Please Pray For…

Bob Schneider at Henrico Drs., Frances Henningson at Au-tumn Care, Nell Peddicord at Doswell House, Connie Bro-drick at The Haven, Bill & Sandra Blackburn, Amy Boles (James & Carol Boles daughter), Polly Boschen, Amy Bowles (Eunice Bowles granddaughter), Norman Bowles, Jeanne Bradley, Donald Bray, Jr., Robin Brightwell, George & Bessie Bryan, Joyce Burgess, Eugene & Ortygia Carnette, Earl Carver, Tim Cates, Hallie Chenault, Jim Cherry, David & Janice Culver, Opal Dalton, Nancy Damron, Howard & Jean & Andrew Davis (Mary Kay Winn’s family), Chuck Davis (Ray Davis’ son), Chuck & Margaret Davis & Family, Amy Dixon, Rick Doggett, Roxanne Eliott (Jim Wright’s granddaughter), Peggy Etheridge(Sr.), Marvin & Margaret Ferguson, Aaron & Danielle Fisher, Wally Fleming, Lyle Foster (Peggy Ether-idge’s,(Sr.) father), Linda Gerhardt, Mary Greenwood, Melvin Harver, Mary Hawthorne, Peggy Hildreth, Allen & Courtney Hillard (Mary Hawthorne’s family), Lucille Hott, Johnny Howell, Courtney Jackson, Ann Johnston, Dot Jones, Dick & Charlsie Joyner, Cecil & Rae Keel, Paige Kinser’s mother, Bryan Lane, Olive Litwinowicz, Will & Audrey Long, Sam Loving, Leslie Luck, Howard Lynch, Thomas Martin, Jordan Mills, Patrick Olmstead (Robert & Betty Olmstead’s grand-son), Robert & Betty Olmstead, Shirley Pasowicz, Freddie Pendergraph, Lisa Phillips, J.L. Pitts, Edwin Power (Margaret Davis’ father), Dick & Linnea Sandstrom(Bill & Sandra Black-burn’s friends), Ruth Ann Sawyer (Norman & Betty Bowles’ daughter), Don & Ruth Stewart, Ruth Tate, Jim Taylor, Marvin Thomas (Martha Long’s brother), Kitty Thompson, Faye Toney, Doris Tucker, Taylor Turner (Doris Metz broth-er), Daniel Washington (Deborah Steele’s grandson/Audrey Goode’s great grandson), Bill White, Vickie White (Anita Blackwell’s sister), Jean Wildbore, Vera Williams, Bonnie Winn (Gloria Talley’s sister)

Counting Team January 22-Alan Adkins, Kevin Hare, Bob Wildbore

Opening & Closing

January 22-Jay Thompson

Deacon of the Week January 22-28 ~ Karen Rosser ~ 559-0057

Stewardship Report ~ January 15, 2017

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Mechanicsville Baptist Church 8016 Atlee Road

Mechanicsville, Virginia 23111 www.mechanicsvillebaptist.org

Office phone - 746-7253 FAX - 746-0749

Dwight Hedges Associate Minister to Students

Jackie Broaddus

Child Care Director 746-7732

Crosswalk Attendance Sunday School Attendance Worship II Attendance Regular Offering E-Giving Weekly Budget Needs Designated Funds Total Offering Roof Funds Available Lottie Moon Offering

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$281,051.30 $11,502.83

BUSINESS MEETING

Wednesday ~ January 18 6:15 p.m.

Wednesday Night Suppers Resume January 18

5:30 p.m. Soup and Salad

Inclement Weather Policy In case of severe weather on a Sunday, we will wait until Sunday morning to

close. We will put an announcement on the church website, and Channel 12TV to post the closing announcement.

For Wednesday evening activities, we are closed during inclement weather if Henrico County Schools are closed.

