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First Baptist Church of West Allis

1576 So. 78th Street West Allis, WI 53214

Web site: www.firstbaptistwestallis.org/communicator.html E-mail: fbcwa@att.net

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Happy New

Year!

JANUARY

BIRTHDAYS

2 Raymond Paprocki 3 Sue Brown 4 Sarah Byleen 8 William Thayer, Jr. 8 Jessica Sauer 10 Joy Gage 13 Norma Kennedy 13 Jake Brophey 14 Karl Byleen 15 Heather Leitner 17 Sharon Arnold 19 Kris Woods 23 Duane Kirk 23 Ted Hertel, Jr. 24 Karen Sundland 25 Douglas Brown 27 Sarah Smith

Sunday School Birthdays

3 Evan Oleson 19 Audrey Fictum

ANNIVERSARIES

29 Robert & Tricia Sauer 23 years 29 Jeff & Linda Bilton 17 years If we have inadvertently missed your special day, please accept our apologies, and let the office know so we can change our records.

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Prayer ConcernsPrayer ConcernsPrayer ConcernsPrayer Concerns

Sharon Arnold, Richard Vichich, Jean Nowakowski, Pat (Bast) McCarville, Sue Simons

Sympathy

Our Christian Love and sympathy are extended to the friends and family of Flora Radmer who passed away on Dec. 20, 2018.

Annual Meeting

Our congregation will hold it’s Annu-al Meeting on Sunday, January 20th following the morning worship. We will have a potluck meal before the meeting begins. Everyone is encour-aged to attend.

Anyone who has any contact infor-mation that has changed since the last directory was printed, please submit your updates to the church office for 2019 directory distribution at the an-nual meeting on January 20th. The Communion Offering for the month of January is designated for Fellowship Fund. Third Sunday (January 20) suggested non-perishable food item is Pasta sauce and the hy-giene item is Toilet Paper.

November 2018 Financial Income Report

General Receipts Envelopes $ 10,028.00

Loose Offerings 129.31

Church School 113.15

Thanksgiving 105.00

Total $ 10,335.46

Miscellaneous Receipts Secret Place $ 8.00

Pow Wow 50.00

Organ Fund 10.00

Stained Glass Restoration 800.00

Total $ 868..00

Communion Offering Guest House $ 213.00

Grand Avenue Club 100.00

Salvation Army 10.00

Kodiak Mission 10.00

Total $ 333.00

Memorial Fund Rev. Merlin Bradley $ 30.00

Nora Schulze 25.00

Total $ 55.00

Mission Offering

World Mission Offering $ 25.00

Love Gift 10.00

Total $ 35.00

Deposited Total $ 11,666.46

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ABMen ABMen will have lunch at church

on Sunday, Jan 27 following wor-

ship and fellowship time. All men

and boys are members of AB-

Men. Plan to attend!

Our first Teenth Tuesday!

Tuesday, January 15, 2019 from 5:30

to 8:30 p.m. Join us in Fellowship

Hall for dinner & games. Families &

friends, people of all ages, are invited.

Please talk to Linda Hazard House,

Becky Holl, or Dianna Brophey if you

have questions.

The Board of Christian Educa-tion will pay 50% of the retreat fee for any of our youth in grades 7-12 who attend the win-ter Youth Retreat at Camp Tam-arack, Feb. 15-17, 2019. Please register by February 8, 2019. January 19 @ 10:00 AM in Fellow-ship Hall: Women’s Gathering and Lunch

Musical Notes

FROM THE

DIREKTR

“Many hands make light work” is an old saying that is very true. I am sure that all of us have

experienced this first-hand when friends and family have helped us out – think moving, painting our

house, remodeling. This is something I experience every day with the people of FBC.

Our recent Christmas carol sing is an example of what can happen when people work together

for a common cause. I can’t even begin to list all the people that helped with planning, set up, moving

furniture, decorating tables, making food, serving food, and clean up. The best part of it all is that I

know that all I must do is ask and the call is answered! What a blessing!

The same is true for the musicians we have here. The month of December was extremely busy

for all the singers and ringers. When one bell ringer had to step away for a while, someone stepped in

to take his place. When discussing how we could find space for all the equipment and people, ideas and

suggestions were offered that solved the problem. When a different way of celebrating the Advent sea-

son was brought forth, everyone gave it their all. What a blessing!

