First Baptist Church

Taylorsville

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR MAY

May 1 Baccalaureate practice following worship—all juniors and seniors need to be present

May 3 Hamburger Plate Lunch Fundraiser for NYC Mission Trip - available 10:30 am-1 pm

May 4 Clothes Closet open - 8 am until noon

May 5 Deacon’s Meeting @ 5 pm

Baccalaureate Service 6 pm with reception to follow

Finger foods needed in FLC @ 5 pm - pg 5

May 7 Hands & Feet Work Day—9 am

May 8 Senior Party @ Russ & Lisa Shelby’s home—6 pm—pg 5

May 12 Mother’s Day—Bring a flower in honor of your mom and place in vases

Baby/Child Dedication— pg 5

Baby Bottle Boomerang begins for Choices Clinic—be sure to get your baby bottle

Special offering for Baptist Children’s Village—envelopes will be available

May 13 FBC Kindergarten Program—6:30 pm

May 14 Hands & Feet Work Day—9 am

May 15 Business meeting @ 6 pm—FLC

May 16 Food pantry open from 4-5:30 pm

May 18 Clothes Closet open from 8 am until noon

Kids’ Fishing Event—Frankie & Lisa Clark’s 5 pm see pg 2

May 19 Mega Sports Camp VBS Planning meeting following morning worship

Churchwide cookout and swim party at Frankie & Lisa Clark’s 5 pm

Bring a side dish, lawn chairs and towels.—see pg 2

May 21 Senior Adult Day Retreat—FBC Laurel 12-4 pm Leave church at 11 am See pg 6

Jam Session—6-7 pm

May 22 Last night for Wednesday Night Suppers—will resume Aug 7

May 26 Student FUGE payment due

“By these He has given us very great and precious prom-

ises, so that through them you may share in the divine

nature, escaping the corruption that is in the world be-

cause of evil desires. For this very reason, make every

effort to supplement your faith with goodness, goodness

with knowledge, knowledge with self-control, self-

control with endurance, endurance with godliness, god-

liness with brotherly affection, and brotherly affection

with love. For if these qualities are yours and are in-

creasing, they will keep you from being useless or un-

fruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.” (2

Peter 1:4–8, HCSB)

Peter wrote these words to encourage Christians in his day.

Christians were outnumbered and were beginning to be se-

duced by false teachers, within the church; attacked by non-

Christian Jews for their devotion to Christ; and targeted by

Roman officials. Being a Christian in that time wasn’t easy

and believers needed encouragement.

Peter had stated that God has provided all that is needed to

live a godly life. If these qualities (faith, goodness,

knowledge, self-control, endurance, godliness, and brotherly

love) increase, we will not become useless. We will continue

to bear fruit. That, my friend, is the work of the Holy Spirit. I

can’t ever recall anyone expressing a desire to be useless. I’ve

known a lot of people that didn’t realize that they had be-

come useless for the kingdom. I’ve known a lot of people

who lived as though they did not care about God’s kingdom.

But, I have never heard anyone say, “I want to be useless.”

Never! But it happens all the time.

This summer, we are preaching through a series entitled,

The Heart of the Home. This series will examine people in

the Bible who either remembered their call of God or, people

in the Bible who seemingly forgot their call of God. Each

Sunday we will read the series text, “For if these qualities

are yours and are increasing, they will keep you from

being useless or unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord

Jesus Christ. The person who lacks these things is blind

and shortsighted and has forgotten the cleansing from

his past sins.” (2 Peter 1:8–9, HCSB) By summer’s end, we

will be able to recite this passage by heart. I am praying by

summer’s end we will make the commitment to not become

useless for God’s kingdom.

Bro. Frankie

Sunday, May 19 @ 5 pm

Frankie & Lisa Clark’s Home

Hotdogs/sausage will be provided.

Bring a side dish.

Bring your lawn chairs and towels.

Children must be accompanied by adult. Non-swimmers should bring

own flotation devices.

BABY BOTTLE BOOMERANG

For Choices Clinic of Laurel,

We are asking each family to take

a baby bottle and fill it with

coins, bills, or check and return

to us on Father’s Day, June 16.

Our goal is to fill 50 bottles.

Bottles will be located on foyer

tables on Mother’s Day available

for checkout.

SPECIAL MOTHER’S DAY OFFERING FOR

BAPTIST CHILDREN’S VILLAGE

This year you will have an opportunity to give a special offering to

the Baptist Children’s Village on Mother’s Day. You will find special

envelopes in the bulletin on Mother’s Day for this offering.

JUNE 23-27 5:00 pm–8:15 pm

ATTENTION PLAYERS & COACHES:

IT’S TIME TO SIGN UP FOR

MEGA SPORTS CAMP!

Sign up sheet is on bulletin board on office hallway.

