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November 6, 2008
IS CHICKASHA THINKING ABOUT FIRST BAPTIST?
The city of Chickasha is a great place to live. I am only speaking from 11 plus years of experience but I love this place. As a matter of fact, we own our home here and Pearl and I will, more than likely, spend the rest of our lives in Chickasha. The pace here may seem fast to those of you who have lived here always, but the truth is, this is a pretty “laid back” community. For the most part that’s a good thing. This also means that Chickasha is slow to hear, receive, notice, accept or make up its mind about anything.
This brings me to the subject of this article. I believe that in the last year I have seen a change in the way the people are looking at First Baptist Church. This church has always been a foundation stone in this community. The people have always looked at First Baptist with respect. They look to this church for leadership in the Christian community, especially among the Baptist. I do not believe that any of this has changed.
In the last year, over and over again, I have heard the community express a desire to visit our church. I have heard statements like, “You know, we’ve been thinking about coming to First Baptist” or “Our kids have been trying to get us to come to First Baptist.” There seems to be a spiritual awakening about what God is doing at our church. When people visit they go on and on about the love of the people and God’s presence in the life of the church. They talk about the wonderful worship, especially the outstanding music program and the joy they see in the people and the staff.
The community has been so blessed by the Art School. I didn’t get home until after 7:00 Halloween night and I didn’t start greeting Trick or Treaters until about 7:30. But from then until 9:30, when the candy ran out, we had a constant stream of children ranging from 3 to 18 years old. Over and over again they would say, “I know you. You’re the preacher at our church.” These are children we have reached out to through Art School and VBS.
People are thinking about First Baptist Church. I believe the unity and the love that we have shared with the community is having a cumulative effect. The Holy Spirit is opening people’s hearts to our church. They are seeking the Lord and they believe they are seeing Him in the life of our church. Maybe it’s time for us to begin talking about our Lord and our church everywhere we go. I believe God will move the community toward First Baptist when we are ready to go out and meet them. The time is now.
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Chickasha First, Back November 6, 2008 Pg 2
Weekly Report November 2, 2008
The People Came Sunday School Attendance Adults 221 Youth 34 New Teens 12 Children 27 Preschool 21 Visitors 14 Total 329 New SS Members 0 Dropped 10 Enrollment 895 Total Attendance for 10/26 329
The People Gave… Weekly Need (52 wks) $17,249.43 Received 11/02/08 $26,068.00 Above/Below $ 8,818.57
Year to Date: Total Budget Need $758,141.56 Received to Date $742,850.68 Above/Below $15,290.88
Building Fund Loan Balance: $ 49,287.85 Renovation Project: Received 11/02/08 $ 3,190.00
Benevolence Fund: $ 20.00
Armenia Mission Trip: Received 11/02/08 $ 158.05 Received to Date $ 1,257.57
And the Lord Added… By Letter 0 By Statement 0 By Baptism 0 Professions of faith 1
Year to Date Additions… By Letter 4 By Statement 0 By Baptism 1 Total Additions 5
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FOOD PANTRY REPORT For OCTOBER 2008
We served 183 families (472 individuals) which included 144 children and 56 senior adults.
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Our Staff and Church Family would like to extend our deepest sympathy to Jimmy & Barbara Elliott & Family on the death of his Aunt, Dorothy Elliott, a long-time member of FBC.
Also, we would like to extend our deepest sympathy to Bill and Carol Woods on the death of his Brother, Bob Woods.
Dear First Family, Thank you for your donations of change for the Kids Crew Change Drive for the Armenia/Israel Mission Trip. On October 26, we donated $132.90. We will be at the doors again on November 23, so please continue to save your change and bring it to church that Sunday morning. Thank you again, The Kids Crew Kids
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Dear First Family, Thank you for your participation in this year’s Trunk or Treat event. There was plenty of candy. No one got too much and no one was left out as we passed it out. Thank you for being faithful to donate the candy. We had 180 tracts that were also given to the children. We did run out of those, so we believe we touched more than 200 children from our community. Many of them were not from our church. Thank you to the people who donated their vehicles and time. It was a great success and we plan to be bigger and better next year as we let our community know that we care. Bill and Donna
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Our Angel Tree “Committee of one (1)” needs your help! If you would be interested in becoming involved in a worthwhile church project, please contact Lea Smiley at 222-1644 or her cell #308-1514. In order to plan and coordinate the Angel Tree Party for all of the Angel names, we need to start immediately. Please pray and respond – also, please note, meetings will be evening or Saturdays.
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Copies of the 2009 Proposed Budget are available in the Foyer. Sunday, November 9th, there will be a Special-Called Business Meeting following the Evening Worship Service to discuss the 2009 Proposed Budget. Sunday, November 16th, we will vote on the 2009 Proposed Budget during the Morning Worship Service.
All Church Thanksgiving Dinner
Sunday, November 23, 2008 5:00 P.M. Canadian Valley Technology Center 1402 W Michigan Ave
As we have done in the past, if your last name begins with the following letter of the alphabet, please bring:
A-M - Desserts N-Z - Salads & Vegetables
The Church will provide the meat, bread, and drinks.
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