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Central Baptist Church of Westerly, 16 Elm Street, Westerly, RI 02891
The Good Word
Carrying News of God’s Work into the Community and World May 2018 Volume 11 Issue 5
CHURCH MEETINGS
June 6
7:15 PM Mission Board
June 18
4:00 PM Board of Trustees
June 20
5:30 PM Board of Christian Ed
7:15 PM Board of Deacons
June 25
7:00 PM Church Council
HOW TO CONTACT US
Church Office: e-mail
Telephone : [401] 596-4929
Newsletter submissions: e-mail
Pastor : e-mail
Website:
http://www.cbcwesterly.org
To see the newsletter in color, visit our website
Worship With Us At Central Baptist
June 3 & 10 Adult Sunday School 9:00 AM Worship Service & Children’s
Sunday School 10:30 AM Fellowship Hour 11:45 AM
June 17 & 24 Worship Service 9:30 AM Fellowship Hour 10:30 AM
The 2018 Mother Daughter Banquet
Central Baptist Church of Westerly
CHURCH STAFF
Rev. Dr. Cal Lord, Jr., Pastor Lynn Dowding, Music Director
Cindy Capizzano, Administrator Paul Arnold, Custodian
Ray Deptulski, Jr., Custodian
Church Office Hours Monday—Friday , 9:00 AM—1:00 PM
NEWSLETTER TEAM
Suzanne Vanaman
Dot Marra Cindy Capizzano
and A host of other contributors
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Newsletter Deadline Articles for The Good Word,
are due the 15th of the month.
Please submit articles as a WORD document if possible.
e-mail all articles to: Suzanne Vanaman
NEEDLEWORKERS
First and Third Monday 9:30 AM
Come join us.
All women interested in any type of needlework, please
join us for fun and fellowship.
Men’s Breakfast June 2
Fellowship Hall 8:00 AM
ALL MEN INVITED
Nancy Balentine’s home 35 Spruce Street
Westerly, RI
All Church Pot Luck Supper
Wednesday, June 6, 5:45 PM
Last Name : A - C Main Dish D - G Dessert H - L Vegetable M - Z Salad
Join us for the last one of the season!
Three Sunday Morning Bible Study Offerings for Adults at 9:00 AM
Sharing Jesus without Freaking Out - led by Brian Gerbutavich in the parlor. Book of James – Led by Gary Engler on the third floor of our educational wing. Women’s Study — led by Marie McCurry in the Library on the first floor.
CHILDRENS SUNDAY SCHOOL
There is a Christian Education moment with Pastor Cal during our morning worship service. Following the children’s time with the Pastor, the children leave through the door at the front of the sanctuary to attend their Sunday School classes.
SAVE THE DATE SATURDAY, JUNE 9
Annual church yard sale. Call the office to reserve a
table. ($20 each)
CAMP CANONICUS APPLICATIONS
Camp Canonicus applications and camp scholarship forms are available at the office.
For us as Baptists, Believer's Baptism is one of the most significant acts that we can take in our walk with Christ. It is a symbolic act that reflects what He did for us. As we go under the water, our old self is buried with Him. We come out of the water a new creation, forgiven with the promise of a new life. It is beautiful to see as people come forward to express their faith in Jesus. On June 10th we will witness several of our friends entering the waters of baptism. They include Arnold Hall, Erica Ballesteros, Alyssa Murray, Robert Burnside, Zachary Stanton, Tim Lynn and David Whipple. We also hope to welcome them into membership along with Hillery Stanton, Cathy Burnside, Patricia Anderson, and Richard Chipperfield. It is going to be a special day.
Wednesday Nights Beginning June 20th
Join us for a light dinner and conversation on the subject of Grace. Come at 5:30. The grill will be on. Or come at 6:30 p.m. just for the study. We will be reading through Max Lucado’s book, “Grace!”
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PasTor Cal’s Corner
Fifteen of us went to Chris Tomlin’s “Worship Night in America” on May 5th.
