First Baptist Church of Fulton, Missouri Email: 1baptistfulton@sbcglobal.net

July 2015

Ministerial StaffDr. Gary Shultz, Jr., PastorBrad Kerr, Associate PastorMartin Stukenborg, Associate Pastor

Celebrating AmericaDefending Religious Liberty

Sunday, July 196:00 p.m. –8:00 p.m.

FBC of FultonThe Christian Life Commission of the Missouri Baptist Convention welcomes Josh Hawley as the key note speaker for this event.

Josh Hawley is a constitutional attorney, law professor and religious liberty advocate. He represented Hobby Lobby at the US Supreme Court. Josh is an associate professor at the University of Missouri School of Law. He is also the president of Missouri Liberty Project. www.libertyprojectmo.com

Kerry Messer, lobbyist for the Missouri Baptist Convention, will be joining us as well. Kerry will bring us up to date on what happened at the Missouri State Capitol during session this year.

For more information, call Bev Ehlen at 314-608-0168

Our youth are going to North Dakota to continue the work on the Turtle Mountain Reservation. There will be

20 students and four adults from our

church that will join with our association to go from July 10th -18th. This year we expect to have about 100 people on the trip!Martin

Take theJourney

July 20-245:30 – 8:30 pm

VACATION BIBLE

SCHOOLFirst Baptist

ChurchIn an effort to connect with more families in our community, we will be trying VBS in the evening this year. Our dates are still the same

July 20-24, but the time is now 5:30p-8:30pm. This has changed some things as far as planning purposes. We will need to feed these children, and it would be a huge blessing if we had enough to feed the staff since many will be coming straight from work. We are asking for your help in collecting the food items we will need for VBS. A table is set up in the foyer with lists of items needed for VBS sign your name beside the items you are providing. Place items on the counter in the church's kitchen or in the freezer.

First Baptist Church701 Court Street, Fulton

(573) 642-3348

National Southern Baptist Convention Report:Brad and I had the privilege of representing our church at the National Southern Baptist Convention in Columbus, OH, June 16-17. I wanted to share with you why, in my opinion, this was the best convention I have attended, for three reasons. First, the focus of the convention was a prayer service on the night of June 16, where we spent over two hours lifting up ourselves, our churches, and our nation to God. We confessed sin, repented over sin, praised God, and asked him to intervene on our behalf. Second, there was a strong emphasis throughout the convention on racial reconciliation, an important emphasis especially in light of our convention’s past. Third, the commissioning service on the morning of June 17 was also particularly impactful. Both of our mission boards (NAMB and the IMB), to which we give a big chunk of our offerings every week, are doing some amazing things for God. The gospel is going forth and lives are being changed. We also conducted business, passed resolutions, attended panels, listened to sermons, and talked with people about how we can do ministry better. Please continue to pray for our convention, our mission boards, our seminaries, and all the ministries we get to participate in as a Southern Baptist Church.

Pastor Gary

Come to the 2015 Mission

DinnerThe all-church annual mission dinner will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 29th, in the

fellowship hall.

Come and enjoy hearing our youth talk about their mission trip to North Dakota and hear David Nichols share about his mission trip to Beijing, China.

We’re having a picnic themed meal. The church will provide sliced ham and cold cuts. Adults and families will be asked to bring 2 side dishes, salads, or desserts.

First Baptist,Richard & I want to

thank the church for the lovely flowers sent to him this past week. They are still beautiful and we enjoy them very much. Special thanks to Wanda, Bob & Steve for seeing we got them. His shingles are better and we are thankful for that.

Sincerely,Richard & Helen Smart

First Baptist,Thank you for the delicious meal served

to the family of Peggy Douglas. She looked forward to the visits and flowers from her church family. May God bless each and every one of you.

Terry E. Smith & John R. Douglas

 

JulyWeddingAnniversaries

Brad & Amanda Kerr 1/2006Jack & Ann Ruffel 13/1959David & Teresa Matthews 26/1980Jonathan & Melissa Carter 31/2004

 

2 Chloe Carter 2 Rose Moody 3 Jacob Shawley 4 Heidi Royer 5 Jessica Swaim 6 Howard Bock 6 Ron Kennon 8 Peggy Huey 9 Josiah Carroll12 Ryan Davis15  Linda Nichols17 Kent Vandeloecht17 Shawn Campbell18 Jerry Murphy18 Aimee Bristow20  Jane Martin21  James Carroll21 Michael Huff22  Cathy Thomas22 Iliana McLaughlin24 Greg Royer26  Ed Love26 Sydney Morts28 Ryan Roselius30  Oliver Jones31  Vincent Morgan31 Janet Schoolcraft