Volume 6 - Number 9 November 25, 2015 Christmas Shopping! Commerce, Georgia & The Mall of Georgia On Thursday, December 10th, the GFC will take a trip to our favorite mall areas for a day of Christmas Shopping! Our trip will begin at 8:00 am. The first stop will be at our favorite Shoney s in Lavonia for breakfast. We will then travel to Commerce to the outlet mall area until about noon. We will arrive at the Mall of Georgia around 1:00 pm and I will do some shuttling to the area strip malls at 3:00 pm. We will choose a supper stop before returning home later that evening. Cost to ride the bus is $5.00. For further information, you may contact the church office (638-2986) or Pastor Ken (710-4899). SPECIAL CHRISTMAS MINISTRIES Sunday, November 29 - HANGING OF THE GREEN - 5:00 PM Sunday, December 6 - MARK Club Choirs/Bible Quest - 6:30 PM Sunday, December 13 - Adult Choir/Orchestra Presents WERE YOU THERE ON THAT CHRISTMAS NIGHT? 10:15 AM Sunday, December 13 - Church-wide Christmas Dinner 5:00 PM Sunday, December 20 - AM Worship - Handbells play 5:00 PM - Candlelight Lord s Supper
Music Notes MEDIA MINISTRY TEAM SCHEDULE November 29, 2015 10:15 a.m. - Ginny Baltzer 10:15 a.m. - Jeremy Tichenor (PT/Solo) No PM Sound System December 6, 2015 10:15 a.m. - Mike Bonham 10:15 a.m. - Michael Oakley, Sr. (WT) No PM Sound System December 13, 2015 10:15 a.m. - Tracy Tichenor 10:15 a.m. - Jeremy Tichenor (Orch/AC) No PM Sound System December 20, 2015 10:15 a.m. - Randy McManamay 10:15 a.m. - Joe Rukat (AH/PT) - Ray Conway, Minister of Worship MUSIC MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIES 1. Sunday, November 29-8:15 AM - Brass/Rhythm rehearsal 9:00 AM - PraiseTeam rehearsal 3:45 PM - CSBC Handbells rehearse 5:00 PM - HANGING OF THE GREEN 2. Wednesday, December 2-5:30 PM - Orchestra rehearsal ( til 6:45 p.m.) 7:15 PM - Adult Choir rehearsal 8:45 PM - PraiseTeam rehearsal 3. Sunday, December 6-8:15 AM - Brass/Rhythm rehearsal 10:10 AM - Adult Choir rehearsal (sing in AM) 3:45 PM - CSBC Handbells rehearse 5:00 PM - Student Choir/MARK Club Choirs 6:30 PM - MARK Club Choirs/Bible Quest Presentations in Sanctuary 4. Wednesday, December 9-5:30 PM - Orchestra rehearsal 7:15 PM - Adult Choir/Orchestra rehearsal ( til 9:00 p.m.) 5. Sunday, December 13-8:00 AM - Orchestra rehearsal 8:30 AM - Adult Choir/Orchestra rehearsal 10:15 AM - Christmas Musical Presentation 3:45 PM - CSBC Handbells rehearse 5:00 PM - Church-wide Christmas Dinner 6. Wednesday, December 16-7:15 PM - Adult Choir rehearsal 8:00 PM - PraiseTeam rehearsal 7. Sunday, December 20-8:30 AM - CSBC Handbells rehearse 10:10 AM - Adult Choir rehearsal (sing in AM) 4:30 PM - CSBC Handbells rehearse 5:00 PM - Candlelight Lord s Supper Service 8. Wednesday, December 23 - (No rehearsals) 9. Sunday, December 27-8:45 AM - PraiseTeam rehearsal ADULT CHOIR/ORCHESTRA CHRISTMAS MUSICAL Our Adult Choir and Orchestra will present the Christmas Musical WERE YOU THERE ON THAT CHRISTMAS NIGHT, on Sunday, December 13, at 10:15 AM. Please be praying for all those involved in this special time of celebration of first coming of the Christ!
