Deacon of the Week List

4/1-4/7    Massey Valentine

4/8-4/14  Andy Vasiloff

4/15-4/21 Charles Wimberly

4/22-4/28 Gary Wilson

4/29-5/5   Greg Aldridge

Welcome to the Deacon Section of the First Baptist Church, Fort Walton Beach (FBC/FWB) Florida web site (www.fbcfwb.org).There are several things listed here for your information and include: A list of the 25 Deacons that are on active status for the calendar year 2012; a description of the plan/process used for Deacons to Minister to the church family, using a procedure called Deacon of the Week; and a list of the Deacon of the Week for the next few weeks. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you have comments or questions on this or any other portion of the Deacon Program.

Doug Murphy

Chairman of Deacons

Active Deacons for 2012

Greg Aldridge

Larry Ashley

David Ault

Greg Black

Bob Bennett, Sr

Travis Elliott

Bruce Garner

Jim Gulsby  (Vice Chairman)

Rick Hale  (Recorder)

Cordell Harrison

Stan Jarrett

Gene Jensen

Doug Johnson

Don Lambert

Hilman Majors

Kenny McDowell

Doug Murphy  (Chairman) 

Lonnie Owen Jr 

Bill Palmer

Pete Rickard

Dubner Saintilus

Massey Valentine

Andy Vasiloff

Gary Wilson

Charles Wimberly 

Deacon Ministry Plan

Effective January 1, 2011, the Deacons in conjunction with the staff, modified the FBC/FWB Family Ministry Program by going to an On Call Deacon Plan. The Deacon Body believes we are called to minister to all of the members/families of the church, and that we can best do this through the on call plan. The on call method differs from our previous method of family ministry in that deacons will not have specific families assigned to them in most cases. If a church family has a member in the hospital for instance (or has any other need) they can simply call the church office or the Deacon on call for that week. As soon as the Deacon is notified of a need, he will contact/visit the member/family in need, minister to the best of his ability, and report to all of the active Deacons and the FBC/FWB Staff of the situation, action taken and suggest additional action (if appropriate) that the Deacons/Church Staff might need to take. Thus all active Deacons and the Church Staff will know of the member/family need (unless requested to keep it confidential) and can immediately be in prayer for the situation.

The on call method described above has been incorporated into the Deacon of the Week (DOW) duties. The DOW, the assistant DOW and their phone numbers will be published each week in the Worship Guide. Additionally, the DOW for each week of the month will be published in the church newsletter and be placed on the church web site (see current DOW list above). The period of service for each DOW is from Sunday through Saturday. In most instances, the assistant DOW will become the DOW for the following week.

If any member/family is not comfortable with this plan and would prefer to have a Deacon assigned to them, please contact the Chairman of Deacons. This change does not preclude any member from contacting any Deacon at any time on any matter. We are convinced that all active Deacons feel called to be servants for Christ and desire to do that in a manner that is pleasing to Him and each individual member/family associated with FBC/FWB.