BIRTHDAYS August 16

Michael Doneghue, Lisa Fager

August 17

David Manzella, Jade Napier

August 18

Judy Davis, Abby Rushing

August 19

Don Riedel, Pat Wiemken

August 20

Zoey Fern, Elladi Fetter, Steve

Nelson, Brandon Page

August 21

Erin Carr, Evan Carr, Micah Colboth,

Dorotha Lang, Jean McCabe

August 22

Clyta Lunsford

August 23

Katie Frerichs, Anna Frerichs, Matt

Kennedy

August 24

Matt Keller, Shirley Riley, Charles

Taylor

August 25

Tommy Colboth, Rodman Hancock,

Bill Holmes, Summer Vanderbilt

August 26

Carl Swanson

August 27

Johnney Bonds, Lois Bruce, Carmen

Dixon, Susan Mandrell, Terry

Murphy, Jeromy Pulley, Cynthia

Stallings

August 28

Nathan Jones, Helen Stapleton

August 29

Kendra Gilley

August 30

Gerry Graves, Elaine Hancock

August 31

Curt Clendenin, Brian Jackson, Ken

Sadler

September 1

David Arnold, Madison Emery

September 2

Lowell Kerr, Michael McClellan,

Nate Page, Megan Presswood

September 3

Jacob Perez, Jason Simich

September 4

Rob Rockwell

Church Staff Senior Pastor .............. Dr. Bob Dickerson Church Administrator ........ Mike Malone Minister of Music.... Rev. Brian Summers Children’s Coordinator ............ Carol Rix Youth Minister Rev. Madison Presswood Church Office Hours Monday-Thursday .....8:00 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Friday ........................8:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Closed for lunch ... 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Web Page - www.fbmarion.org Television Broadcast - Sundays at 11:00 a.m. on The Heartland CW (WQWQ) DirecTV and Dish Network (Ch. 9), Mediacom (Ch. 88.1), Digital Receiver (Ch. 12.2). Church Office - (618)997-9386

First Baptist Church 401 West Union Street Marion, IL 62959

First Baptist Church, Marion, Illinois

LOVING GOD, LOVING OTHERS

LIVING THE LIFE

Volume 75, NO. 8 THE LINK - Linking Church and Home August 4, 2019

September 5

Elijah Marsh, Berniece McCormick,

Gage Whitfield

September 6

Kendall Davis, Irma Franklin, Fran

Mings

September 7

Quincy Allen, Angie Rushing, Ali

Zeigler

September 8

Robert Garcia, Charles Hartwell,

Andy Jeralds, Dorcas Miller

September 9

Martha Clendenin

September 10

Nancy Dick, Toni Jo Holan

September 11

Timothy Lefler, Melissa Oliver

September 12

Corina Gilley, Peyton Hutchcraft,

LaDonne Lambert

September 13

Lori Ferguson, Beth Gundlach,

Cheryl Heberer

September 14

Allen Dean

September 15

Morgan Andrews, Judy Holmes,

Lisa Mandrell, Isla McRoy, Debbie

Parks, Ro Redfearn

BIRTHDAYS

Fall Schedule

to Resume

Beginning Wednesday, August 28

Wednesday Snack - @ 4:45 p.m. Everyone Welcome - Cost is $2 per person.

Children’s AWANA - @ 5:30-7:00 p.m.

For Kids 3 Years old-6th Grade

Youth AWANA - @ 6:00 p.m. For 7th-12th Grade

Beginning Sunday, September 8

Children’s Choir - @ 6:00 p.m. For Children in Kindergarten - 6th Grade

No evening service or activities

Sunday, September 1.

Church office will be closed Labor

Day, Monday, September 2.

BIRTHDAYS

July 2019 Average Morning Worship

Attendance 419

July 2019 Offering Total Budget Requirements .. $62,216.12 Budget Receipts ..............65,062.22 Building Fund ....................7,908.00 Designated ........................1,157.11

STUDENTS’ WEDNESDAY BUS PICKUP Sign up now!! Madison will again this year be offer ing a

chance for MHS and MJHS students to be picked up from their

school and brought to the church on Wednesdays beginning August 14.

Students will have a chance to do homework, play basketball, and just hangout

until church starts. We have a meal at 4:45 p.m., lesson from 6:00-7:00 p.m.,

and Youth Choir 7:00-8:00 p.m. All students must sign up with Madison

again this year and have a parent/guardian-signed permission slip before

they can ride. See Madison for more information.

AUGUST CHURCH LUNCH The next Church Luncheon will be Tuesday, August 20, at noon. The menu

will be: spaghetti with meat sauce, mixed vegetables, tossed salad, garlic

bread, and peach dessert. Cost is $3 per person. Call the church office at 997-

9386 to make your reservation, or sign up with your Group Captain.

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

Larry Phipps

CHRISTIAN SYMPATHY To Carole, Jim, Ben, and Sam Childers in the passing of Carole’s father, Lyle Black. To Shirley Riley, Paula Rametta, and Debbie Jeralds in the passing of their brother-in-law, Bill Simmons. To John and Rainie Goss in the passing of their daughter, Nancy Reynolds. To the family and friends of Sam Askew.

