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2013

Leadership Council Quarterly Report

7/21/2013

First Baptist Church of Clemson

Leadership Council Quarterly Report July 21, 2013

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I. Call to Order (Dan Ezell)

II. Approval of Minutes (Dan Ezell) pg. 3-6 (Copies on distribution)

III. Reports and Recommendations from Ministry Teams (Copies on distribution)

a. Leadership Council Report (Dan Ezell) pg. 7 b. Foundation (Jim Strom) pg. 8 c. Nominating (TBD) pg. 8 d. Child Enrichment Center (Wendy Hapeshis) pg. 8 e. Personnel (Kelly Durham) pg. 9 f. Properties (Benjie McGill) pg. 9-10 g. Stewardship & Finance (Frank Cox) pg. 11-12 h. Deacons (Jerry Kerns) pg. 13 i. Spiritual Formation Council (Harriett Simmons) pg. 14-15 j. Fellowship Council (Beth Redmond) pg. 15-16 k. Mission Council (Virgil Quisenberry) pg. 17-19 l. Worship Council (Linda White) pg. 20 m. Membership Report (Jerry Kerns) pg. 21

IV. Old Business

V. New Business Election of Nominating Ministry Team.


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VI. Adjournment

Minutes of the First Quarter Business Meeting First Baptist Church, Clemson April 14, 2013

The moderator, Jerry Kerns, called the meeting to order at 6:40 PM. He noted that the minutes of the fourth quarter 2012 regular business meeting held on January 9th and minutes of called business meetings on February 27th and March 24th, 2013, were included in materials previously distributed. These minutes were approved as distributed.

Moderator Kerns then began the discussion of the Quarterly Report previously distributed. The first comments were made by Dr. Rusty Brock concerning work of the Properties Ministry Team. He reported that work on the sign for the front of the church was nearing completion. Part of the sign will be electronic and this is the final step toward completion of the sign. He thanked Bill Foster and Cookie Fitch for their work on this project.

Dr. Brock reported that the Landscaping and Grounds Ministry Team is working on the project to have the mulched area behind our back parking lot paved for use by First Baptist Church for parking.

Moderator Kerns recognized Frank Cox, Chair of the Stewardship and Finance Ministry Team, who reported progress on refinancing our building loan. The team set-up a Building Loan Refinance Team consisting of Jim Nickless, Becky Jo Clark, Tom Hennessy, and Bill Lanham. They have met with six financial institutions to request a term sheet for First Baptist Clemson to refinance our loan. Five of the institutions have responded. On Thursday, April 18th, the Team will meet and determine the best option from one of the five and provide their choice to the Stewardship and Finance Ministry Team. We will report out to the congregation on the selection.

A correction was made to change the name Hazel Burch to Billie Burch in the Family Service Ministry Team Report.

Media Ministry Team. Jerry Kerns and Dale Adkins have been working to improve the radio ministry presentation. They asked members who have listed to the broadcasts to comment on the quality of the broadcasts.

A motion was made, seconded, and passed to approve the contents of the Quarterly Report as presented (copy attached).

Letters of Transfer. Motion was made, seconded, and approved to honor requests for transfer detailed in the Quarterly Report Jerry Kerns mentioned that Dr. Brock was schedule to have shoulder surgery on Monday, April 15th.

Frank Cox offered the closing prayer. The meeting was adjourned at 6:55PM

Respectfully submitted,


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Henry Perkins, acting clerk Minutes of the Called Business Meeting First Baptist Church, Clemson May 8, 2013

Moderator, Jerry Kerns, called the meeting to order in the Family Life Center at 5:58 pm.

Jerry recognized Frank Cox, Chair of Stewardship and Finance, who introduced the S&F Subcommittee who worked out a new loan agreement for our $ 2 million+ loan. Members are Bill Lanham, Jim Nickless, Tom Hennessey and Becky Jo Clark.

Frank Cox called on Becky Jo Clark, who brought the recommendation from the Stewardship & Finance Ministry Team, asking the church to approve the trustees signing a new loan agreement for about $2 Million and a security deed (mortgage on the church property). The name of the bank selected is to remain confidential until after a positive vote.

