The First Baptist Church of Redlands
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Woven Together In Love: Colossians 2:2
MARCH 2018
The Tenth
A few years ago when I was doing ministry at Purdue, a woman from Brazil came to the University to do research for her PhD. She was told about the living community that was part of our campus ministry and she excitedly made that her living situation. She also became active in worship, social activities and service projects. One day she came into my office and handed me an envelope. She said, “This is my rent.” Then she handed me another envelope and she said, “This is my tenth.” I didn’t understand right away what she was telling me. At first I attributed it to her accent. “So this is your rent,” I said referring to the first envelope. “And what is this?” I asked, holding up the second envelope. She said, “My tenth.” We went back and forth and then it occurred to me, this was her tithe. She was giving to the campus ministry 10% of the money that she was earning in her research job because while she was at Purdue this was her church. Over the years in campus
ISSUE No. 3 A MESSAGE FROM PASTOR SHAWN
ministry, I discovered several students who tithed. They would give a big check in the offering at the beginning of the school year. It would represent 10% of the earnings from their summer job. At first I would think, wow, that’s amazing that they would tithe at their age when they didn’t make that much money. What I discovered was that tithing was a discipline that becomes easier once you do it and keep doing it. If you give 10% of your income when it is small then it is easier to continue to give 10% as your income increases over the years. I learned, the hard way, that it is hard to start if you keep thinking that you will do it when you have more money. When that is your attitude, you never seem to have enough money to tithe. Others I have known over the years take the incremental approach. They add a percent each year. Maybe they start at 5% and then the next year, 6% and so on. I know one couple that didn’t stop at 10% and last I heard they were giving 35% of their income to God’s work. The practice of tithing came out of the early days of God’s people. They were given guidelines of what to give in thanksgiving to God for one’s harvest – the first fruits, a tenth off the top. Over the generations the church has continued to teach the discipline of giving, with a tithe (tenth) as the model. Whatever the amount, the practice of giving is rooted in the response to what God has done for us—a way of thanking God. It is also an acknowledgement of the
fact that all we have is because of what God has given to us and as followers of Christ we offer all that we have back to God. When we designate the “first fruits” of what we have to God, then we are more inclined to being intentional about how we use everything else that we have. It is an act of faith that causes us to grow in our relationship with God. It is a part of living a generous lifestyle. If you don’t believe “the Pastor,” ask some people who tithe. This month we will be having several opportunities in which you can participate with others in learning how we “do money” at First Baptist Church. We will discuss where that money goes that gets put in the offering plate, how decisions are made, where the money comes from, and ways that we all can participate in the ministry of our church. I hope that you will sign up and attend one of those sessions. If none of them is at a time that you are able to come, please contact Tom Herron or me to make other arrangements. Finally, if you are tempted to think that the church is always talking about money, I would say to you that we don’t talk about it nearly as much as the Bible does. Google it--you may be surprised.
MISSIONS
MINISTRY
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CONTENTS
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A Message from Pastor Shawn: “The Tenth” Staff and Contents Past, Present and Future: “Our Church is Built”
Music Ministry: “Take My Hand, Lead Me Home” FBCR in Action “Invitation to a Thin Place”
The Tapestry is published monthly by The First Baptist Church of Redlands, 51 West Olive Avenue, Redlands, CA 92373. All material for the Tapestry should be typed and emailed no later than the 10th of each month to tapestry@fbcredlands.org. If you would like to be added or removed from the Tapestry mailing list, please email tapestry@fbcredlands.org. Current and previous Tapestry issues are available in digital format at issuu.com/fbcr.
S TA FF Rev. Dr. Shawn Zambrows Senior Pastor shawn@fbcredlands.org Rev. Cheryl Sneller Interim Director of Christian Education cheryl@fbcredlands.org Richard W. Steffen Minister of Music rwsteffen@gmail.com
Worldwide Prayer Concerns: Congo, Iran, Turkey Things to Know A Thank You From Pastor Deena
Linda Gentile Organist Nathan & Dr. Jesica Jones Youth Directors youth@fbcredlands.org
CALENDAR
STORIES & MORE
Angel Florence Office Administrator angel@fbcredlands.org
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Get to Know: Jonathan Peske “An Anti-Racism Glossary”
Laci Morgan Interim Communications Specialist laci@fbcredlands.org Richard Colunga Buildings/Grounds
Upcoming Events
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Art Corner/Funny Stuff Church News March Calendar
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Past, Present, and Future A LOOK AT FBCR’S HISTORY AND WHAT LIES AHEAD
You may remember hearing some of these articles during a previous Sunday worship service. Since people enjoyed it, we thought it might be a good idea to publish them in the Tapestry! There will be a new edition each month.
