First Baptist Church

Discover the Love of Christ

October 2015

Frostproof, Florida
Pastors Remarks
Dear Church Family,
Our Sunday morning Bible study groups (LIFE Groups) are not just
another church program. Rather, they are our strategy, a way to do the
mission of the church, making disciples. Thus groups are important
because the mission of the church becomes the mission of each group. We
are to be groups on mission.
In an effort to be on mission, I want to encourage you to join in
ReConnect, an effort to connect people to Christ and a Biblical
community. These are some important dates:

October 4
Oct. 5-Nov.
November 1

Soul Winning Commitment Day

Begins a 6 week Outreach Burst
Connect Day (high attendance)

We will be asking you to commit to praying for lost family and friends
during the month of October. During the 6 week outreach effort, we want
to make as many contacts as possible to any absentees and prospects,
leading up to high attendance day in worship and Bible study. Please pray
for and get involved in what is going on.
I know of a couple of churches who are doing away with the Bible study
hour and are focusing only on worship. While worship is important, that
alone will not help make disciples. Study and application of the Word is
paramount. We teach Gods word, which is truth, and we teach for life
change. As people are obedient to God and His word and His principles,
lives are changed.
Lets do what we can to reach our community for Christ. The enemy is at
work, but so is our God. Lets join Him. Be faithful in these critical days.
For His sake,

Bro. Darrol

Inside this issue:

Pastors Remarks

Free Food Distribution

3
Kidz-Korner News

4
Student Ministry

October Calendar
October Birthdays

FBC Ministry
Service Schedules
Thank You Note
In Christian Sympathy

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Free Food Distribution

FARM SHARE
Sponsored by State Rep. Mike La Rosa
To help alleviate hunger and malnutrition by recovering fresh and nutritious food and
distributing it to those who need it most.

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Study to show yourself approved unto God, a workman who needs not to be ashamed,
one who rightly divides the word of truth. 2 Timothy 2:15
Children are excited about AWANA! Clay and Julie Brantley along with the faithful department
leaders are off to a great start! Maybe you have thought from time to time about volunteering now would be
a great time to do it! It would just take about 40 minutes of your time to sit with a group of children and listen
to them quote their Bible verses to you. Pray about it-then come and join the team!
Last month we launched a new segment of Life Group 4 KidZ for Preschool-Grade 6. It is an
early event we call J.A.M. (Jesus and Me). If your child is not attending they are missing out
on a lot of excitement so encourage them to be here by 9:30 AM for music, games, relevant devotions and
object lessons. It is fast paced and action packed as all the age group leaders participate in the fun! Children
are dismissed to their life group class by 9:50AM. Bible Bucks are awarded for participation in J.A.M, Life
Group, Scripture Memorization, bringing your Bible and inviting a friend, and are cashed in for prizes each
month.
GOOD NEWS CLUB (Child Evangelism) begins this week (Oct 7). What a blessing to
have students, parents and teachers being enthusiastic about the club. If youre not familiar
with GNC, it is an awesome opportunity allowing us to go into the public school system and
teach children the Word of God and scripture memorization. If you are interested in observing the group
sometime or volunteering, please let me know! We meet in classrooms on Wednesday afternoon until
4:30PM. I am VERY happy that we will also have a class at the Middle Senior High School, in addition to
Ben Hill Griffin School and Frostproof Elementary.
This will be our biggest community outreach of the year! You will have an opportunity to come
in contact with hundreds of people in one evening. All you have to do is show up and be
friendly as we meet, greet, and treat the visitors who God will send our way! Decorating your vehicle is not
mandatory-however, prizes will be awarded again this year to winning participants!
WE NEED INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED CANDY!

In His Service, For His KidZ-

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Hello Church Family!

October is shaping up to be a busy week for us here in the youth ministry! Let me take a moment to share what has happened and is
coming up in the next month.
In addition to our regular Wednesday night excitement, on September the 25th our students gathered at their school during the
national See You At The Pole event. Students all over the world gathered that morning at their schools flag pole for a time of
worship and prayer! It was an amazing experience to see over 50 FMSHS students praying openly for their school and their
community in front of their public school. It was a great blessing to see students taking a stand for God at their school in the
presence of their peers!
Mobilize 2015 is her e! This year will be a two-evening event, Friday and Saturday October 9th-10th, with Friday being a show at
FMSHS after school and Saturday our main event here at First Baptist Church! Im am extremely excited to see what Brock Gill
will bring for our students as he performs illusions and gives the gospel in an exciting way! We would love for you to be a part of
Mobilize by volunteering for one of our many jobs needed. The more important roles that we need filled are registration and food
helpers, door greeters, and even adults who can lead students after an altar call. You dont need to be called to youth ministry to
help us in any of these roles! Either fill out a Mobilize Volunteer form in the church bulletin this week or contact me personally to
sign up so that we can place people according to need.
Also, please begin to think about how you can plug into this years TRUNK-OR-TREAT
event, which falls on Halloween night (Sat. Oct 31st). We will be hosting this Halloween
alternative as a joint effort between the Student and Childrens Ministries. We are in need
of volunteers, vehicles, and tons of CANDY. Please be on the look-out for an insert in the
weekly bulletin that explains how you can help! Trunk or Treat is always an amazing
evangelism event, with last years attendance going well over 1,000 people!
If you have any questions about TRUNK-OR-TREAT, please call Diane or me at the church office!
In closing, let me share with you these words of Jesus:
In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your father in heaven.
Matthew 5:16
As we consider the manner in which we live, our actions communicate a message
to the world more often than we may realize. If we publicly identify as
Christ-followers, our actions have the potential to tell people exactly how
Much (or how little) Jesus has impacted our lives. Let us strive to show
His grace and love to our community through our service to them.

