The Courier. 7:00 pm Youth Praise Team Practice. Adults Bible Study. Consuming Fire! Youth. RA s, GA s, Mission Friends Praise Team Practice

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1 First Baptist Church of Elon The Courier Points of Interest Sunday Nights Children Events Youth Events Senior Adults Women s Events Inside this issue: Pastor s Page 2 Children s Team Family Team 3 Missions Team Senior Adults Worship Team 4 Guest Speaker 5 Women s Ministry Music 6 Youth 7 Announcements 8 Calendar Birthdays 9 Gifts/Memorials Announcements 10 4:00 pm 5:00 pm 5:30 pm 5:30 pm 6:15 pm 6:15 pm Adults Bible Study Fellowship Meal Consuming Fire! Youth Children s Music RA s, GA s, Mission Friends Praise Team Practice 7:00 pm Youth Praise Team Practice

2 Our Pastor... First, thank you so much for the many birthday wishes and cards! It is always encouraging when a pastor s people remember. You are kind. I d also like to thank those who were brave enough to bring me to their place of work! Many more are scheduling me for the coming months. Take Your Pastor to Work Month was fantastic. So, I look forward to continuing this fun way of getting to know you better. If August didn t fit into your schedule, please know that the invitation still stands. Now I d like to share some exciting news about our Sunday night Bible study. This year we are making a positive change that will hopefully encourage better attendance and allow me to more effectively minister to some very different groups. The plan is to move the time of the Bible study from 5:45 right after the meal to 4:00 pm. This accomplishes a number of good things. Some have expressed that they do not drive after dark, or at least feel uncomfortable doing so. I am sensitive to that reality. Holding the study before the meal gives those individuals the option of going home much earlier. This will then free me up to visit with our youth and our children during their ministry times, allowing me to build better connections with those groups. I am also invited to participate in Elon University s Friends of Internationals team. This ministry of hospitality only meets with international students once a month, but always from 6:00 to 7:00 pm on Sundays. I look forward to the freedom to build relationships with these three vital groups: children, teens, and international students! Of course, if you do not like the change of time and it will not work with your schedule, don t forget I also teach every Thursday morning from 11:30 to 12:00 am. Hopefully one of those options will fit with your needs. Thanks for the support of this new thing God is leading us to do here at FBC! in concert BROOKE CAMPBELL Sunday, September 6 at 6 PM In the Sanctuary About Brooke A thoughtful and soulful singer/song writer, Brooke Campbell offers a blend of acoustic/folk, pop, and bluegrass to tell the stories of her spiritual journey. Her music reaches audiences both in the church and at the local coffee house or pub. She masterfully shares her story through music that cannot be labeled as either secular or sacred. It is just the music of her life, and God is everywhere in it even when not specifically named. Come prepared to slow things down, unwind, and drift away into a music that invites us to think deeper and ask tougher questions. We hope you will invite your friends, especially those friends not typically comfortable in church. Page 2

3 Children s Team Sunday Evening Activities As we get back into the school routine it is always such an exciting time for parents, children, teachers and school administrators. My prayer is that you will make time in your family schedule for the exciting programs we are planning for the coming months. FBC Elon is blessed to have incredible leaders and great plans for the children. Looking after the spiritual needs of our children and increasing their knowledge of scripture, God s love and the saving grace of Jesus is a critical mission for any church. This means catering not only to their needs, but also making programs accessible and useful for parents. Please contact me at music@fbc-elon.org if you want to volunteer or have questions about the programs. ~ Laura Starting on September 13 the schedule will be: 5-5:30pm Fellowship Meal - We will gather together in the fellowship hall at 5:28pm after our Fellowship Meal and then walk to our music classes. 5:30-6:15pm Children s Music & Preschool Music - This year we will be singing and also adding hand chimes. 6:15-7pm Mission Friends, GA s & RA s This year our GA s will join the RA s class. Come, join us & invite a friend for our Sunday evening children s activities. ********** Students & Teachers, at our Blessing of the Backpacks Service. Praying for you!! Family Team Afternoon Chat Thursday, September 17 Barnes and Noble Café at 2:00 p.m. The Silent Sister by Diane Chamberlain Page 3

