knightdale baptist church january 2015 newsletter

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A New Day

Jesus said to them, “Come and have breakfast.” None of the disciples dared ask him, “Who are you?” They knew it was the Lord. John 21:12 During the 2014 Homecoming worship service, former KBC interim pastor Jeff Roberts spoke about the last meal Jesus shared in the company of his disciples in comparison to the first meal shared with the disciples following his resurrection. The difference, he explained, was that the Lord’s Supper we commemorate during our own worship, was an evening meal, the last Jesus would take with his closest followers before his impending crucifixion. It was a meal to serve as the close of his time with them. In contrast, upon his return, Jesus invited the disciples to join him on the shore to share a breakfast together, the first meal of the day. The symbolic nature of these events communicates a key message to us. The Lord’s Supper was a meal to remind us of Jesus’ sacrifice, his fellowship with the disciples and promise to them that the elements of this meal had a purpose and meaning transcending their ability to provide sustenance. This breakfast, cooked on the shore after the disciples had spent all night fishing, marked a new day. A new day had dawned, not only for those disciples, but all followers of Christ. This meal signified a change had occurred. They now enjoyed fellowship with the risen Savior, and everything would be different from what they’d experienced before. 2014 was tough. With the challenges we faced as a church, God provided us the endurance and perseverance to see it through, to arrive at the dawning of a new day and a new year. Here we are, not just 6 months later, but venturing into a new year full of hope and enthusiasm for the blessings God is sure to provide. We look forward to what lies before us. The dawning of this new day will give us new opportunities, new experiences for ministry, fellowship, study, and growth. It’s another chance to relish the rich provisions we enjoy from a loving God. In this new year, full of new possibilities, may we as the congregation of Knightdale Baptist Church, as Psalm 34 states: Taste and see that the LORD is good. Happy New Year! — Trent Sessoms

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P1 A New Day

P2 January Anniversaries

and Birthdays

P2 Baptist Knights

P2 Children’s Time

Schedule for January

P2 Flower Calender

P3 January Calendar

P4 Children’s Worship

Schedules for January

P4 Love Connection

P4 Ushers for January

P4 List of Deacons

P4 Family Game Night

P5 Youth News

P5 A New Year Prayer

P6 From the Front Porch

P6 Read & Feed

P6 Quarterly Business

Conference

P6 Church Council Meeting

P6 On-line Giving

P7 Wednesday Night

Fellowship Meal

P7 Backpack Buddies

P7 Upward

P8 Happy New Year

P8 Staff

2 0 1 5

V o l u m e 1 2 , I s s u e 1

Rebecca West Jan 1 Vickie Massey Jan 6 Frances Oliver Jan 16 Payton Wallis Jan 6 Ernie Harrell Jan 3 Rachel Jackson Jan 19 Savannah Martin Jan 3 John Bruce Parrish Jan 9 Hope Beasley Jan 20 Valerie Beasley Jan 4 Bob Jones Jan 12 Tim Poirier Jan 20 Joe Johnston Jan 4 Mae Mitchell Jan 12 Sue Bunn Jan 22 Steve Coleman Jan 15

Leland and Mary Weathers January 22nd

Happy 7th Anniversary!

the Beam, a monthly Newsletter for Knightdale Baptist Church January, 2015

January Birthdays

January Anniversaries

Baptist Knights for January and

February Baptist Knights are KBC volunteers that ensure the facilities are locked and secure each day. If you need the facilities unlocked for any reason please be sure to contact the church office so that they may help make those arrangements for you. Thank you.

