Basic Weekly Schedule Sunday Worship Classic Service 9:00 a.m. Celebration Service 10:30 a.m. Connect Groups 9:00 & 10:30 a.m. Wednesday Nights Dinner 4:45-5:45 pm Prayer /Bible Study 4:00 & 6:00 pm TV Schedule Cable Channel 10 Thursday: 9:00 pm, Friday: Noon Sunday: 8:00 am, Monday: Noon Sunrise Sunday School Sun: 7:30 am & 10:00 am Spanish Sunday School Sun: 5:30 pm & 10:30 pm

PASTORAL STAFF John S. McCallum II, Pastor john@firsthotsprings.com John Bailey, Senior Adult Minister bjandbear@sbcglobal.net Lee Barnett, Music/Worship Minister lee@firsthotsprings.com Danny Bryson, Education/Outreach Minister danny@firsthotsprings.com Stephen Evans, Media Minister stephen@firsthotsprings.com Bill Newton, Youth Minister bill@firsthotsprings.com Mike Pounders, Administrative Pastor mike@firsthotsprings.com Margarito Ramirez, Hispanic Pastor magoram@sbcglobal.net Brent Roberts, Children’s Minister brent@firsthotsprings.com Kyle Stevens, Missionary Pastor kyle@firsthotsprings.com Wallace Yamauchi, Fitness/Recreation Minister wallace@firsthotsprings.com

Email us at: fbchsark@yahoo.com Volume 34, Issue 13 March 28, 2018

Thur Mar 29 Joshua 19-20; Mark 15:16-39 Mary Ellen Thompson Carrie Holmes Evan Eastwood Marcia Smith Kyleigh Jones Terri Wells Haley Telle Gabe Cundall Fri Mar 30 Joshua 21-22; Mark 15:40-47 Tylon Beckwith Greg Waters Randy Jackson Logan McInvale Tera Wagoner Colt Hamner Carol Lynch Sat Mar 31 Joshua 23-24; Mark 16 Laura Cavanaugh Glenn Smitherman Steve Boston Stephanie Smith Chloe Sheets Mel Posey Judy Gerren Lindsey Mills Sun Apr 1 Judges 1-3; Luke 1:1-25 Steve Harbour Mary Elizabeth Callahan Jerry Sunderland

Mon Apr 2 Judges 4-5; Luke 1:26-38 Deborah Logan Drew Martin Jimmy Burton Mickey Wood Witt Miller Tue Apr 3 Judges 6; Luke 1:39-56 Chuck Jarrell Andrew Freeman Bob Rice Zac Abernathy Travis Brann Lauren Warren Diana Tedford Wed Apr 4 Judges 7-8; Luke 1:57-80 Gerald Wells Linda McInvale Alejandra Villegas Sheldon Shinn Cindy Woolery Gracen Blount Drew Cunningham Garritt Mason Gabe Moore Cora Petersen

Thur Apr 5 Judges 9; Luke 2:1-20 Luke Mangan John Hough Vivien Mardis Fri Apr 6 Judges 10-12; Luke 2:21-40 Jason Klein M.E. Foster Andrew Haight Dot Wilkerson Patty Robinson Cora LaMontagne Sat Apr 7 Judges 13-15; Luke 2:41-52 Jean Pitts Rick Cherry Otis Hood Allen Black Jordan Dobbs Conner Freeman Sun Apr 8 Judges 16; Luke 3:1-20 Vivian Humphrey Jana Wood Dakota Emerson

