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TODAY - 4TH Sunday A
8 AM Informal
Worship
9:00 AM Sunday
school
10
AM Worship
5:30
PM Youth Groups meet…
6-7
PM Adult Bible Study - TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT
Monday-Girls Day
Tuesday
9:30-11:30 AM Starting Points
10:15
AM Bible
study
7 PM TAKE
IT TO THE LIMIT
Wednesday
6:30-8:30 PM Recovering Program/Purpose Driven Life
Thursday
6:30 PM Choir
Practice
7:15 PM Praise
Team Practice
7-9 PM Dodge
ball
NEXT
SUNDAY-Communion
8 AM Informal
Worship
9:00 AM Sunday
school
10
AM Worship
5:30
PM Youth Groups meet…
High school (15-18 yrs.)
Middle school (11-14 yrs.)
JAM Kids (7-10
yrs.)
Explorers (4-6 yrs.)
6-7
PM Adult Bible Study
The Circle of Peace meet on
Tuesday, October 9th at 7 PM
in Basic Word Sunday school classroom.
Please make note of this change!
Girls Day on Monday!
We need donation of small hotel size shampoos, conditioners,
make-up and various other girly items
for goodie bags. All donations should be delivered to the church office or to
Carol Durbin
by Monday,
October 1st.
ALL
Tuesday,
October 9, 2007
1:30-6:30
PM
At
NEXT SUNDAY IS
COMMUNION SUNDAY. PLEASE MAKE IT A PRIORITY
TO ATTEND AND
SHARE THIS HOLY SACRAMENT TOGETHER.
In His Service
October 7, 2007
Ron Bowling, Jim Abshire, Sue Etchison & Mona
Hawkins
Will Hovious, Tom McQueary & Jack
Clark
Ted Graphman
NURSERY
Becci Fletcher and Caleigh Fletcher
ATTENDANCE
8 AM Worship-19 SS-73 10 AM Worship-105
SPECIAL OFFERINGS
9/16
$50-Concert Fund, $10.23-Dodgeball,
$10-Ice, $10-Trash Bags
9/23
$75-Concert Fund, $9.62-Dodgeball,
$21.75-Ice, $80-Trash Bags
FINANCIAL NOTES MONTHLY NEED-$19,510
Worship Service Sunday
school
Sept. 2 $3,811.67 $52
Sept. 9 $3,313.32 $46
Sept. 16 $2,579 $62
Sept. 23 $2,719
$50
Total Operating
Fund
$12,570.99
Weekly need: $4,878
"Remember
this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly,
and whoever sows generously will also reap generously."
2 Corinthians 9:6
Stork Patrol Needs Your Help!
The Stork Patrol is collecting baby items
for care packages for newborns and their mothers.
We are in need of:
Baby
lotion, Baby oil, Baby bath wash, Baby wipes, blankets, socks, toys, pacifiers,
bottles, outfits, rubber ducks, children’s books, sleepers, cards, baby nail
clippers, and any other new baby items to put together gift baskets for
families with newborn children to let them know that we care about and support
them.
You can really make a difference in a
family’s life by supporting them, in celebrating the birth of their child.
Won’t you brighten someone’s day by bringing a little something for a baby and
putting it on the bench in the Narthex?
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The Samaritan
House of
Help Line Training
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
10 AM to Noon
In Fellowship Hall
Come learn how you can help people
who are in need in your own community.
Questions??
call Pastor Shelly at (765) 342-3616, ext. 201
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Mercy’s Way will be at First
Baptist on November 10 at 6 PM. As we have done in
the past, we will be offering “early bird” ticket pricing for only $5 for
First Baptist people and their guests. This price will be in effect
through the end of October. The regular advance ticket price is $10 and
tickets will be sold at the door for $15. We do have a need for workers
(you get a free ticket for working). Please see Rick Hoffman if you are
interested in helping out or call him at 342-7806.
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A NEW SCRIP CARD
National
To celebrate National Sandwich
Day, November 3, 2007, Burger
King will award $500 to one lucky GLSC client organization. On that day,
In honor of National
Sandwich Day, the makers of the world famous Whopper® will present a $500 check
to the GLSC client that purchased that lucky Burger King gift
card. Your non-profit organization can use the cash any way you like.
No entry is necessary...
all GLSC customers who purchase Burger King Gift cards during October 2007 are
automatically included in the giveaway contest. Other cash giveaway terms
and conditions:
·
Only
GLSC client organizations are eligible to win - individuals are not eligible.
·
The
winner will be determined by a random drawing of all Burger King serial numbers
ordered and shipped during the month of October.
