Beyond the Bulletin. February Welcome to our February Newsletter! Church Events. Church Mission Statement

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1 Beyond the Bulletin February 2018 Church Mission Statement We are committed to becoming fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ and inviting others to do the same. Welcome to our February Newsletter! Welcome to the shortest month of the year! February is the international month of friendship. You are encouraged to show love, care & support to your family, friends & neighbors. FIRST BAPTIST KINGSVILLE 58 Division St. N., Kingsville, ON N9Y 2E8 (519) Pastor: Rev. Jim Bagley Christian Ed. Co-ordinator: Tracey Bagley Office Website: Church Events Family Fun Night Feb. 2 nd Moments for Moms Feb. 2 nd, 9 th & 23 rd Ladies AM Bible Study Feb. 6 th, 13 th, 20 th & 27 th Ladies PM Bible Study Feb. 6 th, 13 th, 20 th & 27 th Shuffleboard Feb. 7 th, 14 th, 21 st & 28 th IMPACT Feb. 7 th, 14 th, 21 st & 28 th Knit/Crochet Feb. 8 th & 22 nd Café Night Feb. 9 th Blizzard Weekend Feb. 9 th to 11 th Sacred Rhythms Feb. 11 th Community Dinner Feb. 21 st Days for Girls Feb. 28 th

2 Sunday School For All Ages! It s not too late to join! y heart do Adult Class GALATIONS by Kyle Idleman: Come to Herrington Hall with Wayne Wharram at 9:45am. If someone asked you to explain the gospel, what would you say? What is the good news of the Christian faith? Kyle Idleman dives into the book of Galatians, one that contains some of the clearest explanations of the gospel in the New Testament. Kyle shows that true freedom is found in surrender, not self-dependence. Because our gospel is not based on our works, but faith. ke dic LADIES MORNING BIBLE STUDY Stepping Up A Journey Through the Psalms of Ascent by Beth Moore Join Judy Fysh each Tuesday at 9:00-11:30am in the downstairs lounge as we study Stepping Up: A Journey Through the Psalms of Ascent by Beth Moore. This is an in-depth study of Psalms Themes of joy, unity, gratitude, redemption, repentance, the power of blessings, facing ridicule, and more are explored. Books-$ Dates- Feb. 6 th, 13 th, 20 th & 27 th. LADIES EVENING BIBLE STUDY Begins Tuesday, January 30 th at 7:00pm at Tracey Bagley s (22 Conservation Blvd.). ALL LADIES WELCOME for our first night together. We will enjoy one another s company, share & encourage each other. The Study will be revealed that evening! Dates- Feb. 6 th, 13 th, 20 th & 27 th.

3 ANNOUNCEMENTS Sympathy: Prayerfully keep Gwen Pote s family in your thoughts & prayers since her passing on January 11 th. Sympathy: Please uphold John & Jean Driedger & family in your prayers after the passing of Edna Burton (Jean s sister) on January 2 nd. Congratulations: to Terry & Liz Rupert on the birth of their granddaughter, Lily Rupert born on December 31 st, RIGHT NOW MEDIA It s like the Netflix of Christian Bible Studies & Teachings. - Access over 15,000 bible studies - Over 2,000 kids (all ages) episodes in the Right Now Media Kids Library - Stream Anytime, Anywhere Gather to Pray Women meet in the Resource Room each Wednesday at 7am. Men gather in the Resource Room each Saturday at 7am. If you are interested in registering for this Free, Online, Valuable resource, please contact the office. FOOD BANK NEEDS 4 th saltine crackers 11 th snack crackers 18 th cans of flaked ham 25 th flour & sugar Used grocery bags and re-sealable plastic containers are always needed. MATTHEW HOUSE Special Need: One family is moving into their first home in Canada and needs furniture & supplies. Please contact Matthew House (519) ext. 2 or matthewhousewindsor.org if you can help with the following: 3 single headboard or bunkbed; 1 queen headboard; 4 dressers; couch & chair; kitchen table & chairs; laundry baskets & hamper; dish rack; microwave; washer & dryer; and TV & entertainment stand. BTB SUBMISSION(S) If you would like to include something in the March BTB, please your submission to the office by the 27 th as it will be ed out on March 29 th.

