Joanne Wells Editor Cheryl Harrison Online Editor
Rev. Rob Purdy Pastor
Church Newsletter June 2020 Calendar
Message From the Pastor We are finally beginning to see some real progress towards reclaiming the life we all led before Covid 19. I am thrilled to see our two worship services on Sunday begin to fill. I am more than glad that we will be able to offer a nursery June 7th and some children’s programs soon after. Every step away from fear and isolation is a good step!! As we re-establish our various programs it is imperative that we continue to specifically pray for God’s guidance and protection. We need His guidance in new and creative ways of reaching our community. We need His guidance in what programs to eliminate or to change. We need His protection over the property and over the people. I do not know how all this is going to look a year from now. No one does. What I do know is that, regardless of the environment we find ourselves in, God’s commission to His Bride, the church, remains the same: To Make Known the Love of Jesus through evangelism, service and missions To Move one another to spiritual maturity through membership, discipleship and fellowship To Magnify the Lord Jesus through spirit led worship, prayer and ministry The above is the church’s Purpose Statement. It is as valid today as it was nearly twenty years ago when added it to our church’s Constitution. We also have a Vision Statement included in our Constitution: Friends and family in membership, discipleship and fellowship United in purpose, prayer and praise Teaching and training one another to spiritual maturity Under the banner of Jesus Christ Reaching our community with the Gospel of Christ Exalting the Lord in all we do – this is God’s vision for us As you can see, the Vision Statement is an acrostic that spells, “FUTURE.” I am excited when I think about our future together…no matter what it looks like! For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. ~Jeremiah 29:11 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. ~2 Tim 1:7
God bless, Pastor Rob
Sunday, June 07 • • •
Lord’s Supper Services Nursery Re-Opens Some Sunday School Classes Resume
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Wednesday Evening Praise, Prayer and Bible Study Resumes Wednesday Night Kids Club Resumes
Sunday, June 14 •
2nd Service PreK Church Resumes - Click Here.
Saturday, June 20 •
July Newsletter Deadline
Sunday, June 21 •
Father’s Day
ALL OTHER ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN CANCELED OR POSTPONED FOR THE MONTH OF JUNE.
Weekly Schedule
Sunday
8:15 am ................................................................. Adult Bible Study .... **Resumes June 7th** 1506 Bayport Blvd., (Hwy 146)-Portable Bldg 9:15 — 10:30 am ............................................................1st Nursery ........................... **Resumes June 7th** 1506 Bayport Blvd., (Hwy 146) 9:15 — 10:30 am .......................................... Children/PreK Church ..............................................See Page 3 1506 Bayport Blvd., (Hwy 146) 9:30 — 10:30 am ...................................... Berean Adult Fellowship .... **Resumes June 7th** 1506 Bayport Blvd., (Hwy 146)-Portable Bldg 9:30 — 10:30 am ............................ Women’s Sunday School Class ........... Meeting on Zoom / See Page 3 1909 Capri (Church Office Bldg) 9:30 — 10:30 am ................................................. Youth Bible Study ..................................................T/B/D Bayport Blvd., (Hwy 146)-Portable 9:30 — 10:30 am .............................................. 1st Worship Service ................................................. PHASE 2 1506 Bayport Blvd., (Hwy 146) 10:45 am — 12:00 pm .................................................... 2nd Nursery ............................ **Resumes June 7th** 1506 Bayport Blvd., (Hwy 146) 10:45 am — 12:00 pm .................................... Children/Pre-K Church ..............................................See Page 3 1506 Bayport Blvd., (Hwy 146) 11:00 am — 12:00 pm ....................................... 2nd Worship Service ................................................. PHASE 2 1506 Bayport Blvd., (Hwy 146) 1:15 — 2:00 pm ...................... Retirement Ministry Worship Service ............................................................................................. **CANCELED
Monday 6:30 pm ............................... Men’s Bible Study & Dinner Fellowship ....................... **ON SUMMER BREAK** 1506 Bayport Blvd., (Hwy 146)
Wednesday **Normal Wednesday Night Schedule Resumes on June 10th 6:30 — 7:30 pm ...................... Youth Discipleship (6th-12th grades) ............................................ 1506 Bayport Blvd., (Hwy 146)-Portable Bldg 6:30 — 7:30 pm .......... Kid’s Club Bible Study (PreK4 — 6th grade) ................................................................... 1506 Bayport Blvd., (Hwy 146) 6:30 — 7:30 pm ......................... Adult Praise, Prayer & Bible Study .................................................................. 1506 Bayport Blvd., (Hwy 146) 6:30 — 7:30 pm ................................................................... Nursery ........................ Currently Not Available 1506 Bayport Blvd., (Hwy 146)
Regular Office Hours
Tuesday - Friday 9:30 AM—1:30 PM
The Church office is open Tuesday through Friday, from 9:30 am - 1:30 pm. The main office phone number is 281-474-3281. If you call while the office is closed or after hours please leave a message and we will return your call as soon as possible.
