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The Trumpet Issue 09, Year 2009 Help Awana Adopt-a-Club When our Awana club adopted a needy club in Jamaica, we committed to send them at least $240 per year to help pay for their Awana materials. This year we have collected only $133.85. If your child has not brought money to help our adopted club, please remind them to contribute if they are able. (It's not too late to earn an Adopt-a-Club patch.) If you don't have a child in Awana, but would like to help us reach our goal, just put the money in the offering plate designated for Awana Adopt-a-Club. Thanks! CAMP MARIETTA Camp Marietta Sign-up Sheets are on the bulletin board. Dates are: Girls age 7-12 June 22-26 Boys age 7-12 July 13-17 Youth age 13-18 July 6-10 $92.50 is due now. Please make check payable to the church and give to Donna Wood. Questions– call Donna @ 801.8080 Did you know that the church pays for half of the cost to send our kids to Camp Marietta. This year the WMU and Baptist men will pay $92.50 per child that attends camp. Due to a tighter budget this year, we need your help. If you would like to sponsor a child or just make a donation, please mark your envelope "Camp Marietta Help." This is a great opportunity for our kids and we want to make it possible for everyone to go. Attention: Prayer Partners Come join us for a Prayer walk Saturday, February 28th at 10:00 am Iglesias Bautista Hispana formerly Franklin Baptist Church on Hubert St, Greer Greer Community Ministries Ask our church to provide 250-1 lb. bags of rice For their food pantry Please place in containers in Sunday School Office To Top
Announcements Church Family Carol Elders Gene Wood, Greenville Memorial Carolyn Meeks Heart Cath Virgil Meeks, Cataract surgery Ann Green"s home caught fire last Friday Shut in of the Week Mabel Hodgens, 602 Mt. Vernon Rd, Greer, SC 29651 Intercessory Prayer Ministry Coordinator Wayne Elders, 906.3148 Seekers II Sunday School Class Dinner @ Olympian Restaurant on Congaree Rd. Friday, Feb. 27th @ 6:00 pm Call Bobby and Sandi if you have questions. (895.9122) RELAY FOR LIFE NEWS Get ready, it's time to "Team Up For A Cure" in 2009. Relay this year is May 15th so mark your calendar. Greer Relay has some exciting news for events taking place this year… more details to come. ACS is going paperless, to register as a team member you will need to go online. If you do not have access to a computer, please see me to get registered. "The site is www.relayfor life.org/greer. Registration is $10 which can be paid online or you can give fees to me. Thanks in advance for your team participation and support. Stephanie Bennefield, 968.0516 RFL Fundraiser "FIGHT LIKE A GIRL" t-shirts. These shirts are dark brown with pink lettering. Sizes are youth small-large and Adult small-3X. Shirts are $10 each and all sales money goes to the PGBC fundraising. To order, please see Stephanie Bennefield.. We will take orders in March. Call if any questions. 968.0516 Thank you Dear Church Family, Thank you for the care you gave us with cards, calls and visits when my sister passed away. The visits from Danny, Donel, Gary and Michael were very meaningful. We were blessed by your love. Donnie and Jean Loftis and family Basketball Banquet Sunday, March 8th at 4:30 pm at Mutt's BBQ Adults are $8.95, Children 5-12 are $4.00, and children 4 and under are free. This will be a buffet and a private party. The deadline to sign up is Sunday, March 1st. I will need a head count. Please contact Lisa Mason at 877.7474 with any questions. To Top
Staff Blogs A Word from the Pastor The Christian life is a life of faith. In fact, the common denominator of our experience with God is the faith that we express to Him through Jesus, His Son. Faith is our expression of trust in His work on the cross that allows us to be called children of God. That is saving faith. Many of us have shown our faith in Christ. There is also practicing faith. This is faith that we need to live by. For many of us this daily faith is much harder to live out. In fact, sometimes it is harder to ha practiced faith on a daily basis than saving faith. Isn't it odd that we can put faith in God whom we have trusted for our eternal salvation, yet it is difficult to trust Him in the daily grind of life? Perhaps, we tend to think that we are exempt from the tough times because we are Christians. Well, we are not! Recently, I read Hebrews 11. It is the Hall of Faith in the Bible! Those people had far greater trials in that day than we do today. Yet, their lives showed brilliantly with practicing faith We are living in some of the most difficult times that many of us have ever seen. We