Senior Pastor Daryl Evans Assoc Pastor Brian King Youth Pastor Josh Medlin

701 N. 7th St. Fairbury, IL

815-692-2654 fbcfairbury@gmail.com www.fbcfairbury.com

Sunday School: 8:45 am

Worship: 10 am

Deacons Alan Dunahee

Mark Haab, Jerry Huddleston,

Ken Masuda, Wayne Nelson,

Dave Taylor

September 2018

Welcome to Worship!

Sunday morning at 10:00 a.m., we have this wonderfully unique hour of the

week called worship. We gather together as a community to worship God with

music, Scripture, prayer, a sermon and fellowship. Worship renews us, chal-

lenges us, and invites us to live our faith with joy. I know that I am changed by

worship, and that hour prepares us all to practice the Presence of God in our

lives.

Worship would not be complete with-

out you! I encourage you to come each

week and be a part of worship. And as

you prepare for worship each week, we

encourage you to pray for all those who

help create the worship experience:

pastors, choirs, musicians, leaders of children's message, the staff that prepares the bulletins and slides,

the decorating committee, ushers and greeters, and those who make sure coffee is waiting for us. Lots of

people volunteer to help craft a time of worship! Your prayers bless the worship leaders and praying

prepares us for worship. Sending a text, email, or note saying, "I'm praying for you this week," will

enrich us all.

Singing is a big part of the worship service. But, why do we sing? Our singing on Sunday is about pro-

claiming magnificent truth about God’s character and mighty works (Psalm 150:2), and about making

music in our hearts to the Lord together as his people (Ephesians 5:19). What do we do when our heart

does not match the words we are singing? We sing with all our might as a prayer of faith, trusting God to

use these very words to match our heads with our hearts and bring about the truth we are singing.

This is not hypocrisy. It is — to borrow a phrase from Augustine — one of God’s ordained means “to

create what he commands.” It is an honest assessment of the deficiencies of our hearts, and a declaration

of faith in the God who raises our dead affections to new life. If we are willing to give grace-driven effort

to pray for God’s help and to trust him in our singing, then the song itself becomes a faith-creating agent

in our own sanctification.

Therefore, we cry, “I have no longings for another! O God help me long for you above all else!” This is

not futile; it is faith.

Preparing for worship changes our experience of worship. One way to do that is to arrive before worship

starts, so that you can be settled, expecting to encounter God's Presence during this sacred hour. In semi-

nary, during one class, we were encouraged to arrive at our individual churches at least 15 minutes be-

fore the beginning of the service and to prepare for worship. My professor told us to enter the sanctuary

quietly and then spend the 15 minutes not making small talk but by praying to God and also reading thru

the passage that the pastor would be preaching from. I did this for about 2 months and it was an amazing

experience and something that I learned from. Maybe you have a different suggestion on how to prepare

for worship. If you have another favorite way to prepare for worship, I'd love to hear about it. Please

share your ideas by emailing me or sending me a text.

We want to keep our focus on worshiping God, so that we go forward into the day and week ahead ready

to be the Presence of God, alive in our world. See you on Sunday mornings!

From the Office of Assoc Pastor Brian King

Are You Ready to Give an Answer?

Do you remember as a little “youngster” when the teacher would call

on you to answer the question you were supposed to know? All of a

sudden you broke into a cold sweat and your skin felt clammy, your

mouth got really dry like the hot summer wind and your stomach

didn’t feel so well and it started to toss and turn and you felt light

headed. You wanted to be anywhere but sitting in that classroom. Of

course, if we knew the material that the question pertained to, no

problems, right. We are to study to show we can answer the question.

As we grow older we have questions that we have to answer and some days we feel just like

that day in class. As I think about this little scenario, I am reminded about what it says in the

Bible in II Timothy 2:15, “Study and be eager to do your upmost to present yourself to God

approved, tested by trail, a workman who has no cause to be ashamed, correctly analyzing and

accurately dividing, rightly handling and skillfully teaching the Word of God.”

I believe that each one of us God sees as precious and valuable, the head and not the tail,

above and not beneath, victorious, champions for Him and sons and daughter. But, if we do

not study, set ourselves apart, examine ourselves before God, how can we be a true workman

for the Kingdom of God. There will come a day where we will give an account for what we

have done and what we did not do. Will we feel like that little boy or girl sitting in the class-

room and will we have all those senses coming flooding over us again. This time, it will not

be a teacher we will have to respond to but the “Maker of Heaven and Earth.”

