Sunday, June 4 - Thursday, June 8
Vol. XLV
May 31, 2017
No. 22
Sunday, June 4 Thursday, June 8 Join us Thursday, at 6:00 pm for Family Night! All are welcome! Enjoy delicious cake and ice cream! PRAY FOR VBS: Please pray for the children to come and be blessed. Pray that they would discover the God of the Universe! Pray for all the volunteers and staff. 2017 Verse: Colossians 1:15-16
Please pray for the team going to Honduras June 2 - June 8
Itinerary available at fbcsanger.com
Pastor’s Pen VBS is almost here. I am looking forward to hearing reports. While we are having VBS here, a team from our church will be in Honduras on a mission trip. We are planning to join the VBS class mission times from Honduras through the use of technology. Our kids will get to hear first hand reports of what God is doing in another country from myself and the rest of the team throughout the week. Keep the Honduras Mission team in your prayers as we travel and serve with Isaiah 61 Ministries. We will be teaching in a conference, visiting in homes, speaking on the radio in Honduras and working alongside fellow believers. At the same time we are serving in Honduras, many of you will be here working to reach children with the Gospel. VBS serves as our single biggest outreach of the year. Make sure to plan on being here and helping us reach the children of Sanger with the Gospel. I look forward to hearing great reports as we check in throughout the week.
Pastor Grant Bowles - Senior Pastor
We will host a Family Forum to discuss proposals regarding: Vision Team, Building & Grounds, and Stewardship Teams. PRAY FOR HONDURAS MISSION TRIP, JUNE 2 - 8 Team Members: Grant Bowles, Sherry Kimbrell, Pat Shelton, Cliff & Aleshia Swofford. Go to fbcsanger.com click on Honduras Mission Trip for more information.
Exercise for People Over 60! 1. Begin by standing on a comfortable surface, where you have plenty of room at each side. 2. With a 5-lb potato bag in each hand, extend your arms straight out from your sides and hold them there as long as you can. Try to reach a full minute, and then relax. 3. Each day you'll find that you can hold this position for just a bit longer. After a couple of weeks, move up to 10lb potato bags. 4. Then try 50-lb potato bags and then eventually try to get to where you can lift a 100-lb potato bag in each hand and hold your arms straight for more than a full minute. (I'm at this level.) After you feel confident at that level, put a potato in each bag. “He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.” Colossians 1:17
We are all guilty of exercises in futility from time to time and some are worse than others. But, most of us hate wasting our time. Technology is always sold as something that will enable us to be more effective or save time, but it doesn’t always do what it says it will do. We must ask ourselves from time to time, “Am I doing what I need to be doing to fulfill God’s purpose for my life, or am I fulfilling someone else’s purposes? God, in all His magnificent glory, designed us and this world for a purpose, a greater purpose than just existence. We were created for the purpose of knowing and serving our Heavenly Father. Vacation Bible School begins this Sunday! And we will be learning about God’s purpose for our lives. So many in our church are helping reach out to our community and teach our children by teaching, leading, providing snacks, and helping in the parking lot. I appreciate you all. I hope you are praying for our teachers and the children that will come. BUT, there’s one more way to serve: Come to Family Night on Thursday at 6:00. We will have a brief program so you and the parents can see what we’ve been doing all week. Following the service we will have a cake and ice cream fellowship. It would be awesome for you to come and fellowship with our guests. Hope to see you there!
Br. John Guerra - Associate Pastor
JUNE 4 - 8
REGISTER ONLINE
LAST TWO ITEMS NEEDED *Paper Towel Rolls (cardboard only) *Clean Empty Food Cans
FUGE
FUGE CAMP - June 24 - 28
place in VBS drop box in foyer ** DECORATING DAYS ** JUNE 1: 6:30 - 8:30 pm - Setup JUNE 2: 6:30 - 8:30 pm - Setup JUNE 3: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm - Setup
** VOLUNTEERS NEEDED ** Stay as long as you are able
VBS SNACKS NEEDED Large Containers of Lemonade 5 lb bags of Sugar Blocks of Mild Cheddar Cheese Large bags of sliced apples Regular Round Chicken Nuggets Fruit Cups | Cookies | Moon Pies
May 31: 6-8 pm Month of June June 7: No Uprising | June 14: 6-8 pm June 21: 6-8-pm | June 28: No Uprising Month of July Special Schedule! Hours: 6:00 - 7:30 pm Ryan Dunn - Youth Pastor
[email protected]
Write “VBS” on your snack, & place in FLC kitchen
For the Record - May 28, 2017 RA/GA CAMP NEWS! Be at church at 2:00 pm on Monday, June 12, to leave for Camp Copass!
