First Baptist Church Non-Profit Org.

First Baptist Church

PO Box 366 U.S. Postage Pd.
Calvert City KY 42029-0366 Calvert City, KY
270-395-4600 Permit # 17

Calvert City, Kentucky Return Service Requested

Pastor: Bro. Jim Ewing

Minister of Music & Education: Bro. Rick Johnson
Secretary: Donna Ford
Church Organist Vicki Madison
Church Pianist Daron Sills
Custodian Jim Owens

OCTOBER 2009

The
Challenge
Continuing our Sunday Morning Sermon Series from Genesis 1-11

In the beginning …
God’s plan … Man’s choice
Coming in October …
 Church Mission First Baptist Statement Prayer Concerns for our Church
Family
United by the love of Christ, our purpose is: * Chuck Thompson – skin cancer surgery

• To tell others of the saving power of Jesus Christ
treatments
• To teach Christian discipleship using the Holy Scriptures
treatments
as the text.
• To touch the needs of our fellowman by engaging in
activities that will bring glory to His name.
* Sue Bull – continuing chemotherapy
* Tammy Holland – continuing chemotherapy
* Ron Lappin – problems with kidneys
* Wilma Satterfield – frozen shoulder
* Ron Northcutt – health related decisions

Other Prayer Requests

Weekly Scheduled Events * Charles Crowell – Tracy Phillip’s dad - tests
Sunday * Marshall Mann – lymphatic cancer
diagnosis
8:30 A.M. Worship Service * Kevin & Evelyn Stokes –
recovering at home
9:30 A.M. Sunday School * Don Hise – continuing observation
10:45 A.M. Worship Service * Reggie McDowell (Tracy Phillips’ cousin)
melanoma
6:00 P.M. Evening Worship * Mary Brinn – adjustments after loss of husband
* Boyce Birdsong (Helen Noles’ brother)
heart problems * Alison Glettner (Larry &
Doris Coursey’s daughter) still
Tuesday needs bone marrow transplant
Visit First Baptist Church on the web at
10:00 A.M. Rehearsals Suspended until the fall Convalescent CenterS
www.calvertfbc.org for scheduled Henry Ellis Cann Wilma
events, pictures, and more!
Fay Farmer
Wednesday Louise Beckman
5:00 P.M. No Summer Meal – resume in the fall John Dees (Britthaven) C.M. Jones
(Gaither Suites)
6:15 P.M. Prayer Service in Sanctuary Faye Bloomstrand (Britthaven)
6:30 P.M. Youth Ministry Bible Study/TeamKid Groups Homebound
7:15 P.M. Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal (Choir Room) Linda Terry Edna
Oakley
Kathryn Johnson Doris & Hershel
Haley
Marjorie Moore
Prayer Ministry
The Prayer Room is open to all of our church
family at
any time. If you would like to be a part of our
prayer
 ministry, we encourage groups to meet at these times:

Sunday 10:30 – 10:45 Wednesday 5:45 – 6:15

Tuesday 9:30 – 10:00 Thursday 10:00 –
10:30
Eliza Broadus Offering for State Missions $ SEPTEMBER FIGURES $

For Kentucky Baptists, 2010 could become the “year General Fund
of the horse.” As many as 600,000 people are August
Budget Needs Monthly* $
expected to compete in or attend the World 21,499.33
Equestrian Games at the Kentucky Horse Park in Budget Receipts Monthly $ 24,736.75
Lexington. Many people who arrive will have never Designated Receipts Monthly $
heard the gospel before. A group of Kentucky 692.66
Baptists already are at work planning ministry events YTD Budget Needs $
171,994.64
and recruiting volunteers, but WMU hopes even
YTD Budget Receipts $
more people will become involved through prayer, 153,676.15
and by supporting this year’s Eliza Broadus Offering YTD Designated Receipts $
for missions in Kentucky. The money will go to 43,103.57
support disaster relief, Baptist Campus Ministries, Total 2008 Receipts
Eastern Kentucky ministry centers and many others. $196,779.72