There is a great scripture in I Peter 3:15 that says, “But in your hearts set Christ apart as holy

and acknowledge Him as Lord. Always be ready to give a logical defense to anyone who asks

you to account for the hope that is in you, but do it courteously and respectfully.” The only

way we can do this is to know who we are in Christ Jesus. We all have to be prayed up, stud-

ied up and in right fellowship with our Heavenly Father, then we can do as I Peter 3:15 says.

Be ready, be diligent, be on guard against the devil who wants to fill our lives with artificial

junk to keep us busy and out of true fellowship with God.

The Bible says that “we are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a dedicated nation, to do won-

derful deeds and display the virtues and perfections in Him who called you out of darkness

and into His marvelous light.” I Peter 2:9. God has given us the tools to be ready in season to

give the answers according to II Timothy and by His Spirit to have the confidence and knowl-

edge to answer any man.

Let us run the race that God has set before us to be the workman

and servants He has called us to be to further the Kingdom of God

and set the captives free. That little “Youngster” doesn’t have to

walk in fear but walk in victory and we can and will see ourselves

the same way as God sees us…More than conquers!!!

Medlin’s Ministry Message

Looking Forward

Looking Back

During the month of August, we are getting back into the swing of the school year and our stu-

dents are transitioning into new chapters of life! It has been an emotional month as we have seen so

many of our seniors transitioning into College and the military. Although I am sad to see our youth

group missing many of the friends I have grown to love and value over the last few years, I know the

Lord has new friends that he is bringing into our church each and every week that God has called us to

impact with the gospel. So, on August 12th, we had a Senior Sendoff night at the youth group where we

prayed Blessing over the seniors and sent them off to carry the gospel where ever the Lord leads them!

Since then, we have been praying for our remaining students like crazy! Over the summer, peo-

ple get busy and youth group got fewer kids attending, so we prayed God would bring new students to

youth group as well as bring back some of the students we have been missing. And praise God, this

month our Junior and Senior High youth groups are growing again. We have had our students inviting

new friends to youth group as well as getting back some of the kids we have been missing over the

summer. This has enabled us to share God’s word with more and more people and I hope that we keep

growing! Our next prayer was been that God would help them to learn to worship the Lord in reverence

and take the time of seeking God seriously.

Well as I write this newsletter, I await what God is going to do for our High School group in

answering this prayer but he has answered powerfully with our Junior High. On Wednesday, the 29th

we talked with the kids about the Holiness of God and how when Isaiah met God in Isaiah chapter 6

he was immediately aware of the sinfulness in his life as He faced a Holy God. After our message I

encouraged our students to meet with God like Isaiah did and confess their sin personally to Him in

prayer. As we came back together to worship after our time of confession, I have rarely ever seen our

students have such reverence before the Lord. Kids were singing out, obviously focusing on the words

they were singing. Others were becoming overwhelmed with emotion, tears flowing, and praying to-

gether and confessing sins to God as we worshipped. And others, just as emotional, were praying to

God thanking Him for His overwhelming love for us, despite our worth. This REALLY happened with

our junior high kids, (the same ones I had to tell not to jump out the windows at Camp this summer)

and it was in response to God answering prayer. So I hope that you will join me in praising God for his

goodness to our youth and continue praying that he would bless them in new ways.

We have some awesome events coming up this year for our teens and I am excited to see God work in

these events to shape the lives of our young people for Christ. Here are the events you should be look-

ing out for soon!

See You at the Pole- This Student lead day of prayer happening September 26th at 7AM around the

Prairie Central Flag Pole. Students will get an opportunity to stand out as Christians as well as put their

faith in God to act in prayer. It is an international day of prayer where students all over the world will

pray together that exact hour! Make sure your kid gets there!

“There is More” Conference- This Student Conference will be a 2 day event that is absolutely crazy

fun as well as have a powerful gospel message will be Friday and Saturday October 12th-13th. Mark

your calendars for all Junior High and High school students! It will be in Pontiac IL at Pontiac Bible

Church. I have been working closely with Josh Anderson (Youth Pastor at Pontiac Bible Church) plan-

ning this event with his student leadership team and this I going to be a life changing event for many

kids in our area!

Corn Maze Trip- We will be going again this year, I will announce the dates soon!

Thank You for the beautiful floral

arrangement and for all of the

prayers during the loss of my dad

Richard Steidinger.