4 UPCOMING EVENTS FAMILY FUN NIGHT Winter Scavenger Hunt Friday, February 2 18 nd at 6:30pm IF:GATHERING 201March 30, 2018 Join us for some Family Fun for a friendly, competitive winter scavenger hunt. We will meet in Herrington Hall where families will get a checklist and rules for the scavenger hunt. Feel free to team up with another family to create a larger team. Each team will need a cell phone so that pictures can be taken of things they have to find. We will meet back at the church Good for Friday hot chocolate & snacks. Contact Trevor/Winnie Stanley or Rob/Jen Augustine for more info. SHUFFLEBOARD Each Wednesday at 9:30am We are looking for MORE PLAYERS. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! Join other seniors in the basement for some exercise, fun & fellowship! SR. YOUTH BLIZZARD WEEKEND February 9 th to 11 th Please be in prayer for all who will be involved at the upcoming annual senior youth winter retreat to be at Muskoka Woods. IMPACT each Wednesday at 7pm Join other senior youth in the basement for an evening of fun, faith & friends. MOMENTS FOR MOMS each Friday at 9am (excluding PA/fog/snow days) Join other moms/ care-providers of young children in Herrington Hall as we continue to study the book Unseen by Sara Hagerty. Childcare is provided. CAFÉ NIGHT COUPLES NIGHT Friday, February 9 th at 7pm Come for an evening of fun & laughter, coffee & desserts. Invite friends to come too! SACRED RHYTHMS Sunday, February 11 th at 6pm Come to Pastor Jim & Tracey Bagley s house (22 Conservation Blvd., Kingsville) as we encourage each other as we learn key spiritual practices that can help us. KNITTING / CROCHETING Thursday, February 8 th & 15 th at 1:30pm Bev Murray hosts at her home (11 Leonard Dr., Kingsville) every other Thursday from 1:30-3:30pm. If you have not joined, please come to knit/crochet with us to learn how or simply enjoy a cup of tea & great conversation. COMMUNITY DINNER Wednesday, February 21 st at 5pm Invite a friend or neighbor to come dine with you at this free dinner. DAYS FOR GIRLS Wednesday, February 28 th at 9:0am Join this new outreach program committed to helping girls/women around the world feel cared for, seen & loved. We need travel/hotel soap for this program. Please give any that you may have to Heather Skeates. MARCH EVENTS March 3, 2018 IF:GATHERING 2018 March 30, 2018 Good Friday April 1, 2018 Easter

5 VISION A world where every woman & girl has ready access to hygiene solutions. Hygiene solutions are a little thing that becomes a big thing quickly, when millions of women and girls suddenly have what they need to stay in school, pursue opportunity, and succeed. Days for Girls envisions a world where menstruation is no longer a source of shame and taboo. Through volunteers, through enterprises, and through public and private partnerships, Days for Girls is working to shift how women and girls see themselves and are seen by their communities. We offer girls and women with new life choices and spur narrative change, through providing sustainable hygiene solutions, health education, and income-generation opportunities. There are a lot of things that are hard to change in the world. This isn t one of them. Join with us, and show what s possible when we work together on behalf of women & girls. Join us WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28 TH AT 9:30AM in Herrington Hall (held the last Wednesday of each month)

6 Receive Free Weekly Lenten Devotions CBWOQ WOMEN S CONFERENCE & AGM Come Thirsty. Drink Deeply... because there s more! Each devotional includes a Bible verse, ideas for family activities, and conversation-starters. We know families are busy, so the devotionals are created to fit easily into your family s weekly routine. You ll receive them in your inbox from Ash Wednesday through Easter Sunday. SIGN UP AT: The Sparkhouse Family Blog Sparkhouse Family offers information on: Values Parenting Faith Resources News CHECK IT OUT! A Baptist Women s conference for women who want to experience more of God and more of mission. Friday April 27 (6 p.m. start) to Saturday April 28 (5 p.m.) Mississauga Chinese Baptist Church 5220 Creekbank Road, Mississauga, ON L4W 1X1 Great CBWOQ deals with 3 hotels close to venue (book directly with your hotel of choice) $59 Registration (includes sessions, workshops, prayer room & coffee/tea breaks) $15 Catered Lunch

