I actually began attending when FBC was without a pastor.
The men I met and the way things ran made me feel like this
was a solid Biblical church. Now, I can attest to it! ~ Matthew
This special service will take place on Mother’s Day during the morning worship service.
This is a time to dedicate your child and your parenting to the Lord. To seek His guidance, direction and blessing and to incorporate the support and encouragement of the church in your parenting journey.
Registration Deadline: April 29, 2012
What to do:
Choose a life verse for your child (see attached form for explanation).
Print the “registration form” or pick one up from the office or preschool check-in desk.
Return the completed form to the preschool check-in desk or church office before April 29.
Pick 3 photos of your child. These photos may include family members.
Each senior and his/her parents are invited to attend the breakfast honoring our graduates.
The same morning, graduates will be recognized during the 10:20 am service (May 6, 2012). Please provide us with five photos to be used during the service. Deadline to turn in photos is May 1.
Join us on May 5th for brunch and hear a fabulous speaker who is on fire for Christ.
Kathy is a cancer survivor and is the founder of the worldwide Mom’s Day of Prayer.
Tickets available until April 22 at the church office.
So many times we as believers want to CHANGE everyone around us to look like us – to walk like us – talk like us – be us!! We are ALL uniquely made by God and it is simply not our job to change anyone. God’s Holy Spirit is so very capable of doing this! So God has certainly called me to CHALLENGE women to be exactly who God made them to be.
Topic 1: Let’s get real! … about prayer - It changes lives!
Topic 2: The Fall. – Real life in the real world.
I have learned through my journey with Jesus Christ that He has a sense of humor. As you walk through this website you will see that God has definitely worked in my life and I’ve learned that He delights in each of us being who He made us to be – FREE TO BE ME!!
When we give our lives over to Jesus Christ, many times women think they can’t have their same personalities that they had before they became a believer. Let me explain it this way……there was a time in my life when I rode in a limo with the sun roof open and stood up waving at everyone but I happened to be drunk. When Jesus turned me into a new creation, he assured me that I can still ride in a limo and stand up to wave at everyone just not drunk.
At the Paul Anderson Youth Home on
Saturday, April 7 from 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
We need our church members to help us out. Please donate plastic easter eggs and individually wrapped candy that will fit in the plastic eggs. These items can be dropped off at the church office or in the foyer of Kid’s Bay. Thanks in advance for your generous help!
Purchase tickets from the church office or call (912) 537-4196 to reserve tickets.
Charles Billingsley is recognized as one of Christian
music’s most powerful inspirational vocalists.
When he was 22 years old, the day after his college graduation Charles Billingsley packed up his red two-door Ford Explorer, attached a little trailer behind it and headed to a church in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina to perform his first professional concert. Almost twenty years later, after 24 records, 17 years of marriage, two children, and 3,000 concerts, Billingsley is releasing his 25th album. Never Forsaken, releasing early 2012, is a collection of songs ranging from recreations such as “Bridge Over Troubled Water” and “Another Day in Paradise” to intimate autobiographical tracks like “Baby I Blinked,” as well as the impassioned truth-telling like “God So Loved the World” and the title track.
Eight years since his last solo artist album, Billingsley is excited to share Never Forsaken with the world, and its catchy tunes are served with a powerful message: “It’s a plea to the church,” Billingsley explains. “Look beyond the four walls of our buildings and get out there and love the world. It’s just a reminder to us all–God actually loves them as much as he loves me.”
Elaborating on that message is the album’s catalyst song, “God So Loved the World.” Written by Billingsley along with Keith Smith, Adam Lancaster and Tony Wood, the song serves as a wake-up call to the church: “Every preacher in the pulpit/Every cynic on the street/Every poet/Every pauper/Every soldier/Every lawyer…God so loved the world.’
Billingsley, with his with his wife Shae and their two boys, recently took an eye-opening trip to Guatemala along with the humanitarian organization Causelife. During their visit, as they journeyed through numerous villages in dire need of fresh water, Billingsley’s inspiration deepened to help build wells across third world countries.
This trip also grew the inspiration for his new project, especially for its title track. “The song ‘Never Forsaken’ is for those people in the world who are hungry, lost, afraid, malnourished, thirsty, who cry out every day for something called hope,” he shares. “They won’t hear this album. This record is for the people who will hear it to do something about it.”
Billingsley’s message for the record became clear: “Give away today, whatever that means. Your love, time, money, talents, whatever it takes, let God use you.”
This Marriage Tune Up Conference being sponsored jointly by FBC Vidalia and FBC Lyons will offer you the unique chance to work on and celebrate your marriage in a relaxed atmosphere filled with laughter, insight, and interaction with your spouse.
$25 (per person) Early Registration – Ends December 18 $30 (per person) Regular Registration – Until January 27
Friday, January 27 → 7:00 pm to 9:45 pm
Saturday, January 28 → 8:00 am to 12:45 pm
Jeff and Debby McElroy, founders of Forever Families, Inc., have designed the conference to be unlike any other you’ve attended on marriage. As the most sought-after couple in the area of marriage enrichment in the country, they have used their experience on the national speaking circuit to design a conference with…
Humor.