Becky Jo explained that 6 banks were presented with a list of 10 loan criteria, such as length of loan, interest rate, and remaining principal. The term sheets were then evaluated from the banks, with the most important criteria being amortization and interest rates. Further negotiations followed. The selected bank was thoroughly vetted and agreed to have an appraisal completed by a third party, which should exceed $4 million. The subcommittee met with S&F, which voted unanimously in support of the lender with the best overall term sheet for FBC.

Joe Turner has met with attorney Charles Deal, who will process the loan without fee. (First Baptist Church will pay real costs such as tax and title.)

Becky Jo announced savings with the new loan of $222,000 over 5 years if the principal continues to be paid off at approximately $200,000 per year. The new lender’s bid is about half of our present interest rate of 5.93%, effective for the next 5 years and the new lender provides the most flexibility. Becky Jo then made the following motion:

Stewardship and Finance recommends that FBC authorize trustees to sign the new bank loan agreement and the security deed as approved by the S&F Ministry Team.

After brief discussion, those present voted by a show of hands and the motion was approved by a large majority.

Becky Jo Clark then announced the bank selected: First Citizen’s.

Meeting adjourned at 6:12 pm. Respectfully submitted,

JoAn Shearin, Church Clerk


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Minutes of the Called Business Meeting First Baptist Church, Clemson May 22, 2013

Moderator, Jerry Kerns, called the meeting to order in the Family Life Center at 6:17 pm. Jerry recognized Cathy Turner, who introduced the other members of the Ministry Manual Committee, appointed by the deacon chair, Jerry Kerns: Russ Marion, Craig Williams and Melba Blanton.

Cathy submitted the Manual for Councils, Ministry Teams, and Special Committees, dated May 22, 2013, which was made available to the church members seven days prior to tonight. Cathy also thanked Tiffany Hamilton and Donna Baun for their help in preparing the Manual.

There were no questions and after the call for question, those present voted by a show of hands to accept the Manual.

Jerry then recognized Brenda Welter from the Nominating Ministry Team, who presented the slate of Officers and Ministry Teams, dated May 22, 2013. Brenda noted several vacancies that will be filled by the Nominating Ministry Team, once this team has been completed by the Leadership Council. Again, there were no questions. After a motion and second that nominations be closed, those present voted by show of hands in favor of the motion. We then voted to accept the slate presented by the NMT, again by a show of hands, with no opposition.

Jerry expressed his appreciation to the church family for its cooperation during this transition time. Tonight was the last time Jerry will serve as moderator for business meetings, due to the new structure of governance. Meeting adjourned at 6:25 pm.

Respectfully submitted, JoAn Shearin, Church Clerk


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Minutes of the Called Business Meeting First Baptist Church, Clemson June 23, 2013 Dan Ezell, Leadership Council Chair, called the meeting to order in the sanctuary at 11:20 am. He recognized Melissa Terry, Chair of the Minister of Music and Worship Search Committee, who thanked the congregation for their prayers and support during the past several months. She recognized the members of her committee:

Leroy Adams Dan Ezell Opal Hipps Gail Marion Susie Swann Roy Young Melissa then stated that over the last six months, the committee reviewed over 40 applications and interviewed 5 candidates. It was clear that Ryan Forbes was the best choice for this position and the Search Committee recommends him to the congregation of First Baptist, Clemson. The recommendation is supported by the Personnel Ministry Team, the Stewardship and Finance Ministry Team, and affirmed by the Leadership Council.

Therefore the Search Committee for the Minister of Music and Worship of Clemson First Baptist unanimously recommends Ryan Forbes for the position of Minister of Music and Worship. His compensation package will be: salary-$67,500 (including housing), retirement-$8,100, health-$7,200 for a total of $82,800. The church will incur reasonable relocation expenses. She moved that the church hire Ryan Forbes as Minister of Music and Worship. Dan Ezell allowed time for questions while the ballots were distributed. A call for question was seconded, voted on, and passed. The ballots were collected and counted with 196 voting “yes” and 1 vote “no”.

Ryan will begin his duties on Sunday, August 4, 2013.

