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March 23, 2023 Newsletter

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Beginning this Sunday, March 26, we will begin a 3 week Easter series called Ransom: Who Will Pay the Price? 
Monday – March 27th
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
SpaLon @ 204 N. Kansas Ave.
 
Finding True Beauty from within and
taking care of our skin too!

Ladies, come join us as we learn skincare and beauty
tips from the ladies of SpaLon.
And of course fellowship, fun and food/snacks
and maybe a prize or two!
 
Thursday, March 23rd is the last day to sign up for this event!! 
Please click below to sign up.
Please Click Here to Sign Up for the True Beauty Event
    Wednesday Night Dinner
                   March 29, 2023
                   5:15 – 6:00 PM
Menu:
Spaghetti
Garlic Bread
Salad
Dessert
Click Here to Sign Up for Wednesday Supper
“United: Called To Be One” Is this year’s theme for our Annie Armstrong Offering.
 
Reaching people for Christ in North America through the North American Mission Board (NAMB).

With this year’s goal of $2,000 we can read stories of how NAMB is using funds to reach places where people need to hear the words of Christ and given them the opportunity to respond, with “Yes Lord, here am I”.
          Sam & Joanna Choi: For All People             
                                         Minneapolis, Minnesota

The Twin Cities area has the largest Somali population outside of Somalia. It is home to the largest Hmong population in the United States, and the Hispanic population has grown by 38% in a decade.
“Although you have different ethnicities and backgrounds in our city, they’re all pocketed and avoid each other,” says church planting missionary Sam Choi of All Peoples Church. But All Peoples Church sets a different example—unity from diversity.
The ministry focus is on the unchurched. It takes patience to disciple new believers whose new faith means major life change. Outreach strategies have included engaging visitors at the Mall of America and regular meals at the park to build relationships. 
Sam says the goal is not to get people to the church for a pastor to share the gospel but for the church members to go out and look for intentional encounters. 
“We’re only blocks from George Floyd Square where he tragically died. Having a truly multi-ethnic church here will be challenging but a powerful witness,” says Sam.

Prayer Requests
  • Growth in numbers to be matched with spiritual maturity.
  • Faithfulness to the mission to reach the nations in Minneapolis.
  • Church to be an everyday experience that doesn’t begin and end in a building.
Click Here to See a Video About the Choi’s in Minnesota
This June one of our graduates, Javon Allen, is going on a 6 week Mission Trip to Istanbul Turkey. Please consider supporting Javon’s trip through prayer, encouragement, or a donation to help offest the cost of the trip. If you are able, you can donate through the link below.
Click Here to Make a Donation Towards Javon’s Mission Trip
Hey Church!!

In case you haven’t heard yet, we’re putting on an egg hunt for our community with 20,000 eggs!!! We’re calling it 20K Egg Day! Why? Because we want to serve our community and invite as many people to church on Easter Sunday as possible! 

On Saturday, April 8th at 1pm at LHS’s practice football field we will scatter 20K eggs and have egg hunts for the following age groups: 0-3 years old, 4-7 years old, and 8-11 years old. We’ll have bounce houses for kids to play on as well. We’re praying that God will send hundreds and hundreds of families to participate in the egg hunt so we can personally invite them to worship with us on Easter Sunday during one of our two worship services – 9:30 or 11am. 

If you have any questions about this event or would like to volunteer to serve, let us know! Please email Pastor Mark (pastor@fsbcliberal) with your questions or to let us know where you want to serve. Here are the serving opportunities:
  • Registration (x3) – help guests register for the event on the day of, or answer general questions
  • Greeters (x5) – greet guests as they arrive. Smile and wave big! Be prepared to answer general questions
  • Field Generals (x12) – spread eggs across our three age ranges, man the ropes around each field to keep kiddos from jumping the gun, and be available to answer general questions
  • Bounce House attendants (x8-10) – Supervise bounce houses to ensure kid safety
  • General Inviters (as many as possible!) Talk to and personally invite as many people as possible to Easter Sunday at FSBC
If you haven’t done so yet, download the Church Center App today! With this app you can: 
1. View our Sermon Archives
2. Connect with FSBC and ask for Prayer
3. Give Securely Online
4. Pre-Check In your children
5. Keep Connected with the Groups you’re a part of.
To get started simply click one of the links below to download on your device, and then search for First Southern Baptist Church Liberal as you open the App.  Let’s Go Church!
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You now have many safe and secure options for your giving towards FSBC, you may:

1. Drop off contributions on Sunday or church during office hours.
2. Mail contributions to –
    First Southern Baptist Church
    621 N Western
    Liberal, Kansas  67901
3. Use our NEW Online giving! You can do so from desktop or mobile devices here:   https://fsbcliberal.churchcenter.com/giving, or you can download our new Church Center App. 
Click Here to View Our Weekly Prayer List
Offering required weekly for 2023 – $10,415.13

Offering received for Sunday, March 19, 2023 – $6,428.15

Year to date budgeted $124,981.56    Year to date received $107,134.97

Annie Armstrong Offering – $104.00
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Please Click Here if Coming to the Breakfast
“In Liberal as in Heaven” is a series about living heavenly values right here in Liberal – at home, at work, in your neighborhood, at grocery stores and restaurants, while resting and competing. When Jesus taught his disciples to pray, part of that prayer was, “your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven”. Jesus spoke about the Kingdom of God more than any other subject during his ministry… Maybe it’s time we talked about it too! 
 Wednesday Night Dinner
            March 22, 2023
            5:15 – 6:00 PM


Menu:
Steak Fingers
Mashed Potatoes & Gravy
Vegetable
Dessert
Click Here to Sign Up for Wednesday Supper
Monday – March 27th
6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
SpaLon @ 204 N. Kansas Ave.
 
