Warrenton Baptist Church THE MESSENGER · 2019-08-01 · welcome school-agers to our Before and...

THE MESSENGER

“Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow –

Knowing Christ and Making Him Known”

Volume 32 No. 08 August 2019

In this ISSUE ...

Warrenton Bapt is t Church

VBS Appreciation 2, 11

Associate Pastor 3

Director of Music 4

HomeReach 5

Tiny Tots News 5

Ministry Council 6

Birthdays 7

Member News 8

Safety Team Update 9

Missional Pastor 10

Children’s Ministry 11

Announcements 12

Did You Know? 13

Calendar 14

Coming Events 16

August 2019 Warrenton Baptist Church

Baby Nursery

Jenny Abrams

Marie LaSasso

Sylvie Settle

Martha VanNess

Mary Weddle

Bears (Young Threes)

Amanda Crumpler

Jessica Wilcox

Sarah Horton

Simone Nguyen

Marcail Makinson

Guppies (Fours)

Elise Fernandez

Karen Miller

Ruth Williamson

Kathryn Jett McVea

Aubrey Fernandez

Amber Fernandez

Kangaroos (Pre-Kindergarten)

Leanne Fernandez

Sandra Taylor

Tammy Doorly

Logan Fernandez

Olivia Mabe

Ever Bono

Nate Edwards

Lions (Kindergarten)

Shelby Low

Barbara Goodwin

Nancy Nye

Krystle Gulick

Ella Crider

Monkeys (1st grade)

Wendy Robbins

Noa Caperton

Meika Doorly

Camden Gilman

Sydney West

Cheetahs (2nd grade)

Judy Williams

Trisha Putnam

Kathryn McVea

Ethan Horton

Gazelles (3rd grade)

Annette Grymes

Jon Grymes

Johnny Both

Hippos (4th grade)

Cheryl Carter

Rosemary Downs

Martha VanNess

Ruth Williamson

Jaguars (5th/6th grade)

Kim Raines

Laurie Andrews

CJ Simpson

Preschool Music at Bullfrog Bog

Lenora VanNess

Rachel DiSilvio

Clair Young

(Cont’d. Page 11)

VBS WRAP-UP: After all was decorated and dismantled, taught, sung, crafted, eaten, and played last week “In the Wild” at Vacation Bible School, a wonderful first-time classroom leader approached me and shared that they had always thought VBS just “happened,” and that they had an appreciation for the amount of planning, or-ganization, blood, sweat, and tears (my words)

goes into this church-wide ministry. VBS was supported churchwide this year, and the thank

you that is expressed here is larger than life -

you can expect that your contribution is eter-

nal!

Of the 255 registered children, an average of 200 children from 10 months of age through rising seventh grade attended each day. Eighty-five to 90 adult and youth volunteers served and disci-pled each day. The children raised over

$1400.00 to build clean water wells in Fort Liber-te, Haiti, as well as collected grocery carts-full of food for the Fauquier County Schools’ Food for Backpacks Program.

We have several children who are seeking an-swers to eternal questions on whom we will fol-low up. Our decorations are down, the clutter is being cleared away, but the work continues. Please pray for the hearts of our participants and their families and our Follow Up Team as they contact and visit families throughout the remain-der of the summer.

THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR VOLUN-TEERS AND STAFF FOR EVERYTHING; MOST ESPECIALLY, YOUR PRAYERS!!!

In Christ’s Service, Kristie Beals


ASSOCIATE PASTOR Douglas L. Harris

[email protected]

This article will return with the next issue.


DIRECTOR OF MUSIC Nancy Redding

[email protected] [email protected]

Summer is flying by and school will be starting before we know it. That

means Sunday night activities will begin soon and that includes Children’s

Choirs. I hope you will make plans to have your children involved in their

age-appropriate choir this Fall. A short description of each is below:

Cherub Choir is for ages 3-Kindergarten and meets Sundays from 5:00-5:30

p.m. in room 105. Jackie Cafferty and Jan Polk are the leaders. In this choir

your child will develop a love for

music, begin to listen and match pitches, learn about God and His Kingdom through

song, do creative activities with music and other fun things.

