Evangel FBC

Dr. Bill Robertson, Interim Pastor John Holland, Minister of Music & Senior Adults Colin Trisler, Student/Family Life Minister Jason Mercer, Minister of Children

August 10, 2014 | Volume 82...Number 32

First Baptist Church 201 East Court St. Winnfield, LA 71483 318-628-3544

$115,750

Challenge Goal

$300,000

Victory Goal

$400,000

Reception to

Honor

Dr. & Mrs. Bill Robertson

Sunday, August 10

Fireside Room

4 - 6 PM

Summer Children Celebration

Sunday, August 17

4:30 PM

Family Life Center Gym

For Children and their Families

Music & Senior Adult Ministry

With beginning of school being

right around the corner, I am reminded that

Summer is almost over. That means it’s

time to begin making plans for another busy

season. Mark your calendars with these im-

portant upcoming events!

Senior Adult Fish-Fry – Make plans to

come and join us at the church on Thurs-

day, August 21 at 6:00 p.m. for a fish-

fry. We will eat in the Fireside Room, so

bring a friend and come join us. Sign up

in the church office if you plan to attend.

Attention Celebration Ringers! –

Weekly rehearsals will resume on

Wednesday, September 3 at 6:00 p.m.

North Central Baptist Association

Choir Festival – Church choirs through-

out Jackson and Winn Parish will assem-

ble at Ebenezer Baptist Church on Mon-

day, September 15 at 7:00 p.m. for an

associational-wide Choir Festival. Our

Sanctuary Choir, along with the other

participating choirs, will present two se-

lections of their choice for your listening

enjoyment and for the glory of God. It

will be a fun evening of music and fel-

lowship.

Observance of the Lord’s Supper –

Sunday, September 21 at 11:00 a.m.

North Central Baptist Association An-

nual Meeting – First Baptist Church will

host the annual association meeting this

year on Tuesday, October 21. Churches

throughout Jackson and Winn Parish will

be present for this meeting, so come and

join us.

Thank you to everyone that made our

Mega Sports Camp a huge success! Each

night we had about 75 students and 60 volun-

teers. $607.55 was collected in our offering,

and will be donated to the Restoring God’s

House Fund. We appreciate all of the hard

work that made this new adventure a big hit!

Denise Laughlin

Martha Mercer

Mandi Wolfe

Dear Church Family,

We would like to express our thanks to

all of you for your loving support dur-

ing these last few months. All the

prayers, visits, cards, phone calls, food, floral tributes and memo-

rial gifts have touched our hearts. A special thank you to the

Pairs and Spares and Seekers Sunday School Classes for their

acts of kindness. Please continue to pray for our family.

In Christian Love,

Priscilla Bedgood

Kim, Shane, Ashlyn & Dillon

Chris, Candy, Wyatt & Molly

Restoring God's House Financial Update

We continue to enjoy our newly restored sanctuary with its new

air conditioning, super new lighting, fantastic new sound and vid-

eo presentations and other upgrades as we worship our Lord each Sun-

day. Our receipts for Restoring God's House funding are picking up too.

Our total receipts so far total $115,760 which is 39% of our Challenge

Goal of $300,000. We are trying to reach this goal by May of 2015 at

which time permanent financing of the project will be setup. Please con-

tinue to pray about what God would have you give toward this restoration

project. We have several "fun"draising events planned for the fall that

we hope you will participate in too. You will hear more about them later.

Restoring God's House Funding Committee

Patsy Martin, Chairman

Youth Ministry Children’s Ministry

GOD’S NOT DEAD

On Saturday, August 9, the youth will gather on the Third Floor

to watch God’s Not Dead, an uplifting movie about a young col-

lege freshman who is challenged by his atheist philosophy pro-

fessor to prove that God exists. The movie stars Kevin Sorbo,

Shane Harper, David A.R. White, and Willie & Korie Robertson.

This is an important movie for students of all ages to watch, es-

pecially those who are preparing for college in the fall.

Meet up on the Third Floor at 5:30pm on Saturday, August 9.

Pizza and snacks will be provided free of charge.

CANNED FOOD DRIVE:

The youth are collecting canned food for The Hub: Urban Minis-

tries, a Christian facility that ministers to the impoverished of

Shreveport’s inner city. Specifically, we are collecting products

like Ravioli, Spam, Vienna sausages, soup, tuna fish, or any other

canned food that can function as the main course of a meal.

Our youth took a mission trip to The Hub last Thursday to help

serve food, fold clothes, and just talk to the homeless and ex-

tremely low income people and families that came into the facili-

ty. While we were there, the facility ran out of main course food

to serve.

Our youth group felt led to get more involved, and thus the idea

for a canned food drive was born.

The Hub desires to be the hands and feet of Jesus in the lives of

the homeless, and they strive to meet the very real physical needs

of those whom God has given us to love; while addressing those

needs, The Hub proclaims the good news of Jesus Christ to all

who enter.

Please bring all canned food donations to the church office.

Y’all are the best!

Colin

A little over a year ago, I took on some additional responsibilities at FBC that

most may not even notice, but I enjoy doing very much. We were in need of a

website update and someone to maintain our web content. I volunteered to take

on the extra responsibility to make use of my previous work experience in web-

site management and social media marketing. Each week Jill and I update the

website and social media with new information and content. Often we are left to

wonder if anyone is utilizing these ministry tools. So this week I researched

some of our content and was pleasantly surprised.