Finding True Beauty from within and
taking care of our skin too!

Ladies, come join us as we learn skincare and beauty
tips from the ladies of SpaLon.
And of course fellowship, fun and food/snacks
and maybe a prize or two!
 
Please click below to sign up OR sign up at the
welcome desk at the church as space is limited.
Please Click Here to Sign Up for the True Beauty Event
“United: Called To Be One” Is this year’s theme for our Annie Armstrong Offering.
 
Reaching people for Christ in North America through the North American Mission Board (NAMB).

With this year’s goal of $2,000 we can read stories of how NAMB is using funds to reach places where people need to hear the words of Christ and given them the opportunity to respond, with “Yes Lord, here am I”.
               Vergil & Kelsey Brown: A Front-Row Seat        Portland, Oregon
 
Oregon is one of the least-churched states in the nation. It’s where Vergil and Kelsey Brown planted one successful church in Portland and after 10 years, felt God’s call to leave it in the hands of a new pastor and plant again. 

The family moved to a part of the city that might as well have been another world away—especially for the couple’s kids. For people in the Brown’s community, Christians are an oddity. 

“Most of our neighbors do not know a single Christian, but they ask questions. We quickly had to get comfortable with that. God is leading them to Christ through relationships,” says Vergil. 

The Browns started with a home prayer group that quickly grew into Redemption Church. 

The church is now growing in attendance and baptisms and hopes to soon launch additional church plants. 

“I’m hooked on church planting now and just doing bold things for Jesus,” says Vergil. “It was scary. It was really scary, but we’re so glad we did it.” 

Prayer Requests
  • Redemption Church to be faithful and bold in their
    evangelism efforts.
  • Unity in the growing young church.
  • Joy in the journey for the Brown family.
Click Here to See a Video About the Browns in Oregon
Hey Church!!

In case you haven’t heard yet, we’re putting on an egg hunt for our community with 20,000 eggs!!! We’re calling it 20K Egg Day! Why? Because we want to serve our community and invite as many people to church on Easter Sunday as possible! 

On Saturday, April 8th at 1pm at LHS’s practice football field we will scatter 20K eggs and have egg hunts for the following age groups: 0-3 years old, 4-7 years old, and 8-11 years old. We’ll have bounce houses for kids to play on as well. We’re praying that God will send hundreds and hundreds of families to participate in the egg hunt so we can personally invite them to worship with us on Easter Sunday during one of our two worship services – 9:30 or 11am. 

If you have any questions about this event or would like to volunteer to serve, let us know! Please email Pastor Mark (pastor@fsbcliberal) with your questions or to let us know where you want to serve. Here are the serving opportunities:
  • Registration (x3) – help guests register for the event on the day of, or answer general questions
  • Greeters (x5) – greet guests as they arrive. Smile and wave big! Be prepared to answer general questions
  • Field Generals (x12) – spread eggs across our three age ranges, man the ropes around each field to keep kiddos from jumping the gun, and be available to answer general questions
  • Bounce House attendants (x8-10) – Supervise bounce houses to ensure kid safety
  • General Inviters (as many as possible!) Talk to and personally invite as many people as possible to Easter Sunday at FSBC
If you haven’t done so yet, download the Church Center App today! With this app you can: 
1. View our Sermon Archives
2. Connect with FSBC and ask for Prayer
3. Give Securely Online
4. Pre-Check In your children
5. Keep Connected with the Groups you’re a part of.
To get started simply click one of the links below to download on your device, and then search for First Southern Baptist Church Liberal as you open the App.  Let’s Go Church!
Download Church Center for Android
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You now have many safe and secure options for your giving towards FSBC, you may:

1. Drop off contributions on Sunday or church during office hours.
2. Mail contributions to –
    First Southern Baptist Church
    621 N Western
    Liberal, Kansas  67901
3. Use our NEW Online giving! You can do so from desktop or mobile devices here:   https://fsbcliberal.churchcenter.com/giving, or you can download our new Church Center App. 
Click Here to View Our Weekly Prayer List
Offering required weekly for 2023 – $10,415.13

Offering received for Sunday, March 12, 2023 – $10,577.78

Year to date budgeted $114,566.43    Year to date received $100,706.82

Annie Armstrong Offering – $44.00
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March 2, 2023 Newsletter

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Seward County and the Liberal Area Coalition for Families have set up a fund at Equity Bank if you would like to donate to families who have been affected by the tornado that hit our community last Sunday. If you would like to donate, please make checks out to LACF and write 2-26-23 on the memo line and take it to Equity Bank.

