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S e p t e m b e r 2 0 1 2Vol. 5 Issue 9
This Months HighlightsSept Highlights p. 1
Note from the Pastor p. 1
Note from Landon p. 2
Announcements p. 3
Financials P. 3
Calendar p. 4
A Note from Debbe p. 5
Extended Session p. 5
Birthdays p. 6
Anniversaries p. 6
Our Church Sta
Gary BurdenSenior Pastor
919-631-6789
Landon OrrMinister to Students
919-229-9379
Debbe LangdonMusic Director/Pianist
919-410-0271
Chasty Comeau
Admin. AssistantFinances
Pat BaucomAdmin. Assistant - Publicaons
Bethesdas Second Annual Chicken Bar-B-Que Fund Raiser- Friday, September 14th
Hours: 11:00 AM - 2:00 PM and
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM
$ 7.00 per plate (eat in or take out)
Proceeds will go toward His Vision - Our Mission
See page 3 for more details.
Bethesda Homecoming Sunday
September 23, 2012
Time to nofy previous church members and fam-
ily/friends to worship with you on this Homecom-
ing Sunday and to fellowship with lunch aer-
wards.
The month of September is more than the beginning of our
church year; it tradionally is a busy month, and this September
is no excepon. You will see many events on our September calendar and
highlighted in this edion ofThe Lamplighter. So pay close aenon so as not
to miss a thing. Each event is important and deserves our prayerful aenon,
even if we cant parcipate in each one. Many of these events are also being
promoted in our church foyer and on our church website.
Some of the big events include: new Sunday School curriculum for most of ourclasses begins September 2; Clayton Harvest Fesval September 13-16 with
our Awana ministry manning a booth on Saturday and our music ministry (and
all the rest of us in aendance!) parcipang Sunday aernoon; our 2nd
Annu-
al Chicken BBQ fund raiser for our building program on Friday, September 14
(we need all hands on deck for this crically important event!); iChoose Steps
for Life Saturday, September 22; our annual Homecoming on Sunday, Septem-
ber 23; three new LifeLine small group studies beginning Sunday night, Sep-
tember 30.Continued on page 2
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We need volunteers for: cooking
the chicken, helping CarolynDurham in the kitchen, serving in the FellowshipHall, delivering meals that have been ordered,and clean-up, etc. The cost is again$7.00/plate. Please see sign up sheets on a
table in the foyer. .
Date S.S.AM
Worship
Budget
Oering
His Vision
Our Mission
July 29 96 156 5,885.48 750.00
Aug. 5 105 152 8,657.35 1,560.00
Aug. 12 114 165 5,113.78 1,190.00
Aug. 19 120 158 5,496.25 1.665.00
Total 435 631 25,152.86 5,165.00
Avg. 109 158 6,288.22 1,291.00
Average Aendance & Oerings for August 2011
Avg. 104 142 6,248.86 1,010.75
Facts & Figures for August 2012
LifeLineSunday Night Small Group Studies
September 30November 11
Art of Marriage Couples Study
Facilitators: Larkin & Brigie CreechCost: $20.00 for each couple
How to Study (and Teach) the Bible
Facilitator: Landon OrrYou Are A Gied Child
(Discover, Develop, Deploy your Spiritual Gis)Facilitator: Pastor Gary Burden
These studies will begin at 6:00 PM every Sunday
night during the me period listed above. You
have a choice of which study you prefer to aend.
Addional informaon is available from each of
the facilitators.
With all those back to school salesgoing on, is a great time to
shop for school supplies for your OperationChristmas Child shoe box. Items for your shoeboxes are pens, pencils and sharpers, crayons,markers, stamps and ink pads, writing paper orpads, solar calculators, coloring and picture
books, hard candy and small toys.
Please place your last quarters Sunday School litera-
ture in the work room. These materials are used bypastors and lay people to teach and disciple familiesin 3rd world countries. Approximately 80% of Chris-tian believers outside the US have no Christian litera-
ture.
