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A Word of Thanks

I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always in every prayer of mine for you all making my prayer with joy, because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ. - Philippians 1:3-6

It was my grandmother who taught me how to pray. At least, my earliest recollection of learning to pray was from my maternal grandmother who taught me that old bedtime prayer, “Now, I lay me down to sleep.” You probably know the rest, or some variation. In teaching me that prayer, she also taught me to pray for those I care about, naming them and asking God’s blessings to be upon them. Of course, as I grew older, my prayers changed, but the basic framework had been established. Most notably, that notion of praying specifically for those I care about. Over the course of the past few weeks, I have received numerous cards (18 in a single day!), phone calls, visits, and general words of encouragement from family and friends. This includes my church family, of course. Knowing that someone cares enough to take time to mention my name in their prayer really means more than words can truly convey. I want to express my sincerest thanks to all of you as the family of God for your continued support, encouragement, love, and prayers during this time. To know my name has been uttered to the masterful creator of all things is a tremendous gift and continues to provide encouragement each day. My last preschool chapel before my hospital stint was about the four friends who cut a hole in the roof of the house Jesus was in so their friend could receive healing. I find it interesting that, given my recent situation, it’s those prayers offered by those close to me that cut the hole through discouragement and frustration to make room for the healing Jesus offers. I hope you know how much it means to have your continued support. May God continue to bless us all with the knowledge of His continued love and presence, and help us remember that we have the privilege to experience His love through those relationships with one another. — Trent Sessoms

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P1 A Word of Thanks

P2 May Anniversaries

and Birthdays

P2 Baptist Knights

P2 Children’s Time

Schedule for May

P2 Preschool Graduation

P3 May Calendar

P4 Children’s Worship

Schedules for May

P4 Love Connection

P4 Ushers for May

P4 List of Deacons

P5 Youth News

P5 Baby Shower

Invitation

P5 Birthday Celebration

P6 Worship Ministry

Opportunities

P6 Preschool Enrollment

P6 Budget Report

P7 Backpack Buddies

P7 Operation Christmas

Child

P7 Wednesday Night

Fellowship Meal

P8 Chicken BBQ

Fundraiser

P8 Staff

V o l u m e 1 1 , I s s u e 5

2 0 1 4

Mike and Barbara Chalk May 19th

Happy 40th Anniversary!

Jesse and Bridgett Ward May 20th


Mark and Brenda Hailey May 23rd


Charles and Linda Harper May 3rd


Joe and Jennifer Bryan May 4th


Tom and Bobbie Earnhardt May 11th


Kameron and Melissa Abshire May 13th


Pete and Karen Mangum May 14th


Jonathan and Jessica Burgess May 18th

Happy 1st Anniversary!

the Beam, a monthly Newsletter for Knightdale Baptist Church May, 2014

Aidan Wallis May 2 Holly Martin May 11 Billy Wilder May 19 Dot Parrish May 11 Jim Watkins May 5 Nellie Stallings May 22 DeAnne Talley May 13 Clay Cameron May 6 Doris Talley May 23 Nolan Peterson May 15 Ann Coleman May 7 Seth Peterson May 15 Steve Peters May 25 Robin Farrington May 7 Heather Tew May 15 Frances Wall May 25 Sadie Johnston May 7 Mary Weathers May 7 Hayden Peterson May 18 Judy Henley May 26 Edith Tew May 18 Harue Jones May 26 Jim Farrington May 9 Charley Maynard May 26

Children’s Time Ministry Leader’s

Schedule

May 4th - Monique Mackey

May 11th - Bill Scanlon

May 18th - James Lucas

May 25th - Jim Farrington

June 1st -

Joe Johnston

June 8th -

Monique Mackey

May Birthdays

May Anniversaries

Baptist Knights for May and June

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.

Apr 27 - May 3 Jim Farrington

May 4 - May 10 Stephen Tew

May 11 - May 17 Brandon West

May 18 - May 24 David Hinton

May 25 - May 31 Jesse Ward

Jun 1 - Jun 7 Rick Talley

Jun 8 - Jun 14 James Lucas

Jun 15 - Jun 21 Sam Maise

Jun 22 - Jun 28 Bill Scanlon

Jun 29 - Jul 5 Brian Martin

Knightdale Baptist Preschool Graduation

Thursday, May 22nd 7:00 PM


Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

27

28

29

10:00 AM

BALL Club

6:00 PM

FLC Reserved

30

6:00 PM Faith Expressions

6:30 PM Adult Bible Study

6:30 PM GA's & RA's

6:30 PM Mission Friends

6:30 PM YAK 360

7:15 PM Children's Choir Practice

7:30 PM Worship Choir Practice

1

6:30 PM

KBC Basketball

7:00 PM

Properties

Committee Mtg.

