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Blanchette went to Bolivia, South America, to teach Missionary Kids and assist in Vacation Bible School. Our goal for State Missions was one thousand dollars this year. In October petitions were circulated for 1,500 qualified voters to sign in Hancock County to keep dock-side gambling out of our county. The Thanksgiving Community Service was held at the Word of Faith Church on November 20. Our budget for 1990-91 was accepted as $221,000. Our Lottie Moon Christmas Offering goal was six thousand for our church. Everyone was urged to vote on December 4 and let their vote say "No" to gambling. In October in a called business meeting after church service, a Resolution opposing gambling was read. Motion made to this as position of First Baptist Church opposing all forms of gambling. It passed unanimously and was published in two local newspapers. At the	close of this	year the	church voted to
negotiate a thirty thousand dollar loan for construction of a church building at Bayside Mission. During this year our records revealed that First	Baptist Church	had 472	resident	and 335
non-resident members. Fourteen percent of our receipts go to Cooperative Program and six percent to Associational Missions.
During the early months of 1991 our services were centered around the Service Men of our church family serving in Operation Desert Shield in Saudi Arabia. Boxes of food were packed by church members and sent to the Service Men who were members of our church. Prayer lists were made of soldiers who were relatives of our members and used in all our services. The Annie Armstrong Offering goal for our church was set at two thousand. The Easter Community Sunrise Service was	held on March 31	at Christ	Episcopal	Church.
During April the Gulf	Coast Baptist Association met at our	church.
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