Decisions for Christ

Professions of Faith Rosemarie Fresa Lance Hutchison Deborah Kendall Aaron Larimore Robin Morisma

February 23 & 24
Saturday Night Sunday 9:30 a.m. Sunday 11:00 a.m. Total Sunday Night Monday Night

Worship Attendance
1,638 2,072 1,443 5,153 1,530 970

Special Easter Worship Services Invite your family and friends! Good Friday Service March 29 at 7:00pm Worship Center
Join us for a special night of reflection and celebration of the Lords Supper, featuring our combined worship teams. Limited childcare will be available for infants through five years of age.

$5,068,328

2012-2013 Operating Revenues July 1, 2012 - Feb 24, 2013 Budget Actual Variance

Financial Stewardship

February 23 & 24
Saturday 5:00 p.m. Saturday 7:30 p.m. Sunday 8:15 a.m. Sunday 9:30 a.m. Sunday 11:00 a.m. Home Groups Total

Bible & Life Attendance

30 762 146 461 853 773 3,025

$4,873,332 ($194,996)

Debt balance as of Feb 24 $6,209,343 Deacon of the Week March 4 - 10 Gary Cuozzo & Eldon Loveless
If you need assistance, please call the church deacon hotline at 800-732-9573. For Spanish, call 601-6051.

Meal for March 6 (4:45 p.m.-6 p.m. in the Fellowship Recreation-Gym) Tenderloin Tips with Egg Noodles, Salad, Veggie, Dessert
Tickets may be purchased at the Lighthouse Cafe during regular business hours or at the door for $6 each or $25 for a family (immediate family residing in home). Alternate choices include grilled chicken breast, hamburger, pizza, or a ` grilled hot dog.

Wednesday Family Meal

Easter Resurrection Services

Classes for infants through 4th grade during worship. All Bible and Life Groups are cancelled.

Saturday, March 30 6:00pm

Limited childcare available for infants through five years of age. All Bible and Life Groups are cancelled.

Sunday, March 31 8:00am, 9:30am, or 11:00am

Weekly Schedule
Saturday, March 2
5:00 p.m. 6:00 p.m. 7:30 p.m. 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 Worship Service: Worship Center Bible and Life Groups: Various Rooms on Campus RefresHer Womens Ministry: Worship Center (east side) Family Meal: Fellowship Recreation-Gym AWANA: Education Building Band of Brothers Mens Ministry: Chapel RefresHer Womens Ministry: Worship Center (east side) High School Ministry: Student Center Middle School Ministry: Family Life Center-Gym Choir Rehearsal: Choir Room Orchestra Rehearsal: Worship Center

Guest Reception
There is a guest reception in the Commons following the Saturday night and Sunday morning 11am services. Pastor Wicker would love to meet you!

Sunday, March 3
8:15 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. 9:00 a.m. 4:45 p.m. 6:20 p.m. 6:25 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. 8:00 p.m.

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Tuesday, March 5

Wednesday, March 6

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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

First Baptist Church Naples

Other events this week include: Beach Baptism, Public Issues Meeting, PraiseKids, Project56, Resonate, Quilting & Sewing, MOPS, Prayer for our Pastors, HOPE, Celebrate Recovery, and Grief Share. Please see our weekly schedule at www.fbcn.org/weeklyschedule.

