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Trusting Christ in the Midst of the Storm

John 6:15-21

I think it is safe to say that all of us have experienced the storms of life at one point or another. In fact, there are many people in our church who are currently experiencing some very turbulent storms. Our message Sunday deals with a literal storm that the disciples faced while they were out at sea. Our focus verse for Sunday is John 6:20 - But He said to them, "It is I; do not be afraid." Even several miles out in the sea, Jesus came walking on the water through the storms to be with His disciples. How calming are those words, "It is I, do not be afraid."

I hope this Sunday will be an encouragement not only to those currently going through one of life's storms, but an encouragement to all of us as believers that no matter what we face in life, we can face it through Christ. Several of our members will share their story of the storms they have been walking through and the difference it has made having Christ in their life. If you know someone who has been experiencing one of life's storms, I hope you will invite them this Sunday as I believe it will be a great time of encouragement.

Prayer Room

We have completed work on a new prayer room for our church. The prayer room is located in Room 110 of the Educational Building. This is Pastor Daniel's old office. We plan on having something special this Sunday morning to dedicate this room to the Lord and set it is apart as a place to meet with God. Following the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, His followers had a special place set aside called the upper room. In Acts 1:12-14 we read that these followers gathered in the upper room and: These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication... My prayer is that this will be a special place, set apart for us to meet with God.

Looking forward to worshiping with you Sunday,

Pastor Tim

Sunday Night in Awana!

Marshmallow Madness!

Kids, you don't want to miss this!! For every section you've completed in your handbook, you get to throw that many marshmallows at the leaders of your choice! It's sure to be lots of fun!!

5:30 p.m. Sunday Evening

See You there!

Two-Day Missions Opportunity to Help Families in Substandard Housing

Our church will going on a missions trip to Red Springs Missions Camp on the 12^th of March. You can make a big difference in the life of a family living in substandard housing. We will be leaving the church parking lot at 6:00pm and returning to the church on Saturday night March the 14^th. Please sign up and list your abilities in home construction and maintenance. We will also need you to bring your tools to work with.

Areas of work include:

Carpentry
Electrical
Painting
Plumbing
Masonry

The cost of the trip is $15.00 per day. You will need to bring sheets and towels as well as other toiletries you require.

For more information about the camp, visit: http://www.ncmissions.org/Projects/NorthCarolina/RedSprings.aspx and http://www.biblicalrecorder.org/content/news/2008/06_18_2008/ne18062008red.shtml

If you are interested in going, please contact Keith Somers at ksomers@yadtel.net or contact the church office. We will send you a form that you must fill out.

NB Mills Needs Tennis Balls!

Would you be willing to donate your used tennis balls to NB Mills School? If so, please bring your donations to the 5-year-old classroom or give them to Norma Hellard or Judy Harwell.

Thank you!

2009 Offering Envelopes

The 2009 Offering Envelopes are ready to be picked up in the first floor of the educational building near the courtyard door.

Thank You!

2008 Contribution Records

The 2008 Contribution Records are ready to be picked up. They are located in the Fellowship Hall.

Thank you!

Desks Needed!

The Hispanic Mission is in need of office desks for Continuing Education needs. If you have one you would like to donate, please contact the church office at (704) 872-7623.

Thank you!

New Member's Class

How to Become Part of the Front Street Family

First, we would like to thank you for your interest in Front Street. Before becoming a member, we feel that you should truly understand our heart and vision before you join our church family, and the new member's class is designed to help you have a clear understanding of your new church family.

Please note that you are not required to join Front Street after attending the New Member's Class. In fact, you will not be pressured in any way to join. We want to encourage you to continue to seek God's will on whether He desires for you to plant your life here with us.

The new member's class is a four week class, held during the Sunday School hour. The next class will be held in May. Those dates are May 3, 10, 17 and 24. To sign up for the class, please contact the church office at (704) 872-7623 or email Pastor Tim at tim@frontstreet.org.

Medical Missions Trip to Honduras

Our church Is sending eleven people to Honduras in February to run a week-long medical clinic at a Baptist church in Choluteca, helping them to reach their community. The physical and spiritual needs are great in Honduras. We are working with the Honduras Baptist Convention in partnership with the NC Baptist Men. We have one doctor, five nurses, a pharmacist, a pharmacy technician, an interpreter, and two additional workers participating in this mission. We will be hiring a Honduran physician to work with us who will also help coordinate our efforts with the Honduran healthcare system. Additionally, we will be hiring two Honduran interpreters to help us with communication in the work of the clinic.