4 Missions Team Homeless Shelter: Serving the meal begins at 6:30 pm. Serving will take a little longer, only 25 in at a time. Not allowing seconds. Responsible for the meal for the Homeless Shelter for Wednesday, September 2: Stacia and Larry Durham, Paula Harrison, Alec and Sandy French, Mike and Susan Harrington The missions team would like to welcome Denise Carroll and Susan Walton to the team. We would also like to thank Linnea Allred for her service to the team over the past two years. Please continue to be faithful to your pledge to support Carson and Laura Foushee's mission work in Japan. If you are interested in serving on one of the homeless shelter teams, please let Amy Harrison know. Senior Adult Team Senior Adult Team Ministries The Senior Adult Team is excited to welcome Allene Atwood to our ministry team for this coming year. Senior Adult Breakfast - Tuesday, September 1, 8:30 Ramada "Circle of Friends" - Wednesday, September 2, 1:30 pm Fun and Fellowship Trip - Greensboro Farmers' Market and Moose Cafe Tuesday, September 8, 11 am-2 pm Senior Adult Team Meeting - Wednesday, September 9, 9:30 am Senior Adult Luncheon - Tuesday, September 22 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Wendy Way, Licensed Esthetician & Skin Care Honeybaked Ham, Potato Salad, Green Beans, Bread, Desserts! $3/person - Sign up by Wednesday, Sept. 16! Fun and Fellowship Trip to Bedford, Virginia - National D-Day Memorial Wednesday, September 30, 8 am-5 pm Worship Team FBC Elon s Homecoming Church Service will be on Sunday, October 11, Our service will begin at 10:30 am followed by a covered dish lunch in the fellowship hall. We will not have Sunday school on Homecoming Sunday. Save the date & time: October 10:30 am. Page 4

5 Amy Carroll author, writer, speaker is coming to FBC ELON Sunday, September 13, 2015 Morning Schedule 9:30-10 am Please join us for a Meet & Greet with Amy Carroll in FBC Elon Fellowship Hall We will have light breakfast foods & copies of Breaking Up With Perfect available to purchase. This is a great opportunity to have your copy signed by Amy Carroll. 11 am Amy will be providing the message during our Worship Service. About Amy Amy Carroll s passion is leading women to deeper delight through the matchless pleasure of a rich relationship with God and others. She is a member of the Proverbs 31 Ministries speaker team, writes for their daily online devotions, Encouragement for Today, which are now distributed to over 750,000 people worldwide, the author of Breaking Up with Perfect and she is the blissful director of Next Step Speaker Services. Amy has been madly in love with her husband Barry for over 25 years and is the mother of two young men Anson and Nolan. She lives in NC with her 3 favorite guys and a little, red dachshund. You can find her on any given day typing at her computer, reading a book or trying to figure out one more alternative to cooking dinner. Page 5

