June 2020 Tapestry

The First Baptist Church of Redlands

T A PE S T R Y

Jun 2020

Wo v e n To g e t h e r I n L o v e : C o l o s s i a n s 2 : 2

Issue No. 6

As We Wait Shawn A Message from Pastor

Years ago when our kids were young and it was hard to find extended time alone to spend with God, Rod and I worked it out so we could each get away for 24-hours of solitude and silence about 3 times a year. I would generally go to a Catholic retreat center. When I would arrive, I would get settled in my room and then I would get lunch in the dining room of the center, where they would have a section of the room designated for those who were practicing silence.

After lunch, I would go back to my room and take a nap.

After that I would take a walk around the grounds, sit and read scripture, pray and wander without much of an agenda. One time I found a hammock chair hanging from a tree and I sat there for a couple of hours just thinking and praying and opening myself up to what God might say to me at that time. What I discovered in those retreat times, is that it took time for the noise in my head to subside. All those thoughts of “I need to call so-and-so,” “I forgot to do such-and-such,” “What did they mean when they said…?”

I needed time to adjust to the place I was staying, to not being at home or the office, and to just letting go of all that stuff that I could do when I got back. I had an image in my mind of all the noise pouring out of my ears, until it was “quiet” in my head. It was at that time I could allow my thoughts to go where the Spirit led and that I was open to hearing what God had to say to me.

Henry Nouwen talks about this in his book Making All Things New. He likens it to the person who leaves their door open so that anyone can come in at any time. Then the person decides to shut the door and people keep coming by and knocking, wondering what is going on with the door shut.

After a while, people quit knocking when there is no answer.

(I know, you’re thinking that they probably called the police because they were worried that the person was hurt, but you get the point).

Occasionally, I would take students on retreats to teach them various spiritual disciplines. We would designate a significant part of the day for solitude. I would give them suggestions on what they might do during that time— walk the labyrinth, meditate on a particular scripture, sit somewhere and become aware of the sights and sounds around them, or just relax and do nothing. It was their choice. Somewhere in the middle of that time we would meet again for lunch and then go out afterward for more solitude.

I always found it funny to see if I could predict which students would look forward to going back into solitude and which ones would fight it. Some of them said, “I already did everything. What am I going to do now?” When I suggested they do nothing a look of panic would come over their faces.

Some of them would just say forget it, and I would see them hanging out with each other, laughing and having a good

time (which was okay too). But some would go out again and do nothing and enjoy it. I think each person got something out of the retreat and felt closer to God as a result of getting away from their normal routine. But to the person who was able to get over that hump of “I’ve done everything, now what?” to be quiet before God, I suspect that they gained some insights that would have been long in coming had they not allowed all the noise in their heads to subside.

For more than two months now, we have been “staying at home.” Not all of us, as some have jobs that require them to physically go to work—some of our folks are working on the front lines during this pandemic and we pray for their safety. But most of us have been making the transition to working from home. Students are being taught from home by their teachers, online, as well as by their parents who are now finding themselves “home-schooling.” Some of us are having more hours of solitude than we would like. Others are having a hard time finding any time to themselves. But for pretty much all of us, our routines have been drastically changed. In the midst of this we have been trying to figure out how to “do church.” We have tried many new things to provide opportunities for people to feel like they are “going to church,” whether it is watching elements of the worship service on YouTube, participating in a Sunday School class or commission meeting through Zoom, or joining a few others from our church family on a conference phone call for sharing and prayer. And so much more. Each week we are trying to work out all the bugs and connect more people with each other in fellowship. I have been amazed and blessed at all the people who have creatively participated in so many ways to make sure that we “do church” during this time of quarantine.

But now we are getting somewhat of a routine. I think we are doing a pretty good job of “doing church,” and many people, both from our church family and from all over the globe, are being blessed by what we are doing.

But people are beginning to ask, when are we going to get back to the way it was. With each month that we realize that it is a month more, we take a deep breath and ask, “how long?”