There is also a work day planned for this Saturday, March 4th from 9-2 at the Sage Mobile Home Park. You don’t have to work the whole time, but anyone who would be willing to come and serve is invited. Bring your gloves and pickups if you have one. They ask that you don’t take pictures while you are there working.
“In Liberal as in Heaven” is a series about living heavenly values right here in Liberal – at home, at work, in your neighborhood, at grocery stores and restaurants, while resting and competing. When Jesus taught his disciples to pray, part of that prayer was, “your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven”. Jesus spoke about the Kingdom of God more than any other subject during his ministry… Maybe it’s time we talked about it too! 
    Wednesday Night Dinner
              March 8, 2023
              5:15 – 6:00 PM
Menu:
Taco Soup
Chips & Salsa
Dessert
Click Here to Sign Up for Wednesday Supper
Please Click Here if Coming to the Breakfast
“United: Called To Be One” Is this year’s theme for our Annie Armstrong Offering.
 
Reaching people for Christ in North America through the North American Mission Board (NAMB).
With this years goal of $2,000 we can read stories of how NAMB is using funds to reach places where people need to hear the words of Christ and given them the opportunity to respond, with “Yes Lord, here am I”.
                              Philip & Andi Coleman:  Passing the baton

Anchorage, Alaska has a rugged, forbidding environment. That’s also true for churches. Thirty percent of Alaskan Southern Baptist churches have died in the last six year’s.

Philip and Andi Coleman uprooted their lives in Kentucky and moved to Anchorage determined to change that statistic. After taking the helm of church plant True North Church, Philip learned about an older church that was dying. It had a building and little else, but the remaining members wanted a new start. So, the young community of True North Church and the older congregants of Muldoon Road Baptist Church merged to serve their community as one. 

Now, Philip is helping others learn how to reach the unique culture and extreme climate of Alaska. He has started a strategic residency program for church planters so the next six years of church growth in Alaska will look different from the last. 

“I don’t think there’s a seminary or a residency anywhere else that can get you completely ready for Alaska,” says Philip. “You need to be here for a year or more to know this place.” 

Prayer Requests
  • The Colemans as they reach a culture that doesn’t see a
    need for Jesus.
  • The residency to grow new missionaries to reach Alaska.
  • Strong relationships with local Alaska associations.
Click Here to See a Video About the Coleman’s in Alaska
If you haven’t done so yet, download the Church Center App today! With this app you can: 
1. View our Sermon Archives
2. Connect with FSBC and ask for Prayer
3. Give Securely Online
4. Pre-Check In your children
5. Keep Connected with the Groups you’re a part of.
To get started simply click one of the links below to download on your device, and then search for First Southern Baptist Church Liberal as you open the App.  Let’s Go Church!
Download Church Center for Android
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You now have many safe and secure options for your giving towards FSBC, you may:

1. Drop off contributions on Sunday or church during office hours.
2. Mail contributions to –
    First Southern Baptist Church
    621 N Western
    Liberal, Kansas  67901
3. Use our NEW Online giving! You can do so from desktop or mobile devices here:   https://fsbcliberal.churchcenter.com/giving, or you can download our new Church Center App. 
Click Here to View Our Weekly Prayer List
Offering required weekly for 2023 – $10,415.13

Offering received for Sunday, February 26, 2023 – $12,500.10

Year to date budgeted $93,736.17    Year to date received $75,492.76
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February 23, 2023

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The main body of our Haiti team to Christian Light School will depart July 8th for 1 week. For those who have committed to 2 weeks, they will depart Liberal on July 1st.
 
To help raise funds for supplies at Christian Light School, the Mission Team will prepare a Taco Pileup dinner for everyone after the service SUNDAY!  You and your family are welcome to stay and join us for a free will offering to help pay for these supplies. Everyone is welcome!
 
The supply list will include new solar panels, inverter batteries, raw wood for making furniture, PVC for a rain catchment system.  Tools such as a small welder, air compressor and accessories, corded hammer drill and bits, industrial blender, 1 refrigerator, knives and sharpeners for both kitchens.
“In Liberal as in Heaven” is a series about living heavenly values right here in Liberal – at home, at work, in your neighborhood, at grocery stores and restaurants, while resting and competing. When Jesus taught his disciples to pray, part of that prayer was, “your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven”. Jesus spoke about the Kingdom of God more than any other subject during his ministry… Maybe it’s time we talked about it too! 
    Wednesday Night Dinner
              March 1, 2023
              5:15 – 6:00 PM
Menu:
Hamburgers
Chips
Dessert
Click Here to Sign Up for Wednesday Supper
Please Click Here to Sign Up for the Membership Class!
Operation Haiti!
Since the summer of 2009 we have been going to Christian Light School in Port-au-Prince Haiti to help with the construction, electrical needs, building furniture, teaching, first aid courses, repairs, well just about everything. With over 300 students and 60 staff members, few or no other churches are making trips to meet these needs. We have partnered with Sherrie Fausey the director of CLS to be a big part of meeting these needs. The students who we have been working alongside of and teaching skills to, can only do so much. We go to be God’s hands and feet, doing the work to help the school function smoother. This also allows Sherrie and the staff to focus on the students, instead of the building.
For this year’s trip in July we already have a full list of projects (and it’s still growing). We prioritize the work, and dig in during the time we have there.

