The Spaghetti Supper for the

Youth Mission was a great suc-

cess. Between the Car Wash,

the Spaghetti Supper and the

Silent Auction, the Youth Mis-

sion Trip group has raised

close to 2,000 dollars!! Thank

you so much for your support!

As a final fundraiser we are of-

fering to send post cards from

West Virginia for a dona-

tion (suggestion - 2 dol-

lars). One of the members of

the Youth Mission Trip will

send you a post card from

West Virginia and tell you

where they saw God that week,

and any news. So please, if

you would like a post card, see

one of the Youth Mission Trip

members!

There are nine people going on

the trip this year: Joy Erick-

son, Pastor Ron, Olivia Baker,

Sierra Yanaway, Lyrica Yana-

way, Rebecca Figueroa,

Amanda Figueroa, Bethie

Charron, and Jonas

Burkhard. We would love your

prayers as we go on the Mis-

sion Trip from the 27th of July to

the 3rd of August.

Youth Mission Trip A Word From the Pastor

2

Board of Deacons 3

Board of Trustees 9

Calendars 10

EGMS 8

Family News 8

Fun Night 3

Getting to Know 6

Library 8

Music Notes 7

Soup Kitchen 7

Spring Meeting Minutes

4

Ins ide th is issue:

945 Storrs Road, Storrs, Connecticut 06268 860-429-6043 www.fbcmansfieldct.com

Rev. Ron Baker: pastor@fbcmansfieldct.com Secretary: office@fbcmansfieldct.com

Volume 27, Issue 2

Summer 2013

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First Bapt ist Church of Mansf ie ld

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the scriptures. It was no longer necessary to

hand copy each and every “jot and tittle” which

helped make every copy from that point on more

uniform and accurate in reproduction.

Eventually, this Bible made owning a copy of the

scriptures possible, which led to what I think is

the biggest difference. It changed how people

encountered and interacted with the Bible. Up

until that point the only way for the average per-

son to encounter the Bible was to hear it read

when they gathered to worship. A person would

be in community with other believers when it was

read. They would only hear it once a week or so,

and would not be able to see it or read it for

themselves. They could only hear it. When they

eventually got their own Bible, they could en-

counter it by reading it at home by themselves.

There is something lost in that change. We are

meant to be in community as we experience God

and the Bible. We are meant to learn together,

and experience God together. I think this is es-

pecially difficult in a culture that values and em-

phasizes the individual, individual rights and indi-

viduality so much.

I am very thankful that I am able to have my own

copy of the Bible and read it whenever and wher-

ever I want to, but we must not forget how im-

portant community is to our own personal faith. I

think we were created to need one another.

John 14 has Jesus’ longest prayer and in that

prayer he prays in verse 23…”may they be

brought to complete unity that the world may

know that you sent me and have loved them.”

Let’s stay in community and unity in our worship

and fellowship and service this summer.

Peace

Last week when I was taking my class at Yale

Divinity School, I drove to New Haven early one

morning and stopped at the Beinecke Rare Book

Library to check off an item from my “Hope to do

before I die” or “Bucket “list. A Gutenberg Bible

is on display at the Beinecke, something I have

wanted to see for several years. The Bible is in a

large glass case that is temperature and light

controlled. It is dark inside the case until you

walk up to it and then a very dim light comes on.

The Bible is in two large volumes which are

placed back to back; each one is displayed to an

open page.

I could not read the pages because the Bible is

written in Latin. The words are in black ink with

one or a few words on the page in red. Each

page had a capitol letter in colored ink with a

hand drawn design worked into it. There are 42

lines on each page which is why it is sometimes

referred to as the “42 line Bible” . There are no

breaks for sentences or paragraphs; the words

and lines all run together. It was first printed in

the year 1455. Johannes Gutenberg, who lived

from 1398 – 1468, made 180 copies, 45 of them

were on vellum and 135 were on paper. Today

there are only 21 complete copies left. Most of

them are owned by University libraries through-

out the world. There are 6 copies in the United

States.

The Beinecke library has a very cool system that

allows you to stand in front of the display case,

call a number on your cell phone and listen to a

person give a talk about the Bible. In this talk the

gentleman mainly spoke about the difference the

printing of this Gutenberg Bible made in the world

as far as the advancement of books and reading

goes.

