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Highlights 

June 2018

FirstBaptistChurch,49W.BoyceSt.,Manning,SC29102Volume23IssueNo.5May26,2018www.fbcmanning.org

June 3* 10* 17* 24 July 1* 8* 15* 22* 29*Aug 5 12* 19 26 Sept 2 9 16* 23* 30*Oct 7* 14 21* 28 Nov 4 11 18* 25* Dec 2* 9* 16* 23* 30*

*denotesdatetaken

2018 flower Calendar

IthasnowbeenayearsinceIfirstmetyou,themembersofFirstBaptistChurch.Youhada“meetandgreet”drop-inforusonSaturday,May20,Ipreachedandyouvotedtocallmeapastorthenextday,andIofficiallystartedonJuly16.

Whatawonderfulyearithasbeen.BetsyandIneverconsideredthepossibilityofcomingbackhomebeforeretirement.Itjustdidnotoccurtous.WhenweleftSumterin1985wefiguredwewouldfollowGodwhereverHeledusuntiltimetoretireandthenmaybe,justmaybe,wewouldreturntothisarea.Butwewerenotevensureofthat,especiallyafterwebuiltahouseonLakeHickory.Notabadplacetospendone’sretirement.Iwaseventakingupfly-fishing!

Butthenyoucalled,ortobemoreaccurateGodcalledthroughyou.Itwastrulya“Macedoniancall”experienceforus.ThatisareferencetotheApostlePaulinActs16.PaulthoughtheknewwhatGodwantedhimtodo.Inotherwords,Paulhadhisfutureallfiguredout,orsohethought.ThenGodsenthimavisioninwhichhesawamansaying,“ComeovertoMacedoniaandhelpus.”LikePaul,BetsyandIthoughtwehaditall

figuredout,atleastourimmediatefuture.Ididnotreceiveavision,justane-mailfromPeggyLester,aphonecallfromDougStrickland,andaSundayafternoonchatwiththeSearchCommittee.Godspokethroughthemall.

Wearegladwedid!Youhavebeenwonderfultousineveryway.TheSpiritinthechurchisgreatandIexpectsomegreatthingswillhappeninthecomingyears.Ithasalreadystarted:wehadsomenewmembers,abaptism,goodattendance,andalotofjoy.WearelookingforwardtowhateverGodhasnextforourchurch.

Phillip

From the Pastor…

*Old sports pictures: we are going to be creating

a hall of fame. Please bring us a copy of  you

playing a sport. Pictures can be brought to the

church office or emailed to picsfbcm@gmail.com

*Drink mixes: lemonade, Koolaid, etc.

*Bags of Chips: any brand or flavor (kid friendly) 

Things needed for VBS:

*Old sports pictures: we are going to be creating

a hall of fame. Please bring us a copy of  you

playing a sport. Pictures can be brought to the

church office or emailed to picsfbcm@gmail.com

*Drink mixes: lemonade, Koolaid, etc.

*Bags of Chips: any brand or flavor (kid friendly) 

Things needed for VBS:

DearNurseryWorkers,

Iwanttoexpressmydeepestappreciationtoyouonajobwelldone!Godblessyouso!Thankyouforservinginsuchanawesomewayasyouhavedoneovertheselastyears.Youhavecertainlyperformedawonderfulserviceinthismissionforourkids,whichisdefinitelyagreatmission!OurnurseryisgrowingandthatisapraisetoGod!

IwillnolongerbetheNurseryDirectorduetohealthissues,soShelleyRichburghasgraciouslyofferedtotakecareofthenursery:scheduling,&etc.Ireallyenjoyedbeingyourdirector,IfeelyouwillsupportShelleyasdidtome.Shewillbeawesometoworkwith!

Thanksagainforallyourkindnessandhelp.

InChrist’slove,

Terry

“IcandoallthingsthroughHimwhostrengthensme.”

Philippians4:13

If you have not completed a background check please contact

Shelley Richburg as soon as possible.

Thank you for making our Church safe for every family!

The Security Team is seeking volunteers to monitor the hallways

the week of VBS 2018. W e need at least

two men each night. If you are interested please

contact Bo Shotwell.

