to get to know him, to listen carefully to what he will say, and to allow God to bless you through him. Another friend of mine, Bill Wilson, will help the church look to the future in a strategic visioning process. This sends a great message of church health to prospective pastors who can see a church that is not sitting around waiting, but a church who is moving forward as God leads during a transitional time. Throughout this interim season, you will have great leadership from the church staff in addition to the lay leaders. I hope that you will look back at the end of the interim season and see the healthy growth in your own life and in the life of the church.
You have selected an outstanding Pastoral Search Committee. They will represent you well as they listen to God’s leadership in their search. Please pray for them, as I will, and be patient with them. Allow them to take the time that is needed for this kind of search, waiting for the person God has already selected to be your next pastor.
As Jane and I begin our new adventure in ministry, we do so with a splendid farewell from our church family. We are excited about what lies ahead. Jane is off to a wonderful start as Pastor of Union Christian Church in Watkinsville, GA. She is loving her work there and leaders in the church have told me that she is a “keeper.” I am so proud of Jane, who teaches me about faith and following the call of God. Her seven-year journey of calling, preparation, waiting, and now serving is an inspiration to me. I look forward to her being my pastor.
What will I be doing? We have talked about “retirement,” but that is only from the pastoral ministry. I plan to continue to serve in ministry in new ways. I will write, teach a course on leadership in a School of Theology, assist churches by coaching them through transitional seasons, and do interim and supply preaching. I expect that these four things will grow to be full-time ministry. The difference is that I will be specializing in certain areas of my giftedness rather than the very general work of a pastor and I will be connecting with many churches in ministry rather than focusing my energies on one congregation. I look forward to learning and growing in order to meet these new opportunities in ministry.
While I will no longer be doing the work of your pastor, I will still be your friend. Jane and I would love for you to stay in touch with us in the years to come. If you are ever in the Athens, GA area we would love for you to worship at Union Christian Church and to visit with us.
Our new address is 1151 Manor Ridge Drive, Bishop, GA 30621 and our home phone (which will also be my office number) is 706-705-1012. You can reach Jane at [email protected] or [email protected] and my new e-mail is [email protected]. Come see us . . . write us . . . give us a call. We would love to hear from you. I trust that you understand why it is appropriate for me to stay away for awhile so that the leadership baton may be passed to someone else. However, that does not mean that you need to stay away. Keep in touch.
I ended my remarks at the lunch on Sunday with these words from Dag Hammarsjkold, the former Secretary-General of the United Nations. Let me end with them again:
For all that has been – ThanksFor all that is to come – Yes!
ministry calendar
knowing, lov ing, serv ing Christ...together
FAMILY MATTERS
NEW MEMBERSAna Lankford703 Owens DriveHuntsville, AL 35801
Chuck & Andra Chamberlin6901 Ridge Pointe Drive SEHuntsville, AL 35763
CHRISTIAN SYMPATHYGreg and Marcia Newman in the loss of his mother, and Patrick Newman in the loss of his grandmother, Mary Newman
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, August 20
Adultschicken cordon Bleu
corn casseroleitalian green Beans with New Potatoes
roll
Salad grilled chicken Salad
(reservations for salad must be turned in by 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday.)
STeWArDShiP rePorT
Week # 45
08/10/14
year-to-Date goal $ 3,572,740.00
offering
This Week $ 53,470.71
yTD $ 3,655,081.94
Faith Steps - Admin Suite
This Week $ 412.00
yTD $ 120,640.63
To Date $ 813,275.46
Faith Steps to the Future
This Week $ 4,281.00
yTD $ 508,412.10
To Date $ 5,474,213.36
ATTeNDANce
Sunday SchoolPreschool 84
children 76
Students 145
Adults 661
Visitors 79
Brookdale 18
ToTAl 1073
Worship Service
combined Worship Service Total 1185
ThANk youA thank you note has been received from
lucy glover. it has been placed on the bulletin board across from the music Suite.
Foundations for Life ClassesFall 2014
Sunday Night Bible Studies
Chapel Class • 5:00-6:00 PM • ChapelTaught by Travis Collins
Women’s Bible Study • 4:00-6:00 PM • Room 111Children of the Day—1 and 2 Thessalonians by Beth MooreAugust 17– November 9 (9 weeks)Facilitator: Nannette O’DellSign up online through Mosaic Available Small Groups or [email protected], 256-428-9418.
Dating, Engaged, or Newlywed Couples • 4:00-6:00 PM • Community RoomLet’s Talk about MarriageAugust 17-September 28 (6 weeks)Facilitators: Bob and Cherry Saint, guest couplesCost is $10/couple. Sign up online through Mosaic Available Small Groups or [email protected], 256-428-9418.
