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LABC
1610 W. Lane Ave.
Columbus, OH 43221-3925
OUR STEWARDSHIP
August 16, 2010
“I will be loyal to Lane Avenue Baptist Church and uphold it with my Prayers, my Presence, my Gifts, and my Service.”
By Our Presence
Sunday School Enrollment 235
Sunday School Attendance 117
Morning Worship (8:30-47/10:45-78) 125
By Our Gifts
Weekly Budget 9,200
Weekly Offering 5,171
Offering YTD 234,056
Budget Goal YTD 305,776
By Your Service
DEACON OF THE WEEK
August 15
Bill Morris
August 22
Sonny Oliphant
August 29
Jeff Ortman
September 5
Ted Sawyer
September 12
Doug Owens
September 19
Peter Wassenaar
EXTENDED CARE/NURSERY SESSION WORKERS
August 22
8:30 a.m. Rhonda Fullerton
10:45 a.m. Jonathon and Rebecca Leonard
August 29
8:30 a.m. Jim and Aimee Jeffers
10:45 a.m. Bonnie Herbst
September 5
8:30 a.m. Alison Carpenter
10:45 a.m. Melanie Eggleton and Melissa Ford
Teller Schedule
Walter Herbst/Dick Omohundro August 22
Debbie DeWilde/Linda Omohundro August 29
Nancy Cheek/Wade Thorson September 5
Sue Crego/Carolyn Flowers September 12
Walter Herbst/Dick Omohundro September 19
LEADER DEADLINE—The next mailed Leader will be typed on August 23. All articles for that issue should be submitted by Friday, August 20.
Monday, August 16
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – Cook for Stowe
Tuesday, August 17
9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Cook/Serve for Stowe
Thursday, August 19
6:00 p.m. CNC Graduation – Sanctuary
Saturday, August 21
8:00 a.m. LABC Workday – Grounds
Sunday, August 22
8:30 a.m. Worship Service
9:30 a.m. Sunday School
10:45 a.m. Worship Service
Tuesday, August 24
10:30 a.m. Sr. Outing/Stowe Center
Wednesday, August 25
6:30 p.m. Bible Study/Prayer Meeting
Sunday, August 29
8:30 a.m. Worship Service (Lord’s Supper) (Catch-Up Sunday)
9:30 a.m. Sunday School
10:45 a.m. Worship Service (Lord’s Supper) (Catch-Up Sunday)
3:00 p.m. Evangelism Committee Meeting
Wednesday, September 1
6:00 p.m. Building Use/Properties Committee Mtg.
6:30 p.m. Bible Study/Prayer Meeting
Sunday, September 5
8:30 a.m. Worship Service
9:30 a.m. Sunday School
10:45 a.m. Worship Service
Monday, September 6
The Church Office will be closed for
the Labor Day holiday.
Wednesday, September 8
NO Bible Study/Prayer Meeting
Saturday, September 11
9:00 a.m. Church Planning Meeting
@ Nicholsons’
Sunday, September 12
8:30 a.m. Worship Service
9:30 a.m. Sunday School
9:30 a.m. Breakfast Preschool/K-6 SS Classes
10:45 a.m. Worship Service (1st Grade
Recognition/Teacher Commissioning)
2:00 p.m. Meet at Traditions
3:00 p.m. Finance Committee Meeting
6:00 p.m. Youth Discipleship Training (resume)
7:15 p.m. Youth Snack Supper (TBA) (resume)
Tuesday, September 14
9:15 a.m. Women’s Bible Study – Library
Wednesday, September 15
6:30 p.m. Jesus and Me (resume)
6:30 p.m. GAs and RAs (resume)
6:30 p.m. Business Meeting/Prayer Meeting
Sunday, September 19
8:30 a.m. Worship Service
9:30 a.m. Sunday School
10:45 a.m. Worship Service
2:00 p.m. YA Service @ Sunrise Assisted Living
4:00 p.m. Deacons’ Meeting
6:00 p.m. Youth Discipleship Training
7:15 p.m. Youth Snack Supper (TBA)
Monday, September 20
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. – Cook for Stowe
Tuesday, September 21
9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Cook/Serve for Stowe
Wednesday, September 22
7:00 a.m. “See You at the Pole”
6:30 p.m. Jesus and Me
6:30 p.m. GAs and RAs
6:30 p.m. Bible Study/Prayer Meeting
Sunday, September 26
8:30 a.m. Worship Service (Lord’s Supper)
9:30 a.m. Sunday School
10:45 a.m. Worship Service (Lord’s Supper)
6:00 p.m. Youth Discipleship Training
7:15 p.m. Youth Snack Supper (TBA)
Tuesday, September 28
9:15 a.m. Women’s Bible Study – Library
Wednesday, Wednesday, September 29
6:30 p.m. Jesus and Me
6:30 p.m. GAs and RAs
6:30 p.m. Bible Study/Prayer Meeting
Sunday, October 3
8:30 a.m. Worship Service
9:30 a.m. Sunday School
10:45 a.m. Worship Service
2:00 p.m. Meet at Traditions
4:30 p.m. Church Council Meeting
6:00 p.m. Youth Discipleship Training
7:15 p.m. Youth Snack Supper (TBA)
Wednesday, October 6
6:00 p.m. Building use/Properties Committee Mtg.
