Welcome to First Baptist Gaston Sunday, October 12, 2014 Deacon on Call October 12: Duane Johnson 794.8506 October 19: Terry Pound 7943128 Visitors, please complete the information below and place in the offering plate to ensure your time with us does not go unnoticed. October Ushers Ted Boldt/Josh Stabler Chris Vidrine/Ernest Gantt Name: Birthday: Address: Phone: Email: First Baptist Church of Gaston (November) Heyward Kelly/Tyler Stalvey Tommy Furtick/Jim St.Clair Building Access Teams October 12 & 15 Team 3 Ronald Winstead/Tim Fanning October 19 & 22 Team 4 Allen Ott & Dwain Smith Security Teams Are you a member of another Yes No If so, which church? Are you... new to the community seeking a church home Would like... the pastor to call to serve in ministry other ____________________ Comments: October 12 & 15 Team 1 Mike Rollison/Jim Cox/ Duane Johnson Gene Thomas/Noel Pound October 19 & 22 Team 2 Pam Thomas/Tommy Furtick/Ed Joseph Aaron White/Allen Ott Extended Session Teams October 12 Team 6 AM-Sherrell Ott/Jo Lynn Martin Donald & Pat Rowe/Cheryl Reynolds Sunnie Gail Pound/Rebecca Hull PM-Rhonda Smith/Jackie Johnson October 19 Team 1 AM-Amelia Suggs/Agnes Sigh Kim Reynolds/Shawn Stinton Rhonda Parrish/Crystal Pound Traci Rish PM-Sherri Miller/Randy & Sandy Poole Help Feed the World’s Hungry. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 121 Oakey Springs Drive P. O. Box 309, Gaston, SC 29053 www.firstbaptistgaston.org (email) fbcg003@bellsouth.net 803 794.0377 SERVICES Sunday 09:45 AM…………………..Sunday School 11:00 AM……………...Morning Worship Children’s Worship 05:00 PM…………..Adult Choir Practice 05:00 PM………………………Discipleship 06:00 PM……………....Evening Worship Monday 03:00 PM………………....Ladies’ & Men’s Prayer Groups Wednesday 06:00 PM Children & Youth Choir Practice 06:45-8 PM………………………..….Youth 07:00 PM….Prayer Service, GAs, RAs & Mission Friends *The first Wednesday of each month all Mission Groups Meet at 7 PM. CHURCH STAFF Senior Pastor, Dr. Larry Harrison pastorlarry@gastonfbc.org Telephone 422.3080 Interim Worship Leader, Gib Rogers Pianist, Helen King Organist, Debbie Harrison Ministry Asst., Emma Lee Lucas-Dowd Telephone 794.0377 Office Hours 8:30AM-2:30 PM M-F “ T h e Ca r in g P l a c e” Dr. Larry Harrison, Senior Pastor Sunday, October 12, 2014 And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? James 2:16 Hunger Hurts Welcome to First Baptist Church of Gaston. Join with us as we worship our Lord with gladness, for He alone deserves our praise and thanksgiving. Sunday, October 12 ~ Order of Services 11 A. M. Service Prelude Hymns of Praise Praise Chorus ... "All Hail King Jesus" No. 41 ... "All Hail the Power of Jesus' Name" (verses 1, 4) Welcome and Prayer Musical Solo ... Sherrell Ott Offertory Hymn No. 423 ... "I've Found a Friend, O Such a Friend" (verses 1, 4) Offertory Meditation Praise Chorus ... "Jesus Is the Sweetest Name I Know" Worship Choir ... "The Longer I Serve Him" … Soloist, Glenn Pound Guest Speaker Beth Lengel of “Feeding His Sheep” ministry Hymn of Decision No. 349 ... "Have Thine Own Way, Lord" Benediction … Duane Johnson 6 P. M. Service Prelude Hymns of Praise No. 122 ... "I Know That My Redeemer Liveth" (verse 1) Praise Chorus ... "Soon and Very Soon" (verse 1) No. 505 ... "We're Marching to Zion (verse 1) Welcome and Prayer Hymn Singing Praise Chorus ... "Alleluia" (two verses) No. 368 ... "O Love That Wilt Not Let Me Go" (verse 1) Praise Chorus ... "I Love You, Lord" (once through) No. 76 ... "My Jesus, I Love Thee" (verse 1) Offertory Hymn No. 447 ... "Sunshine in My Soul" (verses 1, 2, 4) Offertory Meditation Musical Solo ... Rebecca Hull Message … Pastor Larry Hymn of Decision No. 213 … "Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us" Benediction … Duane Johnson Announcements & Coming Events Attention Stewardship Committee Meeting Monday, October 13 at 6:30 PM Sunday, October 12, 2014 Please pray for: Pink Sunday is October 26. More information to come. The Sonshine Sunday School Class is again sponsoring the sale of “Keep Christ in Christmas” auto magnets and decals with 100% of the profit going to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. The magnets are $5 each and a sheet containing 3 decals will also be $5 per sheet. For more information or to purchase, please contact the church office at 794.0377 or any member of the Sonshine Class. Thanks, David Rish Dear friends at First Baptist Gaston, Thank you so much for the prayers, visits and phone calls that I have received during my recent open heart surgery. I am recovering well and hope to be 100% before too much longer! With much love, Collette Knight Attention Senior Adults!! The senior adults will be going on an “Apple Picking” trip Tuesday, October 28. Please sign up in the Welcome Center. More information to follow. I Praise God for: I would like information about . . . Children’s Ministry Sr. Adult Ministry Youth Ministry Our Church Women’s Ministry Salvation Men’s Ministry Becoming a Member Music Ministry Sent to: Name: Address: Harvest Festival Friday, October 31 ~ 6-8 PM WE NEED TRUNKS AND VOLUNTEERS!! We need volunteers to sign up to donate the use of their trunks. We ask the volunteers to decorate their trunks and dress up to hand out candy to the kids who come thru the line. We have a lot of fun, but it takes a lot of people! We easily have a steady line of people coming thru for around 2 hours. You would need to be at the church and trunk decorated by 5:45 PM on October 31st. If you can't do a trunk, but would still like to help, we need food servers, people to refill candy bowls, greeters, and other people to run games. Please sign up in the Welcome Center or see Shawn Stinton to volunteer! To place an order for a CD/DVD, please complete the following and place in the offering plate. Name _____________________________________ Telephone ________________________________ Date of Service __________________________ AM Service CD DVD PM Service CD DVD May be picked up at the office Tuesday—Thursday 9am to 12pm