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CHURCH NEWS
FOR MAY |
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Sunday School
Attendance,
May 4 |
102 |
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Deacon of
the Month, May |
Allen Dean |
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Flags To
Remember Our Veterans |
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Each year for
Memorial Day we put miniature flags on the
graves of those who served their country and are
buried in our church cemetery. If you'd like to
help, please see Forest Duckett. |
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Constitution
And By-Laws Approved |
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In a ballot vote
during the April 27 morning service, the new
church constitution and by-laws were approved
with 97 percent voting in the affirmative. |
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Letters
Granted |
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The following
letters have been granted:
Scott Chapman,to Belvue Baptist Church
Bruce Hudson, to Salem Baptist Church
Martha Robertson, to Taylors First Baptist Church |
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Attention
Ladies |
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Would you be
interested in a weekly Bible Study/Prayer Time?
Women have busy lives and special needs. It's
important for us to pray and feed out spirits by
studying God's word. We are considering starting
a Bible Study/Prayer Time for women on Tuesday
mornings from 7 a.m. until 8 a.m. in the Adult
Assembly. If you would be interested in this
time to share and pray together before your
start youre busy day, please see Peggy Simmons. |
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Cruise-In |
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We will be having
a classic car cruise-in and barbecue June
6 as an outreach and informational gathering.
See Roger Bennett or Joe Patterson for details
or to offer your help. |
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The Teller Ministry Needs Your
Cooperation |
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In an effort to
streamline the Sunday morning service leading up
to our pastor's message, we are going to try
having just one offering. To help the
volunteer teller committee do its job,
please do the following:
1. Use the envelopes provided by the church and write your
offering amount on the envelope. Our financial
secretary uses the envelopes as a paper backup
for posting contributions. When you drop in a
loose check, the teller committee has to fill
out an envelope for the loose check. If you
don't put an amount, the tellers have to write
the amount on the outside of the envelope. This
is a time-consuming process for our volunteers.
2. Do not include offerings for two or more accounts in the
same envelope. Again, the tellers have fill out
another envelope.
3. Do not write just one check with directions that portions
go to two or more different accounts. More
bookkeeping headaches. Please write two checks
and use two envelopes.
4. When giving a love offering or designating an offering for
a particular account, use one of the envelopes
provided in the pews and write the purpose of
the offering on the outside. This will help the
tellers avoid depositing an offering into a
wrong account and will help the financial
secretary with the record keeping.
5. If you are making a memorial/in honor of gift, please
denote that on the outside of your envelope or
include a note in your envelope.
Thank you! |
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Vacation Bible
School Is Getting Nearer |
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It's time to
begin our praying and preparation for our
vacation to the island. That is -- Outrigger
Island for Vacation Bible School. Please begin
talking with The Lord about your role in this
giant outreach event. Signups began in
March. I'm looking forward to getting in the
"water" that quenches all third with you.
Psalm 86:11: "Teach me your way, Lord, and I
will live by your truth."
Rebecca. |
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Scrapbooking Group |
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Rebecca Greene is organizing a scrapbooking
group. Please contact her to express your
interest. |
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Hearing Aids
For Use In Haiti |
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Luke19:10
Ministries, operated by Steve Rutledge, is
collecting hearing aids of any model and in any
condition to be used by Christian audiologists
for poor children in Haiti. Here's contact
information:
Luke
19:10 Ministries
mailing address: 15 Birkhall Circle, Greenville,
SC 29605
ministry center location: 20 Martin Drive,
Greenville SC
mobile: (864) 640-1541
home: (864) 299-6087
e-mail: steve@luke19-10ministries.org
Website: www.luke19-10ministries.org |
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Drivers Needed |
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If
you'd like to help one of our ministries by being
a driver, please see Adam or Phil. |
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AWANA Is Back |
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Our
AWANA program is a ministry for
three-year-olds through the fifth grade and meets at 5:45
p.m. each Sunday. We need leaders in all age
groups, as well as snack, record-keeping and
prayer categories. See Adam, Rebecca or Emily to
offer your help or get more information.
