FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, SENATOBIA, MS (www.sfbcms.com) August 6, 2020

Tapestry

In the coming weeks members of First Baptist Church will be receiving a phone call from a staff member. The purpose of

the call will be to update information (phone number, address, e-mail, etc.). This will also be an opportunity for church members to share any prayer request with the staff. We look forward to talking to you personally in the coming weeks.

• Sunday, August 9th at 5:45 PM

• Meet in the Welcome Center

• Please join us as we go to the schools in our community to pray in the new school year

First Baptist Church is live streaming a Sunday School class on Sun-day mornings for those who are unable to attend Sunday School during this time of pandemic. We will be livestreaming as Allen Winstead teaches the Discovery Class and the Becoming Class in the Family Life Center Dining Room. The Sunday School lesson will go live each week at 10:00 AM. The web address for our Sunday School page is www.facebook.com/FBC.Senatobia.Sunday.School

Livestream

Preschoolers and Children will promote up to their new Sunday School classes on this day.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Regular Weekly Tithe ............................................................... $29,788.36 Regular Weekly Budget ............................................................ $23,867.00

Regular Month to Date .............................................................. $29,788.36 Regular Monthly Budget ......................................................... $103,424.00

Regular Year to Date ............................................................ $1,088,117.07 Budget Year to Date ............................................................. $1,054,924.80 Prior Year to Date ................................................................ $1,164,302.17 2019/2020 Annual Budget ................................................... $1,241,085.00 Capital Additions & Improvements Offering ................................ $245.00

*Fiscal year: October 1, 2019-September 30, 2020

LAST WEEK AT A GLANCE

ANNIVERSARIES

Aug 7 Lee & Phyllis Powell, Jim & Joan Sharp Aug 8 Dex & Emily Herrington Aug 9 Rufus & Nancy Warren Aug 10 Floyd & Mary Frances Taylor Aug 11 Steve & Janetta Walters Aug 12 John & Ann Lamar Aug 13 Jeremy & Amy Isome

Aug 9 Barney & Caren Beuker Aug 16 Aug 23 Jim & Tina Taylor The flower gracing our Sanctuary this week is given by Barney and Caren Beuker in memory of Frances Beuker.

PRAYER LIST

Jean Beckum Jamie Chapuis Jerrie Frayser Mitch Graham Jack Kilpatrick Shirley Lane David Lunceford

Mary Nations Gary Newton Ed Pang Marilyn Pang Nelle Parks Cohen Perkins Kathy Rowan

Dianne Sanders Louisa Sanders Kam Spencer Leon Warren Tommie White Evelyn Yarborough

EXTENDED SESSIONS LEADERS

Aug 9 8:30 a.m.

Adam/Lacey Moore

Aug 16 8:30 a.m.

Lynda Coleman Jennifer Jones

Aug 23 8:30 a.m.

Meg Crockett Kate Hickson

Aug 6 Emily Kirby, Brooke Baker Aug 7 Louise McKellar, Jana Powell, Makenzie Nosef Aug 8 Chantay Rhone, Sheila Dandridge, Foster Alford, Sadie Alford, Frances McLain, Mary Addison Johnson Aug 9 Seth Slocum Aug 11 David Etherton Aug 12 Mary Ayers, Caroline Tomlinson, Mary Ward Aug 13 Pam Allen, Sue Albritton, Sheena Etherton Aug 14 Hayes Rowan Aug 15 Ron Cox, Sharon Self

MEMORIALS

Gail Veazey-Kay Daniel, Pam Hawks, Blake, Penny & Maisey Frazier, Betsy Scott, Steve & Cindy Hale, Larry & Pam Simpson

Susan Terry (Kay Chapuis’ sister)-Steve & Cindy Hale, Larry & Pam Simpson Bobbie Moore

Ruth Foster (Jay Foster’s mother)-Pam Hawks, Blake, Penny & Maisey Frazier

Martha Jones (Glenda Brasher’s sister) –Tom Brownlee Sunday School Class

Audie Robertson (Glenda Patterson’s brother)-Larry & Pam Simpson

DVDs of each Sunday’s sermon will be available each Thursday afternoon in the church office suite. If you or someone you know is unable to stream our video content, feel free to drop by each week and pick up a free

DVD.

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Honor the life or memory of a loved one by providing flowers for the sanctuary on a specific

Sunday. Sign up on the Floral Calendar on the wall outside of the sanctuary.

