Hopefully everyone received your 40 Days of Prayer Guide in the mail this week. It is our hope that everyone would join together in praying for our church and the many things happening here at Front Street. If you did not receive your prayer guide, we will have more copies at the church. We will also be sending out each days request in the daily email update from the church. If you are not signed up to receive that, please go to www.frontstreet.org and you can sign up at the bottom of the page.

This coming Sunday we will be in John 15:12-25. In these verses, we see the stark contrast between the love Christ has for His children and the hatred the world has for the children of God. Two weeks ago we talked about God's love and how everything that He causes or allows in our lives is based on His love for us. Knowing how great His love is for us, we can face anything and we can endure any trial. I hope you will take some time this week to contemplate God's love for us. The more we grow to understand His love for us, the greater our love will grow for Him. I pray that we will encounter Him in a powerful way this Sunday!

Love you guys!

Pastor Tim

This Coming Sunday Evening in AWANA:

AWANA STORE!

Don't miss out!

See you Sunday at 5:30 p.m.

February is N.B. Mills School
Collection Month!

Throughout the month of February, we will be collecting Kleenex for N.B. Mills School Please drop off your donations in the Global Missions Collection site in the Educational Building.

Thank you for your commitment to missions!

Prayer / Accountability Partner Meeting

There will be a short meeting for prayer/accountability partners on Feb. 28, 2010 at 5:00 pm in the Sanctuary. Both or at least one partner is encouraged to attend. Contact Cindy with questions, 704-878-9696.

Urgent Missions Need:

Our Costa Rica team is needing additional funding to cover the cost of medicines and construction supplies. Each person was responsible for his or her personal expenses for the trip, but the cost for these additional materials is currently being raised.

The medical and evangelism teams will be working primarily with Nicaraguan refugees who are in need of medical help. The construction team will be building missionary apartments. We need an additional $6,000 to cover all the supplies. We appreciate your assistance with this.

Buckets of Hope

Families, Sunday School Classes, Prayer Partnerships, Awana groups, etc. can make a difference in Haiti by packing a Bucket of Hope. Contact Kenny Lamm if you would like to take one of these on as a project. He has 10 free buckets to give to the first groups that want to do this. All you need to know is right here: http://bit.ly/9p5KYO

2010 Offering Envelopes

The 2010 Offering Envelopes are ready to be picked up in the first floor of the Educational Building near the courtyard door.

Thank You!

Contribution Records

The 2009 Contribution Records are ready to be picked up. They are located in the Fellowship Hall.

Blood Drive!

BLOOD DRIVE

FRONT STREET BAPTIST CHURCH

Thursday, February 25, 2010

From 3:00 - 7:30 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall

Donors get a chance to win a $1000.00 Gift Card.

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.

A Note About This Newsletter

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Make your reservations NOW!

Starting to plan your vacation?

PLEASE reserve June 21-25 for VBS!!

We need your help!

6:00-8:45 p.m. nightly

Cross Connection Youth Ministry

THIS WEEK:

Wednesday, February 17: Youth Group, 6:30 p.m.

Sunday, February 21: Youth Group, 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday, February 24: Youth and Children Outreach, 6:30 p.m.

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 February. Those dates for the adult class or for the children's class are February 7, 14, 21 and 28. To sign up for the adult class (which includes youth), or to sign your child up for the children's class, please contact the church office at (704) 872-7623 or email Pastor Tim at tim@frontstreet.org.

Mark Your Calendars!

Easter Musical

In the Presence of Jehovah

Sunday Night
March 28 @ 7:00 p.m.

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 and for God's Vision and Direction.

For Church Members:

Karrigan Gooden.

Visit Karrigan's Web Page

Holland Blohm.

Visit Holland's Web Page

Laura Bowles.

Saint in Care, Elizabeth Childers.

Chuck Howell, diagnosed with cancer.

Sandy Boyer, serious health concerns.

Margaret McGhee, health concerns.

Grady and Anne Pharr.

Ida Beasley.

Justin Holt.

Bobbie James.

Visit Bobbie's Web Page

James Parker, health concerns.

Donald Martin, health concerns.

Hazel Estes, health concerns.

Carole Leischner, lung cancer.

Patricia Carpenter, health concerns.

Becky Morrison Johnson, health concerns.

