2820 N. Pleasant View Drive Prescott Valley, AZ 86314 928-772-7218 fsbcpv@firstsouthernpv.org www.firstsouthernpv.org
May 24, 2020
Senior Pastor Terrell Eldreth: 928-277-4769 Cell: 619-244-6265 PastorTerrell@firstsouthernpv.org
with Pastor Terrell
Worship Pastor Scott Terry: 928-458-6470 PastorScott@firstsouthernpv.org Family Life Ministry Pastor Ken Kopal: 602-738-0532 PastorKen@firstsouthernpv.org TO RECEIVE OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER THROUGH YOUR EMAIL SIMPLY MARK THE FRONT OF YOUR CONNECTION CARD. THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO RECEIVE CURRENT INFORMATION AT YOUR FINGERTIPS.
Need a mask?? We have a supply of them at the church. Thank you to Becky Negron, Marsha Hogan, Janet Marshall and Dick & Jacque Arthur who have all supplied masks for our church family.
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Stop by the church office for … May Devotionals Paper Copies of Updated Church Directory Germ-Free Tithes and Offerings Drop Box
Who can you mail a truelife.org card to today?
As you may imagine — we never really considered that we would cease to meet together for worship, discipleship, fellowship and ministry any time before Jesus comes again. But obviously, we did! Much prayer went into that decision. Much rethinking and work came out of that decision as we worked to stay connected to one another and to our mission. We now stand on the brink of the time to reopen — ReEmerge if you will — and begin the process of coming back together as First Southern Baptist Church here in our community. That may sound like a simple thing to do. Afterall, we have been doing “church” here since 1974. How difficult can it be? Let’s just throw open the doors, and all will go back to normal. Turns out, reemerging may be even more nuanced than ceasing to meet was. To that end, we have been praying and working on the reemerging process almost from the beginning of the Stay-at-Home order of our Governor. Now that the order has lapsed, we are proceeding cautiously. On the ReEmerge link on our webpage, we will keep you up to date on the what, when and whys of our ReEmergence Plan. We want you to hear one voice on the details. One voice you can trust.
Food Donations
Please share your needs with us so that we can pray for you and yours.
WHAT and WHEN?
PASTORAL STAFF Terrell Eldreth, Senior Pastor Scott Terry, Worship Pastor Ken Kopal, Family Life Pastor CHURCH OFFICE MON - THURS
8:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Although the Stay-at-Home order has now been lifted for Arizona, it does not automatically equate to everything reopening full strength immediately — as I am sure you have already noticed. Our desire is to do a phased-in reopening. That means we will not begin everything in person from day one. We are also taking a little time to see about the safety issues that may arise with groups of people meeting in one location. To that end, we do not plan to open at all in May. Our hope is to give a firm date to be back in live worship by the end of May. continued ...
WHY?
with church this week.
We have learned several important lessons over the past two months. Not the least is that we can still accomplish our mission — even when we cannot all meet at the same time and location. We much prefer to be together each week, but we can still be effective in sharing the Gospel, disciple-making and touching lives.
MAY 24 - MAY 30
We are choosing to delay coming back together in May for the following reasons: The Safety Reason: We want everyone to be as safe as possible when we return. We are not sure what might happen with the issue of the virus. We would like to see that it is not spiking once again as things reopen. We are also looking at how we will conduct the simple things we do in worship — from greeters in the lobby to offerings and the Lord’s Supper.
Please note the Church Office is closed on Monday, May 25 in observation of Memorial Day.
