THE WITNESS
of First Baptist Church, Malden
Editor: S. Jacobson
May 2012 Volume XXXVI Number 4
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Layperson of the Year 2012 - John Nowak
John Nowak has been selected as our Layperson of the Year by the Church Council, based on the number of nominations he received and the many reasons cited.
John has literally grown up in our church - attending Sunday school and youth group, singing in the children’s choir and ringing in the youth handbell choir, and serving as a deacon. John was baptized in our church in 1996. He currently serves as a congregational representative on the Church Council, Sunday school teacher and Head Usher. While he is quite visible, the myriad of tasks he undertakes frequently go unnoticed ... until now. Below are excepts from some of the nominations that highlight the reason John is this year’s honoree:
A few words to describe John would be - always pleasant, dependable and a gentleman. I feel John deserves this honor because to me there does not seem to be a task, large or small, that John is not willing to tackle with ease and confidence.
Congenial - Cooperative - Caring - Cheerful – always willing to go that extra mile.
John is an outstanding example of a Christian. He grew up in this church and has been a dedicated participant in all aspects of the life of our church. From opening the gates to greeting the people coming through them, John is one of the “first impressions” people have of us and we are fortunate, in this age when young adults appear to be in short supply in church leadership roles, to have John as a “face of First Baptist.”
John Nowak does whatever is asked of him. .... John spends Sundays, while we are in the Parlor, out in the hall protecting the building - and does not get to enjoy the heat in the winter months or the cool in the summer. He greets everyone with his warm and genuine smile each Sunday morning. John has been an active and faithful member, and it has been a pleasure to see him grow from a toddler to the man of God he is today.
John has quietly worked for years, since he was a young child, in our church. He is always present, always working, always demonstrating our church motto.
Since he was a small boy, John has been a perfect member. At about 5 or 6 he would sit in the front pew with the other children, and he was the only one with an open Bible - just because he wanted to. He helps on everything that is needed. He is dedicated and loves his church and serves constantly.
We will honor John at the 11:00 a.m. worship service on June 3 and the catered luncheon that follows immediately after the service. Tickets for the meal ($8) may be purchased through the church office or at Coffee Hour on May 20 and 27.
Pastor Martha Dominy
CHURCH FAMILY NEWS
THANK YOU
.. to the following who volunteered at the Feeding Ministry on April 20: Emily Blatchford, Peggy Blum, Bob Clarkson, Doreen and Richard Freeman, Marilyn Glover, Irving Greenblatt, Betty and Jim Hickey, Cindy and Chuck Huddy, Joe Mercuri, Marie Phinney, Linda Plamondon, Mae Upperman, Max, Naomi, and Selena Vilcapoma, and Nariman Alkhalidy.
Thank you, also, to those who baked and donated cakes, and to Jim Hickey for doing the shopping.
... to those who helped prepare and/or deliver lunches to the crew working on the Habitat for Humanity North Shore build in Peabody on Saturday, April 7th. They were Launa Cooper, Pastor Martha Dominy, Marilyn Glover, Delphine Haldane, Cindy and Chuck Huddy, Debbie and Jacqueline Smith with friend Jillian, and Mae Upperman. Sue Bowdridge prepared the tasty congo bars as the dessert. About 31 workers enjoyed the lunches, including our own church members working that day: Kevin Quinn and Shawn Smith. This activity fulfills in part the covenant our church has with Habitat North Shore to provide at least two lunches per year, as well as participate in two work days.
DEDICATION OF
PARENTS AND CHILDREN
A dedication service will be held during the worship service on Children’s Day, June 10. Any families interested in participating are asked to contact Rev. Dominy.
PRAYER CONCERNS
Please keep the following people in your prayers:
Lucille Berry
Katherine Horton
Jose Lantin Sr.
Andy Nowak
Dr. George Tooze
SYMPATHY
... to the family and friends of Florence (Doone) Hood, who passed away on May 14. Florence, who just recently celebrated her 94th birthday, was baptized in our church as a teenager and had been a member for 78 years. A memorial service will be held at the church later this spring/summer.
SAVE THE DATE
Sunday, September 23, 2012
4:00 p.m.
Concert honoring the memory of
Robert K. Love
Malden First Baptist Church Sanctuary
Several organists and choral groups will present a variety of music as we honor the memory of our beloved former Minister of Music, Robert K. Love, on the 10th anniversary of his death.
SUMMER VACATION
BIBLE SCHOOL
Monday - Friday, August 6-10
9 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Open for students entering kindergarten through those entering grade 6.
