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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH - JERSEYVILLE, ILLINOIS
Rev. Brent Meyer
200 W. Pearl Street, Jerseyville, IL 62052 – 618-639-3602
www.jerseyvillechurch.com
October 26, 2014
We welcome you this morning and thank you for choosing to
worship with us on this Lord’s Day. Our greeters this morning are:
Ed and Charlotte Haun
Pat Gipson
Postlude
Our service is broadcast over radio station WJBM-1480 AM to the
glory of God in memory of Richard Crotchett by Pat Gipson, Mike,
Amy and their families. (Please note the broadcast is delayed one
week.)
Sherilyn Imboden
Ordinance of Believer’s Baptism
Pastor
Candidates: Debra Glisch and Amber Sanders
Mentors: Brad Pickel and Shelly Pointer
*Hymn
Blessed Assurance, Jesus Is Mine
Welcome and Announcements
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Zach Moreno
*Greeting One Another
*Call To Worship
We Have Come Into His House
*Invocation & Lord’s Prayer
Deaconess Terri Starrett
*Praise & Worship
Brad Pickel
Morning Prayer
Pastor
Children’s Message
Ellen Schaefer
(Children 4 years –
5th
grade dismissed to Children’s Church)
Offering Invitation & Prayer of Dedication
Offertory
Zach Moreno
Sherilyn Imboden
*Doxology
Special Music
“Overwhelming”
Morning Message
Gina Meredith
Rev. Brent Meyer
“The Lord Of The Harvest”
Text: Matthew 9:35 - 38
Come, Ye Thankful People Come
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If God has spoken to you and you want to respond by accepting
Jesus as your Savior, we invite you to come to the front of the
church at this time. If you want to become a member of this
church or just want to pray, we invite you to come forward as well.
*Benediction
Front Entrance
East Entrance
*Prelude
*Hymn of Invitation
*Please Stand
Pastor
Sherilyn Imboden
CCLI Lic. #1480551
WELCOME VISITORS
We here at First Baptist consider you to be our special guest and
want to thank you for choosing to be with us today. Please sign
your name on the Attendance Sheets as they are passed to you.
Brochures with information about our church are available at the
back of the sanctuary. We welcome you to our service.
CHURCH NURSERY
The Nursery is staffed and available for infants through 3 year olds
during the Worship Service each Sunday. You may take your child
there prior to the service or at any time during the service. If the
unfamiliarity is difficult for your child, you are welcome to stay a
while until he/she feels comfortable. The Nursery is also available
during the Sunday School hour for infants through 2 year olds.
Three year olds may attend the PreK – K Sunday School Class.
THE LORD PROVIDED THROUGH HIS SERVANTS:
Received week of October 19
$2,292.90
Breakdown for October 19: Unified Budget $2,215.00; Sunday
School $77.90; Chuppers $200.00; Backpacks $55.00; Van Fund
$100.00; Shoeboxes $250.00; Soda deposit $113.50.
HOW WE ATTENDED LAST WEEK
Morning Worship 163; Sunday School 90; Children’s Church 23;
Fusion 42
THIS WEEK’S OPPORTUNITIES
Today – 10/26
9:30 a.m.
Worship Service
10:45 a.m.
Sunday School
Conversation with Pastor Brent in Overflow Room
11:45 a.m.
Mission Board Meeting in Conference Room
Monday – 10/27
3:30 p.m.
Kid’s Choir Rehearsal
6:00 p.m.
Scouts
Wednesday – 10/29
5:15 p.m.
Chuppers
6:00 p.m.
Quarterly Business Meeting
(No Choir Practice)
Friday – 10/31
6:00 p.m.
Trunk or Treat
Saturday – 11/1
7:30 a.m.
Men’s Breakfast at Hickory Grove
Next Sunday
9:30 a.m.
