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Join Us On Sunday at First Baptist Church in Beverly
Sunday September 16, 2018
Rally Day!
8:30 a.m. - All Church Family-Style Breakfast
10:00 a.m. - Worship
Worship begins with a large group photo being taken of the congregation at the front of the sanctuary for our new church directory - we want
everyone
of all ages, no matter how long you have been a part of the life of the church, to join in! The more, the merrier!
Childcare provided throughout worship for our youngest children.
Children in Kindergarten and up are encouraged to begin worship in our sanctuary and are invited to make use of our flexible Prayground space at the front of the room. Parents/caregivers and other adults are all welcome to join our youngest churchgoers up front, as well!
In the Midst of Change, God Can Still be Found
Rev. Kent Harrop, preaching
Scripture: I Kings 19: 9 - 18
(Elijah waits for God)
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Come Explore Our NEW THEME for the 2018-2019 Program Year!
In The Midst Of Change,
God Can Still Be Found
Change happens. Growth involves change. Change can sometimes happen to us. It’s beyond our control, as when a nor’easter drops two feet of snow on us. Technology, politics, the constant flow of news, can almost make us feel as if we have whiplash from the relentless, uncontrollable change. But then there’s change that we embrace, change that we choose to create. We can strive to be positive agents of change in our world. As Gandhi once said, we can “be the change we wish to see in the world.” We can continue to strive to find new ways to bring the church out into the world, to be God’s agents of love and compassion. And as the youth fellowship song says, whether change comes upon us or we choose to make change, “In the midst of change, our God can still be found!”
(Special thanks to Peter Constantine for creating this year's theme logo!)
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Sunday, September 16 - Rally Day
7:45 a.m. - Middle School Fellowship reports for Kitchen Duty
8:30 a.m. - All Church Breakfast, served Family Style
Please arrive as close to 8:30 a.m. as possible to ensure you are seated
and able to be served!
9:00 a.m. - Senior High Fellowship reports for Kitchen Duty
Celebratory games, activities, and events for all ages
10:00 a.m. - Worship (
Rev. Kent Harrop
, preaching)
4:00 p.m. - Middle School Fellowship
6:00 p.m. - Senior High Fellowship
Monday, September 17
Rummage Drop-Off (throughout the day)
6:00 p.m. - Monday Night Supper
6:30 p.m. - Church Home
7:00 p.m. - Social Concerns Meeting
Tuesday, September 18
Rummage Sale Drop-Off (throughout the day)
9:30 a.m - Staff Meeting
12:30 p.m. - Lunch Program
6:00 p.m. - Staff Admin Dinner
Rummage Sale Drop-Off
Wednesday, September 19
Rummage Sale Setup (throughout the day)
7:30 a.m. - Lectio Divina
7:15 p.m. - Harborlight Ringers
7:30 p.m. - Trustees of Endowment
Rummage Sale Setup
Thursday, September 20
Rummage Sale Setup (throughout the day)
6:00 p.m. - Celebration Ringers
7:30 p.m - Sanctuary Choir
Rummage Sale Setup
Friday, September 21
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Rummage Sale
Saturday, September 22
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - Rummage Sale
12:30 p.m. - Lunch Program
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Sun, Sept. 16
Breakfast 8:30 a.m. followed by Worship 10 a.m.
We’ll begin the festivities in Wilbur Hall with a delicious family-style breakfast, served by our youth groups (suggested donation of $10 goes toward various church youth fellowship programs). This is a sit-down breakfast, served at your table, so please try to arrive as close to 8:30 a.m. as possible, to ensure you are seated and able to be served! After the meal, we’ll enjoy games, art activities, glitter tattoos, and fun for all ages. And of course there will be a Rally Day gift! Finally, we’ll join together in worship.
Just before worship, we'll gather for an entire congregation photo to contribute to our new directory. We want our whole extended church family to be present. This is a great opportunity to reconnect and gather together. Come on FBC, let's rally!
