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

Youtube: search fbcrockisland

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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

Charlene Enstrom

Meggan Fitzpatrick

Halli Fitzpatrick (child)

Phyllis George

Jim Remley

GREETER FOR THE MONTH :

Lorraine Comer

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 8 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: $545.00

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

Non-perishable food donations will be received to help fill the food pantries

at Saint Pius X Catholic Church and Second Baptist Church.

A Special Thank You

Pastor Appreciation Day was held

on Oct. 21st.

Pastor Janet thanks everyone for Pastor’s Appreciation Sunday. Pastor thanks you for your kind words, the monetary gifts, cards, and the beautiful cake and ice cream! Pastor thanks you for your love and your support.

(See pictures on our facebook page)

Children's Moment

When Joan Luise Hill’s son

survived a dire medical

diagnosis, two friends

recognized that divine

intervention had occurred. Hill

wasn’t so sure, though. “How

could I have experienced a

personal miracle in today’s

world?” she writes in The

Miracle Chase (Sterling Ethos).

“Wasn’t that something that

only happened in the Bible or

to someone else?”

Then one day, during a visit

to the park, Hill learned a

lesson about everyday

miracles. “There’s a white

rainbow!”shouted her

5-year-old son. She told him

it was just a jet trail,but the

boy replied, “Not to me. It’s

beautiful.”

That was an “aha!” moment

for Hill. “Why couldn’t a

rainbow be white?” she asks.

“Maybe it was time to shift

my thinking. Perhaps there

are ‘rainbows’ all around

us; but since we only see

them a piece at a time, we

mistake them for

something else. Miracles

happen. We may not

always notice them, but they

exist, and the choice to

recognize a miracle is up to

each of us.”

Veterans Day Prayer

God of all nations, you are

our Strength and Shield.

We give you thanks today for

the devotion and courage of all

those who have offered

military service for this country

…

We ask today that you would

lift up by your Spirit those who

are now at war; encourage

and heal those in hospitals or

mending their wounds at

home; guard those in any

need or trouble; hold safely

in your hands all military

families and bring the

returning troops to joyful

reunion and tranquil life at

home. Give to us, your people,

grateful hearts and a united

will to honor these men and

women and hold them always

in our love and our prayers

until your world is perfected in

peace and all wars cease.

Through Jesus Christ, our

Savior. Amen.
—Rev. Dr. Jennifer Phillips

Gratitude and Friendship

Most Americans, learning

about Thanksgiving’s origin,

hear or read about the destitute

Pilgrims who suffered greatly

during their first bitter winter

in America. Many Pilgrims got

sick, and half of them died.

What we don’t focus on enough

is the fact that Native

Americans took pity on the

Pilgrims. They befriended

the newcomers and gave

them food. They taught them

how to survive the vicious

cold months. Then, when the

earth grew warm again, the

Indians taught the Pilgrims

how to grow various crops

and how to store any surplus.

It was primarily because of

the natives’ friendship and

helpfulness that the Pilgrims

began to eke their way from

disaster to fruitfulness.

It’s no wonder that when the

Pilgrims had their first

successful harvest, they

invited their Indian neighbors

to celebrate with them. The

natives didn’t come

empty-handed. They furnished

venison, wild turkeys and

probably vegetables from

storage. It was, more or less,

a potluck affair. The Pilgrim

leaders prayed gratefully at

the occasion.

We can be confident that an

unseen but not unexpected

Guest was very much present

that day.

Advent Bible Study

Advent Bible Study will begin on

Wednesday, December 5th,

5:00 p.m. with a light meal served

and will continue through

Wednesday, December 12th,

and 19th. The Bible Study

begins at 5:30.

Stewardship Sunday

November will be

Pledge Month. On November

18th we will present our Pledge

cards during the Worship

Service. Thank you for your

support of God’s Kingdom

growth.

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 for recording Pastor's

sermons so they can be viewed on

youtube.

Thank you, Bob Minard and

Robert Morse, for installing our

new speakers in the sanctuary

to help people to hear in the

back in the church.

Special thanks to Robert Morse

for volunteering to drive the

Church van and pick up people!