Dec 28 - Jan 3 Stephen Tew

Jan 4 - Jan 10 Brandon West

Jan 11 - Jan 17 David Hinton

Jan 18 - Jan 24 Jesse Ward

Jan 25 - Jan 31 James Lucas

Feb 1 - Feb 7 Sam Maise

Feb 8 - Feb 14 Bill Scanlon

Feb 15 - Feb 21 Jeff Maynard

Feb 22 - Feb 28 Tim Poirier

Children’s Time Ministry Leader’s

Schedule

Jan 4th - Lois McCoy

Jan 11th - Bill Scanlon

Jan 18th - James Lucas

Jan 25th - Jamie Rosehart

Feb 1st - Jim

Farrington

Feb 8th - Joe

Johnston

A new flower calendar is up outside the church office. Please come by and sign up to put

flowers in the sanctuary on your favorite date in 2015.

Flower Calendar


Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

28 9:15 AM Koffee Before Church 9:45 AM Bible Study 11:00 AM Morning Worship 11:30 AM Faith Expressions 6:00 PM Snack n YAK

29

6:00 PM Open Basketball

30

31 New Year’s Eve Church Office Closed No Wednesday Night Activities 6:00 PM Youth to visit Wellington

1 New Year’s Day Church Office Closed

2 3 9:00 AM Upward Games

4 Communion Sunday 9:15 AM Koffee Before Church 9:45 AM Bible Study 11:00 AM Morning Worship 11:30 AM Faith Expressions 6:00 PM Snack n YAK

5

6:00 PM Open Basketball 7:00 PM Deacon’s Meeting

6 10:00 AM BALL Club 6:00 PM Upward Practice 6:30 PM Read & Feed Volunteer Training

7 6:30 PM Adult Bible Study 6:30 PM Mission Friends 6:30 PM GA's & RA's 6:30 PM YAK 360 7:15 PM Children's Choir Practice 7:30 PM Worship Choir Practice

8 7:00 PM Properties Committee Meeting 7:00 PM Personnel Committee Meeting

9 5:00 PM FLC Reserved Youth Ski Trip

10 9:00 AM Upward Games Youth Ski Trip


12 6:00 PM Open Basketball 6:30 PM Two Green Thumbs Garden Club 7:00 PM Church Council Meeting

13 10:00 AM BALL Club 5:30 PM Read & Feed 6:00 PM Upward Practice 7:00 PM Angelic Ministers Circle

14 5:30 PM Wednesday Night Fellowship Meal 6:30 PM Quarterly Business Meeting 6:30 PM Mission Friends 6:30 PM GA's & RA's 6:30 PM YAK 360 7:15 PM Children's Choir Practice 7:30 PM Worship Choir Practice

15 10:45 AM Weathers/Knight Circle

16 5:00 PM FLC Reserved 1:00 PM FH Reserved

17 9:00 AM Upward Games 3:00 PM Sanctuary & FH Reserved

18 Youth Bring a Friend Day 9:15 AM Koffee Before Church 9:45 AM Bible Study 11:00 AM Morning Worship 11:30 AM Faith Expressions 6:00 PM Snack n YAK

19 6:00 PM Open Basketball 7:00 PM Cemetery Meeting

20 10:00 AM BALL Club 5:30 PM Read & Feed 6:00 PM Upward Practice 7:00 PM Finance Committee Mtg.


22

23

24 9:00 AM Upward Games 6:30 PM Family Game Night


26

6:00 PM Open Basketball

27 10:00 AM BALL Club 5:30 PM Read & Feed 6:00 PM Upward Practice


29

30 31 9:00 AM Upward Games

January

Love Connection for January

(Please send a card, place a call or visit the following during the month of January):

Laura Oliver 609 Fayetteville St. Knightdale, NC 27545

Sara Ferrell

Wellington Nursing Center 1000 Tandal Center Knightdale, NC 27545

Children’s Worship Schedule for the

Month of January Coordinator: Cindy Russell (919-217-1551)

