Deacons of the Week December 7 - December 13 Bud Gritton & Tim Thompson

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Nursery Workers 8:30 am December 7– Jessica Burton

10:50 a.m. December 7

Rochelle & Molly Smith December 14

Kay Sparrow & Jackie Artis Evening Service

December 7 – Janet Burton December 14 – Janis Logsdon

Ushers -Ushers - Ushers

Sunday Morning 8:30 am

Richard Spencer, Clark Gregory, Jason Green, Dave Disponett, Keith Currens, David Hughes

10:50 am Jeff Hawkins, Tony Woolums,

Michael Ray, David Taylor, Wayne Young, Ron Howard

Daily Readings

Monday, December 8……….......Hebrews 13:8-15

Tues., December 9..............Lamentations 3:22-25

Wed., December 10...........................Titus 3:4-11

Thurs., December 11............1 Corinthians 12:4-13

Fri., December 12...….......................Acts 4:31-37

Sat., December 13............................Exodus 6:1-7

Sunday, December 14.....................Joshua 22:1-6

DECEMBER Sunshine

& Seekers

8:30 am 2’s - 5’s

December 7 - Amber Manning

10:50 am 2’s & 3’s

December 7 - Jenny Harrod 4’s & 5’s

December 7 - Anna Grace Ehr 1st - 4th grade

December 7 - Shaun Harrod

DECEMBER GREETERS

8:30 am Service Larry & Jane Jackson

Sunday School Sharon Carter &

Mary Lou Ray

10:50 am Service Shannon Carpenter & Pat Graves

DECEMBER ENROLLMENT CLERKS

8:30 am Service Bonnie Perry 10:50 am Service Mary Lou Ray

Weekly Events Saturday, December 6 9:00 am Upward Games

Sunday, December 7 8:30 am Contemporary Worship Service 9:45 am Sunday School 10:50 am Traditional Worship Service 3:30 pm Children’s Christmas Play Practice 4:00 pm Finance Committee Meeting 5:00 pm Trek Bible Study and Awana 5:30 pm Youth Bible Study 6:00 pm Worship Service 7:00 pm Deacons and Trustees Meeting

Monday, December 8 6:30 pm GROW Visitation “R” Team

Tuesday, December 9 12:00 pm AC Blood Mobile 3:30 pm Youth Handbells

Wednesday, December 10 5:45 pm Worship Choir Practice 6:00 pm Oasis 6:00 pm Children’s Play Dress Rehearsal 6:30 pm Prayer Meeting in the Fireside Room Thursday, December 11 10:00 am Second Blessing Open clothes giveaway 3:30 pm Children’s Handbells Friday, December 12 4:30 pm College & Careers Retreat 6:00 pm Fisher of Men Sunday School Dinner

Sunday Report - Nov. 30 Sunday School 271 8:30 am Service 119 10:50 am Service 195 Total Worship Attendance 314 Operating Fund Contributions Bud. Requ. Cash Bal.

November 30 $ 11,421.47 $ 13,807.69 Month to Date $ 69,999.17 $ 69,038.45 Year to Date $ 602,402.23 $ 662,769.21 Current Cash Bal. $ 2,227.55

Capital Projects Fund Building Maj.Pur-TV Maj Rep CLC Reno Cash Bal.

November 30 $ 481 $ - 0 - $ -0- Mon. to Date $ 3,336 $ - 0 - $ 5000 Cash Bal. $ 417,734 $ 3,255 $ 5000 $(21,544) $404,444

Restricted Fund November 30 Receipts Cash Balance Mission Offering $ 312.50 Youth D-Now $ 40.00 Reimbursements $ 68.00 Relay for Life $ 60.00 Mom 2 Mom $ 60.00 SOS Luncheon $ 55.00 Choir Trip $ 30.00 Current Fund Cash Balance $ 28,524.74

DECEMBER Benevolence Committee

Charlie Monroe & Buddy Thompson

Sunday Services Dec. 7

8:30 am and 10:50 am

Message by

Roy and Jenna McIntyre

IMB Missionaries

Lottie Moon Mission Offering

6:00 pm

Message by David Platt

“The Obligation of the Gospel”

Romans 1:1-6 Van Ministry Driver this week: Phil Cooke

If you need a ride please contact 502-839-6966 or 502-598-6146

AWANA Clubs will be

having their Awana Store

this week.