“Our Church Was Built” - by Brian Wolfe Once this church was incorporated, our home had to be built. This process began January 1888, following the purchase of 2 lots for $2,000 here at the southwest corner of Olive Ave & Cajon St. A floored tent was purchased from Chicago the following month. The tent was used for about a year until a chapel was dedicated February 1889 built with materials supplied by the congregation. This was the first of three different structures that would be home for FBCR, and all remaining balances against the church were paid off upon dedication. About 5 years later, growing attendance led us to lease space from the old YMCA and the chapel was leased to another church. By this time two more lots on Cajon Street were purchased, expanding our property. And plans were produced for a new church. A new wood-framed building opened in 1896 which I’m estimating was close to the west edge of our current sanctuary. A debt of $4,000 remained, and when that was paid off 5 months later the congregation celebrated by burning the notes. The next 8 years saw improvements such as a balcony, fencing around the hitching lot and a telephone. This sanctuary was expanded to the west in 1904 with a stone structure, which I’m estimating extended almost halfway into the grassy quad. Starting in 1907 a series of land purchases and property trades expanded our grounds along 4th Street, giving us another corner. There was however one hold-out on Olive that could not be acquired. Construction of the Christian Ed building started anyway. It was dedicated in 1927 and ran about $60,000 over budget. Despite the previous track record of paying debts quickly, this was not done until 1944 primarily due to the Great Depression. But once that was accomplished the last note on the building was ceremoniously burned. The completed education building, the first of our current buildings, was built around the property that wouldn’t sell. This house explains the right-angle of the Christian Ed buildings. This lot was ultimately purchased in 1935. I found it interesting that the expanded church and our current education building functioned side-byside for about 24 years until the old church, deemed unsafe, was demolished in 1951. Being good stewards, trustees had the foresight to establish a sanctuary fund in 1942 with a goal of raising $100,000 before any new construction would begin. Services were conducted in the chapel and social hall until this sanctuary opened in September 1952. Despite available funds, the church still found itself $100,000 in debt. During the next 2 years memorial gifts were provided by members to beautify the sanctuary. This included the stained glass, baptistry marble, communion table, pulpit, lectern, offering plates and candlesticks among other items that we see and use to this day. And after all that, a fire broke out in 1964, right inside the sanctuary! It was reported in the Redlands Daily Facts as a “happy fire” while the congregation proudly witnessed the last debt on the sanctuary burning with great joy. No major construction occurred until close to the new century, when a variety of upgrades totaling $833,000 were reported complete in 2003. This included the elevator which is the final major construction project of this church. The elevator had actually been envisioned for many years prior to that and has helped people needing assistance and moving catering and supplies. The last portion of that $800k was a loan that was paid off shortly after 2003. Nobody’s ever mentioned if that paperwork was burned… did we carry on that tradition? I hope this has provided a way for everyone to visualize the history of the physical layout of our church grounds.
