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Church Newsletter: Nov./Dec. 2017 Will Hamric, Pastor Justin Crouse, Youth Pastor Church Office: will.hamric@richmondhillbc.com justin@richmondhillbc.com 336-699-8139 Upcoming Events Youth Night at Center United Methodist Sunday, Nov. 5 at 7pm. Nehemiah s Wall is leading the worship and Justin is preaching. Youth: bus leaves RHBC at 5 pm, eat at 6pm, and attend service at Center United Methodist Church. Hanging of Greens: Sunday, Nov. 26, 6 pm. Beautifully arranged, A Christmas Celebration is packed with traditional carols. XMAS PROGRAM: Sunday, Dec. 17 Dress Rehearsal- Saturday, Dec. 16, 10a-12 noon. The 5th Annual Bertha Wright Memorial Widows and Widowers soup luncheon: Tuesday, Dec. 26 at 12 noon at the home of Bob and Toni Wright. If you need transportation please contact Bob or Toni at 336.699.2704. The NUTS are here!" All nuts are $11 except the chocolate-covered peanuts $9. We have Pecan halves & chopped, Almonds - Natural & Chocolate Covered, Cashews, Pistachios and Chocolate Covered Peanuts. See a "Purple Hat" to get yours. Thank you for your continued support! Pastor s Corner Psalm 126:5-6 says, They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. We have finished our Fall Revival and I am grateful for God s blessing on this church. Sometimes real revival is different than what we expect. We think of revival as a time of Happy-lujah where we watch a church grow rapidly. I have been at churches that grew rapidly but there was no revival. Real revival begins with tears and broken hearts. When Josiah became King he wanted to restore the Temple. As they went to work they found a copy of the Scripture. The Bible had been lost to them. In 2 King 22:11 when the Bible was read to Josiah he tore his clothes in repentance. To tear your clothes represented a broken heart. His repentance led to a great revival. When revival began in Acts it started with Peter who according to Matthew 26:75 remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly. About a month ago I was praying desperately for help with a sermon. I said, Lord, if I preach a clinker people are libel to leave and never come back to this church. God spoke to my heart saying, You are trying to please men, rather than Me. The word broke my heart and I wept. A while back someone saw a person leaving worship in tears. They said to me, Did they get some bad news? They had not gotten bad news: they had been touched by God s spirit. I have been a pastor for 34 years and I have never seen more tears shed in worship than I have over this last year. Why is that so significant? Rees Howell was renown as a man of prayer. Listen to his words as he describes the great Welsh Revival which began in 1904. Every church was stirred to its depths. Strong men were in tears of penitence, and were moved with new fervor. People were overpowered by the Spirit as on the day of Pentecost whole congregations were melted, and people were crying out in agony of soul, What must we do to be saved? That is real revival. The hymn says, Mercy drops round us are falling, but for the showers we plead. I have seen the mercy drops falling, now let us join our hearts and plead for the showers. God bless you, Pastor Will

YOUTH NEWS THRILL GRILL: NOVEMBER 1 6:00pm in the Family Life Center. Proceeds help youth with Camp Caswell. *Youth: Please be here at 5:45pm to help. CENTER UMC YOUTH NIGHT: NOVEMBER 5 Bus leaves church at 5:00pm sharp. Nehemiah s Wall is leading worship & Justin is preaching. Dinner is served at 6:00pm. HUDDLE BREAK: NOVEMBER 8 Bus leaves at 7:00pm to go to Alex s Grill for shakes. We should return around 7:45pm. NO HUDDLE: NOVEMBER 22 Due to Thanksgiving holiday, there will be no Huddle. NO THRILL: NOVEMBER 26 Hanging of the Greens service in the sanctuary at 6:00pm. THRILL GRILL: DECEMBER 6 6:00pm in the Family Life Center. Proceeds help youth with Camp Caswell. *Youth: Please be here at 5:45pm to help. YOUTH CHRISTMAS PARTY: DECEMBER 10 Bus leaves church at 4:00pm. We will go out to eat, then come back to church for door prizes & fun! We should finish up around 7:00pm. NO THRILL: DECEMBER 17 & 24 Kids Christmas Program (December 17, 6:00pm) & Christmas Eve (December 24) WINTERFEST @ LIBERTY UNIVERSITY: DECEMBER 30 JANUARY 1 Tickets will be available for RHBC Youth beginning November 1. $100 pays for & reserves your spot (see Justin). Tickets will be available for all others (Non-RHBC & Adults) beginning December 1. More details will be announced as we get closer to the trip. UPWARD SPORTS NEWS UPWARD BASKETBALL EVALUATIONS If you can help, we need you! ALL HANDS ON DECK! Tuesday, November 7 from 6:30 8:00pm Thursday, November 9 from 6:30 8:00pm Saturday, November 11 from 10:00am Noon UPWARD BASKETBALL & CHEER COACH & REFEREE CLINIC: NOVEMBER 19 Noon in the Family Life Center Meeting Room. If you are planning to/interested in coaching or officiating during the Basketball & Cheer season, please plan to attend this clinic. OTHER IMPORTANT UPWARD BASKETBALL & CHEER DATES: Week of January 1: Practices Begin January 5 at 6:00pm: Upward Kick-off Dinner January 6: Special Saturday Practices January 13: First Game Day