We acknowledge with grateful

appreciation everyone’s kind

expressions of sympathy.

God Bless—Jill McCulloh

Dear First Baptist Family,

We want to sincerely thank you from the

bottom of our hearts! Thank You all so very

much for the many expressions of love &

sympathy with the passing of Missy’s dad.

Thank you for all the cards, messages, calls,

check-ins and gifts. We want to say a

special “Thank you” to the church family

for the beautiful windchime. It’s beautiful

and we are enjoying it on our porch!

You are all so special to us and we are so

thankful that God placed us here and

brought all of you into our lives! We feel so

loved, blessed and comforted by all of you!

Thank You Again So Very Much..

Kyle, Missy, Kylie & Ivan Miller

Dear Church Family & Friends,

We want to thank you for the

beautiful flower arrangement

and crystal cross to keep as a

memorial to my mom. Above all,

thank you for your love,

support and prayers.

We Love You,

Peter, LaRae Walter & Family

Friends & Church Family,

Thank you so much for all of the thoughts & prayers during my hospital stay in

late July and since coming home. The visits & meals were wonderful. Thank you

especially to the WOW Bible Study ladies. I don’t know what I would do without

my church family. You truly make me feel loved & blessed.

Love & God Bless, Nisa Schaffer

See You at the Pole Wednesday, September 26

7 am Prairie Central High School Flag Pole

See You at the Pole (SYATP) is an annual gathering of Christian students of all

ages at a flagpole in front of their local school for prayer, scripture-reading and

hymn singing, during the early morning before school starts. The American SYATP events occur

on the 4th Wed of September. The events began in 1990 in the US, where public schools cannot

sponsor prayers and some Christians see public schools as hostile to Christian students. It has

grown by word of mouth, announcements at youth rallies, churches & the Internet and now occurs

Jesus wore sandals after Labor Day, so you wear anything you want.

Community Meal is Sept 10 & 24 @ 6 pm. Phone the church

before the Friday prior with your name & number of people attend-

ing. This ensures there is an adequate amount of food prepared.

Request from the Financial Treasurer: If you charge some-

thing at Dave’s Supermarket PLEASE print your name & committee on the

receipt. Give a receipt to the church. If the cashier doesn’t offer you a copy of

the receipt, please ask for one. We are having issues with unreadable hand-

writing and missing receipts. Thanks

Midwest Food Band Volunteers are needed for Thursday, Sept 20 from

6:30-8:30 pm. We are expected to provide 5-10 helpers. If interested please

contact Patsy in the church office ASAP.

Livingston County Habitat For Humanity has a 4 bedroom home available

for sale in Forrest. If you qualify, a loan could be obtained interest free.

Contact Gary Huston for all the details.

FYI: Pastor Josh will be filling the pulpit and preaching on September 16.

Fourteen senior adults met Tuesday August 7th for their monthly potluck.

Ken Masuda opened our devotion time by sharing an article about the 55 bodies

that North Korea is returning to the United States. We honored their memory by

playing the national anthem.

Fred Kilcullen opened the meeting with a prayer and we recognized the

youngster of our group, Pastor Josh, for his upcoming wedding anniversary to Nicole. It will be 4 yrs

of wedded bliss on August 23rd. We also recognized a couple that have been married a few years

more than that. Ken & Bea Masuda will be celebrating their 54th wedding anniversary on Aug 29th.

We also recognized our birthday girl, Evelyn Yoder, who will be celebrating her birthday Aug 31st.

We then had our delicious potluck followed by a long time of just visiting and catching up on

the latest news. We invite everyone to join us on the first Tuesday of each month. Next potluck will be

Tuesday, September 4th. We meet in the back kitchen just before noon and eat at 12:00 noon.

Rick & Melinda Williams September 23 SS hour

Rick, Melinda & the kids (Isaiah, Isaac, Isabel & Ileana) will be here on Sunday, September 23.

They are continuing to raise support to go into the mission field in Wales, United Kingdom.

Rick will speak during the Sunday School hour.

There will not be ADULT Sunday School classes that day but the children’s classes will meet.

Come and hear how far they’ve come and how close they are to getting to Wales.

Mark Your Calendar:

Sunday, October 7

A group of ladies here at church are working with

Samaritan’s Purse to bring their Operation Christmas

Child ministry to FBC.

Go to Samaritan’s Purse International Relief and

read all about this wonderful shoebox ministry. samaritanspurse.org

An announcement will be made in worship soon and shoeboxes will be available for

those who want to participate. We will be asking for a $9 donation for postage on each box.

