Second Baptist Church
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Community Needs
CHURCH STAFF
Senior Pastor:
Rev. Steve Wisthoff
402.430.8308
[email protected]
Director of Music:
Michael Kitt
Accompanist:
Kay Byers
Administrative
Assistant
Tessa Foreman
402.464.8398
[email protected]
Child Care:
Becky Brennfoerder
Custodian:
Kimberly Brick
Northeast Food Pantry: canned fruit (no pineapple), peanut
butter, canned meats
525 N 58th Street
Lincoln, NE 68505
402.464.8398
[email protected]
www.secondbatpistlincoln.org
Office Hours 8-3, Tuesday - Friday
The Midweek
December 8, 2016
Matt Talbot Kitchen: Donation to Matt Talbot Food Pantry
People City Mission:
Good used or new shoes, coats, clothes, personal care items, monetary
donations
SBC Missional Outreach: “Neighborhood Distribution Project” We need
tissues, paper towels, and bathroom tissue.
The Penny Project has provided funding for the Back Pack program since in started
seven years ago. It was started by the American Baptist Home Mission Society to raise
14 million pennies, which reflects the number of children living in poverty in the USA and
Puerto Rico. The number was later increased to 15 million. We reported the number of
pennies collected from our church, and with all the other churches involved, the last
reported total was 10 million pennies given. Though the project continues, we have had
a small response from our people, so effective at the end of this year, we will discontinue
the program. Please have any pennies that you wish to contribute in by the 25th of
December and the year’s collection will be sent for the Back Pack program. The
American Baptist Women's Ministries thanks each of you for your contributions.
~ Winnie Dowding
SBC Staff Love Gift - Help show your appreciation here at Second
Baptist by contributing toward a Staff Love Gift. Please give your contribution to any Deacon, place it in the offering plate or turn it in to the church
office by December 16th. Please mark your check or envelope “Staff Love
Gift”. We will present them to the staff at the worship service on Sunday,
December 18th.
~Kathy Krogh
Worship Volunteers
Samaritan Wheels
December 11
Ushers - Dean Lobsiger, Terry Weber,
Eric Perry, John Comer
Greeters - Curtis and WallisAnn Blunt
Worship Leader - Larry Young
Scripture Reader - Craig Romary
Christmas Eve Service
Worship Leader - Joe Wilcox
Communion Servers - Myron Pudwill,
Kathy Krogh, Linda Samples, Laura
Lyons, Dave Shaw
December 18
Ushers - Dean Lobsiger, King Little,
Marsha Robinson, Ron Schwarzenbach
Greeters - Donna Caricaburu and Glenys
Tabor
Worship Leader - Grace Wisthoff
Scripture Reader - Judy Martin
December 13 - Max Biggs
December 15 - Joe Wilcox
December 20 - Joyce Howe
and Donna Caricaburu
December 22 - Ted Hartung
December 27 - Terry Weber
December 29 - Bob Howe
A Word from Pastor Steve
Experiencing God. Part II
In the last Midweek, I shared about
our upcoming series, Experiencing
God. Pastor Jim Cummings led the
congregation through this series about
ten years ago as part of a small group exercise. This
time around, I intend to use it on several levels including worship, Wednesday Bible studies and individually
in the form of personal devotions.
There is nothing magical about this series. Although a
person might enter into the series expecting to have
an amazing encounter with God, it doesn't happen
simply by enrolling in the series and reading the
materials. While those first steps are important, it will
be meaningless unless the person incorporates personal
prayer, reflection and listening for God's voice.
Too often, we treat God like a concept or doctrine. We
learn from a book about what God is about and we
attend worship where more of God is revealed. But
there is a big difference between learning about God
and KNOWING God. Knowing God involves
moments of intimate prayer and dwelling in God's
presence. This series will help you move toward those
moments, but it will be up to you to take each step.
Three resources will be available. Experiencing
God: Knowing and Doing the Will of God is the
basic text for the series. While this book is
practical and contains all the information, the
more important book for you to own is the
Experiencing God workbook. For those who
went through the series ten years ago, if you still
have your book, I would encourage you to use it
again. Copies will be available for $10
(A significant reduction from the retail
price.) This book is the most important part of
becoming involved in the series. A third
resource is a 365 Day devotional based upon the
Experiencing God series. It will be available for
$5.
As I shared last Sunday in worship, the worth of
the Experiencing God process is dependent
entirely on how much of ourselves we invest
through prayer and time. I hope you take time in
the next few month to invest in growing closer to
God.
In Him,
Pastor Steve
In December, we take up the American Baptist Church Retired Ministers + Missionaries Offering.
This offering provides financial support for the retired ministers, missionaries, and widowed spouses
who have helped build our churches. We will collect this offering through December 18th. Please see
the attached letter from Robert (Bob) Molby, where he discusses the importance of the RMMO.
December 25
Ushers - Dean Lobsiger, John Horstman,
BJ Dappen, Glen Dappen
Greeters - Glen and BJ Dappen
Worship Leader - Kathy Krogh
Scripture Reader - Jerome Osborn
Otillie Pechous Circle
will meet December
15th at 1:00 p.m. in the
church lounge.
Rides to Sunday School & Worship
are available. If you need a ride,
contact the church office by noon on
Friday. 402.464.8398
Midweek Schedule - The next Midweek will be
published December 22nd. Please have items for
the next Midweek into the office by noon on
Tuesday, December 20th.
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What: All Church Brunch
When: Saturday,
December 10, 9:00 A.M.
