Attendance Report April 12

Sunday School 108

First Focus
Worship 260

First Baptist Church, Hamilton, Texas

Our Tithes and Offerings.... Advancing the Gospel
Gifts to the Budget Vol. 32, No. 16 April 15, 2009
April 5 6,176.15
April 12 6,468.00
Average Weekly Needs 5,350.48
Accounts Receivable 50.00
Wednesday Night Meals 118.00
Youth Nicaragua Mission Trip 22.00

Total Gifts April 12 $6,658.00

Sunday Personnel April 19

WELCOME TEAM
Barbara Caraway, Garry Diaz, Nancy Diaz,
Sharon Felton, Brandon Haile, Joyce Spencer
COUNTERS
David Courtney, Don Jones, J.T. Massingill
CHILD CARE
E-mail Address office@fbchamiltontx.org

Sunday School - Joyce Spencer,

Clydell Massingill,
Rev. Eric Coleman, Minister to Youth

Church Nursery - Holly May

ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED
Church Office - 254/386-8141

Candace Stroud
John Woods, Minister of Music

2-3 Year Olds

Shawna Cozby, Cody Lee
Rev. Keith Felton, Pastor

Children’s Church
First Baptist Church

Hamilton, TX 76531

Justin Cozby, Jon Lengefeld

220 S. Bell Street
P.O. Box 673

Deacons on Call for April

Bill Gillham - Team Leader
Brandon Haile, Lynn Pearce, Alyce Poteet
 From the Shepherd’s Shop‹
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by Pastor Keith Felton
What a fantastic couple of weeks at First Baptist
Church! Palm/Circle-Up Sunday – Easter Pageant -
new members – new Christians – other commitments
for Christ - Good Friday/Service of Shadows –
Pancake Breakfast -Easter – 260+ in worship – Baby
dedication – children’s Easter artwork displayed in our
Sanctuary and in the Fine Arts Center on Monday. I
want to say THANK YOU to all of you who have
made Easter 2009 memorable and meaningful. I am
honored to be your Pastor and to work with such a
tremendous staff and congregation. I hope we can take
advantage of this momentum we’ve experienced and
continue doing great things for the Lord. The Psalmist
sings, “Not to us, Not to us, Oh Lord, but to your Name
be the glory, because of your love and faithfulness.”
We are blessed to have John Woods as our Minister of
Music. He always serves at a high level of excellence
and has moved us forward in music and worship in the
past four years. In a couple of Sundays from now
(April 26), we will have the opportunity to participate
in an Ordination service for John. After undergoing an
examination from his Ordination Council made up of
FBC members, John will now be presented to the
church for Ordination. I hope you will make it a
priority to be present for this special service.
OUR QUARTERLY BUSINESS MEETING HAS
BEEN MOVED TO APRIL 22. We are having a
special guest come on April 29 (Rob Baker) and so the
move needed to be made. This is a VERY
IMPORTANT business meeting as we will be making
decisions about a plan to ‘REVITALIZE’ our facilities.
Several committees have already been involved in
discussions concerning this plan. Our annual Deacon’s
Retreat was spent dialoguing about this plan. Now we
will have the opportunity to come together and make
decisions about our future. I pray you will pray about
these decisions and be there at our quarterly business
meeting.
One of the main elements of the Revitalization Plan
aforementioned is a payment proposal that our
Stewardship Committee is currently considering. If the
plan is approved, I will be calling on each member of
FBC to prayerfully consider a financial pledge to cover
the costs of the First Phase of these vital improvements
to our facilities over a period of twelve months.
Shepherd’s Shop (con’td)
LOOK OUT!... A N NO U N C E M E N T S
Obviously, the church will continue to need consistent Here They Come!
tithes and offerings to take care of our ‘day-to-day’
budget needs. The pledge will therefore necessarily be Two months and counting!! We are well on our way of
an ‘above and beyond’ gift towards the Revitalization completing our fundraising endeavors for our Mission You are invited to share in a celebratory shower
Plan. I realize these are tough fiscal times and this will Trip to Managua, Nicaragua. Thank you for all the
support that everyone has put into this ministry. We for
be a sacrificial commitment; however, I believe God