You can choose the age and gender of a child you want to pack a shoebox for and even have

the option of “tracking” your box to see where in the world it goes.

National Collection Week is November 12-19 so start now thinking and collecting

things to put in your shoebox and look for the upcoming announcements.

Any questions can be directed to Deanna Evans, Dawn Metz, Cindy Stephens or

Patsy Stephens.

Begins Sept 12th

6:30-8 pm pm

Approved Workman Are Not Ashamed

Based on 2 Timothy 2:15

“Do the best you can to be the kind of person that God will accept, and give yourself

to him. Be a worker who is not ashamed of his work – a worker who uses the true

teaching in the right way.”

AWANA is a program for ALL 3 year olds - 6th grade in three different groups:

Cubbies (3-5 years); Sparkies (1st-2nd grade) and T 'n T (Truth and Training/Gr 3-6).

Each group participates in its own age appropriate activities: Council Time (a time of worship

consisting of praying for their requests), Songs, and a Bible lesson, Games around the AWANA

circle and, Handbook Time in which they learn Bible verses and facts towards earning awards.

AWANA helps churches and parents work together to develop spiritually strong children and

youth who faithfully follow Jesus Christ. Our program offers a proven approach for evangelizing

and discipling kids in the church and community.

All Church Fall Chowder

When: Sunday, September 23

Where: McGuire’s Woods (if rain—at church)

Time: Activities @ 3 pm / Eat @ 5 pm

Bring: Lawn Chairs, Mosquito repellant,

Something to “toss in” the pot

Supplied: Water, Coffee, Table service, Dessert, Port a potty

The Adult Discipleship Committee would like to invite everyone interested in an afternoon

of Fellowship, Activities and good Food to join us.

We will be serving “Chowder” and would like everyone to bring something to add to the

chowder. (If you pick up an animal lying along the road, Tim asks that you please at least

clean it!). Ingredients and cleaned roadkill can be given to Tim McGuire before church on

the 23rd.

Tim requests a call or text (309-838-3747) with what you will be adding so that the com-

mittee can fill in any ingredients that may be lacking. Almost anything can go in chowder:

meat, potatoes, any kind of vegetable imaginable, mushrooms, onions etc..

The cooking will start at around 1 pm with browning all the meat and then the other ingre-

dients will be added throughout the afternoon. So show up anytime you like.

Directions:

Rt 24 West toward Chenoa — Right (North) onto the Weston Blacktop — Left (West) on

to the Ocoya blacktop and continue over Interstate 55 — Immediately after crossing I55

turn Right (North). Go 3 miles and take a Left (West). The “turn in” to the property will be

about 1/4 mile down this road on the Right (North side).

If you get lost—call Tim 309-838-3747

Project Amazon - Brazil This trip is tentatively set for March 23-April 1. Be aware that you will

need a passport with at least 6 months remaining following the proposed trip; a tourist Visa;

and specific vaccinations (1 being Yellow Fever). projectamazon.org

Because of the amount of preparation for the Brazil trip

we need to have a solid commitment from any person wanting to go by mid September.

2019 Mission Trip — Update

Do you ever wonder who you are sitting by in church? Have you ever heard an announcement and can’t quite put a face to the name mentioned? Are you new to our church?

Have you been going here forever and wish you had a way to put all the new names and faces together? Well, help is on the way!

We are producing a NEW pictorial directory for our church through Lifetouch. There is NO COST to you or to the church to have your family’s photo taken, AND you will get a complimentary 8×10 color portrait and a hard copy directory for participating. You will be able to view your images electronically immediately after you are photographed and have the opportu-nity to purchase additional prints. There is no pressure to purchase anything additional and you still get the free 8×10. Discount coupons are available from the church office so don’t forget to get some if you plan to order. And we are told that all ordered prints will be back in time for holiday giving. As well as using this directory as a “name to face” tool it will have a listing of our church families with addresses and home & cell phone numbers.

To make this a success we need everyone to participate by having their family photographed — even if you have no intention of purchasing additional prints.

Dates for Your Family Photos:

Thursday, September 27: 2-9 pm

Friday, September 28: 2-9 pm

Saturday, September 29: 9:30 am – 4 pm

Sunday, September 30: 11:30 am – 6 pm

Thursday, October 11: 2-9 pm

Friday, October 12: 2-9 pm

Saturday, October 13: 9:30 am – 4 pm

Sunday, October 14: 11:30 am – 6 pm

Want to schedule –

**Click on the link under the EVENTS tab of the church website (This feature will be disabled on Sundays — sorry — check back on Monday)

**Call the office **Sign up Sunday after church.

Look at that cute little schnauzer !