Parenting Class: Mom Talk • 5:00-6:00 PM • Room 253September 7-September 28 (4 weeks)Facilitators: Teresa Bailey, Carlene Braun, Robin Chambers, Susan Field, Susan Gravlee, Linda Jeter, Nan Kirk, Susan McClung, Mary Ann Moon, Kristi TaylorSign up online through Mosaic Available Small Groups or [email protected], 256-428-9411.
Parenting Class: Dad Talk • 5:00-6:00 PM • Room 252September 7-September 28 (4 weeks)Facilitators: Austin Boyd, Mark Braun, Steve Chambers, Scott Field, DeWayne Jeter, Mike Kirk, Pat Lewallen, Phillip Roberts, Mark Russell, Randy Taylor, Wayne WesterhouseSign up online through Mosaic Available Small Groups or [email protected], 256-428-9411.
Parenting Class: Hands-Free Parenting • 5:00-6:00 PM • Room 253November 2-November 16 (3 weeks)Facilitator: Joy Moore, [email protected] up online through Mosaic Available Small Groups or [email protected], 256-428-9411.
Student Choir • 5:00 PM • Choir RoomBegins August 17Led by Billy Orton, Anne Reasons, and Sherry UpshawContact: [email protected], 256-428-9421
Sunday Night Classes for Children • 5:00-6:00 PMGrades 1-6, Room 229Preschool 3s-Kindergarten, Room 216Babies-Preschool 2’s, Room 213*Sunday night care for children is available for 4:00 classes if advance reservations are made.
Sunday, August 17First Fellowship Worship 8:15 Ammorning Bible Study 9:15 AmSanctuary Worship 10:30 AmTrout Fishing interest meeting 12:00 PmhAm radio club 2:00 PmStudent Praise Band rehearsal 3:00 PmPreschool/children August Bday Party 4:00 Pmmen’s ensemble Practice 4:00 PmFoundations for life classes 4:00 & 5:00 PmStudent choir 5:00 PmStudent Blast off celebration 6:00 Pm
monday, August 18letter Writing ministry 9:00 Amcooking outside the Box 6:00 Pm
Tuesday, August 19Spiritual Formations 7:00 AmSilk meeting 5:00 Pm2345 ministry gym 5:30 PmgriefShare 6:00 PmBoy Scout Troop 70 6:30 PmForum 6:30 Pmmosaic ringers rehearsal 6:30 Pm
Wednesday, August 20Supper/Fh 4:45 Pmemployment Peace Seminar 5:30 PmFinancial Peace university 5:30 Pmchildren’s music & missions 5:30 PmThe Daniel Plan 5:30 PmWomen’s Bible Study: James 5:30 Pmmarriage Study: his Needs/her Needs 5:45 PmPrayer meeting & Bible Study/Fh 5:45 PmStudent liftoff 6:00 Pmorchestra rehearsal 6:00 PmFirst Fellowship Band Practice/lc 7:00 PmSanctuary choir rehearsal 7:00 Pm
Thursday, August 21eSl 8:00 AmWalkie Talkies 10:00 Am
FBC’s interim preacher, Travis Collins, will be leading the Chapel Class as part of
Sunday Night Foundations for Life this fall. His book, Directionally Challenged: How to Find and Follow God’s Course for Your
Life is available for purchase ($8.00) in the church office or on Sunday nights in the
Chapel.
Pam’sBeach Bon Voyage
You are invited to help celebrate Pam McDaniel as she retires from 20 years of service at FBC!
Wednesday, August 276:00-7:30 p.m.Gathering Place
Everyone is invited for fun, games and food!
This is set up for you to come and go as your Wednesday night schedule will allow, so drop in for a few minutes and have some fun and
bid farewell to Pam!
lAST ThoughTSDavid W. hull
During the past twelve years most issues of The Messenger have contained “First Thoughts.” These articles were my way of reflecting on our life together in First Baptist Church. My preacher friends probably did not get many good sermon illustrations from my articles, but hopefully everyone caught a sense of the life and ministry of our congregation. Now, in a final article, I write some “Last Thoughts” about your future and mine.
I am very excited about the future of First Baptist Church. You are a great church with a heart for the mission of God and you live this out in caring and creative ministries. You have outstanding church leadership who will guide you through the interim period. Excellent staff will continue high quality ministry in the years to come. Beautiful and functional facilities equip you to maximize ministry and mission as you continue to reach out to the community. The location of the church has always been very strategic, and it becomes more so each year with the redevelopment of downtown Huntsville all around the neighborhood. The reputation of First Baptist in our city and in the larger Baptist family is highly respected. The future looks bright for the old First Church.