Where: Fellowship Hall
Guest Speaker: Mike Kidder, pastor of Belmont
Baptist Church (A special offering will be taken
up for Belmont Church)
Pastor Kidder has been at Belmont since 2007
and also works for Daktronics as a Field
Engineer. He has been married to LaVonna for
22 years, has 2 children and 4 grandchildren,
with one on the way.
The event is sponsored by ABW and ABM.
Here We Come A-Caroling
This season we will be Caroling two
different times and will be dressing in
Nativity costumes. Alright, if you are
totally opposed to dressing as an Angel, Wiseperson,
Shepherd, Mary, Joseph, an animal or even Baby Jesus,
you can go as a Groupie! We will provide the costumes.
The schedule for this outreach event is:
December 11th, following worship - Quick meal,
costuming, then about 2 hours of Crazy Fun Caroling
and a trip to the mall to do a nativity flash mob.
Wednesday, December 21, 6:30pm - Quick dinner,
costuming, caroling, flash mob in costumes with songs.
Please sign up in the Gathering Place or call the church
office with the dates you will be helping us proclaim the
Glory of Christ’s Birth!
~ Michael Kitt
Lisa Pope is going on a mission trip to Guatemala in
March. She is in need of our support, both through
prayers and monetary gifts. All of the information
regarding this trip and how to give is located on the
kiosk in the Gathering Place or call the church office
and we can provide you with the information.
Join us for Family Movie
Night on December 11th at
6:30 p.m. to watch The
Nativity Story. The movie
tells the story of the period
in Mary and Joseph’s life
when they journey to
Bethlehem.
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Prayer Concerns
General – Our church (SBC), Samaritan’s Wheels, Persecuted Church around the
world, the Yazidi language class, Belmont Baptist Church
Global Missionaries - Emerson and Ivy Wu serving in East Asia and Rovaughna Richardson serving in
Ghana
Health – Shaun Blunt (son of Curtis Blunt), Eli Boltz, Kathy Carel (friend of Linda Samples), Angie Carter
(niece of King Little), Sharla Kaelin (sister of Marilyn Waldron), Beverly Perry (mother of Eric Perry),
Kusuma Ritchey, (daughter of Terry and Sujit Weber), Joan Sparks (friend of Terry Weber), Carol Wagner
(friend of WallisAnn and Curtis Blunt)
Hospice – Arel Lewis
The Diaconate Board would like to
thank Myron and Sue Pudwill for inviting us into their home for dinner and
our meeting on December 3rd. I would
also like to thank Dave Shaw, Myron
Pudwill, Mark Martin & Nate Wilcox for
their willingness to serve on the board.
Kathy Krogh, Diaconate Chair.
Christmas Cantata
by the Chancel Choir
Sunday, December 18,
2016, 10:45 am
Second Baptist Church
AT LAST, God spoke - and it was with
the same authority He had used when
He created everything out of nothing!
AT LAST, we could see His Glory - and
it was revealed in the face of a Baby!!
AT LAST, the Messiah had come - and
He would dwell among us!
AT LAST--LAST---NOEL!
---NOEL!
Invite and bring a friend!
Please Note - There will be no Children’s
Church in December. The worship service
can be meaningful for children this time of
year. Children’s Church will resume in
January.
Homebound – Delores Clark, Marge Covert, Raeleen Formanek, Irvin & Mabel Stanard, Leland Willett
Serving in the Military – Troy Froistad (grandson of Sally VanZandt), Amanda Galusha ( granddaughter of
Mahlon and Judy Dickey), Grace Kraus (granddaughter of Delton and Karen Dovel), Tristan VanZandt
(grandson of Sally VanZandt)
Graduaon Open House Steve and Grace Wisthoff will be hosng an
Open House to celebrate the graduaon of
Treynor Wolfe from the University of Nebraska,
with a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science.
The open house will be held on December 17th
from 2:00 - 4:00 in the church lounge.
Jingle and Mingle:
Christmas and Graduaon Celebraon
Saturday, December 17th, 2 to 5 p.m. at the
home of Mark and Judy Marn, 1720 Saybrook
Lane, Lincoln. Drop in Open House to celebrate
the holidays and Mackenzie's graduaon from
UNL. She is graduang a semester early with
a Bachelor’s Degree in Mathemacs and
Economics. No gis please, but come with
your best (post-college) life advice!
Mark and Judy Marn
Dr. Paul Welter, well-known American
Bapst author, teacher, counselor and
mentor, passed away this week at the age
of 88. Our prayers go out to his family.
Upcoming Events
December 10 - All Church Brunch, 9:00 a.m.
December 11 - Celebraon Sunday
December 11 - Caroling aer worship
December 11 - Family Movie Night, 6:30 p.m.
December 14 - Execuve Board, 8:15 p.m.
December 15 - Ollie Pechous Circle, 1:00 p.m.
December 16 - Serve at Ma0 Talbot, 11:30 a.m.
December 16 - Progressive Dinner, 6:00 p.m.
December 18 - Cantata
December 21 - Caroling, 6:30 p.m.
December 21 - Pastoral Relaons, 7:15 p.m.
December 24 - Christmas Eve Service, 6:00 p.m.
December 26 - Church office closed
We are collecting mittens again
this year for Riley Elementary
School. Please bring one or two
or many pairs and place them on
the Iro Allen Mitten Tree
in the Gathering Place. We will
be collecting them until December 15th.
Sponsored by ABW.