Email:fbckew@nbson.net Sunday Worship Time: 9:00 a.m. Sunday School 10:15 a.m. August Welcome! and need healing; to all who are sinful and need a savior; to all who are blessed and desire to give thanks, this church opens wide its doors and says... to all who are depressed and need encouragement; to all who are sick FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 123 S TREMONT ST. KEWANEE, IL Worshiping Jesus, Walking with Jesus, Working for Jesus to God s glory Our Pastor s Paragraphs September 2016 FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 123 S TREMONT ST. KEWANEE, IL Return Service Requested NAME ADDRESS 1 ADDRESS 2 CITY STATE ZIP To all who are weary and need rest; Inside this issue: Women s Tea 2 Kid s Club Resumes Prayer & Birthdays Fall Festival of Music 3 4 8 Calendar 10 Financial 11 H? For the last few week, as we conclude these summer months, we have been looking at the tail-end of this most inspiring book, the book of Hebrews. It always amazes me how relevant the messages to people and places in Biblical times can still apply to us, the Church today. In the 10 th chapter, we see our significant privileges associated with our new life in Christ. We have personal access to God through Christ and can draw near to Him without an elaborate system. We may grow in faith, overcome doubts and questions, and deepen our relationship with God. We may enjoy encouragement from one another. And we may worship together. To neglect Christian meetings is to give up the encouragement and help of other Christians. Difficulties should never be excuses for missing church services. Rather, as difficulties arise, we should make an even greater effort to be faithful in attendance. In chapter 11, two words describe faith: sure and certain. These two qualities need a secure beginning and ending point. The beginning point of From the Desk of Interim Pastor Dan Craig faith is believing in God s character He is who He says. The end point is believing in God s promises He will fulfill his promises even though we don t see those promises materializing yet, we demonstrate true faith. Abraham s life was filled with faith. Continued on page 3
Page 2 Page 11 Lunch Bag Drive for Food Pantry C F The Lunch Bag Drive, a program that was started by our local Kewanee Food Pantry to help feed children in our community that are going hungry, concludes September 11th. We will pack the bags on Sept. 17th If you have not done so already please prayerfully consider how you may help. Donation of food items needed: Fruit Cups Granola Bars Fruit Snacks Small 7.5 oz cans of Ravioli, Spaghetti, etc. Lunch size bags of Chips, Small bottles of water and Snack Crackers All of these food items can be bought at Walmart, Dollar Tree and Dollar General. Walmart Bags are also needed! Your Mission Board C F R F A FINANCIAL REPORT Year-To-Date Total 2016 Budget $293,791.44 Income General Offering 138,631.73 Budget Offset 0.00 Initial Offering 137.00 Gas for Vehicle 0.00 Now Acct Interest 88.51 1/2 Merritt Dividend 10.48 Use of Building 225.00 General Off - 16,990.68 Approx. Expenses Boss Comm. Center 4,870.00 Mission Tithing - 1,887.85 11,000.00 Then Sings My Soul Total Offering - 18,878.53 Total Income 143,962.72 Expenses This year s theme for the Hannah Circle Women s Tea is Then Sings My Soul and will be held Saturday, Sept. 24th 12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m. Guest Speaker is Michelle Watson. Michelle is the eldest daughter of Charles Taylor (deceased) and Barbara Taylor formerly of Kewanee, IL and the sister of FBC member Mark Taylor. She now lives in Cincinnati Ohio. She attended Lyle Grade School, Central Jr. High School and graduated from KHS in 1979. Michelle has been married for 24 years to Fred Michael Watson and they have 3 children, Sierra 23, Camille 18 and Caleb 14. She has been employed for 14 years at South Side Trust & Savings Bank where she is a Customer Service Representative. Continued on page 6 Sunday School - 191.00 Fellowship off. - 206.00 VBS Offering - 519.93 Use of Bldg. - 75.00 Coffee - 3.55 Funeral Fund - 180.00 Boss Comm. Center - 450.00 Pop - 33.40 Memorials - 140.00 Ice Cream Social - 41.50 Congregational Care - 40.00 Mission Tithe 13,863.17 Payroll 49,207.12 Payroll Benefits 12,727.32 Trustee Board 26,277.19 Deacon & Deaconess Bd. 3,594.74 Mission Board 100.00 Music Committee 2,707.49 Decoration Committee 45.09 Social Committee 87.28 Dues 35.00 Boss Comm. Center 7,572.19 Total Expenses 116,216.59