June Tellers June 07 ..........................John & Cheryl Harrison and Mike & Cindy Treece June 14 .................................. Mary Johnson, Kathy Slater, and Pat Smartt June 21 ................................................................................................. TBD June 28 ........................... Karen Broyles, Michelle Hazlett, and Linda Long
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A look at the church finances… General Fund March 2020 Contributions …………$28,119.83 April 2020 Contributions …………$33,704.10 Building Fund March 2020 Contributions …………$1,781.00 April 2020 Contributions …………$420.00 Missions Fund March 2020 Contributions …………$50.00 April 2020 Contributions …………$10.00
Thank you for your faithful giving!
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UPDATE… SUNDAY SCHOOL / YOUTH & ADULT MINISTRIES / CHILDREN’S MINISTRIES NURSERY… The nursery will re-open on Sunday, June 7th and will be available during the 9:30 & 11:00 am worship services. Nursery will not be available during Wednesday Night Praise, Prayer and Bible Study. Cristey Crawford is working on implementing new safety protocols to make sure babies and workers are kept safe. There is always a need for nursery volunteers. If you are interested in helping in the nursery once a month please Contact Us Here. SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES… • 8:15 am ADULT BIBLE STUDY - Bob Wilk - Resumes on June 7, 2020. • 9:30 am BEREAN ADULT FELLOWSHIP - Norman Frink - Resumes on June 7, 2020. • 9:30 am WOMEN’S SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS - Michelle Hazlett - Current Details Here. • 9:30 am R.E.F.U.G.E. STUDENT MINISTRY - Lori Forrest - Current Details Here.
PreK and CHILDREN’S CHURCH… We are assessing our volunteer base. In a perfect world we would love to staff PreK and Children’s Church every Sunday during both services. However, with the current safety protocols, we don’t have enough staff or space to make it happen. The first Volunteer Information Form for PreK and Children’s Church was emailed on May 11, 2020. We are happy to announce that we heard back from most of our current volunteers. We also added one new volunteer, and a few others are praying about joining the rotation. This is wonderful news, but we need more! Therefore, another Volunteer Information Form was emailed on May 28, 2020. The more volunteers we have, the more children we can accommodate. Currently we have enough volunteers to staff ONE limited PreK Class during the 2nd Service each Sunday. In order to add a second PreK Class and to phase in our older children, we need more volunteers. Please prayerfully consider joining the Children’s Ministry rotation. Please Click Here to fill out a Volunteer Form.
Easter Sunrise ONLINE Service WEDNESDAY NIGHT KIDS CLUB… th Rachel Kerry and Mary Norris will resume In-Person Wednesday Night Kids Club on12 June 10,at 2020 at 6:30AM pm. April 7:00
Note: All new Nursery and Children’s Ministry volunteers must complete a criminal background check unless they have already been cleared.
IN GENERAL… Governor Abbott’s “Open Texas” Safety Protocols for Churches and Child Care Centers will be used to set up the safety protocols that apply to our church. As we move forward, please remember that everything is fluid and subject to change. Stay in the Loop! Visit the Church Website often, watch your email, and follow us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Please pray for our Church leaders and ministries. Pray for wisdom and protection as we return to our areas of ministry.
