THE SIGNAL

The Signal is published monthly by the Swansea First Baptist Church of Swansea, SC.

Volume 23 Issue 1 January 2012

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From Your Pastor’s Heart 2012 is now here! It is hard to believe that we are al-

ready 12 years into the new century. Time surely moves

very rapidly now! I want to also thank you for reaching the

Lottie Moon Christmas Goal again. You gave over

$5,400.00 for this special offering. I also want to commend

you for the money given for the retaining wall. We have

now raised over $20,000.00 for this project. Swansea First

Baptist Church never ceases to amaze me. Kary Hoffman has also done a great

job in overseeing this project. He has been so helpful to our church for all the

building projects. Thanks, Kary! Again, Happy New Year!

The Signal is published monthly by the Swansea

First Baptist Church in Swansea, South Carolina.

The Swansea First Baptist Church is in friendly

cooperation with the Lexington Baptist Association,

the South Carolina Convention and the Southern

Baptist Convention.

The Church Staff The Senior Pastor Reverend Terry C. Wilder Minister of Music Mr. Chad Meredith

Student Minister Reverend John N. Harmon Parish Nurse Mrs. Angie Redmond The Organist Mrs. Jane Ann Meredith

The Pianists Mrs. Brenda Hoffman

Mrs. Jackie Cagle The Secretary Mrs. Joyce Saylor Preschool Director Mrs. Diane Goodwin

Custodian Mrs. Kim Taylor

In the event of a change of address please

contact the church office: Swansea First Baptist Church

145 South Church Street Post Office Box 550

Swansea, South Carolina 29160 (803) 568-3368

The Church Website

www.swanseafbc.com

March Birthdays

1st……………….Michael McCarson

Ashleigh Steen

3rd……………….….Duane Steinhoff

Jenna Redmond

4th…………………………..Bill Deal

Laura Pound

Tammy Caudill

5th…………..…………Robert Taylor

7th……………………...Wilma Davis

9th……………………...Bryan Corley

11th………………...Gladys Redmond

Jessica Calp

12th………………….Rebecca Sharpe

15th…………………….Nancy Blithe

Tyler Dasher

16th…………………....Adam Jumper

18th………………...David Zeigler Jr.

Susan Norris

Leigh Ann Teal

20th…………………..Chad Williams

21st…………………Permilia Luongo

Alan Hoffman

22nd……………………....Jean Burns

Melodie Sharpe

24th……………………....Jeff Corley

27th……………………..Rhonda Rast

28th…………………...…..Jack Burns

Dawson Sandifer

Isaac Sandifer

29th…………….….Carter Livingston

Adults/Senior Adults Will Visit

SC Museum and Mast General

Store

The January trip for the adults and sen-

ior adults will be to Columbia for a visit

to the Mast General Store on Main

Street. The store has many items from

the past that can be purchased. You will

enjoy seeing many things from you

childhood.

After lunch, the group will visit the

South Carolina Museum. There will be

a guide for an introductory tour of the

permanent collections, then a self-

guided tour of the Body World Vital.

This exhibit has full human species with

an emphasis on health and fitness. It is

tastefully done and well displayed. For

a group of 10 or more the cost bill be

$13. Sign up in the hall if you are inter-

ested in this trip.

The Signal is published monthly by the Swansea

First Baptist Church in Swansea, South Carolina.

The Swansea First Baptist Church is in friendly

cooperation with the Lexington Baptist Association,

the South Carolina Convention and the Southern

Baptist Convention.

