The Baptist Beacon 

December 2019

Birthdays

  Dusty Tobin

  Brittney Fitzpatrick

  Jennifer Enstrom

  Walter Wynes

THE GREETERS FOR THE MONTH:  

Dusty and Peggy Tobin



PEOPLE TO REMEMBER: 



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

Marge Parks, 1209 – 21st Avenue,

Apt. B-310, Rock Island, IL 61201

Special Thank You

 

Pastor Appreciation Sunday for Pastor Janet

Thank you for a lovely day of celebration.  Thank you to everyone that helped in any way!  Thank you for the monetary gift and the cards.  Thank you most of all for your love and support you have shown me over the years of my ministry with you!



                           Pastor Janet



See a picture of Jean Phelps' on her birthday by visiting our Facebook page.

See a picture of Maycee and her snowball cake on our Facebook page.

Welcome to Our Church

We had 16 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. Sue Bollaert is our back-up teacher.  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.



Children's Ministry

The Children’s Ministry had a fun Soup and Bread Fundraiser on Sunday, November 10th, in the Fellowship Hall. 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! We raised $244.

BREAD:

First Place:  Whittney Stivers

Second Place:  Pastor Janet

Third Place:   Terry Bolte

SOUP:

First Place:   Maycee Fitzpatrick

Second Place:  Cheryl Scott

Third Place:  Mary Hicks

Thank you again!



"Kids' Next Chapter Club"

We begin our new Children’s Ministry, “Kids’ Next Chapter Club” on Tuesday, November 12^th, 6:30 p.m.- 7:45 p.m. Help us spread the Good News!

Our Leaders so far are:

     Dawn Aimone

     Linda Backmann

     Bev Davis

     Nick Fitzpatrick

     Meggan Fitzpatrick

     Liz Gustafson

     Pastor Janet L. Waychoff

Advent Bible Study

Advent Bible Study will begin on Wednesday, December 4^th, 5:00 p.m. with a light meal served and will continue through Wednesday, December 18^th, and 19th.  The Bible Study begins at 5:30.





 Sunday Morning Sunday School

Sunday mornings, 9:30-10:15 a.m. Pastor has begun a small group Bible Study based on Rick Warren’s Book “The Purpose Driven Life”. Join us if interested!







Children's Moment

She was right after all    

  Small children were putting on a Christmas     

  program. The entertainment proceeded without a  

  hitch until near the end of the event. Each child held  

  a large card with a letter printed on it. The letters  

  were turned away from the audience. One by one  

  each child turned the card he or she was holding to

  reveal a letter. First was the child with the “C,” then  

  the one with the “H,” and so on down the line. When

  it was time for a little girl to hold up the “M,” it was  

  upside down. The “M” appeared to be a “W.”

  Quiet giggles rippled through the audience.   

  Nevertheless, the kids continued one by one to

  reveal the rest of the cards. When the last card was

  shown, the cards were meant to spell out:

  C H R I S T M A S L O V E
  Instead, they spelled:
  C H R I S T W A S L O V E
  What first seemed to be a mistake wasn’t one after    

  all.







Operation Christmas Child



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 27 shoeboxes for children in need.  Pastor prayed over the shoeboxes during Worship Service.



Dusty and Peggy Tobin put the boxes together for us to fill and they took the shoeboxes to the Drop-Off Center.  Thank you to everyone that helped make this ministry outreach a success!!! 



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 need to be in the Church

Office by December 8th

  Help The Homeless

               Mission

October-November Mission Project

“Heroes With Hearts For The Homeless”

Thank you to everyone that donated to this!  Our receptacles were overflowing in the Narthex area! 

Praise God!

American Baptist Mission

This is an American Baptist Mission Offering we receive in December.  This offering goes to help give gifts of gratitude to retired ministers and missionaries.  Our Goal is $400.  Thank you for helping us meet or surpass our Goal.



Christmas Prayer

Loving Father, help us to remember the  

  birth of Jesus, that we may share in the

  song of the angels, the gladness of the  

  shepherds, and the worship of the wise  

  men.

  Close the door of hate and open the door of   

  love all over the world. Let kindness come

  with every gift, and good desires with every

  greeting. Deliver us from evil by the

  blessing which Christ brings, and teach us

  to be merry with clear hearts.

  May the Christmas morning make us happy   

  to be thy children, and the Christmas

  evening bring us to our beds with grateful

  thoughts, forgiving and forgiven, for Jesus’

  sake. Amen!

  —Robert Louis Stevenson   



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!