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April 11, 2018

April 18, 2018 MENU

Garden SaladSpaghetti with Meat Sauce

Baked ZitiSteamed Fresh Green Beans

Chocolate Chip Bread PuddingChildren’s Menu

Spaghetti with Meat SaucePB & J Sandwiches

Fresh Fruit

8:30 AM Contemporary Worship

Mission Activities Center

Wednesday Supper 5 PMCost:$7 for adults;

$3.50 for children 12 and under. Carry outs are $7.50 each.

Call 733-2236 for reservations.

SUNDAY WORSHIPAPRIL 15, 2018

9:40-10:40 AM Bible Study All Ages

5 PM

“Community Is ... Christ Centered”

1 John 1:1-5 Will Dyer

11 AM Traditional Worship/Sanctuary

First Thoughts

Dear Church,

It is hard to believe, but I have been the pastor of this amazing church for a full calendar year! “Time flies when you are having fun” has become a staple statement in my repertoire, because it fits so well with my experience at our church. I have had fifty-two Sundays to stand in the pulpit and deliver a message of hope and joy. There have been three hundred and sixty-five days where I have been able to pray with, and for, the city of Augusta. This year has given me space to reflect on areas where our church is thriving, as well as look at places where our church can improve. Over that time, two primary questions have come to dominate my thinking.

1. What are the marks of a healthy community? What are the key signifiers that a church is thriving? (Hint: The answer is NOT attendance or money. Those two statistics make great servants, but terrible masters.)

2. How can we create an objective standard of excellence for all that we do at FBC Augusta? It is our goal to tell people about the greatest news the world has ever heard, and that task is made exponentially easier when we have tools to evaluate our various ministry areas.

Over the next six weeks, you will hear a new sermon series from 1 John that we are calling Community Is. Each week, we will look at different attributes that make up a healthy and vibrant church. For the first message, we will center on the reality that any healthy community must be Christ-Centered. I am so excited to begin this new series. I hope that, together, we can begin to think more deeply about the two questions that have been on my heart and mind.

See you on Sunday, Will

Please help us update our church records in order for you to receive the latest information and news! Many of you have changed email addresses, home and cell phone numbers, etc. Call the Church Office (733-2236) to make any changes!

Do you have a prayer request? Submit your request to the Church Office by calling/emailing 706-733-2236 or sjones@fbcaugusta.org.

Sunday Lunch April 15Computers @ First

A community ministry of First Baptist Church of Augusta

No cost! Register with Tommy Payne @ 706-312-0909 or email tpayne@fbcaugusta.org. All classes held in Walton 101 C & D (Adult Computer Lab). APRIL classes are: There’s an App for That - Thursday, April 12, 9:30-11:30 AM; iPhone Basics - Tuesday, April 17, 9:30-11:30 AM; Introduction to Scanning - Wednesday, April 18, 2-4 PM; Facebook Basics - Thursday, April 19, 9:30-11:30 AM; Email Basics - Wednesday, April 25, 2-4 PM.

Church Wide News & Opportunities

If you would like to receive your copy of The Interpreter via email each week instead of “snail mail,” please send your email address to Luci Worthington at lworthington@fbcaugusta.org. Each week, several hundred folks receive their newsletter via email. This helps the Church with the cost of printing and postage.

Lunch served at 11 & Noon. Reservations may be made by calling the Church Office @ 733-2236 or visiting our web site @ fbcaugusta.org. Cost:$7 adults;$3.50 children 12 & under. Carry outs $7.50.

All visitors in worship are invited to meet our Senior Pastor, Will Dyer, at a “Meet and Greet” on April 15. After the 8:30 a.m. Contemporary Worship, meet Will in the Grill area for refreshments and fellowship or after the 11:00 a.m. Traditional Worship, you are invited to join us in the Fellowship Hall for a time of fellowship around the lunch table (our treat!)

You’re Invited to a Baby Shower Drop In for Sara & Will Dyer

Sunday, April 222:00 - 4:00 p.m.

in the Fellowship Hall

Sara is registered at Target

Next Benevolence Food Drive is Sunday, April 15! Food items needed are cereal, canned tomatoes, jelly and pork & beans. There is always a need for bar soap and toothpaste. We are serving more clients than ever and our pantry is having a hard time keeping up. Your food donations play a large part in filling those grocery bags. Thank you for all donations.

