Those students who submitted their report cards with 2012 GPBC Scholars! a B or better grade were acknowledged and rewarded. The students honored are: On Sunday, June 24, 2012 Greater Progressive celebrated Scholar and Baccalaureate Sunday. YaVonna Murdock Snider High School and will attend IUPUI majoring in Physical Therapy Joyel Paige Snider High School and will attend IPFW majoring in Nursing Terry Bonner Kalisha Goree Qualen Pettus Kinaya Brown Jaliyah Hunter Tiana Poindexter Akilah Sims Simone Byrd Quila Jackson Tiara Poindexter There were nine high school graduates. Each Snider High School and will attend IUPUI in Darlene Collins De’Zheana Lattimore Isaiah Robinson graduate provided their plans for the future Indianapolis, majoring in Pre-Med with a JoMale Collier Anniah Lee Kirsten Stephens and we have some focused and determined Basketball Scholarship. She was also the Cade Goldsmith Desire Pernell Philip Ward graduates to celebrate: Recipient of the 2012 Tiffany Gooden Award Felipe Gomez Aniah Pettus for Best Female Athlete, and chosen as a One student bridged from Middle School to High School: Kiwaunes Brown 2012 Indiana All-Star in Basketball De’Zheana Lattimore from Lane Middle School to Snider High Snider High School w/honors and will attend Tennessee State University in Nashville, TN majoring in Business Administration Charles Burrage Northrop High School and will attend Vincennes University studying Sports Management Samaria Byrd Snider High School graduate and will attend Tennessee State in fall majoring in Pre-Med Christopher Clark To set a goal and complete that goal is quite Wayne High School and joined the United an accomplishment. We commend the two States Naval Academy and will be attending college graduates who have taken their basic training in Florida education seriously and completed the next Kristina Harrington level. The College graduates: North Side High School, w/honors and will attend IPFW in fall majoring in Nursing. She also Ebony Brown achieved her CNA licensed while still attending Received her Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing, North Side. Kristina is the proud co-recipient of at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN the 2012 Albert G. Jennings Scholarship Award. A’Tiyanna Lattimore Natasha Marbury Snider High School and will attend ISU Terre Received her Master’s in Science Haute majoring in Pre-Med Management from Indiana Tech PettusFrom The Pen THE MONTHLY VISION SHARING OF PASTOR ANTHONY R. PETTUS, SR. It is July the first which begins the second half of the year! God has been good to us in the first half and I look forward to even a better second half than the first. One of the signs of a church in movement is that people are joining on a regular basis. As I walk by the new 2215 John Street members board I see the results of the 1st and 2nd quarter (23 1st Fort Wayne, IN 46803 and 24 2nd), I am very excited. That’s with evangelism on the back burner! I am looking forward to putting evangelism on the front phone (260) 744-6235 burner in this second half of the year so that we will be true to what fax (260) 744-6460 the Lord has called us to be and do. One of the other things that shows www.greaterprogressive.org movement is the area of giving. I must say that the first four months of the year were positive every month. Great for us! But, as we looked at Church Hours: the May report and June’s preliminary numbers we are falling short of the goal. I would encourage everyone to be diligent in your efforts to stay committed to supporting your Monday-Friday church financially. I have not at any point this year had to ask for any special offerings nor 8:00am - 4:00pm asked for any kind of assessment other than revival. To our credit, it is because we have been on target. My prayer is that the overage that we gained in the first months of the year won’t Staff be depleted due to the lack of giving in the summer months. We all can insure that that won’t happen just by being faithful in our giving each and every week. I want to thank everyone in Anthony R. Pettus, Sr. faith and advance for your continued efforts. Senior Pastor On another note, I have been teaching on discipleship in Bible Study for a while now and in Leslie E. Alford light of our leadership meeting, I believe the next chapter in the life of God’s church @ GPBC is Church Administrator for those of us who are disciples and on fire for God to begin to search out for one or two Delania Oman people in whom we can disciple, so that eventually we will have a fully