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He is risen!
Newsletter
April 2021
Moving Forward
The Deacons met Monday March 8th and voted on rec- Who Are You Following?
ommendations from our FBC Task Force with regards As we Journey Together into the month of April, we
to moving forward as a church during COVID. We can reflect on the things we have contemplated over
want to communicate these changes to you. Here are the past three months:
the things FBC will be reimplementing into the life of • Which Way Do We Go?
our church over the next several weeks. • Packing Our Bags
• Bumps in the Road
• Temperature Taking will NOT happen as you en-
During the month of April of our year Journeying
ter the building.
Together, we will focus on the aspect of commu-
• Singing in Worship - nity and ask ourselves, “Who Are We Following?”
• Worship Leader/Soloist may sing with or When we reach a new destination, we have trusted
without a singer’s mask. and followed someone along the way to get there.
• Congregants may sing with a mask on during When we have learned a new skill, we have fol-
worship. lowed someone’s advice or direction. As we walk
• Sunday School will be opening back up April 11th. with each other and our community as people of
Teachers have been contacted and can reach out faith, what does it communicate to others about Who
to their class to see if folks want to meet and let We Are following? Who are we trusting and lean-
them know if there is a change in class location. ing to for direction and purpose? Over the next few
• We will be having various age-related activities. Sundays, we will be fleshing out Who We Are Fol-
• Church Groups may begin to meet in the building. lowing. What a privilege it is for us to walk together.
• We ask that individuals in the building wear a Let us be mindful of those around us who we may
need to be welcomed to walk alongside us.
mask.
Preston
First Baptist Church of Jasper 198 East Church Street, Jasper, GA 30143 706-253-5015 www.fbcjasper.com
Preschool
Wow, what a wonderful School Year it has been thus
far! This month we want to highlight a few people
who help make FBCJasper Preschool and Kinder-
garten a success. We are so grateful to our Preschool
Staff for always providing for students and bringing
their best to work everyday.
Current List of the FBC Jasper Preschool and Staff
Julianne Adams Ashley Garland
Alisha Barnard Melissa Gilbert
Patty Barnard Denise Howell
Allison Beck Amanda Ledford
Lana Callahan Erin Martin
Terri Cochran Kara Nalley
Kimsey Dowda Caitlan Raffield
Samantha Dunn Bailee Southerland
Melanie Farron Denise Whitehill
Welcome Our New
If you see any member of our staff please say hey Director of Children's Ministries
and thank them for all they do day end and day out.
Thank you for all your support as a congregation and Erin Martin
we look forward to more wonderful things ahead in
the life of our Preschool. Erin Martin is a native of Jasper, Geor-
gia and a 2001 graduate of Pickens
First Baptist Church of Jasper Preschool County High School. Although she now
706-253-5017 resides in Dawson County with her hus-
preschool@fbcjasper.com band Phil and her three children Shelby
(13), Maggie (10) and Sawyer (7), she
remains closely connected to the com-
Children munity as her parents, David and Sheila
Children's Sunday School Lovern, and grandmother, Ruth Lovern,
9:30 on Google Meets all still live in Jasper. Erin is current-
ly a preschool teacher at First Baptist
Children's Church Church of Jasper and also taught prior
during 10:00 am Worship Service Sunday at Bethel United Methodist. She is an
active volunteer in both Pickens and
Nursery available during Dawson counties and enjoys spending
Sunday 10:00 am Worship Service her free time cheering her children on
at various sporting events and spending
Flowers time with her extended family. Erin is
excited to step into the role of Director
The silk of Children's Ministries here at FBCJ
and is looking forward to meeting all of
floral arrangement the children and families who will be in-
for the month of March volved in children's programs through-
out the year. Erin greatly enjoys sharing
was provided by her love of Christ with children and is
Cassie Rasco. anxious to become an active part of this
ministry.
YMT 2021 Is Getting Closer!
Lion's Club Camp for the Blind
Waycross, Georgia
July 11-18
We are excitedly looking forward to YMT 2021 and
busy planning. This very worthy mission needs
your continued prayers and faithful giving.
Let's make this year the best yet!
YMT Meeting for Adults
Sunday, April 25th after Worship Service
in the Chapel
For more information call
Kyle Rasco at 706-296-2740.