Page 10 Page 3 September 2016 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat * 9:00 am Worship Service 10:15 am Sunday School Phone: 309-852-2480 E-mail: fbckew@nbson.net Website: ww.fbckewanee.com 4 * Communion 5 - Office Closed - 6 7 Wed. Children s Ministry meeting 1 1:30 pm Women s Club 8 2 3 9 10 7 am Boss Glove Sale 1 pm Private use of Wm Carey room Pastor s paragraphs continued In chapter 12, we are taught, the Christian life involves hard work. It requires us to give up whatever endangers our relationship with God, to run patiently, and to struggle against sin with the power of the Holy Spirit. When we face hardship and discouragement, it is easy to lose sight of the big picture. But we re not alone; there is help. We must remember also, that God disciplines those He loves, to set again our path towards Him. And in chapter 13, we learn that real love for others produces tangible action, kindness to strangers, empathy for those who are in prison and those who have been mistreated, respect for your marriage vows, and contentment with what we have. We make sure that our love runs deep enough to affect your hospitality, empathy, fidelity, and contentment. This book is filled with goodies we all can use. Take time to read and apply these great truths. Pastor Dan 11 * Coffee Fell. with Berean Class in charge 2 pm Private use of Wm. Carey room 5:30 pm Bds. meet Youth Group 6:30 Advisory Bd. 18 * Youth Group 12 6:30 pm Hannah Circle Scout Troop 106 19 Scout Troop 106 13 2017 Budgets due from Boards and Committees 14 5:30pm Family Meal Elevate Kids Club Bible Study 20 21 Elevate Kids Club Bible Study 15 22 Autumn Begins 16 17 23 Decorate for Women s Tea Pack lunch bags 24 Noon - 2 pm Women s Tea First Baptist Church Family Ministries Wednesday Nights from 6:00-7:30 pm Beginning September 14, 2016 Elevate Kids Club Explore for PreK - 1 st Grade Energize for PreK - 3 rd Grades Epic for 4 th - 6 th Grades 25 * Youth Group 26 Scout Committee 27 28 Elevate Kids Club Bible Study 29 30 Bible Study for youth & adults 6 - Studying the Book of Hebrews - led by Brock Tumbleson
Page 4 Page 9 Remember In Prayer Aug Sun. Worship Sun. School - L 7 112 57 CHURCH PHONE: (30 9)852-248 0 Tom Pease, Susannah Talbot, Penny Millslagle, Linda Roller, John Burke, Buck Fleming, Rita Landwer, Jason Walker Gene & Romona Carlson, Ida Hadsall, Shirley Robbins Dorothy Hotchkiss, Helen Lovejoy, Rollie Omanson, Don Currier, Evelyn Basham Doris Friend, Mary Lou Standaert Pastor Dan, and Staff, FBC Boards and Committees, Sunday School Teachers / Officers For Pastor Jon and Sue & family, their move, family needs, and immigration process. 14 116 52 21 133 59 28 116 76 FAX: (309) 852-3557 E-MAIL: fbckew@nbson.net CHURCH WEBSITE: www.fbckewanee.com BOSS COMMUNITY CENTER-FBC WEBSITE: bosscommunitycenter.com Interim Pastor: Dan Craig Youth Leaders: Bruce & Ruth Lang Worship Leader/Choir Director: Dan Craig Organist: Brock Tumbleson September Birthdays Secretary/Treasurer: Pam Witte Financial Secretary: Angela Lane 1 Kennedy Raes Jill Seyller Shirley Witte 3 Karen DeRycke Bob Schaecher 4 Tracey Breedlove Mike Hadsall Victoria Vincent 7 Alex Hager Rick Williams 8 Vivian Rash 10 Tabitha Ainley 13 Dick Kull 14 Millie Cagle 15 Angela Lane 16 Romona Carlson 21 Mark Taylor 25 Jan McCleery Jake Verscha 26 Chris Fouser Jessica Moon 27 Janice Hutchinson Vallerie Whetstone 30 Terry Krans Sunday s Sermon Sunday s sermon is available to listen to each week on our website, www.fbckewanee.com, under messages. Anyone wishing a copy of Sunday s service on CD may contact the church office. Custodian: Becky Behnke Office Hours: 8:30 am - Noon 1:00-4:30 pm Worship Service Time: Sundays at 9:00 am Sunday School 10:15 am
Page 8 Page 5 Fall Festival of Music Saturday, October 1, 2016-6:30 p.m. Common Bond Quartet Featuring & The Kewanee Klassics Join us for a great evening of religious music. What is this? - You May Ask Every 5th Friday, (Sept. 30 th, Oct. 28 th, Dec. 30 th, March 31 st, and April 29 th ) between 10:00 am and 2:30 p.m., you will notice a large mobile unit sitting on our south parking lot. The Board of Trustees were approached by a Client Advocate at the Women s Choice Center and asked if they may use our lot. (The Board has approved this request.) The Women s Choice Center is a pro-life pregnancy medical help clinic located directly across the street from Planned Parenthood in Bettendorf. They provide free pregnancy tests, ultrasounds, Page 5 when and option using counseling all 6 for pages their clients. They Change are a other pro-life page ministry 5 and to page do not 9 perform or refer