·
The
winning organization will be notified by November 15, 2007, and the check will
be issued to the non-profit as a donation to be used as needed by the
organization.
Biblical Principles
for Giving
National Planning Group of Ronald Blue & Co.
Even
with the tax benefits, our giving will never make rational sense (especially
financially speaking) unless viewed from a biblical perspective. So what does
the bible say about giving and what are some principles to follow?
One
day all believers will stand before the Lord for an evaluation of their lives
on earth. Each of us should wonder whether I will hear Him say to me,
"Well done, good and faithful servant" (Matt. 25:21), or watch as
most of my works are destroyed by the fire of judgment (1 Cor.
3:11-15; 2 Cor. 5:10).
With
this in mind, take a look at Mark 6:30-44 for some key principles that can aid
you in your giving process.
Principle 1. Jesus instructed His disciples to
"come aside by yourselves to a deserted place and rest a while" (Mark
6:31). The first step in determining your giving plan is to get alone with Jesus.
Unless you hear His still, small voice, you cannot take the second step
profitably.
Principle 2. Mark 6:24 tells us that when Jesus
returned, He saw a great multitude and "was moved with compassion for
them, because they were like sheep not having a shepherd." The second
principle is that our plan must not become our god. Jesus planned to go away to
a quiet place with His men; but when He saw the needs of
so many, His plan changed. Rigid, unalterable commitment to any plan is a
serious mistake. Allow God to work in and around your plan. Consider it to have
been written in the sand, and give God the opportunity to wash it clean and
say, "Start over."
Principle 3. In Mark 6:35-36, Jesus' disciples
suggest that the crowd be sent away so they could buy food before it gets too
late. What's wrong with this advice? Nothing really - it is practical and
logical. Even so, it is wrong because it is not in accordance with what Jesus
intended. The point is, do not look merely at what is
practical when it comes to giving. Let God do things His way in His time.
Furthermore, realize that worldly advice may be logical but not necessarily
right or Godly.
Principle 4. Next Jesus instructs His men to have
the people sit down. That really makes little sense, because they had no food
to feed them. But they obeyed Him nonetheless. The principle here is that we
must obey God, no questions asked. If God says to give, then give.
Principle 5. The disciples tell the people to sit
down (v. 40). Three elements were present that are always present in a faith
plan: (1) The disciples could not see how the people
would be fed; likewise, we may not see how our financial goal can be
accomplished. (2) They did not have the resources to meet their objective,
which may also be the case with our financial plan. (3) They did not know the
next step to take to fulfill God's plan. In the same way, our faith plan may
require action we don't fully understand. That's why it is called a faith plan.
Principle 6. Of course, it was a miracle; all the people
ate and were filled, with 12 baskets of leftovers. The results of operating
according to a faith plan are that the goals will be reached, God will be
glorified, and personal growth will result. You would at least expect the
disciples to grow in their faith, but then you read Mark 6:51-52. The disciples
were on a boat in the middle of the lake, when here comes
Jesus walking on the water toward them. "And they were greatly amazed in
themselves beyond measure, and marveled. For they had not understood about the
loaves, because their hearts were hardened." It seems unbelievable that
the disciples would react that way, but they did.
Your
challenge is not to leave God out of your plan for giving. Don't close your
mind to what may look like impossible goals; do not miss the miracle.
God
simply wants you to take the first step. Then you can take the second, and the
third. As a result, your giving can bring joy to you and pleasure to God, so
that when you stand before Him, you will hear Him say, "Well done, good
and faithful servant."
[The bible has more to say about money and possessions than any other topic
and no one article can scratch the surface. Please use the information in this
article as a personal spring board into your own study of what God would have
you do with what he has provided.]
The National Planning Group of Ronald Blue & Co. is a unique division
within RB &Co. that serves the everyday steward.
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Mark your calendars
Church
Board, Committee & Team meetings will be held on Monday, October 8th
beginning at 6:30 PM. If you are a member of a board, committee or team; please
make it a priority to attend your meeting.
Our deepest sympathy
is extended to the Sharpe family regarding the death
of Jerry Sharpe’s
mother,
Margaret Brammer.
You are in our
prayers.
Prayer Concerns:
Paul & Lula Thomas, our
church, college students, those in need in our community, Keith Sichting, Jim Mosier, Kenny Nunn, Serviceman-Sam Durbin,
John Petty and Tony Bradley, Jerry Caywood, the Jail
Ministry, Those in our congregation needing employment, Myrtle Payne, Barbara Houseworth, Brenda Scrogham and
the Sharpe family.