Church Safety
Annually there are four significant fire safety inspections that our church must have completed to meet
code. These inspections must be performed by a state licensed contractor. As most of you know, our new
building has a sophisticated sprinkler system. As part of the inspection the system is tested to ensure that
it will perform if needed. On Tuesday, March 16, 2021, Cliff’s Fire Extinguisher Company performed
our sprinkler inspection. On that same afternoon they inspected each of our thirty-two fire extinguishers.
These must be checked annually and replaced every six years.
On Friday, March 19th, Cliff’s returned and inspected and tested the fire suppression system on the
hood of our kitchen stove in Walker Hall. Later that day the alarm system in the new building was in-
spected and tested.
I am awaiting any final recommendations that may come out of the inspections however, I feel good
that all the inspected systems are working properly.
This week I will be ordering speed bumps that will be installed in the parking lot near the Welcome
Center. Despite signage, we have experienced drivers using our parking lot as a cut thru to avoid the traf-
fic signal at Spring Street and East Church. This has created a danger to our Preschool children during
drop off and pick up.
As we begin to experience warm weather, we are considering several opportunities for outdoor ser-
vices. Recently the deacons approved forming a committee to plan, design, and construct a pavilion
between the church and church office to be used for outdoor services and many other church activities.
We will keep you posted as this project moves forward.
Bill
Dear First Baptist, During a time like this
we realize how much
We wish you the very best for the New our friends really mean to us.
Year and we hope you are doing well this Your expression of sympathy
winter. With deep gratitude we thank you will always be treasured.
for your generous gift to the ministries in SE The family of Barbara Lee Thomason
Asia. Your faithful prayers, encouragement,
and support make it possible for these min-
istries to continue and thrive, making Christ Dear FBC Jasper,
known even as our world struggles through It was so nice to find your card in my box when
a pandemic. These ministries are vital during I returned to school this week. Your prayers have
this time, bringing clean water to impover- been and are greatly appreciated during this very
ished and isolated villages and helping the difficult time. Joseph has been especially blessed
by your ministry. Thank you for your love and
Demonstration Farm assisting local farmers generous support.
move toward sustainability. We are meeting
physical needs while building long-term Love, Judith Barber
lasting relationships through which Christ is
shared. Dear First Baptist,
As 2021 begins, we desire to serve God Thank you for making church available before
fully, trusting him in all things. We desire to people are ready to come to the public services,
bring Christ's message and love to those that and thank you for being so mindful and careful
are so easily forgotten by the world and are for those attending the Sanctuary.
unreached. These are the people our Lord We appreciate you, Rick & Marcia Jasperse
loves, people for whom he died. P.S. - Prayers, please.
Together we are bringing Christ to areas
of darkness and hopelessness. Thank you
for your compassion for Christ and for those Dear Church Family,
in need. Thank you for helping us meet our Thank you so much for supporting the Weekend
goal for 2020! You make a difference in the Snack Program. The children of Pickens County
lives of many through these ministries, and benefit greatly from your prayers, snacks, and
monetary donations. I am so blessed to be a part
we know these ministries would not be pos- of such a kind and generous congregation.
sible without you!
Sincerely, Marcia McDaniel
Blessings, Ron & Melin
Hello First Baptist Church!
Thank you for sponsoring our program this season. We appreciate your gift and do not take it for
granted. Your sponsorship helped provide travel meals for boys and girls teams from 7th to 12th
grade. We use funds from your sponsorship to pay for camps, gear, supplies, and much more. Please
know that your gift is appreciated and noted.
Thank you!
Pickens High School Basketball
Rest Stops
As with any long trip, it's a good idea to take a rest
along the way to relax and recharge. We hope you
will join us on our own journey together this year at
the "rest stops" along the way. These "rest stops" are
special times to get together for fellowship and en-
joyment. The first "rest stop" will be Sunday, April
18th after Worship Service. Join us for an outdoor
brunch and fellowship or just come get a plate and
take it with you to Sunday School Class. We are
planning to enjoy the spring weather with a second
"rest stop" after a special outdoor Worship Service
on Sunday, May 2nd and you re invited to join us for
lunch (there will be no Sunday School this day).
Music
“Sing to the Lord a new song! Sing to the Lord, all the earth.” (Psalm 96) We’re excited to be adding
hymn singing back to our services. The COVID task force and deacons have made two exciting recom-
mendations to add more music back to our services.
