September 2015

Making Friends Forever...Making Friends Forever...

Nursery Care: Newborns to 3 yr. olds Happy Heart City: 4 yr. olds - 1st grade

Base Camp: 2nd - 6th grades 7th grade - Adults meet in Worship Center

SUNDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 4TH AT 6:00 PM

MONDAY, OCTOBER 5TH - WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7TH 6:30 PM

LIFE ACTION PRESENTS

From the Pastor’s Heart...

Financial Peace University Wednesday, September 2nd @ 6:30 pm or Sunday, September 6th @ 4:00 pm We all need a plan for our money. Financial Peace University (FPU) is that plan! FPU teaches God’s ways of handling money. This class presents biblical, practical steps to get from where you are to where you have dreamed you could be. This plan will show you how to get rid of debt, manage your money, spend and save wisely, and much more!

If you have not pre-registered and would like to attend this class, come by the Welcome Center Desk on Wednesday or Sunday to find out where your class will meet.

The Legacy Journey Wednesday, September 2nd @ 6:30 pm or Sunday, September 6th @ 4:00 pm This class will lead you deeper into investing, basic estate planning, safeguarding your legacy, and discovering the keys to generational wealth and true generosity. Through video teaching, and class discussions, you will learn a biblical framework for living intentionally now, so that later you’ll be able to leave a legacy that will secure your family’s future and make a lasting impact on the world around you. If you would like to attend this class beginning this week, please come to the Welcome Center desk before class on Wednesday or Sunday to find out where your class will meet.

We are about to do something that many have prayed for through the years. We are

combining efforts with Calvary Baptist Church, Sunset Avenue Baptist Church, as well as other

area churches, to host a four-night gathering to seek God’s face for a spiritual awakening, October 4-7, called One Cry.

One Cry is a movement of believers who are urgently crying out to God to revive the church and transform the culture. The One Cry Conference is a worshipful, prayerful, and challenging event that calls God’s people to turn, pray, and unite for spiritual awakening. The preaching, music, children’s leaders, and creative elements are all led by Life Action Ministry, who has been here two other times in the past 10 years.

This four-night event is designed to help our churches, to help us, to re-ignite our passion for Christ, engage in fervent revival prayer, encourage unity and reconciliation, and look forward with expectation toward God’s supernatural work. It will begin on Sunday morning and conclude on Wednesday evening, and include elements for the whole family. Mark your calendars and plan to participate with your whole family each night.

ActsOneEight Dates to Remember:

All Trip Leaders must be members of EBC and complete the ActsOneEight Trip Leader Training. **Trips without a leader will be cancelled. If interested in any of these trips, contact Tracey Watson in the Missions Office.

LoveLoud opportunities: At NC Wesleyan College Currently, there are 76 international students enrolled this semester that should have a Christ-following family embrace them with the love of Christ while they study in our city. Through different events to be held in the coming school year, we have been given a great opportunity to LoveLoud in the nations right here in our own community! If you would like to receive information about events and opportunities, please contact Ashley Parker or Pastor Gene Davis at gene@englewoodbaptist.com.

Collections for Upcoming Mission/Ministry Trips: Rockville, VA~ ILC Blessings Team Collection Information During the month of September, BFGs will be collecting monetary donations on behalf of all of the missionaries reporting for Field Personnel Orientation in October. Please see your BFG Leader if you'd like to give towards blessing them. All money will be used for blessing items for our missionaries preparing to go on the field.

Home baked cookies for our missionaries will be collected the morning of Sunday, October 11th in the Narthex. Please put one dozen cookies per Ziploc bag. Please do not include nuts in your recipes (due to allergies). Please see Pastor Jacob Cloer or Larry Tucker with questions. Huntersville, WV ~ Partnering with SCORE Domestic The West Virginia team will be collecting winter gear items that will be given away at FLOC markets in the Huntersville, West Virginia area in October.

Please bring gently worn or new winter coats, hoodies, scarves, mittens/gloves and hats (for all ages) to the Narthex and place them in the collection boxes that will be there during AM &PM services beginning September 20th through October 4th. Contact Dave German with any additional questions. Training Opportunities: International Security and Child Safety Training are mandatory trainings for anyone planning on taking an EBC Mission Trip. The next training session for both will be held from 8:00 am-2:00 pm on Saturday, September 12th in M100(behind the Lighthouse Cafe). Lunch will be provided. Please sign up in the Sunday bulletin if you'd like to attend.