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Take My Hand, Lead Me Home
In my nearly 33 years at First Baptist, I don’t remember ever listening to recordings of Elvis Presley songs at 2 consecutive Thursday evening Worship Choir rehearsals other than our time together last month. But it seemed very inspirational to listen to “He Touched Me” and “Take My Hand, Precious Lord” as meditation moments at those recent practices. And arrangements of those 2 Gospel songs were Special Music selections shared by the Rev. Ed Irvin and by the Worship Choir in February. “He Touched Me” was written by Bill Gaither in 1963 and was first shared at the evangelistic crusades of Dr. Dale Oldham that year. “Precious Lord” was written by Thomas Dorsey in 1932. Many hymns come to us because of a tragedy. “Precious Lord” was written in Chicago following the death of Dorsey’s wife Nettie and infant son during childbirth. Born in Villa Rica, Georgia, a small town 40 miles west of Atlanta, Dorsey was around the church most of his early life. His dad was a Baptist preacher and his mother was an organist. At the age of 7, Dorsey began to play the piano. At age 21, he joined the Pilgrim Baptist Church in Chicago where he directed choirs and wrote more than 300 songs. Here are his words about one of those songs: “My wife, Nettie, was about to bear our first child. I was called to St. Louis to sing in a revival. She persuaded me that I should go ahead, so I, alone in my Model A, drove to St. Louis. During the first night of the meetings, a lad brought a telegram to me while I was still on the platform. It was horrible news. It was a message
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By Richard W. Steffen, Minister of Music
that my wife had died giving birth to our son. “Mr. Gus Evans drove me back to Chicago that night. When I arrived I found that the wonderful baby boy was seemingly fine, and yet, that night he also died. I buried my wife and little son in the same casket. A few days later I visited with my good friend, Professor Frye. I sat down at a piano and began to improvise on the keyboard. Suddenly, I found myself playing a particular melody that I hadn’t played before that time. As I played I began to say, ‘Blessed Lord, blessed Lord, blessed Lord.’ My friend walked over to me and said, ‘Why don’t you make that precious Lord?’ I then began to sing, ‘Precious Lord, take my hand, lead me on, help me stand.’” This song has been translated into more than 30 languages and it has been recorded by Elvis Presley, Mahalia Jackson, Roy Rogers, and Tennessee Ernie Ford. Martin Luther King Jr. said it was his favorite song; it was sung at the rally in Memphis the night before Dr. King’s assassination. And President Lyndon B. Johnson requested that “Precious Lord” be sung at his funeral. Particularly at difficult times, we reach out: to pastors, prayer partners, and to God. God’s love and “touch” comfort us. And there were many times when the
touch of Jesus changed people’s lives. Here are 3 from the New Testament. The first of these was also one of the inspirations of another Worship Choir selection last month. A father brought his son, who was seized by an unclean spirit to Jesus. “Jesus took him by the hand and lifted him up, and he was able to stand” (Mark 9:27 NRSV). The daughter of Jairus, a leader of the synagogue, died and Jesus went to the home. “He took her by the hand and called out, ‘Child, get up!’ Her spirit returned” (Luke 8:54-55 NRSV). After feeding the 5,000, Jesus went off alone to pray. That next morning the disciples were in a boat and a storm came upon them. Jesus walked to them on the water. Peter got out of the boat, walked toward Jesus, and began to sink. “Jesus immediately reached out his hand and caught him. And those in the boat worshiped him, saying, ‘Truly you are the Son of God.’” (Matthew 14:29-33 NRSV) As we continue our walk with God during this season of Lent, we have the assurance that we can call on God in those difficult times. We can commune with God in the normal times. And we can give thanks to God in the mountaintop times, as we will soon do on Easter Sunday. “For I the Lord thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee.” (Isaiah 41:13 KJV) “I am the Lord, I have called you in righteousness, I have taken you by the hand and kept you; I have given you as a covenant to the people, a light to the nations.” (Isaiah 42:6 NRSV) “Show me how you work, God; school me in your ways. Take me by the hand; lead me down the path of truth.” (Psalm 25:4-5 MSG)
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Don’t forget to share your photos of FBCR events, services and gatherings with us! We’d love to see the year through the eyes of our members. (Kid photographers are welcome, too!) A youthful quintet singing during worship
Walking for the Health of It
Cousins enjoying the church snacks Just waiting for you to join us on our weekly hikes. This picture was taken on the trail to Mt. Zanja. We meet at the Crafton Hills trail head parking lot at 8 a.m. each Saturday. Bring your family and friends and enjoy the exercise and fellowship!