For me, I am realizing that now that we have figured out how to “do church” during this temporary, albeit extended, period of time, it’s time to ponder what does it mean to “be church.” As we have moved out of our ways of doing things--many of our traditions, patterns so familiar that we don’t even realize that we are doing them (or why) --what are we learning? The initial period of transition to church-life that is not “in-person” has been made. Now that the noise is emptying from our minds a bit, it’s time to listen for God’s voice. For just a little bit, before we figure out all the details of getting back together in-person, let’s ponder what we are learning about “being church.”

Let it be a part of our prayers and reflection. Let it be part of our conversations with one another in Sunday School groups, commission meetings and phone calls.

What are other people saying that may well be God’s voice to you? Pray for people who come to mind that God will be speaking to them.

Let us not forget to pray for people around us who are struggling physically, mentally, economically and socially. Let us remember our first responders, those in jobs that keep us supplied with essentials, and those in places of government and decision-making. As we see more and more division and conflict, the longer this pandemic lasts, let us seek to be people of HOPE—a hope that is founded in the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

May God speak to us and use us even as we wait.

In Christ, Pastor Shawn

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COVER

MISSION 8 Worldwide Prayer Concerns: Bolivia (Sarah Nash), Congo

1 A Message from Pastor Shawn : “As We Wait” 3 Staff and Contents

F E L LOWS H I P MINISTRY

9 Hugh Huntley: “Dining Alone,”

“Joy and Hope Come in the Morning”

4 Pastor Nick : “Together in New Ways”

5 Richard W. Steffen: “Hope in These Times”

Miller-Trayhern Scholarship Details

NEWS

6 Prayer to God 7 Children’s Ministry: “Waiting in Active Hope”

10 Church News 11 June Calendar

S TA F F Rev. Dr. Shawn Zambrows Senior Pastor shawn@fbcredlands.org

Nathan Jones Youth Director youth@fbcredlands.org

Nicholas Quient Associate Pastor nicholas@fbcredlands.org

Angel Florence Office Administrator angel@fbcredlands.org

Rev. Cheryl Sneller Director of Children’s Ministry cheryl@fbcredlands.org

Isa Terrell Communications Specialist isa@fbcredlands.org

Richard W. Steffen Minister of Music rwsteffen@gmail.com

Richard Colunga Buildings/Grounds

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MI N I S T RY

Together in New Ways Pastor Nick Quient

Colossians 3:14-15 (NRSV) Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. 15 And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in the one body. And be thankful.

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How are you doing?

It feels almost weird to ask that now. Most people, if we pause and think about it for a moment, have a lot to say to that. I imagine many of us would say that we are stressed, or that we are tired, or that we are sick of being at home, and so on and so forth. We’re not doing all right, and that is okay. Sometimes the obvious needs to be stated.

And now that we have said that, I think there is something joyful lurking beyond our immediate horizon. Something calm and inviting, something unique and unknown.

Friends, we have spent the past two or so months learning how to do church in new and fresh ways. We have learned how to be together in new ways. We have learned that we are not always alone in this world, and that we can learn new tricks and ideas.

We learned that Hugh and Jan and Johnnie and Henry make for excellent Scripture readers. We learned that Garrett and Rod and Donnie and Kevin are truly excellent at what they do.

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We learned that being together means more than simply being at church. We, as the church, are together in a spiritual way. How we worship is not always where we worship. If anything, I think this entire ordeal—as traumatic and agonizing as it has been for many of us—has shown us a few theological truths.

First, we are adaptable and innovative. We are a creative bunch, this church. We decided we weren’t going to simply be uninvolved or disinterested in being the church, and so we did something about it. We learned that, through some work, we can be together in this.

I long for the day when we can bring Nolan to 51 W. Olive Avenue and have all of you meet him. However, I am deeply comforted by what we have done together as this church.

May we find joy in the struggle of learning how to be the church now. May that peace rule in our hearts and may we be enriched by one another’s creativity.

