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514 S Beech St

Casper WY 82601

ELDERS

Doug Neubert Michael Miller

Shane Harkins Scott Gamble

Kent Neubert John Marshall

Jim Fuhrer John Spear

Team Coordinator: Ron Sucher

Youth Ministry: Beau Gamble

Children’s Ministry: Diane Shaffer

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First Baptist Church 514 South Beech Casper Wyoming 82601

Growth Tracks “Next Steps”

Growth Tracks is our “Next Steps” to help you discover not just who we

are as a church but how you can grow personally in your relationship

with Jesus Christ, discover your spiritual gifts and find your place to

serve in First Baptist Church. We meet on Sunday mornings and we

would love for you to join us. See you at 10:30AM on Sunday, in

Room 209 upstairs for the Next Step!

May 1 Step 1 Know God May 8 Step 2 Find Freedom

May 15 Step 3 Discover Purpose May 22 Step 4 Make a Difference

Mother’s Day is May 8th!

I am having a hard time believing that April is almost over. It seems like it has gone by extremely quick. Before I enter the month of May, there are some things I would like to share with you that occurred in April.

The month of April began while I was in Romania serving with a team from First Baptist Church. I have gone there many times and what made this mission trip special for me was the intense presence I felt of the Holy Spirit. I always enjoy spending time with the eight girls from Casa Josef. These are the eight orphans that I find great joy in speaking life into their lives and reminding them of their value. Through a gift of someone in our church community, we were able to take the eight girls on a shopping spree in the “big city” mall. We stayed overnight in a hotel that had hot thermal pools a lot like Thermopolis. I was hanging out with the girls in one of the pools and we noticed an area for VIP’s. The VIP signs seem to express that this area is closed to just anybody. I encouraged the eight girls to go with me into this area to which they said they didn’t belong there. I responded to their self-denunciation with these words. You are VIP’s to me! They smiled and stayed in the same place. I find it incredibly special to speak words of life into their lives and I value those opportunities to go to Romania.

I also enjoyed spending time working with Dr. Kent Neubert and the dental team. I have never had the privilege to serve in this way before and work alongside Kent. (and it was work!) I found my place in valuing the gypsies waiting to be seen by Kent. Although I can’t speak Romanian nor Gypsy, I enjoyed communicating they were special as I tried to learn each of their names instead of just the numbers we gave them to create a sense of order. I loved speaking to the Gypsies in a way that said you have worth. You have value.

Then shortly after this trip, I went to the International Justice Mission, Global Prayer Gathering in Washington DC along with seven others from our church. That was an amazing experience as I saw a hole in my own understanding of the gospel I have been preaching for so long. I saw through stories the vast array of pain and suffering and the need to help people out of their slavery and bring freedom into their lives. I know that is the heart of God for each of us as we discover to know God spiritually and mentally and also find freedom. I now can see that this is also the call for those in physical slavery who need to be physically free from the enslavement of others. On this trip, I felt that life was spoken into my life.

April has come and is almost gone and the lessons God showed me will continue to shape me and for that I am grateful to you for supporting these trips as well as allowing me to be your pastor and hopefully speak life into your life.

First Focus Volume 12

Number 5

Sermon Notes on our APP

We are introducing a new component

of our church APP that we are excited

to share with you.

In addition to the ability to request

prayer and receive key notifications

from us, we are also including the

ability to have on your phone the

church sermon notes.

On Sunday morning you can open up

the church App, go to sermon notes

and follow along. At this point, the

sermon notes will only stay on the app

until the next Sunday.

Hope you find this helpful!

THE GIVING TABLE

You may have noticed the addition of a table in the middle of the room during the Bridge. Between services this table will have an assortment of items and we are simply wanting to give them to you. If all goes to plan, you will soon see an increase in items on this table. If you want to bring a recyclable bag to church even better! So help yourself to whatever is there because it is there to help you.

May 2016

Sunday Worship 8:30 and 10:30AM

Children’s Classes and

Nursery at 10:30AM

The Bridge between services -

brunch, coffee and

fellowship

Wednesday Nights

Children and Youth

Ministry

6:30-8PM

Children’s Ministry

With summer coming and school being out that means

more time with your family! We have three super awe-

some family events planned this summer to give you even

more opportunities to make memories together.

We'll kick things off with an “out of school blast” - how does a carnival

sound?! I hope it gets you excited as this will be the first summer event.

It will be at 3:00pm on Sunday June 12th at the church. Anybody else

think “dunk an elder” sounds awesome? We might have to sweet talk

them but for the low, low price of one food item, that we will donate to

Food For Thought, we can make this and other games happen. :) I will

be looking for some help building and running the games.

Make sure to mark your calendars not only for this exciting event, but

also for the other two on July 10th and August 14th. Watch next month’s

newsletter for more details. We not only want to serve our church family,

but our community as well as these are great outreach opportunities! So

be sure to invite your friends, neighbors or even the strangers in the

grocery store!

The last Wednesday night children's programming for this school year is May 18th.

Blessings, Diane Shaffer

Women’s Luncheon

Celebration of Daughters of God

May 21st 11:30AM

in the Fellowship Hall

Please RSVP! Also if you will need childcare or

have questions, call Angela at 307-259-1896

So it doesn't matter what you

wear, or how you do your hair.

Just be you, be true and join us.

YOU'RE worth a celebration

PRAY

National Day of

Prayer

May 4th at 5:30PM during the HUB Midweek

Prayer Service

Men’s Breakfast

Final breakfast for the

spring will be May 25th

at Denny’s.

NEW Church App!

FBC Casper

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Use the app to sign up for small groups, send

prayer requests, give your tithe, listen to the

messages, receive notifications of up and

coming events, and develop a Bible reading

plan that works for you. Be sure to allow

notifications so we can let you know of upcoming

events and messages.

Summer events to mark

on your calendar:

June 12

July 10

August 14

June 23-25 Annual Men’s Retreat

July 16 Serve Day

July 24 Worship in the Park

August 7-12 Youth Camp

Aug. 8-27 21 Days of Prayer

Family Events

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Summer is quickly approaching and so are some significant events in the lives of our young people:

On May 15th we will honor our graduating high school seniors during The Bridge (between services).

This is an exciting time for them and their families; therefore, we want to give you an opportunity to let

them know that they are loved and we are proud of them. Please join us on that day to celebrate their

accomplishments and hard work.

Our current fifth graders will also be graduating from elementary school, and on June 12th they will

"graduate" into the youth group. I will visit with them during children's church on June 5th, and we will

celebrate "Transition Day" the following week.

In addition to Transition Day, we will also begin having Sunday morning youth activities on June 12th.

Our desire is that the youth worship with the church family at the 8:30 service and then head upstairs

to my office during 2nd service. During the remainder of June, Taylor Schwahn and I will lead the

youth through the Growth Tracks. Once those are completed, we will begin a discussion format

around Pastor John's sermons and how those can be applied to our lives.

Parents, if you were unable to attend the youth/parent meeting on April 30th, please call the church

office (234-6946) with your contact information, or send me an email. I would love to touch base with

you and fill you in on some important information about youth group in

general and some upcoming events. I look forward to talking with you!

Beau Gamble

Youth Pastor

FBC Financial Report

April 3 $ 5,728.10 April 10 $ 9,856.00 April 17 $ 7,812.53 April 27 $ 4,327.01

Youth group Wednesday nights at 6:30PM