Member Spotlight - October
Vol. 46 No.
October 22, 2025
Good News Newsletter
Rev. Dr. K. Scott Robertson
Senior Pastor
pastor@fbcmiddletown.org
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Member Spotlight
Q: What childhood memory makes you smile?
Leah: My Daddy giving me chocolate ice cream at Park Street Ice Cream.
Jim: Spending the week fishing at the lake in Celina Ohio.
Q: What drives you to get up every morning?
L: A desire to start a new day.
J: A new day with new challenges and opportunities.
Q: How do you spend your free time?
L: Reading and playing my instruments.
J: Playing my dulcimer and other music instruments and reading.
Q: What are your hobbies?
L: Watching movies.
J: Gardening, music instruments, reading and learning about different things.
Q: What goal are you working toward right now?
L: Learning to walk again.
J: Learning to play the clawhammer banjo.
Q: What subjects, current events, or causes are you passionate about?
L: Animals and how they are treated.
J: Nature and preserving land for plants and animals.
Q: What’s your favorite way to unwind after a hectic day?
L: Sitting in my chair with a good supper.
J: Relaxing and watching something entertaining on my iPad.
Q: If you could visit any place in the world, where would it be and why?
L: Great Britain, nice people and beautiful scenery, good government.
J: Scotland, as that is where some of my ancestors are from.
Q: What book or movie left a lasting impression on you?
L: The Blue Piano by Carol Montparker
J: Many books and movies have left an impression on me. I can’t name just one.
Q: Who do you look up to, and why?
L: My sister, because she really loves me and encourages me.
J: My older brother Gene who always challenged me to do better and learn something new.
Jim & Leah Hogg
People @ First
Vonda Barner was discharged from the hospital and is back in her apartment.
As always keep Jackson Redding and Nathan Byers in prayer.
The next Men’s Breakfast will be Saturday, November 22, at 8:30 am, at Cracker Barrel in Middletown.
Game night Schedule:
Saturday, October 25, at 5 pm
Saturday, November 8, at 5 pm
As always, bring a friend and a snack.
The Fall Business Mtg will be Sunday, November 23, right after worship service.
Thanksgiving dinner will be Sunday, November 23 at 6 pm.
November Coffee Cart Dates
11/2 Coffee
11/9 No coffee
11/16 Coffee
11/23 No Coffee
11/30 Coffee
Nov 6 Roger Burchett
Nov 6 Kenton Pate
Nov 7 Carolyn Patrick
Nov 9 Cheryl Basil
Nov 10 Sally Welch
Nov 14 Ron Gerzema
Nov 15 Quinn Daly
Nov 20 Sue Ann Hale
Nov 25 Jerry Arnold
Ron and Billie Gerzema
November 10 – 58 Years
Steve and Marcy Pledger
November 28 – 55 Years
Last week I delivered the food from our grocery cart in the narthex to the Salvation Army. They were so happy to have the food. They said they are running low on food because the need has increased greatly. They are getting overwhelmed. So, if you would like to help with this need, please put food in the grocery cart every Sunday. One can or many, up to you. I will deliver it when it is full. We will pause this when we start collecting for the Christmas baskets, then continue in January. Thanks for your help.
Susan Singer
Discipleship Committee
Christian Education & Missions
Beth Daly & Susan Singer
Co Chair of the
Discipleship Ministry
Focus Area Coordinator
Congregational Care & Worship
Tim Willis
Community Ministry
Focus Area Coordinator
Church Finances & the Building
Celeste Scheibert
Administration Ministry
Focus Area
Mark your calendars! Thanksgiving Dinner is Sunday, November 23, at 6 pm. Please call the church office a 513-423-5721 to RSVP. More information will be in the bulletin on Sunday.
First Baptist Church
From the Archives of FBC
“All at once,
summer collapsed into fall”
Oscar Wilde
Fall Memories
On October 11, 1904, a shield-shaped, “First Baptist Church 1854” marble stone is removed from the gable above the North Main Street Baptist Church’s doors and placed on the back wall of the side porch of the stone at the South Main Street church.
The 1854 Inscription Stone was removed from the side porch of the South Main Street church and moved to the Riverview Avenue building in 1972. It is now imbedded in the hill in the back of the Daycare wing.
