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February 2015
Missions
Prayer Focus:
Russ and Deb
Martin work with
Wycliffe at the
International
Linguistic Center
in Dallas, Texas.
The center is a
hub for Bible
translators as they prepare to enter the
ministry or come home and pursue
additional coursework. Russ and Deb had
worked in New Guinea before returning to
the U.S. to work. They are able to support
the work of Bible translation while they
are in Texas. Russ does electrical work at
the Linguistic Center. Occasionally he goes
on SIL international projects. Deb helps as
needed. Pray for Russ’ health to continue to
improve. They plan to continue serving at
Wycliffe in the U.S. and abroad. Deb grew
up at Parma Heights Baptist Church.
Monthly Vitals of Parma Heights Baptist Church
Prayer
Thoughts:
“Love one another as I have loved
you.” John 15:12
Love never gives up.
Love cares for others more than for self.
Doesn’t keep score of the sins of others,
Puts up with anything,
Trusts God always,
Always looks for the best,
Never looks back,
But keeps going to the end.
Love never dies. I Corinthians 13 (MSG)
Check It Out:
All ladies are invited to attend our annual Women’s
Retreat on March 20-21 at Quail Hollow Resort in
Painsville, Ohio with our own Elena Barfell as the
speaker, talking about being
Overwhelmed. A light snack on
Friday will be provided, along
with a full hot breakfast and
lunch on Saturday. A second
night option is available.
Sign up in the glass walkway
beginning February 1.
Events & Classes:
ADULT MINISTRIES
The next Community Hot Meal is on Tuesday, February 17. If you would like to
share the love of Christ with our community by participating in this ministry, contact
Dwight Brandon at 440.552.7441. If you can donate a GFS gift card, purchase them at
the PHCA table and drop them off in the church office.
SENIOR ADULT MINISTRIES
The Senior Adult Bible study is on Tuesday, February 10
at 1:00pm in B-5. We will have a challenging lesson on Bible Heroes of Faith from
Hebrews Chapter 11. How important is faith? Bring a Bible, a pen, and a friend.
Refreshments will follow.
The Autumn Fellowship Meal is on Tuesday, February 17 at noon in the family life
center. Celebrate Valentine’s Day with some good comfort food: meat loaf, mac and
cheese, vegetables, and cherry turn overs for dessert. We will be entertained by Dean
Levigne, a paraplegic stand-up comedian. The speaker is Jamie Beight, who has served in the area for 20 years
and merged Madison Avenue Baptist and Midbrook Baptist into Abram Creek Baptist Church. Cost is $4. Bring
a friend!
The Senior Trip will be on SATURDAY, February 28 (note the change in day of the
week). We will leave church at 11:30am. Why is the parking lot at Applebee’s always
full? Let’s find out by trying their food. Order from the menu. Following this delicious
meal we will visit Malley’s Chocolate Factory to get our chocolate “fix”. Cost of $20
includes meal and transportation only.
DISCIPLESHIP MINISTRIES
PHBC has purchased a trial subscription to RightNow Media, which is one of the
largest customizable video Bible study resources. Videos can be viewed for group,
family or personal studies. The library features teachers including Tim Keller, Jen
Hatmaker, Matt Chandler, Francis Chan, Andy Stanley and more.
Every family in our church that has provided us with an e-mail address will be receiving
an invitation from Rightnow.org. After you sign up with some key information you
will have access to this library featuring hundreds of videos ranging from studies
of books of the Bible to marriage to finances to children’s entertainment. This media is similar to NetFlix.
You will be able to watch videos and have access to study materials on your computer, tablet or smartphone.
Media can also be accessed through Apple TV and Roku. All you need is an internet connection and you
will be ready to connect to hundreds of hours of Bible teaching.
The trial period runs through the beginning of April, so sign up, try a study, and let us know how you
like it and if we should consider continuing with the subscription. Please provide your comments to Tim
Hunsicker at [email protected].
Kids & Students:
CHILDREN’S MINISTRIES
Pioneer Girls Father-Daughter Valentine Event is on Wednesday, February 11
from 7:00 to 8:30pm in the family life center. Our evening will be full of activity,
and it’s all about building. So dads, if you have a hammer, please bring it along.
Put your name on it so you get the right one back. This is a very special evening with
your daughter, so don’t miss it!
