Hampton Baptist Church... e-news for March 1, First of Three - Congregational Conversations: March 3 rd

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1 Hampton Baptist Church..... e-news for March 1, 2019 March 3: Transfiguration Sunday - Communion Worship: 10:00 AM, Dr. Mike Clingenpeel Music: The Sanctuary Choir with Effie Gardner (guest organist) Nursery Volunteers: TBD Flowers: Nancy Hinson (Bill Poland - 97 th Birthday) Deacon Reminders: On-Call for the week of March 3, Juli McKendree LOOKING AHEAD: March 10: Lent I (Chili Cook-off following Worship) Worship: 10:00 AM, Dr. Mike Clingenpeel Music: The Sanctuary Choir Nursery Volunteers: (TBD) Flowers: Buddy Denton Deacon Reminders: On-Call for the week of March 10, Neal Lewis All are invited to: Pancake Brunch Youth Fundraiser this Sunday to help with the cost of Youth Camp. Sunday, March 3, immediately following worship - no sign-up is needed! All the toppings plus eggs, bacon, sausage, fruit, milk, juice, coffee, & gluten-free option. Cost: $6/adult & $3/children Followed by. Service in the Sanctuary March 6 7PM First of Three - Congregational Conversations: March 3 rd The Interim Committee, in anticipation of the selection of a Pastor Search Committee and the ensuing search for our next pastor, has set three dates for congregational conversations. The conversations will focus on Hampton Baptist Church s past, present and future. Each one will be facilitated by our Intentional Interim Pastor, Mike Clingenpeel. All members and regular visitors are invited to participate. The first conversation will be Sunday, March 3 (others to follow in April & May), following worship. Lunch (Youth Fundraiser Pancake Brunch) will be served in the Fellowship Hall, followed by a congregational conversation about the church s past. Please reserve this date and plan to attend. (Begins approx. 11:30ish in the Fellowship Hall and will last 1 hour Childcare will be provided.) Staff Note: Dr. Roy Belfield, Jr. has been invited to lecture at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. He will discuss African-American spirituals and gospel music at the School of Divinity and participate in a Sunday morning worship service. He will be out on professional leave from Tuesday, February 26 through Sunday, March 3. In his absence, Mr. Bill Trimble will direct the Sanctuary Choir and Dr. Effie Gardner will be our guest organist in worship on March 3rd. Wednesday Night Dinner Menu: March 6 t Ash Wednesday- Meatless Meal Alfredo, small green peas, marinated salad, garlic bread, & cannoli s Greeters: 1 st Wed. - Betty Miller & Virginia Kanoy 2 nd Wed. - Vivian Deal 3 rd Wed. - Roy & Jane Austin 4 th Wed. - Jane & Pat Garvey 5 th Wed. - Sarah Puckett Servers: 1 st Jim Paul Allison Class 2 nd Emmaus Class 3 rd L.L.L. & Men s Class 4 th HBC Youth & Parents

2 Senior Adults: *** The Swinging Seniors are sponsoring the Mobile Food Pantry (MFP) for S.A.M.E. the month of April we are asking our seniors to donate $10 or (what you can afford) to help cover the cost: $ = (One MFP each month will feed over 100 families in need throughout our community.) *** Your contributions may be put in the offering plate marked Senior Adult MFP, dropped off in the office or given to Sharon Melson. HBC Senior Adult (Swinging Seniors) 2019 Calendar March - Hampton University Proton Center tour with lunch April - Gloucester Daffodils and visit Brent and Becky's Bulbs. Have lunch at a local Restaurant. May - Phillip Hatchett will talk on Estate Planning. This will be at the Hampton Yacht Club and we will enjoy lunch, there. June - We will go to The Norfolk Zoo and have lunch at Pollard's Chicken Restaurant. July - Senior Picnic, everyone will bring their favorite covered dish to share. We will collect funds to cover the meat. August - Virginia Living Museum with lunch at Angelo's Restaurant. September - The Senior Banquet at HBC in our Fellowship Hall. October - Fort Eustis Transportation Museum with lunch location to be announced. November - Visit the new Fort Monroe Visitors Center (If completed and open) with lunch at Paradise Club Restaurant. December - Travel to Wakefield for our Christmas luncheon and dine at The Virginia Diner. These events are all subject to change. Anyone with any other ideas, PLEASE let me know!! Thanks, Sharon sharonmelson4@aol.com Windows into the Future: At their Nov. meeting, the Deacons unanimously approved a motion to set up a special fund for repair and replacement of the windows in our old building. Look around the building and you will see broken windows, rotting sills, windows that are about to fall out, and bulging walls created by broken lintels. The need for new windows is urgent! We are inviting contributions to a window fund to bring our windows up to date, thus enhancing the appearance of our building and cutting the cost of heating and air conditioning. To replace a complete window (the window, the sill, and the lintel) is $1400, but we certainly welcome contributions of any amount to the window fund. This would be a great way for Sunday School classes, WMU groups, youth groups, or families to honor or remember a loved one. You may write a check for any amount to Hampton Baptist Church, put Window Fund on the memo line, and place in the offering plate.

