Journey to the Cross - First Baptist Church

FEBRUARY
FEBRUARY 2015
01 1st @ 1st Luncheon
Sudents: Super Bowl Party
08 Deacons’ Meeting
13-14 Amy Jill-Levine Lectures
18 Ash Wednesday
Young Adults: Theology on Tap
20 Students: Wicked at the Fox
21 John McDermott in Concert
25 Mid-Week Lenten Service
Church Conference @ 5:45pm
27 Adults with Seniority: Lunch
Day School BBQ/Silent Auction
CONNECTIONS
FIRST
Don’t miss Dr. Coates’ article
about Lent in the February-April
Life Together Magazine!
W W W. F B C G A I N E S V I L L E . O R G
Journey to the Cross
Join us during the Lenten Season!
NOON LENTEN SERVICES
HOLY WEEK
Wednesday, March 4th
At Saint Michael Catholic
Sermon: Bill Coates
Tuesday, March 31st
Noon in the FBC Chapel
Sermon: Tom Jones
Wednesday, March 11th
At First Baptist, Sermon: Calvin Haney
Wednesday, April 1st
At First Presbyterian
Sermon: Jaime Barona
Wednesday, February 25th
At Gainesville First United Methodist
Sermon: Shon Peppers
Wednesday, March 18th
At St. Paul United Methodist
Sermon: Stuart Higginbotham
Wednesday, March 25th
At Grace Episcopal, Sermon: Terry Walton
Wednesday, April 1st
At First Presbyterian, Sermon: Jaime Barona
*There will be a luncheon following each noon
Wednesday service. Cost is $5.00/person.
Monday, March 30th
Noon in the FBC Chapel
Sermon: Mary Hemmer Demmler
Saturday, April 4th
10:00am on the FBC Front Lawn
EASTER MORNING
Sunday, April 5th
7:00am in the Chapel
8:00am Breakfast in the Banquet Hall
9:00am Baptismal Service in the Sanctuary
10:50am Great Easter Celebration
in the Sanctuary
*No Wednesday Night Dinner
*No 1st @ 1st Luncheon
Maundy Thursday, April 2nd
Noon in the FBC Chapel
Sermon: Elizabeth Burnette
ASH WEDNESDAY
5:00pm Dinner in the Banquet Hall
6:00pm Service in the Sanctuary
Sermon: Bill Coates
Good Friday, April 3rd
Noon at First United Methodist
Sermon: Kai Horne
EASTER EGG HUNT
Wednesday, February 18th
6:00pm in the Sanctuary
Sermon: Bill Coates
*There will be a luncheon following each noon Holy
Week service. Cost is $5.00/person.
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, GAINESVILLE, GEORGIA | 751 GREEN STREET NW | 770-534-7354
WORSHIP
John McDermott in Concert!
8:30am & 10:50am
Listen LIVE: WCON 99.3FM & fbcgainesville.org
February 1st
Fourth Sunday After Epiphany
Anthro or Theo?
OT: Psalm 111 NT: Mark 1:21-28
Music Meditation:
All the Way My Savior Leads Me
Duet: Jerry Johnson and Mark Green
Offertory Praise: Amazing Grace (8:30am)
Handbell Duet: Caitlin Pirkle & Mark Green
Amy Hulsey, Piano
Be Thou My Vision Exaltation! Orchestra (10:50am)
Choral Worship: Do Not Be Afraid, You Are Mine
Agape Choir (8:30am), Sanctuary Choir (10:50am)
February 8th
Fifth Sunday after Epiphany
When You’re Exhausted
OT: Isaiah 40:21-31 NT: Mark 1:29-39
Music Meditation: Flyin’ Like an Eagle (8:30am) Sandra Byrd, Solo
I Was Made to Bring You Glory (10:30am)
High School Vocal Ensemble
Offertory Praise: Curtis Malcom, Violin
and Benjamin Garner, Classical Guitar
Choral Worship: Then Will the Very Rocks Cry Out
Hope Choir (8:30am), Sanctuary Choir (10:50am)
February 15th
Transfiguration Sunday
Who’s Transforming Who?
