The Messenger. From the Pastor October Pastor Jeff

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1 The Messenger From the Pastor October 2015 Hello Church Family! I want to thank you for your help in purchasing Bibles for the pastors in Kenya. Our associational missionary, Dennis Phillips, says that with your help and the help of others in our association, we were able to purchase Bibles for the nearly eighty Kenyan pastors and church leaders we worked with this past August. I promise you that they will be overjoyed. It is a tremendous blessing for them to be able to receive a new Bible, especially one with study notes. They just do not have the access or the money to purchase something like this on their own. Thank you for your faithfulness to help these church leaders teach their congregations and take the good news of Jesus all over east Africa. I also want to thank you for your work on the backpacks for Appalachia. We are not far from reaching our goal of 200 from our church. If you have not packed one yet or can pack another, then please help us reach our goal. These backpacks will be a tremendous blessing to children in the Appalachian region of the United States. Most of all, it will put a Bible in the hands of these children and show them the love of Jesus Christ. Let s reach our goal so we can begin working on the shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child! For those of you who participated in our Sunday School Mentoring earlier this year, I want to give you a heads up on an upcoming event. We will be having our six month meeting on November 5 th at 6:30 at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church. We will be discussing outreach through the Sunday School. I would love for as many people as possible to attend! Even if you did not participate during the main training that ended earlier this year, you can still come and learn. We must be more focused on outreach. We especially need to learn how to be effective in outreach through our Sunday School classes. This will be a key to growth for the future! Mark it on your calendar and do not miss this night of food and growth in what Christ wants us to do to grow His church! Speaking of outreach, I want to continue to remind you that we are currently going through training in how to be on mission for Christ all the time. During the Discipleship Training hour starting at 5pm on Sunday nights, we are going through the curriculum Life On Mission. The basic thrust is to learn how to make our lives a continual mission for Jesus. You will learn how to simply and easily share Christ with someone, how to start conversations with non-believers about the gospel, and incorporate being a witness for Jesus on a regular basis. It is not too late to join us. I hope to see you there! Pastor Jeff Pastor Rev. Jeff Waters

2 Pag e 2 The Messenger October 2015 A Note from the Minister of Music Well, fall is officially here! The year has flown by and I am excited to see how God moves this last three months of the year. What a privilege we have to be able to serve such an awesome and holy God. He is worthy of all of our praise! It is not too late to join up Rev. Eric Woods, Associate Pastor with our Worship choir in preparaof Music & Worship tion of our upcoming Christmas Musical entitled, Joy, Unspeakable, Joy. I am also pleased to announce that the choir from Westview Baptist Church will be participating in this wonderful musical with us. We are practicing here each Sunday at 4:00pm. Come join us and you will be blessed. Blessings, Colossians 3:16 Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and exhorting one another with all wisdom, singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, all with grace in your hearts to God. Eric Woods Kelly s Korner Fall is finally in the air! The (slightly) cooler temperatures have been wonderful. I hope you are enjoying this time of year with your families. Again, lots of volunteers are needed to make this a success! In our Youth Ministry, we are currently in the midst of a series on Prayer during our Wednesday Night Worship time, and are about to start a DVDIn our Children s ministry, based, 8-week series entitled Gospel Journey Awana is going very, very well! We have a where we will be following a group of teenagers Theme Night on October 7th: Dress-like-you re- with very different spiritual beliefs as they encoun100-years-old Night! If you are looking for a ter the gospel as it is presented in Scripture. We place to get involved with our children, Awana is also have a big community-wide youth event a fantastic ministry! coming up: 5th Quarter. It will be on October 16th, Also this month is our annual Fall Festival. following the football game. Please be in prayer This year, it will be on Saturday, October 31st for this event, as it is a great opportunity to reach from 5:00-7:00 pm. This is one of our biggest teenagers with the gospel! events where we reach out into the community Please continue praying for both of these and provide an opportunity for our church to ministries! love on them. Each year we have been seeing more and more people come onto our property, Serving Him, which has been very encouraging. In order to KELLY have an event like this, lots and lots of help is needed!! I am in the middle of planning everything out, so if you are interested in helping, I would love for you to help! Just let me know!! Rev. Kelly Hitchcock Associate Pastor Of Youth & Children

