August 2021 | Taylors Family

August 2021

One of our values at Taylors FBC is Everybody Serves. Below are the serving needs for the fall.

Sunday, August 15 Preschool, Elementary and Students Move Up to their new classes.

Ushers, Greeters, Shuttle Drivers Contact Kathy Dority at kathyd@taylorsfbc.org Safety Team Contact Daryl Hopkins at darylh@taylorsfbc.org Leaders in Taylors Children Contact Joseph Eskridge at josephe@taylorsfbc.org Leaders in Taylors Students Contact Josh Duncan at joshd@taylorsfbc.org

CHURCH CENTER APP

Text "taylors" to 313131 for the download links.

Calendar Calendar allows you to see all the events that are going on at Taylors FBC in one place. See the event time, date, and location right from the app.

You will also be able to sign up for events here too!

Giving Easily give to the general budget and special offerings! Give using credit, debit, or an ACH bank transfer. Select your preferred frequency, "one time" or recurring gift. You can also select to cover the processing fees on behalf of the church. Fees for ACH Bank Transfers are only 25 cents.

Church Directory Just as we’ve had a pictorial directory in the past, we have built a digital pictorial directory that can be accessed on the app or computer. Only Church Members can view the directory!

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SUNDAYS

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WEDNESDAYS

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BEGINNING AUGUST 18 Family Dinner, 5:15 - 6:15 pm AUGUST 18 — Beef Tips or Chick-fil-A AUGUST 25 — Lasagna or Chick-fil-A

Traditional Worship: 9:00 am Taylors Worship: 10:30 am

9:00 am Nursery | Preschool | Elementary Middle and High School | College Adult | Young Professionals

10:30 am Nursery | Preschool | Adult Classes Kids Worship for Elementary (except 1st Sundays)

STAY CONNECTED What’s Happening at Taylors

• Home-Cooked Meal: $7 for Adults / $5 for Children • Chick-fil-A Meals: Price varies • Children five and under eat free • Family Discount - Pay full price for the first 3 meals.

Receive $5 off each of the following meals.

• Sign up at taylorsfbc.org/events or in the Church Center App. Reservations are required by the Tuesday prior and are non-refundable. _____

Worship Rehearsals Taylors Worship Choir, 6:15 pm Orchestra, 6:30 pm Traditional Worship Choir, 7:15 pm _____

Parish Nurse Office Open Health Counseling and Blood Pressure Monitoring _____

Prayer Rooms Open Prayer Soaking Room: 5:30 - 7:30 pm, Room C117 Come for Personal Prayer: 6:00 - 7:30 pm, Room C121 _____

Pastor's Bible Study 6:30 - 7:30 pm | Fellowship Hall _____

Taylors Children: Nursery and Konnect 6:30 - 7:30 pm | Doors Open at 6:15 pm _____

Subscribe to Taylors FBC Emails Visit taylorsfbc.org and click “Subscribe” near the bottom of the homepage.

Download Our App See page two.

Connect on Social Media @taylorsfbc | @taylorsstudents @taylorsclg | @taylorsrec @taylorswomen | @taylorschildren

Taylors Students: Rise for Middle School 6:30 - 7:45 pm | Cafe Opens at 6:15 pm _____

Taylors College: The Gathering 7:30 - 9:00 pm _________________

Grief Support for Spouses Begins September 8 6:15 - 7:45 pm | B132-133 Signup Required! See page eleven.

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EVENTS AT TAYLORS

Sign up at taylorsfbc.org/events or in the Church Center App.

Sunday Lunch Join other single adults of all ages for lunch and a time of fellowship.

August 8 | 11:45 am | Fellowship Hall Menu: Brunch | Cost: $5.25

It’s Fall Y a’ ll

September 16, 5:30 pm Join us for dinner and The Mark Brown Family Cost: $10 | Signups open August 23!

Signup Required!

a new view Our focus this year is to gain of God’s precious Word!

Women in the Word Join us to gain a new view on how to study God’s Word for yourself as we dive into 1 & 2 Peter.

ON CAMPUS

*Wednesdays at 9:00 am beginning September 15 Tuesdays at 7:00 pm beginning September 21 VIRTUAL

Tuesdays at 7:00 pm beginning September 21

Tuesday, August 31 | 6:30 pm* Taylors Women is kicking off the new season with a night of tailgating and testimonies. Come hear Allison Powell and learn how you can be a woman in the Word this fall.

Doors open at 6:00 pm | Cost: $15 Signup Required!

