Author: Brenda

First Baptist Church, Orange, Texas

7637 MLK Drive
P.O. Box 1453
Orange, TX 77631

NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION
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ORANGE, TX
PERMIT NO 148

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Connecting our Community to a
Complete Life in Christ

July 2019
Issue XCII

Phone: 886-7461
Fax: (409)886-7464
Email: info@fbco.org

We are on the Web!
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IMPORTANT DATES JULY Kids K-6 Bowling/Laser Tag @ Max Bowl, PA July 2 No Wednesday Night Activities July 3 Youth Beach Day July 3 Kidz Camp Completed K-3rd July 5-6 Youth Mission Arlington Trip July 7-12 Kids K-6 Skating @ Spinning Wheels July 9 Wednesday Night for Kids & Youth July 10 Youth Village Creek July 16 Wednesday Night for Kids & Youth July 17 Guatemala Mission Trip Meeting July 17 Blood Drive July 24 Wednesday Night for Kids & Youth July 24 Youth Fellowship Event at Church July 25 Elise’s Family Fun Center K-6th July 25 CentriKid Camp for Kid Completed 3-6 July 29

the journey matters

FRUITFUL GENEROSITY
Rec. YTD: $365,434.46 Monthly Overage: $ 62,336.17

Inside this issue:

First Impressions Youth Beach Day / Youth Village Creek / Youth Summer Party / Youth Mission Arlington	2
Children’s Laser Tag & Bowling / Children’s Spinning Wheels / Children’s Elise’s Playhouse / Disciple Me / The Clubhouse Summer Hours / New Members / Blood Drive / Preschool/Children’s Meeting / First Cup Cafe	3
Financial Report / Dates to Remember	4

Ministerial Staff
Barry Bradley…..…..886-8101
Pastor
John Bickham……..673-5848
Music
Jason Fuller………...670-3006
Family
Trevor Koonce……....886-7461
Student
Shelley Fuller……….670-6436
Preschool/Children

2020 Guatemala Mission Trip
Everything begins with water. It’s the foundation for all other levels of development. For the millions of thirsty people throughout the developing world, safe water can ultimately transform people’s health, education, livelihoods and their spiritual wellbeing. (Taken from Living Water web site www.water.cc .)
We will not only be drilling a water well in Guatemala the week of Feb 8, 2020 but also teaching the people how to take care of it. We will hold meetings about proper sanitation and hygiene to help set the ground work toward a healthy life. Kids can’t go to school when they are sick and clean water is the foundation they need to build on for their future. With available fresh water close by they don’t have to spend time hauling it or purchasing it from a distance, a well frees up time and resources for people to be more productive citizens.
We will be having a second informational meeting Wednesday, July 17 at 6:30 in annex room 1. Our goal is for people who are willing to go and be a part of this team to decide by July 21. Please pray for how you might support this mission effort and come join us to learn more about the trip being planned, you could play a big part in changing peoples lives, who knows you may be one of them.

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Connecting our Community to a Complete Life in Christ

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First Impressions
Freedom is Not Free
On July 4th we celebrate the birthday of our nation. We look back over the 243 years since that day in 1776 and we forget what a significant and costly day that was. Have you ever wondered what happened to the 56 men who signed the Declaration of Independence? Have you ever thought about the price they paid for our freedom? When they signed, they pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor for a new nation. Historians and biographers give us some insight…
Five signers were captured by the British as traitors, and tortured before they died. Twelve had their homes ransacked and burned. Two lost their sons in the revolutionary army, another had two sons captured. Nine of the 56 fought and died from wounds or hardships of the revolutionary war.
What kind of men were they? Twenty-four were lawyers and jurists. Eleven were merchants, nine were farmers and large plantation owners, men of means, well educated. But they signed the Declaration of Independence knowing full well that the penalty would be death if they were captured.
Carter Braxton of Virginia, a wealthy planter and trader, lost all his ships to the British navy, and he died in rags. Thomas McKeam was forced to stay on the move with his family and lived in hiding. His possessions were taken from him, and poverty was his reward. Vandals or soldiers or both, looted the properties of Ellery, Clymer, Hall, Walton, Gwinnett, Heyward, Ruttledge, and Middleton.
Francis Lewis had his home and properties destroyed. The enemy jailed his wife, and she died within a few months. John Hart was driven from his wife’s bedside as she was dying. Their 13 children fled for their lives. His fields and his gristmill were laid to waste. For more than a year he lived in forests and caves, returning home to find his wife dead and his children vanished. A few weeks later he died from exhaustion and a broken heart.
These were not wild eyed, rabble-rousing ruffians. They were soft-spoken men of means and education. They had security, but they valued liberty more. Standing tall, straight, and unwavering, they pledged: “For the support of this declaration, with firm reliance on the protection of the divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other, our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.”
While we honor these men who gave so much for our nation, their sacrifice pales in comparison to the Sacrifice of our Lord Jesus for our Eternal Salvation and Freedom. On this July 4th, let us celebrate our national and spiritual freedoms as we remember the cost for both.

Incoming 7th Graders can join in on any of these 3 events!

Please be in prayer as our students go to Mission Arlington

Revised July 25, 2019

Kids that have completed K-6th will go through this "Disciple Me' series on the following Wednesdays, 6:30-7:30 pm.
June 12, June 19, July 10, July 17, July 24

Open on Mondays - Thursdays 10am—2pm

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

Wilma (Rusty) Henry

Marc & Angela Howeth
(Mason)

Aubrey Norris

Luke Norris

Keaton Duhon

Xander Todd

If you would like to be Baptized please contact the church office and we will set you up an appointment to talk with one of our ministers.

Wednesday July 24, 2019 4-7pm

We will kick off our AWANA ministry again this fall! AWANA kick-off is set for August 21! We are praying for another great year in AWANA.

Join us at the First Cup Café on Sundays for coffee or a Frappuccino or maybe a latte. You can also come by on weekdays Monday thru Thursday 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. for a specialty coffee or lunch.