A pastoral interim can be an apprehensive time. It can also be a time for great growth and development. Everything about the interim that lies before you leads to the way of health. My friend Travis Collins will provide sermons and biblical teaching that will bless your life. If you were present on August 3 you already know that. I encourage you to get to know him, to listen carefully to what he will say, and to allow God to bless you through him. Another friend of mine, Bill Wilson, will help the church look to the future in a strategic visioning process. This sends a great message of church health to prospective pastors who can see a church that is not sitting around waiting, but a church who is moving forward as God leads during a transitional time. Throughout this interim season, you will have great leadership from the church staff in addition to the lay leaders. I hope that you will look back at the end of the interim season and see the healthy growth in your own life and in the life of the church.
You have selected an outstanding Pastoral Search Committee. They will represent you well as they listen to God’s leadership in their search. Please pray for them, as I will, and be patient with them. Allow them to take the time that is needed for this kind of search, waiting for the person God has already selected to be your next pastor.
As Jane and I begin our new adventure in ministry, we do so with a splendid farewell from our church family. We are excited about what lies ahead. Jane is off to a wonderful start as Pastor of Union Christian Church in Watkinsville, GA. She is loving her work there and leaders in the church have told me that she is a “keeper.” I am so proud of Jane, who teaches me about faith and following the call of God. Her seven-year journey of calling, preparation, waiting, and now serving is an inspiration to me. I look forward to her being my pastor.
What will I be doing? We have talked about “retirement,” but that is only from the pastoral ministry. I plan to continue to serve in ministry in new ways. I will write, teach a course on leadership in a School of Theology, assist churches by coaching them through transitional seasons, and do interim and supply preaching. I expect that these four things will grow to be full-time ministry. The difference is that I will be specializing in certain areas of my giftedness rather than the very general work of a pastor and I will be connecting with many churches in ministry rather than focusing my energies on one congregation. I look forward to learning and growing in order to meet these new opportunities in ministry.
While I will no longer be doing the work of your pastor, I will still be your friend. Jane and I would love for you to stay in touch with us in the years to come. If you are ever in the Athens, GA area we would love for you to worship at Union Christian Church and to visit with us.
Our new address is 1151 Manor Ridge Drive, Bishop, GA 30621 and our home phone (which will also be my office number) is 706-705-1012. You can reach Jane at [email protected] or [email protected] and my new e-mail is [email protected]. Come see us . . . write us . . . give us a call. We would love to hear from you. I trust that you understand why it is appropriate for me to stay away for awhile so that the leadership baton may be passed to someone else. However, that does not mean that you need to stay away. Keep in touch.
I ended my remarks at the lunch on Sunday with these words from Dag Hammarsjkold, the former Secretary-General of the United Nations. Let me end with them again:
For all that has been – ThanksFor all that is to come – Yes!
ministry calendar
knowing, lov ing, serv ing Christ...together
FAMILY MATTERS
NEW MEMBERSAna Lankford703 Owens DriveHuntsville, AL 35801
Chuck & Andra Chamberlin6901 Ridge Pointe Drive SEHuntsville, AL 35763
CHRISTIAN SYMPATHYGreg and Marcia Newman in the loss of his mother, and Patrick Newman in the loss of his grandmother, Mary Newman
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, August 20
Adultschicken cordon Bleu
corn casseroleitalian green Beans with New Potatoes
roll
Salad grilled chicken Salad
(reservations for salad must be turned in by 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday.)
STeWArDShiP rePorT
Week # 45
08/10/14
year-to-Date goal $ 3,572,740.00
offering
This Week $ 53,470.71
yTD $ 3,655,081.94
Faith Steps - Admin Suite
This Week $ 412.00
yTD $ 120,640.63
To Date $ 813,275.46
Faith Steps to the Future
This Week $ 4,281.00
yTD $ 508,412.10
To Date $ 5,474,213.36
ATTeNDANce
Sunday SchoolPreschool 84
children 76
Students 145
Adults 661
Visitors 79
Brookdale 18
ToTAl 1073
Worship Service
combined Worship Service Total 1185
ThANk youA thank you note has been received from
lucy glover. it has been placed on the bulletin board across from the music Suite.
Foundations for Life ClassesFall 2014
Sunday Night Bible Studies
Chapel Class • 5:00-6:00 PM • ChapelTaught by Travis Collins
Women’s Bible Study • 4:00-6:00 PM • Room 111Children of the Day—1 and 2 Thessalonians by Beth MooreAugust 17– November 9 (9 weeks)Facilitator: Nannette O’DellSign up online through Mosaic Available Small Groups or [email protected], 256-428-9418.
