First Baptist Church

The church office will be closed on Monday for the Memorial Day holiday.

This Wednesday, May 31st, the Bible Explorers will have their final session for this Spring. There will be no Adult Bible Study in the Library that evening so that we might give our support to the children and their families.

The “Meet & Greet” ladies group will meet Tuesday, June 6th at 6:30 pm.

We are trying to gauge the interest that our guys might have in coming to a Men’s Breakfast on Saturday, June 17th, the day before Father’s Day. Pastor Dave has seven Hebrew words about what it means to be a man that he would love to share. If you would be interested in coming to such a breakfast meeting at 8:30 am on Saturday, June 17th, please sign your name on the sheet on the Welcome Center.

Don’t forget to sign up to help with VBS which will be held June 26-30 from 6:00-8:00 each night! If you haven’t yet signed up to help, we’d love to have you. There will be a meeting for all those involved Monday night, May 22, at 6:30.

This summer you are invited to Tuesdays at the ROC! During June and July, on Tuesdays from 11:00 am-1:00 pm, we’ll open the ROC for our families and friends to come enjoy hanging out together and playing on the playground or in the gym. No sign-up needed, just show up.

On the first Sunday of every month, all offerings that are cash or not in envelopes go into the Deacons Benevolence Fund to be used for the aid of those in need of assistance.

We’d like to put together a team to play in the Linton Church League Softball Association. The games are played in June through early August on various weeknights except Wednesdays. We need at least 11 people to play with at least 3 women-the more the merrier as we understand people will miss from time to time. Anyone 14 or older can play! Sign up at the Welcome Center or see Andrew Wring with any questions.

June items for Operation Christmas Child are toys.

This Sunday is Graduation Sunday. We’ll have a pitch-in dinner after the morning service to honor our graduates.

There will be an official board meeting this Sunday at 4:30.

You are invited to a graduation celebration for Merissa Keown & Tony Lopez on Saturday, May 27 at 4:30 pm at the ROC.

Don’t forget to sign up to help with VBS which will be held June 26-30 from 6:00-8:00 each night! If you haven’t yet signed up to help, we’d love to have you. There will be a meeting for all those involved Monday night, May 22, at 6:30.

May items for Operation Christmas Child are toys.

We’d like to put together a team to play in the Linton Church League Softball Association. The games are played in June through early August on various weeknights except Wednesdays. We need at least 11 people to play with at least 3 women-the more the merrier as we understand people will miss from time to time. Anyone 14 or older can play! Sign up at the Welcome Center or see Andrew Wring with any questions.

From Sharon Boyd: I want to thank all those who sent cards and came to my party to wish me a happy birthday. You really made my day and made me feel so loved. All of you mean so much in my life and I thank God for all of you.

This Sunday, we want to thank God for motherhood. In honor of Mother’s Day there are flowers in the narthex. If you are a mother, or if you have a mother, please take one or more. Take one to your mother, or keep one in remembrance of your mother. We also acknowledge that Mother’s Day can be difficult for some. So, we remember the grief of those who have lost their mothers; the struggle of those who desire to be, but have not yet become a mother; and the deep heartbreak of those who are, for whatever reason, unable to become mothers. Nevertheless, today we want to honor motherhood, and give thanks to God for our own mothers.

The Mother’s Day Banquet will take place on Monday, May 15 at 6:30 pm in the Fellowship Hall. (Guys, you’re welcome to help serve and clean up also.)

We’d like to put together a team to play in the Linton Church League Softball Association. The games are played in June through early August on various weeknights except Wednesdays. We need at least 11 people to play with at least 3 women-the more the merrier as we understand people will miss from time to time. Anyone 14 or older can play! Sign up at the Welcome Center or see Andrew Wring with any questions.

May 21st is Graduation Sunday. If you have a graduate in the family, please sign up at the Welcome Center. We’ll have a pitch-in dinner after the morning service. The church will provide lasagna. Those whose last name begins with A-M, please bring dessert and those with N-Z should bring sides and salads.

There will be a short Deacons meeting in the BYKOTA classroom after the Sunday morning service.

There will be an official board meeting on Sunday, May 21 at 4:30 pm.

May items for Operation Christmas Child are toys.

There will be a Special Business meeting right after the morning service this Sunday for the sole purpose of voting to call Bobby Ludlow to the position of Family/Children’s Ministry Director.