Jan 4 Lead Teachers Assistants

Crib Babies: Cheryl Jackson Rachel Jackson

Toddlers: Volunteers Needed

2’s & 3’s: Mike and Angie Wallis

Children’s Church: James Lucas

Assistants: Kristin and Tim Poirier

Jan 11

Crib Babies: Christie Hatch

Toddlers: Terry Johnson Jeremy Tention

2’s & 3’s: Volunteers Needed


Assistants: Volunteers Needed

Jan 18

Crib Babies: Monique Mackey

Toddlers: Bill Scanlon



Assistants: Courtney Glover,

Valerie and Mark Beasley

Jan 25

Crib Babies: Bobbie Earnhardt, Peggy Altice

Toddlers: Volunteers Needed



Assistants: Brian and Holly Martin

Ushers for January

Joe Bryan, Don Holmes,

Bob Jones, Susan Sauls


List of Deacons

2015

Christie Hatch David Hinton (Chair) Monique Mackey Bill Scanlon Stephen Tew

2016

Sam Maise Carolyn Martinson Jeff Maynard

2017

Robin Farrington Terry Johnson “Pete” Harrell

Please note: If for some reason you are not available to help on the day that

you volunteered to work, we ask that you please don’t forget to find a

replacement for yourself so there is adequate coverage during the worship

service. Also, if you have a change in the schedule for the children’s nursery

or children’s church, please contact the monthly coordinator so that the

change can be made prior to the printing of the worship bulletin. However,

any permanent changes in the schedule should continue to be handled by the

lead coordinator.

Thank you for all your help.

Saturday, January 24th at 6:30 pm in the

Fellowship Hall with a

dessert fellowship

Family Game Night


Youth News

Bring a Friend Day – Sunday, January 18

The youth are picking a friend or two to pray for and invite to church this Sunday. This Sunday evening we will meet and eat, then have a photo scavenger hunt to invite friends to. Prizes will be awarded. Please pray for our youth to reach out to those around them to share the good news. Week of Warmth – Final Collection day is Sunday, January 25

Beginning January 18th and culminating on the 25th the

youth will be collecting new/gently used clothing, blankets, and home furnishings to give to local people in need. We will sort the items on the 25th for donation. If anyone has clothes hangers or garbage bags/cardboard boxes to collect the clothes please leave them in the conference room or contact Joe (252-531-6812). There will be collection boxes out this week for drop offs. Please be a part of this opportunity to share God’s love and help those less fortunate.

Holy Father,

God of our yesterdays, our today, and our tomorrows.

We praise You for Your unequaled greatness.

Thank You for the year behind us and for the year

ahead.

Help us in Your new year, Father, to fret less and laugh

more.

To teach our children to laugh by laughing with them.

To teach others to love by loving them.

Knowing, when Love came to the stable in Bethlehem, He

came for us.

So that Love could be with us, and we could know You.

That we could share Love with others.

Help us, Father, to hear Your love song in every sunrise.

in the chirping of the sparrows in our backyards,

in the stories of our old folks, and the fantasies of our

children.

Help us to stop and listen to Your love songs,

so that we may know You better and better.

We rejoice in the world You loved into being.

Thank You for another new year and for new chances

A New Year Prayer

Super Bowl Party – Sunday, February 1 at 6PM – Location TBA

Come celebrate with us as we enjoy food, fun, fellowship, and football. Please bring a food item to share and your love for football. Stay tuned for the location as it is to be announced.

— Pastor Joe

every day.

We pray for peace, for light, and for hope, that we might spread them to others.

Forgive us for falling short this past year.

We leave the irreparable past in Your hands, and step out into the unknown new year knowing You will go with us.

We accept Your gift of a new year and we rejoice in what’s ahead, depending on You to help us do exactly what You

want…

I say it again, we rejoice!

In Jesus name,

Amen.


