Count Your Blessings by Cathie Dexter, Missions Director

To some people, one day of sickness means one day without food for their family.  And with the rising cost of everything, sometimes one tank of gas means one week less of groceries.  There are many people in our community who face these issues daily. We see them weekly in our food bank.  These aren't the drug abusers.  They're men and women trying to make it through another week.  These aren't the people looking for an easy way out.  They are parents trying to fill their children’s stomach as best as they can. Circumstance and hard times fall on all of us at one time or another and in one way or another.  It rains on the just and the unjust.

 

The members of Bayside Baptist Church committed to sponsoring the Bayside Food Bank almost 10 years ago.  Since the inception, we have seen the need to minister in this community grow immensely!  But it takes all of us working together to continue this ministry.  Please help follow through with the commitment of the church and remember to donate a variety of food. Pick up an extra food item when you go grocery shopping for the Food Bank.

 

Our greatest weekly need includes: breakfast foods, spaghetti, sauce, and canned meat, side dishes such as, dry rice, dry beans and/or cash donations/grocery cards for fresh produce.

 

There are many from the community who appreciate your generosity! Thanks for giving a helping hand.

 

 

Join us for Sunday Morning Feasting!! By Cathie Dexter, Sunday School Director

 What better way to feast than on the Word of God!  Start with a delicious appetizer in Sunday School, served at 9:00 a.m.  Items on the menu this month include:

 

*  Mrs. Emily's preschool class is studying Joshua, Daniel, Jesus teaching about sharing and Jesus

   healing the sick.

*  Mrs. Mary's elementary grades is digging into Romans, Philippians, Proverbs and Ephesians.

*  Joe's middle and high school group is getting IMMENSLEY WISER as he guides them through Proverbs.

*  Want to spice up your prayer life?  Frank's adult class is continuing a study by Larry Crabb from his book "The PAPA

    Prayer".   

*  Do you have a relationship that needs some flavor?  Join Rosemary's adult class for a look at relationships from both

     the Old and New Testament.

*  Are you hungering for faith?  Betty's class is continuing a study in Genesis and will explore how the heroes grew in faith.

*  Calling all sisters!  Annette's ladies class is feasting on the Word as they continue in their lessons on

   prayer and Bible basics. 

 

“ O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.”  Psalm 34:8  Join us for a great class and then come get filled on the meat as Pastor brings the inspirational Bible message!

 

Focus on Stewardship by the Stewardship Committee

  The focus of stewardship education has been on the gift. The focus should be toward the giver, the church member. The problems with the way most Christians manage money are not financial matters, but matters of the heart. Since God can look into our hearts, what does He see in relation to finances? Where do you rank money matters? Personal debt is at an all time high, with the majority wanting and trying to obtain things that money pledges, everything from security to happiness. Your choice to adopt Christian values and character will not bulletproof you against the world’s attractions, but it will empower you to stop them before they put their roots down in your life. The First priority is to put God and His work first in your life. It is a decision at the deepest level of our hearts.

 

Your Stewardship Committee reminds you what Jesus teaches us about stewardship in Matthew 6:19—21: “Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal. But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”

 

Thanks for your stewardship faithfulness as you give and serve Him at Bayside Baptist Church.  Malcolm Funn, Chair; Rosemary Phelps, Jim Howard, Jon Adams, Shaelyn Emery, Donnie Love, Bob Mowchan and Pastor Dan.

 

 

 

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