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First Baptist Church of West Allis

1576 So. 78th Street West Allis, WI 53214

Web site: www.firstbaptistwestallis.org/communicator.html E-mail: fbcwa@att.net

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MARCH

BIRTHDAYS

1 Adell Kupka 3 Dianna Brophey 4 Antonio Wothe 7 Karrie Napier 18 Randy Brodhagen 19 Rosemary Valdes 20 Kim Drost 23 Barbara Reed 24 Rebecca Brockoff 28 Angela Thelen 28 Ellen Ribbink 29 Mary Schecher

Sunday School Birthdays

11 Isaac Byleen 26 Andrew Fictum

If we have inadvertently missed your special day, please accept our apologies, and let the office know so we can change our records.

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Prayer ConcernsPrayer ConcernsPrayer ConcernsPrayer Concerns

Sharon Arnold, Richard Vichich, Pat (Bast) McCar-ville, Sue Simons

Baseball on July 13 Everyone is invited to join the AB-Men at the Brewers vs Giants base-ball game, 6:10 p.m. on Saturday, July 13. Please sign up by March 24 ion the Educational Wing foyer so we can get the group rate. Terrace re-served seats $20 each (pay in July).

Annual Spaghe� Dinner

Everyone is invited to the Annual Spaghe�

Dinner a�er worship on Sunday, March 17.

Purchase ckets at the door: $8 adults, $4

children under 12. Profits go to the

Stained Glass Restora on project. Spon-

sored by ABMen.

Teenth Tuesday

March 19, 5:30-8:30 PM: Meet in Fellowship

Hall. We need you to join us to celebrate

Pi(e)! Pi(e) puzzles, Pi(e) games - Pi(e) to

eat. Bring your “pi-deas! All are welcome

- bring a friend or two or 3.14.

For more information or to share (p)ideas,

talk to Linda Hazard House, Becky Holl or

Dianna Brophey

Remember to set your clocks AHEAD

one hour over the night of March 9-10

for the beginning of Daylight Saving

Time. Which means…..Spring is

around the corner!!!

From the Pastor’s Desk…

Bible study is extremely important. Be-ing grounded in scripture makes us better fol-lowers of Christ. With that in mind, I’d like to remind everyone that we have a great in-depth Bible study happening on Saturday mornings at 10 AM. We’re looking at the Gospel of Mat-thew using some of the latest scholarly re-sources. It’s a great time of fellowship and dis-cussion. I hope you can join us!

Pastor Mark

January 2019 Financial Income Report

General Receipts

Envelopes $ 15,077.00 Loose Offerings 79.94

Church School 117.78

Birthday 50.00

Total $ 15,324.72

Miscellaneous Receipts

Initial Offering $ 46.00

A.B. Foundation 475.87

Stained Glass Restoration 800.00

Total $ 1,321.87

Communion Offering

Fellowship Fund $ 230.00

Grand Avenue Club 100.00

Total $ 333.00

Mission Offering

Love Gift $ 10.00

Retired Ministers & Missionaries 5.00

Total $ 15.00

Deposited Total $ 16,991.59

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GOLDEN GUYS AND GALS CELEBRATE 40 YEARS!

Thanks to historian John Wothe for pointing out that 2019 marks the 40th Anniversary for our Golden Guys and Gals group for those ages 50 and up.

Here’s what appeared in the May 2, 1979, Friendly Communicator, Volume 3, No. 9 (as an aside, the news-letter appeared about every two to three weeks back then! Who knew? Probably John Wothe!):

“OLDER ADULTS PLAN GET-TOGETHERS

“Retirees and senior citizens have inquired about the possibility of forming a group which will meet regularly, and so interested persons met recently in the church par-lor to discuss organization plans and future program-ming.

“It was decided the next meeting of this group will be on Wednesday, May 9, [1979] at 12 noon. Fish or chicken will be purchased at a cost of a little over $2.00 per per-son. Reservations will be required. Kindly write your meal preference on the back of the Sunday church at-tendance card or call the church office before May 8.

“Clarence Hense is in charge of ordering the meal; devo-tions and table grace will be by Ted Hertel [Sr.]; Gladys Johnson will direct the welcoming; Lee Johnson will show travel slides.

“Come prepared to discuss the programs you would like to have, a name for the group, our meeting dates, etc.

“Remember, we’re not ready for the rocking chair, but for a ‘rocking good time’! See you at noon on the 9th.”

So that is the first recorded appearance of the 3Gs. Next time around we’ll look at other clips from 1979’s issues of the Communicator.

