 | Mission Statement By: Shelly Chandler |
The objective of the First Baptist Church, Bonifay, is to be a Christ-centered, people-oriented Church which expresses itself through love in meaningful worship and praise, spirit-filled witnessing, maturing discipleship, unselfish ministering and missionary outreach.
 | What We Believe By: Shelly Chandler |
What We Believe
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| Scripture for the Year By: |
2012 Scripture for the Year: “But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your forefathers served beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you are living. But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.” Joshua 24:15 NIV
2011 Scripture for the Year: “I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.” Luke 15:7 NIV
2010 Scripture for the Year: “For the grace of God that brings salvation has appeared to all men. It teaches us to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright and godly lives in this present age, while we wait for the blessed hope - the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ.” Titus 2:11-13 NIV
2009 Scripture for the Year: “Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior.” Habakkuk 3:17-18 NIV
2008 Scripture for the Year: “Oh, that their hearts would be inclined to fear me and keep all my commands always, so that it might go well with them and their children forever!” Deuteronomy 5:29 NIV
2007 Scripture for the Year: “If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14 NIV
2006 Scripture for the Year: “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.” Matthew 7:7-8 NIV
2005 Scripture for the Year: “My son, if you accept my words and store up my commands within you, turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding, and if you call out for insight and cry aloud for understanding, and if you look for it as for silver and search for it as for hidden treasure, then you will understand the fear of the Lord and find the knowledge of God.” Proverbs 2:1-5 NIV
2004 Scripture for the Year: “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me with your whole heart.” Jeremiah 29:11-13 NIV
2003 Scripture for the Year: “And God is able to make all grace abound to you; so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.” 2 Corinthians 9:8 NIV
 | Worship Opportunities By: Shelly Chandler |
Sunday Schedule:
8:15 A.M. Worship / 9:30 Sunday School / 10:45 A.M. Worship / 6:00 P.M. Evening Worship (Monday at 10 AM)
Wednesday Schedule:
6:00 P.M. Prayer Meeting - Mission Activities - Pre-School Choir - Youth IMPACT - College/Career Group - Ladies' C.R.A.V.E. Cafe / 7:00 P.M. Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal
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| Deacons on Call February 26 - March 3 By: |
Deacons on Call
February 26 - March 3
Tom Cook 547-7483
Joe Crew 547-0380
Sonny Johnson 263-5915
March 4 - 10
James McFatter 547-2376
Jack Tison 547-4696
Robert Urquhart 547-2407
Jamie Wells 547-4360
 | 40 Days of Prayer and Fasting By: |
40 Days of Prayer & Fasting
February 29 - April 8
Thank you!
36 of 40 days have been filled.
4 days are still available for the
40 Days of Prayer and Fasting:
March 25
April 1, 7, & 8
 | Mission Trip Fundraiser Lunch By: |
Mission Trip Fundraiser Lunch
Sunday, February 26, 2012
Dinner: $5.00 Donation or more if you like.
On the Menu:
Spaghetti – Salad – Garlic Bread – Dessert – Tea
Serving will start at 11:00 A.M.
Call the church office to sign-up (547-2420).
 | Birthday List |
Mar-08...Franklin Webb
Mar-09...Sherri Hooper, Bobbie Miller, Kendall Rushing
Mar-10...Tyler Bailey, Juanita Hays, Jadie Kennedy
Mar-11...Earl Barber, Jeremy Pollock
Mar-13...Bailey Bagwell
Mar-14...Katelyn Bush, Aimee Moss
Mar-15...Frances Williams
Mar-16...Ada Brown, Bobby Johnson, Peggy Thompson, Brandon Young
Mar-18...Lenore Shipley, Torrie Wells
Mar-19...Jere Browder, Sharon Thames
Mar-20...Greg Arnold, Oliver Reichert
Mar-21...Aaron Duke, Mason Johnson
Mar-22...Sarah Bynum, Eileen Wright
Mar-23...Thomas Bush, Bernyce Wilmot
Mar-24...Neal Blitch, James Hays, Robert Wilkins
Mar-25...Zach Cota, Alisha Kersey
Mar-26...Lauren Cooper, Dayna Payne, Robin Reichert, Hannah Sheesley
Mar-27...Son Chance, Mary Henry, Elizabeth Ritter
Mar-28...Belinda Chitty, Karlee Chitty, Ray Jenks
Mar-29...Jamie Laster, Jennifer Sellers
Mar-31...Aaron Pettit
Apr-01...Leiah Stoker
Apr-02...Sheila Cox, Hannah Hatcher
Apr-03...Robin Callaghan, Madaline McFatter, Jacob Swindle, John Swindle, Shelia Taylor
Apr-05...Carol Harrell, Sadie Hudson, Josephine McLeandon
Apr-06...Wallace Bailey, Samantha Brown
Apr-07...Norma Chamberlin
 | Passion Play 2012 By: |
Passion Play 2012
Friday, April 6th ~ 7:00 P.M.
