NEWS FROM OUR SENIOR PASTOR

Hello Liberty Family,

Blessings! Due to the Christmas season, you should receive this newsletter a little early. December is a fabulous month of ministry and worship at Liberty. God’s gift of Jesus is the core of our faith. Thanks for being a part of it!

Another year awaits us! It is hard to believe that 2018 is upon us. God has been preparing us for a great year. Many of you have heard me introduce our Touching Lives Ministry. Liberty has been conducting this ministry overseas in international mission work. Many lives have been touched through it and God has led me to implement this ministry here. The concept is simple. Jesus touched the lives of individual people. We should follow His example. What would God do if all our ministry teams and our church members sought to touch a life this year? That is exactly what God is leading us to do.

We have over 55 ministry teams in our church. This includes small group Bible study groups. I am challenging each ministry team to choose one week to touch the life of someone outside our church. We touch people when we go to them and offer a practical ministry. Maybe it’s a gift basket or a gift card. Each touch is to include prayer and witness. Sandra Smith has agreed to be our coordinator. She will enlist each ministry team to pick a week to touch a life.

Additionally, Liberty has around 600 resident members. What would God do if each one of us touched a life this year? Many of us can touch more than one life! However, God will do great things as we follow Christ’s example and touch a life! Will you?

My heart is filled with excitement and anticipation of an amazing year at Liberty. Get involved! Commit to make 2018 the year that you draw close to God, you faithfully study His Word, and you touch a life.

Happy New Year! It is my joy to serve as your senior pastor.

Pastor Randy

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Student Ministry

Dear Parents and Students:

Thank you for a wonderful 2017, I am trusting that God will have even greater things for our students in 2018. We are currently planning on a mystery trip with our students on Saturday, January 20, that should be different and a lot of fun. Then on Sunday night, January 28, we are going to be meeting at 5:00 PM in the Student Room to watch “I am Not Ashamed”. This movie will change your student’s life. Other big news involves our Wednesday nights. We are renaming our Wednesday nights “314 Explosion”. We are going to be opening the student area at 5:15 PM for the middle school and high school students to be able to get together and spend time. There can be opportunities for tutoring and also just a time for fun before our 6:30 PM Bible study time. We are so excited at what God is going to do with this time. Thank you for your continued prayers and support and let’s make 2018 incredible.

--Max Mathis, Minister of Students

Children’s Ministry

Happy New Year! What a wonderful year it has been getting to know the sweet children of Liberty. January is a special month to me as I came to know Christ at the young age of seven, on January 12, 1970. Almost 50 years ago, I came to know Christ as my personal Savior and Lord. As we begin this New Year, it is my desire to see your children grow in Christ in the coming year. We want to see our Children’s Ministry grow not just numerically but also spiritually. In Matthew 19:14 “Jesus said, Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them from coming to me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”

As January begins a New Year, I would like to introduce a new name for our Children’s Ministry. Beginning this month, we will become the Liberty KIDS! We are excited about the new things happening in the weeks ahead. Also, if you are interested in working in the Children’s Ministry, please see me. We are always looking for people with a deep love for children. May God bless you and keep you in the New Year!

--Sarah Mathis, Director of Children’s Ministries

LIBERTY‘S CALENDAR OF OPPORTUNITIES

This Month’s Activities

Monday, January 1 New Year’s Day Holiday – Church Office Closed Sunday, January 7 7:00 PM Church Council Meeting, Choir Rm Monday, January 8 7:00 PM Deacon’s Meeting Tuesday, January 9 11:00 AM J.O.Y. Club – Potato Bar Lunch, FH Thursday, January 11 7:00 PM Men’s Bible Study, Rm 208 Saturday, January 13 10:00 AM Women’s Ministry – Random Acts of Kindness 5:00 PM Single Adults Ministry – Pot Luck Meal, FH Sunday, January 14 12:00 PM Student Ministry – Student Leadership Meeting, Youth Rm 1230 PM Media & Audio Team Strategy Luncheon, FH 5:00 PM Connection Power Meeting, Rm 204 7:00 PM Church Business Conference, Worship Ctr Monday, January 15 Martin Luther King Jr. Day & Parade Thursday, January 18 Men’s Ministry Couples Retreat (Jan 18-20) Saturday, January 20 2:00 PM Student Ministry – Mystery Trip Sunday, January 21 Sanctity of Human Life Day Thursday, January 25 7:00 PM Men’s Bible Study, Rm 208 Sunday, January 28 5:00 PM Student Ministry – Sunday Night Movie “I Am Not Ashamed,” Youth Rm Tuesday, January 30 10:00 AM J.O.Y. Club Community Movie Day – Movie & Free Lunch, FH

