2014 XYZ Travel Activities*

June 21, Flat Rock, North Carolina 2 pm matinee of My Fair Lady at Flat Rock Playhouse. Leave church parking lot at noon. Dinner on your own after the play at Kelsey’s in Hendersonville. Cost $38.

July 17, Discovery Place, Charlotte, NCIMAX theater, see Journey to the South Pacific; a cruise on the Catawba Queen in Lake Norman, Mooresville, NC, with box lunch. Cost $40.

August 9, Fort Mill, SCNoon matinee of The Fourth Cross at Narroway Productions. Lunch at the theater. Cost $37.

September 18, Gem MiningTentative plans for gem mining. Details coming soon!

October 18 Hagood MillTentative plans for to see the Annual Indian Festival, lunch at Joe’s in Easley, and antique shopping in this old small town.

November 11-14 Pigeon Forge, TNThree nights at the Park Tower Inn. Plan to see The Hatfield’s & McCoy’s, Smoky Mountain Opry, and Blackwood’s Morning Show, plus tour the Titanic Museum. Leave Taylors FBC parking lot at 7:30 am with a stop at Cracker Barrel Restaurant for breakfast on your own. Complimentary breakfasts at the hotel. Cost $230. Sign up begins today. Pay $100 in July, balance of $130 in August.

December 9, The CoveWe have reserved tickets for The Cove. Cost will be $35 with biscuits on the way up. We will have first seating at lunch. Sign up starts in July.

**Note for single travelers: We have two lists. One is for men who like to travel on the overnight trips and need another man to share a room. The other list is for women who like to travel and need another lady to share a room. Rooms will have two beds.

The Travel Committee will be at the travel table at 9:30 am.

Senior Alert Paul Jimenez, Pastor Volume 24 | June 2014 Number 6

TODAY’S PROGRAM: Laurie ThompsonLaurie Elmore Thompson is a published author, an accomplished inspirational speaker and singer, a Bible teacher, and a songwriter. She has shared her story and songs with many groups and churches in the United States and also overseas in France, Moldova and Russia. Laurie has been interviewed on CD Speak UP blog radio, Life Lessons blog radio, and WRIX as a special guest. She has also appeared on WATC-TV in Atlanta, Georgia, and WGGS-TV in Greenville, South Carolina.

At the age of 14, Laurie was critically injured in a tragic car accident. She grew up in Anderson, South Carolina; completed a business degree at Clemson University; and earned a Bible Certificate from Columbia Biblical Seminary, Columbia, South Carolina. Laurie also completed a Master of Divinity degree in Women’s Studies/Biblical Languages at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, North Carolina.

Laurie and her husband, Kevin, are in full-time ministry. Kevin serves as a full-time Chaplain for a local hospice while also serving part-time as a Chaplain in the South Carolina Army National Guard. Laurie serves as a music teacher and High School Chorus Director at Anderson Christian School, manages her independent ministry, and regularly contributes writings to other websites. Kevin and Laurie have three children: Luke, Lydiaruth, and Canaan. They reside in Anderson, South Carolina.

XYZ is a Ministry of Taylors First Baptist Church . 200 West Main Street . Taylors, South Carolina . 864-244-3535 . www.taylorsfbc.org

REMINDER FOR TRIP RESERVATIONS Payment is expected by the following month when you sign up for a trip or your name will be removed from the list! Please do not cancel once you have paid because we have already purchased your ticket. When you sign up for

trips that involve tickets, we have already reserved those tickets and paid for them!!!! Please make sure you are available for the trip date before signing up. When you sign up and say you will pay later and then cancel without paying, it costs Taylors First Baptist Church.

July Program: Todd Green, Trademark Trio

June Birthdays1 Robert Haag1 Ruth Griffin1 Lyda Mathis1 Jessie Parker2 Azilee Boykin2 Tommie McAllister3 Frances Barnett4 Pat Compton5 Joye Solas6 Allen Smith6 Wilma Edmonds7 Pat Allen7 Doris Brown7 Carolyn Heard8 Perry Cox8 Dick Hubel8 Janet Campbell9 Nell Howell9 Sandy (Mrs.) Kirkus9 Anne Shaver10 Elaine White11 June Kellam11 Margaret Pringle12 Sallie Creamer12 Gail Vaughn13 Joe Harvey14 Glenda Carlton14 Marie Gremmell14 June Knight15 Wayne Dilleshaw15 Pat Holbert15 Jeanne Thamis