3 GOOD GRIEF! CLOTHING CLOSET We are in great need of men s jeans and long-sleeved button up shirts. Also, large sized women s clothing PLASTIC BAGS (Grocery bags) ARE NEEDED FOR THE CLOTHING CLOSET! HBC YOUTH STATUS UPDATE Youth to serve and clean-up for dinner Wednesday, March 6 5:15 PM Wed Night Schedule 5:15-6:15 pm: Dinner 6:15-7:00 pm: Choir 7:00-8:00 pm: Youth Devotion Sun Night Schedule 5:00-5:45 Handbells 5:45-6:15 Dinner 6:15-7:30 Youth Pancake Brunch Youth Fundraiser: Sunday, March 3rd Looking Ahead March 3 rd : Pancake Brunch Youth Fundraiser April 5-7 th : Mission Madness June th : Mission Trip July th : Unidiversity All are invited to: Pancake Brunch Youth Fundraiser to help with the cost for Youth Camp Sunday, March 3 Following worship All the toppings plus eggs, bacon, sausage, fruit, milk, juice, coffee, & gluten-free option $6/adult & $3/children

4 Calendar Mar. 3 Mar. 4 Mar. 5 Mar. 6 Mar. 7 Mar. 10 8:45 AM Sunday School for all ages (Nursery: TBD) 10:00 AM Worship: Communion (Nursery: TBD) Following Worship Pancake Brunch Youth Fundraiser in the Fellowship Hall 11:30ish 1st Congregational Conversation in the Fellowship Hall (All Invited) 3:00-4:30 PM Grief Support: Companions in the Conference Room 5:00-7:30 PM Youth Handbells (5-5:45), Dinner (5:45-6:15), Bible Study (6:15-7:30) 8:30-1:00 PM SAME Lunch in the Fellowship Hall 11:30 AM Dottie Lee Jones Group will meet at Anna s Restaurant 5:00-7:00 PM HELP Board Meeting in the Conference room 5:30-7:30 PM BaG (Boys & Girls) Cook Club in the Kitchen 5:00 PM Lecture Committee Meeting in the Conference room 5:45-8:00 PM Wednesday Night Activities Menu: Ash Wed. Meatless Meal: Alfredo, peas, marinated salad, garlic bread, and cannoli s Greeters: Betty Miller & Virginia Kanoy Servers: Jim Paul Allison Class 5:45 PM Dinner for Children, Youth & Leaders for Choirs 6:00 PM Dinner (for all others); Nursery Open 6:15 PM Melody Choir, Concord Choir, and Youth Choir 7:00 PM Ash Wednesday Service in the Sanctuary 5:00-9:00 PM Exchange Club in the Fellowship Hall 8:45 AM Sunday School for all ages (Nursery: TBD) 10:00 AM Worship: (Nursery: TBD) 11:00ish Chili Cook-off Missions Council Fundraiser in the Fellowship Hall 4:00 PM Adult Handbell Rehearsal 5:00 PM Steeple Singers Rehearsal 5:00-7:30 PM Youth Handbells (5-5:45), Dinner (5:45-6:15), Bible Study (6:15-7:30) For more information about upcoming events, the church office (church@hamptonbaptist.org) to join our weekly e-news list or look online on our homepage or Facebook A Called Town Hall Meeting/Business Meeting On Wednesday, March 13th, at 7:00pm the financial planning committee will conduct a business meeting to seek approval of the 2020 financial program per the requirement of the constitution. They will present the plan to arrive at a 2020 budget and then offer an update on our church finances to include updates on our debt retirement activities. Pat Garvey - chair, financial planning committee Deacon Assignments: March 10:00 North (baptistry) 1 (Captain) Gary Powll 2. Amy Witcover-Sandford 3 (greeter) Scott Seymour South (piano) 1 Vivian Deal 2 Linda Byrd 3 (greeter) Chris Farrow Congregational Comments are Welcomed The Deacons welcome "Congregational Comments" (questions, too) at any of our meetings. We meet the last Tuesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. in the Activity Room. We invite you to join any of our Deacon Ministry Teams as well. Thank you! If you cannot perform your Deacon duty on a Sunday, please make arrangements with someone else to cover for you and notify the captain for your service.

