ANNOUNCEMENTS

This Saturday is our Back to School event at Anderson Elementary! If you didn't sign up to come and still want to, by all means please come. Children are welcomed and it will be a great opportunity to have them be blessed to help other children. Be at Anderson Elementary a little before 2 and we'll give out backpacks, jeans and school supplies until 5. If you have any questions, call Brenda at 918-760-6505.
Anderson Elementary (K-5)
1921 East 29 Street North
Tulsa Oklahoma 74110

For Sunday, August 14:
– Regular Morning Schedule
– Pastor’s First Glance Class #2 at 9:45 a.m.
– Deadline to sign up for the Annual Men’s Retreat, August 19 & 20
– CrossOver at 5:00 p.m.
– No Other PM Activities on Sundays in August

MEN: The deadline is this Sunday! FBC’s Annual Men’s Retreat will be held at Tulakogee on August 19 & 20. The theme, “Goin’ Deep into the Depths of God”, is inspired by I Corinthians 2:10 and Dr. Calvin Miller will be our featured speaker and Ken Holland will be the musician. There will also be both golf and fishing offered. Sign-up by going online at www.tulsafbc.org or at the table set up in the Detroit Entrance this Sunday.

The Pastor’s First Glance Class concludes this Sunday, August 14. If you have recently joined or have been visiting FBC Tulsa and would like to take a closer look at our fellowship of believers, this class is for you. The class will meet in the Church Parlor at 9:45 a.m. and will be led by our Lead Pastor, Deron Spoo.

Community Improvement Day is coming up on Saturday, August 27. Our church family will be serving in multiple locations throughout Tulsa during the morning and afternoon. Projects will include improving school campuses, landscaping, painting, cleaning, covering graffiti, picking up trash, and other acts of kindness. We strongly encourage parents and children to serve together and there will be a number of “family friendly” projects for parents with children. For reservations, sign up in your Adult LIFE Groups or call the Community Ministries Office at 918- 594-5073.

LADIES: Please look under Women’s Ministry below for information concerning the four Bible and Book Studies being offered this Fall.

Wednesday Nights in August at FBCT:
a) Preschoolers, 3’s through Pre-K, have Team Kid in Room 207 North – Team Kid ends August 31
b) Children, Grades 1-6, have Team Kid in Room 319 North – Team Kid ends August 31
c) Students have Ichthus in The Student Underground – Ichthus ends August 24
d) Adults have The Bible in 90 Days program in Kaffe Bona – This program ends August 31

Calendar Highlights for August
No Sunday Evening Activities in August – except for the
Leaders’ One Day Training Event on August 28, 4:30 to 7:30 p.m.
17 Children’s Summer Day Camp Ends
18 Finance Committee Meeting
19-20 FBC’s Men’s Retreat at Tulakogee
21 Preschool Worship – Big Church Event
22 Deacons’ Meeting
24 WMU Council Meeting
Student Ichthus Ends
25 First Steps Program’s Open House
27 Community Improvement Day, 9 am to 3 pm
28 FBC’s Leaders’ One Day Training Event for all LIFE, Elevate &
Sunday School Leaders
31 Preschool & Children’s TeamKid Ends
Student C-Groups’ Kick-Off Night

Missions
FBC’s August Mission Action Project helps support our Prayer Shawl & Lap Quilt Ministry. This wonderful ministry supplies handmade shawls and quilts to our members, going through difficult periods in their lives, by providing them with a physical symbol of God’s love which they can wrap themselves in or touch to feel His presence. You can help restock the supplies needed by those who volunteer in this ministry. A prayer shawl requires 500 yards, usually 5 large skeins of the same color, of “heavy” yarn. The ministry also needs quilt batting, “fat quarters”, remnants, and/or 2 yard lengths of 100% cotton fabric for quilt backing. These items may be placed in the Mission Action containers which are located around the church. Beginners and new volunteers to the ministry are always welcomed. For more information, please contact Sharon McDaniel at 918-459-4968.

Preschool Ministry
In August:
a) The Big Church Event, for families with Pre-K & Kindergarten children, will be held on Sunday, August 21, from 12:00 Noon to 1:30 p.m. Parents, this will be an introduction to Preschool Worship, Big Church and an orientation for the First Grade Sunday School. Lunch will be served in Fellowship Hall at noon and there will be games in the Student Center. For reservations, please call the Preschool Ministries Office, 918-594-5028, by Thursday, August 18.
b) Summer Day Camp is for all boys and girls who have completed Kindergarten through Grade 6. Summer Day Camp will end on Wednesday, August 17.
c) Wednesday nights are for TEAM KID, 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. All boys and girls, 3’s through Pre-K, will meet in Room 207 North. TeamKid will end on Wednesday, August 31.

Women’s Ministry
There are four Bible and Book Studies being offered to women this Fall. Prices vary from $12 to $17 and scholarships are available. Childcare will be offered on all studies except the DownPour study. For childcare reservations, please contact Cindy Seay in the Preschool Ministry Office, 918-594-5028. For additional information about the studies, please contact individuals leading the study.
a) “Loved by God”, by Liz Curtis Higgs, will be held every Wednesday, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., beginning September 7. This seven week course will be led by Jill Willey, with possibly a second study, in Room 410 North. Does the Lord love us when we fail him? When we run in the wrong direction? Is God’s love enough? Liz answers those vital questions in a unique, heart-changing way, bringing to life the ancient stories of Jacob and Leah for 21st Century women. Her research is thorough and her style is appropriate for women at all ages and stages. Liz has one goal in mind: reaching women’s hearts with God’s life-changing love. For more information, please email jilwilley@aol.com.
b) “A Woman's Heart, God's Dwelling Place”, by Beth Moore, will be held every Wednesday, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., beginning September 7. This eleven week course will be led by Pam Rader in Room 410 North. The study is taken primarily from the Old Testament book of Exodus and it takes you on a journey into why God would choose to live in a wilderness tabernacle made by human hands. You will explore the parallels between the physical tabernacle and the tabernacle of the human heart in this fascinating account of the building of the tabernacle, the significance of its intricate design, its pivotal role in God's eternal plan, and its variety of meanings for women today. For more information, please email pkrader@tulsaconnect.com.
c) “DownPour, He Will Come to Us Like the Rain”, by James MacDonald, will be held every Thursday, 12:00 Noon to 1:00 p.m., beginning September 8. This twelve week course will be led by Terry Moore in Room 410 North. This study can provide an absolute soaking of God’s Spirit for your walk with Him. Maybe you are experiencing a season where your relationship with God seems empty and dry. Does your heart long for an encounter with God that will refresh your love for Him and saturate you with more joy than anything you have known before? You can experience spiritual renewal and victory. Consider your dry spell over and bring on the downpour. For more information, please email tessamoore27@hotmail.com. There is no childcare for this study.
d) “Always True: God's Promises When Life Is Hard“, by James MacDonald, will be held every Tuesday, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., starting September 20. This seven week course will be led by Susan Jacobs at CenterCross Church at 61st & Mingo. The study will lead to an understanding of the nature of God’s promises, which are always true whether in good times or during trials in the believer’s life. During an extended season of personal crises in his life, James discovered that God’s promises are always true and that we can trust God to be faithful to His word no matter what we face. These universal promises are based on biblical truths and principles that will provide hope to all believers who face hardship. For more information, please email jsjacobs53@msn.com.