Stretching
Im stiff. No, I like to have fun, but age and multiple back injuries have left their impact. I didnt realize how stiff I was until I went to premier physical therapist and member of our church, Greg Collins. A long-time, fervent golfer, he understands how to use stretching exercises to work every part of your body. I didnt realize how tight my thighs and hamstrings were! As I continue to struggle with daily discipline, I try to think: tuck, hold, arch, pull, etc. I hook the strap onto my leg or I bend against a wall. All real athletes (unlike Methuselah Wicker) take this seriously. Loving golf as I do, I want a better hip, waist, back, and shoulder turn (the left shoulder behind the ball, please). I just imagine myself loading up and hitting through at impact. Now I am not about to get a pink driver like Bubba Watson or adopt an Irish accent like Rory McIlroy. Nor will I use a stretching pole to work on my swing like pro Dustin Johnson in order to increase range of motion to hit it long and strong. God is constantly trying to stretch us, pushing us out of our comfort zone, challenging our stiffness that we might move forward in expectant faith. He wants us to get out of the sand traps and into the Fathers fairway. Some of you who are older think that you are too stiff to change or accomplish anything. Remember that Michelangelo completed the Pieta at age 87. Colonel Sanders launched an empire well past senior discount time. Most importantly, we want to be like Caleb, Joshuas sidekick, who fully followed the Lord in his 80s and wanted one of the toughest, tallest mountains in Canaan to conquer. We meet Steve Silver, founder of Mens Golf Fellowship, this weekend. Guys, if you are near or in retirement, you need to read his book, New Man Journey, along with my Forward, to be challenged to find true fulfillment. God wants us to expect Ephesians 3:20 answers to prayer, as He does exceedingly abundant above all that we could ask or think. He wants us to pray and believe with a Jabez-like audacity: Bless me indeed and enlarge my border (1 Chronicles 4:10). Our love must abound still more and more (Philippians 1:9). We must be willing to step out to go to the land that God will show us like Abraham (Genesis 12:1). Also, ask God to help you to give financially since there is no limit to the resources for His house (1 Chronicles 22:16). The hope of the gospel is increasing to more and more (Colossians 1:6) as we depend on Him to get us out of our comfort zone to share Him with others. Your stretching may be uncomfortable at first, but it shouldnt be painful, only joyful. Oh God, extend Your Hand in our midst (Acts 4:30-31). Stretch!!!
Dr. Hayes Wicker Senior Pastor

This Week

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Upcoming Events

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Protected Harbor is at the Missions Kiosk in the Commons this weekend. This is a faith-based, non-profit organization, whose sole purpose is to glorify God through raising funds to pay for the construction and on-going operation of group homes for developmentally disabled adults. To that end, we have a $250,000 matching gift offer. Every dollar you give towards building our next home becomes two dollars. Please visit us in the Missions Kiosk this weekend.

Missions Kiosk

Race will be on Saturday, April 6 at 7:30am at FBCN. Everyone gets shirts, and prizes will be awarded. Registration fee is one new pair of childrens shoes (bring the day of the race) to be given to a child in Immokalee. Register by March 20 online at runforimmokalee.com. All Juniors and Seniors join us on April 12-13 in Orlando, Florida. For more information, please call 596-8600 x224. Scholarship applications and information are now online for college or seminary students who are FBCN members and meet all the criteria. Deadline to apply is May 1. Please go online at fbcn.org/college for all criteria, information, and application. For questions, email or call Rhonda at rwright@fbcn.org or 5968600 x259.

Run for Immokalee

This weekend, March 2 & 3, Steve Silver will be signing his new book New Man Journey in our Lighthouse Bookstore after all worship services. This book is vital for men who are seeking to know who they are and what they should do with the rest of their lives Dr. Paul Dixon. Forward by Dr. Wicker.

Steve Silver Book Signing

Junior/Senior Weekend

Christian Vocation Seminary/College Scholarships

Our next meeting will be Sunday, March 3 at 4:00pm in AD145 (Administration Building, large conference room). Anyone is welcome to join us if you would like to find out how to make a difference in this church and our community by making people aware of issues that effect all of us. Our next class is on Monday, March 4 at 6:30pm in WC117. We have lots of donated material and need help making quilts to give to a new baby or send to an orphanage in Guatemala. You can also bring your own project. If you are a beginner, join us and we will teach you some of the basics of sewing and help you select a project. If you have any questions, contact Pam at pcole@fbcn. org/272-5583, or Kathy at kadair@johnrwood.com/370-2592.