OT: Psalm 50:1-6 NT: Mark 9:2-9
Music Meditation: Brooke Burt, Solo
Offertory Praise: Della Ruth Johnson, Organ (8:30am)
Our God Exaltation! Orchestra (10:50am)
Choral Worship: Declare His Glory
Rejoice Choir (8:30am)
Sanctuary Choir & Exaltation! Orchestra (10:50am)
February 22nd
First Sunday of Lent
No Way Around Suffering
OT: Genesis 9:8-17 NT: 1 Peter 3:18-22
Mark 1:9-15
Music Meditation: To Worship You
Trio: Mark Green and his brothers, Chris & Benny
Offertory Praise:
The Sweetest Words He Ever Said Were I Forgive
The Green Brothers
Choral Worship: Canticle of Hope
Agape Choir (8:30am), Sanctuary Choir (10:50am)
February 21st, 2015
FBC Sanctuary
7:00pm
(Doors @ 6:00pm)
You might be wondering, “Who is John McDermott
and why do I want to spend an evening with him?” The
simple answer is that he’s one of the world’s greatest tenor
voices and he’s coming to First Baptist Church in February.
McDermott is probably best known as one of the original
“Irish Tenors”. In 1999, he enlisted Anthony Kearns and
Ronan Tynan to appear with him on the PBS special The Irish
Tenors: Live in Dublin. The trio’s newfound notoriety led to a
series of PBS specials and a successful world tour as well as
the recording of nine albums/CDs.
This concert is being held to benefit the music ministry of
FBC and all proceeds (less direct costs) will go toward the
new music building, which will provide much needed choral
rehearsal space. The artist fees have been paid by a donor.
Tickets are still available at Tix.com which can be accessed
from the music page at www.fbcgainesville.org.
Don’t miss the opportunity to hear a world class
entertainer here in Gainesville and benefit the music ministry
at FBC. It will be an evening you will remember!
The family of First Baptist would like to
express its deepest sympathy
to the following:
June O’Kelley and Kathy Whitmire in the death of
their sister/aunt Jane Fowler
2015 Atlanta
Chapter of
Choristers Guild
Youth Choir Festival
Cheryl Christian in the death of her mother
Geneva Mitchell
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 7th
Ruby Jean Lofton in the death of her husband
Coach Jim Lofton
Peggy Conley and Larry Fuller in the death of their mother
Vera Fuller
Cathy Bowers & Tena Riley in the death of their aunt
Katherine Holland
Dr. James Gilbert in the death of his grandmother
Harriett Gilbert
Bruce Fields in the death of his uncle
Tommy Walker
Paula Jordan in the death of her mother
Lucille Kelley Brewer
Jim & Amy Harrison in the death of their close friend
Jim Robertson
Joan Beasley in the death of her aunt
Verdelle Brackett
Family and friends in the death of
Abbey Lathem
Hugh and Cathy McKinney in the death of his father
P.H. McKinney
T. Richard Davis in the death of his sister
Rebecca Elaine Thurmond
Featuring Mark A. Miller, clinician,
composer, and faculty member at the
Yale University School of
Sacred Music.
Join us for a concert of Dr. Miller’s
music presented by the
Sonlight Youth Choir and Youth
Choirs from metro Atlanta on
Saturday, February 7th at 3:30pm
in the Sanctuary of FBC Gainesville.
Come support our youth and hear a
youth choir of over 150 voices!
Bernice Moon in the death of her husband
Harold Moon
Alina Carbonell’s ordination on
January 18th was a great moment
in the life of this church. Alina
concludes her studies at Mercer’s
McAfee School of Theology this
coming December. Originally
from Cuba, she and her two sons
are wonderful members of our
Gainesville community.
Religion for the 21st Century: Amy Jill-Levine
February
13 & 14, 2015
Brenau Center
EMW Lectures is proud to announce that the 2015 Religion for the 21st Century
lecture, sponsored by Brenau University, First Baptist Church, Grace Episcopal
Church, and other local churches serving Gainesville and Northeast Georgia, will
feature noted teacher, author, and speaker Professor Amy-Jill Levine.
