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Wednesday Night Fellowship

Supper

Served from 5:00 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.

Make reservations at the

Welcome Center on Sunday or

call the church office no later than

noon on Monday! If you would

like to be put on a standing list,

contact the church office at

(903) 935-9391.

FOOD PANTRY PICKUP DATES

ABRAHAM’S GROCERY MONDAY, DECEMBER 16

EAST TEXAS FOOD BANK FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20

WE ALWAYS CAN USE HELP!

(It’s a lot of fun and a little work)

In this season of giving and receiving, you are encouraged to be sensitive to two

offerings that are currently being promoted by our church, one more important that

the other. Those are the designated giving to the new high definition screens,

along with all the necessary software, wiring, and labor. That project, approved at

the last Church Conference, will cost up to $35,000. It will allow us to have two 90-

inch screens up front and a 60-inch screen on the balcony wall for those on the

platform and in the choir to see. It will allow us to remove that old, portable screen

we are currently using and utilize that additional space on the platform. Wow!

What a great addition that will be in helping us communicate more effectively.

But, there is an offering that is being taken during this same time period of

December and January that is more important! I am talking about the Lottie Moon

Christmas Offering for International Missions. Our goal is $10,000. If we can raise

$35,000 to spend on ourselves to improve our technology, surely we can raise

$10,000 to reach our world for Christ. Missionaries have told us for years that they

depend on that Lottie Moon Offering to build their churches, improve their teaching

and healing ministries, and do things that is completely dependent on whether or

not they receive that anticipated money from our offerings at Christmas. Whether

you give anything or not to the Screen Project, make sure you feel your spiritual

pulse about Lottie.

Several of you have asked me to repeat the recommendations I have given you

lately regarding some reading matter. I have strongly recommended a book

authored by Dallas Willard entitled, The Spirit of the Disciplines. Read it slowly and

let it be a devotional time for you. Every page will add to your spiritual maturity. A

second book that is easier to read but full of inspiration is Not a Fan by Kyle

Idleman. A third book that is fun, fun, fun but will inspire and encourage you is

Happy, Happy, Happy by Phil Robertson.

WOMEN’S MINISTRY LOTTIE

MOON CHRISTMAS DINNER

Please bring auction items to donate!

Contact Miranda Root for further

details!

Roseville Bed & Breakfast Friday, December 13

6:00 p.m.

$10,000

A Christmas Gloria

SUNDAY EVENING DECEMBER 15th

6:00 p.m.

Presented by the Music Ministry of Central

Join us on Sunday, December 22,

6:00 p.m., in Fellowship Hall for our

monthly Potluck Supper and Church

Conference. This month, we will be

discussing our 2014 Budget. Plan on

coming and enjoying a great meal

and this very important Church

Conference.

I want to thank Central Baptist Church

for allowing me to serve as the Minister

of Childhood Education for the past 16

years. It has been an honor and a

privilege to work with children and

families. Teaching children about God

is my passion and I have been blessed

to have this opportunity. May the love

of God continue to grow in our children.

Lila Deel

Sunday, December 15

9:30 a.m.

Children’s Christmas

Parties During Sunday School

December 3: Shelia Hammontree, Doug Duncan,

Lisa Glorioso

December 6: Toni Kester

December 7: Patricia Turner, Mae Person,

Dorcas Faulkner, David Simpson

December 8: Ron Walsh

December 9: Randy Root, Pattye Garza, Ashley

Lowrimore

December 10: Jimmy Cypert

December 12: Kent Reeves, Wyatt Sawyer

December 13: Charles Campbell

December 14: William Haynes, John Shelton

December 17: Gerald Hampton

December 18: Marty Cypert

December 20: Joyce Salyards

December 22: Shelby Yates

December 23: Karen Morgan

December 24: Pat Root, Estelle Schwartz, Morgan

Belanger

December 25: Vic Schwartz, Jr.

December 26: Alicia Hampton, Ellen Day

December 29: Brenda Whitaker

December 30: Byron Simmons

December 31: Judy Shelton

Month Year-to-Date

Budget

Required $ 62,429.17 $691,523.04

Receipts $ 14,663.15 $627,426.07

Expenses $ 1,399.12 $599,108.58

Receipts are current. Most expenses are

incurred at the end of the month.

SUNDAY SCHOOL ATTENDANCE:

Wednesday

December 18 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Mission Marshall 2109 S. Washington Street

(903) 472-4445

VOLUNTEER SCHEDULE

CONNIE CROWE, Church Secretary LILA DEEL, Minister of Childhood Education RENEE’ DUNCAN, Prayer Ministry Coordinator BRENDA HARRIS & RAYMOND JACKSON, Custodians DON PARKS, Minister of Music and Senior Adults DAVID SIMPSON, Church Administrator JOY WALSH, Financial Secretary DR. W. WALLACE WATKINS, Pastor MARK YATES, Interim Minister to Youth

UPCOMING EVENTS

DECEMBER:

Friday, December 6

6:00 Open Event Nursery (call to make reservations) Sunday, December 8 8:00 Deacon’s Breakfast - Fellowship Hall 8:30 Ordination Council Meeting 9:00 Pancakes for Youth & University Students in Fellowship Hall 9:30 Sunday School 10:45 Children’s Christmas Music & Morning Worship Service 2:00 Retirement Reception for Lila Deel in Fellowship Hall 5:00 No Children’s Choir

