SUNDAY, JANUARY 22, 2012

 

 

HAPPY 90TH BIRTHDAY, LORRAINE EBERHARDT!  Today is her birthday and she plans to – what else? – go swimming!  You go, sister! We thank God for your amazing example of an active body, mind and spirit, and for your faithful prayer ministry.

 

AT THE QUARTERLY BUSINESS Meeting on Jan. 19, members discussed the possibility of opening a K-5 Christian school in the church. The idea of changing the church’s name was also brought up. The elders are seeking input from members to determine if these possibilities are worth exploring.  If you are interested in learning more or have suggestions or opinions, speak to Doug Wood, Chuck House, Stan Lewis, Ray Christy, Paul Golden or Pastor Steve.   A special meeting will be called in a few weeks to discuss these options further.

 

ATTENTION, BOARD & COMMITTEE chairmen: The next Leadership Council meeting will be this Wednesday, Jan. 25, after the prayer meeting, to coordinate and plan for the next four to six months.  Please come with your calendars and with notes on your board or committee’s planned activities. (Note: this meeting is for looking ahead, not for reports on past months unless there are suggestions for improvement.)

 

A WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY is proposed by Jamie (Reed) Smith who’d like to know if there is interest in a six-week study using Lysa TerKeurst’s book Made to Crave starting in early February. Contact Jamie at 228-3325 (this is a correction in phone #, there was an error in last week’s Buzz).   

 

THE PRAYER CHAIN LIST HAS BEEN REVISED.  Copies are being provided to those who have volunteered to be on the chain; if you have not received one, please see Robin.  Anyone with an urgent prayer need should always call Pastor Steve first before initiating the prayer chain.

 

BOX TOPS FOR EDUCATION: If you collect these coupons on food and paper products and want to support Coastal Christian School, bring them in  and give to either Mary Ann Nash, Cindy Lewis or Brenda Golden.

 

VOLUNTEER SCHEDULES HAVE BEEN REVISED.  To all who serve on Sundays in the various ministries, please take a new schedule from the back table.  If you cannot serve on the date(s) assigned, you are asked to make switches with other volunteers and let Robin Beck know the changes so they will be reflected correctly in the bulletin.  Thank you all for serving!

 

MISSIONARY-of-the-Month collections in Sunday School during Jan-uary are for the Food Pantry in Boothbay Harbor.  We are also collecting food items which may be left either in the Sunday School rooms or out in the front foyer by the Food Pantry basket. (Next month collections will be for CareNet, the local crisis pregnancy center headed by Sue & Joel Morley.)

 

MISSIONARY NEWS:

From Judy Bowen, Togo, West Africa:

 

 

 

               Happy New Year to all of you! … 2012 holds special significance for me… On February 29, 1992, twenty years ago this year, I left the USA to move to Togo as a full-time missionary. I had never visited Togo prior to moving here, so it was a big step into the unknown, with the Lord’s presence evident all the way–both in my life and in the lives of my family and friends that I left in America.

               When I arrived in Togo, I knew for sure that the Lord had led me here. He had proved Himself faithful over and over, as He kept me safe over 22,000 miles of pre-field ministry driving, and He raised my support quickly. He provided for every need, saw me through language study, and brought me safely here. I was not sure exactly what He wanted me to do for the long haul, but I knew at that time that He wanted me involved in the camp ministry, and I knew that He had a lot in store for me to learn.

               Halfway through my first term, the Lord led my friend and colleague, Vicki Ivester, to ask about the possibility of establishing a literature ministry here, not only for Togo, but for West Africa. The first year of my second term, in December of 1996, we opened the doors to our current ministry center. The Lord has blessed over and over, and much literature has been distributed in this region. My third and fourth terms were spent helping develop the various aspects of the literature ministry.

               In 2012, our prayer is for the expansion of the CRC’s ministry, especially in the area of audio-visual materials. There is so much that could be accomplished through this medium. The Lord is at work, and I ask you to pray for wisdom as we move ahead.  I want to thank you for your faithful prayers over all of these years.

               The Lord has used you to get me here and to keep me here. May we all keep on together, for HIS glory!

†

 

Life without God is like an unsharpened pencil…

It has no point!

SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 2012

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

 

 

QUARTERLY REPORTS should be written by board and committee chairmen and handed in to the secretary by this Wednesday, Jan. 4, for distribution next Sunday, Jan. 8. You may drop your reports in the secretary’s mailbox next to the copy machine or email them to boothbaybaptistchurch1@myfairpoint.net.   Thank you. 

 

THE QUARTERLY BUSINESS MEETING is Thursday, Jan. 12 at 6:30 p.m., and all members are urged to attend.

 

THE BIBLE IN A YEAR:  The Elder Board is encouraging everyone to read their Bibles systematically in a one-year reading program.  On the back table is a reading schedule for the month of January.  A schedule for each month will be printed and inserted the last Sunday before that month (January’s was inserted in last week’s bulletin).  If you miss getting one, extras will be provided on the table in the back of the sanctuary.

 

EXECUTIVE BOARD / LEADERSHIP COUNCIL MEETING on Wednesday, Jan. 25 after the prayer meeting for all board and committee chairmen to coordinate and plan for the next four months.  Please come with your calendars and with written notes on your board or committee’s planned activities. (Note: this meeting is not for reports on past months unless there are suggestions for improvement for next year.)

