1. family and parenting

F IR S T
LIGHT
First Southern Baptist Church
FEBRUARY
2015
89 Kimble Hill Road
Williamsport, PA 17701-8407
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“And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons
and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall
dream dreams; 18 even on my male servants and female servants in those days I will pour out my
Spirit, and they shall prophesy. 19 And I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the
earth below, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke; 20 the sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon
to blood, before the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day. 21 And it shall come to
pass that everyone who calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
- Acts 2:17-21 (ESV)
Since we’re still on the front end of 2015 and we didn’t have a January issue of the First Light, I’m thinking new year
thoughts and wanting to share them with you.
The words of Acts 2:17-21 were quoted by Peter right after God did something brand new – baptizing the new church
with the Holy Spirit. Everyone there received the Holy Spirit and God used everyone to astound the city.
Where do you live and work? Could you be so bold as to ask the Lord to use you to astound everyone around you.
This would not be a presumptuous question to ask the Lord unless you had the intention of garnering the glory of
God’s powerful work. On the other hand, if you humbly made yourself available for God’s use in His time for His glory,
imagine what God might do through you.
Imagine yourself being, let’s say, a subsistence fisherman providing for his family a day at a time, living hand to mouth.
You have no education, no credentials, only a respect for God, a good work ethic, and a will to live. What can God do
with that? Well, read Acts 2. God tapped Peter on the shoulder and said, “Come follow me.” Peter said OK. Peter
got it right sometimes but messed it up plenty. What could God do with that? Have you read Acts 2 yet?
When you are challenged to put yourself in God’s hands, how do you respond? Do you think you are too young, too
old, wrong gender or background, untalented, or just simply unavailable? Maybe you should read Acts 2. Look at
which prophecy Peter specifically says is now fulfilled. It would seem the limits we may place on ourselves are not
limits for the living God. God’s plan is to use whomever he wants. Don’t be surprised to discover you are whomever.
I am praying for you that God would free you up in 2015 to
“expect great things from God; attempt great things for God.”
Leap!
Pastor Kenton
Psalm 139 Project -- Help Save Lives – “Opening a Window to the Womb”
Our Purpose
There are many ways to be a champion for life, and one of them is providing a woman in a crisis pregnancy a
"window" into the world of the child she is carrying. This is the intent of the Psalm 139 Project - to aid pregnancy resource centers in securing ultrasound machines.
Most women in a crisis pregnancy who are given a glimpse of the life within them choose life. However, this
is only possible when women can go to a pregnancy center with an ultrasound machine. Sonogram machines
are expensive, costing tens of thousands of dollars. Most crisis pregnancy centers do not have the funds to
buy the equipment or have a medical expert on staff to "read" the output.
“If wombs had windows, people would be much more reticent to abort babies because they would be forced
to confront the evident humanity of the baby from very early gestation onward,” Richard Land has said, explaining that sonograms provide such a window into the womb.
The Psalm 139 Project is dedicated to making people aware of the life-saving potential of ultrasound technology in crisis pregnancy situations and to help pregnancy centers minister to abortion-vulnerable women by
providing ultrasound equipment for them to use. The project provides a way for motivated individuals to assist financially in the placement of ultrasound machines in qualified pregnancy care centers.
Many pro-life leaders and those working within the pregnancy centers cite improvements in ultrasound technology and increased accessibility to the machines as key reasons for a growing awareness that a human life
is being taken in an abortion.
Simply put, it’s all about saving lives.
Once again First Southern Baptist Church will participate in providing financial support toward an ultrasound machine. All monies donated will be sent to the Psalm 139 Project. We
will run the Project at FSBC from Sunday, January 25, through Sunday, May 10, Mother’s Day.
How can you help?
• Take a baby bottle which is available in the foyer (or in ECLC)
• Put your loose change or dollar bills in the bottle
• Return your full bottle to the church (or to the ECLC)
• Take another bottle and continue this process
PRAYER CHAIN
Please direct your
Prayer Requests for our e-mail Prayer Chain to Fawn Carr at [email protected]
570-435-5033 or the Church Office at [email protected] 570-323-9564
It’s
LADIES NIGHT !
Ladies: let's have a movie night!
Friday, February 20, at 7:00 p.m.
We'll watch "Mom's Night Out"!
Come enjoy this
free event
and bring a friend!