Deacon Nomination forms will be available in the

Welcome Center from Sunday, August 9th, through

Wednesday, August 19th. Please prayerfully consider

who you might nominate for the office of deacon at First

Baptist Church. Completed nomination forms should be

placed in the black box in the Welcome Center no later

than Wednesday, August 19th. To be eligible for nomi-

nation, a man must be 25 years of age or older and

have been a resident church member for two years or

more. A list of men in our church who meet these re-

quirements for deacon service is available in the church

office. You may nominate as many men as you like.

Please fill out a separate nomination form for each

nominee. Voting for 5 new deacons will take place on

August 30th.

Open gym and bible study 5:30 to 6:30 pm 4K-6th

New 7th graders may now join the Youth Worship

on Wednesday Nights

MUSIC NOTES

UPCOMING DATES FOR KIDS

YOUTH NEWS

What controls you? It seems I look around in all kinds

of directions and see people out of control. 2 Corin-

thians 5:14 states, “For the love of Christ controls

us, because we have concluded this: that one has died

for all, therefore all have died.” So who or what con-

trols us? So many things vie for control of our love,

our priority, our time, etc.? Isn’t it amazing that

the God of the universe, the God of all power and maj-

esty, the God of creation, came to this earth and gave

up control of his own life? To show us the secret for

finding Abundant life — life to it’s fullest. So do we

embrace that Abundant Life or are we so focused on be-

ing in control of our own lives and everything around

us that we find ourselves seeking to be our own God?

Satan thought Jesus would give in to the final tempta-

tion because it was the temptation that ensnared him.

We sing about the Victory we have in Jesus but it’s

only victory when we give up control to Christ. Christ

has done all the work for us, all we have to do is

yield. Let’s help each other in that journey! Randy

UNDAY CHOOL U DAT

The following Sunday School classes resume meeting this Sunday, August 9th:

• The Faith Ladies Class led by Geraldine Laughlin at 8:30 AM.

• The Grace Ladies Class led by Harriett Land at 10:00 AM

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A WORD FROM YOUR PASTOR

Church, within the next couple of days, all of our students and teachers and administrators will be back in school. And over the next couple of weeks, all of our college-aged kids and pro-fessors will be back in school as well.

Most haven’t been to school in almost 5 months, and many are worried about what this semester and year will hold.

It’s difficult looking at a short term future that holds such un-certainty. Will the opening of schools be delayed again? Will they shut down again in the near future? What do sports look like this year? Might I get the virus? Or my kids? And those questions go and on.

It’s a unique situation that most of us have never dealt with, and it brings with it a legitimate cause for concern.

As such, I ask each of you to pray for all involved in our local academia. Pray for calmness, understanding, wisdom, protec-tion and peace for our young children, teens, parents and facul-ties.

Pray that the chaos and fear and uncertainty would be overcome by a spirit of power and love and self-control...and that through all of this, the name of our Lord would be exalted.

Remember that our God is not the god confusion, but of peace. Pray for His peace for all involved.

1 John 3:1-3 this Sunday. See you then!

Chris Williams (cwilliams@sfbcms.com) .............................................................................................................................................. Pastor Allen Winstead (awinstead@sfbcms.com) .................................................................................................... Minister of Education/Outreach Randy Chappell (rchappell@sfbcms.com) .......................................................................................................................... Minister of Music Sylvia Alford (salford@sfbcms.com) ........................................................................................................... Church Administrator/Activities Mary Tindle (mtindle@sfbcms.com) ............................................................................................................................... Minister of Children Brooks Ward (bward@sfbcms.com).................................................................................................................................... Minister of Youth Beverly Russell (brussell@sfbcms.com) ............................................................................................................................................ Finance Susan McNulty (smcnulty@sfbcms.com) .......................................................................................................................... Ministry Assistant Garrett Glaser ......................................................................................................................................................... Director of Food Services Jan Miles (jmiles@sfbcms.com) ......................................................................................................................... Weekday Preschool Director Mae Wooten .................................................................................................................................................................................... Custodian Chantay Rhone (chantayrhone@gmail.com) ........................................................................................................... Serve Ministry Associate

CHURCH STAFF

We are currently accepting resumes for the position of Children/Youth Intern. Detailed information and a list of qualifications for the position are available in the church office. If you have any questions about the position, please contact Mary Tindle or Brooks Ward.