5 Family Care Matters Emeritus Member of the Week: Latrelle Malone (Add.: The Devonshire (apt. 151) 2220 Executive Dr., Hampton, 23666) Emeritus Members: John Christian Margaret Hatchett Beth McKendree (away) Ayleen Riley Phil Curtis Jean Haynes (away) Nan Meadows Wilma Winstead Bev Doyer (away) Maggie Legrande Michael Menser Freddy Wornom Ruth Gerringer Latrelle Malone Linda Riddle Carson Yates Members Betty Kruse passed away on Saturday, February 16. Arrangements are incomplete at this time. Kay Powell Right hip still in pain - although it is a ruptured disk. Therapy three times a week is helping. Bed rest and therapy exercises to give me strength. Thank you, HBC family, for your calls, cards and prayers. Love to all, Kay. (Add.: 610 Lakeland Crescent, Yorktown, 23693) Dee Dee Horne: I went to VCU/ALS clinic on Tuesday Feb 19. I have a second opinion scheduled for March 22. Please keep praying. Thank you, Dee Dee (Add.: 329 Center St., Hampton, 23669) On-going Larry Coleman Cynthia Otte Audrey Phelps Frank Ranson Jerry Richards Elizabeth & Bob Buchan Mary Dotson Steve Barnes Thanksgiving For our new members at Hampton Baptist, Bob and Holly Crute! Family & Friends Lucille Phelps (sister of Becky Glass) A funeral service for Lucille Phelps will be held at 4:00 PM Saturday, March 9, 2019 at First Baptist Church of Morehead City with Dr. Nate Leonard, Dr. Fred McGehee, and Rev. Deborah Debby Murrell officiating. The internment will take place at 2:00 PM Sunday, March 10, 2019 at Jackson Cemetery in Jackson, North Carolina with Rev. Charlie Miller officiating. The family will receive friends following the service on Saturday at First Baptist Church of Morehead City. Wilma Winstead (mother of Kathy Kruschwitz) Although the surgery went well to repair her broken femur from a fall, Mom has had a difficult time. She has been transferred to Consulate Heathcare of Williamsburg and will receive Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy and Speech Therapy daily. She will have a long recovery. Our family appreciates the thoughts and prayers. Cards are always appreciated. The address is: Wilma Winstead, Room 315, Consulate of Williamsburg, 1811 Jamestown Road, Williamsburg, VA Thanks so much, Kathy Kruschwitz Steven Fiscus (father of Jen Fiscus) has been hospitalized at Portsmouth Naval. Jen s younger sister, Shella Fiscus, is also going through business difficulties and could use prayers. *Remember to update your family & friends, when you add them to the Family Care Matters

