www.fbcbigspring.org November 1, 2015

THE PROCLAIMER

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, BIG SPRING, TEXAS The miss ion of F i rs t Bapt is t Church i s to evangel ize the unsaved, d i sc ip le the saved and nurture a l l church members .

This series of messages focuses on the

invitation of the Father to join him as he

redeems the world to himself. His mission is to

be our mission. Using Operation Christmas

Child as our example, we will focus on People,

the Package (Box), the Present, and Prayer.

“The Mission” will challenge each of us to

adjust our lives to the purpose and plan which

God has set before us.

Below is an excerpt from a text the Lindseys received from Simon and Christa Hoopes in Peje, Kosovo whom we support through our monthly giving as well as gifts through the Lottie Moon Christmas offering. “We are so appreciative of all that your congregation has contributed to our ministry and work. You have been such a positive breath of fresh air for us. We have been encouraged greatly with your partnership to reaching the nation of Kosovo. I say these words, but when I read them back they seem so flat. We are oozing appreciation and encouragement. May God richly bless you all for your hearts, prayers, minds, your wills to help. We so much need your help!!!! It is critical that more people partner with us in prayer to reach the lost. We love you. We pray for you as well. We are grateful for the opportunities that you are enabling us to work. We are happy, joyful to work, amidst many foreign and uncomfortable things. We are excited! Pray for that and more excitement and rejuvenation in our spirits and clear ears to hear what He is saying. Thank you……eternally.” Simon and Christa Hoopes

at First Baptist, Big Spring

Sunday, November 29 (pm)

Hanging of the Green

(in the Sanctuary) Sunday, December 6 (pm)

A Service of Lessons and Carols

(in the Chapel) Sunday, December 13 (pm)

“Mingle and Jingle”

featuring the Adult Handbells and

the FBC Worship Choir

(in the Gym)

Sunday, December 20 (pm)

Church wide Caroling

(Thursday, December 24)

Christmas Eve Service

(in the Sanctuary)

ACTS 1:8 ANNOUNCEMENTS

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FROM THE PASTOR

November is always an exciting month for me! Upward Basketball season 5 is launching; Operation Christmas Child is in full swing; Thanksgiving celebration is near; and Christmas preparations are underway. This is the perfect time to be overwhelmed with the activities on the calendar. Unfortunately, we can become so busy that the intimacy of our walk with the Father suffers. During these demanding days, set aside time each day to allow the Father to speak to you through his Word. Read the scriptures with an open heart, listening for his voice to reveal to you himself, his purposes, and his ways. Once you hear from the Lord, respond to him in obedience. Throughout the day, communicate with the Father through prayer. Jesus assured us the intimacy of our relationship with him is essential. “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides (remains) in Me and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me, you can do nothing.” (John 15:5) As you serve the Lord this month, please keep in mind the ways you can be involved in all the Father is doing in and through First Baptist Church. Pray for the Lord to raise up workers for Upward Basketball. We need coaches, referees, score keepers, concession attendants, court sweepers, set up and take down crews, and especially friendly faces who will interact and love on those who attend each game day. Perhaps you are the answer to your prayer! As you pack your Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes, remember to apply a label to each box indicating the gender and age of the child for which you are targeting. Also, include in your box $7.00 to cover the cost of shipping your box. Your check should be made out to “Operation Christmas Child.” Finally, be present for our day of ingathering on Sunday, November 15! I look forward to being able to worship our Lord with you this Sunday! If you are not able to attend in person, then I encourage you to participate by watching the service live through our website www.fbcbigspring.org. Click on the “Live Streaming” button and worship with us! I love you and thank God for you!

“For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are

perishing.”

2 Corinthians 2:15

IT’S NOT TOO LATE! If you have not yet given to the Mary Hill Davis Offering for state missions, there’s still time. The International Mission Board offering (Lottie Moon) supports missionaries around the world; the North American Mission Board (Annie Armstrong offering) supports mission efforts across North America. It is our responsibility to reach our state. Texas continues to grow by vast numbers. Hundreds of nations are represented in Texas. We give so others have the opportunity to know Jesus Christ as their Savior!

HELP NEEDED IN KOSOVO---We need your involvement! *Sweet Bean Bakery would love to feature some of your recipes! Each week the bakery will spotlight one of your products in hopes to find new desserts that will help promote sales in the store. If you have a recipe to submit, send it to lindseyfamily@yahoo.com. Remember, other countries do not have access to many of the ingredients that we do. Select recipes which would have ingredients that may be found anywhere. *Because of a budget deficit, IMB is cutting 600 personnel around the world. Pray for those who will be returning home. Pray for the people left to carry on the work of the ministry. Personnel on the field will be unable to request more help in their areas as they see the Lord opening doors. Would you be willing to Pray? To Go? To Give? What do you have to offer?

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD. Sunday, November 15, will be the ingathering day for our Operation Christmas Child boxes. Boxes will be collected during the morning worship service. As you prepare your boxes, (1) pray for the child who will receive it; (2) include a personal letter with your personal address, or the church address if you prefer. Last year our church provided about 350 boxes. This year, our prayer is to complete at least 500 boxes. Would you challenge yourself to do at least one more box than last year? Also, monies are needed to contribute to the mailing cost of the 116 boxes which have already been prepared at a packing party. The cost to mail each box is $7.

