Sunday, September 12th
2:30-6:30 PM
We welcome you to join in the fun of our Annual Outdoor Festival. Our purpose in providing this picnic is
threefold. First, we want to create an opportunity for you to become better acquainted with our church
family in a relaxed and casual environment. Secondly, we want to introduce you to the various ministries
at Park Forest Baptist Church which are designed to help your children develop faith in God. Finally,
we want to strengthen your family just by coming and having a great day together. It’ll be a day your children
will remember.
All aspects of the picnic are free.
If would like to share in the meal you may bring a covered dish, a salad or a dessert to share with the pork
barbeque & hamburgers.
Hope you can join us for this exciting day!
Rain or Shine!
In the event of rain most activities will be moved indoors.
Youth Ministry Highlights
It’s Time for Some Fall Madness!!!
I love basketball. Each year as the calendar rolls around to March I can feel myself getting more and more
excited for the mayhem that will ensue on the tv as the tournament of 64 teams takes to the stage to be
played out over a few weeks to determine the best college basketball team in the country via what is known as
March Madness. And yet…as much as I love that time of year, oh and trust me I do, there is yet another
completely different realm of Madness that plays out over a three week period in September and October that
I love even more. It’s Fall Madness. Each year for three weeks our youth ministry program flips all its
energy into high gear for the highest intensity, wild and adrenaline pumping competitions. Each year God
supplies us with hundreds of dollars worth of give a-way’s from local business and we draw in almost double
the size of our current youth ministry program. Students are divided into four teams that compete for the
full three week period. Teams passionately pursue the common goal of being the winner at the end of the
three week period by competing with team unity, enthusiasm, and heart. During these three weeks, not only
do I become a spectator to some of the greatest memories in youth ministry by watching these great competitions,
I also am able to become a great spectator to the God of the universe as pursues students with His unfailing
love and grace. Each night we take time to share the gospel message and each year God reaps and abundant
harvest. To be able to watch a student display a smile from ear to ear as they are creating great memories
having so much fun…and then to see later that night that same student shine that same smile but this time because
they have given their heart to Jesus….is priceless. Every year God grows His kingdom through our humble
efforts during Fall Madness as we love students and share the message of His good news. Each year God also grows
our student ministry as he gives us more students to love and disciple in their journey with Him. September
is here…Fall Madness is upon is. It begins September 19th.
I can’t wait! ~ Pastor Jeremy
Youth Girls Bible Study
for girls 6th-12th grades
Tuesday Evenings
6:30-8:00pm
365 Cypress Way, State College
Starts September 14th, 2010
Women's Ministry
“A Mom’s Ordinary Day”
Our Mom’s Bible Study will begin meeting on September 3rd!
This is a group open to all Mom’s, in every stage of life. Maybe you are a new Mom, looking for guidance,
support and friendship. Maybe you have kids in school or kids in college....or even kids with kids!
***Titus 2:4-5 “Then [the older women] can train the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be
self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one
will malign the word of God.”***
We pray this group will be a safe place to learn how to be the kind of mothers and wives we are called to be
by looking into God’s Word and by learning from each other. We want to create lasting friendships and a
support system so that NO MOM FEELS ALONE!
Please join us Fridays at 9:30am beginning September 3rd.
We will meet at the church and childcare will be provided for those who choose to utilize it, though children
are always welcome in our group. We will be using a study from the “Mom’s Ordinary Day” Bible Study Series.
The books are $9 each.
Please call Jenn Moeny or Carolyn Fisher for more information.
"It's Tough Being a Woman!"
Join us for Beth Moore's insightful Bible study on the book of Esther, beginning September 15 (Wednesday)
from 9:30-11a.m. at the church. We are seeking to create an environment where we can grow in our walks with
God in a safe community where questions can be asked, struggles shared, joys celebrated, knowing that we
will be cared for and prayed for by other women. Women of all ages are invited and no prior Bible knowledge
is needed. Child care is available."
