Our Church. September 25th Regular Worship (NEW DATE *Special Called Business Meeting after both services.) September Prayer Scripture

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1 Facilities Reservations for September HBC Office is closed September 5th for Labor Day H.E.L.P. Board Meeting: 6th 6:30-8:30 PM - Conference Room S.A.M.E. Informational Meeting: 7th 10:00 AM - Conference Room Exchange Club: 8th 4:00-9:00 PM - Activity Room Southeastern Correctional Ministries: 10th 10:00-12:00 PM - Activity Room Re-Covenanting Luncheon: 11th Noon - Fellowship Hall HBC Mobile Food Pantry Distribution: 12th 4:00-8:00 PM - Fellowship Hall Town Hall Meeting: 14th 7:00 PM - Fellowship Hall Racial Reconciliation & Screening of Racial Taboo 15th for Clergy: 17th for City & Public Officials, Educators & General Public: Both days from 9:00-1:00 PM - Fellowship Hall Senior Adult Banquet:18th Noon - Fellowship Hall Church Council Committee: 20th 6:00 PM - Conference Room Deacon s Meeting: 20th 7:00 PM - Activity Room CBFVA General Assembly: 23rd 9:00-3:00 PM - Fellowship Hall Peninsula Networking Exchange Club: 24th Basket Bingo 8:00-4:00 PM - Fellowship Hall Policies & Procedures for Facility Meeting: 25th 12:30-1:45 PM - Conference Room Christmas Store Organizational Meeting: 26th 7:00 PM - Activity Room S.A.M.E.: (Hot Lunch Begins) 12, 19, & 26th 8:00-1:30 PM - Fellowship Hall *Please call the office if you would like to reserve a room for a meeting or special event. Happy Birthday to you...happy Birthday to you Happy Birthday dear Marsha (Toni) Wilkins 09/01 B. Ronald (Ronnie) Staton 09/03 Mary Rountree 09/05 Robert (Wheeler) Hudson 09/05 Irene Hoffman (100 years old) 09/05 Kelley Sayers 09/06 Emma North 09/06 Louis (Louie) Lerner 09/07 Lin Eure 09/07 Stephen (Steve) Sandford 09/07 Jeffrey (Jeff) Barefoot 09/07 Michael Menser 09/07 Shannon Rowe 09/09 Michael Smith 09/12 Joanne Barbour 09/12 Karen Heard 09/12 John Clark 09/13 Larry Clark 09/13 Raynelle Ewing 09/14 Clayton Cox 09/16 Thomas (Tommy) O'Bryan 09/17 Lisa Smith 09/18 Benjamin (Ben) Riddle Jr 09/18 Grace (Gigi) Greer 09/18 Melissa Lerner 09/19 Justin Martinez 09/20 Cliff Moore 09/22 Mark Shuart 09/23 Charlotte Dillow 09/23 Noah Owens 09/24 Philip (Phil) Everhart Jr 09/25 Jon Ewing 09/25 Scottie Flowers 09/25 David Glass 09/27 Lindsey Sandford 09/27 Melanee Scott 09/28 William (Bill) Galloway 09/29 Elizabeth (Beth) Heard 09/29 Finis (Frank) Schneider 09/30 Amy Witcover-Sandford 09/30 W. (Mark) Taylor 09/30 Jacquelynn (Jackie) Coleman 09/30 Callie Rae Payne 09/30 Happy September Birthday to all!!!

2 Have you found us on: Facebook Our Church Hampton Baptist Church Town Hall Meeting will be held on Wednesday, September 14th at 7:00 p.m. to discuss the Proposed Amendments: 1. Clarification of finances 2. Fix inconsistencies in staff searches 3. Elimination of External Missions Committee 4. Elimination of Social Services Committee 5. Elimination of the Endowment Fund *Detail information available in the Office, Jones Hall, & Sanctuary. NEW DATE FOR: Special Called Business Meeting will be held on Sunday, September 25th following the 8:30 & 11:00 a.m. service to vote (no discussion) on the Proposed Amendments and present the recommendation for the Minister of Music Search Committee members: Jane Austin Mike Bjorkland Linda Byrd Bill Hurt Lindsey Sandford Happy 100th Birthday Mrs. Irene Hoffman on September 5th September 2016 September Worship Services September 4th Communion Sunday & Blessing of the Backpacks September 11th Sunday School Promotion with Bible Presentation followed by a Re-Covenanting Churchwide Luncheon in the Fellowship Hall September 18th~Single Service 10:30 a.m. Senior Adult Sunday with WMU State Missions Emphasis for the Alma Hunt Offering Followed by Swinging Seniors Banquet in the Fellowship Hall September 25th Regular Worship (NEW DATE *Special Called Business Meeting after both services.) September Prayer Scripture I can do all things through Him who strengthens me. Philippians 4:13