2

6:00 PM

FLC

Reserved

3

8:00 AM

Operation

Inasmuch

2:00 PM

Fellowship

Hall Reserved

4

9:15 AM Koffee Before Church

9:45 AM Bible Study

11:00 AM Morning Worship

2:30 PM Baby Shower for Susan and

Pastor Trent

6:00 PM Snack n YAK

5

6

10:00 AM

BALL Club

6:00 PM

FLC Reserved

7



6:30 PM GA's & RA's


6:30 PM YAK 360



8

10:00 AM

Philathea SS

Class Mtg.

6:30 PM

KBC Basketball

6:30 PM

Mission Team

Mtg

9

6:00 PM

FLC

Reserved

10

11

Mother’s Day


9:45 AM Bible Study


3:00 PM FH Reserved

12

6:30 PM

Two Green

Thumbs

Garden Club

Tea Party

13

10:00 AM

BALL Club

6:00 PM

FLC Reserved

7:00 PM

Angelic

Minister’s WMU

Circle Mtg.

14

5:30 PM Wednesday Night Fellowship Meal



6:30 PM GA's & RA's


6:30 PM YAK 360



15

10:00 AM

Weathers/Knight

WMU Circle

Mtg.

6:30 PM

KBC Basketball

16

17

Armed Forces

Day

18


9:45 AM Bible Study


2:00 PM Youth - Sunny Sky’s Ice Cream

5:00 PM Deacon's

Meeting

19

7:00 PM

Cemetery

Meeting

20

10:00 AM

BALL Club

6:00 PM

FLC Reserved

7:00 PM

Finance

Committee Mtg.

21



6:30 PM GA's & RA's


6:30 PM YAK 360 - Spring Cleaning



22

6:30 PM

KBC Basketball

7:00 PM

KB Preschool

Graduation

23

24

1:00 PM

FLC Reserved

25


9:45 AM Bible Study


2:00 PM Birthday Party for Harue Jones

6:00 PM Snack n YAK - Mission Team

26

Memorial Day

Observed

Church

Office Closed

27

10:00 AM

BALL Club

6:00 PM

FLC Reserved

28



6:30 PM GA's & RA's


6:30 PM YAK 360



29

6:30 PM

KBC Basketball

30

10:30 AM

BBQ

Chicken

Fundraiser

31

8:00 AM

FLC Reserved

May

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.

Love Connection for May

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

Harue Jones Wellington Nursing Center

1000 Tandal Place Knightdale, NC 27545

Frances Wall

308 S. Smithfield Rd. Knightdale, NC 27545

Children’s Worship Schedule for the

Month of May Coordinator: Cheryl Jackson (919-261-9682)

May 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

May 11

Crib Babies: Christie Hatch

Toddlers: Terry Johnson Jeremy Tention

2’s & 3’s: Volunteers Needed


Assistants: Preston Peterson,

Cynthia Peterson

May 18

Crib Babies: Monique Mackey

Toddlers: Bill Scanlon

2’s & 3’s: Volunteers Needed


Assistants: Courtney Glover,

Valerie and Mark Beasley

May 25

Crib Babies: Bobbie Earnhardt, Peggy Altice

Toddlers: Kim Cameron

2’s & 3’s: Bridgett and Jesse Ward


Assistants: Brian and Holly Martin

Ushers for May

Youth


List of Deacons

2014 Don Holmes

Philip Humphries Preston Peterson Cindy Russell

2015

Christie Hatch David Hinton

Monique Mackey Bill Scanlon

Stephen Tew (Chair)

2016

Sam Maise Carolyn Martinson

Jeff Maynard Marsha Spivey


Youth News

YOUTH EVENTS FOR MAY Sunday, May 11 – Mother’s Day – Youth cancelled for this evening. Spend time with mom. It’s probably the gift she wants more than anything. Sunday, May 18 at 2:00 PM – Sunny Sky’s Ice Cream – The sky is the limit with this ice cream. The youth are sponsoring an ice cream outing for everyone. Grab some lunch, meet back at the church and we will all head down to quaint Angier where you can find a unique shop that sells any flavor you desire. They will even mix up a new flavor if you don’t see what you like. Just don’t order the Cold Sweat. www.sunniskys.com/ Wednesday, May 21 at 6:30 PM – Spring Cleaning – Spring is here and so is the need to tidy up. If there are any specific needs either at the church or elsewhere, please let Pastor Joe know. The youth cleaned the corner storage room in the FLC last year and it was a great success. We look forward to helping again. Sunday, May 25 at 6:00 PM – Mission Team Fundraiser Blitz – The youth will put up banners,

