The MessengerFIRST BAPTIST HUNTSVILLE

this sunday

k nowing, loving, ser v ing Christ...together

FIRST THOUGHTSDavid Hull, Pastor

Happy New Year! As the beauty of Advent and

Christmas fade away, the promise of a new year

is before us with hope and possibilities. Let me

encourage you to take part in opportunities for

learning, growth, and spiritual renewal as the

New Year begins.

Notice the Foundations for Life o" erings (listed

on this front page) that will be provided on

Sunday nights beginning this Sunday, January

9. Several di" erent courses will be taught for all ages in the church. I love

the variety that is o" ered for learning and growing on Sunday nights. I am

thankful for many gifted people from our church who will be leading these

classes that are very important for our growth as disciples of Jesus. Some

classes are taught in a large-group format; others are # lled with discussion

in a small group. Find the one that is best for you and join us on Sunday

nights. I look forward to teaching a class on “Worship” with those who

would like to join me on this learning journey. Billy Orton will be teaching

with me on occasion as we explore this practice that is at the very core of

our faith.

Our Wednesday night schedule begins again with activities for all ages.

The New Year is always a time when people make resolutions about

doing better in life. We may have some goals for 2011 that will lead us to

improve on the ways that we lived in 2010. One of the classic books about

life improvement has been The Seven Habits of Highly E" ective People by

Stephen Covey. Although it was written over 20 years ago, people still turn

to it for help in living more e" ective lives. Over the years I have noticed how

each one of Covey’s Seven Habits was lived out in the life of Jesus. He is our

perfect model for living, so it should not be surprising that the life of Jesus

exhibited the qualities of e" ective living. Join us on Wednesday nights for

Prayer Meeting after our Fellowship Supper as I teach “Jesus and the Seven

Habits.” The life and example of our Lord can lead us into more abundant

living in the New Year.

I look forward to learning and growing with you in 2011!

Sunday, January 9, 2010

• Sermon: “Gather at the River”

Matthew 3:13-17

• First Fellowship 8:15 a.m.

• Sunday School 9:15 a.m.

• Sanctuary Worship 10:30 a.m.

Music from the Sanctuary Choir and Soloist

Tom Gu$ n

Evening Activities

• Foundations for Life Classes

Pastor’s Class “Worship”--5:00-6:00 PM in the Fellowship Hall. Led by Dr. David Hull

Financial Peace University--4:00-6:00 PM in the Parlor. Facilitated by Hunter and Alison Hoskins

“Let’s Talk About Marriage!”--4:00-6:00 PM in room 111. Facilitated by Pam McDaniel and other couples as special guests

Women’s Bible Study--4:00-6:00 PM in room 107.

“Here & Now ...There & Then: A lecture series on Revelation”-11 week Beth Moore DVD study facilitated by Toni Cassidy & Toni Morgan

Oh The Places We Will Go: Biblical Geography--in room 108. Facilitated by Heinrich DuBose-Schmitt

Mental Illness and Families of Faith--4:00 PM in room 141. Facilitated by Eugenia Graves and Sherron Culpepper

Rite of Passage Parenting: Four Essential Experiences to Equip Your Kids for Life, by Walker Moore. Room 229. Led by Jamie Mackey and other staff

Youth Choir--Sundays at 5:00 PM in the Choir Room

Children’s Bible Drill--Grades 4 - 6 in rooms 225 & 226. Led by Debbie Howard

For more information visit www.fbchsv.org/foundationsforlife

Volume 62 / Week Number 1 / January 6, 2011

ministry calendar

k nowing, loving, ser v ing Christ...together

MUSIC AND WORSHIPBilly Orton, Minister of Music and Worship; Elizabeth Hostetter, Associate Minister of Music and Organist; Jeremy Wilkerson, Contemporary Worship Leader; Amanda Allen, Minister of Children’s Music and Missions