His Instruments of Praise is for grades 1-5 and meets Sundays from 5:00-6:00 p.m. in room

212. Nancy Redding is the leader. In this choir your child will continue to develop pitch matching

skills, learn about worship and the role music plays in worship, participate in Sunday services at cer-

tain times and in seasonal services, participate in musical dramas and do some creative crafts.

Be watching for times and dates for a Fall Musical Kickoff that will be taking place later this

month.

We are always looking for folk who are interested in joining the music department and/or sound/

media team of WBC. If you are an adult or youth and would like to sing in the choir or if you can

read music and are interested in playing handbells, please contact Nancy at nred-

[email protected] or 540.347.3509. If you are interested in participating in the

Crossroads Band or helping with sound or media, contact David Fatula at

[email protected] or 540.244.0087.

Worship is our theme for this year, and I encourage you to take every opportunity to worship private-

ly and corporately. That is where we meet God and share deep communion with Him. Oswald

Chambers put it this way, “I must take time to worship the One whose name I bear.” Do you bear

His name? Then worship is not an option. Ponder that . . .

It is a pleasure to worship with you,

Nancy

mailto:[email protected]




Tiny Tots

News

HomeReach Highlights

We will celebrate Ella Putnam’s

birthday on August 12, and Maxine

Shackelford’s birthday on August 17.

We are sure they will enjoy receiving

cards, phone calls, and visits from their

church family.

Our next HomeReach meeting will be

Tuesday, August 13, at 10:00 a.m., in

the Conference Room.

Please contact Teresa Hitt at 347-1701

if you would like to add someone to

HomeReach Ministry or would like to

become a mentor.

Where did the summer go? Preschoolers ended

their camp July 31. We say good luck to our 5-

year-olds moving into kindergarten but never

good-bye. We would love to have them next sum-

mer in our school-age program.

School-agers had a very busy summer of field

trips and entertainers. One of their favorites

was at Massanutten Water Park! Some of the

other favorite field trips were our ventures to

The Cookology, Medieval Times, Splashdown,

Riverside Dinner Theater, and many more.

Our traditional walks to the Carousel and park

visits truly makes us realize the simple activi-

ties of one’s childhood are often what make the

best memories.

It is truly a blessing to watch both our pre-

schoolers and school age children grow in their

love for the Lord and all He has created. We

were blessed to have Kristie Beals lead our

chapel program this summer.

Our new year will begin August 5. We have

limited positions in our preschool program and

welcome school-agers to our Before and After

School program serving Brumfield, Bradley, and

Fresta Valley. Reflecting back we are so blessed

to be a part of a wonderful staff that shares the

love of Christ, a WEE committee that has the

love of these children and their families, and our

church that recognizes our center as a ministry

of God.

In Christ,

Laurie Fetherolf & Stephanie Troup

Isaiah 54:13 All your children shall be taught

by the LORD, and great shall be the peace of

your children.

http://www.susansdailydose-2012.com/august.php


Ministry Council Chuck Wilkers, Chairperson

[email protected]

The MC is working through

its long 2019 docket of ~30 ac-

tions/projects as we progress

through the summer and get

ready for our annual business

meeting on Sun, 17-Nov. I am

working with the Church Of-

fice to find a new way to com-

municate/post information

near the church office so that

you have more insight into

Ministry Council projects. We

will soon start our Calendar

Year 2020 budget build

which is a significant effort.

Our top priority remains call-

ing our new Sr. Pastor. The

Sr. Pastor Search Commit-

tee (SPSC). The SPSC con-

tinues to narrow down their

list of candidates to bring for-

ward to the Congregation.

They are turning their prima-

ry focus on finding another

interim preacher to serve fol-

lowing Bryan Jones depar-

ture in the August to Septem-

ber timeframe. We have sure-

ly been blessed with Bryan’s

service, but he needs to return

to his home church soon and

his primary duty as Associate

Executive Director of

Northstar Church Network.

