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F IRST B APTIST C HURCH SEPTEMBER 2011 VOLUME 6, I SSUE 9 T HE M ESSENGER C HURCH L IFE 2-7 MUSIC & WORSHIP 8-9 F AMILY L IFE 10-11 WEEKLY S CHEDULE 12 C ALENDAR insert I NSIDE THIS ISSUE : Sundays (Beginning September 11) 8:55 AM Musical Preparation for Worship 9:00 AM Sunday Morning Praise Singing (Choir Room) 9:00 AM Library Open until 9:45 AM 9:45 AM Bible Study 10:55 AM Morning Worship 12:00 PM Library Open until 12:30 PM 5:00 PM Bellissimo/ Youth Deep Impact 6:00 PM Youth Snack Supper 6:30 PM Youth Choir (Genesis) Tuesdays (Beginning September 6 ) 11:00 AM Senior Adult Choir (Joy Choir) 2:30 PM Van Pick-up/Snack Time (Kindergarten-5th grade) 3:00 PM Tinkerbells (grades K-2); Bible Drill (grades 3-5) 4:00 PM Children’s Handbells; Bible Drill (grades K-2) 5:00 PM Dismissal Wednesdays (Beginning September 7) 5:00 PM Library Open until 8:00 PM 5:30 PM Family Fellowship Meal (Fellowship Hall) 6:00 PM Children’s Choirs (age3-grade 5); Youth Handbells (Exodus 1); Creative Arts Team II 6:30 PM Adult Bible Study 6:45 PM Mission Friends; RAs/GAs; Youth Handbells (Exodus 2); Creative Arts Team I 7:30 PM Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal The Story Over this church year, many of Kendell’s sermons will be following through the Bible from Genesis to Reve- lation using The Story. The Story takes the New Interna- tional Version of the Bible and places it in one 31 chapter narrative. It is meant to help us read the Bible as one seamless story. Our youth will be reading the Teen edition of the book, and you can order the adult version for $14. Deadline will be September 25 for our church order. The book is also available in audio and book formats as well as a children’s version. To order, contact Kim in the church office or by email at [email protected].

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Page 1: FIRST APTIST HURCH THE MESSENGER - FBC Mount Holly · for us. I did know from our first day that there was something unique and special about this community of faith. As the Childers

F IRST BAPTIST CHURCH

SEPTEMBER 2011 VOLUME 6, ISSUE 9

THE MESSENGER

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MUSIC & WORSHIP 8-9

FAMILY L IFE 10-11

WEEKLY SCHEDULE 12

CALENDAR insert

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Sundays (Beginning September 11) 8:55 AM Musical Preparation for Worship 9:00 AM Sunday Morning Praise Singing (Choir Room) 9:00 AM Library Open until 9:45 AM 9:45 AM Bible Study 10:55 AM Morning Worship 12:00 PM Library Open until 12:30 PM 5:00 PM Bellissimo/ Youth Deep Impact 6:00 PM Youth Snack Supper 6:30 PM Youth Choir (Genesis) Tuesdays (Beginning September 6 ) 11:00 AM Senior Adult Choir (Joy Choir) 2:30 PM Van Pick-up/Snack Time (Kindergarten-5th grade) 3:00 PM Tinkerbells (grades K-2); Bible Drill (grades 3-5) 4:00 PM Children’s Handbells; Bible Drill (grades K-2) 5:00 PM Dismissal

Wednesdays (Beginning September 7) 5:00 PM Library Open until 8:00 PM 5:30 PM Family Fellowship Meal (Fellowship Hall) 6:00 PM Children’s Choirs (age3-grade 5); Youth Handbells (Exodus 1); Creative Arts Team II 6:30 PM Adult Bible Study 6:45 PM Mission Friends; RAs/GAs; Youth Handbells (Exodus 2); Creative Arts Team I 7:30 PM Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal

The Story Over this church year, many of Kendell’s sermons will be following through the Bible from Genesis to Reve-lation using The Story. The Story takes the New Interna-tional Version of the Bible and places it in one 31 chapter narrative. It is meant to help us read the Bible as one seamless story.

Our youth will be reading the Teen edition of the book, and you can order the adult version for $14. Deadline will be September 25 for our church order. The book is also available in audio and book formats as well as a children’s version. To order, contact Kim in the church office or by email at [email protected].