Dating, Engaged, or Newlywed Couples • 4:00-6:00 PM • Community RoomLet’s Talk about MarriageAugust 17-September 28 (6 weeks)Facilitators: Bob and Cherry Saint, guest couplesCost is $10/couple. Sign up online through Mosaic Available Small Groups or [email protected], 256-428-9418.
Parenting Class: Mom Talk • 5:00-6:00 PM • Room 253September 7-September 28 (4 weeks)Facilitators: Teresa Bailey, Carlene Braun, Robin Chambers, Susan Field, Susan Gravlee, Linda Jeter, Nan Kirk, Susan McClung, Mary Ann Moon, Kristi TaylorSign up online through Mosaic Available Small Groups or [email protected], 256-428-9411.
Parenting Class: Dad Talk • 5:00-6:00 PM • Room 252September 7-September 28 (4 weeks)Facilitators: Austin Boyd, Mark Braun, Steve Chambers, Scott Field, DeWayne Jeter, Mike Kirk, Pat Lewallen, Phillip Roberts, Mark Russell, Randy Taylor, Wayne WesterhouseSign up online through Mosaic Available Small Groups or [email protected], 256-428-9411.
Parenting Class: Hands-Free Parenting • 5:00-6:00 PM • Room 253November 2-November 16 (3 weeks)Facilitator: Joy Moore, [email protected] up online through Mosaic Available Small Groups or [email protected], 256-428-9411.
Student Choir • 5:00 PM • Choir RoomBegins August 17Led by Billy Orton, Anne Reasons, and Sherry UpshawContact: [email protected], 256-428-9421
Sunday Night Classes for Children • 5:00-6:00 PMGrades 1-6, Room 229Preschool 3s-Kindergarten, Room 216Babies-Preschool 2’s, Room 213*Sunday night care for children is available for 4:00 classes if advance reservations are made.
Sunday, August 17First Fellowship Worship 8:15 Ammorning Bible Study 9:15 AmSanctuary Worship 10:30 AmTrout Fishing interest meeting 12:00 PmhAm radio club 2:00 PmStudent Praise Band rehearsal 3:00 PmPreschool/children August Bday Party 4:00 Pmmen’s ensemble Practice 4:00 PmFoundations for life classes 4:00 & 5:00 PmStudent choir 5:00 PmStudent Blast off celebration 6:00 Pm
monday, August 18letter Writing ministry 9:00 Amcooking outside the Box 6:00 Pm
Tuesday, August 19Spiritual Formations 7:00 AmSilk meeting 5:00 Pm2345 ministry gym 5:30 PmgriefShare 6:00 PmBoy Scout Troop 70 6:30 PmForum 6:30 Pmmosaic ringers rehearsal 6:30 Pm
Wednesday, August 20Supper/Fh 4:45 Pmemployment Peace Seminar 5:30 PmFinancial Peace university 5:30 Pmchildren’s music & missions 5:30 PmThe Daniel Plan 5:30 PmWomen’s Bible Study: James 5:30 Pmmarriage Study: his Needs/her Needs 5:45 PmPrayer meeting & Bible Study/Fh 5:45 PmStudent liftoff 6:00 Pmorchestra rehearsal 6:00 PmFirst Fellowship Band Practice/lc 7:00 PmSanctuary choir rehearsal 7:00 Pm
Thursday, August 21eSl 8:00 AmWalkie Talkies 10:00 Am
FBC’s interim preacher, Travis Collins, will be leading the Chapel Class as part of
Sunday Night Foundations for Life this fall. His book, Directionally Challenged: How to Find and Follow God’s Course for Your
Life is available for purchase ($8.00) in the church office or on Sunday nights in the
Chapel.
Pam’sBeach Bon Voyage
You are invited to help celebrate Pam McDaniel as she retires from 20 years of service at FBC!
Wednesday, August 276:00-7:30 p.m.Gathering Place
Everyone is invited for fun, games and food!
This is set up for you to come and go as your Wednesday night schedule will allow, so drop in for a few minutes and have some fun and
bid farewell to Pam!
lAST ThoughTSDavid W. hull
During the past twelve years most issues of The Messenger have contained “First Thoughts.” These articles were my way of reflecting on our life together in First Baptist Church. My preacher friends probably did not get many good sermon illustrations from my articles, but hopefully everyone caught a sense of the life and ministry of our congregation. Now, in a final article, I write some “Last Thoughts” about your future and mine.
I am very excited about the future of First Baptist Church. You are a great church with a heart for the mission of God and you live this out in caring and creative ministries. You have outstanding church leadership who will guide you through the interim period. Excellent staff will continue high quality ministry in the years to come. Beautiful and functional facilities equip you to maximize ministry and mission as you continue to reach out to the community. The location of the church has always been very strategic, and it becomes more so each year with the redevelopment of downtown Huntsville all around the neighborhood. The reputation of First Baptist in our city and in the larger Baptist family is highly respected. The future looks bright for the old First Church.
