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The Trumpet
Issue 16, Year 2009
Friend Day
May 3
Invite a friend to come
and hear God's word.


My Favorite Bible Verse
"If my people, who are called by name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from Heaven and forgive their sin and will heal their land."  2 Chronicles 7:14         Cal Pilgrim



RELAY FOR LIFE NEWS
Registration deadline is April 17th-To register go to:
relayforlife.org/greer

Seeking people ages 30-65 who have never had a cancer diagnosis. CPS-3 is a cancer study to help track the effects of cancer. May 15th, 7-11 pm at Dooley Field. Anyone is welcome to participate. You will give some blood and answer questions. Over the next 20 years, you will receive questions to answer to check on the progression and effects of cancer. Get information on the progression and effects of cancer on table in front of Sunday School office.
Remember to honor someone who has had cancer. Purchase luminary bags for $10. These bags will be placed around the track the night of Relay
Please help anyway that you can to support our local American Cancer Society. Please remember those who have lost their battle, continue to battle or who are in remission.


Join the Team
Catch the Spirit!
Recruiting: Finishing 1st Graders and Ending 5th graders
Game Schedules: Every Tuesday from June 9- August 11, 2009
End of the Summer Kids Musical and Festival Sunday August  16, 2009
Game Time: Tuesday 9:30-11:30 noon
Ball Park: Pleasant Grove Baptist Church
1002 Buncombe Rd Greer, SC 29651
Cost: $20 Registration Fee Due by June 2nd
Fee includes: T-Shirt, Sermon on the Mound CD, Hollywild trip.
Contact information: Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Phone: 877-6436
or Victor Baptist Church Phone: 877-9686
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Announcements
Church Family

Bill Tinsley at Greenville Memorial, Jimmy Edwards,Wayne Elders, David Beeks

Shut in of the Week

Ben Dillard, Bellaire Place, 23 Southpointe Dr. Apt. 187, Greenville, SC 29607-6902

Intercessory Prayer Ministry Coordinator
Wayne Elders,  906.3148

Nursery/Preschool and Ministry Leaders for April 19
10:15 am  Doug and Amber Barnette, Joe and Kristi Burnett, Erica Scott, Anne Singleton
6:15 pm  Tina Anderson, Sandi Bazemore
Wednesday  Tina Anderson, Teresa Brown
Children's Church  Lisa and David Mason
Greeters  David Anderson, Bobby Bazemore
Recording Tech  Jesse Donald
Sound System  Quay Scott

Thank you Notes
Dear Church Family
Just saying thank you for all your prayers, visits, and phone calls during Jimmy's surgery seems so small. Knowing people are praying for you and witnessing miracles we received for Jimmy was only from God.
Thanks to Dr. Danny and all the church staff and so many friends for being so faithful with your visits and calls.
Please continue to remember Jimmy in your prayers as he gets stronger each day.
Love Jimmy and Judy Edwards

Thank you for the beautiful cards and notes we have received during our illness and being shut in. Your kindness means a lot.
With Love, Bud and Eulalia Hendrix

HAPPY HEART LINES
VOL X NO.VIII
Dr. Danny Emory, Pastor           Jo Edwards, HH President April 15, 2009                                

I hope that you had a wonderful Easter and that it has renewed your spirit for serving Christ and His work.  

On Tuesday, April 21st, at 11:00 a.m., we will have our monthly meeting of Happy Hearts in the Fellowship Hall.  The lunch will be a covered dish experience with Food Group #2, with Betty Wood and Doris Reynolds.  The rolls and drinks will be provided and Food Group #2 will meet on  Monday at 1:00 p.m. to prepare for the meeting. Bring your favorites,- meats and vegetables (don't forget the dessert) and be a part of this luncheon.

Rev. Kelley has the program for April and has invited Mr. Steve Sanders to be with us.  Mr. Sanders specializes in the needs of those of us who are over 50 and he does it with some magic and his own brand of humor.  It will be a very entertaining program and you will want to be there.

If you know someone who has been absent from Happy Hearts for a while or who has not yet joined us, please let them know about us.  Please know that everyone is welcome.