CHILDREN’S DAY
Children’s Day is Sunday June 10th at 11:00 a.m. The children will lead us in worship with music and Bible lessons. Also that day we will have a dedication and Scholarships will be awarded. Please plan to join us for this special day.
OGHS
Thank you to all who have given to the One Great hour of Sharing Offering. To date $205 has been received towards the goal of $850. More information on the One Great hour of Sharing can be found on page 12 of this edition of the Witness.
WITNESS CHANGES!
We apologize for the delay of the latest issue of The Witness. Due to changes in postal regulations we are altering the way it is mailed. The Witness can now be viewed online at a new blog site just created. For those wishing to view it online the address is: http://theonlinewitness.blogspot.com. Regularly attending members and friends will continue to receive The Witness mailed first class. If you prefer to view it online and no longer wish to receive it by mail, please contact the church office.
SOCIAL COMMITTEE
LOWELL SPINNERS GAME
The Social Committee has tickets for the Lowell Spinners on August 25. The price is $11 for church members and $14 for non church members and includes a hot dog, ice cream, drink and a program. Anyone interested in purchasing a ticket may speak to a member of the Social Committee.
BOWLING
Bowling dates for the summer are:
July 8 and 22, and August 5 and 19
Anyone interested in bowling is invited to speak to a member of the Social Committee (Launa Cooper, Kevin Quinn or Barbara Tolstrup) for more information.
RECENT RECOGNITIONS
Our congregation recently received two recognitions for our mission involvement. The first comes from the Judson Baptist Association; the Certificate of Appreciation states:
The Adoniram Judson Baptist Association thank and commend the First Baptist Church of Malden, Massachusetts for their participation in and in helping to make the Bicentennial Commemoration of missionaries Adoniram and Ann Judson on February 18-20, 2012 a success. The Judson’s sailing from Salem Massachusetts February 19, 1812 and their work as missionaries in Burma helped to launch American Baptist World Wide Missions in 1814.
Signed the 22nd day of April 2012
Dexter A. Bishop, Moderator
Adoniram Judson Baptist Association
The second recognition comes from the North Shore Habitat for Humanity. At their fundraising dinner on April 27, we received the Judy L. Hillard Community Service Award, which honors a non-profit organization for extraordinary dedication and unselfish service to the local community. The citation reads:
The First Baptist Church of Malden has demonstrated and continues to demonstrate a long-standing commitment to community service, social conscience and hard work through its relationship with North Shore Habitat for Humanity. For more than 27 years, First Baptist Church has supported our affiliate and our mission through volunteerism on the work site, volunteerism on our committees, attendance at our fundrasing events, participation in the International Food Fair, providing lunches for work site volunteers, and tithing. Moreover, the support that First Baptist Church has given us constitutes an unusual and remarkable commitment between non-profits that embodies everything that we seek to affirm and acknowledge through the award.
Many thanks go to all the people who helped host the Judson Bicentennial events in February and who, over the years have supported the ministry of Habitat for Humanity. Special mention goes to Susan, and her late husband George, Bowdridge for their tireless support of Habitat’s work and encouraging all of us in our covenant partnership with the North Shore affiliate. A beautifully engraved flame-shaped crystal sculpture and the book, If I Had a Hammer, by Jimmy Carter, are on display in the Parlor.
ONE GREAT HOUR OF SHARING
SHARING BRINGS JOY
To Us. To Others. To God.
One Great Hour of Sharing: Helping Youth Cope with Grief
Thoughts of camp usually include campfires, swimming, mosquito bites and pillow fights. And, for the children and teens who attend Camp Erin, it’s all that - and more. Camp Erin is a special camp for youth aged 6-17 who are grieving the death of a loved one. Created by The Moyer Foundation in 2002, Camp Erin is the largest U.S. network of no cost bereavement camps for youth, with 40 camps in more 25 states and one in Canada.
Campers participate in activities designed to help them address various aspects of their grief and memorialize the deceased. They find comfort among peers with similar experiences, and feelings of isolation decrease. Campers are provided with resources and access to no-cost peer-support groups that will continue to help them through the grief journey long after the bug bites have stopped itching.
MargaretAnn’s Place - Wisconsin’s Center of Hope and Camp Erin - Milwaukee received money from the One Great Hour of Sharing (OGHS) offering in 2011. Fifty-five campers and 58 adult volunteers attended an impactful weekend of laughter, sharing and tears.
