1 HUNTER CARAWAY

1 DOUG MILLER
5 PAULA CAMPO
6 JOE SPENCER

7 Brotherhood

6:30PM

13 NICHOLAS CARRUTH
14 BRITTANY DOVER

10 Youth Lock-In @ Crossgate

5:00PM

12 Valen nes Fellowship

5:30PM

13 Deacons Mee ng

6:00PM

15 First Family Supper

5:30PM

15 Business Mee ng

6:00PM

17 RICHARD MITCHELL
18 DEVIN DONAVENTURE
23 DEAN BURNETT
25 DON CARTER
26 DENISE CARAWAY
29 MARY JO CUTRER

3 DANNY & LISA CARRUTH

First Family News

14 CAREY & WENDY DOVER

26 Sunday School High A%endance

9:15AM

16 BRIAN & MOLLY TRAVIS

First Bap st Church of Greensburg

18 MITCH & JODI WARREN

"In Christ Together, Together In Christ"

23 DON & MARGARET CARTER

25 RICKY & GLENDA WASCOM

Sundays:

Wednesdays:

9:15AM ~ Sunday School

6:00 PM ~Prayer Meeting,

Childrens Worship on Wednesdays,
Youth Power Hour,
& Discipleship Training

10:30AM ~ Worship Service

& Children's Church

Childrens Church is for children 3 years to completed 4th grade

A Nursery is provided for Children ages birth to 3 years.

FBC Sta
Pastor - Tommy Smith
Secretary/Treasurer - Tammy Meadows
Youth MinisterClayton Rowan
Childrens DirectorMiranda Spencer
6260 Hwy 10 PO Box 37 Greensburg, La 70441
Phone: (225) 222-6580
e-mail: 5cgreensburg@centurytel.net
website: www.5cgreensburg.webs.com

We all know that February is the month we celebrate love. In fact, we will have a Valentines
Fellowship on February 12, 2017 @ 5:30pm. We will have wonderful food and great fellowship
as well and who knows what else we will come up with. So why do we celebrate love and what
does this little guy with a bow and arrow have to do with anything?
Valentines Day is named for Saint Valentine of Terni, who was a martyr for the faith. Although
this day is widely celebrated for the day we set aside for mushy and romantic ideas this day
actually means something completely different to those who believe.
On February 14 in the year of 269 Valentinus was put to death at the command of Claudius
Gothicus for not denouncing his Christian faith. During his time in prison for sharing the Gospel
the emperor began to really like him until Valentinus began sharing his Christian faith with the
emperor. Claudius rejected this notion of being a follower of Christ and also gave the order to
kill Valentinus.
This man does not represent the Love you and I think of when we celebrate Valentines Day.
That kind of love is known as Eros in the Greek language. That kind of love is the kind of love a
man has for a woman and we definitely should embrace love in that manner. However, the love
this man represents is different; he represents Phileo love- which is a love for his brothers and
sisters and then also he demonstrated Agape love; which is an unconditional love, the type of
Love God has for people. Why then would this man stand so firmly when challenged to renounce
faith? Because he experienced the Agape Love
of God through Jesus our Lord and wanted
everyone around him to also know that Love.

FEB. 12TH JUDY NOONAN

As you celebrate Love this year I hope you

will take time to remember the greatest love a
man can have is to lay His life down for
another. John 15:13

FEB. 19TH JOELLEN CARRUTH

In Him,

FEB. 26TH NELLIN WEBB

Bro Tommy

FEB. 5TH

DEB GILL