Connections-July-2017

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Introduction of Associate Pastor: Missions & Community Sunday, July 16

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Emphasizing worship, spiritual development, fellowship, and ministry to our city and our world.

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This summer FBC kids are enjoying a variety of fun activities!

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August Connections Deadline: July 15 Email news to gloria@fbcgso.org or bring it to the church office.

Rosemary Kellam, Production Editor Operations Director rosemary@fbcgso.org / x225 Gloria Koster, Managing Editor/Designer Administrative Assistant: Learning gloria@fbcgso.org / x288 Steve Sumerel, Supervising Editor Associate Pastor: Adult Learning steves@fbcgso.org / x233 Teresa Allen, Media Library Director teresaa@fbcgso.org / x229 Steve Cothran, Associate Pastor: Students and Family Life / stevec@fbcgso.org / x235 Jane Anne Hayber, Administrative Assistant: Music and Worship / janeanne@fbcgso.org / x239 Marty Kellam, Food Services Director marty@fbcgso.org / x245 Amy Kirkman, Weekday School Director amy@fbcgso.org / x240 Christina McCord, Minister to Children and Families christina@fbcgso.org / x241 Scott North, Church Administrator scott@fbcgso.org / x226 Steve Pressley, Associate Pastor stevep@fbcgso.org / x231 Larry Putnam, Financial Assistant larry@fbcgso.org / x222 Alan Sherouse, Senior Pastor pastor@fbcgso.org / x231 Courtney Stamey, Pastoral Resident courtney@fbcgso.org / x223 Tommy Starnes, Recreation Director tstarnes@triad.rr.com / x251 Doug Vancil, Associate Pastor: Music and Worship doug@fbcgso.org / x237 Terri Vancil, Assistant Pastor: Music and Worship terri@fbcgso.org / x238 2 | Connections

July 2017

3 Window Gazing

4 Connect with Children

–New Associate Pastor for Missions & Community Ministry Introduction and Call, July 16 –Photos from Worship in the Arts –Sprayground Date at Barber Park –New Books in the Children’s Library

Connect with the Weekday School –Weekday School News –Photos from Theater & Art Camp

5 Connect with Missions

6 Connect with Worship

7 Connect with Youth

8 Connect with Adults

9 Connect with One Another

–Steps to Success Kindergarten Camp –Thanks for Sole Hope Jeans Donations –CBF Global Ministry in the Middle East –Sing with the Summer Choir –Picnic & Communion Service at Canterbury School –All-State Youth Choir –Bowen and Hinshaw-Mobley Scholarships –Unidiversity Youth Camp –July Youth Fun

–Oasis: FBC’s Adult Summer Sunday School Option –Join Us on FBC Trips –July Access: “Paul and His World” –Check Out New Books in the FBC Library

–New Members | Birthdays | New Baby | Bereaved

10 July Calendar 11 A Thousand Words…

12 Connect with Business

–June Church Conference Summary –May 2017 Financial Results –Giving at FBC Greensboro This Month’s Cover: Kids display art they created at the Weekday School’s “Theater & Art Camp”. See more photos from the camp on page 4.

Office Hours: 9 am - 5 pm, Monday - Friday Weekends and Holidays: If you have an emergency pastoral care need when the church offices are closed, please leave a message at 338-2438 and someone will return your call.

Window Gazing

By Alan Sherouse

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idway through the first day of summer in a rowdy house not far from you, Jenny and I checked our calendars to see when the new school year begins. Now that we’ve settled into summer, I know the end will be here before we know it. Children will be sharing their “My Summer” collages, we’ll be longingly flipping through photos, and we’ll all repeatedly answer the question, “What did you do this summer?”

It’s a question we could also pose to our church, so amidst our individual schedules I want to take this month’s “View” column and share about our summer as a family of faith – what I’ve seen and what I’m looking forward to seeing. Here are 10 things I’d put on First Baptist Greensboro’s “How I spent my summer” collage:

• Seniors graduated from high school amidst the blessings of their church family, which has told them of the love of God every stage of life. Many of these graduates are transitioning to college or work in the fall, so just as we blessed them at the start of the summer, remember to pray for them (and their families!) as the summer closes.

• Summer Interns Kaylee, Will and Baker have been enriching the life of our church, with Kaylee relating to community partners, Will leading with our youth, and Baker working broadly throughout the ministry of the church. We’re blessed by the gifts of these young ministers and grateful to have them as a part of our extended church family for years to come.

