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T h e B e a c o n The Baptist Beacon P.O. Box 7 Cordova, IL 61242

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First Baptist Church 602 3rd Avenue South

Cordova, Illinois 61242 309-654-2501

Sunday School ~ 8:30 A.M. Worship ~ 9:30 A.M.

[email protected] www.cordovafbc.com

We serve God, teach God’s Word and demonstrate Christ’s love.

May 2018

Blessings on:

Address Service Requested

Weekly & Monthly Meetings

Adult Sunday School Every Sunday, 8:30 AM

Sunday Worship Every Sunday, 9:30 AM

Exercise Class Every Monday, Wednesday, &

Friday 8:30 AM

Breakfast @ Café Every Tuesday, 8 AM

Crossmen (Youth Group) Every Tuesday, 5:30 PM

Morning Prayer Every Thursday, 8 AM

Thursday Prayer/Study Every Thursday @ Happy Tum-

my, 8:30 PM

May

8 – Christian Ed., 7:00 PM

10 – Harvest Home Mtg., 9:30 AM

13 – MOTHER’S DAY

13 — URICMA Baccalaure-ate @ Riverdale Middle School, Betty Plumb Audi-torium, 7:00 PM

14 – Pastoral Relations, 1:00 PM

26-28 — Pastor on Vaca-tion

28 – MEMORIAL DAY

Weekly & Monthly Meetings (Cont.)

Trustees 1st Thursday, 6 PM

Gleaners 2nd Wednesday, 7 PM

Diaconate 3rd Monday, 3 PM

As you glance through this month’s newsletter, you will see plenty of activity. While activity is movement, it does

not necessary mean progress. To help us ascertain what is the best ministries we can focus on, Rev. Paul Maitland of the ABC Great Rivers Region will be visiting with us to help us ascertain our gifts and talents and understand how we can meet the very needs of our community. We can not do everything. That is not our call-ing. However, we are called to give our best. Join us in the new venture. - Pastor John Kress

Newsletter Deadline All articles for the June/July

2018 BEACON should reach the church office by Monday

May 21, 2018.

Morning Prayer Meetings:

Every Thursday at 8 AM!

BLACKHAWK BAPTIST CAMP 2018 4491 W Henry Rd., Oregon, IL 61061

Summer Schedule Camp Start Date & Time End Date & Time Cost Sr High (grades 9-12) July 8th @ 4PM July 14th @ 10 AM $240 Jr High (Grades 6-8) July 15th @ 4PM July 21st @ 10 AM $240 Middler (Grades 2-5) July 22nd @ 4PM July 26th @ 7 PM $200 Slumber (Grades K-5) July 27th @ 7 PM July 28th @ 10 AM $25 Day Camp (Grades K-5) July 28th @ 9:30 AM July 28th @ 4 PM $25 Arts & Drama (Grades 6-12) July 29th @ 4 PM Aug. 3rd @ 10 AM $200 Twilight Camp (Grades 6-12) Aug. 3rd @ 7 PM Aug. 5th @ 1 PM $75

Registration forms are available at back of church FBC Cordova also has a limited supply of scholarships to assist

We Love our MoMs! Happy MotHer’s Day!!!!!

I spy with my little eye….. During the month of May, you may spy with your little eye a small addition to our sanctuary. What you may spy is a video recorder and equipment. During May, we will be testing the equipment and how to best utilize it. Once that is accomplished, we hope to add each Sun-day mornings message to our webpage and Facebook account. Pray as we seek to take the message of Christ beyond our walls.

Please continue to pray for our men and women in the military service:

Jesse Chavez, David Christopher, John Filbert, Zach Fontenoy, Joe Hester, Kelby Kindelsperger, Elizabeth Kindelsperger, Ashley Kline, Anthony Lester,

Chris McMillin, Ryan Peterson, Brett Saathoff, Chase Young

New Concerns: Jess Boone Rose Huizenga Kevin Wiens JoAnn Wiklund Louie Wiklund

Ongoing Concerns: Charlene Agnew Deanna Arnold Casey Beal Lynda Beard Pat Boggs Lonna Bostick Ruth Bowles Gerri Bruckman Verna Downey Rick Gordon Jim Gregory Kevin Hart Charles Hergert

APRIL ATTENDANCE REPORT

Week attendance 1* Sunrise 49

1* B-fast 52 1 32 8 32 15 25 22 31 29 ?? Total: 120 Average: 30

Ongoing Concerns (Cont.): Janice Johnson Rochelle Kindelsperger Judy Locey Pam Lohman Dan Michaels Allie Morgan Barb Morphew Vanetta Nelson Eleanor Pettit Hannah Pettit Bruce Ragar Emma Jean Russell Joanne Senko Ray Shackelford Judy Simpson Rob Small Herb Sparks Lisa Sparks Sharon Sparks

