*** Come and join us in spiritual aerobics and strength exercises, Weekly Requirements for April:

Deacons In Service
Apr Jody Yarbro, Michael Sexton
May Ronnie Johansen, Ron
Gibson
Extended Session
We are needing volunteers
for extended session.
Please see the sign-up
sheet on the wall by the
nursery.
Greeters or walk if you choose. Dress comfortably & wear tennis shoes.
Apr Billy & Sue Hollingsworth
Ushers
Apr 26 Billy Hollingsworth, Kyle
Ranne,
Jon Seamanski, Ben Toombs
May 3 Keith Allen, Tommy Layne,
Jerry Foss, Ron Gibson
May 10 Micah Boles, Jack
Roberson,
Chad Carr, Bryant Schuetz
May 17 Charlie Boyd, Michael
Sexton,
Dan Bateman, Byron Whitney
$6,039.75
Mats are available at the church. Received last week:
WHERE: First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall $11,048.00
WHEN: Wednesdays, 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Received for April:
STEPS TO BECOMING A CHRISTIAN $25,706.31
REALIZE that you have sinned against God.
“For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” -Romans ANNIE ARMSTRONG OFFERING: $1,045.00
3:23
REPENT of your sins.
Visit our new and continually improving website:
“Repent, then, turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out.”
-Acts 3:19 http://www.fbcvm.org
REQUEST God to save you through Jesus Christ.
“For everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
-Romans 10:13

UPCOMING MEETINGS & EVENTS RECEIVE Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior.
“Yet to all who received Him, to those who believed in His name,
He gave the right to become children of God.” -John 1:12
Friday, May 1 – Senior Trip – We will be taking the bus to Canton
Trade Days. Anyone wanting to go needs to call the church office “That if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord”,
or contact Brenda Schuetz, 254-932-6642, by Friday, April 24. If and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead,
you need a motorized cart, you will need to let us know so we can you will be saved.” - Romans 10:9
call and reserve one for you. Reservations need to be made in
advance to assure that there will be one there for you.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Monday, May 4 – Prayer rally for “Just Give Me Jesus” revival at
Sunday, April 26
First Baptist Church Valley Mills
8:30 A.M. Youth Council meeting in the parlor
Thursday, May 7 – National Day of Prayer 8:50 A.M. Care Center
9:45 A.M. Bible Study
Sunday, May 17 – Need help getting out of debt and managing 10:55 A.M. Morning Worship
your income? Come PREVIEW a class of Dave Ramsey’s 13 week Mondays
video series “Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University” at 6:00 11:30 A.M. Prayer in Today’s Adults
p.m. Please call Mamie Johnston, 254-486-2628 or 254-644-0100, Wednesday, April 29
for more details. 9:30 A.M. Ladies Prayer in Prayer Room
Sunday, May 24 – Week of Prayer for Pentecost. Sign-up sheet is 3:45-5:00 P.M. Music Makers (1-3 grade) & Young Musicians (4-
on the bulletin board by Fellowship Hall 6)
5:00-6:00 P.M. TeamKids (1-6 grade)
YOUTH 6:00–7:00 P.M. LADIES EXERCISE GROUP
6:00 - 6:45 P.M. Youth hang out in gym
** May 3 – Youth Dessert Auction 6:50 P.M. Youth worship begins
** May 23 – Paintball in Waco 7:10 P.M. Youth break into small groups
** May 24 – Senior Sunday 7:40 - 8:00 P.M. Big meeting time in Youth room
You, Lord, are both Lamb and Shepherd. You, Lord, are both prince
** June 6 – FREE Car Wash 8:00 - 9:00 P.M. Youth hang out in gym
and slave.
** June 7 – Youth Sunday 7:00-8:30 P.M. Ministry Choir You, peacemaker and sword-bringer of the way you took and
Thursdays gave.
E L E C T I O N R E S U LT S 6:00 A.M. Men’s Prayer Breakfast in Fellowship Hall You, the everlasting instant; You, whom we both scorn and crave.
Members voted (with 52% membership response) to pass the by- Sunday, May 3 Clothed in light upon the mountain, stripped of might upon the
laws and remain un-incorporated. Bryant Schuetz and Clarence 8:45 A.M. Deacons’ Meeting cross,
Golden 9:45 A.M. Bible Study Shining in eternal glory, beggar’d by a soldier’s toss,
You, the everlasting instant; You, who are both gift and cost.