3 The Messenger October 2015 Pag e DEACONS MEETING October 4 following the evening service You are invited to the wedding of SENIOR ADULT SUPPER Alana Kight October 26 6:30pm In the Fellowship Hall LADIES BIBLE STUDY October 22 7:00 PM in the Small Social Hall And Joshua Woods October 12 Church Office will be closed Saturday, October 3 1:00 PM Broad Street Baptist Church PACK A BACKPACK There are still a few backpacks available. Pick up one in the Sunday School office, pack it with the items on the list and anything else you would like to include. Bring it back to the church office. See Lynn Dunaway, Deborah Roberts, or Cricket Sloan for more info. TRIM HEALTHY MAMA MEETING The next Trim Healthy Mama meeting will be Monday, October 19 at 7:30 pm. Contact Patty Woods with any questions at OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD There are a few items that are still needed for OCC this year. We need notebook paper or small composition notebooks, pencils, and crayons. Th ank you for all you have done this year so far! SUNDAY SCHOOL LEADERSHIP TRAINING October 4th After the morning service A light lunch will be provided This is for all Sunday School leaders. Sunday School Secretaries are urged to attend. If you are interested in seeing our Sunday School grow, you are also invited. SOLO MEETING October 6th 7:00 PM The meeting will be in the Small Social Hall not the Fellowship Hall PULASKI-BLECKLEY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING October 8th at 5:00 PM Registration will begin at 4pm. Everyone is invited to attend. Our messengers are: Jeff Waters, Eric Woods, Kelly Hitchcock, Bobby & Cricket Sloan, Tim & Harriette Allen, Annette Hill, Robert Woodall, & Jim Byington A Gift Was Given To Broad Street Baptist Church: In Memory of: Charlie Hill By: Jerry & Nancy Sapp Wm. T. & Leanna Smith In Memory Of: Marc Martin By: Jerry & Nancy Sapp In Memory of: Garfield Hayes By: Earl & Jane Hilliard In Memory of: Wes Woods By: Earl & Jane Hilliard 3

4 Prayer Pager Ministry Prayer Pager # Shirley Shelton, Todd Hill, Tommie Fowler, Geraldine Kirkland, Delmar Howard Address Service Requested NON PROFIT US POSTAGE PAID Hawkinsville, GA PERMIT NO Broad Street P. O. Box 415 Hawkinsville, GA CHURCH LIST If you would like to be put on our church list to receive prayer requests & church updates, send Cricket an with your request. cricket@bsbchurch.net Worship Schedule Sunday 9:45 AM Sunday School 11:00 AM Morning Worship Service 4:15 PM Worship Choir Practice 5:00 PM Kids Choir 5:00 PM Discipleship Training 6:00 PM Evening Worship Service Tuesday 6:30 AM Men s Prayer Group 12:00 PM Lunch Bunch Ladies Bible Study Wednesday 6:15-7:45 Awana 6:30 PM Mid-week Bible Study & Prayer Service Youth Bible Study Church Staff Rev. Jeff Waters Senior Pastor jeff@bsbchurch.net Rev. Eric Woods Associate Pastor of Music & Worship eric@bsbchurch.net Rev. Kelly Hitchcock Associate Pastor of Youth and Children kelly@bsbchurch.net Cricket Sloan Administrative Assistant cricket@bsbchurch.net Theresa Moore Custodian Phone: The Record - September 2015 Office Hours Mon-Fri - 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Join us on facebook Our Worship Service, Newsletters and Calendar can be viewed on our website: Average Attendance Sunday School 137 Nursing Home & Retirement Home Sunday School 26 Total Sunday School 163 Discipleship Training 33 Nursing Home & Retirement Home - Wednesday 19 Monthly Budget Need $43, Budget Offering Received $42, Under Budget for the Month ($1,210.50) Total Faith Commitments Giving $210,917.36

5 October Newsletter Coke with Kelly Every Thursday afternoon at 3:30 pm Kelly will be at Dairy Queen. Any students wishing to just hang out and chat are welcome! Youth Family Breakfast October 9:00 am All youth + families are welcome! Next Month: November 1st Friday, October the HHS Gym. It starts after the Marion Co. game and lasts until Midnight There ll be food tons of fun and the gospel! BRING YOUR FRIENDS!! Join us on Sunday 5:00 pm as we take an 8-week journey into sharing the Gospel. This DVD based curriculum shows a group of teens with all different spiritual beliefs that take a journey into the wilderness and discuss the gospel as it s presented in Scripture. You don t want to miss out on this great series!! Oct. 31st 5-7 pm Midweek Worship 6:30 We are currently meeting in the small social hall while the Youth Room is under construction. Senior Adult Supper: October 26th The Youth will be preparing and serving this meal for the seniors! Kelly Hitchcock - Associate Pastor of Youth and Children Office: Cell: kelly@bsbchurch.net

