MORNING WORSHIP October 4, 2015 Prelude Welcome Ministry Highlights 10:55 AM Hymn Nothing But the Blood # 337 The Lord s Supper Prayer Children s Church Offertory Hymn There Is Power in the Blood # 329 Prayer for the Offering Presenting Our Tithes & Offerings Offertory Music Ashley and Reed Byrum, Signing We Believe Scripture Dr. Horton Anthem God and God Alone Sanctuary Choir Message Dr. Horton Invitation Hymn Room at the Cross for You # 487 Benediction Postlude Welcome Visitors! We re glad you re here today! Our prayer is that you experience an uplifting time of worship of our Lord Jesus Christ! Welcome EVENING WORSHIP - 6:00 PM Bible Study Dr. Horton Benediction
Today, Sunday, October 4 - Food Pantry Day 9:45 AM - Bible Study for all ages 10:55 AM - Worship - The Lord s Supper Deadline to submit 2016 Budget Requests 4:00 PM - Creative Ministries Team Meeting - Children s Church Room 5:00 PM - Children s Bible Drill - Outfitters SS Classroom - Hand Bell Choir Practice 5:45 PM - TeamKID 6:00 PM - Adult Bible Study - Sanctuary - INCREASE for Youth - Youth Suite 7:00 PM - Missions Committee Meeting - Meeting Room (New Building) This Week - Life University Adults: Monday, October 5 NO Exercise Class until October 12th Monday, October 5 - Wednesday, October 7 Senior Adult Trip to Charleston, SC Tuesday, October 6 NO Young at Heart Adult Bible Study today due to Senior Trip 11:00 AM - Faye Ober SS Class Meeting, followed by lunch out 7:00 PM - CREW (Outreach) - Senior Adult Choir Practice - Finance Committee Meeting - Meeting Room Wednesday, October 7 7:00 PM - Adult Bible Study 8:00 PM - Sanctuary Choir Practice Youth: Tuesday, October 6 7:00 PM - CREW (Outreach) Wednesday, October 7 7:00 PM - INCREASE (Youth Bible Study) Children: Tuesday, October 6 7:00 PM - CREW (Outreach) Wednesday, October 7 7:00 PM - GROW (Mission Friends, GA s, RA s) Looking Ahead... Sunday, October 11 World Hunger / Baptist Children s Homes Offering 10:30 AM - RHBC s 180th Homecoming Celebration - Sanctuary, followed by a Covered Dish Luncheon - Multi-Purpose Building No Afternoon Activities or Evening Worship Monday, October 12 10:00 AM - Exercise Class resumes - upstairs, Christian Ministry Facility Tuesday, October 13 10:00 AM - Young at Heart Adult Bible Study - Carey Evans SS Room
Looking Ahead (continued)... Tuesday, October 13 (continued) 7:00 PM - Senior Adult Choir - Choir Room - Baptist Women s Kick-off Event - Special Function Room Wednesday, October 14 7:00 PM - Adult Bible Study; INCREASE for Youth; Missions Friends; GA s & RA s going Shoebox Shopping 8:00 PM - Sanctuary Choir Practice - Youth Ministry Team Meeting - Youth Suite Thursday, October 15 3:00 PM - Leaving RHBC for the Stand Up Tour with Dr. David Jeremiah & MercyMe in Raleigh Friday, October 16 10:00 AM - Exercise Class - upstairs, Christian Ministry Facility Children s Bible Drill for Grades 3-6 starts today, Sunday, October 4th. We will meet in the Outfitters Sunday School Classroom, which is beside the Children s Church / TeamKID Room. For more information, see Donald Bass. All RHBC Committees using a $$ Budget line-item It is that BUDGET time of year again! All Committee Chairpersons should meet with their Committees for planning and then make a written 2016 Budget Request to the Finance Committee no later than today, October 4th! This month, we will be starting a new Outreach Ministry here at RHBC. We are instructed in scripture to, Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you (Matt. 28:19-20). This new ministry is called CREW, which stands for Christians, Reaching, Encouraging, Witnessing. We will meet twice a month. In October, we ll meet on the 6th and 22nd @ 7 PM. We will do different outreach activities. If you have any questions about this new ministry or would like to be a part of it, please contact Pastor Tyler. We will be collecting candy for the Fall Festival & Trunk or Treat now through October 25th. Collection bins are in the connecting corridor between the back door of the Sanctuary and the back door of the Administrative Building.