This year we’re hoping to replace the aging solar panels, of which 4 panels are broken. CLS on a good day receives only 4 hours of city electricity. On many days they receive much less than that, or none at all. We use 4 inverters and 4 battery packs. Normally at least one battery pack needs replaced each year. Funds for lumber are necessary to build desks, chairs, student dining tables, and benches. Repair or replace of the tin over the dining area. Several welding projects. And building a rain catchment system is part of the list for this year. We also take down tools and inverter parts to leave there so we have them year after year.

We use the funds that are available out of our foreign mission account, but that only goes so far. For the month of February the love offering envelopes will be out to help buy supplies for these projects.

If your interested in going, check your passport expiration date and contact Wayne Melanson for more information at 620-626-9326.

We will be hosting our Haiti Fundraiser dinner Sunday, February 26th after the morning service. Please be prepared to give as you can for these projects.
February Food Cupboard Numbers
 
49 – Families Served    138 – Total People Served
 
Our next food cupboard will be on Saturday, March 11th starting at 10 AM at the east entrance of the church.  

You can donate to the Food Cupboard by marking your check/envelope or your online donation “Food Cupboard”  to help buy the food that we hand out each month to our community. 
Please Click Here if Coming to the Breakfast
If you haven’t done so yet, download the Church Center App today! With this app you can: 
1. View our Sermon Archives
2. Connect with FSBC and ask for Prayer
3. Give Securely Online
4. Pre-Check In your children
5. Keep Connected with the Groups you’re a part of.
To get started simply click one of the links below to download on your device, and then search for First Southern Baptist Church Liberal as you open the App.  Let’s Go Church!
Download Church Center for Android
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You now have many safe and secure options for your giving towards FSBC, you may:

1. Drop off contributions on Sunday or church during office hours.
2. Mail contributions to –
    First Southern Baptist Church
    621 N Western
    Liberal, Kansas  67901
3. Use our NEW Online giving! You can do so from desktop or mobile devices here:   https://fsbcliberal.churchcenter.com/giving, or you can download our new Church Center App. 
Click Here to View the March Birthday & Anniversary List
Click Here to View Our Weekly Prayer List
Offering required weekly for 2023 – $10,415.13

Offering received for Sunday, February 19, 2023 – $7,360.40

Year to date budgeted $83,321.04    Year to date received $62,992.66
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February 16, 2023 Newsletter

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“In Liberal as in Heaven” is a series about living heavenly values right here in Liberal – at home, at work, in your neighborhood, at grocery stores and restaurants, while resting and competing. When Jesus taught his disciples to pray, part of that prayer was, “your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven”. Jesus spoke about the Kingdom of God more than any other subject during his ministry… Maybe it’s time we talked about it too! 
Click Here to Sign Up to Help at Pancake Day
    Wednesday Night Dinner
               February 22, 2023
                  5:15 – 6:00 PM
Menu:
Pigs in the Blanket
Vegetables
Mac & Cheese
Dessert
Click Here to Sign Up for Wednesday Supper
Operation Haiti!
Since the summer of 2009 we have been going to Christian Light School in Port-au-Prince Haiti to help with the construction, electrical needs, building furniture, teaching, first aid courses, repairs, well just about everything. With over 300 students and 60 staff members, few or no other churches are making trips to meet these needs. We have partnered with Sherrie Fausey the director of CLS to be a big part of meeting these needs. The students who we have been working alongside of and teaching skills to, can only do so much. We go to be God’s hands and feet, doing the work to help the school function smoother. This also allows Sherrie and the staff to focus on the students, instead of the building.
For this year’s trip in July we already have a full list of projects (and it’s still growing). We prioritize the work, and dig in during the time we have there.

This year we’re hoping to replace the aging solar panels, of which 4 panels are broken. CLS on a good day receives only 4 hours of city electricity. On many days they receive much less than that, or none at all. We use 4 inverters and 4 battery packs. Normally at least one battery pack needs replaced each year. Funds for lumber are necessary to build desks, chairs, student dining tables, and benches. Repair or replace of the tin over the dining area. Several welding projects. And building a rain catchment system is part of the list for this year. We also take down tools and inverter parts to leave there so we have them year after year.

We use the funds that are available out of our foreign mission account, but that only goes so far. For the month of February the love offering envelopes will be out to help buy supplies for these projects.

If your interested in going, check your passport expiration date and contact Wayne Melanson for more information at 620-626-9326.

We will be hosting our Haiti Fundraiser dinner Sunday, February 26th after the morning service. Please be prepared to give as you can for these projects.
Please Click Here to Sign Up for the Membership Class!
If you haven’t done so yet, download the Church Center App today! With this app you can: 
1. View our Sermon Archives
2. Connect with FSBC and ask for Prayer
3. Give Securely Online
4. Pre-Check In your children
5. Keep Connected with the Groups you’re a part of.
To get started simply click one of the links below to download on your device, and then search for First Southern Baptist Church Liberal as you open the App.  Let’s Go Church!
Download Church Center for Android
Download Church Center for Apple
You now have many safe and secure options for your giving towards FSBC, you may:

1. Drop off contributions on Sunday or church during office hours.
2. Mail contributions to –
    First Southern Baptist Church
    621 N Western
    Liberal, Kansas  67901
3. Use our NEW Online giving! You can do so from desktop or mobile devices here:   https://fsbcliberal.churchcenter.com/giving, or you can download our new Church Center App. 
First Southern Baptist Church,
   
    Thank you for the flower arrangement and the pre-service meal at the time of mom’s passing.  

