Sunday, June 26, 2016

Church Leadership

Preparing for Worship

Our ministers and lay leaders are available

to answer any questions you may have to
help you connect with the ministries of
First Baptist Church.
Rev. Matt Sturtevant
Senior Pastor, x.202
matt@firstbaptistlawrence.com
Rev. Cheryl Harader
Associate Pastor of Adult Spiritual
Formation, x.204
cheryl@firstbaptistlawrence.com
Jenny Purvis
Office Manager, x.203
jenny@firstbaptistlawrence.com
Katie Hobson
Intern for Youth Spiritual Formation
x205
katie@firstbaptistlawrence.com
Holly Grassy
Bookkeeper, (785) 917-9622
holly@firstbaptistlawrence.com
Evelyn Falen
Organist
evelyn@firstbaptistlawrence.com
Mark Robinson
Chancel Choir Director
mark@firstbaptistlawrence.com
Christy Miller
8:30 Worship Instrumentalist
christy@firstbaptistlawrence.com
Susan Pauls
Digital Outreach Liaison
susan@firstbaptistlawrence.com
John Pauls
Moderator
jphawk@yahoo.com
Buddy Langford
Custodian

July 3, 2016
Worship service at

May 29-Aug. 7
One Service Summer Schedule:
Worship: 9:00 a.m.
Sunday School: 10:15 a.m.

9:00 a.m.
sixth Sunday after Pentecost
Rev. Nate marsh

Summer Preaching Schedule

While Pastor Matt is in Chicago the next few weeks for DMin classes, we will have a
stellar lineup of preachers at First Baptist. We welcome to the pulpit a wide variety of
voices, offering profound words of hope and challenge:
July 3, Rev. Nate Marsh, ABCCR, Topeka
Nate Marsh serves as the Associate Executive Minister for the
American Baptist Churches of the Central Region. He assumed
this new role on September 21st, 2015. He has previously served
as pastor of Slate Valley Baptist Church Oxford, KS and the
Gueda Springs Community Church Geuda, Kansas, Broadway
Heights Baptist Church Clinton, OK, and most recently at First
Baptist Church Minneapolis, Ks and Antioch Baptist Church Ada,
Ks. In the final stages of completing a Doctor of Ministry program in Congregational Health from Central Baptist Theological Seminary, Rev. Marsh
also holds a Master of Divinity degree, Master of Religious Education degree, and Master of Christian Leadership Studies from Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary.

July 10, Michaela Schenkel

Michaela is a Music Therapy student at KU. She was an American
Baptist Churches participant in the Festival of Young Preachers in
2015 and preached at the Biennial Convention in Overland Park,
KS.

FBC Birthday
Picnic
June 12, 2016
Broken Arrow Park

Great food, good conversation, yummy

birthday cake, face painting, food decorating contest, and tossing around a few
good eggs. Thanks to those who made it
all possible!

Defining Belief
Youth Summer Sunday School
Recent local, regional, and national attention to religious identity have inspired this summer's youth Sunday school curriculum. Each week the middle school and high school youth will be examining some basic tenets of various religious cultures. The series started off with a look at different expressions of Christianities. After the youth return from Quest they
will spend a session each Sunday morning focusing on Judaism, Islam, Buddhism and alternative religious movements in
the U.S. The content is not intended to be used as a means for making statements about truth, but rather is geared toward
helping us understand people.
The series will conclude with a session specifically intended to help the youth understand how to navigate conversations
about other religious cultures in a variety of situations. The goal of the series is to help the youth feel empowered to engage in conversations with people from different religious backgrounds as a means of understanding one another. Parents
are invited and encouraged to attend sessions as well.
This series will lead us nicely into the fall curriculum which will encourage the youth to more closely examine and learn to
articulate their own beliefs. If you have questions about either series or would be interested in volunteering to help with
Sunday School this fall, please contact Katie Hobson, katie@firstbaptistlawrence.com or Cheryl Harader,
Cheryl@firstbaptistlawrence.com.

Childrens CornerCorner-Upcoming Events!

Preschool5th - Invite a Friend!

Tuesday, June 28
12pm- Meet at the Shelter at Buford M. Watson Jr. Park
(7th & Kentucky) with a sack lunch
We will eat lunch & then let the kids play at the playground next to the
Outdoor Aquatic Center till 1 p.m.
1pm- Pool opens
Admission:
Under 4- Free
Ages 5-17 $3
Ages 18-59 $4
Ages 60+ $3
Lead Contact: Melisa Lord, 865-8050. For safety reasons,
parents are asked to attend this event with their children.