discipled, fully devoted Church Secretary church family that’s on the move for our God. You should look for someone in the congregation that does not attend Bible Study or Sunday school and begin to pour into them what God, Anthony “T.J.” Pettus, Jr. through your shepherd, has poured into you. I believe that a breakthrough is on the way for Minister of Music our church and when it comes it is going to be major! But before it arrives we have to make ready for all that God is going to bring our way. Not only should you find someone else to Ace Hawthorne disciple, but you should do self inventory and maintenance on yourself so that you can operate Custodian at a very high qualitative level. That’s all for now! Social Networking: Stay tuned to this same station! Pastor P facebook.com/ greaterprogressive Never to Young: twitter.com/gpbc_social Start a Savings Newsletter Info: by Sheila L. Alexander:Sheila is a Retail Center Manager and Assistant Vice President at Old National Bank. If you have an article you This is the time of the year when our young people Times have changed, and if you gave a child a would like to include in the are receiving gifts for graduation. The majority of quarter today, they would probably laugh at newsletter please email: those gifts will probably be cash. If you haven’t [email protected] you. Our young people have so many advan- or fax it to the church. The done so already, this is the perfect time to teach tages that we did not have when we were newsletter staff may not your graduates how to save money. growing up. They have way more than twenty publish an article if it is not I had my first bank account when I was seven five cents in their pockets sometimes, and it is in line with the mission of years old. Wednesday was “Bank Day” at the pa- our responsibility to teach them how to be the Greater Progressive good stewards. Many of our 2012 graduates Baptist Church. The staff also rochial school that I attended. I made sure that I reserves the right to make had money to put in the gold envelopes that will be receiving cash as a gift. Instead of tak- corrections and/or changes the school provided for us. Every student had a ing them to the mall and allowing them to to articles submitted. In savings account set up in their name, and the spend the cash, let’s teach them how to save addition, time sensitive their money, and watch that money grow. articles get priority when funds were deposited at the bank. I was only space is limited. depositing a quarter every week, but I was always Managing our finances is a life skill that is not excited to make my deposit, add it to my regis- always included on the student’s regular class ter, and watch my balance increase. I think by schedule, so it is up to us to help them start the end of the year I may have had $10 dollars, saving as soon as possible. but that was my $10 dollars that I had saved. Welcome Milestones: Sister Ford New Members CELEBRATING 75TH BIRTHDAY AND SO MUCH MORE! Sister Barbara Ford knew she had a Greater Progressive’s membership roster special, milestone birthday coming – continues to expand as 12 more people joined our the three quarters of a century one – church family between May 13 and June 10. but she didn't know the weekend that Including those who joined during that period, followed it would be full of surprises. 76 have been added to the membership this year; 27 have been baptized. There was the surprise, quaint Several who joined recently were recognized June gathering at her home on June 1 for 10 during a New Members Graduation ceremony family and close friends. And then on at the 11:30 a.m. service, based on their June 2, she was escorted to Mount completion of 12 classes on topics including Calvary Baptist Church, where an Dealing with Sin, Personal Devotions and estimated 200 well wishers gathered – Sunday announcements. Outside of Stewardship. Class instructors are ministers also to surprise her. church, she has been a long-time Charles Byrd, Joe Murriel, Allen Underwood and member of the singing group Chosen Henry White and Deacon Jim Goree. "She was overwhelmed; overwhelmed and appreciative that people took time Wonders. Those who graduated were: Joyce Aldridge, Cynthia to come and celebrate and appreciate Sister Ford was at Greater Progressive Bennett, Andrea Braden, Terrie Broom, Misha her," said Ford's son, Chris. Byndom, Samaria R. Byrd, Michelle Chambers, and then left for Mount Calvary, where Margaret Collier, Jomale Collier, Curtis L. Greene, Alcuis Sister Ford turned 75 on May 30.