Kim & Merle Chesbro
Click Here to View Our Weekly Prayer List
Offering required weekly for 2023 – $10,415.13

Offering received for Sunday, February 12, 2023 – $7,581.18

Year to date budgeted $72,905.91    Year to date received $55,632.26

Lottie Moon Mission Offering Total – $2,553.07
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February 9, 2023 Newsletter

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Calling all men and sons to a men’s ministry breakfast on Saturday, February 11th at 8:00 AM at the church fellowship hall.
Come and enjoy some fellowship and good food together at the church!

Please sign up with the QR code below or call the church office (620-624-0186) by Friday, February 10th so we know how many to cook for.
Click Here to Sign up for Men’s Breakfast
“In Liberal as in Heaven” is a series about living heavenly values right here in Liberal – at home, at work, in your neighborhood, at grocery stores and restaurants, while resting and competing. When Jesus taught his disciples to pray, part of that prayer was, “your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven”. Jesus spoke about the Kingdom of God more than any other subject during his ministry… Maybe it’s time we talked about it too! 
    Wednesday Night Dinner
               February 15, 2023
                  5:15 – 6:00 PM
Menu:
Pigs in the Blanket
Vegetables
Mac & Cheese
Dessert
Click Here to Sign Up for Wednesday Supper
Man Up Conference

This conference is March 3-4th in Salina at Webster Conference Center.      
The sign up deadline is February 15th. 
 
If you are interested in going, please talk with Doug Werner (dougandchristiewerner@hotmail.com) or to Jim Dodge                                      (jdodge@sharpmcqueen.com) to get more information on this wonderful men’s conference.  There is also a sign up sheet & information at the welcome desk.
Click Here to Sign Up to Help at Pancake Day
Operation Haiti!
Since the summer of 2009 we have been going to Christian Light School in Port-au-Prince Haiti to help with the construction, electrical needs, building furniture, teaching, first aid courses, repairs, well just about everything. With over 300 students and 60 staff members, few or no other churches are making trips to meet these needs. We have partnered with Sherrie Fausey the director of CLS to be a big part of meeting these needs. The students who we have been working alongside of and teaching skills to, can only do so much. We go to be God’s hands and feet, doing the work to help the school function smoother. This also allows Sherrie and the staff to focus on the students, instead of the building.
For this year’s trip in July we already have a full list of projects (and it’s still growing). We prioritize the work, and dig in during the time we have there.

This year we’re hoping to replace the aging solar panels, of which 4 panels are broken. CLS on a good day receives only 4 hours of city electricity. On many days they receive much less than that, or none at all. We use 4 inverters and 4 battery packs. Normally at least one battery pack needs replaced each year. Funds for lumber are necessary to build desks, chairs, student dining tables, and benches. Repair or replace of the tin over the dining area. Several welding projects. And building a rain catchment system is part of the list for this year. We also take down tools and inverter parts to leave there so we have them year after year.

We use the funds that are available out of our foreign mission account, but that only goes so far. For the month of February the love offering envelopes will be out to help buy supplies for these projects.

If your interested in going, check your passport expiration date and contact Wayne Melanson for more information at 620-626-9326.

We will be hosting our Haiti Fundraiser dinner Sunday, February 26th after the morning service. Please be prepared to give as you can for these projects.
If you haven’t done so yet, download the Church Center App today! With this app you can: 
1. View our Sermon Archives
2. Connect with FSBC and ask for Prayer
3. Give Securely Online
4. Pre-Check In your children
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First Southern Baptist Church Family –

Thank you for everything you did to prepare and make Marvin’s service so special.  The vase of red roses were beautiful and so special and appreciated.  I miss you wonderful people.  

JoNell Waybright, Adam & Nicole
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February 2, 2023 Newsletter

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Ladies Lunchtime

All ladies come to lunch together on Friday, February 3rd at Vargas (111 W. 15th Street) from 11:45 (or when you can) – 1:00 PM.

Friday – Food – Fun – Fellowship!!   Come join us!   Lunch will be on your own.
Brand new series coming THIS Sunday, February 5!
 
“In Liberal as in Heaven” is a series about living heavenly values right here in Liberal – at home, at work, in your neighborhood, at grocery stores and restaurants, while resting and competing. When Jesus taught his disciples to pray, part of that prayer was, “your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven”. Jesus spoke about the Kingdom of God more than any other subject during his ministry… Maybe it’s time we talked about it too! 
    Wednesday Night Dinner
               February 8, 2023
                  5:15 – 6:00 PM
Menu:
BBQ Beef Sandwiches
Potato Salad
Baked Beans
Dessert
Click Here to Sign Up for Wednesday Supper
Operation Haiti!
Since the summer of 2009 we have been going to Christian Light School in Port-au-Prince Haiti to help with the construction, electrical needs, building furniture, teaching, first aid courses, repairs, well just about everything. With over 300 students and 60 staff members, few or no other churches are making trips to meet these needs. We have partnered with Sherrie Fausey the director of CLS to be a big part of meeting these needs. The students who we have been working alongside of and teaching skills to, can only do so much. We go to be God’s hands and feet, doing the work to help the school function smoother. This also allows Sherrie and the staff to focus on the students, instead of the building.
For this year’s trip in July we already have a full list of projects (and it’s still growing). We prioritize the work, and dig in during the time we have there.