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• In memory of Giles Clayton by Winsome Sunday School Class, T. Brinkley &Juanita Hunt, Mike & Mary Jane Hinkle, Pam Reynolds, Ike Thomas Sunday School Class, Juanita Stacy & Family, George & Audrey Clayton, Arnie Broome, and Ken & Elaine Crosby

• In memory of Ruby Broome by Ramona Haney • In memory of Bill Abernathy by Pam Reynolds, Baxter & Sally McIntosh, Doug &

Teressa Painter, Anne Brinkley, Tom & Lib Phillips, Arnie Broome, and Margaret & Mary Louise Phillips

• In memory of Jerry Anthony by Arnie Broome, Pine Hall Brick Co., and Larry & Betty Jo Capps

• In memory of Alix Causby Thompson by Dickie & Luann Thomas

WITH CHRISTIAN SYMPATHY

• The Family of Jerry Anthony • The Family of Giles Clayton • Jeff Spargo and Family in the death of his grandmother • Jerry Causby and Family in the death of his sister

Gifts given to THE LiBRARY Fund

• In memory of Noelle Baber by Carl & Jean Baber

Gifts given to THE Winecoff Scholarship Fund

• In honor of Dr. Bob & Virginia Winecoff by Carl & Jean Baber • In memory of Giles Clayton by Anne Brinkley, Lloyd & Alice Haithcock, Sara Little,

and Jimmy & Ann Little • In memory of Bill Abernathy by Jimmy & Ann Little

Gifts given to THE Homebound Missions Fund

• In memory of Bunnie Sawyer by Charlie Sawyer

Jeff & Ashley Spargo’s new address….

Home address: 1001 Prince St., Beaufort, SC 29902

Church: The Baptist Church of Beaufort, 601 Charles Street, P. O. Box 879, Beaufort, SC 29902

Anyone interested in donating to the Love Offering for Jeff and Ashley should make their donation to the church by September 15. We appreciate Jeff’s ministry with us, and we send the Spargos to Beaufort with deep appreciation for their time with us.

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SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES

Extended Care—Infants

Sept. 4-Missi Fortsch & Donna Dobbins Sept. 11-Jane Collins & Susan Surratt Sept. 18-Lynette Winters & Pam Miller Sept. 25-Kim Moran & Celeste Blanton Extended Care—Toddlers

Sept. 4-Ashley & Patrick Hager Sept. 11-Todd & Joy Flowers Sept. 18-Mary & Brian Frierson Sept. 25-Neil & Alicia Robinson Extended Care—Preschool

Sept. 4-Robin & Mike Lewis Sept. 11-Diane & Chris Macdonald Sept. 18-Mary Palm & Hannah Childers Sept. 25-Kathleen, Shay, & Sarah Lindsey

Church Security

Aug. 29-Sept. 4-Jim Benfield Sept. 5-11-Keith Piercy Sept. 12-18-Richard Flowers Sept. 19-25-Ken Fortsch Sept. 26-Oct. 2-Scott Griffin

july Records Totals

Sunday School Average 178 Total Receipts $53,086 Building Fund $4,425 Building Fund YTD $36,080 Other Designated $8,581 2011 Church Budget $458,226 Avg. Needs through 7/31 $267,298 Budget Receipts through 7/31 $284,461 Building Loan Balance $600,291.97

CHURCH OFFICE CLOSED

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Homebound Members of the Month

Remember these this month with a card, visit or call.

Hedy Aiken Peak Resources

2780 X-Ray Drive Gastonia, NC 28054

Birthday—September 2

Lloyd Gann 301 Craig St. B7

Mt. Holly, NC 28120 Birthday—September 7

Stella Weeks

301 Timberlane Dr. Mt. Holly, NC 28120

704-827-3815 Birthday—September 20

Elizabeth Stack

Stanley Total Living Center P. O. Box 489

Stanley, NC 28164 Birthday—September 26

Ruth Reed

1132 W. Charlotte Ave. Mt. Holly, NC 28120

704-827-2848 Birthday—September 28

Wednesday Night Suppers

Sept. 7-Breakfast Sept. 14-Baked Ham, Green Beans, Apples Sept. 21-BBQ Sept. 28-Italian

Reading of the Psalm

Sept. 4-Derek Helton Sept. 11-David Helton Sept. 18-Jane Collins Sept.25-Tom McLain

The Compelled By Love Missions Group will meet at 10:30 a.m. on Labor Day, September 5th, to prepare apple baskets for delivery to some chosen folks. Members are asked to bring 4 to 6 apples for the baskets.

Circle of Faith will meet Tuesday, September 27th at the home of Jane Collins at 7:00 p.m.

Reflections of Light will meet Sunday, September 18th at 6:00 p.m. in the parlor.

