FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, SENATOBIA, MS (www.sfbcms.com) May 14, 2020

Tapestry

• WHEN: July 31st - August 3rd

• WHERE: Chattanooga, TN

• WHO: All 7th - 12th graders (including

upcoming seventh graders)

• Cost: To be determined - Brooks will

announce the total cost soon.

• Sign up with Brooks Ward or by calling the

church office.

SUNDAY MORNING WORSHIP AT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

RESUMES ON MAY 24TH • Both the 8:30 AM and 11:00 AM services will resume on the this day.

• We will be following the social distancing guidelines as requested by the governor

• If you are considered high risk for Coronavirus, we suggest that you watch the service at home

• Only the morning worship services will resume at this time

• Childcare will NOT be available during the services at this time

See inside for all the details about how you and your family can be involved in this amazing mission opportunity.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Attendance Sunday School ………………………………………………………..

Regular Weekly Tithe ............................................................... $38,680.16 Regular Weekly Budget ........................................................... $23,867.00

Regular Month to Date ............................................................. $58,438.02 Regular Monthly Budget .........................................................$103,424.00

Regular Year to Date ...............................................................$808,136.34 Budget Year to Date ................................................................$765,337.60 Prior Year to Date ....................................................................$876,342.49 2019/2020 Annual Budget .................................................... $1,241,085.00 Capital Additions & Improvements Offering ............................... $255.00 Annie Armstrong Offering ......................................................... $8,590.00

*Fiscal year: October 1, 2019-September 30, 2020

LAST WEEK AT A GLANCE

ANNIVERSARIES

May 14 Jason & Camille Brister, Cody & Jodie Ross, David & Debbie Jones Scott & Kalon Oakley May 16 James & Frances May, Jack & Joyce McMillen May 20 Scott & Meg Crockett May 23 Jerry & Dianne Davis

PRAYER LIST

Jean Beckum Jerry Brewer Jerrie Frayser Gail Gammon Wayne Graham Alison Hardison Shirley Lane

David Lunceford Gary Newton Ed Pang Marilyn Pang Nelle Parks Cohen Perkins Vennie Rhodes

Carolyn Rials Kathy Rowan Dianne Sanders Louisa Sanders Kam Spencer Leon Warren

May 14 Blake Kirby, Mark Pacini May 16 Leland Earp, Jil McKellar May 17 Margaret Forsyth, Barry Weisfeld May 18 Louisa Sanders, Rufus Warren, Robert Bateman, Millie Billingsley May 19 Robert Eoff, Brenda Stepp, Rebecca Isome May 20 Joe Earp, Betty Loftiss May 21 Tonya Champion, Faye Price May 22 Hallee Grace Hickson, Rials Hale, Alicia Ferretiz May 23 Bedford Hunt, Ashley Scott, Brett Brown

PRAYER REQUEST BOX

The Prayer Committee has placed a Prayer Request Box in the lobby for anyone who has specific prayer needs. Your requests will be retrieved by one Prayer Committee member, emailed to the other committee members, and will be held confidential.

MEMORIALS

OCTOBER 11TH - 15TH

TOTAL COST OF TRIP $550.00: Includes accommodations for four nights, the seminar and seminar materials, and eight meals

FEATURED SPEAKER:

Dr. Erwin Lutzer

TOPIC “Faith at the Breaking Point: Lessons from Lives of Biblical Heroes” SPACES ARE LIMITED - Reserve your spot with a $50.00 deposit

HONORARIUMS

THREE WAYS TO TITHE

WHILE SOCIAL DISTANCING

• Set up online giving at the church website -

www.sfbcms.com

• Contact your bank to inquire if they provide

automatic bill pay

• Bring your tithes and offerings to the church

and drop them in the slot on the wall to your immediate right as you enter the office suite

Wednesday Night Zoom Schedule 4K/5K—5:30pm; 1st/2nd—6pm

3rd/4th—6:30pm; 5th/6th (Bridge) - 6:30pm

PEE WEE BASEBALL Season is being postponed.

CHILDREN IN ACTION Annie Armstrong Easter basket offerings can be

turned in any time. Those wanting to earn their KEEP badge can send Mary videos of them saying their verses.

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL GOES TO

BACK YARD BIBLE CLUBS

June 22-26 We have a team of parents coming together to plan out Backyard Bible Clubs as an out-

reach mission opportunity for our church. To-wards the end of summer we will look to do a day VBS camp when it is safe for us to come together in larger groups here at the church.

Please be in prayer for us as we plan the best way for us to minister to all the neighbors we

are now meeting due to COVID-19.

