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April 9, 2015April 9, 2015April 9, 2015April 9, 2015

Church Leadership 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.

Church Office:

785/843.0020, ext. 201

office@firstbaptistlawrence.com

www.firstbaptistlawrence.com

Rev. Matt Sturtevant

Senior Pastor, x.202

matt@firstbaptistlawrence.com

Rev. Cheryl Harader

Associate Pastor of Adult Spiritual

Formation, x.204

cheryl@firstbaptistlawrence.com

Cody Knapik

Intern for Youth Spiritual Formation,

x.205

cody@firstbaptistlawrence.com

Amelia Lawson

Intern for Children’s Spiritual Formation

x.205

amelia@firstbaptistlawrence.com

Jenny Purvis

Office Manager, x.203

jenny@firstbaptistlawrence.com

Jim Davidson

Chancel Choir Director

jamesrdavidson@ku.edu

Evelyn Falen

Organist

edfal13@gmail.com

Holly Grassy

Bookkeeper, (785) 917-9622

grassyclan@att.net

John Pauls

Moderator

jphawk@yahoo.com

Buddy Langford

Custodian

Wednesday Meal, April 15

Due to Family Promise Week next week,

our Wednesday meal will be held outside

(weather permitting!)

**Regardless of the meal, choir rehearsals

will continue:

Sacred Music Academy: (6:30-7:30 p.m.)

Choir Room

Chancel Choir: (7:30-8:30 p.m.)

Choir Room

Temporary Sunday Morning Schedule

for Construction and Summer months: April 12 until Promotion Sunday in August

9:30 a.m.

Combined Worship in the Roger

Williams Room

11:00 a.m.

Sunday School classes meet

Preparing for Worship

April 12, 2015

Worship at 9:30 a.m. (Roger Wil-Worship at 9:30 a.m. (Roger Wil-Worship at 9:30 a.m. (Roger Wil-Worship at 9:30 a.m. (Roger Wil-

liams Room)liams Room)liams Room)liams Room)

Second Sunday of EasterSecond Sunday of EasterSecond Sunday of EasterSecond Sunday of Easter

“Jesus Came Back”

Rev. Matthew Sturtevant

Scripture: john 20.19-21

Spring Clean Work Day at First Baptist

When: Saturday, April 18

What: outdoor trimming, weeding,

mulching, etc. Indoor cleaning; dusting,

window washing, etc.

Time: 10:00 a.m.

Who: Members of KU’s ‘The Big Event’ team and First Baptist members & friends!

Building Reconstruction Update:

A Chair Moving party ensued in force on the 6th & 7th and our

sanctuary is now settled into the Roger Williams Room.

April 13: Flooring has arrived and contractors will begin

installation the week of April 13. Help will be needed to

move furniture. Stay tuned!

By Vacation Bible School (June 8), we will be ready to worship

in our “new” space!

June 14: celebration of completion of the construction, and

celebration of 160 years of ministry and worship of the

First Baptist Church of Lawrence!

The Great Sanctuary Chair Move:

Thanks for all your help!

It wouldn’t have happened without

you!

Why the Worship Service Time Change?

The Spiritual Leadership Team and Ministries have

been discerning together over several weeks an optimal

schedule during our construction and temporary move

into the Roger Williams Room for worship. We con-

sidered the following factors in our decision:

• The difficulty holding the smaller 8:30 service in

the overwhelming space of the Roger Williams

Room.

• The inequity of “combining” both services by

simply cancelling the first service and expecting

only 8:30 worshippers to change.

• The opportunity to consider flexible and creative

Sunday school options, youth group time, and a

“fellowship hour” between worship and Sunday

school.

G-Force Vacation Bible School

Open for Registrations!

• June 8-12

• REGISTRATION is now available online:

www.cokesburyvbs.com/lawrencevbs or

www.firstbaptistlawrence.com or in the church

office.

• $15 per child/$45, 3 or more children

• Please register soon so we can know how many to

plan for.

• We’re seeking adult & youth volunteers!

• Invite your friends & neighbors!

• Daily suppers begin at 5:15 p.m. (6/8 and 6/11

meal provided by First Baptist members.) VBS

time 6:00-8:00 p.m.

• Want to sponsor a child to come to VBS? Just con-

tact the church office!

Remember in Prayer International Ministries Missionaries: Chuck & Ruth Fox,

serving in Thailand.

