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PRAYER FOCUS Nominations Committee
Pat Hockman, Sue Barnes, Bill Gordon, Beverly Walser, Susan
Winslow
Shut-In
Barbara Dunn (Mount Vernon, WA)
Converge Northwest Church
White Water (Puyallup, WA)
Converge Worldwide Missionaries
Ron & Kimberly Johnson (Moraga, California)
Prayer Chain Contact Persons:
8:30AM-4:30PM (M-F): Call the church office @ 424-1173
Evenings and Weekends: email [email protected]
See prayer request insert at the Connections Desk
EBC Office Hours: M-F 8:30am-4:30pm
Adult Ministries Pastor Herb Geeslin
Student Ministries Pastor Eric Abisror
Women’s Ministries Regina Pimentel/Buffi Taylor
Children’s Ministries Terry Ogdon
Church Administrator Dennis Weems
New American Standard Bibles are available at the back of the
Worship Center.
Interpreting for the deaf & hard of hearing is available in the service.
There is a cry room with a live stream feed of the service available for
mothers with babies located just outside the Chapel doors.
Download the audio of today’s sermon at www.ebcmv.org (under
Sunday Morning-Sermons).
Emmanuel Baptist Church
1515 E College Way
Mount Vernon, WA 98273
www.ebcmv.org 360-424-1173
EBC MISSIONARIES OF THE WEEK
Duane & Dawn Bakken
New Tribes Mission
(East Asia)
Praises:
Dawn and Duane passed their motorcycle skill tests
Provision of a motorbike that they’ve needed for
each stage
Friends who are also making good progress to Asia
Pacific
Prayer requests for:
Their motorcycle road test on May 21st
Focus to tie up loose ends before their departure
The Lord to send workers to reach 2200 unreached
tribes
Find out more about EBC missions at ebcmv.org/aboutus
9:00AM Equipping Hour
Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands // Chapel ( starts June 8)
Ambassadors Class // Fireside Room
9:00AM Jr & Sr High Class
Jr High Class // W103
Sr. High Class // Youth Center
9:00AM Children’s Church
Infants (0-18 mo.) // Sonshine Garden
Toddlers (18 mo.-3 yrs) // Promise Park
3-year-old // Noah’s Floating Zoo
4-year-old/Preschool // Town Square
Kindergarteners // Miracle Marina
1st -2nd Grade // Train Station
3rd Grade // Theatre
4th Grade Girls // Service Station
4th Grade Boys // Theatre
5th – 6th Grade // Service Station
10:30AM Worship Service
10:30AM Children’s Church
Infants thru Kindergarten same as above.
1st- 6th Grade // Attend Service With Parents or Theatre
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Graduation
Sunday
EBC FYI Following Today’s Service
There will be cookies and refreshments following
today’s service to celebrate the graduates and allow
time to talk with and encourage them. Please make
sure to stay and enjoy some fellowship with one
another and the grads.
Baptism Service
Sunday, June 8th, 10:30am, Worship Center
If you are interested in taking the next step with your
faith and getting baptized please mark the Connections
Card. An interview process is required.
EBC Kitchen
If you have held an event in the kitchen, make sure that
all of the linens and towels used at your event are
washed and returned to the kitchen within 48 hours.
If anyone has wash cloths or dish towels to donate, all
contributions will be appreciated. Please drop off at the
Church Reception desk.
Lost and Found
Have you lost anything at EBC? Please check the two
lost and found boxes (in the office & under the West
Wing staircase). June 13th will be the last day you can
claim your items before they are donated.
MEN’S MINISTRY
Men’s Prayer Group
Wednesday, 6:30am, Fireside Room
YOUTH MINISTRY Summer Youth Group Dates
Youth Group for Junior and Senior High School will
take a short break--no Youth Group on June 4th or
June 11th. Youth Group will resume June 18th.
Reach 2014 Taco Feed
Sunday, June 8th, 5:00pm, Fireside Room
A taco feed will be held on June 8th before the
business meeting to support the Guatemala Missions
team. If you can bring a financial donation to support
the team it would be appreciated, if not, come and
enjoy great food and fellowship!