A WORD FROM YOUR PASTOR

MUSIC NOTES

UPCOMING DATES FOR KIDS

YOUTH NEWS

I have been reading in my favorite book of the Bible, Philippians and today I was in Chapter 2. I read the whole thing 3 times. Each time through a differ-ent translation. I love how Philippians 2:5 reads in the New Living Transla-tion. “You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had.” Wow, would that change anything for you? Not just to have the mind of Christ but to have the attitude of Christ? These days there are so many opin-ions and each one is sparked by their own mind and own attitudes but do we allow God to transform our attitudes? Remember, Jesus stands before Pilate and doesn’t say a word! He eats a last meal with the same guy that betrays him and he knew it when he washed his feet! He heals the ear back on a sol-dier who was arresting him! He looks out in pain while he is hanging on the cross and sees people that need a relationship with God and says “don’t hold this sin against them, Father.” Wow! How powerful are those words because it was you and me that he was looking at when he said those words. We put him there. Do you feel you have a right to be mad, bitter, arrogant, controlling, belittling, better than others? If so, we are feeding those attitudes more than we are feeding the attitude of Christ into our lives. Let’s humble ourselves and have his attitude. Randy

Hello Church! I hope you’re having a wonderful day.

Good news!!! It looks as though we will finally be coming back together for Sunday morning worship in the very near future. We are aiming to return to Sunday worship next Sunday the 24th of May, the day before Memorial Day. It’s been a long time, and I know that many of you are just as ready to come back as I am, but our day will still look a good bit different.

For the foreseeable future, and I’m not sure how long that means, we will only have Sunday morning worship. We won’t be returning to Sunday School, Sunday evening worship, or Wednesday evening Bible study for a while yet, in an effort to limit our exposure.

In talking with other local pastors, and our staff, and our lay leadership, we’ve decided to take baby-steps in our return. Until we come back in full force, we will continue to have livestream services on Wednesday nights, recorded messages from Allen, and recorded messages from Brooks to help you stay engaged. Between now and then, we will talking a lot about what that day will look like, and what it can’t look like. We’re going to have to make some changes when it comes to personal contact, at least for a while. And we’ll need everyone respecting these changes in order for them to be effective. The only thing that could postpone this reopening, would be a targeted plea at churches from our Governor. We still want to be good citizens, but it appears that many parts of society are opening back up, and we expect that by next week, we should be good to go.

I’m excited. The rest of your staff is excited. And I hope you are too. Be looking and listening for more details over the next week or so. Love you all, and I will see you SOON! Bro. Chris

All Active Group activities are postponed until further notice. The senior adult community is at a higher risk of contracting Covid 19 from social interactions. We encourage all of our Senior Adults to carefully practice social distancing during this time of pandemic.

• Check the church app for updates about

our meeting times in the coming weeks!

• Join us each Wednesday night at 7pm for a

livestream of our student message! The

Instagram to join us on is:

fbc_senatobia_youth

• Each week we have 5 new devotionals

online at: sfbcstudents.blogspot.com

ANNOUNCEMENT

Kathryn Gabbert's 100th Birthday Parade Sunday, May 24, 2:00 - 3:00 Senatobia First United Methodist Church Enter the drive on the west side of the church. This is a drive-through celebra-tion, so feel free to decorate your car with balloons, sign, etc. Please do not leave your car. Cards or gifts are accepted. Social distancing will be observed. Please join us as we honor Kathryn.

Chris Williams (cwilliams@sfbcms.com) ............................................................................................................................................. Pastor Allen Winstead (awinstead@sfbcms.com) .................................................................................................... Minister of Education/Outreach Randy Chappell (rchappell@sfbcms.com) .......................................................................................................................... Minister of Music Sylvia Alford (salford@sfbcms.com) ........................................................................................................... Church Administrator/Activities Mary Tindle (mtindle@sfbcms.com) ............................................................................................................................... Minister of Children Brooks Ward (bward@sfbcms.com) .................................................................................................................................... Minister of Youth Beverly Russell (brussell@sfbcms.com) ............................................................................................................................................ Finance Susan McNulty (smcnulty@sfbcms.com)........................................................................................................................... Ministry Assistant Garrett Glaser .......................................................................................................................................................... Director of Food Services Jan Miles (jmiles@sfbcms.com) ........................................................................................................................ Weekday Preschool Director Mae Wooten ..................................................................................................................................................................................... Custodian Chantay Rhone (chantayrhone@gmail.com) ........................................................................................................... Serve Ministry Associate

CHURCH STAFF

Baccalaureate Sunday - June 7th in the 11:00 AM Worship Service

Graduates will have tables set up in the Family Life Center Gym. Please come by after the 8:30 and 11:00 Worship service to wish the graduates well and to drop off any gifts you may be bringing.

Please be in prayer for this year’s FBC graduates: Jae Lin Brown, Sara Denman, Claire Meeks, Brock Boatner, Brady Bozeman, John Michael Foster, Eli Johnson, Jay Potts, Seth Powell, Benton Williams and Bo Young.