6 Our Women s Ministry begins a new Fall Bible Study in OCTOBER. Our next study will be BREAKING UP WITH PERFECT by Amy Carroll. We will offer the study at two times. The Monday evening group, led by Liz Hill and Laura Primm will begin on October 5 at 6:30pm. The Tuesday morning group will start on October 6 at 10:30am and will be led by Laura Primm. Our Women s Ministry and church staff invited Amy to come and speak on September 13 during the 11am service. If you would like to be a part of our next Bible Study, please plan to purchase your book at the Meet & Greet time with Amy on Sunday, September 13 at 9:30am in the Fellowship Hall. The cost of the book is $ You will be able to use Credit/Debit cards, cash or check. Please me at music@fbc-elon.org to sign up for our Fall Bible Study or you can sign up in the hallway outside of my office. Laura ********** Women s Ministry FUN.in December: Sign up today to go to a cookie decorating class taught by Sweet Stuff by Meredith on Thursday, December 3. We must have at least 8 people to attend the class and a maximum number of 14 participants...so, sign up fast if you would like to go. The cost is $20 per person. ********** CHRIS TOMLIN LOVE RAN RED TOUR Cary s Booth Amphitheatre Gates 6:00pm * SHOW 7:00pm THURSDAY OCTOBER 15, 2015 Ladies, the tickets for CHRIS TOMLIN LOVE RAN RED TOUR have been purchased. We will take the church bus and ride together. Please remember to bring your lawn chairs. The total per ticket is $ Please make checks out to FBC ELON and turn it in to Laura so she can check your name off as paid. We may have an extra ticket if someone is interested in purchasing it. Please see Laura Primm for more details. MUSIC MINISTRY The fall season is always exciting as we begin to prepare music for Homecoming, Thanksgiving, Advent and Christmas. Our worship choir, praise team, youth choir and children s choir will all be starting new music for this 2015 fall season. I hope you will consider joining one of our groups and being a part of our Music Ministry. If you have any questions, please contact me at music@fbc-elon.org. Laura Music Practice Schedule Praise Team: 6:15pm on Sundays in the sanctuary Youth Praise Team: 7pm on Sundays in the sanctuary Children & Preschool Choir: 5:30-6:15pm Worship Choir: 7:15pm on Wednesdays in the choir room Page 6

7 Just a thought Youth News New Beginnings! We are at that point in our calendar where we are overwhelmed by New Beginnings! We have the new beginning to our school year. We have the new beginning to our sports teams. We have new beginnings to our work. We even have new beginnings with our relationships! Well, not to be left out, our youth ministry at FBC Elon is also at a point of New Beginnings! Check these out below... (1) We welcome our rising sixth grader, Tristan Roof, to our youth ministry - New Beginnings for him! (2) We anticipate a new study for our youth on Sunday mornings in Emerge - a New Beginning starting with the topic of "Trust"! (3) We are eagerly anticipating a new year of Consuming Fire starting on September 13 with two new studies - a New Beginning focused on relationships with our senior highs and self identity/ materialism for our middle schoolers! (4) We can't wait to dive in with new mission projects this fall - New Beginnings in our Task Force Ministry! The list can go on and on, but all these New Beginnings requires one thing - for you to be a part of it! I hope you will! In Christ, David Upcoming Youth Ministries Fall Retreats 2015 Senior High Youth October 2-4 McKee's Mountain House at Beech Mountain Middle School Youth November 6-8 Location To Be Determined! September Youth Ministries Emerge - Sundays at 9:45 am September 6, 13, 20, 27 "The Breakfast Club" - 6:45 am Wednesday, September 9 and 23 Biscuitville on Huffman Mill Road Task Force Project - Window Cleaning September 12 or 19 - Time TBA Consuming Fire! - Sundays at 5:30 pm September 13, 20, and 27 Administration Team Sunday, September 20 9 am See You at the Pole Wednesday, September 23 Christian Music Day at Carowinds! Saturday, September 26 8:00 am until LATE! Consuming Fire, 2015 Kick-off is September 13! Senior High - Vital Link Middle School - Real World Christians September Youth Birthdays Sophia Allred Sept. 6 Garrett Howard Sept. 16 Anelise Harris Sept. 19 Lauryn Carlton Sept. 21 Silken Carlton Sept. 21 David Farnham Sept. 22 Page 7

8 Announcements Men s Breakfast & Bible Study begins back on Saturday, September 12 at 8:30 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall. Our Deacons for : Chairman, Jeff Prichard, Sally Farnham, Sandy French, Amy Harrison, John Hines, Cathy Johnson, Athan Lindsay, Trey Primm, Euless Wyrick We Welcome Our Newest Members: Gerald & Jane Yount 334 Faith Dr. Gibsonville, NC popandgram@bellsouth.net Gerald & Jane joined on promise of letter on 8/9/15. You are invited to a Wedding Shower honoring Amelia Maki and David Brenner On Sunday, September 6, 2015 from two until four o clock in the Fellowship Hall. Amelia is looking forward to meeting the people who have been so important in David s life. The couple is registered at Target; Bed, Bath & Beyond; JC Penney and Pottery Barn. To see the entire registry go to Page 8