Join us on Sunday, October 11th for our 180th Homecoming Celebration. We will begin with our Morning Worship at 10:30 AM in the Sanctuary. Following the service, there will be a Covered Dish Luncheon in our new Christian Ministry Facility. Please bring food by 10 AM and use the main foyer entrance, where someone will be waiting take your dishes to the kitchen for you. Be sure to label your dish with your name and the contents. And don t forget to bring tea! Our guest preacher for the worship service will be Rev. Larry McClure, who served as the Pastor of Rocky Hock from 1970-1978. Rev. McClure is currently retired and lives in Denham Springs, LA. The History Committee will have a room set up for everyone to enjoy pictures, documents, and mementos from our church s past and present. We look forward to this special day of worship and fellowship as we reflect on what God has done and continues to do here at Rocky Hock Baptist Church. BAPTIST WOMEN KICK- OFF THE NEW CHURCH YEAR! On Tuesday, October 13th at 7:00 PM in the Special Function Room, the Baptist Women will kick off the year! We will have a time of worship, fellowship, and missions focus. Mary Nixon will be here to share her mission experiences with us. This event is for ALL women in our church. Plan to attend and bring a friend! Please sign up on the sheet in the vestibule so we will know for how many to prepare. YOUTH ANNOUNCEMENTS October 11 - RHBC Homecoming - Students are needed to help bring food in from members as they arrive. Meet in the kitchen at 9:30 AM. October 29 - RHBC Fall Festival & Trunk or Treat - Students are needed to help with games. Please arrive by 5 PM to help set up. October 30 - Fall Youth Event - Students will travel to a local corn maze for fun and games and then meet at The Barn (Neal & Felisa Bass ) for dinner, a bon fire, and fellowship time. Meet at the church by 3 PM. STEWARDSHIP RECORD FOR LAST WEEK Sunday School: 215 Sunday AM Revival: 309 Sunday PM Revival: 291 Monday PM Revival: 238 Tuesday PM Revival: Wednesday PM Worship: 237
Deacon Teams of the Week: This Week (10/4-10/10) - Russell Byrum, Col. Bill Smith, Chris Sykes Next Week (10/11-10/17) - Wayne Howell, Ted Peele, Bill Smith October Deacon Greeters: Administrative Building - Ruston Howell Right Glass Door - Adam Bunch Sanctuary - Chris Sykes Left Glass Door - Wayne Howell Senior Adult Sunday School Center - Allen October Ushers: Adam Bunch, Wayne Copeland, J. C. Forehand, Allen Nixon, Mike Nixon, Bill (Janet) Smith, Jay White October Counting Committee: Butch & Emily Byrum, Jasper Evans, Lee & Ruth Jordan, Keith Rollins SPECIAL NEEDS OF THE WEEK College Student: Cayla Smith Chowan University One University Place, Campus Box 3064 Murfreesboro, NC 27855 Nursing Home: George Bunch c/o Commonwealth Memory Care 1516 Harmon Street Norfolk, VA 23518 Homebound: Elsie Nixon Hospitalized, Recovery, Treatment, or Special Needs Joe Asbell Stephen Bass Tony Bass Pete Belch T. H. Boyd R. C. Bullock Felix Chambers Sharon Consolvo Pam Cummings Denise Dail Kristi Brower Dalby Dane Ellis Heath Ellis Vonnie Brown Elsie Gregory Larry Harrell Mary Harrell Pat Hartman Rita Hemmings Charlie Hogge Eric Horton Cindi Jennings Betty Jordan Michael Kirkland Christopher Kirshon Ward MacDonald Bruce Mullen Lois Nixon Jean Ohge Bill & Annette Owens Billy Owens C. Y. Parrish Brian Peek Glen Perry Joan Perry Debbie Pierce Curtis Pike Elizabeth Ralph Bobby Riddick Donald Riddick Barbara Rinehart Melissa Seaman Betty Sherrill David Spisak Desmond Turner Frances Tynch James (John) Tynch, Sr. Ben Ullom Charlie Ullom Michael Waff Annette Wallace Mark Wallace Pat Wemple Karen Wende (Carroll Tynch) Linda White Garland Wilkins Heather Winslow Bob Wright Building Committee Our Armed Forces Our Nation Eleanor Taylor Family Chowan River Nursing: Mildred Boyce, Inez Bunch, Roxie Hollowell, Shirley Platts Prime Time: Mary Elizabeth Bass, Doris Bunch, Maxine (Elton) Bunch Homebound: Dianne and Nola Jean Bass, Kathryn Byrum, Kathy Farrell, Faye Harrell, Melvin & Laverne Harrell, Carolyn Layton, Audrey Nixon, Elsie Nixon, Edith Small
