P.O. Box 1324 - Fayetteville, AR 72702 Corner of College and Dickson E-mail: tjohnston@fbcfayetteville.org Website: www.fbcfayetteville.org

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c/o First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 1324, Fayetteville, AR 72702-1324

Phone: 479-442-2387 Church Staff Extension Pastor - Douglas Falknor ............................. 12 Associate Pastor - Josh Mauldin ................. 16 Minister of Music - Mike Paslay ................... 19 Minister of Adults - Lance Brewer ............... 18 Children’s Minister - Lisa Wheat ................. 20 Student Minister - David Powell ................... 25 Church Administrator - Kevan Kutter .......... 15 Pastor’s Secretary - Sheila Smith ................ 12 Publications Secretary - Terri Johnston ....... 11 Play Learn Director - Traci Burnett .............. 22 Preschool Coordinator - Linda Dilley ........... 23 Security - Joshua Goff ................................ 26

First Baptist Church 20 East Dickson

Fayetteville, AR 72701 479-442-2387

www.fbcfayetteville.org

Praise Record - October 2 Sunday School Attendance ........................... 502

Morning Worship ........................................... 661

8:30 ................................................ 253

11:00 .............................................. 368

ENGAGE Worship ........................................ 158

Received for week ................................. $40,061

Budgeted for week ................................. $32,811

Expenses for week ................................... $7200

Received in month to date ..................... $40,061

Budgeted month to date ........................ $32,811

Expenses month to date ........................... $7200

Received in 2016 .............................. $1,397,011

Budgeted in 2016 ............................. $1,509,320

Expenses year to date ...................... $1,450,535

One Heart One Treasure This week .............................................. $600 This year .......................................... $81,640

Hospital ized:

Gerald Jones, WRMC 5202 Roy Williams, WRMC 5303

ETC - October 9

8:30 service

Babies: Byron & Cari Humphry

Preschool: Erica Powell & Anna Threet

11:00 service

Babies 1: Melissa Ruff & Healey Ikerd

Babies 2: Jane & David Skinner,

Allie Gould

Toddlers: Stephen & Mary Skinner

Twos: Brad & Jennifer Cheatham

Preschool: David & Audra Savage,

Jacey Gould

Van Drivers - October 9

Frank Ellis (870-378-2685) Glen Ikerd (751-0885)

Deacon of the Week - October 9 -15

Tom Townsend (442-2934)

Family M eal - October 12 @ 5pm

Cost: $4 per person. Free for

preschoolers, Family maximum: $15

Menu: Build your own hot dog and chips.

Dessert: Mississippi mud pie.

LOOKING AHEAD

8:00 am Sunday AM Worship Team Rehearsal

8:30 Morning Worship with Lord’s Supper

9:45 Sunday School

11:00 Morning Worship with Lord’s Supper

12:00 pm Take a College Student to Lunch Day

4:00 JH Missions

HS Bells (gr 9-12)

Stewardship C., CR

5:00 MS Chr Rehearsal (gr 5&6)

JH Chr Rehearsal (gr 7&8)

HS Chr Rehearsal (gr 9-12)

6:00 University-Led ENGAGE

Women’s Prison Ministry

College Like Crazy Week through Oct. 14

6:45 pm Deacon’s Mtg., Chapel

College Engage 24

6:00 Battle Plan for Prayer (Ladies’) study

Quilting at Women’s Prison

9:30 am Ladies’ Quilting, 320

4:00 pm JH Bells Rehearsal

5:00 Family Meal, MH

5:45 Graded Choirs (3 yrs-gr 4)

JH Worship/Bible Study

HS, One Thing: Worship/Bible Study

Adult Bible Study & Prayer Mtg., LA170

Discuss & Discover Study for Internationals, M105 (P)

Hebrews Precept Bible Study (Ladies), NB125

Discerning Voice of God (Ladies), NB 118

Multiply men’s study, LA152

Missions Study, Chapel

6:40 Children’s Missions

Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal

8:15 Sunday AM Worship Team Rehearsal

9:30 am Ladies’ Bible Study, N118

11:30 Adult Game Day, Chapel

6:00 pm Elementary Spanish 1, N118

6:00 pm Fellowship 56

JH FNF

College Meal

Parents Night Out

4:00 pm Nominating C., CR

Play Learn C., M105 (P)

5:00 Public Relations C., N125

7:00 Regular Business Mtg.