**After snow or rain, please do not park on the grass in front of the church.**

The Calendar Sunday - January 22

8:30 a.m. Crosswalk 9:45 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Worship II 5:00 p.m. Youth Parent/Leaders 6:00 p.m. Youth Ladies Ensemble 7:00 p.m. Sounds of the Spirit Monday - January 23 11:30 a.m. AA Meeting Tuesday - January 24 6:15 p.m. Worship Team Wednesday - January 25 11:00 a.m. Bible Study & Prayer 5:30 p.m. WNS-Salisbury Steak 6:15 p.m. Bible Study & Prayer, Youth, Pre-School Choir, School Age Children’s Activities 7:00 p.m. Mission Friends Adult Choir

Thursday - January 26 7:00 a.m. Fellowship Breakfast 6:30 p.m. Missions Development Women’s Bible Study

Regular Offering Sunday, January 15, 2017

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From the Pastor… Craig Brian Larson, in his book Pastoral Grit, explains, “Physicists had scratched their heads for some fifty years over the unexplainable orbit of the planet Mercury. Newton’s theories of gravity had served well for centuries to understand the orbits of all the other planets, but in Mer-cury’s elliptical orbit, the point nearest the sun drifted by a small amount. Astronomers con-jectured that another small hidden planet, which they named Vulcan, might be orbiting the sun and exerting gravitational force on Mercury. But Vulcan was never discovered. Then Albert Einstein formulated his general theory of relativity. When he applied this gravitational formula to the eccentric orbit of Mercury, the numbers fit. Mercury was a mystery no more. On occasion my life has an orbit, which, like Mercury, defies my best efforts to explain it. Nonetheless, as surely as there is order in the university, there is a heavenly reason for my circumstances that is utterly consistent with God’s Word and character. I just cannot un-derstand it yet.” Life is always a journey and many times in our journey there are times of doubt. We doubt others, we doubt ourselves, and sometimes we doubt God. When we pause and take invento-ry of our lives and our circumstances there is never a time we cannot depend on God. God draws near to us as we draw near to him. There is always a reason for our circumstanc-es, we just need to learn to be patient and wait on the Lord for understanding.

Pastor Tim

Help Needed! Now that the roof project is nearing com-pletion, we need some help putting things back in place in the FLC. Two times have

been set: Tuesday ~ January 17 ~ 6:30 p.m. Saturday ~ January 21 ~ 8:30 p.m.

We’ll be moving items back into class-rooms and preparing to fully re-open the

FLC. Questions? Call the church office.

Fellowship Breakfast Thursday ~ January 26

7:00 a.m.

New Phone Number Don & Ruth Stewart

262-9820

Sympathy Our Christian sympathy is expressed

to Robert Olmstead and Carolyn Little in the passing of their sister, Vivian

Shoaf. Please remember their family in your prayers.

YAY! 380 boys and girls will be blessed because of your participation in our shoebox project in

2016. Now is the time to begin our collection of shoebox gifts for 2017. January is the perfect time to buy gloves, hats,

and scarves for ages 2 to 14.

Youth… Youth Parents & Leader Meeting

January 22 ~ 5:00-6:00 p.m. All parents and interested leaders in the

youth ministry, we are having an important welcome and orientation meeting for those

who are able to attend. Dwight will be discussing some vision and planning in the group and we are interested in connecting

with everyone involved or wishing to be involved with our youth. See you there!

Youth Ministry Kickoff Sunday ~ January 29

6:00-8:00 p.m. All youth, parents and leaders are invited to attend our kickoff event to highlight youth

group vision and events for 2017. We will be having a time to reveal programming,

activities, leadership, mission and vision for the new year. We will be having nachos as

well, so DO NOT MISS OUT!

Please Note… If you have borrowed the spreader from the

Electrical Closet in the FLC, please return it as soon as possible.

ATTENTION LADIES! A new women’s bible study will begin Thursday

night, January 26! We will be doing “Jonah-Navigating a Life Interrupted” by Priscilla Shirer.

We will begin at 6:30 p.m. and the first session will be held at church. The remaining 6 sessions will be at the home of Lisa Guridy. There will be several different leaders presenting the sessions. Cost of the study book is $12. RSVP to Judi Cul-

ver by Sunday, January 22...387-6153 (text or call), or judi.culver@gmail.com.

Please join us as we continue to grow in the Lord! Friends welcome!