October 22nd Evening Schedule Mobile Ministry Groups

Golf Fellowship - 4:30 P.M. (Harbor Oaks)

6:00 P.M.

C.I.R.C.L.E. Married Group - TBA

Friends of Israel - meeting in the old Truthseekers’ classroom

IMPACT Young Adults - not meeting

Holy Rollers - Thunder Lanes, 1600 E. Harding

Marks’ Home Group - 904 Pinebergen Road, Pine Bluff (870)536-9716

“Hart”beat Bible Study - meeting in the fellowship hall (Pat Hart)

M2B - meeting at The Property Shop

Walk the Talk Bible Study - Hazel Ridge Apt. 112, (Kathleen Lowe)

Praise Dance for Youth - Youth Lounge (Pat Cole)

N.A.P.S Networking and Prayer Support for single moms

( Nikki Wallace) Rm# 609 in the gym hallway

CompaCare - IMPACT classroom

Adult Fall Sunday School Electives Daily

Living Class

Pat Hart A Song for all Seasons - Psalms cont.

Choir room

(Room 502)

For

Women

Only

Yulonda James Fervent by Priscilla Shirer

Laugh Again by Charles Swindoll

Wing adjacent to

the fellowship hall

(Room 704)

Marnell Phelps

Class

Lillian Jynes The Compassion of Jesus: Luke & The Holy

Trinity

Fellowship hall

(Room 410)

Men of

Honor

Pastor Monte

Coleman & Rick

Wilson

Life Principles from the New

Testament, Men of Faith cont.

Wing adjacent to

the fellowship hall

(Room 702)

Young Adult

Class

Stephanie Roberts Samson, A Life Well Wasted In the first room to the left

close to the

covered drive

Thursday, October 26th

7:00 P.M. (Sign-up sheet in the foyer)

If you can bring a dessert, please

check the dessert column beside

your name. Any man who would

like to help with the cooking please

put a check mark by your name.

We will Celebrate October 29th

A love offering will be received for all pastoral staff.

Happy New Year

2017

October 15, 2017 Today at First Assembly

Pastor’s Weekly Power Point on Giving,

Your greatness is not what you have, but what you give.

Pastor’s Weekly Prayer Focus

As Pastor Bell concludes his prophecy series, please pray that we will all

sense the urgency to be ready for the Rapture – keeping our hearts and

minds pure and sharing the gospel message with others consistently so that

those we influence every day will be ready as well.

Children’s Ministries 8:30 & 11:00 A.M.

1st grade - 6th grade

Sunday School

10:00 A.M.

Preschool (3-K) Class in rooms 302 & 306

Nursery & toddlers Care in rooms 402 A & B

Worship Services

8:30 & 11:00 A.M.

Sunday School

10:00 A.M.

(2 Chronicles 7:14)

“If my people, who are called by my

name, shall humble themselves, and

pray, and seek my face, and turn

from their wicked ways; then will I

hear from heaven, and will forgive

their sin, and will heal their land.”

Activities for Children/Students Nursery & Toddlers in rooms 402 A & B

Activities for 1st - 6th grades in the gym

Evening Schedule 6:00 P.M.

“Hart”beat Bible study (fellowship hall)

Timothy Team (choir room)

Special 5th Sunday

Family Service

October 29th

8:30 & 11:00 A.M. All children

(except nursery kids)

