September 2017

I ns ide t h i s i ss ue :

● Praise & prayer p. 2

● More with Moore p.3

● September Volunteers p.4

● Calendar p. 5

● Nichols’ Worth p. 6

● Bits & Pieces p. 7

● Mission of the Month p. 8

The purpose of Circle 8 Groups is to become bet-ter acquainted with oth-ers in our church family. By coming together once a month, you share a meal and visit. Perhaps the host will choose a bonfire and picnic style food; or around your kitchen/dining room table; play games or putt putt golf and pizza. The ideas are limited by your imagination!

There are eight adults - singles and/or couples in your group. Each will be asked to be a host and there will be an elder or minister as the leader to be sure the date is set and location chosen.

Everyone is invited to be a part of Circle 8! Please sign up in the fellowship hall to let it be known you are interested. Groups will be formed and you will be contacted by your group leader with the first date!

Sign up in September - 1st date in October

Begins September 10, 2017 8:30-9:30 a.m.

in the Annex upstairs classroom.

The class will be led by Mark Nichols and is for new Christians and others who would like to deepen their faith, wanting to learn more about the Bible, no matter where you are in your walk with Jesus. A safe, great place to ask questions. You are encouraged to text Mark (217-357-4753) or sign up in the fellowship hall to help Mark prepare for the class.

Ladies Bible Study

Ladies - time to come together to study the Word

and enjoy a time of fellowship with one another.

Bring a friend and share the Good News with

them!

When? Each Tuesday morning at 9:30 a.m. ladies

will meet in or near the church kitchen (almost like

home ), enjoy a cup of coffee, study and be an

encouragement to one another. First Tuesday is

September 5th.

Please let Becky Humphrey know you are interest-

ed so study books will be available for you,

Sat., Sept. 30 6 - 8 p.m.

Fish | Chicken | Brisket with sides, dessert & drink

by donation

A family in Seymour, IA will benefit from 1F1P outreach

this fall/winter.

@ Burnside Christian Church

Praise:

Volunteers for church

cleaning

Laura Thomas’ visa Chris Adams’ liver biopsy

-believe liver improve on own

Steve Boyer - healing after accident

Doris Waller - healing, still rehab Ken Briscoe - out of hospital, walking

with walker

Rob Wilson-healing after unresponsive-

ness Baptism of Gary Stiller

Prayer:

Gary Stiller - eye surgery recovery

Raymond Simmons - health

Dylan Adams - broken leg, pain control, therapy

The family of Andy Olson

Chris Adams - multiple myeloma, kidney

& liver functions resume Laura Thomas - on mission to South

Africa, leaving in September

The family of Hollie Hutchins

Ryan Melvin - complications after gall bladder surgery

Tim Snyder - fractured sternum

Jeremy Climer - Lyme disease

Jessica Rankin-healing from double mastectomy

The family of Pete Henson

The family of Ray Jones (B Cox’s bro)

Bill Searsen - health Jason Fink - leukemia, kidney &

spleen issues

Tom Sanderson - amputation of 2nd leg

on Sept. 1; pray for ease of pain

Ongoing Prayer Requests

Tony & Donna Newton

Bonnie McFarland Freedom of Religion

Unsaved family & friends

Persecuted Church

Rob Wilson-health Marcos & Minnie - to establish perma-

nent residency for Marcos

Ed Lionberger - ongoing health issues,

in nursing home; for wife & kids

Cancer:

Hayden Wheatley - remission Melinda Briscoe - back cancer, painful

Shelby Kite - remission; pray for heart to

strengthen (damaged during chemo)

LaRae Roth Kevin Youngmeyer

Kris Kuehl - breast cancer

Marla Grossaint - lung cancer, chemo

Lee Salk (friend of R Briscoe)

Missions of the Month:

Tri State Family Services

St. Louis Christian College

Australian Christian Mission/

Rob Branham

Military Deployed

Shawn McElyea (Hitz’ grandson) Cody Harmon (L Waddell’s nephew)

Burnside Beacon

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Staff:

Mark Nichols, Preaching Minister

217.357.4753

bccpreacher@frontier.com

Rachael Moore, Children’s Director

309.333.5104 cell

bcckidz@frontier.com

Seth Tyler, Student Minister

217.357.1379

styler@cccb.edu

Debby Schmitz, Secretary

Elders:

Wayne Caparoon 217.755.4378

Wayne Humphrey 217.219.1748

Jim Jefferson 217.242.4115

Office Contact:

217.746.3571

reachbcc@frontier.com

www.burnsidechristian.org

Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 8:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.