Monthly Meetings

Sunday,June37:00pmTrusteeMeeting

Monday,June410:30amPersonnelMeeting

Wednesday,June66:00pmBusinessMeeting

Sunday,June105:00pmFinanceMeeting

Sunday,June247:00pmDeaconMeeting

Men’sPrayerBreakfastTuesday,June5th7:30am@Shoney’s---------------------------------------------RoyalServantsTuesday,June5th3:00pm–TELClassroom---------------------------------------------DonutswithDeaconsSunday,June3rd9:15amFellowshipHall----------------------------------------------PrayingHandsTuesday,June12th6:00pm-TBA

SundaySchool&WorshipAttendance

Date SS 11:00am

4/29 132 196

5/6 108 164

5/13 107 215

5/20 121 157

WeeklyOffering2018

WeeklyBudget:$12,020OfferingReceived:April15 $10,656April22$8,542April29 $7,050 May6$12,750

DeaconoftheWeekJune3:C.E.Coker410-1063June10:MarionDuBose460-8383June17:MichaelJohnson460-9206June24:DavidRichburg473-0755HallMonitorsJune3:FrankJonesJune10:BoShotwellJune17:JeffLeeJune24:BuddyLesterChildren’sChurchJune3:ShelleyRichburgJune10:Glenn&SaraBeatsonJune17:F.B.&ShelleyJonesJune24:Parker&MichaelJohnsonNurseryWorkersJune3:AngieJohnson&JennyWigginsJune10:Cheryl&SheldonEtheridgeJune17:EllenTaylor&KayFinleyJune24:HeatherBranham&ChrisEmory

June Service Ministries

FBC By The Numbers

June read the Bible Thru

June-ReadThruTheBibleJune1–2Kings24-25:John3:1-21June2–1Chronicles1-2:John3:22-36June3–1Chronicles3-4:John4:1-42June4–1Chronicles5-6:John4:43-54June5–1Chronicles7-8:John5:1-17June6–1Chronicles9-10:John5:18-47June7–1Chronicles11-12:John6:1-15June8–1Chronicles13-15:John6:16-40June9–1Chronicles16-17:John6:41-71June10–1Chronicles18-19:John7:1-36June11–1Chronicles20-21:John7:37-53June12–1Chronicles22-24:John8:1-11June13–1Chronicles25-27:John8:12-59June14–1Chronicles28-29:John9June15–2Chronicles1-2:John10:1-21June16–2Chronicles3-4:John10:22-42June17–2Chronicles5-6:John11June18–2Chronicles7-9:John12:1-19June19–2Chronicles10-12:John12:20-50June20–2Chronicles13-16:John13June21–2Chronicles17-19:John14June22–2Chronicles20-21:John15June23–2Chronicles22-23:John16June24–2Chronicles24-25:John17June25–2Chronicles26-27:John18June26–2Chronicles28-29:John19:1-16June27–2Chronicles30-31:John19:17-42June28–2Chronicles32:John20:1-18June29–2Chronicles33-34:John20:19-31June30–2Chronicles35-36:John21

Staff Birthdays!

1 JoeConyers

June Birthdays!

04 NickHodgeJr.LaneHam AnsleyRidgill05NedMcIntosh06ReneeWard 09 BrookeMcPhail10 MichellePierson11 JennyWiggins12 GabbyPeters14 ChrisEmory15 VondaStrickland AllenJohnson19GailBarwick CarlaRickenbaker DavidRichburgStormiLee20 StevenHopper RoySmithJr.21 SusieMcLeod22 ReneeStogner23IvaJaneHamJoanneWelch29PhyllisBeardColemanWard

May Business Meeting May 9, 2018

Frank Jones,moderator,presidedover theMay conference. Minutes of the Aprilmeeting were approved as printed. Frankannouncedthat,duetoBibleSchoolkickoffon June 13th, the June conference will beon June 6th. We will have a kickoffcelebration thatnight.Bible schoolwill beweekofJune17-22.Thefollowingreportsweregiven:

Music: Lee Stogner,worship leader, askedfor our prayers and patience with theworship team during the summer. SeveralareoutoftownmanySundays.

Finance: Frank Jones, chair, pointed outfromtheavailablereportthatourreceiptsfor the month of April exceeded ourexpenses by $8,012.20. The Harvest Dayofferingwas$4,374.00givingus a totalof$51,708.08 in that account. Of thatamount, $32,000 is set aside for theelevator fund, and the balance of$19,708.08 is for the sign. Our MissionPartner contribution for the month was$750.00.We have a CDmaturing onMay14 and will renew at the best availablerate.FrankbroughtamotionfromFinanceto add $6,528.00 to the budget to coverthe Summer Intern position. This is basedon40hours/weekat$12/hr.for14weeks.Thismotionpassedunanimously.

Deacons: David Richburg, chair, saidactivities planned that would beannouncedinJune.

Trustees: Richard Long, chair, reportedprogress being made on sign. Brass locksarebeinginstalledonoutsidedoorsatcostof $3,367.20. The body approved thisexpenditure. Franklin Brown is installingnew thermostats to up- date our presentsystem and give us amuchmore efficientenergymanagement. This cost should notexceed an additional $3000.00. This wasalso approved. These do not exceed theirbudget. Richard Taylor, member oftrustees, reported that roof and someinterior painting has been completed atcost of $49,717.00- 8ft. roof extension$18,800, roofing $25,500, gutters $3,065andpaintingoutsideandinbalcony(waterdamage) $2,352. A new dishwasher waspurchased to replace broken one at priceof$150.