Mark your calendars for a tour of Dark Corners on Tuesday, April 28th.  We will meet at the Junction restaurant at 9:00 a.m. for the tour and return there in about two hours.  The tour guide will join us on the bus for the tour so get your name in early.  If there are more than the bus will accommodate, we will go another time.

Planning ahead, we will be getting another group together this fall for a trip to the beach.  Start planning now to be a part of that.

On a personal note, I would like to thank all of you who have called and sent cards while I have been undergoing some tests.  Most of all I thank you for your prayers.  All of the results have been good so your prayers have been answered.  As I have told you, you are a great blessing to me and I love and appreciate ALL OF YOU.  Thank you  for your friendship.

Jo Edwards, HH President     Margaret Lynn, Secretary


Members in the Military
Remember to pray daily for our members and family members who serve in the military. * Denote relatives of PGBC members.
Stephen Graham . William Mullinax, Jimmy Ronk                      
*John Gootee,  Ernest McHugh family                            
*Kevin Henderson, Jimmy and Judy Edwards son in law                                           *Richard Hendrick Reece,  Dora Lou Reece family                                                    *Jeremy Batson, William Batson,  nephews of Tina Anderson                                                          
*Daniel Francisco, Carolyn Meek's grandson    
*Stephen Murphy, Robert and Norma Lyda's son in law
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Staff Blogs
A Word from the Pastor
May 3, 2009 is Friend Day at PG. I am looking forward to having my friend worship with me on this special day in our church. I hope that everyone will participate in this event. As Mike Cole has mentioned the purpose is not simply numbers, but this event serves as a purpose for us to connect with people in our community to bring them to Christ. This is a worthy program that everyone can participate.
Friendships are important in a church. In fact, 93 percent of the people who stay at a church do so because of the friendships they have made.
In a survey from 100 church dropouts who were asked why they left their churches, over 75% of the respondents said, "I didn't feel anyone cared whether I was there or not."
I hope Friend Day sets our mind to help other people become connected with us and with our Lord.
God Bless, Danny

Don's Dabblings
CARE did not meet March 31, but we still had folks visiting and writing notes. Adding what they accomplished to our Crusader "C" team ministry last Tuesday night, we wrote 26 cards and notes, made 3 telephone calls, prayed for 47 individuals, and made 16 personal visits. Many thanks for all you do in our CARE ministry!
As I think about our coming Friend Day, I think of the opportunity it affords us. We have the opportunity in these last days to invite a lost friend or an un-churched friend  (perhaps one out of fellowship with the Lord.) This we know for sure-opportunity comes today. Not yesterday for yesterday is gone. Not tomorrow-tomorrow may not come. "Now is the accepted time, " says the Bible; "now is the day of salvation" (2 Cor. 6:2) "Today while  you hear His voice harden not your heart" (Hebrews 3:7-8)
Jesus Christ comes to people today offering His grace and love, His full forgiveness. The opportunity is here for us. We have the opportunity to invite friends to come and hear the gospel preached and witness God's Spirit move in our midst!
ATTENTION SENIOR ADULTS  We are planning a bus tour on the "Dark Corner" on Tuesday, April 28. Our tour guide will be Mr. Dean Campbell who has authored a book about  Dark Corner. We will plan to leave the church at 8:30 am to meet Mr. Campbell at the Junction. There will be several stops at historic places. Our tour guide will be on board the bus to give us a running commentary. This tour will be limited to the number we can comfortably carry on the bus. If there are more to sign up than we can carry, we will schedule an additional tour. We will plan to eat at the Junction following the tour. There is a sign up sheet in the hallway adjacent to the Sunday School office.
Our Shut–in for the week beginning Sunday, April 19 is Ben Dillard, Bellaire Place, 23 Southpointe Dr. Apt 137, Greenville, SC 29607-6902
Love in Christ, Don Kelley