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Friday Night Teen Jams Continue
Monthly |
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Attention teen-agers: We're be holding Teen Jams
the first Friday night each month in the
Family Life Center (the gymnasium across the road
from the church). The next one will be June 6. We want to provide a fun and
safe place to hang out on Friday nights. This is
sponsored by Reedy River Student Ministries. For
more information, or to provide financial, food or
other support, call Adam Burgess (593-2955),
Scott Chapman (421-7760), Gary Sweetland
(360-0073) or Cheri Sweetland (360-4284). |
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Family Life Center
And Vehicle
Use Form Now Online |
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The Family Life
Center and church vehicles are not to be used
without first being scheduled through the church
office. You may get a form at the church office,
or by clicking
here. Also, if
you are to drive the van or bus, we need to have a
copy of your driver's license on file for
insurance purposes. |
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Bereavement Ministry |
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If
you'd like to serve on our church's bereavement
ministry team, please see Linda Smith. |
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Audio/Video Ministry |
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If you
are interested in helping in the Audio/Video
Ministry, which includes the computer projection
system, please contact Roger Bennett. |
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Food Pantry Items |
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For
May, we are collecting cold cereal, canned
salmon and other canned meats for the North Greenville Food Pantry. You may
leave the items in the kitchen. |
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The Men's Ministry Wants To Help |
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Ray
Micke wants to get the Men's Ministry involved in
projects to help church members. There is a work
day on the first Saturday of each month when
weather permits. If you
have a need that the men's ministry can help you
with, fill out one of the forms located on the
bulletin board in the Sunday School vestibule.
Also, Ray is looking for someone to serve as the
program's coordinator. |
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Gardeners Take Note |
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Please
contact Eddie Greenwood or Jackson Greene if you'd like to help in the
beautification and upkeep of our church property. |
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Ministry Opportunities |
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Church
members interested in helping with the children's
ministries are encouraged to contact Adam. |
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Recycle Your Old Glasses |
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Recycle
your old glasses through the Lion's Club. They
will be used for foreign mission trips. A box is
provided in the Sunday School vestibule. |
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Unused Offering Envelopes Needed |
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The
North Greenville Association is collecting unused
offering envelopes to be sent to medical
missionaries to be used as containers for
medicine. |
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Recycle Your Old Sunday School
Literature |
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Please
place your old Sunday School literature in the
boxes marked "Recycling Our Good News". The North
Greenville Association will distribute them to
people who can use them. Thank you for helping in
this mission. |
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Parking |
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In an
attempt to make a visitor's experience at Reedy
River as easy as possible, we're asking church
members who are able to do so to park in spaces
farther away from the church so we can have plenty
of nearby spaces available for visitors. |
Volunteer Opportunities |
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We need a
leader or leaders for the Royal Ambassador
program, which we want to restore on Wednesday
nights. Please see Rev. Phil if interested.
Other opportunities for
service
Adult Sunday School Teachers:
See Joe Patterson
Church office:
Call the church (834-7681) or
see Mae Horton.
Dorothy Hughey Burns Library: See Rebecca
Greene.
Nursery during worship services: Call the
church or see Jennifer Patterson
AWANA Children's Ministry:
See Adam or Emily
Burgess
Children's Church: See Rebecca Greene |
Budget Fund Requests |
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Purchases or
reimbursements using budget funds or designated
funds must be requested formally by filling out a
Request for Budget Funds envelope, then
turning it in to the office. These envelopes are
available in the Sunday School Vestibule on the
bottom shelf of the table. Thank You! |
When's Your Birthday? |
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We want to share your
life events (birthday, wedding anniversary) with the
church family on our Web site. We just want the
date, not the year.
Send us an e-mail
and we'll post it on the Web site. |
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