Menu Cream of Chicken and Mushroom Soup

Antipasto Pasta SaladGarlic Bread or Yeast Rolls

Lemon Marinated Roast ChickenSaffron Rice Pilaf

Steamed Fresh Green BeansAssorted DessertsChildren’s Menu

PB & J SandwichesFresh Fruit

Children’s Choirs Spring Concert! The children’s and preschool choirs will present their spring concert Sunday, April 22, 6:30 pm in the Sanctuary. Don’t miss it!

John Wallace Hadden, Jr., son of John Wallace & Logan Hadden, was born March 26; proud older sister is Avery Page. Grandparents are Jeff & Roxanne Hadden.

PRESCHOOL AND CHILDREN

SINGLE ADULT MINISTRY

March Singles & Friends Lunch NOT meeting in April. Look for information soon about May’s lunch.

ACTIVITIES MINISTRY

STUDENT MINISTRY

Rolling River Rampage - VBS June 4-8, 9:30 - 12:30We are recruiting for Guides, Station Leaders, and Worship Assembly Leaders. Contact Leah (lgaley@fbcaugusta.org) or Melissa (mwillis@fbcaugusta.org) to let us know you’re ready and willing to be a part of the adventure! Our VBS Planning Meeting will be April 18 at 5:30 OR 7 PM.

BIBLE STUDY MINISTRY

Interested in joining a Bible Study? Go to www.fbcaugusta.org/bible-study

for details on the most current study information.

Need to Borrow for VBSAs we prepare to turn our campus buildings into a Roaring River Rampage for VBS this year we are in need of a few items. If you are willing to let us use your items, please tag your items with your name and phone number. Please drop off the borrowed items to the church by May 25th. You may pick up your item on June 8th after 2 pm. We need the donated items by May 13th.Borrowed Items Needed(will return): • Pop up tents (5) • Christmas Trees with working stands (Artificial & all sizes) (10-12) • Kayak Paddles (10-12) • LED string Lights (electric or battery powered) • Kayaks (5) • Life Vests (5-6) • Wood Logs (large and small)Donated Items Needed (will not return): • Large appliance boxes • Cardboard boxes (medium) • Foam Core scrap pieces and full sheets • Carpet Roll Cores • Old large cushions (to be made into rocks)

SENIOR RECOGNITION DAY IS SUNDAY, MAY 20!

If you have a high school or college graduate and would like their name listed in the May 16 issue of The Interpreter, call Luci Worthington (733-2236, ext. 258) or email lworthington@fbcaugusta.org by MONDAY, MAY 14.

If you would like to sign up to bring snacks for the VBS hospitality room, contact Janet Price at 706-799-1415 and she will assign you a day to bring something.

We celebrate that MacKenzie Odom accepted God’s calling on her life to Christian ministry in morning worship on Sunday, April 8th. MacKenzie is a senior at Westminster School and will be studying at Charleston Southern University next year. Please continue to pray for MacKenzie as she continues to discern where God is leading her!

Sign up for Youth Camp 2018 is now open! Information regarding registration will be arriving

to your home this week!

Our youth mission trip will be to Savannah, Georgia dates June 26th – July 1st as we partner with River of Life Ministries. Information regarding registration will be arriving to your home this week!

Roscoe McGahee Memorial Golf Tournament May 5 & 6 at

Little Ocmulgee State Park! Cost is $150 per person.

Contact George Berry for information. 706-836-9783 or email gberry@fbcaugusta.org

Faith & Family at Green Jackets April 28. Tickets available in the Church Office.

Wednesday night Men’s Bible Study - will be studying Colossians for the next four weeks. Join us at 6 p.m. on the 2nd floor of the Daniel Building. Contact Len Collins for more information at len@georgiastatefloral.com.

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WORSHIPCARE

VOLUNTEERSAPRIL 15, 2018

Pastoral Ministry Will Dyer, Senior PastorJim Walls, Associate Pastor R. J. Robinson, Pastor Emeritus

Music MinistryKurt Wachtel, Minister of Music Dan Gaudinier Minister of Contemporary WorshipClaudia Moller, Children’s Choirs Coordinator

Faith Development MinistryPatti Fowler, Minister of Weekday EducationDavid Hughes, Minister to Students Melissa Willis, Minister to Preschool & ChildrenLori McPherson, Nursery Coordinator Paul Moller, Director of Senior Adult Ministry