pass out flyers, and flood social media with advertisements for the BBQ fundraiser on May 30th. RESURRECTION REFLECTION I believe a dead man came back alive. Oh, and that man was God in the flesh. These are statements we commonly accept as Christians. The youth recently watched The Passion of the Christ and it seemed to bring the reality of Jesus’ death and resurrection to the forefront of our attention. Well, that and Easter. I often encourage the youth to share what their faith means with their peers. It has come to my attention just how radical this really is. The fact of the resurrection stands counter to logic. People might just think you’re crazy. Think about what we claim to believe: God became a helpless baby, lived a perfect life for 33 years, suffered hell (separation from God) and died in the place of certain others, came back to life, then flew into the clouds like some fictional superhero. We really profess to believe all that (and much, much more). Those sound like things that should wind you up in a padded cell with a straight jacket on. Seriously! If it weren’t for two

things, we might all just be put there. First, there was ample evidence provided for the truth of Jesus’ resurrection (like his eating fish). These claims could have easily been debunked when they were first made. But, they weren’t because amazingly, they were true! Second, the work of the Holy Spirit testifies to a multitude of people that these things are fact. God, Himself, gives us confidence that the evidences are compelling and that the spiritual realities of the resurrection are as real as the paper you are holding (perhaps even more so). Praise God that He provides this assurance for us. He is worthy of our crazy love. Otherwise, we might just be plain crazy. Everyone who acknowledges me publicly here on earth, I will also acknowledge before my Father in heaven. But everyone who denies me here on earth, I will also deny before my Father in heaven. Matthew 10:32-33

— Pastor Joe

You are invited to a Floating Baby Shower for Grayson Todd Sessoms

Proud parents: Susan and Pastor Trent When: Sunday, May 4th, 2014 from 2:30 - 4:00 PM Where: The Knightdale Baptist Church Fellowship Hall Registered at: Target, Babies“R”Us and Amazon. (Cloth diapers are preferred.)

Let’s celebrate 100 wonderful years with

Harue Jones Born: May 26, 1914

Sunday, May 25, 2014 2:00-4:00 PM

Knightdale Baptist Church Family Life Center

Please enter from Second Avenue

No gifts please. Your presence will be her gift.


March Budget Report: MTD Budget Requirement: $38,701.90 MTD Budget Giving Received: $30,773.16 MTD Non-Budget Giving Received: $648.00 MTD Total Giving: $31,421.16

YTD Budget Report:

YTD Budget Requirement: $100,624.94 YTD Budget Giving Received: $79,856.62 YTD Non-Budget Giving Received: $1,508.93 YTD Total Giving: $81,365.55

Quotes on Worship

“Worship is a verb”

– Robert Webber

“Worship is about encounter – coming into God’s presence”

– Jack Hayford

“Worship is the believer’s response of all that he is – mind, emotions, will and body – to all

that God is and says and does”

– Warren W. Wiersbe

Looking for a change for the

summer?

Prayerfully consider being a part of the worship choir ministry. The worship

choir meets Wednesday evenings at 7:30 pm in preparation for leading God’s

people in worship each week.

Handbell Ministry Schedule May 4, 18, 25

June 15 – “In Christ Alone”

To God be the Glory!

Worship Ministry Opportunities

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has begun open enrollment for the 2014-2015 school year for children who are not currently

enrolled or members of KBC. Please note that enrollment is based on a first come first served

basis and class spaces will not be saved or held. Spaces are limited and go quickly. Enroll your

child today!

Program Highlights: • Christian Atmosphere • Low Ratios

• Gymnasium • Competitive Rates

• On-site Field Trips • Hours from 9-12 noon

• Academics as well as hands on learning

• Ages 1-4 Years Old

• and Much More…

For more information call…

919-266-2288

Spaces are limited so call today!


Mission and Worship Opportunities

school year. We need lots of kid-friendly non-perishable food items to maintain this ministry. Currently, there is a need for Nabs/cracker packs, Granola bars, Ramen noodles and Pop Tarts. Food collection bins are located in the Education Building

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

Elementary School. It provides children from food-insecure homes with weekend meals during the

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

Backpack Buddies Grocery List 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, etc, 15 oz or less) Pop Tarts Individual boxes of cereal (one serving size) Individual peanut butter snack cups 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

OCC April Collections

KBC is collecting items for the Samaritan’s Purse shoebox ministry every month. For the month of May we are collecting hard candy/gum: peppermint, lollipops, butterscotch, jolly ranchers, cinnamon discs, lemon

heads and gum. Thank you for your contributions!

Wednesday Night Fellowship Meal

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).

The Wednesday Night Fellowship Meal is Wednesday, May 14th. The service line is open from 5:30-6:30 PM. Reservations/cancellations must be made by noon on Monday, May 12th.

Menu: Hamburgers and Hot Dogs with all the fixings, Baked Beans, Kettle Chips, Homemade Desserts and Beverages.

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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