A concurrent priori-ty remains constructing The Gathering Place at Alwington Farm. We continue to work toward formal closure of our long-term loan serviced by Oak View National Bank. The loan

amount is for $1.2M over a 25-year term at a rate of 4.65%. Our monthly payments will be $6773 per month. Our church lawyer, Gary Pearson, is handling the closure for us. Payments will be drawn from the Alwington Farm account funded by the Members in previous capital stewardship campaigns as well as the cur-rent Meet Me at The Tree cam-paign. At our annual meeting in November, we will present the long-term spend plan, and how we project our financial position will be long term. The MC is also looking to The Vir-ginia Baptist Extension Board (BEB) for the possibility of an additional loan to help us with, not only the build, but also critical maintenance needs at 123 Main Street. We will present this as well.

Work continues by our Gath-

ering Place builder – Domin-

ion Construction Group. We

encourage all Members to go

out and look at the progress.

Of course, don’t walk into the

construction zone; follow the

posted safety signs. Though

its early in the build, all looks

on track so far.

As reported last month, one

key item we are working on is

developing possible changes

to our Constitution, in light

of our culture, mission, core

values, and vision, to evalu-

ate: (1) adequacy of our cur-

rent Statement of Faith, (2)

alignment and value of our

corporate partnerships (i.e.,

NorthStar, BGAV, SBC, CBF,

and BWA), (3) criteria for

church membership, and (4)

improvements that clarify the

process for making motions at

business meetings. We appre-

ciate feedback from any mem-

ber on these items. The first

two are of particular im-

portance to us. We ask that

each member take the time to

become familiar with our

Statement of Faith and the

organizations listed above un-

der partnerships so that we

can have meaningful dialogue

in the days ahead and at the

annual business meeting. If

you are unfamiliar with these

items, please contact your

deacon or any member of the

MC for assistance.

As a reminder, your MC mem-

bers are: Marco Capa-

yachi, Cheryl

Carter (Corporate

Clerk), Kaity Grim-

ley, Karen Harris (Corporate

Secretary), Rebecca

Hayes, Karri Mize, Laurie

Schauss (Corporate Treasur-

er), Bill McGilvery, Phil

Peyton, and Chuck

Wilkers (MC Chair). Please

contact any MC member you

wish with a request. Also, as

your chairperson, please feel

free to contact me directly to

discuss any matter on your

heart.

In Christ, Chuck Wilkers,

MC Chairperson


Jack A. Lawson, Jr. Senior Pastor Douglas L. Harris Associate Pastor Nancy Redding Admin. Assistant/Director of Music Rebecca Jones Financial Secretary Delilah Sinclair Secretary/Organist Brad Beals Missional Pastor Michael Caporaletti Youth/Young Adults Dave Fatula Worship Leader Kim Raines Discipleship/Small Groups Kristie Beals Children’s Education Director Laurie Fetherolf, Director Tiny Tots Care Center

123 Main Street

Warrenton, Va. 20186

Visit our website at

www.warrentonbaptistchurch.org

E-mail: [email protected]

facebook.com/warrentonbaptistchurch www.vbmb.org

Church phone . . . . . . . . . . . . (540) 347-3509

Church FAX . . . . . . . . . . . . . (540) 347-2696

Tiny Tots Care Center . . . . . (540) 347-7084

Warrenton Baptist Church Staff

Oops! Did we miss your

birthday? Please call the

church office and let us

know! 347-3509.

Please contact the office with

any name, address,

telephone number,

or email changes.

Would you like to receive our weekly

announcements at home? Contact the

church office if you have use of a com-

puter, and we will add you to our Friday

E-nouncements list!

AUGUST BIRTHDAYS

01 Lee Wilkers

02 Andrew Egeland Jr.

Joyce Koleber

03 Gene Garrison

04 Charles Foley

05 Pat Hanback

07 Laurie Andrews

08 John Myers

09 Angela Ashley

11 Bernard Carroll

Alice Payne

12 Carolyn Brown

Miriam Pearson

Ella Putnam

17 John Jeniec

Mike Muztafago Jr.