Yes —- They welcome your pets….

1 - Natalie Henson

1 - Karson Kafer

1 - Jaime Medina

1 - Brenda Moore

1 - Peggy Stiles

2 - Melissa Banwart

2 - Marcus Maier

3 - Nate Addis

3 - Mary Lou Culkin

4 - Patty Maier

4 - Molly Mellott

Jason/Chris Klus

9-4-2004 (14 yrs)

Brad/Jenna Brucker

9-4-2010 (8 yrs)

5 - John Dustin Traub

5 - John Ward

George/Sue Gero

9-5-1981 (37 yrs)

6 - Summer McWhorter

7 - Micaela Fosdick

7 - Terry Zimmerman

8 - Tim Evans

8 - Debbie Layne

Pat/Margaret Kaskavage

9-8-1993 (25 yrs)

9 - Gabe Jones

11 - Lakin Bachtold

11 - Diane Krueger

12 - Bob Hammer

12 - Isaiah Kaskavage

Steve/Wendy Hall

9-13-2006 (12 yrs)

Evan/Rachel Bachtold

9-13-2008 (10 yrs)

14 - Josh Smith

15 - Randy Jackson

16 - Carolyn Dunn

16 - Tyler Spenard

17 - Logan Spenard

17 - Lisa Yoder

Darryl/Peggy Stiles

9-17-2005 (13 yrs)

18 - Carter Evans

18 - Evan Slagel

19 - Josh Kilcullen

19 - Owen Rafferty

Kyle/Amanda Parrish

9-19-2009 (9 yrs)

20 - Tanya Rothert

Mike/Molly Mellott

9-20-2014 (4 yrs)

23 - Kris Bachtold

24 - Pastor Josh Medlin

24 - Janice Meiss

25 - Rita Clark

25 - Sue Gero

25 - Mekonnen Steidinger

Kyle/Alison Kaskavage

9-26-2015 (3 yrs)

27 - Trey Bazzell

27 - Suzanne Folk

28 - Brailynn Smith

28 - Abbey Wilson

29 - Kiel Huling

30 - Dylan Bazzell

Mark/Courtney Farrell

9-30-2000 (14 yrs)

Schedules

Ushers: Any questions/changes can be directed to Dave Buchanan (815-848-1057).

September: Nate Addis, Drew Chaplin, Joe Delaney, Ivan Miller,

Kyle Miller, Johnny Moore, Delmar Platz, Rick Young

Greeters: Any questions/changes can be directed to Sue Gero (815-692-3232).

Sept 2 SS & Worship: Jerry & Kathie Huddleston, Connie Haas

Worship Only: Evelyn Yoder

(Sub: Mark Strike)

Sept 9 SS & Worship: Mary Streitmatter, Barb Taylor, Malachi Bradley

(Sub: Dawn Metz)

Sept 16 SS & Worship: Linda Hoffman, Arnold Ifft

Worship Only: Aaron & Jeni Gerber

(Sub: Sue Gero)

Sept 23 SS Only: Joy Mason SS & Worship: Al & Mary Beth Slagel

Worship Only: Darryl & Peggy Stiles

(Sub: George Gero)

Sept 30 SS Only: Rita Meiss SS & Worship: Betty J Lawrence

Worship Only: George & Sue Gero

(Sub: Mark Strike)

Children’s Church: Any questions/changes can be directed to Nicole Ricketts (309-287-4840).

Pre-K/Kdg Elementary

Sept 2 Deanna Evans Joy Mason / Lauren Broquard

Sept 9 Carol Nelson Destiny Rothert

Sept 16 Joni Kilgus Tiffany Cooley

Sept 23 Kendra Broquard Dede Traub

Sept 30 Kim Haab Dana Kafer

Nursery: Any questions/changes should be directed to Kendra Broquard (309-242-3538).

Sunday School Worship

Tanya Rothert Sept 2 Lassiter Family

Brenda Mueller Sept 9 Emily Jones

Linda Broquard/Lynette Johnson Sept 16 Amy Bachtold

Arla Wheeler Sept 23 Brynn Stephens

Rachel Bachtold Sept 30 Courtney Johnson