I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” We pray the same promise for KBC! It has been a blessing serving with Pastor Trent and the entire staff at KBC and know that great things are ahead for the ministry of this church. Please know that

As we wind down our ministry with you this month, we do so with mixed emotions. We are very grateful for the privilege we have had to serve with you and share our lives with you. Though we will miss each of you, we are excited about what God may have for us in the future. We rest on His promise in His word from Jeremiah 29:11, “I know the plans

we love you all very much and greatly appreciate the many expressions of love that you have shown me and my family these many years. Yours in Christ, Hal

From the Front Porch

Quarterly Business Conference

Wednesday, January 14th

beginning at 6:45 pm in the Sanctuary -immediately following our Wednesday

Night Fellowship Meal.

succeed in adult life. We meet once a week for an hour on Tuesday evenings (5:30-6:30 pm). We feed the children a hot meal then work with them on their reading and reading comprehension skills. All materials and training are provided! So please join us Tuesday, January 9th at 6:30 pm at Knightdale

Read and Feed Training is Tuesday, January 9th at 6:30 pm in the KBC Fellowship Hall. Read and Feed is a non-profit organization that combines a child friendly atmosphere, books, food, and tutors to motivate children to become confident in their academic skills so they have every opportunity to

Baptist Church for a Volunteer Training session. Sign up at www.readandfeed.org or contact Kati Mullan at KatiMullan@readandfeed. org, 919-538-3840.

Read and Feed

Church Council

Meeting

Monday, January 12th at 7:00 pm in the Conference Room

Please plan on attending if you have any new programs that need to be

discussed and/or approved.


Mission and Worship Opportunities

Wednesday Night Fellowship Meal

must be made by noon on Monday, January 12th. Call the church office to make reservations at 919-266-2471.

Cost for the meal is: adults (10-up) $5.00 children (4-9) $2.00 and children 3 and under eat free (Max charge per family - $20.00).

This month the Wednesday Night Fellowship Meal will be Wednesday, January 14th from 5:30 - 6:30 PM. The Quarterly Business Conference will begin at 6:45 PM in the Sanctuary on this night, so come out for a good meal and attend the business meeting. Reservations/cancellations

Menu: Fried Chicken, String Beans, Buttered Potatoes, Bread, Homemade Desserts and Beverages. (Cheese Pizza always available)

weekend meals during the school year. We need lots of kid-friendly non-perishable food items to maintain this ministry. A list of items can be found in the vestibule of the Sanctuary and is listed below. Food collection bins

The “Backpack Buddies” program is an ongoing ministry KBC has with Knightdale

Elementary School. It provides children from food-insecure homes with

are located in the Education Building and the vestibule of the Sanctuary. The children and their respective families greatly appreciate the weekend meals we provide. Thank you for being a part of this ongoing KBC ministry.

Backpack Buddies

Games for this month are Saturdays, January 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th and 31st

Come out and watch the games and support the Upward program.

Upward Basketball and Cheerleading

beginning at 9:00 am.

This is a list of food items that can be donated:

(Glass Jars cannot be sent home with the kids due to potential breakage.)

Oatmeal packs Granola bars Macaroni and cheese (individual cups or boxed) Individual fruit cups Canned vegetables (corn, beans, peas, carrots, potatoes, 15 oz or less) Pop Tarts Individual boxes of cereal (one serving size) Canned meat (Vienna sausage, tuna, chicken, pork & beans) Canned pasta, like Chef Boyardee, Chicken Noodle Soup, or Spaghettios (16 oz or less) Nabs/cracker packs Ready-made pudding packs Ramen noodles

Knightdale Baptist Church 15 Main Street

Knightdale, NC 27545

Phone: 919-266-2471 · Fax: 919-266-0984

www.knightdalebaptist.org

Office Hours (Monday - Friday) 8:00 am until 5:00 pm

Address Service Requested

The Mission of Knightdale Baptist Church, as a loving, unified body, is to worship God and share Christ through

various Christian ministries, teaching, service, prayer and fellowship.

Staff:

Rev. Trent Sessoms

Senior Pastor

Rev. Hal Roach

Minister of Worship

Rev. Joe Johnston

Youth Pastor

Mrs. Patty Jones

Administrative Assistant

Mrs. Christi Boggs

Preschool Director


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