First Baptist Church Of Rock Island

3020 30th Street

Rock Island, Illinois 61201

309-786-2617

Pastor Janet L. Waychoff

web page: www.fbcrockisland.com

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Bible Study: 9:30 A.M.

Worship Service Begins at 10:30 A.M.

First Baptist Church Of Rock Island
3020 30 th Street
Rock Island, IL 61201
United States
ph: 309-786-2617
revjanabc@gmail.com

The Bapstist Beacon

Birthday

September 6th, Loren Beaumont

September 6th, Wayne Faris

September 6th, Nancy Henderson

September 14th, Cheryl Scott

September 22nd, Pastor Janet Waychoff

September 28th, Whitney Stivers

GREETER FOR THE MONTH :

Donna Peterson

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 12 guests 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!

One Great Hour of

Sharing

Goal: $400

Amount received: $270.00

Thank you for your support!

Ecumenical Service

Mark Your Calendars: FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH of Rock Island is hosting the THANKSGIVING ECUMENICAL SERVICE at 7:00 P.M. Tuesday, November 20, 2018.

As a heads-up, Desserts will be needed to served the community. Thank you in advance. Pastor Janet

Choir Practice

Praise Choir Practice begins on Sept. 5th from 4-5 pm

Children's Moment

“To stay,” not Tuesday

I was leading a Sunday school

class in the singing of “I’ve Got

the Joy.” With smiles on their

faces, the children sang, “I’ve got

the joy, joy, joy, joy down in my

heart. (Where?) Down in my heart

to stay!”

When he heard that last phrase,

one 5-year-old boy looked up at

me with a puzzled look on his

face and asked, “On Tuesday?”

“No,” I laughed, “Not Tuesday, to

stay.”

“But YOU said, ‘Tuesday!’”

His remark led our class into a

conversation about having joy in

our hearts on Monday, Tuesday,

Wednesday and every day of the

week. Another boy said, “Yeah,

24/7!” What a lesson I learned

that day. We all have the joy of

the Lord in our hearts, every day

of the week and every hour of the

day!
—Maxine Hark,

A Legacy of Faith

Grandparents Day

National Grandparents Day became

an official observance in 1978,

thanks largely to the lobbying efforts

of Marian McQuade, a West

Virginian who had 15 children and

43 grandchildren during 60 years of

marriage.

The purpose of National

Grandparents Day, celebrated on the

first Sunday after Labor Day, is

threefold: to honor grandparents, to

give grandparents an opportunity to

show love for their children’s

children and to help children become

aware of strength, information and

guidance older people can offer.

Grandparents — and, in this mobile

society, surrogate grandparents —

also serve as examples of how to

endure challenges with God’s help.

Elders describe how God remains

present, faithful and steadfast

throughout the years. As Psalm

145:4 (NIV) says, “One generation

commends your works to another;

they tell of your mighty acts.”

Funeral Service

William David Ellison,

December 29, 1951-August 16, 2018.

Services will be held on

October 6th at the First Baptist

Church in Rock Island.

Remembering Time is at

9:00 A.M. in the Fellowship Hall.

Pastor Janet will officiate at the

Funeral Service that will be at

10:00 A.M. in our Sanctuary.

A celebration of his life will be

held in Kansas City at a later date.

His hope was that there will be

“a few tears followed by much

rowdiness.”

Projector Fundraiser

On September 9th, immediately

following the Worship Service, we

will have another fun sampling of

food in our Food Fundraiser in the

Fellowship Hall. We will sample a

variety of favorite fall dishes that

people share. As we sample the

delicious variety of food we will

then put “dough” in people’s

baskets. This fundraiser is to help

purchase a projecter for the

Fellowship Hall to replace the one

we moved into the Sanctuary to

use at the back of the Church.

We will hand out 1st, 2nd, and 3rd

place trophies to those that collect

the most “dough”. Of course, our

motto is “Everyone Is A Winner” .

Please sign up on the sheet in the

Narthex if you are interested in

bringing something

for this fun and yummy

Fundraiser.

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!

Special thanks to Robert Morse

for helping us do small jobs of

repair and maintenance around

the Church. Thank you for

all you do with helping us

upgrade in sound and input data!

Special thanks to Robert

Morse for volunteering to drive the Church van and

pick up people!

Special thanks to Bev that did

ceiling repair in the Fellowship

Hall from recent leaks. Great job!

Special thanks to Wil Hurlbutt for keeping our knives in the kitchen sharp!

Wedding Announcement

Pastor Janet will officiate at the wedding of Vicki Techau and Harry Pells on Saturday, September 22nd in Davenport. Congratulations!

FIND US ON FACEBOOK – We are

having problems placing

pictures on our webpage.

Pleace check out the

pictures on our Facebook

page.

Volunteers Needed

Church Volunteer Needs:

( Speak to Pastor)

Help with the 9:30 A.M. Children’s Sunday School.

Help bring people to Church, either in church van or own vehicle.

Our Web Page is an outreach tool that we have had for several years. Bev is our Web Master.

Bev updates the Page weekly and monthly.

We have had 71 visitors to the webpage for the month.

Facebook

We have 23 Reaches and 14

Post Engagements for the month.

If you would like to receive the “Beacon” newsletter by e-mail, and have not submitted your email address, please email the Church your email address. Your Beacon will begin by email at the next printing. Otherwise, you will still receive the Beacon by snail mail. If you wish to be taken off the mailing list, please let us know.

Dates to Remember

September 3rd, Labor Day – Office Closed

September 9th, 11:45 A.M., Food Fundraiser

September 16th, Council Meeting immediately following the Worship Service.

Food Pantry

We received 14 food items

and $18 for the Food Pantry. Thank you! Please bring canned vegetables for the next month. Thank you for your support of this ministry.

Bev

Keeping Score

Baseball purists often delight in

keeping detailed scorecards. So do many Christians — often

unknowingly. Do you give yourself “credit” for your years in the faith?

for the number of services or studies

you attend? for the good deeds you

perform? for the Bible verses and

creeds you know by heart?

In Philippians 3:4-6, Paul recites

his impressive scorecard, yet

despite those credentials, he

couldn’t earn God’s favor. Neither

can we. Our tallies are all “loss”

(v. 7) when compared to the righteousness that comes through

faith in Christ (v. 9).

Attending church, serving and memorizing Scripture are good

things. But we do them not to get

right with God but because we are

right with God — through Jesus.

2018-2019 Nominating Committee

Bev Davis, Chair

Sue Bollaert

Lorraine Comer

Maureen Olin

Randy Rogers

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