Letter from the Senior Pastor. Special Events this Month

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1 Letter from the Senior Pastor T.P. Kelley has worked as an FBI agent, Chief of Police for Shreveport, Louisiana, and finally as a private investigator who specialized in matching unclaimed inheritances with lost heirs. By far, he claimed, the task of the private investigator was the most tedious of all. It often required weeks of searching. But the most difficult part of it all was convincing unsuspecting heirs that they really do have money or property coming to them. One man, who had $15,000 coming, eluded Kelley s attempts to reach him for six months thinking it was a fraud, or a bad joke. The Bible declares that believers are adopted members of God s family (John 1:12; 1 Peter 1:4.) We stand to share in all that God has for His beloved Son. In Romans 8:17 we read, Now if we are children, then we are heirs heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ... Why would anyone turn down the greatest inheritance in the World when it could be theirs by simply accepting Christ? Our job, as witnesses (private investigators for Christ,) is to convince people that the inheritance is theirs only if they would believe! Always in prayer for you all, Pastor Sam Grozdanov Special Events this Month Oct. 2 ~ 9:00am -5:00pm Life Line Screening in KH Oct.13 ~ 8:00am on the grounds ~ Charles Landen Beautification Day Oct. 13 ~ 10:00am in KH Nepali Jewelry Sale ~ Oct. 16 ~ 10:30am B112 Karen Collins WMU Oct ~ Eagle Eyrie Fifty Plus Retreat Oct. 25 ~ 10:30am KH Young-at-Hearts Please join us for a food packing event in Kincheloe Hall on Sunday, October 28 at 2:00p.m. Sign up is on the Welcome Table. After we prepare the food for shipping, we will have a Pancake Supper, (no need to bring a dish) and then the Quarterly Business Meeting. 1 Sun., Oct. 28 ~ KH 2:00pm Rise Against Hunger (Food Packing Event) 5:00pm Pancake Supper 6:00pm Quarterly Business Mtg.

2 Letter from Pastor Rudd It is October and fall is here. The leaves are changing, and the trees are moving their nutrients back to the roots to reconnect, rest and get ready for new growth. I pray that our church will do the same thing. We have started the process of re-engaging our Church Council, reviewing our Constitution and By-Laws, and initiating a new outreach program with our Sunday School. It is an exciting time here and busy. It is wonderful to be joining God in HIS work. I have three opportunities for all our members to connect with our Baptist roots, be inspired and have fun. Please, pray about attending and being a voting messenger each of these events. CONNECT 18 Step Out in Faith Middle District Baptist Association Fall Missions Meeting. 4:00 p.m. Sunday, October 7 th at Lyndale Baptist Church. We need 3 messengers for a brief business meeting at 3:30 p.m. Find a Renewed Sense of Life at the Better Than Ever Retreat at Eagle Eyrie on October th. Don Davidson is the key-note speaker asking you to Check your Vital Signs. There will be break-out sessions, a banquet and lots of laughter. A must for those 50 and better. Living the Story BGAV Annual Meeting. November th at Mount Vernon Baptist Church, Glen Allen, Va. Tod Bolsinger author of Canoeing the Mountains will be the key-note speaker. There will be break-out sessions, reports, stories, celebrations and fun. Branch s will need 9 voting messengers. Please, volunteer. Join me at all of these events! ~ Dorryce Ann Rudd Mission Opportunity Hurricanes and tornadoes bring such destruction! We all want to help in some way. We each can help with prayer and money, but for some it is a call to go. Here at Branch 's we have a need which also shakes our very foundation as a church. We have babies and toddlers who have no one to watch them. If you were a young couple coming to Branch's and there was no care for your child you would leave. Mission Team Extended Session needs workers who are physically and spiritually ready to serve. Jesus knew the importance of the children. Let us all have the eyes of Jesus and pray about how we can serve. Branch's wants our church to have a strong foundation. We are calling all those men and women who are physically able to care for a little one to partner with us and become a part of Mission Extended Session (child care) during worship time. Ask God how you can help. Will you pray, or give your time to care for our little ones? Contact; Sandy Eberhard , Rachel Contreras , or Betty Young Branch s Kidz Corner Come join us on October 28th at 10:35-10:50 in Kincheloe Hall to hear the sweet voices of our Children's Choir. They are so excited to share with you! The Preschool Choir and the Elementary Choir will be singing. We hope you can come. Still time to join us for choir. 6:30-7:00 - Children s Choir, Elementary K-5 7:00 8:00 Preschool choir 2- Pre K Kids on Missions 7:00 8:00 Children grades K -5 Come hear our children make a joyful noise for the Lord. We are always looking for helpers on Wednesday and or Sunday to share the love of Jesus with our children. Help us to train up a new generation to follow the Lord. Contact: Rachel Contreras( ) or Betty Young ( ) 2