Ongoing Weekly Schedule

Sunday 8:30 AM Ladies’ Prayer Time, Rm 208 9:00 AM Worship Team Rehearsal 9:30 AM Small Group Bible Study Connection Point (1

st – 3

rd Sundays)

10:45 AM Morning Encounter Children’s Church (Grades 1-4) Lil’ K, Rm 209 6:00 PM Evening Encounter

Student Ministry Monday 9:30 AM Weight Loss Support Group, Rm 202 7:00 PM Celebrate Recovery Step Study

“Stepping Out of Denial into God’s Grace,” Rms 206 & 208

Tuesday 7:00 AM Men’s Prayer Breakfast, Chick-fil-A, Fayetteville Wednesday 5:15 PM 314 Explosion (Student Ministry) 5:30 PM Bible Study Workers' Meeting, Rm 202 Wednesday Night Buffet Meal Finance Ministry Team Meeting 5:45 PM Intercessory Prayer, Rm 205 6:30 PM Midweek Bible Study Encounter Mission Friends (Ages 3-K) Liberty Kids (Grades 1-6)

Student Ministry Bible Study Mom’s Ministry, Rm 202

7:30 PM Encounter Choir/Orchestra Rehearsal Thursday 11:30 AM Men’s Prayer Lunch, Chick-fil-A, Riverdale 7:00 PM Brokenness to Hope Ladies Support Group (Sponsored by Celebrate Recovery), Rm 204 Friday 6:00 PM Celebrate Recovery

General Operating Account – 11/30/2017 Receipts: $55,402.23 Disbursements: <$61,795.63> Difference: <$ 6,393.40>

Building Fund – 11/30/2017 Balance as of 10/31/2017: $533,665.73 Plus November Receipts: $ 974.70 Balance as of 11/30/2017: $534,640.43

Small Group Bible Study Attendance 11/19 11/26 12/03 12/10 12/17

Adults 176 166 178 158 176

Preschool 9 7 9 9 9

Children 9 14 16 16 13

Students 24 18 18 15 17

Thurs PM _10 ___ ___ _12 ___

Totals 228 205 221 210 215

Worship Encounter Attendance AM 273 272 278 244 208

PM 155 60 175 150 89

J.O.Y. Club for Seniors

Happy New Year from the J.O.Y. Club! Our January 9th

meeting will be a Potato Bar Lunch at the church and will start at 11:00 AM. We look forward to hearing about the upcoming Liberty Mission Trip to Peru in April. We hope that some of Liberty’s seniors will want to be a part of this mission team. You are never too sold to take your first mission trip! Oh, what a joy and blessing to share the love of Christ to a people who are hungry and excited to receive the Good News. Start praying and preparing right now, for the trip of your life. Also, January has five Tuesdays, and you know what that means! Our 5

th Tuesday movie,

discussion and lunch day, and it’s all free! When we make a decision on the movie we will be showing we will let you know. All 55+ Come and Join Us!

Barbara Green, Director, Senior Adults Ministry

Liberty Baptist Church of Fayette County, Inc.

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SENIOR PASTOR ........................................................ DR. RANDY WOOD

WORSHIP PASTOR .................................................. REV. STEVE MARTIN

MISSIONS PASTOR ................................................... REV. SKIP FERRON

MINISTER OF STUDENTS ...................................................... MAX MATHIS

DIRECTOR of CHILDREN’S MINISTRIES ......................... SARAH MATHIS

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT ............................................ RENEE REGO

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT ............................................ JANET VINES

BUSINESS MANAGER ................................................. JACKIE MERKISON

ACCOMPANIST .......................................................................... CELIA COX

ACCOMPANIST ............................................................... DRICA ROBERTS

FOOD SERVICE ........................................................................ JOE GREEN

SECURITY ................................................................................ FAT AUTREY

BOOKSTORE MANAGER ................................................... GINNY MARTIN

CUSTODIAN ................................................................... TAMMY SHANNON

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