First Baptist Needville
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Deacon Prayer
Bill Hester
Welcome –Student Pastors Ethan and Sara Hoover
Am I a Soldier of the Cross
At the Cross
Easter through the Hymn of Isaac Watts
O God Our Help in Ages Past
I Sing the Mighty Power of God
Alas and Did My Savior Bleed
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
Come We that Love the Lord
Palm Sunday
The Revelation of Messiah
Pastor Jeff Kluttz
Commitment Song
Wherever He Leads I’ll Go
Announcements
Parting Song
The Family Prayer Song
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Sunday9:30 am Bible Study for all ages 10:30 am Fellowship Breakfast 11:00 am Worship 1:30 pm Splash Camp Fundraiser
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Monday1-3 pm Women's Bible Study
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Tuesday8:30 am First Academy
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Wednesday5:00 pm Supper (by reservation) 6:00 pm CLUB 3:16 and FUSION 6:30 pm Zechariah
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Thursday8:30 am First Academy 6:30 pm Praise Band Rehearsal
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Breakfast at 10:30 on Sundays
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Pastor Jeff Kluttz |
We wish you the warmest welcome to First Baptist Church and are glad you have chosen to worship with us today. Our continual prayer is that our services will glorify God through his worship and the preaching of his word.
As our guest, we ask you to consider filling out a Connect Card. We’d love to know you were with us today and share a gift with you if possible. Likewise, please browse the FBCN Web App using the menus above. Through this app you can learn about our ministries, interact with us and even catch up on sermons from earlier in our schedule that you may have missed. We stream our services each week and archive them after a few months. It’s likely that you joined us in the middle of a series, but all earlier contents are available if you wish to catch up on our current study. Our app is also a permanent point of contact through the same Connect Card. If you make a decision, have a prayer request, or otherwise would like to interact with us, please feel free to submit a card with your request.
FBC Needville is oriented toward the historic understanding of the five-function church mission. Discipleship, Evangelism, Fellowship, Ministry, and Worship are the heart and soul of our practice as we orient ourselves toward these essential functions regularly. We have teams of faithful and dedicated workers serving in each of these ministry focuses year around. We also hope that you will find us a welcoming and friendly church. We’re truly glad you are with us and will do whatever we can to make our ministry to you worth your time and involvement.
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Rick Branan |
You will say to me, therefore, “Why then does he still find fault? For who resists his will?” On the contrary, who are you, a human being, to talk back to God? Will what is formed say to the one who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?” Or has the potter no right over the clay, to make from the same lump one piece of pottery for honor and another for dishonor?
Romans 9:19-21 (CSBBible)
Adelaide Addison Pollard was known as a remarkable, saintly woman but one who lived the life of a mystic. She was born on November 27, 1862, at Bloomfield, Iowa. She was named, Sarah, by her parents, but because of her later dislike for this name, she adopted the name, Adelaide. After an early training in elocution and physical culture, she moved to Chicago, Illinois, during the 1880’s and taught in several girls’ schools.
During this time, she became rather well-known as an itinerant Bible teacher. Later, she became involved in the evangelistic ministry of Alexander Dowie, assisting him in his healing services. She, herself, claimed to have been healed of diabetes in this manner. Still later, she became involved in the ministry of another evangelist named Sanford, who was emphasizing the imminent return of Christ.
Miss Pollard desired to travel and minister in Africa, but when these plans failed to materialize, she spent several years teaching at the Missionary Training School at Nyack-on-the-Hudson. She finally got to Africa for a short time, just prior to World War I and then spent most of the war years in Scotland.
Following the war, she returned to America and continued to minister throughout New England, even though by now she was very frail and in poor health. Miss Pollard wrote a number of other hymn texts throughout her life, although no one knows exactly how many, since she never wanted any recognition for her accomplishments. Most of her writings were signed simply AAP. “Have Thine Own Way, Lord!” is her only hymn still in use today.
Donna Marie Hartley
Have Thine Own Way
Have thine own way, Lord!
Have thine own way!
Thou art the potter,
I am the clay.
Mold me and make me
after thy will,
while I am waiting,
yielded and still.
Have thine own way, Lord!
Have thine own way!
Search me and try me,
Savior today!
Wash me just now, Lord,
wash me just now,
as in thy presence
humbly I bow.
Have thine own way, Lord!
Have thine own way!
Wounded and weary,
help me I pray!
Power, all power,
surely is thine!
Touch me and heal me,
Savior divine!
Have thine own way, Lord!
Have thine own way!
Hold o'er my being
absolute sway.
Fill with thy Spirit
till all shall see
Christ only, always,
living in me!
Written by Adelaide A. Pollard
This hymn has a special place in my life. On a Tuesday night in the spring of my fourth-grade year, my church was holding a revival. This was the last of several invitation hymns sung that night. The Holy Spirit was convicting me of my sin, and I surrendered my life to Christ as my Savior and Lord.