I have a PowerPoint presentation that I used during the Thanksgiving Service that will be happy to send you so that you can see what we are talking about doing. We have set the weekend of January 28-31 as our target date where we hope to make a major impact toward restoring their church to better condition than before the flood. Here s what you can do now! Pray for Hickory Hill Baptist Church and their witness to their surrounding community. Pray that we as Walhalla Baptist Churches can come together in a marvelous way to partner with Hickory Hill for the glory of God. Currently we still need several Team Leaders from our church or others to lead in the different projects involved there. We have a Sheet Rock Team Leader in our own Buddy Jordan. We have an Electrical Team Leader in Lee Westmoreland from Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church. We still need Team Leaders in plumbing, floor tile, outside clean up, painting, and misc. repairs. Additionally we will set up a sign up sheet in the church for you to sign up in the area you wish to help. In January we will have a meeting or two to prepare for our trip. Once we go January 28-31 we will still have times to return to finish the job. We will take Team Leaders to preview the work prior to our target date and we will work up a punch list of products that must be ordered. For that we will still need to take up love offerings from all our churches from now until January 28 th. Thanks for reading this long letter. Pray and see how you can participate. See you in church as we celebrate Jesus and His birth! YOU VE GOT WHAT IT TAKES! We are in need of more greeters. It s a simple, but important way to serve. There are 3 time slots: before Sunday School (a big need), before Worship (our greatest need) and after Worship. We ve got 3 doors to cover, so it takes lots of people. Please consider this opportunity. If you would be willing to give 10-20 minutes, share a smile, a handshake, give a bulletin, show a new person to a class, contact Betsy Reid at 888-0013 or betsings@bellsouth.net. (If you are already serving, I will assume you will continue unless you notify me.)
THE SON FLOWER CLOTHES CLOSET IS NOW OFFERING CLOTHES FOR NEEDY FAMILIES. WE ARE LOCATED AT 301 SOUTH LAUREL STREET, WALHALLA, SC 29691 SPONSORED BY COLLEGE STREET BAPTIST CHURCH HOURS ARE FROM 9:30 AM UNTIL 3:00 PM ON TUESDAY AND THURSDAY FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL 864-784-2851
FOOD PANTRY MONTHLY INFORMATION Month of October 2015 Total number of families served this month: 156 Total number of people in households served: 342 Total number of families that received USDA products: 23 Total number of people in the families that received USDA products: 54 Total number of Seniors (60+) served at your pantry: 71 Total number of Children (under 18) served at your pantry: 94 FAMILY NIGHT MEALS THROUGH DECEMBER16, 2015 The Wednesday family night meal hosts all have a wonderful list of menus planned for the month of December. Remember when you have a few minutes to thanks those who so graciously prepare these meals for us and our homebound members each week. Menus for the upcoming weeks are as follows: December 2nd - Joan Schmidt/Elaine Ward Group (Ham, Macaroni & Cheese, Green Beans, Rolls Dessert & Drinks) 9th - Nickie King/Tracy Haney Group (Baked Spaghetti, Garden Salad, Bread, Dessert & Drinks) 16th - Ann Yelton Group (Vegetable Soup, Cornbread & Crackers, Dessert & Drinks) Wednesday Family Night meals will resume on January 6, 2016. 2015 WELCOME DESK/GREETER SCHEDULE DATE 9:00-9:15 GREETERS 10:00-10:20 WELCOME DESK 10:00-10:20 GREETERS 11:30-11:40 WELCOME DESK Nov 29 David Thomas & Gladys Thrift Blease Harper Mary Wright & Michole Orosco Elaine Ward Dec 6 Becky Thompson & Paula Kirkland Barbara Pearson Mike & Joyce Wright Debbie Rukat Dec 13 Paul & Karen Fidler Allan Addis Gerald & Carolyn Nix Laura Addis Dec 20 Elaine Hiler & Peggy McCall Bob Ward Jerry & Donna Lee Betsy Reid Dec 27 Donna Thompson & Diane Jackson Rhonda Barker Walt & Tena Wright Linda Quarles EXTENDED TEACHING CARE November 29, 2015 Stacy Whittle December 6, 2015 Susan Conway December 13, 2015 Shannon Elliott December 20, 2015 Brandon & Megan Howard December 27, 2015 James & Celeste Holcomb Our last publication of The Beacon for this year will be on December 16, 2015. Please have any newsletter articles you would like printed into the office by Friday, December 11th.