Each participant has been asked to cover their expenses with personal funds and possibly by raising support through friends and family. Each person is also contributing to additional costs of the trip.

This is where you can help out. The cost of needed medications and supplies to use in our clinic's pharmacy is over $2,500. We also have purchased Spanish New Testaments and other literature. In addition, there are expenses of hiring a doctor and two interpreters. All together, the expenses of the clinic (not including the expenses of the participants) are totaling over $4,500.

If you would like to help us reach Honduras with the good news of Jesus Christ through this medical clinic, you may make a contribution to the clinic's expenses by simply marking Honduras Missions on your check made out to the church. Or, click this link to make a donation online: http://fsmissions.info/Donation.html.

Any donation you make will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
Your Honduras Medical Missions Team

Walt & Linda Meadors, Kim Mayberry, Beverly Wright, Wanda Stutts, Linda Blakely, Lynn Baynes, Jackie Swope, Paulette Deal, Kinnan Johnson, Kenny Lamm

Need help in capturing images of
your missions trips to share and inspire?

This workshop is for you!!

A four-hour workshop on video and photography in missions
this coming Saturday, February 14th at Front Street Baptist Church,
led by 25-year veteran photographer, corporate video producer,
and former television director, Paul Liggitt.

Click here for more information

Sponsored by the South Yadkin Baptist Association,
the Baptist State Convention of NC,
and the Front Street Baptist Church Missions Ministry.

News and Announcements

Do you have news and announcements for Sunday Morning? If so, please send them to: news@frontstreet.org or call the church office by Thursday morning of that week. We will insert your announcement into our slide show presentation before the service begins. Please be sure to include any clipart or photos.

Opportunity for Giving

David and Robin Rankin are going through the process of adopting two more children from Ethiopia. The Ethiopian government requires anyone that is adopting a child to provide some humanitarian aid for children in their country. We have an opportunity to give items to help these children. These are the items that have been requested:

� Huggies Snug & Dry Diapers, sizes 1, 2 and 3.

� Huggies Natural Care Wipes - Unscented.

For more information, please contact the Rankins. There is a container marked "Ethiopian Aid" in the missions collection area where you may drop off your donations.

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Attention Young at Heart!

Your $58.00 deposit for the April 6 - 8, 2009 Fort Caswell Trip is due by February 20.

If you are planning to go on this trip, sign-up sheets are on the bulletin board outside the church office.

Also, you need to pay Kathy your $38.00 for the May 8, 2009 trip to the Barn Dinner Theatre as soon as possible, so we can go ahead and make the reservations.

For more details, please see John Wright.

Cross Connection Youth Ministry

NEXT WEEK:

Wednesday, February 11: Youth Group, Meet in the Youth Room, 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, February 15: Youth to Pastor Jeremy's Home for Fellowship, 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday, February 18: Youth Group, Meet in the Youth Room, 6:30 p.m.

Financial Peace University for Youth
Begins Sunday Evening, February 22

February is Kleenex Collection Month for N.B. Mills School

This month, we will be collecting Kleenex for N.B. Mills School. We will not be collecting items for Teen Challenge as previously published. Teen Challenge has relocated outside of our area. We do plan to continue financially supporting them at least through the remainder of this year. However, due to their new location, we will discontinue any monthly missions collection items for them.

Any items you may bring in intended for Teen Challenge will be donated to the South Yadkin Baptist Association to help needy families. Thank you for your faithfulness in missions!

Kenny

Prayer Requests

Thank you all for praying each week for our prayer requests. Please take the time to review the list below, pray for the requests on it and advise the church office via e-mail at info@frontstreet.org if a request should be removed or if a request should be added.

Prayer Requests:

Pray for the safety of our men and women serving in the military and the families of those serving.

For Our Church:

Renewal and Awakening.

For God's vision and direction.

For Church Members:

Karrigan Gooden.

Visit Karrigan's Web Page

Holland Blohm.

Visit Holland's Web Page

Randy Morrison, recovering from severe burns.

Pauline Campbell.

Danny Johnson, recovering from back surgery.

Carolyn White, injuries from an automobile accident.

Margaret McGhee, health concerns.

Ida Beasley.

Mike Owens.

Justin Holt, as he recovers from a serious car accident.

Bobbie James, undergoing treatment for Hodgkin's Lymphoma

Visit Bobbie's Web Page

James Parker, health concerns.

Donald Martin, health concerns.

Hazel Estes, health concerns.