A Gift for Habitat… Work begins on the culvert out back….
With hats on their heads, we celebrate Mother’s Day. It’s a tradition at CBC!
Another wonderful trip to the Sight & Sound Theater. This time we saw “Jesus!”
Dear Friends,
Last month I had the opportunity to sit back and reflect on the race we’ve been running these last 12 months. For some of you it truly feels like a race. Just look at the photos to the right and you’ll get a sample of the wonderful opportunities we’ve had. There was a trip to Lancaster, PA where we saw a musical production titled, “Jesus.” Thank you Dorothy McClure and Agnes Trebesacci! Oh, what fun! You made it happen. Another group traveled to Hartford, CT to see Chris Tomlin’s “Worship Night in America.” It was inspirational. We celebrated Mother’s Day with our annual Mother Daughter Banquet. Over eighty ladies enjoyed the turkey dinner Skip Terwilliger and his crew put together. Afterwards the ladies were entertained by the dancers from Luis Pabon Dance Arts Center in Norwich. On Sunday the ladies pulled out their finest for the annual “Hat Day” photo. We also presented a check to Colin Penney, the new Executive Director of the South County Habitat for Humanity. It was a down payment that suggested we’d like to do more with them in 2018/19. One of the by-products of our Mission Trip to Houston was the fact that we met some new friends from the other churches. Tom Roy, from Dunn’s Corners, ended up having a conversation with Ron Rodehorst about the sinking culvert in our parking lot while we were in Texas. This past week Tom came over with his equipment and is working on fixing it for us. That’s a Holy Spirit connection at work. As I look ahead I see a wonderful summer here at church. Worship will move to 9:30 a.m. on Father’s Day. That means we can worship in the morning and then enjoy the sun or the beach. We also add the Avondale Chapel series to our menu and a smorgasbord of preachers and special music to enjoy. This offers an even earlier option for worship because they meet at 8:00 a.m. Add in our Father’s Day Car Show in June, a trip to the ballpark in July, a midweek Bible study on Grace, the chance to be “Shipwrecked” and then rescued by Jesus in our Annual Vacation Bible School, a visit from Ronnie and Becky Short and the girls, and you have the recipe for a blessing. So I hope you will come along for the ride. You will be blessed. See you in church. Cal
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April 2018
Actuals
April 2018
YTD Plan
Annual Plan
Total Income 24,899.70 26,677.38 319,112.00
Total Expense 25,759.86 24,575.54 318,359.00
Net Planned Income/Loss (860.16) 2,101.84 753.00
Jan—Apr 2018
100,977.00
101,678.64
(701.64)
YTD Plan
102,634.55
111,654.56
(9,020.01)
Treasurer’s Report
Board of Trustees
For your convenience, there are a couple easy online giving options. You can add CBC to your bank’s Bill Payment site and the bank will print and mail your check to the church. Also, you scan the code on the right from your phone to access our online giving app, to give from either your bank account or a debit/credit card. The app uses the same security as bank web sites, so your personal information is secure. Also, it allows you to schedule your donations in advance, so ‘once and it’s done’! Please take a look and see how online giving can make giving easier for you! We appreciate your continued support of God’s work at CBC.
Prayer Team
Now that spring is here, the Trustees would like to express our support for the efforts of the Board of Christian Education to encourage sponsorship of the Vacation Bible School program this summer. Sponsoring a child with a $15 sponsorship will help keep our VBS program one of the very best. We have already seen encouraging results from this effort.
Chair-Board of Trustees Frederick C. Eckel
Our giving in April continued to exceed our plan, but lower dividends and interest from our endowment caused the total income to fall short of our plan. Also, our expenses were slightly higher than planned, resulting in a negative balance. This should be only a temporary situation, though, and our strong financial position should continue for the rest of the year. Thank you for your generous support!
Inspiring Quotes by Mark Batterson, an American pastor and author. 1. All of us love miracles. We just don’t like being in situations where we need one.
2. Sometimes the power of prayer is the power to carry on. It doesn’t always change your circumstances, but it gives you the strength to walk through them.