MISSION CENTER. Is it possible that God might be calling you to serve through the clothes ministry at the mission center? Currently we have no one to take the ministry lead in organizing clothes, workers and casting a vision for this ministry. If God is leading you in this direction, please talk to Sherry Lindsey.

Shoeboxes need to be returned by November 15th.

NOVEMBER EXTENDED SESSION KID’S KORNER

It was my first Fall Festival with FBC Big Spring, and I am amazed at how well this church works together to put on such a large event. Thank you to everyone that worked, baked, and donated to make this year’s Fall Festival a success!

Bed Babies:

(every Sunday)

Sylvia Draper

Toddlers & Three Year Olds:

1th: Mike & Regina Warren

8th: Garrett & Kelli Wigington

15th: Jonathan & Rebekah Raffini

22th: Kaye Barr & Andre Clark

29th: Lori & Kaylee Morgan

If you are unable to be in the nursery

on your scheduled Sunday, please

trade with someone or call the church

267-8223.

Thank you!!

November 2nd: Landon Schuelke

November 2nd: Audrey Sincleair

November 15th: Carsyn Brown

November 18th: Elizabeth Raffini

November 20th: Colt Stockton

Upward Evaluations are currently underway. If your child wants to play, the last opportunity for evaluation will be November 2nd in the Family Life Center from 4-7 p.m. If you are interested in coaching or being a referee, please contact the office ASAP for the application. However, don’t think that those are your only opportunities to serve. We still needs tons of help with concessions, clock operators, and greeters. It looks like this is going to be another record year, and we are excited to kick it off!

Welcoming the Greens

Plan on joining us to

welcome the Greens.

We will have a potluck

luncheon after church

on Nov. 8th. Instead of

doing a traditional

“pounding” we will do

a gift card/money tree

so that the Greens can

buy the things they need to fill their pantry.

The church will provide the meat, rolls,

and drinks. Members please bring a

casserole, vegetable, salad or dessert

to share.

Disciple Now

weekend is now set.

The dates are

January 29th-31st.

We will be hosting

the weekend with

FBC Stanton and Forsan Baptist Church joining

us. The speaker will be John Harper; an

awesome speaker that is a regular camp pastor

at Fuge Camps. One big change this year with

DNow is that we will not be having host homes

since FBC Stanton and Forsan Baptist church

are joining us. All students will stay here in the

church during the weekend. We are also

excited about having what we call a “Parents

Part” of DNow during the weekend. John

Harper will lead several small groups. Details

coming soon on all this, but look for signup

cards to be available before Thanksgiving.

Please note,

November 15th

will be the last

night for Sunday

night Youth at

Jonathan’s

house until January. Starting November 22nd ,

there will be church wide Sunday night special

services and activities throughout the holiday

season. You will want to be a part of these

holiday festivities. Regular Sunday Night Youth

will resume at Jonathan’s house (Youth Minister)

Sunday, January 10th. There will be no Sunday

Night Youth on January 3rd.

Students are encouraged to

continue earning

scholarships for Youth camp

by attending Sunday morning

and Sunday night as well as

other special opportunities.

The biggest one of those

other opportunities is by

serving with Upward Basketball as a coach,

referee, game day clock operator, or at the

concession stand. If you want to serve in

any of these areas please let Jonathan or

Pastor Mark know, especially if you want to

coach.

Plans are underway for next

summer’s Mission trip to

Denver, Colorado. The trip

will be in June. Students in-

terested in participating can

ask Youth Minister Jonathan

Raffini for more information.

Students will be required to be in attendance

during the school year at least 50% of the

time to be eligible for participation in the

mission trip. Cost will not exceed $150 per

person.

Youth camp

signup deposits

are due November

9th. The deposit of

$75 serves as your

signup. Camp this

year is July 10-15

at Glorieta, NM.

This IS a Sunday-Friday.

On Wednesday, November 18th, we are going to be hosting a revolutionary parents of youth event in the Youth Room. It will begin at 7:00 p.m. and be over no later than 8:00 p.m. You will not want to miss this night, if you desire for your student to walk with Christ. Don’t miss this one night special event.

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Daylight Savings Time

Sunday Schedule 8:00 a.m. VA Ministry

9:15 a.m. Media Center Opens 9:30 a.m. Sunday School

10:45 a.m. Morning Worship 6:00 p.m. Evening Worship 6:00 p.m. Saturate Youth

Wednesday Schedule 5:00 p.m.—Supper 6:00 p.m.—Adult Bible Study —Adult Choir 6:00 p.m.—WOW 6:15 p.m.—Mission Activities 6:15 p.m.—Saturate Youth

Extended Session Toddlers Nov. 1st: Mike & Regina Warren Nov. 8th: Garrett & Kelli Wigington Nov. 15th: Jonathan & Rebekah Raffini Nov. 22nd: Kaye Barr & Andre Clark Nov. 29th: Lori & Kaylee Morgan Bed Babies Sylvia Draper

Menu Vegetable Beef Soup

Cornbread Hotdogs Dessert

MDO

MDO

MDO

MDO Closed

MDO

Menu Meatloaf

Mash Potatoes/Gravy Green Beans/Rolls

Cake

Church Visitation 5:30 p.m.