3 From your Pastor: During the work week we have several opportunities for studying God s word together. Find some time in your week to join us Starting again in September B.Y.O.L. & B (Bring Your Own Lunch & Bible) Wednesdays at Noon in the Conference Room. Come and enjoy an enriched bible study, fellowship, and gathering over lunch. Adult Prayer & Bible Study in the Fellowship Hall Wednesdays 6:45-8:00 p.m. Make your reservation for dinner and bring your Bible. The learning time begins on Wednesday, September 7 th. This will be a great kick-off for the new year as we all return to our Fall fun. Betty Emphasis on the Alma Hunt Offering is September 11th - 18th Envelopes & flyers are available on tables throughout the church WOMAN S MISSIONARY UNION September is time for the Alma Hunt Offering for Virginia Missions Offering Goal for Virginia is $1,167,500 Envelopes & flyers are available on tables throughout the church. WMUV named our state missions offering after Alma Hunt because she was a giant in Christian missions and specifically in the work of the Woman's Missionary Union. She manifested a spirit of humbleness and cooperation for the greater good of God's kingdom. Her life was a mirror of her love of Jesus and her desire was that ALL would know him. Miss Alma is a legacy of a genuine and sincere call to missions. In the spirit of Christ and in the legacy of our past together let's continue to make it count. The Alma Hunt Offering made it possible for us to respond to Virginia Tornado victims of which the work continues today. Your gifts make it count for new churches, for Virginia Venturer (missionaries) to go, for leadership development for women and girls, for mental health education for our churches and more. The Alma Hunt Offering allows us to be the church facing the realities of today's world. Watch your step. Use your head. Make the most of every chance you get. These are desperate times! Don't live carelessly, unthinkingly. Make sure you understand what the Master wants. (Ephesians 5:5-17, The Message) And TOGETHER we will make it count! Alma Hunt Offering for Virginia Missions Alma Hunt ( ) was a spunky little lady who was always ready to speak and be involved in worldwide and athome missions. She especially loved seeing and working with girls in action and teenage girls. Since 1976, the Alma Hunt Offering has been a joint venture of Woman s Missionary Union of Va. (WMUV) and the Baptist General Association of Va. (BGAV). Be sure to pick up a brochure and read the stories of real people and real ministries that are recipients of the Alma Hunt offering. Every dollar you give goes directly to support these and many other ministries. Whether it is across the street or around the world, we lift up the name of Jesus in word and deed together. THANK YOU for all the school supplies given in August. Coming in October: "TOY DRIVE" for the Christmas Store to be held on December 10th for residents of Hampton. Be on the Look Out for the WMU Christmas Corner Coming in October. Women on Mission Groups (circles) will give to the Community Assistance Ministry (HELP) in September. In October the women will remember the Peninsula READS and/or local Firemen and Policemen. Thank you for being so generous! Marian Supplee