Sunday Services:

Sunday School 8:30 a.m.

Worship & Jr. Church 9:45 a.m.

9th-12th grade Youth Group 5:15 p.m.

6th-8th grade Youth Group 5:15 p.m.

Youth Group resumes in Sept. 10

Through out the week:

Bible Studies / Small Groups at

various locations.

August

Attendance

8/6 SS .............. 166

Church ....... 181

8/13 SS .............. 102

Church ....... 221

8/20 SS .............. 110

Church ....... 205

8/27 SS .............. 112

Church ....... 201

8/28 Men’s Fellowship

205

Find treasurer’s reports

in the bulletin or pick-up

a monthly report in the

fellowship hall.

September 2017

Did you know BCC offers a struc-tured singing and learning time for our 2-4 year olds in the nursery during the worship service? Eliza-beth Dixon generously donates her time to teach our little ones about

Jesus each week through singing and play! The fol-lowing article is a detailed description written by Eliza-beth explaining what happens each week!

Each Sunday at 10 AM, the 2-4 year old nursery get to have “Song Time”. Song time consists of about 25 minutes. It is based on a lesson plan that was created by and used at West Side Christian Church in Springfield, IL for several years. I was introduced to it in 2011 when we attended church there. The kids and I follow the exact same pattern every Sunday because chil-dren that age love repetition and consistency.

Once we begin, each child is welcomed individu-ally to the class. All of the children are taught each others’ name to develop community. I even sneak a little counting practice in as we count how many friends came to church. Then they are offered a chance to talk about their family. We then transition to singing about Jesus and his family.

We celebrate God sending His Son to earth by singing “Christmas Bells”. Dolls and hammers are used as we learn about Jesus growing from a baby to a carpenter’s son. Then each child gets to open and explore a Bible each week by look-ing for the letters B-I-B-L-E and pictures of the nativity and the garden of Eden. While they are examining their Bibles, I stress that God’s word is a true story, not a pretend story like they may hear at bedtime.

After looking at the garden, we sing about all the things God made. My favorite moment is when each child gets to hold a mirror and marvel that God made them and loves them very much. Then we sing some simple praise songs that teach the truths that God is love (1 John 4:8) and Jesus loves little children (Mark 10:14). As it says in Psalm 8:2, “From the lips of children and infants, you, Lord, have called forth your praise.” It is a beautiful sound to hear children who are still learning to talk sing praises to God. We con-

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clude with prayer and snacks (and hand

sanitizer of course )

I want to personally thank Elizabeth for taking the time to invest in the future generation of the church! You are planting seeds and showing these little ones the love of Jesus every week! If possible, could you please tell Elizabeth thank you for providing such an important ser-

vice to our youth.

mom2mom the journey of motherhood

Hey, Mom friend! Need a break?

Join us every other Friday - for fun, laughter and

a quiet cup of coffee. Proudly welcoming Moth-

ers of children ages birth through childhood.

What is Mom2Mom? - The journey of mother-

hood: fueling each other through faith, fellow-

ship, and friendship.

What to expect: Brunch - we can’t meet without

food! Discussion - connect with moms, grow and

learn together. Speakers - to give us insights

and ideas. Crafts - fun, easy projects for even

the least crafty of us. Childcare provided - kids

have fun at M2M Kids during M2M meetings.

PLUS - Moms Nights Out and playdates

throughout the year.

Group meets the 2nd & 4th Fridays (with a few

exceptions for holidays) at the First Baptist

Church of Carthage 9:15 - 11:15 a.m.

Contact westernillinoismom2mom@yahoo.com

or Heather 309-333-9221 or Leah 407-403-0989.

