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

January 2010

The
Challenge
 Church Mission First Baptist Statement Prayer Concerns for our Church
Family
United by the love of Christ, our purpose is: Peter Wolff – recovering from knee surgery

• To tell others of the saving power of Jesus Christ Sue Bull – continuing chemotherapy treatments
• To teach Christian discipleship using the Holy Scriptures Tammy Holland – continuing chemotherapy
treatments
as the text. Ron Northcutt – recovering from surgery
• To touch the needs of our fellowman by engaging in Delbert Jenkins – improving at daughter’s home
activities that will bring glory to His name. Wilma Satterfield – surgery on shoulder
December 22
Other Prayer Requests
Weekly Scheduled Events Anita Evans (Faye Williamson’s sister-in-law) –
masses
Sunday Marshall Mann – lymphatic cancer diagnosis
8:30 A.M. Worship Service Gary Penrod (friend of Ron Lappin) –
back tumor
9:30 A.M. Sunday School Richie O’Bryan (Phyllis O’Bryan’s son) –
surgery on neck
10:45 A.M. Worship Service Mark Prince – recovering at home
6:00 P.M. Evening Worship Mary Brinn – adjustments after loss of husband
Gavin Schooley – one year old -
chemotherapy Alison Glettner
(Larry & Doris Coursey’s daughter) still
Tuesday needs bone marrow transplant
10:00 A.M. Senior Adult Choir Rehearsal Convalescent
CenterS Henry Ellis
Cann Wilma Fay Farmer
Wednesday Louise Beckman
5:00 P.M. Fellowship Meal 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
Visit First Baptist
7:15 P.M. SanctuaryChurch on the
Choir Rehearsal web
(Choir at
Room) Linda Terry Edna Oakley
www.calvertfbc.org for scheduled Kathryn Johnson Doris & Hershel Haley
events, pictures, and more!
Prayer Ministry
The Prayer Room is open to all of our church
family at
$NOVEMBER
any time. FIGURES
If you would like $ of our
to be a part
prayer
General
ministry, we Fundgroups to meet at these times:
encourage
October
SundayBudget
10:30 –Needs
10:45 Monthly* $ – 6:15
Wednesday 5:45
21,499.33
Tuesday 9:30 – 10:00 Thursday 10:00 –
10:30 Budget Receipts Monthly $ 16,976.34
Designated Receipts Monthly $
5,526.66
YTD Budget Needs $
214,993.30
YTD Budget Receipts $
186,992.60
YTD Designated Receipts $
58,573.53
Total 2009 Receipts
$245,566.13