Keep fishing,

Bro. Brian

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October 2015
Sun

Mon

Tue

October 31
5:00-7:00 pm

Wed

Thu
1

4Deacons serving:
Ed Butler
Cliff Lightsey

5 2016 Proposed
Budgets Due

Fri
2 Feed the
Community 5:30
Fellowship Hall

Sat
3

7 Awana,& Student 8
Refuge 6pm
Discipleship Class
6pm
Choir 8:15pm

9 MOBLIZE
10 MOBLIZE
FMSHS Auditorium FBC-5:30pm
3pm

11Deacons serving 12
Larry Blackwelder
Larry Ogburn

13 WMU Sewing
Fellowship Hall
9am

14 Awana -Student 15
Refuge 6pm
Discipleship Class
6pm
Choir 8:15pm

16

17

18Deacons serving 19
Doyce Cotton
John Cavanaugh

20

21 Awana -Student 22
Refuge 6pm
Discipleship Class
6pm
Choir 8:15pm

23

24 Joy Class
Fellowship 4pm
Smith Bldg.

27

28 Awana -Student 29
Refuge 6pm
Discipleship Class
6pm
Choir 8:15pm

30

31 Trunk or Treat
FBC 6-8:00 pm

Business Mtg. 6pm

25Deacons serving 26
Ernie Wasdin
Freddie Senterfitt

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2

3
7

9
10
14
15

Larry Hadden
Mary Lou Mott,
John Hendershot
Michale Harvey
Hunter Smith
Jenny Siewert,
John Cavanaugh,
Nancy Van Ostrand
Patricia Blocker
Charlie Blocker
Brian Long
Amy Whitten,
Brian Coon,
Jay Bihorel

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21

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25
26
27
29
30

Charles Donalson
Sandra Dawes,
Shayla McCullers,
Mabel Hendershot
Myra Shelton,
Dee Mendes
Beverly Fann,
Kay Lengyel
Jessica Byrd
Teresa Norris
Frantz Bellus
Joyce Barnes,
Danny Norris

First Baptist Church Ministry

Discover the love of Christ!

Gods Vision For FBC: He desires us to be a church that impacts our community
with the Gospel.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

96 West. B. Street
Post Office Box 327
Frostproof, Florida 33843-0327
Phone: 863 635-3603
Fax: 863 635-6923
E-mail: fbchadden@verizon.net
Website: www.fbcfrostproof.org
www.facebook.com
First Baptist Church of Frostproof

Gods Mission For FBC: Making disciples, leading believers to become fully
devoted followers of Christ.
Gods Strategy For FBC:
Connect with God thr ough wor ship and with other s thr ough
relationships.
Grow spir itually and numer ically thr ough small gr oup Bible study.
Serve other s by joining a team engaged in ministr y.

Service Schedules
Sunday
Life Group Classes 9:45am
Celebration Worship Service 11:00 am

Connecting with God!

Worship Service 6:00pm

Connecting with Wednesday

God!

Connecting with Others!

Children
and Student Programs 6:00 pm
Connecting with
Others!

October 2015

Thank You Note

Thank you for your kindness in remembering
Bryston. Your thoughtfulness and generosity
are much appreciated by the entire family. We
appreciate your support in this difficult time.
Thank you for providing a meal to our family
and all the hard work put into preparing and
serving the meal!

Adult Bible Study 6:30 pm

Choir 8:15 pm

Dear First Baptist family,

My heartfelt thanks to each of you for your
prayers, encouraging notes and cards. They
have lifted our spirits day in and day out. We
miss each of you and pray Gods blessing for
you until we meet again.
With much love and grateful hearts,
Betty & Calvert Upton

We appreciate friends like you, and all of the

thoughts and prayers we have received. We
could not have made it through this difficult
time without your help.
God bless you,
Carolyn Blocker and family
The Ronald Hadden family
The Reba Dubberly family