Pastor Rev. Linda A. Pepe 19 West Main Street Moorestown, NJ

Pastor Rev. Linda A. Pepe
19 West Main Street
Moorestown, NJ 08057-2429
The FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH of MOORESTOWN
A Welcoming and Affirming American Baptist Church
The mission of The First Baptist Church of Moorestown is to be an open, joyful, and seeking community of faith whose people
experience the transforming grace and power of Jesus Christ. As we worship, study God’s Word, and reflect on the world around
us, we trust God to lead us into wholeness in all relationships and into ministries of justice and compassion.
CHURCH LIFE – Activities Within the Church
ACTIVITIES
American Baptist Women’s Ministries – Third Thursday of each month at 10:30 am in the
Meeting Room
Bible Study on John – Wednesdays at 7:15 in the Meeting Room.
Book Group – Last Sunday of each month at 11:30 am in Room 5
Brown Bag Bible Study – Tuesdays at noon in the Meeting Room
Choir – Every Thursday at 7:30 pm in the Sanctuary
Contemplative Prayer – Every Wednesday at 6:15 pm in Room 6
Film Night – Third Friday of each month. Pot-luck at 6 pm and movie at 7 pm.
Issues & Actions – Third Monday of each month, with some exceptions, at 7 pm in the
Meeting Room
Shawl Ministry – The last Monday of each month at 6:30 in the Lounge
Step Sunday – The fourth Sunday of each month except December when it will be on Dec. 21
BOARDS
Board of Christian Education – Second Sunday of each month after worship
Diaconate Board – First Tuesday of each month at 7:00 pm in the lounge
Executive Board – Second Tuesday of each month at 6:00 pm
Board of Outreach and Relationships – Last Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm in the lounge
Board of Trustees – First Tuesday of each month at 7:00 pm in the lounge except for holidays
(2nd Mon.)
Worship Ministry Team – Third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 pm
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
KEY
1
11
*FBC 9-1:30
-Christian Ed.
-Membership
Class
5
12
6
-Brown Bag
Bible Study 12
7
-Contemp.
Prayer 6:15 pm
-Diaconate 7 p
-Trustees 7 pm
-Bible Study of
John 7:15 pm
13
-Brown Bag
Bible Study 12
-Exec. Brd.
Mtg. 6 pm
14
-Contemp.
Prayer 6:15
Pastor’s
2-Year
Anniversary
18
*FBC 9-1:30
19
-Iss. & Actns 7p
Congregational
Meeting
25
*FBC 9-1:30
Step Sun.
Step 5
-Book Group
-Bible Study of
John 7:15 pm
3
Dinsmore Service
10:30 am
2
10
Webster Service
11 am
15
-ABW luncheon
at RE – meet at
church at 11:30
17
-Worship Mtg.
7 pm
-Bible Study of
John 7:15 pm
-Outreach
6:30 pm
-Bible Study on
John 7:15 pm
16
-FBC Choir 7:30
21
22
-Contemp.
-FBC Choir 7:30
Prayer 6:15 pm
28
-Contemp.
Prayer 6:15 pm
Sat
8
9
-FBC Choir 7:30
20
-Brown Bag
Bible Study 12
26
27
-Shawl Ministry -Brown Bag
6:30 pm
Bible Study 12
OFFICE
CLOSED
Fri
-FBC Choir 7:30
HOLIDAYS
SPECIAL EVENTS
CHURCH MEETINGS
SPECIAL CLASSES
GROUPS
MOORESTOWN EVENTS
4
*FBC 9-1:30
Thu
29
-FBC Choir 7:30
23
24
30
31
BIRTHDAYS
MAY
3-Claire Garner, 4-Kathy Forte, 5-Alana Hydro, 7-Mary Wells, 12-Nolan Samson, 15-Ross Bennett, 18-Bill
LeConey, 19-Paul Forte, 22-Kelsey Rinehart, 23-Erica Ecklund, 25-John O’Meara, 28 – JoEllyn Perry Powell
29-Anne Connelly
JUNE
1-Nicole Samson, 5-Todd Moreland, 7-Ed English, Tami Moreland, 9-Terri Paglione, Brenda Powell Emmert,
10-Jason Quimby, 11-Gracie Laster, 13-Tessa Moreland, 14-Bill Hannum, Lucia LeConey, 15 - Sam Solomon,
16-Alexandra Perry, 17-Beverly Gorham, Vada Velesbir, 19-Roy Gaskell, John Forte, 22-John Pepe,
23-McKenna Samson, 26-Virginia Corson, Peg Horton, 27-John Khanlian, 28-Anna Quimby
READERS, GREETERS, REFRESHMENTS & FLOWERS
Flowers
May 4 OPEN
May 11 Maya Thompson
May 18 OPEN
May 25 OPEN
Coffee
C. Murray, B. Bennett
Starting Point
OPEN
P. Dawson, D. McNeil
Readers
Jennifer Bradley
OPEN
OPEN
OPEN
Greeters
OPEN
OPEN
OPEN
OPEN
Please consider purchasing flowers for our Sunday service to celebrate a birthday, anniversary, a
loved one's memory or just because. The cost of flowers is now $40.00. That would make it easy for 2
people or families to share the expense. When you purchase flowers you are free to take them at the end
of the service. There are quite a few open Sundays. The sign up book is in the lounge.