Teacher Appreciation Sunday
ATTENDANCE SHEETS
Our Attendance Sheets are located in black folders, one for each
section of pews. We invite the persons in the front and middle
pews to begin passing the folders each week. As the folder is
passed to you, please add your names and update only any
contact information that has changed. Be sure to add the
number of reservations for Chuppers.
CONVERSATION WITH PASTOR BRENT
Are you visiting with us for the first time today or have you been a
part of our church for a while? Do you have questions about the
Christian faith or life at First Baptist? Do you just need to talk?
Pastor Brent will be in the Overflow Room following worship to
connect with you. Come join the conversation!
YOUR CHURCH STAFF
Rev. Brent Meyer, Pastor
Zach Moreno, Youth & Adult Director
Beth Smilack, Admin. Assistant
Scott Quiller, Custodian
Cindy Minor, Choir Director
Sherilyn Imboden, Organist
WEDNESDAY NIGHT PROGRAMMING
We are having a great season at Chuppers! Serving begins at 5:15
p.m. and continues until 5:45 p.m. on Wednesdays before the Bible
Studies – all are welcome to attend. This week’s meal will be Hot
Dog on Bun, Baked Beans, Macaroni & Cheese, Cole Slaw, Rice
Krispie Treats and a variety of desserts. There will be a Children’s
meal available as well. The cost is $3.00 per person or $8.00 per
one household family. Please indicate on the attendance sheets
the number of your family who will be attending or call the church
office by Tuesday afternoon to sign up.
TRUNK OR TREAT – TRUNKS STILL NEEDED
If you want to help out with our yearly outreach to the community
called “Trunk or Treat” you are welcome to provide a trunk and
treats on Friday, October 31st from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. You may
let Dawn Olson know directly or you are welcome to call the
church office to be put on the list to provide a trunk. If you can
provide a trunk, you’ll just need to show up at the designated
time, decorate your trunk as you wish and provide candy to hand
out that night. It is always a super fun night and you will be blessed
by all the delighted children who come out to visit us.
QUARTERLY BUSINESS MEETING WEDNESDAY
This Wednesday, October 29th, immediately following Chuppers,
we will have our Quarterly Business Meeting. Please plan on
attending this important meeting. We need to have a quorum of
our members in order to vote on any items. If you are a regular
attender, you are welcome to come and see what a Quarterly
Business meeting is all about! We will not be having regular
Wednesday Night Bible Studies so there will be no programming for
the teens, elementary or younger children. Childcare will be
provided.
TRUNK OR TREAT – CANDY DONATIONS NEEDED
We are in need of candy donations to augment the candy the
people who are decorating their trunks will be bringing. If you can
donate a bag or two of candy (Brockman’s here in town is very
inexpensive for large bulk candy bags), please bring your bags to
the church office. Also, if you cannot get out to purchase candy,
but can donate money toward the purchase of candy, see Dawn
Olson and she will do your shopping for you! Thank you!
HOME GATHERING REPORT COMING WEDNESDAY
A significant piece on the agenda for our October Quarterly
Business Meeting will be a report from Pastor Brent and Patti on the
information collected at the Home Gatherings, which pertained to
the use of the Matec Building and future ministries and missions.
There was wonderful input given by the church family at these
gatherings and there are important things for us to consider as we
prepare to journey into 2015. Recommendations will be made
calling for much discernment and prayer as we move forward!
(Given the full agenda, the October meeting will be approximately
two hours in length)
ABY GATHERING
The American Baptist Youth (ABY) Gathering will be hosted by our
church this year November 7th – 9th for grades 6 through 12.
Students will be coming from all over the GRR Region. Registration
forms for our students are in the Teen Center and across the hall
from the office on the Youth bulletin board. The cost is $50 $30 per
Fusion student for the weekend. Please register by October 31st.
E-MAIL ADDRESSES
If you wish to be notified of events, prayer requests, church news,
etc., please provide the church office with your e-mail address. If
your e-mail address has changed, let the church office know this
as well so that the contact list in the office will be up to date and
you won’t miss a thing! You may e-mail the church office at
jvillefbc@gtec.com. Thank you.