Sunday, Jan. 9First Fellowship/FH 8:15 AM

Sunday School 9:15 AM

Sanctuary Worship/Sanct. 10:30 AM

Girl Scouts/333 1:00 PM

Boy Scouts/343 3:00 PM

Youth Handbells/329 4:00 PM

Foundations for Life/Parlor,

111, 114, 141 4:00 PM

Foundations for Life/107,108, 229

Pastors Class/FH 5:00 PM

Youth Choir/CR 5:00 PM

Youth Snacks/241 6:00 PM

Monday, Jan. 10MOPS/241 9:00 AM

Letter Writing/ 242 9:00 AM

Hallelujah Choir/CR 10:30 AM

BSF Classes/Parlor, Chapel,

3rd Floor 5:00 PM

CODA/140 6:30 PM

Tuesday, Jan. 11Tues. Morn. Intercess./242 7:00 AM

“Put Life Back”/118 9:00 AM

Ministerial Sta! Mtg/Parlor 9:00 AM

Gen. Sta! Mtg/Parlor 10:30 AM

Music Sta! /Parlor 1:00 PM

Venture Scouts/342 6:00 PM

Boy Scout Trp. 70/ 343 6:30 PM

Forum/118 6:30 PM

Adult Handbells/329 7:00 PM

Wednesday, Jan. 12Young Musicians Handbells/329 4:15 PM

Supper/FH 4:45 PM

M & M/2nd, 3rd Floors 5:00 PM

Orchestra Sectionals/114 5:30 PM

Prayer Meeting/FH 5:45 PM

Y.A. M&M/107 5:45 PM

Lift O! /309-310 6:00 PM

Orchestra Reh./Sanct. 6:00 PM

Mission Committee/242C 6:30 PM

Sanctuary Choir/CR 7:00 PM

Thursday, Jan. 13Moms in Touch/Parlor 8:00 AM

Mommy Time/Parlor 4:00- 8 PM

First Fellowship Band Reh/FH 6:30 PM

Clarion Winds/242 7:30 AM

Friday, Jan. 14BSF Leaders/Parlor 4:30 AM

MOPS Steering Team/Library 9:00 AM

Fellowship Club/FH 10:00 AM

Library Hours Sunday 9-9:15 AM | 10:10-10:45 AM | 11:40-12:00 PMTuesday 10:00 AM-12:00 PMWednesday 4:00-5:00 PM

D-Now

Opportunities in Music Ministries

Perhaps you’re starting the new year with the desire to participate in a music group.

This would be a great time to start since we will resume rehearsals this week. This

Wednesday, January 5, Orchestra will meet at 6 and Sanctuary Choir at 7. Next

Sunday, January 9, Youth Choir will rehearse again each Sunday at 5. Jeremy would

love to know of your interest in the Worship Team or Youth Band. Children’s Music and

Missions will resume Wednesday, January 12. We have three handbell groups, one

for children, youth and adults. Contact the music off ice to f ind out more information

about any group that interests you. Our next big music event will be A Prism of Praise,

Sunday March 20, 5 p.m. when all the music groups of our church will be featured in a

concert of continuous music of praise to God presented from all areas of the sanctuary.

Now is a great time to get involved!

An expression of gratitude for this year’s Living Christmas Tree As we move forward into a new year, Epiphany and the wonderful days following it, we look

afresh at how our lives can be a manifestation of the person and message of Jesus Christ. We

also can refl ect very easily upon the effectiveness of this past year’s LCT ministry. It has indeed

been one of our best! Our gratitude is deep for the many persons who have given of themselves in time,

talent, and energy. The LCT has been a church-wide project! The Ministry Team

members listed below served as chairs of their sub-committees and represent just a

portion of the many who have served so willingly in preparation for this presentation.

Our prayer is that the message of Jesus Christ and His love be communicated in all

aspects of the Living Christmas Tree 2010.