The Sanitizing Reason:
Live Streaming on our webpage, YouTube, and Facebook:
When we all return, we want a sanitized environment. We ordered new free-standing sanitizing stations as soon as everything shut down. Like paper products, these products were immediately out of stock and backordered. Our orders should be here by the first part of June. We are determining how much cleaning and sanitizing will need to go on between each activity when we are together.
www.firstsouthernpv.org
The Capacity Reason:
Live Streaming on YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC60kazlFdsxMG__jzwd4X0Q/featured
At first, limits were for not more that 10 people meeting at a time. Then it was — and may still be — no more that 50 people meeting at a time. Our State Attorney General and now our Governor seem to be giving more leeway on this issues, but would still like for churches to maintain the social distancing mandates — as much as possible. We are looking at what worship, Sunday School, music and children’s ministries will look like for a ReEmerged First Southern. Blessings on your week as you begin to ReEmerge from your Stay-at-Home reality. See you Sunday on Live Stream Worship, Pastor Terrell
Sunday @ 10:30 AM Worship Service with Pastor Terrell, Pastor Ken, & Pastor Scott.
Wednesday @ 12:00 NOON Story Time with Miss Johnna.
Follow our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/FirstSouthernBaptistChurchOfPV/ Facebook Live messages about upcoming events, Worship clips, videos, housebound challenges, encouragement & more.
Zoom Meetings this week: Tuesday, May 19 - Adult SS Class @ 6:30 PM. ~ Because this is recurring, you can use the information from last week, watch your email for the link, meeting ID, and password or call the church office.
PASTOR TERRELL’S BIG FIVE
Please send in your prayer requests to:
(Things you can and should be doing every day as we hunker in place)
1. PRAY — a lot
fsbcpv@firstsouthernpv.org or call the office @ 928-772-7218 [open Mon-Thurs 8:30 AM until 2:30 PM].
2. READ THE BIBLE — blow the dust off if you must
*NOTE* If you are not receiving prayer requests by email and would like to, email the office and let Johnna know.
3. CALL FIVE PEOPLE — outside of your immediate family
All of the church’s contact information as well as all of the pastors’ contact information is on the last page of this newsletter.
4. GIVE BLOOD — if you are able; serve others 5. TAKE IT ONE DAY AT A TIME — #choose joy
VAN FUND $10,235.99
IF YOU NEED HELP OR ASSISTANCE
Deacon of the Week: Mike Wagar 757-604-2265
WHY?
with church this week.
We have learned several important lessons over the past two months. Not the least is that we can still accomplish our mission — even when we cannot all meet at the same time and location. We much prefer to be together each week, but we can still be effective in sharing the Gospel, disciple-making and touching lives.
MAY 24 - MAY 30
We are choosing to delay coming back together in May for the following reasons: The Safety Reason: We want everyone to be as safe as possible when we return. We are not sure what might happen with the issue of the virus. We would like to see that it is not spiking once again as things reopen. We are also looking at how we will conduct the simple things we do in worship — from greeters in the lobby to offerings and the Lord’s Supper.
Please note the Church Office is closed on Monday, May 25 in observation of Memorial Day.
The Sanitizing Reason:
Live Streaming on our webpage, YouTube, and Facebook:
When we all return, we want a sanitized environment. We ordered new free-standing sanitizing stations as soon as everything shut down. Like paper products, these products were immediately out of stock and backordered. Our orders should be here by the first part of June. We are determining how much cleaning and sanitizing will need to go on between each activity when we are together.
www.firstsouthernpv.org
The Capacity Reason:
Live Streaming on YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC60kazlFdsxMG__jzwd4X0Q/featured
At first, limits were for not more that 10 people meeting at a time. Then it was — and may still be — no more that 50 people meeting at a time. Our State Attorney General and now our Governor seem to be giving more leeway on this issues, but would still like for churches to maintain the social distancing mandates — as much as possible. We are looking at what worship, Sunday School, music and children’s ministries will look like for a ReEmerged First Southern. Blessings on your week as you begin to ReEmerge from your Stay-at-Home reality. See you Sunday on Live Stream Worship, Pastor Terrell
Sunday @ 10:30 AM Worship Service with Pastor Terrell, Pastor Ken, & Pastor Scott.
Wednesday @ 12:00 NOON Story Time with Miss Johnna.
Follow our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/FirstSouthernBaptistChurchOfPV/ Facebook Live messages about upcoming events, Worship clips, videos, housebound challenges, encouragement & more.