Meeting our local celebrity, “Abraham Lincoln”
A lovely solo from Ed Irvin Fun in Sunday School
An Invitation to a “Thin Place” - By Gregg Sneller In my travels, I have experienced many different kinds of communities. One of those places has been Rainbow Acres. Rainbow Acres is “a Christian Community with heart that empowers adults with developmental disabilities to live life to their fullest potential with dignity and purpose.” Every time I have gone to Rainbow, it truly is what folks in the Celtic tradition call “Thin Places” where the magnificence and wonder of God’s presence has been very real to me. For me the presence of God becomes more vividly real in the Ranchers who live there and their faith in God, in the beauty of the desert and night sky, in the red rocks of Sedona and going to sacred Native American sights. So for me, going to Rainbow has been one of those thin places where the veil that separates heaven and earth is lifted and the glory of God comes closer. A contemporary poet, Sharlande Sledge, gives this description: “Thin places,” the Celts call this space, Both seen and unseen, Where the door between the world And the next is cracked open for a moment And the light is not all on the other side. God shaped space. Holy. You are invited on a journey to Rainbow Acres to discover God in a new way, to serve our beloved brothers and sisters who live there and to be served by them. We will be travelling and working with students from the University of Redlands as we build relationships with students. We will leave on Sunday, April 22nd right after church and return Friday, April 27th. Opportunities to serve in the week will be based upon your particular skills and interests. You will have daily interactions with the ranchers and we will have a couple off the ranch trips to different Arizona sights. If the Spirit nudges you in this direction, please contact Pastor Shawn or Gregg Sneller and let them know of your interest. Your life will be indelibly marked in unexpected and wonderful ways if you choose to take this journey.
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Worldwide Prayer Concerns
“But recall those earlier days when, after you had been enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings, sometimes being publicly exposed to abuse and persecution, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.” –Hebrews 10:32-33 Here are three stories that look back on how God has worked over many years--may these stories challenge and inspire us to take stock of how God wants to use us to bless others in 2018.
Bolivia Christianity Today and Baptist World Alliance Praise God for a rapid response to prayer! In December, the government of Bolivia had drafted a new law that restricted religious freedom and made it illegal to evangelize. Christians across the country united in a national day of prayer and fasting on January 21 to protest and ask that the restrictions be lifted. They didn’t have to wait long—President Morales went on TV and announced that he would direct the legislature to repeal that and other controversial provisions. Pray for the Christians in Bolivia to continue to have the freedom to worship without government interference.
Kenya
BBC.com Pray for the political situation in Kenya. In August, Kenyatta was elected president over challenger Odinga, but the Supreme Court ordered a do-over of the election because it wasn’t transparent. In the October election, Odinga refused to participate, so Kenyatta was elected and sworn in. But at the end of January, Odinga held an unofficial swearing-in ceremony of himself as the “people’s president.” The government responded by blocking three TV channels from broadcasting and arresting several of the lawyers who had been invoked in the ceremony, charging them with treason. Odinga has called for new elections in 2018. Pray that the divisions in Kenya don’t lead to violence. Pray that the government doesn’t trample on the rights of its people in an effort to maintain its power. Pray for leaders to emerge who can unite the Kenyan people and have their best interests at heart.
Nigeria
Persecution.com In January, Fulani herdsmen, aided by the Islamist group Boko Haram, attacked the village of Kitibu in northern Nigeria. They burned more than 1000 homes. More than 100 people were killed. The villagers scattered and many are now living in refugee camps. Since this is not the first time this has happened, pray that the government would work to protect its people from these sorts of attacks. Pray that those who lost family members, homes, and businesses would find comfort and support. Pray for forgiveness and healing between Christians and Muslims in Nigeria.
-Jonathan Peske
If you have information to share about the persecuted church or news from the mission field, please share it with Jonathan Peske.