In Christ, Cheryl Harrison FBC Seabrook ~ Director of Discipleship Email:
[email protected]
~ Church Website ~ Phase 2 Opening the Church ~ Live Stream Options ~ Discipleship Opportunities ~ Wednesday Night Facebook Live ~ Children’s Ministry ~ Upcoming & Past Live Stream Broadcasts Page 3
JUNE 2020 LAMPLIGHT ~ LESSONS LEARNED Simply put… I love stories, especially those that are easily applied to life. Even now, I remember several children’s stories with memorable lessons… ~ The Boy Who Cried Wolf – I learned about honesty. ~ The Ant and the Grasshopper – I learned about hard work and being prepared. Through the years, I became an avid reader. Many of my Saturday mornings were spent perusing library shelves for books that I could read in the afternoon. One Saturday in 1972, I was totally absorbed in a Readers Digest Condensed Version of Jaws, written by Peter Benchley. I read this story in one sitting, and still, to this day, I don’t believe that it is safe to go into the water! The movie, Jaws, made it onto the big screen in 1975 ~ Ba-dum… Ba-dum… In all there were four Jaws movies, but in my humble opinion, the first film was the best. What was the lesson learned from this story? Well… If you splash around and make too much noise while swimming at the beach, you just might become shark bait. Stories like Jaws usually have at least two types of characters. A character who wants to protect life, and a character who doesn’t believe there is danger to life. The first character usually gives repeated warnings, while the second character ignores the warnings. In the movie Jaws, we watched the Chief of Police (Martin Brody) try to shut down the beaches. The Mayor (Larry Vaughn) responded with the following line… “Martin, it’s all psychological. You yell barracuda, everybody says, ‘Huh? What?’ You yell shark, and we've got a panic on our hands, on the Fourth of July!” As I researched script lines from Jaws, I came across a few other memorable disaster movies. See if you agree with the lessons learned… ➔ You may wonder why I bring this up. Well, sometimes art imitates life. Each one of these movies represents a form of danger, disaster or at the very least… something that went terribly wrong. Some characters warn against danger. Others don’t believe danger exists or at best, they realize way too late. With all this in mind, I couldn’t help but think about warnings in the Bible. • • • •
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Adam and Eve – God warned them about the tree. They didn’t believe. Sin wreaked havoc. Victims of the Flood – Noah warned the people about God’s wrath. They didn’t believe. Only eight people survived. Pharaoh – Moses warned Pharaoh about God’s wrath. Ten plagues later, Pharaoh still did not believe. God's Word to a Sinful World – For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him ~ (John 3:16-17). God warns us that time will run out… But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are done on it will be exposed ~ (2 Peter 3:8-10). 2 Corinthians 6:1-2… Working together with him, then, we appeal to you not to receive the grace of God in vain. For he says, “In a favorable time I listened to you, and in a day of salvation I have helped you.” Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
I guess the question is… Do we really believe God’s Word? The lesson for those who believe... We must warn the world that time will eventually run out! The lesson for those who don’t believe… Nobody is promised tomorrow. Today is the day of Salvation. This could be your finest hour!
Armageddon President: What is this thing? Truman: It’s an asteroid, sir. President: How big are we talking? Truman: It’s the size of Texas, Mr. President. Lesson Learned: Texas is as big as an asteroid.
2012 President Thomas Wilson: “Six months ago, I was made aware of a situation so devastating that, at first, I refused to believe it. However, through the concerted efforts of our brightest scientists, we have confirmed its validity. The world, as we know it, will soon come to an end.” Lesson Learned: 20/20 Hindsight won’t stop the end of the world. Dante’s Peak Paul Dreyfus: “Harry, listen… for what it’s worth… you were right, and I was wrong.” Lesson Learned: Being able to admit you are wrong is a good thing. Mars Attacks Martian Translator Device: “Don’t run! We are your friends!” Lesson Learned: Martians lie. The Blob Steve Andrews: “How do you get people to protect themselves from something they don’t believe in?” Lesson Learned: Good question. Apollo 13 Director: “This could be the worst disaster NASA’s ever experienced.” Gene Kranz: “With all due respect, sir, I believe this is gonna be our finest hour.” Lesson Learned: When things go terribly wrong, always do the best you can with what you have..
Remember this… you are loved, and you are always in my prayers. In Christ, Cheryl Movie Acknowledgements: Jaws / Armageddon / 2012 / Dante’s Peak / Mars Attacks / The Blob / Apollo 13 Page 4
