January 2019
Volume 15, Issue 1
December
Food
Cupboard
Total people served ~ 163
Total Bags of Food ~ 79
Families/Households served ~ 56
NEW Families served ~ 4
Our next Food Cupboard,
Saturday,
January 12, 2019
(10-11:30 a.m. at the east
entrance of the southeast
corner of the church.)
Food Cupboard Needs:
All non-perishable items are
acceptable. Food items
needed at this time:
4-Pack of Toilet Paper Cereal 1 lb. Bags of Rice 1 lb. Bags of Beans Soup Canned Meat Jelly Peanut Butter Mac ‘n Cheese Ramon Noodles
You may bring these food items to the church office. You can also donate by mark-ing your check or envelope ~ Food Cupboard. If you would like to help
with a food cupboard day,
there is a sign up sheet at
the welcome desk.
Thank you for your help with
this ministry so we can help
others in our city! ~ Cheryl Dreitz
F i r s t S o ut her n B apt i s t Chur c h
621 N W es te rn A ve nue
L i ber a l , KS 67901
F ind us on t he w eb :
www .f s bc l i be ra l . c om
Emai l us :
c hur c h@f sbc l i ber a l . c om
Heartbeat of Liberal
Pastor Search Committee:
As we begin 2019 the pastor search team would like to say
“THANK YOU!” for you prayers and encouragement. The past few
months have been both challenging and rewarding. At one point we
felt we would have brought you a senior pastor candidate by now, but
God had different plans.
We have met many good men, some only on paper and others
through video interviews. To be honest, we’ve encountered a few
undesirables. All in all, though at times it's been physically and
emotionally draining, the search process has been and continues to be
educational and encouraging.
The team asks you to continue to pray with us as we trust God to
lead us to His man for our church. We choose to believe 2019 will be
a fruitful and fulfilling year here at First Southern Baptist Church.
Your pastor search team, (Rick Keating ~ Donovan Batt ~ Cheryl Collins ~ Gary Classen ~ Dean Alling ~ David Short)
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IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO WORK WHEN SCHEDULED, PLEASE:
1.) Find someone on the schedule to switch dates with (The contact list is included. It helps immensely if you find your own replacement!)
2.) Notify the church office of the change at 624-0186 or [email protected]. Also notify Nique Brown at 655-0051 or [email protected].
Remember, it is required that each room have two adults over the age of 18 who have submitted their Child Abuse Prevention forms.
* Indicates trained student volunteer. This person does not count as an adult in the room.
Extended Session Schedule January 2019
Check-In Infants P1 P2/P3 P4/P5
6 Kendra Haskell Charlene Plett Blaine & Brittany Brock, Ashley &
Cindy Adams VOLUNTEER NEEDED Beckley *Brooks Kappelmann
13 Debra Busby Lisa & *Sammi Batt Todd & *Quinn Brown Lynn Gerstenkorn &
Liz & *Katie Norman Ashley Prosser Amanda Paulus *Halle Sewell
Britt Short
20 Kendra & *Joseph Haskell Cherie Harness Arlette Austin Kyle & Samantha
*Hudson Brown Becky Classen Karen Warden Kathy & *Addie Harris Weber
27 Debra Busby Stephanie Clancy Quince & Janna Jim, Norma Jean &
Adriane Hatcher Kris & *Katie Classen Elizabeth & *Tanner Burton *Logan Dodge
No Children's Church Denoyer
Take Note . . .
➢ Our next Quarterly Business Meeting will be on Sunday, January 27 at 5:00 PM in the worship center. All church members are encouraged to attend.
➢ The stewardship team would like to inform everyone that starting in January 2019, the Wednesday night fellowship meal will have a change in price.
$5.00 for Adults $4.00 for Children (age 3 – 5th grade) $20.00 Family Max
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Save the date! March 2 ~ Food Cupboard’s
Annual Can Connection!!
For those of you that may not be familiar with our Can
Connection it is a friendly competition that helps serve
others in our community. You form a group, put your crea-
tivity to work, and build something amazing out of can
goods to later be donated to the food cupboard
ministry. Be watching for more details to come.
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Awana meeting nights in January . . .
January 9, 16, 23 & 30 ~ Awana programs. January 30 is Crazy Hair Night! Plans are underway for the Awana Night of the Super Heroes and the Awana Safari. If you have a talent for decorations, backdrops and program, you would be very helpful planning these events. Contact Mr. Doug, 620-624-8385.
