First Baptist Church

This Good Friday, April 7th at 7:30 PM we will hold a Tenebrae Service (Service of Shadows) here in the church sanctuary. The service will begin at 7:30 PM. The Lord’s Table will be observed during this service.

This Easter Sunday, April 9th, we will have a Sunrise Service at 6:30 AM. There will be breakfast afterwards in the Fellowship Hall. Sunday School will be at 9:00 AM and Morning Worship at 10:00 AM as usual. There will not be a Treehouse Children’s Church, and there will be no evening service on Easter Sunday.

The tornado in Sullivan left Madison and Noah Phegley and their baby girl Mylee without their house, possessions, or vehicles. If you’d like to donate to help them, mark your envelope or check “Madison’s Family” and we will see that it all gets to them.

Donations to help the general relief efforts can be made to the Wabash Valley Community Foundation at this official Help Sullivan Recover website: wvcf.org/funds/help-sullivan-recover/

This is also the last Sunday for the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for North American missions. Envelopes for this offering are available on the Welcome Center.

This Wednesday, April 12th, Bible Explorers for the children will begin at 6:15 pm in the Fellowship Hall. The Adult Bible Study/Prayer Time will resume in the Library at 6:30 pm.

Special OCC offering: 4/30 at the Welcome Center the morning service. April items for Operation Christmas Child are toys.

This Palm Sunday, the Treehouse Children’s Church will be held. After the morning service there will be an Easter Egg hunt for the children. The Lord’s Supper has been moved to Good Friday.

Also, after the morning worship service there will be a special called business meeting. This meeting is for the sole purpose of amending the church budget in order to include line items for an associate pastor’s compensation package, and to increase funds available for children’s ministry.

Maxine Henry would like to meet briefly with the Fellowship committee following the business meeting.

This Wednesday, April 5th, there will not be an adult Bible Study/Prayer Time. Bible Explorers for the children will resume at 6:15 pm that evening.

This coming Good Friday, April 7th at 7:30 PM we will hold a Tenebrae Service (Service of Shadows) here in the church sanctuary. The service will begin at 7:30 PM. The Lord’s Table will be observed during this service.

Next Sunday, Easter, April 9th, we will have a Sunrise Service at 6:30 AM. There will be breakfast afterwards in the Fellowship Hall. Sunday School will be at 9:00 AM and Morning Worship at 10:00 AM as usual. There will be no evening service on Easter Sunday.

Envelopes for the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for mission projects in North America are available on the Welcome Center.

April items for Operation Christmas Child are toys.

There will be a Deacons’ meeting in the BYKOTA classroom after the service this Sunday.

There will be no Bible Explorers this Wednesday, March 29th. We will be back together on April 5th.

Next week on Palm Sunday right after morning worship there will be a special called business meeting for the sole purpose of amending the church budget to include line items for an associate pastor’s compensation package, and to increase the monies available for children’s ministry.

The Annie Armstrong Easter Offering is used to fund mission projects in North America. Envelopes are available on the Welcome Center.

Palm Sunday is April 2nd. The Treehouse Children’s Church will be held that morning. After the morning service there will be an Easter Egg hunt for the children. The Lord’s Supper will be moved to Good Friday.

On Wednesday, April 5th, there will not be an adult Bible Study/Prayer Time. Bible Explorers for the children will be held at 6:15 pm as usual that evening.

On Good Friday, April 7th at 7:30 PM we will hold a Tenebrae Service (Service of Shadows) here in the church sanctuary. The service will begin at 7:30 PM. A sign-up sheet for the Scripture Readings is on the Welcome Center.

On Easter Sunday, April 9th, we will have a Sunrise Service at 6:30 AM. Afterwards there will be an Easter Breakfast in the Fellowship Hall. Sunday School will be at 9:00 AM and Morning Worship at 10:00 AM as usual. There will be no evening service on Easter Sunday.

March items for Operation Christmas Child are hygiene items. See Ralph or Tammy Hart if you have any questions.

The Annie Armstrong Easter Offering is the primary way Southern Baptists fund missions in North America. 100% of the gifts given go to support more than 2,400 missionary families serving across the United States and Canada. This offering is used to help plant new churches, fund compassion ministries, and spread the gospel here in North America. Envelopes are available on the Welcome Center.

Palm Sunday is April 2nd. The Treehouse Children’s Church will be held that morning after the children help us remember Jesus’ triumphal Entry into Jerusalem. After the morning service there will be an Easter Egg hunt for the children. The observance of the Lord’s Supper will be moved to Good Friday.

On Wednesday, April 5th, there will not be an adult Bible Study/Prayer Time. Bible Explorers for the children will be held at 6:15 pm as usual that evening.

On Good Friday, April 7th we will hold a Tenebrae Service (Service of Shadows) here in the church sanctuary. The service will begin at 7:30 PM. (Sunset is at 8:18 PM.) We need 8 people for the Scripture Readings (ideally 4 men and 4 women). A sign-up sheet for the Scripture Readings is on the Welcome Center.

On Easter Sunday, April 9th, we will have a Sunrise Service at 6:30 AM. (Sunrise is at 7:21 AM.) After the Sunrise Service there will be an Easter Fellowship Breakfast in the Fellowship Hall. Sunday School will be at 9:00 AM and Morning Worship at 10:00 AM as usual. There will be no evening service on Easter Sunday.

March items for Operation Christmas Child are Hygiene Items. See Ralph or Tammy Hart if you have any questions.

Daylight Savings Time begins next Sunday, March 12. Please remember to set your clocks forward one hour on Saturday night, March 11.

 “Transformed” Women’s Conference: March 10-11 at Calvary Baptist Church in Seymour, Indiana. Register online at www.scbi.org/transformed. For hotel information, contact Rae Anne Tyra.

“Aspire” Women’s conference: April 23, 5:00 pm at Bloomfield United Methodist Church. See the poster in the narthex or Tricia Herndon.

This Sunday is “Gideon Sunday”. Mr. David Long will give a short presentation on the work of the Gideons in our morning worship service. At the close of the service, a traditional “open Bible” offering will be taken. 100% of this offering will go to the purchase of new Gideon bibles.

The Adult Bible Study and Prayer time will move from the Sanctuary to the Library this week. Bible study begins at 6:30 PM.

Re: background checks for children’s workers-The bad news is Child Protective Services told us if your approval is over a year old, you should complete a form again. The good news is they have revised the forms, and they’re much shorter now. The new forms are available at the Welcome Center. Every volunteer will need to complete the new form and return it to the church office.

March items for Operation Christmas Child are Hygiene Items. See Ralph or Tammy Hart if you have any questions.

“Transformed” Women’s Conference: March 10-11 at Calvary Baptist Church in Seymour, Indiana. Register online at www.scbi.org/transformed. For hotel information, contact Rae Anne Tyra.

“Aspire” Women’s conference: April 23, 5:00 pm at Bloomfield United Methodist Church. See the poster in the narthex or Tricia Herndon.