Invite Everyone, Invest In People, Impact Eternity

Sunday Worship Classic Service 9:00 a.m. Celebration Service 10:30 a.m. Hispanic Worship 10:30 a.m. Connect Groups 9:00 & 10:30 a.m. Wednesday Prayer/Bible Study 4:00 & 6:00 p.m. TV Schedule Cable Channel 10 Worship Service: Thu: 9:00 pm, Fri: Noon Sun: 8:00 am, Mon: Noon Sunrise Sunday School Sun: 7:30 am & 10:00 am Spanish Sunday School Sun: 5:30 pm & 10:30 pm

Pastoral Staff John S. McCallum II, Pastor jmcallum@hotmail.com johnmccallum.blogspot.com John Bailey, Senior Adult Minister bjandbear@sbcglobal.net Lee Barnett, Music/Worship Minister lee.barnett@mac.com Danny Bryson Education/Outreach Minister dannydbryson@gmail.com Stephen Evans, Media Minister stephenfbchs@yahoo.com Bill Newton, Youth Minister bnewton49@outlook.com Mike Pounders Administrative Pastor drtruth24@att.net Margarito Ramirez Hispanic Pastor (800)798-5463 magoram@sbcglobal.net Brent Roberts, Children’s Minister brent.roberts@rocketmail.com Ken Wheatley, Missions Coordinator kwheatleyiii@sbcglobal.net Wallace Yamauchi, Fitness/Recreation Minister wajamika@hotmail.com

Email us at: fbchsark@yahoo.com Volume 31, Number 14 April 6, 2016

Thurs Apr 7 Judges 13-15; Luke 2:41-52 Jean Pitts Otis Hood Rick Cherry Allen Black Jordan Dobbs Conner Freeman

Fri Apr 8 Judges 16; Luke :1-20 Roy Westermann Vivian Humphrey Jana Wood Dakota Emerson

Sat Apr 9 Judges 17-18; Luke 3:21-38 Ron Hullet Don Opitz Brent Roberts Lindsay Patterson Sarah Porter

Sun Apr 10 Judges 19-20; Luke 4:1-13 Jean Cross Jerry Suit Marcia Schultz J.P. Sutterfield Zoe Zoll

Mon Apr 11 Judges 21: Luke 4:14-32 Wanda Johns Mike Langorne Andrew Rima Joshua Brewer

Tues Apr 12 Ruth 1-2; Luke 4:33-44 Joanne Moore Matt Posney Barbara Watson Bronda Perry Holten Phillips Wed Apr 13 Ruth 3-4; Luke 5:1-26 Martin Collier Michael Mattingly Sharron Perkins Bobby Green Lauren Buttrum Thurs Apr 14 1 Samuel 1-2; Luke 5:27-39 Nita Ingram Leona Nelson Michael Leal Jana Catlett Andrea Jackson William Chapman

Fri Apr 15 1 Samuel 3-4; Luke 6:1-11 Dinora Lemus James Roberts Emily French Sat Apr 16 1 Samuel 5-6; Luke 6:12-49 Ann Cramer Bill McIntyre Michelle Johnson Raegan Nease Sun Apr 17 1 Samuel 7-8; Luke 7:1-17 Nell Harrod Martha Blackwell Casey Ferrell Margaret Hoffman Josh Roe Josh Smith Andrew Maston Daniella Ortigo Ashley Hull Mon Apr 18 1 Samuel 9-10; Luke 7:18-35 Robert McAlister Daniel Armstrong Katy Wesson Abby Huett Justin Stephens Ben Hollis

Happy Birthday!

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 2350 Central Avenue Hot Springs, AR 71901 Ph. (501) 624-3345/Fax (501) 624-2804 Weekday Preschool (501) 624-7083

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Van Outreach Drivers 1st Sunday ...... North: Carlos Lemus, 538-1624 .......................... South: Glen Catlett, 844-7565 2nd Sunday ....North: Roman Terlecki, 622-7735 ...................... South: Mitchell McDill, 318-8333 3rd Sunday . North: Jerry Sunderland, 762-3749 ......................... South: Duke Haight, 815-4416 4th Sunday ........... North: Bob Roling, 545-5818 .......................... South: Tony Payne, 617-6459 5th Sunday ........... North: Bob Roling, 545-5818 ...................... South: Mitchell McDill, 318-8333

Parking Greeters 1st Sundays ...................................... Brian Witt 2nd Sundays .............................. Clyde Shirron 3rd Sundays ................................... Gary Bettis 4th Sundays ................................ Craig Forbes 5th Sundays .................................. Jim Morgan Sub .............................................. Craig Forbes