2019-2020 DEACONS 1 Year 2 Years 3 Years

Byron Corzine Bob Ausbrooks Dave Aldridge

Bryant Davis Tom Carter Tommy Colboth

Josh Hall Jim Childers Bill Ewell

Jim Hill Fred Edwards Earl Heberer

Mike Huffine Howard Stephens Dennis Mohr

Jeff Miller Buford Stout Edward Troxel

Larry Vaughn Ralph Walker

Bob & Linda Zoeller

New Arrival Buford and Judy Stout are the proud

great-grandparents

of a new baby boy,

Mason Alexander Kwasniewski.

Mason was born Monday, July 22,

to Zachary and Sarah Kwasniewski.

Congratulations to Buford and Judy!

THANK YOU NOTES Many thanks to Jim Hill, Buford

Stout, and Denny Belt for moving

Norma (Mom) into her new

apartment at Voyage Assisted

Living. We love and appreciate

you.

Dave, Norma, & Karen

Aldridge

Thank you for the lovely flower

arrangement you sent in

remembrance of my dad. The

thoughts and prayers of our church

family brought us a lot of comfort

during this time.

Jim, Carole, Ben & Sam

Childers

SPECIAL MINISTRY CLASS We are in need of additional help

in the Special Ministry Sunday

School Class. Anyone interested,

please contact the church office.

JOY SINGERS TO SING

AT DU QUOIN STATE FAIR The JOY Singers will be singing at

the Du Quoin State Fair Tuesday,

August 27, at 11 a.m. We will sing

at the Exhibition Hall. Everyone is

welcome to come out and join us at

the fair.

MINISTRY OUTREACHES Baptist Children’s Home - Les Cranick, David Murphy, and Patr ick

Murphy recently donated their time tearing out and remodeling bathrooms at

the Carmi Baptist Children’s Home. This saved money for the Children’s

Home which can be used for other needs. Les and David also joined a mission

team that went to Lynch, Kentucky, this past week. They helped there with

construction work.

Beardstown Outreach - The Mission trip to Beardstown, Illinois, reached an

area that has around 11 different language dialects in the local region. The

teams from our church included the Medical Team which consisted of Dean

Serletic, Les Cranick, Ralph Walker, Cathy Wilkins, and Pastor Bob

Dickerson. Dean and Les worked on the Physical Checkups, while Ralph,

Cathy, and Pastor Bob worked on the Spiritual Checkups. The Evangelism

Team consisted of Dennis Mohr, Cindy Mohr, and Richard Palmer from our

church who went door to door in the week preceding the event and shared

evangelistic conversations with those attending the events in the park.

Although the numbers are not fully computed, the initial results were at least

50 professions of faith in Jesus Christ. There may be more when the final

results are in. People from all over the state of Illinois came to be a part of the

mission with bouncy houses, sand art, popcorn, hotdogs, live music,

giveaways, snow cones, Frisbee contests, corn hole games, children’s

physicals for school, and many other opportunities to have fun and share

Christ.

Marion Soup Kitchen - First Baptist will once again be helping out at the

Marion Soup Kitchen the week of August 5-9. A big thank you to all our

regular workers who are always so faithful to volunteer, and this summer

several of our youth have also helped out at the Soup Kitchen.

Crossover - Brothers and Sisters, Thank you for your prayers and support for

the mission to Crossover Birmingham, Alabama, in early June. During the

week before the main event I served with students from our SBC theological

seminaries to share the Gospel of our Lord on the streets. On Crossover

Saturday, the main event, Southern Baptists from across the nation joined

together for the purpose of sharing the Gospel in Birmingham. The result?

Thousands of seeds were planted and a harvest of 364 souls was reaped to the

Glory of the Lord! Until Jesus Comes, Dennis Mohr

Hometown Mission Opportunity

We are seeking individuals and families who will commit to prayer-walking/

driving small sections of our community on a regular basis. If the Lord is

calling you to serve with us, or if you have questions, contact Dennis

(694-8199) or Cindy (889-7687) Mohr.

CHILDREN’S S.S. PROMOTION

Children - report to your new

Sunday School Class Sunday,

August 18.

LADIES - MARK YOUR CALENDAR

Women’s Bible Studies to Begin

Sunday, September 8, at 5:00 p.m.

Becoming a Titus 2 Woman - by Martha Peace This study challenges mature Christian women to mentor younger women in the church. This Sunday evening study will be led by Cindy Mohr. Sign up

will begin in the foyer soon.

Wednesday, October 9, at 6:00 p.m. Finding I Am - By Lysa Terkeurst What is the deep cry of your heart? The ache in your soul that keeps you up

at night? In this study we will be trading feelings of emptiness and depletion

for the fullness of knowing who Jesus is like never before. This seven-week study will meet Wednesdays and will be led by Barbara Jacobs. Books will

be $14.99. Sign up will begin in the foyer soon.

AWANA Leaders’ Meeting

Wednesday, August 21, 5:30 p.m.

In the Coffee Shop