What I like to think about is the difference the

printing of the Gutenberg Bible made in Christi-

anity and in our faith today. One thing it did was

to help form a consistent and more stable copy of

First Baptist Church of Mansfield - Established 1809 -

A Word from the Pastor

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O n April 21st we had a deliciously fun time after church. We shared a potluck luncheon with a mission theme. The

idea was to shower the No-Freeze Shelter with items that they could use and let our neighbors on Spring Hill know how much we appreciate and care about them by sharing some delicious baked goods. It was a great day. We collected a tableful of items for the Shelter. The items were deliv-ered to the Shelter along with a good number of new towels purchased through the Deacon’s fund. We also delivered plates of delicious goodies to our neighbors. Thank you all for your donations. As we were waiting for the pot luck dishes to heat perfectly, we participated in a getting to know you game. We were each asked to an-swer two questions: What is something that no one knows about you? and What is something that your mother used to say to you? We had lots of fun listening to the responses and trying to guess whose they were. How would you have answered the questions? Here is a small sampling of some of the responses:

Karen Peter’s mom always said “Lord have

mercy.”

Jen Bradshaw carried a CT fishing license

Board of Deacons for 10+ years and was an avid fisherman.

Ethel Larkin grew up on a dairy farm.

Christina Martin sometimes eats candy for

breakfast.

Ellie Trainors’s mother said “clean your

plate or no dessert!”

Sam Sheparson’s mom said “always wear clean underwear just in case you get in an ac-cident”.

John Riesen had a cow named Ella when

he was in high school’

Betty Geissler “went with” the minister’s

son for a few years.

Pastor Ron dreamed of being a profession-

al baseball player when he was young.

Ginny Shepardson’s mom said “eat the burned toast- it will curl your hair.”

Lena likes to rake leaves.

Bob Erickson’s mom said “everyone has

their quirks and phobias.”

Patty Geissler never chews gum because

her high school boyfriend told her that she looked like a cow when she chewed gum.

Pete Bradshaw had an Easter egg hunt in

Switzerland. Deacons of the month: July – Tricia Baker August – Bob Erickson

Many thanks to Bob Erickson who

was our wonderful Master of Ceremonies

for the evening, and to all of our fantastic

participants for sharing their talents with

us. There were about 20 different acts

providing entertainment for a great turnout.

Thank you one and all.

Grace Riesen

Our Church family Fun Night was held on

Friday evening April 19th, starting with a

delicious pot luck supper at 6:00 PM, with

help from the Social Committee.

Our geographical mission theme for

this year was “Japan and Okinawa” which

is the area of study focus for the American

Baptist Women’s Ministries which includes

the Emma Gardiner Missionary Society.

Church Family Fun Night

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OPENING WORSHIP:

Meeting was called to order at: 1:00 PM with

Prayer

With 32 members present

Thanks were given to the social committee for

their efforts.

REPORTS were given by

Pastor where he mentioned

Youth Mission Trip

Meeting with members of the Mama

family for baptisms

Clerk

no report

Financial Secretary, Special Fund Balances,

Treasurer,

Financial Secretary presented by

John Reisen; Income Report for 1st

Quarter. (written)

Postponing special fund balances

report will be presented at fall regular

meeting

Treasures report presented by Me-

radith McMunn (written)

Financial Officer for Missions

Presented by Karen Watson (written)

Executive, Christian Education, Deacons,

Trustees

Executive Board; presented by Bill

Hocking

Christian Education presented by

Laura Austin (Written)

Deacons presented by Jen Bradshaw

Trustees presented by John Riesen

STANDING COMMITTEES

Nominating Committee – no report

Music Committee – presented by Grace Rie-

sen

Youth Choir Report – Grace Riesen

Flower Committee - presented by Lena Bar-

ry

Communications Committee - presented by

Carol Bigl

Website for church (wordpress

framework)

Discussion about on line storage of

documents for meeting minutes

Discussion about a Facebook Page

for the church wtih pros & cons

Request board & committee provide

minutes of meetings

Policies regarding privacy to be con-

sidered. (last names of minors)

Missions Committee - presented by Laura

Austin & Jen Bradshaw

Memorial Gifts Committee - presented by

Millie Larkins & Lena Barry

Social Committee - presented by Sandy

Stevens

Financial Examining - presented by David

Stevens

Pastoral Relations Committee - presented

by Pastor Ron

Stewardship Committee - presented by Ka-

ren Watson

Ushering Committee - presented by Bill

Hocking

Church Heritage Committee - presented by

Bill McMunn

OTHER COMMITTEES AND GROUPS:

ABCCONN Delegates - presented by Laura

Austin

Budget item to increase attendance

next year.

