Thursday Thoughts

Christmas Cantata!

Greetings and salutations to you, church family!

Much like Hobby Lobby, we here at Aiken’s First Baptist Church are already looking ahead to Christmas! Yes, although it seems very early, it is time to start preparing for this joyous season. This is particularly true for the music ministry, so much so that we will be having our Christmas Cantata Kickoff on Sunday, September 8, from 3:00 pm to 6:30 pm. This event serves as an opportunity for those interested in singing in the Christmas Cantata on December 15, 2024 during our 11:00 am worship to come together and become accustomed to this year’s music. The first part of the kickoff will be spent running through the entire work but beginning at 5:00 pm we will transition to a wonderful Italian dinner in the fellowship hall. If interested in joining us, please follow the registration link below so that we have an accurate count for the meal. Please do consider singing with us as it is a wonderful opportunity for fellowship and leadership in worship. After the kickoff, the first 30 minutes of regular Wednesday night rehearsal beginning at 7:30 pm will be devoted to cantata work. Even if you can’t make every rehearsal, or even the kickoff, you are invited! We would love nothing more than to fill our choir loft for this very special service.

Cantata Kickoff 2024 – Aiken’s First Baptist Church (subsplash.com)

Soli Deo Gloria,

Zach Derr

Earlier this year, the discipleship committee began working on Bible studies for this fall and next spring.  As they were working on these, they decided to pick one overarching theme that various short-term Bible studies could fit into. Eventually, they landed on Micah 6:8:  

“He has told you, O mortal, what is good; 

   and what does the Lord require of you 

but to do justice, and to love kindness, 

   and to walk humbly with your God?  

Now, not every Bible study in the fall, winter, and spring will touch on this theme exactly, but most of them will in some form or fashion.  For instance, our Wednesday night study on our Baptist identity may seem distant from this theme.  Yet, it will touch on what it means to be a Baptist church that ordains and affirms women in all levels of church leadership—definitely an issue of equity and justice in our day.  

Below you will see a full list of the offerings for the fall, winter, and spring, and we hope you will make plans to join in some or all of these studies.  We especially hope this will be true for those of you who do not yet have a regular small group you belong to.  If we truly want to grow deeper in our faith and closer in our walk with Jesus, we need to do so alongside others who enrich us by their words and their walk of faith.  

Speaking of regular, ongoing small groups, you will find a full list of our Sunday morning and weekday small group listed below.  There are some new offerings there as well, including a Friday morning offering for men, so we hope you will check those out and join us as we grow together! 

The majority of our students have already begun a new school year, and our college students will return to classes in mid-August. Think about all that a new school year brings – new teachers, harder subjects, new friends, peer pressure and new school campuses for some of our students. Add to that the concerns about safety on school campuses. College students will face the challenges of making important life decisions during their collegiate years. Our students need the prayer support of their church family. We were so blessed last year by the response of our church family that we were able to pair all of our students in 3-K through college with prayer partners. We hope to do the same again this year. We hope that families with students will consider being prayer partners for other students. This will be a great opportunity to teach your students the importance of praying for others. We are asking prayer partners to pray at least once a week for 3-4 students. When you receive your list of students with contact information, we ask that you let them know that you are their prayer partners for this school year. We would encourage prayer partners to send a few cards during the school year, but that is optional. If you would be willing to bless the lives of our students by praying for them, please contact Sara Adams at 803-292-8551 or at barry_adams@bellsouth.net. There will also be sign-up sheets in the Sunday School packets. Thank you for being a loving, caring church family as we entrust our students into God’s care this school year through our prayers.

The Prayer Ministry Team

My Summer at a Glance  

I want to start by saying that my time here at Aiken’s First Baptist has been another great summer, and I might even add that it was one of my favorite summers yet! For those who might not recall, my name is Emily Berry, and I am an Intern here for Sarah, our Minister of Youth and Pastoral Care. This is my third summer interning with the Youth and my fourth overall at Aiken’s First Baptist. Somehow, we fit so many fun and exciting activities and events into the eight short weeks that I have been here for this summer. We planned a movie day for Inside Out 2; we ate yummy food and talked with the youth during our Prayer Breakfast and Lunch club events. We went to a baseball game, did a night of late-night bowling, helped with VBS, got wet at the kickball slip-n-slide, and had a blast going to the pinball arcade and eating ice cream together! It was a jampacked summer, and I enjoyed every second of it. Along with everything we did, I also participated in worship in many different positions, whether by reading scripture, doing the call to worship, or writing a pastoral prayer. I was able to immerse myself in ministry work. On top of everything I could do here, I was also allowed to participate in the General Assembly. I was given ample opportunities to network and see old friends at this CBF-organized conference. At the end of the week, I was blessed and commissioned along with my fellow interns during the final worship service.   

