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THE SIGNAL
The Signal is published monthly by the Swansea First Baptist Church of Swansea, SC.
Volume 23 Issue 1 January 2012
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From Your Pastor’s Heart 2012 is now here! It is hard to believe that we are al-
ready 12 years into the new century. Time surely moves
very rapidly now! I want to also thank you for reaching the
Lottie Moon Christmas Goal again. You gave over
$5,400.00 for this special offering. I also want to commend
you for the money given for the retaining wall. We have
now raised over $20,000.00 for this project. Swansea First
Baptist Church never ceases to amaze me. Kary Hoffman has also done a great
job in overseeing this project. He has been so helpful to our church for all the
building projects. Thanks, Kary! Again, Happy New Year!
The Signal is published monthly by the Swansea
First Baptist Church in Swansea, South Carolina.
The Swansea First Baptist Church is in friendly
cooperation with the Lexington Baptist Association,
the South Carolina Convention and the Southern
Baptist Convention.
The Church Staff The Senior Pastor Reverend Terry C. Wilder Minister of Music Mr. Chad Meredith
Student Minister Reverend John N. Harmon Parish Nurse Mrs. Angie Redmond The Organist Mrs. Jane Ann Meredith
The Pianists Mrs. Brenda Hoffman
Mrs. Jackie Cagle The Secretary Mrs. Joyce Saylor Preschool Director Mrs. Diane Goodwin
Custodian Mrs. Kim Taylor
In the event of a change of address please
contact the church office: Swansea First Baptist Church
145 South Church Street Post Office Box 550
Swansea, South Carolina 29160 (803) 568-3368
The Church Website
www.swanseafbc.com
March Birthdays
1st……………….Michael McCarson
Ashleigh Steen
3rd……………….….Duane Steinhoff
Jenna Redmond
4th…………………………..Bill Deal
Laura Pound
Tammy Caudill
5th…………..…………Robert Taylor
7th……………………...Wilma Davis
9th……………………...Bryan Corley
11th………………...Gladys Redmond
Jessica Calp
12th………………….Rebecca Sharpe
15th…………………….Nancy Blithe
Tyler Dasher
16th…………………....Adam Jumper
18th………………...David Zeigler Jr.
Susan Norris
Leigh Ann Teal
20th…………………..Chad Williams
21st…………………Permilia Luongo
Alan Hoffman
22nd……………………....Jean Burns
Melodie Sharpe
24th……………………....Jeff Corley
27th……………………..Rhonda Rast
28th…………………...…..Jack Burns
Dawson Sandifer
Isaac Sandifer
29th…………….….Carter Livingston
Adults/Senior Adults Will Visit
SC Museum and Mast General
Store
The January trip for the adults and sen-
ior adults will be to Columbia for a visit
to the Mast General Store on Main
Street. The store has many items from
the past that can be purchased. You will
enjoy seeing many things from you
childhood.
After lunch, the group will visit the
South Carolina Museum. There will be
a guide for an introductory tour of the
permanent collections, then a self-
guided tour of the Body World Vital.
This exhibit has full human species with
an emphasis on health and fitness. It is
tastefully done and well displayed. For
a group of 10 or more the cost bill be
$13. Sign up in the hall if you are inter-
ested in this trip.
The Signal is published monthly by the Swansea
First Baptist Church in Swansea, South Carolina.
The Swansea First Baptist Church is in friendly
cooperation with the Lexington Baptist Association,
the South Carolina Convention and the Southern
Baptist Convention.
