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Central Baptist Church * www.cbc-clovis.com * December 23, 2009

www.cbc-clovis.com

575-762-4727

Dick Ross Interim Associate Pastor [email protected]

Chuck Tipton Media Director [email protected]

Jennifer Hollis Director of Preschool & Children [email protected]

Tyler Hicks Student Pastor [email protected]

Melody Rikel Food Service Director [email protected]

Damon Pearce Worship Pastor [email protected]

Rachel Daale Student Ministry Assist. [email protected]

Alan McAlister Senior Pastor [email protected]

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February

Newsletter

B. J. Brooks

Associate Pastor of Education and Assimilation


Central Baptist Church 2501 N Norris

Clovis, NM 88101

December 23, 2009

24The LORD bless you, and keep you;

25The LORD make His face shine on you,

And be gracious to you;

26The LORD lift up His countenance on you,

And give you peace.' Numbers 6:24-26 NAS


In His Love,

FOLLOWING THE LORD INTO 2010

Everything we hear, read, and see suggests that it will be more and more difficult

for believers to live out their faith in our society in the years ahead. That should be

no surprise. Paul said, “But realize this, that in the last days difficult times will

come.” (2 Timothy 3:1 NAS)

While we should be depending on the Lord for everything in life, it is often in the

midst of difficulty that we turn to the Lord for help. Well, God is going to allow it

to become so difficult that we are all going to have to turn to Him, trust Him, and

follow Him. Praise the Lord!

On Sunday mornings, we have been exploring “The Best Thing to Do with the Rest of Your Life.” Our

conclusion is that the best thing believers can do is to follow the Lord. Our Lord gave us a great

example and even clear instructions on what happens when we are following Him. We have seen that

where we are following Him, we will be denying self, taking up a cross and humbly serving Him and

willingly sharing Him and His Word. Jesus said that He came not to be served, but to serve and give His

life a ransom for many. It makes sense that those who follow Him will serve Him. Jesus said that He

came to seek and to save the lost. That must mean that those who follow Him will become more and

more aware of opportunities to share Him with others. Will you join me in praying that we, His church

body, will so follow Him in 2010. The vast majority of us will humbly serve Him in our homes,

neighborhoods, work places, and school houses, and as we do, we will have opportunity after opportunity

to share Him with others.

To help accomplish this, we are going to stress that every member has a growing personal love

relationship with the Lord, grow in the grace and knowledge of the Lord, be equipped for the work of

building up the body of Christ, and worship Him in Spirit and truth, not just on Sundays, but as a way of

life. We will be offering opportunities in 2010 for all of our members to serve Him and to share Him.

They will include following Jesus in things like:

T.E.A.M.S. Sunday School Ministry, UPWARD Sports Program, Whiz Kids Tutoring,

“Your Bill Has Been Paid,” Pre-School/Children’s and Student Ministries, Adult Ministries, Service

Saturdays at Matt. 25, Missions and Outreach opportunities locally, across our state and nation, and

around our world.

Let’s pray that we will all follow the Lord in 2010, and as we do that we will humbly serve Him and share

Him however, wherever, and whenever He lead us.

Grateful to be your Pastor,


FOOD BANK GRAND TOTALS

For December 2009

Pounds of Food 4920

Total Number in Family 898

(60+) Elderly 96

(20 ~ 59) Adult 407

(1 ~ 12) Children 293

(13 ~ 19) Teens 102

ATTENDANCE 11-29-09 12-6-09 12-13-09 12-20-09

Worship (8:30) 201 293 229 260

Worship (11:00 am) 195 259 252 258

Total 396 552 481 518

Bible Study (9:45) 293 427 412 329

FINANCIAL REPORTS

Budget rec’d this week $9,782.00 $42,914.33 $17,566.17 $31,117.77

Weekly Goal $26,691.19 $26,691.19 $26,691.19 $26,691.19

DESIGNATED FUND RECEIPTS

Designated $1,995.00 $5,289.00 $3,973.54 $9,590.97

BUILDING FUND

Building Fund Received $840.00 $1,400.00 $2,155.00 $4,705.00

Building Fund Weekly Goal $2,174.38 $2,174.38 $2,174.38 $2,174.38

Monthly payment is $9,422.33

Balance on FUEL bldg.