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Mom to Mom Join us to discover a new view on motherhood through the lens of scripture and the “Inside Out Parenting” study.

ON CAMPUS

*Wednesdays at 9:00 am beginning September 8

*Childcare is available for children birth through 5th Grade.

Move Up

Sand Volleyball

Sunday, August 15

Tuesdays | 7:00 -10:00 pm

Move up to your new class!

Breakfast will be served.

Taylors Rec Fields

Back to School Bash

Back to School Cookout

Wednesday, August 18

Sunday, August 22 | 12:00 pm

Taylors Rec Picnic Shelter

Taylors Rec Picnic Shelter

Parent Lunch

Whitewater Rafting

Sunday, August 22, following the 10:30 am Worship Service . Signup required by August 15.

Saturday, August 28 Nantahala Outdoor Center Signup Required!

Remedy Sundays at 6:30 pm | Beginning August 22 For High School in the Student Worship Room

January 1 - 4 | $205 Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta

Rise

BIBLE STUDY

Wednesdays at 6:30 pm | Beginning August 25 For Middle School in the Student Worship Room

Sundays at 6:30 pm

Fall Retreat

SAND VOLLEYBALL

November 5 - 7 | Asbury Hills Camp Signups Open August 25

Passion's singular mission is calling students and leaders from campuses across the nation and cities around the world to live for what matters most — the name and renown of Jesus. We believe in this generation and are watching God use them to change the climate of faith around the globe.

Signup Required!

Sign up at taylorsfbc.org/events or in the Church Center App.

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REACH TEAM UPDATE We sent two teams to Alaska in June — the Alaska REACH Team and the Regeneration Student Choir.

ALASKA REACH TEAM JESSICA LEPPARD, TEAM MEMBER During the Alaska REACH trip of 2021 we partnered with Fireweed Ministries and the Bodolosky family. We served in a park in Eagle River, near the city of Anchorage. Leading up to the trip, our team planned games, crafts, and activities to engage kids in each of the parks. We also helped to do two park parties with Fireweed while we were there. David and Chelle Evette led our team from Taylors. They are great team leaders and helped each of us to be prepared for what we were going to be doing. Their many years of experience leading this team helped to unify us and use all of our team's talents to serve the Lord effectively.

Our team worked well together and was unified in everything that we did. We had many different personalities on our team and God used each one of us to connect with many different people. We were able to share the gospel with many children and adults. We also met other believers that we were able to encourage in their walk with the Lord. God’s plan is perfect and he knew exactly the people we would encounter.

Alaska is a beautiful place where you can undoubtedly see the intricate details of God’s creation. Mountains in South Carolina cannot compare to the many mountains surrounding the area where we were. In the evenings we spent time together as a team seeing the beautiful landscape and growing closer as a team.

Our team was blessed to go to Alaska to engage the people there for Christ. It is apparent that there is much spiritual darkness in the cities there. The people of the cities there need much prayer for the chains of sin to be broken by the Gospel of Jesus. The Bodolosky family engages these cities on a daily basis and needs prayers of encouragement to fulfill the Great Commission just as Jesus calls each one of us.

Matthew 28:19

FAITH LEPPARD, TEAM MEMBER Going to Alaska was my first REACH trip, and it is one of the greatest experiences I have ever had. There were many different kinds of kids in the parks that have different backgrounds and family circumstances. One of my greatest experiences on the trip was when I shared the wordless book and went over John 3:16 with a little girl. I believe one day she will accept Jesus into her heart. I am very thankful I got to go to Alaska and minister to children.

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REGENERATION STUDENT CHOIR REACH TRIP JAMES BODOLOSKY, OUR REACH PARTNER AT FIREWEED MINISTRY The week the Regeneration Choir served with Fireweed Ministry in Alaska was such a blessing!

We had challenges before the team arrived and it was clear satan did not want the team to succeed on the mission God had set before them. Twenty-four hours before the team was to arrive, the housing we had set up fell through and we had to find a housing solution for 65 people. Then their flights were cancelled and the airline‘s new plan had the team arriving in waves throughout the night. What the world may have seen as chaos we eventually saw as God’s perfect plan being played out before our eyes.

The team hit the ground running, ministering to people in three parks through a soccer camp and park ministry.

The most incredible thing we saw was how God re-opened the Fairview community that had been closed since the COVID restrictions began. Initially we asked the team to prayer walk in this community, but that led to all-day ministry with children that would continue for the rest of the summer. We saw with the Regeneration Choir that God is faithful when we say, “Here I am Lord! Send me.”