LCT Ministry Team

Team Liaison/Coordinators

Kelley Gattis

Susan McClung

Dottie Richardson

Construction

Paul Glover

Gordon Perry

Tickets

Ann Estill

Video

Lee Sims

Decoration

Johnnie Barnes

Holly Canup

Lucy Glover

Kristen Jobes

Sanctuary Aesthetics

Brenda Bounds

Parking

Hunter Hoskins

Logistics

Kimberly Collette

Ushers

Jim Chandler

Cliff Sisco

Lighting

Dru Murphree

Steve Jones

Audio

Jack Lucas

Brian Godsy

Brian Leffel

The Music Ministry expresses special gratitude to the following:Scott Goosby and the Custodial Staff, Pam LaPier and the Kitchen Staff, Angela Seanor

and the Childcare Staff

Nancy Morton, Janet Creech, Emily Parker and the teams of Choir and Orchestra

Librarians

Hannah Alderson for ASL Interpretation, Karen Kilpatrick–Graphic Design

Colonial Graphics Group–Printing, Saint Photography

HEMSI for providing emergency medical service

Thanks be to God for the indescribable gift of Jesus Christ!

fbchsv.org

Wednesday Night Dinner MenuWednesday, January 12

AdultsTaco Salad

Chips

Salsa

Dessert

SaladGrilled Chicken Salad

(Reservations for salad must be turned in by noon on Wednesday.)

STEWARDSHIP REPORT 12/31/10

Year-to-Date Goal $1,316,280.00

O! ering

This Week $388,957.75

YTD $1,309,188.01

Debt Retirement

This Week $520.00

YTD $21,742.00

Faith Steps to the Future:

This Week $715,908.60

YTD $1,397,189.05

To Date: $1,583,668.35

1/2/11

Year-to-Date Goal $1,370,544.00

Offering

This Week $52,677,35

YTD $1,361,865.36

Debt Retirement

This Week $880.00

YTD $22,622.00

Faith Steps to the Future:

This Week $12,753.00

YTD $1,409,942.05

To Date: $1,596,421.35

ATTENDANCESunday School

Preschool 67

Children 93

Students 101

Adults 577

Visitors 7

TOTAL 845

Worship ServicesFirst Fellowship 296

Sanctuary Worship 589

TOTAL 885

STUDENT MINISTRIESJamie mackey, minister to students

PRESCHOOL MINISTRIESJoy moore, minister to preschool

a Student Ministry Led Event

February 4

Our FBC Students want to “leave a mark” for Christ through the ministry of hospitality. On Friday, February 4, students and others will host homeless persons for a Love Feast in our Fellowship Hall.

The students would love to have the church’s support through:

Prayer for the message of Christ’s love to be delivered through all facets of the night.

Encouragement of the students planning the event.

Possible donations of clothing (perfect for after Christmas cleaning out) and hygiene bags. Look for more information to

come.

Students “Leaving a Mark”:

Recently our 7th & 10th Graders presented the Christmas Story to the FBC Special Adult Ministry. The ministry was f illed with all the Biblical characters—plus

Santa with gif ts for everyone!

D-Now weekendJanuary 14-16$40.00 per personRegister online or in the church off ice

CRADLE ROLL

Your church Cradle Roll ministry depends on you to let us know when someone is expecting

a baby or has plans to adopt a child into their family. This group of volunteers delights in

visiting, caring for, loving, and supporting our expectant and new families. When you hear

about this good news, would you please contact our Childhood Ministries off ice so that we

might add their name to our Cradle Roll list? We will assign one of our visitors to contact the

family so that they will know that their church home is caring for them. We are blessed to

have their gentle touches to the families of our church. Some of these touches happen through

phone calls or visits but others through nimble f ingers which crochet edging on a beautiful

f lannel blanket or through the time spent embroidering the child’s name and date of bir th on

the corner of the blanket. Thank you – Carolyn Miller, Bettye Pugh, Evelyn Rutland, Evelyn

Lucas, Joyce Freisen, Charlotte Davis, Emily Cook, Becky Tillery, Elizabeth Whitten, JoAnn

Splawn, Brenda Bounds, and Linda Nowlin.