Hospitality:PhyllisBeard,chair,announcedthatwewill have a fifth Sunday dinner inJuly.OnJune24thwewillhaveanicecreamsocialsogetoutyourchurnsandgetreadyto supply. Our last summer social will bewatermelonfeastonAugust12th.

Church Council: Moderator Frankannounced that deacons and councilapprovedaJulyJubileeforthisyearaslastfew years. This means regular Sundaymorningactivitiesbutnoeveningones.Thedresswillbecasual.Preschool: Gene Benfield, for Wendy Hill,director, reported that another year iswinding down. Three have enrolled fornextyear.MaryBeth,heraide,needsajobforthesummer!

BudgetRequestsIfyouarechairofacommitteethatrequestsmoneyfromthebudget,pleaseturnthatrequestintothe

officebyJune1.

Ifwedonotreceivearequest,wewillassumethatthisyear’s

amountissufficient.

Nominating: Virginia Beatson, acting forchair, brought the following names toreplace resignations: Iva Jane Ham,counting committee; Richard Berry,nominating until 2019; Honri Jones (2019)and Irene Carter (2020), personnel. Thisnotionwasapprovedunanimously.

Safety:BoShotwell, chair, said theyare inprocess of getting prices for wirelesscameras to monitor all entrances tochurch.F.B. Joneshasagreed tohelpwithinstallationofsame.Ifsuspiciousactivityisnoticed in parking lots, the police will benotified.

Senior Adult Luncheon: Peggy Lester,chair, announced the next lunch forTuesday, September 18, with Tom Vassaras speaker. Kem Thomas, Methodistminister, will be the speaker on October16.

SeniorAdultActivities:AnitaArd,director,announcedthatthegroupwillbegoingforpeachesinJuly,dateTBD.

WMU:Honri Jones,director,reportedthatwe sent $10,606.58 for our AnnieArmstrong offering, exceeding our goal.We attended Santee Association WMUSpringmeeting and sent 16 health kits tothe association office. Honri brought amotion thatwecontinuewithourMissionPartnershipwith the Joneses until August.PeggyLesterhadadvised that theywillbecoming home from Saipan because ofseveralchanges intheircircumstancesandthus leaving the NAMB. This money willhelp them as they transition back to theUSA. Anyone wishing to designate hismission money for Billy and Joy Jones

needstobesuretomarkonenvelope.Thismotionpassedunanimously.

Youth, Children Search Committee: DougStrickland,chair,reportedontheinterviewthey had on Tuesday with a prospectivecandidate. Although she had some goodattributes,thecommitteedidnotfeelthatshewouldbeagoodfitforourchurch.Theclassifiedadwillgobackout,andresumeswillbeacceptednow.

After the meeting ended, Dr. Reynolds,minister,congratulatedthechurchonsuchagoodfinancialreport.HeannouncedthatFishersofMenwillbeholdingabanquetatour churchonMay18. The churchwill beresponsible for all thework, so if you canhelp in any way, please contact RichardTaylor. At least three babies will bededicatedonSunday,the13th,baptismandgraduate recognition will be on the 20th,andspecialactivitiesarebeingplannedforthe27th.

This concluded all our business andinformation.

SubmittedbyMaryAliceIpock,Clerk

Upcoming events

Sunday,June39:15DonutswithDeacons9:45amBibleStudy11:00amWorshipService5:00pmChildren’sChoir6:00pmEveningService6:00pmRA/GA/YouthonMissions

Monday,June410:00amZumbaClass10:30amPersonnelMeeting

Tuesday,June57:30Men’sBreakfastatShoney’s10:00amZumbaClass3:00pmRoyalServants

Wednesday,June610:00amWedAMBibleStudy5:30pmDancersofWonder6:00pmPreciousHandPuppetMinistry6:00pmBusinessMeeting6:30pmWWJDChildren’sMinistry7:00pmAdultChoirPractice

Thursday,June710:00amZumbaClass6:00pmWomenofWonderBibleStudy

Sunday,June10DeaconElection(Preliminary)9:45amBibleStudy11:00amWorshipService5:00pmChildren’sChoirFinanceMeeting6:00pmEveningService6:00pmRA/GA/YouthonMissions

Monday,June1110:00amZumbaClass

Tuesday,June1210:00amZumbaClass6:00pmPrayingHands

Wednesday,June1310:00amWedAMBibleStudy5:30pmVBSTailgateKickoff6:30pmWWJDChildren’sMinistry7:00pmAdultChoirPractice

Thursday,June1410:00amZumbaClass6:00pmWomenofWonderBibleStudy

Sunday,June179:45amBibleStudy11:00amWorshipServiceNoEveningService-HappyFather’sDay!

