First Baptist Church, Pendleton

P.O. Box 187

Pendleton, SC 29670

www.fbcpendleton.org

Church Phone: 864-646-3913 Address Service Requested

TEAM OF MINISTERS: Every member a minister Frank Breazeale.. …..………..……………………….Organist Patrick Fant……….…………....Substitute Building Manager Julia Day……..….…..….…...…………..Minister to Children Tammy Gladson …………………......Interim Music Minister Amy Kotewa ……………………...………Building Manager Roger Lovette ………………………………....Interim Pastor Jennifer McClung Rygg……...……………...Associate Pastor Lana Thomas ……………….....…...Administrative Assistant Diane Scott……....……….….…..Sr. Fellowship Coordinator Becky Westmoreland……….………….…Financial Assistant

DEACONS

Our Deacons are ministers to the church and as such are available to

members and friends for ministry needs. Please call the deacon who’s assigned by the first letters of your last name if you have a need.

Tr - Y Barbara Blackmon 903-3739

Sm - To Kim Burgess 940-6902 Priv - Sl Peggy Carter 356-4390

No - Pric Linda Breazeale 617-7357 Mc - Na Jim Davis 261-8262

J - Ma David Gladson 642-5039 H - I Jan McCracken 934-4574

Es - G Suzanne Morse 643-9909 Deacons Wayne Patterson 710-8239

Cop - Ea Jim Stephens 245-6286 Br - Coc Skip Still 903-1576 A - Bo Jim Wood 654-3129

Associate Pastor Jennifer McClung Rygg, 864-760-7135

Pendleton Community Counseling Center: 1-888-293-7585 or 864-442-7585.

888-293-7585 or 864-442-7585.

Join Us for Sunday Services

WORSHIP SCHEDULE

9:00-9:25 Coffee, Tea and Conversation in the

Fellowship Hall

9:30 - 10:30 Sunday School

10:45-11:45 One Convergent Worship service in

the Sanctuary

Please check the monthly calendar for events.

www.fbcpendleton.org

Church Office Hours

Monday—Friday 9:00 am-1:00 pm

Our Newsletter

The newsletter is published twice a month. The calendar is

published once a month.

The next newsletter deadline is

March 7, 2015

Newsletter Vol. 42 Number 4 February 24, 2016

THANK YOU to all who helped with the Valentine Dinner & Silent Auction, especially to our cooks, Kim Burgess, Jean Geddings, and Cindy Still! We raised $2166 for our mission trip to Haiti. The cost for our team’s plane tickets to Haiti averaged out to $3.40 per mile. On Valentine’s Day, we raised enough money for the team to travel 637 miles, which is about halfway to Haiti! Previous donations and

some funds from our church’s mission budget in 2015 covered the rest of the cost of the plane tickets. Our next step is to raise money for lodging and food, which will cost about $50 per person per

day. If you would like to make a donation, please designate it to the “Haiti Mission Trip.” Thank you for your support!

Haiti Team Members: Julia Goldie Day, David and Chris Gladson, Natalie Mullinax, and Warren, Pam,

Spencer, and Ali Willoughby

A Word from the Interim Pastor… Transition Team…Weeks ago you appointed a Transition Team to help lead your Church in this interim time. We have a fine Committee: Becky Milam is the Chairperson. Rick Massey is our Secretary. Other members of the team are: Sean Nolan, Evelyn Simpson, Myrna Moore, and Paul Schultz. We’ve met three times and this Team is hard at work. We have tried to have representatives from all aspects of the church’s life long-time members, some who have not been here a long time, and representatives from different areas of the church’s life. This group is not a Search Committee. They will lead the church in taking a hard look at every area of the Church’s life—and hopefully all the work

