Acts of Faith
MAY
MONTHLY NEWSLETTER OF FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH
We are a family of faith, sharing God’s love in a spirit of hope.
We will continue classes for all ages on the first two Wednesdays in May. Here are the adult offerings:
• Understanding Your Grandkid: Cecelia Reilly is teaching us about child development phases, age-appropriate activities, and exploring current lingo and trends so you can better understand and interact with your grandkids.
• What Goes In…: Led by Pastor William, this class will explore how things like media, people, and institutions affect us and consider how we make decisions about what we let influence us.
On May 10, Karen Zimmerman will be speaking at Georgetown Baptist about her mission work in Morocco and you are invited. See page 7 for details.
Once upon a mountaintop, three little trees stood and dreamed of what they wanted to become when they grew up and so begins this enchanting folktale about three trees whose wishes come true in a surprising way. In this fun play directed, staged and performed by our children of Faith, we follow the adventures of Annabelle, who dreams of holding treasure, Bud, who longs to become a mighty ship, and Gabrielle, who just wants to stay in the forest and point people towards God. We are reminded that even when we can't see the forest for the trees, there is no prayer that is too small for God!
We’ll kick off summer with a cookout, ice cream sundaes from the deacons, and trivia with our deacon families! Join us in the backyard at 5:30 for all the fun!
The deacons are beginning the process of deacon nominations for the 2023-2024 term. Please be in prayer for God's guidance as we work to fill these important roles in our church. Six new deacons will be needed to fill the spots of those rotating off.
We had a beautiful Easter celebrating the risen Christ!
Don’t forget about Wednesday Nights at Scroggins this summer! Each week in June and July we will meet at 6 p.m. for a meal and then split up by age for Bible study and activities at 6:30. Check out April’ s newsletter for more about what we’re doing and why.
It is hard to believe that we are already wrapping up the school year and looking towards summer.The Children’s Team is hard at work planning all the fun things for the summer months. But here are a couple things to mark on your calendar in May.
All who are interested are invited to say after church, bring a lunch, and spend the afternoon creating their own masterpieces. We have been learning about different artists who challenge us to see the world in new ways through the art they create. After studying some of their techniques we have been creating our own works of art that incorporate God’s beautiful and colorful world!
The children are working hard on their very own production of the traditional folktale, The Tale of the Three Trees. The children are acting, directing, stage managing and the scenery creators for this very special production. They will be presenting it in the RA on Wednesday, May 17, at 6 p.m. All are invited to come watch this delightful play about how God’s purpose may not be exactly what we imagine but it can make our lives beautiful and full of meaning!
Finally, mark your calendars for Monday, July 31, through Thursday, August 3, for Art Camp!It will be 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. each day. Be on the lookout this summer for a link to register.
Thank you to all who made amazing, beautiful, delicious desserts and baked goods for our auction. We have such a gifted congregation! Also, thank you to all who came out for such a fun night at the auction. You continue to support our teenagers so generously and beautifully. We made $2,050 at the auction! We are so excited about our trips this summer! I truly believe our youth and adults will have life-changing experiences this summer that will draw them closer to Christ, challenge them to grow, and become more compassionate and just members of our community. You make this possible with your prayers and your support. Thank you!
Graduation Recognition Sunday is May 21! We will honor our graduates in worship, and celebrate our high school graduate, Mary Daniel Abner, and her accomplishments at a potluck lunch following the service. Please bring cards and notes of encouragement for Mary Daniel and please stay for lunch. Please bring a dish to share; we will provide dessert.
Our college students had a great night of food and fellowship at the Hadaways’ home! We’ re looking forward to a fun summer together!
The senior adults had a lot of fun together last month at the JOY Lunch and our outings to eat at Spark Café and see Chicago at Scott County High School. We love spending time together learning, experiencing new things, and connecting with and supporting each other. We will continue that in May through the events we have planned! On May 2, we ’ re going to the movies to see Are You There , the movie adaptation of the book by Judy Blume. The movie starts at 5 p.m. so we’ll meet in the lobby at 4:45 and then go in together. Tickets are $6. Purchase a drink and you can get a free
popcorn since it’ s Free Popcorn Tuesday! This month instead of our regular JOY Lunch, we will have a JOY Tea on Monday, May 15! We will serve finger foods and desserts, and Jeff Antle from Edward Jones will be there to discuss charitable contributions. Please bring a dish to share if you are able.
Finally, on Friday, May 19, we are going to Midway for an outing! We will leave church at 10 a.m. and head to Midway Bakery for some treats. Then we’ll go to Brown Barrel for a delicious lunch. We’ll be back at church by 1 p.m.
Be sure to check the JOY bulletin board right outside the church office for current information on activities. You can also contact Rick if you have any questions. We look forward to fun and fellowship together as the weather (hopefully) warms up and the flowers bloom!
Mary Daniel is graduating from Great Crossing High School and will attend Eastern Kentucky University in the fall where she will study nursing. Her plans for the future are to become a traveling nurse.
Carter is graduating from Georgetown College with a major in philosophy and a minor in English. After graduation he is going to Macedonia for several months to serve with CBF Field Personnel Jeff & Alicia Lee through CBF’ s Student.Go program.
from University of West Florida with a Master of Arts in Historical Archaeology. She will be working as a staff archaeologist with R.C. Goodwin and Associates in New Orleans and is working on her scuba certifications to do underwater archaeology.