3. The same voice that spoke order into chaos at the dawn of creation is still doing it. He can speak order into the chaos of your life.
4. One prayer can change the course of history.
5. Faith is the willingness to look foolish.
Board of Missions
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WARM meal schedule: June - Trustees
Are you Sensing a Call to Global Mission? International Ministries’ Hear the Call weekend retreat is for adults who are exploring a personal call to join God in global mission. Participants will interact with global servants and staff of International Ministries who will answer questions, address misconceptions and help attendees evaluate their call. Worship, inspirational messages, Bible study and personal reflection time all combine to make this a powerful discernment experience. By the end of the weekend, participants will have a clear conception of the next steps in the process and a deeper understanding of the culture and missiology of International Ministries. Location: Green Lake Conference Center, W2511 State Road 23, Green Lake, Wisconsin, 54941. Dates: 7:00 PM on Sunday, July 1, through 9:00 PM on Tuesday, July 3. (Wednesday, July 4-breakfast; head home.) Registration is now open: The registration fee is $90 per adult and is due by June 15, 2018 at 12:00 PM (CT). To register, go to www.internationalministries.org and search for Hear the Call. Scholarships: Limited scholarships are available for qualified candidates to cover the registration fee, your housing and meals. To see if you qualify, please contact Debbie Miller at [email protected] or call (610) 768-2022. Please wait on registering if you are applying for a scholarship. Housing & Meals: All of the participants of Hear the Call stay together in one building including missionaries and staff in order to facilitate relationship building during and after program times. They will take care of making a reservation in your name. You will not need to contact the Green Lake Conference Center to arrange for your housing or meals. If you have medical needs that require a special diet, instructions on arranging for that will be provided after you register. Transportation: You are responsible for all transportation costs, including ground shuttle service to the Green Lake Conference Center. They will provide shuttle service from the following locations: the Outagamie County airport in Appleton, WI, the Amtrak station in Columbus, WI and the Greyhound depot in Oshkosh, WI. (Green Lake will NOT pick you up at the Milwaukee or Chicago airports.) Travel Time: Please allow an hour to get from the airport, train station or bus depot to Green Lake. You want to get to Green Lake between 4 – 4:30 PM on July 1. Choose your departure time carefully for the return trip. The Green Lake shuttle will pick you up THREE hours ahead of time. Instructions on arranging for shuttle service will be sent after you register. Schedule: Available on the International Ministries website. If you are sensing a call to global mission and have any questions or concerns, please speak with Pastor Cal. Jean Smith
Summer Schedule Begins June 17th! Avondale Chapel Services at 8:00 a.m.
Worship at Central at 9:30 a.m.
Office hours: Monday—Thursday from 9:00—1:00 p.m.
Summer break begins for;
Our Sunday School,
The Chancel Choir,
Our Mid-week Worship Services,
Our Monthly Coffeehouses
Help Need with Childcare This Summer!
If you are willing to take a week to help with childcare during worship this summer, please speak to Marie Bertsch or Erica Ballesteros.
This is a great help to our parents. It allows them to worship together during the summer months when we do not offer Sunday School.
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Stewardship
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL July 9—July 13, 9:00 AM to 12:15 PM
Two small boys went into the dentist’s office one day and waited for the dentist to get through with his appointment. When he came into the waiting room, the older of the two boys spoke up. “Doctor, I want a tooth taken out, and I don’t want any gas, and I don’t want it deadened because we’re in a hurry.” The doctor smiled and said, “Well, you’re quite a brave young man. You want a tooth pulled, and you don’t want any gas, and you don’t want it deadened.” And the little boy said, “That’s right, ‘cause we’re in a hurry.” “Well, okay,” said the dentist, “but tell me, which tooth is it?” And the little boy turned to his smaller friend and said, “Show him your tooth, Albert!” The world is full of people like that, isn’t it? People who want to see things happen and get things done; but, who let someone else pay the price and to deal with the consequences. That’s not the way it works. We have to get into the dentist’s chair ourselves. We have to recognize that giving of our time, talent and treasure to our church is not something someone else does. It is an effort we all need to support. It is everyone’s responsibility.