Deacon Hospital Visitation Week of April 11-15

Monday .................................... Chuck Lane Tuesday ...................................................... Wednesday........................... Ken Wheatley Thursday .................................................... Friday .................................. Richard Braley

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New Member Katy Bays

Wencie Byrd Pam Morris

Ushers - April 10 9:00 a.m. Brandon Jones, Duke Haight, Joe Woosley Every Sunday balcony: Mike Davidson, Mike Ferguson, Don Slaton, Tommy White, Donnie Sumpter Every Sunday main floor: Guy Akins, Richard Hawthorn, Frankie Moore, Cole Morgan

10:30 a.m. Richard Kuhn, Donny Moore, Bill Perry Every Sunday balcony: Robert Davis, Mike Ferguson, Jim Little, Ryan Smith, Mark Twyford, Glen Catlett, Jon Vitro, David Santillan Every Sunday main floor: Bill Richardson, Al Blount, Chris Brock

Safety Teams - Sunday April 10 8:30 a.m. Jerry Franks, Vernon Brooks, Gary Segrest, Pete Davenport, Charlie Zoll, John Slater 10:15 a.m. Chris Brock, Lee Carson, Robert McDaniel, Bill James, Jason Blankenship, Tom Gray 4:00 p.m. James Allen

Wednesday - April 13 4:00-6:00 p.m. Clyde Shirron, Ron Stickels, Gene Watson 6:00-8:00 p.m. Mitchell Mote, John Slater, Randy Fortner

Welcome Center Guides April 8:30 a.m.

PS Ctr: Kim Miller, Susan Blount, Brad Wreyford, Josh & Katy Wesson FH Ctr: David & Gigi Bird Foyer Welc Ctr: Robert & Cindy Davis

10:00 a.m. PS Ctr: Jake & Sarah Bird, Travis Warren FH Ctr: Betty James, Bettye Olver 2nd Floor Welc Ctr: Vaughn & Stephanie Treadway

Door Greeters - April 10 9:00 a.m. Maria Colmenero, Bob & Bonnie Biles, Delaine Green, Ervin & Jean Thom-son, Jody Baker, Vernon & Beverly Gin-grich, Charles & Carol Hill, Mary Pogue 10:30 a.m. Jim & Jane Bledsoe, Pat Webb, James & Gloria Whitefield, Patti Lee, Betty Parker, Patti Heckmann, Everett Cassens

THIS SUNDAY: Cultivating the Fourth Seed

It’s time for our April Parent Table Time! I spent four months in the Fall on a major research project dealing with the church drop-out rate in teens and young adults. This Sunday I’ll share with you the results of that project and the key insights/applications parents need to know from it. When? We will be having Parent Table Time at 9:00 AND 10:30. Who? Any parent or grandparent with kids still at home OR any one who hopes to be a par-ent in the future. How does it work? Take your kids to the nursery/their Connect Group as usual. Then join us in the gym. NO NEED to go to your adult Connect Group for attendance; we will take care of that in the gym.

UPPER LEVEL Basketball Season 4 is coming April-May 2016,

for special needs children 8 years and older and adults Children and Teenagers play on Mondays, April 11-May 16

Adults play on Thursdays, April 14-May 19 Tip-off for UPPER LEVEL basketball is the week of April 11! We anticipate this ministry will continue to grow and we need your help! The league is short term (6 weeks) but provides the opportunity for extended ministry. Volunteers can register online and players can download a form at www.fbcrecreation.com. Or get more information at the Fitness & Recreation Ministry HQ by the Welcome Center or in the FLC.

From the Pastor I am grateful for Corbett Sanders leadership in Mission Hot Springs, a

joint effort with Hot Springs Baptist Church and Pleasant Hill Baptist Church to blanket the city in Jesus’ love one week this summer. As he mentioned on Sunday, our commitment day will be May 1, not coincidentally, our Mission Celebration Sunday. Please be praying about what role God would have you to play this year.

Please take note that on Sunday, April 24, we will have an evangelistic service in our two wor-ship times. I’ve invited Charles Mays, retired pastor, now evangelist, to preach to us on that day. Through More Than a Face we’ve been sharing Jesus, building relationships, and inviting people to Christ and to the church. This would be a good Sunday to invite your lost friends and family mem-bers to attend. The gospel will be made clear, Jesus will be exalted. Perhaps Jesus will save some people that day. Please be praying and inviting!

In April, More Than a Face calls us to focus on sharing Jesus’ love with co-workers: the guy in the next cubicle, the associate at the coffee break table, a business partner, an employee, a boss. Please pray for one or two of these people in your life and look for opportunities to share Jesus with them.

Please email me any More Than a Face stories you have so far in this emphasis. Stories encourage us all.

