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INFORMER A PUBLICATION OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH SHELBY, NC SUMMER 2022 | VOLUME 43, NO. 6
Upcoming Upcoming Calendar Calender June
Hey First Baptist family, Welcome to the Summer of 2022! As many of us travel to see family members, enjoy a relaxing vacation, or just sit by your pool and soak up some sun, we want you to know all that's coming up at FBC Shelby in one place for this season! This "Summer Informer" edition includes what's happening at FBC Shelby from June through August, with VBS, Youth Camp, our 175th Anniversary Party and so much more coming soon! This Summer Informer 2022 edition is a great resource for you to know what's ahead for our church, and keep an eye out on our weekly Informer for any updates and further information from week to week. The best is yet to come!
June 1st: 6 p.m. Grief Support Group 6 p.m. Youth Group 6 p.m. Worship Practice June 3rd: 12:30 p.m. Feed the Hungry June 4th: 2 p.m. Baby Shower for Yates Family June 5th: 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship in the Sanctuary 10:45 a.m. Sunday school for all ages 11 a.m. Spectrum Cable Channel 9 Broadcast of previous week’s worship June 8th: 6 p.m. Grief Support Group 6 p.m. Youth Group 6 p.m. Worship Practice June 10th: 12:30 p.m. Feed the Hungry June 12th: 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship in the Sanctuary 10:45 a.m. Sunday school for all ages 11 a.m. Spectrum Cable Channel 9 Broadcast of previous week’s worship June 13th: 8:30 a.m. VBS Begins!! June 15th: 6 p.m. Grief Support Group 6 p.m. Youth Group 6 p.m. Worship Practice 6 p.m. Budget and Finance Committee Meeting June 17th: 12:30 p.m. Feed the Hungry VBS Ends June 19th: 175th Anniversary!! 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship in the Sanctuary 10:45 a.m. Sunday school for all ages 11 a.m. Spectrum Cable Channel 9 Broadcast of previous week’s worship 4:30 p.m. Deacons meeting in Youth Room June 24th: 12:30 p.m. Feed the Hungry June 25th: 5 - 7 p.m. 175th Anniversary Party!
June 26th: 9:30 a.m. 10:45 a.m. 11 a.m. 4 p.m. June 29th: 6 p.m. 6 p.m. 6 p.m.
July:
Morning Worship in the Sanctuary Sunday school for all ages Spectrum Cable Channel 9 Broadcast of previous week’s worship Students leave for Youth Camp! Grief Support Group Youth Group Worship Practice
July 1st: Students Return from Youth Camp July 3rd: 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship in the Sanctuary 10:45 a.m. Sunday school for all ages 11 a.m. Spectrum Cable Channel 9 Broadcast of previous week’s worship July 6th: 6 p.m. Youth Group 6 p.m. Worship Practice July 8th: 12:30 p.m. Feed the Hungry July 10th: 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship in the Sanctuary 10:45 a.m. Sunday school for all ages 11 a.m. Spectrum Cable Channel 9 Broadcast of previous week’s worship July 13th: 6 p.m. Youth Group 6 p.m. Worship Practice 6 p.m. Budget & Finance Committee Meeting July 15th: 12:30 p.m. Feed the Hungry July 17th: 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship in the Sanctuary 10:45 a.m. Sunday school for all ages 11 a.m. Spectrum Cable Channel 9 Broadcast of previous week’s worship 4:30 p.m. Deacons meeting in Youth Room July 20th: 6 p.m. Youth Group 6 p.m. Worship Practice July 22nd: 12:30 p.m. Feed the Hungry July 24th: 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship in the Sanctuary 10:45 a.m. Sunday school for all ages 11 a.m. Spectrum Cable Channel 9 Broadcast of previous week’s worship July 27th: 6 p.m. Youth Group 6 p.m. Worship Practice July 29th: 12:30 p.m. Feed the Hungry July 31th: 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship in the Sanctuary 10:45 a.m. Sunday school for all ages 11 a.m. Spectrum Cable Channel 9 Broadcast of previous week’s worship 2 p.m. Bridal Shower for Christina Hampton & Laci Frye
August
August 3rd: 6 p.m. 6 p.m.