Hope in These Times

by Richard W. Steffen, Minister of Music

When you read this article, we will be halfway between the last 1st Sunday of Advent and the next 1st Sunday of Advent. How long ago it seems that we lit the 1st Advent candle on our new Dolores Poore Memorial Advent Candlestick on December 1 last year! The theme for that Sunday was hope. Our scripture was from the book of Isaiah: “In the days to come the mountain of the LORD’s house will be the highest of the mountains. Peoples will stream to it. Many nations will go and say, ‘Come, let’s go up to the LORD’s mountain so that he may teach us his ways and we may walk in God’s paths.’ ” (Isaiah 2:1-5 CEB) Okay, we are not now streaming together to the mountain, though some individuals are hiking to the hills around us for exercise and contemplation. But we do desire to walk in God’s paths. That morning the Worship Choir sang “Come Messiah, Come Emmanuel” from Have You Heard? by Joel Raney, the Choir’s Christmas cantata last year.

That selection was so inspirational as we declared our need of God’ perfect gift. Doris Baker and Ellie Huynh sang “O Holy Night”. And that song provided the “bookends” concept of worship for December, as we then sang “O Holy Night” on Christmas Eve. Hope is important for all of us today. To have hope is to want an outcome that makes our lives better. In an online article on Psychologytoday.com in November, 2014, we read that “hope is a desire for something combined with an anticipation of it happening.”

Professor of New Testament interpretation Jarvis J. Williams wrote in an online article for Christianitytoday. com last month that “even during this inexplicable time of suffering like we’ve never seen before, Christians must remember we are more than conquerors through Christ. We live with the hope of the Resurrection, and we practice a love ethic that compels us to love our neighbors well and wisely, even when that means we must practice social distancing and stay at home.” And we know the words of Emily Dickinson in her poem about hope: “Hope is the thing with feathers - that perches in the soul - and sings the tune without the words - and never stops - at all.”

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. understood the value – the necessity – of hope as he shared these words in his empowering speech in February 1968: “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope. If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps life moving, you lose that courage to be, that quality that helps you go on in spite of it all. And so today I still have a dream.”

“As the Deer,” a beloved spiritual song written by Martin Nystrom, was inspired by Psalm 42:1. The words of Psalm 42 give me hope, and I appreciate the words of dedication that appears at the beginning of the psalm: “For the director of music.” Right now I can relate to the psalmist who speaks of past worship experiences: “How I used to go to the house of God … with shouts of joy and praise.” When it is the right time, we will worship in person again together. But the psalmist still did worship, just in a different way, and declared: “I will yet praise him.” We have still been worshipping these Sundays this spring through digital technologies. And we declare: we will yet praise him.

“As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you, my God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When can I go and meet with God? My tears have been my food day and night, while people say to me all day long, ‘Where is your God?’ These things I remember as I pour out my soul: how I used to go to the house of God under the protection of the Mighty One with shouts of joy and praise among the festive throng. Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.” (Psalm 42:1-5) May you live each and every day in hope, inspired by the words of the Apostle Paul: “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope.”

(Romans 15:13)

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by Pastor Nick Quient

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O God, you are my God, I seek you, my soul thirsts for you;

my flesh faints for you, as in a dry and weary land where there is no water.

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So I have looked upon you in the sanctuary, beholding your power and glory.

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Because your steadfast love is better than life, my lips will praise you.

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So I will bless you as long as I live; I will lift up my hands and call on your name.

Psalm 63:1-4 (NRSV)

Loving God We ask that you would hear our prayers for these, our brothers and sisters Be with those who are homeless and destitute Be with those who long for love and hope Be with those who labor and work to protect and to heal Be with teachers and students and parents as they continue to grapple with this new reality Be with our doctors and researchers and scientists as they seek cures and new ways to combat the spread of this pandemic Lord, be with us.

In the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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C hildren ’ s ministry

Waiting in Active Hope Do you realize the Bible stories describe a lot of people who had to wait? It is excruciating. Especially if you are waiting for life or death.

