Newsletter ~ June SE 14th Street P.O. Box 129 Oak Grove, MO

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1 Newsletter ~ June SE 14th Street P.O. Box 129 Oak Grove, MO First Baptist Church Staff Pastor Randy J. Messer Randy@firstbaptistog.org Associate Pastor Bret Pritchard Bret@firstbaptistog.org Associate Outreach Pastor Brad Spear Brad@firstbaptistog.org Worship Pastor Jeff Lawson Jeff@firstbaptistog.org Youth Pastor Devin Pritchard Devin@firstbaptistog.org Youth Intern Christina Matson Christy@firstbaptistog.org Children s Ministry Dawn Robnett Coordinator Secretary Dianna Cornwell Dianna@firstbaptistog.org Assistant Secretary Karen Garnier Karen@firstbaptistog.org Custodian Linda Keck Why God Made Fathers God knew that all children would need Someone secure and strong To shelter and protect them And to teach them right from wrong. A person to take pride in Throughout their growing years, Someone to laugh at childhood jokes And to comfort childhood tears; That s why God made fathers. Katherine Nelson Davis HAPPY FATHER S DAY JUNE 16 Leading families to Connect to God and others, Grow in their walk with Christ, Serve in Ministry and Go to the lost.

2 Summertime!! So many great things happen in the Summer. We have our students home from school. We go on vacations and spend lots of time with family members. We do not have to shovel snow! (At least I hope not). The summer months are buzzing with activity. It is important that we not allow all of that activity to cause us to miss out on the family reunion that happens at the church building every Sunday. Even in the summer it is good for us to gather as the Body of Christ for Bible Study and Worship. It is good for us to be in this place to lift one another up in prayer and with encouraging words. Hebrews 10:25 says that we should not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another and all the more as you see the Day approaching. Enjoy your summer! If you have a chance to vacation with family, take it. In the midst of all of that activity, remember that God has brought us together as family and that He desires for us to regularly worship and study together. Let s make God happy by doing just that. See you in Sunday School! Your Servant in Christ, Bret Bret Pritchard, Associate Pastor

3 Pastor s Day Off Randy Thursday Bret Friday Jeff Friday June 2013 Sunday Schedule Worship 8:15 am & 11:00 am 9:45 am Sunday School 5:25 pm Awana Sept.-April 5:30 pm Discipleship Training MEDIA CENTER HOURS Wednesday 5-6:30 PM Sunday 9-9:45 AM WEDNESDAY NIGHT ACTIVITIES 5:00 PM Supper 5:45 PM Children s Choirs Sept. May 6:30 PM LIFE Student (7th 12 grade) Bible Study@ Youth Building 6:30 PM Wed. Worship for Kids / Mission Friends / Adult Bible Study/Praise Team Rehearsal Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 2 4 pm Children s Min. Council 4 pm Student Ministry Council 3:30 Deacon Evaluation 4 pm Deacons Meeting 5 pm Frank Sudario Ordination Council 6 pm Ordination & Reception 9 Children s Spotlight 12:30 Belarus Planning Mtg. 4 pm SS Council 16 FATHER S DAY No PM Services 23 Lord s Supper AM Services Children s Spotlight 30 Patriotic Musical AM 3-4:30 pm Leaders Prayer Scheduled Days off Karen 4-7; 25 Bret 25 July Noon Youth Strength Training No Youth Strength Training :30 Ministerial Alliance Grace Baptist Noon Youth Strength Training No Youth Strength Training 4:30 Forest Ave. Meal 5 5:30 Personnel Comm. 5:45 Nominating Comm. 12 No Supper FH may be closed for waxing if so, Bible Study will be held in Room 1 5:45 Bldg. & Grounds Comm. 19 5:30 Finance Comm. 5:30 Missions Comm. 26 6:30 Business Meeting Puerto Rico Mission Trip (Randy) :30 Elderberries to Chestnut Theater 8 8 AM-7 pm Sanctuary & FH (Smith) Youth/Children s Camp Father Son Fishing Day (Rick Ryken) FBC CALENDAR