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Door Greeters - Apr 1 9:00 a.m. James O’Neal, Lee & Kathryn Carson, Jerry Franks, Gwen Fleece, Amy Jessen 10:30 a.m. Charles & Carol Hill, Julie Jarrell, Steve & Donna Harbour, Amy Jessen, Mary Meixner Ushers - Apr 1 9:00 a.m. Milton Raabe, Jack Smith, Carl Hawthorn Every Sunday balcony: Mike Davidson, Mike Ferguson, Donnie Sumpter, Duke Haight, Sam Capps Every Sunday main floor: Frankie Moore, Cole Morgan, Robert McAlister, Don White, Jack Smith, Bill McIntyre 10:30 a.m. Jason Williams, Glen McClain, Kelly Robbins Every Sunday balcony: Robert Davis, Mike Ferguson, Jim Little, Ryan Smith, Mark Twyford, Glen Catlett, Jon Vitro, David Santillan Every Sunday main floor: Bill Richard-son, Al Blount, Chris Brock, Tom Pullig, Bob Goodman Golf Cart Drivers Cart 1: Richard Beckwith, every Sunday Cart 2: Don Norman, 1st Sunday; Jamie Humble, 2nd Sunday; Dwayne Gordon, 3rd Sunday; Mickey Akins, 4th Sunday; Jimmy Schultz, 5th Sunday/Sub Van Outreach Drivers 1st Sunday....... North: Carlos Lemus, 538-1624 .......................... South: Glen Catlett, 844-7565 2nd Sunday ... North: Roman Terlecki, 622-7735 ...................... South: Mitchell McDill, 318-8333 3rd Sunday ....... North: Missy Herron, 762-3749 ......................... South: Duke Haight, 815-4416 4th Sunday ........... North: Bob Roling, 545-5818 .............................. South: Jon Vitro, 282-2975 5th Sunday ........... North: Bob Roling, 545-5818 ...................... South: Mitchell McDill, 318-8333

Deacon Hospital Visitation April 2-6 Monday ............................ Chad Lockwood Tuesday ................................... Les Warren Wednesday ............................... Doug Ross Thursday ............................................... N/A Friday .................................. James Woods

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Safety Teams - Sunday Apr 1 8:30 a.m. Brad Phillips, Robert Davis, Doug Co-nine, Frankie Moore, Mitchell Mote, Larry Ingram, Dwayne Gordon 10:15 a.m. Mike Rottinghaurs, Todd Willis, Mike Griffith, Ian Thomas, Bert Clevenger, Tyler Avery, David Cleveland 4:00-6:00 p.m. NO ACTIVITIES

Wednesday - Mar 28 5:15-Blake Mason 4:00-6:00 p.m. Herb Mansbridge, Pat Moseley, Billy Skipper, Richard Braley, Milton Raabe, Her-bert Gray 6:00-8:00 p.m. NO ACTIVITIES

Welcome Center Guides 8:30 a.m. PS Ctr: Even Weeks: OPEN Odd Weeks: Kim Miller, Al & Susan Blount FH Ctr: Even Months: David & Gigi Bird Odd Months: Sherry Hunnicutt, Nita Ingram Foyer Welc Ctr: 1st Sunday: Brad & Katy Wreyford 2nd Sunday: Robert & Cindy Davis 3rd Sunday: Connie Bryson, Janis Spraggins 4th/5th Sunday: Kelly & Vickie Robbins

10 a.m. PS Ctr 1st Sun: Ed & Whitney Argueta 2nd Sun: Travis & Lauren Warren 3rd Sun: Jake & Sarah Bird 4th & 5thSun: Jay & Jennifer Winters FH Ctr: Even Months: Betty James, Joy Scallion Odd Months: Leo & Vonni Ensz 2nd Floor Welc Ctr: Even Months: Vaughn & Stephanie Treadway Odd Months: Roman & Pat Terlecki, George & Mary Harris

THE MESSENGER

SERVICE TEAMS SERVICE TEAMS

Invite Everyone, Invest In People, Impact Eternity

It’s Holy Week! From Ash Wednesday services through our Cross Words series, we’ve been preparing for Good Friday and Easter. We are praying for 3,000 people on Easter. If we all bring one we

can get there easily. Please consider attending a less convenient time of worship on Sunday (8:00 or 11:00) so we can make room for those who don’t normally worship with us on Sunday and who will likely come at 9:30. If 9:30 works best for people you invite, then be sure and join them then. I’m excited to see what God has in store. Please be in prayer that God will do great things across our community this Easter season. I’m praying for harvest, for revival, and for an explosion of joy in our city. N. T. Wright says, “That’s the funny thing about prayer. Once you invite Jesus to help, he will do so more thoroughly than you imagined, more deeply that perhaps you wanted.” Let’s invite Jesus to help! Just a quick word about the Annie Armstrong Offering for North American Missions. Our goal is $50,000. We are about halfway there. If you have yet to give to this important offer-ing, I encourage you to prayerfully seek God’s leadership and give a generous gift. This money helps place church planters all over our continent. It also helps with church revitalization, dis-aster relief, refugee ministry, and other things. It’s a worthy cause, a kingdom cause, a cause that makes eternal impact. Let’s hit our goal. Thanks. I’m looking forward to seeing you on Sunday. In addition to powerful music, we’ll be exploring John’s resurrection story of Mary Magdalene searching for someone, anyone, who can tell her where Jesus’ dead body had been moved. Guess who she ran into in her search. Let’s talk about that on Sunday. See you then. Your Pastor, John

