Your Special Tender Cards!!! Attention, If you do not have your Country Mart Card number registered with the church please give the number to Doris Grogan. The church receives 1% of your total purchase price by your using your card. If you buy the Gift Cards (sold Sunay mornings before and after church and at Chuppers) the church receives 5% of the amount returned. By using both the church receives a total of 6%. You may be registered with a school...and if you are, you can also register with the church. Thanks to all who have been buying the cards.
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New Young Adult Bible Study Class (post college) meets Thursday evening (7pm). For more information contact David Glavin. This group has also started a new Sunday School Class at 10 am in the Library. Anyone fitting this age group is invited and welcome to attend either one or both.
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Chuppers
You won’t want to miss our Chuppers Kick-off this Wednesday evening! Come at 5:45 PM for a great meal of Sloppy Joes, Cole Slaw, Chips, and Carrot Sticks, prepared by Cheryl and her crew. (Please be sure to sign up on the Registration slip this morning to indicate your reservations.) Following the meal, or about 6:30 PM, everyone will be dismissed to the Sanctuary for music, exciting news about Chuppers activities, a devotion by Pastor Joel, introduction of teachers, refreshments, etc. Be sure to invite and bring anyone who has not been a part of Chuppers in the past and enjoy a great evening!
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Youth Group
Weekly Schedule: Fall 2010
Wednesday Sept. 8th: 6:30 p.m. Fall kick off celebration (Elliott Hall)
Wednesdays: Jr. and Sr. High (in the youth room)
6:30 – 7:30 p.m.
On Wednesdays we meet as a large group at 6:30 for worship, games, lesson, and small
group discussions. After worship and games the Jr. and Sr. high group will split up to
discuss the lesson.
Sundays: On Sunday nights Fall 2010, the Jr. and Sr. High youth will meet separately.
Jr. High Sr. High (Crown Financial
Study)
6:00 – 7:30 p.m. 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
(Youth room) (Tom Neff’s House)
1415 S. Mulberry Ottawa KS
Youth Praise Band
Youth who posses a skill in music whether it is an instrument/vocals/technical support, can learn more about the group by contacting Don Currier or David Glavin.
7:45 – 8:30 p.m.
(Youth room)
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Hope Pelton and Mary Ramavathu would be willing to present programs to anyone who would like to hear more about India, where both have lived. Contact Hope at 242-3942, or her cell 418-9745.
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Our 4 ABW Ministries Circles will resume meeting in September. These Circles provide opportunities for each woman of the church “to become and develop as God’s person, to build God’s faith community; and to serve God’s world.”
Mission Possible Circle meets at the home of Jane Smith on Tuesday, September 14th at 7:30 PM. The program is will be by Hope Pelton & Mary Ramavathu on their trip to India last summer.
Virginia Gilroy will be hostess for the Christian Service Circle for their first meeting of the year on Wednesday, September 15th at 1:30 PM. The program is Scholarship Refit.
Samaritan Circle will be hosted by Glenda Schmidt Wednesday, September 15th at 9:30 AM. The program will be by Janine Burke Clark.
Claire Davis will be hostess for Searchers Circle at 1:30 PM on Wednesday, September 15th . Shirley Reynolds will have devotions; the program is White Cross.
All women of the church are encouraged and invited to attend the circle of their choice.
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The AB Women's Ministries invites the congregation to help us provide our White Cross gift to he Edna Martin Christian Center in Indianapolis, IN. We have been asked to provide toys, clothing, craft and school supplies, and paper products totaling $175. Rather than having to pay postage to send the items, we are able to send a gift card for the staff to purchase the items in Indianapolis. A White Cross tree is at the back of the sanctuary with envelopes with varing amounts as suggested minimum contibutions. If all the envelopes are taken and returned to a White Cross box in the sancturary or Elliott Hall, we will raise what we need to meet our gift.
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The Nominating Committee has been approved by the Church Council for selecting officers for 2011. Those on the committee are those who went off chuch council in 2009: Wayne Jones, Miriam Lemp, Rob McCally, and Scott White; and those selected by our 6 standing committees: Jenna Johnson, Dee Gislar, Bertha Morgan, Miriam Lemp, Bob Becker, and Brian Fast. Moderator David Lee will be convening this group as they start the process for electing church officers in October.