The Church Staff The Senior Pastor Reverend Terry C. Wilder Minister of Music Mr. Chad Meredith

Student Minister Rev. John Harmon Parish Nurse Mrs. Angie Redmond The Organist Mrs. Jane Ann Meredith

The Pianists Mrs. Brenda Hoffman

Mrs. Jackie Cagle The Secretary Mrs. Joyce Saylor Preschool Director Mrs. Diane Goodwin

Custodian Mrs. Kim Taylor

In the event of a change of address please

contact the church office: Swansea First Baptist Church

145 South Church Street Post Office Box 550

Swansea, South Carolina 29160 (803) 568-3368

The Church Website

www.swanseafbc.com

September Birthdays

2nd………….…………....Durant Sharpe

Jenna Kinard

4th………….…………....Wanda Jumper

6th………….………….…....Zellie Mack

7th………………….…….Daniel Martin

8th…….…..…………...…James Stevens

9th……...……………….....Linda Chavis

10th……..…….………..Mildred Earnest

13th……..……………..William Granger

14th……...………………......James Deal

15th…….……..………….Kayla Cassidy

16th………..…………....Joyce Meredith

Thomas Pittman

Lee Cassidy

17th……......…………...Bryce Redmond

Braelyn Knight

19th……..…………..…….Chippy Flake

20th……..………….…….Joye Hoffman

24th……...………………..Jayna Patidar

25th……..…………….…...Faye Stabler

Donna Jeffcoat

Kevin Kneece

26th……..……………….Duman Taylor

Jim Kinard

27th…...…………………..O’Neal Wise

28th……...…………...…..Georgia North

Cory Smoak

29th……..…………..……….Ruth Hutto

Jan Argoe

30th……...…………………..Cole Baker

Welcome

New Members!

By Letter

Shannon Steen, Kris Reagan

Austin Steen, Ashleigh Steen

Music by Jackie Cagle

On January 16th, the Metallic Club is

in for a real treat. Jackie Cagle will

entertain with wonderful musical se-

lections. In addition, she will take re-

quests. If you have a favorite hymn or

other songs that have been your favor-

ites through the years, just let Jackie

know before the meeting. Give her

time to prepare. She will sing your

song. Her telephone number is 568-

8738 - call her today.

Metallic Club is always on the 3rd

Monday of the month at 11:00am. The

group has a devotional and business

meeting before the entertainment at

11:30. A delicious lunch is served

around noon. Great food, wonderful

music by Jackie, warm fellowship,

God’s word during our devo-

tions….you will have an inspirational

morning.

Mark January 16th on your calendar.

January Birthdays

2nd……………………..…Michael Harmon

3rd……………...…………..Tommie Bryant

Naomi Rucker

G. T. Booth

4th………………..……………Mary Corley

Crystal Vaughan

6th………………………....Laurie Whitaker

Jeanneane Sharpe

Michael Sharpe

Stewart Burns

8th………………………..….Kary Hoffman

9th…………………..……..…Avery Martin

Carla Lucas

10th…………………………...Brian Brazell

11th…………………………...Darren Smith

Pat Wise

12th……..…………………Nancy Redmond

14th………………….……...……Bill Blithe

15th………….………………...Agnes Hutto

Bonnie Burns

Hayden Krasselt

17th………………………….Fritz Williams

19th…………………………...Donald Berry

22nd…………………………..R. L. Cassidy

Drew Pittman

Thomas Lackey

23rd…………………………..Mary Pittman

24th……………………………Josh Jeffcoat

26th……………………………...Joe Sharpe

Pay Saylor

Thomas Jumper

27th………………………..….John Sturkie

29h…………………...……Colton Williams

30th….……………………...Kurt Wyndham

31st……………………….…Crystal Pernell

Chase Sturkie

Student Ministry News

The beginning of a new year brings opportunity. It brings oppor-

tunity to evaluate what we have done over the past year and it

brings opportunity to look at what we want to do in the future.

Throughout the past year we have continuously asked the ques-

tion: “Do you actions match your faith?” Another way to put

this is “Are you living out your faith?” I want to challenge you

to look back over this last year and see how you did. I also want to challenge

you to look forward to this coming year and look to see what else you can do to

live out your faith.