6:30 p.m. Jesus and Me
6:30 p.m. GAs and RAs
6:30 p.m. Bible Study/Prayer Meeting
Sunday, October 10
8:30 a.m. Worship Service
9:30 a.m. Sunday School
10:45 a.m. Worship Service
6:00 p.m. Youth Discipleship Training
7:15 p.m. Youth Snack Supper (TBA)
Tuesday, October 12
9:15 a.m. Women’s Bible Study – Library
Wednesday, October 13
6:30 p.m. Jesus and Me
6:30 p.m. GAs and RAs
6:30 p.m. Bible Study/Prayer Meeting
Pastor’s Column
It is good to be back in Columbus after a week of vacation. It is important to recharge our batteries and renew relations with our families. Vacations also afford us an opportunity to engage others in service for the Lord.
School is about to begin for many of our youth. I have been reminded that this is an opportunity for us to pray for our schools, students, teachers and administrators. To that end, I offer up the following prayer:
Heavenly Father, we thank you for the life you give us, a life in which you invite us to be conformed to the image of your Son. We remember that he grew in wisdom, stature and in favor with you and his fellow human beings. We cherish the opportunities you have given us to go to school, to learn of you in church, and to take up our various places of serving you and others in our church and community.
We would commend to you the children and youth of Lane Avenue Baptist Church. As they begin the new school year, we ask that you keep them safe in body and sound in mind and spirit as they embark on another year of learning. We pray that they will learn more of the mysteries of this world that you have created, that they will think your thoughts after you. Grant that they will come to learn to establish wholesome relationships with others, and that they will be tender-hearted toward those who are less fortunate. Help them apply themselves diligently to their lessons, to study to show themselves approved unto you, workers who need not be ashamed.
We also pray for those who instruct them. We are thankful for our schools and their faculties. We are grateful that in our church there are people who have dedicated themselves to help their pupils marvel at this glorious universe. Help them to be sensitive to the students, as well as to offer them challenges that will stimulate their sense of wonder. Grant them health and wisdom.
We would also pray for those who serve in the administration of our schools. Give them a sense of justice, together with a penchant toward compassion and fairness. We thank you for their willingness to devote themselves to making our schools places of growth for body, mind and soul. Prosper their endeavors
How you have blessed our country! To you we offer our praise, world without end. Amen.
I look forward to seeing you Sunday.
Pastor Wayne
YOUTH AND EDUCATION NEWS
YOUTH & STUDENT PARTY!!!
Sunday, August 29th
Got the back-to-school-blues? You might as well celebrate! Don’t miss the annual End-of-Summer Party at the DeBoards’ home at 3965 Riverview Drive. Enjoy food, fellowship and fun! College and Career students are invited to join us. Bring your bathing suit for the pool. The party starts at 3:00 p.m., and will end by 8:00 p.m. Pizza will be provided. Please bring a two-liter of your favorite soft drink or snack.
Youth Discipleship
Youth discipleship begins on Sunday evenings starting September 12th; at 6:00 p.m. Parents are asked to provide Snack Suppers that will be served following the Discipleship Study. Please contact the church office or me to be added to the Snack Supper calendar, or sign up in the church foyer.
