Harvest Home 2018 · Ruth Bowles Ida Bremmer Marie & Cole Johnson Rochelle Kindelsperger Trace Nelson Chase Young Our God is omnipresent, merciful, sovereign, Jehovah-nissi, wise,

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

Non Profit STD US Postage PD Cordova IL

First Baptist Church 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.

August 2018

Blessings on:

Address Service Requested

Newsletter Deadline

All articles for the Septem-ber 2018 BEACON should reach the church office by Friday August 24, 2018.

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. Come and socialize before church begins.

BREAKFAST AT THE CAFÉ Every Tuesday at 8 AM, several of us gather at Albany’s Mississippi Café for a time to sit back, enjoy a nice meal, and converse over the events of the day. We would love for you to join us!

Mississippi Valley Blood Drive On Saturday August 4th from 8:00 to 10:30 AM, the Mississippi Valley Blood Center will be at the church accepting blood donations. Schedule an appointment with Sandi Johnson at (309) 654-2303. Walk-ins are also appreciated and accepted.

First Baptist of Cordova’s

Harvest Home 2018 Saturday September 8,

10 AM-4PM

What is it:

Raffle, Silent Auction,

Multiple Local Vendors,

& Various Games and Activities

Where—Cordova Civic Center

DISC GOLF COMPETITION During Harvest Home, a Disc Golf competition will be held. Contact Drew Kerr at (309) 912-5265 for more information and to register.

BOUNCE HOUSES Midwest Activity Productions is bringing 3-4 of the air filled activities—such as an obsta-cle course, human bumper balls, and a mul-tiplay. They are also providing backyard car-nival games for all to enjoy!

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

Jesse Chavez, David Christopher, John Filbert, Zach Fontenoy, Joe Hester, Kelby Kindelsperger, Elizabeth Kindelsperger, Ashley Kline, Anthony Lester,

Ryan Peterson, Brett Saathoff

New Concerns: Carolyn Aiken Peggy Daniels Carol Guinn Lynn Johnson Briana Kerr Dave Lamb LaVonne Latham Zach Mikles Judy Parland Della Scott Tod VanWolvelaere

Ongoing Concerns: Charlene Agnew Deanna Arnold Casey Beal Ron Beal Lynda Beard Pat Boggs Jess Boone Lanna Bostick Gerri Bruckman Verna Downey Jim Fidlar

Ongoing Concerns (Cont.): Rick Gordon Jim Gregory Charles Hergert Rose Huizenga Janice Johnson Rochelle Kindelsperger Judy Locey Pam Lohman Dan Michaels Allie Morgan Barb Morphew Vanetta Nelson Zack Owens Shari Peterson Eleanor Pettit Hannah Pettit Bruce Ragar Emma Jean Russell Joanne Senko Ray Shackelford Judy Simpson Rob Small LaRay Smith

Ongoing Concerns (Cont.): Herb Sparks Sharon Sparks Linda Stoermer Katie Talbot Donna Thornbloom Bill Tiernan Rich Waldorf JoAnn Wiklund Louie Wiklund Joyce Winger Each other

Praise Report: Ruth Bowles Ida Bremmer Marie & Cole Johnson Rochelle Kindelsperger Trace Nelson Chase Young Our God is omnipresent, merciful, sovereign, Jehovah-nissi, wise, faithful, full of grace, and El-Shaddai

Our Deepest Sympathies

Our hearts grieve and prayers go out to the family and friends of

Don Morphew Lesa Sparks

Nevaeh Mitchell Pam Kress Kevin Hart

CROSSMEN YOUTH

The Crossmen is our church Youth Group. It is open to kids in 4th grade thru High School. We meet eve-ry Tuesday at 5:30 PM. We also strive to do a fun activity or social project once a month. The Crossmen had originally set their minds to doing a youth service on July 29th. However due to uncon-trollable circumstances, it had to be postponed. We still look forward to doing it with you. We will keep you informed as a new date for the event is set.

Change of Address: Gen Bennett Mr. & Mrs. Paul Nauman 900 Crosstown Ave. Apt. 120 4666 Canal Dr. Silvis, IL 61282 Lake Worth, FL 33463

John Sasko 1985 Apt 6 Evergreen Terrace Dr. East

Carbondale, IL 62901

EXERCISE CLASS Our exercise class, led by Sue King, meets at 8:30 AM on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri-days.