Church Visitation 5:30 p.m.

Church Visitation 5:30 p.m.

Church Visitation 5:30 p.m.

Upward Basketball

Evaluations 4:00-7:00 p.m.

Finance Committee Meeting 5:00

Church Closed

Thanksgiving Holiday

No Dinner No Activities

Thanksgiving Dinner

5:00 p.m.

Hanging of

the Green

6:00 p.m.

Menu Mexican Stack-up

Dessert

MDO MDO

First Week of Upward Basketball Practice

Potluck Luncheon to

Welcome the Greens

Dear Mark & Sherry,

Five years! Yes, our Five Year Anniversary Celebration is here. Five years ago our family moved

from Central Massachusetts into Boston with a call to see many in the city come to faith in Jesus.

Leaning on His declaration, “I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it”,

we enlisted your prayer and support to join us in what Jesus was up to in this great city. Many of you

have joined us in various capacities and it is our privilege to encourage you with periodic updates:

A Family on Mission We are deeply encouraged as new Christians are

transitioning from being the focus of the mission to

the force behind the mission. From apartment

dwellers running a food bank out of their

complex, to college students bringing carloads of

friends to church, to professionals organizing

college prep seminars for at-risk teens, God is

raising up laborers for the harvest. At a summer

pool party, our diverse congregation united in

prayer asking God to move in and through us for

His glory and the good of our city.

A Heart for Kids One of the reasons the Lord placed us in

Parkway Boston was its unique concentration of

young families within the city. With a heart for

children and families, naturally we are thrilled

when others catch this burden. Recently a new

believer named Rachel became a co-director of

our children’s ministry. Her love for Jesus and

for children to know Him has helped us develop

a stronger ministry to children. Seeing her thrive

in her leadership role is a reminder of how

people are made for mission and thrive when

using their Spirit-empowered gifts.

Mentoring Teens The Lord has always given us a steady stream of youth

to invest in. We begin by connecting a mentor with a

small group of friends. The mentor will then build a

relationship with the youth and his/her parent/guardian

and begin teaching the Bible while also working through

schoolwork and life skills. This guys group recently built

birdhouses after talking about building their lives on

Christ. Shortly after this photo was taken, one of these

young men was assaulted with a baseball bat by a

family member. By God’s grace, he is doing well and

has a caring adult praying over and investing in him.

This reflects the difficult reality for many of these youth

and the need for restoration through the gospel.

Training and Sending Students Each September, the population of Boston

increases by 300,000 as college students

converge upon the city. They have come to Boston

for greatness and are eager to learn. This is the

perfect heart posture for us to train and send out

students for kingdom work. But first, we must

connect with them and share the gospel. One way

that we connected with students early this semester

was by hosting a College Kickball Kickoff for Boston

area students. We also hosted a College Connect

Cookout for them on a Sunday in September after

church. The semester is off to a great start, and we

have already seen several students come to faith!

Would you take time to pray for our students?

God is at work and we are grateful to be in on what He's up to. One thing is certain, this is happening

because our Lord has connected us with people like you who serve as the prayer force and support behind

His work in our midst. We wish you could hear each story of life change that we get to interact with. We are

celebrating our 5 Year Anniversary on October 25th. We would love for you to join us if you are visiting New

England. If you cannot join us, know that we're thinking about you, and we could not do have done this

without you! Thanks for taking the time to read through this update. Please let us know how we can be

praying for you.

In Christ,

Josh Wyatt & Family

Non-Profit Organization

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Permit No. 123 Big Spring, TX 79720

First Baptist Church of Big Spring

705 W. FM 700

Big Spring, TX 79720

Phone: 432-267-8223

fbcbigspring.org

Wednesday Night Meals

Nov. 25th Thanksgiving Holiday

NO MEAL!

Nov. 4th Hamburger Steak Mash Potatoes/Gravy Green Beans Rolls Cake

Deacons of the Month

Don Brodie. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267-7369

Eddy Spurgin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270-7896

Vaughn Martin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263-4842

Ryan Walker. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .517-4989

Nov. 11th Potato Bar Salad Banana or Chocolate Pudding

www.fbcbigspring.org

SUNDAY SCHEDULE

Sunday Bible Study 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship 10:50 a.m. Saturate Youth 6:00 p.m. Evening Worship 6:00 p.m.

WEDNESDAY SCHEDULE

Wednesday Night Supper 5:00 p.m. Adult Bible Study 6:00 p.m. Adult Choir Practice 6:00 p.m. WOW 6:00 p.m. Mission Classes 6:15 p.m. Saturate Youth 6:15 p.m.

Nov. 18th Hamburgers/Hot Dogs Tator Tots Ice Cream Sundaes

Postmaster: Return Service Requested

Upward Basketball season is here! If you would like to sponsor a child that needs financial assistance to be able to play, please contact the office. Cost per child is $70. Thank you for supporting the children in our community.