Questions? Pastor Eric @ [email protected]
WOMEN’S MINISTRY
Quarterly Baby Shower
Monday, June 2nd, 7:00pm, Fireside Room
Please join us at the Quarterly Baby Shower to
welcome and bless two new baby boys and their
Mamas! We will get to meet “Jack” Burroughs,
son of Kyle and Heidi, and Maverick Watkinson, son
of Sean and Rachel. It will be a time of sharing,
admiring, and laughing along with some fruit and
desserts! We hope to see you there!
Questions? Regina Pimentel @ [email protected] & Buffi Taylor @ [email protected]
Women’s Bible Study Workshop
Saturday, June 14th, 8:45am, Fireside Room
The morning will start with a light breakfast followed
by teaching “ How to Read and Interpret the
Bible” taught by Barbara Smith. Please sign up on
the Connections Card or at the Connections desk so
food and material accommodations can be made.
Women’s Summer Bible Study
Thursdays, starting July 10th, 6:30-8pm, Fireside Room
This summer the Women’s Bible study will be
working through the book Prayers of the Bible:
Equipping Women to Call on God in Truth by Susan
Hunt. The study will be held for 6 weeks beginning
on July 10th and is open to all women, high school
age and up! Sign-ups begin today and will run
through June 22nd at the Connections desk. Books
cost just $10!
EQUIPPING CLASSES
Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands
Sundays, 9:00am, Chapel, beginning June 8th
This study is designed to help you grow spiritually, as
well as equip you to help others grow. The class
features a lecture by Paul Tripp on DVD followed by
discussion and a study guide. Please mark on your
Connections Card if you are interested in this class.
Materials are available for purchase but are not
required for attendance to the class.
Questions? Pastor Herb @ [email protected]
Cost: $12 for the book & $15 for the study guide.
Ambassador Class
Sundays, 9:00am, Fireside Room
The new Ambassador Class topic is based upon the
book: The Holy Land Key by Ray Bentley, in which
Bible texts are discussed from a Hebrew perspective.
God’s Covenants with His chosen people Israel will be
taught in depth. Books are available for $12.
Questions? John Ruhlman@ [email protected]
EBC BUDGET STATUS As of May 27, 2014
Income
YTD Received: 376,042.15
YTD Goal: 379,010.83
Surplus/Shortage: 2,968.68
Expenditures
YTD Available: 376,042.15
YTD Spent: 370,980.25
Surplus/Deficit: 5,061.90
Savings
Beginning Balance: 29,980.79
YTD Change: 5,061.90
New Balance: 35,042.69
CHILDREN’S MINISTRY
Summer Sunday School Schedule
June-August
During the 10:30am worship service for the
months of June, July and August, children who
are currently in 1st-6th grades will attend worship
with their parents. There will be
childcare/Sunday school for all ages during the
9:00am Equipping Hour, and for nursery
through kindergarten during the 10:30am
worship service. School-age children will be
promoted in the fall.
Questions? Terry @ [email protected]
Camp Discovery
July 11-14, Lake Pearrygin
Camp Discovery registration forms have been
sent to 5th & 6th graders of EBC. If you did not
receive one, you can pick one up at the church
office, or call Pam Dougliss. A complete packet
will be mailed to those who sign up.
Questions? Pam @ 424-1173
ALL CHURCH EVENTS
Prayer Meeting
Wednesday, 7:00pm, Conference Room
Emergency Prep Class
Due to some conflicts in the schedule, the
Emergency Prep Class will be moved to W102 for
June 9th and 23rd.
AHNA SUTTLES
School: Mount Vernon Christian High School
Parents: Bob & Susan Suttles
Activities/Honors: Four years varsity volleyball, three years MVP, 2nd team
All-State, Senior Class President, five years club volleyball, student
government two years.
Plans/Goals: Attending Biola University to pursue a Bachelors Degree in
Kinesiology, emphasis in Sports Medicine. Ahna hopes to use her degree to
help those in need around the world.
