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Weekly Update for Sunday, November 3, 2024

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Bible Explorers (3’s-5th) Join us Wednesdays from 6:15-7:30 for our midweek children’s discipleship program. We’d love to have you with us for engaging Bible lessons, Scripture memory time, and fun games.

Trunk or Treat Thank you so much to everyone who volunteered, donated candy, and prayed for our community event. We were blessed by the opportunity to have over 500 people stop by and see us!

West Central Baptist Association The WCBA Annual Meeting will be held today from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the First Southern Baptist Church of Terre Haute. Those wishing to come should meet here at the church at 2:45 pm. The church van will leave for Terre Haute at 3:00 pm. There will be no Evening Worship Service or Youth Group here at the church tonight.

Operation Christmas Child OCC items for November are postage and prayer. 

OCC Packing Party Next Sunday evening is our OCC Packing Party, join us to help pack 351 shoeboxes! We will start at 5:00 PM in the Fellowship Hall with a meal to follow for those involved. See Ralph or Tammy Hart with questions.

Official Board Meeting There will be an Official Board Meeting on November 17.

Annual Member’s Meeting Mark your calendars for December 1 for our annual members meeting where we will vote on the budget and new officers for 2025.

First Sunday Offerings We are thankful for those who partner with us financially through their offerings. As a reminder, any loose cash given on the first Sunday of each month is designated for the church’s benevolence fund.

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Politics

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Years ago my grandfather told me. “Davey, politics is a dirty business.” As I have gotten older, I have come to understand what he meant.

From time to time, I have quoted to our church something Steve Brown said about politics. When he was a pastor, he would tell his church, “I have political opinions, and they’re better than yours. But that not why we’re here.” And once or twice over the years I’ve had to exhort some of the brothers and sisters to leave politics outside the church. Not very often, but it has happened. I really want there to be places in my life that are free from political rancor. Like church. Or playing music.

I think one of the things that grieves me the most is the black-and-white characterizations of people who vote differently than someone’s own perspective. I really don’t know anyone who thinks that a particular political candidate “walks on water.” I know lots of people who will readily admit that a candidate is flawed, even very flawed, but who still generally works to accomplish what they consider to be good things.

And I long ago realized that there is only one Messiah per universe, and He isn’t running for office in either political party.

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Weekly Updates for Sunday, October 27, 2024

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Youth Group (6th–12th) Join us Sunday evenings from 6:00-7:00! Come spend time with friends as we have fun and explore the Christian faith. Our current study is looking at the evidence for why we believe what we believe.

Bible Explorers (3’s-5th) Join us Wednesdays from 6:15-7:30 for our midweek children’s discipleship program. We’d love to have you with us for engaging Bible lessons, Scripture memory time, and fun games.

Trunk or Treat This Thursday from 6:00-7:30 PM we will host a community Trunk or Treat! Please be in prayer for those serving at the event that we will be able to make good connections with our community and for gospel opportunities to come from those connections. We will be packing bags with candy, a church invite, and a gospel tract on Wednesday at the end of Bible Explorers and prayer meeting.

Operation Christmas Child OCC items for October are postage and prayer. Mark your calendars for the shoebox Packing Party on November 10!

Daylight Savings Time Don’t forget to set your clocks back one hour next weekend.

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Weekly Update for Sunday, October 20, 2024

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Bible Explorers (3’s-5th) We are back on Wednesday! Join us from 6:15-7:30 for our midweek children’s discipleship program. We’d love to have you with us for engaging Bible lessons, Scripture memory time, and fun games.

Fall Cookout Today is the day for our church family fall cookout! We’ll gather from 5:30-7:30, eating at 6:00. The church will provide hotdogs and drinks. If your last name begins with A-L, bring a side. If your last name begins with M-Z bring a dessert. Everyone bring a lawn chair. 

Pastor Appreciation Month This year our Fall Cookout will serve as our Pastor Appreciation Meal. There is a basket for cards at the Welcome Center.

Operation Christmas Child OCC items for October are postage and prayer.

Trunk or Treat On October 31 from 6:00-7:30 PM we will host a community Trunk or Treat! There is a box for candy donations at the Welcome Center (wrapped candy only please). There is also a signup sheet at the Welcome Center if you’d like to participate by decorating a trunk.

Disaster Relief Those wishing to donate to Christian Relief efforts for the victims of Hurricane Helene may do so either through Send Relief or through Samaritan’s Purse.

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Weekly Update for Sunday, October 13, 2024

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Youth Group (6th–12th) Join us Sunday evenings from 6:00-7:00! Come spend time with friends as we have fun and explore the Christian faith. Our current study is looking at the evidence for why we believe what we believe.

Bible Explorers (3’s-5th) There will be no Bible Explorers this Wednesday. We’ll be back together on October 23.

Operation Christmas Child OCC items for October are postage and prayer.

