Creek Village

Food Pantry

Item of the Month:

Spaghetti Noodles/Sauce

J UNR 2016

Happenings & Dates 1

Pastor’s Pen 2

MUSIC & YOUTH 3

June Calendar 4

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

First at First

OKMULGEE’S FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

You can contribute to Food for Kids

anytime!!! There are many children in

our own community who are hungry.

This ministry allows us to share food with some of

them during the summer when they are not receiving

free lunches. Simply mark your

contribution envelopes “FFK.”

2016 SUMMER DATES FOR YOUR PRAYERS

AND FOR YOUR CALENDAR Associational Children’s Camp June 1-4

Super Summer June 6-10

Youth Falls Creek June 20-25

Israel Mission Trip July 27-Aug 6

Vacation Bible School July 11-15

China Mission Trip July 13-24

Mission Trip to Mexico July 29-August 5

Saturday June 4th

From 4-10 pm

Birth—10 year olds

Dinner will be provided

Space is limited...must sign up by

Wednesday, June 1st by 3:00 p.m.

This will be a monthly event, so

make your plans for next month!!

Children’s Summer Music Camp will take place each afternoon (from Noon till 4 p.m.) of VBS July 11-15. This camp is for children who have completed Kindergarten through 4th grade. We will have Music games, Music activities, Drum circle, Piano classes, Bells and will also work on “Submerged” the musical that will be presented at the end of Music Camp.

Those children who have completed Fifth-Sixth Grade will be enjoying DAYCAMP following Vacation Bible School July 12-14th from Noon to 4:30 each day. They will be having fun each day including some awesome activities. There will be an opportunity to sign up later in the month. This camp will be limited to the first 25 students to sign up. The cost will be $40.00 for the week.

WE”RE GETTING EXCITED FOR VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL!!!

Start making plans to invite your neighborhood children to join us

for a week of fun and learning!

If you would like

to volunteer to help out that week, see Jodie Marriott!!!

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL July 11-15 9:00 a.m.-Noon

JUNE 2016 PAGE 2

Pastor’s Pen...

If you would like to give offering directed to Camps or Israel, China and Mexico mission trips this summer, please just make known where you would like it to go by writing on your

offering envelope.

There is still time to give to the Falls Creek Fund to help kids go to camp this year. The cost is $125.00 per student/

GARAGE SALE TO BENEFIT

CHINA TRIP

If you have “donations” to

share with Gael and her team

for China, please contact her

so you can arrange pick-up.

Also, plan to come by the

FBC Bus barn

June 4th and spend some

money on the “treasures” that

will be there and ultimately

minister to God’s “treasures”

in China.

Steve and Peggy Brown request the pleasure of your company

at the marriage of their Son

Bradley Scott Brown to Paige Lyndon Haynes

Saturday June 25th @ 7p

The McGranahan Barn

12310 Northwest Expressway Yukon, Oklahoma Please RSVP by June 4th to

brownsgethitched@gmail.com

The writer of the Proverbs writes, I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lack-ing sense, 31 and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down. 32 Then I saw and considered it; I looked and received instruc-tion. 33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, 34 and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man. (Proverbs 24:30 ESV) The writer acknowledges the lesson he learned—sluggard-laziness, sleep and slumber leads to poverty. I wonder could we apply this to the church? I passed by the church of the sluggard, by the church of the man lacking sense, and it was …., ”Do we serve Christ in a sluggardly way?” “Does he get our leftover energy, the dregs of our time and the spirit of half-heartedness that says I guess I’ll do it be-cause nobody else will?” And if so, where does that take us? Christ and His church deserve our best. The people we serve for Him deserve our best. God is not a beggar seeking those that will do what nobody else will. He is a king looking for follower-servants who are honored and excited to invest in His kingdom. We are not volunteers! We are those who he has sought out and given a divine appointment. A “sit and soak” mentality is so foreign to Christ and His church. Christ invites us to take a “yoke.” Granted it is a well-fitted yoke. Nevertheless yokes are for pulling wagons and plows. How long has it been since you looked at Christ and asked “What can I give? What can I do in Your church?” Summer brings many opportunities, don’t waste them! See you in worship and Bible study, Dennis

The View From Here June 2016…….

A word from JJ

As we approach Father’s Day many of us grew up (especially when we were very young) thinking that our Dad’s knew everything…but

when we look to our Heavenly Father and see His design and the plans that He has for us it can, well it can boggle the mind…..I found

this in my daily devotions a while back and as the title says….here’s…..

