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Minister/Deacon
On-Call List
June 18-24
Minister:
Matthew Bishop
(561-5884) Deacons:
Kevin Gent
(237-3919)
Roby Hale
(630-0882)
June 25-July 1
Minister:
Wade Rooks
(561-1248) Deacons:
Alan Hewett
(270-7724)
Everett Kendall
(350-2976)
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June 24, 2012 Volume 29, No. 25
One Church,One Church,One Church,One Church,
Multiple LocationsMultiple LocationsMultiple LocationsMultiple Locations
DOWNTOWN: 3 Hedge Street • Simpsonville, SC • 29681 • 864/967-8591
WEST CAMPUS: 679 N. Harrison Bridge Road • Simpsonville, SC • 29680 • 864/967-8591
THE DELTA: 864/735-7795 • [email protected]
CONNECTION CHURCH: Ste A, 104 South Public Square • Laurens, SC • 29360
CHURCH OFFICE/MAILING ADDRESS: 3 Hedge Street • Simpsonville, SC • 29681
OFFICE HOURS: Monday - Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm
Call Help Center: 963-3334 Website: www.fbcsimpsonville.org
“The Heartbeat” (USPS Periodical # 021858) is published weekly except July 4th week and Christmas week by First Baptist Church of Simpsonville, Periodical Postage paid at Simpsonville, SC 29681. Postmaster: Please send address changes to “The Heartbeat,” 3 Hedge Street, Simpsonville, SC 29681.
Downtown Campus: Worship Times: Sunday, June 24, 8:45, 10:00, & 11:15am
Observance of Communion Message: “Two Nights to Remember”
(Exodus 12:21-24, Luke 22:7-20)
West Campus: Worship Times: Sunday, June 24, 10:00 & 11:15am
Observance of Communion Message: Ephesians
“A Worthy Walk, Part 4”
(Ephesians 4:1-6)
Connection Church: Worship Time: Sunday, June 24, 6:00pm
Observance of Communion Message: “Two Nights to Remember”
(Exodus 12:21-24, Luke 22:7-20)
Charles and Rhonda Pitts Ables 272 Hickory Heights Drive
Gray Court, SC 29645
Join us for Vacation Bible School!
The fun begins THIS Monday morning, June 25!
K4 & K5 will drop off & pick-up in the Chapel.
1st-6th graders will drop off & pick up
in the Worship Center.
All children who are 4-years-old (turned four
before 9-1-11) through 6th grade are
invited to register.
You may register your child to attend at
www.fbcsimpsonville.org or by calling
the Church Office.
We are also in great need of workers!
Please register to volunteer at the site listed
above or by calling the Church Office.
Join us as we celebrate our awesome God
and His amazing power!
NEXT WEEK, June 25-29
Harvest America
“In 1990, Greg Laurie, Senior Pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship, began holding large-scale public evangelistic events called Harvest Crusades. Since that time, more than 4,405,000 people have attended Harvest Crusades events around the United States, ranging from the annual event at Angel Stadium in Anaheim to Madison Square Garden in New York City. Pastor Laurie spoke to 50,000 people at a 2011 Harvest Crusade in Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium. Harvest Crusades have also been held internationally in Australia and New Zealand. More importantly, more than 370,900 people have registered profession s of faith through these outreaches .” “Harvest America is an opportunity for hundreds of host locations to join together with Greg Laurie to share the gospel via a nationwide simulcast event on August 26. ” Join us at First Baptist Simpsonville as we host this co mpelling simulcast. We are excited about how God will use this powerful event to reach our community for Him. Be sure to invite your friends, co-workers and neighbors to join us for this awesome event!
Creative Arts Camp
Join us for this year’s Creative Arts Camp, July 9-13. We will meet at our Downtown Campus from 9am-12:30pm. All children who have completed 1st-5th grade are invited to attend. Registration before July 1st is $30; after July 1st, it is $35. This fee includes art supplies, daily snacks, a camp t-shirt and a pizza dinner (on Sunday, July 15, before their performance). Registration forms are available in the Church Office, on Sunday mornings, and on our website. Sign up today!
Lost and Found
If you have lost or misplaced anything, please be sure to go by and check the Lost and Found in the Child Development Center and in the Family Life Center before Thursday, July 12. Any items not claimed will be taken to Goodwill on Friday, July 13.
For the RecordFor the RecordFor the RecordFor the Record
Total GroupLife Attendance ............................................................................ 1,539 Total Sunday Morning Worship Attendance .................................................... 2,584
2012 Weekly Budget Requirement .............................................................. $78,077 Total Budget Receipts ............................................................................... $102,335 Year-to-Date Receipts OVER Budget Goal .................................................... $5,541 Revenue Year-to-Date ........................................................................... $1,879,388 Expenses Year-to-Date ........................................................................... $1,800,416 Net Total Year-to-Date ................................................................................. $78,972 Total Kingdom Cause Receipts This Week ......... ......................................... $13,541
Please note that financial information is reported in The Heartbeat a week later.
Prayers for Our Members… HOSPITALIZED: Von Lipe, Kristen Sosebee, Ruth Barbary CONGRATULATIONS TO: David and Kay Finley on the birth of their new grandson, Anthony Angone; Jeremy and Carmen Shults on the birth of their daughter, Cora Olivia Shults; and Corey and Kristen Sosebee on the birth of their daughter, Mary Jane Sosebee. Larry and Gale Sosebee are her proud grandparents. SYMPATHIES TO: Maureen Heinbuch on the death of her uncle, Manuel Wheatley; Caroline Hartley on the death of her grandfather, Waddy McFall Anderson; Milt Ozmint on the death of his mother, Florine Ozmint; Brannon Carter on the death of his grandfather; the family of Douglas Jones on his death; and the family of Thelma Williams on her death.
