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--------------------------------------FIRST MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH 2020 SPECIAL EVENTS CALENDAR JANUARY 1 New Year’s Day – Church Office Closed

5 Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM (Baptism & Communion) 8 Annual Church Meeting 6:30 PM 11 Greater Huntsville Interdenominational Ministerial Fellowship (GHIMF) Meeting 10:00 AM 12 Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM 13-16 Mid-Winter Board Meeting of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc., Arlington, Texas 15 GHIMF Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration at Union Hill Primitive Baptist Church 7:00 PM 19 Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM 20 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day – Church Office Closed 22 Adjourned Session of the Alabama State Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.

Mount Ararat Missionary Baptist Church, Selma, Alabama 22 Bible Study Resumes 12:00 PM & 6:30 PM

24-25 2020 Discipleship Bowl Weekend 25 Bi-Annual Leadership Conference 10:00 AM 26 Sunday School Super Sunday – Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM

FEBRUARY 2 Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM (Baptism & Communion)

9 Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM Bi-Annual Fellowship Service with First Baptist Church, Governor’s Drive 6:30 PM

16 JRSCDCA Sunday – Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM 23 National Brotherhood Recognition – Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM 26 Ash Wednesday Services 12:00 Noon and 7:00 PM 27 JRSCDCA Black History Program 7:00 PM 29 ‘Sing to the Rafters’ with Dr. James Abbington 9:30 AM

MARCH 1 Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM (Baptism & Communion)

1-7 The Black Church Week of Prayer for the Healing of AIDS 8 Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM 15 Pastor Emeritus Sunday – Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM

Reverend Dr. Julius R. Scruggs, preaching 22 Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM 29 5th Sunday Café 8:00 AM & Celebrate 140 Sunday – Celebration of Christian Worship 9:30 AM

APRIL 4 JRSCDCA Children’s Ball 6:00 PM

5 Palm Sunday – Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM (Baptism & Communion) 6-8 Passion Week Lecture Series 7:00 PM Reverend Dr. Demetrius K. Williams, Community Baptist Church, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 9 Maundy Thursday Worship Service (with Communion) 7:00 PM

Elder Jaymes Mooney, preaching, Saint Bartley’s Primitive Baptist Church, Huntsville, Alabama 10 Good Friday Commemoration 7:00 PM 11 Children & Youth Easter ‘Eggstravaganza’ 12 Easter Sunday – Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM Children’s Easter Presentation 9:45 AM 13-18 Ministry Spring Break 19 Senior Ushers Recognition – Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM 25 Pastor & People Project 26 Pastoral Anniversary Sunday – Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM

Reverend Michael R. Lomax, preaching, Westwood Baptist Church, Richmond, Virginia

MAY 3 Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM (Baptism & Communion) 9 Keenage Workshop 10 Mother’s Day – Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM 17 Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM 24 Intermediate Ushers Recognition – Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM 25 Memorial Day – Church Office Closed 25-30 Church Cultural Immersion Trip to the Bahamas 31 5th Sunday Café 8:00 AM & Celebrate 140 Sunday – Celebration of Christian Worship 9:30 AM

JUNE 7 Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM (Baptism & Communion)

8-13 Youth Empowerment Week 14 Youth Sunday – Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM Elder Myka Lyn Hambrick, preaching, Mount Olive Baptist Church, Nashville, Tennessee 15-18 Annual Session of Women’s Convention of the Alabama State Missionary Baptist Convention, Inc.

Greater Mount Olive Baptist Church #2, Mobile, Alabama 15-19 Family Vacation Bible School 21 Father’s Day – Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM 22-26 115th Annual Session of the Congress of Christian Education of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc.,

Kansas City, Missouri

27 Local Missions Project 28 Missions Sunday – Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM

Reverend Dr. David Emmanuel Goatley, preaching, Duke Divinity School, Durham, North Carolina

JULY 3 Independence Day Observed – Church Office Closed 5 Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM (Baptism & Communion) 6-9 “Take Me Back” Revival 7:00 PM

Reverend John W. McVicker, preaching, Christ The King Baptist Church, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Reverend Dr. Gina Stewart, preaching, Christ Missionary Baptist Church, Memphis, Tennessee

12 Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM 17-18 Men’s Weekend 19 Men’s Day – Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM

Reverend Dr. Donald D. Moore, preaching, Mount Carmel Baptist Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 22-26 22nd Baptist World Congress of the Baptist World Alliance, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 26 Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM 27-29 Alabama State Congress of Christian Education, Birmingham, Alabama

AUGUST 1 Back to School Event (Tentative)

2 Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM (Baptism & Communion) 9 Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM 10-15 Young-Adults-in-Ministry (YAM) and Fellowship of University Students (FUS) Week 16 College Day & YAM Sunday – Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM 22 Bi-Annual Leadership Conclave 10:00 AM

23 Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM 29 Annual Homecoming Picnic 30 140th Church Anniversary Observance – Celebration of Christian Worship 9:00 AM

Reverend Dr. Calvin O. Butts III, preaching, Abyssinian Baptist Church, New York, New York SEPTEMBER 6 Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM (Baptism & Communion)

7 Labor Day – Church Office Closed 7-11 140th Annual Session of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc., National Harbor, MD 13 Deaconess Recognition – Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM 18-19 Evangelism Explosion 20 Back-to-Church Sunday – Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM 27 Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM

OCTOBER 4 Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM (Baptism & Communion)

11 Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM Bi-Annual Fellowship Service at First Baptist Church, Governor’s Drive 6:30 PM 18 Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM 23-24 Women’s Weekend 25 Women’s Day – Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM Reverend Dr. Shauna St. Clair Flemming, preaching, New Bethel Baptist Church, Washington, DC 26-29 GHIMF Citywide Revival 7:00 PM 30 Ministry Leaders/Officers Nominations Due

NOVEMBER 1 Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM (Baptism & Communion)

8 Veteran’s Recognition - Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM 9-13 Annual Session of the Alabama State Missionary Baptist Convention, Mount Pilgrim Baptist Church, Gadsden,

Alabama 15 Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM

22 Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM GHIMF Pre-Thanksgiving Service 4:00 PM

25 Ministry Budget Proposals Due 26-27 Thanksgiving Holiday – Church Office Closed 29 Celebrate 140 Sunday – Celebration of Christian Worship 9:30 AM

DECEMBER 2 Advent Service of Healing – 12:00 Noon and 7:00 PM

6 Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM (Baptism & Communion) 11 Official Board’s Christmas Soirée 13 Celebration of Christian Worship 8:00 AM & 11:00 AM 15 Annual Budget Meeting 16 Christmas Fellowship for New Disciples & Volunteers 6:00 PM 20 Celebration of Christian Worship – “The Mood of Christmas” 9:30 AM 24 FMBC & FBCGD Joint Christmas Eve Service at Tinsel Trail in Big Spring Park 24-25 Christmas Holidays – Church Office Closed 27 Celebration of Christian Worship 9:30 AM 31 New Year’s Eve – Church Office Closed New Year’s Eve Gala & Watch Night Worship 9:00 PM