Positions to be filled are 4 Council postitions, 1 Youth Representative to Council, Chairman of Christian Education, Diaconate Chairman, Stewardship Committee Chairman, and Pastoral Relations Representative from the Congregation. If you are interested in serving in one of the positions, please contact a Nominating Committee Member.
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Make a Joyful Noise
The Sanctuary Choir 7 pm in the Choir Room. All singers are invited to be part of this choir which sings at the Alleluia Service. Please Come!
Faith Ringers begins Wednesday, September 8th at 6:30 pm in the Parlor. Please Contact Gaynia (242-2130) if you are interested in ringing in this bell choir.
Children's Bell Choir begins Wednesday, Spetember 8th at 7:30 PM in the Parlor.
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OPPORTUNITIES
Be a part of the First Baptist e-mail or phone prayer chains. If you have not submitted your e-mail to the church office and would like to be included, please put your email or phone number on the registration slip on Sunday morning or call the church office. For a prayer request to be posed, please have approval of the person for whom your are requesting prayer.
Note: Jan Lee sends out the email prayer chain form an account only for the prayer chain. She does not regularly check it for messages. If you have a request for the prayer chain, contact her directly (242-5200, ext. 5446 work or 242-5643 home). she does not have acccess to a computer on the weekends. If you would like to updated the status of a prayer request, she will be happy to put it on the prayer chain.
Our Outreach Committee will once again be popping corn on the north side of the Sanctuary during Ottawa’s Cruise Night on September 18th. No popcorn will be needed for this, but you can support this endeavor by helping deliver bags of popcorn up and down Main Street. One-hour shifts are suggested between 4 and 10 PM, and sign-up sheets are in the Parlor and Elliott Hall for you to select a time. Thanks to everyone for your help and support.
Our Outreach Committee is grateful to you for your generosity in working with Hope House to provide socks and underwear for students ages 5 through 18. You donated 50 packages of socks and underwear of all types. Thanks to everyone who has helped provide these items for students in need.
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Saturday, September 25th, Greenwood Baptist Church will be having a festival/singspiration day. Details will be forthcoming. Please note the day change -- Saturday rather than Sunday.
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The 2010 Gathering of the American Baptist Churches of the Central Region will be October 8-9, hosted by First Baptist Church of Atchinson and held at Heritage Conference Center in Atchison. The 150th anniversary of Kansas Baptists will be observed. Dr. A. Roy Medley, Executive General Secretary of the American Baptist Churches USA will be the keynote speaker. Registration information is available in the church office and is due in the Region office by September 15th. Although we are entiteled to 5 voting delegates, anyone is welcome to attend. Contact the Church office if you would like to represent us as a delegate.
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Chautauqua Update- A few newsletters ago, I shared with you about our participation in the Chautauqua - October 10-14 at the Green Lake Conference Center, Green Lake, WI. At this point, in addition to Jeanne Anne and me, there are about a dozen people from our church that are going. Since we have 10 or more people, each person receives a $25.00 discount. If you are interested or want more infromation, please call me or the church office.
Joel
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Our Annual Fall Festival will be Saturday, October 23 at 10:30 AM at First Baptist Church rather than at a school. So many of you have been such good help in the past few years, and we hope you can volunter again this year! You'll be hearing mor in the near future.
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Ottawa’s annual (almost) CROP Walk for Hunger will be Sunday, October 10th, beginning at 2 PM. Packets will soon be available for you to begin getting pledges!
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Women of Faith- will be November 5th & 6th at the Sprint Center.
Tickets are $89 (group rate) and the conference hours are 10:00-3:30 and 7:00-9:00 on Friday and 9:00-4:00 on Saturday. If you are unable to attend any of the sessions, your are able to split the tickets and share them with someone who could use the session your are unable to attend. The ticket price includes a box lunch for both days. Speakers include Lisa Harper, Luci Swindoll, Sheila Walsh and musical guests include Natalie Grant and Mary Mary. You can go to www.gps.womenoffaith.com, look for the group "WOF-Ottawa" to attend this event with this group. At this website you can join the group, pay for your ticket online, (you can even choose to make payments if you are not able to pay the full amount now), and then you will be notified of our group "news" by email. Ticket money will be due by August 15th. If you have questions please contact Dawn Cubbison at 242-6145 or dcubbison@gmail.com.
