Sunday, June 19 - Thursday, June 23 Online
Vol. XLIV
April 27, 2016
No. 17
Sunday, June 19 Thursday, June 23
Sunday, June 19 - Wednesday, June 22 6:00 - 8:15 pm Thursday, June 23 - Family Night
Online Registration starts June 1
See page 3 for decorating dates and items needed
Pastor’s Pen We are so proud of all of our Bible Drillers. They attended the Bible Drill State Competition at FBC Arlington this past weekend. Luke Compton scored a State Winner Perfect Rating, Kate Elizabeth Couch scored a rating of Superior, Lindi Scobee scored a rating of Excellent, Matthew Compton and Liana Burgess scored a rating of Good. Others on the team include: Andrew Compton, John Mark Compton, Nina Blair, and McCray Swofford. We are so proud of our members of the FBC Sanger Bible Drill team! They all put in a lot of hard work this year storing God’s word in their hearts! We will recognize these Drillers and present them with their certificates on Sunday, May 22, in the 10:50 service.
Pastor Grant Bowles - Senior Pastor
TAKE A SWING A golfer stood over his tee shot for what seemed an eternity. Looking up, looking down, measuring the distance, figuring the wind speed and direction; it was driving his partner nuts. Finally, his exasperated partner said, "What's taking so long? Hit the blasted ball!" The guy answered, "My wife is up there watching me from the clubhouse. I want to make this a perfect shot." "Forget it, man." the partner responded, "You'll never hit her from here!" That’s awful! Part of growing up is learning the difference between opportunity and temptation. Just because we have the opportunity, does not mean we need to do it. There are many good things that are opportunities, but they’re not the best things for us, so they become temptations. In “The Tyranny of the Urgent,” Charles Hummel wrote: “Several years ago an experienced cotton mill manager said to me, "Your greatest danger is letting the urgent things crowd out the important." He didn't realize how hard his maxim hit. It often returns to
haunt and rebuke me by raising the critical problem of priorities.” Matthew 28:19-20: “And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.” This is the Word of God, our Great Commission, our purpose statement, God’s Will. We must value it and when we do, we will obey. We can try to ignore it, good luck with that. We can flat out disobey it, your choice. But if we want to walk in fellowship with the Lord, we have to value it enough to obey. How do we make disciples of all the nations? We look for opportunities to share Christ with those in our community. We look for opportunities to share Christ in the world. Our Missions Committee is busy working on opportunities for you to be involved in fulfilling the Great Commission: we have a group going to Matamoros, Mexico this week to participate in a Medical mission and some will be helping with a construction project. Two members of the committee returned from Honduras, where we were invited to walk with a missionary for three days. Their purpose was to see if the Lord might be leading us to partner with one of the churches where He ministers. Our Hispanic mission has made an offer on a piece of land that they hope to buy and build a church. I hope to partner with them when they begin building and help them begin a new future of reaching the Hispanic community. Some of you will need to go to Honduras, if the church votes for partnership there. Some of you need to go to Matamoros to help share the Gospel there. And some of you need to find your place in helping the Hispanic church here in Sanger. Some are called to go, some are called to give, but all are called to pray! So, do your part! Take a swing, but make sure the target is obedience.
Br. John Guerra - Associate Pastor
For the Record - April 24, 2016 Enrollment .............................................. 830 New Members ............................................. 0 Guests ......................................................... 6 Attendance Adults (509 enrolled) ..................... …….. 186 Youth (177 enrolled) .................................. 51 Children (92 enrolled) ................................ 35 Preschool (47 enrolled) ............................. 30 General Officers (7 enrolled) ....................... 5 Total Sunday School ............................. 307 Weekly Budget Needs ............... ..$18,119.31 Weekly Budget Received ............ $14,795.00 Building Fund .................................... $315.00 New Buses ....................................... $550.00 Annie Armstrong ............................... $275.00
VBS June 19 - 23 ITEMS NEEDED • Pool Noodles • Rectangle Plastic Table Cloths (Blue and Turquoise - all shades) • Cardboard egg cartons • Colorful crew socks • White Dial Soap Bars • Clear plastic water/soft drink bottles Please place in VBS drop off box in foyer near front door
Prep Dates
Fri, 4/29, 7-9 pm Sat, 5/7, 9-11 am Fri, 5/13, 7-9 pm Sat, 5/21 9-11am Fri, 5/27, 7-9 pm Sat, 6/4, 9-11 am Sat, 6/11, 9-11 am Decorating Dates
Thu, 6/16, 6:30 - 9:00 pm: Sanctuary decorating Fri, 6/17, 7:00 - 10:00 pm: FLC, FH, Classroom Hall Sat, 6/18, 9:00 - 11:00 am: Finish Up Hall
All decorating times are “Come and Go”
MISSION TRIP
$100 deposit due Wednesday, May 11! Put in envelope and give to Ryan or church office. Remainder will be due at time of trip.