 

VOLUNTEER SCHEDULES HAVE BEEN REVISED.  Due to changes in the volunteer pool, the master schedule has had to be revised.  All who serve on Sundays in the infant and preschool nurseries, in junior church, or as greeters or Scripture readers, please take a new schedule from the back table, look it over, find your name, highlight it, and mark your calendar at home.  (The ushering and trustee closing schedules have not changed.) We have tried to avoid conflicts or having people serve two weeks in a row, but some-times it has been unavoidable.  If you cannot serve on the date(s) assigned, please make your own switches with other volunteers and let Robin Beck know the changes so they will be reflected correctly in the bulletin schedule.  Thank you all for serving!

 

MISSIONARY NEWS:

 

From Dan and Sharon Pinkham, with JAARS in N.C. –

 

At this time of year it is very common to be thankful for all the things God has given us.  I am very grateful as God has supplied our needs as missionaries for close to 30 years.  However, as I reflect on God’s Word I realize I am not the same person I was 30 years ago.  God’s Word has changed me and will continue to change me as I study and obey it with a whole heart.  For that I am truly thankful to God!  As we partner in Bible translation, stories surface of those who, when confronted with God’s Word in their mother tongue, respond with tender hearts.  You are part of stories like these.   … A translator in West Asia put it this way: “We can understand the Bible with our mind in the national language, but it’s the mother tongue that plants the Word in our hearts.”…  A mother tongue translation is the place where hurts are healed, decisions are made, and lives are changed.

            Praises: Your faithfulness in prayer and financial support for close to 30 years; Sharon has a steady but not overwhelming number of missionaries coming in to the lab for various medical tests; the impossible project my team was handed in late May was completed on time; many additional ministry opportunities with our local church; the doctor continues to give encouraging reports regarding my prostatitis; our boys are both enjoying married life with godly women.

            Prayer: the JAARS Clinic still needs volunteer doctors, nurses and medical technicians to better serve our missionaries coming back from overseas with health issues; clarification of what to do with the aviation conversion project that is on hold waiting for the FAA to sort out legal issues; our 1998 van needs to be replaced and we need wisdom on what to do; our support continues to be very low, please pay for an increase in prayer and support partners. 

 

Dan & Sharon

7005 Davis Road, Waxhaw, NC 28173

dan_pinkham@jaars.org, Sharon_pinkham@jaars.org   

 

COMING EVENTS in 2012:

Jan. 12, 6:30 p.m. – Quarterly Business Meeting

March 18-25 – Missions Conference

April 12, 6:30 p.m. – Annual Business Meeting

 July 23 – 27 – Vacation Bible School

SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 2012

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

 

 

QUARTERLY REPORTS should be written by board and committee chairmen and handed in to the secretary by this Wednesday, Jan. 4, for distribution next Sunday, Jan. 8. You may drop your reports in the secretary’s mailbox next to the copy machine or email them to boothbaybaptistchurch1@myfairpoint.net.   Thank you. 

 

THE QUARTERLY BUSINESS MEETING is Thursday, Jan. 12 at 6:30 p.m., and all members are urged to attend.

 

THE BIBLE IN A YEAR:  The Elder Board is encouraging everyone to read their Bibles systematically in a one-year reading program.  On the back table is a reading schedule for the month of January.  A schedule for each month will be printed and inserted the last Sunday before that month (January’s was inserted in last week’s bulletin).  If you miss getting one, extras will be provided on the table in the back of the sanctuary.

 

EXECUTIVE BOARD / LEADERSHIP COUNCIL MEETING on Wednesday, Jan. 25 after the prayer meeting for all board and committee chairmen to coordinate and plan for the next four months.  Please come with your calendars and with written notes on your board or committee’s planned activities. (Note: this meeting is not for reports on past months unless there are suggestions for improvement for next year.)

 

VOLUNTEER SCHEDULES HAVE BEEN REVISED.  Due to changes in the volunteer pool, the master schedule has had to be revised.  All who serve on Sundays in the infant and preschool nurseries, in junior church, or as greeters or Scripture readers, please take a new schedule from the back table, look it over, find your name, highlight it, and mark your calendar at home.  (The ushering and trustee closing schedules have not changed.) We have tried to avoid conflicts or having people serve two weeks in a row, but some-times it has been unavoidable.  If you cannot serve on the date(s) assigned, please make your own switches with other volunteers and let Robin Beck know the changes so they will be reflected correctly in the bulletin schedule.  Thank you all for serving!

 

MISSIONARY NEWS:

 

From Dan and Sharon Pinkham, with JAARS in N.C. –

 

At this time of year it is very common to be thankful for all the things God has given us.  I am very grateful as God has supplied our needs as missionaries for close to 30 years.  However, as I reflect on God’s Word I realize I am not the same person I was 30 years ago.  God’s Word has changed me and will continue to change me as I study and obey it with a whole heart.  For that I am truly thankful to God!  As we partner in Bible translation, stories surface of those who, when confronted with God’s Word in their mother tongue, respond with tender hearts.  You are part of stories like these.   … A translator in West Asia put it this way: “We can understand the Bible with our mind in the national language, but it’s the mother tongue that plants the Word in our hearts.”…  A mother tongue translation is the place where hurts are healed, decisions are made, and lives are changed.

            Praises: Your faithfulness in prayer and financial support for close to 30 years; Sharon has a steady but not overwhelming number of missionaries coming in to the lab for various medical tests; the impossible project my team was handed in late May was completed on time; many additional ministry opportunities with our local church; the doctor continues to give encouraging reports regarding my prostatitis; our boys are both enjoying married life with godly women.