• The Pastoral Residency at First Baptist continues to thrive this summer, blessing John in his transition to First Baptist Winston-Salem, continuing to grow with Courtney’s gifts (including the early summer news of her winning a national preaching contest!), AND moving forward with our third Pastoral Resident, whom we will introduce to the church this month!

• Missions ministry is occurring at every stage of our church’s life, through coordinated groups like youth and children, to community partners, to the Bessemer pre-K camp, to the “Friendly Garden” growing out our front door, to church members serving throughout the globe with the support from our church. And on that note…

• Lesley-Ann Hix Tommey was commissioned as new Field Personnel with the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship at the end of June and will be following a call to full-time missions in New York City in partnership with Metro Baptist Church. We pray for Lesley-Ann and her husband, Blake, in this transition and look forward to encouraging her work!

• New Giving Options are available. With the active summer schedule and many growing ministries, your generosity and consistency in giving is vital.

Remember the ways you can maintain financial commitment to the church, including our new “text-to-give” option, by visiting fbcgso.org/give

• Music and Arts ministry is inspiring and forming us this summer, with the weekly gifts of our Summer Choir, as well as special programming for our children and youth like June’s Worship in the Arts Camp, July’s All-State Youth Choir, and even a Theater Camp for preschoolers as the summer began.

• The FBC Weekday School is preparing for a great start to the school year, led by our new Director, Amy Kirkman, who is providing excellent leadership to build on the strong 50 year foundation of our school.

• Amidst all of these summer happenings, I’m especially excited to share that a New Associate Pastor will soon be introduced to the congregation!

I can’t wait for our church to meet the candidate for the position of Associate Pastor: Missions and Community. A Call Weekend is planned for July 14-16. More info below!

It’s almost – almost – enough to make me wish the summer could go on and on. We give thanks to God for the movement of the Spirit – for these views of it, and for all the evidence of the Spirit we can see – this season, and every season in the life of our community of faith.

Save the Date:

Introduction of Associate Pastor: Missions & Community– Sunday, July 16

With the enthusiastic recommendation of the Search Committee, the Personnel Committee and Pastor Alan Sherouse, the Candidate for Associate Pastor: Missions & Community will be introduced to the congregation on Sunday, July 16. The day will include worship, lunch and opportunities for the church to meet the Candidate and their family.

Watch for more details and plan to be a part of this exciting day!

• Bible Study continues this month with a special guest, Dr. Jason Myers of Greensboro College.

Dr. Myers is a gifted scholar and teacher and will be offering a Wednesday night class in July that ALL are encouraged to make a priority. More info on page 8.

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Connect with Children

Worship in the Arts Camp

Sprayground at Barber Park!

July 18 (Tu) | 9:30 am - 12 noon | 1500 Dans Road Join the fun and cool off in the July heat at the Barber Park Sprayground! All ages are invited and it’s FREE. Bring a towel and sunscreen. Contact Christina McCord - christina@fbcgso.org | x241.

Children’s Library – New Books!

• Bailey at the Museum by Harry Bliss • Busy Farm • Farm Babies

by Camilla De la Bedoyere • I Am George Washington

by Grace Norwich • Once Upon a Jungle

by Laura Knowles • Sing by Joe Raposo • Who Was Marie Curie by Megan Stine • Hotel Bruce by Ryan T. Higgins • How Do Dinosaurs Choose their Pets? by Jane Yolen • How to Raise a Mom by Jean Reagan • The Knowing Book

by Rebecca Dotlich

Connect with the Weekday School

Theater & Art Camp

Weekday School News

• We are currently enrolling for the 2017-2018 school year: We serve ages

6 weeks thru 5 years with 1 thru 5 day options. For more information, contact Amy Kirkman - amy@fbcgso.org |x240 or check out our new and evolving website where you can now register online: www.fbcgso.org/weekday-school

• Link your Harris Teeter VIC Card to the Weekday School (#8564) You can link it at your favorite Harris Teeter or online at bit.ly/vic-link

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Connect with Missions

Steps to Success at Bessemer Elementary

July 31-August 3 & August 7-10 | 9 am - 1 pm FBC is helping Bessemer Elementary School in hosting its 4th annual two-week preparation camp for incoming kindergarten students. Help is needed with breakfast, lunch, music, art, library, PE, reading, and centers.

Steps to Success Kindergarten Camp needs four adult and six teen volunteer classroom teaching aids.

