CHERAWCHERAW FIRST BAPTISTFIRST BAPTIST

Volume 11: Number 37 September 12, 2019

VISIT US ONLINE AT www.cherawfbc.com

CHERAW FIRST BAPTIST

PASTORAL STAFF

Rev. Patrick Blackmon Senior Pastor

patrick.blackmon@yahoo.com

Rev. Joe Polson Church Plant Pastor

joepolson@gmail.com

Trey Allison Student Pastor

trey.allison89@yahoo.com

OFFICE INFORMATION

OFFICE PHONE 843-537-3863

OFFICE FAX 843-537-2601

MAILING ADDRESS P. O. Box 337

Cheraw, SC 29520

STREET ADDRESS 126 Greene Street Cheraw, SC 29520

OFFICE HOURS Monday - Thursday 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM

Friday 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM

NEWSLETTER DEADLINE

IS TUESDAY AT NOON

■ SOUP KITCHEN THANK YOU We’d like to say thanks to the Woodman of the World (WOW) Life Chapter out of Wallace for hosting their third annual Hunger Relief food drive for the soup kitchen last Saturday at IGA. You can check out more details in the article that was included in last week’s Chesterfield Shopper.

■ CHESTERFIELD BAPTIST ASSOCIATION NEWS Volunteers are needed for the Men's Fall mission trip to the Joy Ranch Chil-dren's Home in Hillsville, Virginia Wednesday, October 2 through Saturday, October 5. Call the Associational Office in Ruby to sign up (843-634-6338).

SC Baptist Convention Disaster Relief training in all areas of disaster relief will be available at Spring Valley Baptist Church in Columbia on Saturday, October 12. Register online at www.scbaptist.org/dr to attend this training.

■ LEND A HELPING HAND We’ll be having two workdays to help Norma Moore get moved into her new residence (call the office for directions). We’re asking ladies (and men) to come help this Saturday September 14 with general cleanup (washing down kitchen cabinets and installing shelf liners, and washing walls and windows in prepara-tion for painting). We’ll also finalize some sheetrock repair that day.

Then on Saturday, September 21, we’re asking men (and ladies) to come help paint the entire inside of the house. If anyone is available any weekday during that time period to help with these projects, please let Susan Howiler (843-921-8817) or Steve Howiler (843-910-7016) know.

Your help in this project would be greatly appreciated. Also, if anyone has ex-perience in staining and putting polyurethane on hardwood floors and would like to help with that the week of September 23, please let Steve know.

■ SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHERS TRAINING Sunday School teachers training with Pastor Patrick will resume Tuesday, September 17 at 6:30pm in the Family Life Center.

5:30 PM - Youth Snack Supper and Bible Study in The Street for all middle school and high school youth

5:30 PM - Prime Time Kids returns for all kids ages 3 through 5th grade

5:45 PM - Small Group Discipleship Studies

NURSERY WILL BE PROVIDED

- COMING UP NEXT WEEK -

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 9:00 Sunday School 10:00 Morning Worship 4:30 Worship Choir Practice 5:30 Prime Time Kids 5:30 Youth Supper & Bible Study 5:45 Discipleship Small Groups

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 6:00 NEW! Women’s Bible Study What Matters Most

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17 10am Women’s Bible Study 1:30 Ladies Mission Action 6:30 Sunday School Teachers training with Pastor Patrick

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 6:30 Prayer Meeting 6:30 Youth in The Street

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 6:00 Praise Team Practice

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 Painting workday for Norma Moore

Sunday School Attendance 148

Morning Worship Attendance 290

General Fund Envelopes $ 14,148.00 Weekly Need: $14,426.06

Y-T-D Required $ 519,338.16

Y-T-D Received $ 501,687.47

Y-T-D Janie Chapman $ 880.00 State Missions Goal: $3,600

- SUNDAY REPORT - September 8, 2019

- MINISTRY VOLUNTEERS - Sunday, September 15

DEACON OF THE WEEK Darrell Burch (9/15 - 9/21)

WORSHIP GREETERS Team A

CHILDREN’S MINISTRY

MORNING NURSERY Ruth Carter, Brittany Goldsberry,

Susan Howiler, Sue Lee

KID’S CHURCH (age 3 - grade 2) Chris and Judy Sellers, Ellen Hurst

KID’S CHURCH (grades 3 - 5) Ron and Terri Woodham

EVENING NURSERY Janice Kiser, Elizabeth Carter

SECURITY TEAM MORNING SECURITY

Roy Allison, Wayne Quick, Chris Sellers, Dick Young

EVENING SECURITY Randy Caulder, Eric Jones

- MINISTRY VOLUNTEERS - Wednesday, September 18

EVENING NURSERY Karen Adeimy

EVENING SECURITY Darrell Burch, Jim Kennedy

- UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS -

SEPTEMBER 15 Janet Caulder Laura Haley

SEPTEMBER 19 Charles Allen Graham Kiser Natalie Phillips

SEPTEMBER 21 Molly O’Neal Donna Teal

SEPTEMBER 11 Wayne Quick

SEPTEMBER 12 Lora Chavis

SEPTEMBER 13 Kellon Hall Ruth Keith

SEPTEMBER 14 Jason Chestnut Mollie Phillips

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 5:30 PM in The Street

Snack Supper & Bible Study

- LADIES - RETREAT WEEKEND

We have reached our limit of 15. Ladies, please remember that pay-ment must be made in full to secure your spot. Cost is $100 which in-cludes lodging for 2 nights and food on Saturday. Make checks payable to Cheraw First Baptist.

- BIBLE STUDY - The Monday night Bible study group returns September 16 with Karen Ehman’s What Matters Most, an in-depth study through Philippi-ans. The group meets from 6pm to 7pm in the classroom just down the hall from the church office. All women are invited to join us as we turn our worries into worship!

- HANDLING HALLOWEEN - As Christians, how do we handle a holiday like Halloween? Join us October 22 at 6pm in the Family Life Center’s multipurpose room to look into the history of Halloween and the Church’s relationship with the holiday. Please bring a bag of Trunk or Treat candy and feel free to dress in a fun costume!

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4 5th Quarter after CHS football

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19 Faith & Family Day in Columbia at the Gamecocks-Gators game

Student ticket is $30 + you might need another $30 or so for food.

The first 13 students to pay in full ($30) can claim their spot!

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25 5th Quarter after CHS football

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27 Bowling trip to Rockingham;

Cost is $20 (bowling, shoes, food)

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10 Save this date for trampoline park

More details TBA

> MORE THIS FALL < MARK YOUR CALENDARS

In conjunction with Long’s Pharmacy, the church will

host a flu shot clinic on Thursday, October 10 beginning at 10am. Par-ticipants will need to

bring their insurance card or Medi-care card. More details TBA.

September 25 at 6:30pm in the Family Life Center