A pastoral interim can be an apprehensive time. It can also be a time for great growth and development. Everything about the interim that lies before you leads to the way of health. My friend Travis Collins will provide sermons and biblical teaching that will bless your life. If you were present on August 3 you already know that. I encourage you to get to know him, to listen carefully to what he will say, and to allow God to bless you through him. Another friend of mine, Bill Wilson, will help the church look to the future in a strategic visioning process. This sends a great message of church health to prospective pastors who can see a church that is not sitting around waiting, but a church who is moving forward as God leads during a transitional time. Throughout this interim season, you will have great leadership from the church staff in addition to the lay leaders. I hope that you will look back at the end of the interim season and see the healthy growth in your own life and in the life of the church.
You have selected an outstanding Pastoral Search Committee. They will represent you well as they listen to God’s leadership in their search. Please pray for them, as I will, and be patient with them. Allow them to take the time that is needed for this kind of search, waiting for the person God has already selected to be your next pastor.
As Jane and I begin our new adventure in ministry, we do so with a splendid farewell from our church family. We are excited about what lies ahead. Jane is off to a wonderful start as Pastor of Union Christian Church in Watkinsville, GA. She is loving her work there and leaders in the church have told me that she is a “keeper.” I am so proud of Jane, who teaches me about faith and following the call of God. Her seven-year journey of calling, preparation, waiting, and now serving is an inspiration to me. I look forward to her being my pastor.
What will I be doing? We have talked about “retirement,” but that is only from the pastoral ministry. I plan to continue to serve in ministry in new ways. I will write, teach a course on leadership in a School of Theology, assist churches by coaching them through transitional seasons, and do interim and supply preaching. I expect that these four things will grow to be full-time ministry. The difference is that I will be specializing in certain areas of my giftedness rather than the very general work of a pastor and I will be connecting with many churches in ministry rather than focusing my energies on one congregation. I look forward to learning and growing in order to meet these new opportunities in ministry.
While I will no longer be doing the work of your pastor, I will still be your friend. Jane and I would love for you to stay in touch with us in the years to come. If you are ever in the Athens, GA area we would love for you to worship at Union Christian Church and to visit with us.
Our new address is 1151 Manor Ridge Drive, Bishop, GA 30621 and our home phone (which will also be my office number) is 706-705-1012. You can reach Jane at [email protected] or [email protected] and my new e-mail is [email protected]. Come see us . . . write us . . . give us a call. We would love to hear from you. I trust that you understand why it is appropriate for me to stay away for awhile so that the leadership baton may be passed to someone else. However, that does not mean that you need to stay away. Keep in touch.
I ended my remarks at the lunch on Sunday with these words from Dag Hammarsjkold, the former Secretary-General of the United Nations. Let me end with them again:
For all that has been – ThanksFor all that is to come – Yes!
First Baptist Church
600 Governors Drive
Huntsville, AL 35801
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
fbchsv.org
The MessengerfirsT bapTisT hunTsville
this sunday
knowing, lov ing, serv ing Christ...together
Volume 65 / Week Number 33 / August 14, 2014
August 17, 2014
SermoN - TrAViS colliNS“Play the Ball Where the monkey Dropped it”
Jeremiah 29:4-11
FirST FelloWShiP - 8:15 AmMusic from the First Fellowship Band
morNiNg BiBle STuDy - 9:15 AmBible Study for all ages
SANcTuAry WorShiP - 10:30 AmAnthem by the Sanctuary Choir
If You Search with All Your Heart - CourtneyFlute duet by Amy Helser and Emily DePlachett
FouNDATioNS For liFe clASSeSChapel Class - Taught by Travis Collins
5:00-6:00 PM, Chapel
Women’s Bible Study4:00-6:00 PM, Room 111
1 and 2 Thessalonians by Beth Moore
Let’s Talk about Marriage4:00-6:00 PM, Community Room
Student Choir5:00 PM, Choir Room
Sunday Night Classes for Children5:00-6:00 PM
Grades 1-6, Room 229Preschool 3s-Kindergarten, Room 216
Babies-Preschool 2’s, Room 213
FirST ThoughTSDavid hull, Pastor
I am overwhelmed by your outpouring of love and appreciation on my last day as your pastor. The celebration began on Saturday when Jane and I were totally surprised at a dinner party which included two people from each of the five churches we have served over the past 35 years. What a delight that was to get all of these folks together for a special evening!
Sunday was a day that I will always remember. The experience of worship was very moving for me as we offered our praises to God and gathered around the Table of the Lord. The Scriptures and benedictions helped us all to remember the goodness, grace and love of God in the past, and to move with trust into the future where Christ is already preparing the way.