4 HBC Sunday Schedule for September Sunday, September 4th ~ Regular Services Communion & Blessing of the Backpacks 8:30 AM Worship 9:45 AM Sunday School for all ages 11:00 AM Worship Sunday, September 11th ~ Regular Services Re-Covenanting & Churchwide Luncheon in the Fellowship Hall 8:30 AM Worship 9:45 AM Sunday School for all ages 11:00 AM Worship followed by Noon Re-Covenanting Churchwide Luncheon 12-4:00 PM Youth SSLT (Second Sunday Lunch Trip) All-Church Lunch then Sandy Bottom Park 4:00 PM Bell Choir Rehearsal 4-5:30 PM Youth Committee Meeting Sunday, September 18th ~ Single Service Senior Adult Sunday WMU State Missions Emphasis Alma Hunt Offering Followed by Senior Adult Banquet in the Fellowship Hall 9:45 AM Sunday School for all ages 10:30 AM Worship: Senior Adult Sunday 11:30-1:30 PM Youth Service (Serve@Senior Adult Banquet) Noon Senior Adult Banquet in the Fellowship Hall Sunday, September 25th ~ Regular Services Special Called Business Meeting after BOTH services 8:30 AM Worship 9:45 AM Sunday School for all ages 11:00 AM Worship 12:30-1:45 PM Facility & Procedures for New Space Meeting in the Conference Room 5:00 PM Steeple Singers Rehearsal 5-7:00 PM Youth Group: Art & Soul with Ashleigh Wednesday Night Schedule Begins September 7th 5:45 PM Dinner - Choir Children, Youth and Leaders 6:00 PM Dinner - All Others 6:15-7:00 PM Youth Games & Choir 6:15-7:00 PM Children s Choir 6:45 PM Prayer 7:00 PM Adult Bible Study in the Fellowship Hall Youth Group, Mission Friends, Girl s-in-action, Royal Ambassadors, & Sanctuary Choir *Town Hall Meeting on Wednesday, September 14th at 7:00 PM in the Fellowship Hall. Nursery Workers For September Sept. 4 Sept. 11 Sept. 18 Sept. 25 8:30 AM S.S. 11:00 AM 8:30 AM S.S. 11:00 AM S.S. 9:15 AM 10:30 AM 8:30 AM S.S. 11:00 AM Sept. - 8:30 Sept. - 11:00 North (Baptistry) (Capt.) Jess Wilkins (Greeter) Lin Eure South (Piano) Bill Abeyounis (Greeter) Carole Lynn North (Baptistry) (Capt.) Jimmy Michael Lisa Garber (Greeter) Jane Austin South (Piano) David Gaffney Frank Schneider (Greeter) George Steinmetz Vacant Vacant Vacant Sandy Matthews Alystra Barefoot Ann Michael Brooke Puckett Kay Powell/ Elizabeth Johnson Toni Wilkins Corinna Payne Ashleigh Diehl Deacon Assignments for September Deacons of the Week 9/4 Gary Powell 9/11 Melissa Lerner Margie Ware 9/18 Dee Dee Horne Phil Everhart Jr. 9/25 Kathy Kruschwitz *Names in blue are scheduled for the 8:30 a.m. Service

5 HBC Emeritus Class Allison, Velma Jean Christian, John & Martha Curtis, Philip (Phil) Dixon, Lois Galloway, Connie Gerringer, Ruth Hatchett, Margaret Hawkins, Maude Haynes, Jean Hoffman, Irene Johnston, Virginia Legrande, Maggie Malone, Latrelle McKendree, Beth Norman, Martha Pollock, Martha Powell, Patsy Winstead, Wilma Wornom, Freddy Yates, Carson Continue to Pray for our Emeritus Class! Wednesday Family Night Supper Menus Sign-up on a Permanent List or you can sign-up each week by notifying the office by church@hamptonbaptist.org or call by Tuesday a.m. Price Increases: Adults $7, Children $3, Family (4+) $19 3 September 7th Fried chicken, rice-a-roni, green beans, bread, salad bar & banana pudding Greeters: Virginia Kanoy & Betty Miller Servers: Jim Paul Allison Class WMU Groups for September Dorothy Lee Jones Group will meet on September 6th at 11:30 a.m. at the Chamberlain Garber/Chandler Group will meet on September 13th at 1:00 p.m. in the Activity Room Martha Ailor Group will meet on September 13th at 7:00 p.m. (Place to be determined) Lucille Rollins Group will meet on September 23rd at 11:00 a.m. (Place to be determined) WMU State Missions Emphasis is the Alma Hunt Offering September 11-18th *Be looking for more information in your bulletins in September and there will be special envelopes in the pews and around the church. Thank you! September 14th Hamburger steak & gravy, mashed potatoes, peas, bread, salad bar & dessert Greeters: Vivian Deal & Jane Ward Servers: Emmaus Class September 21st Make your own Sub-sandwiches, pasta salad, salad bar & dessert Greeters: Billy & Nancy Forbes Servers: Little Brown Fox Class September 28th BBQ sandwich / Hot dog coleslaw, french fries, salad bar & ice cream Greeters: Need Volunteers (4th Wed.) Servers: Need S.S. Class (4th Wed.) Dinner Served at: Choir Children, Youth & Leaders ~ 5:45 p.m. All Others ~ 6:00 p.m. All meals served with salad (unless otherwise noted), iced tea, hot tea, water and coffee