            Prayer: the JAARS Clinic still needs volunteer doctors, nurses and medical technicians to better serve our missionaries coming back from overseas with health issues; clarification of what to do with the aviation conversion project that is on hold waiting for the FAA to sort out legal issues; our 1998 van needs to be replaced and we need wisdom on what to do; our support continues to be very low, please pay for an increase in prayer and support partners. 

 

Dan & Sharon

7005 Davis Road, Waxhaw, NC 28173

dan_pinkham@jaars.org, Sharon_pinkham@jaars.org   

 

COMING EVENTS in 2012:

Jan. 12, 6:30 p.m. – Quarterly Business Meeting

March 18-25 – Missions Conference

April 12, 6:30 p.m. – Annual Business Meeting

 July 23 – 27 – Vacation Bible School

 

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2011

Fourth Sunday in Advent: LOVE

 

 

TODAY WE DEDICATE THE SANCTUARY. THANK YOU to all who donated time, materials, and funds to this renovation project. And thank you to all who helped clean and decorate the church – it looks beautiful!

From the first discussions, through church approval, decorating committee meetings and fund-raising to the physical work of the past eight weeks, we have all been part of the stewardship and upgrade of God’s house.  Many volunteered time, labor and skill every day; Bible study groups came evenings; women made lunches and dinners and helped clean up; some sacrificed weeks of paying jobs to lend their skilled expertise; and prayer warriors supported the effort with their petitions.  Thanks go to those who dismantled, ripped up, scraped, sanded, vacuumed, constructed, puttied, painted, stained, installed, moved furniture and put it back.  

Special thanks go to Trustee chairman Tim Beck who coordinated and oversaw the project,  Dan Cusumano who worked long hours every day for a month, Paul Golden who was here every night into the wee hours, Shaun and Mike Cusumano who offered their labor to insulate the ceiling, and Sam Michael who did the electrical work.  The thanks would fill this entire newsletter!   God knows the efforts of all who helped, and we pray He is pleased by the selfless offerings of volunteers to improve the home for the ministry of Boothbay Baptist Church, now 202 years old. (The history of the current sanctuary is printed in the bulletin.)

We praise Him that it has been a unified effort with eternal significance, providing a place where God’s word is proclaimed and believers are received and loved as He would have us love one another.  May He be glorified and honored.

 

A LIGHT LUNCH is being provided downstairs in the fellowship hall after the morning service, in celebration of the sanctuary dedication. 

 

PLEASE HELP KEEP THE SANCTUARY in excellent condition – no food or drinks, except infant formula, should be brought into the church.  This includes coffee cups.  Items may be left on the shelf in the main entry or downstairs.  Let us respect the hard work and financial resources that went into creating this welcoming, safe, and God-honoring house of worship. 

 

THE CHRISTMAS TREE at the back of the sanctuary is an opportunity to show Christ’s love to a needy local family.  There are still a few ornaments left on the tree that represent a girl or boy and give their ages; perhaps you can help by taking an ornament off the tree and bringing a gift and placing it under the tree tonight; the gifts are to be delivered this week. 

 

TONIGHT at 6:30 p.m. – One Bethlehem Night, a Broadway-style Christmas musical featuring the adult choir and directed by Becky Roberts. Bring your families and friends to this meaningful and entertaining production!  It stars many of our talented (and witty) members who have been rehearsing for weeks.  The music is catchy and the story amazing—come and be blessed! 

 

CHRISTMAS GIFT BASKETS: The delivery of the gift baskets for our local emergency responders and public servants will be this Friday, Dec. 23.  Bring homemade goodies and meet here at the church at 9:30 when the baskets will be filled, and then join in the delivering of these love offerings around town, complete with singing of carols and words of gratitude, to the hospital, Coast Guard station, police and fire stations, etc.  ’Tis the season to thank those who serve and spread tidings of cheer.

 

WORD OF LIFE kids, their parents and other adults went Christmas caroling last Wednesday at the Gregory Wing and Safe Havens in St. Andrews Village. The residents, especially those in our church family, were  blessed and encouraged to hear their favorite songs sung by the enthusiastic group.  The young carolers enjoyed refreshments afterward.  Word of Life youth group meetings will resume on Wednesday, January 3.

 

COMING EVENTS:

 

 

Saturday, Dec. 24, 6:00 p.m. – Christmas Eve candlelight service in conjunction with the Boothbay Region Community Fellowship at the Fellowship in the American Legion Hall, Industrial Park Road, Boothbay.

 

SUNDAY, DEC. 25, 10:00 a.m. – Christmas Day worship service (note change in time).  No Sunday School or Junior Church.

 

Saturday, Dec. 31, 6:30 p.m. – New Year’s Eve service, with communion, prayer and fellowship.  A great way to usher in the year 2012.

 

Merry Christmas!

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2011

Second Sunday in Advent: PEACE

 

Welcome to the newly renovated Sanctuary!

 

NOTICES

HELP NEEDED: Someone to do Junior Church on Sunday, January 1. Please contact Mary Ann Nash.

 

HAPPY CHRISTMAS GIFT BASKETS!