S U N D AY S C H O O L A T T E N D A N C E You, who walk each day beside us, sit in power at God’s side.
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR EXTENDED SESSION You, who preach a way that’s narrow, have a love that reaches
We are needing volunteers for extended session. Please Officers 7 Youth 7 wide.
see the sign-up sheet on the wall by the nursery. Nursery/Preschool 15 You, the everlasting instant; You, who are our pilgrim guide.
Adults 62 Children 15 Worthy is our earthly Jesus! Worthy is our cosmic Christ!
EXERCISE OPPORTUNITY Worthy your defeat and victory. Worthy still your peace and strife.
FINANCIAL You, the everlasting instant; You, who are our death and life.
Alleluia!
- Sylvia Dunstan
 THE WORSHIP OF
April 26, 2009
WELCOME AND GREETING
Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!
“A new command I give you: love one another. By this all
men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one O what a foretaste of glory divine!
another.” Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
John 13:34, 35 Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior, all the day long;
SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 2009 This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior, all the day long.
CENTERING SONG “Here I Am to Worship”
Here I am to worship, here I am to bow down,
Here I am to say that you’re my God.
You’re altogether lovely, altogether worthy,
altogether wonderful to me.
MORNING PRAYER
“Love Divine, All Loves Excelling”
CHILDREN’S FEATURE
PRAYER TIME
Feel free to pray at the altar or your seat.
SCRIPTURE READING
“In Christ Alone”
In Christ alone my hope is found;
He is my light, my strength, my song;
This cornerstone, this solid ground,
Firm through the fiercest drought and storm.
What heights of love, what depths of peace,
When fears are stilled, when strivings cease!
My comforter, my all in all—
Here in the love of Christ I stand.
In Christ alone, Who took on flesh,
Fullness of God in helpless babe!
This gift of love and righteousness,
Scorned by the ones He came to save.
Till on that cross as Jesus died,
The wrath of God was satisfied;
For ev'ry sin on Him was laid—
Here in the death of Christ I live.
There in the ground His body lay,
Light of the world by darkness slain;
Then bursting forth in glorious day,
Up from the grave He rose again!
And as He stands in victory,
GOD Sin's curse has lost its grip on me;
For I am His and He is mine—
Bought with the precious blood of Christ.
No guilt in life, no fear in death—
This is the pow'r of Christ in me;
From life's first cry to final breath,
Jesus commands my destiny.
No pow'r of hell, no scheme of man,
Can ever pluck me from His hand;
Till He returns or calls me home—
Here in the pow'r of Christ I'll stand.
SERMON John Wheatley
Decision of Commitment “Praise the One Who Breaks the
Darkness”
(At this time, you are invited to pray, speak with a pastor, make spiritual
commitments, or indicate your desire to become a member of this
fellowship.)
DOXOLOGY
OFFERTORY PRAYER
TITHES & OFFERINGS
Hymn # 208
BENEDICTION
No pow'r of hell, no scheme of man,
Can ever pluck me from His hand;
Till He returns or calls me home—
Here in the pow'r of Christ we stand.
1 Corinthians 2:10-16 All lyrics printed with permission granted by CCLI License #439151
TO OUR COMMUNITY. . .
Pentecost happens fifty days after Easter. This coincides with the Feast of
the First Fruits in the Old Testament (Lev. 23:15-22; Num. 28:26-31). The
celebration did not begin until loaves were offered of the grain that had just
been harvested and were presented as an offering before the LORD of the
harvest. Then the celebration would continue in thanksgiving for all the
first fruits that had been harvested. As the “only begotten of the Father”,
Jesus Christ is our first fruit offering. He said himself “I am the bread of
life”. In our celebration of Pentecost I believe we need to remember
concerning the harvest, that Jesus said, “The harvest is plentiful but the
workers are few. Ask the LORD of the harvest, therefore, to send out
workers into his harvest field.” (Luke 10:2). I believe the harvest that Jesus
was speaking of is still plentiful and I also believe the workers are still few.
The Greek word used for “ask” in this verse is deomai and can be translated
“pray”. Jesus spoke it as a command and the tense means NOW. It is not a
word that means prayer in general but prayer for a specific need (workers
into the harvest). I have mentioned that I believe the weeks before
Pentecost should be spent in prayer. I also believe that we need to begin to
pray NOW for workers to go into the harvest. May we be able to celebrate
our “fruitfulness” at Pentecost because of our “faithfulness” to prayer.
Praying for you,
John