April 2015 Others Together in the Name Christ" EASTER Schedule Sunday, April 5 9:15am – Coffee with George and Kathy EAC gym 9:45am – Sunday School 11:00am – Worship service EAC gym No Evening Activities : Have a blessed afternoon & evening with your families! Transition Training Schedule April 26 Stage 8 - Stewardship What a great start to the New Year! You might recall that we started out with a note burning in January. God blessed our church with the ability to pay off a $432,000 15-year note in just four years. We now have clear title to 3.93 acres for future expansion. Also, take note of our financials as noted on the treasurer’s report. We have been blessed financially! We have hired an Interim Minister to Youth, Jeff Arnold. Jeff is married to Cody and they have a one year old son, Grayson. He is pursuing a Master of Arts in Christian Ministry at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. They hope to relocate to our area in the coming months. Our church family is growing. We have been blessed with visitors and new members. Our attendance is on the increase. This is especially evident in our Sunday evening services where we are averaging around 40 people. Bro. Bill Townsley has completed the first five stages of our transition training with Stage VI scheduled for March 22. Stage VII is scheduled for March 29 and Stage VIII is scheduled on April 26. The Pastor Search Team training will begin in May. Attendance has been very good and the sessions very informative. Sunday school attendance is holding steady at 120-125 and our Wednesday evening activities average 90. Shelia Cernosek, Emily Cornelius, Panda Green, and Lexi Wolf partnered with a group from Sachse’s Church to minister in Honduras over Spring Break. The Deacons served 133 at the Family Ministry Banquet on Sunday, February 15, and are looking forward to serving the Lord’s Supper in both Sunday services March 29. Our children’s Christmas musical was finally able to take place after the flu epidemic put it on hold for a few months. It was an exciting show that was well attended. All this in just the first few months of the year! I hope you are as excited as I am about the months and years to come. Praise God from whom all blessings flow! Your Servant, Bob Cornelius 2 Events & News APRIL 2 Sr. Adult Outing 3:00pm Retro Movie Night Wylie 4 Church Workday 8:00am – 12noon 5 EASTER 1 Worship Service – EAC 11:00am 9 Sr. Night - Potluck 5:30pm VBS Clinic Sunday, April 19 1:45 - 4:15pm Crosspoint Church, McKinney Vacation Bible School ~ August 3-7 Fellowship Hall 11 Regional Bible Drill 8:00am FBC Euless 12 Hot Dog Fellowship 12noon Youth Grades 6-12 - EAC Deacons Meeting 4:00pm Business Meeting 6:30pm 13 Sr. Adult Outing 8:00am Homestead Heritage Waco 18 Women’s Conference EAC Save the Date! 9:00am – 2:00pm 19 VBS Training Clinic 1:45pm - 4:15pm Crosspoint Church McKinney Church Council 4:00pm Meeting-Fellowship Hall 25 Good Neighbor Club 12:00pm Edge Middle School 26 Stage 8 Transition Training 5:30pm Fellowship Hall Property & Space Committee 7:30pm Meeting – MB3 19,26 Adult Choir 5:30am 7,14,21,28 Men’s Coffee 8:00am SAC (Parsonage) Tuesday Morning Ladies Bible Study SAC (Parsonage) FEBRUARY 2015 FINANCIALS GENERAL FUND Income: $46,313.65 Expenses: $22,907.01 GENERAL FUND YTD Income: $66,406.50 Expenses: $41,585.54 9:30am Church Workday: Saturday April 4th! Biscuits and gravy are on the breakfast menu for our quarterly workday on Saturday, April 4, at 8:00 am. Join us in Fellowship Hall to eat and then pick an item from the Property & Space Committee’s “To Do List” to work on. Bring tools from home to clean, work in the yard, and do light maintenance jobs. We will finish up by noon. A Taste of Wylie A Taste of Wylie, April 27th, is an event held annually to raise money for the Wylie Christian Care Center. Our church has been asked to provide a basket for the auction, and we have chosen to do 2 baskets, one of teas and one of coffees with all the fixings to go with them. We would love for you to participate by bringing any of the listed items below and put them in the baskets that are in the Foyer. We will need flavored and regular coffee, flavored and regular creamers, biscotti, shortbread, regular and flavored teas, hot or cold teas, sweeteners, etc. We will need the baskets completed by April 12, so they can be wrapped and labeled. If you have any question please contact Mary Jo Marsh or Pat Halbrook. free from error. Because God never changes, never sins, and is always Another change is coming soon. It faithful – then we cling to His writis called Spring. I am grateful to the ten word and the Word who came Lord for this time of the year and and lived among us – the Lord Jelook forward to the fresh and new sus! changes that come with the season. A magazine reported that churches Our world and society continues to were failing. A former pastor wrote be changing in ways that I have nev- an article about why churches were er known. Many churches are failing. A pastor had lost his church changing to please the crowds of and began listing things not to do. people who have never experienced He had decided that they no longer the life-changing miracle of salvaneeded gospel preaching and teachtion through faith in Christ. Others ing – they needed to do drama to remain faithful to the Word of God. interpret the Bible. So all the staff The primary emphasis of the Chris- came out on Sunday morning in leotian doctrine of inspiration has to do tards and did a little interpretation with the results rather that the meth- of some great scripture passage and od. The inspiration of scripture