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R E A C H I N G S U L L I G E N T — TO U C H I N G T H E W O R L D

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September 2020

P.O. Box 217, Sulligent AL 35586 Phone:205-698-9610 Fax:205-698-8037 Email: firstbc1@centurytel.net Website: sulligentfbc.org

It is the mission of First Baptist Church to worship and honor GOD with all our being and equip ourselves with the word of GOD, not

only to better serve our church, but to reach out to our community, state, nation, and throughout the world with the message of CHRIST.

WORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

Sunday Worship at 9:30 am (CLC)

Online Worship Opportunities at

FBC Sulligent FaceBook Page

First Baptist Church Sulligent YouTube

Page

www.sulligentfbc.org

September’s

Memory Verse

“Forget the former things;

do not dwell on the past.

See, I am doing a new thing!

Now it springs up; do you not

perceive it?

I am making a way in

the wilderness

and streams in the wasteland.”

Isaiah 43:18-19 NIV

YEARS of

MINISTRY 1990-2020

Proclamation! “Jeff Chaffin Day”

30th Anniversary Celebration September 27th

During Morning Worship

This month we celebrate Bro. Jeff’s 30th year of serving and ministering to our church family. Thirty years of faithful service from a man who so earnestly

seeks to serve the Lord with all his heart, has been a generous gift to FBC. His devoted walk with God continues to be an example and a challenge to each of us.

Will you join us in honoring and celebrating his dedication to our church throughout the month of September by giving a “LOVE OFFERING”.

Our desire is to bless him as he has blessed so many throughout the years!

Interim Pastor’s Corner, Prayer Requests, Tot Tracks, YAH

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Happy Birthday! Notes from Jeff, Welcome New Members, Happy Anniversary, SERVE

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Youth Ministry Stuff, Offerings and Attendance, Online Bible Study

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INSIDE THIS ISSUSE

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Interim Pastor’s Corner Glory to God, for He is great and wonderful! He is the light of our soul and the joy of life. How we need to be constantly aware of how God is blessing us as we give him praise and thanks. Everyday is a blessing of God, as He gives us the energy to face all of our trials.

There are many things in this world today that cause us to be anxious, but if we would give it all to our Lord each day, He will take care of us. Then we would begin to realize the awesome blessings of the Lord as we follow the admonition of Proverbs 3 — Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him; and He shall direct your ways. Honor the Lord with your possessions and see the grace of the Lord. Happy is the person who finds wisdom, and the person who gains understanding; For our ways are before the eyes of the Lord. His blessings are fresh and new every day.

Please know that FBC is in my thought and prayers. I know that God has some wonderful blessings and exciting times in store. Just hold on! He has the answer and the blessing that you deserve.

In His Love,

Bro. Scott

Praying for our Loved Ones

Fran Turman, Martha Paul, Regan Rye, Frank Seripin, Tommy & Teresa Price, Pam McReynolds

Pastor Search Team: Blake Gilstrap, Pat Gosa, Marilyn Hankins, Lee Mosley, Cindy Otts, Mike Seripin, Aften Sorrells

Newly Elected Deacons: Wade Barnes, Matthew Gilmore, Lee Mosley, Tommy Price, Joey Sandlin

Homebound/Nursing Home: Sue Brown, Dot Cantrell, Joan Crump, Bo Morris, Shirley Weeks, Jake Gothard, Gaye Nell Hester, Faye Hall (Larry’s mom)

Christian Sympathy extended to: Nig Hollis and family, in the loss of his great grandson, Randall Graham. Bro. Scott Stokes and family, in the loss of his cousin, Harold Bryant. Tyler Gilmore and family, in the loss of his great grandpa, Junior Gilmore. Rhonda Huskey and family in the loss of her mother, Mrs. Ida Flynn. The family and friends of Debbie Flynn.

Tot Tracts Early Learning Center News by Mrs. Jennifer We are almost one month in to our new school year. With all that is having to be done in our public school system, we have held on to our school agers a few weeks longer. This has caused us to start our school year a tad differently than usual, and we are just now jumping into our Abeka curriculum. We are so excited to be getting into a routine and some form of a structured day.