Craft Night
Tuesday, September 14th; 6:00 pm
Come join other ladies as they finish projects or start new ones, share ideas or come and chat. We would love
to have you. A salad dinner will be available. There is no cost. See you at the home of Dorothy Pierce;
536 Brittany Drive, State College.
Beauty and the Beast – the World’s Perception
Friday, October 15th; 6:00 pm the Lamplight Ministries of Park Forest Baptist will hold a women's evening
conference. I am looking forward to helping you enjoy Beth Moore's video on the book of Esther. If you
read the book of Esther you will find kidnapping, arrogance, murderous plots, jealousy, power, deceit,
and also God's love, God's plan, and even fulfillment of God's promise to rid the world of Amalekites.
We haven't much time from 6:00 to 9:00 with a meal included so come ready to meet Esther, King Xerxes,
Mordecai and Haman - the bad guy.
* There will be a cost of $5.00 per person to cover the cost of dinner.
Other Ministries
Remodeling Projects
Men’s Bathroom
After a few minor snags, the men’s bathroom should be completed this week! We even installed more efficient
urinals with motion sensors to diminish the problems we were having with the drains clogging.
Thank you David Atkinson, John Buskirk, Buddy Daughenbaugh, Kandi Damiano, Dennis Devlin, Sharon Devlin,
Dave Palmer, Calvin Pierce, Dorothy Pierce, Joan Schrock, Matt Wensel, and Matt Wolf for helping with the
removal of everything in the bathroom - floor, partitions, toilets, sinks and patching and painting the walls.
We also want to thank C. L. Greenland of State College for the installation of both bathrooms. Thank you also
goes to Dreamworks from Centre Hall for the great pricing on the granite counter tops (and replacing a broken counter at no cost)!
We hope you all enjoy the newly renovated restrooms. We have had many compliments on them! Room to the Right of the Baptismal (Room 12)
Last month this room was organized, painted, and carpet shampooed. Please help us keep the room cleaned up.
If you use any items, please put them back in the right containers or on the shelves so all groups can find
the equipment needed for activities. Do not toss things in the room. We are looking into other storage options
for this room to keep the room organized. Upcoming Projects
We have had problems with our roof leaking for a number of years, and the goal is to get it fixed before winter.
The leaks vary depending on the severity of our winters and are water is damaging the interior of the Church.
In order to make sure we pursue the correct way of fixing the roof problems, we have gone to multiple outside
sources, including specialists, to help us permanently fix the roof so it doesn’t leak. Safe and Worshipful Environment
Please help us keep a safe and worshipful environment for all on Sunday mornings by reinforcing to kids to not
use the balls and other equipment from Room 12 before or after the worship service. There are small children,
elderly, visitors, and others fellowshipping who might not be prepared to catch a ball going in their direction.
Audio Sermons
We are in the process of adding a new feature to the church web site (http://www.parkforestbaptist.org) – you can
now download an audio file for many of the past sermons! To access the audio files go to the Messages page –
click on Messages from the church home page. You can scroll through the message outlines – the most current
sermon is at the top of the page. If you wish to download the message to listen to it, click on the underlined
message title (if the title isn't underlined there is currently no MP3 file for that message) and the linked MP3
file will download and play on your computer. Note that it may take a couple of minutes to download before it
starts playing. We have some additional sermons that we’ll be adding audio links to in the near future –
currently the first sermon with an audio file is June 20.
What are some reasons you’d want to download and listen to an audio sermon?
You can listen to the sermon even if you were out of town on Sunday.
It is nice to be able to listen to the sermon if you were in the nursery or teaching Bible Blast Time.
It is an easy way to share the sermon with friends who don't go to PFBC.
It is a great way to review the message – along with the message notes in case you missed part of the message. To
follow along with the audio message file, copy and paste the message outline text into a document for the
specific message you want to listen to, print it out then you can make notes on the outline sheet as you’re
listening to the message.
It is also a useful way for those who have moved or are away in the mission field to listen to Park Forest messages.