Abraham and Sarah were waiting for a God promised child that would be the one who would multiply Abraham and Sarah’s descendants. Descendants assured to be more than the grains of sand on the shore or the stars in the sky.

Joseph was waiting to see what good God would wring out of his jealous brothers selling him. Surely it would be more than a life-time of slavery in the land of Egypt. He rose in responsibility to handle the Pharaoh’s business and ended up providing food for his starving family.

Young Mary was waiting to birth a newborn that the angel said would be “Immanuel or God with us”. She was waiting in active hope for the fulfillment of a generationsold God promise.

Mary Magdelene was waiting in active hope to see if Jesus would raise from the dead as he said. She placed herself in locations where she could actively observe the events swirling around her. She wanted to believe so badly.

Some circumstances of life cannot be predicted nor planned for. You just must do your best when in them.

Active hope makes best decisions and steps out in faith believing that God will see you through. Witnesses of God’s grace coming from others’ experiences is what gives us confidence in hope. A cloud of witnesses that coach us on to deeds that we never believed we could do helps us to move forward.

Two midwives, one doula and her husband literally cheered my daughter on. How do I know? I was a witness standing beside the birthing window agonizing in prayer for the safe arrival of a much anticipated child and the continued life of my daughter. My daughter did it, they did it, we all did it together as God was our hope in times of crisis.

Waiting is awful and we scream that we can’t do it anymore. Yet we know we must. As Christ followers we actively hope in better and safer days. They will come and so will the vaccines and medicines that soften the impact of this vicious virus. We know this because of those who have suffered in the past in just as bleak circumstances and made it through. We are called to actively wait in hope. That hope keeps us alert and creatively seeking God’s plan in circumstances not in our control. It is what we must learn better how to do. Me especially.

Peter and the disciples were waiting for the promised Holy Spirit to empower the people with the spirit of Jesus. What would that look like? Could they truly do more than Jesus did?

I previously thought of myself as a decent and yet passive “waiter”. But I discovered I was not. My daughter’s previous two pregnancies ended in dashed hopes and dreams. The wait was not rewarded. Although the third pregnancy was considered high risk, it had come to joyful fruition and labor was soon to begin. With starts and stalls over several days we awaited the labor pains to come more vigorously and steady. The birth would be at home, a safe environment away from the possible threat of hospital exposure to a corona virus. A long labor resulted in an equally long pushing time resulting in absolute exhaustion. There was something unknown and unseen preventing the baby’s arrival. An arm up against the side of his head adding width to what must descend through the birth canal. We actively waited in hope.

Allie participants in a Junior Disciple Zoom scavenger hunt

Blessings on the Hope Filled Journey, Pastor Cheryl

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MI S S ION S

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

CONGO Email

BOLIVIA SARAH nASH Email In Bolivia, the government’s response to the COVID-19 threat was to impose a strict 24 hour lockdown, with residents only able to leave their house one day a week (based on their national ID number) to purchase supplies. Additionally, residents weren’t allowed to use their vehicles, so Sarah Nash had to walk to the store with a suitcase to carry her supplies. As the initial lockdown continued to be extended, Sarah and her colleagues made the difficult decision to take the last repatriation flight home to the United States. Since she is getting married this summer, she wanted to be sure she was able to be here for that. She plans to continue remote ministry to Bolivia until flights are available for her and her future husband to return. Please pray that Sarah is able find effective ways to share Christ’s love to the Bolivian people in this time. Pray for her wedding to go smoothly. Pray for her to have the opportunity soon to return to in-person ministry in Bolivia.

Rita Chapman recently shared an amazing story of God’s provision for their ministry in the Congo. It started last December, when she had ordered a bolt of white cloth from the capital city of Kinshasa, which is over 200 miles away. She had intended to use it in her sewing class so that they could become uniforms. But when it arrived, Rita was disappointed to discover that the cloth was too heavy for the light-weight button-up shirts she needed. “Now, what was I going to do,” she remembered thinking. “I was stuck with a whole bolt of unreturnable material I didn’t know what to do with.