“I witnessed many powerful, life-changing moments at Camp Erin,” says Kevin, an adult volunteer who serves as a Cabin Big Buddy to three 9-year-old boys. “One of my Little Buddies and I sat in silence for 45 minutes following the luminary ceremony, in which decorated foam stars and candles had been floated out onto the lake. While he contemplated the event, watching the candles flicker and reflect on the water, he had an outpouring of tears and grief that had not happened since his father had died from a brain tumor. Those 45 minutes of silence, just sitting side by side, changed both our lives for the better.”
This experience is only one way in which campers and volunteers discover joy in the midst of tears. Your generous gifts to the OGHS offering mean that you partnered with MargaretAnn’s Place and Camp Erin to help children and teens through grief.
FATHER’S DAY, JUNE 17, 2012
TOOLS OF HOPE SUNDAY
SHARE IN A HOPE-FILLED TOMORROW
What is a “TOOL OF HOPE” ? A simple truth : “Tools of Hope” are ordinary things.
Things that we often take for granted like: …clean water…education opportunities…
Tents…garden tools…seeds…sewing machines…water pumps and animals to raise.
These small things can make a world of difference for people who have been devastated
By tragedy, hurricanes, tornadoes, fires and floods.
Did you know that thousands of congregations and groups across the United States held
”Tools of Hope” programs last year? Church World Service has provided millions of dollars worth of all kinds of tools for people in need in more than 80 countries and the United States.
Our members and friends are invited to be a part of this wonderful outreach program once again this year on Father’s Day. We have a long-standing tradition here at First Baptist of remembering or honoring our loved ones and friends (especially fathers and men in our lives) by giving $5 gifts – the price of a basic farm tool. We can help share in the development work of CWS and their partners both in the United States and countries around the world in this small way.
On Father’s Day, June 17, we will remember those special people with an Honor Roll of all the gifts given so generously by our people. What an easy way to make someone next door or at the ends of the earth smile and feel God’s love through us !!
Please plan on taking part in this important program once again. On the two Sundays before Father’s Day, June 3 and 10, forms will be available during coffee hour to enable us to give our $5 gifts. Special cards are also available to give to those honored. A giving form is included in this Witness and may be sent to the church office or given to Irene Hofmann anytime before Tuesday, June 12.
Please remember – if it empowers people and helps to bring a hope-filled tomorrow, it’s a “TOOL OF HOPE” !!!
CHURCH WORLD SERVICE
TOOLS OF HOPE
Share in a Hope-Filled Tomorrow
The American Baptist Women’s Ministries is once again sponsoring Tools of Hope for Father’s Day, June 17, 2012.
Each $5.00 gift will bring “Tools of Hope” to people who struggle to survive. Tools help bring hope and change. Cards recognizing your gift will be available in Judson Chapel after the Sunday worship service June 3 and 10.
If you would like to give a tool in memory or honor of a loved one please fill out the form and place it in the offering plate or mail it to the church office. Please make checks payable to First Baptist Church.
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Total number of tools:__________________ Total amount: $____________________
MOTHER’S DAY BLANKET PROGRAM – 2012
In Memory Of
Given By
Bessie Beck Noreen Jacobson
Helen Jacobson
Noreen Jacobson
Mary Trainor
Noreen Jacobson
Errol Isabella Beck
Noreen Jacobson
Our mothers: Hazel Freeman & Edith Parker
Richard & Doreen Freeman
Margaret Glover
Marilyn Glover
Hannah Chopoorian
Marilyn Glover
Frances Glover
Marilyn Glover