Family Fun Night Saturday, October 24 from 5-8 PM @ the home of Perry & Michelle Riddick 127 Beech Fork Road Edenton, NC 27932 Hayride, Hamburgers, Cornhole, Jumpy House, & S mores A sign up sheet is posted on the bulletin board outside the Choir Room. Thursday, October 29 from 6-8 PM in the Multi-Purpose Room & on the Church Grounds Games, Cotton Candy, Popcorn, Cake Walk, Hay Rides, Skit, Door Prizes, and Hot Dogs
On October 15 at 7 PM at the PNC Arena in Raleigh, join Dr. David Jeremiah and friends for a FREE live event. With special music guest MercyMe and worship with Charles Billingsley. You will experience the power of worship with thousands of other believers through dynamic music and encounter God s perspective on your life as Dr. David Jeremiah teaches from the Word of God. We have 40 FREE tickets to this event. If you would like to go, please sign-up on the bulletin board outside the choir room. We will be taking the church bus and leaving RHBC at 3 PM. We will stop for dinner on the way. If you have any questions, please contact Pastor Tyler. Chowan Baptist Association Partnership Missions WHERE: Huntersville, West Virginia WHEN: October 11-16, 2015 WHAT: You get to choose your ministry assignments each day! Assignments to choose from include Prison Ministry, Food and Clothing Giveaway, Local Church Ministry, Shut-in Ministry, Birthing Center, Home Repair, and School Ministry. There will also be time for Fellowship and Sightseeing. Accommodations are provided by Ambassadors for Christ Retreat in Huntersville. Cost is $349 per person for lodging, meals, mission assignments, assistance on site, and T-shirt. Everyone is responsible for their own transportation. For more information, contact Billy Dennis by email at billy.dennis@manteofbc.org or by phone at 252-473-6214.
We, the Children & Youth Ministry, have a new texting service called remind. This texting service is for reminders and information that is needed to be sent to parents, students, or leadership teams. If you would like to have reminders about events, meetings, and other important information within the Children & Youth Ministries sent to you via text, please follow the text instruction below to be added to the appropriate group: Youth Ministry INCREASE STUDENT MINISTRY This group is for students, parents, grandparents, and leadership team. Information that everyone will need for events and reminders will be sent through this group text. To be added to this group, text the word, @increase to the number 81010 INCREASE Parents This group is just for parents of students that would like to receive information on events, payment reminders, event times and other information for parents. To be added to this group, text the word, @increasep to 81010 INCREASE Students This group is just for the students that need reminders of events, times, Bible studies or just encouraging messages. To be added to this group, text the word, @increases to 81010 Children s Ministry GROW CHILDREN S MINISTRY This group is for children s parents, grandparents, and leadership team. Information that everyone will need for events and reminders will be sent through this group text. To be added to this group, text the word, @growc to 81010 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED! We are looking for 2 more volunteers to help with Children s Church on the 4th Sunday of each month. If you are interested, please contact Pastor Mike.