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The Trumpet
Issue 50, Year 2008 Christmas at Pleasant Grove Sunday, December 14 Combined Children's ChoirsFrom El Bethel and Pleasant Grove present "A Shepherd's Story" 10:30 am at El Bethel Baptist Church 6:30 pm at Pleasant Grove 7:30 pm 2009 Budget discussed Wednesday, December 17 AWANA/Children's Christmas Party AWANA handbook time 6:30-7 pm Children's Christmas party for all children in church. In Fellowship Hall 7:00– 7:45 pm Parents pick up your children at 7:45 pm in the Fellowship Hall Sunday, December 21 Nursery/Preschool Christmas Party During Sunday School hour. Call Tina Anderson (877.4718) if any questions. At 5:00 pm The combined Adult Choirs of El Bethel and Pleasant Grove present "Unspeakable Joy" At El Bethel Baptist Church Bring finger foods for fellowship at El Bethel after the presentation. December 23rd at 7:00 pm Christmas Eve Eve ServiceFamilies join to celebrate the Christ Child December 25th Merry Christmas
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Announcements
Christmas Eve Eve Celebrate the Christ Child December 23rd at 7:00 pmA very special service for our church family and extended families. We will sing Christmas carols, hear a special Christmas message and end with candle light. This is for all families, even the babies. Invite someone to share this service. Come casual. Expect a blessing. Christmas Mail Box Bring you Christmas cards for church members and put them in the Christmas Mail Box. Donate the postage to our Lottie Moon Christmas offering.2009 Offering Envelopes Your 2009 Offering envelopes will be available for you to pick up beginning Dec.7 near the Sunday School Office. The number on these envelopes is your account # for contribution reporting. Please do not use these envelopes until January 4th, the first Sunday in January. It is very important that you use the envelopes assigned to you. This will help the finance office ensure the accuracy of your gifts. HAPPY HEART LINES PLEASANT GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH, GREER, SC _VOL. X - NO.II December 10, 2008 Dr. Danny Emory, Pastor Jo Edwards, HH President Greetings to all of you and we wish you a Very Merry Christmas. May God Bless you as you are with family and friends at this most Holy Season. Because Jesus came to earth as a baby, we celebrate His birth; but more than that, we celebrate His Life because He has given us eternal life. We remember the life of Mrs. Mabel Hodgens in her passing and celebrate with her family as she has moved on to where she has been laying up treasures in her eternal home as she served The Lord here on earth and in Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. Our December meeting will be at Lakeview Steak House at 11:00 am on Dec. 16th. We will meet at Lakeview unless you need transportation. Please call either Rev. Kelley or me if you need to ride with someone. If we need it, we can take the bus. Also, if you have not signed up, let us know as soon as possible. We need to plan for YOU. We will not have a speaker for the meeting but you will want to be there just in case someone shows up that you will want a word with. It's still early and I know you have been GOOD. Since our October meeting, we had fourteen of our Happy Hearts to go on a trip to Pigeon Forge, TN and we had a wonderful time; seeing two shows and enjoying the fellowship. Thanks to Rev. Kelley for arranging this trip and taking good care of us. MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF OUR SHUT-INS. MAY YOUR HOLIDAYS BE BRIGHT. GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU. I look forward to seeing each of you next Tuesday. Jo Edwards, HH President Margaret Lynn, HH Secretary Thank You Notes Thanks to so many of you who showed, so much kindness during the illness and death of Mabel Hodgens. To ffod group #2, to Danny and Don for their visits and concerns, cards and calls-things on never forgets.Joyce Hodgens and Marie Wood Thank you for having your Fall Festival and opening it up to the community. We enjoyed the event. Our children liked the pony rides and the large slide the best. My husband and I enjoyed the food and the cupcakes. We hope you plan to do another on next year. May God bless you for your generosity. The Weatherbie Family Church Family Greer Memorial Hospital Gwen Nodine The Cottages Dora Lou Reece Shut in of the Week Tillie Beddingfield, Rosewood Assisted Living, 5221 Hwy 215, Pauline, SC 29374 Intercessory Prayer Ministry Coordinator Wayne Elders, 906.3148
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Staff Blogs
A Word from the PastorWhat a wonderful season we celebrate. Thank you Pleasant Sounds for sharing with us Sunday night. Because of Jesus birth, we have the responsibility of telling His story to everyone. Yes, to our families, friends and to the ends of the earth. What can we do to ensure that every tribe, tongue and nation hear the story of Jesus? The Lottie Moon Christmas Offering goal for our church is $5,500 to support 5,317 missionaries, 1,081 short-term missionaries and 4,236 career missionaries. It costs $113.04 per day, $4.71 per hour and $.08 per minute to support a missionary. Every penny given to the Lottie Moon offering is used to support our missionaries as they share the gospel overseas. How can we support our missionaries, first pray for them daily, especially Ken and Cathy Moore. If 250 of our members gave $22, we would reach our goal. I challenge each of you to give above this amount to share the story of Jesus. Sunday, December 21, will be our Lottie