Teens must be at least rising 7th graders in order to volunteer. Interested persons should contact Sandra Canipe: forsythgirl2207@yahoo.com - 273-6491.

Each month we feature CBF missions work…

CBF Ministry in the Middle East

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e have collected a wealth of materials to utilize for making shoe uppers for children in Uganda.

We plan to host a shoe cutting party in the fall and will post the date in a future Connections. We hope you will join us this fall!

The Sole Hope organization was begun by a young couple from North Carolina. Read their inspiring story and find more information about the ministry at www.solehope.org

BF field personnel serve in the Middle East, where they plant churches, lead Bible studies, disciple new believers, focus on education and leadership development in local congregations as well as facilitate a variety of vital programs and ministries to children, women, and migrants. They are extremely involved in providing life-changing relief alongside local partners to Syrian refugees living in dire conditions.

Due to the dangerous areas where these CBF field personnel reside in addition to the rising levels of persecution in the Middle East against Christians, their identities must remain anonymous. Their support both for their long-term presence in the region as well as their vital mission programming is desperately needed to ensure the continued presence of CBF in the region. Ministry includes: • Church Planting: Projects assist local believers in new churches as well as discipleship and educational opportunities.

• Syrian Refugee Relief: This involves assisting the estimated 9,000 Syrians living in tent cities surrounding the city where CBF field personnel live.

• Women and Children’s Ministry: Field personnel work in local orphanages and schools for those with differing special needs.

• Agricultural Missions: This work in small villages particularly focuses on agricultural development in the aftermath of disasters.

• Indigenous Outreach: CBF field personnel help place local Christian leaders in hard to reach places to start new churches, do outreach, and discipleship.

For more information about CBF Global Missions go to: www.cbf.net/missions NOTE: Information in this article came from CBF’s website: www.cbf.net/field-personnel-list

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Connect with Worhip

Summer Choir

All-State Youth Choir

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Sing with the choir this summer!

ummer is a great time to sing in the choir!

With Summer Choir, the rehearsals are on Sundays at 8:30 am and the choir learns the music they will sing for worship that day. This allows flexibility because so many people are in and out during the summer months. Summer Choir will run through July 30.

All are welcome! If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact Doug Vancil - doug@fbcgso.org | x237 or Terri Vancil - terri@fbcgso.org | x238.

Join Us for FBC’s

Mid-Summer Picnic & Communion Service at Canterbury School Sunday, July 2 | 5-7 pm

Canterbury School, located at 5400 Old Lake Jeanette Road, offers a wonderful playground, plenty of shade, and an outdoor chapel. Bring a lawn chair or blanket and food to share and $2/ person for meat (maximum $10/family). Beverages and paper products will be provided.

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Central NC Tour | July 16-23

he start of each new year for our high school youth choir members begins with the much anticipated audition or re-applying to participate in the North Carolina All-State Youth Choir tour. For one week in July, teenagers who love music meet at a college campus in NC to begin learning music and melding their voices together and getting to know new friends and reconnecting with returning All-Staters from all across North Carolina. The tour alternates between the East, West, or Central part of NC. This year it is Central North Carolina and the kids will be staying at Wingate University. This year’s theme is “I Am Not My Own,” (1 Corinthians 6:19-20).

Pray for our four youth who will be participating in All-State this year as they travel North Carolina to serve and share the love of Christ: Kaitlyn Rainey, Lindley Sample, Cassie Starnes, and Lindsey Worsley.

Connect with Youth FBC’s Youth Scholarship Funds…

FBC Endowment Trust Awards the 2017 Claud B. and Louise L. Bowen Scholarship

The Bowen Scholarship Fund, part of FBC’s Endowment Trust, was established in honor of our former pastor and his wife by the Bowen’s children. The scholarship is given to assist FBC youth with their higher education. Scholarship/s are awarded annually to a high school senior who is active in the ministry of the church, and recommended by the Youth Division leadership with concurrence from the Youth Minister.

Donations to this Fund are welcome and may be sent to the Church Administrator and designated for the Bowen Scholarship Fund. For questions or to receive an application for 2018, please contact Steve Cothran, Youth Minister, or Cheryl Angel, Endowment Trust Chair. This year’s Bowen Scholarship recipient is Joshua Childs.

FBC Awards the 2017 Hinshaw-Mobley Scholarship

The Hinshaw-Mobley Scholarship was created by John and Marietta Mobley in memory of their parents and to honor a deserving high school senior from the FBC Youth Group each year with a one-time scholarship. This year’s Hinshaw-Mobley Scholarship recipient is Lindsay Worsley.