Has the Lord been speaking to you to become involved with Awana. Come see what we do and see where you would like to fit in.
~ Doug Munsell
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Discipleship
A New Year, a New You. This concept is pretty universal. When we find ourselves at the begin-
ning of a natural cycle in life (new year, new job, start of school, etc.…) we often find ourselves ask-
ing if there are changes that need to be made in our lives. If we are honest with ourselves, the an-
swer is always going to be “YES” this side of eternity. None of us have “made it” in life. There is
always something that we could do better. There is always room for improvement. Even within
the life of a church, we must ask the questions of “what’s next?” and “how can we grow in our at-
tempts to be the church God desires us to be?”
As we approached 2019, Pastor Todd and I began having conversations together and with others in
our church about how to enter the new year with a goal and focus. We wanted to start the year
knowing that as a church we were going to keep moving forward, and not just maintain the status
quo until a new pastor was hired. As a church we voted on and adopted a new vision statement this
past year.
“FSBC Liberal desires to be a church that engages relationally with God and our neighbors, equips the believers for the work of ministry, and evangelizes the world with the good news of
Jesus Christ.”
After many conversations and much prayer, a focus for 2019 was taken straight out of our vision
statement. So, without further ado, I want to invite you to join with us this coming year as we
“Engage.”
The hope of this focus is threefold. We want to help each person in our church family “Engage
with God,” “Engage with His Family.” and “Engage with the World.” You will have multiple ways
to be challenged to “Engage” as we begin the year. Our Interim Pastor Randy Caddell will be
sharing with us each week messages from God’s Word to help us understand what it looks like to
Engage Relationally. Pastor Jeremy will be leading a Sunday Evening Study on Acts 1-12 where we
see the early church being established. This study will help us explore a time in scripture where we
see the young church Engaging with God, His Family, and the World. Pastor Todd will be leading
a Sunday Evening Study entitled “Together.” This study will explore 6 Biblical Characteristics of a
church that is growing in community.
Finally, as we believe that the foundation of Engagement starts with our relationship with God, we
are providing you with a tool to study God’s Word together this coming year. We will have a year
long reading plan printed in the Lobby that we are encouraging each of you to participate in. I can
think of few things that help us know someone better than listening to them tell us about them-
selves. God has given us His very words in the Bible, and we believe that spending time in His
Word is imperative to knowing Him more.
Will you join us this year? Will you “Engage with God?” Will you “Engage with His Family?”
Will you “Engage with the World?” I truly believe that if we take seriously the call to “Engage
Relationally” we will grow in our relationships with God and our neighbors. I hope that you will
take seriously the call to “Engage” in 2019. I would love to get to know you better.
~ Pastor Jeremy
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Hey family! A new year is coming and with that we are introducing a new focus for
our church. By this point you have hopefully been hearing about Engage 2019. The
first third of our new vision reads “FSBC Liberal desires to be a church that engages
relationally with God and others.” In the coming year we are going to take a deep dive
into what that really means for us, and how we can better live that mission out.
As a pastoral staff we are all taking part in this initiative. On Sunday mornings
Pastor Randy will be preaching sermons to inspire us and show us what it looks like to
engage relationally first with God, next with our brothers and sisters in Christ, and then
with the world around us. Pastor Jeremy will be leading a group through a study of the
early church in Acts to see how this concept applied to them. Today I would like to talk
to you about my part in this.
I’ll be stepping off my beaten path to lead a group of adults on Sunday nights
through a study called “Together”. The goal for our evenings this spring is not just to
accumulate more head knowledge, but to take an honest look at how our church is liv-
ing out the call in scripture to live life together, see where we are doing well, and where
we can grow. We are hoping that both Pastor Jeremy’s group and this one can be a cata-
lyst for great growth in our church in the area of relational engagement.
My study will be looking at these six core values of community:
Devote Daily
Pursue Relationally
Counsel Biblically
Live Authentically
Admonish Faithfully
Engage Missionally
Sound interesting? If so please contact me right away to sign up for this journey, or
put your name on the sheet in the church lobby. I look forward to growing TOGETHER
with you in the coming year!
~ Todd
NEW TUESDAY LADIES' STUDY beginning in January!
Shari Abbott will lead us in studying "Sermon on the Mount" with
Jen Wilkin. This study will include a study book with group work
and personal study segments for 9 sessions. For more information,
go to Jen Wilkin's website.
