September 17, 2011, Saturday, 9 – 11 a.m. -Bosnian and International Food Pantry We need 5 people to provide ministry – please sign up.
September 21, 2011, Wednesday, 5:30 p.m. – Missions Meal and More Bring food to share – please sign up.
Mission Giving from undesignated Mission funds:
$300.00 for Horn of Africa famine relief
$300.00 for Lewis Place, St. Louis, MO, tornado reconstruction
$100.00 for Webster Rock Hill food pantry emergency relief
From the picture archives of WGBC but there is no identification. Do you know this couple?
WGBC Pastor Jeff Vann (1985-1987) and the church. How many can you identify? Click on the picture.
Come to the Party. We celebrate birthdays on the first Sunday morning of each month at 9:15 a.m. Coffee, milk and pastries are available for a donation. August birthday people include: 5 Barbara Harford, 6 Andy Chinnici, 17 Wyndy McRoy, 19 Linda Brown, 30 Phil Gill.
The Summer Hymn-Sing at WGBC will occur at 6:00 p.m. Sunday evening, August 14. So practice up in the key of C. We’ll sing congregationally from the hymnal. And individuals can sing music they love. Or rosin the bow and play your fiddle.
Guest Pianist Joy Correll plays for us during the Morning Worship, August 7. For several years, Joy was the Sanctuary Pianist for Bellefontaine Baptist Church, Bellefontaine Neighbors. She and her husband James enjoy retirement and the interaction with their grandchildren.
Quarterly Meeting of the Deacons is scheduled for 6:00 p.m., Wednesday evening, August 31. The Deacons minister to our church families. Let your deacon know when life is difficult. We care for you in the crises of life.
This is summertime in Webster Groves. It is hot. We have lost count in how many triple-digit days we have accumulated. Stay cool, hydrate, and be aware of how the hot weather is affecting people around you. Step up, be willing to make that extra call to help those who may be distressed because of the intense weather.
The Missions Committee gives a big “thumbs-up” thank-you for the school supplies donated for the Webster Rock Hill Ministries. Client children will be given a backpack filled with essential school supplies.
Reverend Joseph August Sskwor, the first preacher of the Gospel at WGBC, was a senior at William Jewell College in Liberty, Missouri, when he preached that first summer in 1913. He earned the A.B. degree from William Jewell.
Joseph returned to St. Louis in 1914 and became the first English speaking pastor at the Morganford Road Baptist Mission of the German speaking Kingshighway Baptist Church. During this time Sskwor enrolled at Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, earning the degree Master of Arts in Social Economy, on June 10, 1915. His thesis PUBLIC EFFORTS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF UNEMPLOYMENT (published in 1915) is still in the archives library of Washington University.
During World War I, (1914-1918) Joseph Sskwor served as Chaplain, First Lieutenant of the U.S. Army.
Joseph studied at The Divinity School, The University of Chicago, earning the Bachelor of Divinity degree in September, 1921.
From 1925-1941, Reverend Sskwor served as the pastor of the Overland Baptist Church.
He died August 30, 1942, (approximately 60 years of age) and is buried at the Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri. His wife Birdie (1882-1958) was buried beside him 16 years later. The tombstone reads: wife of Chaplain First Lieutenant, J. A. Sskwor.
Life of Webster Groves Baptist Church 