Unidiversity Youth Camp University of Tennessee Knoxville | July 17-22

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hristmas in July? Not quite, but we are celebrating Advent this summer at Unidiversity. This year’s theme, “Christmas Presence” will give youth a chance to learn how to find the language to speak about their faith AND understand the incarnation as we look more deeply at Hope, Love, Peace, and Joy. This year’s proclaimer will be FBC’s Senior Pastor Alan Sherouse.

Unidiversity: from many churches, one camp experience; from many personalities, one fellowship; from diverse joy and hurts, one time of love and laughter; from many worship styles, the presence of one Holy Spirit; from many spiritual experiences, the worship of one Lord.

Please pray for the twenty youth who will be attending from FBC.

Regular Events: “Oh, The Places You’ll Go!” Sundays at FBC | 6 - 7 pm

“Arise” at Grace UMC Tuesdays | 7 - 9:30 am

Join us Tuesdays at 7 am and feed the hungry! Drop-off at 7 am at Grace UMC – Pick-up at Grace UMC at 9:30 am (438 West Friendly Avenue).

Youth department contact info– • Steve Cothran: stevec@fbcgso.org | x235 • Gloria Koster: gloria@fbcgso.org | x288 • Will Raybon: 828-989-4097

• July 4 (Tu) 8 pm: Fireworks • July 9 (Su) 6 pm: “Oh, The Places You’ll Go!” (FBC) • July 11 (Tu) 7 am: “Arise” at Grace UMC • July 12 (W) 7 pm: Twelfth Night (Senior’s Only!)

• July 14 (F) 7 pm: Eden Drive-in • July 16 (Su) 6 pm: “Oh, The Places You’ll Go!” (FBC) • July 17 (M) - July 22 (Sa): Unidiversity • July 18 (Tu) 7 am: “Arise” at Grace UMC • July 23 (Su) 6 pm: “Oh, The Places You’ll Go!” (FBC) • July 24 (M) 6:30 pm: Greensboro Grasshoppers • July 25 (Tu) 7 am: “Arise” at Grace UMC • July 26 (W) 10 am: Hanging Rock • July 30 (Su) 6 pm: “Oh, The Places You’ll Go!” (FBC) July 2017 | 7

Connect with Adults

Oasis:a refuge …FBC’s adult summer Sunday School option

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n the desert, an oasis is a place of rest and replenishment. It is our hope that Oasis will be just that for many of our teachers. Oasis is a combined Sunday School class which meets in room 102. All classes will have the opportunity to meet, have prayer, count noses and all the other tasks that define individual classes before joining Oasis at 9:30 am. We will use the Formations material. Come for a week, a month, or the whole summer…but come and rest.

Join Us on these FBC Trips– • October 16 | North Carolina State Fair with AMTRAK Grandkids welcome! Amtrak departure, 8:39 am.

Sign-up deadline: Sept. 16.

• November 2-4 | Yadkin Tours | Christmas Shows Carolina Opry & Alabama Theatre, Myrtle Beach Includes two shows, three paid meals, oceanfront lodging, and more. $325/person. Sign-up deadline: Oct. 1.

• December 1 | Yadkin Tours | American Jubilee Christmas Show | Rudy Theatre, Selma, NC $89/person. Sign-up deadline: Nov. 1.

Important Trip Information To reserve your spot for a trip, go to: www.fbcgso.org/trips or contact: Cliff Lowery: 210-6923 – lowerycc@aol.com or Monica Vaughan: 323-0335 – edwinv550@aol.com (NOTE: Payment for the trips cannot be accepted online)

Check out these new books in the FBC Library

About July Access Speaker Dr. Jason Myers–

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r. Jason Myers is the assistant professor of Biblical Studies at Greensboro College. He received his Ph.D. from Asbury Theological Seminary, where he graduated in 2015. His dissertation focused on the theme of obedience in Romans. His interest in the Apostle Paul has led to numerous presentations, a forthcoming book on Paul for IVP (2017) co-written with his advisor Dr. Ben Witherington III, and teaching in India, Nigeria, Estonia, Turkey, and Italy. Jason is active in both the academy and the church and has preached and taught at several churches in Greensboro. Jason is married to his wife Lisa who is a fitness professional and a certified personal trainer and attempts to keep him in top physical shape. They recently celebrated their 9th wedding anniversary.