Northeast Association Delegates - present-

ed by Meradith McMunn. next meeting

scheduled for September 29, 2013

ABCCONN History Committee - presented

by Bill McMunn

Computer and Projector Committee - pre-

sented by John Riesen

Thanks were given to the office as-

sistants Sue Figueroa, Charlotte

THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF MANSFIELD Minutes of the Spring Business Meeting

Sunday, April 28, 2013

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Heber & Nancy Flynn

Ladies Aid Society - presented by Patty

Geissler

Emma Gardiner Missionary Society - pre-

sented by Grace Riesen

Safe Church Committee - presented by Tri-

cia Baker

Windham Area Interfaith Ministry - present-

ed by Tricia Baker

Youth Group Report - presented by Ron

Baker

Youth Mission Group Report – No Report

Pierce Memorial Baptist Home and Cream-

ery Brook - presented by John Riesen

Covenant Soup Kitchen - presented by Ron

Baker

UNFINISHED BUSINESS FROM A PREVIOUS

MEETING

Constitutional Amendments:

Motion from Board of Trustees to modify

section 2(c) of the constitution by inserting

the following paragraph to include the Sex-

ton as a member of the Board.

“It will include the Sexton as ex-officio

member of the Board of Trustees with

full voting rights unless either the

Sexton or Board of Trustees object to

such participation. They will be

recused from voting on matters that

involve their own position. Approved.

2011 Annual Meeting (1/30/ 2011)

Article VI Section 1) Moderator.

Approved.

2011 Annual Meeting (1/30/2011)

Article VI

Section 3) Standing Committees par-

agraph j. Safe Church Commit-

tee. Amend to ENSURE

Approved.

Article IX Section 2 (Meeting) Deacons can

change

Approved.

NEW BUSINESS:

Motion from Board of Deacons to transfer

letter of membership for Rose & Brian Nilson to

First Baptist Church of Willimantic. Moved by Jen Bradshaw, seconded by Terry

Yanaway

Approved

Motion from Board of Deacons to transfer

letter of membership for Ann & Chris Salina to

Oberlin Baptist Church, Raleigh NC. Moved by Jen Bradshaw Seconded by Me-

radith McMunn

Approved

Memorial Gifts Committee Striking the

words “Annually” & “regular” from the penulti-

mate sentence.

Tabled.

Structure of the church: Article V. Introduc-

tion amendments

Tabled (Increase by adding the Safe Church

Committee) Amending to = consist of those

listed in Article VI “Duties of the Officer, Boards

and Standing Committees Section 3 Standing

Committees.

Motion by Meradith McMunn to amend the

budget Sec A, # 9 Professional Membership:

increase to $100 Approved

READING AND APPROVING THE MINUTES

OF THIS MEETING

Move by Terry Yanaway Second by Jen Brad-

shaw

Approved

Motion to adjourn made by Terry Yanaway,

Second by Jen Bradshaw

Approved.

Respectfully Submitted,

Dana Yanaway, Clerk

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stayed at home to handle the important

role of taking care of their growing family.

In '99 Joyce was born. It was not easy to

make it on just a post doc’s salary, but they

are confident it was worth it to build a

strong, stable family.

Somewhere in Canada In ’02, the family moved to Canada (Mu-Ping’s parents immigrated to Canada and became Canadian citizen later). Mu-Ping did research at the National Research Council at Chalk Riv-er, a facility focused on nuclear energy. Their youngest, Grace was born in ’04. The town they lived in (Chalk River) was small (4000 residents) and remote, to say the least! When you rode your bike through the forest to work, you saw black bears, so you couldn’t carry food with you. The bears are smart enough to get into people’s homes. Summer in Canada meant allergies, & so many bugs you couldn’t go out. Winter meant tempera-tures in the -30 to -40 range (degrees C or F!) for weeks. But, there were good sides: abun-dant nature, great skiing, a symphony orches-tra, and around 100 clubs (great for the non-working spouses). Mu-Ping & Fei-Wen used their time to spread the Christian faith. There were 5 Christian churches (they tried Pentecostal, Free Method-ist). In ’03, a Chinese Fellowship formed. This was a great experience, and there are several families still running the Fellowship. In a small town, everybody knows everybody – They are tied to each other. But after a time, they found that most of the people they could reach out had been exposed to Christ, and were general-ly saved or had rejected the faith. Back In the States This family wants to spread the Gospel to young people. They feel strongly that if you can guide college students to Christ, they can then serve as they grow to be adults (Proverbs