This year we’re hoping to replace the aging solar panels, of which 4 panels are broken. CLS on a good day receives only 4 hours of city electricity. On many days they receive much less than that, or none at all. We use 4 inverters and 4 battery packs. Normally at least one battery pack needs replaced each year. Funds for lumber are necessary to build desks, chairs, student dining tables, and benches. Repair or replace of the tin over the dining area. Several welding projects. And building a rain catchment system is part of the list for this year. We also take down tools and inverter parts to leave there so we have them year after year.

We use the funds that are available out of our foreign mission account, but that only goes so far. For the month of February the love offering envelopes will be out to help buy supplies for these projects.

If your interested in going, check your passport expiration date and contact Wayne Melanson for more information at 620-626-9326.

We will be hosting our Haiti Fundraiser dinner Sunday, February 26th after the morning service. Please be prepared to give as you can for these projects.
Calling all men and sons to a men’s ministry breakfast on Saturday, February 11th at 8:00 AM at the church fellowship hall.
 
Come and enjoy some fellowship and good food together at the church!
Man Up Conference

This conference is March 3-4th in Salina at Webster Conference Center.      
The sign up deadline is February 15th. 
 
If you are interested in going, please talk with Doug Werner (dougandchristiewerner@hotmail.com) or to Jim Dodge                                      (jdodge@sharpmcqueen.com) to get more information on this wonderful men’s conference.
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1. Drop off contributions on Sunday or church during office hours.
2. Mail contributions to –
    First Southern Baptist Church
    621 N Western
    Liberal, Kansas  67901
3. Use our NEW Online giving! You can do so from desktop or mobile devices here:   https://fsbcliberal.churchcenter.com/giving, or you can download our new Church Center App. 
Click Here to View Our Weekly Prayer List
Offering required weekly for 2023 – $10,415.13
 
Offering received for Sunday, January 29, 2023 – $8,672.20

Year to date budgeted $52,075.65    Year to date received $39,487.09

Lottie Moon Mission Offering $1,704.41
Christian Light Foundation – $24.95
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January 26, 2023 Newsletter

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This weeks message. 
This will be the last Sunday for the Lottie Moon Missions Offering.
Our next quarterly business meeting will be Sunday, January 29th at 5 PM in the worship center.  

Anyone can come to the business meeting, all church members are encouraged to come and help take care of the church business.
Click Here for the Business Meeting Agenda
Lottie Moon Mission Offering
On another sunny day in northern Uganda, Hector steps into the river and turns to extend his hand to Oketa Robert, a new believer. Oketa Robert walks into the water, ready to take the next step of faith and be baptized. He is one of 34 believers baptized on this day in early spring. Each new follower of Jesus is a refugee from the Rhino Camp Refugee Settlement.

Hector Cabrera is a global missionary partner who works closely with International Mission Board teams in Uganda. He was sent by the missions agency, Cuba to the Nations. His primary work is discipleship and outreach in refugee camps filled with South Sudanese and Congolese. What he really wants to see is a healthy church planted in the camp.

Hector, IMB missionaries and national partners are intentionally discipling new believers and looking for every opportunity to build relationships. Hector’s partnership multiplies the ministry in the area.

When Hector went to build a well in another camp, he took Joshua who attends a Bible study but is hesitant about baptism. While they worked on the well, they talked. Hector is intentionally pointing him to Christ.

Each week, Hector hosts a group of 13 young men in his own home. He feeds them homemade Cuban food and shares the gospel. He’s helping another house church planted by his friend Arich, a South Sudanese believer who was discipled by IMB missionaries a few years ago. Arich wants to reach youth in her village.

Hector’s days are busy but never complete until he heads to Rhino Camp, usually with a soccer ball. He can count on being joined by a group of boys, eager to play. On a dirt field, he shares the hope of Christ with refugee kids who have seen more violence, destruction and hopelessness in their short lives than anyone should.

Soon the kids will play in a permanent sports facility, funded through the generosity of Southern Baptists. Hector is praying that outreach will grow and flourish through the new youth center.

Like these refugees, Hector is acquainted with political turmoil and unknowns at home. During a time of uncertainty in Cuba, he entrusted loved ones to the providence of God and to the care of his sending church, Montes des los Olives Baptist Church in Alamar, Cuba. They made his journey to Uganda possible.

Please join us in sacrificially giving for this offering.  This will be the last week for the Lottie Moon Mission Offering.
    Wednesday Night Dinner
               February 1, 2023
                  5:15 – 6:00 PM
Menu:
Spaghetti with Meat Sauce
Salad
Garlic Bread
Dessert
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Ladies Lunchtime

All ladies come to lunch together on Friday, February 3rd at Vargas (111 W. 15th Street) from 11:45 (or when you can) – 1:00 PM.

