Volume XLII, No. 37 The Banner September 18, 2018 DEACON ORDINATION SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 30 11:00am The following persons, listed alphabetically, were elected to serve a three (3) year term beginning October 1, 2018 Nadine Culberson Judy Daniels Jimmy McKemy Ray Minor Roy Morelock Cheri Triplett Immediately following the Ordination Service, Deacons will meet to elect officers for the coming year The church approved establishing a permanent part time Children s Ministry Assistant on September 16.
SEPTEMBER 23 11:00am Worship Meeting People Where They Are 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 5:00pm Hotdog Supper & Mission Study Alma Hunt State Missions Fellowship Hall From Our Pastor... Alma Hunt Offering for Virginia Missions This Sunday night, September 23 at 5:00pm, we will enjoy our annual Alma Hunt missions dinner in Fellowship Hall. Make plans to come out not only to enjoy a good meal but also to support and learn about missions work going on here in Virginia. Join me in considering the loving sacrifice God is calling you to make so that we can Be Love for Christ through our BGAV missions ministries. Go to this link to learn more about how your gifts support God s work in our state: https://wmuv.org/2018-alma-hunt-offering-resources/ BGAV Disaster Relief Team on Standby I am in contact with Rob Moor, our LBA Director of Missions, concerning disaster relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Florence. At this time our BGAV DR team is on stand-by but will most likely be called into action later this week or next week. If you have not yet completed it, there is some online disaster relief training to become certified as a BGAV DR volunteer (https://my.bgavdr.org/). We continue to pray for those who have experienced and continue to experience the effects of this disastrous storm. Part of our missions giving to BGAV supports this disaster relief work. Now, we must consider if God is calling us to go as part of the boots in the mud efforts to help in the care, feeding, and restoration of those who have lost everything. If you are interested in volunteering or exploring the possibility of volunteering, please let me know by phone call or e-mail as soon as possible. Old Testament Course We have seven members from Abingdon Baptist and about ten from First Baptist Wylie, Texas enrolled for the Old Testament Survey III course, the Hebrew Prophets, which I will teach each beginning Tuesday, October 2 at 7:30pm in our chapel. It s not too late to participate. If you are interested, please let me know or just come out to the first night of class. Day Trip to the Historic Greenbrier Hotel Our group will travel by church coach on Friday, September 28 for a day trip to the Greenbrier Resort Hotel hosted by Deborah Bryan. The coach will leave the church promptly at 8am. We will enjoy a delightful lunch at Sam Snead s restaurant overlooking the beautiful Old White golf course. Cost of lunch will be on your own. After lunch, we will tour the hotel and grounds with time for shopping in the exclusive hotel shops. The hotel provides complimentary shuttle buses around the grounds. How much you walk will be your decision. You may choose to walk around the grounds or take the shuttle from building to building. We will conclude our day with complimentary tea and delicious pastries in the main lobby at 4pm before our departure at 5:30pm for the trip back to Abingdon. We plan to arrive back at the church around 8pm. It will be a full but enjoyable day. Please call Trina in the church office to make your reservation today. Seats are limited on the coach and will be filled on a first-come basis.
F.Y.I... Deacon of the Month - September Tony Roberts 698-6319 SUNDAY SCHOOL Attendance for Sunday, September 16: 93 Greeters Upstairs entrance Charles Grogan Jim Hughes Downstairs entrance Peggy Hughes Patricia Hensley Extended Session Workers September 23, 2018 Charlene Phelps Ushers &Greeters 11:00am Co Chairs: Kevin Abel, Larry Payne, Mike Overstreet September Greeters Mary Fraysier John Berry Jennifer Blankenship Mary Fraysier Joel Piazza Ushers: Nan Jones Janet Berry Kevin Abel Gabe Hoyle Worship Technicians: Bill Klose Tony Roberts Van Driver: September 23 John Crigger Financial Update September 16, 2018 Budget Funds Weekly Requirement $7,860.35 Received $5,367.00 Year-to-Date Receipts 2017 $260,753.53 Year-to-Date Receipts 2018 $253,017.41 Alma Hunt State Missions Offering To-date (goal $5,000) $2,434.27 CHURCH CALENDAR Click to view monthly calendar SUNDAY September 23 9:45am Sunday School 11:00am Worship 5:00pm Alma Hunt Mission Study & Hotdog Supper Fellowship Hall MONDAY September 24 9:00am Stone Soup Food Pantry Team 1 10:00am Hearts of Gold Choir Room WEDNESDAY September 26 5:00pm Wednesday Fellowship Supper Menu: Breakfast, Biscuits & Gravy, Sausage, Scrambled Eggs, Waffles w/syrup Kids Menu: Breakfast 5:30pm M&M (Missions & Music) 6:00pm Worship 7:00pm Sanctuary Choir Choir Room FRIDAY September 28 8:00am Greenbrier Hotel Day Trip 9:00am Stone Soup Food Pantry Team 2 Gifts... The following people have given in honor of Margaret Roe to General Fund...Dana Duncan Congratulations Walter Carr Blankenship IV Born: September 17, 2018 Stats: 8lbs. 13.3oz. 21in. Parents: Carr & Jennifer Blankenship Grandparents: John & Janet Berry & W.C & Chiquita Blankenship
