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Dear Church Family, Happy Mothers Day!
Florida Baptist Childrens Homes is proud to be celebrating 112 years of helping children and families!
From the opening of our first orphanage in 1904 to our present day ministries that have expanded to
provide safe, stable, Christian homes and services to children and families in need across the state and
around the globe, we are honored to be helping children in tangible ways. Whether its providing clean
diapers to a newborn baby, food for a hungry child, safety for an abused child or foster or adoptive homes
to children in crisis, we work to share with children who have been abused, neglected and abandoned the
protective and healing love of Jesus Christ.
In 2016, Florida Baptist Childrens Homes impacted 171,273 children and individuals through services
provided and through advocacy, training, awareness and volunteering. Each precious child and every
individual included in that number had needs met and experienced the life-changing love of Christ
because of gifts made to our ministry. This was possible only because of Every Gift of Every Size. Will
you join the cause and become a part of our mission to help one more child?
To make a financial gift, visit fbchomes.org/Annual Offering, and
visit us on Facebook, floridabaptistchildrenshome.
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Church family, can I be honest with you? These past We are gearing up for
few months have been difficult for me. Theres VBS 2017! Heres how you
always more to do. Theres always a better way to can still help & what time
communicate. Theres always more efficient ways of you would be needed:
doing things. Guilt, shame, depression, lack of self-
esteem: these things sneak in to the depths of all of Registration (5:15-6:15)
us. -> So this month, what I ask you to think about is Preschool Leaders (5:30-8:30)
something Im struggling with myself. Babies through Kindergarten
Classroom Helper (6:00-8:30)
//PRAYER// Our kiddos could always use more love!
Just someone to sit next to them & help
There will always be too much for us to do. We will them with their Bible. That could be you!
always be lacking, but praise God HE is still in Follow up Team (after VBS)
control! He invites us in. No matter our state. Directors: Ed & Betty Butler
This month, would you pray for me and for the 1. Postcards, 2. Phone Calls, 3. Porch visits.
volunteers as we prepare for VBS? Would you really Decorator (Talk to me now!)
prayer and make an effort to pray over us? Talk Donate stuff in the foyer or help cut out
with us, encourage us, and pray out loud over us? We tons of stuff before VBS starts! J
do VBS because we see kids and their families saved. Family Greeter (5:15-6:00)
We have the chance to witness to 100+ people that During the mealtime before VBS, we would love
come onto our campus everyday for a week straight. to have friendly faces representing our
All of this is nothing, however, if we do not daily
church to talk & build relationships with
invite God in to work mightily. So please, join us in
prayer. We need it and we need you. Thank you for families! Under His leadership,
all your wonderful encouragement and support. I `A _tt
love you all!
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Hello Family,
As this years Super Summer Camp creeps ever closer, I would normally be stressing the need for additional
fundraising scholarships. However, between O2 Caf, 100 Envelopes, and other donations we have succeeded in
raising $10,531.07!!! With this, every student who helped fundraise can be paid in full, as well as a few extra! It
humbles me to be a part of such a giving church. On behalf of the whole student ministry- THANK YOU!
Now that everyone is back to their normal schedules, please continue to lift our students up in prayer. With the
end of the year approaching quickly, our students are facing large amounts of stress and pressure from grade
deadlines, ACT and SAT testing, finals and everything in between.
In addition to starting camp preparations, we are also going to be saying good bye to the class of 2017. On Sunday,
May 21st, we will be honoring this years graduates in our services.
If anyone you know is graduating from high school, college, or trade
school, please call the church office so that we can recognize their
accomplishments on Graduation Sunday. Baccalaureate will also
be held May 24th, the following Wednesday, at the United Methodist
Church at 6:00 PM, and Frostproof Middle Senior High Schools Graduation
Ceremony will be that Friday, May 26th.
In closing, I would offer counsel in an area that has affected me these past few months. Discouragement is a reality
in all ministry. Where people live, sin exists. Where sin exists, problems abound. Where problems abound,
discouragement follows. Discouragement is painful, lonely, ill-timed and ultimately selfish. A most repulsive truth
is that discouragement is me-focused. But it is my desire to tell you that there is hope, and because the God of the
universe is involved, it is plentiful.
The Lord is the One who will go before you. He will be with you; He will not leave you or forsake you. Do
not be afraid or discouraged. Deuteronomy 31:8
Personally, I wish God would use an easier method of maturing us; but many times, for some reason,
discouragement seems to herald success. When discouragement hits you, count on God to use that season in your
life to increase your ministry effectiveness.
Keep fishing,
Bro. Brian
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To My Church Family,
Love in Christ,
Jennie Spurlock
Thank you for your visits, cards, gifts and most of all
As kids focus their telescopes on the your prayers. Buck is recovering nicely but still has a
marvels painted in the sky by the Creator, ways to go. The arm is healing slowly and the heart is
they will discover the wonder among all doing very well.
wonders, that the God who created Thank you again for your friendships and prayers.
everything there is - the knowable and the
unknowable, the visible and the invisible, Love in Christ,
wants a personal relationship with them! Buck and Gloria