Come! Be part of our church’s annual Christmas Gift Basket outreach ministry, to bless those dedicated people in our community who serve us on Christmas Day (police, fire, ER, Coast Guard, etc.). As the time gets closer to the “delivery date,” we will need: Christmas cookies, small homemade breads or pies, chocolates, fudge, peppermints, etc. Also, small Christmas decorations (no Santa Claus please), ornaments, ribbons, etc.  We are also looking for a few more gift baskets, medium to large size.  There will be an organizational together on Friday, Dec. 9th at 9:30 a.m. with coffee and breakfast goodies in the Fellowship Hall. Come! Bring your ideas and bring the children for a GREAT time of fun and blessing! Contact Fay Christy or Melissa Nein with any questions.

 

NURSERY NEEDS: Due to new consumer safety laws about cribs and due to our insurance requirements, our church nursery needs to either get hardware to make the cribs’ drop sides immovable or buy new compliant cribs.  One option being considered by the nursery coordinator and helpers is to use pack ’n plays instead.  Do you have one in excellent condition that you might donate?  Speak with Naomi Dickinson.

 

SECRETARY Robin and trustee Tim Beck are away until Dec. 14.  For administrative needs, call Pastor Steve or Mary Ann Nash.  If you have any urgent trustee-related issues, speak to one of the other trustees (Vickie Pinkham, Doris South, John Van Dyke or Jeff Keyes).

 

MISSIONARY NEWS

 From Paul Bothwell, Missions Door and Boston Urban Academy –

I had several screws and clamps removed from my cheekbone and eye socket bone that were still there from the face rebuilding of almost 20 years (after a hit-and-run accident); they were protruding more and more… So they’re out, I’m doing fine, it’s healing, and in January we’ll see what else might be needed.  Thank you for your prayers, care, support and sustained interest in both the remarkable ministry here and in our own personal well-being.

Paul also writes that their church cluster recently held a Celebration of Love, Marriage and Dedication to Serving Humanity.  Rev. Mahn Krua, age 87 and a missionary to America from Liberia who is part of the Missions Door church planting team in Boston, married Laytay Krua, 78, also from Liberia.  They had both fled Liberia during war and he had planted several churches in the U.S.  Now he and his new bride, who were both widowed, will return to their war-torn homeland to develop church leaders, promote education and build self-sufficiency.  “No one is too old to fall in love!” writes Bothwell.

 

COMING:

Friday, Dec. 9, 9:30 a.m. – Christmas Basket organizational meeting.

 

Friday, Dec. 9, 5:30 p.m. – Family Movie Night.  Start a new tradition with the church family!  Come enjoy a soup supper (bring a soup to share if you can) and then watch the movie The Nativity Story. Appropriate for all ages.

 

Saturday, Dec. 10, 9:00 a.m. –Ladies’ Christmas Breakfast & Yankee Swap.  For more information see Deaconesses Pam Kamen or Nancy Van Dyke.

 

Wednesday Dec. 14, 6:15 p.m. – Christmas Caroling. Meet at church to go caroling with youth groups at St. Andrews Village.  Kids & teens will return to the church for refreshments by 7:30; adults may continue caroling at other places around town.  FMI, speak to Mary Ann Nash or Becky Roberts.

 

Sunday, Dec. 18, 10:45 a.m. – SANCTUARY DEDICATION and Children’s Christmas program during morning service (no Junior Church), with light refreshments to follow downstairs in the fellowship hall.

 

Sunday, Dec. 18, 6:30 p.m. – One Bethlehem Night, a Christmas musical featuring the adult choir and directed by Becky Roberts. Bring your families and friends to this meaningful and enjoyable production!

 

Saturday, Dec. 24, 6:30 p.m. – Christmas Eve candlelight service in conjunction with the Boothbay Region Community Fellowship at the Fellowship in the American Legion Hall, Industrial Park Road, Boothbay.

 

SUNDAY, DEC. 25, 10:00 a.m. – Christmas Day worship service (note change in time).  No Sunday School or Junior Church.

 

Saturday, Dec. 31, 6:30 p.m. – New Year’s Eve service, with communion, prayer and fellowship.  A great way to usher in the new year.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2011

First Sunday in Advent: HOPE

 

WELCOME TO WORSHIP SERVICE IN THE FELLOWSHIP HALL.

 

TODAY – NEW ADULT SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES START:

A class in spiritual warfare taught by Doug Wood in the Fellowship Hall for both men and women, and a ladies’ class on “Managing Your Moods” led by Becky Roberts and Meredith Fowlie in the lower level meeting room in the parsonage. A new members’ class is also being taught by Pastor Steve in the parsonage.

 

NOTICES

SECRETARY Robin Beck and trustee Tim Beck will be away Nov. 30 – Dec. 13.  If you have administrative needs, call Pastor Steve or Mary Ann Nash.  If you have any urgent trustee-related issues, speak to one of the other trustees (Vickie Pinkham, Doris South, John Van Dyke or Jeff Keyes).

 

THE SANCTUARY WILL BE DEDICATED in a ceremony on Sunday, Dec. 18, during the morning worship service.  This service will be very special and will also include the Children’s Christmas program – you don’t want to miss either of these opportunities for celebration.  The service will be followed by light refreshments downstairs in the Fellowship Hall.  (Need we say it?  Please, no food or drinks in the newly refurbished sanctuary!)

 

CHRISTMAS GIFT BASKETS will once again be lovingly created with homemade items and delivered to public servants and emergency crews who have to work on Christmas.  Can you help?  See Fay Christy or Melissa Nein. Stay tuned for further information about a planning meeting in December.