Dear Church Family, Thank you for the opportunity to

participate in the Kentucky Junior High All-State Choir this year. I appreciate your prayers and the donation you made for us to go. Your Sister in Christ, Mollie Fields

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Volume 54 Thursday, December 4, 2014

When you make your way to church this Sunday, take a minute and count the Lottie Moon paper dolls that have been taped to the wall outside of the Fireside Room. Each one represents $4 that has been given to the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering (LMCO) for International Missions. Our hope is to have 4,900 paper dolls taped to the walls of our church by the end of December representing the

4,900 Southern Baptist missionaries serving with the International Mission Board. It will mean that we will have to give generously and sacrificially to be able to reach our LMCO goal of $20,000. Please pray about what you can give to this important offering and consider making it the greatest gift you give this Christmas season!

Speaking of missions, we will hear this Sunday morning from Roy and Jenna McIntyre, members of our church and missionaries to Malaysia. Please come and support the McIntyres as they share with us how we can partner with them to get the gospel to whose who need it! Also, this Sunday night we will hear from David Platt, the newly elected president of our International Mission Board. David is one of the most gifted preachers I know and is extremely passionate about missions. The IMB is asking churches to show this video of David preaching a message entitled “The Obligation of the Gospel” from Romans chapter 1. Please spread the word and encourage others to come as we see from God’s Word how we are obligated to give sacrificially and go willingly as we seek to proclaim the gospel! In His Service, Bro. Bob

Important: The $20 deposit for D-Now @ Crossings is due December 10th. Anyone who wants to attend MUST have their deposit paid by this date. Payments can be made to the church office, online, or to Zach.

Wednesday December 17th the youth will be having a Mexican Fiesta Christmas party! If you would like to contribute a dish for the evening contact Zach. Feel free to dress up in your ponchos and sombreros or in a luchador costume! We will have a piñata to bust and watch Nacho Libre.

Worship Music for Sunday (December 7) This Sunday Roy and Jenna McIntyre will share the message at

BOTH AM services! They are our resident missionaries, and will share about their work in Malaysia! Our praise

team will lead our music at the 8:30 a.m. service! Our Ladies Trio (Katrina Oney, Glenda Thompson, and Mary

Pat Young) will open the 10:50 a.m. service with the "There Is Joy" Medley! Lance and Stacy will play the

instruments for the second am service! Plus, the Worship Choir will share a toe-tapping anthem from their Christmas

Musical: "King Jesus Is His Name!" Sunday night the Hims of Harmony will share 3 Christmas songs for the Evening

Service! The Evening Message will be a video recording of David Platt's Lottie Moon Challenge for 2014: "Our Obligation to

the Unreached," from Romans 1:1-16! Lance and Glenda will play the instruments this Sunday night!

Hims of Harmony Sing THIS SUNDAY NIGHT (Dec. 7)

The Hims will meet in the Choir Room at 5:30 to rehearse and prepare 3 Christmas Songs for the Evening Service! Come

Sing with the men THIS SUNDAY NIGHT! Wear your red shirts or something "Christmasy"!

Worship Choir "Bonus Rehearsals" (Every Sunday Night) The singers of our Worship Choir, will have some "extra

rehearsals" at 7:00 (just after the Evening Service) in the Choir Room to rehearse and prepare "One Small Child" to be

shared with our church family on Sunday night, December 21 as the 6:00 service that night! This will give us 2 extra

rehearsals to prepare the musical in addition to our Wednesday night rehearsal times! See You THIS SUNDAY NIGHT!