This Sunday we’ll be doing a little more Spring Cleaning as we deal with the sin of buck-passing. Personal responsibility is on the wane in our culture, sadly even among Christians. Let’s think to-gether about taking responsibility for our lives and our sins.

Then, we will come back on Sunday evening for the ordination of two men, Bill McGehee and Brad Philips, to the office of deacon. I hope you make an effort to be here in support of these men. See you Sunday.

Your Pastor, John

Attendance ............................ April 3, 2016 Homebound TV Class........................... *80 9:00 Connect Group ................................ 411 10:30 Connect Group .............................. 467 Total Connect Groups ........................... 878

Worship Attendance 9:00 ...................... 637 Worship Attendance 10:30 .................... 491 Hispanic Worship Attend 10:45 ............. *39

Total Worship .................................... 1,167 Children’s Worship ................................ *52 *Average

Ministry Fund (4-3-16) Weekly Receipt $67,743 Online Giving $8,087

Total Given $75,830 All In Fund Weekly Receipts: (4-3-16) $4,982 Balance of loan: (4-6-16) $3,065,245

If you prefer to give your tithes and offerings on-line, go to our website, firsthotsprings.com, and follow the giving prompts. Please make sure the office has your current email address.

Fitness & Recreation Ministry

(All sign ups and resources are available at the Fit-ness/Recreation Ministry HQ.)

UPPER LEVEL Basketball Season 4 starts next week! Children and Teenagers play on Mondays, April 11-May 16

Adults play on Thursdays, April 14-May 19 We are excited as we prepare to tip-off our 4th season of UPPER LEVEL

basketball next week! We are still receiving player regis-trations for this short term (6 weeks) league with the opportunity for extended ministry. Go to www.fbcrecreation.com or contact Wallace to see how

you can be involved.

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Go to www.fbcrecreation.com for more information and/or to register for any of these ongoing or upcoming activities:

FBC Fitness offers something for everyone, with over 40 classes per week! (ongoing)

UPPER LEVEL Basketball for special needs children, youth, and adults (April-May)

Church League Men’s & Coed Softball; (May-August)

Family Outdoor Activities (ongoing)

Take A Hike (May 7)

Lil’ Wild Ones: Hummingbird Helpers (May 14)

Children’s Basketball Camps (June-July)

Children’s Summer Specialty Camps [such as Art, Baking, CPR, Creative Writing, Drama, FitCamp, Nature, Photography, Pickle-ball, Science, Tech Camp] (June-July)

Arkansas Travelers Baseball (various dates) * * * *

Until we all fall down, Wallace

A thank you note has been received from Karen Covey and fami-

ly. Notes may be viewed at the Thank You bulletin board across from the 2nd floor elevator.

Education & Outreach Ministry

The basic goals of the Nominating Committee and how it works: *Pray for the Lord’s direction and work in the lives of members to place them as He sees fit. *Encourage all church members to discover their spiritual gifts and complete a Christian Service Survey to find a place to serve the Lord, the church and the community. *Thank current workers on the Servant Leaders List and find out if they will continue. *Help provide names of potential workers to leaders of organizations. Inform Leaders and committee to confidentially clear names of poten-tial workers with the committee before enlisting to ensure a good match and a manageable spread of responsibilities. *Enlist church members only for Directors and teachers and other critical positions. *Our Insurance Company now recommends that we wait at least 6 months before enlisting new members to work with Birth through Youth age groups to prevent background problems, even if they have a clear background check. Each minister will initiate background checks for their workers with kids. *Our Insurance Company also recommends we have at least two adults in each room with kids as well as two on each vehicle for church trips.

Median Adult Team - Sunday, April 10, 5:00 pm, room 221 Young Adult Team – Sunday, April 17, 5:00 pm, room 221 Single Adult Team – Sunday, April 24, 5:00 pm, room 1008

If you don’t already have a place to serve, get a survey from the Wel-come Center and return it today.

Decision America Tour 2016 with Franklin Graham Prayer Rally on the Capital Steps in Little Rock

Tuesday, April 12 at Noon Vans leave the church at 10:30am. Sign up if you want to ride!