Saturday, April 7th ~ 5:00 P.M. & 7:30 P.M.
Easter Sunday, April 8th ~ 7:00 P.M.
Tickets are free!! Bring your friends, family, and neighbors.
Call the church office for more information.
 | Family Life Discipleship Schedule By: |
Family Life Discipleship Schedule ~ Every Sunday
Handle with Prayer by Dr. Charles Stanley
Time: 4:30 PM Location: Annex (Room 100)
The Truth Project by Focus on the Family
Time: 4:15 PM Location: Basement (D100)
Marriage 101: Back to the Basics
Time: 4:30 PM Location: Room C101-A
Women to Women
Time: 4:30 PM Location: Howell House
Joe Gibbs’ Game Plan for Life, Vol. 1
Time: 4:45 PM Location: Annex (Room 101)
What Baptists Believe: The Baptist Faith and Message
Time: 4:30 PM Location: Fellowship Hall
Future & Chosen Generation Choirs
Time: 4:30 PM
 | Remember in Prayer By: |
Prayers For This Week
Please pray for the Best Generation as they go on their trip to Montgomery, Alabama
to the Faulkner State University Dinner Theatre to see “Huckleberry Finn & The Big River”
and visit the Rosa Parks Museum. They leave Thursday, February 24th and will return on
Friday, February 25th.
 | Senior Adult Ministry: Dunklin Memorial Camp By: |
Senior Adult Ministry: Dunklin Memorial Camp
If you want to donate to Dunklin Memorial Camp for Men, here’s a list of the things they need:
1.Prayer, prayer, and more prayer;
2.Scholarships for men in Servant Leadership Training;
3.Monthly donations;
4.Sponsor a family in SLT;
5.Sponsorship of a man in the Regeneration program;
6.Any working vehicles (golf cart, 4-wheeler, etc.);
7.Musical instruments (guitar, banjo, sax, etc.); &
8.White bed sheets (double and queen size, flat and fitted).
 | Women’s Ministry Spring Kick-Off Event By: |
Women’s Ministry Spring Kick-Off Event
Saturday, March 10, 2012 ~ 8:30 AM - 12 Noon
Join us for
Praise & Worship
Bible Study in Break-Out Sessions
Fellowship
First Baptist Church, Bonifay Fellowship Hall (B100)
Refreshments & a nursery are provided.
 | S.T.A.R.S. Women’s Ministry Activity By: |
S.T.A.R.S. Women’s Ministry Activity
Game Night ~ Friday, February 24th
When: 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Where: Fellowship Hall (B100)
Sub-sandwiches will be provided.
Nursery is provided.
| Celebration of Women Conference By: |
Celebration of Women Conference
First Baptist Church, Bonifay
Saturday, May 5th
10:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Guest Speaker: Karen Butterton
$5 per person (Lunch provided)
For more details, call 547-2420.