I learned a lot in putting together our recently completed World Religions

Study. I hope that study was as beneficial to you as it was to me. This month we

are set to kick off a new study called GodQuest. This will be a 6 week study that

will show us how our beliefs shape our lives. I invite you to join us each

Wednesday night for this intriguing study.

Coming up on Jan. 19-22 is our trip to Chillipepper. Registration for this

trip is full. We have a great group going and I am looking forward to this trip.

We plan to leave on Thursday, Jan. 19 at 2:00pm sharp. Further details will be

mailed soon to those signed up to go. I am looking forward to a great trip. I en-

courage you to begin now to pray over what God might do in your life on this

trip.

Our final fundraiser for Chillipepper is coming up on Sunday, Jan. 15th.

We will be doing a meal following the church service that day. As always the

students that are here to help with the fundraiser will benefit from it. Look for

order forms in the bulletins soon. We appreciate your generosity in supporting

our fundraisers that make our big trips more affordable for our students.

In Christ,

John Harmon

Eph. 3:16

*****Don’t forget to check out the calendar for upcoming events*****

MoMA’s

Please come join us for Moma’s (Mothers of Many Ages) group. We are a group of moma’s that meet the first Thursday morning of every month (Sept. to May) from 9:00am - 11:00pm at the Swansea First Baptist Church., for some moma time, fellowship and fun. Child care is available for newborn to preschool if needed. It does not matter if you are a new mama or a veteran mama, we would love to see and meet you. We will have light refreshments and lots of fellowship. So please join us and bring a friend.

For more information, please call Jan Marie Booth @ 568-3881 or Char-lyse McCarson @ 210-9661. Mark you calendar, our next meeting will be Janu-ary 4 @ 9:00 am.

A special thanks to our MoMA’s helpers. Without you we could not provide this ministry. Thanks again.

Jan Marie

Retaining Wall Received: $22,500.00

Special Thanks to Kary Hoffman for his work and leadership on this

project.

The Student Ministry at Swansea First Baptist Church will GIVE GOD THE GLORY with

everything we do; and we will have FUN while GROWING TOGETHER, MEETING OTH-

ERS NEEDS, and SPREADING THE WORD.

Mark Your Calendars

January 15th – Chillipepper Fundraiser

January 19-22 – Skiing and Chillipper

Cost: $150 (includes most meals)

Trip details will be mailed soon

******Be on the lookout for other events and fundraisers.******

January Bible Reading Plan

Upward Basketball and Cheerleading

It is time for Upward to get started again. Practices will resume the week of Jan.

2 and games will resume on Jan. 7. We hope you will take some time to check

out what is going on at the gym on Saturday mornings. As always we are thank-

ful for our coaches and volunteers, we could not do this without you.