 

MISSIONARY NEWS

 From Joe & Angie Cousins, with Campus Crusade at U. of Maine, Orono –

[Last month] we had our annual fall conference at Camp Fairhaven in Brooks, Maine.  We had 51 students from colleges and universities all across Maine and northern New Hampshire attend.  We had a great time hearing from speakers, having quiet times, having a Lifelines program focused on evangelism, as well as a great worship band.  The theme of the conference was “crazy love,” and we looked at how Jesus accepted us, seeks after us, and sends us out into the world…

            So far this year we have been able to take 143 students on Lifelines trips. … On the last trip, when I asked on a survey their desire to learn about God on a scale from 1 to 10, the average was 7.            Prayer requests: for Kaleb and Kristin Poth to obtain needed support to join our staff; for our students to stay motivated to share their faith at school; for more Lifelines student leaders so we can take more groups on outreaches; for Rebecca, our intern, and students Dan and Beth as they consider joining staff with Lifelines.

 

HELP NEEDED: We need someone to do Junior Church on Jan. 1.  Contact Mary Ann.

 

COMING:

 

Friday, Dec. 9, 5:30 p.m. – Family Movie Night.  Start a new tradition with the church family!  Come enjoy a soup supper 5:30-6:00 and then watch the movie The Nativity Story. Appropriate for all ages.

 

Saturday, Dec. 10, 9:00 a.m. – The annual (and very popular) Ladies’ Christmas Breakfast & Yankee Swap.  A sign-up sheet will be posted soon.  For more information see Deaconesses Pam Kamen or Nancy Van Dyke.

 

Wednesday, Dec. 14, 6:15 p.m. – Christmas caroling.  Meet at the church and join the WOL kids and families in visiting the Gregory Wing to sing carols, then enjoy hot chocolate and refreshments back at the church, 7:30-8.  The WOL store will be open for Olympians.

 

Sunday, Dec. 18, 10:45 a.m. – Children’s Christmas musical program, directed by Jamie House, during worship service.  No Junior Church. 

 

Sunday, Dec. 18, 6:30 p.m. – Evening service featuring the adult choir in One Bethlehem Night, a Christmas musical, directed by Becky Roberts. Bring your families and friends to this meaningful and enjoyable production!

 

Saturday, Dec. 24, 6:30 p.m. – Christmas Eve candlelight service in conjunction with the Boothbay Region Community Fellowship at the Fellowship in the American Legion Hall, Industrial Park Road, Boothbay.

 

Sunday, Dec. 25, 10:00 a.m. – Christmas Day worship service.  No Sunday School or Junior Church.

 

Saturday, Dec. 31, 6:30 p.m. – New Year’s Eve service, with communion, prayer and fellowship.  A great way to usher in 2012.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2011

WELCOME TO WORSHIP SERVICE IN THE FELLOWSHIP HALL.

 

 

TODAY IS THE DEADLINE for shoeboxes to be brought in, with labels and payment for shipping included.  THANK YOU to all who donated money and/or filled shoeboxes!  We pray many children around the world will be blessed and come to know Jesus through these gifts of love.  Thank you, Tom and Cathy Wilson, for continuing to coordinate and lead this effort.

 

SANCTUARY RENOVATION is three weeks along and progress continues.  Take a look!  We can’t thank all the volunteers enough for devoting so many hours of labor, working days and nights, taking time away from jobs and families to see this project through. Please continue to pray for their health and safety and for the rest of the job to go smoothly.  If you feel led to bring in lunch food, snacks or suppers, please call Robin in the office; we would like to keep feeding the volunteers as long as they are working!

The sanctuary should be ready for worship service either Sunday, Nov. 27 or Dec. 4, depending on when the new pews are delivered and installed.

REMEMBER, NO FOOD OR DRINKS IN THE NEW SANCTUARY!

 

In case you have not heard, the Church Office has moved.  The secretary’s office is now located on the lower level of the new parsonage, entered from the lower parking lot, next to the Pastor’s office.  New signage will be installed soon. The office phone number and email address remain the same.  Church office hours are Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.  Stop in for a visit and a cup of coffee! 

 

 

As we look forward to Thanksgiving, let us consider:

Asking each member of our families to express what they are

thankful for.  Encourage children not just to mention material things but to reflect on how they have grown, what they have learned

 or how they have seen God working in their lives this year. 

We can all benefit from increasing our gratitude capacity.

 

COMING:

 

SATURDAY, NOV. 19, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Christmas Craft Fair at Coastal Christian School, Nobleboro. Come and support this fund-raiser!

 

SUNDAY, NOV. 20 – Olympian leaders’ planning meeting after church.

 

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 23, 6:30 p.m. – Thanksgiving service, with prayer and sharing, in the Fellowship Hall.

 

SATURDAY, NOV. 26 – Caroling. Meet at the church at 6:15 p.m. to go to the Boothbay Railway Village to sing Christmas carols before the arrival of Santa. 

SATURDAY, DEC. 10, 9:00 a.m. – The annual (and very popular) Ladies’ Christmas Breakfast & Yankee Swap.  A sign-up sheet will be posted soon.  For more information see Deaconesses Pam Kamen or Nancy Van Dyke.

 

SUNDAY, DEC. 18, 10:45 a.m. – Children’s Christmas musical program, led by Jamie House, during worship service.  No Junior Church. 

 

SUNDAY, DEC. 18, 6:30 p.m. – Evening service featuring the adult choir in One Bethlehem Night, a Christmas musical, directed by Becky Roberts. Bring your families and friends to this meaningful and enjoyable production!

