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First Baptist ChurchFirst Baptist ChurchFirst Baptist Church 707 St. Patrick Street707 St. Patrick Street707 St. Patrick Street Rapid City, SD 57701Rapid City, SD 57701Rapid City, SD 57701 (605) 343(605) 343(605) 343---034203420342
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8:00am 8:00am 8:00am --- Sunday SchoolSunday SchoolSunday School 9:00am 9:00am 9:00am --- Fellowship TimeFellowship TimeFellowship Time
9:30am 9:30am 9:30am --- WorshipWorshipWorship
Every Sunday!Every Sunday!Every Sunday!
July 2013 | Monthly Newsletter of First Baptist Church
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From the Pastor: From time to time I stop for a few moments and
try to pay attention to some things that are happening
that some may notice, but not everyone may see or
know. Here are a few things I’ve noticed and wanted
you to know about.
VBS Alive was a great ministry again this year.
Six churches from Rapid City took part: Bethel Assembly,
Destiny Foursquare, Dove Christian Center, Faith Luther-
an, First Christian, and First Baptist. We averaged 142
kids each night and 90 volunteers. On the last night, we
packaged 10,000 dry goods meals. There were 300 vol-
unteers that helped with this project. We raised
$2,400.00 between the six churches to cover the costs
of these meals. Our theme for VBS this year was based
on Hebrews 10:24 and focused on having a missional
mindset in our world. I was very pleased and proud of
First Baptist’s involvement in this year’s vbs. We were
well represented on all levels: students, volunteers, lead-
ership, and financially. Continued on page 2
Mark your Calendar!
Labor Day Retreat 2013
August 30– September 1
Theme: Unity
Theme Verse: Psalm 133:1
Speaker: Jim & Jan Kramer
More info soon!
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From the Pastor, Continued: It’s exciting to see how the congregation has responded to paying off our re-
modeling debt. As I write this note, we’re less than $1,000.00 from paying off the debt.
The Stewardship Ministry is beginning to plan how we can celebrate this accomplish-
ment. Please watch for further announcements about this.
We have just finished our series on the Seven Deadly Sins in the Church and have
started a new series based on Matthew 5:14-16 entitled, “City on a Hill.” When we start-
ed the “sin” series, I had no idea how it might shake out. Most of the people I’ve talked
to about their experience felt it was a healthy thing to stand in front of the mirror like
we did and xray our lives for the presence of these sins.
It won’t be long and the full swing of camping season will be upon us. Are you
going to camp this summer? We have brochures in the office that describe different
camps available. If cost is a factor for you or your family, talk to Josh or me and we’ll
see if we can figure something out. Josh Bond will be the director of Trail Camp this
year and he’ll also be helping with worship at Jr. High Camp. I’ll be the Camp Pastor at
Jr. High Camp again this summer.
By the time you get July’s newsletter, we’ll be about a month into our single ser-
vice change. Change is always a challenge for us no matter what age we are. As human
beings, we’re creatures of habit. I believe with my whole heart that we are constantly
changing our whole lives. Physical changes, family changes, financial changes, friend-
ship changes, and spiritual changes are just a few of the transitions we’re confronted
with. The very definition of growth means that change will be part of the process. I
want to encourage you in the midst of the changes we are going through to hang in
there. If you have ideas or thoughts, please share them. Let’s keep the conversation
going as we journey together.
Thank you for the privilege of serving among you.
Website: www.rcfbc.org Ashten: [email protected] Gregg: [email protected] Josh: [email protected] Vonnie: [email protected] Steph: [email protected] Heidi: [email protected]
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First Baptist
Church accepts
electronic
donations. If
you would like to donate
electronically, please go to the
church website (www.rcfbc.org)
and follow the link!
July’s Mission Meal
This month’s Mission meal will be on Monday, July 15th. The following folks
are signed up to serve:
Co-Chairs: Dave & Jen Mayforth and
Carol Misterek
Ben & Dawn Druckenmiller, Diane Kirchhevel, Vonnie Houchin, Lareign Munsch, Katie Munsch, Doug Pelton,
and Sally Weyer
For any questions or concerns, please contact one of the Mission
Wicksville Church Speaker Schedule:
Services begin at 10:30am.
July 14th: Bob Hayford
July 21st: Terry Pulse
July 28th: Pastor Betty Ott
Communion will be held every
fourth Sunday.
We are still accepting medicine bottles!
If you have any medicine bottles laying
around, please consider donating them so
that medical teams in the area may use them
on their mission
trips! If you have any
questions, please
contact Carol Car-
penter at 390-7134.
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Theme Verse for 2013
Psalm 133:1
“How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live together
in unity.”
If you have an event, announce-
ment, or anything else that you
would like included in the Au-
gust newsletter, please send
them to Stephanie, by noon,
on July 15th! ([email protected]) It’s hard to believe, but it is time
to start thinking about lawn
mowing again! Depending on
the weather, of course, we are
looking for individuals or fami-
lies to take a month of mowing,
July through October. If you are
able to volunteer, please con-
tact the office or a member of
Physical Maintenance.
Pray for a Cabin Cabin #5 is named for Mary Irene Laughlin. Her first mission assign-ment was India, but was later moved to Burma (Myanmar) and was one of the last missionaries to leave as World War II heated up. After retirement, she spent 30 years doing volunteer work at a Baptist retirement home in California.
Cabin 5 The Camp Judson Camp Commit-tee is asking that our church pray for Cabin #5 at Camp Judson this summer.
The youth and adults who will be housed in this cabin this summer need our prayers that they will come to know Jesus Christ as their personal Savior and grow in Him.
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We are Keith and Cheryl Varnado. We have two children. Katherine, 19, studies at Dakota Wesleyan Universi-ty, and Abigail, 17, is a senior at Douglas High School. Keith is
originally from Amite, Louisiana, and serves in the United States Air Force stationed at Ellsworth AFB. Cheryl is origi-
nally from Waterbury, Nebraska, and works as a government civilian on Ellsworth AFB. Our military family lived 10 years in Europe (England and Germany) and 11 years in New Mexico, Utah, Idaho and South Dakota. Cheryl and the girls arrived
to Ellsworth AFB July of 2012 and Keith rejoined the family in October after finishing his second tour in South Korea. We are grateful to the LORD for guiding us to
this church community, and we are excited to be part of the congregation at First Baptist Church. We are looking forward to meeting everyone!
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Hello FBC friends and family! Hope your summer has been great so far! I am be-
ginning to set my gaze on things for the fall and winter months, and would love to en-
list your help. There are potentially many of you who have a gift in teaching. There per-
haps are some of you who would enjoy setting up activities and games for young peo-
ple. Maybe there are some of you who would love to facilitate a book or Bible study. I
would love to help you get involved in an area where you can find fulfillment through
exercising your spiritual gifts. There are many areas where you can get involved and
the list I am attaching is by no means exhaustive. Perhaps you have an idea our area in
which you would like to serve. Feel free to send me a text, email, or phone call and we
can set up a time to discuss your idea. I look forward to hearing from many of you and
working alongside with you in ministry! Please prayerfully consider.
Current Areas of Need:
Sunday school teachers (nursery, elementary, middle school, high school,
young adult/college age, and adult)
Worship on Wednesdays (nursery, elementary, middle school, high school,
young adult/college age, and adult)
INSIDE.OUT (Sunday evenings for Junior and Senior High)
Home group ministries
Ministries I haven’t even thought of…
Blessings,
Josh Bond
605.545.2100
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