November 2010 Blessings

Blessings

InsideA Thanksgiving meditation. . . p. 2

Newborns. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 2

New sermon series.. . . . . . . . p. 2

Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 3

Monthly info. . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 4

Community Thanksgiving. . . . p. 5

New assn’l missionary. . . . . . p. 5

New deacon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . p. 5

W OP for LMCO & IM. . . . . . . p. 5

IDOP for the persecuted.. . . . p. 5

Fall festival fotos.. . . . . . . . . . p. 6

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You pays your money:a thanksgiving meditation

"Let's go over the list once more," I mutter to myselfat the check-out stand. "Oatmeal, frying chickens, anda half gallon of rocky road. Yuban® coffee and acouple loaves of Roman Meal® bread. A gallon ofmilk about rounds it out." The register whirrs. I plunkdown my money.

"Thanks," I say to the checker.

"Don't thank me," the grocery checker chuckles. "Youpays your money, you takes your choice."

No thanks needed? Your forefathers' hands caressedhard seed grains as they sowed freshly-turned furrows.They knew whom to thank.

"A man scatters seed on the ground," Jesus observed."Night and day, whether he sleeps or gets up, the seedsprouts and grows, though he does not know how. Allby itself the soil produces grain--first the stalk, thenthe head, then the full kernel in the head. As soon asthe grain is ripe, he puts the sickle to it, because theharvest has come." (Mark 4:26-29)

No wonder Pilgrims gave thanks.

But the average person lives too far from the soil toawe at amber waves of grain. I had glanced at mywatch and tapped my foot while the checker workedslowly through the loaded grocery cart ahead of me.So what's to be thankful for? Shorter lines?

Yes, for starters. Women stand in lines for hours inMoscow to buy fresh fruit. The selection on oursupermarket shelves would boggle the mind of aMexican villager.

We thank God for a job to pay for our food–thousandsare out of work. We thank God for a warm home anda table to eat at–the homeless live out of their cars atthe park.

"But I work hard for what I have," you object. Yes, sodoes the Chinese peasant bending over in a cold ricepaddy.

You pays your money, but you can't buy health. Youpays your money, but you can't buy a son or adaughter. You pays your money, but you can't buyrain to water crops in Peoria and Des Moines.

Thank you God, for the gifts you've given which Ihave no inherent right to. Make me genuinely grateful.Amen.

–DR. ROBERT WILSON

Finley isfinallyhere!

Finley MargaretBlankenship was bornat 2:36 p.m. onOctober 29 at theMedical Center ofCentral Georgia inMacon. She weighed9 lb. 6 oz. and was 20i n c h e s l o n g . Congratulations to parents Mary Kathryn and Andy,big sister Cooper and big brother Alex.

November 2010

No supper, kids classes

or prayermeetingtonight.

Weekly Schedule

SUNDAY

Sunday School. . . 10:00AM

W orship. . . . . . . . 11:00AM

Children’s Choir. . . 5:00PM

W orship. . . . . . . . . 6:00PM

W EDNESDAY

Supper. . . . . . . . . . 6:00PM

Mission Friends. . . 6:30PM

Girls in Action. . . . . 6:30PM

Royal Ambassadors.6:30PM

Acteens. . . . . . . . . 6:30PM

Challengers. . . . . . 6:30PM

Prayer Meeting. . . . 7:00PM

Daylight Savingstime ends

7:00PM DeaconsMeeting

Week of Prayer forLottie MoonChristmas Offeringand InternationalMissions begins

6:00pm Hanging ofthe Green

7:00PM GEMS10:00AM

W omen on

Mission (Going

out to eat after

meeting)