Those Serving in the Military/Overseas

DEBT RETIREMENT
Todd Broyles Travis Cano Cory Joiner Ben Sewell James Ward
Brad Terry Mark Tieman Chad Ward Justin Stubbs Murray Young
Zac Grimes Mark Miller (Iraq) Chris Tucker
 From Your Pastor
Jim Ewing
Well, it has been one year this month that my family and I
joined with you here in Calvert City. While we are still
working to get our house in Paducah sold, we are here in
virtually every other way! Pretty much all we do in Paducah
is sleep. Thank you all for making this first year such a
blessing.
The first year for a pastor is mostly about watching and
learning … but together we have accomplished some
important things over the past several months.
We purchased a new management software package called
PowerChurch Plus that will help us manage membership,
attendance, and finances in a single package. We have been
through initial training and into the process of preparing the
software to help us better manage all our activities.
This past spring Ken Musgrove, Annessa Roberts, Carolyn
Outland, Judy Smith, Bill Kunnecke and I completed an initial
safety & security review of our facility and procedures. We
looked at a host of issues and developed a list of
recommendations that we are addressing with the Buildings &
Grounds committee. Among the recommendations was the
use of a nursery pager system that is already in place. Very
soon we will install shades in the Fellowship Hall to provide
visual security for the music/sound equipment. As funds
become available we will be considering additional measures
to ensure our staff, members, and guests are afforded a secure
place to fellowship and worship.
Thanks to the leadership of folks like Nigel and Phillip
Broyles and Kathryn Goheen, our Senior Adult Ministry is up
and running at full speed.
We got the siding replaced, a brand new sign for the front …
and thanks to an anonymous gift, we will soon have new
sanctuary doors and entry way lights installed. In addition,
that gift will allow us to remodel the ladies restroom, purchase
the blinds for the fellowship hall, and purchase a CD/DVD
recording system to replace our old cassette system.
Looking toward the future, we are well underway in our
planning for a mission trip to Jordan in the fall of 2010. This
initial trip will be small in numbers but will hopefully open the
door for a vital international mission partnership.
Finally, Karen Dodson and Gene Low have been instrumental
in revitalizing a prayer ministry for our church. If you would
like to learn more about our prayer ministry, please let them
know. This will make a significant impact on us as a body
and I am convinced that it will open the door for God to use us
in ways that we can’t yet imagine.
There is much more that this past year has brought us … this
is just a taste of what’s happened. But I am looking forward
to even greater things in the future as we pursue our common
fellowship in the Lord. He is good! And is good to be a part
of this wonderful church family!
Together in Him,
Minister of Music & Education
Rick Johnson
PABA Annual Meeting
The Purchase Area Baptist Association’s Annual
Meeting will be held on Thursday, October 15, at the
Poplar Spring Baptist Church in Murray. The meeting
will begin with a meal at 6:00 p.m. and a program and
Business Session will follow. If you can attend this
meeting, please let me know so we can give an accurate
number of people attending and for the meal. There will
be no cost for the meal but we do need to give them an
idea of how many will be eating.
Trunk ‘R’ Treat Coming Soon!
Our church will observe Trunk ‘R’ Treat again this year.
It will be held on Wednesday, October 28, at 6:00 p.m. in
the fellowship hall. We will enjoy a meal at 6:00 p.m.
and the activities will begin around 7:00. No choirs or
any other regularly scheduled activities will be
happening that evening. Those will resume the following
week. Come and bring your family for a good night of
fun and fellowship.
Clinical Pastoral Education News
I am preparing to move from Level I CPE to level II. One
of the guys in my group and I will be meeting with a
committee in Louisville on Friday, October 9. We will
each meet before a committee of three CPE supervisors.
They will help to determine our readiness for level II.
This will be a large hurdle for us. Please pray for both of
us as we meet with this committee.
This is my third unit of CPE. There are four units
altogether. We have four people in our group, one
female and three males. Our class time is led by our
Supervisor, Chaplain, Jim Wright. We have two
Baptists, one Pentecostal and a Catholic Priest in our
group. We are beginning to form as a group that can
trust each other. We are learning the process of group
dynamics and how things work in group process. These
kinds of dynamics work in the church as well, so it is
very helpful. The books I am reading for this third unit
are: “In a Different Voice,” “The Courage to Teach,”
and “Shared Wisdom.” All these books are helpful as
far as working with people and learning how to be aware
of the differences in people and how they do things. The
book “In a Different Voice” speaks to the differences
between men and women and how we relate differently.
It is an interesting book to read.
We are still meeting for our class time on Mondays from
7:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. back in the Educational area of
the hospital. The Chaplain’s office is just behind the
Women’s Center at Western Baptist Hospital. I am on-
call one night each week during each unit. Those
experiences have been very interesting and I have
learned much about people and how they react to
sickness and tragedy in their lives.