In His Service,
Tracy
Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
My name is Rachel Szczepinski and I am the newly appointed College Director at Lane Avenue Baptist! I am excited to be serving with a church that is passionate about God, His Word, His people, and has a vision to reach out to college students!
I graduated from Ohio State in 2006 with a B.A. in Comparative Cultural Studies. Upon graduating I felt called by God to college ministry. For the past 4 years, I have been serving with a Christian college ministry, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (IV). IV is a national organization that desires to see college students and faculty transformed by Jesus, campuses renewed, and world changers developed. I believe that college ministry is crucial and I am committed to reaching students for several reasons:
o God used Intervarsity to greatly impact my life spiritually while I was a student at Ohio State. I developed a passion for studying God’s Word, made deep, lasting friendships with other Christians, and matured in my faith. I deeply desire that others have the same experience.
o College is a crucial time for young men and women. They are figuring out who they are and who they are going to be, taking in all kinds of new ideas, and asking many questions. I want to offer the truth of Jesus as the answer to their questions.
o The university is where many of our future leaders are being shaped, and they will shape our country and our world. It is a unique place where people from all over the world come to learn. I want to see future leaders who are followers of Jesus Christ.
Over the past 4 years at Ohio State, I have seen hundreds of students make decisions to follow Christ and deepen their relationship with him. Students have been transformed through missional prayer, powerful Scripture study, relevant evangelism, and quality leadership training.
This year I will have a dual role, continuing to serve with InterVarsity and Lane Avenue. Some goals I have for this year:
- Increase the size of the current College group through outreach, hangouts, and other activities
- See students transformed by God’s Word through relevant Sunday School Scripture study
- Develop students’ vision to see their campus as a mission field
- Engage students in outreach to their campuses
- Lead students in integrating their faith into their studies and career decisions
- Foster creative partnership between Lane Avenue and InterVarsity
Thank you for your support of college ministry! If you would like to know more about the ministry or are interested in volunteering in any way, please email me at: rachel@lanechurch.com
The following students will begin college this fall.
Allison Harper – will attend Marshall University
Sarah Howard – will attend The Ohio State University
Erica Thorson – will attend The Ohio State University
Chelsea Valentine – will attend Columbus State
May God richly bless you in all of your endeavors!
PROMOTION SUNDAY
Preschool and grade school children will be promoted to their new classes on Sunday, September 12th. Breakfast will be provided for the preschooler and K-6th grade Sunday School classes. We will recognize first graders and also commission our teachers in the morning Worship Services on this day.
CHURCH WEB SITE
The youth group and church calendars, as well as live and recorded video of the church services are available at www.lanechurch.com.
MONTHLY BUSINESS MEETING
Our next Business Meeting will be on Wednesday, August 18th, at 6:30 p.m.
SENIOR ADULT NEWS
Our own mission – The Stowe Center has a brand new facility that everyone has wanted to see. We will be going on a tour Tuesday, August 24th. We would like to take them a big box of school supplies for the kids they serve and for the tutoring program, so please begin collecting items. Please meet at the church at 10:30 a.m. We will have lunch after the tour. There is a sign-up sheet outside the Old Fellowship Hall.
REMINDER
Please help keep our sanctuary clean. Please do not bring beverages into the sanctuary. Thank you for your support, the Building Use/Properties Committee.
CNC Graduation
The CNC Day Care will be holding their annual Graduation Program on Thursday, August 19th, at 6:00 p.m. The evening will be full of fun for the whole family. Our students will be singing, performing a skit, and receiving certification. We will be giving the five-year-old children their preschool diploma. Then to complete the evening, we will dismiss to enjoy refreshments. All are welcome. We hope to see you and your family here at the church!
The Church Office will be closed on Monday, September 6th, in observation of Labor Day. Evening activities scheduled Wednesday, September 8th, have been cancelled.
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OPPORTUNITY
There will be a LABC Work Day on Saturday, August 21st. Bring gloves, trimmers, rakes and brooms to spruce up the outside church grounds. We will begin at 8:00 a.m. Plan to come and work outside, as we show pride in our church.