The Art of Marriage Begins Wednesday, Sept. 2nd @ 6:30 pm or Sunday, September 6th @ 4:00 pm

Every marriage is unique, expressed by the colorful personalities of each spouse and textured by the circumstances at play in their lives. Blending these to make marriage work is a divinely inspired art form-challenging to master but definitely worth the effort.

For more than three decades, FamilyLife has been helping couples discover God's plan for relationships. Now, in this study for small groups, we weave together expert teaching, engaging stories, man-on-the-street interviews, humorous vignettes and much more to portray the hope and beauty of God's design.

Register in the church office.

Women’s Discipleship Courses Ladies, we will be offering several discipleship courses just for women starting on Sunday, September 20th and Wednesday, September 23rd.

We are currently going through a survey process with the women of Englewood and will present those courses by Sunday, September 6th.

You may sign up in the bulletin or online beginning that day.

Englewood Baptist Church has a unique opportunity to come together with the congregations of both Calvary Baptist Church and Sunset Avenue Baptist Church on Thursday, September 24th at 7:00 pm for a "One Cry Joint Prayer Meeting". Please plan to join us for this special evening.

“if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”

2 Chron. 7:14

JOINT PRAYER MEETING THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24TH

7:00 PM at

CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH 505 ENGLEWOOD DRIVE

It’s Awana kick off time!

Awana for children resumes on Wednesday, September 2nd. If your child has not been a part of Awana on Wednesday evenings in the

past, now is the perfect time to stop by and see what all the excitement is about.

Awana Clubs cater to specific age groups ranging from 2 years old to 5th grade. Each Wednesday night, children will memorize Scripture, learn about God during their counsel time, and have a fun recreation time. All Awana activities are designed to be age appropriate. Preschoolers will meet in the Worship Center at 6:30 pm. Parents of 3 & 4 year olds who are new to Awana should plan to remain with their child on September 2nd for a brief parents’ meeting. Children in Kindergarten to 5th grade will sign in to the Lewis Building gym at 6:30 pm. For additional information, contact Pastor Jordan or Michelle Ferrell in the church office.

PrimeTimers’ Dinner - Thursday, September 10th 6:00 PM in the Lewis Building

Welcome Back From Summer Vacation!Welcome Back From Summer Vacation!Welcome Back From Summer Vacation!

If you are 55 years or older, we would love for you to join us for a time of food, fellowship, and special music.

BBQ Dinner is being provided this month!

Musical Guests will be The Plyler family & Trevor Bartlett! Come share this evening with friends, and be blessed!

Opportunities are available to serve as a mentor on Wednesday afternoons here at Englewood or as an in-school tutor with our community school Winstead Avenue Elementary. This year we are making two time slots (3:15 pm & 4:45 pm) available for volunteers to serve. We could easily serve 50 kids each week, but we can only accept the number of kids that equal the number of volunteers that make a commitment to serve weekly. Contact Pastor Jordan Reese or Michelle Ferrell in the church office for more information.

Openings in our Weekday Early Education Program

We still have a few spots left for children in our Weekday Early Education classes - ages 2, 3 and Kindergarten. We have a waiting list for 4 year olds.

Please call Mrs. Celia at 937-9829 if you are interested in reserving a spot for your little one. “School” begins on September 9th!

September 17, 2015 at 6:30 PM in the Edge Guest Speaker: Pepper Manning Worship Led by: Carole Davis

Childcare is available through pre-registration online or in the church office.

Refreshments will be available at the close of the evening.

“Seek First” on Thursday October 1st 6:33 am & 6:33 pm

Students, join us each Friday in September for Friday Night Lights beginning September 4th from 9:30 pm - 11:30 pm.

Come hang out with your friends after the High school football games in The Edge with food, games, music and an open gym for basketball.

God is waking us from our slumber and mobilizing us to pray earnestly for revival. Together, we desire to travel the narrow road of brokenness, humility, and repentance. We cry out for the extraordinary work of the Holy Spirit in our day. We believe that true revival is the only hope to reverse our

spiritual recession and enable us once again to display the beauty of Jesus Christ and His Gospel throughout the world. Join us on the first day of October at 6:33 am and then again at 6:33 pm as we Seek First the Kingdom of God in our lives, our marriages, families, churches, nation, and the world.

“But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness… Matthew 6:33

Student Ministry...

September kicks off a new year with WOL (Middle School) and EC (High School) students in The Edge beginning Sept. 2nd. WOL has been revamped with changes to allow students to interact with friends and leaders in a time of competition each week. High School students will be going through the life of Christ and studying the encounters Christ had with people just like us. We are looking forward to a great year which will bring life-change to students and leaders.