SENIOR SUNDAY 2016 May 15, 2016
Photos, Senior information sheet and head count for luncheon due Sunday, May 1! Save the Date! Out of School BASH May 25! Ryan Dunn - Youth Pastor [email protected]
Welcome New Church Member!
Brenda Jackson PARDON OUR PROGRESS! We are revamping the check in process for our babies and preschool children. It is our heart to make it an even more safe and secure environment. Thank you for your patience!
VOLUNTEERS IN PRESCHOOL
May 1, 2016 Babies: Carianne Lovelace
Walkers/2 yr olds: Jalie & Louann Gillum 3’s & 4’s: Lisa & Lendal Patton
May 2 First Responders Kyle Nelson / Don Taylor
MARK YOUR CALENDAR! Sunday, May 1, 5:00 pm Emergency Response Committee Meeting. Conference Room. Sunday, May 1, 6:00 pm Evening Service. Sunday, May 1, 7:00 pm Deacons’ Meeting. Tuesday, May 3, 9:00 - Noon Peacemakers Quilt Ministry. Conference Room.
Mother’s Day Roses Purchase a rose for Mother’s Day by filling out an order form located in foyer or church office. Deadline is this Friday, April 29!
Men’s Golf Tournament June 4, 8:00 am. Turtle Hill $50 Sign up in foyer. God’s Table Volunteers Monday, May 2 Thomas Muir
Performance Team Meeting The Performance Team is meeting on Sunday, May 1, after 10:50 service. Please come if you have an interest in this area. We will be serving pizza so please let Sunny Yeatts know if you plan to attend at 940-206-6751 so she will know how much pizza to order. See sign up sheet at Welcome Desk to order tamales! They will be ready Fundraising May 1 after church! They will be making extra in case you haven’t gotten a chance to sign up. You can purchase some over at Iglesia Emanuel on Sunday, Only $10 per dozen.
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In the same way, the Spirit helps
us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.
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And
he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God . ~Romans 8:26-27
April 27, 2016
No. 17
Sunday, June 19 Thursday, June 23
Sunday, June 19 - Wednesday, June 22 6:00 - 8:15 pm Thursday, June 23 - Family Night
Online Registration starts June 1
See page 3 for decorating dates and items needed
Pastor’s Pen We are so proud of all of our Bible Drillers. They attended the Bible Drill State Competition at FBC Arlington this past weekend. Luke Compton scored a State Winner Perfect Rating, Kate Elizabeth Couch scored a rating of Superior, Lindi Scobee scored a rating of Excellent, Matthew Compton and Liana Burgess scored a rating of Good. Others on the team include: Andrew Compton, John Mark Compton, Nina Blair, and McCray Swofford. We are so proud of our members of the FBC Sanger Bible Drill team! They all put in a lot of hard work this year storing God’s word in their hearts! We will recognize these Drillers and present them with their certificates on Sunday, May 22, in the 10:50 service.
Pastor Grant Bowles - Senior Pastor
TAKE A SWING A golfer stood over his tee shot for what seemed an eternity. Looking up, looking down, measuring the distance, figuring the wind speed and direction; it was driving his partner nuts. Finally, his exasperated partner said, "What's taking so long? Hit the blasted ball!" The guy answered, "My wife is up there watching me from the clubhouse. I want to make this a perfect shot." "Forget it, man." the partner responded, "You'll never hit her from here!" That’s awful! Part of growing up is learning the difference between opportunity and temptation. Just because we have the opportunity, does not mean we need to do it. There are many good things that are opportunities, but they’re not the best things for us, so they become temptations. In “The Tyranny of the Urgent,” Charles Hummel wrote: “Several years ago an experienced cotton mill manager said to me, "Your greatest danger is letting the urgent things crowd out the important." He didn't realize how hard his maxim hit. It often returns to
haunt and rebuke me by raising the critical problem of priorities.” Matthew 28:19-20: “And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Amen.” This is the Word of God, our Great Commission, our purpose statement, God’s Will. We must value it and when we do, we will obey. We can try to ignore it, good luck with that. We can flat out disobey it, your choice. But if we want to walk in fellowship with the Lord, we have to value it enough to obey. How do we make disciples of all the nations? We look for opportunities to share Christ with those in our community. We look for opportunities to share Christ in the world. Our Missions Committee is busy working on opportunities for you to be involved in fulfilling the Great Commission: we have a group going to Matamoros, Mexico this week to participate in a Medical mission and some will be helping with a construction project. Two members of the committee returned from Honduras, where we were invited to walk with a missionary for three days. Their purpose was to see if the Lord might be leading us to partner with one of the churches where He ministers. Our Hispanic mission has made an offer on a piece of land that they hope to buy and build a church. I hope to partner with them when they begin building and help them begin a new future of reaching the Hispanic community. Some of you will need to go to Honduras, if the church votes for partnership there. Some of you need to go to Matamoros to help share the Gospel there. And some of you need to find your place in helping the Hispanic church here in Sanger. Some are called to go, some are called to give, but all are called to pray! So, do your part! Take a swing, but make sure the target is obedience.