6 Lucille "Lu" (Evans) Phelps MAY 4, 1959 ~ FEBRUARY 26, 2019 (AGE 59) OBITUARY Lucille Lu Evans Phelps, 59, of Morehead City passed away Tuesday, February 26, 2019 at her home, after a long and courageous battle with metastatic breast cancer. Lu was born in Burlington, North Carolina on May 4, Mrs. Phelps received her Bachelor of Music from Meredith College in 1981 and her Master of Divinity in Christian Education from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky in Even as Lu battled cancer, she also worked toward and earned her Master of School Administration in She married Rev. David W. Phelps on December 29, They have celebrated 34 wonderful years of marriage together and have served the Lord together through ministry in local churches in North and South Carolina and also regionally to the churches of the Atlantic Baptist Association. Lu enjoyed writing preschool Sunday School curriculum for the Southern Baptist Convention, as well as teaching Sunday School to all age groups. She always loved using her gifts and talents to minister to others and share the love of Christ with them, vocationally through teaching chorus in public and private schools. Lu was an active member of First Baptist Church of Morehead City where she taught the Faith and Fellowship Sunday School class until her cancer would no longer allow it. Yet even as her cancer progressed, Lu was known for continuing to faithfully share the Gospel, to minister through prayer and friendship, and to disciple others. Lu always felt called to foreign missions and greatly enjoyed taking short term mission trips to the nation of Armenia, where her eldest daughter and son-in-law have served long-term. She was a beacon of light and kindness to all who encountered her and is loved faithfully by those who were privileged to know her. Lu has inspired all of us to stand with quiet strength in the face of adversity and to trust the Lord in the midst of life s turmoil. She has loved her family tremendously well and will be missed indescribably by her family until they are reunited in eternity in the presence of Christ. A funeral service will be held at 4:00 PM Saturday, March 9, 2019 at First Baptist Church of Morehead City with Dr. Nate Leonard, Dr. Fred McGehee, and Rev. Deborah Debby Murrell officiating. The internment will take place at 2:00 PM Sunday, March 10, 2019 at Jackson Cemetery in Jackson, North Carolina with Rev. Charlie Miller officiating. The family will receive friends following the service on Saturday at First Baptist Church of Morehead City. She is survived by her husband of 34 years, David W. Phelps of Morehead City and her two daughters, Sarah Beth (Phelps) Bdoyan and her husband Gegham Bdoyan of Wake Forest, NC, and Rachel Anne Phelps of Raleigh, NC. Affectionately known as Nunu, she is also survived by her two granddaughters, Emilee and Olivia Bdoyan. She is also survived by one sister, Becky Evans Glass and her husband David of Yorktown, VA; two brothers, Tommy Evans of Jackson, NC; Bobby Evans and his wife Gwen of San Francisco, CA, and many nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her parents, Dr. Thomas Edwin Ed Evans, Jr. and Dorothy Dot Prickett Evans of Jackson, NC and one infant sister, Dorothy Elizabeth Dee Evans. In lieu of flowers, Lu has requested that memorials be made to the Armenia Church Fund. Checks may be made payable to: Atlantic Baptist Association, Memo: Lu Phelps Memorial Armenia Church Fund. Please mail to: Atlantic Baptist Association, P.O. Box 365 Havelock, NC Electronic condolences and life tributes may be sent to the family at, Arrangements by Noe Funeral Service, Inc. of Beaufort, NC. Obituary from Becky Glass (sister to Lucille Lu (Evans) Phelps)

7 HBC Gift Wrap Booth 2018 Report: Keep Calm Wrap On was another fun season full of collaboration and teamwork. The booth operated from Dec 1 December 24. We are especially thankful for Robert Hudson & Bill Abeyounis for coming in early consistently when there was a high demand. Also, Chris Farrow made a homemade island for the booth that holds boxes and bows which was a wonderful addition and helped keep everything centralized and organized!!! This year we profited $9, that will be distributed in the following ways as motioned by the Youth Committee and voted affirmatively by the Deacon body last fall: General Fund: $1, Youth Gift Wrap Fund: $8, The gift wrap warriors met recently and reviewed the season The past season seemed to run the smoothest yet!!!! However, the more we do it the more efficient we become. We are so thankful for this opportunity to contribute to our church. Thank you to each person who signed up for a shift. The booth helps us get our name out onto the Peninsula and attract new people to our church. The booth also allows us to get to know one another better, working and sharing side by side. But most importantly, the Gift Wrap Booth is a vehicle through which we can share the greatest gift of all the gift of Jesus Christ. In Christian Service, The 2018 Gift Wrap Leadership Team Alyson Watts, Carol Seymour, Alystra Barefoot, Scott Seymour, Jim Puckett, Ashley Cooper, Lynne Goetzke, Amy Witcover-Sandford, Chris Farrow & Susanna McKendree Pathways to Sharing Welcome to Pathways to Sharing! The HBC Missions Council is aware that our church family does so much for our HBC family and our community, and we know that you want to be in the know of ongoing opportunities for sharing, both local and long-distance. Beginning in March, we will be providing information on a variety of needs so that you can be aware of current events and how you may wish to help. Financial needs, volunteer hours, prayer support and more! We hope you will look for this logo and learn how you can help. We also hope that you, as church members, will let the Council know of any needs you would like to be included in this column. Serve one another humbly in love. Galatians 5:13b. Contact person for March is Susie or sw5@paainc.org. In Christian Love, Your HBC Missions Council (Amy Witcover-Sandford, Chairperson; Susie Castle, Jackie Coleman, Phil Everhart, Patty Price, Marian Supplee

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