First Baptist Church Martinsville
Called to be the people of God

Mission Statement:  The congregation of First Baptist Church, led by the Holy Spirit, convenants to worship Almighty God and to be disciples of Jesus Christ. Consistent with the Great Commission, we will share our spiritual gifts beyond our doors with enthusiasm, generosity, and grace.

First Baptist Church
23 Starling Avenue
Martinsville, Virginia 24112
276-632-6336
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website:  www.firstbaptistchurchmartinsville.org

Dr. Dennis W. Knight, Pastor
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Reverend John T. Fulcher, Jr., Associate Pastor
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Reverend Craig McCoy, Minister of Music
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Marsha Garren, Administrative Assistant
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Renee Fulcher, Financial Secretary
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Mr. Baxter Jennings, Organist

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You are invited to a

Church-Wide Fellowship

And Hot Dog Picnic

Sunday, June 3, 5:30 p.m. at the Smith River Sports Complex

All Food Provided by Our Deacons

¨ You are encouraged to invite an un-churched friend(s) to attend with you.  Please let the office know by May 15 if you plan to bring a guest(s). 

The Sports Complex has handicapped accessible parking and restrooms for your convenience

WOMEN ON MISSION ARE REMINDED OF THE ANNUAL DINNER TOMORROW AT

6:00 P.M. 

The men of the church will be preparing andserving the meal—cost is $5.  The guest

speaker is Libby Bondurant whoauthored the book Grazing Along the Crooked Road

Recipes and Stories—Past and Present.  This book features great recipes combined with

lots of stories, home remedies, and interesting information from the ten counties of

Southwest Virginia.  If you don’t have a reservation for dinner, you may still

come and hear Libby speak at approximately 6:30 p.m.

DIACONATE PROJECT: If you have difficulty parking your car and walking to your Sunday School classroom or Sanctuary, please call the church office to arrange assistance. Help is also available if you need transportation to church.

SUE MARTIN MCCABE LIBRARY:  Day with a Perfect Stranger by David Gregory. If you haven’t read Dinner with a Perfect Stranger already, I suggest you read it before you read this book. Day will stand alone, but I think it is more fun if you read Dinner first. Both these books are quick reads so you can finish them in one afternoon. But the power of the conversation in both is stunning!

You may understand Mattie Cominsky’s frustration at suddenly having a God- believing husband. She wonders where this came from. It is not what she bargained for. At first she seems a little whiney and a believer might think this is a lot of fuss over a perfectly natural thing. But Mattie certainly does not see it that way. This is a story about a business trip to Tucson AZ for our heroine and her seating partners.   Not only does she sit with him on her first leg of the trip, but lo and behold, they are seated together on the second flight! Mattie is not sure she is happy about this arrangement or not. But the trip and conversation carry on.

Gregory can certainly pack a punch is a small amount of space [about 100 pages.] Those of us who have read it continue to be surprised that so much of value can be said so simply in so little time – the evening of a dinner or the time of a day long flight. Enjoy!

Opportunitites for the Week
May 6 - 10, 2012

Sunday, May 6
8:45 a.m.       Missions Opportunity Committee

       9:00 a.m.       Deacons Meeting                                      

       9:45 a.m.       Sunday School

     11:00 a.m.       Worship Service

       5:00 p.m.       VBS Organizational Meeting in Conference Room         

       6:00 p.m.       Youth Fellowship

Monday, May 7
6:00 p.m.       Women on Mission Banquet

Tuesday, May 8
7:00 p.m.       Business and Finance Committee Meeting

Wednesday, May 9
5:45 p.m.       Family Night Dinner
6:20 p.m.       Bible Study
7:00 p.m.       Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal                                       

Thursday, May 10 
10:00 a.m.     Bible Study—Job
7:00 p.m.       Pastor Search Committee Meeting

      Our new food item for April, May, and June is 16 oz. cans of pork and beans.  Food can be left on the table in the Bell Tower Narthex.  Please save your plastic grocery bags for Grace Network.  You may also leave them in the box in the Bell Tower Narthex.

Vacation Bible School ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING:  If you would be willing to help in VBS, you are invited to an organizational meeting this afternoon at 5:00 p.m. in the Conference Room.

Dinners are served every Wednesday at 5:45 p.m.  Please make reservations by calling the church office on Monday.

2 Turkey, stuffing, gravy, broccoli-cauliflower salad, frozenyogurt

3 Spaghetti, meat balls, bread, pudding

16     Pork tenderloin, baked apples, broccoli, frozen yogurt

23 Salisbury steak, mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables, birthday cake

30     Baked chicken, baked potato, mixed vegetables, jello

¨ The financial report was given by John Crouch.  Our budget through March for pledges and donations is $101,526.  Our actual pledges and donations are down $26,139.  Expenditures are budgeted through March to be $101,526 but we have over spent by $16,896.  In order to pay expenditures in March, we had to transfer $10,000 from advanced pledges.  Wee Ministry is on target so far this year.

¨ The members of the Pastor Search Committee are John Collins, Richard Dorr, Ross Gale, Bobby Moore, Hal Prillaman, Susan Sapp, and Roslyn Wingett. 

¨ Women on Mission served dinner to eight residents at the Piedmont Regional Group Home.

¨ Henry County Baptist Senior Adults will be meeting at First Baptist on April 26.

¨ Bobby Moore, Bylaws Committee Chairman, reported that the Bylaws are 99% complete and will soon be presented to the church.

 Recycling

Our deacons assist at the paper trailer the third Saturday of the month, 9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon. If you need assistance with placing your newspapers, magazines, or catalogs in the trailer, they will be glad to help. The profits from our trailer help local agencies and provide money for FBC mission trips.