Upward Game Schedule

9:00am - 5th-8th Grade Girls

10:15am - K5/1st Grade and 2nd-4th Grade Girls

12:00pm - 2nd/3rd Grade Boys and 4th/5th Grade Boys

1:15pm - 6th-8th Grade Boys

1st Gen. 1-2 Psalms 1-2 Matt. 1-2 16th Gen. 28-29 Psalm 33 Matt. 18

2nd Gen. 3-4 Psalms 3-5 Matt. 3-4 17th Gen. 30 Psalm 34 Matt. 19

3rd Gen. 5-6 Psalms 6-8 Matt. 5 18th Gen. 31 Psalm 35 Matt. 20

4th Gen. 7-8 Psalms 9-10 Matt. 6 19th Gen. 32-33 Psalm 36 Matt. 21

5th Gen. 9-10 Psalms 11-13 Matt. 7 20th Gen. 34-35 Psalm 37 Matt. 22

6th Gen. 11-12 Psalms 14-16 Matt. 8 21st Gen. 36 Psalm 38 Matt. 23

7th Gen. 13-14 Psalm 17 Matt. 9 22nd Gen. 37 Psalms 39-40 Matt. 24

8th Gen. 15-16 Psalm 18 Matt. 10 23rd Gen. 38 Psalms 41-43 Matt. 25

9th Gen. 17-18 Psalms 19-21 Matt. 11 24th Gen. 39-40 Psalm 44 Matt. 26

10th Gen. 19 Psalm 22 Matt. 12 25th Gen. 41 Psalm 45 Matt. 27

11th Gen. 20-21 Psalms 23-25 Matt. 13 26th Gen. 42-43 Psalms 46-48 Matt. 28

12th Gen. 22-23 Psalms 26-28 Matt. 14 27th Gen. 44-45 Psalm 49 Romans 1-2

13th Gen. 24 Psalms 29-30 Matt. 15 28th Gen. 46-47 Psalm 50 Rom. 3-4

14th Gen. 25-26 Psalm 31 Matt. 16 29th Gen. 48-50 Psalms 51-52 Rom. 5-6

15th Gen. 27 Psalm 32 Matt. 17 30th Exodus 1-2 Psalms 53-55 Rom. 7-8

31st Ex. 3-4 Psalms 56-57 Rom. 9

Meredith Moments It is hard to believe that another year has come and

gone! However, I couldn't be more pleased with the ac-

complishments of the adult and children's choirs over

the course of the past twelve months. The children's

choir did their first Easter musical as well as performing

special music monthly during the school year. It always

brings me such joy to hear them lift their voices in

praise on Sunday mornings. Thanks to all of the parents for keeping them com-

ing on Wednesday nights for practice!

I hope all would agree that the adult choir just seems to get better

and better! They, too, have done a spectacular job preparing special music each

month and with the Easter and Christmas cantatas, both of which were multime-

dia productions. Thank you to all of my adult choir members for your hard

work and dedication to our ministry through song!

Jane Ann and I would like to express our appreciation to our congregation

for the most generous Christmas gift you gave us! We feel very blessed to be

able to serve at Swansea First Baptist!

In closing, just a reminder to our choir members to enjoy your time off.

We will see everyone in January. We wish everyone the merriest of Christmases

and a New Year filled with God's blessings

It’s That Time of Year…………………. The Christmas “hurry up” is over we have all over shopped, over spent

and over eaten. Our pants are tight and we are just miserable. And just

when you think it can’t get any worse someone (like me), asks, “So

what are your New Year’s Resolutions?” Hmm…….usually the answers range

from I don’t make them or to lose a few pounds. If I had lost all of the weight I

planned to over the past 10 years I would have disappeared by now! And if I had

kept all of the resolutions made who knows what a life I could be living. So I

have re-thought the whole resolution thing and have decided to do things a bit

differently this year. Maybe you would like to consider doing the same thing.

Each month I am going to do one thing different or exciting. Here’s my list…..

January Clean out one closet. Donate the useable and discard the junk.

February Hibernate. Pick a few days during the month to not answer the

phone, door or emails. Wear sloppy clothes, eat my favorite foods

and read a book.

March Accept the “March madness” and just go with the flow.

April Clean out another closet. Donate and discard.

May Plant one tomato bush in a container.

June Take a vacation for one. Go to a museum, book store or Wal-Mart

alone.

July Start Christmas shopping. Make ornaments and do Christmas crafts.

August Clean out another closet. Donate and discard.

September Continue to Christmas shop and do Christmas craft things. Make all

those homemade gifts.

October Clean out another closet. Donate and discard.

November Be Thankful. Name my blessings each week.

December If you did the Christmas shopping, made all of the crafts and

cleaned the closets …Then relax and enjoy the season!!! Fa, la, la,

la la la!! Ha Ha Ha. It was the thought and effort that counted!

Until next time,

Angie Redmond, Parish Nurse

call 568-5404 or email angela.redmond@palmettohealth.org

Baptist Men’s Dinner Tuesday, January 17th @ 7:00pm Joe Sharpe’s Crew

Bill Blithe

David Zeigler, Jr.

John Sturkie

Bill Deal

John Harmon

Bobby Boyer