From Ken Ken s Korner - Ken Reid, Pastor The Holiday Season is upon us! Celebrations are everywhere. From the giving of thanks for all our blessings to the birth of the Savior and then the beginning of a new year, we feel, smell, and enjoy all the trimmings of these wonderful celebrations. To you and yours, we (Betsy and I) wish you A Merry Christmas and the happiest of New Years! You will see elsewhere the many Christmas related celebrations and ministries that our church has come accustomed to each year. God willing I will see you at each and every one. This is a great time of fellowship and worship. On Sunday morning, December 20 th, we will revive an old tradition that has been missing for a number of years. We call it A Story Book Christmas. This year I along with Betsy and Lauren (Minister to Children) will invite all our children to the pulpit area as I read from the book The Legend of the Christmas Cookie. Not so hidden in the story is the Gospel presentation of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We want our children to know, understand and respond to the true meaning of Christmas. One day (if not already) each and every one of our children will come to their age of accountability and receive Jesus Christ as their Savior. We will present a special gift package for each child as we wrap up our Christmas celebration and worship. Together with all our church we will celebrate the wonderful day that Jesus Christ was born on Earth. Hope to see you there. Disaster Relief Partnership with Fellowship Baptist Churches of Walhalla. As everyone knows a terrible storm hit the shores of South Carolina recently sending waters flooding throughout communities destroying property in its path. Following the storm our church and many others responded with water, paper products, cleaning supplies and money to help victims throughout the state. Many did not have flood insurance and have suffered extreme losses. Churches were no exception. Working with our SC Baptist Convention Disaster Relief office several of our Walhalla Baptist Churches are partnering to help one such church regain its foothold and repair their church facilities. We launched that effort on Sunday, November 22 during our Community Wide Thanksgiving Service. We will be assisting the Hickory Hill Baptist Church in Pineville, SC (near Santee) where waters flooded the Santee River and rose to 18 inches inside their church and stayed there for about a week. All their educational/fellowship area and about ¼ of their sanctuary was effected. They had no flood insurance. But they did have some savings and spent $22,000 to hire a Mold Remediation Company to remove the damaged sheet rock, carpeting, furniture etc. Now the task is to help them begin to put their church facilities back together. (Continued on following page)
THANK YOU, GOD, FOR EVERYTHING Thank you, God, for everything; the big things and the small. For every good gift comes from God the Giver of them all. And all too often we accept without any thanks or praise The gifts God sends as blessings each day in many ways. And so at this Thanksgiving Time we offer up a prayer To thank you, God, for giving us a lot more than our share. First, thank you for the little things that often come our way. The things we take for granted but don t mention when we pray. The unexpected courtesy, the thoughtful, kindly deed A hand reached out to help us and in the time of sudden need Oh, make us more aware, dear God, of little daily Graces that come to us with sweet surprise from never-dreamed-of places Then, thank you for the Miracles we are much too blind to see. And give us new awareness of our many gifts from Thee. And help us to remember that the Key to Life and Living is to make each prayer a Prayer of Thanks and every day Thanksgiving! - Helen Steiner Rice - PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS ARE STILL NEEDED BY OUR FOOD PANTRY. PLEASE DROP THESE OFF AT THE CHURCH OFFICE OR SUNDAY SCHOOL OFFICE.