KEZIA DEIGHTON, 8TH GRADE I loved ministering to and building relationships with the children.

This was the first time I’ve ever taught a children’s class or shared the Wordless Book. It was an amazing experience to have 10 sets of eyes fixed intently upon you, waiting for more, eager to sing with us, and jumping at the chance to make Wordless Book bracelets. It amazed me when they could quote what each color of the Wordless Book meant, and would be so careful to not wrinkle their books as they put them in their pockets. Our team wasn’t anything special — just an ordinary 65 people who loved God. But it’s the ordinary people that God uses to do miraculous things. Two names have been added to God’s Book of Life, and many more seeds have been planted.

I loved studying the Bible with the Bodos and realized just how much more there is to the Bible. They gave us a book, Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life. It really makes you think about where you are in your spiritual life and how you can improve it.

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GRACE HARTSELL, COLLEGE Alaska is an incredibly beautiful state.

We did much more than sightseeing.

As we went into the communities around Anchorage and spent time with kids there, I found that Alaska is a whole different world. Underneath the extraordinary scenery lies brokenness and darkness. Several kids I met were in situations that I’d never even dreamed of. Yet many of them were still filled with joy. Hearing about their situations humbled me and made me very grateful for what I have.

Not only that, but I’ve learned through their joy. Every time it seemed like we had a plan for the trip, something would fall through, whether it was housing or flights or sickness. This trip taught me to be flexible more than ever, and to be joyful and grateful in the midst of stressful times. The flights did not work out as originally planned, but everyone got there safely. The house we were supposed to stay in was full of bugs, but everyone still had a place to sleep. God has been continually teaching me how to rejoice and find comfort in him in all circumstances, and this trip really drove that point home.

Going forward, I’ll take the joy I learned from the children and apply it to my own life. I may not struggle in ways they do, but I still will thank God for everything he’s done for me and everything he’s given me.

HUNTER SWANGER, 12TH GRADE I initially joined the Regeneration Student Choir because of my interest in the mission trip to Alaska. Being a teenage boy, I was hesitant at first to put myself out there and join the choir, but I knew I had to push myself out of my comfort zone. Little did I know this trip was going to not only help me grow stronger in my faith, but have a greater impact on the kids I was going to be working with in Alaska. I had the pleasure of meeting a young child there during park ministry. I was really able to take the circumstances we both have in common regarding our fathers, and relate to him on a more personal level. With this, he soon opened up to me informing me he had never been told who Jesus is. After days of playing in the park together and getting to know him more, I finally sat down with him to explain what happens after we die. As a result of our time together that week, we prayed and he told me that he wanted to accept Christ into his heart. Sometimes I like to think that I had a great impact on the kids we served, but I was entirely wrong. They made me realize that they impacted me way more than I could have ever helped them. As a result of this, I had wished that I had joined the student choir a long time ago. It has been an amazing, fun and unforgettable life experience altogether!

TYLER NORMAN, 7TH GRADE Park Ministry is a great way to connect with the Alaskan community. One activity we did to get kids to join was a game called King’s Square. In King’s Square, there are two people in each square, so we would team up with the kids to help them play and connect with them. After we played some games we would have lunch and share a story from the Bible. I really enjoyed helping the kids paint a craft that went along with the Bible story we shared that day.

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SARAH CATHERINE SULLIVAN, 11TH GRADE Alaska is truly the most beautiful place I’ve ever seen. Not just beautiful in its appearance — the mountains, glaciers, and sunrises - but in its people. Although we encountered a lot of diversity and brokenness, we experienced a lot of love in Alaska, and for me it was specifically in Palmer where we held a soccer camp for kids.

The soccer camp was filled with stretches, drills, games, LOTS of duck duck goose, coloring, lunches, Bible stories, VBS songs, and awards! We had the opportunity to spread the love and hope of Jesus Christ and pour our hearts into so many kids during the week, but hearing their stories was the most moving part for me. I will never forget feeling so heartbroken hearing the story of one of the five year-old girls in my soccer camp group. The way she talked about her past and the abuse she witnessed in her home, the wall in her bedroom beaten down, finding her parents overdosed on the bathroom floor, moving to foster care and sharing her wish to be home on her birthday (which is not going to happen). I just wanted to cry, but in that moment I prayed for her and thanked God for the life and the parents I have been given.