FBC currently utilizes our church website, Facebook, Twitter, and Vimeo to

share our ministry efforts via the world wide web with those both in our commu-

nity and throughout the world . You can utilize our church website

(www.fbcwinn.com) and social media sites to find out about current events at

the church, read The Evangel, register for camps and trips (firstKIDS), and even

pay your tithes or make a donation. We have over 517 likes on Facebook and

have an average reach of over 200 people reading each post on our social media.

The Vimeo website hosts our weekly service videos and allows you to download

any service found in our online archive to your computer, tablet or smart phone

to be viewed. So far this year we have had over 2000 visits to our Vimeo site

with over 500 services being watched in over 12 countries. Services have been

viewed in the countries of Russia, China and Thailand just to name a few. Some-

times I think we become so accustomed to the weekly television broadcast and

the cameras and forget that we are part of a service that doesn't quit touching

peoples lives when the organ plays the last note at the end of the Sunday service.

Through our media ministry our church is reaching people in the world with the

message of Christ that we may never meet or get to know.

During the renovation process, the guys that work in our media/sound booth

spent many late hours working to make sure everything was ready to continue

the media ministry of FBC. I hope you will take some time to thank all the guys

that work in the sound and media booth to make such a wonderful ministry pos-

sible and say a prayer for those that are watching our services on television and

the Internet.

1st annual Sunday school bbq throwdown

When: august 9, 2014

Where: home of Sharon and l. c. Barnett

Time: 11:00 to 2:00

What to expect: fun and fellowship

Judging for best poultry, beef, & pork

Best all around plate

(must include at least 2 meats and 2 sides - 1 plate per class)

Swimming for children

Classes are to bring enough food & drinks for themselves and judging

Each class should provide their own grill(s)

FOR THE RECORD AUGUST 3)

Sunday School Enr. Att. Adults 332 160 Youth 62 20 Children 65 26 Pre School 28 17 ___ ___

Total 487 223

Tithes & Offerings

Budget Required $ 15,471.22

Budget $ 22,207.84

Designated $ 217.00

Total $ 22,424.84

Giving to

Restoring God’s House $ 4,970.00

Year-To-Date

Budget Required $479,607.82

Year-To-Date

Budget Receipts $456,918.03

Over (Under) Budget ($ 22,689.79)

DAILY BIBLE READINGS

Sunday Aug. 10 Isaiah 43-46

Monday Aug. 11 Isaiah 47-50

Tuesday Aug. 12 Isaiah 51-56

Wednesday Aug. 13 Isaiah 57-61

Thursday Aug. 14 Isaiah 62-66

Friday Aug. 15 Jeremiah 1-3

Saturday Aug. 16 Jeremiah 4-6

Sunday Aug. 17 Jeremiah 7-9

Sunday, Aug. 10

9:00 - 9:45 AM Library open

9:40 AM Sunday School

10:40 AM Preschool Worship

11:00 AM Morning Worship

6:00 PM Evening Worship

Tuesday, Aug. 12

7:00 AM Men’s Prayer Breakfast

Wednesday, Aug. 13

9:00 - 1:00 PM Library open

6:15 PM Prayer Meeting, S.T.O.M.P.

7:00 PM Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal

Saturday, Aug. 16

7:30 AM Preteen Invasion

Schedule for

8/10 - 8/16

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Extended

Session

Aug. 10, 2014

2’s & 3’s 4’s & 5’s Steven & Mandi Wolfe Jeremy & Kristy Moore

Memorials & Gifts

Norman Bedgood given by Mrs. Sandra Smith, Becky, Katie & Caroline Kelley, Mr. & Mrs. Larry Manthei, Mrs. Barbara Marshall,, Mr. & Mrs. Dwight Callender, Mr. & Mrs. Ronnie Ball, Naomi Smith, Sarah Long Allison, Willa Long Freeman, Billy & Dorothy Mouliere, T. K. Bedgood, Mr. & Mrs. Mickey Simmons Gene Porter given by Miss Evelyn Billings, Mrs. Mary Williams, Becky, Katie & Caroline Kelley, Mr. & Mrs. Larry Manthei, Mrs. Barbara Marshall, Mr. & Mrs. Dwight Callender

Rex Rice given by Miss Evelyn Billings, Mrs. Mary Williams, Becky, Katie & Caroline Kelley, Mr. & Mrs. Larry Manthei

Marvin Harrell given by Mrs. Mary Williams, Becky, Katie & Caroline Kelley, Mr. & Mrs. Larry Manthei, Mr. & Mrs. Dwight Callender

Tony McDow given by Mr. & Mrs. Paul Harlan

In Honor Of

Barbara Marshall, Mr. & Mrs. Dwight Callender,

Mr. & Mrs. Don Causey, Mr. & Mrs. Len Williams & family given by Mrs. Mary Williams

Dr. & Mrs. Bill Robertson given by Mrs. Martha Jordan

SUNDAY, AUGUST 10

Gloria Brewer, John David Huckaby, Dixie Tucker

MONDAY, AUGUST 11

TUESDAY, AUGUST 12

Jay Atherton, Keaton Hataway, Deano Thornton

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13

Chris Adams, Benny Canerday, Todd Hughes,

Rose Willis

THURSDAY, AUGUST 14

Reagan Dupree, Stratton Harlan, Heather Jones

FRIDAY, AUGUST 15

Edward Johnson

SATURDAY, AUGUST 16

Nan Collins, Kassidi Harris, Jimmie Tarver

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