Friday – Food – Fun – Fellowship!!   Come join us! 

Lunch will be on your own.
Calling all men and sons to a men’s ministry breakfast on Saturday, February 11th at 8:00 AM.  Come to at The Pancake House (640 E. Pancake Blvd.)  
 
Come and enjoy some fellowship and good food together!
Man Up Conference

This conference is March 3-4th in Salina at Webster Conference Center.      
The sign up deadline is February 15th. 
 
If you are interested in going, please talk with Doug Werner (dougandchristiewerner@hotmail.com) or to Jim Dodge                                      (jdodge@sharpmcqueen.com) to get more information on this wonderful men’s conference.
January Food Cupboard Numbers
 
54 – Families Served    7 – New Families     161- Total People Served
 
Our next food cupboard will be on Saturday, February 11th.  

You can donate to the Food Cupboard by marking your check/envelope or your online donation “Food Cupboard”  to help buy the food that we hand out each month to our community. 
Contribution statements for 2022 have been emailed to those emails on file in Planning Center.  Please make sure you download the statement soon and save it to your computer or cell phone as the link does expire on January 29!  If you need a printed copy, please email Brandie at financial@fsbcliberal.com or call the church office (620-624-0186).  

Those without an email address your statement has been mailed to you.

Brandie Winter
Financial Secretary
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2. Mail contributions to –
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    621 N Western
    Liberal, Kansas  67901
3. Use our NEW Online giving! You can do so from desktop or mobile devices here:   https://fsbcliberal.churchcenter.com/giving, or you can download our new Church Center App. 
Click here for the February Birthday & Anniversary List
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Offering required weekly for 2023 – $10,415.13
 
Offering received for Sunday, January 22, 2023 – $11,098.70

Year to date budgeted $441,660.52    Year to date received $30,814.89

Lottie Moon Mission Offering $1,494.41
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January 12, 2023 Newsletter

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We are looking at restarting the men’s ministry.
 
This Saturday, January 14th at 8:00 AM we will meet at The Pancake House (640 E. Pancake Blvd.)  We will eat, have a devotional and discuss a schedule of men’s ministry activities for this year. 
 
Come to enjoy fellowship and some good food with other men.
Hey Church!
We’re kicking off a new year with a new series called, “I LOVE my Church”!  
We’re excited to kick off a brand new year with each and every one of YOU!
    Wednesday Night Dinner
               January 18, 2023
                  5:15 – 6:00 PM
Menu:
Turkey & Noodles
Mashed Potatoes
Vegetable
Dessert
Click Here to Sign Up for Wednesday Supper
Lottie Moon Mission Offering
Everyone in the small church wondered if the baptism was ever going to happen. In this Central Asian city visited by thousands of tourists each year, the delays kept stacking up.

Delay one: A new believer fell through a double-paned glass sliding door, landing him in the hospital.

Delay two: The pool overflowed, flooding everything around it.

Finally, everything fell into place and the new believers were baptized. They shared stories of meeting Jesus and choosing to follow Him. The celebration marked an extra special occasion — welcoming a man and a woman into the family of God. In this Central Asian city, only about 0.01% of the population follows Christ.

“It’s kind of a number that doesn’t mean very much,” Erik White, International Mission Board missionary, said, trying to explain a statistic that normally rounds down to zero. “The best way to explain it is ‘very, very, very few believers here.’ Because of that, there are even fewer churches.”

Each decision, and subsequent baptism, is cause for celebration. Having a female submitting to Christ is rare. In this city, most interest in the gospel comes from young men. Through strategic placement of advertisements on social media, the team made up of IMB missionaries and local ministry partners have piqued interest in learning more about the gospel. The one-on-one contact most often begins with answering questions and progresses to studying Scripture.

A lot of young people are disillusioned by the majority religion in this area. Many turned to a hybrid-form of Deism — not wanting to say there’s no god but searching for a better answer.

“So that’s why Southern Baptists sent us,” Erik explained. “Here, we try to do the missionary task to see healthy churches among the peoples and places of our city.”

In this global city are immigrants sleeping on dingy warehouse floors, troubled youth escaping into the shadows of gaming salons and minority groups struggling to find acceptance. Erik sees a lot of beauty here but what God continues to show him are neighborhoods filled with people in desperate need of the gospel.

Equipping a local church or believer to engage their neighbors with the gospel can take 5-10 years. The goal is to have local believers pouring into others so they might go and see new churches planted. The reality is that there are few believers. Millions walk the city streets without knowing the Savior. That’s why each proclamation and baptism is cause for rejoicing and celebration, despite the delays.

Please join us in sacrificially giving for this offering.
Our next quarterly business meeting will be on Sunday, January 29th at 5 PM in the worship center.  