6 S.A.M.E. Thanks to the willingness of many volunteers, SAME has been busy all summer handing out bag lunches and offering a cool room for people to get out of the heat each Monday (except for July 4 th ). Along with many of the regular SAME staff, we have had HBC and Costal Community Church members, youth groups and grandkids, a music fraternity from Hampton University, students from Phenix School in Hampton, a group from Wells Fargo Mortgage, Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts..all volunteering to make our Summer Bag Lunch program possible. With 2 weeks to go, we have given away over 664 bag lunches to our neighbors in need. This summer we also partnered with our WMU and the Virginia Peninsula Food Bank to host a Mobile Food Pantry where up to 100 of our neighbors in need received much needed groceries. On September 12 th, from 4 p.m. - 7:30 p.m., SAME will be sponsoring another MFP (contact Amy [ ] if you would like to help). We begin our full hot lunch program on September 12 th. New information about Signups is listed below. As we continue to get to know our neighbors, we are looking into new ways that we can grow our community of love and friendship (i.e.. shower ministry, laundry ministry, haircuts, bible study, book exchange, etc.). If you have been wanting to get involved with SAME, but have been unsure how or where to volunteer your services, please come to an All-Volunteer Meeting on Wednesday, September 7 th, 10:00 a.m. in the Activity Room next to the kitchen. (Sign-ups Link : Amy Witcover-Sandford Director New Possibilities for S.A.M.E. Shower Ministry, Laundry Ministry, Bible Study & Book Exchange Ministries, etc Do you have an idea or way to reach out to our neighbors in need? Pass on your ideas to Amy or the HBC Missions Committee. Possibilities are endless just like the love that Jesus has for us! S.A.M.E. is looking for Sponsors: The Mobile Food Pantry at HBC will be held once a month. The cost to sponsor a Mobile Food Pantry visit is $250. As a Thank You you can have a banner created to represent who you are sponsoring. Examples: Happy Birthday Banner or In Loving Memory Banner The banner will be displayed in front of our new glass foyer for the week of the Mobile Food Pantry.

7 HBC Senior Adults: Swinging Seniors ATTENTION SENIORS: Sentara Living is sponsoring a trip to Mount Vernon with lunch at the historic Mount Vernon Inn on September 13. Cost is $ per person. On October they will be going to D-Day Memorial in Bedford, luncheon cruise on Smith Mountain Lake...You will spend the night in Lynchburg, visit Gross Apple Orchard, have lunch at Peaks of Otter and visit Thomas Jefferson's Retreat, Popular Forest... Cost is $ per person, (double). On November they will be going to Christmas at the Biltmore, (the largest home in America). You will see over 55 decorated trees and have a lovely dinner at the Deerpark Restaurant with a candlelight tour... Price per person, double is $ Then on December there will be Christmas in New York. We will be taking in the Christmas Show at Radio City with Orchestra seating and the Tony award winning "An American In Paris" Broadway show. There are also options available such as: lunch at the Russian Tea Room and a Broadway show "On Your Feet".. Trip is $1,225 per person, (double). Pick up for all of these are at Sentara Hampton. For any or all of these excursions, please contact June Harvey at Amber Tours ( ), the sooner the better, as they FILL UP FAST... Sharon Melson All Hampton Baptist Seniors (55+) are cordially invited to attend our Annual Senior Adult Banquet to be held on Sunday, September 18th at Noon in the Fellowship Hall There will be a catered meal with entertainment and door prizes. All who are planning to attend MUST RSVP by Sunday, September 11th to Hampton Baptist Church at or sign-up in the office or church@hamptonbaptist.org or Sharon Melson at smelson@verizon.net.