Regional Minister: ABC of Metro New York: Rev. Isaac

Castaneda, serving in New York, NY

Local congregation: North Lawrence 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, or Judy Stuart, 856-1782, or

The church office: 843-0020

jenny@firstbaptistlawrence.com

American Baptist Youth (ABY) next gathering: April

12– Mentor Night

April 19—Youth Sunday

April 26— Youth Fundraiser luncheon prior to business mtg.

May 3—Final ABY for semester & Senior Night

Children’s Corner

BoxofJustice

All Justice Network Members will assemble at the

Solutions Briefing this Tuesday, April 14th at 6:45

pm at the Free Methodist Church to learn how we

will address issues of mental health, affordable hous-

ing, and childhood trauma. This event is for Justice

Network Members only. For more information and

to RSVP, visit www.justicemattersinkansas.org. We're

looking forward to seeing you there!

Have a blessed day,

Justice Matters

Central Region Summer Camps for Children &

Youth Did you know that FBC pays 1/2 of

tuition to go to any of the Central

Region sponsored summer camps?

Yep! Contact the church office for

more information OR https://

abccr-

camping.squarespace.com/

First Baptist Book Club

Our April selection is Dorie: The Girl Nobody Loved by

Doris Van Stone. This book is a memoir by Doris Van

Stone, a missionary to the Dani tribe in New Guinea.

The meeting will be on Tuesday April 28 at 7:00 pm at

Lynne Beatty’s home, 1045 Wellington Road.

The First Baptist Book club reads a wide variety of works

including fiction, non-fiction, biographies, memoirs, and

poetry. Members suggest the books to be read. If you

love books, please join us!

Stringham Scholarship

For active FBC members who are enter-

ing post-high school higher education at

any technical school, college, or gradu-

ate school, you may wish to apply for

the Raber P. & Ruth B. Stringham

Scholarship. Application deadline is June 1. Contact Jen-

ny in the church office for more information.

Theme: Acts

17.28a, “In God

we live, move, and

exist.”

First Baptist Church

1330 Kasold Drive

Lawrence, Kansas 66049

785/843-0020

785/843-0021 (fax)

www.firstbaptistlawrence.com

Sunday Morning Volunteers

April 12

Nursery 9:30 a.m.—Amy Munsterman

11:00 a.m.—Amy Munsterman

Extended Care 11:00 a.m.—Becky

Ellison

Wed. dinner

April 15

6:00 p.m.

Life of the Church

Sunday, April 12

9:30 a.m.—Worship service in RWR

11:00 a.m.—Sunday School

Family Promise Week begins

Monday, April 13

8:00 p.m.—rebroadcast of FBC worship

(public access channel 99)

Tuesday, Apr. 14

2:00 p.m.—Afternoon Wms Group; meets

at Perkins Restaurant.

Wednesday, Apr. 15

6:00 p.m.— Wednesday meal

6:30 p.m.—Children's Sacred Music Academy

rehearsal (Choir Room)

7:30 p.m.—Chancel Choir rehearsal. (Choir

Room)

Thursday, Apr. 16

6:00 p.m.—Yoga with Nancy (Choir Room)

7:00 p.m.—Finance Ministry mtg.

Saturday, Apr. 18

10:00 a.m.—Spring Clean Work Day

Looking Ahead:

April 19—Youth Sunday

April 25—Crawfish Boil

April 26—Quarterly Business Mtg.

By the Numbers...as of April 5, 2015

GENERAL OPERATING

Weekly Receipts: $8,726.00

YTD Receipts: $79,968.06

CAPITAL CAMPAIGN

Weekly Receipts: $1,870.00

Cumulative Giving: $381,971.75

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.

Saturday, April 25, 4-6 p.m.

Tickets on sale NOW.

Contact the church office.

Fundraiser price: $12 adults/$5 children

Invite your friends and neighbors!

Proceeds to benefit FBC Youth

and Lawrence Family Promise

The Leaflet newsletter is a weekly production of First

Baptist Church. If you would like to receive the news-

letter by E-mail, please contact the church office: jen-

ny@firstbaptistlawrence.com. You may receive a hard

copy in the mail by request: 843-0020. Copies are

available for pick up each Sunday. Questions? Please

contact Jenny in the church office.

The Dialogue Institute would like to invite you

and your friends to the Seventh Annual Friend-

ship Dinner at 6 pm, April 28, at the Kansas Un-

ion Ballroom (KU). RSVP by April 21st. Please

include your full name and menu preference

(chicken or vegetarian) to:

dialoginstitute@gmail.com. Keynote speaker,

Oliver A. Hall; Poet, Xanath Caraza, UMKC; Remark, Jeffrey P. Mo-

ran, PhD, History Dept., KU.

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