The Church Staff The Senior Pastor Reverend Terry C. Wilder Minister of Music Mr. Chad Meredith
Student Minister Rev. John Harmon Parish Nurse Mrs. Angie Redmond The Organist Mrs. Jane Ann Meredith
The Pianists Mrs. Brenda Hoffman
Mrs. Jackie Cagle The Secretary Mrs. Joyce Saylor Preschool Director Mrs. Diane Goodwin
Custodian Mrs. Kim Taylor
In the event of a change of address please
contact the church office: Swansea First Baptist Church
145 South Church Street Post Office Box 550
Swansea, South Carolina 29160 (803) 568-3368
The Church Website
www.swanseafbc.com
September Birthdays
2nd………….…………....Durant Sharpe
Jenna Kinard
4th………….…………....Wanda Jumper
6th………….………….…....Zellie Mack
7th………………….…….Daniel Martin
8th…….…..…………...…James Stevens
9th……...……………….....Linda Chavis
10th……..…….………..Mildred Earnest
13th……..……………..William Granger
14th……...………………......James Deal
15th…….……..………….Kayla Cassidy
16th………..…………....Joyce Meredith
Thomas Pittman
Lee Cassidy
17th……......…………...Bryce Redmond
Braelyn Knight
19th……..…………..…….Chippy Flake
20th……..………….…….Joye Hoffman
24th……...………………..Jayna Patidar
25th……..…………….…...Faye Stabler
Donna Jeffcoat
Kevin Kneece
26th……..……………….Duman Taylor
Jim Kinard
27th…...…………………..O’Neal Wise
28th……...…………...…..Georgia North
Cory Smoak
29th……..…………..……….Ruth Hutto
Jan Argoe
30th……...…………………..Cole Baker
Welcome
New Members!
By Letter
Shannon Steen, Kris Reagan
Austin Steen, Ashleigh Steen
Music by Jackie Cagle
On January 16th, the Metallic Club is
in for a real treat. Jackie Cagle will
entertain with wonderful musical se-
lections. In addition, she will take re-
quests. If you have a favorite hymn or
other songs that have been your favor-
ites through the years, just let Jackie
know before the meeting. Give her
time to prepare. She will sing your
song. Her telephone number is 568-
8738 - call her today.
Metallic Club is always on the 3rd
Monday of the month at 11:00am. The
group has a devotional and business
meeting before the entertainment at
11:30. A delicious lunch is served
around noon. Great food, wonderful
music by Jackie, warm fellowship,
God’s word during our devo-
tions….you will have an inspirational
morning.
Mark January 16th on your calendar.
January Birthdays
2nd……………………..…Michael Harmon
3rd……………...…………..Tommie Bryant
Naomi Rucker
G. T. Booth
4th………………..……………Mary Corley
Crystal Vaughan
6th………………………....Laurie Whitaker
Jeanneane Sharpe
Michael Sharpe
Stewart Burns
8th………………………..….Kary Hoffman
9th…………………..……..…Avery Martin
Carla Lucas
10th…………………………...Brian Brazell
11th…………………………...Darren Smith
Pat Wise
12th……..…………………Nancy Redmond
14th………………….……...……Bill Blithe
15th………….………………...Agnes Hutto
Bonnie Burns
Hayden Krasselt
17th………………………….Fritz Williams
19th…………………………...Donald Berry
22nd…………………………..R. L. Cassidy
Drew Pittman
Thomas Lackey
23rd…………………………..Mary Pittman
24th……………………………Josh Jeffcoat
26th……………………………...Joe Sharpe
Pay Saylor
Thomas Jumper
27th………………………..….John Sturkie
29h…………………...……Colton Williams
30th….……………………...Kurt Wyndham
31st……………………….…Crystal Pernell
Chase Sturkie
Student Ministry News
The beginning of a new year brings opportunity. It brings oppor-
tunity to evaluate what we have done over the past year and it
brings opportunity to look at what we want to do in the future.
Throughout the past year we have continuously asked the ques-
tion: “Do you actions match your faith?” Another way to put
this is “Are you living out your faith?” I want to challenge you
to look back over this last year and see how you did. I also want to challenge
you to look forward to this coming year and look to see what else you can do to
live out your faith.