As we look back on 2018, we can remember some wonderful musical pieces that truly made the

word of God come alive for people. We can look back and see how far we have come in our personal

and corporate musical growth. More importantly, we can look forward to a new year, new ideas, new

experiences, and perhaps, new members in our groups. What a blessing!

May 2019 be the year that you decide to be blessing in a new way!

Mary SchecherMary SchecherMary SchecherMary Schecher

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3Gs TAKE WINTER BREAK Our annual Christmas Party was a huge suc-cess. We had 27 people in attendance and all had a great time at the Brass Key Restaurant. Thanks to Lorna for all her work in both put-ting the event together and decorating the pri-vate room we had. We had the chance to fel-lowship and eat (all the food – soup, steak sandwich, grouper, sirloin tips, chicken, and cheesecake – was terrific) and enjoyed having Regional Executive Minister Marie Onwubu-ariri’s parents with us to welcome in the Christmas season. Here’s a photo of the group (taken by Maggie):

Due to the inclement weather we normally experience at this time of year, our group will be taking a winter break. But we will be re-suming our activities when spring rolls around. So keep an eye out, both here and in the weekly bulletin, for our 2019 activities. And if you have an idea for something you think the group would enjoy doing, just let Ted, Jr., know.

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Me” Me” Me” Me”

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BRING IN YOUR DONATION

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Historical Reflections: Historical Reflections: Historical Reflections: Historical Reflections: Big action from 1928 Big action from 1928 Big action from 1928 Big action from 1928

The First Baptist Church of Greenfield, our official name in

1928, made decisive moves ninety years ago in a period of pros-

perity. As the West Allis population had quickly grown, our

Church membership grew as well. After years of planning and de-

laying due to The Great War and funding issues, we finally made a

decision to

build a new

sanctuary on the lots we had purchased in 1911. The building

was more austere than initial concepts and retained the origi-

nal church structure.

The old Church

facing Summit Ave-

nue, now Lapham Street, had wood frame construction be-

fore bricks covered it to match the new

building.

Bids were out and received before

contracts were signed. Construction

began, and then……., and then ….. we

had not anticipated the unexpected

event that came.

[Due to space restrictions, this story continues next month.]

This is the 21st

of periodic his-

torical articles.

For questions

or items of in-

terest, please

contact John

Wothe.

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RO

SS

1 s

eein

g _

__ _

__ tre

e a

far o

ff havin

g le

aves (1

,3) (M

ark

11:1

3)

5 _

__ o

f cle

an a

nd u

ncle

an a

nim

als

, of b

irds a

nd o

f all c

reatu

res (G

en 7

:7)

9 p

roje

ctile

(Job 4

1:2

6)

13 _

__ th

em

fare

well, s

ayin

g, I m

ust b

y a

ll means k

eep (A

cts

18:2

1) K

JV

14 S

ell m

e s

om

e p

roperty

for a

buria

l ___ h

ere

(Gen 2

3:4

)

15 o

ne o

f the m

inor p

rophets

16 T

ake a

n _

__ o

f manna a

nd k

eep it fo

r the g

enera

tions to

com

e (E

x 1

6:3

2)

17 T

he G

od o

f peace b

e w

ith y

ou a

ll. ___ (R

om

15:3

3)

18 If a

nyone w

ors

hip

s th

e b

east a

nd h

is _

__ a

nd re

ceiv

es h

is m

ark

(Rev 1

4:9

)

19 th

e _

__, th

e ra

t, any k

ind o

f gre

at liz

ard

(Lev 1

1:2

9)

21 m

ade th

e h

earts

of th

e p

eople

___ w

ith fe

ar (J

osh 1

4:8

)

23 s

hin

e b

efo

re m

en, th

at th

ey m

ay _

__ y

our g

ood d

eeds (M

att 5

:16

24 S

econd s

on o

f Noah (G

en.7

:13)

25 T

hey _

__ a

round m

e lik

e b

ees (P

s 1

18:1

2)

27 T

o th

e h

oly

and fa

ithfu

l bro

thers

in C

hris

t at _

__ (C

ol 1

:2)

31 w

ere

com

forte

d in

your c

om

fort: _

__, a

nd e

xceedin

gly

(2 C

or 7

:13) (K

JV

)

