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4041 Bahia Vista Street • Sarasota, FL 34232
Ph: 941.377.4041 • Fax: 941.378.9674 www.BahiaVistaChurch.org info@bahiavistachurch.org
July 21, 2013
Roger Shenk
“Goodness Me” part 1 of 4
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We’re so glad you chose to worship with us today. Please let us know how we can serve you. We want to connect with you at your speed & in your way. Please take a moment to complete a Communication Card & place it in the offering during the service. Even better, bring it by the Welcome Center to receive a special gift.
During our Family Worship Service, our Nursery is fully staffed to care for children from birth through 3 years old. Kids from PreK through Grade 5 will be dismissed for Little Eden Kids’ Church during the service. Parents can pick them up in room 4 after Family Worship. Visit the Welcome Center to register your child prior to the service.
9:30 – 10:15am Every Sunday Morning • Open Class – room 4
United Class – room 9 • Practical Living & Friendship – room 11 • Prime Time & Faith Issues – room 17
We have a community bulletin board! It is located in the hallway near the kitchen. This board offers space for YOU to post items for sale, properties for rent, job openings, etc. Feel free to post what you like. All posts should be dated and will remain on the board at the discretion of the church office. Don’t forget to take a look. You just might find what you’ve been looking for all along!
Please have submissions for the newsletter to the office by 10a Wed. mornings. Email submissions to bonnie@bahiavistachurch.org.
AM Attendance................................................................................ 275
Offerings & Contributions ........................................................... $7262
Change for a Dollar .................................................. $184/ $14,833 YTD
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Sunday, July 21 8:15a – Traditions Worship Service 9:30a – Adult Christian Education 10:30a – Family Worship & Kids Church
Monday, July 22 9a – 12p - VBS
Tuesday, July 23 8:30a – Pastoral Team Meeting – library 9a - VBS
Wednesday, July 24 9a - VBS 4:30p – Seniors Balance & Exercise – overflow area 6:30-8:30p – Connect Youth – modules 2 & 3 7-8p – NO Kids Club this week 7-8p – BV Young Families & Career Group – room 11 7p – Prayer & Psalms Group – overflow area
Thursday, July 25 8:30a –NO Dorcas Circle 9a - VBS 7p – The Post – offsite
Friday, July 26 9a - VBS 6p – VBS Friday Night Snowball Fight
Saturday, July 27 No activities planned
Sunday, July 28 8:15a – Traditions Worship Service 9:30a – Adult Christian Education 9:30a –10:30a Blood Pressure Screening – Room 12 10:30a – Family Worship & Kids Church 6p - Evening Service: Anabaptist History & Theology Part 1
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Clean Up at Queena Phu’s Saturday, July 27 a team will be heading to Brandon for a workday at the home of Queena Phu. We will be doing yard work & clean up around the house. Please sign up at the Welcome Center. We will meet in the church parking lot at 7a. to car pool. Here is another opportunity to express love to the Phu family and to Christ. Take Charge of Your Blood Pressure Next Sunday – Even young adults can take steps now to reduce their risk of High Blood Pressure. You can get more information & get your BP checked by Congregational Nurses next Sunday, July 28. BP checks are available on the 4th Sunday of every month from 9:30-10:30am in Room #12 (off of the Fellowship Hall). NEXT Sunday Eve @ 6p: Anabaptist History & Theology - Part I - Come learn more about our Anabaptist/Mennonite history and theology as Dawn Graber teaches a two-part series on Sunday evenings July 28 & August 11. Understanding our roots can be very helpful in shaping our identity & discerning our way forward. OneConcert – Just 2 weeks away - Sunday, August 4, 2013 at 7p. OneConcert is an extreme worship event held by area worship musicians from different churches to encourage unity of faith through regular experiences of worshiping together. We gather as One Body with One Spirit to give One Concert of praise to our One Lord with our One Faith. Look for the event on our Facebook page & invite your friends today! Money Talks: What Are You Hearing? The sequel to last year’s successful Everence video contest is officially under way. This year’s theme is “Money Talks: What Are You Hearing?” You’re encouraged to share the news about it with families & friends. The contest is open to anyone from 15 to 25 years. You can get the details – including a list of prizes, rules, & how to enter – at www.Everence.com/moneytalks.
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Suncoast Community Blood Bank… Save a Life. Donate Blood - The Blood Mobile will be here at BVMC Wednesday, Aug 7th 4-8p. Sign up at the Welcome Center or call the church office for a convenient appointment, or simply show up Wednesday between 4-8pm. There will be NO “Lunch with Pastor Roger” in the month of July. He will resume the regular schedule of 1st & 3rd Thursdays at 11:45a at Der Dutchman in August. Take the person to your right to lunch on those days! Be part of the IN crowd – People are needed to INclude, INspire, & INvolve others. Please share your time & gifts in the following areas:
First Aid Responders – Contact Carolyn Stoll 941.587.5868. or carolyn@bahiavistachurch.org Responders need to be licensed or retired health professional trained in First Aid Response to sudden illness or injury and current CPR/AED.
