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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
729 Ocean Boulevard St. Simons Island, GA 31522-5018
RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED
will meet on August 8th and 22nd at 2pm
August 11th at 3:30pm Rev. Justin Moser
CHURCH STAFF
Rev. Dr. Tony Lankford, Senior Pastor [email protected]
Rev. Michael Jennings, Minister of Worship
Rev. Justin Moser, Minister to Youth & Mission/Outreach [email protected]
Mr. John Harper, Organist
Mrs. Faith Hamilton-Trent, Pianist
Ms. Barbara Burke, Administrator
Ms. Mary Lee Brown, Church Accountant [email protected]
Mrs. Alicia Shell, Preschool Director
Ms. Annie Akins, Administrative Assistant [email protected]
Ms. Hannah Johnston, Interim Preschool and Childcare
Coordinator [email protected]
Ms. Alix McHale, Audio/Media Specialist
OFFICE HOURS Monday -Thursday: 8:00am - 5:00pm
Friday: 9:00am - 12:00pm Closed Holidays
Phone: 912-638-3337
August Events Thu. 1 11:30am St. Mark’s Towers lunch & devotion
Sat. 3 10:00am Hearts and Hands - Youth
Sun. 4 10:30am Promotion Sunday & Blessing of the Backpacks
Tue. 6 4-6:00pm FBP Open House
Thu. 8 FBP begins fall session
Thu. 8 2:00pm Dorcas meets
Sat. 10 10:00am Hearts and Hands - Deacons
Sun. 11 3:30pm Magnolia Manor service
Wed. 14 5-7:30pm High Tide/Wednesday night activities resume - church conference
Sat. 17 10:00am Hearts and Hands - Flexer
Tue. 20 12:00pm Admin meeting
Wed. 21 5:00pm High Tide/Wed night activities
Thu. 22 2:00pm Dorcas meets
Sat. 24 10:00am Hearts and Hands - LJL
Sat. 24 6:30-8:30pm FBP Splash Bash at Neptune Pool
Sun. 25 11:30am Deacons meeting
Wed. 28 5:00pm High Tide/Wed. night activities
Weekly Calendar
SUNDAY
8:30am
9:15am
9:30am
Worship service
Sunday Fellowship
Sunday School
MONDAY
5:30pm Yoga Fit
TUESDAY
7:00am
9:30am
Men’s Prayer Breakfast
Sit & Get Fit
WEDNESDAY
7:07am
5:00pm
6:00pm
6:50pm
Youth 707 at Chick-Fil-A
High Tide dinner
Bible studies
Choir Practice
THURSDAY
9:30am Sit & Get Fit
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
10:00am Hearts and Hands
St. Mark’s Towers Lunch & Devotion
August 1st 11:30am
Please contact Sylvia Martin (230-0133)
for information
SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES 5:00-6:15pm: Dinner served
5:30pm: Games for K-5th graders 6-6:50pm: Adult prayer/study and
chi ldren ’s choir and act iv it ies 6:50pm: Adult choir
High Tide/Wed. night activities return 8/14 with a potluck dinner & church conference
Our vision is to be a family of believers
sharing God’s love and grace with all people.
August 2019 Volume 65 Number 8
First Baptist Church of St. Simons Island 729 Ocean Boulevard | St. Simons Island, GA 31522 | www.fbcssi.org
Pastoral Reflections from Dr. Tony Lankford
With unanimous
The Worship of God
Sunday, August 4 8:30am Team Lynn Chapman Thom Chapman
Mark Owens
10:30am Team Monica Colquitt
Kevin Crotty
Security Deacon Daniel Hoover
Prayer Deacon Ken Kessler
Welcome Center Pam Sanders
Children’s Church K-5th Brent Hanson & Diana Powers
Sunday, August 11
8:30am Team Elizabeth Jordan
10:30am Team Monica Colquitt
Kevin Crotty
Security Deacon Steve Maddox
Prayer Deacon Daniel Hoover
Welcome Center Debbie Strother
Children’s Church K-5th Gayle Brown, Allyson Jennings & Christine Norris
Sunday, August 18 8:30am Team Bruce Flexer
Duane McFarland
10:30am Team Monica Colquitt
Kevin Crotty
Security Deacon Ann Coleman
Prayer Deacon Steve Maddox
Welcome Center Pat Natzke
Children’s Church K-5th Ann Coleman
Sunday, August 25 8:30am Team Lynn Chapman Thom Chapman
Mark Owens
10:30am Team Monica Colquitt
Kevin Crotty
Security Deacon Felix Haynes
Prayer Deacon Tom Smyth
Welcome Center Darrell Thaw
Children’s Church K-5th Monica Colquitt & Brent Hanson
support from the
Search Committee and
Personnel Team, and by
vote of the Church
Conference, we are glad
to welcome Rachel
Sherron as our new
Minister of Children
and Families. Rachel
grew up in Paducah,
KY, attended
Campbellsville
University before
earning her Master of
Divinity at McAfee
School of Theology in
Atlanta. In addition to
experience in the public
school, Rachel has
served two churches: as
Director of Children’s
Ministry at Northside Drive Baptist Church in Atlanta, and
as Minister of Children and Young Families at First Baptist
Church in Clinton, TN. Rachel will begin her ministry here on
September 1st. Please be in prayer for her and this future
season of our ministry together here at FBC.