Youth Group Worship Practice
August 5th: 12:30 p.m. Feed the Hungry August 7th: 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship in the Sanctuary 10:45 a.m. Sunday school for all ages 11 a.m. Spectrum Cable Channel 9 Broadcast of previous week’s worship 2 p.m. Artur and Laci Hofer Wedding August 10th: 6 p.m. Youth Group 6 p.m. Worship Practice August 12th: 12:30 p.m. Feed the Hungry August 14th: 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship in the Sanctuary 10:45 a.m. Sunday school for all ages 11 a.m. Spectrum Cable Channel 9 Broadcast of previous week’s worship August 17th: 6 p.m. Youth Group 6 p.m. Worship Practice 6 p.m. Budget & Finance Committee Meeting August 19th: 12:30 p.m. Feed the Hungry August 21st: 9:30 a.m. Morning Worship in the Sanctuary 10:45 a.m. Sunday school for all ages 11 a.m. Spectrum Cable Channel 9 Broadcast of previous week’s worship 4:30 p.m. Deacons meeting in Youth Room August 24th: 6 p.m. Youth Group 6 p.m. Worship Practice August 26th: 12:30 p.m. August 28th: 9:30 a.m. 10:45 a.m. 11 a.m. 11 a.m. August 31th: 6 p.m. 6 p.m.
Feed the Hungry Morning Worship in the Sanctuary Quarterly Church Conference in the Sanctuary Sunday school for all ages Spectrum Cable Channel 9 Broadcast of previous week’s worship Youth Group Worship Practice
Staff Anniversary
6/16/2000 7/1/2004 Penny Corn Clara Spangler Week Day Ministries Mother’s Morning Director Out Director
7/1/2021 Eric Johnson Music Ministry
We are coming back to the heart of worship this Summer at FBC Shelby. Beginning in June up until the end of July, we will be in our “Heart of Worship” sermon series focusing on the importance of why we worship our King of Kings and Lord of Lords, Jesus Christ. Throughout the series, we will learn what it looks like to simply “be” with Jesus as we go about our day to day busy schedules. By studying worship-centered scriptures, we’ll better understand how to cling to Jesus whenever we face a difficult storm in our lives. We can’t wait to see what God will do through His word in this series!
If you are looking for a community to walk with you through a period of grieving or loss, there’s a home for you at FBC Shelby. Our Grief Community group will begin meeting on Wednesday, June 1st at 6pm at the FBC Shelby campus and will continue for 5 consecutive weeks. You can join the group at any point, the content isn't dependent on the previous week's group content. For more information, please email operations@fbcshelby.org
Baby Shower We'd like to invite the ladies of First Baptist Church of Shelby to celebrate Justin and Megan Yates' first child coming this July! Their Baby Shower will be on Saturday, June 4th from 2pm to 4pm in the Youth Room. If you'd like to bring a gift, you can visit the registries linked below. In lieu of cards, please bring a signed baby book with any gift you'd like to bring. We hope to see you there! Baby List: https://www.babylist.com/megan-yates-registry Target: https://www.target.com/gift-registry/gift-giver?registryId=7fed3f60-d26411ec-acbe-1370bef04493&type=BABY Walmart: https://www.walmart.com/registry/BR/369d0c9a-ecf3-4828-bc279893ba046f77 We look forward to hosting a bridal shower for Christina Hampton, our Interim Minister of Children (engaged to Adam Andrews) and Laci Frye (engaged to Artur Hofer, our Interim Minister of Youth) on Sunday, July 31st at 2pm. So mark your calendars and keep an eye out for our weekly Informers for more details coming soon!
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Service Community Garden Thanks Many thanks to Michael Southard and Susan McConnell for the many years of service in the church’s community garden. The garden is currently without leadership. Anyone interested in being involved with this project, please contact Judy Hawkins at hawkgolf1@hotmail.com First Baptist Church Cares Here at First Baptist Church of Shelby, we pray that everyone who comes to our church experiences the love of Christ and true, Biblical community with one another. “First Baptist Church Cares” is a group of our members that enjoy making First Baptist feel like home by writing individual cards; these cards go to each new visitor, those struggling with illness, and keep up with our congregation. FBC Cares meets twice a month on Wednesday mornings, we invite anyone willing to be a part of this group to email Dawn Price at dprice30@carolina.rr.com for more information Help Needed! The Feed the Hungry Ministry is in need of some extra help each week. The current team is struggling to meet each need and can’t do it all now that they are feeding warm meals. We need someone to come between 11:30am and 1:30pm to help set up tables and chairs, serve food, (maybe share a devotional, or sing, say a blessing on occasion) and be the hands and feet of Jesus sharing his love to those who are hungry physically and mentally.If you would like to serve or want more information, please email Jene@fbcshelby.org Mother’s Morning Out Mission Project Mother’s Morning Out recently completed a wonderful Mission Project; they wanted to give back the Feed the Hungry program; a ministry of First Baptist Church. The children brought in cases of water, individual bags of chips, Little Debbie cakes and other food items to Mr. Woody Kennedy to give to those struggling with homelessness in our community. Thanks to all the families that brought in food!! ww
Our Cub Scouts wanted to say thank you to First Baptist Church of Shelby for sponsoring them this year! They had a wonderful time engaging in several outdoor activities as they built community with friends in the area. Thank you FBC Shelby!