Ballard's Ballads
Thank you Adult Choir for the amazing music you presented over the last 2 weeks. You out did yourselves. Hope to see you at Wednesday rehearsal.
Open Choir will be on April 26th. We will sing "I Feel Like Traveling On". Everyone is invited to fill the choir loft at 10:30 am. Just meet at 10:15 am in the choir room to prepare this anthem for April 26th.
Friend Day is coming on May 3rd and I hope you have invited your friends to Sunday School and Worship. If you have a contract form filled out by a friend, please make yourself a copy and place the original on the bulletin board outside the Sunday School office.
Sunday School Teachers and Workers meeting is planned for April 26th following the morning service. We will have lunch for you and your family and then show a training video by Johnny Hunt who is pastor of Woodstock Baptist Church and president of the Southern Baptist Convention. You will be done by 2 pm.
Serving for Jesus, Gary
Michael's Youth and Children News
We had a great time at our Easter Celebration last Wednesday.  We had about fifteen children that went on the Easter egg hunt.  I would like to say, "Thank You" to all the parents that helped out with food and cleaning up afterwards.  Also, several Wednesdays ago the youth went on a field trip to buy rice for Greer Community Ministries.  I am pleased to report that we were able to buy 129 bags of rice for Greer Community Ministries.  The youth did an awesome job with this community service project.  Thanks you guys.
Important Dates and Information
Summer Mission Project:  All youth that are planning on going on this summer's mission trip, I need your $50 deposit ASAP.
Grand Slam Tuesday:  Grand Slam Tuesday is a summer day program that will be every Tuesday from 9:30am-11:30am.  See information on front page of Trumpet His Servant,   Michael Long
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The Week Ahead
The Church in Ministry

Sunday, April 19
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
4:00 pm Finance Committee Meeting
5:15 pm "Know God By Name" Group
5:30 pm Youth Ministry
Mini Grove Tones (PS  Choir)
Kids at the Grove Children's Choir
6:15 pm Deacons  Praying
6:30 pm Worship Service
RA's

Tuesday, April 21
11:00 am Happy Hearts
6:30 pm Men's Fraternity
6:30 pm CARE "R" Group supper
7:00 pm CARE "R" Group Outreach
8:00 pm Youth Band Rehearsal

Wednesday, April 22
6:30 pm AWANA
7:00 pm Prayer Meeting
Youth Ministry
7:30 Business Meeting
7:30 pm Adult Choir Rehearsal

6:15 pm Deacons  Praying
6:30 pm Worship Service
RA's
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Birthdays - God Bless You
15. Ashley Donald
16. Lois Vaughn
17. Tim Childs, Anna Anderson
18. Chris Mabry, Donna Morris, Erica Scott, Gregg Garrett
21. Connor Campbell
22. Donnie Loftis
23. Helen Burnett, Jenny Fillers
24. Margaret Lynn
26. Jack Hollifield
27. Robert Rodd, Kristina Miller, Ava Scott
28. Sandy Ballard
29. Tammy Powell, Eric Hubbard
30. Evelyn Hewitt, Robert Gibson
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Blessings
Blessings, April 5, 2009
Sunday School Attendance 201
Worship Attendance 212

Designated Offerings
Cemetery Perp Care   10.00
Cookbook   12.00
Outdoorsman Banquet 260.00
Senior Adults   30.00
Easter Flowers   24.00

Total Designated 336.00
Budget          12,664.66
Total Offering             13,000.66

Weekly Budget Requirements $  8,243.00
Weekly Receipts   12,664.66

(Under)/Over Budget     4,421.00

Required  Budget year to date $ 115,402.00
Year to date Budget $ 108,063.00

Under budget year to date    ($7,339.00)



Blessings, April 12, 2009
Sunday School Attendance 229
Worship Attendance 272

Designated Offerings
Cemetery Perp Care   10.00
Senior Adults 190.00
Annie Armstrong            2,323.50

Total Designated            2,523.50
Budget            8,704.00
Total Offering             11,227.50

Weekly Budget Requirements $  8,243.00
Weekly Receipts     8,704.00

(Under)/Over Budget        539.00

Required  Budget year to date $ 123,645.00
Year to date Budget $ 116,767.00

(Under)/Over  budget year to date      (6,978.00)
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