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FI R ST BA PTIST CHURCH / JEF F ERSON C ITY, MO
UPCOMING On Sunday, May 5, we will share a combined worship service at 10:45am (Bible Teaching hour remains the same, 9:30am). Every once in a while, we need to all be together as a family. That Sunday will be our children’s choir presentations and Dr. Paul Baxley, the new Executive Coordinator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, will be our preacher. Paul comes to this national leadership position after serving as pastor of FBC, Athens, Georgia, where Hannah Coe was on staff. Paul has a great heart for the church and for God’s mission. You will enjoy hearing him.
During the rest of May, we will celebrate our annual worship series on the family. This year’s theme is “Family Life Is Messy!” I will be sharing preaching assignments with Rev. Hannah Coe, our Pastor of Family and Faith Formation. In fact, on one Sunday, we will “team preach” the sermon. Why not invite someone to come with you? Let’s see what love can do in the month of May. Grace,
Doyle
May 1 Final Wed. Night Dinner & Children’s Activities
May 5
Combined 10:45am Worship Service Children’s Sunday
May 26-TBD
One service in FBC gym @ 10:45 for Operation Welcome Warmly
June 1
Tom Nelson Golf Tourney
June 24-28
VBC & Sports Crusaders
FA M I LY L I F E I S
M AY S E R IES
M a r k Yo u r Calendars:
Wednesday, May 1 - 4:15pm Final Day for Children’s Choirs’ Rehearsals Sunday, May 5 - 10:45am Combined Worship. Children’s Sunday and Guest Preacher; Music by SonShine Singers and Music Makers
A d u l t C h o i r, O r c h e s t r a , & P r a i s e & Wo r s h i p Te a m Rehearsal Schedule: Wednesday, May 1 5:30pm Orchestra Rehearsal 6:30pm Adult Choir Rehearsal NO Praise & Worship Team Rehearsal Wednesday, May 8 NO Rehearsals
Wednesday, May 29 5:30pm Orchestra Rehearsal 6:30pm Adult Choir Rehearsal 7:45pm Praise & Worship Team Rehearsal
Yo u t h C h o i r S c h e d u l e : Sunday, May 5 NO Youth Choir Rehearsal Sunday, May 12 NO Youth Choir Rehearsal
Wednesday, May 15 5:30pm Orchestra Rehearsal 6:30pm Adult Choir Rehearsal 7:45pm Praise & Worship Team Rehearsal
Sunday, May 19 5:15pm Youth Choir Rehearsal 6:00pm Youth to Dairy Queen
Wednesday, May 22 NO Rehearsals
Sunday, May 26 NO Youth Choir Rehearsal S o u n d Te c h s & P r o j e c t i o n Te c h s We need you! If interested talk to Rod.
2 - PRAISE & WORSHIP
OPERATION Dear FBC family: A couple of weeks ago, the hot water heater at our house decided to quit while our three-month-old twin granddaughters were visiting us for the first time. Just like any homeowner, a congregation does not get to choose when an appliance breaks down. Out of necessity, FBC JC is currently replacing two chillers and a cooling tower. Don’t ask me to explain how they work; all I know is that without them, we will get hot! We regret the timing of this major repair, but have been working with our amazing maintenance crew, Properties and Stewardship Committees and office staff to get ahead of this challenge. We want to continue to worship, fellowship and study with as little interruption as possible. Because we want to minimize schedule confusion and we want to carefully use what little air conditioning is available at any given time, we are pre-emptively making some schedule and location changes. Here are the major changes we are announcing for what we are affectionately calling OPERATON WELCOME WARMLY: • May 1 will be the last Wednesday night with full programming until August. Adult choir, orchestra and praise team will continue to meet for rehearsals beyond this date, but church suppers, children’s activities and prayer meeting/Bible study will end May 1, Refuge Midweek will meet at church through May 8 and at Memorial Park on May 15. • Beginning Sunday, May 26 (Memorial Day Weekend), we will move to a different Sunday worship schedule: We will have NO 8:15am WORSHIP . We will have regular 9:30am Bible teaching groups and a combined 10:45am worship in the church gymnasium. We will maintain this schedule until the contractors complete the project. If we do not utilize air conditioning in the sanctuary, we can supply more to our Bible teaching rooms, thus the move of worship services to the gym while continuing to meet in the main building for Bible teaching groups. • During this time, the Bible teaching groups which meet on 5th and 6th floors will likely need to move to lower levels. We are working on temporarily combining some groups. Please note that the education wing and the choir room of our facilities are not on the same air conditioning system as the rest of the building, so that space will not be impacted by these repairs. The education wing includes the north side of the building (Room 101/Café; Children’s classes; Preschool area; and fourth floor classrooms).