Children's Page
CLUB
The Club for Boys (boys 1sth - 5th grades)
The Club for Girls (girls 1sth - 5th grades)
Wednesday evenings 6:30—8:00PM
Beginning September 8th
Indoor Park
Indoor Park is an indoor playground at Park Forest Baptist Church that is open to the public on Tuesday and
Thursday mornings 9:00—11:00 AM (November 9th -mid April). Indoor Park provides an enjoyable and safe
environment for preschool children to play and parents to relax and visit with one another.
This is a preschool outreach ministry to the community in which as many as 200 families attend throughout
the year.
Men's Ministry
Men's Steak Cookout
Friday, October 1st; 6:30 PM
Men, mark your calendar and invite a friend!
Spotlight on Missions
Rachel Ogden, College Student
This past summer I had a 3 month internship with MK2MK, a group under Campus Crusade for Christ that seeks
to build a global spiritual movement of missionary kids who impact their world for Christ. When I was a
sophomore in high school, I was able to go to Uganda on one of their summer missions trips, so it was an
incredible blessing to receive training and then go on to help lead two such trips to Addis Ababa, Ethiopa
for high school age missionary kids.
One of my most distinct memories was a young girl Aram that I befriended
when our team visited Mt. Antoto, a famous tourist attraction in Addis. As I started to ask her questions, I
learned that she was 16 years old, and did not attend school but spent all day of every day carrying bundles of
firewood on her back down Mt. Antoto and back up to carry more and back down. She, and thousands of other girls
in the area, had left her family life thousands of miles away in the country in hopes of making lots of money in
the city to send home to their families, only to come to a job in which they make barely enough to sustain
themselves and work harder labor for longer hours. I was touched by Aram's story and wished that I could just
carry her away from that mountain to freedom, and prayed that God would somehow make a way to help this girl.
Fast forward to a week later in Freedom House, where the members of our team involved in ministry were crafting
with and befriending women like Aram. We had the opportunity to work with Hope for Children- a Christian group
that takes 30 women like Aram out of the oppressive labor situation on Mt. Antoto every year and give them a new
life. They learn to be seamstresses, basket weavers and hair stylists so they are never as vulnerable and are
forever free from their former vocations. Furthermore, they learn about the freedom and hope in Christ. Learning
to make crafts together was one of the ways our team came alongside them- by the end of our time they made $1000
dollars selling all the handicrafts at a bazaar- $1000 dollars which go to helping them make it in the world once
they leave Freedom House. We also saw the women go from completely closed and afraid of trusting us on day one,
to shedding tears and hugging us for so long we could hardly say goodbyes when it was time to leave. It was
amazing to be a part of the work of our redeeming God, that He can take such a hopeless situation as Aram's,
and make a way to give hope and freedom.
Community News
MOPS—Mothers of Preschoolers
HUGS NEEDED: Seeking loving women to share Christ and His love with children in the Mothers of Preschoolers
Ministry. MOPS helps mothers of young children (newborn through kindergarten) experience authentic community
and God's love through relationships and resources. The meetings are held the 1st and 3rd Tues. of each month
starting 9/21 -5/17. from 9:30-11:30 at Calvary Baptist Church. Serving children for the kingdom of God is a
critical part of this ministry. To volunteer for dancing, hugs, stories, crafts and songs please call Sherry
Nichols.
Need a change in your workouts?
Try a Dance Workout using Basic Middle Eastern Dance Steps!
Classes are Tuesday night starting November 9th and weekly till December 14th
Beginners Class is 6:00-7:00pm
Intermediate Class is 7:15-8:30pm
Classes are also offered ...
Thursday afternoon starting November 11th and weekly till December 16th
Beginner/Intermediate Class is 1-2:30pm
Sign up is by email to Deb.
Instructor: Deb Womer
The classes are free, through there is a suggested donation.
The class attire is gym clothes. If possible bring a scarf to wrap around your hips.
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Youth Ministries Meet Sundays @ Park Forest Baptist Church 6:00-8:15PM
Girls Bible Study (6th-12th grades) Starting September 14th
Guys Wing Night Wednesdays 5:45—8:30 PM (Drop off and pick up at the church.)
