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Discover A Place to Call Home Volume , Issue MAY 2017
THE MESSENGER
One of the things that fascinates
me about the church living amid a
rapidly changing culture is how
flexible we are having to become to
keep abreast of the ministry man-
date we have from God. As a child
growing up within the church, it
was not unusual to spend six to
seven hours a week in worship,
study, training and practicing for
ministry. Not so any more. With so
many things vying for our time, we
are fortunate to get people at the
church building two hours a week
every other week.
An unproductive response to this is
to grieve and bemoan the death of
cultural Christianity. Rather, we
must adapt to a rapidly changing
society and church. Why though?
Simply this, Jesus Christ is still and
always will be the only hope we
have in a dying world. And, the
church is the only platform God has
to bring Jesus to that dying world.
With that in mind, this Sunday,
May 7, we are going to step out of
the normal in an attempt to reach
as many people as we can with an
important message.
The International Mission Board’s
film, The Insanity of God is based
on the best-selling book by the
same name. It is the true story of
missionaries Nik and Ruth Ripken.
After the death of their son, this or-
dinary couple journeys into the
depths of the persecuted church,
asking the question, “Is Jesus
worth it?”
How does faith survive, let alone
flourish in places of the world that
are overcome with the darkness of
sin, despair and hopelessness?
Join the Ripkens as they tell the
story of being taught by believers in
persecution “how to follow Jesus,
how to love Jesus, and how to walk
with Him day by day, even when it
doesn’t make sense.”
IMB President David Platt says, “It
will change your perspective on
what it means to follow Jesus, and
your life will be changed.”
There will be no Sunday School or
regular worship that day. We will
assemble at 9:00 AM for a light
breakfast and time of fellowship
together (our youth will be serving
and taking tips to assist with the
cost of camp). At 10:00 AM we will
show the film in the sanctuary with
a worship and response time at
11:30 AM.
Another item in May is Mother’s
Day. It has been our recent tradi-
tion to observe this from the per-
spective, that while not everyone of
us is a mother, we all had a moth-
er. We come to honor and show
respect to that person in our life as
we are commanded in the Scrip-
tures to do. Interestingly and excit-
edly our children, with Cherry’s
leadership, will lead us in worship
that morning. Also, I would like to
take time that Sunday morning to
do a “Parent – Child” Dedication
Service.
So, it is my hope that you find the
first two Sunday’s in May challeng-
ing and even maybe a little uncom-
fortable as we seek to follow Jesus
in our mission, reaching and trans-
forming our community in His
name.
Pastor Mark
USHERS FOR MAY
Steve Jones, Dennis Smith,
John King & Scott Simmons
SUNDAY, MAY 7
PANCAKE BREAKFAST (Proceeds for YOUTH CAMP)
9:00 AM
“INSANITY OF GOD” MOVIE PRESENTATION
10:00 AM (No Sunday School)
LADIES IV
TUESDAY, MAY 16
Jan Lee Baptist Church had a
special called business meet-
ing on April 16, 2017.
It was motioned and ap-
proved during the Sunday
School gathering to take
$1,000.00 from the Global
Mission Fund for the Pastor’s
mission trip to South Africa
July 6-17, 2017.
Fran Koch, Church Clerk
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PASTOR & DEACONS
Please feel free to call any of us at any time.
Mark Simons 569-3534
Rick Griffin 569-4460
Bill Lindenborn 569-3559
Marvin Maherg 569-4702
Robert Ritter 569-4084
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MARK SIMONS – PASTOR
www.jlbcburk.com
Office hours: 8:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Monday – Thursday
Located on Kramer Rd across MONDAY, MAY 29
CHURCH OFFICE CLOSED
We had an opportunity to
pray with a woman hurting
at Rathgeber last night.
You never know when that
moment will come to bless
someone. Also, it was her
birthday, so she got the
“birthday” song. Fran Koch
Also, on Sunday, May 14,
our children, under Cherry
Lindenborn’s leadership,
will be leading our worship
service. Practices will be
on Wednesday evenings.
JLBC LOCAL FOOD DRIVE
FOR GRACE MINISTRIES
We will collect non-perishable food items for
Grace Ministries through August.
Our goal is to collect 600 lbs. Contact Ida Jones at
642-4540 for more info.
HOSPICE BLANKETS
If you are interested in
making fleece blankets,
contact Ida Jones
at 642-4540.
SUNDAY, MAY 14
SATURDAY, MAY 13—8:30
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1
2
3
PRAYER 5:00 PM
MEAL 5:30 PM WORSHIP 6:00 PM
4
7:30 PM
NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER
12:15 PM
5
6
7
10:00 AM “INSANITY OF
GOD” 9:00 AM-PANCAKE
BREAKFAST
8
9
7:30 NA Meeting
10
PRAYER 5:00 PM MEAL 5:30 PM
WORSHIP 6:00 PM
11
12
13
BROTHERHOOD BREAKFAST
8:30 AM
14
PARENT-CHILD DEDICATION
SERVICE
15
16
6:00 PM LADIES IV
7:30 NA Meeting
17
PRAYER 5:00 PM MEAL 5:30 PM
WORSHIP -BUS MTG 6:00 PM
18
19
20
21
22
23
NEWSLETTER ARTICLES DUE
7:30 NA Meeting
24
PRAYER 5:00 PM
MEAL 5:30 PM WORSHIP 6:00 PM
25
26 GRADUATION 7:30 PM KAY YEAGER COLISEUM
27
28
29
CHURCH OFFICE CLOSED
30
7:30 NA Meeting
31
PRAYER 5:00 PM MEAL 5:30 PM
WORSHIP 6:00 PM
MAY 2017
Jan Lee Baptist Church
1004 Jan Lee Drive
Burkburnett, TX 76354
Mark Simons, Pastor
Josh Dulek, Youth Minister
Carlene Morrison, Ministry Assistant
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.jlbcburk.com
Jan Lee Baptist Church
SUNDAY SCHOOL 9:30 AM MORNING SERVICE 11:00 AM ADULT CHOIR PRACTICE 5:00 PM
MIDWEEK RENEWAL SERVICE
PRAYER 5:00 PM MEAL 5:30 PM ADULT BIBLE STUDY 6:00 PM
YOUTH FELLOWSHIP 6:00 PM
TEAM KIDS 6:00 PM
MAY 2017 Deacon of the Week
May 1—7 Bill Lindenborn
May 8—14 Marvin Maherg
May 15—21 Robert Ritter
May 22—28 Rick Griffin
May 29—June 4
Bill Lindenborn
APRIL 2017
Sunday School Attendance Record
April 2 65
April 9 58
April 16 82
April 23 54
April 30 66
Average Attendance: 65 Average based on 5 Sundays
Financial Report for April
Tithes $17,099.00
Designated 2,468.51
Total $19,567.51
Estimated monthly budget needs for 2016-2017: $14,562.12
Prayer Chain
If you have an e-mail address and desire to be on the prayer chain, please call the church office with
your email information.
Questions? Call Carlene @ 569-1211
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