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Central Baptist Church of Westerly, 16 Elm Street, Westerly, RI 02891 THE GOOD WORD Carrying News of God’s Work into the Community and World August 2012 Volume 5 Issue 8 Worship With Us At Vacation Bible School Central Baptist Attendance Soars This Year! Through September 2: Avondale Chapel: 8:00 AM Worship Service 9:30AM Fellowship Hour 10:30AM HOW TO CONTACT US Church Office : e-mail Yummy cupcakes. [email protected] Telephone : [401] 596-4929 Newsletter: e-mail [email protected] Pastor : e-mail [email protected] Website : http://www.cbcwesterly.org VBS Class of 2012 The theme this year was Sky! Everything is Possible with God. The church and class- rooms were decorated with kites, balloons and planes to welcome the 97 children and youth helpers to this year’s Vacation Bible School. That’s an increase in attendance of 37% from last year! The children, youth and adults spent the week immersed in Bible stories, dancing and sing- ing, crafts and Chatter Theatre. On Thursday evening, the VBS barbeque was held outside Church Meetings with about 200 in attendance. Besides the great food, there were games for the children, a August 1 bouncy house and even an air show! 5:00 PM Pot Luck Dinner We are most grateful to all the volunteers who helped in so many ways and to all those 6:45 PM Prayer Gathering who donated items or made financial contributions. It’s because of all of you that our Vaca- August 3 tion Bible School is such a success! 5:00 PM Christian Ed August 8 7:00 PM Board of Trustees August 14 7:00 PM Board of Deacons August 15 6:00 PM Prayer Team 6:45 PM Prayer Gathering August 28 7:00 PM Church Council Page 2 Central Baptist Church of Westerly CHURCH STAFF NEWSLETTER TEAM Rev. Dr. Cal Lord, Jr., Pastor Tiffani Kaminski—Editor Lynn Dowding, Music Director Linda Engler Cindy Capizzano, Administrator Dot Marra Paul Arnold & Walter Dugas, Custodians Cindy Capizzano and Church Office Hours Mon—Friday, 9:00AM—1:00 PM A host of other contributors Friendship Circle All Church Pot Luck Supper No meeting in August Bring a dish to share Next Meeting September 17 at 5:00 PM NEEDLEWORKERS Circle 2 First and Third Monday Meets on the third 9:30 AM Tuesday of the month, Nancy Balentine’s home Wednesday, Aug 1 - 5:30 PM 9:00AM 35 Spruce St., Last Name A - C Salad In the Church Parlor Westerly D - G Main Dish H - L Dessert You’re welcome to join us. Newsletter M - Z Vegetable Instruction available for most Needlework. Deadline Wednesday, Sept 5 - 5:30 PM Articles for the newsletter, Last Name A - C Vegetable The Good Word , are due D - G Salad the 15th of the month. H - L Main Dish HARVEST TABLE Electronic submission via M - Z Dessert AVAILABLE e-mail is preferred. Please submit articles as a WORD SUNDAY MORNINGS document if possible. IN FELLOWSHIP HALL Men’s Breakfast e-mail all articles to The Men's breakfast will resume Saturday, October 6 [email protected] at 8:00 AM and will be held the first Saturday of each month thereafter . Gardeners : Please bring some Calling all Youth! produce from your gardens to Join us for share with others. Board of Christian Education Tubing down the Connecticut River is sponsoring a yard sale in Wednesday August 8 Members and Friends: Please the church parking lot Meet at church at 8:30 a.m. help yourself to the food on the September 22 Cost: $15 per person (Grades 6 -12) table. No charge. There will be a bake sale and Sign up by calling the church 401 596-4929 table rentals for $15.00 each for those who wish to sell their own “treasures”. To reserve your table or ask A Men’s Bible Study is held questions call Tuesday mornings in the Parlor Janet Gerbutavich, at 7:30 AM. 401 596-9502 All men are welcome. Central Baptist Church of Westerly Page 3 Pastor Cal’s Corner Dear Friends, When I was just starting out in ministry, I was asked if I planned to take the month of August off. I guess for many churches this was a standard practice and the parishioners followed suit. It was like summer vacation. In the 1970’s and 80’s the Norwich church teamed up with two other congregations and each pastor only had to preach a few times in July and August as they moved from church to church. Everyone figured that attendance was going to be down so why not come together to make a larger congregation. That’s the