Paige Fox, diagnosed with breast cancer.

Haley Carter, serious health concerns.

Visit Haley's Web Page

Christian and Samuel Mitcham-Gemes, health concerns.

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:

Preston Loyd, friend of several church members, recovering from an accident.

Visit Preston's Web Page

Elizabeth Selves, granddaughter of David and Dixie Hare, serious health concerns.

Visit Elizabeth's Web Page

Wayne and Linda Gilliam, parents of Beth Gilliam.

Meredith Oliver, family of Mavis High, serious health condition.

Vera Carpenter, family of Mavis High, diagnosed with cancer.

Barbara Morrison's brother, serious health issues.

Willie Buckner, serious health concerns.

Allie Cline, friend of Herb and Marcia Miller, serious health concerns.

Angie Duncan, daughter of Kathy Howard, health concerns.

Elizabeth Payne, sister of Robert Nesbit, health concerns.

Angel Food Ministry

Orders for March 2010 will be taken until Monday, March 15, 2010 at 12:00 p.m., and distributed on Saturday, March 20, from 8:30 - 10:00 a.m.

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

www.AngelFoodMinistries.com

or contact Mike Munday

Monday, February 22 Pastor Chris Williams, Woodleaf Baptist Church, will be sharing a powerful testimony on how God changed his views on people & diverse cultures. Pastor Chris was a member of a white supremacist organization with a heart full of hate that is hard to imagine. God changed his rage to unparalleled Love for ALL people. Only God can change a heart and a mind using Brother Chris in ways no one but GOD could have imagined. The Jabez Sunday School will be supplying wonderful home cooked food so don't miss this one.

Monday, March 1 Movie Night at CR We will be showing Fireproof and serving Hot Spicy Chili and Hot Chicken Wings

This is a movie that has inspired many people with struggling marriages.

About FIREPROOF

At work, inside burning buildings, Capt. Caleb Holt lives by the old firefighter's adage: Never leave your partner behind. At home, in the cooling embers of his marriage, he lives by his own rules. Growing up, Catherine Holt always dreamed of marrying a loving, brave firefighter...just like her daddy. Now, after seven years of marriage, Catherine wonders when she stopped being "good enough" for her husband. Regular arguments over jobs, finances, housework, and outside interests have readied them both to move on to something with more sparks.

As the couple prepares to enter divorce proceedings, Caleb's father challenges his son to commit to a 40-day experiment: "The Love Dare." Wondering if it's even worth the effort, Caleb agrees-for his father's sake more than for his marriage. When Caleb discovers the book's daily challenges are tied into his parents' newfound faith, his already limited interest is further dampened.

While trying to stay true to his promise, Caleb becomes frustrated time and again. He finally asks his father, "How am I supposed to show love to somebody who constantly rejects me?" When his father explains that this is the love Christ shows to us, Caleb makes a life-changing commitment to love God. And with God's help begins to understand what it means to truly love his wife.

But is it too late to fireproof his marriage? His job is to rescue others. Now Caleb Holt is ready to face his toughest job ever...rescuing his wife's heart.

Birthdays

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

February 21 Frances Overcash, Rebecca Yepez, Caitlin Shrimp, George Stadtfeld

February 22 Terrie Ross, Louise Lenderman, Latisha Beckom, Aaron Bost

February 23 Gaye Fox, Chad Moore, Pat Martin, Ken Kress, Tony Edwards, Tiffany Moose, Cecelia Pierce

February 24 Jordan Hill, Sara Waugh, Bobbie James

February 25 Judy Burrow, Chuck Howell, Tim Harris, Jill Gooden, Ron Harrison, David Shoemaker

February 26 Brenda Poindexter, Linda Meadors, Paul Gaines

Request from the Church Office

If you or a family member are hospitalized, please contact the church office at (704) 872-7623 or by emailing info@frontstreet.org to let us know.

Family Concerns and Celebrations

IN THE HOSPITAL:

Iredell Memorial:

John Simmons (room #320)

Geneva Current (room #272)

John McDade (room #307)

Anne Pharr (room #226)

Lake Norman Regional:

Sandy Boyer - will be having back surgery today.

SYMPATHY:

We express Christian love and sympathy to Mary Deal in the death of her brother; and to

Kim Mayberry in the death of her father; and to

The family of Paul Hatchett in their bereavement.

