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The Messenger First Baptist Church September 2018 Volume , Issue Wednesdays After-school: GPS: Grow. Play. Serve. We hope that your children will experience growth, fun and play, and service opportunities while engaging with us and each other this coming year. The program will follow the school calendar as usual and will officially begin on Wednesday, September 5. 2:30 Pickup at school and Snack for Grades K-5 3:00 Play/Fun Time 3:30 GPS – Bible Buddies/Music 4:15 Groups switch in GPS 5:00 Homework Time 5:30 Supper 6:00 Children’s Choir for K-5; Mission Friends & Cherub Choir for Preschool Please contact the church office for more information or enrollment. Wednesday Nights Resume! Our Wednesday night suppers will officially begin on September 5th! The cost of the dinner will be $4 for adults and $2 for children (other than covered dish meals). Please call the church office to place yourself on the permanent dinner list! Our schedule will be: 5:30 pm Family Night Supper 6:00 pm Children's Choirs (Grades K-5); Mission Friends & Cherub Choir for Preschool; Youth Time 6:15 pm Adult Bible Study 7:30 pm Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal Please note that we will dismiss programs by 7 pm to help children and youth to be home at an earlier hour. Covered Dish Dinner! To start off our Wednesday Night Meals! September 5th at 5:30 pm! Please join us!
Transcript of The Messenger · withstand you.” (Joshua 10:8) “Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father...
The Messenger F ir s t Bap t i s t Church
September 2018
Volume , Issue
Wednesdays After-school: GPS: Grow. Play. Serve. We hope that your children will experience growth, fun and play, and service opportunities while engaging with us and each other this coming year. The program will follow the school calendar as usual and will officially begin on Wednesday, September 5.
2:30 Pickup at school and Snack for Grades K-5 3:00 Play/Fun Time 3:30 GPS – Bible Buddies/Music 4:15 Groups switch in GPS 5:00 Homework Time 5:30 Supper
6:00 Children’s Choir for K-5; Mission Friends & Cherub Choir for Preschool Please contact the church office for more information or enrollment.
Wednesday Nights Resume! Our Wednesday night suppers will officially begin on September 5th! The cost of the dinner will be $4 for adults and $2 for children (other than covered dish meals). Please call the church office to place yourself on the
permanent dinner list!
Our schedule will be:
5:30 pm Family Night Supper 6:00 pm Children's Choirs (Grades K-5); Mission Friends & Cherub Choir for
Preschool; Youth Time 6:15 pm Adult Bible Study 7:30 pm Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal Please note that we will dismiss programs by 7 pm to help children and youth to be home at an earlier hour.
Covered Dish Dinner!
To start off our Wednesday Night Meals!
September 5th at 5:30 pm!
Please join us!
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Fear Not…
When I am afraid, I will trust in you. In God, whose word I praise, In God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me?
Psalm 56:3-4
What is the most often spoken commandment in the Bible? Do not kill? Do not commit adultery? Love your enemies? Love your neighbor as you love yourself? Follow me? Those are all very important commandments, and several are from Jesus himself. Indeed, he tells us dozens of times to “Follow Me” making that the second most widely used phrase in the Bible. But the most often used commandment in the Bible is “Do not be afraid!”
“Do not be afraid!” appears directly 70 times in the NIV. And there are many times when its variants like “Fear not!” or “Do not fear!” appear. Some count 365 times one of these variants appear; one for every day of the year. One writer
even identified a 366th one covering us for Leap Year too! Admittedly, some of these are perfectly capturing the sentiment of the first phrase, but the overriding issue is clear: God does not want us to live our life in fear.
With that said, we need to remember the Bible is not saying there is nothing in this life to fear. This is not some happy-go-lucky approach to life that everything all the time is just ok. The Bible is far more honest about life than that. And we deep down know there are things worthy of fear. It’s probably healthy to fear venomous snakes, and, as someone who lived in a swamp in eastern NC, my fear of alligators seems perfectly reasonable!
Also, the Bible is not saying we should not act prudently on our fears. Having an alarm system on our house or having a medical alert system again is just reasonable.