Rally Day is the perfect day to invite a friend to join you at FBC!
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Directory Photos
Excitement for the new Church Directory is running high as people are anticipating our photo shoot with Lifetouch September 13-16. Sign ups for appointments are going well. We have especially good news this week! We will be able to accept independent photographs of family groups/individuals! More information later about how to direct those photographs. Many thanks to
Marty Lincoln,
who has agreed to photograph our shut-ins.
Our Rally Day program at 10:00 will begin with a large group photograph
of the congregation gathered in front of the sanctuary, taken from the choir balcony. You won’t want to miss being a part of this. If you do not yet have a scheduled appointment for photography, please use the sign-up website
https://booknow-lifetouch.appointment-plus.com/ye4htk8m/ ,
see us before or after church in the narthex, or call
Karen Popadic
at 978-468-4126. Our Directory will be the most useful and the most historically significant if EVERYONE takes part.
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Setup: Mon. Sept 17 to Thurs. Sept. 20
Sale: Fri, Sept 21 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. &
Sat, Sept. 22 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Begin sorting through your attic and basements for items you don’t need and donate them to the FBC Rummage sale! All funds raised will go to support the ministries of the church. If you are able to donate some time to the sale, please contact
Marty Lincoln at 978-927-3676.
All kinds of items are being accepted EXCEPT: electronics, large furniture, exercise equipment, and tires. We will even accept gently used clothing—seasonally appropriate, so just fall and winter clothes please. Items can be dropped off in the church gym Monday through Thursday. Then, on Friday and Saturday, come shop or volunteer to help!
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New Sunday Schedule,
Starting Sept. 23rd
In response to the needs of the congregation, we are modifying the Sunday schedule. Child care provided for the entire morning schedule. The new schedule is below:
9:00 a.m
. - "Unpacking Jesus'," hosted by Kent Harrop. A great class for adults newer to FBC or new to faith.
9:45 a.m. -
Morning Café (great coffee and yummy breakfast pastry).
10:00 a.m. -
Worship and Children's Programs
11:00 a.m - 11:20 a.m
. Morning Cafe'
11:20 a.m. 12:10 p.m. -
Adult Education (Bible Study with Beth Loughhead; Faith Journey Class with Kent Harrop and Gloria Stoneham; Mae Patten Class)
11:20 a.m. -
Children’s Choir (2nd, 3rd, & 4th Sunday of the month)
3:00 p.m. -
Joyringers
Youth Fellowships will meet - stay tuned for the times for this week!
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New Early Morning Class:
Unpacking Jesus
Each Sunday 9 a.m. Join Kent Harrop for great coffee and conversation on provocative and timely themes. We explore the Bible and dialogue with a 10 – 12 minute video by pastor and theologian Rob Bell (film maker and bestselling author of Velvet Jesus and Love Wins). Bring your questions, doubts and wisdom. Child care provided. Meet in staff conference room (main floor). Upcoming classes:
September 23rd: When Rain Comes
Things don't always work out the way we want them to, or the way we think they will. Sometimes we don't even see it coming. We get hit with some form of pain out of nowhere leaving us feeling desperate and helpless. That's the way life is. Still, it makes us wonder how God can let these things happen to us. How God can just stand by and watch us suffer. Where is God when it really hurts? Maybe God is actually closer to us than we think. Maybe it's when we're in these situations, where everything seems to be falling apart that God gets an opportunity to remind us of how much we are truly loved.
September 30th: Experiencing Love
Hebrew Love Poems (erotic poetry in the Bible…who knew?). I love those shoes. Really? The same way I love my spouse? What's up with the word "love"? It doesn't have much meaning when we use it so loosely. Maybe we don't really get it. Maybe we don't understand what real love is. What it means to give yourself to someone else. We mistake things like friendship, commitment, or lust for love, but God wired us certain way to experience all that love was really meant to be. Not to hold us back or to make us miss out on way it's meant to be felt.
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Middle School and Senior High Youth Fellowships are ready to begin an exciting new year!