We have also had some job changes starting the new year. As most of you know, Mrs. Debbie Colburn wasn’t able to return after her battle with kidney cancer. I praise the Lord that she has received a clear report at this time. We have placed Haley Benefield, our former, cook/cleaner/closer, in the position of our 2 Year Old Teacher. We have hired Payton Gilmore as our new cook/cleaner/closer. Both of these ladies are doing a great job in their positions. Currently, our 1 Year Old Teacher, Crimson Reeves, has turned in her notice due to a better job opportunity. We are now seeking a replacement for that position. We know that God always provides, and He will do the same in this as well. Please pray for us as we

choose the exact person God would have us to. As we all know, working in the lives of children must be a calling, not just a job that we do each day.

As too often I fail to do, I want to thank everyone who works to make this ministry possible. My teachers for working so hard at leading and guiding the children, and showing them God’s love. Also, church staff for all that goes on in the business side of things. Thank you ELC Board and Deacons for working so tirelessly to help make the difficult decisions that have to be made. Ground keepers for keeping our facility in tip top shape. Last but not least, thank you most of all for the prayer warriors that keep us lifted up to the Lord as we take on such an important role in the lives of children and families in our community. We can not it make without those prayers. We know when we are prayed for. It is proven in how things go on a daily basis. Again, thank you all so very much.

LET THE SCHOOL YEAR BEGIN!!!!! God Bless You All Richly!

Sincerely, Jennifer Goode-Director/K4 Teacher

Young at Heart

WE MISS SEEING YOU!! We want to see your beautiful faces while

practicing "social distancing" so we are having a

DRIVE THRU LUNCH WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7TH

(the regular date for our luncheon) You will be served take out plates from

your car - no need to get out. You will receive more details in a couple of weeks so

SAVE THE DATE.

We look forward to SEEING you! Mo, Linda, Bev

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Notes from Jeff

We praise the Lord for Holden Guyton’s

decision and wasn’t it a powerful time to

share in his baptism together? How

great to see our church family gather

around that water in our courtyard to

witness and support Holden’s

obedience. I want to give a special

thanks to Jay Buckley for the

suggestion; to the Sulligent Fire

Department in general and Chris

Sizemore specifically for their help with

the dump tank. I also appreciate Matt &

John Thomas Gilmore for meeting the

Fire Department early Sunday morning

to help with the set up. It was so worth it

to share that experience together. It

was also wonderful to have Ms. Bobbie

Hensley “virtually” join our fellowship.

You will enjoy getting to know her

better. It’s a blessing to be able to see

God work and accomplish His purposes

in different ways. Please Lord, continue

to move and work in hearts so that we

may see people’s lives changed and

our church grow!

Another reminder to continue to pray for

our Pastor Search Team! Pray for them

as a group and them as individuals.

And also church family, what about us?

Are you praying for us to be preparing

ourselves for the new pastor? What

does God need to do in us? In me? To

have us ready for this new leadership.

Hopefully we are not just sitting and

waiting for this transition, but we are

allowing God to do the work in us that

needs to be done so that our church

can move into our future.

Your deacons and ministerial staff met

again at the end of August to discuss

the church’s schedule as we continue to

try to move to a more “regular”

schedule. The decision was made to

watch how things progress as school

opens and to meet again in mid

September to explore opening up the

schedule a little more. These are not

easy decisions. There are schools of

thought that you must be careful and

schools of thought that you must move

forward. I believe there is truth on both

sides of thought. But I will tell you I am

thankful to be a part of a church that

has not allowed differences of opinion

to divide or distract us. Please pray for

God’s wisdom. I do believe we are

getting closer to being able to restart

some additional ministries.

Also thank God for the new ministries

we have for our online presence. Bro.

Scott is leading a Wednesday evening

Bible study time called “Wednesdays in

the Word.” And Susan Wilson is

leading a children’s worship time on

Thursday evenings called “It’s My Turn”

these are both wonderful opportunities

for our church to continue to learn, grow

and have a visible presence in our

community.

Can I ask what are you learning? What

is God teaching you in the middle of this

time? Not our church but you,

personally. I pray we are all being

changed more into the likeness of His

Son. That is our prayer any other time

and it should be our pray during this

time. Don’t waste a moment waiting for

later. God wants to work in your heart

and your life right now!