ASHLEY VAN CAMP
School: Mount Vernon Christian High School
Parents: Kenneth Van Camp & Annie Pierce
Activities/Honors: Soccer, Drama & Track
Plans/Goals: United States Navy—Aviation Machinist Mate (AD). Ship date is
August 11th, 2014
MADELINE BURROUGHS
School: Mount Vernon Christian High School
Parents: Nick & Caryl Burroughs
Activities/Honors: reading, singing, drama productions, taking piano lessons,
teaching piano lessons, crochet and embroidery projects and baking apple
pies. Maddie is an active member in EBC Youth Ministry and has gone on
two short term missions trips to Mexico and Guatemala.
Plans/Goals: Attending New Saint Andrews College in Moscow, Idaho where
she will pursue a Bachelors in Liberal Arts and Culture.
CARLY EILERS
School: Skagit Valley College—Running Start
Parents: Tim & Karen Eilers
Activities/Honors: ballet for 13 years, piano for 12 years, teaching piano two
years. Placed 2nd in the Skagit Valley Conference Recital Competition,
playing in upcoming Honors recital at Eastern Washington University. Served
EBC in Awana, worship ministry and youth ministry and participated in
Reach missions, and 2013 Guatemala team.
Plans/Goals: Taking a gap year. Carly will continue to teach piano and will
be involved in ministry here at Emmanuel as she continues to seek God’s
direction for her future.
NATHANIAL GIBBS
School: Homeschool
Parents: John & Kyla Haas, son of the late Jim Gibbs
Activities/Honors: Baseball, piano, bass guitar, worship team, missions and
ministry volunteer
Plans/Goals: Currently working on a history degree through “College Plus.”
Nathan hopes for a future in Ministry or Missions.
COLLEGE GRADUATES
Carly Eilers: Skagit Valley College, Associates in Music
Kevin Choe: Central Washington University, Bachelor of Science in Physics
Christian Chmielewski: Central Washington University, Bachelor of Science in Actuarial Science
Kenney Cox: Bellingham Technical College, Associates in Computer Networking
Candace (Thompson) Fleischer: Georgia Institue of Technology, PhD in Chemistry
8TH GRADE PROMOTION
Adam Dean Evan Griffin
Sasha Dean Timothy Saxe
Hope Evans Wyatt Wahlgren
SPECIAL RECOGNITION Josiah Tillman: High School graduate
from Faith Academy in Mindanao Davao
City, Philippines. Josiah plans to attend
Bethel University in the fall.
ANDREW GRAVES
School: Mount Vernon Christian High School
Parents: Tim & Marlene Graves
Activities/Honors: Boys Varsity Basketball MVP, cross country
Plans/Goals: Attending Skagit Valley College and then transfer to a 4-year
University.
LAURA JOHNSTON
School: Mount Vernon Christian High School
Parents: Matthew & Jennifer Johnston
Activities/Honors: Drama, and cross country manager & photographer
Plans/Goals: Attending Skagit Valley College, studying for a transfer degree.
Laura is staying open to the Lord’s plan for her life.
MOLLI KAPTEIN
School: Mount Vernon Christian High School
Parents: Jeff Kaptein
Activities/Honors: High school volleyball & track and field, Sedro Woolley
equestrian team and 4-H.
Plans/Goals: Biola University majoring in Journalism & Integrated Media
DANIEL MURILLO
School: Homeschool
Parents: Tom & Traci Murillo
Activities/Honors: Two years playing saxophone in advanced band, piano,
competitive speech competitions, serving as Awana leader, serving with
Reach 2011, 2012 & Reach Guatemala 2013.
Plans/Goals: Attending Skagit Valley College with intentions to move onto
seminary.
SIERRA SAXE
School: Homeschool
Parents: Nathan & Mary Saxe
Activities/Honors: Involved in Fidalgo Youth Symphony, Mount Baker Youth
Symphony, “4 This Time” girl’s choir, swim team, Sounds of Summer Music
Festival, Peterson Conservatory of Music and Arts, Hispanic ministry, Pro-life
ministry, evangelism, and teaching music.
Plans/Goals: Intends to continue music education and to continue teaching
music. Sierra would also like to work towards doing mission work with her
family.
NICHOLAS SEMRAU
School: Mount Vernon High School
Parents: Mark & Vicki Semrau
Activities/Honors: Lettered in wrestling four years, captain two years, state
participant one year, football three years, National Honor Society
Plans/Goals: Attend WSU, major in Computer Science & Minor in Spanish