The Communicator Newsletter, June 2010 | Skipwith Baptist Church

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The Communicator

Volume 17, issue 6 June 2010

Skipwith Baptist Church

1900 Skipwith road

Henrico, Virginia 23229

Phone: 804-282-2234 – Fax: 804-282-2267

www.skipwithbaptistchurch.org

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The Pastor’s Corner

Summertime is coming and brings great opportunities for our church. We will welcome and enjoy the Youth Choir from First Baptist Church, Forsyth, GA on June 6. Remember the worship service will start promptly at 10:50 that morning so let us come expecting a great day.

High Attendance Sunday and Graduate Recognition Sunday June 13. Call your class members and invite someone to Sunday school for an emphasis on our Bible Teaching Ministry we call Sunday School.

We are proud of three of our young people graduating from high school this year. We will congratulate them in this service and hear of their plans for the future. They are all high quality people and I look forward to hearing how God will use them in the future. I thought of the lines from Longfellow celebrating their different personalities:

But the great Master said, “I see

No best in kind, but in degree;

I gave a various gift to each,

To charm, to strengthen, and to teach.”

The singers

Father’s day we will also Commission our Youth Team traveling to Alabama for their Mission Fuge experience. The young people have worked hard and the church family has been wonderfully supportive this year in encouragement and financial support. We will pray for them for a wonderful God blessed week.

July 4^th comes on a Sunday this year. Let’s celebrate our personal freedom and our spiritual freedom on this Sunday. The dress code suggestion for the day is appropriate casual dress in an patriotic color. We will reach out to neighbors and friends for a good day to worship.

Remember the church budget as we head through the summer. We have some work to do to catch up with our expenses for the year. Your good spirit and God’s faithfulness are the foundation we need for a good year.

Cecil

From Our Minister of Children, Youth and Young Adults

School is almost over, summer is almost here, and vacation is in sight! It is a time to take a break from the business of life, and maybe even get a change of pace. During this time it is important to remember that not only do our bodies and minds need to relax, but our spirits need rest too. How often do we ask God to just be in His presence? How often do we slow down enough to sit in the stillness and peacefulness of our Lord? I encourage you to be near your Creator, and find rest and healing in His love and grace! In the book “Captivating” it says, “In the spacious love of God, our souls can lie down and rest”.

Psalm 46: 10 “Be still, and know that I am God”

April

The Financial Corner $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

April Deposits - $17,872.05

April Expenses - $23,903.09

At our Business meeting last month our pastor let us know that some changes in the budget may be necessary to keep us afloat if things don’t do a turn around. According to our numbers above, we are not seeing that happen at all. Each month we wink deeper in the hole. If it helps anyone become a more faithful timely giver, I let bill pay send my check for me each month. That way I never miss a chance or week to give to our church. Maybe you would consider doing this. (set up some type of automatic payment)

O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you, my soul thirsts for you in a dry and weary land where there is no water. I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory. Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you, I will praise you as long as I live and in your name I will lift up my hands Psalm 63: 1-3

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June Birthdays

1 Tess Bittner

1 Candy Lewis

7 Kenneth Tingler

7 Whit Privott

7 J.P. McGuire

10 Keith Mahnken

11 Simone Conyers

12 George Corey

13 Karen Colley

15 Caleb Tutwiler

21 Nancy Crowder

21 Jerry Farmer

21 Beth Bruno

21 Daro Ing

22 Curtis Harver

23 Robin Daughtery

24 Cheryl Mehands

25 Margaret Jordan

29 Stacy Braun

30 Hilda Giannotti

30 Thomas Dance

Happy Birthday and Many More!!

A Note from the Forest Heights Garden Club

May 13, 2010

The members of the Forest Heights Garden Club send our many thanks to you. We appreciate the wonderful room with “great” tables to show our plants and flower designs. Have a great summer – 18 of us (usually about 12 ladies) will see you in September.

Thanks,

Fran Purdum

With their note of thanks, they have included a check for $185.00 to be used for lawn care.

The garden club meets in our fellowship hall on the third Tuesday of each month (September – May) for their meetings.

Congratulations to our Three High School Graduates!!!!!

Jessica Atkinson graduates from John Randolph Tucker High School and will be attending Radford University in the fall.

Zoe Edwards is a graduate of Henrico High School and will attend Liberty University.

Michael Braun leaves the halls of Deep Run High School to attend Regent University this fall.

There will be a special recognition of our graduates at the June 13^th worship service. We are proud of our young people and send them off for more education with our prayers and best wishes for much happiness and success in attaining their life goals.

Lifeline Screening - coming to Skipwith June 25, 8:00 am – 5:30 pm

Stroke, Vascular Disease and Heart Rhythm Package; all 4 tests for only $139.00. There will be a $10.00 discount for Skipwith members . Pre-registration is required. Call Jill at 804-869-3078 to make an appointment. The screening will take place in our fellowship hall.
For more information see our display on the back hall bulletin board.

Do You Know Who Cleans our Church Building each Week?

We have a contract with Coverall Cleaning Company to clean the building for us. They have assigned a very nice gentleman whose name is Willie Jackson to come to Skipwith each week. Willie is a former state trooper. He is also a former weight lifter. This he had to give up after a recent back surgery. Willie is also a chauffeur for one of the Judges here in Richmond. Occasionally Willie has to clean on Thursday rather than Friday because the Judge needs a ride to Virginia Beach for a trial. Willie has a wife, a son and daughter and one grandson.

If you are ever at the church on Friday, say hello to Willie and thank him for cleaning our church!

Senior Luncheon to be held at Skipwith

On Tuesday, June 15^th Janet Atkinson and our senior committee will serve lunch at 12:30 p.m. for all seniors in the Wright Fellowship Hall. The menu: Chicken, Pasta, and Fruit salads served with Hot Homemade rolls and a Brownie with ice cream.

You will need to make your reservation by signing the list posted on the back hall bulletin board. The cost of the meal is $5.00.

Following lunch, we will take a little trip by video. The destination is a surprise, but it will be great fun so join us and bring your friends!

High Attendance Day in Sunday School

Our Sunday School Director and staff have set-aside Sunday, June 13^th as High Attendance Day in Sunday School.

This will be a good time to check over your class roll and contact those members who have not been coming lately. Urge them to come back! Go out and invite your neighbors and co-workers to join you in Bible study on Sundays, Let’s fill the classrooms to overflowing on the 13^th.

Library News

We are starting a new chapter with the church library. This chapter promises to be full of excitement, reorganization and updating. We will learn of the characters we know and love, as well as new characters who are learning along the way.

As the current chapter comes to a close, we will all be confronted with patience, suspense, and transition. With this chapter closing, the library also will need to temporarily close beginning June 7 and it would be helpful if any checked-out materials could be returned by June 6. Hopefully, this will not be for too long and the new chapter will begin soon. Please keep us in your prayers as we go through this transition.

The Library Committee

Carol Price

Nancy Crowder

Jean Austin

Virginia and Paul Tucker

June 2010 Skipwith Baptist Church