in the sanctuary with parents

Assisted Living/Nursing Home

Louise Bearden Betty Phillips

Blanche Locke Janet Thompson

Renee Wooten Clara Woods

Joe Adams Willie Steward

Ray Barnes Cathryn Bennett

Other Hospitals

Jiles Kitchens, LR Jerry Pennington

Gene Boykin, Sr., LR Angie Garcia, IA

JRMC

Harvey Taylor Jetti Wisemon

Janice Rayford

Bereavement

L. B. Steward family, brother of Bo

Steward

Carrie Manning family, sister of Gerald-

ine Hughes

Deployed Military Personnel

John Stafford Samuel Tyre, Jr. William Miller

John Parrish Willie Farris, Jr. TSGT. Zack Bennett

Jonathan Wheeler Daniel Crozier Jerome Smith

Ben Farrell Bradley Farris Brandon Taylor

Joshua Patterson Cord Ferguson Jon Dunn

John Douglas Campbell Colton Brown Lonnie Maxey

Joshua Pennington Kevin Cooney Jimmy Jackson

Scott Biggs Keith J. Lee Donnie Jennings

Barnard Barnes Hurell Johnson Micah Boykin

Jimmy Peters Sgt. Alfonzo McKnight Adam Burgess

Keith Geddie Richard Barrickman

October Ministry Prayer Focus

First Assembly Choir Light for the Lost

Prayer Requests for October 15, 2017

Trisha Kendall Jerry Holdiness Bill Turner

Ann Love Arletta Armour Odessa Wallace

Debbie/Chris Williams Faye Burton David DeFoor

Shelia Mahler Jasmine Spicer Kimberly Moore

Lakesha Anderson Ireland Guy/Alyssa Mulligan Jena Shepherd

Bianca Jackson Mark Ratliff Judy Kittler

Wanda Drake Delbert/Kathy Frazier Tish Bullard

David /Steven Harris Richard/Bev Davis Sheryl Taylor

Dwain Laney Eddie Johnson Clarence Cornelius

Buddy Edwards Chenetta English Willie Perry

Bobby Hill Francis/Joseph Lynch Jacob/Madalyn Lewis

Kathleen Lowe James Jackson Vickie Hoover

James Lovett Marie/Terri Mathews Lena Williams

Jerry Rhodes Gayla Rosebeck Loreda Kendall

Donnie Allred Sam Scallion Phyllis/Gene Hughes

Camarri Banks Barbara Hart Margaret Couch

Lora Jackson Jeanie Hudson Tim/Denise Jenkins

Rhonda Mitchell Matthew Hughes Mary Braxton

Charleston Hinkle Kevin Courtney Lonella Ringo

Matt Haustein Pat Bledsoe Bruce Brown

Tracy Bone David Collins Randy/Sherry Witt

Janis Williams Monica Murray Wyvonne Wages

Evan Raymick Barry Travis/Gary Robinson Cheryl Childress

Amanda Lemley Billie Bates Kevin Chism

Gloria/Bridget Hill Wayne/Derrick Sumner Tracy Wages

Gladys Lowry Andrew Moody Monica Granderson

Hope/Zoe Davis Cynthia Louis Helen Ives

Steven Goins Beverly Gilcrest Pamela Zemmons

Becky Lindsey Jennifer Ballew Bethel Byrd

Shut-Ins

Ann Works James Whisenant William Kendall

Rose Nesby Wessie Funderburk Allen Bess

Judy Norwood Barbara Simmons Pauline Berley

Lou/Harvey Taylor Mattie Bell Conner Annie Sebourn

Monday

First–time Guest Visitation - 4:30 P.M.

Wednesday Ladies’ Prayer/Bible Study - 10:00 A.M.

Family Night - 6:30 P.M. Bible Study/Prayer for Adults

Legacy Student Ministry

Mpact Girls/Royal Rangers Boys

Choir Practice WE for women (Women Empowered)

October 16 - 21, 2017

This Week at First Assembly

Membership Sunday November 19, 2017

If you applied for membership, remember that you must attend the two mandatory membership

classes October 15th & 22nd at 10:00 A.M. in the sanctuary.

(If your application is over 1 year old, you will need to resubmit your application.)

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Upcoming Sonshiners’ Events!

Southern Gospel Picnic (55 plus)

Saturday, October 21st

Hot Springs, AR

Cost: $15 per person

(lunch included)

We will be taking the church vans.

Please sign up in the foyer!

Volunteer! We need one or two more CDL driv-

ers with passenger endorsements

who would like to help with wheel-

chair bus ministry on a rotation ba-

sis. If you’d like more information or

want to volunteer to help, please call

the church office at 870-535-0371 or

email Teresa@pbfirst.com.

What’s Up?

THE FINAL HOUR

SIGNS OF THE SEASON

(Matthew 24:3-51, NASB)

Why are the signs of the apocalypse more significant today than dur-

ing any era since Jesus ascended to heaven?

Jesus predicted that a great number of special signs would appear

together during a time period at the end of the last days. (Matthew

24:3-51)

These signs began to appear in earnest after Israel was reborn as a

nation in 1948. (Matthew 24:32; Isaiah 66:8)

I. EARTHQUAKES

(v. 7)

A. History

B. Highlights

(Matthew 27:51; 28:2; Zechariah 14:3-4)

II. KINGDOM AGAINST KINGDOM

(Matthew 24:7; Ezekiel 38:1-7)

A. Three clues for identifying key players

1. The time clue

(Ezekiel 38:11-12, & 16)

(Ezekiel 38:16)

(Ezekiel 37)

2. The geographical clue

(Ezekiel 38:6)

3. A genealogical clue

a. Magog – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Turk-

menistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and possibly Afghan-

istan

b. Rosh – Russia

C. Meshech, Tubal, Gomer (Germany or Turkey), Beth

Togarmah (Turkey)

d. Persia – Iran

e. Ethiopia or Cush – Ethiopia including Sudan

f. Libya or Put – Libya

(Ezekiel 38:6) “. . . and many people with you.”

(Possibly Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan)

B. Nations gaining press coverage

III. WIDESPREAD RELIGIOUS DECEPTION

(v. 11)

A. Disregarding the facts

B. Stereotyping

C. Marginalizing

D. Threatening

E. Litigating

IV. A TRANSCENDENT HOPE

(vv. 13-14)

A. Keeps me from becoming discouraged

B. Keeps me focused