I learned a lot in putting together our recently completed World Religions
Study. I hope that study was as beneficial to you as it was to me. This month we
are set to kick off a new study called GodQuest. This will be a 6 week study that
will show us how our beliefs shape our lives. I invite you to join us each
Wednesday night for this intriguing study.
Coming up on Jan. 19-22 is our trip to Chillipepper. Registration for this
trip is full. We have a great group going and I am looking forward to this trip.
We plan to leave on Thursday, Jan. 19 at 2:00pm sharp. Further details will be
mailed soon to those signed up to go. I am looking forward to a great trip. I en-
courage you to begin now to pray over what God might do in your life on this
trip.
Our final fundraiser for Chillipepper is coming up on Sunday, Jan. 15th.
We will be doing a meal following the church service that day. As always the
students that are here to help with the fundraiser will benefit from it. Look for
order forms in the bulletins soon. We appreciate your generosity in supporting
our fundraisers that make our big trips more affordable for our students.
In Christ,
John Harmon
Eph. 3:16
*****Don’t forget to check out the calendar for upcoming events*****
MoMA’s
Please come join us for Moma’s (Mothers of Many Ages) group. We are a group of moma’s that meet the first Thursday morning of every month (Sept. to May) from 9:00am - 11:00pm at the Swansea First Baptist Church., for some moma time, fellowship and fun. Child care is available for newborn to preschool if needed. It does not matter if you are a new mama or a veteran mama, we would love to see and meet you. We will have light refreshments and lots of fellowship. So please join us and bring a friend.
For more information, please call Jan Marie Booth @ 568-3881 or Char-lyse McCarson @ 210-9661. Mark you calendar, our next meeting will be Janu-ary 4 @ 9:00 am.
A special thanks to our MoMA’s helpers. Without you we could not provide this ministry. Thanks again.
Jan Marie
Retaining Wall Received: $22,500.00
Special Thanks to Kary Hoffman for his work and leadership on this
project.
The Student Ministry at Swansea First Baptist Church will GIVE GOD THE GLORY with
everything we do; and we will have FUN while GROWING TOGETHER, MEETING OTH-
ERS NEEDS, and SPREADING THE WORD.
Mark Your Calendars
January 15th – Chillipepper Fundraiser
January 19-22 – Skiing and Chillipper
Cost: $150 (includes most meals)
Trip details will be mailed soon
******Be on the lookout for other events and fundraisers.******
January Bible Reading Plan
Upward Basketball and Cheerleading
It is time for Upward to get started again. Practices will resume the week of Jan.
2 and games will resume on Jan. 7. We hope you will take some time to check
out what is going on at the gym on Saturday mornings. As always we are thank-
ful for our coaches and volunteers, we could not do this without you.
Upward Game Schedule
9:00am - 5th-8th Grade Girls
10:15am - K5/1st Grade and 2nd-4th Grade Girls
12:00pm - 2nd/3rd Grade Boys and 4th/5th Grade Boys
1:15pm - 6th-8th Grade Boys
1st Gen. 1-2 Psalms 1-2 Matt. 1-2 16th Gen. 28-29 Psalm 33 Matt. 18
2nd Gen. 3-4 Psalms 3-5 Matt. 3-4 17th Gen. 30 Psalm 34 Matt. 19
3rd Gen. 5-6 Psalms 6-8 Matt. 5 18th Gen. 31 Psalm 35 Matt. 20
4th Gen. 7-8 Psalms 9-10 Matt. 6 19th Gen. 32-33 Psalm 36 Matt. 21
5th Gen. 9-10 Psalms 11-13 Matt. 7 20th Gen. 34-35 Psalm 37 Matt. 22
6th Gen. 11-12 Psalms 14-16 Matt. 8 21st Gen. 36 Psalm 38 Matt. 23
7th Gen. 13-14 Psalm 17 Matt. 9 22nd Gen. 37 Psalms 39-40 Matt. 24
8th Gen. 15-16 Psalm 18 Matt. 10 23rd Gen. 38 Psalms 41-43 Matt. 25
9th Gen. 17-18 Psalms 19-21 Matt. 11 24th Gen. 39-40 Psalm 44 Matt. 26