Public Issues Meeting

News
Dr. Hayes Wicker, Jr. Jimmy Hill Dale Lewis

FBCN Staff Anniversaries for March

Senior Pastor Director of Single Parent Ministry Security Associate

Quilting and Sewing Class

21 years 19 years 5 years

FBCN dual member Richard (Dick) Sheveland passed away on February 18 in WI. We express our sympathy to his family. Elizabeth Kelber passed away on February 22. We express our sympathy to her family. Our BLGs meet on Saturday nights at 7:30pm. The college group (ages 1823ish) meets in DC115 and the career group (ages 24-30ish) meets in DC117. On Sunday mornings both groups meet in DC115 at 11:00am. We are also going through Chip Ingrams series called Culture Shock on Sunday nights at the Coles home (9062 Autumn Haze Drive). We have dinner at 6:30pm with the Bible study starting around 7pm, and we finish with fellowship eating hot cookies. If you have any questions about the C2 ministry, call/text/email Pam at 272-5583/pcole@fbcn.org or Terry at 572-3316 tcole@hmeng.com. Experience the joy of helping financially challenged individuals of Collier County on Saturday, March 23. Everyone can serve if you are over 10 years old. We need greeters, car drivers, food distribution, mechanics (no experience necessary), faith counselors, and traffic directors. Go to www.fbcn.org/carcare, call 596-8600 x617, or email carcare@fbcn.org for more information.

Absent from the Body, Present with the Lord

H.O.P.E. is for any married lady struggling with infertility, infant loss, or adoption loss. Our next meeting is Thursday, March 7 at 6:30 p.m. in Room DC111. For more information, please call Sue at 596-8600 x582.

Helping Others through Pregnancy Encouragement

College/Career Bible Studies

Upcoming Events

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The Weekend of March 23 & 24

Daylight Savings Time returns on Sunday, March 10. Set your clocks ahead one hour before you go to bed Saturday night, March 9 as you spring forward. During Spring Break Week on Wednesday, March 13, Mens & Womens Ministries will combine at 6:30pm as Mark DeMoss comes to speak to us. Monday, March 18 at 6:30pm in Room DC121 (Discipleship Center, across the hall from KidzTown). Led by Senior Pastor Hayes Wicker, this is a dinner seminar for those who are new to FBCN, want to join the church, or would like more information about our church and ministries. Please RSVP at 596-8600 x679. Childcare must be reserved separately by calling 596-8600 x360.

Daylight Savings Time

Car Care Volunteers Needed

Mens & Womens Ministries Combined

Discovering First Baptist Church Naples

Sunday, March 10 at 7:00pm in the Worship Center

Broadway artist J. Mark McVey will be performing. There is no cost, but a love offering will be taken. Mark made his Broadway debut as Jean Valjean in Les Miserables after having won the Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Lead Actor while on tour with the show. He has played the role of Jean Valjean in over 3,000 performances. He was also the first American to perform the role in Londons West End. Mark made his Carnegie Hall debut with Mr. Marvin Hamlisch in April 1997 and has been a guest artist with numerous symphonies around the world. Mark has a wonderful Christian testimony and this is a great outreach!

Sacred & Inspirational Concert

This will be on Thursday, March 28 6:30pm-9pm. Bring your flashlight! Register by calling 596-8600 x224. We are also collecting plastic eggs and individually wrapped candies for this hunt. Please place your donations in the colorful collection bins located throughout the campus.

Middle School Moonlight Event

FBCN is seeking to hire a part-time (20 hours a week) Audio/Video Technician. Applicants must have experience with Audio Control Consoles and be able to lift heavy equipment (50 lbs). Hours are flexible, but nights and weekends will be required. Please apply online at www.fbcn.org/employment. FBAs 4th grade teacher, Mrs. Tammie Mihet, partnered with Microsoft to present a Gesture-Based Learning workshop for educators at the Florida Education Technology Convention (FETC) in Orlando. This emerging technology provides a new tool for the proverbial Teacher Toolbox. Mrs. Mihet encouraged teachers to think outside the X-Box!

FBCN Employment Opportunity

FBA Teacher Mrs. Tammie Mihet