Then we moved from one Table to many tables. What a “great cloud of witnesses” gathered in our new facilities for a celebration lunch! I know that this was quite a logistical challenge, and I am so thankful to all staff and volunteers who worked hard to make the event happen in a beautiful way.
The words which were expressed by friends from the church and our larger Baptist family around the state truly touched me. The gifts presented to Jane and me remind us once again of how thoughtful you are as a church. Special thanks go to the Personnel Committee who made the plans for the day of celebration. I will look forward to using the new computer that was given to be a tool for my ministry of writing, teaching, consulting, and preaching in the days ahead. I do need such a gift, and you were most gracious to think of my needs in this way. The stained glass window of the baptistery cross will be a wonderful visual reminder of the ways that we have all gathered at the cross to follow our Lord together. The humorous presentation of the “countdown clock” helped us all to laugh a bit when things were getting pretty serious. Finally, the very generous love offering is received just as the name indicates – as a deep expression of your love. Please know that we love you in return and always will.
You might think that once lunch was over that would be enough celebration for the day. But you were not through yet! A most beautiful reception was given through “extra mile efforts” and creativity of our Food Services staff, Personnel Committee, and other volunteers. We came to “the table” once again for great food, but more importantly the occasion allowed our family to have personal moments of conversation with so many friends from the church and the community.
I will end by echoing the words of Philippians 1:3 which were read in worship on Sunday. “I thank my God every time I remember you . . .”
(Please read on in The Messenger for some “Last Thoughts” from David Hull)
Fellowship Club
Friday, August 15 at 10:00 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall
Program: Joe Berry, story tellerNon-members may call Sue Mauldin to
RSVP, 256-534-2368
Dominican Republic Mission TripNovember 21-30, 2014
Cost is $1,700.00 with some financial scholarships available.
The team will work in Santiago, Dominican Republic with local Haitian Pastor Wilfrido Brunache. The team will be holding medical, dental and
eye glasses clinics with local Haitian churches. No medical experience is necessary. Workers are needed for
evangelism and witnessing. Deadline to sign up is August 24.
For more information contact Dr. Jerry Graham, (256) 461-7482, or email
Laura Elrod at [email protected].
A recital of “Music for Brass and Organ” will be presented on Thursday evening, September 11, at 7:00 PM in the Sanctuary. Featured will be our 21-piece brass choir (The First Baptist Brass), smaller
chamber ensembles, soloists, and the magnificent 80-rank Casavant organ. For more information please contact our Music Ministry Office (256-428-9421) or visit www.fbchsv.org/music.
Monday Classes
Cooking Outside the Box • 6:00-7:30 PM • Community RoomAugust 18, September 15, October 20, November 17Facilitators: Charlotte Davis, Rebecca Dean, Terry Jarnagin, Mary Ann Moon, Janice Owen, Mecia StappSign up online through Mosaic Available Small Groups or [email protected], 256-428-9418.
Tuesday Classes
Women’s Bible Study • 9:00-11:30 AM • Room 327Daniel: Lives of Integrity, Words of Prophecy by Beth MooreAugust 26-November 25 (12 weeks)Facilitator: Becky SoutulloCost of book: $17. Sign up online through Mosaic Available Small Groups or [email protected], 256-428-9418.Childcare is available with advance reservations through the Childhood Ministry Office, 256-428-9411.
Forum: Young Adult Supper, Fun, and Bible Study • 6:30-8:30 PM • Student CenterAges 20s and 30sResumes Tuesday, August 12Contact: [email protected], 256-428-9418Childcare is available by calling the Childhood Ministry Office, 256-428-9411 by Sunday noon before the Tuesday.
Wednesday Classes
Prayer Meeting and Bible Study led by Dan Champion • Fellowship Hall4:45—Supper5:45—Prayer Meeting and Bible study
Women’s Bible Study • 5:30-7:00 PM • Room 111James—Mercy Triumphs by Beth MooreAugust 13-October 8 (9 weeks)Facilitators: Lisa Wilson and Mindy HyattCost of Book $15.Sign up online through Mosaic Available Small Groups or [email protected], 256-428-9418.
The Daniel Plan • 5:30-7:00 PM • Room 114August 13-October 1 (8 weeks)Facilitators Beth HoffmanSign up online through Mosaic Available Small Groups or [email protected], 256-428-9418.
Employment Peace Seminar • 5:30-7:00 PM • Room 118August 13-November 19 (14 weeks)Facilitator: Austin BoydSign up online through Mosaic Available Small Groups or [email protected], 256-428-9418.