Come make a splash at VBS Shipwrecked! All children age preschool through grade 5 are welcome! Youth in grade 6 and up are welcome as helpers. Music, Bible stories, crafts, kid videos, snacks, and even dancing are just some of the fun activities. Free t-shirt and music CD (one per family). Come one day or come for all five. Invite a friend(s)! Our community mission this year is "sock it to em!" We will be collecting new socks for the Warm Shelter. Let's keep Warm Shelter visitors warm next winter with some new socks. How much fun is a picnic with your family and VBS friends? Come Thursday, July 12th and find out! ALL are welcome. There will be delicious food and fun activities!
We are looking to borrow your captains hats, life preservers, anchors, hammocks, and ropes. We are also collecting Goldfish crackers, cookies, Smartfood popcorn (individual bags), napkins, baggies, and brown paper grocery bags. You can volunteer too. Things you can help us with include: registration, snack prep and cleanup, preschool helper, crew leader or helper, picnic setup, or technology (sound, microphone, videos). Come one day or all five. See Marie Bertsch if you are interested or have a question. Background checks are requested for volunteers. Can't wait to see you there!!!!
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Thanks Dad by Sylvia Pierce
June is the month to honor your dad Thank him for seeing you through the good and the bad
You might not remember his bouncing you on his knee You will remember the rescue from being stuck in the tree
Don’t forget that big beaming proud smile As he taught you to drive that very first mile
Remember to thank your Heavenly Father for each blessing and gift
Even when your mind and body wanted to drift Honor each dad as they are willing to sacrifice
To give you those experienced words of wisdom and advice.
LIBRARY NEWS
New Additions to the Library
Christian Life
Counter Culture – David Platt The author makes a “compassionate call” for Christians to faithfully follow Christ into the cultural battlefield of today’s society. He shows how Christians can take an active stand on such hot-button issues as immigration, same-sex marriage, racism, abortion, and other challenges confronting Christians today. The author challenges Christians to live out the Gospel message with “conviction, courage and compassion in the midst of a culture that is drifting further from the truth every day.” Religion If You Can Keep It: The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty - Eric Metaxas Metaxas, an award-winning author, details the founding of America and the expectations of its citizens in the support of the American form of government. The “we the people” of the Constitution. He contends that America’s future is of concern because the people are not meeting their collective responsibility of keeping the “flame of liberty” alive. Central to his argument is his belief in the Golden Triangle of Freedom; the triangle being composed of Freedom, Virtue, and Faith. The basic function of the triangle being that Freedom requires Virtue, Virtue requires Faith, and Faith requires Freedom. All three legs support each other. If one of the legs of the triangle is removed, the whole structure ceases to exist. The author expands on these concepts and other important factors dealing with the unique political experiment that gave birth to American and its democratic form of government. Bible Study 30 Days To Understanding the Bible – Max Anders The author believes that the book can be an aid for those who are beginning a study of the Bible, as well as a help for the established student to organize and expand on his/her knowledge. The book is organized around the “Ten Great Subjects of the Bible,” including the Holy Spirit, Jesus, Man, Sin, and Salvation, etc. Numerous charts and graphs assist the reader in putting the Bible’s people and facts together in their proper chronological order. The author claims that these objectives can be accomplished by an individual spending fifteen minutes of study a day for thirty days. Regardless of the time commitment, the book contains information which can enhance anyone’s knowledge and understanding of Scripture. These Books and other recent additions can be found in the Library Corner in Fellowship Hall. Visit the Library located on the Nursery School Hallway – Ground Floor. CD copies of Sunday Worship services are available in the Media Section of the library. Contact the Church office if you would like to receive a copy on a regular basis in the mail.