IChoose Pregnancy Support services is having its
annual fundraiser walk on September 22nd. It will
be held at the Clayton Community Park on Amelia
Church Road. Registraon is scheduled for 10 AM
with the walk starng at 10:30 AM. If you need
more informaon, please contact Sharon Orchard.
It's me for another excingyear for Awana. Clubs are
available from 2 years old
through 5th grade. Registraon is available in the
lobby and on our website. We are counng on you
to reach out to friends, neighbors, and even that
lady in the checkout line and invite them to join us.
Please be in prayer for our leaders and clubbers as
we come alongside families to help children know,
love, and serve Jesus Christ!
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Thursday
Friday
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BreakfastFellowship
WeeklySunday Service
No EveningGathering
Ladies Bible Study
10 AM
Deacons Mtg.
7:00 PM
Weekly
Sunday Service
Weekly
Sunday Service
(an IChoose P
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10:00 AM
No Evening
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6:30pm ...........................................................Awana, Youth Bible Study
6:45 pm .....................................................Adult Prayer and Bible Study
Choir Rehearsal
9:15 am ....................................................................Bible Study Fellowship
10:30 am ......................................................... Morning Worship Celebraon
6:00 pm.......................................... LifeLine...Get Connected (Small Groups)
Student LifeLine
SPK CHOIR (Shout Praises Kids) - Grades 1-5
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SEPTEMBER EXTENDED SESSION
AND KIDS CHURCH
Sunday, Sept. 2 - AM
Babies: Kathleen McLamb
& Cherilyn Murphy
2s: Heather Henry &
Tori Smith
3s/4s: Julie Brueggen &
Kristen Duncan
K-3rd Kids Church
Frances Burden &
Angel Duncan
Sunday, Sept. 2 - PM
No Acvies
Wednesday, Sept. 5
Frances Burden &
Louise Gilmore
Sunday, Sept. 9 - AM
Babies: Brigie Creech &
Jan Culpepper
2s: Brandi & Tobi Sauer &
Shannon Coomer
3s/4s: Mandy &
Brianna Windham
K-3rd Kids Church
Nicole & Michael Ritchie
Sunday, Sept. 9 PM
Jane & Johnnie Gatlin
Wednesday, Sept. 12
Jennifer Harrison &
Terry Gatewood
Sunday, Sept. 16 - AM
Babies: Sondra Gatewood &
Jane Gatlin
2s: Briany &
Andrew Arant
3s/4 s: Leigh &
Will Smith
K-3rd Kids Church
Terry Gatewood &
David Duncan
Sunday, Sept. 16 - PM
Clayton Harvest Fesval
Wednesday, Sept. 19
Sunday, Sept. 23 - AM
Babies: Faye Wells &
Shalee Sams
2s: Wendy Beasley &
Diane Duncan
3s/4s: Kristol &
Nick Flanigan
K-3rd Kids Church
Will & Leigh Smith
Sunday, Sept. 23 - PM
No Acvies
Wednesday, Sept. 26
Chrisna & Warren Casper
Sunday, Sept. 30 - AM
Babies: Faye Parrish &Elvis Farr
2s: Sondra Gatewood &Louise Gilmore
3s/4s: Laura Benson &Sara Orr
K-3rd Kids Church
Sabrina & TrentonSeagroves
Sunday, Sept 30 - PM
Bill & Julia Stephens
2 year olds every
Sunday Night
Frances Burden
September is the beginning of a new
Choir Year --- and there's no beer me
to join! We have several excing events
coming up: singing in the Clayton Harvest
Choir Fesval on September 16; Bethesda
Homecoming on September 23; holiday music for
Thanksgiving and a special Christmas musical! As our
new fall schedule begins, please give prayerful consid-
eraon to becoming a part of the choir family. Weekly
choir rehearsal will be held on Wednesday evenings
from 6:45 - 7:45pm; come join us as we "make a joyful
noise unto the Lord" - what a wonderful opportunity to
witness and worship together!!