Financial Peace University • 5:30-7:00 PM • Room 254August 13 (Preview Class)-October 29 (9 weeks)Facilitators: Hunter and Alison HoskinsCost is $90 for materialsSign up at www.daveramsey.com or contact [email protected]
His Needs, Her Needs: A Marriage Study • 5:45-7:00 PM • Community RoomAugust 13-September 17 (6 weeks)Facilitators: Bob and Cherry SaintParticipant’s Guide: $10 eachSign up online through Mosaic Available Small Groups or [email protected], 256-428-9418.
Wednesday Classes (continued)
Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage • 5:45-7:00 PM • Community RoomSeptember 24-October 29 (6 weeks)Facilitators: TBASign up online through Mosaic Available Small Groups or [email protected], 256-428-9418.
Jesse Tree Bible Study and Ornament Making • 5:30-7:00 • Room 107Creative Crafting for Adults!October 1-October 29 (5 weeks)Facilitators: Joy Moore and Kristin WilkersonSign up online through Mosaic Available Small Groups or [email protected], 256-428-9418.
Beginner & Intermediate Spanish Class • Wednesdays, 5:00-6:50 PM • Room 141Begins August 20 - November 19Taught by Alberto DuarteContact [email protected] or call 256-428-9408.
Student LiftOff • 6:00 PM • Student Center • Grades 7-12
Children’s Music and Missions • 5:30-7:00 PM • Preschool 3’s—Grade 6
Loving Care for Babies—Preschool 2’s • 4:30-8:30 PM
First Baptist Church
600 Governors Drive
Huntsville, AL 35801
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
fbchsv.org
The MessengerfirsT bapTisT hunTsville
this sunday
knowing, lov ing, serv ing Christ...together
Volume 65 / Week Number 33 / August 14, 2014
August 17, 2014
SermoN - TrAViS colliNS“Play the Ball Where the monkey Dropped it”
Jeremiah 29:4-11
FirST FelloWShiP - 8:15 AmMusic from the First Fellowship Band
morNiNg BiBle STuDy - 9:15 AmBible Study for all ages
SANcTuAry WorShiP - 10:30 AmAnthem by the Sanctuary Choir
If You Search with All Your Heart - CourtneyFlute duet by Amy Helser and Emily DePlachett
FouNDATioNS For liFe clASSeSChapel Class - Taught by Travis Collins
5:00-6:00 PM, Chapel
Women’s Bible Study4:00-6:00 PM, Room 111
1 and 2 Thessalonians by Beth Moore
Let’s Talk about Marriage4:00-6:00 PM, Community Room
Student Choir5:00 PM, Choir Room
Sunday Night Classes for Children5:00-6:00 PM
Grades 1-6, Room 229Preschool 3s-Kindergarten, Room 216
Babies-Preschool 2’s, Room 213
FirST ThoughTSDavid hull, Pastor
I am overwhelmed by your outpouring of love and appreciation on my last day as your pastor. The celebration began on Saturday when Jane and I were totally surprised at a dinner party which included two people from each of the five churches we have served over the past 35 years. What a delight that was to get all of these folks together for a special evening!
Sunday was a day that I will always remember. The experience of worship was very moving for me as we offered our praises to God and gathered around the Table of the Lord. The Scriptures and benedictions helped us all to remember the goodness, grace and love of God in the past, and to move with trust into the future where Christ is already preparing the way.
Then we moved from one Table to many tables. What a “great cloud of witnesses” gathered in our new facilities for a celebration lunch! I know that this was quite a logistical challenge, and I am so thankful to all staff and volunteers who worked hard to make the event happen in a beautiful way.
The words which were expressed by friends from the church and our larger Baptist family around the state truly touched me. The gifts presented to Jane and me remind us once again of how thoughtful you are as a church. Special thanks go to the Personnel Committee who made the plans for the day of celebration. I will look forward to using the new computer that was given to be a tool for my ministry of writing, teaching, consulting, and preaching in the days ahead. I do need such a gift, and you were most gracious to think of my needs in this way. The stained glass window of the baptistery cross will be a wonderful visual reminder of the ways that we have all gathered at the cross to follow our Lord together. The humorous presentation of the “countdown clock” helped us all to laugh a bit when things were getting pretty serious. Finally, the very generous love offering is received just as the name indicates – as a deep expression of your love. Please know that we love you in return and always will.
You might think that once lunch was over that would be enough celebration for the day. But you were not through yet! A most beautiful reception was given through “extra mile efforts” and creativity of our Food Services staff, Personnel Committee, and other volunteers. We came to “the table” once again for great food, but more importantly the occasion allowed our family to have personal moments of conversation with so many friends from the church and the community.