Little Eden Children’s Ministry – Contact Kayla Miller 616.648.9879 or kayla@bahiavistachurch.org.
Nursery – Contact Kayla Miller 616.648.9879 or kayla@bahiavistachurch.org.
Ushers & Greeters – Contact Larry Diener 941.377.4041 or larry@bahiavistachurch.org.
Video/Visual Tech – Contact Galen Swope or multimedia@bahiavistachurch.org.
Welcome Center – Contact Kim Trexler 941.685.0900 or kim.trexler@gmail.com.
Worship Band – Contact Rodney Shenk 941.812.9050 or rodney@bahiavistachurch.org.
Prevent Falls – For men & women who want to prevent falls. Come join us here at church on Wednesdays from 4:30-5:15pm in the overflow area for free education & movement training using balance, strength, & flexibility exercise designed to reduce the risk of falling. Our leaders have been trained by Senior Friendship Centers’ Falls Prevention Initiatives. Please wear walking shoes, bring water to drink & 2-pound hand weights (or borrow ours). It’s more than exercise!! Thank you to our trained leaders: Alice Bontrager, Faye Litwiller, Maietta Moshier, & Esther Tyson.
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Church Mailboxes – Mailboxes are located in the hallway near the kitchen. If you haven’t had one assigned to you, please submit a request via a Communication Card or by contacting the church office. In addition to email, mailboxes are a great way to receive church information. Mailboxes are FOR ALL who attend BVMC. New Number – Please update your directories &/or records with the following information:
Sandra Jamison has a new cell #941.525.3826 A Chance to Support Family Promise - The folks at Word of Mouth know how much we love dining there, so they’re opening up on a Monday evening just for supporters of the Family Promise Ministry. On Monday, July 29, from 5p to 8p, Word of Mouth at 711 S. Osprey Avenue will donate 20% of your tab to Family Promise of Sarasota. MEDA (Mennonite Economic Development Associates) has a lot going on and would love to include you. Visit the Welcome Center to pick up current information on “what’s happening”, or please visit their website, www.meda.org to get more information on the following event:
July 23rd – Lunch at Der Dutchman (RSVP required) Guest Speaker Kjell Purnell – Managing Director, Everence
June 24th to October 8th – Carolyn
Aug 1st to Aug 4th - Bonnie
Mark your calendars. More info to come on these important events: August 1st: Lunch with Pastor Roger August 2nd: Connect Youth Back to School Bash August 4th: One Concert August 5th: Visitation Team Meeting August 10th: Caring Sisters Breakfast @ BVMC August 11th:Eve Service – Anabaptist History & Theology – Part 2
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Please include the following members of our church family in prayer throughout the week:
Betty Raber, sister to Gene Yoder & sister-in-law to John Raber, entered her eternal home on the morning of Wednesday, July 17.
Remember to pray for those in our church family who have had recent losses, that God be close to them during this time of grieving. Continue to pray for those traveling throughout the summer. Unspoken Needs – Please continue to pray for the unspoken needs here at BVMC and beyond. Remember to pray for both the physical and spiritual health of the church. Please continue to pray for: Pearl Basinger, Edna Beachy, Lisa Bennett, Lewis Burkholder, Fern Eash, Betty Ebersole, Ann Driver Eichelberger, Eugene Eickstaedt, Lila Good, Andrew Hall, Rachel Hershberger, Gene Holmes, Noah Hostetler, Tim Kane, Dave Kniss, Jim Lepley, Dorothy J. Miller, Rebecca Miller, Queena Phu, Jean Pilgrim, Patricia & Michael Pratt, Betty Raber, Bertha Roes, Lois Schlabach, Dave Weiler, Leroy Willoughby, Noah Yutzy.
Many thanks and with sincere appreciation to my church family for their prayers, visits, cards, food and other acts of kindness. I am very blessed! Thank you, Ann Eichelberger
Who is Queena Phu? – Would you like to learn more about this amazing young woman and her heartwarming story? Visit her blog at joinqueena.com. We have had the privilege of walking this healing journey with Queena and her family. Since her assault in 2008, she has made tremendous progress in her long recovery. Please continue to keep Queena and her family in your daily prayers as they faithfully walk this path.