are hard pressed in our national, religious, and personal time. As a Christian, what is our response to God in these times? Quitting, getting angry with God, doubting His power and activity in our lives are not courses of action we should take. Here is our only choice-FAITH. Without faith, it is impossible to please God. God's purpose in your life is not to make us happy, but holy and He does so as we remain faithful to Him. God Bless, Love, Your Pastor Don's Dabblings Following some delicious vegetable soup, corn bread, and pumpkin crème pie, prepared by Lounell Rodd, our Reaching "R" Team got to work writing 15 cards and notes, making 2 telephone calls, praying for 43 individuals, and making 7 personal visits. We welcome Christine Tronnes to our CARE Ministry as a member of the "E" Team. Relationships are so important in one's Christian outreach. Some people relate like marbles. Some people relate like grapes. Let us think first about marble relating folks. They protect themselves. They bump against each other, never enjoying a vital relationship. Lacking genuine love, they shutter when crushed, and hurt others. You see, when you crush marbles, you get disintegration –hard, sharp pieces. You can get hurt if you are not careful What about grape relating folks? They accept their weakness as essential to forming relationships. They give love, knowing love is always vulnerable. Knowing that love and forgiveness is the heart and soul of our faith. When crushed, they bring blessing-fragrant, redemptive blessings. After all, when you crush grapes, you get refreshing juice. Our shut-in of the week, beginning Sunday is Joyce Hodgens, 601 Mt Vernon Rd, Greer SC 29651 Love in Christ, Don Kelley Ballard's Ballads Friend Day Team Meeting will be on Monday Night, March 2nd at 6:30 pm in the Fellowship Hall. All Team Members are needed at this meeting. There is a Creative Teaching Seminar on Saturday, March 7th at Fairview Baptist Church at 8:30 am. Breakfast will be # 3.00. I want to thank everyone who came to the Sunday School Workers Meeting this past Sunday. If you missed it, you will be getting information about our Friend Day on May 3rd. Serving for Jesus, Gary Michael's Youth News [Youth and Children's News] Upcoming Events and Important Dates Sunday March 15th – Mandatory parents meeting for summer mission trip. Please meet in the youth room@5:30 p.m. We will have refreshments. Saturday March 21st – Jump Zone : This is an activity for the children. More information later. Saturday March 28th Youth Community Service Project: This is a mission activity for the youth. We will be going to help at Greer Community Ministries. This is a mandatory mission activity for those planning on going on the summer mission trip. I would like to thank everyone for their prayers and support. Please continue to remember the youth and children and our mission endeavors in your prayers. His servant, Michael To Top
The Week Ahead The Church in Ministry Sunday, March 1 9:00 am Prayer Time and Choir Rehearsal 9:30 am Sunday School 10:15 am Deacon's Prayer Time 10:30 pm Worship Service 4:30am Deacons Meeting 5:15 pm "Knowing God by Name" Group 5:30 pm Youth Discipleship "Minigrove Tones '‘PS Choir "Kids at the Grove" Children's Choir 6:15 pm Deacons Praying 6:30 pm Evening Worship RA's Monday, March 3 6:30 pm Friend Day Team Meeting Tuesday, March 4 6:30 pm Men's Fraternity 6::30 pm CARE "C" Group Supper 7:00 pm CARE "C" Group Outreach 8:00 pm Youth Band Rehearsal Wednesday, March 5 6:30 pm AWANA 7:00 pm Family Night Youth Ministry 7:45pm Adult Choir Rehearsal Saturday, March 7 7:30 am Men's breakfast at A & P To Top
Birthdays - God Bless You March Birthdays 2 Belinda McKinney 3 Scott Williams 5 Evelyn Edwards (Paul) 6 Frances Snow, Nathan Morris 10. Gary Ballard, Geracie Mason 11. Fay Donald, Alicia Smith 12. Imogene Mullinax, Wanda Povazsay 13. Kathleen Blanton 14. Bethaney Milyo 15. Donel Kelley, Bill Carithers 17. Carol Elders, Jessica Watson, Karsen Harrill 18. Ruth Lister-Tooley 21. Tonda Smith 22. Debbie Bird, Cade Rothermel 23. Chris Godfrey 24. Brandi Hudson 25. Louise Hollifield 27. Ronnie Waddell 29. Justin King 30. Frances Glascoe 31. Gary Link, Randi Rowe, Loren Klingman To Top
Blessings Blessings, February 22, 2009 Sunday School Attendance 203 Worship Attendance 193 Designated Offerings Memorials Katherine Smith 130.00 Use of Fellowship Hall 75.00 Books-Men's Fraternity 120.00 AWANA #8107 35.00 Cemetery Perp Care 20.00 Senior Adults #5112 30.00 Camp Marietta 92.50 Sunday School 49.00 Total Designated 551.50 General Offering 5,568.00 Total Offering 6,119.50 General Offering Weekly $5,568.00 Budget Requirement $8,242.76 To Top