Since the biggest summer event is Unidiversity, our summer camp, the prep took up most of our time this summer. Sarah and I spent countless hours in the office working to make this short week at Maryville a week to remember for the Youth. And not to toot our horns, but if you ask any youth, I think we accomplished just that. Camp week has always been my favorite time during the summer; as a youth and even as an intern, my sentiment is the same, maybe even more so than that of a camper. I had the opportunity to help at camp, teach a Bible Study (this year being 7th and 8th graders), and lead the volleyball elective, which I particularly enjoyed this year. The cool thing about these opportunities is that I get to work with and be surrounded by kids, not from our church; these youth are sometimes strangers, yet you can make connections with them that have the potential to last years and years to come. 

Along with connecting with youth from other churches, I am always excited to see what new things I experience with our youth. What new personality traits will they feel more comfortable showcasing during this week? What funny stories are they now willing to share during our late-night talks? How will they show how much they have grown compared to last year, not only in their faith but also in who they are? It’s such a privilege to see them grow in so many ways, seeing that I have known so many of these youth since they were babies.  

As my summer and internship are quickly coming to an end, I want to give a shoutout to the AFBC staff, who are such a great group of individuals, who work well together, and strive to do what is best for everyone. I am honored to be able to work with them for such a short amount of time in the summer. They make it hard for me to go back to Clemson and make me wish I could stay year-round! More specifically, I need to give an even bigger thanks to not just my boss but my friend, my partner in crime, Sarah. You are amazing at what you do, and I couldn’t imagine anyone else I would want to do this work with. You guide and inspire me in many ways, making my summers valuable and gratifying! 

Dear Church Family,

Earlier this week, Paul Baxley, the Executive Coordinator of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, sent out an encouragement and challenge in the light of the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump. I share it below so that you also may be encouraged and challenged as you continue in your prayers for all of our leaders, for all those grieving, and for our nation. May we at Aiken’s First Baptist Church continue to discover and to live out God’s more excellent way.

Grace and Peace,

John Carroll

July 15, 2024

On Saturday’s Violence and the Call to be Bold Peacemakers

By Paul Baxley, CBF Executive Coordinator

Saturday evening brought an act of horrific violence, as a gunman attempted to take the life of former President Donald Trump.

On Sunday morning, believers gathered for worship in congregations across our Cooperative Baptist Fellowship family and far beyond. Prayers were offered for President Trump, for the family of Pennsylvania firefighter Corey Comperatore who died, for the others who were injured, for all who witnessed this horrific act and for our nation so badly torn apart by a bitter partisanship that too long has paralyzed us and now threatens to destroy us. These are the prayers that I have been offering since learning of this terrible act and encourage us to continue praying in the days to come.

As these horrific events unfolded Saturday, I was among hundreds of Baptist leaders from all over the world who were returning home from the Annual Gathering of the Baptist World Alliance in Nigeria, in which we considered our common calling to be peacemakers in a world of violence.

Today our nation is entering an even more intense phase of the 2024 election cycle as the Republican Convention opens today and next month the Democrats will follow suit. The debates will be intense, and the differences will be stark. I believe we Cooperative Baptists are called to be bold peacemakers in this difficult time. Can we insist on a politics that respects the image of God even in those with whom we disagree? Might we model an approach to difference that speaks the truth in love and conviction rather than in fear and domination? Can we encourage one another, and all our fellow citizens, to enter this season not by speaking destructively but rather by voting from our deepest places of conscience and insisting that this freedom and responsibility be afforded to all?

As I shared in our General Assembly just weeks ago, even as our world is becoming more and more fearful of difference and is even more likely to retreat into echo chambers of sameness, God is in the process of making our Fellowship more diverse. Most of our partner congregations have been politically diverse from our earliest days. I believe this diversity equips us uniquely to model a more excellent way and be instruments of God’s peace. Let us do so not only for the sake of this nation but even more for the mission of Christ in the world.