Please provide name, grade completed and t-shirt

size. CLASSES AVAILABLE FOR CHILDREN

ENTERING K5-6TH GRADE

ATTENTION VBS VOLUNTEERS!

A planning meeting will be held on

Sunday, May 19 immediately following morning

worship. For more information, contact

Tiffany Robertson, VBS Director.

Jumps for Kids, Tues. Jun 18

VBS, June 23-27 5 pm-8:15 pm

Family Night, Sun Jul 7, 5pm

Museum of Natural Science, Sun, July 21

(after am worship)

BACCALAUREATE SERVICE—SUNDAY, MAY 5 @ 6 PM

Student camp payments are due by May 26

Unsure of your balance? See Ms. Lisa in

church office for balance.

HONORING OUR GRADUATING SENIORS

WHEN: Wednesday, May 8

WHERE: Russ & Lisa Shelby’s Home

TIME: 6-8 pm

FOR: All students

Swim party—so don’t forget your towel!

We will honor our seniors on Sunday, May 5 at 6 pm. The youth committee is asking for volun-

teers to make some type of finger food for the baccalaureate reception. We will need such food

as, cheese balls/crackers, finger sandwiches, ham rolls, homemade dips, fruit tray, homemade cook-

ies, anything that can be served easily. They ask that food be brought to the fellowship hall by 5:00

that afternoon. If possible the food needs to be brought on a crystal dish or Arthur Court (with name

on bottom). If you will help provide for this, please contact Karen Ware by phone at 601-452-0352

(leave a message if no answer) or by email at karen6584@yahoo.com.

Also, if you have ferns and/or fern stands that can be borrowed for this event, please let Karen

know. Thanks for your help.

Alyssa Adrion, daughter of Rick & Kim Adrion

Allie Eaton, daughter of Bo & Susanne Eaton

Cheyenne Clark, daughter of Richard & Misty Clark

Chandler Cline, son of Chris & Jennifer Cline

Joe Lee Flynt, son of Joe & Delia Flynt

Wyatt Polk, son of Mark & Stephanie Polk

We will have baby dedication

on Mother’s Day, May 12. If

you have a child you wish to

dedicate, please let us know.

Please provide us with two

photos (.jpeg), child’s name

and parents’ names by Sun-

day, May 5th. Send via email

to info@fbctaylorsville.org.

DATE/TEAM SERVING MENU

MAY 1 Sandra Walker’s team Loaded baked potatoes, salad, & dessert

MAY 8 Nancy Blakeney’s team Fried Chicken, rice/gravy, peas, cornbread/roll, dessert

MAY 15 Mary Ann Odell’s team Country Fried Steak, mashed potatoes/gravy, lima beans, rolls

MAY 22 Staff Hamburger steak, rice/gravy, green beans, rolls, dessert

CHILDCARE VOLUNTEERS

DATE NURSERY TODDLERS 4/5 YR OLDS 1-4 GRADE

May 5 Susan Pierce Rosalyn Glenn Lynn Stringer Lori Rogers

May 12 Rita Kelly Kristy McCord Rebecca Holder Maggie Ishee/Stefanie Moore

May 19 Melissa Evans Jamie Robinson Delia Flynt Wendy Walley/Mary Ann Hill

May 26 Nancy Blakeney Deon Garris Gwen Creel Rosalyn Glenn/Darlene Jordan

We will suspend Wednesday Night Suppers beginning May 29th

and will resume on Aug 7th.

DEACONS OF THE MONTH FOR MAY:

KEN ODELL & PAT KLEIN

PRAYER LIST

Alton Blakeney

Bobbie Gambrell

Meg Mayfield Moore

Helen Mooney

NYC Mission Team

Jim Stinson (Sandra Walker’s BIL)

Vera Windham

Robert Young

Bereaved

Christine Blakeney Family

Homebound

Daisy Blakeney

Marion Dollar

Pat Lancaster

Elizabeth Lee

Hilda McDaniel

Yank Weathersby

Jane White

Cancer/Long Term

Bill Bassett

Danielle Garrison

Scott Grant

Dennis Johnson

Tommy Moore

Yama Pharries (throat cancer) Shirley Moran’s aunt

Ray Prine

Lane Smith

Military

Harry Blakeney (Active)

Patrick Kelly (Active)

Erik & Josie Nix

Devyn Stringer (Active)

Nursing Home/Assisted Living:

Dick Blakeney

Sheila Bowman

Bobbie Butler

Mary Evans

Sue Blakeney Herrington

Ed Kennedy

Peggy King

Sue King

Jimmy Dale Phipps

Maurine Sitz

Joe Daniel Stringer

Sharia Stringer

Vida Yeager

Will leave the church at 11 am—plan to eat out

following the retreat. If you would like to go,

please sign up on the hallway bulletin board.

Please place your donations in the boxes located

under the foyer tables.