First Baptist Musicians!

Sundays in July and August are a time to showcase the
talents of the musically
inclined in our congregation. Solo or ensemble performances are
being scheduled
now! Please let Mark
Robinson know if you
have a special song
you would like to play or sing. All Sundays in July
and August are open. Mark can be contacted at
mrobinso@usd497.org or send a text to 785-9796908 with a song title, composer, and the date of the
Sunday you would like to participate. Thanks!

Remember in Prayer
Rev. Cheryl Harader and family, following the passing of her father,
Duane Gale, on June 23. Services will be Monday, June 27 in
Valley Center, KS.
International Ministries Missionaries: Ann & Bill Clemmer, serving in South Sudan.
Regional Minister: ABC of Pennsylvania & Delaware, Rev.
Kevin Walden, serving in Birdsboro, PA
Local congregation: Lawrence Heights Christian Church
You are invited to send prayer requests to:
(E-mail coordinator) Betty Colbert, bchilder@ku.edu
(Telephone Prayer Chain) Hazel Nitcher, 843-5302;
Annie Merriam, 841-1384.
Thank you!
I appreciate all who prayed for me following my fall at
home a few weeks ago. Just a couple bruises left and I
am doing much better now! ~Hazel Nitcher
Share with joy!
Congratulations to Jim & Amelia
Davidson (Springfield, MO) who
welcomed baby Elinor Ruby Davidson into the world on June 23.
8lbs, 4oz. Mother & baby are doing
well.

Operation Popsicle
Returns...
And it needs YOU! The
downtown annual sidewalk
sale is Thurs, July 21. Each
year lots of hands from First
Baptist hand out cold bottles
of water and icy popsicles to
hot and thirsty shoppers.
No strings attached! Just a
smile and a friendly greeting.
If you would be willing to
take a 2-hr shift, please contact the church office. Wed
like all shifts filled no later than July 15. If you prefer, you
can use this SignUp Genius address: http://
www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0944afa628a0f85operation.

First Baptist Church

1330 Kasold Drive
Lawrence, Kansas 66049
785/843-0020
785/843-0021 (fax)
www.firstbaptistlawrence.com

Here are a few photos from

"Surf Shack" vacation Bible
school, held at Plymouth Congregational Church earlier this
month. We very much appreciate Plymouth's hospitality, and
also that we were able to cooperate w/ 3 other churches-Plymouth, Peace Mennonite,
and Trinity Lutheran--to make it
happen.

Life of the Church

Monday, June 27
Church office closed
8:00 p.m.rebroadcast of FBC worship
(public access channel 99)
Friday, July 1
Church office closed
Sunday, July 3
9:00 a.m.Worship service
10:15 a.m.Sunday School

Looking Ahead:
August 14Promotion Sunday

Sunday Morning Volunteers

July 3
Nursery 9:00 a.m.Amy Munsterman
Extended Care 9:00-11:15 a.m.Michaela Schenkel
Sunday DriverNeal Purvis, 766-2849

Staff Whereabouts
Pastor Matt has begun his first term of Doctor of Ministry studies in Chicago and will
return to town July 9 and to the church office July 12. If there are pastoral care emergencies during that time, please contact Pastor Cheryl, 316-680-3533.
Jenny Purvis will be taking some vacation time Monday, June 27-July 1.
The church office will be closed 6/27 and 7/1 with limited hours 6/28-30.

By the Numbers
as of June 19, 2016
The Leaflet newsletter is a weekly production of First
Baptist Church. If you would like to receive the newsletter by E-mail, along with other weekly announcements, please contact the church office:
jenny@firstbaptistlawrence.com.
You may receive a hard copy in the mail by request:
843-0020. Copies are available for pick up each Sunday.
Church Office:
785/843.0020, ext. 203
office@firstbaptistlawrence.com
www.firstbaptistlawrence.com

GENERAL OPERATING
Weekly Receipts:
$3,669.00
YTD Receipts:
$150,568.15
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
Weekly Receipts:
$140.00
Cumulative Giving:
$494,445.00
If you would like more detailed financial information, please
contact our bookkeeper at grassyclan@att.net, 917-9622.
Thank you for your generous giving. Your generosity helps to
make our many ministries possible.