September 13, 2018   •  No. 37

Youth Taking the ReinsAli Chappell DeHay

“This world demands the qualities of youth: not atime of life but a state of mind, a temper of the will,a quality of imagination, a predominance ofcourage over timidity, of the appetite for adventureover the love of ease.” — Robert Kennedy.

Mid-August, the “Youth Student Leadership Team”was formed. Six students, grades 10 – 12 make upthe team, and this group will help me and ourYouth Committee to brainstorm activities, plancertain events, and help lead in the youth ministry.They are also a key component of welcomingstudents who might be new to the youth group ornew to church in general.

While these students will help to accomplishgeneral youth ministry task, they are more than juststudents chipping in to get things done. This groupis and will be a means by which our group dreamsGod-sized dreams and a way God’s Spirit to moveamong our youth ministry. The students serving onthe team are dedicated to furthering Calvary’salready vibrant youth ministry, and have certainlybeen means by which I’ve seen God’s presence inand among our church family.

Student Lead Team: Ellie Becker (10th grade) Ryan Davis (10th grade) Libby Grant (12th Grade) Will Heston (12th Grade)

Up Ahead09/1609:30a - SundaySchool 10:45a - Worship 12:00p - SundayLunch

09/1810:00a - Meals onWheels

09/1905:00p - WednesdayDinner 05:45p - FUSE Kids 06:00p - Book Study 06:00p - Enneagramstudy 06:00p - YouthFellowship 07:00p - Intergen.Choir Rehearsal

09/2010:00a - Meals onWheels

FinancialsJan.-Aug. ProjectedBudget Receipts:$354,880 Jan.-Aug. ActualBudget Receipts:

Harper Singletary (10th Grade) Anna Weaver (10th Grade) Calvary’s youth group is a place and a people richin love, kindness, and laughter, and RobertKennedy was spot on when he shared the meritsof youth that the world so desperately needs. Ibelieve that all of our youth, not just the lead team,possess these qualities Kennedy mentions, andmy prayer is that the Student Lead Team will be aplace where these merits can be celebrated foryears to come. Join me in this prayer and checkout the “Calvary Baptist Youth” Facebook page tosee “Student Lead Team Spotlights” everyThursday for the next five weeks.

$371,011 Jan.-Aug. Actual OverProjection: $17,031 Birthdays 09/13 - David Willhite 09/14 - SophieTankersley 09/14 - KristenDrumgoole 09/14 - Justin Hicks 09/15 - Chloe Roberts 09/15 - CaroleMeriwether 09/16 - Ethan Tang 09/16 - Adela Stewart 09/17 - Harold Brown Worship Pentecost People:Known by the Love ofthe Spirit Galatians 5:16-26; 2Corinthians 3:4-18 Mary AliceBirdwhistell

Thanks, Jim Heston, for sharing your talents in worship this week!

Children’s Minister Search Committee Recommendation On Sunday, the Coordinating Council voted to recommend to the congregation thefollowing people to serve on our search committee for our next Minister to Children:Chad Eggleston, Shannon Farquhar-Caddell, Nichole Guthrie, Tiffany Hogue,Doug Weaver (personnel representative), and Tiffany Love (alternate). We will voteon this search committee at the beginning of worship on Sunday.

Small Group Sign-Ups We will be launching small groups atCalvary starting next Sunday, September23 to correspond with our upcomingworship series, Outside the Box. For sixweeks this fall, small groups will meet oneevening a week in different homes aroundtown. Each group offers a chance to meetnew people at Calvary, to respond to andreflect on our worship experience, and toshare with each other beyond “Sunday

morning” conversations. We hope you’llspend some time around the table with anew group of people this fall at Calvary.Sign up HERE (http://bit.ly/SmlGrp18-SUp) or in the small hallway up the stairsin the Welcome Center. Childcare will beavailable for groups meeting onWednesday evenings.

Sunday Lunch - Baked Potato Join us on Sunday, September 16 for abaked potato lunch immediately followingworship. We ask the College, Adult Blend,and Unique Blend classes to bring atopping (butter, sour cream, chives, etc),the Adult All-Stars and Young Adultclasses to bring a meat topping, and theIntergenerational class to bring a dessert.Also, we ask the Adult Blend class to helpwith clean-up.

Back to School at West Avenue Consider signing up to be a mentor atWest Avenue this year. Mentors arepartnered with up to three students, andthey meet together during a 30-minutelunch period one day a week for readingand conversation. We had 20 mentorsengaged with 60 students at West Ave.last year, and we’d love for even morepeople to become involved with thisministry in the coming year. Sign up here:http://bit.ly/WestAve18-SignUp or contactJennifer Low for more information.

