June 29, 2021

Dear Berean Family,

Happy 4th of July! Not only is this Sunday the celebration of the founding of America, it is the anniversary of our church.

In 1878, at the end of the reconstruction era after the Civil War, an Ohioan, Rutherford B. Hayes, was president. It was during this year a Baptist Church was organized by a Reverend Isaac Fullerton and Uriah Chabot in a town on the banks of the little Scioto River called Sciotoville. A small group (not numbered) met in a frame building known as the Marshall Hall. By 1880 Sciotoville suddenly prospered with nearly 1,200 residents. Most residents found employment in the various brickyards or lumber mills in the community. At this point the Baptist Church erected a frame building without a basement on the corner of Winchester and Bloom Streets. It was dedicated on July 4, 1880. The church has a long and colorful history covering 140 years. This Sunday, we want to celebrate with a service and a cookout afterward on the grass by the parking lot. If you can help with setting up tables, chairs and canopies, please meet us at the church at 8:30 AM Sunday morning. It promises to be a beautiful day and a good time.

There are several special days coming: 

  • July 11 we will restart our Sunday School. Sunday service will be from 10-11 and Sunday School from 11:15-12:00.

  • July 19-25 will be VBS setup

  • July 26-30 will be VBS 

  • and much more 

Here is our schedule of services:

 

Sunday morning: 10:00 AM service, live streamed and broadcast to the parking lot
Followed by a cookout on the grass by the parking lot

Following lunch we will have a short time of singing and testimonies.

Sunday evening: There will be no evening service this week.

Wednesday evening: 7:00 PM Prayer meeting and KIT (Kids in Truth)

 

Our son, Isaac Mann, will be preaching on Sunday morning. Isaac is a missionary to Papua, Indonesia, and is home on furlough. Isaac and Kacie’s children happen to be some of the most beautiful children in the world (said the grandpa with not a hint of bias). 

Please continue to call, encourage and pray for one another.  Phone a friend. It will encourage you both. Also, invite friends and family to come this Sunday. We love you and are praying for you.  

In Him, 

Pastor Steve

Berean Baptist Church