Check them out on Facebook at Western Illinois

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September 2017 Volunteers

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Date Meditations Church Cleaners Nursery

Sept 3 Kevin Deitrich

Week of Sept. 4-8: Don & Linda

Jacob, Brad & Elizabeth Dixon, JJ &

Tera Cole Family

0-2 yrs.: Michelle Jacob, Janie Long 2-3 yrs: Dawn Todd, Emma Roth

Sept 10 Keith Mohr

Week of Sept. 11-15: Dennis &

Sharon Pettit, Mark & Lindsay Nichols,

Mike & Toni Carlisle

0-2 yrs: Gladys Huston, Chelsie Bliss 2-3 yrs: Donna Kleopfer, Sandy Kleopfer

Sept 17 Mel Roth

Week of Sept. 18-22: Brian & Sherry

Bliss, Alfred & Gladys Huston, Shane &

Rachael Moore

0-2 yrs: Lee & Meghan Wibbell 2-3 yrs: Amy Eddings, Elleanna Mantia

Sept 24 Brian Bliss

Week of Sept. 25-29: Doug &

Michelle Jacob, Tami Carroll, Gail

Schulte, Carolyn Grainger

0-2 yrs.: Tera & Madison Cole 2-3 yrs: Allison Jacob, Linda Jacob

Mondays 5-6 p.m.

4 closed

11 Wibbell’s

18 Caparoons

25 Sharon Wheatley

Wednesdays 9-10 a.m.

6 Carole Crum

13 Tera Cole

20 Elizabeth Dixon

27 Mary Jo Scanlan

Food Pantry Volunteers

Door Greeters:

Front: Kevin & Kim Deitrich

Sanctuary: Brad & Elizabeth

Dixon

Jr. Church Volunteers:

Kathy Schulte Madison Cole

Claudia Whewell

Communion Preparer:

Wilma Snyder

Coffee Ministry:

Rachael Moore

Servers:

Tom Todd

Bob Eddings

Dave Carroll

Mike Carlisle

Gene Wheatley

Doug Jacob

Jim Jefferson

George Link

Communion @

Montebello Nursing Home 2

nd & 4

th Sundays:

Caparoons

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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Office Closed

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Ladies Bible Study

9:30am @ BCC

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mom2mom

9:15-11:15 am

Carthage Baptist

Church

9 Men’s Breakfast

HERE 7am

Memorization

Reward for Kids

Camp Golf Benefit

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Begin Class

8:30am

MYM Kick-Off

5-8 pm @ LaMoine

Camp

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Elders Mtg

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Ladies Bible Study

9:30am @ BCC

National Encour-

agement Day

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Workday @

LaHarpe Nrsg

Home 10 am

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Ladies Bible Study

9:30am @ BCC

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mom2mom

9:15-11:15 am

Carthage Baptist

Church

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Men’s Fellowship

6:30 pm @

Blandinsville

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Ladies Bible Study

9:30am @ BCC

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One Family One

Purpose Benefit

meal @ BCC

6-8 pm

September 2017

2-Kevin Driskell

3-Dennis Schulte,

Kaylee Kerr

4-Sally McPherson

5-Donna Kleopfer

6-Kale Carlisle,

Madison Quesenberry

9-Toni Carlisle, Tami Carroll

11-Mitch Delozier, Liz Snyder

13-Robbie Vass

14-Keaton Roach

15-Bentley Fisher

16-Kevin Youngmeyer

17-Wilma Snyder

18-Elisha Nelson,

Brynlei Shuman

22-Bernie McPherson

25-Wyatt Adams,

John Nelson

28-Tyler Adams

30-Carol Tyler

6-Scott & Laurie Cowser

12-Chris & Darcy Adams,

Todd & Chelle Grotts

17-Lee & Meghan Wibbell

20-Mike & Michelle Bavery

22-Dennis & Sharon Pettit

Kingdom work all by yourself! One of the

greatest lies that Satan uses to discourage

Kingdom people is the lie that they are isolated

and alone. The disciples were going to have

God’s presence living in them! What a gift!

What a comfort!

2) You will be taught! One of the fears every fol-

lower of Jesus feels when faced with the task

of telling others about the Kingdom is the fear

of not knowing what to say or how to say it. “I

don’t know enough.” Take heart, the Holy

Spirit will teach you…ALL THINGS! So he will

help you navigate a new situation that you’ve

never encountered before.

3) You will have peace! The Holy Spirit gives us

peace…and that peace is vastly different than

the way the world gives peace. The world’s

solution to anxiety and stress is through anti-

anxiety prescription medication, vacation or

even through addiction like alcoholism. But

the problem with the world’s form of peace is

that it doesn’t last and it doesn’t fix the prob-

lem…it only deals with the symptoms. The

Holy Spirit – God’s presence dwelling inside of

us – brings peace that surpasses all under-

standing and comprehension!

As you and I continue the work of the Kingdom, let us

not lose heart and allow fear to paralyze us where

God would lead! Allow the comfort and power of

the Holy Spirit to lead you mightily as God’s pur-

poses are carried out!

