Please Pray For…

Bryan Lane at Sheltering Arms, Nell Peddicord at Doswell House, Connie Brodrick at The Haven, Shirley Armstrong, Bill & Sandra Blackburn, Amy Boles (James & Carol Boles daughter), Jeanne Bradley, Donald Bray, Jr., Robin Brightwell, Jean Brooks, Bailey Broughton, George & Bessie Bryan, John Bryant, Joyce Burgess, Eugene & Ortygia Car-nette, Earl Carver, Tim Cates, Hallie Chenault, Jim Cherry, Mike Chettle (Flora McLeod’s son-in-law), David & Janice Culver, JudiCulver, Opal Dalton, Nancy Damron, Howard & Jean & Andrew Davis (Mary Kay Winn’s family), Chuck Davis (Ray Davis’ son), Chuck & Margaret Davis & Family, Amy Dixon, Rick Doggett, Roxanne Eliott (Jim Wright’s grand-daughter), Peggy Etheridge(Sr.), Marvin & Margaret Fergu-son, Aaron & Danielle Fisher, Wally Fleming, Lyle Foster (Peggy Etheridge’s,(Sr.) father), Linda Gerhardt, Mary Green-wood, Doris Grotz, Melvin Harver, Peggy Hildreth, Allen & Courtney Hillard (Mary Hawthorne’s family), Charlotte Holzbach, Lucille Hott, Johnny Howell, Courtney Jackson, Myrtle Jackson, Mary Lee Jones, Dot Jones, Dick & Charlsie Joyner, Cecil & Rae Keel, Olive Litwinowicz, Will & Audrey Long, Howard Lynch, Thomas & Betty Martin, Doris Metz, Jordan Mills, Patrick Olmstead (Robert & Betty Olmstead’s grandson), Robert & Betty Olmstead, Shirley Pasowicz, Jim Passmore(Dawn Etheridge’s friend), Freddie Pendergraph, Lisa Phillips, J.L. Pitts, Edwin Power (Margaret Davis’ fa-ther), Debbie Reidelbach, Dick & Linnea Sandstrom(Bill & Sandra Blackburn’s friends), Ruth Ann Sawyer (Norman & Betty Bowles’ daughter), Bob Schneider, Charlene Shepherd, Allie Stevens, Don & Ruth Stewart, Greg Sullivan, Ruth Tate, Jim Taylor, Marvin Thomas (Martha Long’s brother), Kitty Thompson, Faye Toney, Doris Tucker, Walton Family, Bill White, Vickie White (Anita Blackwell’s sister), Jean Wildbore, Vera Williams, Bonnie Winn (Gloria Talley’s sister), Jim Wright, Chuck Zimmer (James Taylor’s friend)

Counting Team November 20-Brian Brown, Terri Beck, Mike Rosser

Opening & Closing

November 20-Steve Hester

Deacon of the Week November 20-26 ~ Chuck Jackson ~ 703-915-1032

Stewardship Report ~ November 13, 2016

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Timothy N. Madison Pastor Brenda Brown Minister of Music

Mechanicsville Baptist Church 8016 Atlee Road

Mechanicsville, Virginia 23111 www.mechanicsvillebaptist.org

Office phone - 746-7253 FAX - 746-0749

Jackie Broaddus Child Care Director

746-7732

Crosswalk Attendance Sunday School Attendance Worship II Attendance Regular Offering E-Giving Weekly Budget Needs Designated Funds Total Offering Roof Funds Available Lottie Moon Offering

115 187 156

$9,573.30 $605.00

($10,909.00) $110.00

$10,288.30 $291,156.73

$100.00

CALLED BUSINESS MEETING

Wednesday ~ November 16 ~ 6:15 p.m. Budget Vote

CALLED BUSINESS MEETING

Sunday ~ November 20 Immediately following worship

Purpose of this meeting is to vote on calling Rev. Dwight Hedges as our Associate Pastor & Minister to Students

Thanksgiving Dinner Sunday ~ November 20

Covered Dish Immediately following

Called Business Meeting

Church Office Closed

Thursday ~ November 25 Friday ~ November 25

Happy Thanksgiving!