But the most important thing to remember about “Do not be afraid” is how often it is followed by a promise that God will be with us. Here are a few:
“Do not be afraid. Stand firm and you will see the deliverance the Lord will bring you today.” (Exodus 14:13)
“Do not be afraid of them; the Lord your God himself will fight for you.” (Deuteronomy 3:22) “Do not be afraid of them; I have given them into your hand. Not one of them will be able to
withstand you.” (Joshua 10:8) “Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father has been pleased to give you the kingdom.” (Luke 12:32)
God says this to encourage us. God understands our fears often paralyze us, and we need the courage to move through the fear. But that courage often escapes us. We need help, and the Holy Spirit, the breath of God, can be there to put that courage in us.
Over the next few weeks, we will be looking at our fears in worship; fears in ourselves and in our world. We live in a world where fears drive so much of how we are and what we do. In the midst of this strife, our God simply comes to us and says, “Do not be afraid.” And when Jesus says that to us, we can have courage because of the presence of the Encourager! Let us find courage in an anxious world!
Grace and peace, Kendell Cameron
Gifts Given to the Youth Choir/Summer Mission Trip
• In memory of Bunnie Sawyer by Mary Stratford Lake
Gifts Given to the Building Fund
• In memory of Gertrude Cox by Verna Jo Ellis • In honor of David Wrenn by Randy & Ginger Mclean
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Our Deepest Sympathy ...
• Linda Richardson & Family in the death of her Mother
3-Bill & Anne Gary, David & Diane Helton, Lanny Ray & Lancy Rhyne 10-Dale & Kim Moran 15-Leslie & Mary Lou Davis 21-Bob & Cindi Laughlin 22-Andy & Julia Richardson 26-David & Shandi Botsko 28-Bill & Linda Piercy
1-Madison Laughlin 2-Pam Featherstone, Randy McLean 3-Jonathan Hawkins, Ella Hilderbran, Ethan Hilderbran 6-Jerry Causby 7-Meredith Gaddis 8-Anna Czekaj, Tyler Helton, Scott Poole, Lanny Ray 9-Mary Collier, Karen Featherstone, Mattie Hough, Jimmy Little, Brenda Orren 10-Amber Featherstone 11-Spencer Childers
12-Beth Brooks, Keith McQuarrie 14-Stephen Morton 15-Elaine Lindsey, Mandy Missak, Sheri Ratliff, Corey Rhyne, Ted Sellers 16-Abbey Hager 17-Jim Surratt 20-Stella Weeks 22-Linda Medley, Ava Sisk 23-Frances Craig, Wade McLain 24-Ray Branum 25-Charles Blair, Caroline Czekaj, Mary Lou Harkey 26-Chandler Burleson, Pam Burleson, Beverly Caldwell, Peter Haley, Diane Helton 27-Becky Hodges, Kim Moran, Evelyn Rodden 28-Leslie Burleson, Scott Helton
Our New Sunday School Year!
The new Sunday School year begins September 2nd. We thank all of our teachers for their dedication and
willingness to teach. Without them, we would not have a Sunday School program. Children and Youth can move
up to their new classes based on their school grade beginning September 2nd.
We look forward to a new and exciting year ahead.
Homebound Ministry
Please remember in prayer our homebound members. List of addresses are available in the church office if you feel led to connect with them.
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Thank You… Dear First Baptist Church,
I would like to sincerely thank you for awarding me the Bob and Virginia Winecoff Scholarship. I was completely taken off guard by your thoughtful and kind gift. I am so grateful to have a home with you all at First Baptist. Your support means the world to me. Again, I can’t thank you enough.
Much Love, Sophie Matz
Dear Church Friends,
Thank you for all of the ways in which you have invested in me over the years. As I head to Furman, I am appreciative of so many of you who have helped me grow both musically and spiritually. I am also grateful to be in a church that supports higher education. The scholarship will be quite beneficial to me, as it will cover part of my freshman year tuition. Again, thank you.
Sincerely, Amanda Cameron
Prayer-ers for Students As our students go back to school, we are looking for people to be Prayer-ers - people who covenant to actively pray for our students, faculty, and staff! We are looking for people to make a specific prayer commitment from our church for our children (infant-college) and for our teachers and school system employees (assistants, administrators, counselors etc..)