Upcoming Events
We have so many exciting things coming up in the FirstKids ministry! Vacation Bible School– June 25-29 Are you available to work during the week as a volunteer? If yes, please register online at www.fbcsimpsonville.org. If not, there are other ways you can help! Please pray for VBS and how God will use it to draw children and families to Him. Also, are you able to provide snacks for the workers? We need 2 liter sodas, cookies, chips, baked goods, and fruit. If you are able to donate any of these items, please drop them off on Sunday, June 24, in the Kitchenette (beside the Parlor) or Monday through Friday (6/25-6/29) in the mornings to the College Street Café. Thank you so much for giving!
Preschool in the Park We’ll meet in Simpsonville City Park for some Preschool Summer Fun! This is for infant through K4 children and is not a drop-off event.
• Tuesday, July 17, 11am-12 noon
• Tuesday, July 24, 11am-12 noon
Discovery Island Water Park
• Sunday, August 5 - All preschoolers and their families are invited to join us at Discovery Island Water Park. This is a build and bring event and is not a drop-off event. We’ll have dinner at 5pm and then go into the water park from 6:15-8:15pm.
• Sunday, August 19 - All grade schoolers and their families are invited to join us at Discovery Island Water Park. This is a build and bring event and is not a drop-off event. We’ll have dinner at 5:00pm and then go into the water park from 6:15-8:15pm.
Camp Big Enough This is for children who have turned 5-years-old (or will before September 1, 2012) and will begin attending “big church” with their parents. The children and their parents are invited to attend this event. We will meet on Saturday, August 18.
First Grade Hoopla & Bible Presentation This is for children who will be entering 1st grade this Fall. It will be a celebration time for these friends as they “graduate” from the Preschool Ministry and move on to the Grade School Ministry. The children and their families are invited to attend this celebration! It will take place on Sunday, August 19.
Rhonda Littleton Minister of Children
Gather to Pray
“In whom we have boldness and access with confidenc e through our faith in Him.” (Ephesians 3:12)
In Ephesians 3:12, the Apostle Paul said that it is in Christ that “we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in Him.” This is part of what motivated Paul to make such a radical, Christ-centered request of God for the Ephesian Christians in what follows in Ephesians 3:14-21. This holds many implications for us; one is that it should move us to gather to pray. C.H. Spurgeon said it this way: “If a church is to be what it ought to be for the purposes of God, we must train it in the holy art of prayer. Churches without prayer-meetings are grievously common. Even if there were only one such, it would be one to weep over. In many churches the prayer-meeting is only the skeleton of a gathering: the form is kept up, but the people do not come. There is no interest, no power, in connection with the meeting. Oh, my brothers, let it not be so with you! … Believe me, if a church does not pray, it is dead. Instead of putting united prayer last, put it first. Everything will hinge upon the power of prayer in the church.” What would happen as more and more of God’s people gather to pray? We would probably experience more of God doing “far more abundantly that all that we ask or think” (Ephesians 3:20). Please gather with us to pray: Wednesday nights at 6:15pm in the West Campus Fellowship Hall.
West Campus First Baptist Simpsonville
Matthew Bishop West Campus Pastor
Images
Many of you, like me, are visual learners. You need charts, graphs, or pictures to focus. Much of the church experience is contained in images. In fact, there seems to be a resurgence of the arts in religion nowadays. Whether it’s creativity in worship, architecture of buildings, or media publications, images speak strongly of the gospel of Christ. By the way, if you inspect the stair railing leading up to the Worship Center mezzanine, you can spot images of our core values. Few images speak to us as believers more strongly than communion. When Jesus reframed the Passover meal two thousand years ago, He graphically portrayed His atoning sacrifice using common dinner menu items. Bread and wine took on new imagery that night, and it stands prominently to this day. This Sunday, we will observe communion at our three worship venues. I suggest you explain the meaning to the young people in your home. I also ask that you come prepared to offer yourselves to the Lord through confession, submission, and gratitude. It will be intense because it was meant by Jesus to be intense. Invite some exploring friends, and I’ll see you Sunday. And he took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is my body given for you; do this in remembrance of me.” Luke 22:19
Randy Harling Senior Pastor
Evening Worship Service
Join us on Sunday, July 8, at 6:30pm in the Worship Center for our next Sunday Evening Worship Service. We will be continuing with Part 2 of our Joel Series. Be sure to mark your calendars and join us as we study God’s Word and worship together.
Worship Choir members are encouraged to come just a few minutes earlier than normal on Sunday mornings and spend some time praying quietly in the Choir Room. Come as early as you want, get your music together, and spend some time in prayer. We will begin our warm-up time around 8:30am for the 8:45am service; and at 9:50am for the 10:00am service.
Our Worship Choir invites YOU to visit with us! With kids out of school and able to stay up just a little later, the Summer is a great time to try out that Wednesday evening rehearsal time! Previous singing experience is great, but not necessary, and there is no audition – just drop in and visit! Whether you are new to the church family, or a “returning” choir member, we would love to have you. Rehearsals are Wednesday nights at 7:30pm in the Choir Room, which is located down the west hallway of the Worship Center. Childcare is provided. Hope to see you there!
Interest or experience in Drama Ministry? Please contact Bruce Brady at [email protected].
Music and Worship Ministries
Randy Kirby Minister of Music