Over the 10 days in Alaska, I fell in love with it, but I also fell in love with God more and more because of how GOOD HE IS! He loves His children, provides just what we need, and never leaves or forsakes us. God is with us; He’s with the little girl in my group, and He never stops providing and fighting for us.

REFLECTIONS FROM ADULT LEADERSHIP • "Be more than flexible, be fluid so you can change and adapt as needed." was our challenge from James Bodolosky. "Fluid" is what we all became and it was beautiful.

• Satan tried to stop us but God showed up!

• Our students did a wonderful job sharing their love for Jesus! Though there were many things I loved about Alaska, what stands out to me the most was observing a little girl being walked through the plan of salvation by one of our very own students and becoming a Christian.

• We had many kids that participated and had opportunities to love on them while sharing the gospel through word and song.

• To watch students rise to the challenges of the week was rewarding. God is teaching and using them. He is also teaching me.

• [At FBC Palmer Soccer Camp] I was able to watch our people jump in, love on these children, play with them, teach them, and share Jesus with them.

• ...we broke up into groups: Palmer Soccer Camp, Eagle River Park, and Fairview Park. In each of these groups we had stories from the gospel ... and even had two salvations at the Fairview Park Ministry.

• In the park we witnessed a homeless mom being reunited with her children after not having seen them for two years. Even though she was encouraged to come home with family, she returned to the streets.

I don’t know their names, but God does. Praying for restoration.

• ...thanks to the people of Taylors First Baptist Church.

Your generosity and our church’s desire to see the gospel taken throughout the world made this trip possible for many.

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We are blessed to partner with Piedmont Women’s Center through our Love Taylors Ministry at Taylors FBC. During the first six months of 2021, Piedmont Women's Center has served 1792 clients, provided 1333 pregnancy tests, 425 ultrasounds, and has seen 108 people make a decision for Christ!

Piedmont Women’s Center is a trusted provider of reproductive health care serving the upstate of South Carolina and surrounding areas. Their involvement with professional community partners enables Piedmont Women’s Center to provide free laboratory quality pregnancy testing, free pregnancy consultations and free limited OB ultrasounds at three locations in the Upstate region.

We thank God for the women whose lives have been deeply impacted and for the babies given a chance at life through the wonderful work of Piedmont Women’s Center.

R E F U G E sports WALK TO REFUGE — A WALK IN A REFUGEE’S SHOES Saturday October 9 | Taylors Rec Ballfields and Picnic Shelter

Join us for an interactive experience depicting difficulties and dangers faced by people fleeing persecution, wars, and death – seeking refuge, struggling to survive.

You'll experience an eye opening, mind, and heart changing, one kilometer, reality fact-check. This is the real story!

At last year’s Walk to Refuge, walkers were powerfully impacted by what happened at the end of their "refugee journey" as they were met at an airport by World Relief volunteers. No spoiler alerts. You have to come out and see for yourself.

The Area Director for Mission Increase, a national organization that works with non-profits, attended our Walk to Refuge event last year and was so moved by its impact that he shared photos and video of the Walk with the organization’s national leaders and they will be using our Walk to Refuge as a model in their 2022 nationwide training program.

Join us Wednesday, August 25, at 7:30 pm in Room B132/133 for an interest meeting where we will be recruiting volunteers (the cast and crew). Watch for additional details at refugesports.org.

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Love Taylors is what we do at Taylors FBC for our community – we serve our neighbors, build on-going relationships, and share the love of Jesus.

GRIEF SUPPORT FOR SPOUSES Wednesdays, September 8 - October 27 | 6:15 - 7:45 pm | Room B132/133 Grief is a life experience that needs equipping tools and encouragement to walk in an unfamiliar and difficult season. Even mature followers of Christ can find themselves somewhat “lost” in the fog of grief that comes with the loss of a spouse.

In 1995, Kathy Sams was a new widow with young children who needed support in her unexpected path. She didn’t know of a group to help widows manage a new life journey and approached a Taylors FBC team member.

Together they, and several other recent widows and widowers, began a grief support group specifically designed to meet the needs of grieving spouses.

Now twenty-six years later, Grief Support for Spouses continues. The facilitators, members of Taylors FBC, are not trained counselors, financial, or legal advisors, but each has walked the path of losing a spouse. They desire to share the comfort they have experienced in their loss to others, and serve, following a mission statement found in 2 Corinthians 1: 3-5 (NIV): “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. For just as we share abundantly in the sufferings of Christ, so also our comfort abounds through Christ.”