 

SATURDAY, DEC. 24, 6:30 p.m. – Christmas Eve candlelight service in conjunction with the Boothbay Region Community Fellowship.

 

SUNDAY, DEC. 25, 10:00 a.m. – Christmas Day worship service.  No Sunday School or Junior Church.

 

SATURDAY, DEC. 31, 6:30 p.m. – New Year’s Eve service, with communion, prayer and fellowship.  A great way to usher in the new year.

  Boothbay Baptist Buzz

Senior Pastor Dr. Steven B. Nash

Email: stevenbnash@msn.com

Church Office Hours: Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Church Office 633-7378, email boothbaybaptistchurch1@myfairpoint.net

Church secretary Robin Beck welcomes items for The Buzz until 10 a.m. Thursday.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2011

WELCOME TO WORSHIP SERVICE IN THE FELLOWSHIP HALL.

 

SANCTUARY RENOVATION is two weeks along and great progress has been made, thank you Lord!  And thanks, too, to the volunteer workers and to those who have been bringing in food.  Please pray for the workers who have donated so much of their time, talent and physical labor.  If you feel led to bring in lunch food, snacks or suppers, please call Robin in the office; we would like to keep feeding the volunteers as long as they are working!

 

THE CHURCH OFFICE HAS MOVED!  The secretary’s office is now located on the lower level of the new parsonage, entered from the lower parking lot, next to the Pastor’s office.  New signage will be installed soon. 

Thank you, Mark Kamen and Mike Roberts for helping with the move, and thank you, Dan and Mike Cusumano for fixing the wonderful $5 desk that is the centerpiece of the new office.

The office phone number and email address remain the same.  Church office hours are Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.  Stop in and visit! 

 

TRUNK OR TREAT!

Though the evening of Oct. 31st was chilly, the upper parking lot of BBC was warm with a couple hundred folks – kids, parents, grandparents, and friends from the community – who enjoyed Trunk or Treat with its decorated trunks, bounce house, face painting, games, and free hot dogs, chili dogs, chips, hot chocolate, iced tea, and, of course, plenty of treats.

HUGE THANK YOU’S go to Meredith Fowlie for coordinating and promoting the event with her contagious enthusiasm; to Dan Cusumano for setting up lighting, Justin Fowlie and Mike Roberts for grilling and setting up, Jason & Brigitte Schlosser for planning and offering games, Brian Pallotta for donating bags of chips, Daniel Bates for monitoring the bounce house, Nancy & John VanDyke and Mark and Pam Kamen for manning the welcome table, Mary Ann for making chili and serving food non-stop, Pastor Steve and Tim Beck for helping prior to and throughout the event; and thank you to the generous folks who donated money for the refreshments that were offered to participants compliments of the church, and especially thanks to  all those who decorated trunks and set the festive atmosphere for Trunk or Treat!  It was a great outreach to children and families who received tracts, kids’ Bibles and information about Word of Life, while enjoying fun and fellowship in a safe, wholesome environment.         

 

 

As we look forward to Thanksgiving, let us consider:

How has God blessed our family this year?

 

 

CONGRATULATIONS to Lorraine Eberhardt, who was given the honor of being the first one in the new YMCA pool last week at its dedication ceremony.  Lorraine, a former synchronized swimmer who is 89 years young, has swum more miles in the past few months than many of us will ever swim in our lives!  We are constantly blessed by her sunny disposition and her faithfulness in prayer and attendance at church gatherings. 

 

COMING:

SUNDAY, NOV. 13 – deadline for shoeboxes to be brought in to church, with labels and checks for shipping included.

 

SATURDAY, NOV. 19, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m., Christmas Craft Fair at Coastal Christian School, Nobleboro.

 

SUNDAY, NOV. 20 – Olympian leaders’ planning meeting after church.

 

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 23, 6:30 p.m. – Thanksgiving service, with prayer and sharing.

 

SUNDAY, DEC. 18, 10:45 a.m. – Children’s Christmas musical program, led by Jamie House, during worship service.  No Junior Church.  Also, at 

6:00 p.m., Evening service featuring the adult choir in One Bethlehem Night, a Christmas musicale, directed by Becky Roberts.

 

SATURDAY, DEC. 24, 6:30 p.m. – Christmas Eve candlelight service in conjunction with the Boothbay Region Community Fellowship.

 

SUNDAY, DEC. 25, 10:00 a.m. – Christmas Day worship service.  No Sunday School or Junior Church.

 

SATURDAY, DEC. 31, 6:30 p.m. – New Year’s Eve service, with communion, prayer and fellowship.  A great way to usher in the new year.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2011

WELCOME TO WORSHIP SERVICE IN THE FELLOWSHIP HALL.

 

EXTREME MAKEOVER, CHURCH EDITION, IS UNDERWAY!

 

SANCTUARY RENOVATION BEGAN this past week with crews removing the pews, ripping up carpet, scraping and sanding the floor, vacuuming, moving furnishings and making trips to the dump.  Huge thanks to all the volunteers who have been giving their time and working so hard: Dan Cusumano, Sam Michael, Alan Reed, Steve Sanders, Mark Kamen, Paul Golden, Steve Oakes, Mike Roberts, Steve Nash, Bob Conn, Chuck House, Jon Dickinson, Shaun Cusumano, Mike Cusumano, Chris Dickinson, Marilynn Sewall, Cathy Wilson, Chris Wormwood, and Tim Beck.  And thanks to all those who have been feeding them this week (Mary Ann Nash, Tammie Cusumano, Meredith Fowlie, Caroline Roberts, Brenda Desrosiers, Joanne Cain, Fay Christy, Shingi Molai and Robin), and to Pastor Jim Beliasov for doing the Wednesday devotional so Pastor Steve could work.