Mission Moments

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New Sunday School New Sunday School New Sunday School New Sunday School

Year BeginsYear BeginsYear BeginsYear Begins Don't forget...the new Sunday School year begins Sunday, September 4. Children and youth that will move up to their next class based on age or grade will change on that Sunday. Also, any new class or new teachers will begin as well. Thanks, Tom McLain

Dear Church Family,

I am honored and humbled by the announcement that was made on Sunday morning. The beginning of a Scholarship Fund in my name is a true gift from which there will be many beneficiaries for many years to come. I was surprised by this gift and grateful to you all for this unique expression of love.

When our family moved to Mount Holly ten years ago, I didn’t know what God had in store for us. I did know from our first day that there was something unique and special about this community of faith. As the Childers have become part of the fabric of First Baptist, I have grown more thankful each passing year for the people of this church: for the freedom and flexibility you give the staff to use our giftedness within the worship life of the church, for allowing us to try new things as we share the vision of Christ’s Kingdom, for sharing in the rich heritage of our faith, and for the ways that you are willing to hold that heritage in tension with the fresh working of God’s Spirit in our lives today.

Further, I am thankful for our deacons, who exhibit what it is to serve, and for the ways you minister to our congregation year after year, for the Sanctuary Choir, who have served as surrogate family for me during my darkest hours, and to the members of Genesis and Drastic Measures for challenging me in what I believe and daring me to find new and effective ways to convey Christ’s love.

I am blessed to work with a truly unique and gifted staff, and am especially thankful for Kendell who has become a true friend, colleague, and partner in ministry at First Baptist.

I continue to be grateful for the leadership and teaching roles so many of you have had in the lives of Hannah and Spencer, and for the many ways you have expressed your love for Jennifer and me. Thank you for your belief in and support of the work that God is doing at First Baptist and for allowing me to share in it. Blessings to you all!

Brian

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A SPECIAL THANK YOU!A SPECIAL THANK YOU!A SPECIAL THANK YOU!A SPECIAL THANK YOU!

The Compelled by Love Missions Group thanks Freda Batchelor for hosting our

August meeting at her mountain home and for providing a delicious meal. We

appreciate the hospitality and enjoyed a drive-through tour of the Crossnore School,

a long-established boarding school for children who need food, shelter, and loving

care. We also thank Ken Crosby for driving the bus for us!

WMU Leadership and Missions Training

Saturday, September 10th

First Baptist Church, Mount Holly

9:30 a.m. to 12 noon

Breakfast Served! All ladies and RA leaders (now included under the WMU umbrella) are invited to join us for training beginning with breakfast. We will host 15 sessions to

choose from this year: Age level training: (consisting of theme, lesson plan, activities, mission

projects, new material, and Associational/State/National Event Dates)

• Mission Friends (preschoolers girls and boys 2yrs.-K)

• Girls in Action and Children in Action (children grades 1-6)

• Royal Ambassadors (boys grades 1-6)

• Acteen and Youth on Missions (students grades 6-12)

• WMU Directors and Woman on Missions

Local Ministries and Assorted Classes for Everyone:

• Missions through Prayer and Giving

• How to involve ages 18-35

• Missions for the Greater Gaston

• Unhindered and Live Sent Emphasis and Bible studies

• Prayer Quilt Ministry (by First Baptist Cherryville)

• Christian Woman’s Job Corp (by Sandy Wright)

• Loray Girls’ Home Ministry (by Angie Flake)

• Hope 4 Gaston (by Jeff Whitaker)

• Helping the Homeless (by Salvation Army Rep)

• Baptist Aging Ministry (by Debbie Tillson)

Come get your group charged up and ready for our 2011-2012 Year in Missions. Please RSVP by Sunday, September 4th to Christie Batch-elor at [email protected] or 704-827-3688. There is NO cost for this

event.

