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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
www.firstbaptistlawrence.com
Rev. Matt Sturtevant
Senior Pastor, x.202
Rev. Cheryl Harader
Associate Pastor of Adult Spiritual
Formation, x.204
Cody Knapik
Intern for Youth Spiritual Formation,
x.205
Amelia Lawson
Intern for Children’s Spiritual Formation
x.205
Jenny Purvis
Office Manager, x.203
Jim Davidson
Chancel Choir Director
Evelyn Falen
Organist
Holly Grassy
Bookkeeper, (785) 917-9622
John Pauls
Moderator
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, [email protected],
(Telephone Prayer Chain) Hazel Nitcher, 843-5302, Annie
Merriam, 841-1384, or Judy Stuart, 856-1782, or
The church office: 843-0020
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 [email protected], 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-
[email protected]. 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:
[email protected]. Keynote speaker,
Oliver A. Hall; Poet, Xanath Caraza, UMKC; Remark, Jeffrey P. Mo-
ran, PhD, History Dept., KU.