Carole Leischner, lung cancer.

Remember all of our Saints in Care and Saints at Home.

For Our Missionaries:

Norman & Debbie Cannada (NAMB - Charleston, WV)

Kit, Avery & Lucas Putrakul (New Tribes - Cambodia)

Rodney & Beth Love (Hearts of Love - International)

For Friends and Family of Church Members:

Libby Johnson, friend of Louise Caskaddon, serious health concerns.

Sally Spangler, friend of Sandy Boyer, serious health concerns.

Joanna Trent, friend of Bobbie James, has non-hodgkins lymphoma.
Visit Jonna's Web Page

Dave Talbert, area pastor, serious health concerns.

Debbie Funderburk, sister of James Funderburk, serious health concerns.
Vermell Bost, Dorothy Nesbit's aunt, health concerns.

Lisa Lathrop, Logan Buchanan's aunt , has leukemia and needs a transplant.

Nancy Lowrance's sister, Jane Wilson, serious health concerns.

Carl Smith, friend of Hazel Estes, serious health concerns.

Earl Bolen, father of Brenda Gardner, serious health concerns.

Pat Proctor's parents, Walter and Margaret Chaney.
Melissa Holmes' father, Phil Carlton, has cancer.

Betty Minton's sister, Nancy Mitchell (lives in York, PA), has lung cancer.

Angel Food Ministry

Orders for February 2009 will be

taken until Monday, February 16 until 12:00 p.m. and distributed on Saturday, February 21 from 8:30 - 10:00 a.m.

For more information about this ministry or to see this month's menu, please visit the ministry website:

www.AngelFoodMinistries.com

Birthdays

February 14 Peggy Fox, Diane Wiles, Samuel Benfield, Ethan Benfield, Joshua Helmandollar, John McDade

February 15 Joel Johnson, Juanita Adams, Eunkyong Cho

February 16 Karrigan Gooden, Fred Lenderman, Lynn Dyson

February 17 Adrienne Lankford, Diana Thomas, Branson Austin, Travis Austin

February 18 Vickie McMahan, Fischer Hall

February 19 Brent Griffith, Kristi McCann

February 20 Carolyn Ayers, Shannon Fox, Lovelia Lapish, Larry Stutts

Family Concerns and Celebrations

IN THE HOSPITAL:

Iredell Memorial Hospital:

Wayne Riddle (room #300)

Leona York (room #306)

SYMPATHY:

We extend Christian love and sympathy to Edith Blanton in the death of her sister.

THANK YOU!

Just a note of thanks to all of you in our church family. Thanks especially to Marv and Sandy for their visits, prayers, cards, "snowball", and meals. Thanks to Tim for the visits and prayers as well as so many who came and called while Randy was at the hospital and at home. Please continue to pray for the areas on his upper arms that have not fully healed. Thanks for the wonderful family of God who rallys around us when we need them the most. Thanks is never enough.

Love in Christ,

Randy and Barbara Morrison

CALENDAR

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10

No Senior Adult Choir Rehearsal

11:00 a.m. Young at Heart February Meeting

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11

5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Youth Drama Scene Rehearsal

6:00 - 6:30 p.m. Children's and Youth Bible Drill; Library Open

6:30 - 7:45 p.m. Celebration Choir Rehearsal

6:30 - 7:45 p.m. Missions and Music for Children K-6th Grade;

Youth Group, Meet in the Youth Room; Wednesday

Night Small Group Studies

7:55 p.m. Instrumentalist Rehearsal

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13

7:00 a.m. Men's Prayer Breakfast at Friendly Family Restaurant

6:30 p.m. Celebrate Recovery

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14

10:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Missions Video / Photography Workshop

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15

8:30 - 9:00 a.m. Library Open

9:00 a.m. Sunday School

9:00 - 10:15 a.m. New Member's Class - Week 3

9:30 a.m. Sunday School at Mision
Bautista Hispana

10:30 a.m. Worship Celebration at Front Street Baptist Church

10:35 a.m. Worship Service at Mision Bautista Hispana

3:30 - 5:30 p.m. Youth Drama Rehearsal

4:00 p.m. Deacons' Meeting

5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Awana; Sunday Night Small Group Studies; CWA