has pretty soon nobody came. God as its Author. It is inerrant or Continued to page 3 LifeLines Ministries 3 What your children are Studying in April Ladies Bible Studies Wednesday Nights~7:00pm The Patriarchs: Encountering the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob by Beth Moore provides a personal study experience five days a week for this in-depth women's Bible study of Genesis 12-50. Discover God's pursuit of a relationship with man, and marvel as His plan to bless all people unfolds. Full of twists and turns, ruin and redemption, revelation and mystery this Bible study keeps participants captivated by the God who stars in it! Explore concepts such as blessing, covenant, and promise, and the bearing each has on a New Testament believer's life today. Group members will also study the Hebrew names of God introduced on the early pages of Scripture. Lifeway.com Mary Jo Marsh is leading this study in EAC room 203. Books are available for $16. Woman’s Heart: God’s Dwelling Place by Beth Moore - Perhaps no Old Testament event so dramatically illustrates God's persistent desire to relate to His children as the building of the tabernacle in the wilderness. Through the tabernacle God initiated a deeper relationship with His Chosen People by bringing reconciliation and revealing His glory. And certainly, no Old Testament event so richly prefigures the coming of the true Tabernacle, Jesus Christ. In this 10-week in-depth Bible study you will be challenged to prepare your heart, like the holy of holies, to become a home for His love and glory — a dwelling place for the Most High God. Ages 2-5 Grades 1-5 Help Others Jesus / Self / Others 5 th Jesus Is Alive! Matthew 28:1-10 12 th Peter Told About Jesus Matt. 28:16-20; Acts 2:1-2, 6-11, 14 22 37-47 The Ascension Acts 1:4-11 Family / /Church / Community and World 19th The Good Samaritan Luke 10:25-37 26 th Esther Chose Courage This study is led by Trina Hale in EAC room 201. Books are available for $16. Tuesday Morning Ladies Bible Study 9:30am – 12noon at The SAC (parsonage) You are invited to join us on Tuesday mornings as we go through the book of Genesis. Then stay and help make prayer quilts for those in need and enjoy the fellowship with other ladies. Volunteers Needed We are in need of volunteers who be willing to help once a month in the Preschool Worship KidStyle When Dr. W.A. Criswell passed away, he requested that his preaching Bible be during the 11:00am Worship seropened on his chest and a finger be pointed at the verse that so vividly charactervice. We are also in need of peoized the essence of his incredible ministry – “The grass withers, the flower fades: ple who would be willing to help but the Word of our God monitor the gym on Wednesday Senior Adult Activities: stands forever” (Isaiah evenings from 6-7pm. This could 40:8). Thursday, April 2 – Retro Movie Night, be once a month or with whatever Wizard of Oz, Wylie Amen! frequency you would be willing to I love you with the love of Cost: $5 for movie plus dinner at Country Burger help. If you are available to help Leave Time: 3:00pm from church the Lord. with either of these areas, contact Monday, April 13 – Homestead Heritage, Waco the Nancy Bratcher, Cheryl Cost: $10 for guided tour plus lunch McBrayer, or Christa MontgomLeave Time: 8:00am from church ery. Continued from page 2 Bill First Baptist Church of Lavon 205 Main St. P.O. Box 291 Lavon, TX 75166 CHURCH STAFF Bill Townsley TRANSITION PASTOR [email protected] Mark Strebeck WORSHIP/OUTREACH PASTOR [email protected] OFFICE HOURS Jeff Arnold INTERIM MINISTER to YOUTH 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM Monday- Friday [email protected] 972-843-3788 / Elizabeth Strebeck FAX: 972-843-3789 After Hours / Emergency # 469-408-9915 MINISTRY ASSISTANT [email protected] Members Only Classifieds FBC Schedule Bytes In Gigs Mary Kay Stevenson Small Engine Computer Repair 25% discount Repair David Engle Cheryl LeCrone Lawn mower repair, blade 8:30 am Traditional Worship Service 972-860-9856 214-577-3441 sharpening, saw chains 9:15 am Coffee, Juice & Muffins [email protected] [email protected] sharpened, new chains made 9:45 am Sunday School C&D Air Conditioning Mr. Can Do Johnny Stevenson Curt Houseworth Handyman Services 972-495-4688 972-843-3700 Kevin Williams Texas Roofing Solutions Custom Carpentry 209-596-5859 Inspections and Sales 209-596-5859 Philpott Mowing Service Brian Hargrove Front Door Realty Residential, Commercial & 214-738-7422 Cheryl McBrayer Agricultural applications [email protected] 469-569-7002 Billy Philpott, Owner Trophy Plumbing Harmony Driving School 214-802-3959 Residential & Commercial 8:00 am Men’s Coffee in SAC (parsonage). Michael Collins Free estimates Larry Woods 9:30 am 972-782-8822 Piano Lessons, Tutoring, 972-843-2780 or www.harmonydrivingschool.com Shaklee Vitamins & 972-784-2100 Loops-N-Threads Products Young Living Essential Oils 6:15 pm Wednesday Night Meal Embroidery Nancy Bratcher Joey Lewis 7:00 pm Hour of Pr ayer 972-841-0326 972-816-0788 972-333-6341 Mark’s Plumbing Scentsy [email protected] Licensed Plumber Wickless Candle System 972-977-4039/214-491-9447 Independent Consultant Kimberly Frisbie Sunday (Bible Study for all ages) 11:00 am Moder n Wor ship Ser vice 5:00 pm Choir Practice 6:00 pm Bible Drill (Sept– April) 6:30 pm Evening Service Tuesday Tuesday Mor ning Bible Study in the SAC. Wednesday Women’s Ministry Class Men’s Ministry Class Youth (6th-12th Grade) RA Boys (1st-5th Grade) 214-334-4464 GA Girls (1st-5th Grade) www.Scentsy.com/KimFri Mission Friends (2yrs–K)
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