Monday,June18---Friday,June225:30-8:30pmVBS!!

Sunday,June24FinalDeaconElection9:45amBibleStudy11:00amWorshipService5:00pmChildren’sChoir6:00pmEveningService6:00pmRA/GA/YouthonMissions7:00pmIceCreamSocialDeaconsMeeting

Monday,June2510:00amZumbaClass

Tuesday,June2610:00amZumbaClass

Wednesday,June2710:00amWedAMBibleStudy5:30pmDancersofWonder6:00pmPreciousHandPuppetMinistry6:00pmPrayerMeeting6:30pmWWJDChildren’sMinistry7:00pmAdultChoirPractice

Thursday,June2810:00amZumbaClass

GearingUpForSummer

We are looking forward to a full summer ofministry and outreach in Ogden. We alreadyhavefivemissionteamsonthedockettohelpuswith block parties, evangelism, canvassing,andblessingourcommunity.In JunewewillwelcomeNaomiMoats as oursummermissionary/intern. Naomi will will bewithustolearnaboutmissions,coordinateourmission teams, and develop her ownministryskillsinapracticalmanner.Pleaseprayforherasshepreparestogiveuphersummertoservethe Lord in a place in desperate need of thegospel

PrayerNeeds

• We are in the very early stages ofnegotiations for a possible newmeeting place. Please pray for thosenegotiations, wisdomin decision-making, and God's provision in theeventthatweareabletomove.

• TheWood family and their new daughter,Caroline. Carolinewas diagnosedwithspina bifida several months ago andthenmade her appearance in April! Itwas a good and healthy delivery, butCarolinerecentlyunderwentsurgerytohave a shunt placed in her head torelieve hydrocephalus (fluid on thebrain).Prayforthedaysahead,asthe

Wood family adjusts not only to lifewithanewborn,butalsotolifewithaspecial needs child. Theyhave alreadyseen God work mightily through thetestimonyofCaroline,andweknowhehasgreatplansforherlife.

• Continued discipleship of new believers.Please pray that we continue todisciple our people and to makedisciples of those who have recentlytrustedChrist.

• Ongoingwitnessing/evangelismopportunities.

Thankyou!

We are so grateful for your prayers,encouragement,andyour financial support!If you are interested in sending a missionteaminthecomingmonths,pleasesendanemailtonick@redemptionutah.com.If you would like to support RedemptionChurchfinancially,pleasesendacheckto:

RedemptionChurchPOBox150211Ogden,UT84415

You can also givesecurely online atwww.redemptionutah.com/donateWeare excited aboutwhat the futureholdsfor Ogden and the rest of Utah, and wewould ask you to continue to pray for us aswe seekdodoHiswill and share thegospelwith those around us. Thank you for yourprayers, encouragement and financialsupport. And thank you for being a part ofwhatGodisdoinginourcommunity!

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WORSHIPSERVICESCHEDULE

BibleStudy........................................................................9:45amSundayMorningWorshipService……...........................…11:00amEveningWorshipService……….........................................6:00pmPrayerMeeting–WednesdayNight………...…………….......6:00pmFirstBaptistChurch49WestBoyceStreetManning,SC29102

________________________________________________CHURCHDIRECTORY

Dr.PhillipReynolds……….….…………………………………PastorMr.LeeStogner.....................................................WorshipLeaderMrs.BeckyThomas.......FinancialSecretary/AdministratorMs.KelseySteele…………………….AdministrativeAssistantMs.ShelleyRichburg…………………….SummerYouthInternMrs.KathyGatlin.................................................................OrganistMrs.HeatherHawkins...........................................................PianistMr.JosephConyers...........................................................CustodianMr.FranklinBrown…………………………………….MaintenanceMrs.WendyHill……………………………...….PreschoolDirectorMrs.AnnetteCanty……………………………………..Housekeeper

ChurchTelephone:(803)435-8136

ChurchFax(803)435-9035Website:www.fbcmanning.org

E-mailaddress:fbcmanning@ftc-i.net

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DearChurchFamily,Wordscan’texpressmythanksforthecalls,cards,prayers,andcontributionsgiveninmemoryformydaughterBarbaraSampson.LoveinChrist,LucilleBrewer

Don’t Forget Deacon Election

Sunday, June 10 & Sunday, June 24

Deacon Eligibility List 2018

Glenn Ardis

Scott Conant

Sheldon Etheridge

Bob Fleming

Slick Gibbons

W.D. Harrington

Nick Hodge

Frank Jones

LeBon Joye

Ray Langston

Bill Martin

Mike Moody

Tracy Morris

Leroy Phillips

Jim Queen

Bo Shotwell

Roy Stewart

Jimmy Thompson

Bobby Wilder

Butch Wilkes