I will end by echoing the words of Philippians 1:3 which were read in worship on Sunday. “I thank my God every time I remember you . . .”
(Please read on in The Messenger for some “Last Thoughts” from David Hull)
Fellowship Club
Friday, August 15 at 10:00 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall
Program: Joe Berry, story tellerNon-members may call Sue Mauldin to
RSVP, 256-534-2368
Dominican Republic Mission TripNovember 21-30, 2014
Cost is $1,700.00 with some financial scholarships available.
The team will work in Santiago, Dominican Republic with local Haitian Pastor Wilfrido Brunache. The team will be holding medical, dental and
eye glasses clinics with local Haitian churches. No medical experience is necessary. Workers are needed for
evangelism and witnessing. Deadline to sign up is August 24.
For more information contact Dr. Jerry Graham, (256) 461-7482, or email
Laura Elrod at [email protected].
A recital of “Music for Brass and Organ” will be presented on Thursday evening, September 11, at 7:00 PM in the Sanctuary. Featured will be our 21-piece brass choir (The First Baptist Brass), smaller
chamber ensembles, soloists, and the magnificent 80-rank Casavant organ. For more information please contact our Music Ministry Office (256-428-9421) or visit www.fbchsv.org/music.
Monday Classes
Cooking Outside the Box • 6:00-7:30 PM • Community RoomAugust 18, September 15, October 20, November 17Facilitators: Charlotte Davis, Rebecca Dean, Terry Jarnagin, Mary Ann Moon, Janice Owen, Mecia StappSign up online through Mosaic Available Small Groups or [email protected], 256-428-9418.
Tuesday Classes
Women’s Bible Study • 9:00-11:30 AM • Room 327Daniel: Lives of Integrity, Words of Prophecy by Beth MooreAugust 26-November 25 (12 weeks)Facilitator: Becky SoutulloCost of book: $17. Sign up online through Mosaic Available Small Groups or [email protected], 256-428-9418.Childcare is available with advance reservations through the Childhood Ministry Office, 256-428-9411.
Forum: Young Adult Supper, Fun, and Bible Study • 6:30-8:30 PM • Student CenterAges 20s and 30sResumes Tuesday, August 12Contact: [email protected], 256-428-9418Childcare is available by calling the Childhood Ministry Office, 256-428-9411 by Sunday noon before the Tuesday.
Wednesday Classes
Prayer Meeting and Bible Study led by Dan Champion • Fellowship Hall4:45—Supper5:45—Prayer Meeting and Bible study
Women’s Bible Study • 5:30-7:00 PM • Room 111James—Mercy Triumphs by Beth MooreAugust 13-October 8 (9 weeks)Facilitators: Lisa Wilson and Mindy HyattCost of Book $15.Sign up online through Mosaic Available Small Groups or [email protected], 256-428-9418.
The Daniel Plan • 5:30-7:00 PM • Room 114August 13-October 1 (8 weeks)Facilitators Beth HoffmanSign up online through Mosaic Available Small Groups or [email protected], 256-428-9418.
Employment Peace Seminar • 5:30-7:00 PM • Room 118August 13-November 19 (14 weeks)Facilitator: Austin BoydSign up online through Mosaic Available Small Groups or [email protected], 256-428-9418.
Financial Peace University • 5:30-7:00 PM • Room 254August 13 (Preview Class)-October 29 (9 weeks)Facilitators: Hunter and Alison HoskinsCost is $90 for materialsSign up at www.daveramsey.com or contact [email protected]
His Needs, Her Needs: A Marriage Study • 5:45-7:00 PM • Community RoomAugust 13-September 17 (6 weeks)Facilitators: Bob and Cherry SaintParticipant’s Guide: $10 eachSign up online through Mosaic Available Small Groups or [email protected], 256-428-9418.
Wednesday Classes (continued)
Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage • 5:45-7:00 PM • Community RoomSeptember 24-October 29 (6 weeks)Facilitators: TBASign up online through Mosaic Available Small Groups or [email protected], 256-428-9418.
Jesse Tree Bible Study and Ornament Making • 5:30-7:00 • Room 107Creative Crafting for Adults!October 1-October 29 (5 weeks)Facilitators: Joy Moore and Kristin WilkersonSign up online through Mosaic Available Small Groups or [email protected], 256-428-9418.
Beginner & Intermediate Spanish Class • Wednesdays, 5:00-6:50 PM • Room 141Begins August 20 - November 19Taught by Alberto DuarteContact [email protected] or call 256-428-9408.
Student LiftOff • 6:00 PM • Student Center • Grades 7-12
Children’s Music and Missions • 5:30-7:00 PM • Preschool 3’s—Grade 6
Loving Care for Babies—Preschool 2’s • 4:30-8:30 PM