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FINANCIAL UPDATE
Sunday, March 17, 2024
"Blessed: Making Peace"
Matthew 5:9
This Sunday, Pastor Bryon will continue in the message series based on the Sermon on the Mount.
There will be Kids Ministry Programming for Nursery - Elementary at 9am, 10:08am and 11am.
This past fall during our Onward Together stewardship campaign we were asked to PRAY together and GIVE together. Your participation and response were evidence of the movement of God among us in a mighty way. Now it is time for the next chapter of this journey - let's DREAM together! On Sundays, March 17 and 24, there are multiple opportunities for you to join others in our church family and share in this. Please sign up if possible so we can be best prepared, and continue in prayer as we seek out God's direction for our church in the days ahead.
Celebrate the start of Holy Week on Palm Sunday with a palm parade by Gayton Kids. Our Gayton Choir, Handbells and musicians, led by Ed Krauss, will lead worship in both services. For those participating, please see the rehearsal schedule below.
Join us for worship on Easter Sunday at 9:00 & 11:00 am. During the service there will be a time of flowering the cross. We are asking everyone to bring flowers to decorate the cross. There will also be a time of fellowship between the services at 10:08 am. If you would like to bring an item to share, please sign up below.
SEEKING VOLUNTEERS!! The Faith & Recovery Ministry is growing, and we need your help demonstrating the love of Jesus in our community! Specifically, we have female leadership (Sami Maury), but need a few more female volunteers to have enough coverage to fully adopt one of the women’s recovery houses, currently targeting the house on Lakeside Ave. (near Lewis Ginter). We could also use a few more male volunteers at the men’s house.
The goal is to copy what is already being done at the men’s house we have adopted, which is going there once a week with a hot dinner, showing a Christian based video, discussing the video afterward, and enjoying fellowship with participants throughout. This is a time to get to know the participants and provide encouragement. This can lead to direct conversations about the power of faith in their recovery journey, and life in general. These meetings last about an hour.
If you have been considering a way to be on mission in your community, this may be the perfect opportunity with significant flexibility. We can promise you will have the chance at some point to have direct discussions about Christ with non-believers who are curious. Ideally, volunteers could participate at least two nights per month, but even if you can only make it one night a month, we’d still love to talk to you.
If you would like to learn more about this opportunity, or the Faith & Recovery Ministry in general, please contact Mike Brumagin at mikebrum89@gmail.com ~ Isaiah 58:10
The Annual Spirit of Baseball 2024 will be held on April 27 at Fonticello Park in Richmond. This baseball camp introduces Jesus to Richmond’s inner city children while providing a day of baseball instruction, games, and of course, hot dogs and chips!
This will be the 11 th Spirit of Baseball Camp led by Gayton Baptist Church and volunteers are needed. Coaches, managers, front desk coordinators, and food prep represent the areas needed. You do not need to be a baseball expert to help! Just be ready to show Christ’s love to a group of kids!
The Camp typically runs from 8:30am till 4:00pm—questions may be directed to Larry Belcher, 804-441-0351. Larry will also be available to answer questions after Church on March 10 and 17. A sign up genius is available below. Since we are working with children, all adult volunteers will need to file a background check with GBC.
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
Each Sunday evening in March from 5:30 - 7:30 pm.
A light snack supper will be provided each week.
Beginning Sunday, April 7, our Gayton Student LifeNight time will be from 6:00-7:30pm. We will no longer provide a dinner, but rather light, pre-packaged snacks will be provided. 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.
Gayton Student Ministry 2nd Annual "AMAZING RACE"!
For all students in 6th-12th grade!
Sunday, May 19
Noon- 7:00pm
Cost - $20
Sign-up by or before April 28th.
Students will be assigned to teams* of 4-6 people with an adult driver. Teams will be given a team color and name prior to the event so they can plan to dress in that color. After the 11:00am worship service, which ends by noon, all of the participants will have lunch together at the church; receive all the "Amazing Race" rules and instructions, and prepare to start the race. The start of the race will be at 1:00pm. Teams will be given clues to solve and follow to get to destinations where they will have challenges to complete. The tasks to complete are varied, from silly and fun, to creative, to helping others, to mission-focused, to brain-teasers, to physical challenges. All require teamwork and along the way, there will be items to keep up with and a Bible verse to memorize and ultimately recite at the finish line. The "race" will take the teams all over the Richmond area. Dinner will be included along the way. This is a very popular event and is incredibly fun! It is a great event to invite friends to! *Students will be assigned to the same teams as their invited guests. (No worries.). All students and invited friends and guests should sign-up by or before Sunday, April 28th. Each participant will need to fill out a medical release form and sign a code of conduct. At the end of the race, drivers will bring students back to the church to be picked up.
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.
SCUBA VBS Wishlist
The Leaders' Guides have been read;
the master supply list has been assembled;
the Amazon Wishlist has been created!
It's time to get ready for SCUBA VBS 2024!
Please consider reviewing the items on our Amazon Wishlist and considering how you can support this year's Vacation Bible School! With over 150 preschool-elementary aged kids and 80+ leaders of all ages, it's one of our largest outreach opportunities every year!
FINANCIAL UPDATE
📊 FINANCIAL HEALTH UPDATE
(Budget = Anticipated Giving; Actual = Actual Giving Received; YTD = Year-to-Date)
YTD TOTAL giving through 3/11/24 = $633,009
YTD budget through 3/11/24 = $735,939
YTD difference = ($102,930)
Funds collected to Budget = 86%