Why would God send us 25 yards of medium weight cotton material only to have it gather dust?” But when face mask orders went into effect in Kinshasa, Rita looked up sewing patterns for masks on the internet. Originally, she made samples using a colorful print, but then everyone told her that it would be necessary for them to be white. And all of a sudden, she realized what that white cloth was intended for! They have now made 75 masks to give to the doctors and nurses at the local hospital and health zone, and are making more for each of the resident university families in the event that the mask requirements are extended to their region. Rita realized that God had a plan all along for the fabric and is now rejoicing in this evidence of His provision and care. Praise God for his care for the Chapmans and the people of Kikongo.

May this story also remind us that we don’t always immediately see how God is at work around us and encourage us to trust Him more fully.

- 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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F e l l owship

DINING ALONE

by Hugh Huntley

Miller-Trayhern Scholarship

The time honored advice is true: “you can’t be human alone.” Now with the COVID 19 plague on our door step, we are testing that thought.

Applications for the Miller-Trayhern Scholarship are now being accepted. Applications are available at fbcredlands.com/Community.html.

Over the years we have been most human around the family dinner table, at the college dining hall, or even at a candlelight dinner for new married couples. When children came along, “WAIT TILL DADDY COMES HOME FOR DINNER” meant our misdeeds would come to light!

The Miller-Trayhern Scholarship Fund was founded in 1969 by donations from the family of the late Phyllis Miller and Dr. Ward S. Miller. The Fund may be used for those pursuing an undergraduate degree or a postgraduate degree. Undergraduates may be attending a two-year community college or a four year college or university. Applicants may be in any year of their degree program this coming Fall term and it is not necessary that they be associated with The First Baptist Church of Redlands or a Baptist denomination.

Just weeks ago each night the dining hall was a place for a warm social event. Now dining alone is the rule of life and we have no choice; our good friends can’t even bring their plastic bag meals to my house to eat together! We have to bring in our almost warm sacks and eat alone. I sit at my table, have a prayer, and marvel at the ways the Plymouth Village kitchen can present the same food in a good way day after day.

Yes, we have to adapt, keep “physical distance,” and hope to stay well. “Dining alone” will be the order of the day for some time to come.

JOY AND HOPE COME IN THE MORNING

Selection Criteria The following are criteria for selection in order of priority.

1. Awards are restricted to those typically 28 years of age or younger who have demonstrated their Christian commitment through active participation in and/or service to the church.

2. Preference will be given to those who have exhibited a serious regard for their studies as demonstrated in their scholastic record during the previous academic year.

by Hugh Huntley

3. Preference will be given to applicants who have been actively involved at the First Baptist Church of Redlands.

The Psalmist is wise in his understanding of the human condition. He realizes that - in the dark of night - we all come close to the fact that we often may feel alone or sad and are losing hope.

4. Finally, among applicants equally qualified in the foregoing respects, preference will be given to those applicants indicating an interest in Christian ministry or a church-related vocation.

But, he assures us that weeping may tarry for the night, but joy will come with the morning light. Joy, wholeness, and hope come in the morning. The possibility of wholeness comes as darkness fades.

Completed application and required paperwork must be submitted or postmarked by June 15. Please contact the church for more information.

In Alaska and the Northwest where storms and fog block out the sun for days on end, people sit under special electric “blue lights” to get the effect of sunlight!

May we have many good mornings ahead.

Selah, Hugh

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News HAPPY June BIRTHDAYS TO...

IN MEMORIAM Each Memorial Day we take a moment to reflect upon those who have passed into glory in the last year. They are members of our church, friends and family who have been with us for a long time.

As the First Baptist Church of Redlands, we are blessed by their memory and their legacy.