7 BOOK REVIEW- FROM THE LIBRARIAN ALL IS GRACE by Brennan Manning (A Ragamuffin Memoir) On April 27, 1934, a little boy was born who grew up to become a vagabond evangelist in patchwork pants, fiercely daring us to believe a line too good to be true. God loves you as you are and not as you should be. His name is Brennan Manning. He has boldly preached of a love of Jesus vast, unmeasured, boundless and free. And he has faithfully pointed to a tender, elemental fury that blows where it wills in a word, grace. But before the fame of his ragamuffin gospel, Brennan Manning was a son, brother, journalist, priest, husband, father, and friend. This is that part of the story, a necessary piece of the larger puzzle of grace. These pages tell the story of a man whose name has not always been Brennan. IDEAS FOR PARENTS A collection of Tips, Insights, and Activities for Real-World Parenting By Mark Matlock & Christopher Lyon You know you should be more than just housemates with your kids, but as their lives become as busy as yours, that feeling of belonging together can fade. How do you maintain close bonds with your kids? What can you do if you sense that your kids are pulling away in an unhealthy manner? And what can you, as a family, actually do together what will be meaningful that staring at screens in the same room? With practical advice on how to deepen and expand your most important human connections, Ideas for Parents will lead you in ways to develop and nourish the spiritual appetite of your family. Divided into short, easy to read sections so you can go straight to the topic most pressing in your household, Ideas for Parents helps you live as the parent you want to be so your children can become the adults God meant them to be. WITHOUT WARNING by Joel C. Rosenberg (A J.B. Collins Novel) What if ISIS pulls off the unthinkable and unleashes catastrophic terror attacks in the American Homeland? The State of the Union address is minutes away. The president of the United States is set to tell a joint session of Congress and the American people that the U.S. if finally winning the war against the Islamic State. But after tracking ISIS from Istanbul to Baghdad to Amman, New York Times national security correspondent J.B. Collins fears the worst is yet to come. ISIS jihadists have infiltrated the U.S. They are planning to launch catastrophic attacks inside American cities that could make the horrors of 9/11 pale by comparison. But Collins has uncovered only part of the story. The full truth may be worse than the American people s darkest fears. And the consequences may be harder than Collins is prepared to imagine.

8 Children's Ministry at FBKingsville This month we have included part 3 of a five-part series all about Children s Ministry! Each month we will answer a different question. This month is all about: WHO ARE WE SERVING I am a terrible gift giver. I have these fantastic intentions of giving the most unique gift possible, but that approach has fallen woefully short more times than I care to recount! Over the past few years, I have taken a different approach. I have learned to watch and listen to my potential recipients closely for ideas. I have improved, but practicing intentional relationship will always be the key. This past weekend, the Jr. Church and Nursery workers got together to talk to one another and learn from each other, in other words, to practice intentional relationship. The area that we explored as a larger group is culture. What does the culture in which our children have to navigate actually look like? Here are just a few of the insights we were able to come up with: -social media -instant news feed -technology -divorce/family issues -mental/physical health issues -bullying -educational pressures -extra curricular pressures We can never underestimate the profound effect this culture has on shaping our children. In essence, we were listening to and watching closely the culture around us. Knowing this helps us in our approach to our children as we seek to attach their lives to Jesus. Opening our eyes to each individual child rather than as a targeted group. This is literally the Who? of the Who? we are trying to reach! Practicing intentional relationship will be the only way we are able to come alongside families and help them as they seek to raise spiritually healthy children. It is the difference between being a church family and running a program. Submitted by: Laura Gaffan

9 For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands, for God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH KINGSVILLE 58 Division Street, Kingsville (519) Contact: fbkingsville@gmail.com 2 T I M O T H Y 1: 6 7 IF:Gathering Saturday March 3, :30am to 5:00pm. Coffee and muffins will be served at 8:15am. A hot lunch and snacks will be provided (gluten-free available) LADIES OF ALL AGES INVITED! If God is real then we want more than anything to live like it. Come as we gather together to refresh our hearts and renew our desire for loving God and loving each other. Invite your girl friends (ages teen & up) to spend a day with you. We will hear passionate speakers, worship God, share and eat together. $25.00 (payable to FBK) includes simulcast, lunch, snacks & giveaways. Register by fbkingsville@gmail.com or call (please inform if gluten free option is required) For more information speak to Tracey Bagley or Heather Skeates. At IF:Gathering 2018, we will look at one of Paul s letters to Timothy as he reminded him of the power and responsibility of sharing the gospel. We want to give God away in the very places He has put us, we re going to gather for the purpose of remembering why following God and making disciples matters. We all get tired, we all wonder if what we re doing matters, IF:Gathering 2018 will be the reminder it will be the celebration. The work we re doing to share the gospel on the earth is worth it. God DOES move through the little things that nobody sees.