KIDS FISHING TOURNAMENT NEW DATE - JUNE 17 7:00 am - Noon. 7177 Rector Road Hot Dogs served afterwards. Bring your parent or guardian!
Enrollment .............................................. 627 New Members .............................................. 0 Guests.......................................................... 3 Attendance Adults (345 enrolled) ..................... …….. 146 Youth (167 enrolled) ................................. 29 Children (56 enrolled) ................................ 24 Preschool (58 enrolled).............................. 23 General Officers (4 enrolled) ....................... 3 Total Sunday School................................ 225 Month of May Monthly Budget Needs .............. ..$82,252.00 Received to Date (May) ............. ..$65,182.00 Building Fund (May) ..................... $48,307.00 Prison Ministry .................................. $160.00
VOLUNTEERS IN PRESCHOOL 1-2 yr olds: 2-3 yr olds: 4 yr olds: Kindergarten:
June 4, 2017 Patricia Taylor Mary McNeal & Lexi Scobee Brandi & Hannah Flippin
June 4 - First Responders David Miller/Deryll Friday
Connection Cards Sign up to help with Streets of Bethlehem
June 4 - S.A.F.E. Team Duty Fred Yeatts
WEEKLY CALENDAR! Sunday, June 4 - June 8, 6:00 - 8:00 pm VBS.
Streets of Bethlehem Coming in December 2017
Tuesday, June 6, 9:00 - Noon Peacemakers Quilt Ministry. FH. Wednesday, June 7 No Uprising due to VBS.
See Sunday’s bulletin insert for details.
Thursday, June 8, 6:00 pm VBS Family Night. Sunday, June 11, 6:00 pm Family Forum. Monday, June 12 - Friday, June 16 RA/GA’s go to Camp Copass.
God’s Table Volunteers June 5: Dillon class. June 12: Friday class. June 19: Saunders class.
Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. 23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. 24 I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.” ~Lamentations 3:22-24
May 31, 2017
No. 22
Sunday, June 4 Thursday, June 8 Join us Thursday, at 6:00 pm for Family Night! All are welcome! Enjoy delicious cake and ice cream! PRAY FOR VBS: Please pray for the children to come and be blessed. Pray that they would discover the God of the Universe! Pray for all the volunteers and staff. 2017 Verse: Colossians 1:15-16
Please pray for the team going to Honduras June 2 - June 8
Itinerary available at fbcsanger.com
Pastor’s Pen VBS is almost here. I am looking forward to hearing reports. While we are having VBS here, a team from our church will be in Honduras on a mission trip. We are planning to join the VBS class mission times from Honduras through the use of technology. Our kids will get to hear first hand reports of what God is doing in another country from myself and the rest of the team throughout the week. Keep the Honduras Mission team in your prayers as we travel and serve with Isaiah 61 Ministries. We will be teaching in a conference, visiting in homes, speaking on the radio in Honduras and working alongside fellow believers. At the same time we are serving in Honduras, many of you will be here working to reach children with the Gospel. VBS serves as our single biggest outreach of the year. Make sure to plan on being here and helping us reach the children of Sanger with the Gospel. I look forward to hearing great reports as we check in throughout the week.
Pastor Grant Bowles - Senior Pastor
We will host a Family Forum to discuss proposals regarding: Vision Team, Building & Grounds, and Stewardship Teams. PRAY FOR HONDURAS MISSION TRIP, JUNE 2 - 8 Team Members: Grant Bowles, Sherry Kimbrell, Pat Shelton, Cliff & Aleshia Swofford. Go to fbcsanger.com click on Honduras Mission Trip for more information.