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Deena Barwick

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Don Olson

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Holly Allen

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James Estey

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Myra Daniels

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Salvador T. Martinez

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Kevin Fisher

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Charles Miller III

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Jonathan Peske

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Royal Copple

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Samuel Warren

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Fleury Laycook

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Hilary Craw

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Mae McLaren

John Townsend (6/25/32 to 7/11/19)

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Barbara Williams

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Dianne Creech

Doreen Condron Waters (2/28/30 to 8/1/19)

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Betty Thomas

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Penny Walker

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Ben Dillow

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George Nelson

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Claudia Guzman

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Allison Nottingham

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Madeline Keierleber

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Richard Bueermann

Thomas Hershey (6/14/26 to 9/26/19)

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Erick Mendoza

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Nicholas Quient

Kenneth Schultz (7/7/33 to 11/17/19)

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Lisa Olson

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Michael Reynolds

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Meridyth McLaren

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David Hamilton

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Haylee Richardson

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Melanie Medlin

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Richard Carlson

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Lauren Olson

Dolores Poore (4/23/29 to 7/10/19)

Charles Coggins (11/17/30 to 8/18/19) Helen Gregory

(9/1/27 to 9/23/19)

Fred Bandel (12/15/21 to 12/9/19) Viola Bandel (9/19/25 to 12/14/19) Orville Chapman ( 4/10/30 to 1/3/20) Jean Gail (7/16/37 to 2/16/20)

Submissions for the Tapestry should be sent to tapestry@fbcredlands.org by the 15th of each month.

Nancy Parke (8/28/45 to 2/25/20) Margaret Bierschbach (5/23/26 to 2/25/20) Betty Jo Graves (1/23/26 to 3/4/20)

CONGREGATIONAL MEETING DATES Details to be announced.

Sunday, July 19, 2020 Thursday, October 15, 2020 Sunday, January 31, 2021

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Congratulations 2020 Graduates HIGH SCHOOL

MASTERS

Cameron Collins Lauren Dedoes Colby Estey Lacey Wardshenk

Kate Applebee Garrett Zambrows

COLLEGE Bryan Tapia Hannah Shimizu Giselle Martinez Ciel Yukami Tuesday Martin

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Pray forthe Poor

Pray for Fathers

10:15 a.m. Worship online (tinyurl.com/FBCRedlands)

9 a.m. Sunday School classes online (check with leader)

the Discouraged

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- Happy Father’s Day -

10:15 a.m. Worship online (tinyurl.com/FBCRedlands)

9 a.m. Sunday School classes online (check with leader)

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29 Pray for compassion for those different than you

22 Pray for FBCR

30 Pray for Recovery

7 p.m. Executive Council online

23 Pray for Ministries

24 Pray for those suffering internationally

17 Pray for Congo

Old and New Connections

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Pray for Faith

7 p.m. Youth Group online

7 p.m. “Corner Booth” Class online (check with leader)

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7 pm Youth Group online

Pray for Optimism

Pray for Openness

10:15 a.m. Worship online (tinyurl.com/FBCRedlands)

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7 pm Youth Group online

7 pm “Corner Booth” Class online (check with leader)

Pray for Wisdom

Pray for Increased Faith

Pray for Embracing Change

7 pm “Corner Booth” Class online (check with leader)

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9 a.m. Sunday School classes online (check with leader)

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Pray for Patience

Pray for Emergency Workers

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Thursday

7 pm Youth Group online

Pray for Prayerfulness

Pray for Bolivia

Wednesday

10:15 a.m. Worship online (tinyurl.com/FBCRedlands)

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Tuesday

7 pm “Corner Booth” Class online (check with leader)

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Monday

9 a.m. Sunday School classes online (check with leader)

AV/Film Crew

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Sunday

Due to current need to “Shelter at Home,” all in-person meetings are either canceled or moved online.

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19 Pray for the Displaced

Pray for Teachers

Pray for Obedience

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Friday

Pray for Gratitude

Pray for Sarah Nash

Pray for Generous Hearts

7 a.m. Walking for the Health of It

27 Pray for Tolerance

7 a.m. Walking for the Health of It

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7 a.m. Walking for the Health of It

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7 a.m. Walking for the Health of It

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JUNE 2020

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