33 a

people

for h

imself, a

nd to

make _

__ _

__ fo

r him

self (1

,4) (2

Sam

7:2

3)

34 T

hen s

hall th

e _

__ m

an le

ap a

s a

n h

art (Is

aia

h 3

5:6

)

37 T

hey b

uilt a

sie

ge _

__ u

p to

the c

ity (2

Sam

20:1

5)

40 tw

o s

tones th

e w

ay a

___ c

utte

r engra

ves a

seal (E

xod 2

8:1

1)

41 s

o th

at y

ou m

ay b

e a

ble

to _

__ w

hat is

best (P

hil 1

:10)

44 m

any b

elie

ved in

___ n

am

e, w

hen th

ey s

aw

the m

iracle

s (J

ohn 2

:23)

45 A

nd _

__ s

aid

to J

acob, F

eed m

e, I p

ray th

ee (G

en 2

5:3

0) K

JV

47 s

ilver in

two b

ags, w

ith tw

o _

__ o

f clo

thin

g (2

Kin

gs 5

:23)

48 p

ut a

n e

nd to

sin

, to _

__ fo

r wic

kedness (D

an 9

:24)

50 L

OR

D s

aid

to M

oses, "S

tretc

h o

ut y

our h

and o

ver th

e _

__ (E

x 1

4:2

6)

52 w

aste

land a

s h

is h

om

e, th

e s

alt fla

ts a

s h

is _

__ (J

ob 3

9:6

)

54 M

anasseh a

nd E

phra

im w

ere

born

to J

oseph b

y _

__ (G

en 4

6:2

0)

58 fig

s, w

hic

h a

re s

o _

__ th

ey c

annot b

e e

ate

n (J

er 2

4:8

)

59 th

ey s

hoot o

ut th

e _

___, th

ey s

hake th

e h

ead (P

s 2

2:7

)

60 th

e w

all w

ill cry

out, a

nd th

e b

eam

s o

f the w

oodw

ork

will _

__ it (H

ab 2

:11)

61 a

lam

p u

nto

my fe

et, a

nd _

__ _

__ u

nto

my p

ath

(1,5

) (Ps 1

19:1

05) K

JV

65 B

low

the tru

mpet in

Zio

n; s

ound th

e _

__ o

n m

y h

oly

hill (J

oel 2

:1)

67 s

on o

f Seth

(Gen 4

:26) K

JV

69 F

irst z

ookeeper

70 th

e c

reatio

n its

elf w

ill be lib

era

ted fro

m its

bondage to

___ (R

om

8:2

1)

71 ju

dgm

ent is

____ a

ccepta

ble

to th

e L

OR

D th

an s

acrific

e (P

rov 2

1:3

)

72 fo

r wid

e is

the _

___, a

nd b

road is

the w

ay (M

att 7

:13)

73 a

ll the tre

es o

f ____, th

at w

ere

in th

e g

ard

en o

f God (E

zek 3

1:9

)

74 th

ough th

ey _

__ _

__ lik

e c

rimson, th

ey s

hall b

e a

s w

ool (2

,3) (Is

a 1

:18) K

JV

75 th

ere

shall c

om

e fo

rth a

rod o

ut o

f the _

___ o

f Jesse (Is

aia

h 1

1:1

)

DO

WN

1 h

urlin

g s

tones a

nd s

hootin

g a

rrow

s o

ut o

f ___ _

__ (1

,3) (1

Chr 1

2:2

)

2 th

e _

___ th

ere

of w

as h

eard

in P

hara

oh's

house (G

en 4

5:1

6)

3 T

he m

an w

ho w

as h

eale

d h

ad n

o _

__ w

ho it w

as (J

ohn 5

:13)

4 Z

ippora

h g

ave b

irth to

a s

on, a

nd M

oses n

am

ed h

im _

__ (E

x 2

:22)

5 S

peak to

one a

noth

er w

ith _

__, h

ym

ns a

nd s

piritu

al s

ongs (E

ph 5

:19)

6 H

er _

__ is

to b

e d

evote

d to

the L

ord

(1 C

or 7

:34)

7 u

nits

, parts

, poin

ts

8 O

LO

RD

. ____ th

em

in o

ur d

ay, in

our tim

e m

ake th

em

know

n (H

ab 3

:2)