The town of Clayton holds an annual Harvest Fesval
mid-September, drawing a crowd of people to down-
town Clayton through a variety of events and enter-
tainment. On Sunday, September 16 from 1:30-9pm,
there will be a Praise Choir Fesval on the Town Square
near the Clayton Center, sandwiched between Main
and Second Streets. Bethesdas Adult Choir is on the
schedule at 5:30-6:15pm, and we welcome all who
would like to become special choir members and sing
with us that aernoon! Plan to bring your lawn chair
earlier in the aernoon, enjoy the music and fellowship
with other believers.and we will not hold evening ac-
vies at church so that we can stay on Town Square
for more praise and worship. While making plans for
the Harvest Fesval, I thought about that wordand
what it means:
Harvest--- the Merriam-Webster diconary oers thesedenions: the season for gathering crops; to gather
and store a crop.And we read in Mahew 9:35-38: Jesus went
through all the towns and villages, teaching in
their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of
the kingdom and healing every disease and sick-
ness. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion
on them, because they were harassed and helpless,
like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his
disciples, The harvest is plenful but the workersare few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to
send out workers into his harvest eld.So we have an opportunity before us: to venture
out of our comfort zones, to witness through mu-
sic and fellowship, to be workers in Gods harvesteld Wont you join us? God bless.
Debbe Langdon
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4967 Highway 70 West Business
Clayton, NC 27520
Phone: 919-553-7678
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September Birthdays
Ava Creech 1st
Linda Lee 4th
Jerry Gilmore 5th
Carness Underwood 5th
Lynne Raker 8th
Neta Jones 9th
Lehman Godwin 11th
David Creech 12th
Frank Avery 15th
Rosa Johnson 15th
Michael Tart 15th
Dolly Bryant 18th
Wayne Lile 18th
Chris Johnson 19th
Bill Stephens 24th
Sis Godwin 25th
Audrey Langdon* 25th
Michael Hall 26th
Diana Lee 26th
Adam Johnson 30th
Were on the web!
www.bethesdaclayton.com
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LETSGO TO ISRAEL
Now is the me to Sign Up!
Only 23 seats available.
Leaving from RDU on Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Returning to RDU on Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Esmated cost per person: $3,000.00
(Cost does not over lunches, ps, incidentals, purchases, addional
insurance, etc.)
First Deposit: $100/person due by September 1
Second Deposit: $150/person due by November 1
(All deposits fully refundable unl February 8, 2013)
See pastor for details and to sign up. Dont delay!
40/40 PRAYER VIGIL
We as a church are registered with many other churches in
our Southern Bapst Convenon and beyond to commit to
pray for our naon. We desperately need spiritual revival in
our churches and renewal in our naon.
Although we will encourage each member to choose the 40 day opon, you may
choose the 40 hour opon. You can pray once each day between September 26
and November 4, or for 40 hours, between 4:00 pm, November 2 and 8:00 am, No-
vember 4.
The important thing is that we pray! Prayer guides will be made available in Sep-
tember.
Ladies, aer an unexpected interrupon
in my life about 3 months ago, the Lord
is giving me His grace to connue in our
me of prayer and the Word here to-
gether in my home on Tuesday morn-ings. I would like for u s to start again on Tuesday, September 4th (aer La-
bor Day), 10:00 AM, at my home on 209 Will Court, Clayton. If ever we need
to join hearts and hands in prayer to the Father through our Lord Jesus
Christ, it is now! Jesus said in Luke 18:1 that ...at all me we Pray with-
out ceasing, so lets do it! Looking forward to meeng with you at the
throne of grace, I am sincerely your sister in Christ.
Ayden Jr.* & Bey Lee 8th
Ron & Carol McNeece 13th
Brian & Kathleen
McLamb
20th