FBC Newsletter May 2015 - First Baptist Church Lavon TX

MAY 2015
Others Together in the Name
Christ"
Training Schedule for Pastor Search Committee
The Pastor Search Committee will be going through training during the month of May. Each of the weekly sessions will take
place 2:00pm – 4:00pm in the Fellowship Hall. Bill Townsley
will teach Steps 1-3 and Vince Smith, Collin Baptist Association
Director, will teach Steps 4-7.
May 3 Preliminary Considerations
Step 1 – Getting Started
May 17 Step 2 – Resumes and Data Assessment
Step 3 – First Contact
May 24 Step 4 – Getting Serious
Step 5 – Making the Final Selection
May 31 Step 6 – Confirming God’s Leadership
Step 7 – The Final Responsibility of the
Search Committee
Lifelines
Praise God from whom all
blessings flow! The first four
months have passed very quickly and the
Lord continues to provide for every single
need that His children have in abundant
and timely ways. I am grateful for His
Hand of comfort and healing during these
most challenging days.
May is a time to enjoy the beauty of God’s
handiwork, motherhood, graduation, and
Memorial Day. This month will also be
used to train and prepare FBC-Lavon’s
Pastor Search Team to meet with prospects who are seeking God’s will to pastor a local church. Please continue to lift
up each person as they give themselves
to this most challenging task.
March 2015
FINANCIALS
GENERAL FUND
Income: $24,234.64
Expenses: $21,057.77
GENERAL FUND YTD
Income: $90,641.14
Expenses: $62,643.31
Volunteers Needed:
We are in need of volunteers who be willing to
help once a month in the Preschool Worship
KidStyle during the 11:00am Worship service.
We are also in need of people who would be
willing to help monitor the gym on Wednesday
evenings from 6-7pm. This could be once a
month or with whatever frequency you would be
willing to help. If you are available to help with
either of these areas, contact the Nancy Bratcher,
Cheryl McBrayer, or Christa Montgomery.
Also, I would like to express to each of
you my heart-felt thanks for your prayers,
cards, flowers, and love extended to my
family during the loss of our sweet mother. Also, I appreciate the gift given in
honor of Mom to her church home – Town
East Baptist Church. An indoor prekindergarten playground will be built in
her memory soon.
Mother’s Day will have a different “feel” to
it this time for the Townsley family. We
all have our moments when we think
about our mothers and the lasting impression they make in our lives. As I thought
about it recently, a couple of songs came
to mind. If you are interested in hearing
them, you may Google them and perhaps, God will use them in a special way
to minister to your life. The first song is
sung by Jason Crabb (Live Performance)
entitled, “I Sure Miss You.” I imagine
many of you would love to sing this song
to your mom. Also, if she were singing a
song to you from Heaven, this might be
her choice, “Look for Me at Jesus’ Feet”
sung by the Booth Brothers plus Gerald
Wolfe.
I am especially proud to be the son of a
World War II veteran. My dad was at
Pearl Harbor that came under attack by
the Japanese on December 7,
1941. Many of you have had loved ones
who willingly sacrificed their lives during
wartime to provide for liberty and freedom
that we enjoy in this country. God bless
America! She remains the greatest nation
in the world.
May God bring revival to this church,
community, and the USA. Pease join me
in praying for a great spiritual wave of
brokenness and repentance to come to
each of us as we observe the soon return
of Christ approaching. “For the Lord
Himself will descend from heaven with
a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And
the dead in Christ will rise first. Then
we who are alive and remain shall be
caught up together with them in the
clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And
thus we shall always be with the
Lord” (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17).
Soon and very soon, we are going to see
the King! I love you with the love of the
Lord.
Bill
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Events & News
MAY
2-3 CSI Camping Trip
Lake Davy Crockett
9:00am
3 Deacons Meeting
Business Meeting
4:00pm
6:30pm
6 GA Camp Parent Meeting
EAC Cafe
6:30pm
10 Mother’s Day
No Evening Activities
GA Camp
14 Sr. Night
Fellowship Hall
5:30pm
17 Bible Drill Dinner
Fellowship Hall
12:30pm
30 Parent’s Night Out
EAC
4:00pm
31 Property & Space Committee 7:30pm
Meeting – MB3
3,17,24,31
Pastor Search Committee Training
Fellowship Hall
2:00pm-4:00pm
3,10,17,24,31 Adult Choir
Sanctuary
5,12,19,26
Men’s Coffee
EAC Café
Girls Grades 1-5
Kiamichi Baptist Assembly
Talihina, OK
June 29 – July 2
Sr. High Camp
Cost: $165
Deposit: $10
Due by: June 1
Grades 9-12
There will be a Parent Meeting on
May 6 at 6:30pm in the EAC Café.
For more information contact Karla
Houseworth 214-801-1904.
5:30am
July 6 – 11
Cost: $155
Deposit: $50
Due by: May 10
For more information contact
Jeff Arnold 918-691-9061
jeffrey.arnold@email.swbts.edu.
8:00am
Tuesday Morning Ladies Bible Study
SAC (Parsonage)
9:30am
Coming in June
Progressive Dinner for the Youth
GA Camp
Jr. High Camp
Grades 6-8
July 13 – 17
Parents Night Out
Fundraiser:
The Honduras Mission Team is gearing
up for next year's mission trip already
by hosting a Parent's Night Out on May
30th in the EAC. The cost is $20 for the
first child, $10 for any additional child
with a $50 dollar maximum cost. The
night will include fun and safe childcare, dinner, and a snack. Parents need
to RSVP by May 27th to Emily Cornelius at ecornleius2003@gmail.com or
you can contact her for more information. All proceeds will go towards
the 2016 Honduras Mission team.