The Calendar Sunday - November 20

9:45 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Worship - Baptism 12:00 noon Called Business Meeting Followed by Thanksgiving Lunch 6:00 p.m. Youth Ladies Ensemble 7:00 p.m. Sounds of the Spirit Monday - November 21 11:30 a.m. AA Meeting Tuesday - November 22 6:15 p.m. Worship Team 7:00 p.m. Cantata Rehearsal Wednesday - November 23 6:15 p.m. Youth Thursday - November 24 Happy Thanksgiving CHURCH OFFICE CLOSED Friday - November 25 CHURCH OFFICE CLOSED

Regular Offering Sunday, November 13, 2016

$10,178.30 Needed to meet our budget

$10,909.00

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From the Pastor… One Thanksgiving afternoon, while waiting for the expected feast, two sisters went outside to play. Being a bit mischievous, they soon found something that looked like fun to do, which all too soon led them to something they had been told not to do. Their father came into the backyard and found the evidence of their disobedience and called them to him. He explained to the girls that they must go to their room and that neither would be allow to eat Thanksgiving dinner until the one who had disobeyed him confessed. The girls went to their room. A while later the girls heard their mother call-ing them for dinner. Not knowing what was going to happen, they went and took their usu-al places around the table. The girls noticed that their father was not seated at the table as usual and asked, “Where is Daddy?” The mother replied, “Daddy said that you girls could not eat Thanksgiving dinner with us today until one of you came to him and confessed your disobedience. Since neither of you came, Daddy decided that he would take your punishment himself—and so he will not be eating Thanksgiving dinner with us today.” Among the many blessings in our lives the greatest of these blessings is knowing Jesus has taken our punishment for us. The wages of sin is death, but God’s incomprehensible love provided a way for us to live. As we ap-proach the Thanksgiving season we have so much to be thankful for every day. In our abundance sometimes being thankful is a sec-ondary thought because we have so much. Many of us stress over how many invitations to accept on Thanksgiving Day while there are many in the world who will go hungry. I hope during this season we all will pause and give thanks for the blessings of God in our lives and remember the price paid for our redemp-tion.

Pastor Tim

Sympathy Our Christian sympathy is expressed to the family of Catherine Beasley in her

passing. Please remember her family in your prayers.

2016 Offering Envelopes Envelopes for 2017 will be in the church foyer

this weekend. Please do not use until after Jan-uary 1st. If you are a regular e-giver, you will

receive a letter assigning you an e-giving num-ber in the near future. If you did not receive

offering envelopes and would like them, please call Martha in the church office.

Thank You…

A big THANK YOU to the Sunday School classes and individuals who collected food for our annual Thanksgiving food drive. These bags will be taken to the MCEF Food Pantry

for distribution to families needing help for the holiday.

Sunday School Literature Sunday School literature for the winter quarter, which begins December 1, will be ready to dis-tribution before and during the Sunday School hour on Sunday, November 20 and 27. Please send a representative from your class to pick it up in the Church Library during one of those

times. Thank you.

Women’s Ministry Event! Friday~November 18~6:30 p.m.

At the home of Lisa Guridy 7391 Beulah Church Road, Mechanicsville All women ages 18 and older are invited! Please bring food to share and a friend or

two! We will meet at church at 6:00 p.m.

to carpool.

WEEK OF PRAYER FOR INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS

December 4-11, 2016 “The Gospel Resounds”

Speaker on Sunday, December 4 William Haun

Missionary to Ghana Lottie Moon Christmas Offering

Goal ~ $10,756.00 Hopefully, we can continue in the spirit of sacrificial giving. In 2015 we not only

achieved our goal but surpassed it!

Please Note… The Touchstone will not be mailed or placed

online the week of November 21.

FLC Roof Construction Status

EXTERIOR WORK — Materials delivered on November 14

Metal roof, remove & reinstall heat pumps

Wednesday night suppers resume 1/4/17

Worship I in Sanctuary November & December

Continued use of SS classrooms through 12/4/16

INTERIOR WORK— Estimated completion 1/4/17

Insulation, lights, classroom ceilings & lights

Child Care to occupy Education & Sanctuary buildings 12/5/16 through 1/4/17