reality of life in New England. Things slow down in the summer. So take your vacation but don’t play hooky all summer. Come and be refreshed each week as we worship together at the earlier hour. I’ll be preaching out of the Book of Ephesians. Some of my titles include: “Birds of a Feather,” “I've Got the Joy, Joy, Joy…” and “Who is the Boss?” There will be special music and a surprise or two. If you enjoyed our first movie night in July, or if you missed it, we are planning a second movie night on Friday, August 31 at 7:00 p.m. This time we’ll see “The Blind Side.” Invite your friends and join us for a thoughtful and fun evening. For the younger set, our youth group will be meeting a couple of times in August. This group is open to all kids in 6 th grade up through high school. Our first gathering will lead us to Farmington, CT to go tubing down the Connecticut River on August 8th. A second event is planned in town for the week before everyone heads back to school. More details will follow on our web site. Come September we will be back at full steam. Sunday School opens with Rally Day on September 9 at 9:00 a.m. There will also be several other educational opportunities offered this Fall. I’m real excited about them. They include: ∗ Dave Ramsey’s 13 week course on Managing Your Home Finances. It’s a video series. Ramsey uses many Christian ideas to help people develop good financial principals. ∗ A second course will be offered for those who want to learn some basics on good photography practices. It will be led by Janet Gerbutavich. ∗ A third course will be a book study on David Platt’s book Radical. ∗ A fourth course will focus on the book of Acts. You can also look forward to the Avondale Bible Fellowship Study on Thursday mornings and the Men’s Bible study on Tuesday mornings. There will be something for everyone this Fall. So enjoy the summer. We will be here waiting for you when you get back from vacation. And remember… God loves you and so do we! Be blessed. Cal If you’d like us to sing preach on a favorite text. You Can Choose your favorite hymn, fill out a We may not get to all of request and put it in the sug- the suggestions right away, the Hymns and gestion box. but the Pastor will work your Even Suggest You can also fill out a form suggestions into his planning Sermon Topics if you would like Pastor Cal over the next year. to speak on a certain topic or Page 4 Central Baptist Church of Westerly The Board of Trustees Driveway Campaign Update Thank you to everyone who has donated to our Driveway Campaign and helped us reach the 57% of our goal so far. We still have a way to go. If you are still considering a donation but have not done so as of yet, please do so soon. Each $2.00 contribution pays for one square foot of driveway. Our goal is $10,000.00 (the estimate given by the paver). We have received $5,714.50 to date. The filled in squares in the picture below represents our donations so far. As you can see, we still have several square feet to fill. Please don't forget our driveway campaign… Thank you to everyone who has donated. Yours in Christ, George H. Champlin, Jr., Chair 43% 57% needed received Bon Voyage August is a popular month for a vacation. In some families the planning takes much deliberation. Will it be hiking in the mountains right to the top While viewing beautiful scenery on each and every stop? Or will it be sailing the ocean blue enjoying the salty air While anticipating the next island stop will have a souvenir there? Treasurer’s Report Maybe you will choose to go out west where the buffalo roam Where it gets so hot and dusty you wish you were home. Jan-June Actual Jan-June Plan Annual Plan While you are planning and making your reservation Income 104,468.96 96,401.28 207,975.00 I suggest you make this very important observation. That in the corner of the state and just down the road Expense 146,539.41 154,026.00 287,614.72 There is a beautiful coastline and gorgeous sunsets to behold. Sylvia Pierce Net (42,070.45) (57,624.72) (79,639.72) Page 5 Central Baptist Church of Westerly Board of Christian Education Proverbs 16:3 - “Commit your actions to the Lord and your plans will succeed”. (NLT) We were so blessed to have 97 children at VBS this year and we thank all of you who contributed your time, talent, and support to make it such a success.