SON
RISERS
The SON RISERS will meet on
FEBRUARY 18 at 12:00 noon.
Come join the Bunch for Lunch
at Perkins Restaurant.
We’ll meet for food & fellowship & then continue the
fellowship with visiting some of our shut-ins
for an afternoon of caring and sharing our love.
So we encourage you to mark your calendars
and come out and join us for this special outing.
TeamKID
TeamKID is in full swing
on Sundays! JOIN US!
for ages 3 thru 6th Grade
Sundays
5:30 — 7:30 p.m.
TeamKID continues to be full of the unique energy and enthusiasm that only preschoolers and elementary kids
can bring… it is keeping the coaches young and in shape!
Thanks again to all the parents who faithfully bring their kids out on Sunday nights.
This year the youth group eats with us at 5:30 and that is fun, too!
We are happy to welcome our newest TeamKID - Jackson Bennett!!
So remember, if you have a child who is a (potty trained) 3 year old thru 5th grade, please bring them out to join us!
Not only does it give you two hours off from parenting - we also feed them!!
It might not be the Peter Herdic House, but we are known for having kid approved meals!
Our TeamKID store for Christmas shopping was a great success, too. Thanks to all who donated items.
You can continue to bring in kid friendly items for the TeamKID store in May.
I truly appreciate all of our coaches: Haley Hunt, Alana Opdahl, Susan Steward, & our newest Coach Sue Mayer.
Also thank you to Darleen Coon, Becca Coon & Carol Turnbow for filling in when we are in need.
If you would like to join our coaching team in any capacity, please let me (Kelli Hunt) know.
We can use help in the kitchen, or with preschoolers, or with the older kids.
I'm sure the boys in TeamKID would appreciate having some male coaches, too!!
Think about it, pray about it and talk to Kelli about it.
Articles for
FEBRUARY
FEBRUARY
the next
BIRTHDAYS
issue of the
PRESCHOOL
CHURCH
1 – Ashley Churchill
Brock Waldron
7 – Pat Webster
10 – Genni Decker
11 – Randy Berger
15 – Sue Opdahl
16 – Trevor Stroble
17 – Alex Churchill
18 – Dieter Reichmann
19 – David Boring
24 – Joseph Hunt
25 – Barry Opdahl
Robert Sebring
26 – Toby Steward
FIRST
LIGHT
are due in the
Church Office by
MONDAY,
FEB. 23 !
FEB. 1 – Carol Turnbow
Sue Opdahl
Trevor Stroble
FEB. 8 – Michi Reichmann
Dieter Reichmann
Samantha Steinback
FEB. 15 – Kelli Hunt
Florence Ireland
Ellie Boring
FEB. 22 – Cassy Nieto
George Nieto
Logan Nieto
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Infant News
Toddler News
Teachers: Ms Andi & Ms Brittney
Teachers: Ms Stephanie & Ms Leslie
Bible Verses: “God Made the Winter” “God Gives Food to Us”
We are always on the go
in the Infant Room.
We have walkers,
cruisers, & crawlers.
It’s never a dull moment.
We learned what clothes we wear
in the Winter to stay warm &
what healthy foods we need to eat.
We will be keeping very busy in the months to come.
We say good luck to Bailee as she moves up to
the Toddlers & we welcome baby Abbie to ECLC.
Our kids love the song from Frozen.
They will sing and dance to it all day.
It is amazing to listen to them sing the entire song.
We are quite vocal in the Infant Room.
Ms Andi & Ms Brittney wish they knew what the
kiddos are saying & laughing at.
Keep the ECLC Staff, children & their families in your prayers throughout this new year!
ECLC Phone Number: 570-323-2025
Toddler 2 News
Preschool News Teachers: Ms Ashley
& student teacher Ms Katie
Teacher: Ms Courtney
Bible Verses: “God Has Made the Winter”
“God Made the Winter”
Psalm 74:14
Our recent activities
have included
making
chalk Snowmen,
melting ice, and
painting with
colored ice cubes.
Pre-K News
“God Sends Snow”
“Jesus Grew Big and Strong”
January’s themes:
Let It Snow, Winter Discovery, Learning About Ice & Staying Healthy.
Activities: sorting snowballs by size,
sock Snowmen,
Snowman Soup,
becoming a snowman (children wrapped each other in toilet
paper & added a scarf & hat to become a snowman), chipped
ice, melted ice (salt, pepper, cinnamon, baking soda),
and had an indoor snowball fight.
