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CommunicatorCommunicatorCommunicatorCommunicator
March 2019March 2019March 2019March 2019
First Baptist Church of West Allis
1576 So. 78th Street West Allis, WI 53214
Web site: www.firstbaptistwestallis.org/communicator.html E-mail: [email protected]
The Friendly Communicator
MARCH
BIRTHDAYS
1 Adell Kupka 3 Dianna Brophey 4 Antonio Wothe 7 Karrie Napier 18 Randy Brodhagen 19 Rosemary Valdes 20 Kim Drost 23 Barbara Reed 24 Rebecca Brockoff 28 Angela Thelen 28 Ellen Ribbink 29 Mary Schecher
Sunday School Birthdays
11 Isaac Byleen 26 Andrew Fictum
If we have inadvertently missed your special day, please accept our apologies, and let the office know so we can change our records.
Sharon Arnold, Richard Vichich, Pat (Bast) McCar-ville, Sue Simons
Baseball on July 13 Everyone is invited to join the AB-Men at the Brewers vs Giants base-ball game, 6:10 p.m. on Saturday, July 13. Please sign up by March 24 ion the Educational Wing foyer so we can get the group rate. Terrace re-served seats $20 each (pay in July).
Annual Spaghe� Dinner
Everyone is invited to the Annual Spaghe�
Dinner a�er worship on Sunday, March 17.
Purchase ckets at the door: $8 adults, $4
children under 12. Profits go to the
Stained Glass Restora on project. Spon-
sored by ABMen.
Teenth Tuesday
March 19, 5:30-8:30 PM: Meet in Fellowship
Hall. We need you to join us to celebrate
Pi(e)! Pi(e) puzzles, Pi(e) games - Pi(e) to
eat. Bring your “pi-deas! All are welcome
- bring a friend or two or 3.14.
For more information or to share (p)ideas,
talk to Linda Hazard House, Becky Holl or
Dianna Brophey
Remember to set your clocks AHEAD
one hour over the night of March 9-10
for the beginning of Daylight Saving
Time. Which means…..Spring is
around the corner!!!
From the Pastor’s Desk…
Bible study is extremely important. Be-ing grounded in scripture makes us better fol-lowers of Christ. With that in mind, I’d like to remind everyone that we have a great in-depth Bible study happening on Saturday mornings at 10 AM. We’re looking at the Gospel of Mat-thew using some of the latest scholarly re-sources. It’s a great time of fellowship and dis-cussion. I hope you can join us!
Pastor Mark
January 2019 Financial Income Report
General Receipts
Envelopes $ 15,077.00 Loose Offerings 79.94
Church School 117.78
Birthday 50.00
Total $ 15,324.72
Miscellaneous Receipts
Initial Offering $ 46.00
A.B. Foundation 475.87
Stained Glass Restoration 800.00
Total $ 1,321.87
Communion Offering
Fellowship Fund $ 230.00
Grand Avenue Club 100.00
Total $ 333.00
Mission Offering
Love Gift $ 10.00
Retired Ministers & Missionaries 5.00
Total $ 15.00
Deposited Total $ 16,991.59
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GOLDEN GUYS AND GALS CELEBRATE 40 YEARS!
Thanks to historian John Wothe for pointing out that 2019 marks the 40th Anniversary for our Golden Guys and Gals group for those ages 50 and up.
Here’s what appeared in the May 2, 1979, Friendly Communicator, Volume 3, No. 9 (as an aside, the news-letter appeared about every two to three weeks back then! Who knew? Probably John Wothe!):
“OLDER ADULTS PLAN GET-TOGETHERS
“Retirees and senior citizens have inquired about the possibility of forming a group which will meet regularly, and so interested persons met recently in the church par-lor to discuss organization plans and future program-ming.
“It was decided the next meeting of this group will be on Wednesday, May 9, [1979] at 12 noon. Fish or chicken will be purchased at a cost of a little over $2.00 per per-son. Reservations will be required. Kindly write your meal preference on the back of the Sunday church at-tendance card or call the church office before May 8.