Meeting adjourned. Respectfully submitted,

JoAn Shearin, Church Clerk


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LEADERSHIP COUNCIL REPORT: Dan Ezell, Chairman [email protected]

The Leadership Council consists of 10 members plus staff representatives as follows: Dan Ezell, Chair; Rusty Brock, Senior Pastor; Frank Cox,

Stewardship and Finance Ministry Team Chair; Kelly Durham, Personnel Ministry Team Chair; John Gilbert, Properties Ministry Team Chair; Jerry

Kerns, Deacon Chair; Virgil Quisenberry, Mission Ministry Chair; Beth Redmond, Fellowship Ministry Chair; Harriet Simmons, Formations Ministry

Chair; Linda White, Worship Ministry Chair; Casey Callahan, Staff and Tiffany Hamilton, Staff

The Coordinating Council met in April and May:

Consider the transition plan to the new governance structure (Transition was successful)

Hear report from Nominating Ministry Team (Report was accepted by congregation)

Hear report from deacon committee to revise Ministry Team Manual (Manual has been revised and adopted.)

There were 4 business meetings during the quarter and minutes for each are included.

The Leadership Council was elected May 22 and meetings were held on May 29 and July 7 and minutes are on file. Leadership Council plans to meet

the first Sunday of each month.

Council continues to monitor the progress of the IT Strategic Plan. Members are carefully considering these directives as goals and measures

are being established. As part of that implementation, a Marketing Task Force has been formed. Members are: Joe Turner, chair; Rusty Brock,

ex officio; Jimmy Garrity; Teresa Jones; John Peters; Andrea Rausch; Hope Silecki; Ted Swann

The charge to this task force is as follows:

The Marketing Task Force is charged with developing an internal and external marketing plan that communicates and celebrates the mission, ministries

and core values of First Baptist Church, Clemson [FBC]. The Task Force shall employ multiple means of communications to educate members, potential

members and the larger community about the ministries and missions of FBC. The Task Force shall refer to the Implementation Team report for

guidance and shall coordinate its activities through the Leadership Council.

Council is studying the FLC use guidelines with regard to repeat contract uses. Properties Ministry Team is heading this discussion.

Council recommends the replacement of members of the Nominating Ministry Team.

These recommendations include; Coyann Lee, Chair (2014), Susie Swann (2015) and Vickie Lovejoy (2014).

mailto:[email protected]


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FOUNDATION BOARD: Jim Strom [email protected]

The Foundation Board has no report at this time.

NOMINATING: Open

Since May 22, 2013, the Nominating Ministry Team has been without a chair and there has been no action. Positions on the Nominating Team are being addressed by the Leadership Council. Additionally, there are 4 vacancies as follows:

Personnel (2014)

Properties (2014) and Properties (2014) {two vacancies}

Stewardship and Finance (2014)

CHILD ENRICHMENT CENTER: Wendy Hapeshis [email protected]

Enrollment for the CEC is currently 61 children with a staff of 23 caregivers. Seven of the CEC staff participated in Heartsaver First Aid CPR and AED training on April 30. The trainer was Christy Lowe. DSS visited on Friday, June 14 and found everything to be in good order. FBC summer intern Bobby McGill found a good price for rubber mulch for the playground. A ton of mulch was delivered on June 21. Bobby spread the mulch the following week. Tim Dunmyer painted the Twos classroom (room 106) on Saturday, June 22. When he finished painting, Kathleen Boatwright straightened the room to have it ready for Sunday morning. During this quarter, special events included Muffins for Mom, Young Author’s Day, Donuts with Dad, and Fourth of July Water Day.




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PERSONNEL MINISTRY TEAM: Kelly Durham [email protected]

During the second quarter, the PMT transitioned to post-IT structure. The PMT worked with the chairs of Music Minister Search Committee and the Stewardship & Finance Ministry Team to develop a proposed compensation package for Dr. Forbes. The PMT chair met with Dr. and Mrs. Forbes to present, explain and negotiate the package. In June, the PMT started the annual process of evaluating the Senior Minister by inviting comments from the congregation. In view of the organizational changes adopted by the Church, the PMT also began a review of our Personnel Policies. Respectfully Submitted

PROPERTIES MINISTRY TEAM: John Gilbert [email protected]

1. The Properties Ministry Team (MT) had an initial team meeting on June 12th and discussed duty and membership changes contained in the revised Manual for Councils, Ministry Teams, and Special Committees. The Properties MT now includes properties and equipment, transportation, and landscaping and grounds. The Properties MT membership is 8 members, however at this time; only 6 have been nominated by the Church Nominating Committee and approved by the Church congregation. Four of the six were in attendance at the initial meeting. Also, 2 volunteers were present.

