April 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

Wednesday Meal, April 15

Preparing for Worship

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

April 12, 2015

Rev. Cheryl Harader

Associate Pastor of Adult Spiritual
Formation, x.204
cheryl@firstbaptistlawrence.com

Jesus Came Back

Rev. Matthew Sturtevant

Scripture: john 20.19-21

for Construction and Summer months:

April 12 until Promotion Sunday in August

9:30 a.m.
Combined Worship in the Roger
Williams Room

Amelia Lawson
Intern for Childrens Spiritual Formation
x.205
amelia@firstbaptistlawrence.com

11:00 a.m.
Sunday School classes meet

Jenny Purvis
Office Manager, x.203
jenny@firstbaptistlawrence.com
Jim Davidson
Chancel Choir Director
jamesrdavidson@ku.edu

Holly Grassy
Bookkeeper, (785) 917-9622
grassyclan@att.net

Second Sunday of Easter

Temporary Sunday Morning Schedule

Cody Knapik
Intern for Youth Spiritual Formation,
x.205
cody@firstbaptistlawrence.com

Evelyn Falen
Organist
edfal13@gmail.com

Worship at 9:30 a.m. (Roger Williams Room)

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.

John Pauls
Moderator
jphawk@yahoo.com
Buddy Langford
Custodian

Who: Members of KUs The Big Event team and First Baptist members & friends!

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 considered 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.

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 wouldnt have happened without
you!

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 Beattys 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!

Childrens Corner
Theme: Acts
17.28a, In God
we live, move, and
exist.
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.
Were 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 contact the church office!

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://
abccrcamping.squarespace.com/

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

Box of Justice
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 housing, 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

Stringham Scholarship
For active FBC members who are entering post-high school higher education at
any technical school, college, or graduate school, you may wish to apply for
the Raber P. & Ruth B. Stringham
Scholarship. Application deadline is June 1. Contact Jenny in the church office for more information.

American Baptist Youth (ABY) next gathering: April

12 Mentor Night

April 19Youth Sunday

April 26 Youth Fundraiser luncheon prior to business mtg.

May 3Final ABY for semester & Senior Night

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

First Baptist Church

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

Life of the Church

Sunday Morning Volunteers

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

April 12

Looking Ahead:
April 19Youth Sunday
April 25Crawfish Boil
April 26Quarterly Business Mtg.
The Leaflet newsletter is a weekly production of First
Baptist Church. If you would like to receive the newsletter by E-mail, 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. Questions? Please
contact Jenny in the church office.

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.

The Dialogue Institute would like to invite you

and your friends to the Seventh Annual Friendship Dinner at 6 pm, April 28, at the Kansas Union 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. Moran, PhD, History Dept., KU.

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.