WORSHIP CARE

Because of volunteers, we are able to provide care for Babies – 3 year old classes during

both of our morning Worship services. This is a very important ministry to young families

that can only be provided with those who are willing to serve. If you worship during the First

Fellowship time, have you considered offering care during Sanctuary Worship time? Or, if you

attend Sanctuary Worship, what about coming at 8:00 once a quarter to offer care during First

Fellowship? We require at least 8 volunteers per worship service. If you would be interested

in learning more about this ministry, please call our Childhood Ministries off ice at

256.428-9411.

JOHN ROSEMOND

First Baptist Church is proud to present nationally syndicated columnist,

best-selling author and recognized parenting expert John Rosemond at a

parenting seminar on February 27, 2011. Watch the Messenger for more

information on tickets!

offi ce: 256-428-9400

weekend minister on call: 256-428-9457

24-hour prayer line: 256-428-9460

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EARLY ADULTHOOD MINISTRIESPam McDaniel, minister to Young and Median Adults

Family Matters

CHRISTIAN SYMPATHY

Family and friends of our member, Mabel

Schultz

Van and Fay White in the loss of his

sister, Mary White

Dennis and Cindy Wiles in the loss of his

sister, Lynda Thames

Fran Wilson in the loss of her mother,

Martha Teeters, and to her grandchildren,

Lisa, Les and Joy Wilson, and great-

grandchildren, Kayla and Eliza Wilson

Hope and Jamie Mackey in the loss of

her grandmother, Maurine Owens, and to

her great-grandchildren, Cade and Story

Mackey

OUR NEWEST

Beatrice Elaine Tillery, daughter of Les

and Becky Tillery.

Ladies Luncheon

Sunday, January 23 immediately

following the 10:30 service

Cost: $7.00

Tickets will be on sale Sundays and

Wednesdays from Jan 2 – Jan 16

For more information contact Kimberly

Collette at 256-830-8168

Find YOUR place in the Music Ministry in the New

Year!

We have groups for every age.

The Sanctuary Choir is open to all

and resumes regular rehearsals on

Wednesday, January 5.

Child care is available.

UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES INCLUDE:

● NEARLY-WED/NEWLY-WED CLASS

Sundays, Jan. 9 – Feb. 20 (7 weeks); 4-6:00 PM. Facilitated by Pam McDaniel and other guest couples. Cost: $10/couple. Register: pam@fbchsv.org,

256-428-9403

● FORUM: Bible study/discussion group for young adults (ages 20s, young 30s)

…is moving to Tuesday nights.

…will resume Tuesday, Jan. 11. Join us!

● FBC LADIES’ LUNCHEON, for all women

Sunday, Jan. 23; Ticket sales begin Jan. 5.

● CRAFTS & CONVERSATIONS! A church-wide women’s fellowship event – Fun, Fun, Fun! Friday, Jan. 28; Sign-ups begin Jan. 9.

● WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDIES-David - Seeking a Heart Like His

(A Beth Moore DVD Study) Tuesday mornings, at FBC, Jan. 18 - March 29; 9-11:00 AM

● SUNDAY EVENINGS, at FBC, Jan. 9 - April 3; 4-6:00 PM

Here and Now...There and Then: Revelation" (a Beth Moore DVD study)

● Wednesday mornings, begins Jan, 12, 9:30 AM

An in-home Bible study, Madison area; class size is limited.

Can We Talk? (Soul-stirring Conversations with God)

● YOUNG ADULT RETREAT

March 11-13 at Camp Alpine, Mentone, AL. For all FBC young adults and friends, ages 20s & 30s. David Hull, Bible study facilitator. High Ropes Course included!

Contact: pam@fbchsv.org, 256-428-9403

● SERVING THE CITY WEEKEND-April 1-3

● YOUNG & MEDIAN ADULT WOMEN’S RETREAT- April 29-May 7, Gulf Shores

Contact: pam@fbchsv.org; 256-428-9403

● PERRY COUNTY MISSION TRIP

June 26-July 1

Fellowship Club

Friday, January 14, 10:00 a.m.

Myra Haythorn will be speaking on

Ukraine Mission Trip

First time guests contact Kay Gover

for reservations.