For more than fifteen years families have
had a wonderful opportunity to impact the
lives of less fortunate children across the
globe through the ministry of Samaritan’s
Purse. This is an international relief
organization headed up by Franklin
Graham. Operation Christmas Child has
delivered more than 46 million shoeboxes
filled with toys and other items. This is
your opportunity to demonstrate to your
family the real meaning of Christmas:
giving.
Senior Adults 55+ are invited to a
potluck supper on Tuesday, October
6. This activity will be held in the
Fellowship Hall at 5:30 pm. Please
bring your favorite dish!
Monthly Member Meeting Postponed
Our monthly member meeting will be
postponed from Wednesday, October 14
until Wednesday, October 21 because of fall
break. There will also be no children’s or
youth activities on October 14. We will
however still have our regular Prayer
Meeting Service at 6:15 pm.
OCTOBER 24TH
Upcoming October Events
October 6 Sr. Adult Potluck
5:30 pm
October 12–16 Fall Break for Schools
October 21 Monthly Member
Meeting
October 20 Haven of Hope
Fundraiser
Wednesday, October 28
Youth Fundraiser!
There will be chili at 6:00 pm with
the
Trunk or Treat at 7:00 pm. There will
be no other services or activities
that night.
Fall Festivals Coming in October
Aurora Country Festival Oct. 2-4
Parade, craft demonstrations, shopping, etc.
Kuttawa Harvest Festival Oct. 2-3
Parade, antique car show, art exhibits, etc.
Christian Fellowship School Fall Festival
Saturday, October 3 2:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Games, silent auction, inflatables, etc.
Country Ham Festival-Cadiz Oct. 9-11
Parade, food, petting zoo, concerts, etc.
Hunters Moon Festival–Grand Rivers Oct. 10
Parade, shopping, kid’s costume contest, etc.
Children’s Christmas Party Donations
Our annual Children’s Christmas Party will be
Tuesday, December 8. Even though it is still
a few months away, we need donations in
order to plan this event. Gifts are bought
for children who may otherwise not have a
Christmas. If you would like to participate in
this ministry, please place a donation in a
blue envelope and write “Children’s
Christmas” on it and place it in our offering
plate. This is a way we can help the less
fortunate in our community.
 SCHEDULE FOR OCTOBER 2009
NURSERY GREETERS USHERS

October 4:
Babies: Cherrie Ford/Emily N. N: Mike & Sandra Wiles Jess
Bennett, Chuck
2/3 Yrs: Andy/Jill Pagel S: Bill & Karen Kunnecke Thompson,
Danny Sewell,
PM: Jane Sills Jack Norwine &
Billy Hodge

October 11:
Babies: Leigh Ann Northcutt N: Jess & Kay Bennett Dale Smith,
Landon Smith,
2/3 Yrs: Annessa Roberts S: George & Connie Heater Leroy
Sewell, Mike Wiles,
PM: Jean Smith Cary Stokes & Jerry
Devine

October 18:
Babies: Anna Hodge N: Ken & Paula Musgrove Lowell
O’Daniel, Larry
2/3 Yrs : Jo Beth Jones S: Sam & Jo Beth Jones Coursey,
Andy Pagel, Sam
PM: Mona Johnson Jones & Conner
Jones

October 25:
Babies: Kathy Poague N: Oral & Letha Sickling Oral
Sickling, Phil Broyles,
2/3 Yrs: Ronda Evans S: Shirley Harrington Andy Lyles,
George Heater
PM: Judy Smith & Billy Pierce

TELLERS FOR OCTOBER

Oral Sickling
Letha Sickling