9 w

hen Is

aac w

as o

ld, a

nd h

is e

yes w

ere

____ (G

en 2

7:1

)

10 F

or th

e L

OR

D h

as _

__ _

__ a

gain

st h

is p

eople

(1,4

) (Mic

6:2

)

11 A

ll day lo

ng th

e b

attle

___, a

nd th

e k

ing o

f Isra

el (2

Chr 1

8:3

4)

12 T

hou a

rt my b

elo

ved S

on; in

___ I a

m w

ell p

leased (L

uke 3

:22) K

JV

15 a

nd th

ou s

halt m

ake th

e _

__ o

f fine lin

en (E

xod 2

8:3

9) (K

JV

)

20 I m

ean n

ot th

at o

ther m

en b

e _

__, a

nd y

e b

urd

ened (2

Cor 8

:13) (K

JV

)

22 in

the m

orn

ing th

ere

was a

___ o

f dew

aro

und th

e c

am

p (E

x 1

6:1

3)

26 d

efa

ce (J

ob 3

0:1

3) (K

JV

)

27 L

ike _

__ fu

ll of b

irds, th

eir h

ouses a

re fu

ll of d

eceit (J

er 5

:27)

28 fo

r your little

____, a

nd fo

r your w

ives (G

en 4

5:1

9)

29 J

esus c

ried o

ut in

a lo

ud v

oic

e, "E

loi, E

loi, _

__ s

abachth

ani?

" (Mark

15:3

4)

30 S

alv

atio

n is

found in

no o

ne _

__ , fo

r there

is n

o o

ther n

am

e (A

cts

4:1

2)

32 "y

ou a

re w

orrie

d a

nd _

__ a

bout m

any th

ings (L

uke 1

0:4

1)

35 B

e w

ise in

the w

ay y

ou _

__ to

ward

outs

iders

(Col 4

:5)

36 th

rust h

im in

to a

net a

nd h

e w

anders

into

its _

__ (J

ob 1

8:8

)

38 c

onscie

nces h

ave b

een s

eare

d a

s w

ith _

__ _

__ iro

n.(1

,3) (1

Tim

4:2

)

39 S

ir, your _

__ h

as e

arn

ed te

n m

ore

(Luke 1

9:1

6)

42 A

bra

ham

’s s

on (M

att 1

:2)

43 H

is n

am

e w

as _

__ a

nd h

is w

ife's

nam

e w

as A

big

ail (1

Sam

25:3

)

46 th

ey d

ecid

ed to

___ th

e m

oney to

buy th

e p

otte

r's fie

ld (M

att 2

7:6

-7)

49 w

ho p

rocla

im p

eace,w

ho b

ring g

ood _

__ (Is

a 5

2:7

)

51 T

he la

st _

___ th

at s

hall b

e d

estro

yed is

death

(1 C

or 1

5:2

6)

53 w

hosoever s

hall e

xalt h

imself s

hall b

e _

__ (M

att 2

3:1

2) K

JV

54 W

hat _

__ th

ee, O

thou s

ea, th

at th

ou fle

ddest?

(Ps 1

14:5

) KJV

55 a

nd k

eep s

om

e _

__ b

etw

een th

e h

erd

s (G

en 3

2:1

6)

56 Y

our d

ecre

es a

re th

e _

__ o

f my s

ong (P

s 1

19:5

4)

57 _

__ y

our fa

ther a

nd y

our m

oth

er (E

xodus 2

0:1

2)

59 y

e la

wyers

! for y

e _

__ m

en w

ith b

urd

ens (L

uke 1

1:4

6) (K

JV

)

62 "I'll s

end y

ou a

young _

__ fro

m m

y flo

ck," h

e s

aid

(Gen 3

8:1

7)

63 e

ither h

e w

ill ____ th

e o

ne, a

nd lo

ve th

e o

ther (L

uke 1

6:1

3)

64 L

arg

e c

row

ds fo

llow

ed h

im, a

nd h

e h

eale

d _

__ th

ere

(Matt 1

9:2

)

66 P

ete

r, how

ever, g

ot u

p a

nd _

__ to

the to

mb (L

uke 2

4:1

2)

68 K

ing S

olo

mom

's m

ines h

ad a

gre

at d

eal o

f this