JUNE ATTENDANCE REPORT

Week attendance 3 34

10 30 17 28 24 28

Total: 120 Average: 30

JUNE CROSSMEN ATTENDANCE REPORT

WORSHIP Day Attendance 3 2 10 0 17 0 24 0

CROSSMEN Day Attendance 5 4 9* 5 12 6 16* 1 19 5 26 7

JULY ATTENDANCE REPORT

Week attendance 1 32

8 16 15 36 22 31 29 26

Total: 141 Average: 28

JULY CROSSMEN ATTENDANCE REPORT

WORSHIP Day Attendance 1 1 8 0 15 1 22 1 29 0

CROSSMEN Day Attendance 3 6 10 2 17 No Mtg 24 3 27* 4

“Picnic Under

Pavilion”

Starting on June 5th we have been serving free meals to everyone in the area from 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM each Tuesday. We will continue to do so thru Au-gust 14th. Yet because of public interest, we have also added Friday Aug. 3 and 10. These are also be-tween 11 AM and 1 PM. If you desire to help, we accept either financial or food donations. We appreciate all the help. More importantly, invite and come out!

Port Byron Pantry Collection Needs

For the month of August we are collecting the following cleaning supplies or similar items:

Laundry detergent Fabric Sheets Bleach Glass Cleaner Air Freshener Furniture Spray Cleaner

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.

Harvest Home Raffle & Silent

Auction Donation

Harvest Home 2018 will be on Saturday September 8th from 10 AM to 3 PM at the Cordova Civic Cen-ter. There will be food, raffle, door prizes, silent auction, vendors, bounce houses, games, a cake walk, and a disc golf com-petition. We are asking for assis-tance in having items/baskets for our silent auc-tion and raffle. We en-courage you to please sign up on the clipboard at the back of the church and list what you will be giving as an item or type of basket. Thank you for your gener-osity.

Harvest Home Vendors

If you are interested in be-ing a vendor who would like to have a space you can contact Myrt Willis at (309)230-9235.

AUGUST BIRTHDAYS/ANNIVERSARIES

1 Karen Kress Cory & Jessica Winters 4 Jim Fidlar Hannah Wasserkrug 5 Sharon Peterson Dave & Kim Wasserkrug 6 Ted Allen LaRay Smith 7 Wyatt West 8 Sissel & Ken Batnes Allie Morgan 10 Dan Mikles Ed Roberts Tod & Kim VanWolvelaere 11 Pat Genung 12 Ida Kerr Joe Kline Richard & Susan Vincent 13 Margaret Hazlett J.J. Stickler 15 Joanne Boone Candy Moyer 18 Ben Taylor 20 John Palm 21 Rose Huizenga Merredith Peterson Blake Russell 22 Mike Miner 23 Bridgette Saathoff 24 Jessica Cole Abbot 25 Judy Hingstrum 26 Dean & Candy Moyer 27 Elaine Seevers 28 Kathy Remley 29 Jared Cole Travis Smalley 31 Mitchell Rogers

AUGUST 2018 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

Vacation Bible School—

9:00 AM-11:30 AM

Advisory Board—7 PM

2

Vacation Bible School—

9:00 AM-11:30 AM

Trustees—6 PM

3

Vacation Bible School—

9:00 AM-11:30 AM

Picnic Under Pavilion—

11:00 AM—1:00 PM

4

Mississippi Valley

Blood Drive—8:00 AM-

10:30 AM

5

Sunday School –8:30

AM

Worship —9:30 AM

6

7

Breakfast @ Cafe—8

AM

Picnic Under Pavilion—

11:00 AM—1:00 PM

Crossmen—5:30 PM

8

9

Prayer Meeting—8 AM

Constitution Revision—

4 PM

10

Picnic Under Pavilion—

11:00 AM—1:00 PM

11

12

Sunday School –8:30

AM

Worship —9:30 AM

13

Exercise Class—8:30

AM

14

Breakfast @ Cafe—8

AM

Picnic Under Pavilion—

11:00 AM—1:00 PM

Crossmen—5:30 PM

15

Exercise Class—8:30

AM

16

Prayer Meeting—8 AM

Harvest Home Mtg—

9:30 AM

17

Exercise Class—8:30 AM

18

19

Sunday School –8:30

AM

Worship —9:30 AM

20

Exercise Class—8:30

AM

Deacons– 3 PM

21

Breakfast @ Cafe—8

AM

Crossmen—5:30 PM

22

Exercise Class—8:30

AM

23

Prayer Meeting—8 AM

24

Exercise Class—8:30 AM

25

26

Sunday School –8:30

AM

Worship - 9:30 AM

Birthdays & Anniver-

saries—10:30 AM

27

Exercise Class—8:30

AM

East Moline Meal

Site—5:00 PM

28

Breakfast @ Cafe—8

AM

Crossmen—5:30 PM

29

Exercise Class—8:30

AM

30

Prayer Meeting—8 AM

31

Exercise Class—8:30 AM