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First Baptist Church of West Allis 1576 So. 78th Street West Allis, WI 53214 Web site: www.firstbaptistwestallis.org/communicator.html E-mail: fbcwa@att.net

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From the Pastor’s

Desk…

Wow! Summer is here and VBS is right around the corner!

Whenever I think of VBS, I remember games on the church lawn (“Red rover, red rover, send Cindy right over!”), gathering for song (“Climb, Climb up Sun-shine Mountain”), enjoying the low-tech film strips, and working hard to memorize the week’s scripture verses.

But my fondest memories are of those who taught and volunteered. I remem-ber Marty, one of the big kids, telling us the story of the crossing of the Red Sea dressed as Moses. I remember Alta Peterson mixing the Kool-Aid and leading the singing. I remember Grace Jordal’s infectious laugh and her love for her students. These are people who truly made an impact on my life.

I think there’s a lesson here. There’s a good possibility that your kindness and willingness to serve is making a difference in someone’s life. Actually, that’s why we’ve been put on this earth! We’re here to make a difference. As the VBS song “This Little Light of Mine” says, we’re to let our light shine!

Pastor Mark

JUNE

BIRTHDAYS

1 Pam Weisser 6 Elsie Seese 14 Elizabeth Tangen 15 McKenzie Brophey 17 Nancy Kehrli 18 Jovan Guerrero 18 Reynolds House 19 Fred Wilson 20 Robert Barrett 23 Kathy Schuttenhelm 27 Gregory Krueger

ANNIVERSARIES

4 Pastor Mark & Pam Weisser 41 years 6 Terry & Sharon Arnold 54 years 7 John Jones & Katherine Valentyn 10 yrs 7 Rev. Wiley & Nancy Kehrli 60 years 22 Rev. Arlo & Dianne Reichter 50 years If we have inadvertently missed your special day, please accept our apologies, and let the of-fice know so we can change our records.

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Prayer ConcernsPrayer ConcernsPrayer ConcernsPrayer Concerns

Sharon Arnold, Richard Vichich, John Krueger, Lynn Kelly, Hunter Narlock.

American Baptist Women’s Ministries

Women’s Retreat at Camp Tamarack June 1-3.

The women’s picnic is June 6th at 5:30 PM at Nancy Byleen’s house. All women of the church are invited. Bring a dish to pass, if you are able.

ABMen

Now is the time to tune up your bike for our 8th annual ride on the Hank Aaron Trail, sponsored by ABMen. We leave church at 3 PM on Saturday, June 16th (rescheduled from June 23rd date published in the ABMen’s calendar). The length of the ride will be chosen on the day of the event to accommodate all who show up. Every-one is invited! Third Sunday (June 17) suggested non-perishable food item is Canned Meat (tuna, Spam, chicken) and the hy-giene item is Tooth paste.

The Annual FBCWA Picnic is

June 10th at Greenfield Park,

Area 5. Bring your own

meat/buns, a dish to pass, soda, lawn

chairs, plates, plasticware, etc. See

map at back of this newsletter.

Congratulations!!

McKenzie Brophey is graduating from Wauwatosa West High School on June 3, 2018. She will be attending the Universi-ty of Minnesota Twin Cities and has been accepted into the School of Science & Engineering. Congratulations McKenzie! The Communion Offering for the month of June is designated for the Grand Avenue Club.

April 2018 Financial Income Report

General Receipts

Envelopes $ 13,152.00

Loose Offerings 360.60

Church School 95.41

Birthday 10.00

Easter 975.00

Total $ 14,593.01

Miscellaneous Receipts

Initial Offering $ 2.00

A.B. Foundation 475.87

Organ Fund 10.00

Stained Glass Restoration 1,000.00

Total $ 1,487.87

Communion Offering

Project Focal Point $ 316.00

Good Samaritan Outreach 100.00

Grand Avenue Club 50.00

Total $ 466.00

Memorial Fund Francis Ullrich $ 25.00

Nora Schulze 25.00

Charles Graham 20.00

Total $ 70.00

Mission Offering

Love Gift $ 10.00

America For Christ 65.00

Total $ 75.00

Deposited Total $ 16,691.88

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Vacation Bible School starts with supper each evening at 5:30 p.m., Monday through Thurs-day, June 11-14, ending at 8 p.m. Here are four ways that you can participate in our Va-cation Bible School:

1. Pray for a successful VBS. 2. Invite children, ages 3 and up, to attend. 3. Volunteer to be a story-teller or helper by contacting Karl Byleen (414 427-5738). 4. Just show up at church one or more eve-nings of VBS and help out where needed.