Operations Ministry Kelly Rose, Church Administrator

Interpreter ContactLuci Worthington lworthington@fbcaugusta.org

Minister On Call706-832-2944

8:30 AM: Tara & Ed O’Neal, Nan Shaefer, Cincy LeiseyHostess: Nan Shaefer11 AM: Heather Deal, Paige & Rachel Tom, Ginny North, Cecelia Pittman

Giving ReportApril 1 and 8, 2018

Weekly Requirements ........................$58,455Budget-Building Receipts...................$32,270Budget-Building to Date....................$604,584Budget-Bldg Requirements...............$759,915

Weekly Church CalendarApril 15-21, 2018

Sunday, April 15 8:30 a.m. Contemporary Worship, MAC 9:30 a.m. Pastor Meet & Greet, MAC 9:40 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Traditional Worship, Sanctuary Vietnamese Worship, MAC Sunday Lunch, 1st Serving, FH12:00 p.m. Pastor Meet & Greet, Fellowship Hall Sunday Lunch, 2nd Serving, FH 1:00 p.m. Worship Team Meeting, Conference Rm. 2:00 p.m. Chinese Sunday School, D-203 4:30 p.m. Youth Ensemble, Choir Room 5:30 p.m. Preschool/Children Ministry, Conf. Room Youth Activities, MAC

Monday, April 16 9:00 a.m. Helping Hands, Arts & Crafts Room 5:00 p.m. BSF, Sanctuary/Daniel Building 5:30 p.m. Kirkringers, D-201 6:00 p.m. Finance Committee, Conference Room 7:00 p.m. Deacons’ Meeting, Choir Room

Tuesday, April 17 6:00 a.m. Men’s Bible Study, MAC Grill 9:00 a.m. Weekday Education Program Benevolence, MAC 9:30 a.m. iPhone Basics, Computer Lab 6:00 p.m. Serendipity Group, MAC 7:00 p.m. DMDA Support Group, W-105 Wednesday, April 18 7:00 a.m. Men’s Prayer Breakfast, MAC Arts & Crafts 9:00 a.m. Weekday Education Program 9:30 a.m. English As a Second Language, Adult Bldg. Women’s Bible Study, D-20311:30 a.m. Women’s Bible Study Lunch, FH, Room 312:00 p.m. Women’s International Bible Study, A-105 2:00 p.m. Scanning, Computer Lab 5:00 p.m. Family Supper, Fellowship Hall Bridge Manna Bags, MAC Grill Prayer Ministry Meeting, FH, Room 3 5:30 p.m. Children’s Handbells, D-203 VBS Kick Off Meeting, Walton Building 6:00 p.m. Adult Bible Study, Storey Chapel Orchestra Rehearsal, D-201 Women’s Bible Study, D-203 Men’s Bible Study, A-205 Student Programs, MAC Children’s Choirs 6:45 p.m. Children’s Missions 7:00 p.m. Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal, Choir Room Leadership Advisory Council, Conf. Rm. VBS Kick Off Meeting, Walton Building Thursday, April 19 9:00 a.m. Weekday Education Program 9:30 a.m. Facebook Basics, Computer Lab 10:00 a.m. First Family Singers, Choir Room

Friday, April 20 7:00 a.m. Men’s Bible Study, MAC Grill 9:00 a.m. Weekday Education Program

Saturday, April 21 6:20 a.m. BSF Leadership, Daniel Building11:30 a.m. Bridge Ministry, 15th Street Bridge

Patti Fowler April 14 & 15

SUNDAY:1 Cor 7:25-40; 1 Kngs 21; Amos 5MONDAY: 1 Corinthians 8; 1 Kngs 22; Amos 6TUESDAY: 1 Cor 9; 2 Kings 1-2; Amos 7WEDNESDAY: 1 Cor 10; 2 Kings 3; Amos 8THURSDAY: 1 Cor 11:1-6-16; 2 Kngs 4; Amos 9FRIDAY: 1 Cor 11:17-34; 2 Kings 5; ObediahSATURDAY: 1 Cor 12; 2 Kings 6:1-7:2; Jonah 1

Prayer Text Ministry

Kent Hall April 1, 2018Chris Kirkland April 2, 2018

Frank Vaughan April 6, 2018

Weekly Requirements ........................$58,455Budget-Building Receipts...................$52,442Budget-Building to Date....................$657,026Budget-Bldg Requirements...............$818,370