Wednesday Dinner Meal Schedule Dinners begin at 5. Here's the menu for next week: spaghetti, bread, and an Italian saladfrom Baris Italian Restaurant. Suggested donation is $3 for children and $4 for adults witha maximum of $14 per family. If you'd like to know what will be served in advance, the rotation is pizza, hamburgers,spaghetti from Baris, and burritos from Rufi's.

Wednesday Nights Have Resumed

Book Club: Getting Involved with God: Rediscovering the Old Testament This fall, Chad Eggleston will be leading a book club discussion on Wednesdaynights about the book Getting Involved with God. The author, Ellen Davis, writes,"This is a book about getting, and staying, involved with God—what it takes, what itcosts, what it looks and feels like, why anyone would want to do it anyway. It is at thesame time a book about reading the Old Testament as a source of Good News andguidance for our life with God. The key piece of Good News that the Old Testamentcommunicates over and over again is that God is involved with us, deeply andirrevocably so.” We hope you'll consider joining us on Wednesdays at 6 PM! Wehave purchased a limited number of copies of the book if you'd like to buy one atchurch for $10. See Mary Alice for more info. Enneagram Group Join us for another semester of diving deeper into the Enneagram in community withone another. This year, Jon Singletary and Meghan Becker will lead us through adiscussion about Suzanne Stabile’s newest book, The Path Between Us: AnEnneagram Journey to Healthy Relationships. Join us on Wednesdays at 6 as weuse the Enneagram as a tool for personal growth and spiritual transformation. Youth Bible Study Wednesday Night Bible Study is from 6-7 PM in the youth room. This will be awonderful opportunity for students to meet mid-week and discuss how to apply God’sword to our everyday life. Intergenerational Choir Calvary’s Intergenerational Choir has begun meeting on Wednesdays at 7:00 PM.No matter your age or musical background, anyone who loves to sing is welcome tojoin us! For more information, contact Randall Bradley. Children’s FUSE Activities Children’s FUSE Choir has begun! Children in preschool and Kindergarten will learnabout music, Bible stories, play fun games and activities, and we will of course, singsongs together! Those in grades 1st-5th grades will learn songs to sing in worship,make arts and crafts, and learn about Mission work around the world. Each class willbegin on Wednesday nights at 5:45 PM and end at 7:00 PM, we hope to see youthere!

Welcome College Students! College students are invited to join us forCollege Connection each week in theWelcome Center at 10:15 AM. A weeklyhome group for college students will alsomeet on Wednesdays at 8:15 PM at thehome of Dakota and Shannon Farquhar-

Caddell. For more information, emailShannon at shannon_fc@baylor.edu

This Sunday, Calvary will ordain thefollowing new deacons: Evan Fleming,Jamey Fulton, Melissa Gorton, EliseJones, Bobby Martinez, Jim Roberts,Tiffany Rose, and Kevin Tankersley.They will join: Josh Borderud, ChristaChappelle, Hank DeHay, Linda Dulin,Daniel Hiatt, Blake Herridge, ElaineNorris, Ken Sury, Lydia Tate, and WillWard. These deacons have now endedtheir term, and we thank them for theirfaithful service over the past three years:Carole Boyle, Jeremy Crews, Ed Davis,Eva Doyle, Kristen Drumgoole, Sara Dye,and Jo Ann Reinowski

Calvary T-Shirts Now Available We have more logo shirts available for purchase. Shirts are $10 each, and sizes S - XXLare available. Please go here: http://bit.ly/CBC-tshirt-order to order, or email Nathan atcbcinfo@cbcwaco.net.

Extended Session VolunteersNeeded Extended session is an hour of care andministry to our youngest children in thenursery and preschool areas during theSunday morning worship service. We arelooking for volunteers to help serve onceor twice a quarter. If you are interested inserving, please contact Lauryn Everic atLEveric@cbcwaco.net

The Cove The Cove (an afterschool program foryouth experiencing homelessness inWaco) is starting a coaching program this

fall to surround its students with a networkof support, encouragement, and care.Interested in learning more about this neatopportunity to serve in our neighborhood?Visit www.thecovewaco.org/volunteer/

Let's be in prayer for one another. Click HERE for the prayer list.

Ministerial Staff Mary Alice Birdwhistell - Senior Pastor mab@cbcwaco.net Randall Bradley - Minister of Worship & Music randall_bradley@baylor.edu Ali Chappell DeHay - Minister to Youth acdehay@cbcwaco.net Lauryn Everic - Interim Minister to Children leveric@cbcwaco.net  

Administrative Staff Guilherme Almeida - Worship & Music Associate galmeida@cbcwaco.net Phillip Sitton - Stewardship Administrator psitton@cbcwaco.net Nathan Spears - O�ce Administrator cbcinfo@cbcwaco.net  

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