Jeff

Happy Anniversary

We are blessed to have Mrs. Cindy Kerr here as our Nursery Coordinator. We will be celebrating her 14th Anniversary on September 1st. We thank God for her service of taking care of our precious

babies and ministering to their families.

Thank you again for all you do! ~Your Church Family & Personnel Committee

Megan Miller ...........................6th

Leonard Robinson ...................7th

Virginia Carruth .......................8th

Matthew Gilmore ......................8th

Teresa Price ...........................10th

Janie Lewis ..............................12th

Joyce Gentry ...........................13th

Susan Taylor Wilson ...............14th

Heather Cockerham ................16th

Gracelyn Miller .........................16th

Bill Waller ................................18th

Mary Alice Maddox ..................19th

Kevin Wheeler ........................23rd

Dorothy Hollis .........................25th

Lockie Noe ..............................24th

Andrew Heath .........................27th

Jonnie Smith ............................28th

Kristy Howell ............................29th

Freda Wheeler .........................30th

Welcome New Members!

by statement:

BOBBIE HENSLEY PO Box 555, Sulligent AL 35586

Bobbie’s Birthday: December 28th

Family Deacons: Tommy Price & Wayne Lucas

Candidates will be officially voted on at the Quarterly Conference

Our new church year has begun. We still have vacancies for several positions working with children, as well as a need for a Discipleship Training Director, and a Men III

Sunday School Teacher. If you are willing to help in any way, please contact any member of our

Talent Search Team or the Church Office.

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SEPTEMBER 2020 HI-LITES

Youth Ministry Stuff

“I am the resurrection and the life” John 11:25

complaining (which no one likes to be around) but go to the other extreme, find ways each day to make your situation and your school better. Our Zoom study time begins this month! Watch for text and email reminders and please join us as we finish the book of Ephesians. Hopefully it won’t be too long until we are able to meet together for our study time. We are also working on a way to have a 5th Quarter even in the midst of Covid. Be praying for the pandemic to continue to get better but also for the Lord to lead us into doing things differently but still be effective for His kingdom. I love you guys and I miss getting to spend more time together. But it has made the time I get to see you even more special. Let me know if I can pray for you in any way!

Thanks to the Doug and Rhonda Byars for opening their home for our Splashdown last month. What a great group we had and it was a perfect evening. Corn-hole, swimming, hot dogs and friends; hard to beat that. We hope to have at least one more Splashdown in the next month or so.

Enjoyed sharing a little El Mezcal the Sunday night before school began. I know that your start has probably been unique at best and chaotic at worst, but I pray it’s been ok for you all. I also pray that you are keeping watch about the ways that the Lord is going to be at work this school year. Remember, God does some of His most incredible work in the midst of chaos. So I believe He has incredible work planned for your life, in your life and through your life this year. Be watchful! May I also suggest that you focus on how you can make things better. It will be easy to turn into a complainer because things will be so different. Try to not only avoid the

Jeff

OFFERINGS AUGUST 2ND—AUGUST 23RD

BUDGET NEEDED TO DATE

$ 221,888

BUDGET RECEIPTS TO DATE

$ 239,662

DISASTER RELIEF YTD GIVING

$ 2,327

BENEVOLENCE

$ 4,898

JAIL MINISTRY

$ 1,782

WORSHIP ATTENDANCE

SUNDAY, AUGUST 2ND — 75

SUNDAY, AUGUST 9TH — 92

SUNDAY, AUGUST 16TH — 108

SUNDAY, AUGUST 23RD — 105

FBC SULLIGENT STAFF INTERIM PASTOR: SCOTT STOKES

MINISTER OF YOUTH & MUSIC: JEFF CHAFFIN

MINISTRY ASSISTANTS:

CAROLYN TRENTELMAN & SYLVIA RHUDY

FBCELC DIRECTOR: JENNIFER GOODE

NURSERY COORDINATOR: CINDY KERR

for our

Midweek Bible

Study WEDNESDAY’S AT 6:30 PM

WITH BRO. SCOTT STOKES

CHURCH OFFICE WILL BE

CLOSED ON