Sunday, October 30 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. at The U of A Gardens

On the U of A Campus

Pumpkin patches of donations will be located by the Information Center & in the north building. Please take a pumpkin & deliver that donation to the baskets outside the preschool or the north building kitchen by Wednesday, October 26.

Donations Needed: bags of wrapped candy small bottles of water small 8oz sodas $5-$20 gift cards to use as door prizes.

Volunteers needed: Games Someone to drive the church truck & trailer to the Gardens & back to the

church when it’s over.

Sign up to help at the Information Center or in your Sunday School classroom.

For more information, contact Lisa Wheat, 442-2387, Ex. 20 or lwheat@fbcfayetteville.org

In Memory of Herb Huneycutt by

Phyllis & Mary Tucker

In Memory of Aaron Newman by

Anonymous

In Memory of Betty Karstetter by

Anonymous Dixie Cole

Marlene Palmer

In Memory of Murray Smart by

Tommy & Eva Cornwell Ronald & Becky Cox

GIFTS

If interested in Loving Choices Fundraising Banquet, please contact Suzanne Morris at 479-409-9001 or

Allyson Reid at 417-337-3441. YOU MUST BE REGISTERED TO ATTEND BY OCTOBER 19.

Congratulations

To Gun & Rebecca Coaty on the birth of

a son, Warren Robert Coaty, on

October 1, 2016. Warren weighed 8

pounds, 1 ounce and was 22 inches

long. Also welcoming Warren is big

brother, Oswald.

Sympathy

The church extends Christian love and

sympathy to Amber & Tim Stults,

Timothy, Grace & Lilly on the loss of

Amber’s father, Jim Beckham, on

October 5.

Family M eal -

October 12 @ 5pm

Cost: $4 per person. Free for

preschoolers, Family maximum: $15

Menu: Build your own hot dog and chips.

Dessert: Mississippi mud pie.

Friday, October 14

6:00 – 9:30 p.m. Babies - 4th Grade

Cost: $6 per child/Family Max: $20.00

Reservations will be taken in the Preschool this Sunday.

Payment must be made when the reservation is taken.

Reservations must be made by Sunday, October 9.

Friday, October 21 6-11 pm

Please support the RA’s

as they walk to raise

money for World

Missions. You can sign

up to pledge with any of

the RA’s. If you need

more information on how to support

them, contact Andy Gebauer.

Ladies Thursday Bible Study meets

at 9:30 AM in NB118 beginning October 13.

The 6-week study, Living Free, by Beth Moore

teaches us how to pray God's Word.

SECURITY/CUSTODIAN

We are in need of a part time security/custodian. Duties include, but are not limited to:

►Ensuring doors are locked at night ►Cleaning preschool area after evening

events and on Sunday ►Getting building ready for worship and

Sunday school. The position pays a fair wage and provides an apartment onsite. For more information

or applications, contact the Church Administrator,

Kevan Kutter, @ 442-2387 Ext. 15 kkutter@fbcfayetteville.org

Saturday, October 22 from 5-7 p.m. at the Vinson Barn—533 Rheas Mill Rd This is a great opportunity to invite an unchurched or a

new family to join your family. Sign up in Preschool or at the Information Center by October 19.

Preschool & Children’s Family Save the Date

A Christmas Gathering

with Denise Lopez

Thursday December 1

First Baptist Church Fayetteville

Dinner at 6:15 p.m.

Program Starts at 7 p.m. Tickets go on sale Sunday, October 16

$29 Per Person

Hosted by our Women’s Ministry.

Thursday, October 13; 11:30 am - 2pm

North Building Chapel Join us for a great time of fellowship around the

domino tables. We will start playing games at 11:30,

break for a bite to eat at noon and then pick up the

dominos again and finish about 2:00 pm.

LEGACY LUNCH Road Trip to Mount Magazine

Thursday, October 27

9:15 AM – 4:15 PM

Lunch at The Lodge.

Space is limited! Signup in your SS Class,

Atrium or the

Information Desk.

Deadline to sign-up:

Sunday, October 23

Ladies’ Book Club

November 1

10:00a.m.

at Ann Burk’s home

The book for November’s

discussion is A Thousand

Splendid Suns by Khaled

Hosseini.

Deacon nominations

Forms are available in the church office, the Atrium

and at the Information Center. All nomination forms

must be completed and turned in to the church

office by Wednesday, November 30.