WELCOME WARMLY
Please call or reach out to me or anyone in the church office if you have questions or concerns about these details. I believe it is possible for OPERATION WELCOME WARMLY to be a wonderful season of outreach. We all know people who are intimidated by traditional church buildings. Perhaps we can invite some friends to come worship with us in this casual setting. When I worship overseas or in a cramped nursing home dining hall, I’ve noticed something. God shows up anyway—even if the room is warm and the setting is modest. The key is my attitude, having a joyful spirit of expectancy and worship. As I think about our church’s mission, “We WELCOME warmly, GROW faithfully and SERVE generously, leading people into LIFE-GIVING relationships with Christ and each other,” I realize we can do all these things even when we are worshipping in a different space and at a different time than usual. As your pastor, I’m asking you to be patient and positive. Together, we will see what love can do—outside the box. Warmly, Doyle Sager, Lead Pastor
PS.
Due to predicted warm days ahead during our HVAC repairs, we are in need of a few fans (box and/or stand) to borrow in May and June to help cool various areas of the building. If you have a fan you are willing to lend to the church, please contact the church office. (Please call first to make sure we still have a need!) Fans will be returned after the work is completed. Thank you!
OPERATION WELCOME WARMLY HIGHLIGHTS May 1 - Last Wed. night full programming Sunday, May 26 until Project Completion Memorial Day Weekend we move to a temporary Sunday worship schedule: - NO 8:15 worship - Regular 9:30 Bible Teaching - Combined 10:45 worship in the FBC gym.
KiDS and family Children’s Sunday May 5th One Service @ 10:45
OVERNIGHT CAMP: Clothed with Christ
We will be led in worship by our children, including our children’s choirs. Join us for a special morning!
August 2-4, for children finishing 3rd-6th grade, Windermere (Roach, MO) Cost: $100 for one child; $75 for siblings
Becoming Like Christ Discipleship class for children grades 1-6 May 19, 4-6pm Pastor Hannah’s home
Vacation Bible Camp & Sports Crusaders Camp June 24-28. Registration @ fbcjc.org. VBC is FREE and Sports Crusaders camp is $60 for the week.
4 - K I D S & FA M I LY
GRADUATE SUNDAY // MAY 19 9:30 - Breakfast, Fellowship Hall 10:45 - Graduate Recognition Graduates and family are invited to a breakfast in your honor at 9:30 am in the Fellowship Hall. Graduates will be honored in the 10:45 am service. Please let Mel know a count for the breakfast by May 1. Your graduate form and five pictures are also due by May 1.
SUMMER INTERN:
Ally Grosvenor We are excited to announce our summer youth intern, Ally Grosvenor. Ally grew up at FBC before moving to Kansas City in high school. Ally is currently a sophomore in college in Oklahoma, studying business. She is also a freshmen girls small group leader at Life.Church in Oklahoma City. Ally is
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excited to meet everyone and to grow together as a youth group. She hopes this summer is a time for youth to look back and feel they grew a lot in their relationships with one another
May 15 // End-of-School BBQ
and with God. Ally’s parents are Todd and Pam Grosvenor.
May 19 // Graduate Sunday June 3-9 // Senior Trip July 7-14 // Mission Trip to Florida
BASECAMP May 1 - Family Feud, Week 3 6-7:15pm - Middle School 7:45-9pm - High School May 8 - Family Feud, Week 4 6-7:15pm - Middle School; 7:45-9pm - High School
REFUGE END-OF-SCHOOL BBQ:
9:30-10:30am Refuge Room Join us on Sundays for Basecamp, our Bible Teaching program. We have donuts each Sunday. In May, we will study justice in our series, More Than a Hashtag.
May 15 // 6-8 pm, Memorial Park. Join us for food and fun as we celebrate another great year. (Grades 7 – 12)
REFUGE
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5:45-6:30 M AY W E D N E S DAY N I G H T: Bible Study and Prayer “The Armor of God” Led by Sondra Allen May 1 Fellowship Hall Rm. 332
SPIRITUAL
FORMATION
During Operation Welcome Warmly May 26 - Project Completion The Bible teaching groups which meet on 5th and 6th floors will likely need to move to lower levels. We are working on temporarily combining some groups.