2. Ron Young volunteered to lead the Landscape and Grounds Sub-MT. Benjie McGill volunteered to continue leading the Transportation Sub-MT. John Gilbert and Benjie McGill will work closely on the Properties and Equipment Sub-MT. All Properties MT members will be called on to assist with projects in any of these Sub-MT areas as the need arises.

3. Status of current major Building issues are as follows: A. Masonry work on the Church sign has been completed. There continues to be a delay with the City of Clemson approving a

new policy which allows use of digital signs in the city. The Property MT members agreed we would continue installation of the




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sign and not turn it on until City approval of their new sign policy. In the interim, a temporary cover, with Church service times, will be placed on the masonry structure. The latest estimate of approval is September.

B. MT members met several times with representatives of Neal Prince Architects / aka LS3P Architects ref our basement leak. They also brought in a contractor specializing in water leak resolution. We last met June 27th to discuss a proposal from the contractor and determined we needed to complete additional preliminary work prior to any contract. Our next step is to evaluate waterproofing below grade around the walls on the northwest corner of the courtyard and also replace some of the drain pipe below the gutter with a larger capacity pipe.

C. A pictorial inventory of church furniture and equipment was completed in early May. An inventory folder and flash drives were given to the church office for safe keeping.

D. Although there are no current issues with our HVAC systems, many units are operating beyond their normal life expectancy. In early July, we are meeting with our HVAC contractor to discuss condition of these units. We will also ask for his recommendation(s) on how we can best make repair vs. replacement decisions in the future.

E. Bill Foster and Cookie Fitch volunteered to continue a project they started several months ago to consolidate and better organize paper documents which are pertinent to acquisition and maintenance of Church facilities and equipment. One file cabinet has already been donated. The best location for the cabinet is being determined. Consolidating and organizing the files will be an ongoing project.

4. Landscape and Grounds Sub-MT issues: A. Work is progressing on a project to grade, pave, and stripe the area between the Church parking lot and Sloan Street for

additional Church parking. A fire hydrant has been removed which was delaying this project. A contractor has been selected and work will begin soon.

5. Projects/Issues brought up by Properties MT members: Several minor projects were mentioned by MT members and will be additions to our “To Do” list.


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Stewardship & Finance Ministry Team: Frank Cox [email protected]

With the reorganization and new governance in-place, the Stewardship and Finance Ministry Team calls for 6 members. As of June 29th, we have 5 members – LeRoy Adams, Jim Nickless, Tom Hennessy, Becky Jo Clark, and Frank Cox, Chairman. Bill Lanham as Church Treasury is a voting member. As of June 23rd, the Sunday offerings to the Church amounted to $433,142.58 with additional revenues of $26,831.79. We are approximately $26,000 behind in the general offering, but this has been the pattern of June, July, and August for a number of years. Without saying, the support and generosity of the congregation continues to bless our Church. The building fund is a major focus for us in 2013. On June 18th, the Trustees signed our new loan agreement with First Citizens Bank. We begin our new loan period with a debt of approximately $2,017,000. We are not doing a reasonable job of debt servicing our loan as most of the original pledges to the Building Fund campaign have been fulfilled. LeRoy Adams and a team from the Stewardship and Finance Ministry Team (past and present) are reviewing options for debt servicing the loan as well as some initiatives for the ministry budget offering and fund raising. They hope to have the initiative complete by September. The financial statement is provided for the second quarter:

Category Budgeted Income Revenues Year to Date

Budget Remaining

Offering $955,000.00 $ 433,142.58 $ 521,857.42

Other $63,636.00 $ 26,831.79 $ 36,854.21

- Meals & Other $36,436.00 $ 14,786.75 $ 21,649.21

- Use of Building $27,250.00 $ 12,045.00 $ 15,205.00

Total Income $1,018,686.00 $ 459,974.37 $558,711.63

Amount Expenses Year to Date

Balance on 2013 Budget

Administration

- Building and Grounds $ 157,950.00 $ 82,162.76 $ 58,017.24

- Bank/Financial $ 12,650.00 $ 12,277.84 $ 372.16



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- Insurance $ 17,380.00 $ 9,061.17 $ 8,318.83