This Sunday, the Youth Fellowship will be be arriving early to help prepare, serve and then clean-up from the breakfast for the church family. It’s a fun and important role in the day!
Youth Fellowship Schedule for Rally Day:
7:45 a.m. - Middle School Fellowship reports for Kitchen Duty
8:30 a.m. - All Church Breakfast, served Family Style
9:00 a.m. High Fellowship reports for Kitchen Duty
4:00 p.m. - Middle School Fellowship
6:00 p.m. - Senior High Fellowship
New members are always welcome, and participants in these groups come from church families and the larger community, regardless of faith background.
If camping, canoeing, musical theatre, laser tag, ice cream crawls, and community service sound like fun, check FBC’s Youth Fellowship page here:
http://fbcbeverly.wpengine.com/youth-fellowship/
or contact
Rev. Julie Flowers
with any questions or for more information.
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Best Wishes to Alena in Her Next Adventure!
To the FBC Family: I had a wonderful experience working as your Communications Associate for a year and a half. Everyone I met was helpful and kind, and lived the very meaningful mission of the church. It was a pleasure to be part of something so beneficial to the local and wider community. Having secured a book deal with HarperCollins, I have reached a fortunate point in my career in which I must dedicate my time and attention to writing novels. Look for
Mercy House, a story about a feminist nun who runs a women’s shelter in Bed-Stuy, which will be released early 2020. If my luck continues, you might see a version of the story on the small screen as well! Although I will no longer be acting as CA, I am leaving you in the very capable hands of Mary Powers (who you'll hear more about in the next Bulletin). And I won’t be disappearing; see you around the neighborhood! –Alena Dillon
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Staff Administration Dinner
Tuesday, Sept. 18 at 6:00 p.m.
To kick off the fall season, we will gather at
Pam Constantine's house for dinner, and then stay for our September meeting.
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Choir Rehearsal Dates Resume
Harborlight Ringers:
9/19 at 7:15pm
Celebration Ringers:
9/20 at 6:00pm
Joyringers:
9/23 Now on Sundays at 3pm!
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Second Installment of Boston Crossing
Welcome Basket
Boston Crossing in Salem is a new project of HCP that will provide beautiful new apartments for 26 neighbors who are currently homeless. New residents will be from Salem, Beverly and Peabody, and the apartment will feature a social worker to help residents transition from the streets to a safe and comfortable place to call home. The second phase of 14 new apartments will be ready at the beginning of October. The Prayer Shawl Ministry of FBC is providing a welcome prayer shawl for each apartment.
Each resident will receive a welcome basket provided by a church or business. First Baptist has again accepted an invitation to provide one basket. Below are the items needed (new or like new). So that donated items are not duplicated, please email
Kent Harrop
at
kharrop@fbcbeverly.org
to reserve your item for the basket or sign up after worship. Please bring your donated items to FBC office for the basket by September 24.
* $100 Gift Certificate to Walgreens (next door to 43 Boston Street)
* $100 Gift Certificate to Stop & Shop (most easily accessible by bus transportation)
*Or make a donation toward total cost of a card.
For the bathroom:
* Bath towels - 3
* Hand Towels - 2
* Washcloths – 2
* Bath mat (machine washable)
For the kitchen:
* Set of plates, bowls, mugs, glasses (4 each)
* Fork/knife/spoon (4 each)
* A few pots and pans (not too many – space is small)
* Cooking utensil set (spatulas, spoons, tongs)
* Paring knife and Chef knife
* Dish soap/scrubber and sponges
* Dish Towels – 2 or 3
* Dry goods: sugar, salt and pepper
Basic cleaning supplies:
* Laundry detergent pods (easier to carry to laundry room for older adults)
* Small hand-held vacuum
* Full-size blanket for the bed
* All-surfaces spray cleaner/wipes
* Toilet and bathroom cleaner
* Toilet Brush
Thank you for your consideration of this special project, organized by Social Concerns Committee of FBC.
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