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A bimonthly publication of First Baptist Church Gaston

Rev. Laneir Singleton, Interim Pastor July/August, 2017 Vol. 43 Issue 4

Our service will begin at 10:30 AM and dinner will follow the morning service.

There will not be any evening activities or evening service.

Sunday, August 13 - 6:00 PM Service Special Guest: Cory Singleton, Worship and Creative Pastor

Journey Church, Summerville, SC

We are very excited to announce that Cory Singleton, Pastor Laneir and Connie’s son, will be joining us on Sunday evening August 13th. Our kids have had Cory as Camp Pastor at White Oak. Cory and his wife, Allison, are graduates of Charleston Southern University and South-western Seminary. He was worship leader at Jackson Baptist Church and Wellford Baptist Church before becoming youth associate with the South Carolina Baptist Convention. After serving with the state convention for over 10 years, he joined the staff at Journey Church, Sum-merville as worship and creative pastor. For the past year, he and Allison have served there with their 3 children—Ava, Tate, and Zoe.

Cory will lead us in worship and then a time of fellowship for our youth group will follow in the Fellowship Hall!

INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION

Join us Sunday – July 2nd at 11:00 AM for a special Independence Day Celebration… Our Christian freedom came at a high cost and so did living in a free country. While things are not the way we believe they should be today, we are still one nation under God and we still have a reason to celebrate. God Bless America!

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1

Angel Bobo Erwin Corley Patsy Dowd ♥Thomas & Patsy Dowd

2 James Edge Eugene Thomas ♥Roy & Linda Jackson

Patriotic Day

3 Crystal Bivens Marion Marks Mike Parrish Kara Pound Becky Sightler

Office Closed

4 Jimmy Bobbitt Edward Cooper Jason Hutto Perry Leonard Corey Redding

Independence Day Office Closed

5 Kim Ayer Allen Rish

Spiritual Warriors Luncheon 11:30 AM

Mission Groups

7:00 PM

6

7 Kathy Singleton Harry Wilson ♥James & Samantha White

8 Marie Fredickson

9 Lucious Chavis Samantha Robinson

10 Curtis Deming Pat Rowe ♥Wayne & Shirley Watts Deacon Meeting 6:30

11 Chris Sprinkle

12

Prayer Service Mission Groups

7:00 PM

13 14 15 ♥Alton & Ruth Sightler

16 Juliet Haynes Ann Shuler Lee Ann Williams

17 Noah Pound Ryan Wood ♥Matt & Sandy Drawdy

18 Ashleigh Knight ♥Stephen & Brandy Ramey

19 Glenn Clark Bryan Rampey Harvel Sightler

Conference/Prayer Service

Mission Groups 7:00 PM

20 Christopher Phillips, Jr. Drew Pound Aaron White ♥Joel & Sally Hicks

21 Christian Cornette Crystal Diener

22 Clayton Barber Rebecca Hull

23 Mary Sue Alsbrook Jarid Aycock Judy Lowrey ♥Shannon & Elisa Edwards

24 Reid Baker

25 Derrick Brown Haley Greene Matthew Murtaugh, Jr. Dennis Stratton

26 Caylie Kirkham Jimmy Watts

Prayer Service

Mission Groups 7:00 PM

27 Shelly McKay Ashley Watts ♥Perry & Sherry Leonard ♥Allen & Sherrell Ott

28 Hope Cartner Brittany Gantt Buster Gleaton Danny Herron

29 Doris Knight Cynthia Smith Madison Young ♥Buster & Cindy Gleaton

30 Paula Stewart Alyssa Vella

5th Sunday Night Singing

followed by Ice Cream Social

31 Geneva Henderson Vickie Koon ♥Wendell & Phyllis Templeton

CHURCHWIDE SOCIAL

Sunday evening, July 30th we will be having a churchwide social in the fellowship hall beginning at 6 PM! We will have homemade ice cream!! Plan to come and enjoy each other’s company as we slow it down just a bit and make some time to fellowship with one another!

A special thank you to all of you who served in VBS this year.. whether teaching, administrating, cooking, crafting, singing, playing or praying… YOU are the real modern day heroes of the faith! These children get to see what Jesus looks like in the flesh by your service. Pray for the deci-sions that were made this week and the seeds that were planted. We had a total enrollment of 256 and 36 professions of faith. We are already look-ing forward to next year!

VBS 2018 GAME ON! Gearing up for Life’s Big Game

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1

Brenda Jeffcoat Cathy Miller ♥Glenn & Sunnie Gail Pound

2 Robin Peterson

Spiritual Warriors Luncheon 11:30 AM

All Mission Groups 7:00 PM

3 Stan Jeffcoat Boyce Rampey Olivia Speares Melinda Starnes Pam Thomas

4 Melody Feaster

5 Kimberly Cornette Shirley Pound

6 Lucas Ward ♥Dennis & Karen Stratton ♥Jim & Pam Thomas

7 Scotty Clayton Josh Reynolds Shirley Rosenheim ♥William & Deborah Whittington

8 Margaret Corne Taz Johnson Mary Beth Morey Reese Speares

9 Tony Ayers Clara Mack Barbara Pratt

Prayer Service Mission Groups

7:00 PM

10 Trey Dowd Ronnie Sharpe Clyde Spires

11 Emily Baker Lauren Dowd Caidence Fickling Cierra Melton Deborah Whittington

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13 Savannah Furtick Michelle Knight Brandon Peake ♥Dickie & Mary Ann Moseley