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Sept. 1-Madison Laughlin & Baxter McIntosh Sept. 2-Hedy Aiken, Pam Featherstone, Nanette Featherstone, Chris Macdonald, Randy McLean & Jon Speas Sept. 3-Jonathan Hawkins, Ella Hilderbran, & Ethan Hilderbran Sept. 4-Lucas Neely & Pam Reynolds Sept. 5-Mary Clayton Sept. 6-Michael Blanton, Jerry Causby, Joshua Lewis, & Gracie Napier Sept. 7-Lloyd Gann Sept. 8-Anna Czekaj, Tyler Helton, Scott Poole, & Lanny Ray Sept. 9-Mary Collier, Karen Featherstone, Mattie Hough, Jimmy Little, & Brenda Orren Sept. 10-Ryan Collins & Amber Featherstone Sept. 11-Sherry Baker & Spencer Childers Sept. 12-Beth Brooks, Keri Edwards, Peggy Helms, & Keith McQuarrie Sept. 14-David Dove & Stephen Morton Sept. 15-Elaine Lindsey, Mandy Missak, Corey Rhyne, Ted Sellers, Carle Teague, & Shirley Zych

Sept. 16-Jeremy Newhart Sept. 17-Jim Surratt Sept. 18-Danny Todd Sept. 19-Clay Snead Sept. 20-LeAnna Fankhauser & Stella Weeks Sept. 22-Tanner Abernethy & Neil Robinson Sept. 23-Frances Craig, Sally McIntosh, & Wade McLain Sept. 24-Ray Branum Sept. 25-Charles Blair & Mary Lou Harkey Sept. 26-Chandler Burleson, Pam Burleson, Beverly Caldwell, Diane Helton, & Elizabeth Stack Sept. 27-Becky Hodges, Kim Moran, & Evelyn Rodden Sept. 28-Leslie Burleson, Scott Helton, & Ruth Reed Sept. 29-Diane Seufert Sept. 30-Mackenzie Wrenn

Sept. 2-Mike & Robin Lewis Sept. 3-David & Diane Helton (45 years) Sept. 5-Chad & Katie Hiles Sept. 10-Dale & Kim Moran Sept. 14-David & Karen Cauthen

Happy anniversary

Sept. 18-Jimmy & Brittany Baxter Sept. 20-Brian & Mary Frierson Sept. 21-Bob & Cindi Laughlin (37 years) Sept. 22-Andy & Julia Richardson Sept. 28-Bill & Linda Piercy (36 years)

Wednesday Night Fellowship Suppers will begin on September 7th at 5:30 p.m. Please remember to turn in a registration form or call the church office by noon on the preceding Monday to be added to the Permanent or Weekly supper list so our cook teams can plan accordingly. Registration forms are available on various tables throughout the church building and in Adult Sunday School Classrooms.

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Remembering… 9/11 is before us. I remember exactly where I was that day. I had been at Campbell University Divinity School for an early morning meeting, and I heard the news as I drove back to Benson. The news was so fuzzy. I remember at first just hearing the news that terrorists had hijacked several airplanes, and I distinctly remember looking out the window of my car at a plane overheard and wondering if it too was hijacked.

When I made it back to the church, my staff and I found our way to the one television in the building that worked – a tv in the youth room with a huge set of rabbit ears. We watched as black smoke billowed from the World Trade Center. We watched with awe the damage at the Pentagon. We huddled together and prayed as the first tower fell and then the second tower fell. Our nation had been attacked; terrorists, always those illusory people “over there,” had struck us.

9/11 quickly became one of those phrases in our history which immediately brings back the feelings and emotion on our outrage, sadness, and determination. A few others in our history might be Pearl Harbor, the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Maine, Fort Sumter, the assassinations of Lincoln, Kennedy, or King, the Alamo, or the Burning of Washington. Just listing those names brings a swirl of emotions for me.

But 9/11 brings out different emotions for me. Maybe it’s because I watched it. I guess it was a kin to my parents talking about their reaction that Sunday in 1941 when they gathered around radios to hear about Pearl Harbor. For me, those images that day remain with me, and even a decade later the feelings can return any time I look at those images.

9/11 is the second deadliest day in American history. (1st is the Battle of Antietam.) And I remember. I reflected on that this summer when I visited Washington on a trip that included both Arlington Cemetery and Antietam Battlefield. As Jan, Amanda, and I came near Washington, we crossed past the Pentagon on our way to our hotel. We crossed right past the place the plane struck.

Reminders of not only 9/11 but the entire panoply of our history struck me one morning when I left our hotel early, walked past the Marine Memorial (based on the flag raising at Iwo Jima), walked the grounds of Arlington and watched the changing of the guard, and then walked across the Potomac past the Lincoln and Washington Monuments to meet Jan and Amanda on the National Mall. It was awe inspiring (and maybe not smart – it was over a 100 degrees that day and I was exhausted!).