- Office Equipment $ 34,600.00 $ 16,414.98 $ 18,195.02

- Office Supplies $ 21,250.00 $ 6,461.58 $ 14,788.42

- Telephone $ 11,490.00 $ 5,255.47 $ 6,234.53

- Utilities $ 64,125,00 $ 31,052.88 $ 33,072.12

- Vehicles/Transportation $ 7,300.00 $ 3,490.78 $ 3,809.22

Total Administration $ 326,745.00 $ 166,177.46 $ 160,567.54

Education $ 53,795.00 $ 29,330.43 $ 24,464.57

Fellowship

- History, New Members $ 1,120.00 $ 500.21 $ 619.79

- Kitchen $27,550.00 $ 19,598.43 $ 7,951.57

Missions and Evangelism $38,192.00 $ 16,693.33 $ 21,495.67

Personnel Services

- Ministers $ 185,129.00 $ 81,998.92 $ 103,130.98

- Interim Ministers $ 31,661.55 $ 23,900.00 $ 7,761.55

- Musicians $ 22,460.00 $ 11,649.24 $ 10,810.76

- Administrative, Nursery, Host, Kitchen & Custodial

$ 176,352.67 $ 70,114.51 $ 87,199.49

- FICA & Benefits $ 89,596.78 $ 36,323.06 $ 53,273.72

- Misc Expense & PD $ 26,432.00 $ 15,251.41 $ 11,180.59

Total Personnel Services $ 531,782.00 $ 239,237.14 $ 292,544.86

Worship $ 23,702.00 $ 7,294.23 $ 16,407.77

Implementation Team $16,000.00 $ 1,203.92 $ 14,796.08

Total Expense $1,018,686 $ 478,834.23 $ 539,851.77

AS OF: 6/23/2103 Revenues Expenses Budget Net

$ 459,974.37 $ 478,834.23 ($18,859.86)


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DEACONS: Jerry Kerns [email protected]

The Deacons of First Baptist continue to participate in Deacon Family Ministry with the members and participants of the Church. We met each of the 3 months of this quarter with most Deacons present for each meeting. We assisted in each Worship service of the Church and assisted in serving communion on the first Sunday of each month. We hosted the first, First Sunday Luncheon in the FLC. We continue to be a welcoming presence in the vestibule and the Welcome Center each Sunday, as well as serving as Greeters at each door of the sanctuary at Worship times. A welcome desk has been obtained and modified to meet our needs to assist in this task in the Welcome Center. In our role as Spiritual leaders within the Church we offer a presence in each Sunday School class and organization of the Church and are available to our families on an ongoing basis. We help to keep the Ministerial staff up to date on any issues within the Church family. During the upcoming months we will begin the process of helping the Church elect new Deacons using the newly approved guidelines where Sunday School classes will play a role in the nominations leading to this election.



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Spiritual Formation Council: Harriet Simmons [email protected]

The Spiritual Formation Council met. Duties for each ministry team were distributed and discussed. Attention was given to the church wide calendar and the importance of coordination of events between the multiple areas where applicable.

Below is a brief summary of each area:

Adult Education: Met with ministers Casey and Rusty to plan offerings over the next 12 months. This planning includes CORD classes Ted Swann, Leader but also other new projects that you will hear more about in the coming months.

Children: Planning for the upcoming year has started. Multiple summer activities are planned including Passport Camp (past), Jamie Young, Leader Bible School, Nothing but Net, Day trip to Hollywild Animal Park, multiple Bible Studies, service projects, and social activities.