"What does it mean to be a citizen of the kingdom of Heaven? The
Sermon on the Mount articulates what the life of a Christ follower
should look like, asking us the same questions it posed to its origi-
nal hearers: How should a disciple relate to sin? To others? To
the Law? How does a disciple think, speak, and act?..."
JOIN other women each Tuesday morning, 9:30-11:30 a.m., as we
gather around the table to dig into God's Word together.
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At our Ladies' Legacy Christmas get-together, our theme was "Christmas Is Kindness,”
where we focused on human kindness by sharing Christmas kindnesses in our lives and on God's
extreme kindness to us at Christmas.
Every December Ladies' Legacy collects funds for a cause around the world, and for 2018 we
chose to help Sherrie Fausey with an offering to help her purchase Christmas gifts for her students
and staff at Christian Light School in Haiti, a total of 400. This is quite an undertaking for her. She
takes some items in her suitcase, orders some things to be shipped to Haiti, and will fill in with
items purchased in Haiti, for a total of more than $700. She also sends beans and rice home with
the children the last day of school, which costs about $500, some of which has been donat-
ed. Beans, rice, and gifts for the baby feeder program has been covered by a church in Maine.
Sherrie plans to serve a fried chicken lunch on the last day of school. For the staff party, for 65
people, she is baking cupcakes to go with sodas. Peggy is providing gifts for the staff. It's our
pleasure to join with many other churches and individuals who support Sherrie and CLS.
The December 13 devotional in Daily Acts of Kindness was a reminder of how we can join forces
to bless others, especially at Christmas. Kendra built on Ecclesiastes 4:9-10, "Two people are bet-
ter off than one, for they can help each other succeed. If one person fails, the other can reach out
and help."
As Kendra wrote, "You don't have to know someone from another part of the world to be
able to send money or needed items... (But we are privileged to be a small part of Christian
Light School)...Because two are better than one, joining forces with those around us to
bless someone or help out with a problem, either locally or across the ocean, can make all
the difference in someone else's life. We were meant to do life and show kindness in com-
munity because there is strength in numbers." ~ Kendra
Ladies' Legacy invites all FSBC women to join us in 2019 for the adventure of being a follower
of Jesus in our world!
~ Kathy Reimer for Ladies' Legacy Team
Ladies' Legacy 2019
“Be a Follower of Jesus in our World”
621 N Western Ave
Liberal, KS 67901
www.fsbcliberal.com
Phone: 620-624-0186
Fax: 620-624-2324
Email: [email protected]
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By the Numbers...
December Averages (3 Sundays)
Sunday School Attendance: 126 Sunday School Visitors: 15
Morning Worship: 186 Sunday Evening Small Groups: 94
(Budget numbers cover 4 Weeks)
Weekly Budget Offering Required: $11,425.08 Weekly Budget Offering Received: $10,980.85 Total Monthly Offering Required: $49,935.76 Total Monthly Offering Received: $43,923.41 Budget Offering Required YTD: $571,254.00 Budget Offering Received YTD: $498,201.30 (-.12.8%)
Lottie Moon Missions ………………....$ 1,142.00 Goal …………………….$3,500
01 ~ Deborah White
05 ~ Larry & Debbie Busby
08 ~ Doug & Christie Werner
09 ~ Beulah Mae Atherton
10 ~ McKenzie Crossman
Angela Davis
Jimmy Hampton
14 ~ Amanda Collins
Colton White
16 ~ Dean Alling
Kyleigh Regier
18 ~ Ella Friederich
19 ~ Nique Brown
Kambry Regier
20 ~ Josiah Green
22 ~ Emma Aichele
23 ~ Amy Bridenstine
24 ~ Amy Aichele
Jimmy Kees
25 ~ Mya Fabbro
Pam Perkins
26 ~ Gena Hampton
27 ~ Todd Brown
Jordan Carlile
29 ~ LuWanna Hershey
30 ~ Mike Aichele
Please let the church office know if we have missed your birthday or anniversary.
January Birthdays/Anniversaries
S.A.M. Group (Senior Adult Ministry)
~ 55 years or older group ~
Winter Snowflake Dinner
Saturday, Jan. 19 at 6:30 pm at the church.
Dinner catered by Mike Brack.
RSVP to Margaret McWilliams at
620-655-4152 by Wednesday, Jan. 16 if you are coming to this event.
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