In our focal passage, Paul asks the question, “How can we, as humans, talk back to God?” Yet we do it all of the time. Lord, if you will get me through this crisis, I’ll be your man. God, I need your help with my kids because I haven’t been the spiritual leader of my family. What God wants from us is a relationship based on His love and our obedience. Paul goes on to say that the potter has the power to form the clay as he sees fit. God has given us an ability to choose. We must choose obedience to His will and way. Let Him be the Potter.
Adelaide Pollard’s final stanza proclaims, “Have thine own way, Lord! Hold o'er my being absolute sway. Fill with thy Spirit till all shall see Christ only, always, living in me!” Have you surrendered to the Potter in every aspect of your life? It starts by repenting of your sins and continues by asking Christ to be Lord of your life, giving Him absolute sway. Let Christ live in you.
Just pondering . . . Bro. Rick
April 2025
13 Regular Sunday Morning schedule
Palm Sunday Easter Music
Splash Camp Fundraiser
14 Women's Bible Study (1-3pm)
16 Regular Wednesday schedule
20 Regular Sunday Morning schedule
Easter Sunday
21 Women's Bible Study (1-3pm)
23 Regular Wednesday schedule
25 Men's Prayer Breakfast
27 Regular Sunday Morning schedule
Quarterly Business Meeting (6:00 pm)
28 Women's Bible Study (1-3pm)
30 Regular Wednesday schedule
FUNDRAISER
for Preteen Splash Camp on April 13, Sunday from 1:30p-5:00p after church
(lunch provided)
LEARN HOW TO KNIT WITH YOUR HANDS! We’ll make a scarf or rug --- your choice.
Class tickets are available online. REGISTER by 4/6.
(Register & pay online so we ensure an accurate headcount.)
See Karen Krause or Courtney Velasquez if you have questions.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hand-knitting-fundraiser-tickets-1278203604389
SHARE the link with others! Only those who have the LINK gain access to the event to purchase tickets.
Wednesday Menu Board
April 16
Salad
Greek Chicken and Potatoes
Greek Apple Turnovers
April 23
Salad
Stacked Enchiladas
Ice Cream
April 30
Salad
Baked Ziti
Ice Cream
Blessing Box Ministry
We now have
A NEW BLESSING BOX
(Food/Prayer Pantry)
Thanks David!
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Have Food
Give Food
Need Food
Take Food
Please feel free to donate
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For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in. “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me. Matthew 25:35 and 40
-Woman’s Ministry Team
Today’s Topic: The Revelation of Messiah
Bold: Series Title Red: Special Emphasis
Highlight: Lord’s Supper
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Series: The Gifts of the Spirit
April 13 - Palm Sunday Easter Music - The Revelation of Messiah
April 20 - Easter Sunday - The Application of Messiah (Lord's Supper)
April 27 - The Speaking Gifts
May 4 - The Call to Use Our Gifts
Anyone can activate our Prayer Chain: For your needs and the needs of others, simply call anyone on this list to activate the prayer chain.
PRAYER CHAIN Updated 4/10/2022
FULL NAME PHONE NUMBER
Bev Altimore 832-465-3101
Randy & Gale LaCoe 979-793-5967
Mary Martinez 832-757-2226
Leanne Bourgeois 832-595-7344
Judith Moeckel 281-615-4891
Dolores Woody 972-242-1951
Steffany Kluttz 281-928-7496
Connie Cahajla 281-813-8807
Marilyn Foraker 979-292-6475
Jeff Kluttz 713-516-5994
Rick Branan 281-239-5391
Mildred Moeckel 713-240-0232
First Baptist Church NeedvilleJanuary – December 2024Budget 2024 YTD $240,538 Income – Jan-Sep $285,541 Expenses – Jan-Sept $233, 785 Net $ 51,756 |
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The 2024 Fourth Quarter Giving included several end of year gifts helping the church close out 2024 in the black. Praise the Lord! Please continue to generously support the ministries of our church.
The Stewardship Team reinvested the CD using monies from our special funds. The interest earned for 2024 was $4,979.
Praying for our church has started showing real tangible benefits – God is putting it on people’s hearts to step up to meet the demand of His church in unprecedented ways. Multiple members are giving specifically to funds that are meaningful to them. In addition to traditional funds supported - like STCH, Youth, and Ukraine Relief - new funds receiving support include Meals, Bereavement, Lights, Local Projects, Piano Fund, Breakfast, and Outreach. At least two new ministries of the church have been newly enacted – the Blessing Box and the Women's Ministry – both which reach out to our community. We encourage all Members to find a ministry or need of the church and participate in fulling that mission, either thru volunteering or thru financial support.
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