Special thanks to Bev that

continues to do our mowing and

yard maintenance. Great job!

Special thanks to so many who

help in ministry in so many ways!

God bless you!

Poinsettias

SIGN-UP SHEET FOR POINSETTIAS: If you would like

to provide a Poinsettia to decorate

the sanctuary for Christmas, in

memory of your loved ones, or for

some other reason, the cost is $8.00.

The sign-up sheet is in the Narthex.

Your order and money needs to be

in the Church Office by

December 9th.

Quilt From the Past

Brought to the First Baptist Church by Bill Potter.

Note: Here is some information about the quilt I left with you. My aunt Genevieve (MacNeill) Peterson sent me the following:

“Hi Bill - What I remember about this quilt is that during WW 2 people were saving money to express hope in the future. One way was to make such a quilt asking for a donation in order to have a name embroidered on one of the blocks. Most names represented people of the church at the time. It was my understanding that when it was completed it was presented to my Dad - (Vernon H. MacNeill) pastor of the church at the time. I never knew exactly who did the sewing or embroidery - or who planned the design and completed the project. Mom (B. Amanda MacNeill) treasured this quilt for the rest of her life. How much money was given for each signature? How much was earned and how was it invested? Did

the funds ultimately help to build the present church? All of the answers to those questions are unknown to me. Thanks for asking! GEP”

I hope this gives some insight into the history of the quilt. It makes sense it was for money for a new building, as the present facility was completed in 1957 as I recall. We probably won’t ever know for sure.

Anyway, thank you for taking interest in this bit of the church’s history. It’s such a beautifully kept artifact.

Sincerely, and in faith,
Bill Potter (Grandson of Pastor and Mrs. MacNeill)

(See Facebook for a picture)

Thank You Letter

Pastor Janet,

Thank you so much for the many ways you made Bill’s Memorial special.

You have an amazing gift for taking our words and bringing them to life. Many people told me that his service was done right, the way a memorial should be done.

You showed grace and patience throughout the days of Bill’s family’s grief and struggle, for that I owe you many thanks.

Again, thank you for honoring my husband in such a special way.

Sincerely,

Dawnie Ellison (Bill Ellison’s Service)

Hanging of The Greens

On Sunday, November 25th, we will

have the Hanging of the Greens, from

12:00 Noon to 1:30 p.m. Please

bring a light snack to pass as we

share and then work together to

beautify our Church for the

Christmas season!

Shoebox Christmas

In the hands of local churches,

every gift-filled shoebox is a

powerful tool for evangelism

and discipleship—transforming

the lives of children and their

families around the world

through the Good News of

Jesus Christ! As shoebox gifts

are distributed, local pastors or

church leaders present the

Gospel in a fun way designed

for kids while family and friends

listen in. Along with their

shoebox gift, children also

receive The Greatest Gift, a

colorful presentation of the

Gospel in their own language.

The Praise Choir and

congregation are putting

shoebox gifts together. Soon

in the Narthex there will be

pamphlets explaining what

can be put in the boxes.

Dusty and Peggy Tobin have

offered to help us with this

ministry outreach.

We need to have the boxes

turned in to the Drop Place

on November 19th by noon.

Thank you for your support

of this outreach ministry!

If you are unable to put a box

together, items and/or money

donations toward the shipment

of the boxes would be helpful.

If you have any questions,

please speak to Pastor.

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 85 visitors to the webpage for the month.

Facebook

We have 26 Reaches, 64

Post Engagements, and 45 Page

Reviews for the month.

E-Mail Beacon

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

11/4, Daylight Savings Time Ends –

Fall Back

11/11, Council Meeting

immediately following Worship

Service

11/18, Stewardship Sunday,

Stewardship Month

11/20, Thanksgiving Eucumenical

Service at

First Baptist Church of RI, 7:00 P.M.

11/22, Thanksgiving

11/23, Church Office Closed

11/25, Hanging of the Greens,

12:00-1:30 P.M.

Food Pantry

We received 13 food items

for the Food Pantry. Thank

you! Please bring canned

vegetables or canned soup

for the next month.

Thank you for your

support of this ministry.

Bev

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