FURNISHINGS FOR MISSIONARY KID (MK)
The son of a SBC International Mission Board (IMB) missionary couple will be arriving at OSU around September 9th to begin work as a graduate student. If you can help him furnish his apartment by providing some of the following basic items, please email Faye Owens at fowens@rrcol.com. Please advise Faye if you have other items you think may be useful. Thank you.
Small round kitchen table with chairs
Sofa and chair
TV stand
Desk and chair
Dresser
Bed
Table lamps or floor lamps
Linens, dishes, pots, pans, kitchen utensils, etc.
HELP A CHILD LEARN!
Would you like to be a part in helping a child to be better prepared for school? There are several ways to give to those in the inner city at Stowe Center. The Seniors will be taking the supplies to Stowe on Tuesday, August 24th.
1. Give school supplies for the School Supply Give-a-Way in August. Bring supplies any time Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. to the Associational Offices, 888 Parsons Avenue (across the street from the old Stowe Baptist building at 911 Parsons Avenue). Or call 445-8400 to arrange a time.
Here is a list of needs:
#2 pencils Glue sticks
3-ring binders Graph paper
Black and blue pens Highlighters
Boxes of tissues Index cards
Calculators Markers
Colored pencils Protractors
Dictionaries Rulers
Erasers (pink kind) Scissors
Folders Scientific calculators
Backpacks for elementary and high school
First grade lined paper
Paper – wide ruled and college ruled
Pencil holders (vinyl pouches)
Spiral notebooks – wide ruled and college ruled
Pocket folders w/prongs
2. Volunteer to be a tutor. The tutoring program will begin in October and meet on Monday nights from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. If you are interested, please call Janet Brooks. No previous experience is necessary. If God places it on your heart to do, you can do it! Thank you for your willingness to give to those who are in need. Janet Brooks, Stowe Baptist Center
The Food Pantry at Stowe Center is Empty!
They help over 2000 people every year, just
through their Food Pantry. Especially needed are: coffee, cooking oil, flour, sugar, pancake mix, pork and beans, salt and pepper. Please bring your items and leave in the box in front of the church office.
WOMEN’S MORNING BIBLE STUDY
An invitation is extended to all LABC women to join us, as we begin our fall Bible Study on Tuesday, September 14th, at 9:15 a.m., in the library, with an informal introduction time. Our next Bible study will be “The Truth Project” produced by Focus on the Family.
A synopsis: In a recent study, the Barna Research Group revealed a stunning statistic that continues to reverberate throughout the evangelical world. Only 9 percent of professing Christians have a biblical worldview. Because of this, today’s believers live very similarly to non-believers. A personal sense of significance is rarely experienced, we spend our money and time on things that fail to satisfy and we begin to wonder what life’s ultimate purpose really is. We are, in short, losing our bearings as a people and a nation. To counter this slide within the body of Christ, we are launching one of the most ambitious and powerful projects in the history of our ministry—Focus on the Family’s The Truth Project. The Truth Project is taught by Dr. Del Tackett. This study is the starting point for looking at life from a biblical perspective. Each lesson discusses in great detail the relevance and importance of living the Christian worldview in daily life. God continues to call ordinary people to make an eternal difference in our world. Bagels and coffee will be served. We will meet the second and fourth Tuesday of the month, at 9:15 a.m., in the LABC library. You may contact Christie Michael with any questions.
FROM THE STEWARDSHIP COMMITTEE/
Catch-Up Sunday
On Sunday, August 29th, we will have Catch-Up Sunday. You will find offering envelopes in the pew pockets on August 22nd and 29th, for giving your extra tithe or to give an extra offering. Thank you for your support of the many ministries of Lane Avenue Baptist Church!
STOWE UPDATE
Dear LABC family,
We served 295 people at Stowe Baptist Center Soup Kitchen in August. I would like to thank Jenifer Wilkerson and Mary Rae Hayhurst who helped prepare and serve the meal. Their love and service to God’s people is most appreciated. I could not do it without your prayers, financial support, willingness to cook, and to go and serve are needed. We cook on the third Monday of every month, and then serve on Tuesday, at 10:00 a.m. I’d love to have you cook, serve, or participate any way you can. This ministry is greatly needed. I appreciate all of your efforts so much. Your sister-in-Christ, Kathy Leach