College: Planning for the Fall is underway. Gregg Thomas, Leader

Preschool: Planning for the Fall is underway. Several preschool activities are scheduled for the summer including Bible School. Stephanie Moore, Leader

Senior: The newly established Senior Adult Ministry (known as Ecclesia) at First Baptist Clemson held a kick off banquet on Sharon Brooks, Leader April 9 with over 100 people in attendance. Dr. Brock informed the group of a volunteer council that would assist

with the Ecclesia ministry. This group consists of the following people:

George Bennett – Programs, Melba Blanton – Prayer, Evelyn Boykin – Visitation, Frank & Crossie Cox – Sports and Travel, Kathryn Dunmyer – Fellowship, Andrea Rauch – Wellness, Bev Sevick – Publicity, Charlie White – Missions & Ministry

The Nominating Team also identified Sharon Brooks as the Ecclesia Ministry Area Leader.

On June 12, Evelyn and Joe Boykin hosted a Eccelsia cookout (scheduled to be help at their home) but due to the large turnout the event was moved the Family Life Center.

On Friday June 21, Andrea Rauch and JoAn Shearin led an Ecclesia hike at Table Rock and much interest was expressed in planning future such events.

A colorful Ecclesia banner is on display in the Family Life Center due to the efforts of Mr. Charlie White.



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On Thursday July 11, Frank & Crossie Cox took the Eccelsia Group to The Flat Rock Play House in Hendersonville, NC to see the play, “The Big Bang.”

Several other events are planned for this summer and for this fall. Thanks to Bev Sevick for a great job with publicity.

Youth: The youth have completed their summer mission project to Maine and the choral tour. Multiple other activities for Jan Ayers, Leader the summer are planned. Planning is underway for the Fall.

Fellowship Council: Beth Redmond [email protected]

The Fellowship Council met on June 2, 2013. Duties of each Ministry Area and duties of the Fellowship Council were reviewed and discussed. Each Ministry Area Leader received hand-outs from the Spiritual Gifts Inventory, and Leaders were encouraged to begin contacting volunteers to assist in their areas. The IT Strategic Plan was reviewed, and goals for the Fellowship Council were discussed. The group agreed to accept the following goal for the Fellowship Council: Promote and support the goals, actions, and strategies as set forth by the Implementation Team for “Growing Our Fellowship” in the areas of (1) Ministry to and with College Students, (2) Ministry to Senior Adults, and (3) Ministry to Young Adults & Their Families. Each Ministry Area Leader was encouraged to consider how the Strategic Plan relates to their specific Area and to establish additional goals. Reports from Ministry Areas Family Services: A meal was provided on Thursday, June 27, for 25 members of the Foster family following the service for Jane’s Kathryn Dunmyer, Leader mother, Mary Shular. As the service was held in Westminster, the meal was taken to the Foster home in Seneca. The meal was provided by several church members with additional items being purchased at Bi-Lo. Kitchen: Kitchen Ministry coordinated the receipt and handling of funds for Wednesday night suppers in April and May. Jane Camper, Leader Wednesday night suppers will resume on September 4, and we are seeking additional volunteers to assist with money collection. New Members: On April 14, New Members Ministry hosted a welcome event before Sunday School for persons that joined our Gail Marion, Leader Church between September 2012 and April 2013. Twelve were invited and nine were able to attend. The New



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Members Ministry provided refreshments in the Welcome Center and set up a display board with photos.

Seven new persons joined during the April-May-June quarter: Ruth McKay, Michael and Rebecca Turner, Michael and Ashley Sewall, Sydney Thomas, and Sam Thomas. Each received a new member packet that included a photocopied church directory. It was decided in June to include additional items in the new member packets: information about The Spiritual Gifts Inventory and a current copy of elected Officers, Ministry Teams, and Ministry Area Leaders.

Pictures of new members are taken on the Sunday they join, and the pictures are displayed on the bulletin board outside the FLC. New members are invited to be guests at a Wednesday night supper of their family’s choice, and they will be recognized at the dinner.

New Members Ministry created an updated area description and submitted it for church approval.

The next Welcome event is set for August 18th before Sunday School in the Welcome Center. Lauren Evans and Ryan Forbes, new staff, will be invited to participate in the welcome event.

Recreation: A softball team was sanctioned through the Clemson/Central Recreation Department with games scheduled from Kyle Young, Leader April 16 to June 4.

Plans were made for the third annual Nothin’ but Net basketball camp to be held July 15-18 in the FLC. The camp is for children in 5K through 8th grade. Gregg Thomas and Jimmy Garrity are the coaches.