10 Kingsville Community Food Bank 18 Division Street, North Kingsville, ON Year-End Letter N9Y IC8 December, 2017 Dear Supporters, The problem of hunger in Canada isn't going away. Many of you are surprised that we even need a food bank in Kingsville. But the need to use a food bank isn't necessarily about the food. Most often it's about income. The people who go hungry in Canada are almost always in a low-income group. Their ability to afford good quality and nutritious food is constantly hampered by their cost of housing, their utility bills and whatever other financial obligations that conflict with their budget for groceries. While half of households who use food banks report that their primary source of income is welfare, 15% are employed. They earn an income but it's just not enough. While volunteering for the Kingsville Food Bank, we have learned that we are all only one or two paychecks away from being in a financial crisis ourselves. It's a very humbling thought, and helps us to be more understanding of those we are trying to help. In 2017, we had 180 families on our books. Some came in occasionally, some came regularly every three weeks, and some came only once or twice. Whatever their reason for accessing the food bank, the bottom line is...we were only able to help them because of YOU. We do not belong to the Food Bank Association and we do not receive any government funding. We depend entirely on generous donations from people like you. And we are so very grateful for people like you!!! We could not pay our rent and keep our doors open without people like you! Our very existence depends on people like you!!! Please accept our humble and most appreciative thank you for all you do for us. We are blessed to have your support and we wish you much joy and success in Sincerely, Marilyn Mayville Allen Coordinator: Kingsville Community Food Bank

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12 FIRST BAPTIST KINGSVILLE February 2018 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday AM-Quilters 9AM-Moments for Moms 7AM-Men s Prayer 6:30PM-Family Fun Night 9:45AM-Sunday School 11AM-Communion BLIZZARD 9 BLIZZARD 10 OFFICE CLOSED 6:30PM-Scouts 9AM-Ladies Bible Study 6PM-Beavers 7PM-Ladies Bible Study (22 Conservation Blvd.) 7am- Women s Prayer 9:30AM-Shuffleboard 6PM-Scouts Meeting 7PM-IMPACT 1:30PM-Knit/Crochet (11 Leonard St.) 9AM-Moments for Moms 7pm- Café Night- Couples Night 7AM-Men s Prayer BLIZZARD ASH WEDNESDAY :45AM-Sunday School 11AM-Worship 6pm-Sacred Rhythms (22 Conservation Blvd.) 9:45AM-Sunday School 11AM-Worship 9:45AM-Sunday School 11AM-Worship Noon- Coffee Hr. OFFICE CLOSED 12PM-Kings. Hist.Society 6:30PM-Scouts 9AM-Ladies Bible Study 6PM-Beavers 7PM-Ladies Bible Study (22 Conservation Blvd.) 7AM-Women s Prayer 9:30AM-Shuffleboard 7PM-IMPACT 10AM-Quilters PA Day No School No Moments for Moms 7AM-Men s Prayer FAMILY DAY OFFICE CLOSED 6:30PM-Scouts 9AM-Ladies Bible Study 6-9PM-Beavers Dinner (Herrington Hall) 7PM-Ladies Bible Study (22 Conservation Blvd.) 7AM-Women s Prayer 9:30AM-Shuffleboard 5PM-Community Dinner 7PM-IMPACT OFFICE CLOSED 6:30PM-Scouts 9AM-Ladies Bible Study 6PM-Beavers 7PM-Ladies Bible Study (22 Conservation Blvd.) 7AM-Women s Prayer 9:30AM-Days for Girls 9:30AM-Shuffleboard 7PM-IMPACT 1:30PM-Knit/Crochet (11 Leonard St.) 9AM-Moments for Moms March Events IF:GATHERING 2018 Saturday, March 3 rd 7AM-Men s Prayer

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