June 27, 2024 

The Southern Baptist Convention Takes Steps to Distance Itself from Aiken’s First Baptist Church 

For at least four decades, the Southern Baptist Convention has been engaged in internal power struggles between fundamental conservatives and moderates.  This has spilled out into public fights, razor-thin majorities in key SBC elections, and an unswerving commitment by the conservative winners to shift the focus of the entire body.  This has been accomplished through years of finetuning the membership lists of key committees to ensure a common focus for member churches in a denomination which prominently lists “independence” as one of the key tenets of their Baptist faith.  These struggles have come at a time when church participation nationwide is declining, and young people in particular are engaged at the lowest levels ever as they find these institutions irrelevant and out of touch.  

This spring, John Carroll became aware of a troubling development which could very well impact our church and will require our due diligence to educate ourselves and to take action as deemed appropriate.  First Baptist Church of Richmond, on May 19, voted to separate from the Southern Baptist Convention by an overwhelming majority, ending a 179-year relationship.  Like us, at FBC Aiken, they had been dually affiliated with the SBC and the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, a breakaway group from the SBC formed in 1991.  This action was taken “in response to the SBC’s proposed constitutional amendment requiring pastors and elders of its cooperating churches to be men.”  A statement issued by FBC Richmond characterized the vote as necessary  to “…get ahead of the inevitable process that would have the church expelled from the denomination, as has recently happened to other churches with female ministers on staff.  If the SBC’s constitutional amendment passes, hundreds of churches are expected to depart the SBC or be kicked out.”    

A year ago, at the annual meeting of the SBC, this proposed amendment to its constitution was passed by more positive votes than the required two-thirds majority, but by laws requires it be approved by two consecutive votes.  The New York Times described the action taken last year:  

“Delegates to the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting in New Orleans approved an amendment to their constitution that their churches must have “only men as any kind of pastor or elder as qualified by Scripture.”   

Even before the second vote at this year’s meeting for ratification, churches have been, and are being, disassociated for including women in their ministerial staff.  A notable case is Saddleback Baptist Church (founded by Rick Warren) voted out last year and several other churches.  This week, the participants in the annual SBC meeting voted on this amendment but fell just short of the 2/3 majority needed to pass it.  That failure, however, did not hinder the SBC’s collective decision to disaffiliate another church for having a woman in the role of Associate Minister for Youth.  

Our church has called women to serve in key roles since 1960, when Sara Posey began  twenty years of service in professional support for Christian Education.  She was followed ably by Vicky McCullough and Ellen Looper as consecutive Directors of Children’s Programs.  Women were hired as Ministers (or Pastors) beginning in 2000 when Rev. Sheree Jones was hired as Associate Minister (2000-2006), and then Rev. Mary Carol Anderson (Associate Minister for Student Programs 2008-15),  Rev. Amy Sterz (Associate Minister in Christian Education, 2008-15), Rev. Megan Doud (Minister of Students and Missions, 2016-21), and Rev. Sarah Laurence (Minister of Youth and Pastoral Care, 2021-Present).    

Since 1995, our church has affirmed the right of women to serve as Deacons, with a change in the By Laws to that effect in September, and the election of Jane Talbert as the first woman in December of that year.  A number of women have ably served in that role in the ensuing years, and currently seven of our eighteen Deacons are women.  

Given our history and traditions of honoring the contributions, leadership, and ministry of women, both the Church Council and the Deacons have asked that we begin a conversation about severing our ties to the Southern Baptist Convention rather than wait for them to act to ‘disassociate’ us from their organization.  Such a conversation must consider our current relationship with the group.    

As far back as 1991-92, the church leaders were concerned that SBC policies were becoming more proscriptive on key issues, and many churches found that the freedom to live out their Biblical mandates as they deemed best were being challenged.  In 1993, the decision was made at FBC Aiken to reach out to a new and emerging group which ultimately evolved into the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship.  Church members were offered the opportunity to make their mission gifts to SBC or CBF programs as this change was implemented and continuing annually, but the number of gifts designated to SBC programs has steadily declined, with no such requests last year.  