Ongoing Concerns (Cont.): Linda Stoermer Katie Talbot Donna Thornbloom Bill Tiernan Rich Waldorf Joyce Winger Each other

Praise Report: Tom Gregory Greg Kerr Jerry Nelms Jes Sasko Tony White Our God is full of grace, Jehovah-shalom, immutable, transcend-ent, just

APRIL CROSSMEN ATTENDANCE REPORT

BREAKFAST AT THE CAFÉ Every Tuesday at 8 AM, several of us gather at Cordova’s own Happy Tummy Café for a time to sit back, enjoy a nice meal, and converse over the events of the day. We would love for you to join us!

EXERCISE CLASS Our exercise class, led by Sue King, meets at 8:30 AM on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri-days.

Smith 60th Wedding Anniversary

Rev Jack and Hilda Smith are presently serving in Sterling. Over the years, they have touched so many individual lives and churches in northern Illinois and the surrounding area. We are invited by First Baptist of Ster-ling, 1705 N. 6th Ave., to come and cele-brate Jack & Hilda’s 60th wedding anni-versary. The event is from 2-4 PM on Sat. May 5th.

WORSHIP Day Attendance 1*Sun 4 1*Bfast 4 1 0 8 0 15 0 22 1 29 ?

CROSSMEN Day Attendance 3 6 10 No Meeting 17 4 24 5

Total: 15 Average: 5

Our Deepest Sympathies Our hearts grieve and prayers go out to the family and friends of Darin Mink, Betty Maus, Bertha Stanley, and Brandon Anderson

CROSSMEN YOUTH The Crossmen Youth Group is open to kids in 4th grade thru High School. We meet every Tuesday at 5:30 PM. We also strive to do a fun activity or social project once a month.

Our 2018 sign-Up Sheets at back of church. We have sign up sheets at the back of the church for serving at East Moline and preparing Birthdays and Anniversaries. Please sign up today.

“Upper Room” The May/June edi-tion of the “Upper Room” devotional are now available..

URICMA Baccalaureate Come and celebrate with our Riverdale Class of 2018 graduates with their Bac-calaureate service. It will be held at 7:00 PM on Sunday May 13 in the Bet-ty Plumb Auditorium at the Riverdale Middle School. Congratulations to each of you.

May Birthday Celebration

Typically, we celebrate as a church the birthdays & anni-versaries of the month on the last Sunday after worship. With May’s last Sunday being Memorial Day weekend and the church celebrating our 2018 graduates on Sunday June 3rd, we will be combin-ing the May Birthdays & An-niversaries with the celebra-tion for our graduates after

worship on Sunday June 3rd. Join us in these festivi-ties!

Cordova Memorial Day Events The Cordova Post of The American Legion will be have having 2 services on Monday May 28th. At 12:30 PM, they will have a service at the Cordova Bridge. This will be followed by a service at 1:00 PM at the Cordova Cemetery with a roll call and fly over. Join us as we remember those who gave all!

Port Byron Pantry Collection Needs For the months of May and June we are collecting pasta, snacks, and kid’s foods such as peanut butter, jelly, microwave popcorn, spaghetti-o’s, ravioli, mac and cheese, fruit cups, etc. If you can assist with any of these items (or any other you may think of), please bring them by the church and place in one of our drop boxes. The drop off boxes can be located by each of the three church doorways.

MESSAGES

FOR MAY

May 6, 2018 "Give It All” Luke 14:27-33 & John 15:13

May 13, 2018 "Love Matters” Luke 15:11-32

& Mark 12:29-31

May 20, 2018 "JOY!"

Matthew 28:1-8 & John 16:17-24

May 27, 2018 Message by

Rev. Cindy White

Adult Sunday School

The Adult Sunday School is in the process of going through a study by Max Lucado on the book of 2nd Corinthians. Come and join us in the Jesse Seeley classroom on Sunday mornings at 8:30 AM!

Thursday Evening Study & Prayer On Thursday evenings, a small group gathers at Happy Tum-my at 8:30 PM. We come for prayer and to discuss various theological questions: what constitutes man (body, soul, and/or spirit); when do we receive our soul; how is sin transferred from one generation to the next; what is the Holy Spirt; what is the differences between the various world religions, etc. to name a few. All are welcome to join in.

Various Bible Studies

COFFEE FELLOWSHIP

Come and join us for fellow-ship and coffee before church each Sunday. Coffee is ready by 8:15 am. Come and social-ize before church begins.