Social: Social Ministry was in charge of a Meet & Greet for Ryan Forbes and his family on June 23 before Sunday School. Jane Barnwell, Leader The event was held in the Family Life Center as requested by the Music Ministry and was attended by a good number of church members. Refreshments were provided. Visitation: The major activity has been recruiting members to be part of the visitation program to our shut-ins. We still need Peggy Cover, Leader two more volunteers. Many of our shut-ins have experienced major health issues this quarter with most of them on the road to recovery.

We are planning to use another set of volunteers for contacting our Sunday visitors. We are in the process or recruiting these volunteers. This is a great opportunity to serve for just one month.


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Mission Council: Virgil Quisenberry [email protected]

Baptist Relations In April, the South Carolina Cooperative Baptist Fellow General Assembly was held in Beaufort. One of the highlights Martha Ann Callahan, was the installation of Dr. Jay Kieve as the new Coordinator. We were pleased to have Jay speak at our worship Leader service on June 16. Please visit our state’s web site for more information: http://www.cbfofsc.org

The National Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly was held in June in Greensboro, NC. Suzii Paynter of Texas was installed as the new Executive Coordinator. Information about the General Assembly and Mrs. Paynter can be found at http://www.thefellowship.info

Earth Care During April the Earth Care team celebrated Earth Day and Arbor Day by providing silver maple seedlings at the Louise Munro, Leader Wednesday dinner on the 24th. In May the team supervised the children planting petunias in the bed by the main entrance. In addition, the children assisted in planting three hazelnut trees along the southwest corner of the

property as an Arbor Day Foundation project. Team members attend the Green Congregations group meetings every month, hearing speakers, and sharing in discussions with representatives of other area congregations on topics involving stewardship of God's earth.

Ecumenical Ministries Ecumenical Ministries includes five organizations: Clemson Community Care, Clemson Free Clinic, Clemson Child John Peters, Leader Development Center, Safe Harbor, and Clemson Area Congregations in Touch.

The following is a report on Clemson Community Care during the 2nd quarter of the year.

Clemson Community Care was supported this quarter by the annual Postal Carriers Annual food drive. The drive was held on Saturday, May 11, 2013 in the communities of Clemson and Central, SC. The drive resulted in 8,000 pounds of food being donated to CCC. The next Manna Truck is scheduled for July 13, 2013.

On the weekend of May 11, Clemson Community of Care participated in the Relay of Life event. Cans of food were donated to this event and used to hold the candles lighting the walk. The event collected 1,000 pounds of food.

There was one Manna Truck this quarter. On May 6, the Manna Truck brought 5,000 pounds of food for 201 people


http://www.cbfofsc.org/


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representing 548 family members.

Planning has started for the annual School Success Workshop that will be held on August 5 at Trinity Wesleyan Church. The program allows the parents of CCC Clients to meet educators from their children’s schools prior to the start of the school year.

The following number of families received services from CCC from April 1 - June 25

367 Food 95 Utilities (Heat/cooling/power) 29 Rent 10 Water

Mission A three-part Summer School Project involves members and families of FBC. Judith White, Leader 1: Paper product collected for Connie Maxwell Children’s Home.

2: Kid-friendly food products collected for local school children who are at risk of hunger on a daily basis. 3: School supplies collected for needy children.

Missions continues to communicate with the Family Promise organization about association with our congregation. Family Promise “assists homeless families by providing temporary shelter, meals, transportation, and assistance finding work, housing, counseling, and supportive services.”

WMU The WMU Mission Focus Luncheon was held on April 15. The guest speaker was Shelley Thomas, Director of Healthy Cathy Turner, Leader Learners, Allendale County.

WMU hosted a Spring Luncheon for The international students and teachers on May 13.

The Arrington Scholarship Committee will meet in July. There are presently two candidates. The funds received on Father's Day and throughout the month on June was $467.

The women mission groups were active in mission outreach and support of the missions of the church.