Yours in Christ, Mark

There are several things coming up on the horizon for FBC Kids. This Sunday, we will be having play practice for all kids participating in the Christmas Musical at 3:30pm in the Sanctuary. If your child has been coming to choir on Wednesday nights, they are a part of the musical. We need all actors, dancers, soloists, and choir members. We will be doing a run-through of the musical. At 5:00pm we will be having our AWANA Christmas Store.

This coming Wednesday will be our dress rehearsal at 6:00pm in the Sanctuary. Again, we will need everyone who is in the musical to be here. This rehearsal will go until around 8:00pm. I understand some children have bed times around then, so if your child needs to leave early, that is okay. There is nothing special your kids need to wear for the dress rehearsal. We will provide any kids needing costumes with one. Our Musical presentation will be on Sunday at 6:00pm. I would like to have all kids come at 4:00pm so we can do a quick rehearsal before getting ready for the performance. The dress is Christmas attire. There are no tickets required, but I would recommend getting here early as the best seats don’t last long. Afterwards, we will be having a reception in our CLC. We will have finger foods and desserts. Blessings, Adam

In case of inclement weather watch WLEX Channel 18, the local Channel 6 or log onto

www .lawrenceburgfbc.org for cancellations.

In the Hospital

Pam Rowe - St. Joseph East

At Home Peggy Stratton, Frances Semple, Edna Gash,

Carol McCullough, Johnie Burton, Holly Wampler

Heritage Hall Mae Lewis, Pauline Kyler, Marjorie Stratton, Liffy Hanks, Onita Buckley, Margaret Spaulding,

Ann Campbell, Ella Belle Baxter, Kathleen Carlton,

Hometown Manor Anne Hellard

Taylor Manor Louise Camic

The Lantern Laurine Cubert

IN SYMPATHY Harriet Ramona Thomas Young - November 23

Beatrice Wohner Robinson - November 27

Arlene Chism - November 27

Alpha Samuel Gabbart - November 29

Lula Mae Tingle Parrish - December1

We Extend our deepest sympathy to these Families

You’re invited to a Wedding Shower

For: Mike and Maggie Sivils Date: Sunday, Dec. 14

Time: 2:00 pm Place: Fireside Room

Lottie Moon Be watching as our walls fill up with paper dolls representing our interna-tional missionaries. We have 4900 mis-sionaries serving around the world and each doll represents $4 raised for one missionary toward our $20,000 goal.

Upcoming Holiday Events Dec. 7, 5:00 pm - Awana Party Dec. 14, 6:00 pm - Children’s Christmas Play 7:00 pm - Reception in the CLC Dec. 15, 6:00 pm - Upward Awards Night Dec. 21, 6:00 pm - Worship Choir Concert Dec. 24, 5:00 pm - Christmas Eve Candlelight Service

First Baptist Church in Lawrence-burg is seeking applications for a part time Contemporary Worship Leader. For more information call 502-839-6966 or mail resume to First Baptist Church, Attention:

Jeremy Sivils, 111 N. Main Street, Lawrenceburg, KY 40342

Dear Fellow FBC Member, As the newly formed Facilities Master Plan Review Committee, we are asking for your help as we begin our work. We are de-siring to know what you see as our priority of facility needs. To do this we would ask that you pray about this matter and then complete the following below: Please number in rank order 1 through 10, with 1 being the most pressing need and 10 being the least pressing need, the areas of our church listed below: _____ Admin/Office Space _____ Adult Education Space _____ Children Education Space _____ CLC _____ Fellowship Hall _____ Kitchen _____ Music/Choir Space _____ Nursery Area _____ Sanctuary _____ Youth Education Space If there are other areas not listed above (such as covered drop-off, better handicap accessibility, play area, etc.) that you feel are needed, please write them below. __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ Thank you for your assistance in this matter. Your Facilities Master Plan Review Committee

Anderson County Blood Mobile Community Blood Drive Tuesday, December 9

12:30 - 7:00 pm FBC Fireside Room