CALENDAR

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 16

10:00 a.m. Senior Adult Choir Rehearsal

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17

6:00 p.m. Children's and Youth Bible Drill

6:30 - 7:40 p.m. Celebration Choir Rehearsal

6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Children's Choirs; Youth; Prayer and Bible Study

7:35 p.m. Finance Committee Meeting in the Sunday School Office

7:50 p.m. Instrumentalist Rehearsal

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18

6:30 p.m. C3 / Young Singles Meeting at Bob Cook's Home

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 19

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

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20

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

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 21

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

9:00 a.m. Sunday School

New Members 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

5:30 - 7:15 p.m. Awana; Youth Group; Sunday Night Small Groups

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22

6:30 p.m. Celebrate Recovery

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 23

10:00 a.m. Senior Adult Choir Rehearsal

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24

6:00 p.m. Children's and Youth Bible Drill

6:30 - 7:40 p.m. Celebration Choir Rehearsal

6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Children's and Youth Outreach; Prayer and Bible Study

7:50 p.m. Instrumentalist Rehearsal

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25

3:00 - 7:30 p.m. Blood Drive in the Fellowship Hall

6:30 p.m. C3 / Young Singles Meeting at Bob Cook's Home

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26

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

Service Schedule

Welcoming Committee: M/M Mike Johnson (SE Choir), M/M Barry Lang

(SW Choir), M/M Matt Miller (NE Front), M/M Todd Lamberth (NW Front)

NURSERY SCHEDULE - Sunday Morning Worship, February 21:

BABIES: Martha Somers, Wilma Gooden, and Lisa Holt
ONE YEAR OLDS:  Jeremy Miller and Linda Holzworth
TWO YEAR OLDS:   Dee Dee and Scott Mitcham
THREE YEAR OLDS:  Dionne Stutts and Shawna Wilson

NURSERY - OTHER SERVICES:

EVENING SERVICES, February 21:
(5:30 p.m.): Freda Alford and Beth Gilliam

WEDNESDAY SERVICE, February 24 (6:30 p.m.): Walt Meadors and Linda Lerch

PRAYER SANCTUARY - Sunday Morning Worship, February 21: Rebekah DiDorga

SUND/AY MORNING WELCOME CENTER:
8:45 - 9:15 a.m.: George and Elaine Stadtfeld

10:00 - 10:30 a.m. David and Dixie Hare

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

DEACONS/PARKING LOT:
Saturday, February 20: Paul Snead (704-876-6985) Hospital Visitation Saturday, Parking Lot Patrol Sunday PM

Sunday, February 21: David Stegall (704-871-9414) Hospital Visitation Sunday,

Parking Lot Patrol Sunday AM

USHERS FOR FEBRUARY:

AM: Gary Holland, Mickey McCollum, David Hare, Donald Shea, Bob Howell, Ralph Campbell

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

A LOOK AT THE RECORD


February 14, 2010:

Worship Attendance.............................	396

Sunday School.........................................	279
Enrollment.................................................	677
Members Present.....................................	272
New Members..........................................	0
Visitors......................................................	7
Total Contacts.........................................	6

Tithes and Offerings:

Total Tithes and Offerings....................	$22,262.51
Budget Offering Required......................	$14,471.15
Budget Offering Received......................	$14,552.16
Designated Offerings..............................	$4,930.00
Other Receipts Received........................	$2,780.35
Budget Needs to Date............................	$347,307.60
Budget Gifts to Date...............................	$334,756.71

Building Fund Totals..............................	$9,982.00

Memorials and Honorariums

COSTA RICA CONSTRUCTION TEAM

In Honor of: David Hare, Jim Austin, Sandy Boyer, Connie Austin and John McDade

By: Jabez Bible Class

In Memory of: Dorothy McCann and Clyde White

By: Betty Minton

YOUNG LIFE/KIT AND AVERY/SYBA FOOD PANTRY

By: Hannah Sunday School Class

Prayer Sanctuary

We are looking for volunteers to add to our current list to diligently pray during the worship hour specifically for the Sunday morning service. Singles, couples, families and prayer partners are encouraged. The commitment is for one Sunday every 4 to 6 months. Please contact the office at 704-872-7623 or email info@frontstreet.org.

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.

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