Search Committee

On Sunday, March 16, 2008 the Deacon Body of First Baptist Church recommended to the church that the following individuals serve on a search committee to fill the Minister of Youth and Music position. Kellie Jones, Lonnie Howard, Paul Martin, Donna Hull, Paul Puletti and Roy Herrera. The first meeting for this committee will be Sunday, April 6, 2008 at 4:30pm at the church.

Please be in prayer for this committee as they serve us in finding individuals to fill our ministerial needs.

Presently Larry Luckey and Cathy Deerey are leading us in Praise & Worship on Sundays. Jeremy Peery, Justin Brownlee and Preston Long are taking turns on Wednesday nights with the youth and presenting God's word. Please be in prayer for all the individuals who are filling in gap doing this interim period.

Annie Armstrong Easter Offering - Praise Report

Each year our church takes a special offering for the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering for Home Missions. This year our goal was $1,500 and the National Goal for 2008 is $61 million.

Each year, we honor the life and work of Annie Walker Armstrong (1850-1938) when we give to the annual offering for North American missions named after her. As a tireless servant of God and a contagious advocate and supporter of mission efforts throughout the world, Annie Armstrong led women to unite in mission endeavors that ultimately led to the formation of Woman's Missionary Union, for which she served as the first corresponding secretary.

Annie believed in Christ with all her heart, but it was her hands that expressed that belief in tangible ways. She spent a great amount of time typing and handwriting letters in support of missions. Many of these letters were quite lengthy and all were filled with conviction that more could and should be done in our mission efforts. In 1893 alone, she wrote almost 18,000 letters! Annie also never hesitated to use her hands to reach out to hug a child or distribute food and clothing and the Word of God to those in need. Her hands held her own Bible as she studied to know how best to share Gods love with others. And, most important, Annie was a woman of prayer, folding her hands in prayer to intercede for the missionaries and for those they were helping discover Christ.

Annie rallied churches to give more, pray more, and do more for reaching people for Christ. As we continue to unite to make her vision a reality in North America today, we can be confident that her legacy will also be ours.

This year we praise the Lord as we have blessed with $2,605.00 for the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering. I know the Lord will bless each person as they gave to this important offering to share Christ in North America.