Getting To Know Each Other - The Nieh Family I recently had the opportunity to spend some time talking with Dr. Mu-Ping Nieh and his wife Fei-Wen Lin, who have been coming to our Sunday Worship for some time now. Read on and you will feel closer to them, and see that our Christian faith is powerful and growing around us! Just the Facts Dr. Mu-Ping Nieh is an Associate Professor at UCONN, in the Institute of Materials Science. Fei-Wen Lin works at home to raise their chil-dren. They have 4 children: Ruth is going to UCONN, majoring in Account-ing & Music. Stephen will be in 11th grade next fall at E.O.Smith. Joyce is starting at E.O. (9th grade) Grace goes to Annie E. Vinton, and will be in 4th grade. The Early Years Mu-Ping and Fei-Wen were both born in Tai-wan, and completed undergrad school there. In '91, Mu-Ping came to do graduate work at UMASS, Amherst. In '92, Fei-Wen came there too. While their hometowns are only 5 miles away, they had never met until a month before Fei-Wen’s arrival to US. A fateful pick up at the airport triggered the start of a great relation-ship. Major events from the UMASS years:

They were saved (Mu-Ping in 1991 and Fei-Wen in 1994)!

’94 - They were married at the school ’95 - Their first child, Ruth was born ’97 - Their son Stephen was born ’98 - Mu-Ping achieved his PhD in Chemi-

cal Engineering ’95 - Fei-Wen earned her MS in Environ-

mental Science

In '98 they began a 4 year sojourn in the

Washington, DC area. Mu-Ping had a post

doc at NIST, where he changed his field of

research to Material Science. Fei-Wen

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Music Ministries Sunday

Thank you to everyone who participated in our

Music Ministries Sunday which was held on

May 12, 2013. On this special Sunday, recog-

nition is given to those who have participated

in our Music Program during the past year.

Certificates of participation and tokens of ap-

preciation were presented to members and

helpers of the Youth Choir by Director Grace

Riesen. Thanks to the Adult Choir was ex-

pressed by Director Melissa Rood. Partici-

pants in the service included the Adult Choir,

Youth Choir, Melissa Rood, Grace Riesen, Al-

lyson Austin, Guy Myette, William Rood, Justin

Blackburn, Jessica Figueroa and Pastor Ron.

A special Responsive Singing- “Praise to the

Lord, the Almighty” was sung by choir and con-

gregation.

Summer Music

Our Church’s Music Ministry continues during

the summer months while our choirs take a

summer break. Please sign up for a Sunday or

two to share your musical talents with us.

Whether it is singing or playing an instrument

as a solo, duet or small group, we appreciate

your musical offering. There is a sign-up sheet

posted on the bulletin board in the Christian

Education hallway.

♫ Music Notes ♫ 22:6). So the Niehs prayed for where to move, to be around students, to help them. And so, in 2010, they came to CT. For Mu-Ping, this meant going from a tenured to a non-tenured position, but it’s worth it to allow them to work for God. There is a local Chinese church and Christian fellowship. It’s expanded from 20 to about 50 adults. So blessed, in many ways! Imagine: 200 Chinese students coming here every year. Speak the Gospel to them and give them the experience. They might come to know God. The group witnesses about 10 baptisms per year. They’re thinking of moving to a better location, hiring a pastor, and possibly other workers. The Nieh family helps the Chinese church run Friday fellowship. Then Sundays they come to First Baptist. All the kids play piano: Generally speaking, Chinese churches in normal America lack pianists. Most start with students, whose majors are not music and many of them do not have the training in playing instruments. So, it’s hard to find pianists. Since all the Nieh chil-dren started playing at 5, when they go out they can help spread the word through their music. Grace plays violin too. They want to be a worship team, so they have been devel-oping it. Just For Fun The family likes to take trips in the summer. They visit Mu-Ping’s parents in Toronto, and take the kids to amusement parks (roller coast-ers, whee!). Each year they go to a different place for their anniversary. They’ve been to Acadia in ME, NH’s White Mountains, Quebec, & other tourist sites. They like to travel around, and can drive far (20 hours to go to Disney!). Kids like going out and seeing things too.

The Nieh Family (Continued from page 6)

The First Baptist Church of Mansfield will be

serving at the Covenant Soup Kitchen on Val-

ley Street in Willimantic on the followig Fri-

days: July 19th, August 16th, and Septem-

ber 20th. If you can help serve please be at

the Soup Kitchen at 4:00 pm. We also need

help to provide tasty desserts for the evening.

