FROM YOUR PASTOR

The First Family Newsletter of the First Baptist Church Owenton, Kentucky

“To be found faithful as God’s people.”

June 2017

Time to Serve The psalmist writes in Psalm 100:2a “Serve the Lord with

gladness….” What a privilege and honor to do this and this month we

have several opportunities before us. Hope you will pray for

and participate in these ministry activities as we seek to

evangelize the lost and edify and equip the saved. Haiti Mission Trip 10th – 16th

Vacation Bible School 19th – 23rd

GA Camp 27th- 29th

Fuge Camps 27th – July 1st

Children’s Summer Program starting week after VBS

Meeting the Needs Relocation 3rd/10th/17th Also, mark your calendars for two events in July. Our Chil-

dren’s Crossing Camp in Baghdad, Kentucky will be July 27

-30 and we will celebrate our 150th Anniversary as a church

with a Homecoming Service on Sunday, July 23. We are

planning a special day with Dr. Paul Chitwood as our guest

preacher and a Dinner on the Grounds after the late morning

service. Though there was a Baptist church located on these

grounds from 1829-1841 our present charter was officially

signed on July 27, 1867. Hope you will help get the word out

to friends, family and former members concerning this spe-

cial day. Remember, “Serve the Lord with Gladness….”! Blessings,

Bro. Brad

PRAY FOR YOUR HAITI MISSION TEAM

Our 22 short-term

missionaries will

leave out early Sat-

urday morning, June

10, and will return

late Friday, June 16.

Our Haiti Mission Team includes: Ben Allen, Emily

Allen, Brad Banks, Cheyenne Beatty, Greyson

Beatty, Jeff Caudill, Tara Caudill, Bob Cull, Blake

Duncan, Ross Ford, Alli Gill, Chuck Gill, Dana Gill,

Lindsay Gill, Chuck Harris, Briana Maggard, Macie

Osborne, Michaela Poe, Jodie Ransdell, Madelin

Shelton, Ty Smith, and Susan Stowe.

Please pray daily!

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL

JUNE 19-23

9:00 A.M. TO NOON

AGES 4 THROUGH 6TH GRADE

SUMMER PROGRAM

EVERY WEDNESDAY

BEGINNING JUNE 28 UNTIL AUGUST 9

FOR STUDENTS

BEGINNING KINDERGARTEN THROUGH

THOSE WHO JUST FINISHED 5TH

GRADE

“Summertime, and the living is easy…” "Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer…” It doesn’t matter which song you sing or how you word it, we have officially made it to summer. As we move into the month of June, the Adult Choir will take a summer break. The choir will not be meeting

during our regular rehearsal times or the Sunday morning worship services during the months of June and July.

The choir will resume rehearsing Sunday nights at 5:00 p.m. in August. If you enjoy singing hymns, worshiping

the Lord, and having fun, we would love to have you sing with us. For those of you who need a formal invita-

tion: “You are cordially invited to join the Adult Sanctuary Choir of Owenton First Baptist Church. We will

meet Sunday Mornings at 10:30 a.m. in the Carla G. Pennington Choral Suite. Attire is Sunday best. We hope to

see you soon!” There . . . now you have no excuse!

I want to encourage you to be a part of OwentonFBC’s social media and online presence. These tools are there

for you — our church community — and for those who are lost, broken, in need of a church. More and more

people use Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, etc. to communicate with the world around them. The

church wants to be there for those who choose to communicate using these methods. Missed a Sunday service or

want to read the newsletter? Head to our website —www.owentonfbc.com — and watch/read it there. Need

some info quick, fast, and in a hurry? Check our Facebook — OwentonFirstBaptist. Follow along and interact

with the sermon using strategic hashtags on Twitter — @OwentonFBC. Like taking pictures and posting them

to Instagram? Follow us — @OwentonFBC — take some pictures of the church, service, events, and post and

tag us in them. There a so many ways to use these tools and I hope you will start using them soon.

Peace and Blessings,

Bro. Chuck

The busiest month in Youth Ministry is upon us and it seems to have snuck up so quickly! This past month we

had six of our youth graduate from OCHS and I think that deserves a big congratulations to those students. Not

only have we celebrated our graduates this month but have also been able to start what I’m calling “Monday

Night H.Y.P.E.” which is a Bible Study and fellowship time that different families host around the county each

week in addition to our traditional Wednesday Youth Group. So far we’ve been out to Elk Lake for a bit of

swimming and a study of 2 Peter as well as being hosted by the Gill family and studying Galatians Chapter 2. The first big thing this month is that FUGE camp payments are due in full by June 4 and the parent meeting for

camp will be held immediately after the late service the same day. We will have our final Haiti Mission Trip

meeting and then that night the high school Bible Study of “Can I Ask That?” will finally come to a close after

eight weeks of studying some of the hard questions that people have about our faith. I will get a week of preparation along with many of our youth and all of the FBC staff before we leave for Haiti.