$498,613.51

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By Letter: Waneta Bryce Olsen Gary Elliott Cheryl Elliott Wayne Rivers Karen Shaw Mark Boney Dawn Boney


COMING IN THE FIRST QUARTER 2010

Your Bill Has Been Paid

Prayer and Fasting Begins February 07, 2010.

Central members will be given tickets they

may use to pay the bill of the car behind them

at participating Fast Food Restaurants. More

details to follow in the February Newsletter.

Final sign-up day will be January 4, 2010.

Cost: $85.00

For more information please call Jennifer Hollis

@ 575-762-4727

Opening Rally - Monday, January 4, 2010 @ 6:00 pm

Worship Center at Central Baptist Church

Practices Begin - Monday, January 11, 2010

First Game - Saturday, January 23, 2010

Games are played each Saturday beginning

January 23, 2010 through March 6, 2010

Awards Celebration - March 8, 2010

From The Worship Ministry:

We are so thankful to all those who helped make our Christmas Musical

“A Christmas Invitation” such a blessing. Special thanks goes to Don Bell and

all the men who helped construct our sets, Penny Bailey and the drama cast, and

Chuck Tipton and the media crew. Certainly, we also thank our wonderful His

Voices Choir for their hard work in preparing some very difficult music and their

faithfulness in sharing it with our church and community.

Choir Rehearsals will resume on Wednesday, January 6, and we’ll be

starting some wonderful new music for the New Year. New members are

encouraged to join us then. We’re excited about plans for worship and ministry

in 2010.

Damon


Connect With One Another

COMING IN 2010

Bill Bender Missions Group

3rd Tuesday of every month, 9:30 am, Room 202

James Giles Missions Group

4th Thursday of every month, 9:30 am, Room 202

Church-wide Service Saturday Workday

2nd Saturday of every month, 8:30 am - Noon

Matt 23 Clothing/Food Workday

2nd Saturday of every month, 8:30 am

Moms in Touch for College Age

Mondays, 2:30 - 3:30 pm, Room 202

MOPS Mothers of Preschoolers, Tuesday, January 12th & 26th, February 9th & 23rd,

March 9th & 23rd

Whiz Kids Tutoring Wednesdays, 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm and Thursdays, 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

(Volunteers needed)

Ladies Morning Bible Study

Thursdays, 9:00 am - 11:00 am in the Fuel Building

Marriage Tune-Up

Friday, January 22nd, 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm & Saturday, January 23rd,

Noon - 7:00 pm, First Baptist Church - Portales

Deacon Ordination Service

January 31st, 6:00 pm

Women’s Ministry

In-House Retreat

Saturday, February 20th, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Joanne Wallace, “Are You STRESSED & Stretched?”, Cost $10


Book Nook Hours: Sunday, 8:00 am; Wednesday, 4:30 pm; [email protected]


Connect With One Another

Remember these families and friends in their sorrow.

Archie Boney and Family on the death of Aline Boney

Will and JoAnne Cockrell on the death of JoAnne’s mother, Jean Callaway of

Cherokee, Oklahoma

Elton and Peggy Rikel, Brad and Melody Rikel on the death of Alvin Chick of

Belen, New Mexico (Elton’s brother-in-law & Brad’s uncle)

Stacey and Charlette (Charlie) Martin and Sarah (Martin) Stagner on the death of Stacey’s

father, J.D. Martin of Lawton, Oklahoma

Winter Weather Cancellation

Please tune in to:

Radio: KSEL (95.3)

KSMX (107.5)

TV: Cable Channel 4 KAMR (NBC)

Cable Channel 5 KFDA (CBS)

Cable Channel 7 KVII (ABC)

Women’s Ministry

FUN DAY-RETREAT

.

Saturday, February 20, 2010

8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Cost $10.00

Joanne Wallace, Award-winning Speaker,

Best-selling Author and Media personality.

Her ministry has touched thousands of women over

the past 30 years with Biblical teaching, encouraging

messages, laughter and heart-warming stories. Christ

Dear Pastor Alan, Damon & the Central Baptist Church

family!

Thank you so much for making Oscar’s service so very

special! We can not express how much you made this

difficult time-be easier!

God Bless you!

Ramona Brooks & Family

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