You’re invited to join us to hear from speakers such as a trained counselor, pastor, and other widows and widowers.

Discussions center around new struggles, learning new skills, managing personal and individual loss, and moving toward strengths, in a confidential environment. In the reality of suffering, Grief Support will help you find biblical perspective on who God is in loss and how to draw closer to Him. Grief Support is not a “fix” or a solution, but one way to connect with others and share in a safe place. One former participant says, “It took a while but helped me move along in this sometimes difficult journey.” Others have said, “It is comforting to know I am not alone.” Many derive encouragement from insight about dealing with holidays or hearing others voice their same challenges.

If you are ready to attend our group or know of someone who is, sign up at taylorsfbc.org/events or in the Church Center App. You will be warmly welcomed!

GIVING CLOSET NEEDS

Your donations are offered to foster families and those in need within our community. Bring donations to the Welcome Center!

• Boys and Girls, all sizes: Jackets, Sweaters, Shirts, Pants, Jeans, Underwear, Pajamas, Socks, Shoes, and Training Diapers. We are especially low on sizes 10 through teen.

• Car seats and booster seats, new or used but must not be expired.

The Giving Closet is open 6:00 - 7:30 pm on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays and 9:00 - 10:30 am on the 1st and 3rd Saturdays.

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OUR CHURCH FAMILY

Celebrate baptisms, new members, anniversaries and more.

STEWARDSHIP

May Month to Date Budget Receipts $425,830 Actual Receipts $411,510 Actual Spent $423,995

June Month to Date Budget Receipts $425,830 Actual Receipts $335,941 Actual Spent $378,391

Year to Date Budget Receipts $2,554,980 Actual Receipts $2,053,688 Actual Spent $2,432,404

BAPTISMS

We welcome to the Body of Christ, through believer's baptism: Emerson McDaniel Rhys Caskey

IN MEMORIAM

Lindsey Bernhardt February 14, 1946 - June 17, 2021 Dot Cothran October 1, 1938 - June 5, 2021 Rodney Edwards April 20, 1953 - May 31, 2021 Joan Hawkins May 14, 1943 - July 2, 2021

STAFF ANNIVERSARIES AUGUST Sara Ader — 3 years of service Molly Holder — 3 years of service Beth Caskey — 16 years of service

Taylor Holden August 13, 1938 - June 23, 2021 Jerry Lunsford May 26, 1935 - July 5, 2021 Caroline McCauley May 6, 1933 - June 23, 2021

STAFF UPDATE Welcome Garrett Hawk

Garrett joined our Facilities Team part-time on June 20. Garrett also serves with our Production Team on Sunday mornings and works full-time as the Head Custodian at Greenville County Schools. We are excited to have Garrett aboard!

SUNDAY STATISTICS

5/30 6/6 6/13 6/20 6/27 *7/4 7/11 7/18 Nursery**............................. n/a...............n/a............... n/a...............n/a............... n/a................ 28.................46................ 31 Preschool...............................62................ 78.................62................ 68.................80................ 47.................43................ 36 Elementary............................50................ 44.................40................ 51.................59.................. 0.................78................ 46 Students................................51................ 69.................68................ 38.................41.................. 0.................64................ 60 College....................................0................ 24.................23................ 24.................17.................. 0.................21................ 22 Adults..................................410.............. 526...............449.............. 444...............517.................. 0...............559.............. 501 Life Group Total...................570.............. 710...............629.............. 543...............684................ 60...............721.............. 655 Morning Worship..............1,068........... 1,146............1,137........... 1,065............1,057.............. 963............1,068........... 1,207 * Life Groups did not meet. **Nursery and Preschool separated beginning July 2021 12 | TAYLORSFBC.ORG

WELCOME NEW MEMBERS

Devan Miller

Joined June 6, 2021,

by Statement

Emerson McDaniel Joined June 6, 2021,

by Baptism

NEW MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

Chad and Tammie Lingerfelt Joined October 2020 When Chad and Tammie relocated to Greenville and purchased a house in Taylors, a local Pastor recommended visiting Taylors FBC. They began visiting with us in person in September of 2020 at a time when we were still dealing with the transitions related to COVID 19.

What made you return after your first visit?

Kayce McCroskey Joined June 6, 2021,

by Letter

Michael and Kelly Cain Joined June 6, 2021,

by Letter

When we visited in September, simply put... the love of the people and how mission-minded they are. The staff were very friendly and welcoming, explaining the mission of the church and answering all of our questions. Another main reason we came back was the message and the Word, and of course we love the worship.