• They recommend that we add masked singing back for the congregation. You will still need to wear
masks and remain socially distanced, but we will be using hymnals and singing the hymns again.
We’re even having a couple of “Singing Services” coming up. If you have a favorite hymn that
you want to sing, let us know. You can email the church office with Favorite Hymn in the subject
line. You can write it on a piece of paper and leave it on the chair near the organ (or hand it to Joy
Huddlestun), or you can email Joy at jehuddle@gmail.com – again, please put Favorite Hymn in
the subject line.
• Starting in March, we have allowed soloists and small ensembles to sing unmasked with extra dis-
tancing. They will be standing on the first row of the choir loft to sing, but they can sing without
masks! If they wish to sing from the pulpit, singers will need to continue to wear a singer’s mask,
but now they have options!
We need all of you to come join us in song! “Rejoice and sing!”
Music is a fair and glorious gift of God.
-Martin Luther
Lamplighters: Women on Missions
Thursday, April 8th at 10:30
in Walker Hall
The Lamplighters will begin meeting again in April.
This will be a time of planning and fellowship. Our last meeting was
held a year ago, March 2020, so we are very excited
to come together once again. While this is during Spring Break,
if you are in town and want to join us, please do!
All ladies of the Church are invited to wear your masks and join us.
The Road Ahead Happy
Happy April Birthday!
Birthday!
1 - Tommy Chumley,
Apr 1 at 6:30 Maundy Thursday Service Carol Stancil
Apr 4 at 7:00 Easter Sunrise Service 4 - Alice Lowe
Pickens High School Parking Lot 5 - Amelia Cudney,
at 10:00 Easter Worship Service at FBCJ Justin Denson
No Sunday School 6 - Christian Gibson
Apr 5 Easter Monday – OFFICE CLOSED 7 - Bob Brooks,
Tyler Brooks,
Apr 5-9 Spring Break for Schools
Mary Ann DuBose,
Apr 8 at 10:30 Lamplighters Kirk Garner,
Apr 11 at 10:00 Sunday School & Lindsay Melda
FBCJ Small Groups 8 - Sarah Roper,
start meeting again if they wish Milt Wilson
Apr 12 at 5:30 Finance Meeting 9 - Doris Eubanks,
at 6:30 Deacon Meeting Taylor Goble,
Joseph Saltino,
Apr 15 Newsletter Deadline
Doreen Tolson
Apr 18 at 11:00 Musical Worship in Sanctuary 10 - Jeff Pickett
REST STOP: Brunch outside 11 - Taylor Wigington
Apr 25 at 11:00 YMT Meeting for Adults 12 - Laura Garner
in the Chapel 13 - Marion Bishop,
May 2 at 10:00 Outdoor Service Kerry Powell,
11:00 REST STOP: Lunch Andy Whitworth
following our outdoor Worship 14 - Erin Raisor
No Sunday School classes. 15 - Christie Beiring,
May 9 Mothers Day Angie Hall
17 - Heath Rasco,
May 10 at 5:30 Finance Meeting Joshua Rasco
at 6:30 Deacon Meeting
20 - Robin Burch,
May 13 at 10:30 Lamplighters Jacque Smith,
May 15 Newsletter Deadline Luke Stephens
21 - Anna Walker,
May 31 Office Closed
Nan Swilley,
June 20 Fathers Day Heidi Thompson,
July 8 YMT Setup Team departs Samuel Thompson
22 - Evan Riddle,
July 10-17 YMT 2021
in Waycross, GA
Jacob Stephens,
Tonia Stout,
Ryan Sullivan
School Snack Pack Program 23 - Brianna Russell
24 - Slade Lowe,
Shane Neighbors
25 - James Ray,
Clarice Stewart
27 - Courtney Wilson
Our kids need our School Snack Pack Ministry now more than 28 - Alexis Brooks
ever. Monetary contributions are always greatly appreciated, but 29 - Rebekah Gay,
if you would like to donate, we are in need of individually packed William Gay,
snacks, zip-lock bags, and plastic bags.
If you have any questions, please contact Hannah Keeter
Marcia McDaniel at 706-692-8364.
April
2021
Church Calendar First Baptist Church of Jasper
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
Modified 1 2 3
Sunday Maundy Thur.