Ties to SBC were maintained at minimal levels to retain access to staff benefits programs under the Guidestone banner, open only to SBC churches at that time.  Now, with the actions contemplated at the SBC General Conference, our ability to continue the health insurance and retirement plans currently available to us is in significant jeopardy.  The church staff are exploring alternative sources for these services and the Personnel Committee will be reviewing them in the near future.  

With that background, we will hold a congregational meeting on Wednesday, July 24 at 6:00 pm to discuss this matter further.  If deemed appropriate at that time, we may move forward with a called business meeting at a future date to consider a formal proposal to separate from the Southern Baptist Conference.  

Additional resources may be found at: https://fbcaiken.org/background-documents 

Last week, our church had the incredible opportunity to minister to over 100 children (and their families) during Vacation Bible School. It was only because of your generosity and the faithfulness of our volunteers that we were able to do this. I can confidently say that God’s love was made known in a big way, not only to the little ones, but to the adults as well. This year’s theme, “Scuba: diving into friendship with God,” focused on five main truths about God: that God is real, a friend who loves, a friend we can trust, a friend forever, and a friend for everyone. I am proud of the way that our volunteers not only taught these truths last week, but more importantly, embodied them to the ones in their care.  

I am proud of and humbled by the many people who helped to make V.B.S. a success this year. We genuinely wouldn’t have been able to do it without each and every one of the following individuals:  

Stage Construction and Design: Vicky and Jim McCullough 

Crew Leaders: Diane Addis, Elizabeth Anderson, Emily Berry, Margaret Campbell, Casey Carroll, Alan Hicks, Nancy Holmes, Gretchen and Patrick LeGrand, Melanie Pniewski, Heather Thurmond, & Penny Young 

Station Leaders and Support Staff: Rob Addis, Francine Alsbrooks, Allison Basile, Cathey and Tom Braziel, Susan Carr, John Carroll, Zach Derr, Gabe Gainey, Katherine Hicks, Sarah Laurence, Ellen Looper, Marion Mobley, Susan Myers, Marcy and Tom Reid, Kami Rice, Debbie Sessions, Karen Wilson, & Marilyn Winn 

AFBC Youth: Scott Campbell, William Fishpaw, Isabella McComb, Jack Nation, Caden Pniewski, Ali and Kingsley Rice, & Justin Wilson 

And all those who showed support in other ways (prayer, encouragement, advice, set-up, clean-up, and/or snacks, supplies, and monetary donations)  

Please continue to be in prayer for the lasting impacts (seen and unseen) that V.B.S. might have on the lives of those in our care last week. Whether we ever see them again or they are prompted to continue engaging with our church further, may we continue to be examples of God’s deep love for them. Just as we encouraged those last week to look out for “God sightings,” may we be a people whose hearts and eyes are always attentive to seeing God in both the ordinary as well as the not-so-ordinary. May we also never grow tired of giving thanks and praise to God for the many ways we have been blessed!  

If you didn’t get a chance to serve during V.B.S. this year, don’t worry! I would love to get you plugged in next year! Again, thank you all for your continued investment in the children’s program here at AFBC! It is vital for the continued life and growth of our church!   

In truth and love, 

Matt Waller 

Dear Church Family,  

Several weeks ago, we were able to celebrate Debra’s 5th anniversary as our director of administration.  It is truly hard to wrap our minds around the fact that she has already been with us 5 years, but when you look at the great impact she has had on our church organizationally and relationally, it is also hard to wrap our minds around all God has done through her for our church’s well-being in those 5 short years.  I am grateful to report that in another year’s time we will be able to celebrate Debra’s 6th anniversary with us.  I am saddened to report, however, that will be Debra’s final anniversary with us as an employee because she has submitted her intention to retire effective April 30, 2025.  

Given Debra’s penchant for preparation, planning, and organization, it is fitting that she has given us so much lead time to prepare for her retirement.  She knows that there are many factors to consider with this transition—the great impact having someone solely focused on administration has had for our church, our current budget constraints, and the juggling of various rolls amongst all staff.  I am grateful she has given us the time and opportunity to prepare and make a wise decision.  

Above all, however, I am grateful for Debra’s good work at our church and her faithful devotion to God’s call on her life.  She is a gift to our staff, our church, and our community.  I look forward to working diligently with her over the course of this next year and to continuing to be brother and sister in Christ far beyond the date of her retirement. 