14 Katina McElroy

15 Hayley Knight Kris Lange Kyle Lassiter ♥Chris & Jo Lynne Phillips ♥Timothy & Melissa Yandle

16 Cathy Aycock

Conference/Prayer

Service Mission Groups

7:00 PM

17 Jonathan Godfrey Kalyn Harley

18 Noah Moseley Kimberly Wiggins

19 Zachary Godfrey Hannah Parrish

20 Sheryl Cline Sonya Gainey MeaganLeonard Anthony Sightler

21 Jeanette Carson Grace Cathey Austin Crosby Etheredge Harsey Mike Lowrey Renee Pound Cory Pound

22 Mercedes Harsey Angela Henry June Ott

First Day School Lexington District 4

23 Adam Hale

Prayer Service Mission Groups

7:00 PM

24 Zachary Moseley Shawn Stinton Maverick Welton

25 Richard Barr EmmaLee Byars Joel Hicks Leah Lee Adriane Miller

26 Claudia Fry Rylee Hanna Jennifer Murtaugh

27 Judith Mincey Ronald Rawlinson ♥Marvin, Jr. & Jane Pound ♥Paul & Ann Smith

HOMECOMING

28 Rocky Love Janie Sharpe

29 Dale Adams Gary Singleton ♥Donald & Shirley Pound

30 Karen Stratton

GA/RA

Recognition

Mission Groups 7:00 PM

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July is a quite month. We will have updates in the bulletin about the next home meeting.

August 30 - GA/RA/ACTEEN Recognition service 7:00 pm. There will be a family drop-in after the service.

September 9 is the Camille Graham Women's Prison Picnic. There will be a sign up sheet in the Welcome Center the second week in July, for both food and participants. Those going to the prison picnic need to sign up by August 10 so that information can be submitted to the Department of Corrections for clearance. For more information see Margie Rish or Cindy Furtick.

As always, thanks for your and support of the WMU and its programs.

August 22

First Day of School

District 4

Luncheons at 11:30 A.M. Wednesdays, July 5 & August 2

Barbeque Sandwiches will be provided in July. Hot Dogs & Hamburgers will be served for August. Please bring your favorite sides and desserts. See you there!!

T he church library has children's books available for young readers. Some of the books are a little outdat-

ed but there are books for beginning readers and youth. The display shelves include children's books to be checked out and there are more in the library. Christian fiction is also available from the display shelves and in the library. We hope to update all collections over the summer months.

Celebrating the life of Mr. Marvin Pound, Sr.

Celebrating the life of Mrs. Louise D. Spradley Mrs. Louise D. Spradley passed away May 5 after a lengthy battle with cancer. A celebration of life was held at Barr-Price Funeral home in Lexington, SC on Saturday, May 13 at 3:00 P.M. She will be deeply missed by her family, friends and community.

A memorial service celebrating the life of Mr. Marvin Pound, Sr. was held April 20, 2017 at First Baptist Church Gaston. Burial was in the church cemetery. Mr. Marvin joined his precious wife, Mary, in Heaven April 17, 2017. Mr. Pound was a life-time loyal and highly respected resident of Gaston and dedicated member of First Baptist Church where he served in many ministries.

TRASH PICK UP

W e are still in need of volunteers for our group from the church dedicated to picking up litter/trash on Hwy #321 in our town on four assigned Saturdays during the year. Our highways are constantly in need of litter removal, and

we are making a difference as we go into our community representing our church. Please consider joining us on our next pick up date, August 26th. With more dedicated volunteers, our task can be com-pleted much quicker. Anyone 18 or older is urged to join our group. Our last Saturday pick up, we had 8 committed vol-unteers, with the average age of our group being 60 years old. SIXTY! We need some youthful participants! Also, dur-ing the summer months we will begin earlier in the morning to avoid the heat. We are grateful to several restaurants in Gaston that have generously offered to provide food and/or refreshments to our group after our pick-ups. We are always open to suggestions on ways to improve this project. Any suggestion, questions or addition information, see Collette Knight, Margie Rish or me. Thank you in advance for considering joining us. —David Rish

Celebrating the life of Mrs. Wilma S. Pound

He will be genuinely missed by his family, church family, community and all who knew him.

A memorial service celebrating the life of Mrs. Wilma S. Pound was held at First Baptist Church Gaston May 25, 2017. Burial was in church cemetery. Mrs. Wilma, affectionately known as “Nana,” was a positive influ-ence on all whom she came into contact with—whether it be a friendly visit or a business contact. She served her family, church fam-ily and community faithfully. Her sincere generosity and sweet spirit

will be missed by all who had the privilege of crossing paths with Mrs. Wilma Sharpe Pound.

Celebrating the life of Mrs. Betty Locklair Barwick A memorial service celebrating the life of Mrs. Betty Barwick was held April 22, 2017 at First Baptist Church Gaston. She went to be with the Lord April 20, 2017. Buri-al was in the church cemetery. Mrs. Betty was a very respected and faithful church member. In her lat-ter years she became homebound, but continued to support her church. She will be missed greatly by her children, and church family.

Dear Church Family, We are grateful for each act of kindness you have shown before, during and after the homegoing of our mother, Wilma Collette Sharpe Pound. She truly loved her church, community and country and always tried to set an example of how to love as Jesus did. We are blessed! —The Kinard and Wilma Pound family.