But once June 10th hits and we leave for Haiti, my family won’t see me for about three weeks because as soon

as we get back, we kick of Vacation Bible School and then the following week we head to Ridgecrest, North

Carolina for our middle and high school FUGE camps to round out the month. As it always has been, June is going to be hectic and non-stop but its also one of my favorite times of the year

because we get to dive headlong into three continuous weeks of very exciting but also very different ministries.

In these different ministries we get to help grow the future of our church as we plant seeds of faith in the chil-

dren at VBS. We get to walk alongside our youth as they grow further in their faith at church camp and finally

we get to go forth and share our faith abroad as we are called to do by Jesus’ final command to his disciples.

I hope you all have had a great start to your summer so far and you have a happy and hectic June. Blessings,

Ben

YOUTH NEWS

MEMORIALS

Louise Vannarsdall—Sandra Stafford, Todd and Lesa Marston, and Greg and Suzanne Peak

MUSIC NEWS

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

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A.M. John Noon: Fuge Meeting 4:00 p.m. Haiti Meeting P.M. Genesis 7:30 p.m. Deacon Meeting

Camp Payments Due

5 7:00 p.m. Outreach

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7 10:00 a.m. Manna in the Morning 5:30 p.m. Trustees 5:30 p.m. Youth Camp Chaperone Meeting 6:45 p.m. Adult Study/ Business Meeting

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11 A.M. Danny O’Toole P.M. Bro. Jesse Bourne

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13 10:00 a.m. WMU

14 No Manna in the Morning No Midweek Services

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18 A.M. Father’s Day No Evening Services

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20 6:00 p.m. Just for Moms

21 No Manna in the Morning 6:45 p.m. Midweek Service

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A.M. VBS Commence-ment Service P.M.

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27 11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. 6:00-8:00 p.m. Meeting the Needs

10:00 a.m. Manna in the Morning CHILDREN’S SUMMER PROGRAM 6:45 p.m. M3 Men, BYW, Youth, Kids in Action

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HAITI MISSION TRIP

FUGE CAMPS FOR MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL

GA CAMP

CROSSINGS CAMP

JULY 27-30

150TH ANNIVERSARY

HOMECOMING SERVICE

JULY 23

0-3 NURSERY

6/4: Patty Greene 6/11: Jean Allen Ellington 6/18: Shelli Hedger 6/25: Meredith Marston 7/2: Beverly Marcum CHILDREN’S CHURCH

6/4: Teresa Chandler 6/11: Chelsea Gibson 6/18: Patty Greene 6/25: No Children’s Church 7/2: Kelly Cammack

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

213 NORTH MAIN STREET

OWENTON, KY 40359

502-484-2430 www.owentonfbc.com

Return Service Requested

6/1 Sherry Craigmyle

Lucy McCoy 6/2

John Carter Hayley DeCandia

Adam Gaines PruAndera Grider

Diana O’Toole 6/3

Danny O’Toole 6/4

Kyle Kelly 6/5

Matthew Blackburn 6/7

Chasity Hill 6/8

Scott Gibson Trudy Waldrop

6/9 Molly Ann Gamble

6/10 Cameron Allnutt Tony Dempsey Aaliyah Solimon

6/11 John Davis

6/12 Lana Vannarsdall

6/13 Brandon Bourne Thomas O’Brien Tony Webster

6/15 James Riddle

6/16 Caleb Allnutt Shanna Kelly

Alex Clifton Williams

6/18 Tanner Smith

6/19 Danielle Martini

6/20 Lucas Shelton

6/21 Gerald Gamble Mary Marlow

6/22 Granville Jacobs Macie Osborne

6/2 Tim Cammack Louis Chandler

6/25 Suzanne Peak

6/27 Sue Redmon

6/28 Dottie Craigmyle

6/29 Cheryl Barker

Kay Bush Rodney Forsee Daven Watkins

6/30 Kaitlin Sword

Please let the church office know if your name has been overlooked.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH STAFF

Bro. Brad Banks -

Senior Pastor

Ben Allen - Youth and Family Life Minister

Chuck Harris - Music Minister

Susan Stowe -

Ministry Assistant

VAN DRIVERS 6/4: Brian Forsee 6/11: John Lilly 6/18: Ronnie Wooten 6/25: Rusty Williams MANOR TEACHERS 6/4: Lloyd Vannarsdall 6/11: Ruth Kingkade 6/18: Richard Greene 6/25: Scott Gibson