Professor Levine currently holds the E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter
Professorship of New Testament Studies and Jewish Studies at Vanderbilt
University and is a member of Cambridge University’s Woolf Institute: Centre
for the Study of Jewish-Christian Relations. Professor Levine has authored,
coauthored, and edited numerous critically acclaimed books and articles
addressing Christian and Jewish religious issues and the relationships between
them. The February 2015 event will include three lectures, coffee/water service,
a presenter’s reception, and on site lunch. Friday, February 13 at 7:00 pm, and
Saturday, February 14 at 10:00am and 1:15pm.
Each of the lectures will address topics related to or discussed in her latest
book, Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi
and each session will be followed by a structured Q and A. Copies of Amy-Jill’s
books will be available for purchase.
301 Main Street, SW
Gainesville, GA 30501 Tickets are $65 and may be purchased in the church office: 770-534-7354.
CBF
Offering
for
Global Missions
TOILETRIES
DRIVE!
Please donate toiletries
through the month
of February in the
bins placed around
the church! These
supplies will go to help
Amigos For Christ
with their mission and
development work in
Nicaragua. Email Lydia
Fields at Lfields15@
gmail.com to learn more
about the Nicaragua
Mission Trip this fall!
#END HUNGER
If you spend yourselves in behalf of the hungry and satisfy the needs of the oppressed,
then your light will rise in the darkness, and your night will become like the noonday. – Isaiah 58:10
The 2014-15 CBF Offering for Global Missions emphasis: #ENDHUNGER. CBF engages in God’s mission with and among the most neglected
and least evangelized people on earth. Through the work of field personnel and through CBF’s rural poverty initiative, Together for Hope, the
Fellowship is helping to #EndHunger with partners across the United States and around the world. CBF works to #EndHunger with partners such
as the Baptist General Association of Virginia and the Texas Baptists Hunger Offering as well as with state and regional CBF organizations such
as Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Heartland, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. Your gifts to CBF’s Offering for Global Missions helps
#EndHunger and impacts CBF’s global missions work meeting other needs worldwide including work in Fredericksburg, Virginia and Lebanon:
Fredericksburg, Virginia: A Holistic Christian Response
A Christian response to #EndHunger requires more than providing food. It’s about protecting the dignity of those in need and meeting physical,
social, spiritual, mental, and emotional needs. For Greg and Sue Smith, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship
Field Personnel serving the Latino community of Fredericksburg, Va., it’s meeting people wherever they are. With support from CBF’s Offering for
Global Missions, since 2006, the Smiths have worked in partnership with the Fellowship, the Virginia
Baptist Mission Board and Fredericksburg Baptist Church to meet the challenges of immigrants. The Smiths founded LUCHA ministries, which
in English means “struggle.” To combat hunger, LUCHA ministries maintains a food pantry and partners with the local food bank, churches and
individuals to provide culturally appropriate food to the Latino community.
Lebanon: Spreading the Peace of Christ
Since civil war broke out in Syria three years ago, more than 2.5 million refugees have fled the country. More than a million of those have settled
in Lebanon, creating a burden on the nation’s public services and doubling unemployment among Lebanese citizens. Hunger is widespread,
and there are no official refugee camps. Families are struggling to resettle in a foreign land. Chaouki and Maha Buolos, Cooperative Baptist
Fellowship Field Personnel serving in Lebanon since 2002, are working to #EndHunger for Syrian refugees through food distribution to more
than 300 participants of a women’s Bible study, more than 350 students ages 4 to 13 years old at a school in the Bekaa Valley and to internally
displaced Syrians in Damascus.
Please plan to give your CBF Offering for Global Missions throughout the lenten season.
FEBRUARY 2015
01
1st @ 1st Luncheon
04
Student Ministry: New Orleans Mission Trip Infomational Meeting
SUNDAY
WEDNESDAY
Join us Churchwide lunch after 10:50am Worship in the Banquet Hall!
