Sept. 2012 Lamplighter

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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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Sunday

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Saturday1

BreakfastFellowship

WeeklySunday Service

No EveningGathering

Ladies Bible Study

10 AM

Deacons Mtg.

7:00 PM

Weekly

Sunday Service

Weekly

Sunday Service

(an IChoose P

ject)Clayton Park

10:00 AM

No Evening

Service

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Weekly

Sunday Service

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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


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


Babies: Sondra Gatewood &

Jane Gatlin

2s: Briany &

Andrew Arant

3s/4 s: Leigh &

Will Smith

K-3rd Kids Church

Terry Gatewood &

David Duncan


Clayton Harvest Fesval

Wednesday, Sept. 19


Babies: Faye Wells &

Shalee Sams

2s: Wendy Beasley &

Diane Duncan

3s/4s: Kristol &

Nick Flanigan

K-3rd Kids Church

Will & Leigh Smith


No Acvies

Wednesday, Sept. 26

Chrisna & Warren Casper


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

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