8:00AM

Brotherhood

Breakfast

Birthdays

3:00PMCommunityThanksgivingService, GrovesPark

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12 13

14 15 16 17 18 19 20

21 22 23 24 25 26 27

28 29 30

11-1 Mary Kathryn Blankenship

11-2 Noah Chappell

11-4 Ginger Carroll Brown

Lynn Murray

Robin Peavy

11-6 Tom Barrett

Rodney Kitchens

Danielle Stephenson

Lynn W oodruff

11-7 Kaleb Elsasser

Scott Everidge

Carla Scarborough

11-8 Garlan Godfrey

11-10 Jason Lamberth

11-11 Clay Harvey

Kaleb W est

11-12 Clint Thompson

11-15 John Averill

11-17 Jeffie Powell

11-18 Janice Gauthier

11-19 Inez Collier

Evette Hendrix

11-20 Perry Lee Fountain

11-21 Jesse Scarborough

Chad W est

11-22 Heath W illiams

11-23 Josh Kent

11-24 Bubba Toms

11-25 Michael Kitchens

11-27 Lee Collier

11-28 Amy Braddock

11-29 Lauren Bryant

Randy Lamberth

11-30 Mark Smith

12-4 Mindy Caroll

12-5 Tim Phelps

Nancy Stephenson

Please pray for these folks

on their birthdays.

6:30pm Pat Storywill share about her Congo missiontrip–everyone isinvited.

Veterans Day

O give thanks

to the Lord, for

He is good... Psalm 107:1

Election Day

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Schedule of Volunteers for NovemberPlease remember it is up to you to arrange coverage if you are unable to serve on your scheduled day.

Date Flowers Nursery AM Nursery PM Deacon of the Week Ushers

Nov. 7 FlowerCommittee

Michelle Kitchens Katrina West Arthur Roney Clinton BrannenRonnie Hatcher

Nov. 14 FlowerCommittee

Robin Peavy Vicki Lamberth Jimmy Lockerman Frank ThompsonMatthew Youngblood

Nov. 21 FlowerCommittee

Paula Smith Kim Godfrey Mark Smith Jimmy L. HendrixGeorge Massey

Nov. 28 FlowerCommittee

Jill Brannen Brenda Lockerman Floyd Tucker Mark Smith Quint Smith

October StatsSunday School

Senior Adults 10FBIC 10CIA 4VOC 7Young Adults 6Older Youth 26 , 7 & 8 Graders 7th th th

3 , 4 , & 5 Graders 3rd th th

1 & 2 Graders 4st nd

Older Preschoolers 3Younger Preschoolers 5Nursery 1General Officers 2TOTAL 64

Wonderful Wednesdays

Nursery (ages under two) 2Mission Friends (ages 2-3) 4Mission Friends (ages 4-5) 6Girls in Action (grades 1-6) 12Acteens (grades 7-9) 4Acteens (grades 10-12) 5Royal Ambassadors (grades 1-4) 7Royal Ambassadors (grades 5-8) 8Challengers (grades 9-12) 5Staff 8Total 60

Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful andthankful. Colossians 4:2

Financial $ummary

September receiptsGeneral offerings $8,508.10Special–kitchen stove 151.00Special–GAs 500.00Special–Social/recreation committee 2,000.00Mailbox Club Offering 80.00State Missions Offering 450.00Memorials 25.00TOTAL 11,779.10

September disbursementsGeneral expenses 9,920.88Cooperative P r o g r a m 1,231.88Houston Baptist Association 473.80TOTAL $11,626.56

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CommunityThanksgiving

Service set forNovember 21

in Groves Park

Jerry Saunders, pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Churchnear Dooling, will be this year’s preacher for oursecond annual Community Thanksgiving Service inGroves Park on November 21 at 3:00 p.m.

Associational news

Houston Association callsGary Leutzinger as DOM

Gary Leutzinger is the new associational missionary(aka director of missions) for our association. Heplans to be on the field on November 29.

Gary currently lives in Sylvania with his wife Laura,daughter Maria and son David. He is originally fromSt. Louis, Missouri. He has served several pastoratesand also served as the associational missionary forMiddle Baptist Association.

Gary enjoys hunting, fishing and singing. He is amember of the Sons of Jubal.

BBC chooses new deacon

At a regular church conference on October 24, thechurch voted to ordain Joe Kent as a deacon. Anordination service will be held in the near future withdetails to be announced.

The annual Week of Prayer for Lottie MoonChristmas Offering and International Missions willbegin as always on the first Sunday of Advent,November 28. Prayer guides will be available at thechurch house and will also be accessible on ourwebsite.

This year’s theme is on reaching the 6,426 unreachedpeople groups, 4,743 of which are not engaged at allwith the Gospel.

BBCDeadline:

Nov. 14

Byromville Baptist Church713 Patterson Street ` POB 126Byromville, GA 31007www.byromvillebaptistchurch.com478-433-2505Pastor: Andy Blankenship

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