Karen Butterton is wife of a minister, mother of a beautiful 5yr old son, daughter, and sister. Karen will share her life story starting with her high school years all the way to being a Christian woman in the corporate world. Karen’s story speaks to those who are career women, single mothers, minister’s wives, anyone who has struggled with the demands of being a woman in today’s world. You will be enthralled by her passion for Jesus Christ and the joy she has living for Him. Karen’s 20+ years in Women’s Ministry has involved five church plants alongside her husband and teaching engagements in Florida and California.
 | Holmes County Community Health Clinic Volunteers Needed By: |
Volunteers Needed: Doctors, nurses, paperwork,
helping with patients, preparing lunch for workers
10 - 12 hours per month
Call Diane Little (850-510-3779)
or Frances Hersman (547-2318)
| Gideon All Occasion Cards By: |
Gideon All Occasion Cards are available in the church office for $3.00 each. The money from the purchase of a card places two Gideon Bibles. Call the church office for more information. You are welcome to come by the church office and look at the selection of cards.
Please remember to purchase your cards through the church office and help place more Bibles in needy areas. There is a variety of cards: wedding, get well, happy birthday, etc.
 | Earl Garner ~ Director of Education By: Earl Garner |
“For My thoughts are not your thoughts, Nor are your ways My ways,”(Isaiah 55:8).
I invite you to go on a journey with me. One that you might think is insignificant at first glance, but in truth, is more important than any journey we might take. You will recall all that Jesus gave up to save us, i.e., the glory of heaven to become a man, to live and die on earth, and to rise and return to heaven so that you and I, and the entire world, might have life everlasting.
The thoughts, and indeed the command of Jesus to all disciples was plain, “Go therefore and make disciples” (Matthew 28:19-20). Jesus also says to you and me, “If anyone wishes to come after Me, he must deny himself, and take up his cross and follow Me” (Matthew 16:24). What is our cross? We have many crosses, but none as vital as the cross of visiting our neighbor and inviting them to the place we go every Sunday to hear the good news of salvation proclaimed. Bible Study, relationship, fellowship, prayer, songs of joy, worship and praise—a little “heaven on earth” - is not such a heavy cross after all. Come on a journey with me.
 | Dear Church Family By: |
Dear Church family,
Thank you for supporting the Autism Walk this past Saturday. There was such a wonderful turn-out for this event. It was awesome!
Sincerely,
Julie Sellers
Dear Church family,
Thank you all for the prayers for my son while he was in the hospital. He is much better now. Please continue to pray for me. Your prayers are greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Mattie Matthews
| Passion Play Rehearsal Schedule for March/April By: |
Passion Play
Rehearsal Schedule for March/April
Wednesday, March 7th - 7:00 PM
Sunday, March 11th - 4:30 PM
Wednesday, March 14th - 7:00 P.M
Sunday, March 18th - 4:30 PM
Wednesday, March 21st - 7:00 PM
Sunday, March 25th - TBA
Wednesday, March 28th - TBA
All Cast & Extras
Sunday, April 1st - 7:00 PM
Monday, April 2nd - 6:30 PM
Tuesday, April 3rd - TBA
Wednesday, April 4th - 7:00 PM
Thursday, April 5th - Dress Rehearsal
Presentations:
Friday -- Saturday --Sunday--April 6 – 7 – 8
SANCTUARY CHOIR
EXTRA PASSION PLAY REHEARSAL
There will be an extra Passion Play rehearsal this
Sunday afternoon at 4:30 P.M.
If you are not in a Family Discipleship Class,
please join us as we continue to memorize our music
for Passion Play 2012
 | Two Weeks at a Glance (Mar 11) By: |
Two Weeks at a Glance
Sunday,March 11
8:15 A.M. Sunday School
9:30A.M.SS/Morning Worship
10:45 A.M. SS/Morning Worship
11:00 A.M. Fundraiser Lunch begins
1:00 P.M. A.M. Service/Ch. 12
4:30 P.M. Future & Chosen Generation Choirs
Family Life Discipleship Classes
6:00 P.M. Evening Worship
Monday, March 12
10:00 A.M. Morning Worship
Tuesday, March 13
9:30 A.M. Prayer Group
10:00 A.M. Ladies Study
Wednesday, March 14
6:00 P.M. Prayer Meeting
Preschool Choir/Mission Act.
IMPACT / College-Career Grp.
