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Sunday, May 5, 2024

"Celebrating Our Lord"

1 Corinthians 11:23-34

This Sunday, we will celebrate communion and Pastor Bryon will share a message about the significance of this celebration.

There will be Kids Ministry Programming this Sunday.

SERVANT LEADERSHIP COUNCIL (SLC) NOMINATIONS

The Discernment Task Group (DTG) is soliciting nominations for up to 4 positions on the Servant Leadership Council (SLC). Nominate by clicking the link below or by paper ballot on the Welcome Desk at the church. Nominations open Sunday, April 28, and will be closed on Sunday, May 12, 2024. Please prayerfully consider your nomination.

Currently serving on SLC:

Marcia Barber, Kandra Brummett, Marybeth Essex, Scott Johnson, Thomas Sprouse, Melissa Strong, Anne Hill and Eric Perkins

Marcia Barber and Scott Johnson will be rolling off the SLC and may not be nominated for the new term.

SLC Responsibilities include:

1. Be responsible for the strategic direction of the church

2. Establish strategies and objectives to fulfill the church’s Purpose, Vision and Values, and to review progress against objective and ensure that ministry operates consistently with the strategies.

3. Be servant leaders of the church in life, thought, and ministry.

4. Meet monthly, and at other times as necessary to accomplish its duties, maintaining permanent, typed minutes of such meetings.

5. Annually review and establish strategies and objectives to accomplish the church’s purpose and to review the charter of ministry councils and teams. As part of this review, it may request objectives from the staff, ministry councils, and teams.

6. Regularly review the total ministry of the church to determine that objectives are being accomplished and give direction, guidance and spiritual support to the senior pastor.

7. Establish policies as necessary to guide the church and to take or recommend corrective action, or reverse objectives, where objectives are not being accomplished.

8. Represent the church in certain staff relationships as outlined in the church’s Human Resources Policy Manual.

9. Routinely review the charter and objectives of ministry teams.

10. Make recommendations on all matters to be brought to the church in business meetings, other than from teams directly responsible to the church; and to call church meetings as necessary.

11. Approve the annual ministry budget of the church as submitted by the STG. Final budget will be forwarded to the church in the annual meeting for consideration and approval.

12. Execute all contractual agreements on behalf of the Church.

Make plans to attend the Town Hall Meeting on May 22 at 6:30 pm in the Worship Center. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the proposed budget for 2024-2025. Come early for a pizza dinner at 5:45 pm in the Pumphouse Cafe. Please RSVP below.

On Sunday, June 9 at 6:30 pm, there will be a business meeting to vote on the budget and to elect members to various volunteer positions.

Summer in the SON

From May 26 - Sept. 1 we will worship at 10:00 am and have Bible Study at 9:00 am and 11:00 am. 

Kids Ministry will have programming at 9:00 am and 10:00 am. 

Check out gayton.church/adults for Bible Study class information.

Shawn Allen, a Richmond native and creator of Jazz Nativity is coming all the way from South Florida to tickle the ivories and get your toes tapping!

On May 6th, Shawn will be joined by many talented musical guests, including two members of The KOS Band.

They'll use swing, blues, folk, gospel, rock-n-roll, reggae, and disco music to tell a powerful story about how people can work together to share God's love with those who need it most.

We are excited to continue supporting Shawn's ministry by hosting this event on May 6th.

Rev. Bryon Lepere and Rev. Jennifer Mullins will be co-leading a Wednesday Night Bible study called, "Jesus said, "I Am..." - a study on Jesus' "I am" statements in the Gospel of John. The whole church is invited to come. Folks are invited to bring their own dinner at 5:45pm to the Pumphouse Cafe for fellowship. The Bible study will go from 6:30-7:30pm.

Our Food Pantry relies mostly on donations. Pick up a couple extra boxes of cereal during the month of May.

As always, any and all donations are appreciated.

Faith & Recovery Ministry

As you may have heard during service on 4/21, the Faith & Recovery Ministry is on the move, and we can you use your help as volunteers in four key areas:

1.        Duffel Bags. WOW!!  We were able to pack 72 duffel bags this past Sunday the 28^th. Each bag is packed with life essentials for new participants in the recovery program, many who only have the clothes on their back when they enter. Thanks to Glen Young and Keith Morauske for leading such a wonderful event, and all the volunteers who contributed! See pictures from the packing event here.

2.        Slingshot.  This is a once-a-month, activity based program, held on a Saturday afternoon from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm The activities include games like basketball, pickleball, cornhole, etc. – typically with a craft activity as well. Lunch is served to the participants. This event rotates among a few different churches and is being held at Gayton Baptist on Saturday, May 11 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 pm – and we need volunteers please – to set-up and manage the activity stations, prepare/serve lunch, and to organize/manage a craft station. 

3.        Drivers, Drivers, DRIVERS! If you have ever considered the joy of bringing guests to church who are unable to drive themselves, then this is your opportunity. We have more participants who want to come to church than we have transportation capability (drivers). You do not have to drive the church bus, POV’s are fine. 

Please email Mike Brumagin at mikebrum89@gmail.com to volunteer for any of these service opportunities and help us spread the love of Christ to the Richmond recovery community. If you are not sure, and just have questions – that is fine…please reach-out and let’s talk. 

NOTE: Please keep in mind you do not have to commit to participating in every activity, every time. If you are interested in driving for example, but can only do it one Sunday a month, that would be welcomed! 

MARK 10:45 – “HE CAME TO SERVE”

For even as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.