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Things to Know Griefshare, a weekly support group for those grieving the loss of a loved one, meets every Monday at 4 p.m. in the lounge. We watch a video featuring some of the nation’s foremost experts in grief recovery, followed by a sharing time for those who wish to do so. (This is not mandatory - in our group setting, people share only when they are comfortable doing so. It helps to listen to others!) We will provide a workbook, coffee, tea and dessert. This program has been provided at FBC since 2005. I wish I had the number of people who have been helped by the program. Guessing, I would say it is in the hundreds. Robert, from our congregation, says that he could not have made it when his wife died, without the help he received from the 13 weeks of the program. I urge anyone who has suffered a loss, no matter how long ago, to come to try us out. We had a young lady who came after she lost a loved one 10 years before, and it helped her. I know that we have lost several members and loved ones recently. This program is meant for you. - Marge Emrick Associate Pastor Search Committee Update We have narrowed the search down to two people we are considering. Thanks to all for keeping us in your prayers as we interview and continue the process of discerning who our next Associate Pastor will be. Thank you for the privilege of serving on behalf of our church family as your Associate Pastor of Spiritual Formation and Community Life Search Committee. - Kate Applebee, Barbi Carpenter, Erin Estey, Allison Kishimoto, Seth Medlin, Joshua Morgan, Gregg Sneller, Pastor Shawn Zambrows & Paul Zander
Thank you, FBC Family and Friends! I can’t begin to express in words, the gratefulness and thankfulness for a spectacular day on Sunday, January 14th. Such heartfelt words of kindness and love were said both publicly and privately, decorations galore were hung & spread on tables, songs sung, and fabulous food was served. I have never been so honored and was humbled by all that was said and done. Thank you for the many cards, thoughtful words of encouragement and thankfulness, very generous gifts, and the ongoing prayers for a new chapter in my life called retirement. I am not sure what it looks like yet; however, Dale and I have enjoyed several short camping trips and yes, I have even ridden my bike again! So, we are just going to “make up” retirement as we go along! If the mood strikes you, we would still covet some ideas of your favorite places to visit, restaurants to enjoy, trails to bike or walk and maybe a story or two behind why it is your favorite! We still plan to see this great land of ours and it would be such a pleasure to enjoy and see a place through your eyes! Again, thank you so much for a day that continues to be relived again and again in my mind bringing a big-fat-wide-grin to my face! With continued prayers for many blessings and with much love,
Pastor Deena, Retired
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Get To Know: Jonathan Peske By Ann B. Smith
Jonathan Peske was born on Camp Pendleton Marine Base in Oceanside, California. His father was a Navy Officer. He is the oldest of five children. They grew up in Vista, California. Their parents gave each of their children a first name beginning with the letter “J”. Jennifer, his next youngest sibling, is the mother of four. She lives in Texas with her husband, who is a professor at Houston Baptist College. Johanna, who comes next, is a musician and the mother of three. Her husband plays tuba in the Coast Guard Band stationed in Connecticut. Josiah (who is called David by the family) is the father of two. He is doing his residency at Johns Hopkins hospital, concentrating on cancer research. Janell, his youngest sister is the mother of one and is stationed at 29 Palms. Jonathan met his wife, Wendy, at the University of Redlands. They were married on June 23, 2001, here at Redlands First Baptist Church. He has taken Christ seriously as long as he can remember. His family was part of a Christian community under the direction of the Episcopal Church. Besides wanting all their children to have “J” names, his parents also wanted to have a “David and Jonathan” among them, which explains why his family chose to refer to their second son as “David” (his middle name) rather than his first name. When he got to college, Jonathan joined InterVarsity. The group focused on Inductive Bible Study. He became aware that there was a choice to be made. Because of what he had learned and experienced, he made it in favor of Jesus and His Church. The Psalms are Jonathan’s choice for his favorite Bible verses. He became deeply acquainted with them when he had cancer. He found great depths of the human experience reflected in the psalmists’ poetry. One of his favorite verses that he has been reflecting on recently is Philippians 4:6-7: “Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.” He has several favorite hymns. He has liked “Praise My Soul the King of Heaven” since he was three years old. He finds that “Once to Every Man and Nation” speaks to his experience of needing to choose God’s path. And “Be Thou My Vision” was sung at his wedding with Wendy. Jonathan says he felt especially close to God when he was with groups at Campus by the Sea on Catalina Island. Last summer he was a leader at Royal Family Kids Camp – a Christian camp for foster children. He was aware that he had been pushed to the edge of what he could do in his own strength and became very aware of where God picked up the slack and infused his Spirit into the process.
Fun Fact: Jonathan is a talented musician and often plays the clarinet during our worship services! He also has written a few worship songs.