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Pastor Roger Shenk roger@bahiavistachurch.org wendy@bahiavistachurch.org (appts) Cell: 941.465.9311
Minister of Service Dennis Bontrager dennis@bahiavistachurch.org Cell: 941.356.3577
Minister of Worship Larry Diener larry@bahiavistachurch.org Home: 941.377.9085
Minister of Community Shirley Good shirley@bahiavistachurch.org Cell: 941.254.1653
Minster of Youth Zack Morris zack@bahiavistachurch.org Cell: 941.228.2279
Minister of Children Kayla Miller kayla@bahiavistachurch.org Cell:941.223.4523
Faith Community Nurse Carolyn Stoll, RN carolyn@bahiavistachurch.org Cell: 941.587.5868
Asst. Director of Music Rodney Shenk rodney@bahiavistachurch.org Cell: 941.812.9050
Director of Communications Bonnie Telinger bonnie@bahiavistachurch.org Cell: 941.685.2916
Church Bookkeeper / Multi-Media Galen Swope galen@bahiavistachurch.org multimedia@bahiavistachurch.org
Administrative Assistant Wendy Shenk info@bahiavistachurch.org wendy@bahiavistachurch.org
Church Administrator Gene Yoder gene@bahiavistachurch.org Cell: 941.993.8487
Administrative Assistant Lisa Britt lisa@bahiavistachurch.org
Office Hours Monday – Friday 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
First Aid Responder ......................................... Nori Yoder, Stella Grant Librarian ........................................................................... Naomi Swartz Nursery ............................ Kristin Morris, Emma Boyce, Susan Supplee Prayer Room ................................................................ Marlene Beachy Welcome Center .................................. Doris Willingham, Shirley Good
July 21, 2013 @ 8:15a
Prelude ....................................................... Nancy Bauman Welcome ........................................................ Roger Shenk Community Life .............................................. Larry Diener Invocation ...................................................... Roger Shenk Praise & Worship ............................................ Larry Diener
Responsive Reading I Will Stand in the Congregation, #113, STS
How Can I Say, #117, STS Corner Stone
Amazing Grace
Pastoral Prayer .............................................. Roger Shenk Offering / Change for a Dollar Offering Offertory ................................................... Dawn Van Beck
Own Me
Message .................................. Roger Shenk, Senior Pastor “Goodness Me” part 1 of 4
Song of Response ........................................... Larry Diener Benediction .................................................... Roger Shenk Doxology ......................................................... Larry Diener
July 21, 2013 @ 10:30a Welcome! Make yourself at home. We’ll be here a little more than an hour. We pray. We sing. We take an offering to bless others. Kids will be dismissed for Kids Church just prior to the message. Parents can pick them up in room 4 after the service.
“Goodness Me, part 1 of 4” Roger Shenk – Senior Pastor
If this is your first time here, be sure to take a few minutes to meet Pastor Roger following today’s service. He’ll be around the Welcome
Center & would love the chance to meet you.
Come in out of the heat for Christmas in July
VBS 2013!
We still need PRAYERS! Please be in prayer for the volunteers & children (& their families) as they come in our doors to experience the TRUE meaning of Christmas, the PRESENCE of Jesus.
Volunteers (plus all who helped paint & decorate)
Max Augsburger Dan Miller
Doc Augsburger Alta Miller
Elly Barr Allison Miller
Catriona Barr Bryan Morris
Patti Bates Kristin Morris
Lisa Beetham Sharon Nussbaum
Mary Bew Victoria Nussbaum
Dave Boyce Velma Ross
Austin Boyce Naomi Sebourn
Colleen Brewer Bob Sebourn
Ashley Britt Micah Shenk
Lauren Brown Rodney Shenk
Wendy Donovan Roger Shenk
Taylor Donovan Wendy Shenk
Phil Helmuth Nate Slone
Verna Hertzler Caitlyn Staszkiewcz
Eloise Kauffman Victoria Stoughton
Taylor Kauffman Bonnie Telinger
Esther Kniss Jonathon Telinger
Jordan Litwiller Tracey Ultsch
Nelda Litwiller Amanda Van Beck
Nicole Litwiller Carol Vaught
Cathie Livesey Richard Vennum
Kate Livesey Fern Yoder
Kayla Miller Gene Yoder
Michael Miller
Kids *registered as of Wed 7/17 Sophia A Niklas M
Alice B Sarah M
Joseph B Padraig M
Kimberley B Ethan M
Samuel B Ryan M
Chance B Elijah M
Jonathan B Lee M
Karissa B Andrew M
Trent B Mason M
Bryana C Rachel M
Solenia C Travis M
Pedro C Levi M
Sofia C Caleb O
Ian C Charity O
Ty D Destiny O
Melody F Kaylee O
Makenna G Paige P
Luke G Niklas P
Robbie H Michael R
Yeonho K Jared R
Tiffany K Davis S
Megan K Griffin S
Judah K Holden S
Jacob K Rebekah S
Collin L Aksel S
Carlos M Brittin S
Kevin M Abby T
Rachel M Alexandra U
Emilia M John V
Sam M Nathan W
We can’t thank you enough for all the support, donations, &
financial contributions to this year’s VBS. And we can’t wait to see what God has in store for us next week! ~ The VBS Executive Team Wendy Donovan Wendy Shenk Kayla Miller Bonnie Telinger
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