Even though we will be hibernating for a few more months, the group is still around. So mark your calen-dars for Thursday, May 30, 2019, for our first meeting of the year. By then the snow and ice should be long gone and we’ll all be ready to get out for lunch and a fascinating learning experience. We will be attending an afternoon program on Pulitzer Prize winning photo-graphs presented at Clement Manor. Details to follow as the date approaches.

If you have any ideas for activities, places you’d like to see but haven’t done so yet, or just things to do, let us know. This is your group! We want to do what you’d like to do. Remember that dues are just $5.00.

The Communion Offering for the month of March is designated for the Good Samaritan Outreach. Third Sunday (March 17) suggested non-

perishable food item is beans/dry or canned and the hygiene item is razors/shaving cream.

Musical Notes

FROM THE

DIREKTR

About six years ago, I wrote a Communicator article about how people gather on

Sunday mornings all over the world. The buildings may look very different and the lan-

guages might be very different, but the purpose is the same – to praise and thank God.

Faith communities can run the gamut from large to small, cathedrals to outdoor

spaces, pipe organs to a capella voices, and everything in between. While the space and

the people may look different, we are all gathered to celebrate what God has done in our

lives.

God calls us to worship and we respond. This has been happening since the be-

ginning of time. If you look in the Old Testament, you will see this pattern repeated

with Moses, Abraham and others. God calls us to worship, we hear his Word, we say

"yes" to it and we go to live out the Word.

Being involved in worship is an active thing – we pray, sing, listen, laugh, and

learn. Worship is a dialogue between God and us. It is also between those who have

gathered. When we come to worship, we should expect to “do” worship. When we

come to worship, we should expect to experience God’s love and grace so we might

share it when we leave.

Mary SchecherMary SchecherMary SchecherMary Schecher

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Historical Reflections: Historical Reflections: Historical Reflections: Historical Reflections: Our Church is sued in courtOur Church is sued in courtOur Church is sued in courtOur Church is sued in court

This is the 23rd of periodic historical articles.

For questions or items of interest, please con-

tact John Wothe.

This con nues the 1929 story of our new Church and the accidental falling of twelve feet of bricks

from the east gable of the new structure to the alleyway. The ren ng residents of the house across the

alley on what is now Lapham street, Walter and Bessie May-

hew, were not injured. Mrs. Mayhew died May 14, 1929. In

1932, Mr. Mayhew filed a wrongful death lawsuit against

the bricklayers, carpenters, and our Church.

Mr. Mayhew provided a disposi on during the process.

He reported his wife complained of frequent severe head-

aches a�er the incident. A doctor determined she had high

blood pressure during the two appointments she had a�er

the Church accident. Upon ques oning, Mr. Mayhew said

she had previously never been hospitalized or seen a doctor

except when she had given birth with the youngest being

over sixteen at her death. When asked, “Your wife had

headaches before the accident?” He said, “No---Well, yes,

for awhile; of course everyone has when their system is out

of order some mes.” She was five foot four inches and weighed 170 pounds. When asked about her

height and weight, he said, “Well, yes, fleshy, - stout….She was very well propor oned for a woman her

size.” He could not iden fy the exact dates she saw the doctor.

In the end, all involved agreed to dismiss the court cases. Circuit Court Judge Daniel W. Sullivan

signed off on the lawsuit on March 15, 1933.

Meanwhile, the brickwork was re-done. In 2013 the Trustees noted a sagging on the east wall’s up-

per bricks covering the gable of the Church‘s 1899 addi on. We had the bricks re-worked before they

started falling.

This article is the direct result of Hugh Swofford’s dedicated

research as a historian, a member of The Grand Avenue

Club, and as a past custodian of our Church. He researched

the referenced court case.

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ACROSS

1 R

achel’s

husband (G

en 2

9:1

8-2

0)

6 Its

posts

he m

ade o

f silv

er, its

___ o

f gold

(Song 3

:10)

10 w

ith s

oap a

nd m

y h

ands w

ith w

ashin

g _

__ (J

ob 9

:30)

14 R

em

em

ber, O

LO

RD

, your g

reat m

erc

y a

nd _

__ (P

s 2

5:6

)

15 th

e w

inds b

lew

, and b

eat _

___ th

at h

ouse; a

nd it fe

ll not (M

att 7

:25)

16 M

aste

r, we'v

e w

ork

ed _

__ a

ll nig

ht (L

uke 5

:5)

17 th

e c

om

mander o

f Saul's

arm

y w

as _

__ s

on o

f Ner (1

Sam

14:5

0)

18 T

hey re

ele

d a

nd _

__ lik

e d

runken m

en (P

s 1

07:2

7)