Maxine Shackelford

21 Patrick Jordon

22 Pamela Estes

Barbara Goodwin

23 Braxton Jones

25 Ryland Colvin

Gail Crider

Roger Evans

Larry Weeks

26 Caroline Colvin

Thomas Thorpe

31 Vanita Mattson

Mary Catherine Tudor


Member News

Christian sympathy is extended

to Kristie Beals and family on

the passing of her mother,

Nancy Pierce, on July 10,

2019;

To the family of Christine Comer who died

July 17, 2019;

To Mike Haase and family on the passing of

his mother.;

To Brad Heilenman and family on the pass-

ing of his mother, Phyllis Heilenman on

July 25. Welcome New Members

Aurora Martinez joined

June 2, 2019;

Ashley Faaborg joined

June 30, 2019

My dear friends:

You have lifted my spirits and warmed my heart with your

beautiful cards, telephone calls, visits, and delicious food.

I am improving, but Bell’s Palsy is known to be a slow healing ailment.

It will be awhile before the face muscles get back in place.

I solicit your prayers for patience. Thank you for your concern and

caring.

In Christian love,

Alice McGehee


Safety team update troy hayes

[email protected]

Safety in the Warrenton Baptist Church

The Warrenton Baptist Church (WBC) Safety

Committee (SC) was formed in 2018 to focus on

the current state of safety within the church and

what could be affordably done to improve it. The

members:

• Troy Hayes (Chair, retired engineer and

program manager with CIA)

• Ken Behnken (Property & Space)

• Walter Putnam (Retired Warrenton Police

Department 1st Sergeant)

• Trish Putnam (Nurse Practitioner)

• Nancy Redding (Representing the church

staff)

• Mark Jones (Lt Fauquier Sheriff’s Depart

ment)

Since its formation the SC has examined best

practices in the relatively new field of church

safety and thought about how these practices

could be brought to the WBC. The SC also re-

viewed the sheriff's report that accessed the se-

curity of WBC. The SC believes that the best

safety program would increase the church's pre-

paredness for everything from heart attacks to

fire drills to people disrupting the church.

Safety improvements to date to the Main Street

building:

• Upgraded exterior lighting .

• A drain has been installed in the 5th Street lot

to deal with snow melt.

• Grab bars have been placed in some toilet

stalls.

• An additional Automated External Defibrillator

(AED) for the first floor.

• A first aid kit beside the AED on the first and

second floors.

• New locks for each classroom in case of lock

down.

• A panel on each classroom door to block the

door window in case of lock down.

• Building entrances will be labeled like the

schools are to aid first responders.

• Protocols written for fire, suspicious persons,

youth programs, and sanctuary balcony.

• Training planned for the soon to be estab-

lished safety team.

• Review of the Gathering Place new building

to incorporate enhanced safety.

• A plan to install surveillance on current build-

ing (given a low priority in 2019 budget).

Training is being planned for a three-hour ses-

sion on September 15 from 12:30 – 3:30 for first

aid and fire evacuation, and a second three-hour

session on October 20 from 12:30 – 3:30 to

teach the skills required to recognize disruptive

people and the protocol to follow should that oc-

cur. This will allow the formation of the Safety

Team, a cadre of trained members that will pro-

vide a higher level of safety for the church.

I assure the church members that the Safety

Committee has worked the safety issue with

knowledge, experience, and dedication, all in an

effort to be prepared for whatever comes our

way. If you have thoughts or concerns, feel free

to talk with any SC member.

Troy Hayes, Chairman, WBC Safety Committee


Missional pastor Bradley g. beals

[email protected]

Missional Ministry Leadership Team (Research & Development)

Team members: Brad Beals, Michael Caporaletti, Doug Harris, Tyler McGilvery, Jim Raines, Kim Raines, Laurie Schauss, Stephanie Usrey, Tom Williams

Going Paperless!

