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T h e B e a c o n The Baptist Beacon P.O. Box 7 Cordova, IL 61242

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602 3rd Avenue South Cordova, Illinois 61242

309-654-2501

Sunday School ~ 8:30 A.M. Worship ~ 9:30 A.M.

[email protected] www.cordovafbc.com

We serve God, teach God’s Word and demonstrate Christ’s love.

March 2019

Blessings on:

Address Service Requested

Last month, we started our annual theme of the “Wonder, Beauty, and Mystery” of God by first considering how great His love for us truly is. For March, we will spend one Sunday looking at the miracles of God and how marvelous they really are. Then we go into Lent. We begin with our Ash Wednesday service at 6:30 PM on Wednesday March 6. Please join us as we consecrate ourselves with ashes during this reded-ication of service to God during Lent. As Lent progresses, we are going to forgo the “normal” practice of having a Bible or book study in addition to the morning worship. Instead of this, we will be showing 3 differ-ent movies every other Saturday at 2 PM. These cinema showings will share the same theme from the previous Sunday’s sermon. Following the movie, we will open up a discussion about the movie and theme. The movies, dates, and themes are the following: March 23rd—”Kung Fu Panda” (Theme: Expectations); April 6th— “Woodlawn” (Theme: Believe and Join Into); and April 20th— “War Room” (Theme: power of prayer). To accompany this, a 2 to 4 minute movie clip will be added to each of the 6 Sunday services during Lent. The clips will bring an addition to each of the themes for the 6 ser-

vices. Those 6 themes are: Renouncing, Expectations, Confession, Believe and Join Into, Remaining a repre-sentative, and the Power of prayer. - Pastor John Kress

2019 Harvest Home Planning

While our Harvest Home event is sever-al months away, planning needs to begin. Therefore, we are asking all who would like to contribute input to this First Baptist event to join us for our planning event at 1 PM on Wednesday March 13th. Look forward to seeing you.

St. Patrick Lunch Fundraiser

Our church finance committee will be hosting it’s annual St. Patrick Irish Lunch following worship on Sunday March 17th. Donations for the lunch are appreciated and will be added to the church’s general funds.

Please continue to pray for our men and women in the military service:

David Christopher, John Filbert, Zach Fontenoy, Kelby Kindelsperger, Elizabeth Kindelsperger, Ashley Kline, Anthony Lester, Ryan Peterson,

Brett Saathoff

New Concerns: Gary Aiken Eric Arnold’s friend Caleb Hannaberger Charles Hergert Pat Peterson

Ongoing Concerns: Charlene Agnew Deanna Arnold Cassie Beal Kay Coulter Peggy Daniels Jim Fidlar Courtney Fox Dot Glass Jim Gregory Jessica Griffin Rob Hoogerwerf Lynn Johnson Loral Kenady Elmis Kress Jr JoAnn Kress Mike Kress

Ongoing Concerns (Cont.): Judy Locey Pam Lohman Debra Lopez Bill Mathias Dan Michaels Dan Mille Allie Morgan Kadin Newkirk Thelma Palm Eleanor Pettit Emma Jean Russell Joanne Senko Herb Sparks Sharon Sparks Dustin Tyson Lee Tyson Steve Tyson Rich Waldorf Jack Wilson Vonda Wilson Joyce Winger Each other

Our Deepest Sympathies

Our hearts grieve and prayers go out to the

family and friends of

Jane DeBlieck Stacey Anderson Carol Johnson

FEBRUARY

CROSSMEN

ATTENDANCE REPORT

SUNDAY WORSHIP

Day Attendance 3 1 10 0 27 0 24 0

CROSSMEN MEETINGS

Day Attendance 5 No Meeting 12 No Meeting 19 5

26 ?

FEBRUARY WORSHIP

ATTENDANCE REPORT

Week attendance 3 30

10 27 17 12 24 18

Total: 87 Average: 21

CROSSMEN YOUTH

The Crossmen is our church Youth Group. It is open to kids in 4th grade thru High School. We meet every Tuesday at 5:30 PM. We also strive to do a fun activity or social project once a month. If any questions, parents can call youth director Karen or Pastor John Kress at (309)945-2648.

Tri-Church Collaboration

We have been in contact with the churches of Erie Baptist and First Baptist of Morrison to dis-cuss how we can assist one another in reaching our communities. We attempted twice to have a conversation, but each time we were halted by bad weather. We have scheduled a new meeting date for 10 AM on Saturday March 2nd here at Cordova. If you would like to attend and repre-sent FBC Cordova in the conversation, please let Pastor John know.

BREAKFAST AT THE CAFÉ

On the last Tuesday of each month we gather at 9 AM at Mississippi Café in Al-bany. There we socialize over a hot meal. We plan to convene on March 26th. Join us!

EXERCISE CLASS

Our exercise class, led by Sue King, which meets at 8:30 AM on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays will be re-convening on Mon-day March 18th. Come join the fun!

