Last Weekend

Decisions for Christ

Elizabeth Akers Cindy Doan Johnson Doan Ben Walker McKenna Walker

Baptisms

Margo Carrillo

Statement of Faith

Mitch Ward Chelsea Welch

June 23 & 24

Worship Attendance
1,093 1,415 2,508

Public Issues
You can register to vote today right after the worship services in the Commons. You can also stop by and have them check to make sure you are currently registered to vote. In the last general election, 50% of evangelical Christians didnt even vote! Let your voice be heard! Meet the Candidates this Sunday You can meet John Barlow (candidate for Collier Clerk of Courts), Jim Coletta (candidate for Board of County Commissioner), and Victor Ortino (candidate for Collier County Sheriff) during our next Public Issues Committee meeting this Sunday, July 1, 4-5pm in Room WC117. This is a great opportunity for you to meet and hear first-hand a little background on these three candidates, as well as where they stand on key issues. For more information, please call Ken Price at 2000448. Please bookmark our webpage and check back often for the most up-to-date information: www.fbcn.org/ publicissuescommittee

First Word

Saturday Night Sunday 9:30 a.m. Total

Register to Vote this Weekend

June 30 & July 1, 2012 First Baptist Church Naples

Financial Stewardship
2011-2012 Operating Revenues July 1, 2011 - June 24, 2012 Budget Actual Variance
$7,388,300 $7,554,061 $165,761

June 23 & 24

Bible & Life Attendance

18 807 76 729 239 1,869

Debt balance as of June 24 $7,445,820

Saturday 5:00 p.m. Saturday 7:30 p.m. Sunday 8:15 a.m. Sunday 11:00 a.m. Home Groups Total

Next Week
Deacon of the Week
July 2 - 8 Gene Hoff & Jack Adair

Wednesday Family Meal

No Family Meal on Wednesday, July 4

If you need assistance, please call the church deacon hotline at 800-732-9573. For Spanish, call 601-6051.

Touch Points
Dr. W icker on the Radio
You can hear Dr. Wicker every day at 1pm on 91.5 Kingdom FM. Dr. Wicker is also on WSOR 90.9 FM at 8pm on Sundays. There is a guest reception in the Commons immediately following the Saturday night and Sunday morning service. Please come by and meet Pastor Wicker.

Saturday, June 30
5:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m.

Weekly Schedule

Guest Reception

Bible and Life Groups/Various Rooms on Campus Worship Service/Worship Center Bible and Life Groups/Various Rooms on Campus Bible and Life Groups/Various Rooms on Campus Worship Service/Worship Center Bible and Life Groups/Various Rooms on Campus

Sunday, July 1
8:15 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m.

For more information about any of our ministries, please visit our church website at
www.facebook.com/FirstBaptistChurchNaples.

Wednesday, July 4 Thursday, June 28

6:00 p.m.

No Wednesday Evening Ministries This Week Celebrate Recovery/DC121

and like us on Facebook at

www.fbcn.org

God Bless America!

First Baptist Church Naples

3000 Orange Blossom Drive, Naples, FL 34109 Office Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Church Receptionist ............................................................. 597-6057 Enter ext. # for direct connection .......................................... 596-8600 Lighthouse Bookstore ........................................................... 449-4488 First Baptist Academy Naples .............................................. 597-2233 24-Hour Prayer Line ................................................597-PRAY (7729) Church Email .............................................................FBCN@fbcn.org

For more information about any of our ministries, please visit our church website at
www.facebook.com/FirstBaptistChurchNaples.

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Dr. Hayes W icker, Senior Pastor

Happy Birthday to a Blessed Nation

At the time of our nations birthday, we must remember Psalm 33:12: Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord. We must also remember that If the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous do? (Psalm 11:3) This is all the more important in the light of a statement by President Obama, who casually declared that the United States is not a Christian nation. We certainly have freedom for all religions to practice their faith. However, our foundation is the biblical, Judeo-Christian tradition. The Founding Fathers met in Independence Hall in Philadelphia in 1776 and created a Constitution in the year of our Lord, 1787. Janet and I have stood in that place and have given thanks to the Lord. We remembered how on September 7, 1774, our Founding Fathers had a lengthy prayer meeting, led by Rev. Jacob Duche, who read from Psalm 35. They were greatly encouraged to humble their souls (35:13), to cry out to God against increasing British pressure (35:1), and to trust the Lord. Our leaders would do well to fervently pray in these desperate days. Unfortunately, verse 24, to be judged according to our righteousness would find us as a nation desperately lacking. We dont always act, vote, or think like a Christian nation. Even as they were reading and praying through Psalm 35, some of the delegates from Massachusetts knew that British troops were attacking their homes and farms. The great John Adams wrote to his wife, Abigail: It seemed as if Heaven had ordained that Psalm to be read on that morning. Our nations birth certificate, the Declaration of Independence, mentions God four times as the source of our rights. It argues that the British king was guilty of trying to rob us of something which God had given to us. If the ACLU interpretation of strict so-called separation of church and state (which is really the separation of God and state) were correct, then the Declaration would be unconstitutional. Children would not be allowed to even read it in school. None of the Framers of our Constitution believed that a governmental connection to religion was evil, but they were opposed to an established church as a state religion as a threat to freedom of religion. Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of the Causes and Necessity for Taking Up Arms, the year before the Declaration of Independence. He was neither an atheist nor an agnostic. In that earlier document, he spoke of a reverence for our great Creator. He then spoke of the mercies of the Supreme and impartial Judge and Ruler of the universe and how we must implore His divine goodness to protect us. In other words, he wasnt a Buddhist, a Muslim, or a Hindu. He even later said, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, words chiseled in stone at the Jefferson Memorial. Our great Creator is indeed holy and just in His judgment of us as a nation. We are unworthy of His blessings, but we dare not be ungrateful. We give God thanks and praise (Psalm 35:18). As President Ronald Regan said, If we ever forget that we are one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under.