Fall Cookout Mark your calendars for our church family fall cookout next Sunday! We’ll gather from 5:30-7:30, eating at 6:00. The church will provide hotdogs and drinks. If your last name begins with A-L, bring a side. If your last name begins with M-Z bring a dessert. Everyone bring a lawn chair.

Pastor Appreciation Month This year our Fall Cookout will serve as our Pastor Appreciation Meal. There will be a basket for cards at the Welcome Center.

Trunk or Treat On October 31 from 6:00-7:30 PM we will host a community Trunk or Treat! There is a box for candy donations at the Welcome Center (wrapped candy only please). There is also a signup sheet at the Welcome Center if you’d like to participate by decorating a trunk.

Church Office The church office will be closed on Monday.

Disaster Relief Those wishing to donate to Christian Relief efforts for the victims of Hurricane Helene may do so either through Send Relief (sendrelief.org) or through Samaritan’s Purse (samaritanspurse.org).

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Weekly Update for Sunday, October 6, 2024

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Youth Group (6th–12th) Tonight at 7:00 we will join with other youth groups and teens from the community as we head to the high school baseball field for the FCA’s Fields of Faith event. We will leave from the church at 6:45.

Bible Explorers (3’s-5th) Join us Wednesday nights from 6:15-7:30 for our midweek children’s discipleship program. We’d love to have you with us for engaging Bible lessons, Scripture memory time, and fun games.

Operation Christmas Child OCC items for October are postage and prayer.

Marcia Graves Birthday Join Marcia and her family to celebrate her 80th birthday today from 3:00-5:00 PM in the Fellowship Hall!

Fall Cookout Mark your calendars for our church family fall cookout on October 20! We’ll gather from 5:30-7:30, eating at 6:00. The church will provide hotdogs and drinks. If your last name begins with A-L, bring a side. If your last name begins with M-Z bring a dessert. Everyone bring a lawn chair.

Trunk or Treat On October 31 from 6:00-7:30 PM we will host a community Trunk or Treat! There is a box for candy donations at the Welcome Center (wrapped candy only please). There is also a signup sheet at the Welcome Center if you’d like to participate by decorating a trunk.

Disaster Relief Those wishing to donate to Christian Relief efforts for the victims of Hurricane Helene may do so either through Send Relief or through Samaritan’s Purse.

First Sunday Offerings We are thankful for those who partner with us financially through their offerings. As a reminder, any loose cash given on the first Sunday of each month is designated for the

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Church Bulletins

Written by David Tyra

My family and I once visited a church of another denomination. The service was fairly traditional, the music was reasonably good, and when the pastor started his sermon I was hopeful. But at one point he seemed to be building to a climax, and I was anticipating his next words. And with great conviction he said, “And that just goes to show why we all should read our bulletins!” That is not what I thought he was going to say.

Church bulletins date back to the middle of the 19 th century. The first regular church publication was started in January 1859 by Rev. John Erskine Clarke, Vicar of St. Michael’s Church in Derby, England. Then in 1884, Albert Dick Blake invented stencil duplicating, brought printing to the local church, and so was born the Sunday morning bulletin. It was modeled after theater programs. It contained an order of service, news of the local church, and various other items of interest (hopefully).

On occasion, I’d like to have traveled back in time and slapped John Erskine Clarke and Albert Dick Blake upside the head, because sometimes church bulletins can be a real pain. One church secretary told me their pastor would often have her redo the bulletin two or three times, until it was all to his satisfaction. That seems a little obsessive. I mean, let’s give it our best shot and all, but I think it’s important for us to remember that Jesus and the apostles never passed out church bulletins.

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Weekly Update for September 29, 2024

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Youth Group (6th–12th) Join us Sunday evenings from 6:00-7:00! Come spend time with friends as we have fun and explore the Christian faith. Our current study is looking at the evidence for why we believe what we believe.

Bible Explorers (3’s-5th) Join us Wednesday nights from 6:15-7:30 for our midweek children’s discipleship program. We’d love to have you with us for engaging Bible lessons, Scripture memory time, and fun games.

Operation Christmas Child OCC items for September are school supplies. There will be a special offering for shoebox postage today following the morning service. You can give at the Welcome Center.

Baby Shower In Our Association One of the blessings of being a part of the Southern Baptist Convention is our connection to other like-minded churches. One of the pastor’s wives in our local association is having a baby shower this Saturday at 2:00 PM. We’d love to show support for her! If you’re interested in going, please see Rae Ann for RSVP and registry information. 

Marcia Graves Birthday Marcia Graves and her family would like to invite you to help celebrate her 80th birthday! Our church family is invited to her party in the Fellowship Hall on Sunday, October 6 from 3:00-5:00 PM.

Trunk or Treat Mark your calendars for the community Trunk or Treat that our church family will host on October 31! Be on the lookout for more information about candy donations and signing up to decorate a trunk

Disaster Relief Those Wishing to donate to Christian Relief Efforts for the victims of Hurricane Helene make do so either through Send Relief or though Samaritan’s Purse.

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