TOMORROW, November 3 | 12:15 p.m. | Sanctuary
Join us for our next offering in a series of noonday Thursday Business Lunch Organ Recitals featuring our very own Stephen Aber tomorrow. Stephen serves as Organist and Staff Accompanist at First Baptist Nashville. He holds the Bachelor of Music degree in Organ from Belmont University and will complete the Master of Music degree in Sacred Music and Conducting from Belmont in May of 2012. He accompanies the Belmont Women’s Choir and Oratorio and studies conducting with Drs. Bill Caldwell, Robert Gregg, and Jeffery L. Ames. His principal organ teachers have been Dr. Joyce Jones of Baylor University and Andrew Risinger, organist-in-residence with the Nashville Symphony. Mr. Aber has served churches in North Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas.
Bring a friend and enjoy lunch either before or after the 12:15 p.m. scheduled recital as you together experience some inspiring music played on our magnificent fifty-nine rank Schantz organ. A delicious lunch is served from 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and 12:45 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. in Fellowship Hall. Cost of lunch is $5.
The service will be THIS Friday, November 4 at 6 p.m. at The Temple, 5015 Harding Road in Belle Meade. The congregations in the Unity Build Partnership are invited to the Friday night Shabbat service at the Temple, followed by a sermon from Rev. James Cole, senior pastor, Hillcrest United Methodist Church. The Rev. Gail Seavey, senior minister, First Unitarian Universalist Church will lead the closing prayer. The Temple is hosting a reception after the service.
THIS Saturday, November 5 | 6 – 9:45 p.m.
Join us for a time of fun and fellowship as we take a walking tour of downtown Nashville with the “Nashville Ghost Tour.” We will meet at the church at 6:30 p.m. and have pizza and ice cream together before heading out for a walking tour together. Students will return to the church by 9:45 p.m. to be picked up. Cost for the tour is $5 per student and space is limited to 40, so be sure to sign up early!
Contact: Marissa Moore, 664.6023, marissa.moore@firstbaptistnashville.org
THIS Sunday, November 6 | 2 p.m.
Join us for a Habitat dedication on Sunday, November 6, at 2 p.m. at the build site. Join Yousry, Magda, Mina (8), and Sandra (2) as they celebrate this milestone in their family’s life and cut the ribbon on their new house. After a year of planning, raising funds and organizing volunteers, we can all celebrate Unity Build house #19. It will be a wonderful time of celebration and joy for the family!
Tuesday, November 8 | 10:30 a.m. | Library
Shades of REaD Mission Group meets the second Tuesday of each month. The next meeting is November 8 at 10:30 a.m. in the Library. Mary Alice McMains will provide a book review and the mission project is toys for the RA Toy Store.
Military veterans, we would like to invite you and a guest to our Veterans Day Brunch in your honor.
NEXT Friday, November 11, 2011 | FREE
Beginning at 9:00 a.m.
Concluding at 10:30 a.m.
First Baptist Nashville | Fellowship Hall
Please stay and watch the parade following.
RSVP on or before November 4 to John Ross, 664.6000, john.ross@firstbaptistnashville.org.
NEXT Friday, November 11 | 6 – 10 p.m.
Parents Night Out is not only fun for mom and dad, it’s a kids night out, too! Cost: $15 for one child, $25 for two children, and a maximum of $30 per family. Register online or use the registration envelopes available in the nursery suite. Place payment in an envelope and return to the Children’s Ministry Office. Registration is required by noon on Thursday, November 10.
Contact: Marissa Moore, 664.6023, marissa.moore@firstbaptistnashville.org
Radnor Lake | NEXT Saturday, November 12 | 8 a.m.
Friends and families, meet us at the West Parking Lot of Radnor Lake. The first portion of the hike is easy then moderately difficult for the second portion. If you have small children, plan to join us for portion 1 of the hike. You’ll enjoy the beauty of migratory waterfowl and songbirds, in season wildflowers, fall foliage, and maybe some deer. Please bring a light jacket, camera, hiking boots, trekking poles, and water. Restrooms are located at the trailhead or parking lot.
Contact: Larry Yarborough, 347.2933
Contact: Margi Hawkins, 664.6050
“One Person, One Warm Coat”
First Baptist Nashville is pleased to participate in Project Coat Connect. Fellowship Hall will serve as the drop-off location for coats on Sunday afternoons from 1 – 3 p.m. Coats are then taken to permanent storage on Mondays. Help us collect warm, new or gently used winter coats from November through December 4. Contact Rus Roach to volunteer at First Baptist Nashville,
rus.roach@firstbaptistnashville.org or 664.6021.
