Fall Sunday Night Opportunities

Sunday Nights
5:00 - 7:00 P.M.

– Servant Warriors with Frank Lewis, Rec Center
– Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace, Room 140
– Winter Grace, Fellowship Hall
– A Woman’s Heart: God’s Dwelling Place from Beth Moore, Room 360
– ParentSmart with Bob Bunn, Room 300
– Open Bible Study (begins September 9), Room 370
– SMART (Student Ministry Arts & Resource Team)
– Preschool and Children’s Activities

For more information about any of these opportunities, please call 664-6001.

Mark Edwards Retirement Celebration Weekend

Retirement Announcement

Crosspoint 2007 Wrap-Up

Forty-three children and 10 adults from FBC Nashville arrived at Crosspoint for five days of learning about God, using sports and Bible studies as teaching tools. Our group was there with about 10 other churches at Crosspoint, held on the campus of Carson-Newman College June 23 – 27. From flag football to swimming to tennis and more, our kids learned more about their chosen sports while applying Bible truths about faith and about how God is their friend and will always be there for them. The week’s key verse was Jeremiah 29:11. Making new friends and sharing stories, the group played hard, listened well and learned a lot. The cafeteria’s unlimited soft-serve ice cream machine was also a big hit.

Led by Children’s Minister Connie Hartzell, counselors in our group were Randy Atkins, Ronnie Boling, Bob Bunn, Carol Bryson, Brad Dunn, Bill Greer, Susie Roberson, Suzanne Robertson, and Jim Schremmer.

Pura Vida!

What an amazing experience we had in Costa Rica! I’d like to thank the church for your support of prayer and finances to make this mission trip happen for our recent graduates. God was glorified through our efforts and His name was carried throughout the small towns of La Fresca, Jicaral, and Las Pampas.

I’d like to recognize our adult leadership who made this trip happen—each one played a vital role in the success of this trip and I am very grateful.

Thanks to: Brandon Owen (Team Leader), Lesley Ann Owen (Nurse), Donna Baumgartner, Beth Ervin (Admin), Rus Roach, Bill Choate, Carrie Crow (Interpreter). I’d also like to thank Laurie Hall and Bonnie Holmes for their administrative work in the church office.

Trips like this cannot happen without tremendous help from lay leadership, so know that you are a blessing.

Trip photos and journals are available at www.firstbaptiststudents.org.

Labor Day Retreat

Labor Day Retreat Is September 1 – 2

Students in grades 7 – 12, join us for an incredible time together starting off this new school year in a cool & exciting way at LABOR.DAY.RETREAT.UNPLUGGED!

• Camp Garner Creek • Family Groups • Recreation • Worship • Bible Study • Snack Shack • The Creek • Late Night Activities • Be There!

Cost is $90 and includes: 1 night lodging, transportation, all meals, and a T-shirt (First youth in family $90, second youth in family $70)

Register at www.firstbaptiststudents.org or call 664-6008!

Lurking in the Bushes or in Plain Sight?

Protecting Your Child from Sexual Predators

It is nearly impossible to watch the news without hearing a story about another sex abuse case. It’s no longer just the dirty-old-man in a trench coat or the stalking weirdo. It can be somebody your family trusts and even somebody you really love. Here are some discussion points for your family:

1) Keep talking. Keep communications open. This will make for a safe place where tough issues can be shared.

2) Discuss boundaries. Everybody needs to know there are sexual limits. Nobody has the right to invade another person’s sexual space without permission. Preschoolers and children need to hear simple ideas like the Bathing Suit and Hoola Hoop Rules: “Don’t let anybody touch you where you wear your swim suit” or “Pretend you have a Hoola Hoop around you. Nobody should get in that space.” (Obviously parents need to explain exceptions like the family doctor or Mommy and Daddy.) Teenagers need to be warned about how easily sexual experiences get out of hand and how limits should be set in advance.

3) Be informed. Access the TBI list of sex offenders and search the list with your zip code if you want to know about your community.

4) Be sure. If things seem odd and your gut feeling warns you about certain individuals who interact with your child, talk to a professional who can help you look at your concerns and work on minimizing the risks for your family.

