Attendance Report November 15

Sunday School 92

First Focus
Worship 127
Wednesday Night 135

Our Tithes and Offerings.... First Baptist Church, Hamilton, Texas

Gifts to the Budget Advancing the Gospel
Vol. 32, No. 40 November 18, 2009
November 8 $3,765.00
November 15 4,682.40
Average Weekly Needs 5,350.48
Dental Ministry 50.00
FBC Revitalization 170.00
Wednesday Night Meals 158.25
World Hunger 20.00

Total Gifts November 15 $5,080.65

Sunday Personnel November 22

WELCOME TEAM
Cody Catoe, Dewayne Clover, Dick Dixon,
Bridgette Haile, Holly May, Joyce Spencer
COUNTERS
Moody Courtney, David Holley, Steve McKandless
CHILD CARE
E-mail Address office@fbchamiltontx.org

Sunday School Nursery

Rev. Eric Coleman, Minister to Youth

Allyson Elkins, Clydell Massingill

ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED
Jacob Sensenig, Minister of Music

Church Nursery
Church Office - 254/386-8141

Susan Foster, Julie Boatwright

2-3 Year Olds ANNUAL CANNED FOOD DRIVE
Rev. Keith Felton, Pastor

Nancy Diaz, Melissa Pearce

November 22
First Baptist Church

Hamilton, TX 76531

Children’s Church
Our youth will collect canned goods for United Care.
220 S. Bell Street

Kenneth Foster, Josh Mehaffey

Please place canned goods you would like to donate on your
P.O. Box 673

front porch and volunteers will be by to pick them up between

Deacons on Call for November
David Courtney - Team Leader 2 - 4 P.M. Let Eric know if you would like to be
Cody Catoe, Jimmie Edwards, Don Haile a part of this great ministry.
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by Pastor Keith Felton
I spent a few days this past week at the Baptist
General Convention of Texas which was in
Houston this year. I had the opportunity to
share the experience with my wife and FBC
Deacon, Grant Lengefeld. We enjoyed hearing
about HOPE 2010 which is the strategy put
forth by the Executive Director of the BGCT,
Randall Everett. His hope is that by the end of
2010 every Texas Baptist church will have done
all they can to share the Gospel to every person
in Texas. What a bold initiative and I’m thankful
to be a part of a church that takes evangelism
seriously. What can we do as individuals and
collectively as a church to help with this
initiative to reach the lost of our community with
the message of Jesus Christ? HOPE 2010
emphasizes three elements for accomplishing
this task: PRAYER, CARE, and SHARE. We
need to renew our commitment to praying for
the lost. Each and every day we need to bow
our heads and tune our hearts to God and ask
for His Spirit to help us engage others in talking
about matters of eternity. We also need to
renew our commitments to caring for those in
need. In caring for the needs of people we get a
chance to say because God cared for me, I
care for you. Lastly, we need to renew our
commitment to sharing the story of Jesus with
others. How has God changed our lives through
the sending of His Son? How has God
transformed who I am in becoming more like
Jesus? How can God change the life of the lost
person we have engaged in conversation?
Praying, Caring, and Sharing are three ways in
which we can change our world for Jesus
Christ. I believe if we renew our commitment to
doing these three things intentionally with the
lost around us, our church will be overflowing
with folks wanting to know more about the
Savior. As a Texas Baptist, what will be your
part in reaching our state with the Gospel?
Life of the Church LOOK OUT!... A N NO U N C E M E N T S
Sunday, November 22
Here They Come!
Deacons’ Meeting 8:30 am
Sunday School 9:45 am SHOES
Worship 11:00 am FOR
Children’s Church for Pre-K thru K 11:00 am ORPHAN SOULS
Community-wide Canned Goods Drive 2:00 pm Annual Canned Food Drive - This Sunday the
Monday, November 23 youth of our community will be collecting canned
Handbell Choir Rehearsal 5:30 pm November 1 - December 1
goods that you would like to donate to United
Wednesday, November 25
No Wednesday Night Activities Care. Please have your canned good tied in a New Shoes are good for the soul…
Thursday, November 26 plastic bag on your front porch before 2 pm. We
Thanksgiving Day will be going around town from 2-5 collecting
Friday, November 27
Office Closed
canned goods and stocking them at United
Care. Afterwards, we will return to St. John NOTICE
Tuesday, December 1
Kitchen Committee Workday 8:30 pm Lutheran Church for fellowship and food! If you
Wednesday, December 2 would like to help out, let Eric know or just show There is a special called business
meeting on December 6
Nursing Home Ministry 10:00 am up at 2 pm at St. John Lutheran Church!
Youth Committee Meeting 6:30 pm See you there!! for the purpose
There will be NO crafts from December 2 until January 6. of voting on the proposed 2010 Budget.
Main Street Bethlehem - Sunday evening Dec.
6th our youth will be traveling to Burnet for Main This will be held at the conclusion of the
♫ MUSIC MINISTRY ♫ Street Bethlehem. The entire town is worship service.
transformed into Bethlehem and the night
Readers Needed!!
concludes with a live nativity scene. If you would WEDNESDAY, November 23
As you have likely heard, the Christmas program is
Sunday, December 13th at 6:30 P.M. I still have a
like to go with us, let Eric know ASAP!! There will NO Activities
need for about 5 scripture readers for the program. If or newsletter.
anyone is interested, please come see me or email me
at Jacob_Sensenig@baylor.edu. I look forward to your
Our Sympathy and Prayers... Our love and
participation. 2009 BIBLE 365
support, sympathy and prayers go out to the
Thanks, Day 316 - Jeremiah 4:19-6:14, Colossians 1:21-2:7,
family of Donna McGee, whose mother, Lottie
Jacob Sensenig Psalm 77:1-20, Proverbs 24:23-25
Babbitt, went to be with Christ this past week. We
Day 317 - Jeremiah 6:15-8:7, Colossians 2:8-23,
join together as a family of faith and pray for this
Psalm 78:1-31, Proverbs 24:26
If you have taken cup towels and linens home to wash family as we celebrate Christ’s gift of eternal life.
Day 318 - Jeremiah 8:8-9:26, Colossians 3:1-17,
and have not returned them, please do so.
Psalm 78:32-55, Proverbs 24:27
Thank You.. Day 319 - Jeremiah 10:1-11:23, Colossians 3:18-
Thanks,
Dearest Members of FBC: 4:18, Psalm 78:56-72, Proverbs 24:28-29
I want to thank you for the beautiful flowers. I didn’t have Day 320 - Jeremiah 12:1-14:10, 1 Thess. 1:1-2:9,
The Kitchen Committee
room for them in my room so put them in the big living Psalm 79:1-33, Proverbs 24:30-34
room. Now everyone can enjoy them. Hope we can make Day 321 - Jeremiah 14:11-16:15, 1 Thess 2:10-3:13,
LOST AND FOUND… If you have lost anything them last a long time. Thank you for remembering me -- I Psalm 80:1-19, Proverbs 25:1-5
recently, we have a collection of items in the copy felt it a great blessing. Day 322 - Jeremiah 16:16-18:23, 1 Thessalonians
room. Please check and see if anything belongs to Thank you All, 4:1-5:3, Psalm 81:1-16, Proverbs 2425:6-7a
you. Marguerite Crowley