15 Myrtle Tucker16 David Johnson16 Wilma Bayne17 Del Sellers17 Paul Workman17 Betty Garren17 Linda Teems17 Linda Whitt 19 Lillian Copeland20 James Campbell20 Mary Gravely21 Rob Northridge21 Libby Kincaid22 Jeri Culpepper22 JoAnn Hurst22 Nancy Nasim23 Harold Killian23 Jack Leffel23 Veto Barton23 Burgess Newsom23 Mary Ellen Lanford23 Bobbie Pack23 Joanne Rogers24 Larry Copeland24 Lindsay O’Rear24 Nancy Ellis24 Virginia Summey24 Rosa Thompson25 Lynn Perry25 Karen Bigger25 Suzie Cassidy25 Margaret Pressley

26 Danny Burdette26 Tommy Crane26 Edna Arnold26 Carolyn Somers27 Pat Keasler27 Carlien Stevenson27 JoAnn West28 Gamil Iskandar28 Lin Cunningham29 Beverly Johnson30 Bill Barnett30 Bobby Scott30 Jan Cooke30 Laura Mayfield30 Doris Mills30 Jean Turner

Editor: Joanne RogersFeature Editor: Gail Duncan

XYZ MissionsThe last time we can collect items for the Nicaragua Mission Trip will be at the XYZ meeting on July 14. The Mission Team will be leaving on July 19. We still need hygiene items such as toothpaste, tooth brushes, washcloths, soap, and antiseptic creams. We also have a real need for money donations to buy Manna Packs of food. Any amount would be appreciated. Please give this money to Nancy Nasim.

We covet your prayers, and we want to thank XYZ members for all the donations you have made for this trip throughout the year. XYZ members are the BEST!!

Your Mission Committee

Welcome May New Members Shirley Arnold232 Rusty Brooke Road, Taylors 29687 / Calvary Baptist

Lucy Harris24 Cunningham Circle, Taylors 29687 / Lee Road United Methodist Church

Judy Matejunas106 Hingham Way, Greer 29650 / St. Mary Magdalene

Elaine Reece141 Rolling Green, Greenville 29615 / Edwards Road Baptist

PLEDGE TO THE CHRISTIAN FLAGI pledge allegiance to the Christian Flag and to the Saviour for whose kingdom it stands - one brotherhood uniting all

Christians in service and love.

June Anniversaries 67th Lathan & Betty Wright June 162nd Jimmie & Guynell Brown June 2461st Bob & Barbara Hammond June 760th Clyde & Gail Duncan June 1959th Bob & Doris Brown June 1259th Allen & Beatrice Dorr June 1859th J.V. & Alma Mehaffey June 457th Arlen & Martha Glenn June 2257th Ben & Peggie Killingsworth June 1657th Jack & Lib Morton June 857th Wayne & Carole Tate June 2957th Lewis & Elaine White June 556th John & Rita Hall June 655th Hugh & India Batson June 2755th Mo & Nancy Nasim June 1355th Tom & Linda Whitt June 654th Wayne & Joanne Norton June 1253rd B.J. & Pat Allen June 1053rd Howard & Delores Payne June 1053rd Jerry & Joanne Rogers June 1752nd Jack & Judy Dorn June 3052nd Tommy & Linda Johnson June 1052nd Bill & Nancy Keesling June 851st Ron & Alicia Phelps June 1651st Jim & Mary L. Stewart June 2250th Phil & Esterine Hargrove June 2750th Neil & Brenda Odom June 2750th Tim & Susan Tyler June 2049th G.W. & Carol Allen June 2649th Jan & Pat Cline June 1247th Wendel & Nadine Cole June 347th Ken & Pam Huber June 1747th Bob & Claudine Leapord June 2446th Doyle & Pam Lewis June 1545th James & Beckey Beard June 1245th Randy & Susan Brewer June 2842nd Tom & Sue Anne Link June 2433rd LeRoy & Joy Swayze June 520th Jack & Pat Leffel June 2315th Willie & Joanne Cannada June 515th Lynn & Mary Lou Jenkins June 2613th T.J. & Gerry Turjanica June 2212th Douglas & Gin Durham June 227th Glenn & Debbie Walters June 306th Allen & Katherine Smith June 144th Perry & Annette Cox June 5