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Dear SBC Family,

As you already know this Sunday morning is a Celebration Service out on the south lawn at 9:00.  However, it is also the final day for bids on our SILENT AUCTION.  The bidding will open at 8:30 am and the items will be outdoors.  When the Celebration Service is concluded around 10:00, you can view the items and if you desire, make your final bid as you make your way toward the brunch.  The monies will be collected and winners announced sometime during the eating time.  A note of clarification; all of the monies raised for these items will go towards the ministry of The Pines, the orphanage in South Africa that our ministry team will be going to this fall.  They will not be used for individual expenses.  Thank you for your involvement in this worthy ministry.

I also want to remind you that this is a Friend Day this Sunday as we encourage you to invite your unsaved friends and family.

See you Sunday-LW

Pastor Pat

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Happy 15 month birthday Ava (one hour early)!

Ava and I have officially been home for an entire year! Besides one night in the hospital and few other nights here and there, we have been HOME! How GREAT is our God!

We are also going on vacation next week for the first time since Ava’s been born. At least this is the first vacation where doctors, hospitals, and sickness are not involved (God willing!). We are so excited!

Ava is loving summer and we are loving it too! Ava is changing so much lately. She now weighs over 16 pounds (yes, you read correctly) and is getting tall and looking more and more like a toddler. She’s learning the ‘Itsy Bitsy spider’ and can now get down from sitting all by herself (without falling backwards). I don’t think she will ever crawl (even though she could if she wanted to), keeping her hands free is just too important to her. Honestly, it’s just fine with me that she’s not walking or crawling. She gets around just fine and I get to have a ‘baby’ for that much longer. She’s still content sitting and playing on my lap (most of the time) and I love that. She has about 10 teeth and we are looking forward to her eye-teeth coming in all the way. Poor thing has been teething for about 3 months straight.

She’s taking little baby steps in her eating. She took a couple tastes of chocolate pudding the other day voluntarily and when I say tastes, that means she got a little on the inside of her lips and swallowed it without gagging or throwing up. Yep, it’s a slow process and the steps are small, but we get excited over EVERY one!

Thank you for your continued prayer and encouragement!

Rejoicing day by day!

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We want you to be aware of the homegoing of Nel Wolfe, one of SBC’s former “first ladies.”  Her husband, Everett, was the Pastor of SBC from 1963 until 1969.  They had seven children and you may have know some of them.  Their son, Jim Wolfe passed away several years ago from cancer.  He had directed the FBBC chorale for many years.  Former member, Twila Nilius was Everett and Nel’s daughter.  The services and visitation for Nel will be at the Ankeny Funeral Home at 10:30 on Wednesday.  One hour prior to that, 9:30-10:30 will be the visitation.

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Pastor announced to us on Sunday about the death of Daniel’s school friend’s father, Ralph Bills.  Pastor Nemmers has been asked to conduct the service.  It will be at Hamilton’s on E. 6th and Lyons on Thursday at 2:30.  The visitation is Wednesday from 6-8:00, also at Hamilton’s.  Austin Hoff, son of Ralph, attends many of our youth group activities.  Please be in prayer for Austin and other family members as Pastor ministers to them.

We would also like to ask if there are any of you that would like to work in the Coffee Cove on Sunday mornings?  Several of the current workers are going to be gone for the summer and Scott & Brooke Shrum are in need of more help.  There will be a training session on Monday night, the 25th at 6:00 for all current and new workers.  Pizza will be provided for you that evening.  If you would like to help on a rotating basis, please contact the Shrum’s at brooke_jacobs@hotmail.com or call 963-0592.