The Nashville Key Alliance partners with the Metropolitan Homelessness Commission, the Band Steel, The Bridge Ministry, Nashville Rescue Mission, Room In The Inn, First Baptist Nashville, McKendree UMC, and Craft Memorial to hold Project Coat Connect—a coat drive for warm winter coats to be distributed in December to local homeless individuals.
Coat Collection
Congregations, businesses, student groups, other organizations, and individuals are invited to participate in Project Coat Connect to collect warm, new or gently used winter coats from November 6 through December 4.
Coat Giveaway
Homeless individuals can pick up one warm coat at The Bridge Ministry (under Jefferson Street Bridge on Second Avenue North) on Tuesday, December 6, services at 6 p.m.
For additional information, contact our Project Coat Connect chair, Allison Steel, at ProjectCoatConnect@gmail.com or 545.9110.
Operation Christmas Child is far more than a gift-giving ministry. Beyond the boxes themselves, these tangible expressions of God’s love open doors for the greatest gift to be shared—the gift of the Savior. These gifts become Gospel opportunities, opening hurting hearts to experience the transforming power of Jesus Christ throughout our world. This journey starts with you filling a shoe box and praying for the child who will receive your box.
Operation Christmas Child Shoe Box Collection bins are located at the main entrances of the church. Children are invited to bring their boxes with them to the Children’s Feature during worship on Sunday, November 13, the last day of collection.
There are brochures available in the Foyer with complete directions on what you should and should not include. We also encourage you to visit samaritanspurse.org/occ and print out the “Follow Your Box” form in order to track your box around the world.
Our Arts Service Group is now sponsoring a weekly Open-Studio. We invite professional or experienced artists and art students to hone their skills with “real people” as models, initially residents of Room In The Inn. We will continue with models from other ministries, businesses, condos, etc: simply “real” people from our “neighborhood” needing to be seen and touched in creative ways by the body of Christ. Come meet every Thursday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. with a break for our ongoing Business Lunch.
If you have any questions or interest, please contact Kenna Eaton at kennae@comcast.net, 483.2597.
The Deacon Ordination Council will be held THIS Sunday, November 6 at 6:30 p.m. in the Chapel. All ordained deacons and ministers from First Baptist Nashville, along with family members of the new deacon ordinands, are welcome to participate. The November Deacons Meeting will follow.
The following persons were elected to serve four-year terms as deacons beginning January 1, 2012: Ronnie Boling, Louis Boyte, Jerry Brown, Jerry Burden, Brad Dunn, Tom Hellams, James Kennon, Bill Leach, Jim Lowry, David Meriwether, James Porch, Lisa Pruitt, Tommy Scudder, Wes Turner, and Brandon Walker.
We are grateful for these who will serve our church in the coming years and express appreciation to all who were willing to be considered for election. Please be in prayer for our new church leaders as they embark on a new step in ministry!
It’s time to pull together and serve our homeless community. On Sunday evenings from November through March we will host 28 men and women in our Recreation Center from 6 p.m. – 6 a.m. We will provide dinner, breakfast, and a sack lunch. Volunteers staff this ministry—primarily our Sunday School classes and departments.
In addition to opportunities to serve through your class or department, individual volunteers are needed to help occasionally assist classes with set-up, meals, overnight “inn-keeping,” and laundry. This is a wonderful opportunity for families and individuals to donate part of an evening in ministry.
Children and youth are welcome and have helped frequently. Room In The Inn is a mission effort directed to those literally at our doorstep. Hebrews 13:2 reminds us to show hospitality to strangers and that by doing so, some have entertained angels. Come join! You might meet an angel!
There are 20 Sunday nights that we serve our guests. Please notify Rus Roach with which nights your group can help. A full list of responsibilities is available in the Main Office or by clicking here. Call soon to reserve your dates!
Contact: Rus Roach, 615.664.6021 rus.roach@firstbaptistnashville.org
Week of October 16, 2011
| Attendance | |
| Morning Worship | 905 |
| Extended Session | 44 |
| Sunday School | 634 |
| First Finances | |
| Budget Gifts | $50,675 |
| To Date | |
| Expected Gifts | $2,333,087 |
| Actual Gifts | $2,180,177 |
8:15 a.m. - Service of Word & Table
9:00 a.m. - Bible Study
10:30 a.m. - Worship
Sermon
“A Story About Faithfulness”
Text: Matthew 25:14-30
Music
Sanctuary Choir: “It Is Well with My Soul”
Men’s Ensemble