Children's Choir: November 5, 12 and 19. December 3, 10, and 17. Senior Saints Activities: Tues. Nov. 7: Breakfast at Mt. Olympus at 8:30 am. Tues. Nov. 14: Visit the Popcorn Factory and Lunch at Battle Branch Café. Leave church at 9:30 am. Tues. Dec. 5: Breakfast at Mt. Olympus at 8:30 am, then to Hamrick s for shopping. Sympathies: To the family of Don Hobson, who passed away on 9/1/17. To Mechelle and Joey Crissman and family; Mechelle s mother, Pernell Hobson, passed away 9/13/17. To Mark Russell, Kyle, Kurt, and Heather upon the loss of your wife and mother, Marsha, on 9/28/17. Benefit Fund Raiser for Huston Pendry Sunday,Nov. 19 from 5-7 pm at Myers Auto Auction in East Bend, a benefit supper and raffle is being held. Supper tickets are $10 and include 1 bowl of chicken stew, 1 hotdog, chips, drink, and dessert. *DINE in ONLY*. Raffle tickets are also $10; raffle items are a shotgun, Yeti cooler, $200 Visa gift card, $100 gas card. All proceeds go to assist Huston with medical bills and rehab. See Britt Hennings, Ruth Matthews, or Janice Willard for tickets or more details. Dessert donations are also needed- please let Ruth (699-8741) Janice (961-6953) or Britt know if you would like to donate a dessert for the dinner.

Ministries and Missions Prayers & Squares Quilts have been dedicated recently for Bill Huff, Pernell Hobson, Jack Collins, Bill Smith, Robin Miller Stevens, Steve Davis and Carol Powell. Please continue to pray for these names as well as others who have received our quilts and prayers in the past. Quilters/crafters have discovered that there s something about working with your hands that can bring a deeper understanding of God and of our purpose in God s universe. Perhaps it s because when we re making something, we re engaging in an act of creation an act that we share with God, our Creator, and those around us who are in crisis. Praise be to God for giving us the wonderful gift of creativity and the means to share our talents to touch others! Church Library Pastor Will has been bringing us inspiring sermons on the glory of God. We have a book in the library called GLORY REVEALED: HOW THE INVISIBLE GOD MAKES HIMSELF KNOWN by David Nasser which tells us the God of the universe has gone to great lengths to make himself known to us. God is not silent; we just have to learn how to listen. He is not absent; we just have to know were to look. An inspiring read. With the holidays fast approaching, we have several books to emphasize the joy of celebrating Thanksgiving and Christmas - children's books SAYING GRACE, WHAT HAPPENE TO MERRY CHRISTMAS?, ONE WINTRY NIGHT, THE LEGEND OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE. The story of Samaritan's Purse shoebox ministry can be found in OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD. Other books include: THE CHRISTMAS CANDLE (Max Lucado), THE CASE FOR CHRISTMAS (Les Strobel), THE PURPOSE OF CHRISTMAS (Rick Warren), and fiction books by Tracie Peterson, Melody Carlson and others. Why not consider donating a book to the library in honor/memory of a loved one - it would make a lasting gift! Sisters at Heart: Will meet Tues, November 7 at 7 pm in the FLC. Purple Hats: No meeting in November. Christmas Party will be held Tuesday, Dec. 12th at 6 p.m. in the FLC. "The NUTS are here!" All nuts are $11 except the chocolate-covered peanuts $9 We have Pecan halves & chopped, Almonds - Natural & Chocolate Covered, Cashews, Pistachios and Chocolate Covered Peanuts. See a "Purple Hat" to get yours. Thank you for your continued support! *** Please remember to send your Jan/Feb 2018 Items by the Deadline of Wednesday, Dec. 27 2017. Thank you. *** For any news for the Jan/Feb 2018 newsletter, please e-mail to Wanda Poindexter at wpoinde@yadtel.net or call Allen or Wanda Poindexter at 699-3737. Thank You!

Weekly Events: Sunday: 9am Contemporary Worship Service in Family Life Center 10am- Sunday School Classes for All Ages 11am- Traditional Worship Service in the Sanctuary 5:30pm- Kids Bible study (1 st 6 th grades) 5:30pm- The Thrill (Youth 7 th -12 th grades) Wednesday: 7 pm- Mission Friends (2 yrs-k) in Preschool III Room 7 pm- TeamKid (1 st -6 th grades) Children s Worship Room 7 pm- The Huddle (7 th -12 th grades) in Youth Room 7 pm- Adult Bible Study in Fellowship Hall 7:30 pm- Adult Choir Practice in the Choir Room

Weekly Events: Sunday: 9am Contemporary Worship Service in Family Life Center 10am- Sunday School Classes for All Ages 11am- Traditional Worship Service in the Sanctuary 5:30pm- Kids Bible study (1 st 6 th grades) 5:30pm- The Thrill (Youth 7 th -12 th grades) Wednesday: 7 pm- Mission Friends (2 yrs-k) in Preschool III Room 7 pm- TeamKid (1 st -6 th grades) Children s Worship Room 7 pm- Youth Bible Study (7 th -12 th grades) in Youth Room 7 pm- Adult Bible Study in Fellowship Hall 7:30 pm- Adult Choir Practice in the Choir Room