The Pinewood Derby is coming up fast. It will be on Wednesday, March 18. If your
child is in Treeclimbers, Stockade, or Pioneer Girls, you will want to be part of this.
This is a great time for moms or dads to get involved with your elementary child, as you shape, sand, and paint
together. Trophies are given for the fastest cars and best designs. Ribbons are received by all participants.
So make sure you get your kit on Wednesday night. The cost is $7 per car.
Is your child ready for the next step of baptism? If so, you’ll want to sign them up for New Life classes that
begin March 8. Children should come to C-5, once dismissed from the 11:00am worship service, with their
Bible and a pencil. First and second graders must be accompanied by a parent. Sign up in the church office.
Whether science is your thing or not, we’re excited to have SonSpark Labs as our theme for VBS this
summer. Kids will be intrigued by all the cool surprises that can happen in a chemistry lab, and all around
us every day. But we need your help. We want to create an atmosphere in the FLC that is full of mystery and
surprise. If you have the know how to create smoke, large bubbling mixtures, and electrifying reactions, please
see Pam. We need your expertise. We want this place to explode with excitement on July 20–24.
STUDENT MINISTRIES
2/1
2/8
Super Bowl Outreach Party: All Junior and Senior High students are encouraged to join us
for the Big Game. The party starts at 6:00pm at the Randolphs’ home. We’ll enjoy delicious
food, including a taco bar. In addition to watching the game, there will be plenty of activities
and something to do, even if you don’t like football. There will be a special half-time Gospel
presentation, so students are encouraged to invite their friends. This event is free, but girls are
encouraged to bring a dessert or snack, and guys should bring a 2-liter of pop.
Youth Leaders and SLAM Team Meeting: Meet in the diner at 12:30pm.
2/13-15 Winter Retreat: All Junior and Senior High students are invited to join us
for this amazing weekend away at Stony Glen. We’ll have plenty of fun
in the snow, games, contests, activities, a talent show, powerful times
of worship, and engaging Bible study. Invite your friends! Sign up online
ASAP at www.oneeightyone.org.
2/22
Summer Trip Info Meeting: Parents and youth interested in Summer
Camp, Mission Trip, and /or Algonquin Canoe Trip should join us at
12:30pm in the Senior High Room. We will discuss the details for each of
these trips.
2/22WinterJam: 10 bands for $10 – what a deal! Invite your friends out for this amazing concert and time
of worship. The Gospel will be clearly shared, and we’ll enjoy amazing performances.
Stay Up-to-Date:
• Visit www.oneeightyone.org for updated info, forms, pictures, videos, and to subscribe to our Blog
• www.facebook.com/181studentministries/
• Twitter: @phbc181
• Instagram: phbc181
Christian School Ministries:
PARMA HEIGHTS CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
Consider sponsoring a student or staff member in the 9th Annual BOWL-A-THON
to be held on Saturday, March 7! Our staff and students will be bowling to raise funds
for the Academy’s general operating budget. Each person and each class will be
participating in contests to see who can raise the most support, and they would love
your help! Just stop by the Academy table in the glass walkway to fill out a sponsorship
form indicating whom you wish to sponsor (or we would be glad to assign someone).
This is our largest fundraiser of the year, which has allowed us to keep our tuition low.
Thanks for helping us reach our goal of $17,000.
Are you looking for a school that will not only support your biblical worldview but will incorporate your
Christian beliefs and values into all areas of school including curriculum, athletics, special classes such as art
and music, discipline and extra-curricular events? Enrollment for Kindergarten through 6th grade is underway
for next year, so check out our website at www.phcawarriors.com or call the office at
440.845.8668 for information. Anyone from PHCA or PHBC who refers a new family
that enrolls will receive $100 next fall after school begins. Just make sure they tell us
you referred them to PHCA!
Don’t forget to pick up shopping cards in the glass walkway on Sunday mornings
or in the PHCA office Monday through Friday from 7:30am to 4:00pm. We have many
cards on hand for you to purchase and take with you! It is a convenient way to shop
plus it supports the school at the same time!
SONSHINE PRESCHOOL
Sonshine Preschool is enrolling for Fall 2015 classes. If your child will be 3-5 years old by September, we
hope you will consider Sonshine to provide his early childhood education, a learning atmosphere permeated
with an awareness of our Lord and His love for each of us. We continue to be recognized in the community for
excellence. Applications are available in the church and preschool offices. We are here to serve you.