If you can provide a dessert please let Pastor

Ron or Jill Stedman-Myette know.

Soup Kitchen Friday

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Members and friends of the Emma Gardiner

Missionary Society enjoyed a delicious lunch

and time of fellowship at the Lakeview restau-

rant in Coventry, Connecticut on Tuesday, May

14.

Thanks to the efforts of the Emma Gardiner

Missionary Society and members and friends

of the congregation, our White Cross quota for

needed items for the South Providence Neigh-

borhood Ministries was met. The following let-

ter of thanks was received:

South Providence Neighborhood Ministries

would like to thank the members of the Emma

Emma Gardiner Missionary Society Gardiner Missionary Society at the First Baptist

Church in Mansfield CT for their White Cross

Donation. The clients are always thrilled when

we are able to provide them with necessary

daily items.

It was also nice to see old friends as they

dropped off our donation. (Grace’s note: Many

thanks to Lena and Phil Barry for delivering the

donation to Providence).

Again many thanks!

Yvette,

South Providence Neighborhood Ministries”

Grace Riesen

Church Library It has been determined that there is little inter-

est or need to develop the FBCM library at this

time so this summer we will be working on dis-

banding it. Some youth books will be kept in

the Sunday School rooms and through the

summer we will be bringing some up to the

conference room for review. If you would like

to take any at that time, we ask that you con-

sider making a donation to the Sunday

School. At the end of Summer we may try to

put some out at the tag sale. Some books

should probably be kept for historic value and

some for future class or Bible Study use. If

you would be interested in assisting with this

project, please contact Susan Figueroa.

If you think any changes need to be made,

please feel free to make them. If I think of any

thing that makes a major change, I'll try to

send an update.

Thank you,

Susan.

Dave Kloss and Meredith Lindsey are brand

new Grandparents! Walter William Kloss was

born on June 6th at Walter Reed Medical Cen-

ter in Bethesda, MD to John and Meghan

Kloss. Walter weighed 6 pounds 12 ounces

and was 19 inches long.

John has moved into his new position with the

Coast Guard at Fort Meade in Maryland. I'm

not exactly sure of his rank . Proud grandpar-

ents are traveling back and forth to visit!

Dave and Meredith also miss their very special

church home : FBCM. Very difficult place to

replicate! Great singing, great music, great

pastor and a great home!

Church Family News

T hanks to sacrificial giving on the

part of many people, our finances

are looking better than the last two

years. While we still have over half the

year to go, undesignated giving through

the first 21 weeks of the year is presented

below:

Year Undesignated

2013 $51,310.00

2012 $43,549.00

2011 $39,299.00

2010 $48,750.00

The Trustees have contracted with Glen

Pianka to repair the top portion of the

Sanctuary chimney and also to paint the

last small portion of the Sanctuary building

that Prescott Spencer and Nils Setterberg

were not able to do because it required

special equipment. The timer on the out-

side lights is broken and we are working

on finding a better solution to controlling

the flood lights on the front of the building

and on the parking lot side of the sanctu-

ary. Thanks to the Bradshaws for the do-

nation of a couch to use in one of the Sun-

day school rooms. We very much appreci-

ate the work of Nancy Flynn, Susan

Figueroa, and Charlotte Hebert in publish-

ing the Bulletin each week and the Bell

Ringer newsletter. Thanks to Grace Rie-

sen our Pianist/Organist and the many oth-

ers who volunteer their time to provide mu-

sic for our church service during the sum-

mer and throughout the year. Many

thanks to all those who help the Church in

so many other ways as well.

Finally I would like to point out that we

Trustee Report

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have a Sanctuary Maintenance Fund. As

you look around the interior of our Sanctu-

ary, you will notice many places where the

paint is cracked and several places where

it is peeling badly. There are also a couple

of broken stained glass window diamonds.

Because the pews are not able to be

moved, scaffolding will have to be set up

and taken down repeatedly to work on the

ceiling. In addition, it will need to be

scraped and then a special coat of material

applied to bond the existing paint so that

more peeling does not occur as soon as

the new paint is put on. All this translates

to a very expensive project. The Trustees

started the Sanctuary Maintenance Fund in

2012 knowing that we cannot put off this

project indefinitely. The fund currently has

$2049 in it thanks to the regular contribu-

tions of several people. Please consider

contributing to this fund.

John Riesen

Help us get the church ready for Sunday

School and all the fall activities.

