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

(to view sermon videos)

Like us on Facebook

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

Dusty Tobin

Brittney Fitzpatrick

Jennifer Enstrom

Walter Wynes

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 10 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!

Welcome New Member

We welcomed Linda

Backmann into our

membership on

November 18th. Linda has

been our Music Director for

one year. Congratulations!

Great job! (see picture

on our facebook page)

Shoe Box Ministry

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! This was our biggest

outpouring of love as we filled

22 shoeboxes for children in

need. Pastor prayed over the

shoeboxes during Worship

Service.

Dusty and Peggy Tobin took the

shoeboxes to the Drop-Off

Center. Thank you to everyone

that helped make this ministry

outreach a success!!!

(See pictures on Facebook)

Christmas Buffet

December 3rd,5:15 P.M. to

7:15 P.M. in our Fellowship Hall.

Our Programs will be by our

Praise Choir and our Children.

Turkey and Ham are provided

by the Church. Please bring a

dish to pass. Please join us!

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 .

Gaithers Concert

This was an outreach we did for the Church. It turned out that only women signed up for this event. An anonymous person paid for the tickets to thank the women for all that they do for us. Eight of us attended. What a joyful experience!

(Pictures on Facebook)

Disney Aladdin Jr.

Whitney Stivers was in this play on November 16th! Whit played a Guard. So proud of you! Such courage! (pictures on Facebook)

Mitten Tree

It has been our custom to include a Mitten Tree as part of our Christmas celebration. Mittens, caps, and scarves suitable for elementary age children are hung on the tree by our parishioners. Pastor will take them to a different school to be distributed to needy children.

Christmas Cards

As we have done in past years, those that want to bring Christmas cards and share Christmas wishes, please bring a card in. We will place them on the Bulletin Board in the Narthex. Those that wish to include a donation that will be designated for our Benevolent Fund to help people with special needs this time of year, please make your check payable to the Church.

Thank you in advance.

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 PM. The Advent

Adult study is “Because of

Bethlehem”. The Advent

Children’s Study is “The Gift

of the Nutcracker”.

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!

Thank you, Bev, for putting up

our Manger. Pastor Janet helped

by bringing the figurines up from

the basement.

Special thanks to so many who

help in ministry in so many ways!

God bless you!

Special thanks to everyone

that helped in any way as we

hosted the Annual Interfaith

Service at our Church. Thank

you to everyone that brought

in desserts as our kitchen was

truly overflowing!

Special thanks to Bev for

repairing sink parts in the

Women’s bathroom. This was a

first for her. Great Job!

Thank you Robert for showing

Bev how to fix the problem.

Children's Moment

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry said, “Love does not consist in

gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the

same direction.” At Christmas we celebrate God coming to

earth to look outward with us in the same direction, from our

prospective and experience.
Jesus was an ordinary person: He learned to talk and walk

like any toddler, learned a trade from his father and acquired

the habits of faith from his family. In adulthood, Jesus

experienced life as we all do: the challenge of hard work,

grief at a loved one’s death, heartache over oppression and

the world’s great needs — but also joy in celebration,

fellowship with neighbors and deep friendship.

God personally knows our every experience, emotion and

need — because Jesus, while fully divine, lived as a full

human being. He has gazed at the world, life and even death

from our direction, giving us the perfect Christmas gift: love.

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 117 Post Engagements, and 79Page 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

Dec. 3rd, 5:15-7:15 P.M.

Christmas Buffet, Fellowship Hall

Dec. 5th, 12th & 19th, 4:00-5:00 P.M. Praise Choir Practice

Dec. 5th, 12th & 19th, 5:00-6:30 P.M. Advent Study & Light Meal

Dec. 16th, Council Meeting immediately following Worship Service

Dec. 25th, Christmas Day- Office Closed

Food Pantry

We received 33 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

RMMO

RMMO provides financial support

for the retired ministers,

missionaries and widowed spouses

who have helped build our churches

and American Baptist witness.

Through RMMO, American Baptist

churches have an opportunity to

highlight congregation’s love for

all of the ways that spiritual leaders

have contributed to their lives.

Please help meet our Goal of

$400.

Pastor Janet

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