Let’s face it. We don’t get the chance to laugh enough. That won’t be a problem this weekend. As Jeff and Debby share their look at marriage, you’ll find your ribs hurting – either from laughing so hard, or from your spouse elbowing you! You’ll be amazed at how, in the midst of hilarious, engaging laughter, you’ll find deep…
Insight.
Insight into each other, insight into your marriage, but even more important, insight into how God is at work through many of the very things that seemed like road blocks in your relationship. Jeff and Debby’s back & forth teaching style will allow you to see and hear it from both the husband and wife’s point-of-view with…
Straight Talk.
No psycho-babble. No abstract theories. Just plain talk from the heart of their marriage to the heart of yours. Jeff and Debby are real. Before founding Forever Families, Jeff worked for IBM and Debby was a school teacher. They became so burdened for the plight of the American family, they felt compelled to do something about it. They don’t try to impress audiences, they want to minister to them. That means they have to be honest with their struggles and how God has used those struggles to strengthen their relationship. Jeff and Debby want you to walk away with more than just information, they want you to leave knowing you’ve had a life-changing…
Experience.
Throughout the conference, Jeff and Debby will use their award-winning dramas and comedies to allow you to see the teaching anchored in everyday life. They’ll give you time to share with each other. To make memories. To experience something you’ll refer back to for years as a landmark weekend in your marriage.
Disaster Relief is a ministry-based approach to impacting people for the Kingdom of God. The Georgia Baptist Convention’s motto of Serving Christ in Crisis has two implications:
We serve Christ to those persons who are victims of disaster.
When we minister to persons in need, we are serving Christ (Matthew 25:40)
The goal of Disaster Relief is to provide some measure of normalcy for the victims of a disaster event. Training for Phase 1 will take place at FBC Vidalia on January 14, 2012. If you would like to get involved in a fulfilling ministry sponsored by the Georgia Baptist Convention, sign up by clicking on the link provided at the bottom of this page.
Registration Deadline: January 6, 2012 “You must be 18 or older to participate.”
Phase 1 Training is required for all volunteers. At this training you will receive an introduction to the Disaster Relief Ministry of Georgia Baptists as well as hands-on training in one of the five ministry areas. Phase 1 trainings are held each January, February, and March in preparation for the storm season. (Training Fees if paid by registration deadline: Phase 1=$40, Recertification = $20, Cross-training in another Ministry Area = $40.)
What will it take to change a generation? Can making one pledge make a difference in the future of our children? Make “Parent a Verb”!
Though changing our parenting style is hard work, it can be done. We encourage you to begin today by taking the FamilyStrong Parenting Pledge. We believe making this five session investment can change the direction of your family, your children, and our country. These Sunday sessions will be lead by Drew Read of Paul Anderson Ministries:
January 8 – 10:20 am
January 8 – 6:00 pm
January 15 – 6:00 pm
January 22 – 6:00 pm
January 29 – 6:00 pm
The five sessions will cover the six topics
listed below:
Dangerous Trend 1: Parents vs. Culture: Will the Real Leader Please Stand Up?
This generation of parents have abdicated their place of authority and leadership, letting media and culture capture our kids’ hearts, mold their minds, and shape their future.
Dangerous Trend 2: Identity Crisis: Moving from “Who Am I” to “Whose Am I?”
Youth (even kids growing up in Christian homes) are growing up with little or no sense of their identity united to Christ. As a result, they are desperately looking for value, worth, acceptance and love in all the wrong places.
Dangerous Trend 3: Technology: Looking For Connection in All the Wrong Places
This generation is spending increasing amounts of time plugged into media (and away from real human contact); many tech trends lead kids into false and dangerous intimacy. Plus: signs that your child is caught in the technology trap.
Dangerous Trend 4: Sex, Drugs, and Porn: Entertaining Ourselves to Death
Empty, bored and looking for value and connection, youth are getting ensnared — earlier and earlier — in the traps of premarital sex, drug abuse, and porn use… with devastating immediate and long-term effects. Plus: signs that your child is involved in destructive activities (sex, drugs, porn).
Dangerous Trend 5: Depression and Suicide: Coming Up Empty vs.
Finding Our True Source
Having trusted sex, drugs, porn, perfect image and achievement, etc. to fulfill them and give them identity and worth, youth are “coming up empty” and seeing no true source for what they’re missing. Hopelessness, self-hatred and self-destruction are the logical response.
Dangerous Trend 6: It’s NOT Too Late: Winning Back the Hearts of Our Children
Most parents are either oblivious to what’s really going on in culture and their kids’ lives OR hiding their heads in the sand. Overwhelmed, they have given up the fight, and given over their kids to the culture (and the enemy).
Join the FamilyStrong parenting movement to “Make America FamilyStrong!”Take the Pledge now
ore April 29.