Please pray regularly for these church family members who can’t be with us:
Betty Corson, Ruth Dinsmore, Greg Fox, Ed Harris, Bill LeConey, Ruth Reigens,
PRAYER CONCERNS – We have four ways to ensure that we communicate
additions, updates and removals of prayer concerns as a congregation.
Please advise if you desire limited communication.
1. Send e-mail – to [email protected] with your prayer request.
2. Pew Prayer Card – Use the card in the pews and put it in the offering plate.
3. Foyer Prayer Clip Board – Add your request for sharing by the Pastor.
4. Telephone – Call the office at (856)235-1180 and share your prayer requests.
OBITUARIES
Jeffrey T. Dinsmore (1971 – 2014) AGE: 42 • Westmont NJ, formerly of Moorestown NJ
Jeffrey Thomas, died suddenly on April 14, 2014, in Los Angeles, CA doing what he loved,
surrounded by amazing friends and colleagues from the choir he founded, The Crossing. He
was of Westmont NJ, born in Camden and raised in Moorestown NJ. Jeff was 42. He is
survived by his devoted life partner, Rebecca Siler, his beloved parents, John E. and Lois A.
(nee Aitken) Dinsmore, his dear sister, Suzanne Price and her husband, Byrom, his cherished
niece, Abigail and his loving grandmother, Ruth Dinsmore. Jeff was a 1990 graduate of
Moorestown High School, where he was student conductor of the madrigal group in his senior
year, and majored in voice performance at Westminster Choir College in Princeton. Jeff was
formerly a member of the Opera Company of Philadelphia chorus, part of the St. Mark's Church
choir and most recently St. Paul's Episcopal Church choir of Chestnut Hill. He was a self
employed marketing consultant with his company BeSeen Communications. He pursued and
made possible his passions as Co-Founder of The Crossing where he was marketing director
and board president. Two services will be held to celebrate Jeff's life. A Life Celebration will be
held on Saturday May 3 at 10:30am at the First Baptist Church of Moorestown 19 W. Main St.,
Moorestown. The family will greet friends following the service. The Crossing will celebrate
Jeff's life on Friday May 9 in the evening at the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, 8855
Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19118. Donations may be made in Jeff's memory to The
Crossing www.crossingchoir.com
Rev. William H. Webster - The Rev. William H. Webster of Mount Laurel died Sunday, April
20, 2014. He was 83.
He was the beloved husband of the late Lola Webster; loving father of Conni Webster, Michael
Webster, Cynthia Tranquilli, and Daniel Webster; dear grandfather of seven grandchildren; and
one great-grandchild. He was the brother of Norma Hebb, Helen Jones, and the late Ida Jean
Braunschweiger.
He was a graduate of Alfred University, Alfred, N.Y., and Colgate-Rochester Divinity School,
Rochester, N.Y.
He was a Baptist minister and during his pulpit ministry served First Baptist Church, Sanborn,
N.Y., First Baptist Church, Morristown, N.J., and First Baptist Church, Wickford, R.I. He
retired in 1996.
Relatives and friends are invited to the memorial service 11 a.m. Saturday, May 10, at First
Baptist Church of Moorestown. Interment will be held privately.
Donations may be made in Bill's name to First Baptist Church of Moorestown, 19 West Main
St., Moorestown, NJ 08057 or the American Diabetes Association (www.diabetes.org).
NEWS FROM THE BOARDS
News from the Executive Board - For the past few months, the Executive Board has been
examining the church’s relationship with ABCNJ. Over the years, we have participated in many
of their activities and programs, and we have maintained a healthy financial position with them.
However, this year, for the first time, we’ve had to adjust our financial position with ABCNJ,
for budget purposes, and we have not participated in as many of their programs and activities,
as we have in the past. This has prompted a conversation in terms of what benefits ABCNJ
actually provides to FBC.
We have had continuing conversations regarding the benefits/advantages/disadvantages of
maintaining a relationship with ABCNJ, and what might be in the best interest of our church.
We have, also, done research on other possible alliances. On May 18, our next Business
Meeting, we are prepared to discuss our findings and solicit input from all of you. I encourage
each and everyone of you to attend, so that we may present our findings.
Lorene
From the Diaconate: Thank you for your past participation as church members. Please
consider signing up to be a Greeter or Reader. Your church experience will be enriched when
you participate. There are also open Sundays for Coffee Hour and Flowers. The book to sign
up is in the Lounge.
Feinstein Challenge UPDATE -We collected over 8,261 food items and over $631.29!
Volunteers have also put in about 74 hours of work. The Feinstein Challenge will also match a
percentage of the donations raised from the CROP walk.
Along with the donations from members of this church, we are the recipients of foods collected in the
1. Food for All challenge, 2. Bread donated by a person who picks up and donates extra loaves she
gets from the warehouse, 3. Wawa products donated through Food Donation Connection, Bagels
donated from 4. Manhattan Bagel and 5. Passariello’s!