We will need people to host students and leaders in their homes
that weekend. You will need to provide a place to sleep (sleeping
bag on the floor works great!), breakfast and transportation to and
from church Friday night, Saturday morning/night and Sunday
morning. Please be in prayer for this need – the homes must be
able to house 2 or more people. You will be blessed! Zach Moreno
will be manning a table in the Overflow Room after worship for you
to sign up. Thank you for your help!
RING THE BELLS – IT’S THAT TIME AGAIN!
The Salvation Army’s Tree of Lights campaign is beginning and we
have volunteered once again to provide Bell Ringers for Saturday,
November 15th at Walmart South door. If you or a group you put
together can ring the bells for a one hour shift from 9:00 a.m. to
9:00 p.m. on that day, call the church office or sign up on the signup sheet located on the new Office Notes Bulletin Board to the
right of the church office door. Thank you!
BEST CHOICE AND CAMPBELL SOUP LABELS NEEDED
The ABW wants to remind everyone to save and bring in their Best
Choice (Sinclair’s) and Campbell Soup labels for their use for
mission projects. There are boxes in the church office and also a
basket in the Overflow Room under the bulletin board for you to
deposit your labels. Thank you for your help.
OFFICE BULLETIN BOARD
Outside of the Church Office, to the right of the door, you will find
a bulletin board now titled “OFFICE NOTES” – please be advised
that items that were previously taped to the secretarial desk will
now be on the Office Notes Bulletin Board – facility reservation
forms requiring signature, envelopes and notes addressed to
members, items that have been delivered to the office for church
members, anything that you need to pick up in the church office
will now be on the bulletin board – this way you can pick up items
or sign forms on Sundays and other hours when the church office is
closed.
GREETING CARDS FOR SALE IN CHURCH OFFICE COPY ROOM
The ABW has Dayspring greeting card boxes for sale in the church
office year round anytime the church office is open. The boxes
are $3.50 and there is a wide variety of events that are covered
including Thanksgiving cards, Minister Appreciation, Get Well,
Thinking of You, Birthday, Anniversary, Sympathy, etc. Christmas
cards are available as well and are on display in the office in the
room next to the safe.
OUR PRAYER CONCERNS
SPECIAL PRAYER CONCERNS: [on two weeks unless office is notified]
Lexi P – surgery Thursday at Mercy Hospital
Ken B – health challenges
Janet F – recovering at home from hand surgery/mini-stroke
Beth and Pad L. (sister and brother-in-law of D H) – health concerns
Jim C (Floyd B/Lena S’s nephew) – recovering from stroke
at St. John’s Springfield
Rosemarie R (Tom I’s Aunt) – cancer of the heart
Jo and Rick L – health challenges
Barb M (Neighbor of Bob and Cindy L) – terminal illness
Diane N (co-worker of Roxie M) – breast cancer
Eric D (13 year old grandson of friend of Judi P) - cancer
John S (Bob L cousin) – cancer and infections stopping
chemotherapy, situation is critical
Rhonda F (Elaine S’s niece) – recovery from car
accident – slow progress, now on walker
Nina W (Kevin’s mother) – Hospice care
Simmeon and Debbie P (friends of Dottie R) - lymphoma
Anita R (friend of Marilyn B) – treatments for lymphoma
Ed S (Steve S’s dad) – health challenges
Items needed for Charity Works Food Pantry
Canned vegetables - corn, peas, green beans,
potatoes, carrots
Canned fruit
Canned tuna and chicken
Pasta and pasta sauce
Soups
Macaroni and Cheese
Breakfast Cereal
Oatmeal
Peanut Butter
Jelly
Hamburger or Tuna helper
Applesauce
Stuffing mix
Canned Pasta
Ramen noodles
Box potatoes
Rice
Pancake Mix
Syrup
Flour
Sugar
There are boxes placed around the church for your
donations. Charity Works is extremely low on their
food items currently and could really use your help.
Thank you for anything you can bring.