The Fall Work Day will be held on

Saturday, September 7th

from 9:00 to Noon

Plenty of coffee and donuts will be avail-

able for volunteers, come and join us as

we work together to spruce up the Sun-

day School rooms, make the sanctuary

shine, clean the kitchen, and dust the

Conference Room!

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Coming Events this Spring

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

1 2 3 4 Independence Day

5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 Trustees Meeting

15 16 17 18 19 Soup Kitchen Friday

20

21 Christian Ed Meeting after worship

22 23 Deacons Mtg 7:00 pm

24 25 26 27

28 29 30 31

July 2013

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

1 2 3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11 Trustees Meeting

12 13 14 15 16 Soup Kitchen Friday Steeple Chase Food Prep 12-2

17 Steeple

Chase

18 19 20 21 22 23 24

25 Communica-

tions Meeting

26 27 28 29 30 31

August 2013

Trustee: Dana Yanaway

Deacon: Tricia Baker

Trustee: John Riesen

Deacon: Bob Erikson

Youth Mission Trip July 29—August 3rd

Youth Mission Trip July 29—August 3rd

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August Birthdays Aug 6 Kerry Landeck Aug 6 Sam Shepardson Aug 10 Emily Bigl Aug 17 Elizabeth Hocking Aug 18 Ethan Fulton Aug 18 John Riesen Aug 21 Olivia Baker Aug 21 Julyie Nicholson Aug 21 Dick Smith Aug 23 David Stevens Aug 23 Emily Whitehead Aug 24 Susan Bauer Aug 25 Sandy Stevens Aug 26 Rahim Mama Aug 26 Raman Mama Aug 27 Jenette Kloss Aug 30 Kim Setterberg Aug 30 Bethie Charron

September Birthdays Sept 1 Farida Mama Sept 3 William Hocking Sept 4 Frances Nichols Sept 4 Maggie Watson Sept 6 Meredith Lindsey Sept 10 Ed Austin Sept 10 Rebecca Figueroa Sept 13 Lena Barry Sept 19 Tricia Baker Sept 19 Randy Gilliam Sept 19 Dellon Myette Sept 24 Jan Barry Sept 26 Grace Riesen Sept 29 Mary Jo Jay Chisler Sept 30 Patty Geissler

July Birthdays July 1 Andrew Gardiner July 2 Karen Peters July 7 Dana Yanaway July 8 Kristin Geissler July 8 Ellie Trainor July 15 Kendall Barry July 16 Joy Erickson July 18 Erin Flynn July 19 Jill Stedman-Myette July 25 Warren Austin July 29 David Barry

WEEKLY MEETINGS:

Youth Choir—Sundays at 9:00 am

Adult Choir—Thursdays at 7:30 pm

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

1 2 Labor Day

3 4 5 6 7 Fall Work Day 9—Noon

8 Rally Day

9 10 11 CSEA 12:30-3:00

12 13 14

15 Fall Newslet-ter Deadline Trustees Meet-ing

16 17 18 19 20 Soup Kitchen Friday

21

22

23 24 25 26 27 28

29 NE Assoc. Mtg. Luncheon

30

September 2013 Trustee: Meradith McMunn

Deacon: Jen Bradshaw

July 14 .......................... Trustees Meeting

July 19 .......................... Soup Kitchen Friday

July 21 .......................... Christian Ed Meeting

July 23 .......................... Deacons Meeting 7:00 pm

July 29 – August 3 ....... Youth Mission Trip

August 11 ..................... Trustees Meeting

August 16 ..................... Soup Kitchen Friday

August 17 ..................... 22nd Annual Steeple Chase Bike Tour

August 23 ...................... Ladies Aid Meeting

August 25 ..................... Communications Meeting

Sept 7 ............................ Fall Work Day

Sept 8 ............................ Rally Day

Sept 15 .......................... Newsletter Deadline

Sept 20 .......................... Soup Kitchen Friday

Sept 29 .......................... Northeast Association Meeting and Luncheon

Dates to Remember this Summer

W E ’ R E O N T H E W E B !

w w w . f b cman s f i e l d c t . co m

Worship Service – 10:45 a.m.

Church School – 9:30 a.m.

Youth Choir Rehearsal, Sun. 9:00 a.m.

Adult Choir Rehearsal, Thur. 7:30 p.m.

Youth Group, Fri. 6:30-9:00 p.m.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF MANSFIELD

945 Storrs Road, Storrs, CT 06268

An American Baptist Church