3 Join a Choir! Music for all! We have a choir for you, if you would like to come and sing. Even if you would like to sing for a season, feel free to join us this fall or make it a new year s resolution to join after the holidays. YOU ARE WELCOME! Tuesdays: 11:30 12:30 PM Reflections Choir (Directed by Carol Landen) 6:00 7:30 PM Festival Ringers (Directed by Joann Neal) Wednesdays: 6:30 7:00 PM Children s Choir (Directed by Julie Andrews, Fran Pike, Danielle Andrews) 7:00 8:00 PM Preschool Choir (Directed by Julie Andrews and Danielle Andrews) 7:00 8:00 PM Chancel Choir (Directed by Bonnie Surma) Please contact Bonnie Surrma if you have any questions or would like to sing or play an instrument or share a poem or other! It s always exciting to see the gifts and talents God brings into a community of believers. Sharing Our Stories at Advent! Branching Out with Hope, Peace, Joy, and Love Calling all writers and storytellers? Do you have a story to share a story of hope, a story of peace, a story of joy, a story of love? Please tell your story to encourage others during this Advent season. Choose one of the themes and write about an event or memory. You may use a Scripture and share a photo or image to accompany your story. It can be handwritten, typed, ed or told to someone and transcribed. Let s tell our stories and create a wonderful Advent devotional book for all of us to read and enjoy this Christmas. Both congregations are invited to be part of this devotional book. All stories will be translated in English and in Spanish. For any questions, contact Bonnie.Surma@branchs.org. Submission deadline is Sunday, November 7. (Yes, that is coming soon, but time is needed for translation and printing for the booklets to be available on the first Sunday of Advent. Oct.13 is Charles Landen Beautification Day from 8:00am until finished. Lew s Crew will lead. The congregation is asked to bring wheelbarrows, rakes, and shovels to lend a hand at spreading out the mulch that has been donated by a member. Please join us for our Oct. 16th WMU Meeting at 10:30am in Room 112B. Bring a bag lunch and project ideas. Come enjoy the fellowship! Quarterly Business Meeting Sunday, Oct. in KH 3 No need to bring a dish for potluck this time! A pancake dinner will be served after the Food Packing and before the meeting. Committee Chairs, please send your reports to office@branchs.org by October 20th!

4 Pray for Public, Non-profit, and Religious Social Service Work and Ministries in Metropolitan Richmond. For I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me, I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me. (Matthew 25:35-36) October 7, We pray for public, non-profit, and religious social service work and ministries in Metropolitan Richmond: For all in need of social services, all social service departments and caseworkers; for partnerships between the church and other institutions serving the needy. October 14, We pray for public, non-profit, and religious social service work and ministries in Metropolitan Richmond: For all in need of mental health services, all mental health workers, counselors, and treatment facilities. October 21, We pray for public, non-profit, and religious social service work and ministries in Metropolitan Richmond: For all who suffer from addiction, dependency or co-dependency of any sort; for twelve-step programs, recovery programs, therapists, and addiction counselors; for advocates who fight for the rights of persons who cannot fight for themselves. October 28, We pray for public, non-profit, and religious social service work and ministries in Metropolitan Richmond: For emergency shelters, women s shelters, clinics, and feeding programs; for recreation programs, youth programs, juvenile counseling, and young people s shelters. You don't gotta go to Young At Hearts; You GET to go to Young At Hearts! Join us this Autumn (of our lives) in Kincheloe Hall, Oct 25 at 10:30 a.m. for a fun filled morning of fellowship, fine entertainment and a delicious luncheon! Frank Nelson will present Patrick Henry. Please bring a friend and a dish to share. The Prayer Shawl Ministry meets on the 2nd & 4th Tuesdays at 10am to knit shawls for our members or friends who are ill or in need of special comfort. The knitters also lift up in prayer the recipients of the shawls. If you are interested in joining, call Ginaree Llewellyn, or come to the next meeting on October 9th. Wednesdays Classes in English as a Second Language are on Wednesdays at 9:30am. We need teachers, aides, child care providers and snack servers. Please contact Ernie Moore to volunteer. A new permanent list starts every fall. Please call the office if you wish to be on the permanent list, which means you call only when you will not attend. If you attend once in a while, please call the office on Monday of the week when you mean to be here. Menus are published in the Wednesday and Sunday bulletins a week in advance 4