6 October Newsletter Children s Church! Oct 4 - Cassie Whiggum Oct 11 - Heather Hitchcock Oct 18 - Lesley Murkerson Oct 25 - Ashley Porter Weekly Schedule! Theme Night: October 7th It s Dress-like-your-100-years-old Night! The Awana Store is also open on the first week of each month. Sunday School 9:45 am Kid s Choir 5:00 pm Awana Wednesday 6:15-7:45 pm Our Kid s Choir is beginning work on Christmas music! Join in on the fun! Saturday, October 31st 5:00-7:00 pm Come on out and join in on a night of fun and games and prizes!! You don t want to miss this event! **This event takes lots of volunteers in order to make it successful. If you would be willing to volunteer, please see Kelly**

7 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Regular Sunday Schedule 9:45am - Sunday School 11am - Morning Service 5pm - Kids Choir 5pm - Discipleship Training 6pm - Evening Service 4 9am: Youth family Breakfast 12pm: SS Leadership Trng 7pm: deacons meeting :30pm: Visitation 6:30 AM: Men s Prayer Meeting 12 Noon: Lunch Bunch Bible Study 5 6 7pm: SOLO Meeting Columbus Day Church Office Closed :30pm: Trim Healthy Mama Mtg :30pm: Senior Adult Supper Regular Midweek schedule 6:15pm: Awana 6:30pm Midweek services: Adult/Youth/Kids :30PM: Church Conference 3:30pm: Coke with Kelly 7 8 Pulaski-Bleckley Asn Annual Mtg 5pm Woods/Kight Wedding 1:00 PM Youth: 5th Quarter 7:00 PM Reformation Day 31

8 OPEN BUILDING: Shelly Berryhill DEACON COUNCIL Oct. 4 Jay Murkerson Oct. 11 Ted Laster Oct. 18 J. D. Rhodes Oct. 25 Charlie Harper Nov. 1 Shelly Berryhill BENEDICTION PRAYER Oct. 4 J. D. Rhodes Oct. 11 Harold Partin, Sr. Oct. 18 Gene Mincey Oct. 25 Brooks Bailey Nov. 1 Alan Lunsford CHILDREN S CHURCH Oct. 4 Cassie Whiggum Oct. 11 Heather Hitchcock Oct. 18 Lesley Murkerson Oct. 25 Ashley Porter Nov. 1 Rebecca Dunaway SANCTUARY FLOWERS Oct. 4 Patty Woods Oct. 11 Lynn Dunaway Oct. 18 Franklin/Patricia Cheek Oct. 25 Nov. 1 COUNTERS Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Oct. 18 Oct. 25 Nov. 1 VIDEO Donald Holder Ray Conner Mike Farmer Allen Griffin Jerry Davis Keith Warnock Ricky Lancaster Dale Gilbert Drew Davis Ken Fowler AM Service: Harold Partin, Jr. PM Service: Dee Davis AUDIO Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Oct. 18 Oct. 25 Nov. 1 (AM) Andrew Whiggum (AM) Ricky Lancaster (AM) Jerry Hortman (AM) Kevin Bragg (AM) Joshua Woods NURSERY SCHEDULE Oct. 4 Oct. 11 Oct. 18 Oct. 25 Nov. 1 AM: Julie Fowler Gina & Gracen Wiley Majie Bentley PM: Jerry & Cecilia Murkerson AM: Karen Lunsford, Patsy Dorman, Ruth Harper, Jane Dollie Williams PM: J. D. & Pat Rhodes AM: Jerry & Elizabeth Hortman Maria Del Campo PM: Reuben & Deborah Roberts AM: Sherry Myers, Dahlia Woodard, Dee Dee Goss, Louise Pilkinton PM: Misty & Sarah Roberson AM: Ashley/Jay Porter Vonnie Berryhill Rebecca Dunaway PM: Lynn Garrett & Faye Owings