Something to Think About

God's accuracy may be observed in the hatching of eggs. For example: the eggs of a canary hatch in 14 days. Those of the

barnyard hen in 21 days. The eggs of ducks and geese hatch in 28 days. Those of the mallard in 35 days; and the eggs of the

parrot and the ostrich hatch in 42 days. Notice: they are all divisible by seven, the number of days in a week!

God's wisdom is also seen in the making of an elephant. The four legs of this great beast all bend forward in the same direction. No

other quadruped is so made. God planned that this animal would have a huge body, too large to live on two legs.

For this reason He gave it four fulcrums so that it can rise from the ground easily.

The horse rises from the ground on its two front legs first. A cow rises from the ground with its two hind legs first.

God's wisdom is also seen in His arrangement of sections and segments, as well as in the number of grains.

Each watermelon has an even number of stripes on the rind.

Each orange has an even number of segments.

Each ear of corn has an even number of rows.

Each stalk of wheat has an even number of grains.

Every bunch of bananas has on its lowest row an even number of banana, and each row decreases by one, so that one row has an even

number and the next row an odd number.

The waves of the sea roll in on shore twenty-six to the minute in all kinds of weather.

All grains are found in even numbers on the stalks.

The Lord specified thirty fold, sixty fold, and a hundred fold all even numbers.

God has caused the flowers to blossom at certain specified times during the day.

The lives of each of you may be ordered by the Lord in a beautiful way for His glory, if you will only entrust Him with your life.

In His Love, Bro. Monty

Church, We are seeing God do amazing things in our student ministry. Students are being saved. Students are inviting. Students are growing. And I’ve been asked the question, why is this happening? The obvious answer is that God is moving in the lives of our students. However, I also believe a huge reason is our Volunteer Leaders are investing student’s lives. What I know is: 1 full time-time paid staff = 40 paid staff hours 10 volunteer leaders x 5 hours = 50 hours 90 hours invested in one week, 45 hours are completed by volunteers. That’s 50% more time than what can be spent by one full-time paid staff! That’s why I want to take a moment and honor our volunteer leaders! Becca Lane Annie Fox Tiffanie Hamon Kaitlin Galindo Josh Fox James Wynn Robert Wynn Brady Thorman Caleb Womack Levi Wright So my challenge to you church is the next time you see one these valued volunteers that you thank them for investing in the next generation. Blessings, JJ

P.O. Box 248

5th and Seminole

Okmulgee, Oklahoma 74447

Okmulgee’s First Baptist

Church

Phone: 918-756-7880

Fax: 918-756-0200

Prayer line: 918-756-2836

CHURCH STAFF

Pastor

Dennis Taylor Dennis@fbcokmulgee.org

Minister of Music & Worship

Monty Wright Monty@fbcokmulgee.org

Youth Minister

J.J. Lane J.J.@fbcokmulgee.org

Ministry Assistant

Jayme Hankins Jayme@fbcokmulgee.org

Maintenance

Amy McCormack

To activate the prayer chain

call one of these people:

June Howard, 756-1669

Peggy Caudle, 756-6218

or call the church office.

Mission Statement:

To glorify God by leading

people to become mature

believers in Christ.

Prayer Room Ministry You can sign up to be a part of the

prayer room ministry. Simply call

the office for an available time slot,

Those needing to leave a request

for the prayer room can contact

the prayer line (756-2836)

24 hours a day or contact the office

JUNE EXTENDED SESSION

BABIES - ONES TWOS THREES & FOURS

5 Don & Beverly Henson Kim Priegel Amy McCormack & Kayla

12 Sarah Amador Vicki George Linda Ragain

Ginny Holder Muriel Siegenthaler

19 Gael Nichols Janet Taylor Marilyn White

Kris Siegenthaler Joyce Thomas

26 Laura Talbot & Taylor Janet Taylor Lawana Giddings

Shirley Almerigi

PLEASE CONTACT JAYME AT THE OFFICE OR JANET IF YOU ARE

UNABLE TO WORK YOUR SUNDAY.

June 2016 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2

3 4

China Garage Sale-FBC Busbarn

Parent’s Night Out 4-10 p.m.

5 6

B.A.L.L..

Group

11:00 a.m.

7 8 9 10 11 Teacher’s Meeting 9 a.m.4 p.m.

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

19

Fellowship Brunch

8:15 a.m.

20 21 22 Finance Committee Meeting 7:00 p.m.

23 24 25 Victims Impact Panel—Great Room 3:30 p.m.

26 27 28 29 Falls Creek Party—6:30 p.m.

30

NCBA Children’s Falls Creek

Youth

Summer

Kick-Off

6:30 p.m.

SUPER SUMMER—OBU

YOUTH FALLS CREEK

Happy

Birthday

JJ

Happy Birthday Brother Monty!!!