Plan to attend the adult Summer Sun-

day School class starting Sunday,

June 3, and continuing through Labor

Day weekend. The class will be

based on Ruth A. Fletcher’s book

Thrive: Spiritual Habits of Transforming

Congregations. Mike Shawgo will

lead the first session.

Calling all Chefs!!

AB Women are collecting recipes for a new cookbook. If you have a favorite reci-pe, kitchen trick, or cooking tip that you would like to share, please give your reci-

pe and ideas to any one of the women. The cookbook will be published in time for sale at the annual bazaar.

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3Gs TRIP TO GROHMAN MUSEUM

Now that summer is almost here, the 3Gs are coming out of hibernation in order to have fun and fellowship. Our first activity will be held on Wednesday, June 20. Let’s meet at the church at 11:00 A.M. and we’ll carpool to Chili’s Restaurant, 1601 Miller Parkway, for lunch (they have a number of lunch combos for $7.00!). After we’ve eaten our fill, we’ll head down-town to the Grohmann Museum, 1000 North Broadway, a part of MSOE. Its main collection is “Man at Work,” consisting of hundreds of paintings and sculptures of (what else?) people at work, reflecting a variety of artistic styles and subjects that document the evolution of or-ganized work. In addition there is a special ex-hibition of dozens of outstanding railroad pho-tographs taken by journalist, author, historian, and railroad industry communications execu-tive Wallace Abbey. His voice was essential in telling the story of American railroading in the latter half of the twentieth century. Abbey pho-tographed a world of locomotives, passenger trains, big-city terminals, and small-town de-pots, along with the thousands of people who called themselves railroaders. In addition to three floors of gallery space, the museum also has a spectacular rooftop sculpture garden with a commanding view of the city. Admission to the museum is $3.00 for those 65 and over, $5.00 for those under 65. In addi-tion there is free parking in the adjacent lot (entrance on Milwaukee Street). We just have to register the vehicles at the front desk when we enter the museum. The 3Gs welcomes everyone who is 50 and older. Please sign up no later than Sunday, June 17, on the sheet in the Education Wing foyer so that we know how many to expect. Also, mark your calendars for September 11,

when we’ll have our annual picnic at Jeff and

Debb Jaeck’s home on Phantom Lake.

The Breath of You

I breathe the air- You are there I touch a tree- You touch me I sing a song- You hum along I hurt inside- You do not hide. I’ll never know For a day or an hour How life would go Without your love and power ‘Cause I feel You in the sunshine, I see You in the blue, I hear you in the crunch of leaves, The mountains shout of You. You are vast and mighty, I am small beneath Your sky, Yet I know the Breath of You Is here in little i. (Sometimes I feel I’m somewhere else, Not part of Your blue sky, Then I breathe the Breath of You And You are here in i.) Chris Leitner

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Musical Notes

FROM THE

DIREKTR

Ephesians 6:18 – And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of pray-ers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.

“What a Friend We Have in Jesus” by Joseph Scriven. What a friend we have in Jesus, all our sins and griefs to bear. What a privilege to carry everything to God in prayer.

Scripture and song both tell us to pray. Like so many things, it helps to understand the meaning of what we’re doing. Aren’t all prayers the same? Well, technically speaking, yes. All prayers are simply conversations that we have with God. Some are planned in our daily routine (upon waking, before meals before bed) and some are spontaneous. We can learn to pray more completely if we know that there are different types of pray-er. Let’s look at four types of prayer.

Adoration A prayer of adoration is a prayer that praises God’s goodness and majesty. Psalm 111

Confession A prayer of confession is a searching prayer of the heart. When we confess, we bare our souls before God about our sins and shortcomings. Thanksgiving A prayer of thanksgiving is a prayer that recognizes the good things God gives us and offers thanks for them: our lives, our health, our families, and our faith.

Supplication A prayer of supplication is a prayer that lifts up requests before God. Sup-plications are often divided between those requests we make for ourselves (petitions) and those requests we make on behalf of other people (intercessions).

Prayer is something we can do no matter where we are, what time of day, how we feel – it is one of the most powerful tools God has given us for ourselves and for others. Like any tool, it is only good if you use it!