“Clarence Hense is in charge of ordering the meal; devo-tions and table grace will be by Ted Hertel [Sr.]; Gladys Johnson will direct the welcoming; Lee Johnson will show travel slides.
“Come prepared to discuss the programs you would like to have, a name for the group, our meeting dates, etc.
“Remember, we’re not ready for the rocking chair, but for a ‘rocking good time’! See you at noon on the 9th.”
So that is the first recorded appearance of the 3Gs. Next time around we’ll look at other clips from 1979’s issues of the Communicator.
Even though we will be hibernating for a few more months, the group is still around. So mark your calen-dars for Thursday, May 30, 2019, for our first meeting of the year. By then the snow and ice should be long gone and we’ll all be ready to get out for lunch and a fascinating learning experience. We will be attending an afternoon program on Pulitzer Prize winning photo-graphs presented at Clement Manor. Details to follow as the date approaches.
If you have any ideas for activities, places you’d like to see but haven’t done so yet, or just things to do, let us know. This is your group! We want to do what you’d like to do. Remember that dues are just $5.00.
The Communion Offering for the month of March is designated for the Good Samaritan Outreach. Third Sunday (March 17) suggested non-
perishable food item is beans/dry or canned and the hygiene item is razors/shaving cream.
Musical Notes
FROM THE
DIREKTR
About six years ago, I wrote a Communicator article about how people gather on
Sunday mornings all over the world. The buildings may look very different and the lan-
guages might be very different, but the purpose is the same – to praise and thank God.
Faith communities can run the gamut from large to small, cathedrals to outdoor
spaces, pipe organs to a capella voices, and everything in between. While the space and
the people may look different, we are all gathered to celebrate what God has done in our
lives.
God calls us to worship and we respond. This has been happening since the be-
ginning of time. If you look in the Old Testament, you will see this pattern repeated
with Moses, Abraham and others. God calls us to worship, we hear his Word, we say
"yes" to it and we go to live out the Word.
Being involved in worship is an active thing – we pray, sing, listen, laugh, and
learn. Worship is a dialogue between God and us. It is also between those who have
gathered. When we come to worship, we should expect to “do” worship. When we
come to worship, we should expect to experience God’s love and grace so we might
share it when we leave.
Mary SchecherMary SchecherMary SchecherMary Schecher
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Historical Reflections: Historical Reflections: Historical Reflections: Historical Reflections: Our Church is sued in courtOur Church is sued in courtOur Church is sued in courtOur Church is sued in court
This is the 23rd of periodic historical articles.
For questions or items of interest, please con-
tact John Wothe.
This con nues the 1929 story of our new Church and the accidental falling of twelve feet of bricks
from the east gable of the new structure to the alleyway. The ren ng residents of the house across the
alley on what is now Lapham street, Walter and Bessie May-
hew, were not injured. Mrs. Mayhew died May 14, 1929. In
1932, Mr. Mayhew filed a wrongful death lawsuit against
the bricklayers, carpenters, and our Church.
Mr. Mayhew provided a disposi on during the process.
He reported his wife complained of frequent severe head-
aches a�er the incident. A doctor determined she had high
blood pressure during the two appointments she had a�er
the Church accident. Upon ques oning, Mr. Mayhew said
she had previously never been hospitalized or seen a doctor
except when she had given birth with the youngest being
over sixteen at her death. When asked, “Your wife had
headaches before the accident?” He said, “No---Well, yes,
for awhile; of course everyone has when their system is out
of order some mes.” She was five foot four inches and weighed 170 pounds. When asked about her
height and weight, he said, “Well, yes, fleshy, - stout….She was very well propor oned for a woman her
size.” He could not iden fy the exact dates she saw the doctor.
In the end, all involved agreed to dismiss the court cases. Circuit Court Judge Daniel W. Sullivan
signed off on the lawsuit on March 15, 1933.
Meanwhile, the brickwork was re-done. In 2013 the Trustees noted a sagging on the east wall’s up-
per bricks covering the gable of the Church‘s 1899 addi on. We had the bricks re-worked before they
started falling.
This article is the direct result of Hugh Swofford’s dedicated
research as a historian, a member of The Grand Avenue
Club, and as a past custodian of our Church. He researched