Educational Homestay Programs

Mission Opportunity - Imagine going to the mission field without the cost of a plane ticket or a hotel, no visas or passports to worry about, and best of all you dont have to leave any of the comforts of home behind. What a wonderful opportunity for us to make friends across cultural lines, to show Gods love to a lost world, and perhaps even effect personal or international futures. Educational Homestay Programs (EHP) is a non-profit division of Education First, which has arranged escorted group travel for over 140,000 international students since 1979. Groups of 17 to 34 students from one country travel to selected cities in the U.S. to live with volunteer host families and learn about American culture first hand. Several students from CHINA are coming to the Naples area July 17-30 and July 31-August 12, 2012 to improve their English language skills and experience American family life. They are under the supervision of EF staff from 8am-5:30pm Monday through Friday, attending English classes in the mornings and participating in a variety of educational activities and field trips in the afternoons. The students are fully insured and bring their own spending money. Were seeking volunteer Host Families to provide a bed, an extra plate at the table, transportation to a convenient bus stop, and a warm, loving environment - opening a door to a lasting friendship and maybe even an eternal one! To host a student, or for more information, please contact Sandra Aviles, EF EHP Program Leader at 239-450-6452 or email SandraAvilesEFNaples@ live.com. You may also check out our website at www.efhomestay.org. Jesus said, I was a stranger and you invited Me in...Whatever you did for one of the least of these, you did for Me. Matthew 25:35,40

Hardbacks $5, Paperbacks $1-$3, Bibles $10 The Lighthouse Bookstore is selling gently used and new Christian books.
Set-up outside the Lighthouse Bookstore in the Commons.

Used Book Sale!

This is the FINAL WEEKEND!

Christmas in July
Operation Christmas Child - We invite you to come and be part of this exciting ministry. We are wrapping shoe boxes to help show the love of Jesus through the power of a simple gift. Our first wrapping party is Tuesday, July 10 in WC117 from 9am until noon. Come and join the fun! Mark your calendar for the next two wrapping parties, same time and same place on August 7 and September 27.

Community Outreach
Blood Drive - Please help save a life by donating blood next Sunday, July 8 in the FBCN Church Parking Lot. Please call 4365455 to schedule a time.

Student Ministry
78 Summer Camp - This is for incoming 7th & 8th grade students August 3-6 at Lake Placid. $50 deposit will reserve your spot! Sizzlin Summer 2012 - High Schoolers, check out our Sizzlin Summer Calendar on the High School Ministry Facebook page at facebook.com/ HSMFirstBaptistNaples. For more details on any Student Ministry event, please call 449-4480. S.O.S. - Sponsor One Student for Middle School Camp Scholarship - We want as many students to go to camp as possible. However, some students cannot afford to go. The price for camp is $250 for Middle School. If you are able to Sponsor One Student, either in full or in part, please make checks payable to FBCN and indicate Youth Camp in the memo field. If you have any questions, please call the student ministry office at 449-4480.

New Arrivals
Jayden Matthew David Jansen - Jayden was born on June 14, 2012 weighing 7 pounds, 8 ounces and measuring 19 1/2 inches. Proud parents are David & Kara, and big brother is Christopher. Kaleb Thomas Jewell - Kaleb was born on June 14, 2012 weighing 8 pounds, 2 ounces and measuring 20 inches. Proud parents are Chris & Amy, and big sisters are Kaylee & Emma.

Janet W ickers New Devotional On Sale

The Hidden Person of the Heart - Your adornment must not be merely external...let it be the hidden person of the heart with the ` imperishable quality of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in the sight of God. 1 Peter 3:3-4. That was the theme verse for this years Southern Baptist Convention Ministers Wives Luncheon. The event was held on Tuesday, June 19th in New Orleans, Louisiana. Janet Wicker was selected as president of the luncheon and was joined by the main speaker, Mary Kassian, as they co-hosted this years event. Janet Wicker has prepared a wonderful devotional book and gathered commentaries on different passages of scriptures from other ministers wives. These commentaries have been collected and put together into one fantastic devotional book. This book was debuted at the conference and is now made available for purchase on our website by going to www.fbcn.org/sbc.

Missions Kiosk
Missions Kiosk This Weekend - C2 Mission Trip - Our church college students will be doing a Horse Camp Mission Trip in Lynch, Kentucky July 27-August 4. They will be working with Meridzo Ministries running a horse camp for teenagers. Please consider donating money for riding helmets or for those that cant afford to go. Stop by the Missions Kiosk this weekend to see how you can help!

Staff Anniversaries for July

Kim Buchanan Sarah Crain Jennifer Carter Sandy Graham Leigh Anne Bates Keith Scott Preschool Ministry Assistant FBA Guidance Counselor/Admissions FBA First Grade Teacher Ministry Assistant FBA High School Principal Part-time AVL 11 years 5 years 3 years 3 years 1 year 1 year