There will be no adult Bible Study this Wednesday, May 10. You are encouraged to observe and support Bible Explorers.

The ladies of the Meet and Greet group are collecting miscellaneous items for the Sullivan tornado survivors. Please see the list in the East narthex, which also includes items for local “blessing boxes”. You may also call the church office or email Pat Woodall at prwoodall@hughes.net. Items may be left on the receptionist desk. Our next meeting will be June 6 and we will deliver the items.

The Mother’s Day Banquet will take place on Monday, May 15 at 6:30 pm in the Fellowship Hall. Please sign up in the narthex.

ViaQuest Hospice will be holding an informational meeting at Autumn Trace on May 17th at 6:00 pm for anyone interested.

May 21st is Graduation Sunday. We’d like to honor our graduates with a dinner after the morning service. If you have a graduate in the family, please sign up at the Welcome Center.

There will be an official board meeting on Sunday, May 21 at 4:30 pm.

May items for Operation Christmas Child are toys.

This Sunday, there will be a short Compassion International presentation, “Let Us Love in Actions with Truth.” This is an opportunity for church members to sponsor a child in poverty. Sponsorships provide the child with Christ centered physical, emotional, and spiritual care through churches in their communities.

Special OCC offering: this Sunday at the Welcome Center after the morning service. May items for Operation Christmas Child are toys.

The “Meet & Greet” group will meet on Tuesday, May 2 from 6:30-7:30 pm in the ROC. There will be a devotional and we will make bracelets from a kit for the OCC boxes. All ladies are welcome, bring your own beverages please.

You’re invited to a retirement celebration for Martha Wagner on Saturday, May 6 in the Fellowship Hall from 2-4 pm.

The Mother’s Day Banquet will take place on Monday, May 15 at 6:30 pm in the Fellowship Hall. Please sign up in the narthex.

May 21st is Graduation Sunday. We’d like to honor our graduates with a dinner after the morning service. If you have a graduate in the family, please sign up at the Welcome Center.

There will be an official board meeting on Sunday, May 21 at 4:30 pm.

Pastor Bobby Ludlow will be preaching this Sunday in both our morning and evening services. Bobby is the author and director of the Bible Explorers catechism program for children that has been running on Wednesday evenings. A love offering for Bobby and his family will be collected today as well. Simply mark “Bobby Ludlow” on your envelope or in the memo line of your check.

Maxine Henry would like to meet briefly with the Fellowship Committee after the morning service.

You’re invited to help celebrate Sharon Boyd’s 80th birthday: Saturday, April 29, 2-4 pm in the church fellowship hall. Please R.S.V.P. by calling the Harts at 812-659-2809 or texting to 812-381-1180. (See posters in the narthex.)

There will be a short Compassion International presentation, “Let Us Love in Actions with Truth” on Compassion Sunday, April 30, 2023. This is an opportunity for church members to sponsor a child in poverty. Sponsorships provide the child with Christ centered physical, emotional, and spiritual care through churches in their communities.

Special OCC offering: Sunday, April 30 at the Welcome Center after the morning service.

The “Meet & Greet” group will meet on Tuesday, May 2 from 6-7:30 pm in the ROC. There will be a devotional and discussion about our first project. All ladies are welcome.

April items for Operation Christmas Child are toys.

Next Sunday, April 23rd, Rev. Bobby Ludlow will be preaching in both our morning and evening services. Bobby is the author and director of the Bible Explorers catechism program for children that has been running on Wednesday evenings. A love offering for Bobby and his family will be collected that Sunday as well. Simply mark “Bobby Ludlow” on your envelope or in the memo line of your check.

You’re invited to help celebrate Sharon Boyd’s 80th birthday: Saturday, April 29, 2-4 pm in the church fellowship hall. Please R.S.V.P. by calling the Harts at 812-659-2809 or texting to 812-381-1180. (See posters in the narthex.)

April items for Operation Christmas Child are toys.

Special OCC offering: 4/30 at the Welcome Center the morning service.

There will be a short Compassion International presentation, “Let Us Love in Actions with Truth” on Compassion Sunday, April 30, 2023. This is an opportunity for church members to sponsor a child in poverty. Sponsorships provide the child with Christ centered physical, emotional, and spiritual care through churches in their communities.