721 Washington Street Spencerport, NY 14559 Office: 585-352-1077 ogdenbaptist@rochester.twcbc.com www.obcny.org January 2017 Volume 1 Equipping God s people for sharing in the ministry of Jesus Christ
PAGE 2 PAGE 11 A Message from the Pastor Looking Ahead What a glorious weekend we had celebrating the coming of our Lord at both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services. Thank you for your generosity in handing me a bountiful end of year bonus on Christmas Eve and for your generous giving to our mission partner, The Coffee Connection! It is a great blessing to have been part of a loving, giving church. I shared with you my blessing for Ogden Baptist, taken from Paul s letter to a church he dearly loved in Thessalonica. This blessing, in the Message translation, reads: February 2 February 14 March 1 Laurel Guild Trustees & Deacons Church Council Ash Wednesday What would be an adequate thanksgiving to offer God for all the joy I ve experienced before him because of you? May the Lord pour on the love so it fills your lives and splashes over on everyone around you, just as it does from me to you. May you be infused with strength and purity, filled with confidence in the presence of God our Father, when our Lord Jesus arrives with all his followers. 1 Thessalonians 3:9,12-13. If anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation: everything old has passed away; see, everything has become new! 2 Corinthians 5:17 Ogden family and friends, you are in my prayers as you prepare for your next chapter in God s unveiling love story. It has been my privilege to serve here, gail We will miss you Tom and Gail! Your future caroling will not require so much bundling up. God bless you and keep you in 2017 and beyond.
PAGE 10 January Birthdays 1/5 Andrew Sill 1/6 Gail Vogt 1/8 Shirley Deathridge 1/10 Margaret Baker 1/10 Addison Newland 1/15 Carole Vogt 1/18 Dianne Anderson 1/19 Carol Ayers 1/20 Mary Ayers 1/21 Wendy Maurici 1/22 Richards Bourns 1/22 Lee Parker 1/23 Arlene Lind 1/24 Judy Hedges 1/24 Mark Lindsay 1/25 David Riexinger 1/28 Katie O Brien 1/29 Nancy Olney 1/29 Maxwell Amering 1/30 Rachel Dalton Church Office hours Monday through Friday from 9:30am-12:30pm PAGE 3 January Highlights Sunday Jan. 1 - Happy New Year! Sunday School at 9:30a, Worship at 10:55a Monday Jan. 2- ANNUAL REPORTS DUE Chair Yoga 10:00a Tuesday Jan. 3 - AA meets Wednesday Jan. 4 - Kid s Faith Discovery 6:00p Thursday Jan. 5 - Laurel Guild 7p Sunday Jan. 8 - Sunday School - 9:30a, Worship - 10:55a Monday Jan. 9 - Chair Yoga 10:00a Tuesday Jan. 10 - Trustees & Deacons meet at 7 p Church Council at 8 p AA meets Wednesday Jan. 11 - Kid s Faith Discovery 6:00p Sunday Jan. 15 - Sunday School - 9:30a, Worship - 10:55a Monday Jan. 16 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Chair Yoga 10:00a Tuesday Jan. 3 - AA meets Wednesday Jan. 18 - Kid s Faith Discovery 6:00p Sunday Jan. 22 - Sunday School - 9:30a, Worship - 10:55a Annual Meeting following worship Monday Jan. 23 - Chair Yoga 10:00a Tuesday Jan. 24 - AA meets Wednesday Jan. 25 - Kid s Faith Discovery 6:00p Sunday Jan. 29 Sunday School - 9:30a, Worship - 10:55a ABCRGR Delegate s Meeting 3p at Lake Avenue Baptist Church Monday Jan. 30 - Chair Yoga 10:00a Tuesday Jan. 31 - AA meets
PAGE 4 Annual Meeting will hold its annual business meeting Sunday, January 22! The meeting will convene following morning worship service and coffee fellowship. Plan to attend and bring your voice and ideas to our meeting Annual Report The 2016 annual report will be distributed on Sunday, January 15 to allow a week for personal review before the scheduled business meeting. PAGE 9 Sunday School & Faith Discovery News Our OBC Kid s Min New Year resolution is to go out and illuminate the world with God s light. We invite our OBC family is to join us in making this resolution! As the New Year begins our OBC Kids kick off with a study of book of Job. No matter what happened, Job kept his faith in God strong and his relationship with him solid. We look forward to learning more about how to build up our relationships with God and others in 2017. Like Job we need to remember how important it is in hard times to find the light God creates within us and spread that light to others! Here s to creating a bright and happy 2017! ABCRGR DELEGATE'S MEETING Sunday, January 29, 2016 at 3 PM. at Lake Avenue Baptist Church 72 Ambrose Street If you are interested in learning more about our region you are welcome to attend these meetings. Women s Auxiliary Though we do not meet over the winter we continue to collect aluminum cans and plastic bottles to raise funds for mission support. Collection barrels are in the education wing. Thank You! Contact Nancy Dean with questions and for pick-up. 293-9211