No Bible Study 6:00 No AWANA Monday, December 9 9:00 Central Christian Preschool 11:00 Joy Class Meeting at Annette Harrison’s Home 1:00 No WOO Choir Tuesday, December 10 11:30 Homebound Ministry Meeting in Fellowship Hall 6:00 Adult 2 & 3 Sunday School Department Party in Fellowship Hall Wednesday, December 11 9:00 Central Christian Preschool 5:00 Wednesday Night Fellowship Supper in Fellowship Hall 5:45 Bible Study 6:00 Sanctuary Choir (Early Time-Dress Rehearsal) Thursday, December 12 11:00 WOO Club Christmas Banquet in Fellowship Hall 6:00 Pastor Search Committee Meeting in Annex Conference Room Friday, December 13 6:00 Lottie Moon Dinner at Roseville Bed & Breakfast Saturday, December 14 6:00 Open Event Nursery (call to make reservations) Sunday, December 15 9:00 Pancakes for Youth & University Students in Fellowship Hall 9:30 Sunday School & Children’s Christmas Party 10:45 Morning Worship Service 6:00 Music Ministry Presents “A Christmas Gloria” No AWANA Monday, December 16 9:00 Central Christian Preschool 1:00 No WOO Choir

7:00 Worship Task Force Meeting in Annex Conference Room Tuesday, December 17 7:00 Deacons Meeting in Fellowship Hall Wednesday, December 18 9:00 Central Christian Preschool (Last day until January 8)

5:00 Wednesday Night Fellowship Supper in Fellowship Hall 6:00 RA’s & GA’s (Last Meeting until January 8)

Thursday, December 19 6:00 Pastor Search Committee Meeting Sunday, December 22 9:00 Pancakes for Youth & University Students in Fellowship Hall 9:30 Sunday School 10:45 Morning Worship Service 6:00 Potluck Supper & Church Conference (Budget Discussion) No AWANA Monday, December 23 1:00 NO WOO Choir

Tuesday, December 24 (Christmas Eve) 12:00 Office Closes

6:00 Christmas Eve Service Wednesday, December 25 (Christmas Day) 8:00 Office Closed

TRUSTEES: Jess Newsom, Vic Schwartz, Ron Walsh

SECURITY SCHEDULE

a.m. p.m.

Dec 8 B. Graves V. Schwartz, Jr.

Dec 15 R. Simmons D. Simpson

Dec 22 J. Hooper J. Morton

Dec 29 L. Salyards R. Heflin

SOUND TECHNICIANS December 8: J. Newsom, Kent Reeves December 15: T. Huffhines, L. Salyards (a.m.) Kent Reeves, T. Huffhines (p.m.) December 22: B. Graves, D. Thornton December 29: K. Yandell, L. Salyards

DEACON OFFICERS 2013 Kent Reeves, Chairman 903-938-8684 Kevin Yandell, Vice-chairman 903-934-9631 Glenn Scott, Secretary 903-472-9378 Randy Root, Deacon Family Coordinator 903-923-8626

MEALS ON WHEELS December 10: C. Pace, C. Haynes, N. Rheay, C. Lee, J. Crowley, M. Fitts, G. McNeely December 17: L. Salyards, J. Salyards, S. Ramey, B. Keese, C. Haynes, M. Fitts, D. Sampson, C. Lee, J. Crowley December 24: R. Walsh, M. Smith, P. Smith, C. Haynes, M. Hooper, S. Hammontree, C. Lee, J. Crowley December 31: FIFTH TUESDAY - NEED VOLUNTEERS - PLEASE CALL CAROLYN HAYNES AT (903) 938-5068 IF YOU CAN HELP!

November 3 123

November 10 102

November 17 123

November 24 120

Open Event Nursery

Saturday, December 14

6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Please make reservations with Lila

Deel no later than the Wednesday prior to the

CHILDREN’S CHOIRS

And AWANA

Sundays Choirs - 5:00 p.m.

AWANA - 6:00 p.m.

(Due to the holidays, AWANA will resume on January 12)

T u e s d a y ,

December 17,

6:00 p.m., in

F e l l o w s h i p

Hall.

Join us as we honor Lila for over 16

years of dedicated service as

Central’s Minister of Childhood

Education. She will be retiring at the

end of this month.

Left to Right -

Mary Simmons, Randy Root (alt), Angela Huffhines, David Crow, Joyce Faulkner (alt), Bryan Fitts, chairman, Mary Beth Reeves, Robert Heflin, and Kevin Reeves.

RETIREMENT RECEPTION HONORING LILA DEEL

Sunday, December 8 2:00 p.m.

Fellowship Hall

CHURCH STAFF

The Church Office will close at

12:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December

24 (Christmas Eve) and all day on

Wednesday, December 25

(Christmas Day)!

The Office will reopen on Thursday, December 26, at 8:00

a.m.

Schedule Changes During the Holidays:

~ No AWANA - November 24 - January 5

(Resumes January 12)

~ Sanctuary Choir - No rehearsal on December

18, 25, and January 1. (resumes January 8)

~ WOO Choir - No rehearsals in December.

(resumes on January 6th)

~ RA’s & GA’s - No meetings December 18, 25,

January 1. (resumes on January 8)

~ Central Christian Preschool - No preschool

December 23, 25, 30, January 1. (resumes on

January 8)

~ Wednesday Night Supper - No suppers

December 25 or January 2. (resumes on

January 9)

~ All Bible Studies - Will resume on Sunday,

January 5.