ATTENDANCE March 25, 2018 Homebound TV Class ............................ *80 9:00 Connect Group ................................ 331 10:30 Connect Group .............................. 426 *Hispanic Mission Connect Group ............ 40 Total Connect Groups ........................... 797 Worship Attendance 9:00 ....................... 485 Worship Attendance 10:30 ..................... 598 *Hispanic Mission Worship ....................... 40 Total Worship .................................... 1,123

*Average

Easter is right around the corner, and we are getting so excited to celebrate with all of you! We are praying for the opportunity to welcome more people than ever to our Easter ser-vices this year. In the coming weeks, please begin to think about how you can invite the people you live, work, and play with to join us. Please pray for God to open a door for meaningful conversations and receptive hearts. We’re all seeking something. Let’s point those around us to the One who already knows them by name.

Correction: Pam Warren’s Birthday was March 27th.

Fitness & Recreation Ministry (All sign ups/resources are available at the Fitness/Recreation Ministry HQ.)

Upper Level Basketball, Season 6 We’re now recruiting volunteers for our special-needs basketball league for children and adults!

• Mon, Apr 16-May 21: Children/Teenagers (8-19-years old)

• Thu, Apr 19-May 24: Adults (20 and older) Practices and games will take place during the same hour each week at 6:40 &/or 7:45. Get more information and/or sign up to volunteer at www.fbcrecreation.com, or see Wallace asap!

Volunteers, we have a place of service for you! Review the ministry positions below and let us know how you can help. Blessings guaranteed!

• Team Captains: assigned to a team for the season; provides overall supervision of & interaction with the players and their partners; 12-16 required

• Player Partners: assists players in developing basketball skills & playing the game; (Children can help here as well!) 24 minimum required

• Administrative/Court Staff: help with keeping score, taking vid-eo, pictures, court set-up, transitioning, etc. 8-10 required

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Coming this Spring and Summer • Coed Volleyball: Tuesdays, 6:30 pm, starts April 3 in FLC (FBC

members and prospects)

• Church League Softball (Men’s and Coed teams): sign up begins mid-March; games in summer

• Summer Fun-day Mondays (Community Outreach, Mondays): Jun 4-Jul 23

• Basketball Camp, completed 2nd-3rd grade coed: Jun 18-21

• Basketball Camp, completed K-1st grade coed: Jun 25-28

• Additional camps tentatively include Children’s Fitness; Chil-dren’s Crochet/Sewing (Jun-Jul)

• Summer Active Games (Completed K-5th grade children’s orga-nized activities over the summer): Jun 4-Aug 2; 1-3 pm

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Until we all fall down, Wallace

Ministry Fund (3-25-18) Weekly Receipts $56,184 Online Giving $12,104

Total Given $68,288 All In Fund Weekly Receipts: (3-25-18) $9,832 Balance of loan: (3-1-18) $835,310

If you prefer to give your tithes and offerings on-line, go to our website, firsthotsprings.com, and follow the giving prompts. Please make sure the office has your current email address.

BUDGET REPORT Education / Outreach Ministry

Invite Everyone: Bring Someone with You, like your lost and un-churched friends. Pray for opportunities. Let’s have a wonderful Easter worshipping our risen Savior!

Parking: The new parking lots will help a lot. We will also keep asking our peo-ple to carpool families. Please park as far out in our lots as possible, especially using the new Northwest Fitness Trail lot and get a golf cart ride back to the building. This will allow handicapped and new-comers the closer spots.

Safety Team & Police Officers: We are enlisting more officers. We will use the regularly scheduled Safety Team people for 1st Sundays and just extend the shifts by 30 minutes: The 8:30 shift will serve from 7:30-9:45 and the 10:15 shift will serve from 9:45 to 12noon. These are critical positions. So, if you can't be there, get your sub ASAP and let Brad or Bobby know.

Van Outreach: Regular Drivers will pick up people for the 9:30am service only and return them immediately after that.

No Connect Groups: Our Teachers will take a break except for preschool groups. Come the Sunday after Easter at 9 or 10:30 and we will help you find a group!