Cost: $265
Deposit: $99
Due by: May 10
For more information contact
Jeff Arnold 918-691-9061
jeffrey.arnold@email.swbts.edu.
Schreiner University | Kerrville, TX
Lead Camp
High School & College students
July 13 – 17
Cost: $255
For more information contact
Mark Strebeck 972-754-2982
music@fbclavon.org.
Children’s
Summer Musical
Vacation Bible
School
July 27-31
August 3 - 7
9:00am – 1:00pm
6:30pm - 9:00pm
Grade 1 – 6 Completed
3yrs. – Grade 6 Completed
Ministries
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What your children are
Studying in May
Ladies Bible Studies
Wednesday Nights~7:00pm
Brave: Honest Questions Women Ask by Angela Thomas is
a six week study that digs into six common issues that women face. We all have insecurities, flaws, and struggles that
we are afraid to address. But if we can be brave enough to
raise the questions, God will answer us.
Tracey Wolf leads this study in EAC room 201. Books are
available for $12.
Ages 2-5
Grades 1-5
Family/Church/Community and World
3rd
Jacob and Esau
Genesis 25:27-34; 27:1-45;
32:1-23; 33
10th The Antioch Church Helped
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.
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.
Bible Drill News:
The end of season for Bible Drill is here, and this
has been a very good and productive year for all
of our Bible Drillers and Speakers. The final season event for Bible Drill will be a Bible Drill
Recognition Dinner on Sunday, May 17 in the
Fellowship Hall after the morning services.
Thank you parents for supporting your kids and
youth and bringing them each week. We look
forward to seeing you and your families at the
dinner and the kids and youth next Bible Drill
season which will begin in September.
CSI
Christian Singles
The CSI will be camping on
the weekend of May 2nd and
3rd at Lake Davy Crockett. There will be fun, fishing, and fellowship for all
who join! We will leave the
church around 9:00 the morning of the 2nd and return
sometime in the afternoon on
the 3rd. Contact Emily Cornelius, Tim Smith, Billy Philpott, or Carol High for more
information.
Acts 11:19-30
17th Jesus Washed the Disciples’
Feet
John 13:1-17
24th Jesus Healed Ten Lepers
Luke 17:11-19
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Special Focus
Women’s Conference 2015
The 2015 Women’s Conference
was a time of spiritual uplifting
with between 80 & 90 ladies in
attendance. Potter and speaker,
Rachel Norris illustrated through
her use of pottery how God molds
our lives. God is the potter and we
are the clay, and He shapes and
reshapes our lives into vessels that
are used by Him. Being willing to
be centered in God’s hands in obedience is the place of true freedom.
Worship through music was led by
Pam Blackstock and “The Band”
and set the tone for the day wonderfully. Emily Cornelius and
Lexi Wolf shared information and
a short video from their recent
mission trip to Honduras. God is
using these vessels and others to
do a great work there. “Praise God
through whom all blessings flow!”
for this truly was a blessed day.
First Baptist Church of Lavon
205 Main St.
P.O. Box 291
Lavon, TX 75166
CHURCH STAFF
Bill Townsley
TRANSITION PASTOR
pastor@fbclavon.org
OFFICE HOURS
Mark Strebeck
WORSHIP/OUTREACH PASTOR
music@fbclavon.org
Jeff Arnold
Interim Minister to Youth
youth@fbclavon.org
9:30 AM to 3:30 PM
Monday- Friday
972-843-3788 /
FAX: 972-843-3789
Elizabeth Strebeck
After Hours / Emergency #
MINISTRY ASSISTANT
outreach@fbclavon.org
469-408-9915
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
972-860-9856
214-577-3441
sharpening, saw chains
David@BytesInGigs.com
cheryl@browngraphics.com
sharpened, new chains made
C&D Air Conditioning
Mr. Can Do
Johnny Stevenson
Curt Houseworth
Handyman Services
972-495-4688
972-843-3700
Kevin Williams
Custom Quality Roofing
Custom Carpentry
209-596-5859
Inspections, Sales & Repairs
5:00 pm Choir Practice
209-596-5859
Philpott Mowing Service
Brian Hargrove
6:00 pm Bible Drill (Sept– April)
Front Door Realty
Residential, Commercial &
214-738-7422
Cheryl McBrayer
Agricultural applications
cqroofing.hargrove@gmail.com
469-569-7002
Billy Philpott, Owner
Trophy Plumbing
8:00 am Men’s Coffee in SAC
Harmony Driving School
214-802-3959
Residential & Commercial
9:30 am
Michael Collins
Free estimates
Larry Woods
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
je.lewis@verizon.net
Licensed Plumber
Wickless Candle System
972-977-4039/214-491-9447
Independent Consultant
Kimberly Frisbie
214-334-4464
www.Scentsy.com/KimFri
Sunday
8:30 am Traditional Worship Service
9:15 am Coffee, Juice & Muffins
9:45 am Sunday School
(Bible Study for all ages)
11:00 am Moder n Wor ship Ser vice
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)
GA Girls (1st-5th Grade)
Mission Friends (2yrs–K)