Port Byron Pantry Collection Needs

For the months of March and April we are collecting paper products. If you can assist with any of these items (or any other you may think of), please bring them by the church and place in one of our drop boxes. The drop off boxes can be located by each of the three church doorways. Praise Report:

Pastor John Kress Piper Kerr Trace Nelson & Michelle Butler Tony White

Communion Sunday

As we gather on the first Sunday of the month to share Communion to-

gether, we are now ask-ing you to join us in

Prescott Hall instead of the sanctuary. We do not want the stairs or

steep ramp to hinder any who would desire to

partake. Therefore, the first Sunday of the month’s Service of

Communion will now be downstairs.

Newsletter Deadline

All articles for the April 2019 BEACON should reach the

church office by Sunday March 24, 2019.

Morning Prayer Meetings:

Every Thursday at 8 AM!

COFFEE FELLOWSHIP

Come and join us for fellowship and coffee before church each Sunday. Coffee is ready by 8:15 am. Take time to get reacquainted with the church family.

OFFICERS FOR 2019

Moderator – Merredith Peterson Clerk – Elaine Seevers Treasurer- Fred Genung Financial Secretary – Elaine Seevers Assistant Treasurer –Merredith Peterson Head Usher – Mike Seevers

DEACONS TRUSTEES Kay Morthland Karen Kress Ann Genung Dale Gramling Ray Shackelford Joe Kline George Kerr Marilyn Hardy Susan Vincent John Peterson Jim Chavez Mark Barnes FINANCE PASTORAL RELATIONS Myrt Willis Becky Barnes (Chair) Rita Leighty Deacon Appointed—Ray Shackelford Ray Shackelford Trustee Appointed—Marilyn Hardy Joyce Kline Finance Appointed—Myrt Willis Ann Genung (Pastor App.) APPOINTED POSITIONS PASTOR – John Kress PIANIST/ORGANIST – Elaine Seevers MEMORIAL TREASURER – Jan Versypt ASST. ORGANIST – Joyce Kline

2019 Pocket Planners & 175th Totes

Members of First Baptist received 2019 Pocket Planners as gifts from the Diaconate for Christ-mas. If you have not received one, please pick

one up one today at the back of the sanctuary.

We also still have 175th Anniversary Tote Bags for those who desire one or more.

“Upper Room Devotional”

The March/April edition of the “Upper Room”

Daily Devo-tional are now available to all at the back of the church.

America for Christ Offering

2019 Throughout the month of March, we will be collecting funding for the America for Christ Offering. Your gifts to the AFC Offering im-pact thousands—through ministries with marginalized children, disaster response, pris-oner re-entry and after-care, immigration and refugee resettlement, public witness and ad-vocacy, resources that equip Christian leaders, chaplains who bring comfort to those in hos-pitals and nursing homes, and so much more. Please help us reach our church goal of $750.00! Vacation Bible School Update

Last month, the Diaconate asked the congregation what days would most people be available for helping with VBS. After receiving your input, it has been decided that Vacation Bible School will be held dur-ing the week of July 22nd—26th. We are still uncertain if this will be a full or partial week. The deacons are also looking at the various VBS materials. Once a decision has been made, we will let you. Un-til then, mark the week of July 22nd on your calendars for VBS!

Spring your clocks forward by 1 hour. Daylight Savings Begins 2 AM on Sunday March

10th!

Rex Rogers GRR Area 1 Min-ister Rex Rogers will be joining us March 24th. After worship, he would like to meet and hear from us and discuss where the Lord is leading our church.

MARCH BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES

12 Michael Rel 15 Marilyn Hardy Zach Mikles 17 LaVonne Latham Ryan VanWolvelaere 22 Marie Weber 28 Kim VanWolvelaere

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

2

Trustees—9 AM

Erie/Morrison/Cordova

3

Sunday School—8:30

AM

Worship (in Prescott

Hall) - 9:30 AM

4

5

Crossmen—5:30 PM

6

Ash Wednesday—7 PM

Advisory—7:30 PM

7

Prayer Meeting—8 AM

8

9

10 Daylight Saving

Time


AM

11

12

Crossmen—5:30 PM

13

Harvest Home Plan-

ning—1 PM

Gleaners—2 PM

14


15

16

17


AM

Worship —9:30 AM

St. Patrick Lunch—

10:30 AM

18

Exercise Class—8:30

AM

Deacons—3 PM

19

Crossmen—5:30 PM

20


AM

21


22

Exercise Class—8:30 AM

23

Lent Movie “Kung Fu

Panda” Study on Ex-

pectations— 2PM

24


AM

Worship —9:30 AM

Church Meeting with

Area Minister Rex Rog-

ers—10:30 AM

25


AM

26

Breakfast at Café—9

AM

Crossmen—5:30 PM

27


AM

28


29

Exercise Class—8:30 AM

30

31 Penny Project &

LIFT Collection Sunday


AM

Worship —9:30 AM

MESSAGES FOR MARCH

March 3 "WoBeMy Miracles"

Psalm 27:4 & Psalm 77:11-14

March 10 "Rejecting the Obvious"

Mark 1:9-15

March 17 "Looking Beyond Expectations"

Mark 8:31-38

March 24 “Confession: Cleansing Hearts”

John 2:13-22

March 31 “Believing into a New View”

John 3:14-21

Pastor John attending conference in

Indianapolis

We will be collecting for the LIFT Fund and Penny Project on Sunday March

31st.

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