Serving with Joy,

Burnside Beacon

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In John 14, Jesus is preparing to be crucified, to die, and

to be resurrected and then ascend back to heaven to be

with the Father. One way that Jesus prepares for these

difficult things is by having a heart to heart conversation

with His disciples. Jesus is meeting with His disciples in

an upper room in an intimate setting – there are no

crowds around and no distractions. He has their full atten-

tion as He tells them (in verses 1-3):

“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in

God; believe also in me. 2 My Father’s house has many

rooms; if that were not so, would I have told you that I am

going there to prepare a place for you? 3 And if I go and

prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to

be with me that you also may be where I am. 4 You know

the way to the place where I am going.”

Imagine how the disciples were feeling in that moment.

They had spent nearly every waking moment with Jesus

watching Him teach, watching Him, following Him as He

did miraculous things…and now He’s leaving and they are

supposed to carry on the ministry?!? I imagine it was sim-

ilar to when you first learned to ride a bike without training

wheels and your dad would run behind the bike with his

hand on the seat telling you: “You can do it! Keep pedal-

ing! Look straight ahead!” And without you knowing it, he

took his hand off the seat and you were doing fine until

you looked behind you and noticed that your dad was no

longer there holding on to the seat! Well, the training

wheels are coming off and Jesus is “letting go of the bike”

and the disciples were feeling ill-prepared and scared and

inadequate to do the work that was before them.

That’s when Jesus tells them: (vs. 18) 18

I will not leave

you as orphans; I will come to you. (vs. 25-27) 25

“All this I

have spoken while still with you. 26

But the Advocate, the

Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will

teach you all things and will remind you of everything I

have said to you. 27

Peace I leave with you; my peace I

give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let

your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid.

The gift of the Holy Spirit was to be a comfort to them.

And in these verses, Jesus tells them 3 ways the Holy

Spirit brings comfort:

1) You won’t be alone! You aren’t going to do the

September 2017

Area Men’s Fellowship will

meet @ Blandinsville Christian

Church on Mon., Sept. 25 at 6:30

p.m.

Men’s PK Breakfast will meet

HERE Saturday, Sept. 9 at 7 am.

Beacon deadline for October issue is Wed.,

September 20.

Food Pantry suggestions for September are:

canned fruit, Jell-O/pudding mixes, pasta sauces.

Church is reserved Fri.-Sat., September 15-16

for a wedding.

Shiloh Christian Children’s Ranch Open

House at the Clarence, MO site this year cele-

brating their 40th Anniversary! Sat., September

23 10:30 - 4:00. 10:30-11:30 / 2:30-4:00 tours of

the Shiloh homes. Noon - lunch! 1:00 will be a

special program that includes musical specials

by the Shiloh children. Visit with the Shiloh kids &

staff through the day. Directions to Clarence site

may be found on their website at

www.shilohranch.org.

LaMoine Camp 21st Women’s SCRAPBOOK

RETREAT is Oct. 20-22, 2017. Begins Fri. @

1p.m. ending Sun. @ 3 p.m. ONLINE registration

begins Sept. 1@ 8 p.m.@ www.lamoinecamp.org

$75 includes a $25 non-refundable deposit if you

must cancel. Must be 15 yrs or older & limited to

75 reservations. Details on bulletin board.

BCC - Thank you for the prayers during our time of

uncertainty. God heard your prayers and worked a

miracle for us all that day. [Family in boating accident

and young son Wyatt injured. Recovery going well.]

Sincerely, Dan and Alex Blythe

The family of Pete Henson say “Thank you so very

much for your prayers, visits, cards & for the deli-

cious lunch provided. Barb & Sharon

Dear Friends @ Burnside,

Thank you so much for your faithful giving. Did you

know that for every dollar given 43 people are im-

pacted? So over 4,000 people speaking a language

you may not know, living in a country you may never

visit and in bondage of a religion you may never un-

derstand - heard the Good News! Thank You!

Mike [Schrage - of Good News Productions] Page 7

The next Indoor Sale / Bake Sale where you “take what you need and pay what you can” with some larger items and baked goods priced will be Friday, September 8/1:00-5:00 p.m. and Sat-urday, September 9/7:00-11:00 a.m. Anyone who wishes to donates items for the sale are asked to bring the items on Friday, September 8/7:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Any questions, please call 217-357-3343.