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Ben and Polly Davis from Connie Maxwell Children’s Home in Greenwood were hosted by the Sarah Cooper Group and they spoke about the children they serve and their needs. A monetary gift was made. Also in April, Liz Smith Cox gave a book review on Safe Haven which dealt with abused women. Books for adults and children were donated to Safe Harbor. In April Seekers heard highlights of Debbie Hennessey's medical mission trip, the Ruth Project, Helping Hands, and Family Promise. In May, officers were elected and funds dispersed. Meetings resume in late August. Mission Friends and Children's Mission Sundays

This last quarter we studied about mission projects closer to home. Cecilia Beck works in a troubled neighborhood in Shelby North Carolina. She cares for her friends by helping children with homework and activities afterschool including Bible study. She drives sick and elderly neighbors to doctor appointment. She plants seeds of kindness and shows God's love every day. We also learned about Kim and Marc Wyatt who welcome immigrants and refugees to Canada as their way of serving God. They help them find housing and furniture, learn the language, fill out paperwork. Kim and Marc also open their home for Bible studies.

Our volunteers that helped with Mission Friends this year were;

Harriet Simmons Wendy Hapeshis Erin Richardson Judy Quisenberry Jamie Young Susie Swann

On our last Mission Friends meeting in May, the children were each given the book; "The Bernstein Bears All Things Bright and Beautiful".

The Children Mission Sundays were highlighted by studies of Cecilia Beck of Shelby, NC and the Wyatts of Canada. Thanks to Ann Young, Judy Quisenberry, Gervais Emanuel, and Emily Gooding.


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Worship Council: Linda White [email protected]

The Worship Council met May 29th with all members present. Each Council Chair reviewed with group their purpose, responsibilities and goals. Council was asked to develop list of volunteers, meet and make a formal report of their Ministry Area by July 1. A summary of each meeting is given below:

Arts Enrichment: Met June 26 for yearly planning meeting. 9 members present. Purpose of meeting was to determine topics of monthly Jim Fanning, Leader displays and assign to team members to organize. Discussion of what the theme of Advent should be as well as how to continue producing the Advent Booklet. $1,000 in current budget.

A goal for year is to secure storage in one place for all Arts Enrichment items.

Flower: No formal meeting - communicate via email or phone. Continue to seek volunteers as they currently only have 3 Gerrie Adams, Leader members.

Media: In June, a major sound system upgrade was completed from Audio Solutions of Greenville. The following items were purchased Jeff Bennett, Leader and installed:

24-channel sound board, 2 area microphones for choir loft, New amplifier for whole system, New sound processor for whole system, New digital lapel microphone system, Microphone stabilizer for pulpit mic.

Special thanks to Dale Adkins and Larry Dooley for their time as this equipment was installed. A training session for the sanctuary sound system will be scheduled in the coming weeks.

Music: Thanks to Jeff Bennett for his service to youth and the Jubilate Choir tour. Those involved in music ministry wish to thank Dale Linvill, Leader Richard Williamson for his valuable service as interim music minister. Likewise, choirs look forward to the arrival of Ryan Forbes in August.

Ordinance: 12 members have committed to serve in the new year. Goals are to secure shelving or file cabinet in stairwell for Lana Todd, Leader organization and purchase new napkins. Bob and Lana Todd responsible for July Communion.

Usher: While the ushers seldom hold formal meeting, they are present and valuable to the worship atmosphere at FBC. Ushers George Bennett, Leader are always present and active in service to the congregation.

Wedding: Met May 19th to prepare for next scheduled wedding on July 6. Mirror purchased in honor of Doris Allen for Wedding Shirley Bennett, Leader Room and a plaque will be placed there in her honor. Wedding Team members now have badges to wear when hosting weddings and rehearsals.



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SECOND QUARTER MEMBERSHIP REPORT FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH CLEMSON, SC New Members Ruth McKay By Transfer of Letter 04/21/13 Michael Turner On Profession of Faith 05/12/13 Rebecca Turner By Transfer of Letter 05/12/13 Michael Sewall By Transfer of Letter 06/02/13 Ashley Sewall By Transfer of Letter 06/02/13 Sydney Thomas On Profession of Faith 06/16/13 Sam Thomas On Profession of Faith 06/30/13 Letters of Transfer Ryan LaForge FBC of Greenville, Greenville, SC 05/08/13 Deaths Elizabeth B. Rogers (Bowers) Non-Active Member 06/15/13

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