9 Ushers/Greeters: Bobby Roach, Judy Tickle, Michael Allison, Nancy Coble, Harold Davis, Ed Dupree, Dave Harris, John Hines, Sam Pickard, Jeff Prichard, John Russell Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Morning Opportunities 9:00 AM Prayer (Library) 9:15 AM Deacons Prayer (rm. 201) 9:45 AM Sunday School 1 8:30 AM Sr. Adult Breakfast at Ramada 2 1:30 PM Circle of Friends 7:15 Choir Reh. 3 11:30 AM Prayer & Praise :00 AM Morning Worship Weekend On Call Minister: Fri.-Sun. David PM Wedding Shower for Brenner/Maki 6 PM Concert - Brooke Campbell- Sanctuary 7 Labor Day Church Office Closed 8 11 AM-2 PM Fun & Fellowship Trip to G boro 2 PM Prayer Time - Library 9 6:45 AM Youth Breakfast Club at B ville 9:30 AM Sr. Adult Team Mtg. 7:15 Choir Reh :30 AM Prayer & Praise 11 Patriot Day 12 8:30 am Men s Breakfast & Bible Study Weekend On Call Minister: Fri.-Sun. Mason :30 AM - Amy Carroll-FH 11 AM Amy Carroll Children s Church 4 PM Church Council Sunday Night Ministries begin 20 Newsletter articles due 9 AM Youth Adm. Team Mtg. 27 Children s Church :15 Choir Reh. 21 FH reserved 5:30-8pm 28 Directory Pictures 22 11:30 AM-1 PM Sr. Adult Luncheon 23 Autumn begins 6:45 AM Youth Breakfast Club at B ville See You at the Pole 7:15 Choir Reh AM-5 PM Fun & Fellowship Trip to Bedford, VA 7:15 Choir Reh :30 AM Prayer & Praise 2 PM Afternoon Chat at Barnes & Noble Café 24 11:30 AM Prayer & Praise Vacation Laura - 9/ Weekend On Call Minister: Fri.-Sun. Laura AM Youth to Carowinds Directory Pictures Weekend On Call Minister: Fri.-Sun. David Sunday Night Ministries begin 9/13 4:00 PM Adult Study 5:00 PM Fellowship Meal 5:30 PM Consuming Fire (Youth) Kid s Music 6:15 PM Praise Team Practice 6:15 PM RA s, GA s, Mission Friends 7:00 PM Youth Praise Team Practice 1 st Jason Miller 3 rd Peggy Truitt 4 th Kimberly Christian 4 th Melissa Jenkins 5 th Colleen Russell 5 th Nancy Kahn 6 th Sophia Allred 8 th Kathy Hines 8 th Jonathan Moody 8 th Donald Henry 9 th David Brenner 12 th Anna Colson 13 th Willard Barnette 16 th Nina Harrison 16 th Garrett Howard 19 th Anelise Harris 22 nd David Farnham 24 th Brady Lowder 28 th Travis Russell Page 9

10 621 E. Haggard Ave. P.O. Box 778 Elon, NC Phone: Fax: Dr. Mason Smith, Pastor Dr. David Durham, Associate Pastor Rev. Laura Primm, Minister of Music/Children Janice Somers, Adm. Assistant We re on the Web! www. fbc-elon.org Gifts & Memorials The church appreciates the following gifts. Building Fund: Anne Uzzell In honor of our Church Families, September Birthdays & Anniversaries. Not involved in Sunday school? The new Sunday school year is beginning, as well. Find a class that meets your needs. Descriptions of each class can be found on the church website! Our NEW Church Directory Won t Be Complete Without You! Sign-ups for photography sessions: Sunday, August 30 Sunday, September 6 Photography Dates: Friday, September 25 Saturday, September 26 Monday, September 28 Every family/individual photographed will receive a free 8x10 portrait and a directory.