of the Team and Church will lead to a clear understanding of who you are, what your dreams are, and the quali-ties you want in your next Pastor. We need your Input…So on Sunday, March 6th we are asking every Adult and Youth Sunday School class to give the members 20 minutes of the Class time to fill out a questionnaire about different concerns you may have. The Team will take your answers and they will form part of the report that we will bring to the church about your hopes and dreams. Those folk not attendees at Sunday School, or absent that Sunday, can pick up a questionnaire, fill it out and re-turn it to the church office within five days. Sometimes church members feel they are not listened to. This will give every Adult and Young person a chance to express how you feel about your church. Weeks from now we will plan an all-church meeting to further get your feelings on the ministry and work of your church. Wednesday Nights at our Prayer time at 6:30 PM we are discussing our transition and using a very fine book called Building Bridges during the Interim. This is another opportunity to share in what we are doing together. We’re having a good time and we’d like you to join us. If you would like to express any opinions feel free to contact the Interim or some members of the Transition Team. Pray for your church…pray for Jennifer and for the church that this time will be helpful and healthy for the whole church family. Thank you for allowing me be your Interim Pastor. I’m having a good time at Pendleton and hope I can help. --Roger Lovette

Margaret Layne Travis Rygg

204 Downs Blvd 101 Morning Glory Place Clemson, SC 29631 Pendleton, SC 29670

Joined by statement of faith Joined by transfer of letter and requesting baptism

March 14th @ 10:30 am - Keenagers

Lunch and Program in the Fellowship

Hall. The Sorelle Trio will sing.

March 21st @ 11:30 - Ladies Lunch at Ruby Tuesdays in Clemson. Thursday’s @ 9:30 am - Noon - Senior Fellowship is recognizing American Heart Month in the month of February.

Support our Youth on Sunday, March 20th for our Lunch & Musical Fundraiser, Prove It. Lunch will be in the fellowship hall after worship. The musical will be in the sanctuary at 1:30 pm. Tickets for Lunch & the Musical are $15 for adults, $10 for students, and free for ages 3 & under. For those who attend the musical only, no ticket is required, but a donation is requested.

February 28: Children’s Council Meeting, 4pm

March 4: Planet 56 Movie Night, 7pm

March 6: Discipleship Explorers, 12-2:30pm

March 9: Grades 1-6 prepare Easter Eggs, 6:30pm

March 13: Easter Eggstravaganza and Picnic, 4pm

March 19: Youth Musical Practice, 1-3pm

Paint for Haiti: Easter Edition! Join us for a painting class on Sunday, February 28th from 2 to 4 pm to paint Easter theme wooden decorations (or a tiger paw!). See pictures and sign up on bulletin board outside the church of-fice. The cost is $25 and all materials are included. The class is open to all skill levels (ages 10 and up; participants under 16 must be accompanied by an adult.) A portion of the proceeds will go towards the Haiti mission trip in June 2016. Contact Becca Privette at 864-958-5867 to see if space is available. Lenten Lunches are held each Wednesday dur ing Lent at area churches from 12-1 pm. A soup/sandwich lunch is provided, along with a devotional led by the host church. Lunches are organized by the Alliance of Pendleton Area Churches.

Wednesday, March 2 - Pendleton U.M.C. Wednesday, March 9 - Bethel U.M.C. @ P.U.M.C Wednesday, March 16 - Zion U.M.C. Friday, March 25 - St Paul's Episcopal Church (No lunch)

Children’s Ministry need one or two more volunteers to serve on a rotational schedule for Children Chapel in worship during the sermon for 3 year olds - first graders. Children’s Chapel doesn’t require any teacher prep: there is an altar routine that children can participate in, bulletins to color and complete, and spiritual play items that can be gotten out by children independently. If you would be willing to serve as a Children’s Chapel leader please contact Julia Goldie Day or Barbara Blackmon.

Children’s Ministry is needing someone who would be interested in serving as a co-teacher in Preschool A ( 6 weeks- 2 years) in March and May only. If you would like to volunteer, please contact Julia Goldie Day. We have a new little one in Sunday School and need an extra set of hands to care for the youngest in our church family.

Thank You to all who participated in the Souper Bowl of Caring this month. We collected $783.97 for the Week-end Snackpacks program of the United Way of Anderson County. This will provide over 24 boxes of food and feed 196 children for a weekend!

Thank You to everyone who brought donations for the Children's Ministry Blessing Bags. The children were able to put together 77 Blessing Bags to bless those in our community experiencing difficult times.