Good Friday
Schedule: Service in the
9:30 Online Sanctuary at
Worship 6:30 pm.
10:00 Worship
in Sanctuary
11:00 Sun. Sch. Chris & Dana
Burton Georgia Cagle
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Easter Sunday Easter Monday 10:30
7:00 PHS Office Closed Lamplighters
Sunrise Service
10:00 Sanctuary S P R I N G B R E A K
Service
No Sun. School
Marty & Lana Mike & Marla
Katie Cagle Kenneth Cagle Callahan Family Callahan Family Sue Callahan
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
5:30 Finance NEWSLETTER
6:30 Deacon DEADLINE
Charles & Peggie
Regina Camp Chapman Clint Chapman Lori Chastain Mike Chastain
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Musical Service Earth Day
REST STOP!
Brunch outside
after Worship
Service
Irv & Carol Pat & Debbie Patton & Mallory
Tracey Chastain Cheney Childers Childers Family Scott Childers
25 26 27 28 29 30
YMT Meeting
for adults in
the Chapel
after Worship
Service
Tommy & Gwen Fran & WC Damon & Cristina
Chumley Margie Clark Larry Coleman Copeland Cottrell Family
Pray for One Another: On the calendar you will find the names of Church Members to
pray for five days a week. Please remember them in your daily prayers. (James 5:16)
2021 Deacon Body
Kathy Westbrook, Chair Tommy Shaw, Vice-Chair Lana Callahan, Secretary
Margo Austin Rick Harris Cliff Owen
Patton Childers Cleve Kiser Karrie Poole
Kevin Crowe Jim Looney Nancy Teague
Lisa Duckett Slade Lowe Brenda Weaver
Kirk Garner Marcia McDaniel Dennis Woodard
Deacons of the Week in April
Maundy Thurs-April 1 Lana Callahan Cleve Kiser Tommy Shaw
April 4 Lisa Duckett Pauline Maturo Nancy Teague
April 11 Margo Austin Pauline Maturo Marcia McDaniel
April 18 Karrie Poole Pauline Maturo Brenda Weaver
April 25 Patton Childers Jim Looney Pauline Maturo
Next Deacons Meeting: Monday, April 12, 2021 at 6:30 P.M.
Memorial & Honorarium Contributions
In Memory of Ruby Bors Kirk & Laura Garner
Gerald & Martha Allen Gilmer Class of '55
Carl & Lisa Duckett Thomas & Susan Johnson
David & Helen Stuart Glenn & Betty Mullinax
Bill & Debbie Pickett
In Memory of Jimmy Lowe Brian & Judy Pinson
Gerald & Mary Jane Reid Michael & Karrie Poole
In Memory of Doc Teague Kyle & Cassie Rasco
Gerald & Mary Jane Reid
In Memory of Tony Payne Harold & Nancy Teague
Patsy Louise Benson Alvin & Hettie Young
In Memory of Barbara Thomason Tom & Kathy Wallace
Gerald & Martha Allen Gloria Wentworth
Reeder & Robin Burch In Memory of Mary Ellen Trippe
Doris Burton Kyle & Cassie Rasco
Marty & Lana Callahan
Judy Carlan In Honor of Everett Reeves Stuart
Tracey Chastain Kyle & Cassie Rasco
Patton & Mallory Childers In Honor of Milt & Norma Wilson
Carl & Lisa Duckett Gerald & Mary Jane Reid
In the spirit of Jesus who said, “The first shall be last and the last shall be first,”
the staff is listed alphabetically backward:
Kathy Westbrook, Chair of Deacons - Kathy.Westbrook@cbopc.com
David Stuart, Minister of Music Emeritus - davidstuart52@hotmail.com
Bill Stone, Church Administrator - Stone_17299@msn.com
Ruth Mehari, 9:00 Worship Leader - rf.mehari@yahoo.com
Erin Martin, Director of Children's Ministries - erinlovernmartin@gmail.com
Rev. Preston Jones, Senior Pastor - prestonbjones@gmail.com
Samantha Dunn, Preschool Assistant Director - preschool@fbcjasper.com
Lana Callahan, Preschool Head Director - preschool@fbcjasper.com
Christie Beiring, Office Administrator - office@fbcjasper.com
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