The Messenger - First Baptist Church Of Meridian

3/27 - Harry Causey
4/3 - Adam Foreman
4/10 - Mark Fairbanks
4/17 - Jimmy Wilson
4/24 - Colby Grelle
9:15 - Sunday School
10:00 - Library Open
10:30 - Morning Worship
No Evening Worship or
regularly scheduled activities
TUESDAY, March 29
7:00 - Men’s Prayer Group
8:30 - Parkview Partners Tutoring
4:30 - Tuesday Evening Hospital Ministry
6:00 - Prayer Shawl Ministry/Aldersgate
Sermon for Sunday, March 27
WEDNESDAY, March 30
“The Defeat of Death”
8:30 - Parkview Partners Tutoring
1 Corinthians 15:20-26
FAMILY NIGHT SUPPER
March 30
Pot Roast
Creamed Potatoes
Green Beans
Cornbread and Dessert
KIDS: Tacos,
Chips and Cheese
12:00 - Men’s Bible Study/FBC
4:30 - English as Second Language
5:30 - Family Night Supper
- Young Ringers
6:00 - Preschool/Children’s Choirs
6:15 - Psalms/Hicks and Polk
6:30 - Prayer Meeting
- G.A.s, R.A.s, Mission Friends
- YOUTH/ JOURNEY923
7:30 - Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal
THURSDAY, March 31
4:30 - Boys and Girls Club
Adults : $5.00
KIDS (12 and under): $3.00
Family Maximum $20.00
SERVERS
Donia Evans
Joyce Frank
Celeste Little
Wayne Polk
VOLUNTEER MINISTRY for March 27
Preschool Ext. Session
Walter and Cassie Rogers
LAUNCH
Jeremy and Kristen Hill
Alana Akin
Worship Welcomers
David and Kathy Stehle
Neil and Amanda Henry
Sunday School Greeters
Charles and Glaniece Roberts
Jena Sims
Ingrid Price
YOUTH
$50 FUGE
DEPOSIT DUE
Sunday, April 3.
The Messenger
Place Label Here
Deacon of the Week
SUNDAY, March 27
8:45 - FBC Coffee Café
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January 1, 2016
Periodical Postage Paid at
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Offering: $14,114.00
HE IS RISEN!
Remember to bring fresh
flowers to adorn the cross on
Easter Sunday, March 27th.
First Baptist Messenger (USPS 591400)is published weekly
by First Baptist Church
P.O. Box 1509 / Meridian, MS 39302
Last Sunday’s Record
March 20
Counting Committee
Tyler Covington
Henry Wilson
Rob Autry
Freddie Poitevent, Chairman
Security
Jody and Ginger Richardson
TV Ministry
Jet Scarbrough, Adam Foreman, Connie Calhoun, Jason
Braud, Mark Fairbanks, Sarah
Hodge, Rachel Ivey, Jeremy
Hill, Randy Carroll
Dr. Raymon Leake, Pastor
Rev. David McCubbin, Associate Pastor Emeritus
Rev. Wayne Polk, Associate Pastor for Outreach and Discipleship
Rev. David Bishop, Associate Pastor for Music
Rev. Benjy Linder, Associate Pastor for Students
Caitlin Braud, Director of Children’s Ministries
701 26th Avenue/P.O. Box 1509 601.484.4600 601.484/4620 (F)
Meridian, MS 39302
www.fbcmeridian.org
March 27, 2016
Volume 88, Number 14
He is Risen!
The Beautiful Easter Lilies in our
sanctuary have been given…
In Memory of
Earl Sr. and Allene Laird by Earl and Cornelia Laird
Charles and Ruth Ferrill by Earl and Cornelia Laird
Jack and Audrey Williams by Linda Williams
Edwin and Cecille Lewis by Robert Lewis
W. Walton Moore, Jr. by Lee Moore
W. Walton Moore, III by Lee Moore
Mark B. Strickland by Lee Moore
Harmon Dickson by Marcia and Tommy Brewer
Carl and Montelle Howie by Ken and Celeste Little
Baxter and Margaret Little and Eloise Bledsoe
by Ken and Celeste Little
Ben and Ethel Norton by Glenda Pappas
Roland and Barbara Erlinger by Glenda Pappas
William “Bill” Pappas by Glenda Pappas
Laura K. Bass by The Feltensteins and Autrys
Gary L. Pickett by his wife, Elaine D. Pickett
Gladys C. Walker by Cindy and Steve Tilghman
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Tilghman by Cindy and Steve Tilghman
Elmer Jones, Jr. by Henrietta and Clarence Jones
Jim Sanders by Lydia Sanders
Mr. Hance McKenzie by Lee, Melissa and Kirk Rogers
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Rogers by Lee, Melissa and Kirk Rogers
Mr. Lee Odom by Lee, Melissa and Kirk Rogers
Doc and Martha Powell by Lee, Melissa and Kirk Rogers
In Honor of
Eleanore Catledge by Earl and Cornelia Laird
Esther Northam by Earl and Cornelia Laird
Frances Dickson by Marcia and Tommy Brewer
Jim and Gloria Addison by Glenda Pappas
Helen Webb by her mother, Pud Merrell
Lydia Sunday School Class by Lydia Sanders
The FBC Staff by Lydia Sanders
Debra Anderson
Donna Ulmer
Carole Lewis
Lydia Sanders
Ellen Rogers
Cornelia Laird
Marilyn Green
Faith Braud
Esther Northam
In Honor of the Prayergram and Messenger
Ministry Team
Eleanore Catledge J. B. and Jeannie Barnett
Rose Ellen Reid
Blanche Harmon
Mary Smith
Arlene Campbell
Maudie Newsome
Dorothy Shank
Linda Williams
Amy Presley
Saturday, April 2nd
CHURCHWIDE FAMILY
The honour of your presence is requested at the
MARRIAGE CELEBRATION
of
Abby Elizabeth Dennis
and
Andrew Christopher Calhoun
Saturday, the Ninth of April
Two Thousand Sixteen
at half past ten o’clock in the morning
Highland Baptist Church
Meridian, MS
Reception to follow
at First Baptist Church, Meridian, Mississippi
MINISTRY DAY
Meet at the Church at 8:00 a.m.
BREAKFAST AND SEND-OFF
Questions? Contact Caitlin Braud.
Welcome to our newest member…
John Slade
Sympathies to…
Please pray with us about VBS 2016
Week of March 27
Pray that God will strengthen all the children and
workers to follow the plan He has for them.
Philippians 4:13
Men’s Skeet Shoot & supper!
thursday, March 31 - 5:30 p.M.
Skeet or 5 stand $7.50 per round. ..bring your own amMo
or purchase at the range for $8.00 box
youth Must be accoMpanied by adult…
children Must be accoMpanied by dad.
***reservations are required***
Donnie and Zina Grayson
in the death of his mother,
Loretta Copeland.
2016 Chronological Daily Bible Reading
March 27 - Joshua 15:20-17:18
March 28 - Joshua 18:1-19:48
March 29 - Joshua 19:49-21:45,
1 Chronicles 6:54-81
March 30 - Joshua 22:1-24:33
March 31 - Judges1:1-3:30
April 1 - Judges 3:31-6:40
April 2 - Judges 7:1-9:21