FOOD PANTRY
Please remember those who depend on our Food Pantry.
All those who come really do appreciate everything we offer
but items which we run out of quickly include meats, cereals,
fruit products and toiletries. We have plenty of beans.
OPEN Monday through Friday 9:30 – 2:30
CLASSES and GROUPS
Bible Study on John – We meet on Wednesdays at 7:15 pm.
The Book Group - We will be discussing “Once We Were Brothers” by Ronald H. Balson on
May 25.
Book Study on Mysticism - Sundays at 11:30 (Room 7, lower level)
Brown Bag Bible Study meets on Tuesdays for lunch at 12 noon, followed by Bible Study.
Contemplative Prayer is now meeting on Wednesday nights at 6:15 pm in Room 6.
Issues and Actions “So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead.” James 2:17 We are a group
that looks at what is going on in the world and our communities and finds ways to put our faith
into action meeting will be Contact Jennifer Bradley (609-714-2860) or Dana Thiede (856-2352144) for more information.
Membership Classes - Several people have already shown an interest in joining the church. If
you are interested in joining, membership classes will be on May 11 so please let Pastor Pepe
know if you are interested.
Prayer Shawl Group has been making white shawls for people who are being baptized in
services in our church. At the moment we are running low on white yarn. If any of you have
some extra white yarn in your stash that you would like to donate to the group, we would be
happy to accept it to make the baptism shawls.
Recovery Worship Services – The First Baptist Church of Moorestown will be holding a series
of worship services based on the 12 Steps of Addiction Recovery. Each month, on the fourth
Sunday (except for December when the service will be on Dec. 21), our worship service will be
centered around one of the 12 Steps of addiction recovery. On May 25, we will focus on Step
5, “Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of
our wrong”. Childcare will be provided.
NEWS
Garden State Chorale presents “BROADWAY BOUND” May 10th
On Saturday May10th, the Garden State Chorale will be presenting its annual spring pops
concert “Broadway Bound.” Afternoon and evening performances will take place at 2:00 and
7:30 p.m. at St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church on Route 70 in Cherry Hill (just adjacent
to Ponzio’s Restaurant). Tickets at reduced advanced-sale donation prices of $12 adults, $10
seniors, and $8 students can be obtained by contacting John Khanlian. For more information,
visit the Chorale’s website: www.gschorale.org. or call us at 856-231-0781.
Recorded Worship Services are now online at our church website, www.fbcmoorestown.org.
The services will be found under Church Life.
Riverview Estates
Line Dancing Class – Riverview Estates is holding a Line Dancing Class on May 29 th from
6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. hosted by Donna Connor. For a nominal fee of $7/pp, you too can learn
to line dance in the Auxiliary Room of Riverview Estates, located at 303 Bank Ave, Riverton,
NJ. The class is for beginners who would like to learn line dancing. Proceeds will benefit the
Building the Future of Riverview Estates fund which will replace the well used existing Nursing
Unit wardrobes with new ones.
Fine Arts & Peach Festival - Artists needed for the juried Fine Arts & Peach Festival & Sale
to be held Saturday, August 2, 2013 from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. This is the tenth annual sale
to be held at Riverview Estates (The Baptist Home of South Jersey) Prizes will be awarded to
1st, 2nd, and 3rd place artists. For an application and more information call Opal at (856) 8292274 Ext. 150 or email: [email protected] with “Fine Arts Festival” in the subject
line.
Thrift Sale – The Auxiliary of the Baptist Home of South Jersey is hosting a thrift sale on
Saturday, May 17 from 10 am to 12 noon in the Auxiliary Room at Riverview Estates. Items
include clothing, attic treasures, linens, crafts, jewelry, books and much more.
Please show your support by joining us and visit some friends while there. Members of FBC
Moorestown who are now at Riverview Estates include Peggy Horton, Legatha Ransom, Ruth
Dinsmore and Janice Doughman, the CEO. Call (856)829-2274 for more information.
Baptist Peace Camp
Summer Conference 2014
Registration forms are available in the church office.
“It never ceases to amaze me how my week there empowers, challenges,
and delights me.”
—2011 Summer Conference attendee
A gathering for anyone and everyone who longs for the spirituality, inspiration, skills,
knowledge and community to support a life of peace rooted in justice. Known affectionately as
“Peace Camp,” Summer Conference is a special time of gathering for peacemakers across North
America and the world.
CHURCH STAFF AND BOARD CHAIRPERSONS:
The Rev. Linda A. Pepe
(856) 793-7649
Rev. Carole Boutwell, Pastor of Visitation
(856) 292-3025
Carol Muse, Minister of Music
(856) 985-1013
David Wagner, Custodian
(856) 266-2932
Lorene Moore, Executive Board Chair
(856) 235-3286
Claire Garner, Diaconate
(856) 787-1667
John Dinsmore, Trustees
(856) 234-6971
Carol Murray, Christian Education
(856) 778-8353
Richard Hinchman, Outreach & Relationships (856) 304-1946
Becky Weiford, Administrative Assistant
(856) 866-1619
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OFFICE HOURS – Monday through Friday 9:30 – 2:30
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(856)235-1180
www.fbcmoorestown.org
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