Mary SchecherMary SchecherMary SchecherMary Schecher

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Historical Reflections: Historical Reflections: Historical Reflections: Historical Reflections: Greenfield ParkGreenfield ParkGreenfield ParkGreenfield Park

On June 10th, many of us will meet at Greenfield Park after church and have a potluck picnic. This event used to be a Sunday School picnic but it evolved to be a whole church event. This brings up a question. If our first deacon, Reuben Strong, had wanted to go to Greenfield Park for a picnic in 1876, where would he have gone? The 1876 map to the right displays the loca-tion of the Greenfield Park we know today between Green-field and Lincoln Avenues and between 116th and 124th

Streets. This area in 1876 was partial marsh and just farms. The County purchased the land for a park in 1921, too late for an 1876 picnic.

In 1867, the National Soldiers Home (Wood, WI) opened and Mukwonago Plank Road renamed as National Avenue. The 1893 map on the left shows “National Park” between today’s National and Greenfield Avenues from 27th to 31st Streets. There were multiple attractions such as a picnic area, lake, pavilion, racetrack, and even a roller coaster. The park closed in 1899 because the land was more valuable as lots for homes in the expanding Milwaukee. This park was also farmland in 1876 as shown in the map on the right of the southeast corner of the Town of Wauwatosa. So, where was Greenfield Park in 1876? The Historical Atlas of Milwaukee Coun-ty (1876) contains a drawing titled “Greenfield Park, Corner 22nd Ave. & Rail Road St ….Greenfield Township” In Milwaukee, Greenfield Avenue was then called Rail

Road Street while 22nd Avenue (todays 27th Street and Layton Boulevard) was the border between Milwaukee and the Town of Greenfield. Joseph Knurr was the proprietor of the park and the land-owner as indicated in the 1876 map (below) of the northeast corner of the Town of Greenfield.

Knurr purchased the land in 1874 and de-veloped a beer/summer garden environ-ment on his 3.65 acres between 27th Street on the east and New Beloit Road (which no longer exists) on the west and north. There were winding pathways around many trees. The grounds con-tained a saloon, dining hall, and bowling alley

complete with a bowling club. After the larger National Park opened across Greenfield Avenue in 1883, the School Sisters of St. Francis purchased this Greenfield Park in 1886 and erected St. Joseph's Convent there. A Green-

field Baptist Church picnic probably was NOT held in Greenfield Park in 1876. There will be one there in 2018. This is the 13th of periodic historical articles. For questions or

items of interest, please contact John Wothe.

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AC

RO

SS

1 E

very

one w

ho s

ins b

reaks th

e la

w; in

___, s

in is

law

lessness (I J

n 3

:4)

5 J

ohn to

the s

even c

hurc

hes w

hic

h a

re in

____ (R

ev 1

:4)

9 a

nd k

eep s

om

e _

__ b

etw

een th

e h

erd

s (G

en 3

2:1

6)

14 lik

e th

e m

erc

hant s

hip

s, b

ringin

g h

er fo

od fro

m _

__ (P

rov 3

1:1

4)

15 b

ut e

nvy _

__ th

e b

ones (P

rov 1

4:3

0)

16 a

certa

in _

___ n

am

ed M

arth

a re

ceiv

ed (L

uke 1

0:3

8)

17 B

ala

am

for re

ward

, and p

eris

hed in

the g

ain

sayin

g o

f ___ (J

ude 11

) KJV

18 tw

enty

he g

oats

, two h

undre

d _

___, a

nd tw

enty

ram

s (G

en 3

2:1

4)

19 ta

ke th

ee _

__ _

__, a

nd la

y it b

efo

re th

ee (1

,4) (E

zek 4

:1) (K

JV

) 20 K

ing A

sa is

sued a

n o

rder to

all J

udah n

o o

ne w

as _

__ (1

Kin

gs 1

5:2

2)

22 p

urs

ued th

em

all th

e w

ay to

Gre

ate

r Sid

on, to

Mis

rephoth

___ (J

osh 1

1:8

) 24 a

bbr. fo

r the n

inth

book o

f the O

ld T

esta

ment

25 th

at a

t the n

am

e o

f Jesus e

very

knee s

hould

___ (P

hil 2

:10)

26 D

avid

sent a

dele

gatio

n to

expre

ss h

is _

__ to

Hanun (1

Chro

n 1

9:2

) 28 w

as in

the h

inder p

art o

f the s

hip

, asle

ep o

n _

__ _

__ (1

,6)(M

ark

4:3

8) K

JV

32 w

heth

er it b

e o

x, o

r ____, o

r sheep; h

e s

hall re

sto

re d

ouble

. (Exod 2

2:4

) 33 s

o y

ou b

ecam

e a

___ to

all th

e b

elie

vers

in M

acedonia

(1 T

hess 1

:7)