10th Gen. 19 Psalm 22 Matt. 12 25th Gen. 41 Psalm 45 Matt. 27
11th Gen. 20-21 Psalms 23-25 Matt. 13 26th Gen. 42-43 Psalms 46-48 Matt. 28
12th Gen. 22-23 Psalms 26-28 Matt. 14 27th Gen. 44-45 Psalm 49 Romans 1-2
13th Gen. 24 Psalms 29-30 Matt. 15 28th Gen. 46-47 Psalm 50 Rom. 3-4
14th Gen. 25-26 Psalm 31 Matt. 16 29th Gen. 48-50 Psalms 51-52 Rom. 5-6
15th Gen. 27 Psalm 32 Matt. 17 30th Exodus 1-2 Psalms 53-55 Rom. 7-8
31st Ex. 3-4 Psalms 56-57 Rom. 9
Meredith Moments It is hard to believe that another year has come and
gone! However, I couldn't be more pleased with the ac-
complishments of the adult and children's choirs over
the course of the past twelve months. The children's
choir did their first Easter musical as well as performing
special music monthly during the school year. It always
brings me such joy to hear them lift their voices in
praise on Sunday mornings. Thanks to all of the parents for keeping them com-
ing on Wednesday nights for practice!
I hope all would agree that the adult choir just seems to get better
and better! They, too, have done a spectacular job preparing special music each
month and with the Easter and Christmas cantatas, both of which were multime-
dia productions. Thank you to all of my adult choir members for your hard
work and dedication to our ministry through song!
Jane Ann and I would like to express our appreciation to our congregation
for the most generous Christmas gift you gave us! We feel very blessed to be
able to serve at Swansea First Baptist!
In closing, just a reminder to our choir members to enjoy your time off.
We will see everyone in January. We wish everyone the merriest of Christmases
and a New Year filled with God's blessings
It’s That Time of Year…………………. The Christmas “hurry up” is over we have all over shopped, over spent
and over eaten. Our pants are tight and we are just miserable. And just
when you think it can’t get any worse someone (like me), asks, “So
what are your New Year’s Resolutions?” Hmm…….usually the answers range
from I don’t make them or to lose a few pounds. If I had lost all of the weight I
planned to over the past 10 years I would have disappeared by now! And if I had
kept all of the resolutions made who knows what a life I could be living. So I
have re-thought the whole resolution thing and have decided to do things a bit
differently this year. Maybe you would like to consider doing the same thing.
Each month I am going to do one thing different or exciting. Here’s my list…..
January Clean out one closet. Donate the useable and discard the junk.
February Hibernate. Pick a few days during the month to not answer the
phone, door or emails. Wear sloppy clothes, eat my favorite foods
and read a book.
March Accept the “March madness” and just go with the flow.
April Clean out another closet. Donate and discard.
May Plant one tomato bush in a container.
June Take a vacation for one. Go to a museum, book store or Wal-Mart
alone.
July Start Christmas shopping. Make ornaments and do Christmas crafts.
August Clean out another closet. Donate and discard.
September Continue to Christmas shop and do Christmas craft things. Make all
those homemade gifts.
October Clean out another closet. Donate and discard.
November Be Thankful. Name my blessings each week.
December If you did the Christmas shopping, made all of the crafts and
cleaned the closets …Then relax and enjoy the season!!! Fa, la, la,
la la la!! Ha Ha Ha. It was the thought and effort that counted!
Until next time,
Angie Redmond, Parish Nurse
call 568-5404 or email [email protected]
Baptist Men’s Dinner Tuesday, January 17th @ 7:00pm Joe Sharpe’s Crew
Bill Blithe
David Zeigler, Jr.
John Sturkie
Bill Deal
John Harmon
Bobby Boyer