Why did you decide to join Taylors FBC?

Lanny McManus

Joined June 6, 2021,

by Letter

Chuck Boling

Joined June 13, 2021,

by Statement

After much prayer over several weeks we felt this was where God was calling us to be. We felt this was a place where we could use our talents and gifts. Simply put, a place we can serve and call home.

How did you plug into a Life Group?

We were invited to and immediately started visiting a Life Group and never left!

Rhys Caskey

Joined June 20, 2021,

by Baptism

Chad and Tammie are now very connected in that same Life Group and recently volunteered to lead a Community Group. They attended Lunch with the Staff and Starting Point, are serving as Ushers on our Guest Services Team.

Chad is also serving with our Safety Team. We are blessed to welcome Chad and Tammie to Taylors FBC!

LUNCH WITH THE STAFF

Sunday, August 29, 12:00 - 1:30 pm Join us for a free, casual lunch in a relaxed setting with a group of people who, just like you, want to learn more about Taylors. Sign up at taylorsfbc.org/events or in the Church Center App.

STARTING POINT

Sundays, September 12 - October 3, at 9:00 am in Room B127 Starting Point provides a basic introduction to Taylors FBC and will help broaden your understanding of who we are and what we believe. All new and prospective members are encouraged to participate in Starting Point to better understand our mission and values as well as our view on what it means to know Christ and follow Him. Sign up at taylorsfbc.org/events or in the Church Center App. TAYLORSFBC.ORG | 13

CONSISTENCY IS KEY

One definition of community is described as a feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals.

Taylors College has been blessed with a community that rallies around Jesus, the Gospel, and an embracing Christlike community. Consistency has been key. Over the past several months our college students began a journey digging into the book of Mark, chapter by chapter, on Sunday nights.

Learning how to study God’s Word together is foundational for any believer, young adults are no exception. We have been asking simple questions of the text: What is God saying or doing in this passage? Does this passage reveal anything special about God’s Character? Is there a promise in these verses? And more. Through the plain reading of the text and this simple method, we are seeing a closer-knit body within Taylors College. More importantly, an attraction to God’s Word.

A desire to be together pressed further than Sunday night. As summer approached we began working with Taylors Rec in rehabbing our sand volleyball courts. This has been awesome! On June 9 we hosted our first night of sand volleyball with over 30 people showing up. Again, consistency is key. Every Tuesday night we have welcomed recent high school graduates, college students, and young professionals to our sand volleyball court. This has become a rhythm for our ministry that birthed from a study of God’s Word. What a testimony!

As we look toward the fall, we are excited to see our out-of-town college students return and commission our “home” students to their campus. We encourage you to pray for our college students and young professionals.

Specifically, that they would be attracted to study God’s Word and build a Gospel-centered community wherever they go.

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SUMMER PICNIC

We are so thankful for the times of fellowship God has allowed us to enjoy this year, and our Summer Picnic was no different. Over 60 Taylors FBC Singles joined with ladies from Just for Today to enjoy a day of fellowship and fun.

Just for Today operates three homes in Taylors that minister to ladies as they journey to freedom from addictions.

WE HAD AN AMAZING SUMMER

We have had an amazing time at our summer camps this summer with over 245 participants in camps such as Intro to Ballet and Jazz, tumbling, cheer, basketball, and dance! Thank you to all of our participants, parents, staff, and volunteers who make our summer camps possible!

FALL BASKETBALL REGISTRATION

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HAVE YOU SEEN A GUEST?

Have you noticed people carrying these bright green bags? Maybe there is a red Love Taylors shirt under their arm? If so, this is your opportunity to welcome a first time guest!

Guests form an impression within seconds of stepping onto our campus, and the average guest makes a decision whether or not to return in their first ten minutes! So join us in making our guests feel welcome to Taylors FBC.

USHER MINISTRY

We’re excited to add the Usher Ministry to our Guest Services Teams and to introduce our new Usher Team Leaders, Brian Applewhite and Tyler Brown. We’ve also added a number of new Ushers who will serve on a rotating basis for our worship services, so please look for these new faces and welcome those who have agreed to serve. Our Usher Teams will be responsible primarily for greeting and seating people and are an integral part of serving both guests and members.

Many thanks go to Ronnie Davis who has served in the role as Leader for Ushers for many years. Ronnie will continue to serve in other ways, as well as leading the Ushers for funerals. He has been an invaluable resource to us in making this transition and will continue to give support as needed.