Grace and Peace, 

John 

It’s one of our favorite times of year here at AFBC, and we have so many exciting things to look forward to this summer! Whether you are in the Children’s or Youth program, we have planned some great events and activities that you will not want to miss!   

A few things to highlight in the Youth Ministry: 

Lunch Club & Prayer Breakfast 

On the first Sunday of each month, we will meet at New Moon at 9:30 and spend the morning together. We will walk back to the church in time for worship to start. For all the other Sundays, unless stated otherwise, we will meet at different restaurants following worship to have lunch together.  

June 14th – Lock-In (Cost: $50) 

For the first time we will be changing things up! We’ll be locked OUT of the church for the first half of our night, and then we’ll lock back in for the remainder of the evening. Sign up now on our church app!  

July 8th-12th  – Unidiversity Youth Camp – Maryville College, Maryville, TN
Our theme this year Remember, Stories Around the Table will give our youth the opportunity to consider their place at the table, as well as live out sitting at the table with all God’s children. It’s going to be a great week!   

According to the youth calendar we will also have movies, games, water, games that involve water, etc. It will be quite the full summer, and Emily and I can’t wait to have you join us!   

A few things to highlight in the Children’s Ministry: 

June 10th-13th – Vacation Bible School 

Join us from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. each day as we “take kids deep into an amazing undersea adventure where they’ll experience the ever-flowing, never-ending love of God!” This event is free of charge and intended for children going into 4K through children going into 6th grade. However, we still need volunteers and snacks! Contact Matt if interested! VBS will conclude on the 13th with a Celebration Night in the Sanctuary at 6:00 p.m. followed by a dinner in the Fellowship Hall. The cost to attend dinner will be $5 a person.  

July 8th-July 11th – Passportkids Camp – Pfeiffer University, Misenheimer, NC 

Our theme this year, “Come to the Water,” will remind our children that “water is life, both physically and spiritually.” They will find out more about how “the Bible uses images of water to help us understand more about who God is and how to trust in the Living Water.” 

July 21st – Blessing of the Backpacks 

We encourage all our children to bring their backpacks with them to church to be blessed as they prepare to return to school. During Children’s Moment, we will pray over the backpacks and pass out tags that the children can keep with them as reminders of our love and support for them!  

Lastly, join us as we close out our summer with this very meaningful worship service!  

Sunday, July 28th – Youth & Children’s Sunday  

A Sunday all about our young people. This is a wonderful morning celebrating our children and youth and their involvement in this church. This service allows them to participate in worship leadership, as well as share stories from their summer. A spiritual year in review! Everyone wear your favorite youth or children’s ministry t-shirt and come be a part of this special day dedicated to our kiddos! 

In Truth and Love, 

Sarah and Matt  

As a ministerial staff, we have begun a habit of reading and studying together over the past couple of years.  Sometimes we read through a book of the Bible together.  Sometimes we focus on a particular topic covered by various articles.  Recently, we have been working our way through a couple of books that I would like to tell you about.  

Earlier this year, we read The Gravity of Joy by Angela Williams Gorrell.  This book is part autobiography and part theological mediation.  In both mediums, Gorrell seeks to account for an understanding of joy that sincerely grapples with the reality of hardship and suffering that presses in upon every life at some point.  She powerfully recounts a series of griefs that she had to walk through just as she began her work studying joy for the Yale Center for Faith and Culture.  At first, these two realities seemed ironically cruel—that she would be hit by so much grief right as she was to study joy.  In the end, however, she finds that her understanding of joy’s gravity and enduring presence has deepened as she discovers, or is found by, joy in unlikely places.  

Currently, we are reading Canoeing the Mountains by Tod Bolsinger.  While we are only a third of the way into this book, it is already proving incredibly fruitful as we discuss where we are as a church in the midst of a changing world.  Bolsinger’s thesis is that the church finds itself in very much the same place that Lewis and Clark did at a certain point in their mission of finding a passage from the East coast to the West coast of America.  Lewis and Clark were skilled explorers who knew how to navigate river systems with great proficiency, and they assumed, like everyone else, that those skills would take them all the way to the end of their mission.  Eventually, however, they found that the rivers ran out and that the Rocky Mountains stood between them and the fulfillment of their mission.  

