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

E-Mail address: fbcori@mediacombb.net

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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

Birthdays

Stevie Villarreal (teen)

Dawn Aimone

Mary Bloom

Jean Phelps

Anniversary Greetings

Mike and Jennifer Enstrom

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 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: $495.00

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

A Special Thank You

Special thanks to everyone that remembered my birthday through gifts, cards, and well wishes! You are so special!

Pastor Janet

Children's Moment

"A Little Child's Sympathy"

Houston pastor Jim Moore tells

about seeing a smashed pumpkin in

the church driveway. He picked up

the pieces and put them in a trash

container. Naturally, his hands

became sticky and dirty.

With his arms and hands extended

outwards to keep his suit from

getting soiled, he went into the

building and headed toward a sink.

A child from the daycare center saw

him and, thinking the pastor had

been hurt, ran to him, hugged his

legs, and said with the utmost

concern, “There, there, it will be all

right.”

The actions of this young child

remind us to be aware of the needs

of others.

Childhood Confusion

A pastor tells about a 2-year-old boy

who heard the worship leader say:

“The Lord is one ....”
Tugging at his mother’s arm, the

child whispered to her, “When will

the Lord be two, like I am?”

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

Thank you for everyone who

helped in any way with our Fun,

Food, Fellowship Fundraiser. We

raised $350 towards the cost of our

Projector for the Fellowship Hall.

Two anonymous donors gave

additional funds to bring us

OVER the cost of our Projector,

$500, ($503)! Thank you!

Pastor Janet & Council

Thank you to everyone

that participated in our

Fundraiser!

Thank you for all of the wonderful

food, fun, and fellowship! We are

all winners in God’s eyes!

Tie for First Place: Mary Hicks,

Pastor Janet

Second Place: Peggy Tobin

Third Place: Sue Bollaert

(see pic on our facebook page)

Let's Be Healthy Together!

Dear Pastor Janet,

Thank you for opening your

doors for our community health

screening in your community. It

is because of your generosity that

Life Line Screening continues to

be able to bring these health

screenings into your area and for

that, we are very appreciative.

We look forward to working

together again!

We appreciate all your help and

support with hosting this

community outreach event.

Sincerely,

Debbie Walsh

Life Line Screening

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!

Thank you, Bob Minard and

Robert Morse, for installing our

new projector in the Fellowship

Hall!

Wedding

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

(pic on facebook)

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 78visitors to the webpage for the month.

Facebook

We have 85 Reaches and 145

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

October 6th, 9:00 A.M.

remembering time for

William David Ellison in the

Fellowship Hall and 10:00 A.M.

Funeral Service in Sanctuary.

October 21st, Council Meeting immediately following the Worship Service.

Food Pantry

We received 5 food items

and $22 for the Food Pantry. Thank you! Please bring canned vegetables for the next month. Thank you for your support of this ministry.

Bev

Bible Quiz

Bible Quiz
Though daughters weren’t allowed

to inherit property, some young

women whose father had died

appealed to the community’s leaders

to change the law in their favor —

and it was done! Who were these women?

A. Mary and Martha
B. The daughters of Zelophehad
C. Nympha, Sapphira, Claudia,

Tabitha and Lydia

D. Joanna, Susanna and Salome

Answer: B (See Numbers 27:1-11.)

A Prayer For Pumpkin People

After Liz Curtis Higgs wrote the

popular children’s book The

Pumpkin Patch Parable, people

began using her analogies to

say a prayer while carving their

Halloween pumpkins. The pumpkin prayer, a Christian alternative to

Halloween traditions, reminds

people of all ages what God has

done for us. Use it this fall when

your family makes Jack-o’-lanterns.

• While cutting off the top of the

pumpkin, pray, “Lord,

open my mind so I can learn new

things about you.” (See Proverbs 1:7.)

• While removing the seeds and pulp,

pray, “Remove

the things in my life that don’t

please you. Forgive the wrong

things I do, and help me forgive

others.” (See Matthew 6:14-15.)

• While making eyes, pray, “Open

my eyes to see the beauty you’ve

made in the world around me.” (See

Psalm 104:24.)

• While making the nose, pray, “I’m

sorry for the times I’ve turned up

my nose at your many gifts.” (See

James 1:17.)

• While making the mouth, pray,

“Let everything I say please you.”

(See Psalm 19:14.)

• While lighting the candle, pray,

“Lord, help me show your light to

others through the things I do.”

(See Matthew 5:16.)

After carving your pumpkins,

display them as examples of how

God’s love transforms us into new

creations. (See 2 Corinthians 5:17.)

24-7-365

God’s presence in Christians’ lives

can be summed up in these numbers:

24-7-365. It’s not a very complex

code to crack. The God revealed

through Christ’s sacrifice is a

24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week,

365-days-a-year God. No timeout.

God can be a 24-7-365 God because

Jesus was a one-time Savior. Jesus’

sacrifice was once and for all. It

doesn’t need to be endlessly

repeated. Praise God that his Son’s

one act of complete obedience gives

us true peace of mind 24-7-365!

There are, no halftime breaks. God is

present for us and with us every

moment of every day of our lives.

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