One of the most awe inspiring sights for me was to seek the actual flag that flew over Fort McHenry when Francis Scott Key wrote The Star Spangled Banner. Amanda and I actually went to see it twice. Each time I read Key’s lyrics that last verse came to me:

Oh! thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their loved home and the war’s desolation! Blest with victory and peace, may the heav’n rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto: “In God is our trust.” And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave O‘er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

As we come to remember 9/11, I pray we remember those words. May we remember all of those we have lost this decade. May we remember those in harm’s way this day. Most of all, may we remember those words from Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address that are inscribed in the Lincoln Memorial: With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation’s wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.

Grace and peace, Kendell

Pastor’s pen

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Sep. 6,7,11 Music Ministry Kick-off

10 Youth Choir Kick-off Retreat

23-25 Sanctuary Choir Retreat

30 Young Musicians Fun Night

Oct 8 Youth Fall Fundraiser

16 Fall Orchestra

• September 4th —12th Sunday after Pentecost; Rev. Kendell Cameron Preaching: Ephesians 3:1-13cts 26;1-11, “The Mystery of God” Sanctuary Choir—“Show Me Your Cross” Mrs. Elaine Crosby, Piano

• September 11th —13th Sunday after Pentecost; Rev. Kendell Cameron Preaching: Genesis 12, “The Covenant” Sanctuary Choir—“True Light” and “I Sing Of Thy Steadfast Love” Mr. TJ Wheeler, Piano

• September 18th —14th Sunday after Pentecost; Peru Mission Team

• September 25th —15th Sunday after Pentecost; Rev. Kendell Cameron Preaching: Genesis 32 “On Being Israel” Mrs. Elaine Crosby, Organ, Mrs. Michelle Kerby, Piano

Sunday

8:55 a.m. Musical Prep for Worship

9:00 a.m. Sunday Praise Singing

10:55 a.m. Worship

4:00 p.m. Adult Ensemble (Witness)

5:00 p.m. Adult Bells (Bellissimo)

6:30 p.m. Youth Choir (Genesis)

7:30 p.m. Orchestra (Seasonal)

Tuesday

11:00 a.m. Senior Choir (Joy Choir)

2:30 p.m. Van pick-up/snack time

3:00 p.m. Tinkerbells (grades K-2)

4:00 p.m. Childrens Bells (grades 3-5)

Wednesday

5:30 p.m. Fellowship Meal

6:00 p.m. Cherub Choir (age 3-4)

Music Makers (Grades K-2)

Young Musicians (Grades 3-5)

Youth Bells I (Exodus 1)

Creative Arts Team II

6:45 p.m. Creative Arts Team I

Youth Bells II (Exodus 2)

7:30 p.m. Sanctuary Choir

MUSIC MINISTRY SCHEDULE

FALL 2011

Great opportunities for worship, outreach, spiritual formation and fellowship await you in the FBC Music Ministry year ahead. Look through our schedule below and see where you fit in. Come join us as we discover what God has in store for us in the year ahead!

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Genesis is combining with several other area churches for a Kick-off Choir Festival on Saturday, September 10 at FBC, Forest City. Youth will meet at 8:30 a.m. and be back at the church to dismiss at 4:00 pm. Plan to join us for this exciting event!

Participating in the festival are First Baptist Churches of Forest City, Lincolnton, Marion, Morganton, and Mount Holly. This is a great way to get started learning music for the year as well as to re-kindle friendships formed through the years at Caswell, Festival, Tours, and Cantus. The cost for the day is $5 for lunch. Let Brian know by Monday, September 5th so you can reserve your spot! Plan on joining us for a great day of singing and fellowship with your friends!

Title Victory In Jesus Hymn #: 426

Tune: HARTFORD Composer and Author: E. M. Bartlett, 1885-1941

As we begin a new year in our Music Ministry, we begin with a new slate of hymns that will be featured each month during worship. We start off September with a favorite Gospel Hymn: Victory In Jesus. This song was written and composed by E.M. Bartlett in 1939. It was the final song Bartlett ever composed. The tune name comes from the Arkansas town where Bartlett’s publishing firm was located. He was inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame in 1979.

I heard an old, old story how a Savior came from glory, How He gave His life on Calvary to save a wretch like me. I heard about His groaning, of His precious blood's atoning, Then I repented of my sins and won the victory.

Oh, victory in Jesus, my Savior forever. He sought me and He bought me With His redeeming blood.

He loved me ere I knew Him, And all my love is due Him. He plunged me to victory beneath The cleansing flood.