Community Ministries:
Love INC is growing and extending their tent pegs. Therefore, they need volunteers three hours a week
between the hours of 9:00am to 3:00pm. They could use your help in their clothing ministry, sorting clothes,
putting clothing packets together for families, or delivering to partner churches. If clothing is not “your thing”
how about talking on the phone? You will be trained in taking client intakes as you show the love of Christ.
All of this is done over the phone. If talking is not “your thing”, how about working on the computer or helping
with reporting? They will work with you to find “your thing”. You will be trained, encouraged, and occasionally
fed. Please give them a call at 216.459.0302 for more information or e-mail them at [email protected].
They look forward to meeting you.
Where Will You Serve?:
Drivers needed: We have been blessed with a new (used) minibus, which we use to pick up people from
6 nearby apartment buildings on Sunday mornings, bring them to church, and then take them home again.
This vehicle does NOT require a CDL, just a normal driver’s license. Training is available. Those willing to drive
once each month should contact Jim Kazak at 440.885.1813.
FYI:
Applications for college age summer interns to work with children and youth are now available in the
church office. Applicants must be interested in going into a ministry related vocation, and have finished at least
two years of college. Applications are due by February 27.
The PHBC Food Pantry is available to those in need within the church family. Operating hours are Mondays
from 10:00am to noon. If you are unable to come on a Monday, contact Barb Shumaker at 440.746.0944 to
make an appointment.
Thanks for all the donations of food and gift cards given to keep the shelves stocked in our food pantry.
Each of us who work in the food pantry have been blessed beyond measure by being able to help in the
pantry and share food, prayer and God’s love with everyone who comes in. We thank the church for the help
you give so that we may do something we love. We have seen God so many times and
we are so thankful to everyone.
Winter weather is here! If a church service or event is cancelled because of inclement
weather or another emergency, it will be broadcast on WCRF radio, 103.3 FM, and TV
channels 3, 5 and 8. It will also be communicated through the message you hear when
calling the church office at 440.886.6100 and on the front page of our website, www.
phbaptist.org.
Please support our flower ministry. Flowers can be provided for our worship center
each Sunday by signing up on the flower calendar in the church office. You may honor
a special occasion or remember the death of a loved one.
In our continuing efforts to meet the needs of our PHBC family, we are partnering
with Matt Williams of Moriah Counseling and Consulting. Matt provides counseling
to people from PHBC during the day on Wednesdays at the church and other times
at his office in North Royalton. Matt is a clinically trained and licensed counselor and
comes to us with many years of ministry experience. Most currently, Matt has served
as Director of Grief Counseling at Cornerstone of Hope in Independence. To schedule
a Wednesday appointment at the church with Matt, or for more information, please
call the church office and ask for Kathy. The cost of each appointment is $50. We are
glad to be able to offer this needed help to our church family.
Do you seem to be missing some of what is said or sung in our services? We invite you to make use of
our hearing assist receivers. These easy to use, compact devices include a small, wallet sized receiver and
headphones that allow you to sit anywhere in the worship center and clearly hear all aspects of our service.
We currently own five of these receivers and they can be checked out from the church office each Sunday
morning. You can also purchase your own receiver if you prefer.
Thank You:
We are very grateful for such a loving church family who graciously expressed so much sentiment after the
death of Len’s sister. Thank you for your visitation at the wake, the cards, fruit basket and candy.
Len & Paula Gavlen
Stewardship:
Giving Update January 2015
January 2015
YTD through January
Per Week Average
Month of January
Per Week Average
$103,407
$109,742
94.2%
($6,335)
$25,852
$27,435
94.2%
($1,584)
$25,852
$27,435
94.2%
($1,584)
Actual
Budget
% of Budget
Variance
Our Pastoral Staff:
Dan Barfell – Senior Pastor
Pam Scott – Minister to Children
Dan Adams – Pastor of Student Ministries
Kraig Anderson – Pastor of Worship and Administration
Terry Zerby – Associate Director of Senior Adults
Tim Hunsicker – Associate Director of Discipleship
Dave Griffey – Minister of Christian Schools
SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICES
8:15 & 9:30am Classic | 11:00am Contemporary
8971 West Ridgewood Drive | Parma Heights, OH 44130
P: 440.886.6100 | E: [email protected] | www.phbaptist.org