4 First Baptist Church of Oak Grove requests the honor of your presence at the Ordination Service of Frank Sudario To the Gospel Ministry 6:00 PM June 2, 2013 Reception 7:00 PM in the Fellowship Hall Celebrate America! The Celebration Choir will be rehearsing this patriotic musical for the next few weeks. Come join us on Wednesdays at 7:30 pm! The theme is Remembering Our Heritage Praying for Our Future and will be presented to the church on June 30 in both services (8:15 & 11:00). Ordination Council will meet at 5:00 PM All Ordained Ministers & Deacons are invited. June Highlights DATE TIME EVENT 2 6 pm Ordination to the Gospel Ministry for Frank Sudario w/ reception following 7-11 Youth & Children s Camp 16 Father s Day Mission Trip to Puerto Rico 23 8:15 & 11:00 am Worship Service with Lord s Supper 25 4:30 pm Forest Avenue Meal Ministry 26 6:30 pm Business Meeting Leader s Prayer Summit June 30, :00-4:30 PM Fellowship Hall Everyone is invited to this special prayer meeting to pray with and for our church leaders as they seek God s direction in planning ministry for :15 & 11:00 am Celebrate America Musical 30 3:00-4:30 Leader s Prayer Summit For 2014 Ministry Calendar

5 Dear Church Family, Thank you so much for your generous support of the Media Center book sale that benefited Forest Avenue Homeless Shelter. Together WE raised $238.74! Thanks be to God! Thank you for your book and non-media donations. Thank you for helping set up our book sale, and a special Thank You to Miss Sierra Bird for her organizational talents in the set-up. Thank you for coming to buy books, flea market finds, music, CDs, etc. And Thank You for helping to take down the book sale. Much work goes into it and much love goes in the form of this money raised for Forest Avenue Ministry. God bless you all!! Thank you to the Prayer Ministry last fall for the prayers you prayed over me, as I searched for a doctor that would be in tune with what I needed to have done to my back. Those prayers were answered as I was led to a Christian Neurosurgeon that took 6 months in putting a plan together. The surgery went very well on April 11 and I am recovering as planned. I still have 6 more weeks of wearing a brace and doing exercises before we can say it is a total success, but we are continuing to believe. I can not thank my husband, Jim enough for being the care giver he is. Thanks for all the prayers, cards and visits. I especially want to thank Gerry Woods for reaching out to me while she, herself, is in need. God s Blessings on All, Shirley Coleman Fran Rushing, Forest Avenue Ministry Coordinator To a Wonderful and Gracious Church God s spirit shines through in people like you. From a very grateful Family of Dean Manning Dear Church Family, As Becky and I sat in the Fellowship Hall for our 20th anniversary party, we were overwhelmed by your words. Jesus is the one to be praised! He gets all the glory! Thank you for your encouragement in ministry. The truth is you, the body of Christ, should be hailed. It is a great honor and blessing to have the privilege to serve Christ here and around the world. Thank you for all the gifts and the wonderful cards. We went home with the countless cards and read every one of them that night and wept tears of joy, thanking God for letting us have you as our family that helped us birth our children, see them grow, graduate twice, get married, and now give us grandchildren. You know my flaws (Becky does not have any) and you love us anyway. Serving Christ Together, Love, Kids Fishing Day June 29 9:00-Noon Sponsored by the Brotherhood Dad s grab your gear and your kids and join men of the church for a great outing. You will be fishing in a pond on Rick Ryken s place in Bates City. Men who would like to help may contact Rick Ryken at If you know of a child who needs to adopt a Dad or a Grandpa let us know and we will fix them up with a loving father figure. RSVP Rick Ryken Becky & Randy Messer

6 Newsletter June 2013 Welcome Devin & Traci Pritchard Devin Pritchard was voted in as our new Youth Pastor with 98% approval. He will begin ministry here June 2, Devin is not a stranger to us but he has been away for a number of years and look...he has grown up! During his time away from Oak Grove he earned college degrees in Music, started seminary classes, married Traci and I m sure a lot of other things too. He has served in two churches in southern Missouri and has grown in his walk with Christ and it is evident that he will lead our young people to do the same. Please pray for Devin and Traci as they transition to their new ministry home in Oak Grove.