SAVE THE DATE: July 11-14, 2024 

Here is the heart of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, in one simple statement. Living to serve others is one way we can follow His example and we are excited for the opportunity to demonstrate that service to our local community on the second weekend in July for our 3rd annual LOCAL Family Mission Trip! Believers of all ages within our Gayton Baptist Church Family are invited to serve together on mission right here in RVA as we shine the light of Jesus to our neighbors! There are projects for all, from preschoolers to our senior saints, in which we meet real and practical needs while building authentic relationships with our neighbors and with our church family. 

Parents and grandparents - what an opportunity to put faith into practice as you serve alongside your child or grandchild! This powerful shared experience will be a core memory, for sure! 

We will kick off this very special weekend with a fellowship meal and devotional on Thursday evening, and will have mission opportunities on Friday morning, afternoon, and evening and Saturday morning and afternoon. Aren’t available the whole weekend? Not a problem! Choose your own mission adventure and sign up for the opportunities that will fit into your family’s schedule and rhythm. The second best part (after the working together to shine the light of Jesus, part) is that you get to sleep in your own bed every night! No lumpy mattresses, broken AC, or forgotten pillows required!

Young Adult Life Nights

Join us for Life Night each Tuesday from 7:00 - 8:30 pm. Contact Jennifer@gayton.church for more information.

Gayton Student Life Nights

Our Gayton Student LifeNight time will be from 6:00-7:30pm. We will provide a light, pre-packaged snacks. Anyone who wishes to bring a snack to share is always welcome to do so without scheduling it. LifeNights will continue to include open gym & drawing room, games, worship, Bible study and fun community-building.  This 6:00-7:30pm time frame will remain through the summer and into the new school year, barring a special youth event or churchwide event.

Check out gayton.church/students for more information and upcoming events.

Join us Sunday mornings at 10:08 am for Youth Brunch in room 223.

Sign up below to help with Youth Brunch.

Attention Church Family!

This Sunday, May 5 at 7:30 pm in the main youth room “the Well”, there will be a meeting for all Youth Parents, Volunteers, Youth Teams and any adults interested in helping with our Gayton youth ministry. We will go over the youth schedule from now through the fall, discuss the May 19th youth Amazing Race, and share in discussion on the needs of this ministry and the vision moving forward. We will also talk about the launch of our lifegroup mentorship plan. If any adult wishes to be a youth mentor and a facilitator of a youth small lifegroup, please come to this meeting as well. Our youth ministry is growing and more adult involvement is needed, so please pray for this, and join us if you can this Sunday evening.

Thank you! 

Our Gayton Student Amazing Race is Sunday, May 19 from noon-7:00pm. If any adults would like to be a station volunteer or help in any way, please contact Jennifer Mullins this week- jennifer@gayton.church.

Gayton Student Mission Camp - "Mission Connection Celebration - MC2"

Monday, July 22-Friday, July 26

For students in completed 6th-12th grade.

Eagle Eyrie Conference Center, Lynchburg, Virginia

Cost: $350 - includes lodging, linens, meals, programming, activities, mission supplies/materials

This is a week of worship, fun, mission work, Bible study and community-building. We will join groups from all over Virginia for worship and special missions. However, our own group will stay together in our own lodge, all serve together on our assigned mission site, sit together for meals, and work on community-building together. Meanwhile, in free time, students can enjoy the pool, fun activities, an ice cream and coffee shop and having fun together.  

Sign-up by or before Sunday, May 19 ( the day of the Amazing Race).

Each participant will be given a packet of medical release forms, a code of conduct, other mission camp information and what to pack, in addition to information about the week's Bible theme. We will also need your t-shirt size. There will be a mission camp participant meeting scheduled in June.

It's time for Summer SHINE! Share His Influence Now to Everyone!

As you may know, each summer, Gayton Kids Ministry Sunday morning programming is staffed by our parents and other church volunteers who are asked to serve a single Sunday from Memorial Day to Labor Day. This provides a break for some of our Kids Min leaders who serve consistently September through May and allows an opportunity for families to participate in kids programming with their children, interacting with leaders and kids! 

Please consider your summer schedule (trips, vacations, etc) and choose one week to serve! We would like to have kids programming (nursery, preschool, and elementary) during the Bible Study hour at 9 am and during the worship service at 10 am, but this is entirely dependent on volunteer sign ups. All lesson plans will be written for you and shared with you in advance, and all resources needed to complete the activities will be pulled for you and ready in the room on Sunday. 

We require at least two leaders in each ministry area, one of whom is 18+. Families are welcome to serve together. 

Please let me know if you have any questions! 

Hillary 

Come join Mrs. Hillary for a fun evening celebrating faith and our community at Faith Night at the Flying Squirrels game on Saturday, May 18 at 6:05 pm against the Reading Fightin' Phils. Come early for music and pregame player testimonials. Stick around after the game for fireworks from up close and inside the fences. Gates: 5:00 PM | First pitch: 6:05 PM | 

Buy your own tickets online or in person and meet Mrs. Hillary in General Admission section 214!

Fun Friday Free Play in the Treehouse

Friday, May 31, 2024 6 - 8:00 pm

New drop off event to allow parents a night out. Limited to the first 20 preschool - elementary-aged children to sign up with Mrs. Hillary via the Sign Up Genius Link in the May 1 Kids Min Newsletter Email. Children are welcome to bring a packed dinner (no nuts or nut products, please) to eat in the Pump House Cafe before playtime.

📊 FINANCIAL HEALTH UPDATE

(Budget = Anticipated Giving; Actual = Actual Giving Received; YTD = Year-to-Date)

YTD TOTAL giving through 4/30/2024 = $ 765,044.57

YTD budget through 4/30/2024 = $879,878.53

YTD difference = ($114,833.96)

Funds collected to Budget =87%