Likewise, the church in America today finds itself in a world it did not anticipate and fitted with equipment and skills that were for where it had been, not for what is in front of it and where it needs to go to fulfill its mission.  In this situation, we can keep clinging to our canoes and fail in our attempts to make it over the mountains before us, or we can choose to do what Lewis and Clark did as they ditched their canoes and choose to navigate the adventure of new and unexpected terrain with courage, adaptability, and teamwork.  I look forward to continuing to learn from Bolsinger’s work on leadership in unexpected territory as we continue reading through it as a staff team.  

I share these with you because we have benefitted from them as a staff and some of you may be interested in picking them up, as well.  I also share them with you so that you know our ministerial team takes our role of ministry seriously and seeks to continue growing together in our leadership and service for the sake of our church and God’s mission in the world. 

Mission THERE:  Danville VA  

Save the Date!  October 9-12 will be our first Mission: THERE as Aiken’s First Baptist Church Travels to Help Everyone Reach Everyone on an intergenerational mission trip to Danville, VA.  

Registration opened this past week and will be limited to about 20 urban farm workers plus 3-4 kitchen crew members who will provide meals for our participants. Members of our youth group are encouraged to join us.  

We will be traveling on the church bus or by private vehicle and lodging at nearby Camp Selah (https://www.campselahministries.com) in Sutherlin, VA, about 245 miles from Aiken.  Accommodations will consist of a men’s and women’s bunkhouse with attached bathrooms, full commercial kitchen, lodge with fireplace and ample seating. The camp has hiking trails, a meditation labyrinth, outdoor and indoor games, fire pits, and a chapel among other amenities.  

We’ll drive up Wednesday and arrive in time for some free time and our first provided meal, supper, followed by a retreat program planned by Pastor John Carroll. Thursday and Friday will be workdays at the urban farm: putting in gravel paths, clearing land for new plantings, and harvesting and preparing the current garden for the winter. Each day will end about mid-afternoon, and we’ll return to rest and enjoy the camp’s trails and scenery.  Each workday our Pastor will have another retreat lesson for us, followed by supper and fellowship/fun time.  Friday, we hope to have members of the Grace and Main community join us for supper and retreat time. Saturday we’ll have a tour of the Grace and Main ministry area in Danville and learn of their challenges and successes and depart about noon.  

The cost will be $110, which covers the 3 nights of lodging and 8 meals.  (Lunch up and back will not be included).  Transportation will be provided by the Mission budget.  A deposit of half ($55) is required when registering, which can be done through the church app, through link in the Weekly Update email, or at the church office.  

Important dates:  An information session is planned for right after church on May 19 to answer any questions.  Background checks and an on-line child/youth protection training required by CBF (not our AFBC training) will be done after registration closes.  Registration will close August 12 or when our maximum number of participants have signed up.  The organizational meeting with paperwork and traveling details will be August 18.  Paperwork, background checks and on-line training must be completed by August 28.  

Prayerfully consider joining us as we Travel to Help Everyone Reach Everyone. 

We enjoyed our last Wednesday evening meal and gathering last night as we take a break until August. Thank you so much to our Food Service Team as they have served so faithfully during this past year. Many thanks to Francine Alsbrooks for her willingness to spearhead this effort for the last few years. As you know, Francine has decided to step away from this team to spend time with her family, especially her grandchildren. As we look forward to August, I wanted to share with you the plans for Wednesday night meals.

The Food Service Team and Hospitality Team have decided to form teams to accommodate the tasks that need to be accomplished for a Wednesday night meal to happen. These teams, comprised of 4-6 people, will help will prepare some of the food for Wednesday nights and set up the drinks, desserts, and food. Some Wednesday nights these teams will prepare the entire meal – a potato and salad bar, soup and sandwich bar, BBQ meal, etc. On other nights they may provide only side dishes. We are contracting with a local caterer that we used several years ago to provide us with entrees for some Wednesday nights. Some of the entrees we have chosen are Baked Spaghetti, Fried Chicken, Beef Tips and Rice, and Breakfast for Supper. Are you hungry yet?

If you are willing to participate on a Wednesday night team, please let me know by calling the church office or emailing me at dhaney@fbcaiken.org. We anticipate a team only having to work once every 4-6 weeks.

Thank you for the support you have shown to the Food Service/Hospitality Team this past season. We are looking forward to being back together for food, fellowship, and study in August.

Debra Haney