Smart Money / Smart Kids Wednesdays at 5:30pm in room 129

By Strategos International (same group that has trained several ar-

ea schools), Saturday, April 30, 8 am-3 pm Crossgate Church, Cost $99 This is just another step in our process of improving our security aware-ness and preparedness. It will help us prevent problems and be pre-pared to deal with this kind of situation. Who should attend: Church Ushers, Door Greeters, Safety Team, Park-ing Attendants, Deacons, Volunteers, Staff. Some Topics Covered: History and demographics of church violence and church shootings; Importance of “Awareness” in relation to pre-vention and mitigation; Biblical authority for church safety and security; church lockdown protocols and principles; Educating first line reception personnel; Recognizing traits of suspicious behavior and armed individ-uals; Verbal conflict management and de-escalation. To register, go to the Strategos International website or enter this link: http://intruderresponse.com/course-schedule/1-day-intruder-awarenessresponse-for-church-personnel-2/ Click on Schedule and go down to “April 30 at Crossgate” and click on this. Love, Danny

Warmest Christian sympathy is extended to Corbett Sanders and family in the death of his father, Corbett Sanders, III; to Robert Covey and family in the death of

his father, Dan Covey; and to Joe Hicks and family in the death of his mother, Sue Hicks McDonald. May God bless and comfort you.

RISE Homebound Ministry Altar Flower Delivery Team

Every Monday, 1 lady who serves on the homebound Altar flower delivery team delivers the Sunday altar flowers to 2 homebound.

You would do this once a month to an assigned home-bound. Short delivery and visit. You come to the church and pick up the flowers and a homemade treat baked by the Heavenly Baker, Lisa Caple. Time of day is up to you but usually after lunch for most homebound. Contact Jennifer Hamner 501.622.9418 or Kate Hamner 501.762.5229

Join us for Sunday morning fellowship in the gym between Worship Services/Connect Groups. Here’s the rotation schedule:

Apr 10: V, W, X, Y, Z Apr 17: A, B Apr 24: C, D, E May 1: F, G, H

May 8: I, J, K, L May 15: M, N May 22 : O, P, Q, R May 29: S, T, U

Christian Service Survey

First Baptist Quilters Meet on the 1st & 2nd Thursday of each month,

9 AM til Noon in Room #3023 (3rd floor). We are quilting Quilts of Honor, to be presented to wounded

soldiers. Anyone is invited to join! If interested, contact Marilyn Morgan at 501-520-4105,

Henrietta Norman at 501-627-4618 or Cheryl Nichols at 501-622-9002.

Wednesday Night Supper Menu April (soup, salad, and fries always served)

6th: Pork Loin w/ Dressing, Yams, Green Peas, Corn Dog, Pie 13th: Spaghetti w/ Meatballs, Chicken Strips, Peach Cobbler 20th: Baked Chicken, Potatoes, Purple Hull Peas, Hamburg-er, Cake 27th: Taco/Potato Bar, Pie

Intruder Awareness/Response For Church Personnel

“Everybody Needs To Know…”

Keenager’s Trip Tour the Iris Gardens in Benton

Tuesday, April 19th Leave the church at 9:30 am.

We will stop for lunch at Larry’s Pizza in Benton

($8.95 w/ drink or $7.18 w/ water)

Call the office to sign up. 624-3345

Please join us at a shower for

Brooke Shirey Bagley

Sunday, April 10

2-4 pm

Room 133

Hosted by Hannah Brown, Allison Fitts,

Amy Shipman, Brandy DeLee, Liz Little,

Beth Sheets

Registered at Target, Kohls and Walmart

Nursery colors for Avery Grace

are blue and pink with pops of green.

Baby

Shower

CHURCH GOAL: $55,000 Given to Date: $30,214

March 6-30

Connect Groups Adult Team meetings:

Fri Apr 1 Judges 1-3; Luke 1:1-25 Jerry Sunderland Steve Harbour Lisa Humphreys Tyler Hooks Elizabeth Callahan

Sat Apr 2 Judges 4-5; Luke 1:26-38 Deborah Logan Jimmy Burton Mickey Wood Drew Martin Courtney Dodd Witt Miller Garrett Grant Emma Skaggs

Corrected Birthday List

Sun Apr 3 Judges 6; Luke 1:39-56 Bob Rice Travis Brann Chuck Jarrell Lauren Warren Zac Abernathy Andrew Freeman

Mon Apr 4 Judges 6-8; Luke 1:57-80 Jerry Baldwin Jerry Wells Linda McInvale Cindy Woolery Garritt Mason Alejandra Villegas Sheldon Shinn Hayden Beckwith Gracen Blount Cora Petersen Drew Cunningham Gabe Moore

Tues Apr 5 Judges 9; Luke 2:1-20 John Hough John Thornton

Wed Apr 6 Judges 10-12; Luke 2:21-40 Dot Wilkerson M.E. Foster Andrew Haight

You’re Invited

to a

Baby Shower

for

Leslie Pounders Loe

Sunday, April 17

12-2 pm

Room 133

Hosted by Kristine Blocker, Myra Burks,

Lisa Caple, Kim Standage

Registered at Babies ‘R Us, Target, Amazon

Sunday, April 10 Deacon meeting

4:00 pm Ordination council

4:30 pm Room 223