The Baptist Beacon 

January  2019

Birthdays

 Mary Hicks

 Marcella Dickerson

Neila Fitzpatrick





GREETERS FOR THE MONTH :

Dusty and Peggy Tobin

PEOPLE TO REMEMBER:

Doris Pells,Iowa Masonic Health Facilities, 2500 Grant Street, Bettendorf, IA  52722, (Don’t put room  number on mailing’s)  Room 110



Marlene Rogers (Randy Rogers’ Mother),  Amber Ridge Memory Care, 221-11th Avenue, Moline, IL 61265.

Anna Pauline Blackmon, Rosewood Care Center of Moline, 7300 – 34th Avenue, Moline, IL 61265, Room 404

Marge Parks, 1209 – 21st Avenue,

Apt. B-310, Rock Island, IL 61201





Welcome to Our Church

We had 19guests visit last month. 

Sunday School 

Thank you, Bev, for helping out in our children’s ministry and serving delicious breakfasts to our children and others that are hungry!   On certain Sundays, after Sunday School, they visit the Good News (!) store and spend their hard-earned Good News $’s!  Kathy teaches our children. If you have a child that is interested in attending, please let Pastor, Kathy or Bev know.  After class, the children are fed in the Fellowship Hall!  Word is out that children of all sizes love Bev’s eggs and sausage

Poinsettias

Thank you to all who provided Poinsettias

to decorate the sanctuary for

Christmas that were given in memory

or in honor of loved ones.

The Mitten Tree

Thank you to everyone that helped fill

our Mitten Tree with mittens, caps and 

scarves.  Shortly after the New Year

the items will be taken to a local

school to be distributed to needy

children.

Christmas Cards

Thank you for all the Christmas

Cards that you brought to share

Christmas wishes that were placed

on the Bulletin Board in the Narthex.

Lessons In Wise Faith

 "The Magi teach us true faith,” said Martin Luther. Given the obstacles they encountered, we would understand if they had given up altogether!

First, the travelers were “off the mark,” coming to Jerusalem to seek a newborn king in a “royal palace.” Then, directed to Bethlehem, the wise men found a sight “so utterly out of keeping with a king” — a poor young woman and child, in a “poor hut” — that one might expect them to head straight home. “But,” declares Luther, “with a great, strong and full faith they ... follow the word of the prophet and the witness of the star in all purity of heart,” bowing to worship and honor the Savior.

Ordination Certificate

Rev. Janet L. Waychoff  received her 15 year Ordination Certificate on December 2, 2018.  It was presented to Pastor by 

Rev. Rex Rogers, Regional Associate

Minister.  (See pics on our facebook page)

DRAMA

 On December 23rd the “Little Drummer Boy” DRAMA was presented by the Children & Adults during the Worship Service,  Nick & Meggan Fitzpatrick were  Mary & Joseph. 

(see  pics on our facebook page)

Thank You

A heartfelt thank you for all of the lovely Christmas gifts and cards I received from so many.  Thank you, also, for the generous monetary gift I was given as a thank-you for another year of service.      

Pastor Janet

Church Council

COUNCIL MEETING will meet on January 13th, 12:00 P.M. Noon.

Annual Business Meeting and Pot Luck

The Annual Business Meeting and Potluck will be held on January 27th, 12:00 P.M. Noon.  Please bring a dish to pass.

Taking Down The Greens

On Sunday, January 6th, 12:00

Noon we are taking down the Greens.

 Please bring a light snack to share.

Youtube Live Stream

To watch our Sunday Morning Sermon live, go to YouTube and type fbcrockisland in search bar and look for the live feed. If you have questions call Robert 309-206-0637.

The Guide

Picture a man stumbling along in a heavy fog, completely disoriented. Then, off in the distance, he sees the light of one small lamp. Its glow is sufficient neither to burn off the fog nor to illuminate the obstacles that might be on the ground between the man and that lamp. Still, it is a steadily burning lamp. Something within the man prompts him to believe that if he heads toward it, he will be going in the right direction. That “something” we can call “faith.”

While heading toward the lamp, he finds another lost man whose eyesight is so poor he can’t see the lamp. The first man takes the second by the hand and helps him toward the lamp also. The act of reaching out to another we can call “love.”

And the lamp that draws him? It’s called “hope.”















THANK YOU

Special thanks to those that volunteer especially on Sunday mornings to help with serving and help clean-up the kitchen before and after Worship Service.



Special thanks to those that bring in snacks for our Fellowship time after Worship Service! What a difference your help has made!