Zoom Meetings this week: Tuesday, May 19 - Adult SS Class @ 6:30 PM. ~ Because this is recurring, you can use the information from last week, watch your email for the link, meeting ID, and password or call the church office.
PASTOR TERRELL’S BIG FIVE
Please send in your prayer requests to:
(Things you can and should be doing every day as we hunker in place)
1. PRAY — a lot
fsbcpv@firstsouthernpv.org or call the office @ 928-772-7218 [open Mon-Thurs 8:30 AM until 2:30 PM].
2. READ THE BIBLE — blow the dust off if you must
*NOTE* If you are not receiving prayer requests by email and would like to, email the office and let Johnna know.
3. CALL FIVE PEOPLE — outside of your immediate family
All of the church’s contact information as well as all of the pastors’ contact information is on the last page of this newsletter.
4. GIVE BLOOD — if you are able; serve others 5. TAKE IT ONE DAY AT A TIME — #choose joy
VAN FUND $10,235.99
IF YOU NEED HELP OR ASSISTANCE
Deacon of the Week: Mike Wagar 757-604-2265
2820 N. Pleasant View Drive Prescott Valley, AZ 86314 928-772-7218 fsbcpv@firstsouthernpv.org www.firstsouthernpv.org
May 24, 2020
Senior Pastor Terrell Eldreth: 928-277-4769 Cell: 619-244-6265 PastorTerrell@firstsouthernpv.org
with Pastor Terrell
Worship Pastor Scott Terry: 928-458-6470 PastorScott@firstsouthernpv.org Family Life Ministry Pastor Ken Kopal: 602-738-0532 PastorKen@firstsouthernpv.org TO RECEIVE OUR WEEKLY NEWSLETTER THROUGH YOUR EMAIL SIMPLY MARK THE FRONT OF YOUR CONNECTION CARD. THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO RECEIVE CURRENT INFORMATION AT YOUR FINGERTIPS.
Need a mask?? We have a supply of them at the church. Thank you to Becky Negron, Marsha Hogan, Janet Marshall and Dick & Jacque Arthur who have all supplied masks for our church family.
To be removed from future mailings, please reply to this email and type “unsubscribe” in the Subject line.
Stop by the church office for … May Devotionals Paper Copies of Updated Church Directory Germ-Free Tithes and Offerings Drop Box
Who can you mail a truelife.org card to today?
As you may imagine — we never really considered that we would cease to meet together for worship, discipleship, fellowship and ministry any time before Jesus comes again. But obviously, we did! Much prayer went into that decision. Much rethinking and work came out of that decision as we worked to stay connected to one another and to our mission. We now stand on the brink of the time to reopen — ReEmerge if you will — and begin the process of coming back together as First Southern Baptist Church here in our community. That may sound like a simple thing to do. Afterall, we have been doing “church” here since 1974. How difficult can it be? Let’s just throw open the doors, and all will go back to normal. Turns out, reemerging may be even more nuanced than ceasing to meet was. To that end, we have been praying and working on the reemerging process almost from the beginning of the Stay-at-Home order of our Governor. Now that the order has lapsed, we are proceeding cautiously. On the ReEmerge link on our webpage, we will keep you up to date on the what, when and whys of our ReEmergence Plan. We want you to hear one voice on the details. One voice you can trust.
Food Donations
Please share your needs with us so that we can pray for you and yours.
WHAT and WHEN?
PASTORAL STAFF Terrell Eldreth, Senior Pastor Scott Terry, Worship Pastor Ken Kopal, Family Life Pastor CHURCH OFFICE MON - THURS
8:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Although the Stay-at-Home order has now been lifted for Arizona, it does not automatically equate to everything reopening full strength immediately — as I am sure you have already noticed. Our desire is to do a phased-in reopening. That means we will not begin everything in person from day one. We are also taking a little time to see about the safety issues that may arise with groups of people meeting in one location. To that end, we do not plan to open at all in May. Our hope is to give a firm date to be back in live worship by the end of May. continued ...