Br. John Guerra - Associate Pastor
For the Record - April 24, 2016 Enrollment .............................................. 830 New Members ............................................. 0 Guests ......................................................... 6 Attendance Adults (509 enrolled) ..................... …….. 186 Youth (177 enrolled) .................................. 51 Children (92 enrolled) ................................ 35 Preschool (47 enrolled) ............................. 30 General Officers (7 enrolled) ....................... 5 Total Sunday School ............................. 307 Weekly Budget Needs ............... ..$18,119.31 Weekly Budget Received ............ $14,795.00 Building Fund .................................... $315.00 New Buses ....................................... $550.00 Annie Armstrong ............................... $275.00
VBS June 19 - 23 ITEMS NEEDED • Pool Noodles • Rectangle Plastic Table Cloths (Blue and Turquoise - all shades) • Cardboard egg cartons • Colorful crew socks • White Dial Soap Bars • Clear plastic water/soft drink bottles Please place in VBS drop off box in foyer near front door
Prep Dates
Fri, 4/29, 7-9 pm Sat, 5/7, 9-11 am Fri, 5/13, 7-9 pm Sat, 5/21 9-11am Fri, 5/27, 7-9 pm Sat, 6/4, 9-11 am Sat, 6/11, 9-11 am Decorating Dates
Thu, 6/16, 6:30 - 9:00 pm: Sanctuary decorating Fri, 6/17, 7:00 - 10:00 pm: FLC, FH, Classroom Hall Sat, 6/18, 9:00 - 11:00 am: Finish Up Hall
All decorating times are “Come and Go”
MISSION TRIP
$100 deposit due Wednesday, May 11! Put in envelope and give to Ryan or church office. Remainder will be due at time of trip.
SENIOR SUNDAY 2016 May 15, 2016
Photos, Senior information sheet and head count for luncheon due Sunday, May 1! Save the Date! Out of School BASH May 25! Ryan Dunn - Youth Pastor [email protected]
Welcome New Church Member!
Brenda Jackson PARDON OUR PROGRESS! We are revamping the check in process for our babies and preschool children. It is our heart to make it an even more safe and secure environment. Thank you for your patience!
VOLUNTEERS IN PRESCHOOL
May 1, 2016 Babies: Carianne Lovelace
Walkers/2 yr olds: Jalie & Louann Gillum 3’s & 4’s: Lisa & Lendal Patton
May 2 First Responders Kyle Nelson / Don Taylor
MARK YOUR CALENDAR! Sunday, May 1, 5:00 pm Emergency Response Committee Meeting. Conference Room. Sunday, May 1, 6:00 pm Evening Service. Sunday, May 1, 7:00 pm Deacons’ Meeting. Tuesday, May 3, 9:00 - Noon Peacemakers Quilt Ministry. Conference Room.
Mother’s Day Roses Purchase a rose for Mother’s Day by filling out an order form located in foyer or church office. Deadline is this Friday, April 29!
Men’s Golf Tournament June 4, 8:00 am. Turtle Hill $50 Sign up in foyer. God’s Table Volunteers Monday, May 2 Thomas Muir
Performance Team Meeting The Performance Team is meeting on Sunday, May 1, after 10:50 service. Please come if you have an interest in this area. We will be serving pizza so please let Sunny Yeatts know if you plan to attend at 940-206-6751 so she will know how much pizza to order. See sign up sheet at Welcome Desk to order tamales! They will be ready Fundraising May 1 after church! They will be making extra in case you haven’t gotten a chance to sign up. You can purchase some over at Iglesia Emanuel on Sunday, Only $10 per dozen.
26
In the same way, the Spirit helps
us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.
27
And
he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God . ~Romans 8:26-27