PLEASE RETURN OR RENEW ALL LIBRARY MATERIALS
Join us for Open Mic Night
June 8th at 7:00 p.m. in Fellowship Hall. Christian Open Mic with several guest artists performing their favorite Christian songs. Come join us!
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June 17
10:30 AM to 3:00 PM
There will be food, music and as many as 50 cars. WBLQ will be
broadcasting live. The cars will be on the front lawn and lined across
the back lot. Bring dads, friends and car enthusiasts.
(Rain Date—June 24)
We have begun our Operation Christmas Child collection
efforts for this year. Each month we will collect different items which we will pack in shoeboxes in November. There will be a box on the stage in Fellowship Hall for you to put your donations. It costs $9.00 to ship each shoebox. Please consider a cash donation to cover the shipping cost. A check can be made out to Central Baptist Church with Operation Christmas Child written on the memo line. If you have any questions regarding Central Baptist’s participation in this project, speak to Brian Gerbutavich.
Since 1993, more than 100 million boys and girls in over
130 countries have experienced God’s love through the power of simple shoebox gifts from Operation Christmas Child.
Samaritan’s Purse works with local churches and ministry
partners to deliver the gifts and share the life-changing Good
News of Jesus Christ.
NURSERY SCHOOL GRADUATION ~ JUNE 11 - 9:30 AM On Monday, June 11th Central Nursery School will host its annual promotion ceremony at 9:30 a.m. as it graduates its 48th class and sends them off to kindergarten. Special thank you to CNS Executive Director Lauren Sposato and head teacher, Tia Burgess, on another great year. Feel free to drop in and congratulate the kids and their parents.
Congratulation to our 2018 Graduates
The University of Rhode Island
Arthur Burton Marissa Bertsch
CCRI
Nicole Oldfield
Westerly High School Marissa Day
Cinphany McClure
Prout High School Madison Harris Michael Harris
Let us know if we missed
your graduate!
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FOUR GARDENS = SALVATION
John 20:11 (RSV) Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. 20:14 She turned around and saw Jesus but did not know Him.
20:15 She supposed Him to be the gardener.
Spring has arrived bringing the days in which we plan and plant our gardens. Following this will be the days in which with loving care we will tend the growth. When the proper number of days for the planning, planting and tending have been accomplished, we will gather in the harvest to be enjoyed and shared with others. It may be coincidental that during this time I found in Father Paul Scalia’s book of Essays “That Nothing May Be Lost” an essay describing some gardens mentioned in the Bible. Father Scalia succinctly explains in his essay entitled “Four Gardens” some viewpoints on the gardens of Eden, Gethsemane, resurrection and the human soul that I had never considered before. I found them both interesting and compelling and I hope you will also.
In reading through this essay, I find some key words around which the essay appears to have been built—words such as: Salvation - Order - Beauty - Life - Rebellion (sin) - Restoration - Redemption - Resurrection - Divine Gardener - Grace - Et. Al. May the gardens of your lives be fulfilling to you and pleasing to God. - John Macomber
Four Gardens
“Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark” (Jn 20:1; cf. Mt 28:1; Mk 16:1-2; Lk 24:1). She comes to a garden. We know that from the last words of the Passion read on Good Friday that the tomb of our Lord was in a garden (Jn 19:41). This is not an unimportant detail, because salvation history can be understood as a story of gardens. We find three essential elements in a garden: order, beauty and life. Order sets a garden apart from the wilderness. Its boundaries and design establish it as a specific place unlike any other. Second, a garden has beauty—a diversity of flowers and plants, colors, sizes and shapes that please the eye. Finally, a garden has life. Plants grow and bear fruit, and animals find their territory a pleasing place to live. This is what God desired for us in that first garden, the Garden of Eden: order, beauty, and life. Order, not just of the Garden, but of our own lives. He established us in