 

 

TRUNK OR TREAT!  TOMORROW, OCTOBER 31, 6-8 P.M.

All those who are decorating trunks, please be here by 5:30 p.m. to park and get set up.  Those helping with food, we need to start setting up by 5:00.

We can use more exterior lights if anyone can lend them. 

All helpers, please meet briefly right after church to finalize details.

 

COMING:

TUESDAY, NOV. 1, 4:00 p.m., Constitution and Bylaw Review Committee meeting.

SUNDAY, NOV. 13 – deadline for shoeboxes to be brought in to church, with labels and checks for shipping included.

SUNDAY, NOV. 20 – Olympian leaders’ planning meeting after church.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 23, 6:30 p.m. – Thanksgiving service, with prayer and sharing.

SUNDAY, DEC. 18, 10:45 a.m. – Christmas musicale by children and adults during worship service.  No Junior Church.

SATURDAY, DEC. 24, 6:30 p.m. – Christmas Eve candlelight service in conjunction with the Boothbay Region Community Fellowship.

SUNDAY, DEC. 25, 10:00 a.m. – Christmas Day worship service.  No Sunday School or Junior Church.

SATURDAY, DEC. 31, 6:30 p.m. – New Year’s Eve service, with communion, prayer and fellowship.  A great way to usher in the new year.

 

MISSIONARY NEWS

 

From Tim & Nancy Pierce (Baptist Mid-Missions, Brazil, now home):

     … We continue to try and increase our speaking opportunities for sharing our burden for Brazil, the work on the field, and challenging hearts for missions. Trying to make personal contacts with pastors, we have now driven over 22,000 miles, mostly business miles.

     … Our speaking and traveling will be on hold for a few months … as we both undergo surgery.  On Oct. 26 I (Tim) have back surgery to fuse two vertebrae together. [Note: we received an email that his surgery went well.] Then Nancy will have foot surgery Nov. 16 to fuse a couple of bones together and remove a bone spur on the top of her left foot.  …What a sight we will make, hobbling around together… For three months I am not allowed to drive, and I can only sit for 30 minutes in a straight chair once every two and a half hours! I am going to go crazy, and probably drive Nancy crazy too!

     … We are grateful for your prayers about our financial situation.  The Lord touched an invidiual to help with a gift of $1,000!  We praise the Lord for this, but please continue to pray.  The home office has been patient with us, but would like to see us back in the black soon.

   Thank you again for your continued prayer and faithful support. Pray for: recovery from surgeries, continued financial needs, and open doors for more meetings.

In Christ,

Tim & Nancy Pierce

6107 Perrine

Midland, MI 48640

Boothbay Baptist Buzz

Senior Pastor Dr. Steven B. Nash

Email: stevenbnash@msn.com

Church Office Hours: Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Church Office 633-7378, email boothbaybaptistchurch1@myfairpoint.net

Church secretary Robin Beck welcomes items for The Buzz until 10 a.m. Thursday.

 

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2011

 

THIS WEEK:  EXTREME MAKEOVER, CHURCH EDITION!

SANCTUARY RENOVATION BEGINS TOMORROW, Oct. 24 at 8:00 a.m.  The trustees are grateful to all who have committed to working this week, some taking off time from jobs to be here. A crew from For His Glory Baptist Church will also be here tomorrow to help dismantle and take away the old pews.  More workers will be needed later on to paint, help with wiring and lighting, install wainscoting, remodel the platform area and build stairs. Contact Tim Beck if you can help.

 

If you cannot work but you’d like to support the workers, please consider providing lunch or snacks for them this week.  Sign up on the sheets at the back of the sanctuary.  Thank you!

 

 

IT’S A GO — TRUNK OR TREAT!

SAVE THE DATE: MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 6-8 P.M.

To participate as a “trunker” or to help out with games, parking lot monitoring, or serving food, see Meredith Fowlie or the Schlossers.  MONETARY DONATIONS ARE NEEDED for the purchase of hot dogs, buns and beverages.  This is a service we offer to families as they come from the parade downtown and they really appreciate it.  Please place donations in covered pot on back table or contact Robin Beck.

     

 

 SHOEBOXES FOR SAMARITAN’S PURSE Operation Christmas Child are due by Sunday, Nov. 13.  Boxes and brochures are available on the back table. Coordinators Tom and Cathy Wilson are overwhelmed by and appreciative of all the support they have received for this ministry!

 

VOLUNTEERS

 

     Any church members who would like to be added to the list of volunteers to greet, read Scripture, do Junior Church or help in the nursery, please contact Robin in the church office.  We can always use substitutes. 

 

     Those who are on the schedule, please remember to arrange for replacements if you cannot serve on a Sunday and to let Robin know.

 

      GREETERS, kindly take a head count during the early part of the service so we may have a record of attendance.

 

     Thank you all so much for your help.

 

For as we have many members in one body, but all the members do not have the same function, so we, being many are one body in Christ, and individually members of one another.  Rom 12:4-5

 

 COMING:

 

WORSHIP SERVICES on Oct. 30, Nov. 6 and possibly Nov. 13 will be held downstairs in the Fellowship Hall.   Wednesday prayer meetings will take place in the parsonage.

 

CONSTITUTION AND BYLAW REVIEW COMMITTEE will meet Tuesday, Nov. 1 at 4 p.m.