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Dear SBC Family,

It has been another outstanding week of VBS here at SBC. Heading into the last night we have had 17-20 professions of faith in Christ! Lord willing, this will produce some great follow-up. God was even working in our nursery. This requires a bit of explanation. Two nights ago Laura Pollak and Natalie Bowman shared their testimonies with the other workers. One young helper, Elizabeth, a ninth grader from Saydel High School acknowledged that she did not have a testimony. She does now! Laura and Natalie had the joy of leading Elizabeth to Christ before the evening was over. Please be in prayer for our final evening of VBS. We will cap it off with a live feed conversation with Brian Niehoff, missionary with The Pines Orphanage in S. Africa. He will have with him some of the orphans who will talk to the kids here at VBS. We have a crazy finale planned at 8:00 followed by root beer floats for everyone. Love to have you come. You won’t be disappointed you did.

In Christ,

Pastor Pat

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I just wanted to pass on some exciting news from a couple new parents. Jordan and Krista Daggett welcomed their baby girl, Emma Leigh Ann Daggett, into the world last night around 6:45pm.  Krista and the baby are both doing great.  Emma weighed 7 lbs 2 oz and was 20” long.  They think they will be in the hospital until Thursday and they are welcoming visitors if people want to stop by.  Her room number is 2024 and they are at Mercy Hospital in Des Moines. Praise the Lord for this new addition to our church family!

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Dear Church Family,

We want to remind you about the big week planned for our kids and their friends starting this Sunday night and ending Thursday night. Each night begins at 6:00 and concludes at 8:30. Because of all the activities planned there will NOT be any Sunday school or Community Groups this Sunday night and there are NO Wednesday night (June 6th) youth activities and prayer meeting. If you haven’t signed up yet, you may do so at the table tonight or Sunday morning. Online sign up is also available at www.saylorvillebaptist.com/vbs Tell your kids to invite their friends for an exciting week of music, stories, crafts and games, all with a “Rescue” theme with an emphasis on salvation. I really appreciate all of you who signed up to help. It will be a great week!

If you have any church tables or chairs, they need to be returned TONIGHT because they are all needed for VBS and a wedding on Saturday.

Thanks,

Pastor Abe

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Dear SBC Family,
Two things I want to bring to your attention as this Memorial Day weekend approaches.  First, long time member Francis Alexander passed away Wednesday afternoon.  Francis was the father of Terry Alexander.  He died almost exactly 5 years to the day after his wife Bessie died.  While we praise the Lord for their glorious reunion, we want to be praying for the family as they mourn the loss of their father.  The viewing will be Friday from 6-8:00 pm at the Ankeny Funeral Home.  The funeral service will be here at SBC at 10:00 on Saturday morning.

Some of you may have heard that 60 Minutes this Sunday night will feature Tim McCloud’s and Ryan Aarhus’ infantry unit in Iraq.  Since the program will conflict with our Sunday evening services, we are planning on purchasing the program and putting it on our web site next week for those of you that would like to see it.  As you may know, we are planning a special evening service with John Leonard as he and Bev along with the girls will be returning next week to Brazil to resume their missionary status.  I hope everyone who is available will be here this Sunday night for this special meeting.

In Christ,
Pastor Nemmers

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Dear SBC Family,

I have two very important announcements to send your way.  The first has to do with this evening’s service.  Pastor Mark Vance along with Matt LaPine are going to present a special preview of our upcoming FOUNDATIONS MODULE that we are going to offer beginning June 13th.  This promises to be an excellent overview of this tremendous upcoming course.  I will take a moment to deal with one misunderstanding which I have heard.  The FOUNDATIONS class is not just for new believers.  It is understandable that some of you may have thought so, but it is actually for everyone.  This summer’s class will deal with two of the 11 major Bible doctrines that the book covers.  I am convinced that this series will tremendously strengthen your faith.  There is a sign up list in the foyer.  Please take advantage of it tonight or this week-end.

This Sunday Cedarville University’s Heartsong singers will be with us in the morning services.  The music of Cedarville has always brought a great blessing to SBC.  Also, I will be preaching from I Cor. 1:18 and following which presents the cross of Christ against the wisdom of this world.  This would be a great Sunday to invite friends, especially unsaved friends to church.

Hope many of you can make it tonight.

In Christ,

Pastor Pat

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