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• The Autumn Throne

by Elizabeth Chadwick • The Busy Person’s Guide to Reflexology by Ann Gillanders • The Fix by David Baldacci • Loyal Dissenters: Reading Scripture & Talking Freedom with 17th Century English Baptists

by Lee Canipe • The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People: Restoring the Character Ethic by Stephen Covey • Sweet Tomorrows

by Debbie Macomber • The Winter Crown: A Novel of Eleanor of Aquitaine

by Elizabeth Chadwick • 1,444 Fun Things to Do with Kids

by Caryl Krueger • The Assassin by Clive Cussler • The Gangster by Clive Cussler • Pirate by Clive Cussler • Zero Hour by Clive Cussler • The Greatest Inventions of the Past 2,000 Years by John Brockman • Smoky Mountain Jack Tales of Winter and Old Christmas

by Lewis Bolton

Connect with One Another

Responding to the Invitation

Edward and Lacey Batten (May 28) with Fin

July Birthdays (No FBC birthdays 7, 20) 1. Cheryl Angel, Gary Beech, Michael Mathews 2. Renee Fila 3. Chris Bland 4. Lincoln Harrell, Cynthia Hartis, Molly Lyle, Cathy Wells 5. Louise Garcia, Carol Matthews, Mike Moore, Clyde Rudd 6. Matt Hall, Carolyn Ripley, Lauren Shriver, Kevin Tutterow 8. Eunice Beavers, Benjamin Hardy 9. Laura Cashwell 10. April Eller, Robert Moore, Kenny Ripley 11. Larry Canter, Ronald McCraw, Nathan Wall 12. Kay Hensley, Andrew Kennedy, Lilly Persinger, Michael Vance, James Watkins, Avery White 13. Mark Blakely, Christine Garber, Cameron Gooding, Betty Jo Hardin, Beth Shaffer, Cassady Teague 14. Charlie Beavers, Susan Bennett, Bobbie Brown, Ruth Gibbs, Susan Terrell 15. Benny Pember 16. Bill Herring, Mason Lewis, LeAndrea Rainey, Margaret Swanson, Cynthia Townes 17. Corie McRae, Jesse Rainey, Anna Rider, Steve Sumerel 18. Jesse Rainey, Gary Upchurch, Diane Watkins 19. Tom Boyce, Clyde Mitchell 21. Joanne Caldwell, Cam Simmons 22. Dean Terrell, Ken Vaughn, Virginia Wells 23. Joanne Osteen 24. David Angel, Jim Fogleman, Bea Sherouse, Lauren Vance 25. Gene Cox, Joe Garcia, Paige Gillette, Logan Rook 26. Patsy Thacker 27. Davis Bennett, Betty Morgan

Mary and Scott Petriskie (June 11) with Janie Blair and Peyton

28. Frances Fogleman, Jacob Gill, Gene Hester, Jack Sykes 29. Aidan Eller, Virginia Little 30. Davis Baugh, Alan Sherouse 31. David Moore, Alexander Porter, Kaitlyn Rainey

Welcome New Baby!

Finley James Culbreth

Born: June 17 | Parents: Autumn and Chris Culbreth

College Birthdays

Cameron Gooding | July 13

3721 Sage Drive, Greensboro, NC 27410 tgooding@triad.rr.com

Virginia Little | July 29

1710 Swannanoa Drive, Greensboro, NC 27410

Bereaved

• The family of Larry Pegram, on May 22 • Dolly Chesson, in the loss of her mother, Olive Yeomans, on May 30 • Libby Shull in the loss of her mother, Nancy Shull, on June 1 • Susan Suggs in the loss of her brother-in-law, Boyd Brasington, on June 4 • The family of Otto Horton, on June 4 • The family of Diane Grey Davis, on June 7 • The family of Dr. Bill Sessoms, on June 12 • Pam Baggett in the loss of her sister, Patricia Martin, on June 13 • The family of Johnny Jones, on June 15 • Gene Cox in the loss of his mother, Ollie Roberta Smith Cox, on June 22 July 2017 | 9

Regular Weekly Schedule Sunday AM @FBC

• Summer Choir - 8 am • Bible Study - 9:15 am • Worship - 10:30 am Sunday PM @FBC • “Oh, The Places You’ll Go!” - 6 pm Wednesdays@FBC Fellowship Meal Reservations • Reservations due Monday 12 noon.