 

One of our missionaries, Frank Carmical with Harvester Ministries, who was scheduled to speak here on Nov. 6, will not be able to come as planned, due to health reasons.

 

 

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SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2011

 

TODAY is the DEADLINE to sign up to participate in Trunk or Treat by decorating a trunk.  It’s important to have enough trunks to hold the event.  If there are not at least 25 cars signed up, Trunk or Treat will be cancelled.  Please fill out the orange insert and drop in the box today.

 

THIS WEEK:

 

Thursday, Oct. 13, 6:30 p.m.: QUARTERLY BUSINESS MEETING.  All members are urged to attend to hear updates and act on church business. Quarterly reports are on the back table.

 

 

TRUNK OR TREAT!

SAVE THE DATE: MONDAY, OCTOBER 31, 6-8 P.M.

      Trunk or Treat is an alternative to Halloween, akin to a large tailgate party, where children can show off costumes and get treats by going from car to car and seeing colorfully decorated trunks in a safe, contained environment.  This is an outreach to the community led by the Word of Life team and sanctioned by the elders.  To hold this event, we need enough folks to commit to participating by decorating a trunk and providing treats for possibly 250 kids.  See today’s orange insert for guidelines.  PLEASE SIGN UP ON LIST AT BACK OF CHURCH AND RETURN ORANGE REGISTRATION FORMS TODAY.  Volunteers are needed to manage the parking lot, grill and serve hot dogs, hand out tracts, monitor a bouncy house, and more.  See Jason & Brigitte Schlosser or Meredith Fowlie if you can help in one of these areas.

 

 

 

THE SUNDAY VOLUNTEER SCHEDULES have gone out to everyone who helps out in the Nursery (both infant room and preschool) and Junior Church, greeters, readers, ushers and trustees.  Robin asks that you mark your calendars and keep these schedules posted in your home so that if you need to make a switch you can see the big picture of who is serving where on any Sunday for the next six months.  Let her know of any changes so the schedule will be correct in the bulletin.

 

A HUGE THANK YOU to NAOMI DICKINSON FOR HER HELP in setting up the master schedule and for scheduling the preschool and infant nursery helpers.  Naomi volunteers in almost every area during church AND teaches Sunday School on top of that!  She could use more help in the nursery, both in the infant room and the preschool room.  We don’t want Naomi and Chris to have to miss too many worship services.  If you are a church member who can sub for them in any area, please speak to Naomi. 

 

YOU ARE INVITED to the annual Inspire Life Care Net Banquet Thursday, Nov. 3, 6:15 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Brunswick.  The theme is “Love Never Fails,” reflecting the heart of the Care Net ministry. The special guest speaker is Rebecca Kiessling, a family life attorney and pro-life advocate who was conceived out of a brutal rape and nearly aborted.  Dinner is complementary but this is a fund-raising event for Care Net, the ministry that is making a difference in the midcoast, serving pregnant women in crisis and advocating for life.  If you are interested in attending please speak to Barb House before Oct. 20.

 

PROJECT RENEW: SANCTUARY RENOVATION begins in earnest on Monday, Oct. 24 at 8:00 a.m.  The trustees need at least ten people to commit to working all day Monday and any other days of that week that they can – to remove all the pews, rip up carpeting, scrape the floor, remove fixtures, move furnishings, etc.  Lunch will be provided the week of Oct. 24-28 (a sign-up sheet is posted to help provide lunches and snacks for breaks).  Workers will also be needed to paint, help with wiring and lighting, install wainscoting, remodel the stage area and build stairs. Contact Tim Beck if you can help.

 

SHOEBOXES FOR SAMARITAN’S PURSE Operation Christmas Child are due by Sunday, Nov. 13.  For more information see Coordinators Tom and Cathy Wilson.

 

 

     Any church members who would like to be added to the list of volunteers to greet, read Scripture, do Junior Church or help in the infant room or preschool, please contact Robin in the church office weekday mornings.  We can always use substitutes. Thank you!

 

 

 

MISSIONARY  NEWS:

 

From Wayne & Joyce Raychard, Africa Inland Mission ~

 

Greetings from Hollis, Maine:

            We left Tanzania on 14 September and arrived the following afternoon in Orlando, Florida, where we attended an AIM conference with other AIMers on home assignment along with representatives from AIM’s new offices in Peachtree City, Georgia. … We flew to Maine on Friday Sept. 23 and were met by Bethany, Greg, Kara, their spouses, all of our grandchildren, one of my sisters, a niece and her husband, and my mom…

            A major change that we anticipate as we return to the continent of Africa next year is a move to Kigali, Rwanda.  We have been invited to teach in a new four-year degree program called CLIR, the Christian Leadership Institute of Rwanda.  A number of AIM personnel are already there working in partnership with missionaries from World Venture, formerly Conservative Baptist International (the mission we worked with for 13 years in the ’80s and ’90s).  This is a great opportunity for us to contribute to the development of leadership for churches in East Africa as the student body will be international from the outset.  AIM’s motto is “Christ-Centered Churches Among all African Peoples.” As we have worked toward that goal among the Digo, we will continue to do so among those who come to participate in the CLIR program. We will talk with you more about this when we meet.

            We look forward to seeing you soon.  Thank you for your faithfulness.

            [The Raychards are scheduled to visit our church on March 18, and they ask for prayer as they visit churches between now and then.]

                                                                                                                        Wayne & Joyce