a harmonious (well-ordered) relationship with Him, which bestowed in turn a harmony within ourselves and with others, the integration of soul and body, man and woman, man and creation. Likewise the beauty of that first garden was not of the plants and flowers but of our souls, the surpassing beauty of the only creature created in His image and likeness. And He bestowed life there as well—the unending life with God. By his sin Adam rejected the Gardener and lost the goods of the Garden. We have lost order, beauty and life. Rebellion against God has thrown His creation into disarray. We now find soul pitted against body, man against woman, and all of creation at odds with man. It has brought the ugliness and horror of sin into the world. Most of all, it has brought death into the world, death in the place of life. In a second garden our Lord began the restoration, the redemption; Jesus went “Where there was a garden, which he and his disciples entered” (Jn. 18:1; cf Mt. 26:30; Mk 14:26; Lk 22:39). He entered the garden of Gethsemane to undo the rebellion of the Garden of Eden. In that garden he took upon himself all the disorder ugliness, and death that sin brought into the world. The entirety of it rushed upon and into Him. “And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down upon the ground” (Lk22:44). He Who is Beauty Itself became the Man of sorrow. He “who know no sin” became sin for us (2Cor 5:21). Life itself became death. In a third garden our Lord continues His work—by rising from the dead. How fitting that His tomb should be in a garden—to complete the restoration of God’s original plan. Indeed, when she first sees Him, Mary Magdalene takes our Lord to be the gardener (Jn.20:15). And in a certain sense, He is. He rises as the divine Gardener, to restore order, beauty and life. He completes His work in a fourth garden: the human soul. He desires to enter our souls by His grace and dwell within as the divine Gardener. He desires to reestablish within us His gifts of order, beauty and life intended from the beginning—order, to heal that division and discord within us that produces all the division and discord outside of us; beauty, to rid us of the ugliness of sin and grant us the glory of His children: and life, that our hearts become lively and life-giving. On Easter Day Mary Magdalene found Him in a garden. He rose in a garden so that we can in turn find Him within us, establishing His new garden of grace.
Just For Kids By Marcia Erskine
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SMILES AND SO FORTH Humor, Wisdom, Poetry, Quizzes, and So Forth By Dorothy Marra
HAPPY HOME RECIPE
Take love and loyalty and mix it thoroughly with faith. Blend it with tenderness, kindness, understanding, friendship and hope. Sprinkle abundantly with laughter. Bake it with sunshine.
Serve daily with generous helpings.
4 Cups Love 2 Cups Loyalty 3 Cups Forgiveness 1 Cup Friendship
5 Spoons Hope 2 Spoons Tenderness 4 Quarts Faith 1 Barrel Laughter
WHO REALLY BROKE DOWN THE WALLS OF JERICHO?
The pastor visited a class of boys one Sunday morning to find out what they were learning during Bible study. “Who broke down the walls of Jericho?” he asked. “Not me, sir,” each boy replied. “Is this typical of your class?” the pastor asked the teacher. “These are honest boys and I believe them,” the teacher replied. “I don’t believe they would do a thing like that.” Frustrated and discouraged, the pastor told the Sunday school director about his visit to the class and the response of the boys and their teacher. “Pastor, I have known that teacher and those boys for a long time,” the director replied. “If they said they didn’t do it, that’s good enough for me.” Next, the minister brought the matter before the Official Board of the church. They discussed it for two hours, then reported: “Pastor, we see no need to get upset about a little thing like this. Let’s just pay for any damages involved and charge it to general church maintenance.”
JUNE 17
FLAG DAY
JUNE 14
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Christ-like maturity, and share Christ’s ministry within our
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Monthly Newsletter
AVONDALE BIBLE FELLOWSHIP ABF will commence their fall schedule in September on Thursdays, at 8:30 AM at the Avondale Chapel.