for abortions. Through the purchase of a Mobile Medical Unit, they are expanding their services into the Henry County area. This unit will be staffed with a Registered Nurse and a Client Advocate who will provide the free testing and option counseling. They will be parked throughout the week in locations throughout the Quad Cities, but once a month will visit outlying communities - they ll be parked in Geneseo the 3rd Friday of the month. Looking Ahead October 2nd - Operation Christmas Child Oct. 16th - Business Meeting 2017 Budgets Presented Nov. 20th - Business Meeting Vote on 2017 Budget and Election of Officers Nov. 30th - Last night for Elevate Kids Club for this session Choir to Resume Our choir will resume rehearsal on Wednesday, September 7th. If you can sing and would like to be a part of this ministry now is the time to do so - they would love to have you! Rehearsal is every Wed. 7:00-8:00 p.m. Sept. through May.
Page 6 Page 7 Boss Glove Sale Love Packages Saturday, Sept. 3rd 7:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Boss Community Center Excelled Leather will have a section too! Thank you in advance to all who helped set-up, work the sale, and tear down. Special thanks to those who purchased items! Women s Tea continued She was taught how to sing by her grandmother, Susie Hess which she loves. Praise and worship is what she knows is the ministry God has assigned for her life. She also draws and is the director of the mime ministry at her local church. Family is so important to her; she is very active with the young people at her church. She is currently the youth choir president for the Southern Illinois Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction. Join us for some food, fun, fellowship and music. We will have drawings Egg salad, chicken salad, cucumber and various other sandwiches will be served with tea, and apple cider. And let s not forget the dessert. Please sign up if you plan to attend so we may plan food accordingly. While there is no charge for the Tea we ask that you bring canned goods or monetary donations for the local Food Pantry. August 2016 Greetings to you in the Name of Jesus Christ. We are doing well. We continue to send literature at a record pace. As I write this we are already at 820 tons of literature shipped. Please pray for the staff here, we have been booked solid, with volunteers coming in to help us from all over the country. It has been many days of hard work and we all are a bit tired. We are taking over another ministry in Decatur AL - Edwin L Hodges Ministry. That ministry currently ships about 360-500 tons of literature each year. Jason will be leaving here September 1st. And going there to manage it. All the legal work is not done yet so pray that God would give us wisdom to accomplish the transition. With Jason leaving that would leave us needing to replace him. All of this will require a great deal of wisdom and prayer. Please pray for us concerning this. Thank remains you for standing page 7 with us. Yours Change for souls other page 7 to Steven J Schmidt page 11 Testimonies From Around the World Kenya: Hope all is well sir. I just wanted to encourage you that despite the challenges, despite the costs, LIVES ARE BEING CHANGED, we are placing Bibles in the hands of people who would not afford to buy one. We hear of testimonies of improvement in ministry and increment growth in Sunday school (children) attendance and many more. That is what motivates me. You may not know how much your ministry has touched lives over here or elsewhere. Only eternity will reveal and reward you. So let s keep on keeping on sir. God Bless. South Africa: I trust you are well. My name is Clive. I am an inmate at Pollsmoor Prison. I would like to take this opportunity on behalf of the prisoners to thank you for the free books and Study Guides on the Bible. The Explore the Bible study guides have been a Godsend to us prisoners. The books make the classes so enjoyable with the study guides and after class we get to take our study guides back to our cells to do the homework. We really enjoy the homework in our cells as it gives us something positive and constructive to do. We also thoroughly enjoyed reading Prison to Praise and it s amazing how giving praise in all circumstances does really work. Your books and study guides have played a big part in bringing me and the other prisoners closer to God and understanding the salvation that God offers to sinners. That there is still hope for a second change at life even for maximum sentenced prisoners.