5 Sundays 9:15am Prayer Time ~ C216 9:30am Sunday School/Bible Study 10:30am Announcements & Fellowship~KH 11:00am Worship Services in the Sanctuary (English) and in Kincheloe Hall (Spanish) Mondays 8:00am Bon Secours Care-a-Van (2nd Monday only) 9:00am Tellers Committee 7:00pm Deacons Meeting (Oct. 8) Tuesdays 9:30am Staff Meeting 10:00am Prayer Shawl Ministry (2nd & 4th Tuesdays) 11:30am Reflections Choir 6:00pm Festival Ringers Wednesdays 9:30am ESL classes 5:30pm Wednesday Night Supper 6:15pm Prayer & Bible Study 6:30pm Spanish Prayer & Bible Study 6:30pm Children s Choir 7:00pm Activities for Children and Youth 7:00pm Chancel Choir & Preschool Choir 7:00pm Preschool Children s Choir 7:00pm Spanish Bible Study Thursdays 9:30-10:30am Food Pantry 9:30am Women s Bible Study Coming Next Month Fall Back Time Nov. 4 Baptist General Association Meeting Nov Mt. Vernon Baptist, Glen Allen Thanksgiving Dinner with the Community Thursday, Nov. 22 Jean Perkins October 2 Mae Smith October 4 Betty Bellamy October 7 Mary Conley October 8 Janet Scott October 9 Charlotte Dunnavant October 10 Nancy Hughes October 10 Thomas Perkins October 10 James Collins October 12 Christian Josue Corrales October 14 Lesly Zalavarria October 16 Anna Harris-Showalter October 17 Virginia Llewellyn October 17 Robert Neal October 18 Linda Englert October 20 James Parks October 20 Saul Clavel October 23 Thelma Rockwell October 24 Kathryn Terrell October 26 Jeanne Holman October 27 Charlene Moss October 27 Doris Phillips October 27 Robert Harris October 28 Ann Corbin October 30 A WORD ABOUT BIRTHDAYS... If you have not seen your birthday listed in the Columns during the year, please call or the office with your date of birth. We promise not to publish your age, but the computer does not accept dates without a year. 5

6 Dear Branch s Church Family, It s time again for Operation Christmas Child for children around the world. Thank you again for supporting this. If children didn t get a shoebox, they probably wouldn t have a Christmas. This to us is a MISSION! Please pray over your boxes. Collection Dates: September 16th through November 4th. The monthly newsletter has been listing items that you could purchase to fill 1 or 2 boxes. Suggestions are also included in the box. All you need to do is include your check, made payable to Samaritan s Purse, for $9 for each box. Fill out the form in the box, to get a receipt for tax purposes, put boy, or girl on the box, include your check and the form, and put a rubber band around the box. Thank you! Samaritan s Purse Team Branch's Baptist Church Condensed Financial Report Year-to-Date as of August 2018 Actual Budget Over/(Under) Account Description Year-to- Date Year-to- Date Budget YTD Regular Offering 290, ,850 (15,772) Expenditures: World Programs 20,331 22,113 (1,782) Personnel 151, ,269 (21,554) Educational Ministries 9,842 13,338 (3,496) Service Ministries 13,383 14,483 (1,100) Building & Equipment 105,380 82,385 22,995 Miscellaneous (262) Total Expenditures 300, ,850 (5,199) Net Surplus/(Deficit) (10,573) 0 (10,573) Sunday Services 9:15am Prayer Time ~ C216 9:30am Sunday School/Bible Study 10:30 am Announcements & Fellowship ~ KH 11:00am Worship Service- Sanctuary 11:00am Spanish Worship ~ KH Rev. Sam Grozdanov Senior Pastor sam.grozdanov@branchs.org Rev. Dorryce Ann Rudd Minister of Visitation & Seniors dorryceann.rudd@branchs.org Rev. Arlene Guzman Pastor of Casa Refugio de Amor ( the Spanish Speaking Members ) arlene@wbtk.com Bonnie Surma Director of Music Ministries bonnie.surma@branchs.org Keith Wilmoth Organist/Pianist klw728@aol.com Lorena Markowski Office Manager & Financial Secretary office@branchs.org Karen Collins Missionary to Taiwan kc2204@pobox.com Ernie Moore Treasurer treasurer@branchs.org Joshua Zalesky Sunday School Superintendent & Director of Outreach For Sunday Publications: Tuesday For Branching Out : the 20th of the month For October QBM Committee Reports: Oct. 20 6

7 BAPTIST CHURCH 3400 Broad Rock Blvd. Richmond, VA Office: Fax: website: Office Hours: Monday Friday 9:00am-12:00pm (staff breaks for lunch) and 1:00-4:00pm