Exercise for People Over 60! 1. Begin by standing on a comfortable surface, where you have plenty of room at each side. 2. With a 5-lb potato bag in each hand, extend your arms straight out from your sides and hold them there as long as you can. Try to reach a full minute, and then relax. 3. Each day you'll find that you can hold this position for just a bit longer. After a couple of weeks, move up to 10lb potato bags. 4. Then try 50-lb potato bags and then eventually try to get to where you can lift a 100-lb potato bag in each hand and hold your arms straight for more than a full minute. (I'm at this level.) After you feel confident at that level, put a potato in each bag. “He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together.” Colossians 1:17
We are all guilty of exercises in futility from time to time and some are worse than others. But, most of us hate wasting our time. Technology is always sold as something that will enable us to be more effective or save time, but it doesn’t always do what it says it will do. We must ask ourselves from time to time, “Am I doing what I need to be doing to fulfill God’s purpose for my life, or am I fulfilling someone else’s purposes? God, in all His magnificent glory, designed us and this world for a purpose, a greater purpose than just existence. We were created for the purpose of knowing and serving our Heavenly Father. Vacation Bible School begins this Sunday! And we will be learning about God’s purpose for our lives. So many in our church are helping reach out to our community and teach our children by teaching, leading, providing snacks, and helping in the parking lot. I appreciate you all. I hope you are praying for our teachers and the children that will come. BUT, there’s one more way to serve: Come to Family Night on Thursday at 6:00. We will have a brief program so you and the parents can see what we’ve been doing all week. Following the service we will have a cake and ice cream fellowship. It would be awesome for you to come and fellowship with our guests. Hope to see you there!
Br. John Guerra - Associate Pastor
JUNE 4 - 8
REGISTER ONLINE
LAST TWO ITEMS NEEDED *Paper Towel Rolls (cardboard only) *Clean Empty Food Cans
FUGE
FUGE CAMP - June 24 - 28
place in VBS drop box in foyer ** DECORATING DAYS ** JUNE 1: 6:30 - 8:30 pm - Setup JUNE 2: 6:30 - 8:30 pm - Setup JUNE 3: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm - Setup
** VOLUNTEERS NEEDED ** Stay as long as you are able
VBS SNACKS NEEDED Large Containers of Lemonade 5 lb bags of Sugar Blocks of Mild Cheddar Cheese Large bags of sliced apples Regular Round Chicken Nuggets Fruit Cups | Cookies | Moon Pies
May 31: 6-8 pm Month of June June 7: No Uprising | June 14: 6-8 pm June 21: 6-8-pm | June 28: No Uprising Month of July Special Schedule! Hours: 6:00 - 7:30 pm Ryan Dunn - Youth Pastor
[email protected]
Write “VBS” on your snack, & place in FLC kitchen
For the Record - May 28, 2017 RA/GA CAMP NEWS! Be at church at 2:00 pm on Monday, June 12, to leave for Camp Copass!
KIDS FISHING TOURNAMENT NEW DATE - JUNE 17 7:00 am - Noon. 7177 Rector Road Hot Dogs served afterwards. Bring your parent or guardian!
Enrollment .............................................. 627 New Members .............................................. 0 Guests.......................................................... 3 Attendance Adults (345 enrolled) ..................... …….. 146 Youth (167 enrolled) ................................. 29 Children (56 enrolled) ................................ 24 Preschool (58 enrolled).............................. 23 General Officers (4 enrolled) ....................... 3 Total Sunday School................................ 225 Month of May Monthly Budget Needs .............. ..$82,252.00 Received to Date (May) ............. ..$65,182.00 Building Fund (May) ..................... $48,307.00 Prison Ministry .................................. $160.00
VOLUNTEERS IN PRESCHOOL 1-2 yr olds: 2-3 yr olds: 4 yr olds: Kindergarten:
June 4, 2017 Patricia Taylor Mary McNeal & Lexi Scobee Brandi & Hannah Flippin
June 4 - First Responders David Miller/Deryll Friday
Connection Cards Sign up to help with Streets of Bethlehem
June 4 - S.A.F.E. Team Duty Fred Yeatts
WEEKLY CALENDAR! Sunday, June 4 - June 8, 6:00 - 8:00 pm VBS.
Streets of Bethlehem Coming in December 2017
Tuesday, June 6, 9:00 - Noon Peacemakers Quilt Ministry. FH. Wednesday, June 7 No Uprising due to VBS.
See Sunday’s bulletin insert for details.
Thursday, June 8, 6:00 pm VBS Family Night. Sunday, June 11, 6:00 pm Family Forum. Monday, June 12 - Friday, June 16 RA/GA’s go to Camp Copass.
God’s Table Volunteers June 5: Dillon class. June 12: Friday class. June 19: Saunders class.
Because of the LORD’s great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. 23 They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. 24 I say to myself, “The LORD is my portion; therefore I will wait for him.” ~Lamentations 3:22-24