34 w

ith d

ishonest s

cale

s, w

ith _

__ _

__ o

f fals

e w

eig

hts

(1,3

) (Mic

6:11

) 37 T

HIS

IS J

ES

US

, TH

E _

__ O

F T

HE

JE

WS

(Matt 2

7:3

7)

41 la

yin

g a

sid

e _

___ m

alic

e, a

nd a

ll guile

, and h

ypocris

ies (1

Pet 2

:1)

42 S

om

e o

f the L

evite

s w

ere

secre

tarie

s, _

__ a

nd d

oork

eepers

(2 C

hro

n 3

4:1

3)

45 P

rais

e h

im, _

__ a

nd m

oon, p

rais

e h

im, a

ll you s

hin

ing s

tars

(Ps 1

48:3

) 46 T

hen w

ill the la

me le

ap lik

e a

___ (Is

a 3

5:6

) 48 _

___, a

pro

phete

ss, th

e d

aughte

r of P

hanuel (L

uke 2

:36)

49 w

e fo

und o

ut th

at th

e is

land w

as c

alle

d _

__ (A

cts

28:1

) 51 a

ll that h

andle

the _

__ , th

e m

arin

ers

(Ezek 2

7:2

9) K

JV

53 w

heth

er in

the _

__ d

epth

s o

r in th

e h

ighest h

eig

hts

(Isa 7

:11)

55 T

he L

OR

D is

my _

__ a

nd m

y s

ong (P

s 1

18:1

4)

60 T

he tre

es o

f the L

OR

D a

re fu

ll of _

___ (P

s 1

04:1

6)

61 J

esus c

am

e fro

m G

alile

e to

___ J

ord

an to

be b

aptiz

ed b

y J

ohn (M

att 3

:13)

62 th

e h

orn

s o

f a w

ild o

x.W

ith th

em

he w

ill ___ th

e n

atio

ns (D

eut 3

3:1

7)

63 _

__ a

nd A

rabia

ns, w

e d

o h

ear th

em

speak in

our to

ngues (A

cts

2:1

1) K

JV

67 th

e a

ngels

haste

ned L

ot, s

ayin

g, _

__, ta

ke th

y w

ife (G

en 1

9:1

5) (K

JV

) 69 to

loose th

e b

ands o

f wic

kedness, to

___ th

e h

eavy b

urd

ens (Is

a 5

8:6

) (KJV

) 71 J

oshua s

on o

f Nun, w

ho h

ad b

een M

oses' _

__ (N

um

11:2

8)

72 Is

it ___ fo

r you to

flog a

Rom

an c

itizen (A

cts

22:2

5)

73 it is

only

a _

__ fro

m th

e b

oil (L

ev 1

3:2

3)

74 T

he L

OR

D is

___ to

anger, a

boundin

g in

love (N

um

14:1

8)

75 w

ho _

__ h

is m

oney w

ithout u

sury

(Ps 1

5:5

) 76 te

mpora

ry d

wellin

g (E

x 3

3:7

) 77 b

urn

incense u

pon th

e h

ills, u

nder o

aks a

nd p

opla

rs a

nd _

__ (H

os 4

:13) K

JV

D

OW

N

1 h

is _

__ w

as lik

e th

e s

un, a

nd h

is le

gs w

ere

like fie

ry p

illars

(Rev 1

0:1

) 2 if _

__ _

__ g

o u

p, h

e s

hall e

ven b

reak d

ow

n th

eir (1

,3) (N

eh 4

:3) K

JV

3 b

rought h

im to

an in

n, a

nd to

ok _

___ o

f him

(Luke 1

0:3

4)

4 Y

our w

alls

will _

__ a

t the n

ois

e o

f the w

ar h

ors

es (E

zek 2

6:1

0)

5 A

lso th

ere

___ _

__ o

live tre

es b

y it (3

,3) (Z

ech 4

:3)

6 C

onsid

er th

e ra

vens: T

hey d

o n

ot _

__ o

r reap (L

uke 1

2:2

4)