5) Get help. If you or your family has been affected by sexual abuse, do not keep it a secret. Find someone who has the expertise and compassion to help you heal from the pain.

Have You Turned In Your Interest Survey?

Are there committees you would be interested in serving on (e.g. prayer, flower, personnel, missions, etc.)? If so, be sure to complete the Committee Interest Survey!

You may do this online at firstbaptistnashville.org or get a copy of the survey from the education office or from your Sunday School teacher.

Your responses will help the Nominating Committee as they begin to fill committee positions for the 2008 – 2010 term.

Click here for the survey

Do You Know Where These Folks Are?

The following list gives the names of persons for whom we do not have current mailing addresses. If you have current information for any of these folks, please contact Kim Hester at 664-6010 or
kim.hester@firstbaptistnashville.org. Those we are unable to locate will be transferred to the Indeterminable File at the September 19 business meeting. Thanks for your help in keeping our records accurate.

August Golf Trip

Our second annual golfing trip for church members and their guests will be August 25 – 26. We will be traveling to Muscle Shoals, Alabama, to play The Shoals, another Robert Trent Jones Alabama Golf Trail resort. These Trail courses are rated among the best public courses in the country. They are beautiful, playable but challenging, and always in excellent condition. Plus, they have GPS on the carts! The cost per person will be approximately $300, including golf and lodging. We will play twice on Saturday and once on Sunday.

For more information, please contact Recreation Committee Chairman Kevin McGhee at 482-6406.

Heart of a Servant

HEART of a SERVANT is coming this Fall. HEART of a SERVANT is all about building bridges to our community by serving others.

How can you get involved and serve? You might have already heard about our big project—building our third Habitat for Humanity home. We will be building the last four weekends in September and need 15 workers for each day—so we’ll need 120 people to volunteer to work on the construction site. We will also need additional volunteers to handle breakfast, lunch, snacks and drinks for the workers each day.

Click here for more information.

Habitat for Humanity

SEPTEMBER 8 – 9
SEPTEMBER 15 – 16
SEPTEMBER 22 – 23
SEPTEMBER 29 – 30

Children’s Fall Festival

OCTOBER 31

Student Leaf Rapture

NOVEMBER 10

OTHER HEART OF A SERVANT ACTIVITIES TO BE ANNOUNCED!!

Sunday Morning Bible Study Opportunities

9:00 A.M.

Preschool

Babies A—Rm 270A
Babies B—Rm 270B
Ones A—Rm 270C
Ones B—Rm 270D
Twos—Rm 270E
Threes—Rm 356
Fours—Rm 355
Kindergarten—Rm 354

Children

Grade 1—Rm 351
Grade 2—Rm 352
Grade 3—Rm 353
Grade 4—Rm 451
Grade 5—Rm 452
Pre-Teen (Grade 6)—Rm 440
Special Education—Rm 150F

Student

Seventh Grade—Rm 324
Eighth Grade—Rm 322
Ninth Grade—Rm 320
Tenth Grade—Rm 310
Eleventh Grade—Rm 300
Twelfth Grade—Rm 330

College

College Ministry—Rm 460

Single Adult

What’s Next (Ages 20-29)—Rm 100C
Good Soil (Ages 30-39)—Rm 100B
Single Professional (Ages 40-49)—Rm 100A
Friends (Ages 50s & 60s)—Rm 341

Adult

1A (Ages 20s & 30s)—Rm 370
2A (Ages 30s & 40s)—Rm 360
2B (Ages 40s & 50s)—Rm 220
2C Encouragers (Empty Nesters)—Rm 480
2C Connecting (Parents of Teens)—Rm 120
3A (Ages 50s)—Rm 200
3B (Ages 60s)—Rm 140
3C Sojourner—Rm 230
3D Fellowship—Rm 150E
4A (Ages 70s)—Rm 150
4B Good News—Chapel
4C The 4C-ers (Ages 55+)—Rm 130
5A Joshua (Open/Married & Single)—Rm 340
5B (Open/Married & Single)—Rm 470