Genesis Choir Kick-Off Event

Hymn of the Month: Victory In Jesus

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All money that was collected for the Vacation Bible School m i s s i o n offering has been sent to "Touching Miami with Love Minis-t r i e s . " With the help of our children and church members who gave t o t h e offering, we have raised $439.00! Thank you to everyone who

Attention Parents of College Students

If you have a child beginning their college

career or returning this fall, please send their

current college address (whether living at home or

on campus) to Gina Hough for the Reflections of

Light Women’s Missions Group: [email protected]

or call 704-827-6922. Also let the church office

know by emailing Kim at [email protected].

J o i n u s Thursday , September 22 for our annual trip to Henderson County for Apple Pickin’. Whether you want apples for baking a delicious apple pie or you just want to join the group for a fun outing, come join us.

We will meet at the church at 8:30 a.m. to head west. We are planning to use the

church bus! After apple pickin’ we’ll head to lunch in Hendersonville! Call Kim to reserve your seat on the bus by Monday, September 19th.

Just for Seniors

Youth Parents’ Meeting All youth parents are invited to a meeting with Brian and Kendell Sunday night, September 11 at 6:oo pm to discuss our youth year. Please bring $50 per youth in the group to pay for the snack supper for the year as well as a completed medical form to be notarized. Forms will also be available that night.

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YOUTH AND CHILDREN Calling All Artists…..

(or anyone who wants to be) On Saturday September 17 we will have a day to come “Paint A Chair.” We have a stock pile of wooden chairs from the nursery area and we want you to come decorate a chair to donate to the Youth Silent Auction on October 8. There will be lots of creative helpers here to make suggestions. This is for youth and children. Parents of smaller children are asked to stay and help your child. Any adults that would like to help are welcome as well. Bring a lunch or snack only. Paint will be supplied. Wear your “good” paint clothes and come have some fun. We will start at 10:00 a.m. rain or shine! *Please let Paige Sisk know (704-822-9977) if you plan to come so we will have enough chairs prepared.

We plan to return to Myrtle Beach and Springmaid Resort on December 5-7! Our trip includes 2 nights at the resort, two shows, and the breakfast buffet each morning. It may even include ice cream—possibly at Wendy’s! (that’s a leftover joke from last year!) The total cost will be $150 for double occupancy (other meals will be extra). Contact church office to reserve your spot. Deadline for reservations is Monday, October 17th.

Just for Seniors Christmas Trip

We plan a trip to the mountains during the heart of the leaf changing season in October! Join us Monday, October 17th for a trip to Boone for views of the leaves as well as lunch at the Daniel Boone Inn. Please call Kim by Wednesday, October 12th to reserve your spot in the bus.

Just for Seniors Mountain Trip

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300 S. Main St. Mount Holly, NC 28120

Phone: 704-827-2481 Fax: 704-827-4525 E-mail: [email protected] Rev. Kendell Cameron, Pastor-704-812-8144 (Home) 704-214-1022 (Mobile) Rev. Brian Childers, Minister of Music-704-827-0796(Home) 704-460-4623 (Mobile) Ms. Mary Lowder, Organist Mrs. Kim Payne, Secretary Mrs. Beth Lawing, Custodian

F IRST BAPTIST CHURCH

Sundays (Beginning September 11) 8:55 AM Musical Preparation for Worship 9:00 AM Sunday Morning Praise Singing (Choir Room) 9:00 AM Library Open until 9:45 AM 9:45 AM Bible Study 10:55 AM Morning Worship 12:00 PM Library Open until 12:30 PM 5:00 PM Bellissimo/ Youth Deep Impact 6:00 PM Youth Snack Supper 6:30 PM Youth Choir (Genesis) Tuesdays (Beginning September 6 ) 11:00 AM Senior Adult Choir (Joy Choir) 2:30 PM Van Pick-up/Snack Time (Kindergarten-5th grade) 3:00 PM Tinkerbells (grades K-2), Bible Drill (grades 3-5) 4:00 PM Children’s Handbells, Bible Drill (grades K-2) 5:00 PM Dismissal

Wednesdays (Beginning September 7) 5:00 PM Library Open until 8:00 PM 5:30 PM Family Fellowship Meal (Fellowship Hall) 6:00 PM Children’s Choirs (age3-grade 5); Youth Handbells (Exodus 1), Creative Arts Team II 6:30 PM Adult Bible Study 6:45 PM Mission Friends; RAs/GAs, Youth Handbells (Exodus 2), Creative Arts Team I 7:30 PM Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal

WEEKLY SCHEDULE

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Staff E-mail [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Church Office Hours 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Monday-Friday Closed for Lunch from

12:00-1:00 p.m.

If there is an emergency you may contact Kendell at

704-214-1022 or Brian at 704-460-4623.