7:00 P.M. Sanctuary Choir
Sunday,March 18
8:15 A.M. Sunday School
9:30A.M.SS/Morning Worship
10:45 A.M. SS/Morning Worship
1:00 P.M. A.M. Service/Ch. 12
4:30 P.M. Future & Chosen Generation
Family Life Discipleship Classes
6:00 P.M. Evening Worship
Monday, March 19
10:00 A.M. Morning Worship
Tuesday, March 20
9:30 A.M. Prayer Group
10:00 A.M. Ladies Study
Wednesday, March 21
6:00 P.M. Prayer Meeting
Preschool Choir / Mission Act.
IMPACT / College-Career Grp.
7:00 P.M. Sanctuary Choir
Saturday, March 24
Ladies’ Afternoon at the Movies
| Men’s Fishing Retreat By: |
Men’s Fishing Retreat
April 19th - 21st
Lodging: Ft. Gaines, GA
Fishing: Lake Eufaula
$100 per man (includes lodging & meals)
Contact Bro. Jeep ASAP if interested
(850) 326-1771
A sign-up sheet is located on the bulletin board by the
church office.
| Notice (MAR 03) By: |
• Money is due for Camp!!
• Progressive Dinner ~ Saturday, March 10th
Meet at youth room @ 4:30 PM ~ Cost is free
• Meeting for Students interested in Spring Break
Mission Trip ~ March 15th @ 7:00 PM ~ Youth Room
There will be a Special-called Business Meeting of First
Baptist Church, Bonifay on Sunday, March 18th at 6:00 P.M.
regarding the Children’s Minister position.
| Earl Garner ~ Director of Education By: Earl Garner |
“Whoever will come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.” (Mark 8:34)
What do you expect from Sunday school? Certainly, each of us has some expectations when we attend a Bible Study class on Sunday
morning. Your expectation may well be justified but, then again, they may not. We may expect the teacher to arrive early and be prepared to teach the class. We may expect a warm welcome from the teacher, class secretary, or certainly our Care Group Leader. We look forward to having time to visit with class members, and to be introduced to visitors. We willingly wait for prayer requests to be spoken and any special announcements to be made. Then, we expect to settle down for a time of Bible study.
After the class time is over and we are dismissed with prayer we look forward to moving to the worship service that follows. Life is good!
We finish the morning with a sense of having accomplished so much in such a short time. We can hardly wait until next Sunday to do it again. Friend, this is not what Sunday school and worship is all about! Sunday is a time for “filling the tank” with spiritual fuel for the journey that begins on Monday and ends on Saturday. Followers of Christ are not called to a two-hour weekly ministry, but to a twenty-four hour daily ministry. Jesus said we are to take up our cross and follow Him. Time, all too often, becomes our cross, and time is really crucial to those closest to hell.
| Thank you GA and RA Leaders By: |
After the Wednesday night GA and RA Awards Program, I realized
that the hard work and many hours those leaders gave will have a
powerful, life-changing influence on those children. There is no way the
impact of that influence can be measured. In the years to come, God will
bless each child in His own way and that blessing will be multiplied many
times. I have been a member of this church for seventy years. So, “Thank you
GA and RA leaders, from my heart, for your commitment and compassion
in this so very important ministry.
Edna McDonald
| Dear Church Family By: |
Dear Church Family,
I am going back to Honduras in April to work. We’ll be
making much needed repair on the “Good News” radio station
which our crew built and has maintained since 2000, also repair
on pastors conference camp as well as repairs on housing
compound where we stay. Our building fund is $6,000 of which
I have been asked to raise $1,000 and my trip is $1,550.
I am asking if any of you could help the crew and myself, it
would be greatly appreciated. We will need it as soon as
possible. Thanks to everyone. I will need your prayers too.
Shirley Wilkins
| Best Generation Trip April 26th-28th By: |
Best Generation Trip
April 26th - 28th
Orlando, FL
The Holy Land Experience
Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament
$200 per person
Contact Bro. Jeep ASAP if interested
(850) 326-1771
A sign-up sheet is located on the bulletin board by the
church office.