In the Youth area at 7:15pm. Our students will stay at Williams Blvd Baptist Church and serve different parts of New
Orleans during Spring Break! The trip is from April 6-11th. Attend this meeting to learn more!
Children’s Ministry: Blanket Mission Project
Our children will make blankets during Wednesday night missions and give them to local groups in need.
07
2015 Atlanta Chapter of Choristers Guild Youth Choir Concert
08
Deacons Meeting
09
Estes-Dozier Missions Group
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
MONDAY
13-14
FRI-SAT
Join us for a concert presented by the Sonlight Youth Choir and Youth Choirs from metro Atlanta at 3:30pm in the
Sanctuary. Come support our youth and hear a youth choir of over 150 voices!
6:00pm in the Kindred Spirit’s Room
10:15am in the Parlor. We will hear from a staff member from Gateway.
EMW Lectures featuring Amy Jill-Levine
At Brenau Center. Contact church office for tickets, 770-534-7354
18
20
Ash Wednesday
21
John McDermott in Concert
WEDNESDAY
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
Service at 6:00pm in the Sanctuary
Student Ministry: Wicked at the Fox
4:30pm-11:00pm. Must RSVP with Chris at christopherdeanburns@gmail.com
7:00pm in the Sanctuary. Learn more at www.fbcgainesville.org
FLC Parent’s Night Out
5:00pm-9:00pm at the Family Life Center. Ages 2-10, bring a sack supper and drink. Cost: $10/first child, $8/sibling.
Must register by calling Amy Mercer at 770-533-2794. Space is limited.
25
Mid-Week Lenten Service
27
Adults with Seniority: Lunch Bunch
WEDNESDAY
FRIDAY
Noon at Gainesville First United Methodist Church
Depart at 9:00am for the IMAX at Fernbank “Humpback Whales,” and lunch at Mary Mac’s.
FBC Day School Silent Auction
28
SATURDAY
Join us from 5:30pm-7:30pm in the Banquet Hall for the 15th Annual BBQ/Silent Auction benefiting the FBC Day School.
BBQ Plates are $10, tickets for the event are available at the door. Please call Lisa Johnson to donate items for the auction!
CBF International Disaster Response Speaker and Dinner
6:00pm in the Banquet Hall. David Harding, currently the International Disaster Response Coordinator for CBF and
founder of Water is Life International, is the son of missionaries who served in Ethiopia. Come hear David at this dinner
and learn how this CBF work is impacting the poorest of the poor in Ethiopia and beyond. Please register online or call the
church office to make your reservation by February 24. (770) 534-7354.
SAVE the date MARCH 2015
Welcome New Members!
3.13-3.15 Student Ministry:
March Mission Madness ($50)
3.27 Adults with Seniority: Lunch Bunch
APRIL 6-11 Student Ministry:
Mission Trip to New Orleans
JUNE 8-12 Vacation Bible School
JUNE 29-JULY 2 Children’s Ministry
Passport Camp ($254) Register
with Amy or www.fbcgainesville.org
MIKE, JANET, GARRETT
& GRANT BOONE
SUNDAY GIVING REPORT
December 21, 2014
Weekly Budget Required: $55,781.25
Weekly Budget Received: $105,510.08
Year-to-date Required: $2,844,843.74
Year-to-date Received: $2,821,525.68
Deficit: $-23,318.06
December 28, 2014
Weekly Budget Required: $55,781.25
Weekly Budget Received: $83,366.98
Year-to-date Required: $2,900,642.99
Year-to-date Received: $2,904,892.66
Deficit: $+4,267.67
PARKER WHITE
STUART DANIEL
January 4, 2015
Weekly Budget Required: $57,465.00
Weekly Budget Received: $48,240.60
Year-to-date Required: $57,465.00
Year-to-date Received: $48,240.60
Deficit: $-9,224.40
SANDRA MISKOTTEN
January 11, 2015
Weekly Budget Required: $57,465.00
Weekly Budget Received: $42,812.58
Year-to-date Required: $114,930.00
Year-to-date Received: $91,876.82
Deficit: $-23,876.82