7 u

nits

, parts

, poin

ts 8 If w

e _

___ to

com

mune w

ith th

ee, w

ilt thou b

e g

rieved? (J

ob 4

:2) K

JV

9 th

e _

__ a

nd m

ars

hes w

ill not b

ecom

e fre

sh (E

zek 4

7:1

1)

10 th

e _

__ is

to b

e s

coure

d a

nd rin

sed w

ith w

ate

r (Lev 6

:28)

11 Y

ou a

re _

__ _

__ th

at a

ppears

for a

little w

hile

(1,4

) (Jam

es 4

:14)

12 h

e w

ent to

Assyria

, where

he b

uilt N

ineveh, R

ehoboth

Ir, ___ (G

en 1

0:1

1)

13 I w

ill be a

n _

___ u

nto

thin

e e

nem

ies (E

xodus 2

3:2

2)

21 th

ey w

ere

counte

d b

y n

um

ber o

f nam

es b

y th

eir _

__ (1

Chro

n 2

3:2

4) K

JV

23 T

hou s

halt n

ot m

ake u

nto

thee a

ny g

raven _

___ (E

xodus 2

0:4

) 27 _

___, a

nd it s

hall b

e g

iven y

ou; s

eek, a

nd y

e s

hall fin

d (M

att 7

:7)

28 A

s _

__ _

__ m

an w

ho c

aste

th fire

bra

nds (1

,3) (P

rov 2

6:1

8) K

JV

29 D

o n

ot s

et u

p a

ny w

ooden A

shera

h _

__ b

esid

e th

e a

ltar y

ou (D

eut 1

6:2

1)

30 k

eep a

way fro

m e

very

bro

ther w

ho is

___ a

nd d

oes n

ot (2

Thess 3

:6)

31 _

__ th

em

befo

re G

od a

gain

st q

uarre

ling (2

Tim

2:1

4)

35 T

he _

__ o

f flour w

as n

ot u

sed u

p (IK

ing 1

7:1

6) (N

KJ)

36 L

ike _

__ _

__ to

oth

or a

lam

e (1

,3) (P

rov 2

5:1

9)

38 w

as in

the _

___ th

at is

calle

d P

atm

os (R

ev 1

:9)

39 a

little h

oney, s

pic

es, a

nd m

yrrh

, ____, a

nd a

lmonds (G

en 4

3:1

1)

40 Y

ou s

train

out a

___ b

ut s

wallo

w a

cam

el (M

att 2

3:2

4)

43 th

ey b

egan to

thro

w th

e _

__ o

verb

oard

(Acts

27:1

8)

44 Y

ou, h

ow

ever, _

__ m

e w

ith lie

s (J

ob 1

3:4

) 4

7 th

e d

eer, th

e g

azelle

, the _

__ d

eer, th

e w

ild g

oat (D

eut 1

4:5

) 50 w

rath

is a

messenger o

f death

, but a

wis

e m

an w

ill ___ it (P

rov 1

6:1

4)

52 T

he tw

o _

__ a

rrived a

t Sodom

in th

e e

venin

g (G

en 1

9:1

) 54 to

geth

er w

ith h

er ro

yal _

__ a

nd h

er fa

ther (D

an 1

1:6

) 55 y

ou w

ill go o

ut a

nd le

ap lik

e c

alv

es re

leased fro

m th

e _

__ (M

al 4

:2)

56 "D

estro

y th

is te

mple

, and I w

ill rais

e it a

gain

in _

__ d

ays." (J

ohn 2

:19)

57 a

Kin

g w

ho w

ill ___ w

isely

and d

o w

hat is

just (J

er 2

3:5

) 58 _

__ in

the L

OR

D a

nd d

o g

ood (P

s 3

7:3

) 59 s

ay u

nto

this

mounta

in, R

em

ove _

__ to

yonder p

lace (M

att 1

7:2

0) K

JV

64 F

rom

morn

ing _

__ e

venin

g h

e e

xpla

ined a

nd d

ecla

red to

them

(Acts

28:2

3)

65 S

o E

sau (th

at is

, ___ ) s

ettle

d in

the h

ill country

of S

eir (G

en 3

6:8

) 66 p

atc

h fro

m a

new

garm

ent a

nd _

__ it o

n a

n o

ld o

ne (L

uke 5

:36)

68 "W

hy d

oes y

our fa

ce lo

ok s

o _

__ w

hen y

ou a

re n

ot ill?

(Neh 2

:2)

70 th

roughout a

ll Isra

el fro

m B

eers

heba e

ven to

___ (2

Chr.3

0:5

) KJV