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An Anti-Racism Glossary By Lisa Olson
The Racial Justice Discussion Group has been meeting for a year now, and we are learning more each month. We have discussed books and articles, watched movies, attended speeches, and in general tried to listen to the experiences of people of color. In doing so, we have learned about some important concepts in racial justice advocacy. Sometimes terms you aren’t familiar with make you feel like you can’t engage in a discussion; also, sometimes people think they are discussing the same thing but have very different definitions of a word! So we thought we’d share some of our new vocabulary. Anyone is welcome to join our discussions at any time (we meet approximately once a month at various times/locations); email Lisa Olson at redlandslisa@gmail. com for info. For our next meeting, we are reading the book “So You Want to Talk About Race,” by Ijeoma Oluo. ally: Someone who is making an ongoing effort to recognize their privilege, be aware of oppression, reduce their participation in structures of oppression, and work for justice in solidarity with oppressed groups. anti-racist: A conscious intentional effort to eradicate racism in all its forms – individual, cultural, and institutional. This goes beyond the absence of personal racism. cultural appropriation: A dominant (i.e. white) person/group taking elements of another culture without understanding, acknowledgement, or respect for its value in the original culture. Example: dressing up as someone from another culture for a joke. implicit bias: Unconscious negative associations that people unknowingly hold; “split-second” reactions. These can influence one’s behaviors even if the person is committed to anti-racism on a conscious level. Being raised with decades of media portrayal influences our unconscious preferences for beauty, for example. intersectionality: The idea that classifications such as gender, race, class, and others cannot be examined in isolation from one another. For example, a black woman in America does not experience gender inequalities in exactly the same way as a white woman, nor racial oppression identical to that experienced by a black man. Each race and gender intersection produces a qualitatively distinct life. mass incarceration: The historically high rate of imprisonment in the United States. The U.S. imprisons five times as many people today compared to 1980, and it is not due to increases in crime (sentencingproject.org). Arrests, convictions, and sentencing disproportionately affect people of color. The prevalence for using and selling drugs is the same for black people and white people, but black people are imprisoned at six-fold higher rate (Alexander, The New Jim Crow, 2010). people of color: Describing people of Asian, African, Latin and Native American ancestry. This is a better term than “minority,” given that in many locations, people of color constitute the majority (of a school, city, etc.) racism: Prejudice plus power. Anyone can be prejudiced, but racism requires the power (or participation with structures of power) to oppress. Racism is more than just a personal attitude; it is the institutionalized form of that attitude (see systemic racism). systemic/institutionalized/structural racism: Related terms that all focus on the cumulative and compounding effects of historical and current racism. Even without explicitly mentioning race, institutional policies and practices can create different outcomes for different racial groups. white privilege: Unearned social power in society based on being white, including greater access to resources and a society structured around white norms. White privilege is the ability to grow up thinking that race doesn’t matter. It is not having to daily think about skin color and the questions, looks, and hurdles that need to be overcome because of one’s color. White privilege may be less recognizable to some white people because of gender, age, sexual orientation, economic class or physical or mental ability (see intersectionality), but it remains a part of the white experience. white fragility: White fragility is a common response from the dominant group when issues of racism are discussed. It includes feelings of defensiveness, anger, fear and guilt. It is important to recognize this common pattern to avoid unhelpful behaviors in discussions of racial justice; such behaviors include trying to re-center a conversation around a white person’s experience, rather than listening to the experience of the person of color. woke: Someone who has “opened their eyes” or awakened to the reality of racism around us, and is participating in anti-racism efforts. Definitions were adapted from racialequitytools.org and resources from the United Church of Christ and Evangelical Church of America.
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CREATIVE CORNER “The Cloud” Walking in the early morning, feeling alone, directionless, I glance up at the brightening sky, blushing from the rising sun, and see a dark gray cloud; Not large enough to bring the rain, just big enough to block the light. But as I look, the rays of light come blazing out around.
Paintings of water from the God’s Kids class
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How like my life—I stumble on and think I’m left alone. But that which stands between us —between my God and me— is only passing cloud—no more— And soon God’s blazing light, unblocked, will shine to comfort and to guide me still. - Berva Smith Do you have a drawing, painting, comic strip, or photo of a craft project you’ve made that can be featured in the Art Corner, or a joke you’d like to share? Send it to tapestry@fbcredlands.org.
Wanted: Room Decorations for the Nursery/Toddler areas In the attempt to update our nursery and toddler rooms, the CE commission is asking our church family if there are children’s room wall decorations that have been outgrown or are no longer being used in your child’s room. We want to replace some very outdated and faded posters and wall hangings. We’d like to bring in more vibrant color. We could also use a 6 feet wide and 4 feet high cork bulletin board to display our children’s creative arts. Contact Cheryl Sneller if you can help. 951-640-3616 (from Cheryl: “Please leave a text or a message if you don’t reach me. Unidentified numbers I ignore.”)
