Kona Baptist ChurchNovember 2016

October 16, 2016

Baptism at Keauhou Bay

A Note From Pastor Dean….

A Thanksgiving Thought"Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name."—Psalm 100:4

I really like Thanksgiving, because there is not a lot of pressure to go out and buy things. You have to get food, of course. But apart from that, Thanksgiving is not about shopping. It is more about getting together with family and friends and doing what most people really love to do, which is eat.

We can enjoy the food. We can enjoy our family. We can enjoy our fellowship. But the real purpose of Thanksgiving is to give thanks. It is a day to focus on giving thanks.

Of course, that is sometimes easier said than done. It is easy when things are going reasonably well, the bills are paid, we have a roof over our head and our health is good. But when times are hard, we don't want to give thanks at all. But here is what the Bible says: "Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, his love endures forever" (Psalm 106:1).

Notice this verse does not say to give thanks to the Lord when you feel good. Rather, it says, "Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good."

Someone might say, "Well, what if my heart is not in it? Should I still give thanks?" Yes, you should. Many times when we offer our worship to God, it is just that: a sacrifice. Hebrews 13:15 says, "Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name."

The Bible not only commands us to give thanks regardless of circumstances, but it also tells us to verbally give thanks to God. It would be like a husband never telling his wife that he loves her. She needs to hear it from him. And of course, a husband needs to hear "I love you" from his wife, too.

God knows all things. He knows whether we love him. However, He still asks for us to give Him verbal praise. Far too often, we fail to give God what is due him. As Psalm 29:2 reminds us, "Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness.”

Aloha Church, Give Thanks

Great News for us!!! The Hawaii Pacific Baptist Convention will be

held in Kona this year!

If you have never had the opportunity to attend, it is the

perfect year to go since it is in our town! It will be at the King Kam hotel. Register is open, and you

can register on line!www.hpbaptist.net

Hallelujah Harvest Festival

2016

Over 400 people

attended our annual event!

The keiki had a

great night……

And so did our workers! Thank you for welcoming

over 400 people to our church event! Awesome Job!!

Sunday 9:00 AM Sunday School 10:15 AM Worship Service Wednesday 6:00 PM Mission Friends GA’s RA’s Youth Group Prayer Meeting Parenting Bible Study 7:00 PM Christmas Choir Practice Friday 11:00 AM Moms In Prayer

meet in the prayer room

5th, Saturday Men’s Breakfast @ 8 AM 12th, Saturday Ladies Coffee Break @ 10:00 AM on church lanai 13th, Sunday Fundraising Lunch for Childrens Groups “Chili for Fall, Y’all” Collection Day for Operation Christmas Child 16th, Wednesday HPBC New Workers (Pastors) training @ KBC 17 - 18th, Thurs & Fri HPBC State Convention @ King Kam Hotel

What is Happening Weekly

calendar events In November

shoeboxes!

The Worship Team Finance Committee The end of the year is fast approaching, so just a reminder that our church treasurer will be providing a confirmation letter showing your church contributions for the year.  If you are itemizing deductions, please wait until you receive the confirmation before filing your taxes.  Also, any gifts to the church must be dated and postmarked by December 31 in order to be included in your 2016 giving.

HIS Women at Hualalai Elderly Auntie's Angels Soup KitchenOur monthly luncheon and food ministry at Hualalai Elderly will be Saturday, November 19th from 10:45 AM - 2:00 PM.Volunteers are needed to prepare crock pots of soup, fresh fruit platters or salad, and cookies. This month we would love to be able to send everyone home with a box of homemade cookies, so we need lots. If you can volunteer or contribute in any way, please let Linda know or sign up on the sheet in the ante foyer.And since Christmas is just around the corner, we would love to be able to help fill up a gift bag for each resident so are asking for full-sized bottles of shampoo, toothpaste, bath soaps, and deodorant. We will also continue to collect canned soups for the food pantry -- soups only please. Our help and donations are such a blessing to the low-income seniors at Hualalai Elderly Housing.

Anyone interested in singing or playing an instrument in the praise team, please come to rehearsal on Sunday morning at 8am. Check it out and see where God wants you to plug in!

Thanks to everyone who participated in the Singspiration! It was great as usual! The next one will be in January - start practicing now! 😊

Special Moments from our September Singspiration.

The next Singspiration will be in January

Updates

What’s Happening

MEN’S BREAKFAST

Saturday, @ 8:00 AM on church lanai

Join us for some great fellowship

Saturday, November 8th @ 10 AM

on the church lanai

bring a dish to share if you are able!

Christmas Choir Practice

Every Wednesday 7:00 PM

Have lunch and support our keiki at the same time!

Chili For Fall, Y’all!

Sunday November 13ththe Children’s Group (RA’s & GA’s) is

having their annual fund raiser after Morning Service

Thank You for helping our GA’s

& RA’s with their current

project :OPERATIONCHRISTMAS

CHILD Please bring

your boxes back on Sunday Nov.

13th. MAHALO

Keiki Keiki Keiki…

Shoeboxes are ready to be filled! Take one from the ante foyer!

Due Back on Sunday Nov. 13th

October flew by…. now we are moving on towards reaching our goal of filling 100 Operation Christmas Child boxes! If you would like to help, take a Shoebox home this Sunday, fill it up, and bring it back the following Sunday, Nov. 13th. This is one of the children’s favorite projects……each one guessing where they think their box will end up. Plus it is always a good reminder to our children that there are some who don’t get to have Christmas presents like they do.

We will also be having our 3rd Annual “Chili For Fall Y’all” fundraiser lunch on Sunday Nov. 13th after church service. We are going to adopt 2 families this year for Christmas, and the proceeds will help us buy gifts for them. The children are also doing projects once a month that they can earn patches for……so this will also help purchase the patches.

Thank you all for always supporting our keiki!!!