Leadership Team

5:30 p.m. Youth Gather at Pastor Jeremy's Home for Fellowship

6:45 - 7:30 p.m. Library Open

7:15 p.m. Honduras Missions Team Meeting

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16

12:00 p.m. Angel Food Orders Due

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17

No Senior Adult Choir Rehearsal

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 18

5:30 - 6:30 p.m. Youth Drama Prayer and Discussion

6:00 - 6:30 p.m. Children's and Youth Bible Drill; Library Open

6:30 - 7:45 p.m. Celebration Choir Rehearsal

6:30 - 7:45 p.m. Missions and Music for Children K-6th Grade;

Youth Group, Meet in the Youth Room; Wednesday

Night Small Group Studies

7:55 p.m. Instrumentalist Rehearsal

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 20

7:00 a.m. Men's Prayer Breakfast at Friendly Family Restaurant

6:30 p.m. Celebrate Recovery

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21

8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Angel Food Distribution

1:00 - 8:00 p.m. Children in Action Ministry Day

Service Schedule

Welcoming Committee: M/M Darrell Holt (SE Choir), M/M Bob Howell (SW Choir), M/M Ken Johnson (NE Front), M/M Mike Johnson (NW Front)

NURSERY SCHEDULE - Sunday Morning Worship, February 15:

BABIES: Martha Somers, Carolyn Ayers and Kim Sigmon
ONE YEAR OLDS: George and Karissa Lerch
TWO YEAR OLDS: Jeremy Miller and Emily Miller
THREE YEAR OLDS: Don and Michelle Lourcey and Remy Mottinger

NURSERY - OTHER SERVICES:

EVENING SERVICES, FEBRUARY 15:
(5:30 p.m.): Joe and Wendy Alford

WEDNESDAY SERVICE, FEBRUARY 18 (6:30 p.m.): Steve Swaim, Becky Morrison and Tori Harwell

SUNDAY MORNING WELCOME CENTER:
8:45 - 9:15 a.m.: Shelby Parker and Hilda Robinson
10:00 - 10:30 a.m. David and Dixie Hare

LIBRARY SCHEDULE:
Sunday: 8:30-9:00 a.m.: Roxanne Marquess 6:45-7:30 p.m.: Debbie Lang Wednesday: 6:00-7:30 p.m.: Barbara Morrison, Linda Meadors and Marcia Miller

DEACONS/PARKING LOT:
Saturday, February 14: Don Lourcey (704-871-1396) Hospital Visitation Saturday, Parking Lot Patrol Sunday PM

Jerry Blohm, Sunday Night Parking Lot Assistant

Sunday, February 15: David Stegall (704-871-9414) Hospital Visitation Sunday, Parking Lot Patrol Sunday AM

Bob Harwell, Sunday Morning Parking Lot Assistant

USHERS FOR FEBRUARY:

AM: Gary Holland, Mickey McCollum, David Hare, Donald Shea, Matt Sharpe and Ralph Campbell

PM: Chuck Howell, Steve Somers, Terry Fox, Franklin Ivey, Wayne Mayberry, Kenneth Lippard and Sam Lowrance

A LOOK AT THE RECORD


February 8, 2009:

Worship Attendance.............	363

Sunday School.........................................	269
Enrollment.................................................	685
Members Present.....................................	263
New Members..........................................	0
Visitors......................................................	5
Total Contacts.........................................	7

Tithes and Offerings:

Total Tithes and Offerings....................	$17,271.60
Budget Offering Required......................	$15,308.04
Budget Offering Received......................	$13,117.60
Designated Offerings..............................	$3,908.00
Other Receipts Received........................	$246.00
Budget Needs to Date............................	$352,084.92
Budget Gifts to Date...............................	$340,036.67

Building Fund Totals..............................	$11,408.50

Memorials and Honorariums

Front Street Services Now Available on DVD!

Do you ever wish you could see your child dedicated or baptized again?

Have you ever participated in a service and want to remember it forever?

Was the sermon so memorable that you want to see the Pastor preach it again and again?

Good News! DVDs of our worship services are now available! For a cost of $5.00 each, you can now obtain a copy of any service. (Our archives go back about six months.) Just contact the church office and pay $5.00 in advance.

Jail Ministry

The following materials are passed out in the jail ministry each Saturday morning:

Open Windows
Christian magazines; such as: Home Life and Mature Living
Sunday School books

If you have any of these materials that you are not using, please drop them in the jail ministry boxes available in each Sunday School class.

Sanctuary Flowers

If you would like to place flowers in the sanctuary in memory or in honor of someone, please call the church office. Flowers are needed for all months except December. The cost is $45.00, and payment will reserve your date.

Cartoon of the Week!

Contact Info

Front Street Baptist Church (704) 872-7623 info@frontstreet.org