The Baptist Beacon n 12/13/16 Sunday 12/18/16 Nursery SS-Teresa Thomason 11am-Deb Hatchett Children s Church 3-5 year old Sonya Chloe Decker 1-3 grades Jamie Deren Children s Sermon Steve Hatfield Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. John 8:12 First Baptist Church Loving People to Jesus 517 Hiwassee Street Murphy, NC 28906-3211 Phone: 828.837.2615 www.murphyfirst.org Security-Ed Gleason and Tony Skojac Intercessory Prayer Sandra Ballard Counting Committee- December Millie Crawford & Sue Johnson Ushers Den Lance, Captain, Jim Akers, James Payne, Don Picklesimer, Charlie Spence, Rick Toews Sunday December 18th 9:45 AM- Sunday School 11:00 AM- Morning Worship Monday December 19th 10:00 AM- Sparrow s Nest 10:30 AM- Community Lunch Wednesday December 21th 10:00 AM- Sparrow s Nest 6:00 PM- Children s Ministries 6:00 PM- BIG Ministries 6:30 PM-Business Meeting/ Prayer Meeting Saturday December 24 th 7:00 PM Christmas Eve Service 2016 General Budget Weekly Budget- $6,888.85 This Week s Actual- $3,148.00 YTD Budget-$351,331.35 YTD Actual-$330,809.21 This Week s Designated- $645.00 YTD Designated- $88,197.93 The Deacon and Deacon Widows Christmas Dinner will be at Daniel s Steak House in Hiwassee GA on December 16, at 6:00 pm. If transportation is needed, please contact Tom Profant or Jerry Brackett. December Deacons On Call Week 1-Dwight Otwell Week 2-Clay Durrett Week 3-Bob Davis Week 4-Jerry Brackett Welcome Center Rotation Before Sunday School Week 1-Clay & Sandy Durrett Week 2-Millie Crawford & Hilda Glenn Week 3-Mary Jackson & Linda Allen Week 4-Richard & Mildred Pullium Week 5-Marilyn Hartness & Pat McCurry Welcome Center Rotation After AM Worship Service Week 1- Spence Family Week 2-Laney Family Week 3-Ken & Ann Lance Week 4-Dale & Betty Allen Week 5-Dana Anderson & Abby
1. 2.Robin Jones 3.Terry Moss 4.Bennie Glenn, Nancy Carson, Abigail Dickey 5.Mary Lou Lineberger, John Ivie 6. 7. 8. 9.Bill Harper 10.Penny Johnson Ray Ballard 11.Pat McCurry 12. 13. 14. 15.Jim Claypool, Carol Moss 16. 17.Oscar Stone, Richard Davis 18.George Ramsey 19. 20.Mac Martin Kaitlyn Decker 21.Mike Bradberry 22.Beth Decker 23. 24.Flo Gleason 25.Eileen Riemenschneider, Steve Forrister 26.Pat Ivie 27. 28. 29. 30.Richard Atchison, Martha Bradberry, Tina Hughes 31.Jim Akers How should I talk. Ephesians 4:29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that whichh is good to the use of edifying that it may minister grace unto the hearers. Items needed for Gatlinburg Neosporin Polysporin Children s Imodium Children stylenol Children s Pepto-bismol Money for medical supplie Items needed by Sunday morning. Joe and Sarah Swain will be leaving after morning worship service to take items over. Please bring items to the office before or after Sunday school. Maybe each SS class could make a donation for other medical supplies. es URGENT
Please come by the office and place your final bids s on the fine things donated to the Chest of Joash. We will take bids through December December,, and then the bids will be reviewed and the winners contacted acted the first week of January.. We have 2 mink coats, a baseball card rd collection, gold earrings,, a silver coin, a Yamaha PSRPSR 6 Keyboard,, a Thomas Kinkade picture, and a motorcycle. Please call the church office at 837 837-2615 2615 for more information!
"GoodNess Gracious, Sake's Alive! Look, Who's Turning 55!" PLEASE come to George's 55th Birthday Party in "The WhereHouse!" on Sunday December 18th, 2016 from 2PM-Till?? Murphy First Baptist Church Lottie Moon Christmas Offering Goal: $7,500.00
CHURCH SECRETARY POSITION Anyone interested in applying for the church secretary, please contact Judy Herr for application. Survey Reminder The long Term Planning Committee would like to remind you, we are in need of your thoughts on projects we should start looking at. Please pick up a survey on the ledge in front of the church office and deposit them there by Sunday December 18 th. Your name and phone number are requested by not required. Thank You