This year’s Vacation Bible School mission was TSFS. Each morning the children learned more about TSFS who shared the time with Laura Thomas who will be on mission in South Africa beginning September 2017 for a year. The offer-ing given during the week and on Sunday morn-ing during the closing program was $821.37.

To learn more about Tri-States Family Services or to become involved with this mission, please call 217-357-3343, visit their website at www.tristatefamilyservices.org or stop by at 603 Walnut St., Carthage, IL.

[All information except the Vacation Bible School was taken from their website.]

School is back in session; fall

may be early this year; some

folks are thinking about harvest

and Thanksgiving and… shoe-

boxes for Operation Christmas

Child!

It is our hope you have begun collecting items to

pack in shoeboxes this year. A few additions to

the “DO NOT INCLUDE THESE ITEMS” LIST -

candy; toothpaste; used or damaged items; war-

related items such as toy guns, knives, or mili-

tary figures; seeds; chocolate or food; liquids or

lotions; medications or vitamins; breakable

items such as snow globes or glass containers;

aerosol cans.

One other change - suggested donation is now

$9/box.

Complete details on BCC’s Packing time will

come later but please start collecting items to

include. For full details on “how to pack a box”

you may visit samaritanspurse.org/occ.

Burnside Christian Church

2088 E. County Road 2110

Burnside, IL 62330-4019

Non-Profit Organization

U.S. Postage

PAID Carthage, IL 62321

Permit #27

Tri-State Family Services in Carthage, IL is a

Christian non-profit organization that provides bibli-cal counseling in areas such as crisis pregnancy, post-abortion trauma, marital problems, and do-mestic abuse. Classes and clothing are also of-fered. Friendly, accepting, and non-judgmental, all client information is confidential. Funded by dona-tions from individuals, churches, businesses, and fundraisers. Grants are accepted, but no govern-ment funding of any kind in order that the good news of Jesus Christ may be freely shared.

The classes and counseling offered are ALWAYS free!

Tri-State Family Services was born because of a question presented to a group of concerned citi-zens. It all started because a gentleman in the community was upset once he found out that his own family doctor was performing abortions right here in Carthage. With this knowledge he rallied fellow believers to action and a Right to Life group was born. During this time the group was asked a very simple question, “How are you going to help the problem of abortion instead of just protesting it?” In 1991 a board of directors was put together and Sherry Bliss became the executive director of Tri-State Pregnancy Center.

Over the years they’ve been in five different loca-tions around Carthage. God’s hand has been with this organization every step of the way. When one location was outgrown, God always provided the

next spot. In 2010, Tri-States was given the old Printy Funeral Home. Since moving to this current location, services have been expanded. Not only are they still a crisis pregnancy center, but a place to help all families. They even added an adult sec-tion to the clothing room, a food pantry, and Sherry is speaking at local schools. It’s a blessing to see how so many lives can be impacted for the better, and Christ’s love shown to all that walk through the doors.

In 1992 when the doors were opened, the staff saw 25 new clients. Fast forward to 2015 when 89 new clients were served; 2,911 repeat clients visited for a total of 3,013 client contacts. 113 parenting clas-ses were taught with 8 of those clients taking 5 parenting classes to earn a new crib and mattress.

Three fundraising events take place yearly: 1 - Joy of Life Banquet in March 2 - Day of Fun Golf Outing in the summer 3 - An Indoor Yard Sale - spring and fall Other fundraisers include redeeming aluminum cans and used cell phones. Monetary donations are always welcomed.

For a list of classes and other services offered by the center, please visit their website http://www.tristatefamilyservices.org/products.html.

Volunteers are welcomed. A mandatory training is needed with the next training class on Wednesday, September 20, 2017. Please contact the center at 217-357-3343 in advance to indicate your interest.

It’s the beginning of a new season of

MYM is the youth group @ Burnside Christian Church for any 6th

- 12th

grader and their friends. Teens are divided up for small group time when

they can share their thoughts, their hurts, their joy and dig deeper into un-

derstanding God’s Word. There’s always fun and food too!

Kick-off for this season is September 10th

, 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. at LaMoine

Christian Camp. Rides available from the Illini West High School parking

lot at 4:30 p.m.

Kick-off this year is

Grab your friends and come! You’ll be sure to have a great time!

MYM will meet each Sunday evening 5:15 p.m. [with a few exceptions for

the holidays] @ Burnside Christian Church.

Check out the Facebook page for Burnside Student Ministry to keep up to

date on the latest news!