Family Update
4128 S Connecticut Ave*Joplin, MO 64804 www.firstjoplin.org
September 13, 2017
Hello (almost) Fall! Our Children's Ministry has just wrapped up The Dog Ate My Homework curriculum this Wednesday and we are looking forward to our newest series, which will begin Wednesday, September 20th. This series is titled Campfire Stories. We will dig deeper into fascinating stories of the bible and relate them to our own life. Each week we will have a "bottom line" that we will focus on from the story and learn ways to use this bottom line in our own life. Our memory verse we will be learning in this eight week study is “Come, my children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord.” Psalm 34:11. We are continuing our first service study called Worship for Life on Sundays, as well as our Gospel Project study for second service. I look forward to all the fun times that this fall will bring to our children's ministry! Continue to be in prayer for the search committee!
Middle & H ig h Sch ool led by Jason Taylor @ Evans’ – 4 Oak Trail Dr -
[email protected] Starts Sept 10 Sundays 6 pm
College Age led by James & BJ Lorenzen
[email protected] To Be Determined
“ Gre at D octrin es of the B ible” led by Tim Sumners @ Main Campus – 4128 Connecticut Ave -
[email protected] Starts Sept 10 Sundays 6 pm
“ D iscerning the V oice of G od” led by Lamont Buckner @ Buckners’ – 3001 N Park Ave -
[email protected] Starts Sept 10 Sundays 6 pm
“ The Forgotte n God ” led by Dan Tharp @ Cynthia Graham’s – 621 W Jaccard Pl -
[email protected] Starts Sept 10 Sundays 6 pm
Deacons of the Week: Sept 10-‐16 José DeHoyos 210-‐315-‐9991 Stephen Caldwell 624-‐6522 Sept 17-‐23 Leon Shumaker 781-‐4757 Robert Laird 781-‐1624
Home groups are off to a great start! Check your bulletin for this Sunday for a list of options. Most of them are at 6 pm on Sundays.
Join us Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9 am at our Main Campus for our first First Fitness class. We will be walking and talking about health. All are welcome.
Our Children’s Minister Search committee consists of John Lewis as chairman, Lamont Buckner as Vice-Chairman, Charity Anderson, Amy Brake, Blair Dance, Rick Williams, and Lisa Yates. If you have questions, comments, etc, you can email them to
[email protected].
Our next First Look Lunch will be Sunday, Oct 1 at noon at our Main Campus. This is a great opportunity to find out more about the church and church membership.
Attendance Morning Worship 9:00 138 Morning Worship 10:30 193
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Tithes & Offerings Budget Receipts this week 7,897.00 2Home YTD R eceipts 465,053.95 YTD Budget 439,974.03 Bldg Fund Received this week 1,273.33 Building Fund Available 150,094.72 165,674.64 2017 Outstanding Pledges Remaining
Refunds/Designated New Furnishings 7,500.00 Garden Fund 20.00 Coffee Donations 8.00 Falls Creek 75.00