Moon Christmas March during our worship service. Come, expect the Lord's work to be done because you gave. Love, Your Pastor Don's Dabblings Our Crusaders and Ambassadors Teams combined last Tuesday night and following a delicious meal prepared by Susan Davidson and Stephanie Bennefield, wrote 30 card and notes, made 1 telephone call, prayed for 29 individuals and made 5 personal visits. Lately we have not been receiving complete CARE cards. Your participation in our CARE ministry is essential. In the Christmas story as recorded in Luke 2, the angel who appeared to the shepherds has an introduction and three points to his messages. His introduction; "Fear not" - that's the usual words of angels throughout Scripture. His first point: "For unto you is born this day...a Saviour"…(Luke 2:11) the first point was the simple gospel. The second point: …"which shall be to all people", The Saviour was for all people. That is really good news because somewhere among "all the people" is room for you and me. The third point: "..ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes lying in a manger" (Luke 2:12). Gods Word would be verified in their experience. The most impressive aspect of the Angel's message was the shepherd's response to the Angels' invitation: (Luke 2:15-16). The Bible says they went immediately into Bethlehem to find the Christ Child. Why don't we respond when we hear the Word preached to forgive, to tithe, to serve, or to forgive? Have we really worshipped if we fail to respond? The shepherds went back to being shepherds but they had let the Word of God change their lives Our shut-in beginning Sunday, Dec. 17 is Tillie Beddingfield, Rosewood Assisted Living, 5221 Hwy 215, Pauline, SC 39374 Love in Christ, Don Kelley Ballard's Ballads Thank you Pleasant Sounds for the music you presented this past Sunday Night. May we as a congregation "Worship The King" during this season, as the musical described. Next Sunday at 4:00 pm the Adult Choir will have Cantata Rehearsal at El Bethel. We will finish by 5:30 pm in order to get back here for worship. Also the following Saturday at 10-12 N at El Bethel , we will have dress rehearsal. On December 14th at 6:30 pm, the Children's Choir, with El Bethel children's choir will present their musical here at Pleasant Grove. December 21 at 5:00 pm, the Adult choir and El Bethel Adult choir will present "Unspeakable Joy" at El Bethel. Also we ask that you bring finger foods as we will fellowship after the musical presentation. Serving for Jesus, Gary Michael's Youth News I would like to say thank you to all who participated in the Silver Ring Thing. It was a great conference for the youth and we all enjoyed it and learned a lot. A special thanks to Henry Donald for driving the bus. Please remember these dates: S[aturday, December 13th ] Youth Christmas Party in the youth room. Instead of a doing a $10 gift exchange please just bring $10 cash. We will be collecting the money for a needy family in our community. Make sure you come hungry and ready to have a great time. [Wednesday, December 17th] Youth Christmas caroling at Piedmont Nursing Center, please be at the church by 6:30 pm. Afterwards we will go out for dinner, so please bring money to eat. Wednesday, December 17th Children's Christmas Party in the fellowship hall after Awana. We will have snacks, games, singing and lots of fun celebrating the birth of Jesus, so please join us. [January 23-25 2009]Chillipeppers Winter conference I will need $60 dollars by January 3 if you plan to go. This includes registration, hotel fee and continental breakfast at the hotel. Please bring additional money for lunch, dinner, and anything extra you would like to buy. I think this will be a great conference and a great time to grow closer to the Lord and one another. In Him Michael To Top |
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The Week Ahead
WEEK OF PRAYER for INTERNATIONAL MISSIONSSunday, December 14 9:00 am Prayer Time and Choir Rehearsal 9:30 am Sunday School 10:15 am Deacon's Prayer Time 10:30 am Worship Service 5:00 pm Finance Committee 5:15 pm Ladies Bible Study 5:30 pm Youth Ministry Mini Grove Tones (PS Choir) 6:15 pm Deacons Prayer 6:30 pm Children's Christmas Musicical Discussion of 2009 Budget Tuesday, December 16 11:00 am Happy Hearts at Lakeview Steak Wednesday, December 17 6:30 pm AWANA 7:00 pm –7:45 pm Childrens' Christmas Party 7:00 pm Prayer Meeting Youth Christmas Caroling 7:30 pm Adult Choir Rehearsal 7:30 pm Properties Committee Sunday, December 21 10:30 am Lottie Moon Christmas Offering March 5:00 pm Adult Choir presentation at El Bethel, Bring finger foods to fellowship afterwards To Top |
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Birthdays - God Bless You
17.Doris Fowler, Carolyn Carlton, Shelley Dempsey18. Marlene Edwards, Don Elder 21. Margaret Brown, Chris Roberts, Alex Snead 22. Doris Reynolds 23. Margie Hightower 24. Craig Singleton 25. Faye Phillips 26. Chad Singleton 27. Hannah Bazemore 28. Michael Sweet, Jeff Loftis, Nicole Green, Richard Lynn 29. Jackie Smith, Hazel Burr 31. Jeff Ingle, Frances Dillard, Amanda Lowe, Patsy Green To Top |
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Blessings
Blessings, December 7, 2008Sunday School Attendance 195 Worship Attendance N/A; Designated Offerings Memorial Mable Hodgens 25.00 Use of Fellowship Hall 75.00 Cemetery Perpetual Fund 10.00 Christmas Flowers 30.00 Lottie Moon 505.00 Senior Adults 30.00 Utilities Mission House 57.55 Building Fund 600.00 Budget $10,561.62 Total $11,413.17 Additional Evening Offering 375.00 To Top |