Recognizing Deacons We'd like to take this opportunity to honor and recognize our Deacons! Please see the list below and the next time you see one of our Deacons, thank them for what they do! Frank Bonner Bruce Boyles Chuck Burch Tony Burnette Webb Cabiness Ken Crawley John Crosland Jenny Dellinger Mary Farrow Sara Greene Burel Harris Danny Hawkins Michael Hawkins Millie Holbrook Paul McManus Jim McSwain Micki Padgett Dennis Price Rick Shelton Jr. Tina Still Sallie Suttle Skip Warrick Bob Watson June Yarbaro
Day Trip Hey First Baptist Shelby family, we’d like to invite you to a Day Trip to a Catawba Queen Sightseeing and Lunch Cruise & Grier Beam Truck Museum! The Captain will take us on a narrated tour of Lake Norman with box lunch provided. After the cruise, we’ll make our way to Cherryville to tour the Grier Beam Truck Museum. There is a lot of Carolina Freight memorabilia to see there! The price of this trip is $46.00 for Adults and $36.00 for children 12 and under. We will leave the church parking lot at 9:00am and return around 3:00pm. This trip has been planned by our “Other Side of 50” group but is available to the entire church. If you are interested in this trip, please call and go by the church for payment. There are only 30 spaces reserved so it may fill up fast!
Summer Intern Profiles First Baptist Church of Shelby family, we are excited to introduce you to our 2022 Summer Interns! Please allow Harrison Burnette and Meghan Little to introduce themselves... Hey FBC family! I’m Harrison Burnette and I am a rising Junior at Columbia International University. I am currently majoring in music, preparing to be a Worship Arts Pastor. I hope to pursue a Master’s in Theology to be better equipped to teach the Word of God through song. I love swimming, volleyball, pickleball and am always open to grab coffee and talk! Greetings FBC Shelby! My name is Meghan Little and I am looking forward to serving here this Summer. This Fall, I will be a junior at Belmont Abbey College double majoring in sports management and business management. My two main hobbies are running and teaching taekwondo. This Summer I am most excited to see God working through people and making the journey with the youth to camp. I love meeting new people and I can't wait to meet everyone! Hello, my name is Chris Adams. I am a senior at Gardner-Webb University studying Music Business. This Summer I will be interning for the church serving in various roles across campus, but primarily focusing on music and worship. I am very excited and am looking forward to what God has in store for me and the church!
175 years….feels like yesterday doesn’t it? God has done so many amazing things here at First Baptist Church of Shelby throughout its rich history. We are excited to celebrate all that He has done with a 175th Anniversary Party on Saturday, June 25th right here on the FBC Shelby campus! The festivities will begin at 5:00pm and go until 7:00pm; we’ll have food and activities for the whole family, including bounce houses, fun games, and more! Church family, let’s take this opportunity to invite our friends, neighbors, coworkers, and families to celebrate all that God has done and to be a part of what He’s doing now. We believe the best is yet to come!! More information on how to volunteer will be coming soon through our weekly Informer emails, so stay tuned!
FBC Kids & FBC Youth VBS at First Baptist Church of Shelby This Summer at VBS Kids at First Baptist Shelby will be learning that God created everything for His glory and our good. When sin entered the world in the Garden of Eden and spread to people, creation appeared to be ruined. But as God established a covenant with Abraham, He proved that nothing is outside of His plan or control to redeem His creation from sin. We as a church are SO EXCITED for VBS and know that everyone who attends will have a BLAST learning about God and building community! VBS Kids registration has launched! It's going to be out of this world! Sign your kids up today using this QR Code or this Link: https://min. link/6fj The date is June 1317th from 8:30 am-12:30 pm. It's going to be a stellar time
Calling FBC Youth -- Time to Think "Summer Camp!" Parents and Youth begin now to prepare for summer by signing up for Summer Camp! See Artur about the sign-up form and the your deposit to reserve your spot with our FBC Youth Group heading to Crossroads Camp at Anderson University in Anderson, SC this summer leaving on Sunday, June 26 and returning on Friday, July 1. Contact Artur for any questions about payments and camp details! Please click here for the registration form https://min.link/5pA and be sure to sign the waiver sheet for camp by June 5
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STAFF DIRECTORY Doug Hankins, Lead Pastor................................................................................doug@fbcshelby.org Justin Yates, Worship Arts Pastor.......................................................................justin@fbcshelby.org Eric Johnson, Worship Ministry.............................................................................eric@fbcshelby.org Christina Hampton, Interim Children’s Minister ...........................................christina@fbcshelby.org Artur Hofer, Interim Minister of Youth................................................................artur@fbcshelby.org Jene’ Baxter, Operations Coordinator.........................................................operations@fbcshelby.org Donna Dryden, Financial Coordinator.............................................................finance@fbcshelby.org Penny Corn, Weekday Ministry Director........................................................childcare@fbcshelby.org Danny Hawkins, Chairman of Deacons..........................................................deacons@fbcshelby.org
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