Cancellations due Tuesday 12 noon.

Meal reservation? Online at www.fbcgso.org/calendarevents OR Marty Kellam – x245 or marty@fbcgso.org

• Access: “Paul and His World - 6:15 pm

Wednesday Night Weekly Activities Whether you are a first time attender or a lifetime participant we invite you to find your place at the table. It is at the table where we have community.

We want you here; your place at the table is waiting.

Meals: 5:30 pm - 6:15 pm July 5: Salad Night July 12: From The Garden July 19: Chef’s Surprise July 26: Fried Chicken Weekly Children’s Extras: Yogurt, Fresh Fruits & Veggies, Etc. Reservations are encouraged for meals.

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•2 (Su): Mid-Summer Picnic and Communion Service at •Adults Canterbury School. 5 pm •All Ages 4 (Tu): Church offices closed for the holiday.

• •Children 4 (Tu): Fireworks.

8 pm • •Seniors •Missions •5 (W): Grace Meal Pick-Up. Kitchen, 5 pm •Weekday •5, 12, 19, 26 (W): Fellowship Meal/Free for College.

School 108, 5:30 pm (serving begins at 5 pm) Worship •5, 12, 19, 26 (W): Access: “Paul and His World”. 108, 6:15 pm • •9 (Su): StepUp Ministry Clothing Collection. Atrium, 9 am •Youth •9 (Su): Finance Committee. 108-C, 4:30 pm •9, 16, 23, 30 (Su): “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!”. FBC, 6 pm •10-13 (M-Th): Vacation Bible School.

•10 (M): Deacons’ Meeting. 102, 7 pm •11, 18, 25 (Tu): “Arise” at Grace UMC. 7 am •11 (Tu): WMU Group 4. 204, 10:30 am •12 (W): Missions Committee. 108-E, 5:30 pm •13 (Th): Vacation Bible School Celebration. FBC Front Lawn, 6-8 pm •14 (F): Eden Drive-in. 7 pm.

•16 (Su): Community Lunch followed by Church Conference.

108, 11:45 am

•16-23 (Su-Su): All-State Youth Choir Tour.

•17-22 (M-Sa): Unidiversity. University of Tennessee - Knoxville •18 (Tu): Sprayground. Barber Park, 9:30 am •21 (F): Mobile Meals. Peace United Church of Christ, 9:30 am •23 (Su): All-State Youth Choir Concert. FBC Sanctuary, 6 pm •24 (M): Greensboro Grasshoppers. 6:30 pm •25 (Tu): Senior Adult Council. 216, 2 pm •25 (Tu): Personnel Committee. 216, 7 pm •26 (W): Hanging Rock. 10 am •26 (W): Building & Grounds Committee. 216, 5:30 pm

A Thousand Words‌ A picture tells a story just as well as, if not better than, a thousand written words.

Enjoy these pictures that tell stories from our FBC family. Share your photos: #fbcgso on Facebook or Instagram.

Memories from PASSPORTkids Camp 2017

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Connect with Business June Church Conference Summary

The monthly Church Conference took place on Sunday, June 11, 2017 in the Fellowship Hall. Church Moderator, Scott Culclasure presided. The following motion was presented and approved by the congregation.

MOTION on behalf of the Missions Committee, Finance Committee and the Diaconate: That $1,000 be released to help underwrite the cost for Lindsey Pegram to participate in a Youth for Christ mission trip to Managua, Nicaragua, with funds taken from the Great Commission Fund.

Community Lunch followed by Church Conference Sunday, July 16 after Worship Cost is $6/

person and $20/family maximum. NO reservation needed.

A brief church conference will follow lunch to allow the membership to hear the latest from our Deacons and committees bringing motions forward.

May 2017 Financial Results

Year-to-Date Budget Receipts/Distributions

April Monthly Receipts Year-to-Date Receipts YTD Disbursements Net YTD Deficit

Actual $110,533 $634,028 $679,461 ($ 45,433)

Budget $136,776 $713,260 $729,268 ($ 16,008)

Last Year $135,669 $684,873 $693,656 ($ 8,783)

Giving at FBC Greensboro

Giving financially lets us honor God with the resources and provisions that He has provided for us. Practicing generous giving strengthens our relationship with Christ. As we learn to grow in our trust and faith in Christ, it is important to trust in His provision‌ we give faithfully and generously out of grateful hearts. If you have giving questions, contact Scott North scott@fbcgso.org | x226.