Central Baptist Church of Westerly
Our Shut Ins
Gertrude Smith
Prayer List
Donna & Carlo Antonino Bob Atkinson Janice Barber Stuart Bryan
Sandra Christina David DeAngelis
Amy Drago Walter Dugas
Frtiz Eckel Kelly Engler
Ed Evans & Family Jennifer Johnson
Vicky Keane Tim Lynn
Shelia Martel Ken McCall
Rev. Joshua & Ida McClure Jane Bowman Miceli
Thomas O’Kelly Sylvia Pierce Debbie Plant
Gertrude Smith Tommy Taylor Baby Thomas Charlene Tops Ellen Turner
Nancy Zembruski
Those in Rehabilitation Facilities:
Ruth Brayman, Apple Rehab, Watch Hill Harriet Schilke, Apple Rehab, Watch Hill
Those in the Military: PFC Jordan Payne Tegan Brown LT Evan Caval, Ft. Myers, VA Major Brian Gavitt Tyler Burnside, stationed at Ft. Campbell Staff Sgt. Audrie MacKenzie & her husband, Aaron Woods, both in the Air Force, now stationed in Georgia
And all those who serve in our armed forces.
Happy Anniversary this month to:
Donna and Cecil Wayles Robert and Cathy Burnside Nancy and Scott Greene Debbie and Donald Plante Marcia and David Erskine Beth and David Smallridge
June 1 Caroline Burton 3 Jessica Burton Nathan Hamlett Jr. 5 Kathy York Mabel Payne 7 Sarah Lord Donna Wayles 10 Dave Erskine 14 Gregory Kay 17 Patricia Collins 18 Cal Lord 21 Diane Chipperfield Michael Harris Laura Fargo 23 David Dowding Peter Arruda Vicky Keane 25 Kathy Lowe 28 James Collins
July
2 Marty Champlin 3 Rebecca Lord Cinphany McClure 10 Shelli Boeniger Heidi Macomber 13 John Mathewson 14 George Champlin Elizabeth Webster Ruth Brayman Ashley Terwilliger Jackie Turner 15 Fritz Eckel Curtis Moussie
Avondale Chapel 2018 Speakers June 17 Rev. Dr. Cal Lord, Jr. Central Baptist Church, Westerly, RI June 24 Rev. Hillary Bercovici Trinity Church, Greenwich, CT July 1 Rev. David Jordan Second Baptist Church of North Stonington, CT July 8 Rev. David Stall First Hopkinton Seventh Day Baptist, RI July 15 Rev. Dr. Wayne Eberly Dunn’s Corner Community Presbyterian Church, Westerly July 22 Rev. Jim Glenn Retired Presbyterian Minister July 29 Rev. John Houlker Warwick Central Baptist, Warwick, RI August 5 Rev. Steve Crino Seaport Community, Groton, CT August 12 Rev. Dr. Joyce Duerr Hope Tabernacle Baptist, Retired August 19 Rev. Joshua McClure Pleasant Street Baptist, Retired August 26 Rev. Wesley Smith First Baptist Hamilton New York, Retired September 2 Rev. Julia Fuller Weekapaug Chapel
Join us this summer at 8:00 AM at the Avondale Chapel, 11 Avondale Road for a brief informal worship service.
Stay for iced tea and cookies afterward on the lawn (weather permitting).
God, give us grace to accept with serenity the
things that cannot be changed, courage to
change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to distinguish the one
from the other.
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19
20
9:30
& 5
:30
Wei
ght W
atch
ers
5:30
PM
Bd
of C
hris
tian
Ed
5:30
PM
BB
Q
6:30
PM
“G
race
” stu
dy
7:15
PM
Boa
rd o
f Dea
cons
21
Fire
Ala
rm T
estin
g
22
War
m M
eal
Pre
pare
d by
Chr
istia
n E
d
23
8:30
& 1
0:00
AM
Wei
ght
Wat
cher
s
24
8:00
AM
Avo
ndal
e C
hape
l 9:
30 A
M W
orsh
ip
10:4
5 Fe
llow
ship
Hou
r C
ar S
how
Rai
n D
ate
25
7:00
PM
Chu
rch
Cou
ncil
26
27
9:30
& 5
:30
Wei
ght W
atch
ers
5:30
PM
BB
Q
6:30
PM
“G
race
Stu
dy
28
29
30
8:30
& 1
0:00
AM
Wei
ght
Wat
cher
s