8 Just a little more of Miss Mary Musings Summer ends, and autumn comes, and he who would have it otherwise would have high tide always and a full moon every night, and thus he would never know the rhythms that are on the heart of life. ~ Hal Borland Autumn is the perfect time to take account of what we've done, what we didn't do, and what we'd like to do next year. ~ Author Unknown I can smell autumn dancing in the breeze, The sweet chill of pumpkin and crisp sunburnt leaves. ~ Ann Drake, In autumn, don't go to the jewelers to see gold; go to the parks.! ~ Mehmet Mwrat ildan Autumn burned brightly, a running flame through the mountains, a torch flung to the trees. ~ Faith Baldwin O' Pumpkin pie, your time has come 'round again and I am Autumnrifically happy! ~ Terri Guillemets Virginia American Choral Directors Association invites you to an evening of sacred song and learning I've Heard That Before Hymns and Songs that Inspired Our Favorite Anthems Friday, September 30, 7:30 p.m., Freemason Street Baptist Church 400 East Freemason Street, Norfolk Free and Open to All Presented by CJ Redden-Liotta Music Minister, Vienna Baptist Church & Music in Worship Repertoire and Resources Chair, Virginia ACDA This is also the premiere of Freemason Street s self-published hymnal. The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada is an ecumenical, non-profit organization devoted to congregational song. We believe that the holy act of singing together shapes faith, heals brokenness, transforms lives, and renews peace. Our mission, therefore, is to encourage, promote, and enliven congregational song. Grandparent s Day is September 11th Finding Her There (from Chicken Soup for the Mother s Soul by Christina Keeman) Every year my birthday followed the same ritual. My mother would come to see me, on that late fall day, and I would open the door. She would be standing on the step with wind swirling leaves around her feet. There would be a chill in the air, and in her hands she would hold my birthday gift. It would always be something small and precious, something I had needed for a long time and just never knew it. I would open this gift from my mother with great care, then I would tuck it carefully away with all my heart s possessions. How fragile these gifts were, from my mother s hands. If my mother could come to me today on my birthday, I would bring her into the warmth of my kitchen. Then we would have a cup of tea, and watch the turning leaves press themselves against the windows. There would be no rush to open my gift, because today I would know that I had already opened it when I opened the front door to find her there, with the wind swirling leaves around her feet. Mary Copeland

9 Oral Histories for HBC 225 th Anniversary In anticipation of our 225th anniversary in November, HBC in cooperation with the Hampton History Museum, will begin taking recorded oral histories every Friday afternoon from noon to 4 pm in the church office suite. We hope to interview as many of HBC's longtime members as possible; in cases of infirmity or disability, it may be possible to conduct interviews off site, but that may have an effect on audio quality. We hope to get brief interviews with adults, teens, current members, former members - you name it. In addition to being made available to HBC, the digital recordings will be archived on the museum's website and will help future generations understand how HBC observed and participated in the recent history of Hampton and its environs. If you know of someone whom you think should be interviewed; if you would be willing to be interviewed yourself; or if you would like to volunteer to collect oral histories, please contact me at Lisa.garber@cox.net or leave a message at This is going to be so much fun! Lisa Garber Register now for the 2016 CBF Virginia General Assembly With special guests: Gennady & Mina Podgaisky, CBF Field Personnel Matt Cook, CBF Immediate Past Moderator Ryan Clark, CBF Global Missions Church Engagement Manager Jennifer Hawks, Associate General Counsel at the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty September 23, a.m. - 5 p.m. Hampton Baptist Church Hampton, Virginia Sunday, September 11th Happy Grandparent's Day Grandparents come in many shapes and sizes. They are either our Mom's or Dad's parents. Sometimes unrelated folks. We love them all; they help us & take us places. They spoil us, and are our very special friends. They love us unconditionally. Autumn - As summer draws its final breath to prepare its curtain call, the monarchs begin their epic trek to usher in the fall. The northern wind breathes out its chill as songs begin to hush, and paints the trees upon the hill with its artist's brush. From green to red, orange and brown the trees discard their masks, and lay them gently upon the ground for us to begin our tasks. Autumn makes way for winter's reign. We bid farewell old friend. Till summer's warmth begins to wane and fall returns again. By

10 Flower Committee is looking for 12 people to sponsor a Christmas Wreath for each one of the doors to our church through this Advent Season: On October 1st there will be a Christmas wreath hanging in the Jones Hall with stars & tags that represents the 12 wreaths needed. You may take a star off and keep as a small thank you, then write your name on the tag as a sponsor - and you may include on the tag your tribute: In Honor Of and/or In Memory Of (On the front) Sponsor s Name (On the back) The cost per wreath is $ please drop the tag off in the office with information on the front of: Tribute (in honor or in memory) & Name; and on back of: Sponsor s Name & Phone Number to call and finalize information. Or Call in the information requested on the tag to or church@hamptonbaptist.org. A list of sponsors & tributes will be in the 1st Advent Bulletin on November 27th.