July 11, 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

July 17, 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.
ninth Sunday after
Pentecost
Rev. Matthew Sturtevant

Operation Popsicle Returns...

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. All shifts are filled
from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., however, anyone is welcome
to stop by and be an extra helper at anytime during
the day! Stop by and say hi!

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

Family Promise Week begins July 24

There are still plenty of opportunities to help during Family Promise week either by
being an evening or overnight host or by helping with food. Please contact Susan
Pauls to host: 550-4250 or Wendy Wheeler about food: 393-3688.
Here is a link to a SignUp Genius if youd rather sign-up
online: http://tinyurl.com/jj98q6s

Summer Worship Series

Top 5 Most Misquoted Passages of Scripture

In one of my favorite movies of all time, The Princess Bride, the Spanish swordsman Inigo Montoya corrects the brilliant
Vizzini with the classic line: You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means." Similarly, most
of us have probably been guilty of using a word or phrase that we thought meant one thing, but eventually found out that
it meant something entirely different.
This is true of certain passages of Scripture, as well. How often do we quote a passage out of a fuzzy memory from Sunday school or a sermon somewhere, but do we really know what the verse means? What the context is? Why the author
might have been using that phrase or sentence? In the coming weeks, we will explore together six verses that often get
used out of context, and together consider what they might have meant and might mean to us today.
July 17 I Can Do All Things.
July 24 You Knit Me Together in My Mothers Womb.
July 31 All Things Work for Good.
August 7 Money is the Root of All Evil.
August 14 Do Not Grieve Like Those Who Have No Hope.
August 21For I Know the Plans I Have for You.

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.

The newest First Baptist cookbook is in the

house! Thank you
Christy Miller & crew
for all your hard work
getting it put together,
edited, proofread
(again, and again!),
and finally off to the
printer. **Option #1:
Copies will be available each Sunday
morning, or you may
call the church office
to schedule a time to pick one up. The books are $15.00
and if you will pre-order through the church office we
can make sure we always have enough on hand.
**Option #2: (Soon) there will be a link on the church
website where you can purchase a digital and/or a hard
copy delivered right to your door or computer. (Please
be aware there is a small shipping/handling charge for
hard copies.)
**Option #3: If you just cant wait, here is the link to
begin ordering right away! hp://nyurl.com/grtlrm5

Doctor of Ministry
Update

Pastor Matt will be

giving an update
about his Doctor of
Ministry in Preaching work in Chicago
from the last few
weeks, this coming
Sunday, July 17, in
the Sojourners class during the Sunday school hour
(10:15). The Sojourners have invited others who would
like to hear to attend, as well. Pastor Matt will share
again later in the fall, but for those who would like to
hear right away about his classes, the books he read, and
his plan for the coming year, Sunday will be your first
chance!

Remember in Prayer
International Ministries Missionaries: Hermelinda & Jorge Damasceno, serving in the United Kingdom.
Regional Minister: Philadelphia Baptist Association (ABC), Rev.
Betty Wright-Riggins, serving in Philadelphia.
Local congregation: Lawrence Wesleyan 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.
Ministry Chairs:
Please send your quarterly reports (mtg. July 24) to the
church office by July 15.
Mobile food pantry:
If you would like to assist the food pantry that meets in
our parking lot on Sat., July 23, please contact Wendy
Wheeler, 393-3688.
Address update:
Ken & Bohkee Lee would like to share their address in
Georgia with any who would like to write: 1007 Collingwood Lane, Alpharetta, GA, 30022. They are doing
well and miss everyone at FBC!
Betty Thomas is a new resident at Presbyterian Manor.
Her mailing address will be: Betty Thomas c/o Joy
Laird, 907 Christie Ct, Lawrence, 66049
Thank you!
Dear Ladies of First Baptist Church, thank you SO much
for all your help with the Kids Closet sale last spring.
This sale was the smoothest & busiest sale weve ever
had. And, by the way, with your help we collected almost $500 for Joy, International (a ministry devoted to
the rescue of trafficked children). We are looking forward to seeing you in the fall and special thanks to Nathan for all his hard work, too! Here are the dates of
our next consignment sale at First Baptist:
September 15-17
Gratefully, Michele Ball & family

July Taiz Service

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

Life of the Church

This months Taiz worship will be Sunday, July 24, at 6 p.m., at

Trinity Episcopal Church, 1011 Vermont St. This service of simple song, silence, and scripture will be held in Matthews Chapel, on
the south end of Trinitys campus.

Sunday Morning Volunteers

July 17

Wednesday, July 13
12:00 p.m.Spiritual Formation mtg
(Please check with your chairperson for location)
Friday, July 15
Ministry Quarterly reports due to office
Sunday, July 17
9:00 a.m.Worship service
10:15 a.m.Sunday School

Nursery 9:00 a.m.Amy Munsterman

Extended Care 9:00-11:15 a.m.Chad or Becky Johnston
Sunday DriverGinger Boring, (785) 542-1204
Sunday A/VSteve Yoder SoundTravis Cooper

Looking Ahead:
July 24: Quarterly Business Mtg, 11:30 p.m.
July 24: Family Promise week begins
Sept. 19: Family Promise Golf Tournament at
Lawrence Country Club. Register at
www.Lawrencefamilypromise.org

By the Numbers
as of July 3, 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:
$7,459.00
YTD Receipts:
$159,132.15
CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
Weekly Receipts:
$2,215.00
Cumulative Giving:
$497,808.00
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.