DEBT RETIREMENT
 Those Serving in the Military/Overseas
Todd Broyles Travis Cano Cory Joiner Ben Sewell James Ward
Brad Terry Mark Tieman Chad Ward Justin Stubbs Murray Young
Zac Grimes
 From Your Pastor
Jim Ewing
As I write this letter, we are about to leave to visit family in
Arkansas. We’ll join others heading to Little Rock from
Texas, Kentucky, and Pennsylvania to share what’s been
happening in our lives. And of course, along with family
come good food, lots of laughter … and an opportunity to
reflect on God’s blessings in our lives.
I really love the Thanksgiving-Christmas holiday season. It’s
one time of the year when we get to major on all the good
stuff at once: food, family, friends … and fun stuff. And as a
church family, the same thing is true for us.
As the apostle Paul reminds us in Ephesians 2:19-22 – “So
then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are
fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God's household,
having been built on the foundation of the apostles and
prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone, in
whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing
into a holy temple in the Lord, in whom you also are being
built together into a dwelling of God in the Spirit.” (NASU)
By the time you read this letter, we will have already shared
our annual Thanksgiving Dinner on Tuesday, November 24.
You know it was good! On Sunday, November 29 we will
have celebrated the beginning of the Christmas Season with
Hanging of the Green … and we will have crowned a winner
in the Gingerbread Creations Contest and Fellowship. But
there is still more to come:
December 6 – The Community Christmas Program – 2:30 pm,
MCHS Performing Arts Center
December 8 – The Annual FBC Children’s Christmas Party –
6:00 pm, Fellowship Hall
December 13 – The Annual Children’s Christmas Program –
6:00 pm, Main Sanctuary
December 17 – The 55+ Christmas Party, 5:00 pm, Fellowship
Hall
December 20 – The Adult Christmas Musical – 4:00 pm (note
the time!), Main Sanctuary
December 24 – Family Lord’s Supper Service – 5:00 pm,
Main Sanctuary
During the month of December let me encourage you to join
with your church family as we celebrate our common faith
together. It’s through our presence together that we experience
both our faith in God at work … and what it means to be the
First Baptist Family.
From my family to yours … Merry Christmas!
Minister of Music & Education
Rick Johnson
DECEMBER EVENTS
Children’s Choirs Christmas Music – The children’s
choirs will present their Christmas music on Sunday
evening, December 13, at 6:00 p.m. I encourage you to
come and support our children as they lead us in
worship and praise on this night.
Glorious Impossible – The Sanctuary Choir will present
the musical, “Glorious Impossible” on Sunday,
December 20, at 4:00 p.m. Please notice that the time is
earlier than usual. We encourage you to invite your
friends from other churches to attend.
COMMUNITY WORSHIP EVENT
Christmas Bells – The Marshall County Arts
Commission is sponsoring this program of a variety of
music on Sunday, December 6 at 2:30 p.m. in the
Shadowen Performing Arts Center at the high school.
Several groups will be singing, including a 60+ choir
from Marshall County. The program is free to the public,
so come on out and bring your friends and family and
enjoy this celebration of the birth of Christ, our Lord.
THE SEASON OF ADVENT
The season of Advent begins four Sundays prior to
Christmas Eve, so we began this season with The
Hanging of the Green on Sunday, November 29. Each
Sunday morning service, we will light the candles on the
Advent Wreath to represent HOPE, JOY, PEACE, AND
LOVE. Each time we light one of the candles, it reminds
us to focus on the Christ Child and His love for us. We
come with expectancy during this season of joy. I
encourage you to avail yourself to every opportunity that
comes your way during this season. May God’s peace
and joy be with you and your family during this
Christmas season. May the peace of Christ reign
supreme in your heart this Christmas.
CLINICAL PASTORAL EDUCATION NEWS
I want to thank you, again, for allowing me the
opportunity to take CPE training at Western Baptist
Hospital. I have bumped into some of you at the hospital
from time to time. By the time December is almost over,
I will have completed three units (16 weeks each) of
CPE. I am now in my level 2 training. I can hardly
believe that time has marched on this quickly! I am
discovering that there is much more to chaplaincy than
meets the eye. The training is very beneficial and I am
learning much about myself and how people deal with
crises in their lives. Unit 4 will begin in January of 2010
and will conclude in late April or early May.
 New Year Wishes
May peace fill all the empty spaces
around you and in you, may contentment
answer all your wishes. May comfort be
yours, warm and soft like a sigh. And
may the coming year show you that every
day is really a first day, a new year. Let
abundance be your constant companion,
so that you have much to share. May you
have a year in which you cherish the past
years memories, and live your life each
new day, full of bright expectancies. I
wish for you a holiday with happiness
galore; and when it’s done I wish you
Happy New Year, and many more.
Author Unknown
Lottie Moon Christmas Offering
Our church goal this year is $8,000.00 We must
be willing to give sacrificially so those called to
invest their lives sharing the Gospel can go!
New Year’s Resolutions
To Serve The Lord
How can I use the New Year
To better serve my Lord?
I’ll read my Bible every day,
And be more in accord.
I’ll find new ways to serve others;
I’ll love my neighbor, too.
I’ll focus on “give” instead of “get
In everything I do.
I’ll forgive the people I’m mad at;
Angry feelings I’ll discard;
I’ll try to love my enemies,
Even though it’s hard.
In the new year, I’ll lift people up,
Instead of putting them down.
I’ll fill my heart with love and joy,
And never wear a frown.
I’ll let go of my worries;
I’ll put it all in His hands;
I’ll repent and try to sin less,
And obey all His commands.
These new year’s resolutions
Are difficult at best,
But there’s something
I can do each day
That will put my soul at rest:
I’ll love my Lord with all my heart,
with all my mind and soul,
And if I do that essential thing,
All the rest will be in control.
By Joanna Fuches
 SCHEDULE FOR JANUARY 2010
NURSERY GREETERS USHERS

January 3:
Babies/2-3 Yrs:: Anna Hodge N: Dale & Jean Smith Dale Smith,
Landon Smith,
PM: Jean Smith S: Mike & Sandra Wiles Leroy Sewell,
Mike Wiles,
Cary Stokes & Jerry
Devine

January 10:
Babies/2-3 Yrs.: Leigh An Northcutt N: Bill & Karen Kunnecke Lowell
O’Daniel, Larry
PM: Mona Johnson S: Karen H./Cornelia S. Coursey,
Andy Pagel, Sam
Jones & Conner Jones

January 17:
Babies/2-3 Yrs.: Andy/Jill Pagel N: Anna & Billy Hodge Oral
Sickling, Phil Broyles,
PM: Judy Smith S: Ken & Paula Musgrove Andy Lyles,
George Heater,
& Billy Pierce

January 24:
Babies/2-3 Yrs.: Annessa Roberts N: Sam & Jo Beth Jones Jess
Bennett, Chuck
PM: Geraldine Northcutt S: Oral & Letha Sickling Thompson,
Danny Sewell,
Jack Norwine & Billy
Hodge

January 31
Babies/2-3 Yrs.: Jo Beth Jones N: Shirley Harrington Dale Smith,
Landon Smith,
PM: Paula Wayland S: Dale & Jean Smith Leroy
Sewell, Mike Wiles,
Cary Stokes & Jerry
Devine

TELLER FOR JANUARY

Jo Beth Jones