We have a need for Teachers and Core Group people to help start some new Connect Groups. Would EVERYONE pray for these please? We need to start a: ➢ Nearly and Newly Wed Group at 9:00 a.m. ➢ Singles Group at 10:30 a.m. ➢ Singles Group for 25-35 at 9:00 a.m. ➢ Restart at College & Young 20’s Group at 9:00 a.m. ➢ We still need core group people for our new 10:30 a.m. Young

Adult Group. If you are interested in the possibility of serving in these Connect Groups, please contact Danny.

We need four people to do Safety Team on Golf Carts on Wednesday nights. Maybe you could do the 4-6pm time or the 6-8pm time. Let me or Brad Phillips or Bobby King know ASAP! Love, Danny

First Baptist Quilters Meet on the 1st & 2nd Thursday of each month, 9 AM til Noon in Room #129. We are quilting Quilts of Honor, to be presented to wounded soldiers. Anyone is invited to join! If interested, contact Marilyn Morgan at 520-4105, Henryetta Norman at 627-4618 or Cheryl Nichols at 622-9002.

Golf Carts on Wednesdays

Our thoughts and prayers are with Patricia Rock and family in the death of her husband, Thurman; Barbara Watson and family in the death of her cousin, Robert Johnson; and to Larry Hatten in the death of his Aunt Barbara. May God bless and comfort you.

SYMPATHY

Comfort in Christ Provides support to all women who have suffered the loss of a loved one. This woman-to-woman group offers support during the journey from grief to healing, prayer and encour-agement, and a safe and understanding place to share one’s thoughts, feelings and experiences. Books, handouts, devo-tionals, and other resources with a spiritual emphasis are provided to help each person regarding the grief process. This group meets the first Thursday of the month at 2 pm in the home of the leader, Rhonda Frederick. Please contact her at 501-538-3911, for more info.

GROUPS & CLASSES

March 28: Pork filet mignon, potato au gratin, green peas, pizza, peach cobbler

DEACON OF THE WEEK April 1: 8:00 am - Doug Ervin 9:00 & 10:30 am - Donny Moore

Sunday morning Meet & Greet Fellowships Sundays, 10:00 am in the gym

We invite everyone to join us for relaxed fellowship and light snacks every Sunday in the gym between Worship Services/Connect Groups. This is one of the easiest places to get to know others. Find someone you don’t know and introduce yourself! They will surely be grateful! And just a reminder for church members, please provide snacks according to the first initial of your last name as scheduled below:

Apr 1: Easter-No Snacks Apr 8: I, J, K, L Apr 15: M, N Apr 22: O, P, Q, R

Apr 29: S, T, U May 6: V, W, X, Y, Z May 13: A, B May 20: C, D, E

Easter Eggstra Anticipation!

Want to Help Start Something New?!

Keenager’s Trip to Branson October 23-26

Cost is $390, which includes 3 nights, meals & shows Deposit of $100.00 is due at sign up, with the

remainder to be paid by September 1st.

Goal: $50,000

Given to date: $20,751

Volunteer Nursery workers needed this Sunday during the 1st and 3rd services. Please contact Kristy Shirey, 617-2006.

Childcare Workers Needed We are in search of paid workers for Sundays, Wednesdays and extra events. Must be 18 years or older and pass a background check. Contact Kristy Shirey at 617-2006, if you are interested.

Missions Celebration 2018 An opportunity to take a Missionary to dinner. . .

We need 20 classes and/or couples who will be taking a missionary to dinner on Friday or Saturday night

(April 27th & 28th) during our upcoming Missions Celebration Conference.

Great opportunity to hear personally how God is working in the world.

Contact: Kyle Stevens: kyle@firsthotsprings.com 501.204.2871

or Beverly Gingrich: beverly@firsthotsprings.com

Women’s Bible Study

April 4-May 9, 2018 5:30 to 7:00 PM Room 131 Facilitated by Gayle Tamez and Janna Kuhn

Women’s Ministry (WM) Flower Potting Party

Sunday, April 22nd, 3-5 pm at Entergy Park In the pavilion by the big kid’s playground

Bring your own planter - 12” or under (or we will have some for $4)

Tickets are $12 and are available in the WM area on Sundays or in the office during the week. Cost includes plants and snacks.

For more info, please call Kate Hamner, 762-5229.