While learning about staying healthy, we learned about germs &
healthy habits, made Band-Aid art & played at the doctors office.
Teachers: Ms Tammy & Ms Michi
We have been learning about
Penguins and Snowmen,
taking care of my body
& the letters V, L, & Y.
Bible Verses:
“God Has Plans
for You”
“God Gives
Food to Us”
We brought in our favorite fruit
& made a “Friendship Salad.”
We also have begun our second progress reports.
“Jesus Made
Sick People
Well”
Ms. Michi was reading a devotion
with the kids that said God always
keeps His promises.
She stopped & asked
“Does anyone know where
we can find the promises
God gave us?”
Without any hesitation one child
replied, “The Promised Land!”
Lycoming Children and Youth
is currently looking to expand
their Resource Care Program
Resource Care is often referred to as foster care.
Resource Family Care is a protective service for children through
Lycoming Children and Youth Services. As an agency we have
seen the positive impact that neighbors, friends, relatives, and
community members have on families struggling to stay intact. Unfortunately, there are many times when a family or community resource cannot be identified for a child and traditional foster care is utilized. Resource families are needed to care for children ages 021 and can be provided on an emergency or long-term basis for toddlers or teenagers, for challenging or handicapped children, or for
large sibling groups with all different kinds of needs.
Lycoming Children and Youth is searching for families and individuals willing to foster youth in Lycoming County. Lycoming County
has a great need for people willing to foster and adopt teenage children, sibling groups, and children of different races. We strive to
keep children in their community where they can continue to attend the same schools and maintain the same friends.
All types of families are needed to foster our children. Families are able to work full time, be a single parent, have children of your
own, or be retired.
If you are willing to help expand the resource care family please contact Heather Wood at 570-326-7895 or [email protected].
Have you ever had the desire to be a part of a lifelife-changing ministry?
Expectations Women’s Center will be conducting training sessions
for anyone interested in serving as a volunteer. Please prayerfully consider joining our staff & volunteers as we minister to
women in our communities who are experiencing unplanned
pregnancies. Volunteers are needed to serve as mentors & receptionists. Why not look into the possibility that God may be
calling you to join us?
VOLUNTEER TRAINING
The 7-session class begins MARCH 10th
Tuesday & Thursday evenings 6 – 9 pm
March 10, 12, 19, 24 & 26
&
Saturdays 9 am – 3 pm
March 14 & 21
Cost of training materials is $30.
(Scholarships are available)
For more information or to register please call:
Laura at 523-6874 or Sara at 321-8254
February 2015
Sun
1
Mon
2
Tue
3
Wed
4
6:30 pm God's Gals
7:00 pm
Tiadaghton
Quilt Guild
Prayer Group
6:30 pm Men's
Thu
5
Fri
6
Sat
7
9 am — 2 pm
Tiadaghton
Quilt Guild
Workshop
6:45 pm
Family Project
Prayer Group
7:30 pm Easter
Cantata Practice
8
9
10
12:00 noon
Business Meeting
immediately after
service
11
12
13
14
11:30 am West
1-3 pm People to
Pastors Fellowship
People Student
Ambassador
Orientation Meeting
6:30 pm God's Gals
5:30 pm
Prayer Group
Team KID
6:45 pm
Family Project
6:30 pm Men's
Youth Bible Study
Design for Discipleship
Prayer Group
7:30 pm Easter
Cantata Practice
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
12 noon
Son Risers Luncheon & Meeting at
Perkins Restaurant
12 noon Church
Planting Team
Meeting
6:30 pm God's Gals
Prayer Group
5:30 pm
7:00 p.m.
6:45 pm
Family Project
6:30 pm Men's
Team KID
Prayer Group
Youth Bible Study
Design for Discipleship
Ladies
Movie
Night
7:30 pm Easter
Cantata Practice
22
5:30 pm
Team KID
23
24
FIRST
LIGHT
DEADLINE 5:30 pm
Advisory
for MAR. News ECLC
Board Meeting
Youth Bible Study
Design for Discipleship 7:00 pm
Deacons
25
26
6:30 pm God's Gals
6:45 pm
Prayer Group
6:30 pm Men's
Prayer Group
7:30 pm Easter
Cantata Practice
Family Project
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