Doris Porter
Rev. Martha Dominy
Laura Dominy
Rev. Martha Dominy
Amelia Pitzi
Rev. Martha Dominy
Sophie Nowak
The Nowak Family
Caroline Cashman
The Nowak Family
Mary Ann Nowak
The Nowak Family
Katherine Smith
Joan Risteen
Ethel Goldrick
Joan Risteen
Marion Thomas
Joan Risteen
Virginia Fredrick
Joan Risteen
Lillian Knight
Joan Risteen
My Loved Ones
Launa Cooper
My mother, Clorinda Heath
Irene Hofmann
My aunt, Hazel Heath
Irene Hofmann
Jennifer Spoerl
Irene Hofmann
Lucille Joseph
Linda S. Mercurio
Alice M. Stead
Linda S. Mercurio
Gertrude Gallagher
Linda S. Mercurio
Mary V. Tingley
Her daughter, Virginia Tingley Williams
Gladys D. Williams
Her son, David Lloyd Williams
Olive K. Moller
Her niece, Virginia Tingley Williams
Dorothy Thornhill
David & Virginia Williams
Marion Colwell Thomas
David &Virginia Williams
Jean Ricker Spaulding
David & Virginia Williams
Emily Melea Grigg-Saito
Mae B. Upperman
Ruth Taylor
Susan Bowdridge
Esther Lennick
Susan Bowdridge
Beatrice Fletcher
Dorothy Umlah
Roy Umlah
Dorothy Umlah & Family
Dorothy Buchanan
Beverly Sandberg
Penny Butyn
Beverly Sandberg
Dorothy E. Beaudin
David & Dorothy Latta
Ann M. Latta
David & Dorothy Latta
Mildred Johnston
Claire Stevens
Letitia Stevens
Claire Stevens
Virginia Gessinger
Claire Stevens
Christianne Stevens
Claire Stevens
Linnea Holt
Claire Stevens
Doris Tower
Charles Huddy
Miriam Keen
Beverly & William Hupfer
Sylvia Siljestrom
Beverly & William Hupfer
Ann Foxon
Mark & Dottye Foxon
Gladys Cave
Mark & Dottye Foxon
Joy Elizabeth Foxon
Mark & Dottye Foxon
Marguerite Lent
Mark & Dottye Foxon
Paula Baldi
Mark & Dottye Foxon
Faith Foxon
Mark & Dottye Foxon
Betty Foxon
Mark & Dottye Foxon
Dorothy Foote
Mark & Dottye Foxon
Helen Finch
Mark & Dottye Foxon
In Honor Of
Given By
Gwen Rose Bowdridge
Susan Bowdridge
Amber Jean McHale
Susan Bowdridge
My Sisters-in-Faith
Mae Upperman
Virginia T. Williams
David L. Williams
Our U. S. Servicewomen
Linda S. Mercurio
Pastor Martha Dominy
Irene Hofmann
Pauline Nardella
Irene Hofmann
The Bible Study Group
Launa Cooper
Dorothy Huddy
Charles Huddy
Cindy Huddy
Charles Huddy
Rachel Huddy
Charles Huddy
The Church
Chandru Muthurajan
The Sanctuary Choir
Chandru Muthurajan
Richard Freeman
Chandru Muthurajan
Marilyn Glover
Chandru Muthurajan
Amelia Lantin
The Nowak Family
Joy Nowak
The Nowak Family
Shelia Riordan
The Nowak Family
Irene Hofmann
The Nowak Family
Delphine Haldane
The Nowak Family
My Grandchildren,
Brittany,Abrie,Kailey,Tyler
Joan Risteen
Susan Bowdridge
Joan Risteen & Brandon
My girls, Kathy & Ann Marie
Joan Risteen
Shelley Jacobson
Noreen Jacobson
Caroline Jacobson
Noreen Jacobson
Lisa Jacobson
Noreen Jacobson
Sharon Jacobson
Noreen Jacobson
Ruth Dominy
Rev. Martha Dominy
Esther Dominy
Rev. Martha Dominy
Joni Dominy
Rev. Martha Dominy
My Daughters, Ann, Beth & Gail
Doreen Freeman
Rev. Doreen Parker Freeman
Richard Freeman
Virginia T. Williams
Her Husband, David L. Williams
Jennifer Regan
Dorothy Jesser
Sita Jesser
Dorothy Jesser
Wendy Foxon
Mark & Dottye Foxon
Peg Foxon
Mark & Dottye Foxon
Kerri Foxon Gannon
Mark & Dottye Foxon
Rebecca Lacy Foxon
Mark & Dottye Foxon
Leslie Lent Tanner
Mark & Dottye Foxon
Nancy Foxon Dietz
Mark & Dottye Foxon
Julie Vallier Darcangelo
Mark & Dottye Foxon
Eva Foxon Nicholas
Mark & Dottye Foxon
The Mothers of FBC, Malden
Mark & Dottye Foxon
Dottye Foxon
Mark Foxon
SUMMER WORSHIP SCHEDULE
Summer worship in the Parlor at 10:00 a.m. will begin on Sunday, July 1 and continue through Sunday, September 2. Worship in June and after September 2 will be in the Sanctuary at 11:00 a.m.
CHURCH OFFICE
Rev. Martha A. Dominy Pastor
Marilyn Glover Organist
Sharon Jacobson Secretary
Richard Freeman Bookkeeper, Choir Director
Kevin Quinn Maintenance
Phone: (781) 324-2745
Fax: (781) 324-9495
E-mail: fbcmalden@verizon.net
www.fbcmalden.org
http://theonlinewitness.blogspot.com
Church Office Hours:
Monday - Thursday 9 :00 - 4:00