As part of a larger initiative of our church to “go paperless” this year, this will be the

last mailed edition of The Messenger. Going forward, Warrenton Baptist Church news

and announcements will be available through the weekly bulletins and Enouncements

(sign up for these on our website!). Special updates from the staff and church leader-

ship will be given on a regular basis via our new online WBC Blog which will be found

on the website and on Facebook starting in September. A short, periodic printed pub-

lication containing staff and leadership updates will be available to be mailed upon

special request for those who have no means of receiving electronic information. If

you fall into this category, please contact Delilah Sinclair in the church office.

Gathering Place Construction

Construction on the Gathering Place at Alwington Farm is on

schedule and moving according to plan! As of July 25, all of the

foundational walls have been poured for the new structure and much of the site work

has been completed. We expect construction to wrap up in early December with a

“Doors Open!” date in early January. Please continue to pray for the construction pro-

cess and for all of the future ministries that God has planned for this exciting new ex-

tension of Warrenton Baptist Church! Also pray for the hearts of those to whom we

will be ministering and discipling as a result of these ministries. God is good!


CHILDREN’S MINISTRY Kristie [email protected]

(Cont’d from Page Two)

Recreation at Beluga Bay

Ryan Mettinger

Lindsey Mettinger

Jeff Harris

Austin Fernandez

Ian Nguyen

Donovan MakinsonI

Administration and FInance

Kristie Beals

Donna Wilkers

Frank McClaugherty

Chuck Wilkers

Amy Simpson

Delilah Sinclair

Registration

Cape Caperton

Marie Egeland

Deb Jeniec

Kathryn McVea

Natalie Beals

Jackie Cafferty

Jack Weddle

Mary Weddle

Various other double duty volun-teers

Welcome/Safety Team

Bill Beals

Doug Harris

Troy Hayes

Bryan Jones

Tom Moon

Walter Putnam

Cathy Sylcox

Chuck Wilkers

Tom Williams

Martha VanNess

Family Night Celebration Dinner

Lynn Caperton and the Dinner Church Gang

Joanna Capayachi

Adriana Gomez

Maria Morales

Aurora Martinez

VBS Follow Up

Stephanie Usrey

Decorations

Nancy Redding

Kaity Grimley

Brian Grimley

Ken Behnken

Denny Seabolt

Stephanie Troup

Cyndy Burnett

Laurie Nardo Kunst

Photography

Brad Beals

Jessica Caporaletti

Volunteer Snack Room

Debbi Shiflett

Lily Mettinger

WBC Sunday School classes who generously donated $ and snacks!

Pre-VBS Angels

Jackie Cafferty Pam Estes Anne Grove Sabrina Knefel Tamee Sutherland Rachael Estes Sarah Estes Leigh Anne Jordon Jay Lawson Claudia Lawson Angie Ashley Angela Smoot WBC VBS Prayer Team

Warrenton Baptist Church family for your GENEROUS donations of snacks for the children!

Rebekah Keathley, Jansen Beals, Mark Southard, and Keelin Nye for leading the children to sing the Sunday after VBS

Marshall Baptist Church for their gift of their VBS decorations

Middleburg Baptist Church for their gift of their VBS decorations

Preschool Crafts at Cockatoo Canopy

Melissa Scotti

Sylvia Downs

Debbi Shiflett

Lily Mettinger

Preschool Missions at Pachy-derm Pass Hannah Robbins

Liesbeth Koppen

Elementary Worship Rally at Panoramic Point

Pastor Brad “B-Rad” Beals

Andrew “Jungle Drew” Estes

David Fatula

Elementary Music at Bullfrog Bog

Jansen “J-Man” Beals

Mark “Marky Mark” Southard

Keelin “Kee Kee” Nye

Andrew “Jungle Drew” Estes

Elementary Crafts at Cockatoo Canopy

Linda Behnken

Joyce Koleber

Lynn Caperton

Carolyn Pierce

Beverley Seabolt

Eleanor Crowley

Perri Caperton

Elementary Missions at Pachy-derm Pass

Rebekah Keathley

Snacks at Grizzly Gulch

Jan Polk

Barbara Blalock

Sherrie Miller

Sandra Simpson

Cecil Simpson

Emma Simpson

Angelique Simpson

Mary Catherine Tudor


Women’s Book Club

Our women’s book club meets on the last Tuesday of each month. Feel free to join us any time! Just read the books you like and join the group for fellowship, food, and lively discussion! All meetings are in Warrenton unless otherwise noted, and will meet from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Date Location Book Title Facilitator

August 27 7727 Castlebury Ct. Before We Were Yours, Lisa Trish Putnam

September 24 182 Winchester

Mews

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely

Fine, Gail Honeyman


Did You Know? ...