NEW MEMBERS SINGLES
Carolyn Derrick >
Kristin Heckman >
P OT LU C K
Brad Kellerman >
Friday, May 3 / 6-9pm / FBC Cafe FREE & Open for all singles in the community, so be sure to tell your friends!
10th Annual Tom Nelson
MEMORIAL
Check In: 7:30am Cost: $45 per player Shotgun Start: 8:00am Checks to: FBCJC (memo: golf) Lunch: Following
S AT U R D AY
JUNE 1, 2019 Railwood Golf Club
COURSE: Railwood Golf Club is located at 12925 County Road 4037 in Holts Summit. It is an 18-hole public golf course; soft-spike facility. COST: The $45 cost includes green fees, cart, lunch, prizes and a $10 donation to The Baptist Home. PLAYERS: Four person scramble. Individual players will be assigned to a team.
4 person scramble $45 // 8am start
PRIZES: Prizes will be awarded to 1st and 2nd places in a minimum of two flights, and there will be two closest to the pin and two longest drive competitions.
Sign up in the office.
QUESTIONS: 573.634.3603 | First Baptist Church 573.418.7797 | Rand Swanigan 573.896.4653 | Railwood Golf Club
Fa m i l y a n d f r i e n d s o f G l e n d a Wa l ke r. B i l l a n d M a rg a re t B a g g e t t a n d f a m i l y i n t h e d e a t h o f h i s m o t h e r. M i c h a e l a n d We n d y M i l l e r a n d f a m i l y i n t h e d e a t h o f h i s m o t h e r.
S Y M PAT H Y
P R AY E R REQUESTS
Emma Larson in the death of her b ro t h e r. Te re s a & R o b i n S t u l l a n d f a m i l y i n the death of her aunt. Stan & Joyce Knowles and family in the death of her niece.
RESERVED PA R K I N G
If you have prayer re q u e s t s , c o n t a c t the office or email p r a y e r t e a m @ f b c j c . o rg
S u n d a y s i n M a y, John & Susan Bosch will p a r k i n t h e s p o t re s e r v e d fo r P a s t o r D o y l e . P ro c e e d s t o y o u t h m i s s i o n t r i p . T H A N K YO U !
FRIENDSHIP
FRIENDSHIP
HOMEBOUND
Monday, May 6-13
Mark your calendars for our next Friendship Club:
Denny Hodges (5/8) #1 Veterans Drive Mexico, MO 65265
SINGERS
BIRTHDAY
CLUB
Friendship Singers’ Mission Trip to Savannah, GA
Mon, May 20 @ 6:00pm Brenda Boatright, “Missions in Central and South America” Meal Provided by Chef Michael Ferguson & the FBC Kitchen Staff:
Garden Fresh Bowl of Salad Roasted Pork and Kraut Grilled Chicken Skillet Fried Potatoes with Onions Butter Beans Hot Rolls
seniors
Last Names M-Z are asked to bring a dessert
Geneva Indermuehle (5/25) 1002 W. Main Room 259 Jefferson City, MO 65109 Lois Jeffries (5/29) 5409 Deer Valley Drive Jefferson City, MO 65109 Mary Huhn in the FBC office has a supply of birthday cards. Visitors feel free to pick one up to send to any homebound member on their birthday. Do you want to be a blessing and be blessed? Become a “Homebound Visitor”! Contact Rod if you have questions.
THE N U MB E RS Bible Teaching Worship Attendance Attendance
Budget Offering
March 31
277
430 $
11,291.26
April 7
311
402 $
52,467.53
April 14
241
371 $
8,949.59
April 21
303
640 $
19,908.08
Weekly Budget Needs . . . . . . $ 27,150.63 Budget needs to date . . . . . . $434,410.06 Budget given to date . . . . . . . $356,201.36 Budget expenses to date* . . . . $322,127.78 *not all invoices have been received
At FBC there are several ways you can give: place your gift in the offering plate, mail, automated electronic withdrawals, online or mobile giving with the church life app. Call the church office if you need assistance with any of these options.
301 E. Capitol Ave. / Jefferson City, MO 65101 / fbcjc.org / 573.634.3603