February 12 - 14, 2010
Cost: $40

The weekend is filled with lots of fun with friends and exciting times of worship and Bible study. D-Now is an opportunity for our students to experience a retreat-like setting in the homes of church members. We are in need of people to help with food and people to act as prayer warriors for D-Now. If you are interested in helping in these areas, please contact Andy in the church office.

Sunday Schedule

Wednesday Schedule

  8:30 a.m. Early Morning Worship Service   5:00 p.m. Wednesday Night Supper
  9:45 a.m. Sunday Morning Bible Study   5:30 p.m. Prayer Meeting & Bible Study
  11:00 a.m. Morning Worship Service   7:00 p.m. Collision Youth Service
  5:30 p.m. Joint Praise & Worship Service*  
* 6:00 p.m. Evening Worship Service,  6:00 p.m. Adult & Youth Discipleship Classes, 6:00 p.m. Preschool and Children's Choirs
 
55+Appreciation Banquet “An Evening In Paris”
Saturday, February 20th, 6:00 p.m.

(You have your choice of a 10 oz. rib-eye steak or
5 oz. chicken cordon bleu)

RESERVATIONS WILL CLOSE THIS
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH!
 
Youth!!!
February 10th
MS “Collision” 6pm
HS “Collision” 7pm
February 12th
D-Now Begins - 8:30pm
February 14th
S.S. - 9:45 a.m.
No Youth Evening
Discipleship
February 17th
MS “Collision” 6pm
HS “Collision” 7pm
Please pray for Disciple Now this week. Pray for the leaders of each group, the students who are coming, and the speaker and worship leaders.

The youth basketball tournament is right around the corner, on Feb. 25th-27th. It is a fundraiser for our students to go to World Changers. If you can help, please volunteer to man the ticket booth, work the concession stand, run the clock, keep the books, or referee.

If you have not signed up to go with us on the World Changers trip to Ft. Smith, Arkansas,
you need to as soon as you can. Turn in a registration form and a $60 deposit. You can also
fundraise your deposit if you do not have the money available right now, but please turn in a
registration form ASAP.

There will be no Sunday Evening Discipleship this Sunday because of Disciple Now.

Andy Rodgers
 
STRIVING FOR THE FINISH LINE

God alone!

Ephesians 2:8, “For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.” Grace is what I like to call the game changer in the game of life. We know that the wages of sin equals death, but the gift of God is eternal life. Well, that gift is God’s grace in the form of His Son, who died the death we deserved.

1) “For by grace” - Paul uses “for” to intensify his explanation of how we receive life. With passion unmatched by few, Paul states
that we receive God’s Righteousness At Christs’ Expense! 2Cor.5:21, “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that
we might be made the righteousness of God in him.” (KJV)

2) “you have been saved” - It’s as if Paul is stating the obvious, “have been saved.” What we must realize, as believers, is that
when grace comes a-calling the only action we take is to respond. Jn.6:65, “And He said, ‘Therefore I have said to you that no one
can come to Me unless it has been granted to him by My Father.’”

3) “not of yourselves, it’s the gift” - The word “not” (oo-may) is a double negative strengthening the denial; not at all! Paul
emphatically states “NOT AT ALL,” you do nothing when it comes to your salvation. Our salvation is the free gift of God. Jn.3:16,
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have
everlasting life.”

Keep pressing on, Guy

Choir / Special Music
I would like to invite everyone in our church family to attend the Singing Men of North Central Texas Concert this Thursday evening at the First Baptist Church of Stephenville. The concert will be at 7:00pm and last for close to 1 ½ hours. You’ll be a part of a wonderful time of worship as some 110-130 men lift their voices to praise the Lord in song. At each of our concerts we invite the host church, and other churches in the area, to have their choirs join with us on one of our songs. Many of our choir will be doing just that. They will join with 9 other guest choirs to sing “Thou, O Lord” with the Singing Men. I believe you will be blessed by the time of worship. If you can, I hope you will come join us in Stephenville this Thursday evening.

We have a large number of reservations for the 55+ Appreciation Dinner. I hope your name is on the list. “An Evening in Paris”
will be a fun time of good food, good fellowship, and good entertainment. Remember, reservations close this Wednesday, February 10th. That’s Saturday, February 20, at 6:00pm.

I look forward to gathering with our church family to worship this next Sunday. I hope you will be here for both Bible Study and
worship.

Singing as I go,
Larry
 
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Pastor's Corner
Unless Christ is the center of interest, life will be out of focus.


Announcements

Have a prayer request?  Email it to our prayer room here.
Our service audio stream is up and running click here to listen to our worship service.
Pray for Revival to fall upon God's people and our nation.                    
"The Ring of Gideon" meets every Wednesday morning in the youth room at 5:45 a.m.   We will be offering a noon time prayer meeting in the weeks ahead as well.  Pray for God's moving in our church.                                  
Baptist Faith and Message begins this coming Sunday.  We will be dealing with the place and importance of the Scriptures.           
We had started a new ministry called CROSSEFFECT that meets on Sunday mornings during our Bible study time under the direction of Harold Nichols for those who have struggled with addiction issues in the past.  Tell someone whom this could help.         
Building for Kingdom Growth has been a big success.  On our 3.2 million dollar addition and renovation, we now owe less than $150,000.  If you can continue to give as God blesses, it will help retire the debt sooner.         
A great tool for reading the Bible through is the Daily Bible In Chronological order 365 daily readings.    
Please join us as we pray for rain.                 
We will be beginning our Baptist Faith and Message Study on January 10th.  Be involved in Sunday School and this time of growth.                                   
TEAM KID is back in swing.  Pray for this ministry. 
Invite a friend to church this Sunday, be a real friend.
Check out the Southern Gospel radio station online- www.thegospelhiway.org  This is part of the ministry of Don Vinson.

 

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The mission of First Baptist Church is to reach Eastland County with the message of Jesus Christ and to provide support for families and individuals in living out their faith in a tangible manner.

Our capable staff and supportive church members are committed to meeting the spiritual needs of each member of your family

If this is the type church family you want to be a part of, then we invite you to join us in worship this Sunday. If you need additional information please call or email us at
254-629-3355
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First Baptist Church
405 S. Seaman
Eastland, TX. 76448

      Well, we are off and running in 2010.  It is still hard to write that on my checks and forms but we will get used to it in the days ahead.  As we think about 2010, there are several things that are going to be taking place in our fellowship.  First, we are going to be updating and modernizing our website to help get out more information and make it more accessible for those searching through the web.  Next, we are changing the format of Sunday School for the next few weeks in what we teach.  One of the points of emphasis that came out of our Leadership breakfast last fall pointed out the need that we have to better educate those in our fellowship. We are going to take six weeks to develop that and teach that in our bible study classes.  I want to encourage you to come and be a part of this time of foundational learning.  I am looking forward to the New Year.  I am glad I am your pastor.                            

                                      
Bro. Shawn
 

 

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