Preparing for “2018 Picnic Under Pavilion” Last summer, we started a new outreach of love. We offered a free lunch to all for two hours one day a week each week during summer break. The meals were available under our pavilion on our property. This year we hope to expand upon this ministry. Fliers will be given to the schools in April and May so that the kids are made aware of it before school lets out. Also more fliers will be posted around, on Facebook, and on our website. We are also hoping to expand the menu. We are considering as menu options: brats/hotdogs, sliders, taco in a bag, sloppy joes, individual bags of chips, fruit cups, bottled wa-ter, flavored water packets, ice cream cups, and popsicles. This ministry is only supported by donations. If you desire to help, we accept either finan-cial or food donations. We appreciate all the help. Talk to Pastor John if you have any questions.

Harvest Home Mark your calendars now for Saturday September the 8th. Harvest Home will once again be in full swing. For 2018, we hope to go even further than years prior. We will continue to have a raffle and silent auction. Local vendors will be encouraged to display

and sell their wares. Drew Kerr will head up a second year of a disc golf competition. We are also hoping to see about the return of a few bounce houses. We also hope to see if local busi-ness and organization would like to set up various carnival games and competitions: such as a dunk tank, cake walk, 1 mile walk, or any other fun ideas. If you are interested in being a vendor who would like to have a space or an organization that would like to assist with games you can contact Myrt Willis at (309)230-9235.

RIVERDALE ABC PROJECT We are once again asking for your help in collecting plastic lids for the Riverdale “A Bench for Caps” Program. They are asking for medicine caps, milk jug caps, detergent caps, hair spray caps, flip top caps, spout caps, spay paint caps, ointment caps, cottage cheese lids, yogurt lids, peanut butter lids, cool whip container lids, and coffee can lids lids to name a few.

VBS: Save the Date This year Vacation Bible School will be using life on the river to learn about Jesus. Save the week of July 30th—August 3rd. We look forward to you joining us.

Change of Address:

Rev. Wayne Rogers 1506 Banbury Ct.

LaVergne, TN 37086

Greg Kerr

17519 River Rd. N Cordova, IL 61242

Myrt Willis PO Box 434

Cordova, IL 61242

MAY BIRTHDAYS/ANNIVERSARIES

1 Courtney Gillman Taylor Rel 4 Joyce Moyer 5 George Kerr 7 Laura Vincent Arnold Deniese Womack 8 Tonya Brown Stephanie Reul Jon Noland 9 MacKenzie Santos 11 Nicholas Craigmiles Majken Nielsen 12 Lois Case Kenny McCool 13 Chad & Marci Miner Amiah Morgan 14 Steve Moyer 15 Deanna Leonhardt 17 Rich Waldorf 18 Shiela Noland 19 Heather Allen Christopher Mary McCarthy Aris Morgan 20 Janie Holt 21 Bill Genung Kristi Jacobs 23 Todd Allen Richard Chavez 24 Patsy Gramling Mike & Elaine Seevers 25 Jennifer Versypt Wakefield 26 Sarah Johnson Wessels 27 Drew Kerr 28 Mike & Michelle Chavez Vanetta Nelson 29 Spencer Nowlin 30 John Filbert 31 Devan Brown Moyer

MAY 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

Breakfast @ Cafe—8

AM

Crossmen—5:30 PM

2

Exercise Class—8:30

AM

Special Business Meet-

ing—7 PM

3

Prayer Meeting—8 AM

Trustees—6 PM

Study @ H.T.—8:30 PM

4

Exercise Class—8:30 AM

5

60th Wedding Anniver-

sary Celebration of

Rev. Jack & Hilda

Smith @ FBC Sterling—

2 –4 PM

6

Sunday School –8:30

AM

Worship —9:30 AM

7


AM

8


AM

Crossmen—5:30 PM

Christian Ed.—7 PM

9


AM

Gleaners—7 PM

10


Harvest Home Mtg—

9:30 AM


11


12

13 MOTHER’S DAY


AM

Worship —9:30 AM

URICMA Baccalaureate

@ Riverdale Middle

School, Betty Plumb

Auditorium—7 PM

14


AM

Pastoral Relations—1

PM

15


AM

Crossmen—5:30 PM

16


AM

17



18


19

20


AM

Worship —9:30 AM

21


AM

Deacons– 3 PM

22


AM

Crossmen—5:30 PM

23


AM

24



25


26

27


AM

Worship - 9:30 AM

28 MEMORAIL DAY

29


AM

Crossmen—5:30 PM

30


AM

Pastor on Vacation

Pastor on Vacation

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