If you are willing to commit to adding a child and or teacher to your prayer routine, please contact Paige Sisk at [email protected] or 704-763-4284. Paige will contact you personally with a name or two that will be your specific person to add to your prayers. After that, it will be up to you to continue through out the school year. You can choose to let your person know or remain anonymous. Just knowing someone is praying for you can make a big difference in your life!
Jubilant Seniors The Jubilant Seniors Team is very busy planning great fun for our new church year! On September 14th, we will travel to Hendersonville for our traditional Fall kickoff at Stepp’s Hillcrest Orchard. You can pick your own ap-ples or select from already picked. If lunch at Flat Rock Wood Room is as good as promised, we’re in for a special
treat. We will then make a stop at A Day In The Country (one of a kind gifts), before heading home. Please arrive at church no later than 8:45 a.m. If you haven't made your reservation, please contact Pam Surratt at 704-996-4646.
Most importantly, it is with great pleasure that we recognize six years of outstanding dedication and hard work, provided to our Jubilant Seniors by Frances Gurley and her team. She has given us big shoes to fill and is so
gracious in supporting our new Jubilant Seniors Team.
Pam Surratt
Wedding Shower for Nathan Benfield and
Regina Kelly
September 16, 2018 2:00—3:30 pm
The couple is registered at Target, Walmart, & Home Depot.
Worship At A Glance September 2–Dr. Kendell Cameron preaching Colossians 3:23-24, Who’s Your Employer? September 9-Dr. Kendell Cameron preaching 2 Timothy 1:6-12, Fear Not... September 16-Dr. Kendell Cameron preaching Isaiah 40:27-31, Fear of the Unknown September 23-Dr. Kendell Cameron preaching Matthew 10:26-31, Fear of Persecution September 30-Dr. Kendell Cameron preaching Genesis 3:8-13, Fear of Being Known
July 2018 Record Totals Total Receipts $52,042 Bldg. Fund $3,685 Bldg. Fund YTD $35,484 Other Designated $12,060 Other Designated YTD $49,090 2018 Budget $434,136 Avg. Needs – 7/31 $253,246 Budget Receipts YTD $222,173
First Baptist Church PO Box 385 Mount Holly, NC 28120
704-827-2481 Staff: Kendell Cameron, Senior Pastor, 704-214-1022
[email protected] Cathy Holland, Interim Accompanist Kim Payne, Administrative Assistant,
[email protected] Taylor Vancil, Minister of Music, 336-549-0832
Church Office Hours 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday
8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Friday
Closed for Lunch from 12:00-1:00 p.m.
RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED
Service Opportunities
September Nursery Volunteers Sunday School (Infants) Sept. 2 – Volunteers Needed Sept. 9 – Volunteers Needed Sept. 16 – Volunteers Needed Sept. 23 – Volunteers Needed Sept. 30 - Volunteers Needed Sunday Morning Worship (Infants) Sept. 2 – Allie & Connor Sisk Sept. 9 – Volunteers Needed Sept. 16 – Molly Dean Sept. 23 – Volunteers Needed Sept. 30– Todd & Joy Flowers
Sunday Morning Worship (Toddlers) Sept. 2 – Volunteers Needed Sept. 9 – Volunteers Needed Sept. 16 – Brooke Elting Sept. 23 – Todd & Angie Hilderbran Sept. 30 - Virginia & Roy Hoffman
Church Security Sept. 3-9: Mike Huff Sept. 10-16: Scott Poole Sept. 17-23: Kyle Piercy Sept. 24-30: Richard Flowers
September Adult Class Teaching Schedule Sept. 2 – Reality Check, Titus 3:2-11, Ginni Poole
Sept. 9 – Open Arms, James 2:1-10, Corey Rhyne Sept. 16 – Gracious Hospitality, 1 Peter 4:7-11, Ginni Poole Sept. 23 – Intentional Love, Luke 10:25-37, Corey Rhyne Sept. 30 –Authentic Joy, 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10, Mary Lou Davis
Wednesday Night Suppers Sept. 5— Covered Dish Sept. 12—Pizza Sept. 19— Sandwiches Sept. 26—Chick-Fil-A