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Happy March Birthday To...
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2 - Holly Allen 2- Gwen Jones 2- Bob Leonard 2- Gregg Sneller 2- Daniel Winter 4- Sydney Keirleber 7- Violet Allen 7- Angela Keirleber 8- Sandy Carlson 10- Blaine Harrington 10- Ellie Huynh 10- Mary Wolfe 10- Sarah Whitley 11- Nathan Jones 11- Mason Wolfe 12- Christine Carpenter 13- Lillian Peske 14- Ashley Hansen 16- Don Craw 16- Aaron Zureick 18- Tom Kirkpatrick 20- Dorothy Somers 21- Joseph Peske 22- Marion Jensen 22- Shelby Pleiss 25- Lily Applebee 26- Wendy Peske 28- Shannon Pleiss 29- Andrea Zureick 31- Cheryl Sneller
Donations Needed for Deborah House Trip Missions commission is planning an overnight trip to Deborah House in March. Deliris, (our ABC missionary at the house) is requesting the need for the following items: Donations of hand soap, toothpaste, cleaning supplies, pancake mix, coffee, canned tuna. Items can be dropped off in the Narthex or office. Thank you.
We regret to inform you of the passing of the following members:
Jack Joyce Len Barzan
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10 a.m. Nursery/Toddler Play Group
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Pray for our Youth
7:30 a.m. Walking for the Health of It 9am Family Service Workday
3
Saturday
10 a.m. Women’s Bible Study 10 a.m. Nursery/Toddler 7:30 a.m. Walking for the
5:45 p.m. Thursday Night Dinner, Fellowship Hall 6:45 p.m. Classes 7:45 p.m. Choir Practice
22 Pray for Wisdom
Pray for Kenya
for the 16 Pray Overwhelmed
10 a.m. Nursery/Toddler 5:45 p.m. Thursday Night Play Group Dinner, Fellowship Hall 6:45 p.m. Classes 7:45 p.m. Choir Practice
10 a.m. Women’s Bible Study
10 a.m. Women’s Bible Study
8
Pray for Nigeria
21
14 Pray for Love
Pray for Peace
7
Pray for the Homebound
2 Pray for the Florida
for Family 15 Pray Service
Pray for Mothers
Pray for Turkey
Friday
Victims 10 a.m. Nursery/Toddler 10 a.m. Women’s Bible Study Play Group 5:45 p.m. Thursday Night Dinner, Fellowship Hall 6:45 p.m. Classes 7:45 p.m. Choir Practice
1
Thursday
for Bolivia 11 Pray 12 Pray for Fathers Daylight Savings Begins
5
Wednesday
Tuesday
10 a.m. Nursery/Toddler Play Group 5:45 p.m. Thursday Night 7-9 p.m. Chapman’s MPT Dinner, Fellowship Hall Heritage Room 6:45 p.m. Classes 7:45 p.m. Choir Practice
Pray for Comfort
Monday
M A RC H 2 0 1 8
8:30 a.m. Nursery/Toddlers 8 a.m. Men’s Breakfast at 7 p.m. Prayer Meeting, 9 a.m. Sunday Classes Plymouth Village 10:15 a.m. Worship Service 4-6 p.m. Grief Share - Lounge Board Room 11:30 a.m. Fellowship Time 11:45 a.m. Prayer Meeting
4
Sunday
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Local Outreach Food Drive
Local Outreach will be collecting for Family Service on March 18. To the right is the list for one box... FBC donated 10 last year! Awesome, and we hope for more this year! We’re grateful to the youth that will assemble the boxes for us. We hope this list will guide your giving, to help make another family’s Easter more festive. Thank you!
Nonprofit Organization U.S. POSTAGE PAID San Bernardino, CA Permit No. 2111
- Flour (5 lb. bag) - Canned green beans - Sugar (5 lb. bag) - Cream of mushroom soup - Cooking oil - Boxed potatoes - Cheddar cheese soup - Rice - Apples (5 lb. bag) - Beans - Cake mix - $10 gift card to Stater Bros. - Frosting (most have one within walking distance) - Roasting pan - Canned fruit - Any extra special holiday items to - Canned corn make their Easter more festive
“For now the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.” - Song of Solomon 2:11-12, NRSV
(candles, treats, decorations, etc.)