Selected items from the June 2004
Newsletter…
ABW
MINISTRIES
ABW Ministries
Picnic
Tuesday, June 8, 6:00 p.m. at Dottie Ammann's. Please bring a
dish to pass and table service. All are welcome!
Delta Lake Area
Conference
June 11-12. This is a great time of fellowship, devotion,
and fun. If you are interested in going, please contact Shirley
Mapstone (682-8169) or Gail Carlsen (445-0581). Transportation
will be provided.
ABW National
Conference July 24-31 at Green Lake Conference Center,
Green Lakes, Wisconsin. The theme this year is "Finding Your
Focus."
STAMP MINISTRY
By: Shirley Mapstone
Thank you to all who have turned in stamps
recently. I have another box just about ready to go to "Stamps
for Literature" in Grand Rapids, Michigan. They sell the stamps
to dealers and with the money, print Christian books and bibles in
Spanish which are distributed in Latin America by several Christian
groups. Please cut or carefully tear your stamps from the
envelopes leaving a margin of at least ¼ inch or more on all
four sides. Please place your stamps in the box in the Narthex.
T-you.
UNITY
FELLOWSHIP
Will meet Saturday, May 22nd, 6:30 p.m.
and have a "Dish-to-Pass" supper in the Chapel. Scott and Donna
Griffin will speak on the subject of "Wind Turbines for Generating
Electrical Power". Hosting this event will be Trudy Siegenthaler
and Jessie Mapstone. All are welcome to join us in this evening
of fellowship.
Mother-Daughter
Banquet
(Sponsored by ABW Ministries) will be held Tuesday, May 11th at 6:30
p.m. in the gym. Theme: "Rainbows" ~ Program: Debbie
Oley and Pam Foss. Dinner will be prepared and served by George
Oley and men of the Church. The menu will include: Rainbow
Gelatin Salad, Parmesan Herb Chicken, Rice Pilaf, Green Beans
Almondine, and dessert. The cost is $6.00 for adults and children
12 years old and older, $4.00 for children ages 6-11 years old, free
for children 5 years and under. Come and bring a friend! If
you have any rainbow stories to share, please contact Pam (682-0640) or
Debbie (682-3198), so we can add them to the program. Also, if
you have any rainbow decorations or items you would like to share with
us, please feel free to bring them that evening. All are invited!
ATTENTION
GRADUATES!
There will soon be many graduations being
held; and if you or someone in your family will be graduating (high
school, college, Master's, Doctorate), the Church office would like to
know about it. Please submit a photograph and a paragraph telling
us where you are graduating from, the date of graduation, where you
will be attending college or where you will be working after graduation
and any other pertinent information you would like to include.
This must be submitted to the Church office no later than Friday, June
11th, so we can include this in the July newsletter! Photographs
will be returned. Thank you!
CHURCH
SCHOLARSHIPS
Applications for the First Baptist Church
Scholarships are available in the Church office. They are due
into the Church office no later than June 1st. For further
information, please contact Ken Bex at 677-3569.
DAY OF PRAYER
Thank you to all those who participated in our
Day of Prayer on April 1st. Many prayers were lifted up that day
between 7:00am and 7:00pm - and other times too! They came from
the church library, from living rooms, from offices, from hospital
rooms - and other places too!
Please continue to pray for the specific
concerns that were a focus on the Day of Prayer: our pastoral search,
parking lot/playground, sanctuary upgrade, our ministries with
children, our life & ministry together as a congregation, our
world. If you haven't already, pick up a prayer card as a
reminder.
Thank you and remember God's promise - "Then you will call upon me and
come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me
and find me when you seek me with all your heart." (Jeremiah 29:12,13)
-Mary Schwarz
NOTE FROM EDITH
LANING
"Arizona is beautiful - the fruit trees were blooming and the scent was
heavenly. Now, back in Ohio, dreary are the days - but spring is
on the way. My Church family is so good to keep me informed and
my thanks and God's blessing to everyone. God is LOVE,
Edith."
IROQUOIS ASSOCIATION
OF AMERICAN BAPTIST CHURCHES
"Spring
Celebration"
Saturday, May
8th, 9:45-2:45
McGrawville
Baptist Church ~ McGraw, NY
The theme will be "Rewarding Ministries" with Rev. Brett Charsky as the
keynote speaker. Rev. Charsky is back from a tour of duty as a chaplain
in Iraq. The program committee, chaired by Rev. Janice Robinson, has
prepared a great day of celebration. All are invited!
Directions, pls. call FBC office (682-8941).
EVENTS COMING
IN JUNE
Sunday, June 6th is "Children's Day" and the
last day of Sunday school. Worship Service - 10:45 a.m.
with a Potluck Luncheon to follow. Please join us for fun, food,
and fellowship!
The following Sunday, June 13th is "Graduation
Recognition Sunday." The Worship Service time will begin at 9:30
a.m. and continue at this time through the summer months.
DISCOVERY
Today I smiled, and all at once
Things didn't look so bad.
Today I shared with someone else,
A bit of hope I had.
Today I sang a little song,
And felt my heart grow light,
And walked a happy little mile,
With not a cloud in sight.
Today I worked with what I had,
Nor longed for any more,
And what had seemed like only weeds,
Were flowers at my door.
Today I loved a little more,
Complained a little less,
And in the giving of myself,
Forgot my weariness.
"Reckless words pierce like a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings
healing."
(Proverbs 12:18)
MAY BIRTHDAYS
Birthstone -
Emerald
Flower - Lily
of the Valley
1. Tiffany Mellor
2. Lorna Kerwin & Abigail Ferris-Zedwick
3. Cameron Bates & Joni Dominy & Randy
Kerwin
4. Sandra Radell Weiss
5. Patrick Burrows & Mark Carlsen
& Betty Heller
6. John Granata
7. Marge Edwards & Hannah Lane
9. Linda MacLennan
10. Marilyn Macco & George Oley &
Harold
Ware
11. Sarah Edwards & Paige Whittaker
13. Jeannette Burrows
14. Michael Everly & Amy Heller
Penoyer
17. Carol Beckwith
18. Beverly Curr & Kathie Shevchuk
20. Sara Procopio
22. Sean Callesto
23. Kelley Dew & Lynn Rybinski
25. Trevor Hotchkiss
MAY
ANNIVERSARIES
2. Karen & Matt Ros
3. Jean & Tony Gaudio
4. (Q.) Hungkyu &
Heejeong Kim Chun
7. Valerie & Sean Malloy
8. Ellen & Mike Everly
11. Hannah & Paul Whittaker
21. Myrna & Dan
Coleman Nancy & Ron Reeves
28. Deborah & George Oley
30. Joni & Allan
Dominy
31. Lorna & Bob Kerwin
From the
Pastoral Search Committee
If you look at the search progress poster
that's hanging in a few places around the church, you'll see that the
"visiting neutral pulpits" box is checked. We had such a visit in
March, and another one is coming soon. As the process has
intensified, our decisions have become more and more significant.
We rest in the confidence that, collectively, we are making decisions
that bear the mind of Christ. Keep praying! "And my God will meet
all your needs according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus." -
Philippians 4:19
Your ministry partners,
Ken Bex, Ross Binder, Betsy Burt, Ellen Everly, Mark Mapstone, Mary
Schwarz, Myrna Stasiw