YOU RE INVITED You are Invited to participate in our upcoming professional photography session. Photography Dates: Thursday November 1 (2-9pm), Friday November 2 (2-9pm), & Saturday November 3 (10am-5pm). To schedule your appointment, visit our website and click on the Sign Up Now link on our home page. There is also a link on our Facebook page. Or call the church office for assistance. You may also book your appointment before or after services on Sunday and Wednesday. October 7, 2018 1:30pm - Emory & Henry Campus On October 7, the Southwest Virginia CROP Walk will be held on the Emory & Henry campus. A CROP Walk is a 5K walk designed to combat hunger, both globally and locally. Walkers raise or donate money which is distributed to global and national hunger relief efforts and to a local food pantry. 25% of what is raised will be given to Ecumenical Faith in Action for their hunger relief efforts. Registration for the Walk begins at 1:30 in Mason Fellowship Hall and the Walk starts at 2:00pm. Please contact David St. Clair (mbstclair@comcast.net) for details. ladies CONFERENCE Friday - October 5, 2018-5:30-8:30 p.m. Saturday - October 6, 2018-8:30-2:00 pm. Call the church office to sign up 276-628-8126 November 3-4, 2018 Call the church office to sign up 276-628-8126
Prayer Concerns Hospital: Bristol Regional Lydia Collins Johnson Memorial Jennifer Blankenship Recuperating: Treatments Continuing/Pending: Nick Abel, Linda Belisle, John Blake, Lesa Brame, Anna Bell Callahan, Anna Canonico, Betty Jo Carrier, Don Cottage, Mary Jo Eaton, Nadine Farmer, Judy Ferrell, Richard Foil, Denise Gobble, Jimmy Gobble, Charles Grogan, Thomas Harvey, Lucille Heath, Jane Hilt, Jimmy Hughes, Jim Hughes, Rose Ann Jenny, Jim Jones, Nan Jones, Hong-To Lam, Charles Meade, Irene Meade, Shannon Roe Miniuk, Jean Mounts, Edsel Phelps, Eleanor Rainey, Ferrell Reed, Daniel Roe, Opal Salyers, Anne Smith, Eula Smith, Tom Talley, Candy Tignor, Manuel Townsend. Long Term: Curtis Burkett, Roger Clifton, Wayne McCall, Bill Munsey. Independent Living/Retirement/Assisted Care & Rehab Facilities: John Blankenship, Lydia Collins, Sue Goodman, Lucille Heath, Christine Kohr, Janet Lambert, Genevive McCall, Jean Moore, Virginia Moore, Ann Mowell, Marjorie Mullins, Joanna Owens, Mary Pace, Martha Patton, Edsel Phelps, Rosa Lee Phelps, Sally Stevens, Betty Webster. Homebound: Eddie Dunn, Patricia Hensley, Mary Hunicutt, Marie James, Jake Turner, Shirley Turner, Jimmy Repass, Anne Smith, Doris Southerlin, Virginia Williams. Sympathy: Expressions of Love & Christian Sympathy go out to Larry Payne and family in the passing of his sister Ann Mowell. This week we want to lift up Kayla Richardson Patrol Officer Abingdon Police Department Amy Thompson Karen Tolbert Washington County Sherriff's Dept. Tuesday, September 25 Zachary Osborne Gabe Harless 10 weeks of boot camp for the National Guard PVT Gabriel Harless 2nd PLT, D. Co. 3 10INFRGT 495 Iowa Avenue UNT 45 Ft. Leonard Wood MO 65473 Wednesday, September 26 Ethan Skeens Thursday, September 27 Kevin Abel Brad Abel Friday, September 28 Barbara Ely Stacey Crouse OCC Mission Project: The item featured for August will be Individual Kleenex Saturday, September 29 Mary Buck Amanda Light Sunday, September 30 Barbara Campbell Rebekah Price Be the first to know about church schedule changes
Ministers Entire Congregation Pastor bbryan@abingdonbaptist.org ext. 32 Rev. Dr. Bill Bryan Minister of Music and Worship pdeans@abingdonbaptist.org ext. 24 Rev. Parke Deans Church Organist Mrs. Carol Clifton Church Pianist Mrs. Rose Payne Secretary tvickers@abingdonbaptist.org ext. 21 Mrs. Trina Vickers Children s Ministry Assistant Miss Carrie Trivett A church with a world mission and a world program in association with the Lebanon Baptist Association, Baptist General Association of Virginia, Southern Baptist Convention, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, and Baptist World Alliance. Church office hours: Monday - Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm Phone: 276/628-8126 PRAYER LINE: extension 42, FAX: 276/628-5743 WEB Site: WWW.ABINGDONBAPTIST.ORG Listen online Sermons