FIRST MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH

First Missionary Baptist Church
Weekly Announcements
August 11-17, 2024

Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted

Please continue to lift the family of Brother Elve Jones, Sr. in your prayers. He transitioned on Friday, August 2, 2024. He was the brother of Sisters Daisy, Loretha and Janice Jones and the father of Brother Elvis Jones. Services have been entrusted to Hopkins Mortuary. Arrangements are pending.

FMBC Morning Prayer

Beloved, FMBC will hold its Morning Prayer each morning at 6:30 A.M. via Zoom. Please join us as we start our morning with praising and giving thanks to our God. You can use the QR code printed to the right or the Dial-in Number and Meeting ID (Dial-in Number: 301-715-8592, Meeting ID: 876 0809 4552) to access the Zoom. All members are encouraged to participate.

Prayer Meeting and Bible Study
Prayer Meeting and Bible Study will resume in-person on Wednesday, August 14^th, 2024, at 7:00 P.M. Youth Bible Study will meet at 6:30 P.M.

-Pastor Rich

Pastor Rich’s 12^th Pastoral Anniversary

On Sunday, August 18, 2024, we will celebrate Pastor Jeremy G. Rich’s 12^th Pastoral Anniversary. The theme for this event is “Honoring 12 Years of Communal and Visionary Leadership” and comes from the scriptures Romans 12:6-8 and Habakkuk 2:2. Rev. Jeffrey E. Mills of the Historic Seventeenth Avenue Missionary Baptist Church of Anniston, Alabama will bring the morning message and members are asked to wear African attire. Rev. Ananias Hopkins, III of the St. Mary Missionary Baptist Church of Baconton, Georgia will bring the afternoon message (3:00 P.M.) and members are asked to wear orange and green attire. Please come out and support as we honor our Pastor and celebrate 12 years of service to First Missionary Baptist Church.

Sister Betty Jones, Pastoral Anniversary Chairwoman

FMBC Finance Board

There will be a Finance Board Meeting on Monday, August 19, 2024, at 6:00 P.M. in the Dr. I.L. Mullins Fellowship Hall. All members are asked to attend and be on time.

Deacon Eugene Conner, Finance Board Chair

FMBC Leadership Meeting

There will a Leadership Meeting on Thursday, August 22, 2024, at 6:00 P.M. in the Dr. I.L. Mullins Fellowship Hall. All leaders (Deacons, Trustees, Deaconesses and Mothers, Ministry Leaders, etc.) are asked to attend and bring their leadership binder.

Fellowship Opportunity

First Missionary Baptist Church has been invited to participate in the culminating worship experience of the First African Baptist Church’s 159th Church Anniversary on Webster Street in Bainbridge, Georgia. This service will take place Sunday, August 25, 2024, at 3:00 P.M. Reverend Spencer B. Wilson, Pastor. Our Deacons, Deaconesses and Mothers, Ushers, Choirs, and Members are asked to come to participate in this worship experience. Pastor Rich will bring the message.

Please Remember To Visit & Pray for Our Members

I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills, from whence cometh my help. My help cometh from the
Lord, which made heaven and earth. Psalms 121:1-2