desires for us to make these commitments so we can have a couple of fundraisers that are coming up that I Maya Sitota Felton
improve our ministries and facilities for His glory and would like to draw your attention to. There will be a Daughter of Keith and Sharon Felton
Kingdom service. Thank you for considering, praying, community-wide yard sale this Saturday from 8am –
3pm along with a service auction of those that will be Sister of Carter & Dakota
giving, and doing your best for our church and Lord.
attending the mission trip. It will be held in the Youth Sunday, April 26, 2009, 2-4 P.M.
and Family Life Center and I hope that you will stop by
Life of the Church First Baptist Church Parlor
and check it out. This is also a great time to hire some
Saturday, April 18 help with those projects that you have been putting off Nursery: Pink Garden Daisy
Community Wide Yard Sale 8:00 am
this spring! Come and bring your checkbooks to bid on
Sunday, April 19 Colors: Pink, hot pink, yellow & White
Celebration of the Ministry of Maria Weaver workers, then put us to work!
Sunday School 9:45 am Also the mission team will be holding a fundraising Size: 18-24 months
Worship 11:00 am dinner on Wednesday April 29th. We will have a Registered: Alco, Target, Walmart &
Children’s Church for Pre-K thru K 11:00 am spaghetti dinner with all the extras! Donations given
Portico 6:00 pm for the dinner will go toward helping raise the money Jordan’s Pharmacy
Monday, April 20
required for our mission trip. Lastly don’t forget to get
Cub Scouts 5:00 pm
Chandler Craig Handbell Choir Rehearsal 5:15 pm your paper a day early during the Wednesday night
Tuesday, April 21 fellowship dinner for only a dollar!
Stewardship Committee Meeting 6:00 pm The youth t-shirts are in and we have them for sale
Wednesday, April 22 during the Wednesday night dinners. We are asking
Fellowship Meal 5:15 pm $15 per shirt with all the proceeds going toward our Dedication of Historical Marker for George R. Freeman,
Children’s Music & Missions 6:00 pm Sunday, April 19, 2:00 P.M. at the intersection of Main
mission trip. Thanks again for the support that you
Ekklesia 6:00 pm and College Streets. He was a charter member of FBC
have given financially and prayerfully for our trip. God
Quarterly Business Meeting 6:00 pm and purchased the lot where FBC stands in the 1880’s.
Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal 7:00 pm is working in a mighty and wonderful way through our
Thursday, April 23 membership here at FBC! See you Saturday at the
Ladies Crafts 9:00 am yard sale!!
AA Meeting 8:00 pm In His Grip, Eric Coleman
2009 BIBLE 365
On Wednesday, April 29, at 6 P.M., Rob Baker, a
WEDNESDAY Night Meal Day 100 - Numbers 2:13:51, Mark 11:27-12:17,
missionary with SIL, will be at FBC to tell us about his work
Psalm 47:1-9, {Proverbs 1-:24-25
as an ethnodoxologist (someone who finds ways of April 22
Day 101 - Numbers 4:1-5:31, Mark 12:18-37, Psalm
adapting local music forms to communicate the Christian Taco Casserole & trimmings
48:1-14, Proverbs 10:26
message) in French-speaking West Africa, where he has
Day 102 - Numbers 6:1-7:89, Mark 12:38-13:13,
served for the past four years with his wife, Lois, and their
Psalm 49:1-20, Proverbs 10:27-28
three children: Madelaine, Ruth, and Micah. The Bakers’ Our Sympathy and Prayers. Our love and
Day 103 - Numbers 8:1-9:23, Mark 13:14-37,
home congregation is a Baptist church near London, support, sympathy and prayers go out to Psalm 50:1-23, Proverbs 10:29-30
England. Rob is extremely passionate about his work and Lynn and Pam Pearce and family. Lynn’s Day 104 - Numbers 10:1-11:23, Mark 14:1-27,
loves sharing this passion with others, something he got to
do a lot this summer when our Ben Griffin mentored with
grandmother went to be with Christ this past Psalm 51:1-19, Proverbs 10:31-32
Day 105 - Numbers 11:24-13:33, Mark 14:22-52,
him in Benin and Togo! You won’t want to miss hearing week. We join together as a family of faith
Psalm 52:1-9, Proverbs 11: 1-3
about this truly unique and vital approach to missions in a and pray for this family as we celebrate
Day 106 - Numbers 14:1-15:16, Mark 14:53-72,
diverse and musically saturated part of the world. Christ’s gift of eternal life. Psalm 53:1-6, Proverbs 11:4