20 I w

ill ___ th

e w

eary

and s

atis

fy th

e fa

int (J

er 3

1:2

5)

22 th

ere

befo

re m

e w

as a

___ h

ors

e! Its

rider w

as n

am

ed D

eath

(Rev 6

:8)

23 c

olle

ct th

e w

eeds a

nd _

__ th

em

in b

undle

s to

be b

urn

ed (M

att 1

3:3

0)

24 D

o n

ot le

t ___ u

nw

hole

som

e ta

lk c

om

e o

ut o

f your m

outh

s (E

ph 4

:29)

25 fo

r wid

e is

the _

___, a

nd b

road is

the w

ay (M

att 7

:13)

28 th

e c

om

pany o

f Kora

h, w

hen th

ey _

__ a

gain

st th

e L

OR

D (N

um

26:9

) KJV

30 a

___ lik

e a

measurin

g ro

d a

nd w

as to

ld, "G

o a

nd m

easure

(Rev 1

1:1

)

32 _

___ u

nto

you, s

crib

es a

nd P

haris

ees, h

ypocrite

s! (M

att 2

3:1

4)

34 T

hro

ugh th

e w

indow

___ S

isera

's m

oth

er (J

udg 5

:28)

36 w

ho c

laim

to b

e _

__ th

ough th

ey a

re n

ot (R

ev 3

:9)

37 a

nd lo

ose h

is _

___ fro

m o

ff his

foot (D

eut 2

5:9

)

40 T

he L

OR

D re

igns, h

e is

___ in

maje

sty

(Ps 9

3:1

)

42 a

lso le

arn

to m

ain

tain

good w

ork

s fo

r necessary

____ (T

itus 3

:14)

43 w

heth

er it b

e fa

t or _

___, w

heth

er th

ere

be w

ood th

ere

in (N

um

13:2

0)

44 d

enie

th m

e b

efo

re m

en s

hall b

e _

___ b

efo

re th

e a

ngels

(Luke 1

2:9

) KJV

46 H

ow

___ th

ou fa

llen fro

m h

eaven, O

Lucife

r (Isaia

h 1

4:1

2) K

JV

47 b

roth

er o

f Cain

(Gen 4

:1-2

)

49 T

he tw

o _

__ a

rrived a

t Sodom

in th

e e

venin

g (G

en 1

9:1

)

53 th

e _

___ o

f his

head b

egan to

gro

w (J

udges 1

6:2

2)

55 p

icnic

pest (P

rov 6

:6)

56 I w

ill ___ d

ow

n a

nd s

leep in

peace (P

s 4

:8)

58 S

aul _

___ h

is th

ousands, a

nd D

avid

his

ten th

ousands (1

Sam

29:5

) KJV

60 H

e th

at o

verc

om

eth

, the s

am

e s

hall b

e c

loth

ed in

white

___ (R

ev 3

:5) K

JV

62 P

hilip

, like A

ndre

w a

nd P

ete

r, was fro

m th

e to

wn o

f ___ (J

ohn 1

:44)

65 A

sher re

main

ed o

n th

e c

oast a

nd s

tayed in

his

___ (J

udg 5

:17)

66 E

ven in

laughte

r the h

eart m

ay _

__ (P

rov 1

4:1

3)

67 M

ockers

___ u

p a

city

, but w

ise m

en tu

rn a

way a

nger (P

rov 2

9:8

)

68 _

__ th

ough I w

alk

thro

ugh th

e v

alle

y o

f the s

hadow

of d

eath

(Ps 2

3:4

)

69 w

ere

as s

wift a

s th

e _

__ u

pon th

e m

ounta

ins (1

Chr 1

2:8

) (KJV

)

70 T

hou a

rt my b

elo

ved S

on; in

___ I a

m w

ell p

leased (L

uke 3

:22) K

JV

71 th

e _

__ fo

rest h

as b

een c

ut d

ow

n (Z

ech 1

1:2

)

DOWN

2 y

e s

ay, T

he L

OR

D s

aith

it; ___ I h

ave n

ot s

poken (E

zek 1

3:7

) KJV

3 I _

__ o

n y

ou a

kin

gdom

, just a

s m

y F

ath

er c

onfe

rred o

ne (L

uke 2

2:2

9)

4 th

em

that h

ad g

otte

n th

e v

icto

ry _

___ th

e b

east (R

ev 1

5:2

)

5 d

epriv

e (H

os 9

:12)

6 H

is h

ead is

as th

e m

ost fin

e g

old

, his

locks a

re _

__ (S

ong 5

:11) K

JV

7 A

man fin

ds jo

y in

giv

ing a

n _

__ re

ply

(Pro

v 1

5:2

3)