See you Sunday,
Pastor Tony
August Mission House Guests Aug 4-10: Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Cross and their children, Zoe (17), Emma (22). The Crosses are NAMB Missionaries serving refuges who are coming legally to the USA with the gospel. They show the refugees how to live in the US, as well as train and mobilize believers and churches to also be involved. Aug 13-17: Jon and Tanya Parks, and their two children, ages 13 and 14. The Parks work among the Roma (Gypsy) people in eastern Slovakia in the areas of education and commu-nity development. Aug 18-24: LaCount and Anna Anderson, and their two adult children, Leah and Chad Reed. The Andersons are missionaries with CBF, serving in eastern NC by providing resources to impoverished individuals. They are also involved with Together For Hope, CBF’s rural poverty initiative. Aug 25-31: Mr. and Mrs. Stan Smith, and their two adult children. The Smiths are retired after 37 years of missions in the southern Philippine islands doing community development and church planting.
Thanks to everyone for your prayers and support for our youth camp
to Rome, GA. We had a great time playing and growing in our faith together!
I could not have asked for a better summer with the youth. In both of
our trips - the Dominican Republic in June and Student Life camp in July - God used the work we did, the messages we heard, and the relationships we made, to draw us closer to Him and grow us in our
faith. And I know that your prayers and support made it all possible. So THANK YOU! Here’s to an awesome 2019-20 school year for our
church and our youth!
From the Youth Pastor by Rev. Justin Moser
2019 VBS By the
Numbers:
# of children served:
126
# of volunteers:
72
# of Bible stories studied:
5
# of helpers for the teachers’ lounge:
9
# of songs learned:
6
# of hot dogs served for Friday’s lunch:
200
# of robots used:
10
# of cans of food donated to
Sparrow’s Nest:
500
# of pies that hit Rev. Justin:
1
# of thanks to all who helped make
VBS successful: A million!
*Includes online giving through 7/29/19
From the Preschool Director by Alicia Shell
Greetings from Camp FBP - Part II We started off July by hosting a “biirrrfff-day” party for America. Then we had visitors from The Farm at Oakland and Driftwood Nature Center join us for Zoo Week. They brought a snake, a turtle, an alligator and some chickens! And last but not least, our Lil Fish’s favorite week: Under the Sea Week. We learned all about God’s ocean critters and hosted a splash-tastic water day. We even had a guest presenter (me!) from the Georgia Sea Turtle Center who turned one of our staff into a sea turtle! It is safe to say that Camp FBP was a huge success. All 62 of our Lil fish (including four new Lil Fish who came to us in July) spent their summer having fun and being loved on by our Camp FBP staff. Now on to the 2019-2020 school year!
During the 2018-2019 school year, FBP served 89 children and their families…isn’t that fantastic? What an absolute blessing this program has been to our community and to First Baptist Church! When we open our doors on August 8th, we will begin our 2nd year in operation with 58 children, including nine new friends.
FBP is also in the process of becoming a Quality Rated program. This program requires that we provide the highest standard of care in Georgia, which means addi-tional staff trainings, rearranging classrooms, and, if you can believe it, more rules and regulations. FBP is ready to accept these challenges! After having recently been accepted into the program, we have received additional training and a grant for $2,700.
As this is such a generous congregation, we often have members asking what they can do to help the preschool. We are so glad you asked! During the month of August, we will have a “Back to School Giving Tree” set up near the welcome center. You are encouraged to pick a “wish apple” from the tree. The school supplies listed on the apples will directly benefit our teachers and our Lil Fish. We will also hold our First Annual Back-to-School Splash Bash at Neptune Pool on Saturday, August 24th, from 6:30-8:30pm. We will have private use of the whole pool so come join the fun! Tickets are $10 each, or $30 for four. Come early and have dinner - you can take advantage of the food trucks that will be available or you can bring your own picnic.
The FBP Staff and I are excited about what’s to come this next school year; new classrooms, new teachers, new Lil Fish and lots of new materials/toys for our classrooms. We look forward to making y’all proud in 2019-2020!
Sunday 8/4 is
And blessing
of the backpacks
Year to Date Given $422,571
Year to Date Goal $426,000
Supporting Ministry Together As of July 29, 2019
All proceeds to benefit
