The Baptist Record FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH EUPORA

AT CHURCH THIS WEEK: Friday, April 1 6:30 Father-Daughter Banquet Saturday, April 2 10:00 OCC Carport Sale until 2 p.m. *** D-KIDS Sunday, April 3 **** D-KIDS continues 9:45 Sunday School 11:00 Morning Worship 11:00 G-Force (Worship for children grades K4-6)

4:00 Prayer Shawl Ministry 6:00 Revival continues at FBC Mathiston **** NO EVENING WORSHIP Wednesday, April 6 6:45 Men’s Prayer Breakfast 9:30 Lifestyles WMU 5:00 3rd-5th Grade Bible Drill Competitors to meet 5:30 Bible Drills, Thrill & Chills 6:00 Youth Bible Study 6:30 Prayer & Praise Service/Bible Drills 7:15 Adult Choir Rehearsal

CHURCH STAFF Travis Gray — Pastor John Herring — Music Minister/Assoc. Pastor Kevin Barnette — Youth Pastor Charla Boatman— Children’s Director Yvonne Hitt — Financial Secretary Gwen Sisson — Church Secretary Marcelle Robertson — Custodian Leanne McGarr — Librarian Jo Faulkenbery — Church Clerk

March 31, 2016 Edition Vol. 8, No. 13

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First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 268 * 520 W Fox Avenue, Eupora, MS 39744 * Phone: 662.258.3491 * Fax: 662.258.2520 * firstbaptistc57@bellsouth.net

HAPPY

BIRTHDAY!!

HAIR CLIPS, BOBBY PINS & SMALL BOWLS

SUNDAY SCHOOL RECORD 3/27/16 AdultEE.EEEEEEE..E.EE..E...E.129 Young AdultEE.EEEEEEE.EE..E...12 College/Career E.EE.EEEEEEEE...11 YouthE.EE.EEE.EEE.........................23 ChildrenE.EE..E..EE.....EEE..EE.E.26 Preschool/Nursery..EEE........................... 18 Nursing Home ..EEE.................................31 TOTALEEE.EE.................................... 250

FINANCIAL 3/27/16 Weekly Bud. Rec.E..........................$9,106.00 Weekly Bud. NeedEEEEE..E.. $10,694.42 Budget Needs to DateEEE........$139,027.46 Gifts to DateEEEEE.E..E.E $133,345.77 UNDER Budget....E......EE...........-$5,681.69

BUILDING FUND 3/27/16 Gifts this WeekEEEE.E..EEE.E $100.00 Current BalanceEEEEEEE...... $2,693.92

ORGAN PIPE FUND 3/27/16 Gifts to DateEEEEE.EEE..E.E $170.00 Current BalanceEEEEEEE.... $23,790.00

NICARGUA MISSION TRIP FUND 3/27/16 Gifts to DateEEEEE.E..EEEEE $65.00 Current BalanceE..EEEEE..... $10,002.17

ANNIE ARMSTRONG FUND 3/27/16 Gifts to DateEEEEE.EEE....E $2,660.00 Current BalanceEEEEEEE...... $6,856.00 Goal: EEEEEEEEEEE...... $11,000.00 Short of GoalEEEEEEEEE.—$4,144.00

ITEMS OF THE MONTH

April 1 Rhonda Beach

April 1 Dianne McGarr

April 1 John Aaron Castle

April 2 Tommy Gladney

April 2 Kailan Holmes

April 4 Dr. Beth Duncan

April 4 John Brannon, Jr.

April 4 Kinsey Rico

April 4 Renee Hitt

April 4 Kara Love

April 4 Donald Harrison

Jesus is ALIVE! The Easter season was filled with many different events. They offered us many opportunities to worship our Lord and fellowship with the body of Christ. I hope that you were able to participate in a great weekend. Our challenge is to make sure that we boldly proclaim the significance of what Jesus did for us. The atmos-phere of Sunday morning should never come to an end. Jesus is alive! Several other events are taking place this weekend. D-KIDS, the Father-Daughter banquet, the garage /carport sale for Operation Christmas Child and the Associational Revival continues this weekend, just to name a few. Call the office if you need more information. We will be having an associational missions day on April 30. If you would like to help, please let me know. We will meet at 7:30 a.m. in the Family Life Center before we go out. Everything should conclude by lunch. If you know of some small projects that need doing for someone, please give me a call. As we live each day, may we grow in our walk with Jesus. Everything may seem to be falling apart around us, but what is in us should be greater every day.