8 e

ven if I w

ashed m

yself w

ith _

__ (J

ob 9

:30)

9 th

e P

hilis

tines d

rew

near to

___ Is

rael in

battle

(1 S

am

7:1

0)

10 I s

aw

som

eth

ing lik

e a

larg

e _

__ b

ein

g le

t dow

n fro

m h

eaven (A

cts

11:5

)

11 ro

win

g d

evic

e (E

zek 2

7:2

9) K

JV

12 re

ached fo

r his

sw

ord

, ___ it o

ut a

nd s

truck th

e s

erv

ant (M

att 2

6:5

1)

13 I w

ill ___ to

their n

um

bers

, and th

ey w

ill not b

e d

ecre

ased (J

er 3

0:1

9)

17 th

ose w

ho p

ractic

e m

agic

___ , th

e id

ola

ters

and a

ll liars

(Rev 2

1:8

)

19 I w

ill be _

__ a

nd re

joic

e in

you (P

s 9

:2)

21 lo

ok o

f conte

mpt o

r scorn

(Isa.5

7:4

)

26 tw

enty

he g

oats

, two h

undre

d _

___, a

nd tw

enty

ram

s (G

en 3

2:1

4)

27 I a

m _

__ th

an th

e le

ast o

f all G

od's

people

(Eph 3

:8)

29 _

__ fo

r me th

e g

ate

s o

f righte

ousness; I w

ill ente

r (Ps 1

18:1

9)

30 o

bey h

im a

nd d

o n

ot _

__ a

gain

st h

is c

om

mands (1

Sam

12:1

4)

31 th

e firs

t hom

e o

f Adam

and E

ve (G

en 2

:15)

33 _

___ n

o m

an a

ny th

ing, b

ut to

love o

ne a

noth

er (R

om

ans 1

3:8

)

35 H

e w

as g

iven a

cro

wn, a

nd h

e _

__ o

ut a

s a

conquero

r (Rev 6

:2)

36 a

bbr.fo

r the s

eventh

book o

f the O

.T.

37 a

nd s

om

e o

f them

they s

hall _

___ a

nd p

ers

ecute

(Luke 1

1:4

9) K

JV

38 F

ors

ake _

___ n

ot, a

nd s

he s

hall p

reserv

e th

ee (P

rov 4

:6) K

JV

39 T

he _

___ w

hic

h h

e s

ware

to o

ur fa

ther A

bra

ham

(Luke 1

:73)

41 a

silv

ers

mith

, whic

h m

ade s

ilver s

hrin

es fo

r ____ (A

cts

19:2

4)

45 J

ero

boam

___ Is

rael a

way fro

m fo

llow

ing th

e L

OR

D (2

Kin

gs 1

7:2

1)

47 W

hat _

__ y

ou th

at y

ou k

eep o

n a

rguin

g? (J

ob 1

6:3

)

48 b

ut b

eat h

is _

__ a

nd s

aid

, 'God, h

ave m

erc

y o

n m

e (L

uke 1

8:1

3)

50 u

pon M

atth

ias; a

nd h

e w

as n

um

bere

d w

ith th

e _

___ a

postle

s (A

cts

1:2

6)

51 I h

ave c

overe

d m

y b

ed w

ith c

olo

red _

__ fro

m E

gypt (P

rov 7

:16)

52 s

ilver in

two b

ags, w

ith tw

o _

__ o

f clo

thin

g (2

Kin

gs 5

:23)

54 T

he a

ltar w

ill be s

plit a

part a

nd th

e _

__ o

n it w

ill be p

oure

d (1

Kin

gs 1

3:3

)

55 lip

s th

at s

peak k

now

ledge a

re _

__ _

__ je

wel (1

,4) (P

rov 2

0:1

5)

57 J

osia

h fo

ught a

gain

st P

hara

oh _

__ k

ing o

f Egypt (J

er 4

6:2

)

59 It is

God w

ho a

rms m

e _

___ s

trength

and m

akes m

y w

ay p

erfe

ct (P

s 1

8:3

2)

61 F

or in

him

we liv

e a

nd _

__ a

nd h

ave o

ur b

ein

g (A

cts

17:2

8)

62 h

ave th

em

shut th

e d

oors

and _

__ th

em

(Neh 7

:3)

63 F

or I h

ave n

ot c

om

e to

call _

__ rig

hte

ous, b

ut s

inners

(Matt 9

:13)

64 W

hy h

ave y

ou b

rought u

s u

p o

ut o

f Egypt to

___ in

the d

esert?

(Num

21:5

)