PAGE 8 PAGE 5 American Baptist Women s Ministries Rochester-Genesee Region Annual Workshop and Luncheon Saturday, January 21, 2017 9:00am to 1:30pm Mt. Olivet 141Adams Street, Rochester 14608 Watch for Details... Laurel Guild Thursday, January 5 at 7:00pm Our meeting will be at the home of Janice Brewer. (If there is much snow, meet at church) All women are invited to attend. Join us for fellowship and service. Pulpit Committee The committee has met several times and the search process has begun. There is much to do and regular meetings will continue in January and following months. Please hold the Pulpit Committee in prayer. Thank you, thank you to everyone on our boards and committees for all your work in 2016! There is much to do each year and all of you are a blessing to the church and community. God s blessings to all of you. Dear OBC Family, Thank you for the generous Christmas gift received on Christmas Eve. I am sometimes in need of a financial boost and your kindness truly helps. As I complete my work in the office at the end of January I want to thank you for your support and patience as I navigated office administration these past six years. Blessings to everyone for the new year. Mary Jo Green Our next training session for new Stephen Ministers is postponed till spring. Talk with Pat Haines to learn more about Stephen Ministery. Our current Stephen Ministers continue to walk with their care receivers listening with open hearts as the Holy Spirit walks with them. The mission of Stephen Ministry at Ogden Baptist: Share the love of Jesus Christ by providing one-to-one, distinctively Christian care to individuals who are experiencing life s challenges and difficulties.
PAGE 6 The Retired Ministers and Missionaries Offering provides emergency assistance to retired ministers, missionaries, and their widowed spouses in times of crisis and sends a Thank You check to those eligible. Your gift reminds the spiritual leaders who served you that they are not forgotten. Our OBC goal is $500 Faith through Gratitude Inspired by Hope We always thank God for all of you and continually mention you in our prayers. We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. 1 Thessalonians 1:2-3 Mary s Place Refugee Outreach Center 414 Lexington Avenue, Rochester 14613 Hours are Monday through Friday from noon to 5:00pm Phone: (585) 270-8626 www.marysplaceoutreach.org Accepted Donations include: Items for men, women, and children. We accept the following items year-round: Clothing, including shirts, pants, sweaters, coats, shoes, sneakers, boots, gloves, hats, scarves, shorts and sandals. (We only accept new, packaged socks and underwear.) Kitchen Household items, including dishes, cups, mugs, silverware, utensils, cookware, bake ware, and small, working kitchen appliances. Programs include: Preschool, Homework Help, Casework, English as a Second Language and more. PAGE 7 Spencerport Ecumenical Food Shelf Needs include: Pasta, pasta sauce, canned fruit, canned juice Spaghetti-Os, jams/jelly and peanut butter. Cash and/or gift cards are also welcome donations. Our representative to the Food Shelf is Elaine Hill. About the Food Shelf As a spinoff of the Spencerport Ecumenical Ministries the Spencerport Ecumenical Food Shelf works with 10 participating churches in our community. There is a Board of Directors made up of volunteers from area churches. Food and household items are collected at various churches, businesses, school groups and other organizations. The items collected are stocked at Parma Baptist Church. The Food Shelf stocks their shelves every Thursday from 9 to 11am. Volunteers are welcome for this part of the operation (contact Steve Brown-277-4917). Deliveries are made on an as needed basis using a pool of drivers headed by Elaine Hill. If you would like to be on the list of drivers, call 293-1415. Individuals or families are eligible to receive deliveries every 60 days (or 4 times a year). If/when more assistance is needed; information on how to apply for food stamps, school meal programs, etc. is made available. (info courtesy of Ogden Presbyterian Church Oracle) Cameron Community Ministries offers youth programs, a clothing house, kitchen, and emergency pantry plus much more in the Otis/Lyell Avenue neighborhood. Volunteers are always welcome not to mention donations! Get lots more info at www.cameronministries.org/ Contact Lindsay Jewett at Lindsay.jewett@cameronministries.org to volunteer