Jesus Is Alive! Bro. Travis

I want to thank the choir, soloist,

and orchestra for an awesome job,

Sunday. I thought everything was

exactly as the Lord wanted it to be

and He was in this place!

Don’t forget the associational re-

vival will resume this Sunday eve-

ning at First Baptist Mathiston. Choir

rehearsal is at 5 p.m. with the service

at 6 p.m.

We will have choir rehearsal this

week. Please come and join us!! I

look forward to worshiping with you

on Sunday!

John

The Choir did an

outstanding job with

Easter service

By GWEN SISSON It began as a pilot program, and for the past few years, Brenda Ulmer has helped numerous fami-lies “at the point of collapse” get back on stable footing. Ulmer, of Mathiston, is a mem-ber of First Baptist Church of Eupora. A few years ago, she was looking for a retirement career that would allow her a change of pace. One Mother’s Day, Rev. Doyle Cummings spoke about The Baptist Children’s Village as part of their annual fund drive, and Ulmer felt lead to contact the organization to see if there was a need she could fill. Children’s Village staff was in the process of developing a pro-gram to help the families of the children in their care, with the hopes of reuniting some of the children with their parents. Ulmer became involved with the pilot program that has devel-oped into the Dorcas In-Home Family Support Program of the Mississippi Baptist Children’s Village. “We help them change the way they ‘do family’,” Ulmer said. “There are some desperate needs in many of these situations. There is some drug abuse in some of these families. We work to get to know the families, plugging them in to resources that can help par-ents get what they need to create a better home life.” “Brenda Ulmer has a heart that wants children to know they are loved,” said Rev. Travis Gray of First Baptist Church of Eupora. “I haven’t had much of a chance to get to know her because she is on the go so much to make that hap-pen. She is a valuable contact to have if you would like to be more involved in the needs of less for-tunate children in Mississippi. The Mississippi Baptist Conven-

tion is blessed to have people like Mrs. Brenda serving all over our state to say, ‘we care about you.’ Because of her, come lives will never be the same.” The Dorcas In-Home Family Support Program is “designed to aid families that are near the point of collapse…create homes that are safe and stable for children,” ac-cording to The Baptist Children’s Village. This faith-based program is de-signed to:

• Help with parenting skills;

• Help with family relationship

counseling;

• Help with budgeting skills;

• Help in building self-esteem;

• Help with transportation;

• Help with nutrition and meal

preparation;

• Help with time management;

• Help with continuing educa-

tion;

• Help to get children enrolled

in daycare, head start and school;

• Work with local agencies and

community resources on behalf of the families;

• Prioritize family dynamics;

• Help obtain information

needed for services from other agencies;

• Help complete job applica-

tions;

• Help with interview skills for

jobs;

• Help with appearance for a

job interview;

• Help with housekeeping

skills;

• Work with the family to se-cure safe housing.

Ulmer serves as a case manager and works with 16 families in the northern quarter of the state. Her

area corresponds with the Depart-ment of Human Services (DHS) Regions. “In many cases, they are mov-ing all of the time, and we are constantly having to update re-cords and finding items to help meet their needs,” Ulmer said. “I love getting to know the families and building a rapport with them. I hope they feel like they have a friend who is there to help.” Ulmer said some of her main activities have been encouraging family time, by having supper together as a family, playing board games, etc. “We want every one of our families to sit and eat meals to-gether,” Ulmer said. “It is a way to get to know one another better, because in many cases, they do not have a clue what is going on in the lives of their family mem-bers.” Her work also encourages fam-ily devotions and getting the chil-dren and/or the whole family in-volved in a local church. “It is not easy,” Ulmer said. “It takes time to build a rapport with the family before they are inter-ested in devotions or getting in-volved with a local church. It takes time.” As part of her work, she encour-ages community donations to help families have a dining room table and chairs, dishes, pots and pans, etc. Ulmer said many of these families do not have the basic housekeeping items or furniture to create a livable environment for their children. The Dorcas Program is con-stantly working to meet these needs. For more information, check the website at http://baptistchildrensvillage.com or call The Baptist Children’s Village at (601) 952-2422.

Ulmer

helps put

families

back

together