Anyone can come to the business meeting, all church members are encouraged to come and help take care of the church business.
If you haven’t done so yet, download the Church Center App today! With this app you can: 
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1. Drop off contributions on Sunday or church during office hours.
2. Mail contributions to –
    First Southern Baptist Church
    621 N Western
    Liberal, Kansas  67901
3. Use our NEW Online giving! You can do so from desktop or mobile devices here:   https://fsbcliberal.churchcenter.com/giving, or you can download our new Church Center App. 
Dear FSBC –

Thank you for allowing us to use the church for Jerry’s service.  We appreciate your prayers during this time.

The Carlile & Garrison Families
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Offering required weekly for 2023 – $10,415.13
 
Offering received for Sunday, January 8, 2023 – $10,440.17

Year to date budgeted $20,830.26    Year to date received $13,064.77

Lottie Moon Mission Offering $3,383.91
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Totals for 2022

2022 Year Budgeted – $556,742.16         2022 Year Received – $518,221.89

 Christian Light Foundation Total – $3,486.00
Lottie Moon Mission Total – $3,338.91
Viola Webb Mission Total – $1,566.75
Bill Koehn Mission Total – $3,724.90
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January 5, 2023 Newsletter

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Hey Church!
We’re kicking off a new year with a new series called, “I LOVE my Church”!  
We’re excited to kick off a brand new year with each and every one of YOU!


Hey Church!

This past Sunday (1/1/23) we discussed the 59 one another commands found in the New Testament. As promised, the complete list is attached below! 
Pastor Mark
Click Here – One Another Commands in the New Testament
Lottie Moon Mission Offering
Olga wanted to go to church for years, but her husband forbade it. He didn’t believe in God and didn’t want his family dabbling in a faith he understood to be false.

After Russia invaded Ukraine in the spring of 2022, Olga, her daughters and grandchildren fled and were welcomed at the border of Moldova by Christians from Dancu Baptist Church in Dancu, Moldova.

Moldova shares an eastern, southern and northern border with Ukraine and a western border with Romania. When news of the war emerged, the Moldovan Baptist Union, comprised of 400 churches, converted their buildings, summer camp facilities and children’s homes into shelters. Dancu Baptist Church sent buses to the border to meet refugees. The church created a welcoming environment by placing stuffed animals on beds for the children and having school supplies on hand. They provided WiFi, three home-cooked meals a day and counseling.

David and Shannon Brown serve with the International Mission Board and they, along with their home church, partner with and support the pastors of Dancu Baptist Church and the Moldovan Baptist Union in ministering to Ukrainian refugees. They’ve been impressed at the way Moldovan believers have embraced refugees like Olga.

Olga’s family found safety and family in Dancu Baptist Church.
Her grandchildren found freedom and safety within its walls. The emotion rose in her voice – strong and insistent, but also trembling – as she said, “They’ve surrounded us with love and care.  They are supporting us psychologically, emotionally and spiritually,” she continued.

The Browns recruited volunteer medical teams to meet the needs of refugees housed in Baptist churches, campgrounds and a medical clinic in the capital.

Olga called her husband to tell him how well the Baptists cared for them. She was astonished by his response. “Praise the Lord! That’s God’s grace. God is good and protected you,” he said. She never imagined she would hear these words leave her husband’s mouth.

She finally had what she waited so long for – the chance to go to church. After attending church on two Sundays, Olga and her daughter, Alexandra, committed their lives to Christ.

Olga and her family often read a children’s storybook Bible. The illustrations helped their understanding of the Bible stories. The children were more interested in reading the Bible than their school lessons, and they paid attention during the church services. They affectionately called the senior pastor “grandpa.”

“Did you listen to what grandpa said?” Olga asked after a service. “He said to love your neighbor,” they responded. “We came here through God’s grace, and we are in God’s grace here,” Olga said.

Please join us in sacrificially giving for this Lottie Moon Mission offering.
    Wednesday Night Dinner
               January 11, 2023
                  5:15 – 6:00 PM
Menu:
Lasagna
Garlic Bread
Salad
Dessert
Click Here to Sign Up for Wednesday Supper
We are looking at restarting the men’s ministry.
On Saturday, January 14th at 8:00 AM we will meet at The Pancake House (640 E. Pancake Blvd.)  We will eat, have a devotional and discuss a schedule of men’s ministry activities for this year. 
 
Come and enjoy some fellowship and good food with other men.
If you haven’t done so yet, download the Church Center App today! With this app you can: 
1. View our Sermon Archives
2. Connect with FSBC and ask for Prayer
3. Give Securely Online
4. Pre-Check In your children
5. Keep Connected with the Groups you’re a part of.
To get started simply click one of the links below to download on your device, and then search for First Southern Baptist Church Liberal as you open the App.  Let’s Go Church!
Download Church Center for Android
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You now have many safe and secure options for your giving towards FSBC, you may:

1. Drop off contributions on Sunday or church during office hours.
2. Mail contributions to –
    First Southern Baptist Church
    621 N Western
    Liberal, Kansas  67901
3. Use our NEW Online giving! You can do so from desktop or mobile devices here:   https://fsbcliberal.churchcenter.com/giving, or you can download our new Church Center App. 
Click Here to View Our Weekly Prayer List
Offering required weekly for 2023 – $10,415.13
 
Offering received for Sunday, January 1, 2023 – $2,624.60

Year to date budgeted $10,415.13    Year to date received $2,624.60

Will have 2022 ending totals next week.
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