The Apostle Paul writes: If anyone wants

to provide leadership in the church, good!

But there are preconditions: A leader must

be well-thought-of, committed to his wife,

cool and collected, accessible, and hospita-

ble. He must know what he’s talking about,

not be over fond of wine, not pushy but

gentle, not thin-skinned, not money hun-

gry. He must handle his own affairs well,

attentive to his own children and having

their respect. For if someone is unable to

handle his own affairs, how can he take

care of God’s church? (1 Timothy 3:2-5,

The Message)

“The Pulpit Committee was surely led by

God in 1956 to go to Crozet and find there

a man who fits Paul’s description of a lead-

er so well. Surely Lee Saunders was all that

this scripture describes. He and Mrs. Saun-

ders and the children became part of the

church family very soon and endeared

themselves to not only the church mem-

bers but to the entire community.” Excerpt

from History of Warrenton Baptist Church,

1849-1988 by Edna M. Stephenson.

We are blessed to have Rev. Saunders’

daughter (Rebecca Hayes) co-leading

(along with Jim Raines) our Sr. Pastor

Search Committee. Rebecca knows inti-

mately the process of what it truly means

to be “called” to the ministry. An interest-

ing fact Rebecca shared is that her father

was recommended to the Pulpit Committee

by Dick Winter – Long-time pastor of our

neighbor Warrenton Presbyterian Church.

They became friends while attending to-

gether Union Presbyterian Seminary in

Richmond. Rev. Saunders was led there af-

ter determining there was no housing for

married couples at his first choice – South-

ern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louis-

ville. God sometimes works in mysterious

ways for the glory of His kingdom.


Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1

7:00 PM, Ministry

Council, Confer-

ence room

2

3

4 5 10:00 AM, Senior

Adults, The Oaks

6 7:00 PM, Property

& Space, Conf.

7 8 9 10

11 Aug. 11-15 Food

Collection

12 7:00 PM, Deacons

13 10:00 AM

HomeReach, Conf.

14 15 16 17 9:00 AM, Sewing

Ministry

18 Martha Fueschsel,

Zambia, Testimo-

ny/Dinner

19 7:00 PM Youth

Committee, YC

20 21 22 23 24

25 1:00 PM, Chil-

dren’s pizza/pool

party, Fauquier

Swim Club

11:30 PM, SAT

Prep, YC

26 27 28 29 7:00 PM, Ministry

Council, Conf.

room

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Calendar highlights

Requested in-home delivery date August 4, 2019

Sunday Morning Worship: 8:00, 9:30,11:00 a.m. Sunday school: 9:30 and 11:00 a.m.

Spanish Bible Study 10:00 a.m. and Worship 11:00 a.m., in Chapel

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Aug. 02 First Friday Warrenton, 6:00 to 8:00 PM Aug. 05 Senior Adults Council, The Oaks 10:00 AM Aug. 06 Property & Space, Conf. Room 7:00 PM Aug. 11-15 Food Collection Aug. 12 Deacons, 7:00 PM Aug. 13 HomeReach, Conf. Room, 10:00 AM Aug. 18 Martha Fuechsel, Zambia. Testimony/Dinner

Aug. 25 Children’s Pizza & Pool Party, Fauquier Swim Club, 1:00 to 4:00 PM Aug. 25 Sat Prep, YC, 12:30 to 3:00 PM Aug. 29 Ministry Council, Conf. Room, 7:00 PM ________ Sept. 08 Sunday evening activities resume

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