WEEKLY MINISTRY OPPORTUNITIES              From Your Pastor’s Heart
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                                                  Melanie Gee, Ext. Session Coord.
                                                                                     dorothy@belvederefbc.org
                                                                                     Dorothy Posey, Church Secretary
                                                                                                                       ryan@belvederefbc.org
                                                                                                                       Ryan Greene. Min. of Music & Youth
                                                                                                                                                                             john@belvederefbc.org
                                                                                                                                                                             John D. Meyer, Pastor
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Sunday, Sept. 22                                   Thank you for your generous giving to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                9:15a Sunday School                           the Janie Chapman State Mission Offering.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               10:30    Worship                               Our goal for the church year October 1, 2018
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                3:00    Nursing Home                          - September 30, 2019 is $2,500. As of last
                                                                                                                                                                                                           Your Church Staff
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                4:00    Choir Rehearsal (CR)                  Sunday, we have given $2,399.73 which
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                6:00    Worship/Youth Small Group (YB)        means we are only $100.27 away from reach-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Tuesday, Sept. 24                              ing our goal. Please continue to support the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                8:00a Prayer Mtg for Revival (110)            missionaries serving across our state with
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                2:00p Good News Club Work Day (FH)            your prayers and offerings as they share the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Wednesday, Sept. 25                            Gospel of Jesus with the lost and un-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                6:45p Soar                                    churched.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                6:45    T.R.U.T.H                                 Our Women’s Ministry, partnering with
     Sept. 19, 2019 • Vol. 42, Issue 36                                                                                                                                                                                         7:00    Prayer Mtg/Bible Study                the Belvedere Fire Department, is in the pro-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Thursday, Sept. 26                             cess of planning a Community Fall Festival
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                               10:30a Pastor’s Small Group                    on Saturday, October 12. This is a big event
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Saturday, Sept. 28                             designed to reach out to the folks of our com-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               12:00-4:00p Cooking Class Outreach Min. (FH)   munity, and it takes a tremendous amount of
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Sunday, Sept. 29                               peoplepower. They are in need of people who
         WHERE THE SPIRIT                                                                                                                                                                                                       9:15a Sunday School
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               10:30    Worship/Lord’s Supper
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              will help with a variety of tasks. If you would
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              be willing to step up and serve as a worker in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                4:00p Choir Rehearsal (CR)                    this event, please place your name on the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                6:00    Worship/Youth Small Group (YB)        signup sheets that will be available this Sun-
             OF THE LORD                                                                                                                                                                                                        7:00    Campfire (Outside FH)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Tuesday, Oct. 1
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              day. They will be glad to find an area where
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              you can serve.
                                                                                                                                             Electronic service requested:
                                                                                                                                                                                            North Augusta, SC 29861-8168
                                                                                                                                                                                            P.O. Box 8168
                                                                                                                                                                                            Belvedere First Baptist Church
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                8:00a Prayer Mtg for Revival (110)                Halloween is just six weeks away. That
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               10:00    Care Ministry (105)                   means another Trunk ‘n Treat is upon us. As
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              we prepare to serve our community with a
             IS, THERE IS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     safe alternative to Trick or Treating, we need
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              your donations of candy, or if you prefer,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              money for candy which we will purchase at
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Sam’s. Families in our community constantly
               FREEDOM.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       praise and thank us for offering this event for
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              their children. Thank you for making it possi-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              ble with your donations and your participation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Within The Family
       2 Corinthians 3:17B                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    on Halloween night.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  My Bible Reading this week took me to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Assisted Living:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Sarah Davis - 1026 Keystone Lane,        Acts 19. We are told that Paul went to Ephe-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Clemson, SC 29631                 sus and found 12 followers of Jesus Christ.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Ruby McDaniel - Kentwood (#160)         After working there or two years, the scrip-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Mae Padgett - Edgefield Hospital Rm #114    tures states that “all who lived in Asia heard
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Irma Thaxton - Hammond House (#120)        the word of the Lord, both Jews and Greeks.”
Our Mission: We exist to obey Jesus Christ by                                                                                                                                                                                           Barbara “Ann” Weatherford
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         249 Hospital Dr., Rm #139
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              This is a powerful picture of the work of a sur-
                                                                                                                                                                                      Permit #20
                                                                                                                                                                                      Augusta, GA
                                                                                                                                                                                      US Postage Paid
                                                                                                                                                                                      Non-Profit Org.
continuously reaching out to create relation-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 rendered church. If they could do that, why
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Toccoa, GA 30577
ships and share Christ’s story in order to make                                                                                                                                                                                       Anne Welch - 1159 Lancaster Dr.,        can’t a large number of churches reach every
mature disciples.                                                                                                                                                                                                                         St. Charles, MO 63303               person in North Augusta in less time? Why
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Barbara McDaniel - Brookdale #701        can’t we reach every person in Belvedere in
         421 Edgefield Road | PO Box 8168
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Nursing Home: NHC                              at least that amount of time? Let’s surrender!
          North Augusta, SC 29861-8168                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        In the Sonshine!
           803-279-0415 | 803-279-0476                                                                                                                                                                                                  Betty Bethune, Elma Threlkeld
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Bro. John
           http://www.belvederefbc.org
     Missing Church Members                                                                                                               Stewardship Report
The HUGS ministry is looking for our                                                                                             Week of:                  Sept. 15, 2019
missing church members and would like                                                        Teens Reserved Unto True Holiness   Weekly Needs                  $6,263.00
your help. Each week several names will                                                                                          Weekly Tithe                  $4,528.00
be listed in the Newsletter, if you know          Fall Festival                 Come join us on Wednesdays at                    Needs/Date                  $231,734.00
of the whereabouts of any of these                                                                                               Offering/Date               $232,943.97
people please call the church office
                                                Sponsored by Hope Ministry     6:45pm in the Youth Building for                  Missions                        $165.25
(279-0415). This is an attempt to update              Oct.12, 2019             a time of fun, fellowship, worship                Playground #8090                 $50.00
our rolls and to reach out to members              10:00am - 2:00pm                       and games!                             State (Janie Chapman)           $552.25
that we have not heard from in a long                   Craft Fair                                                               Memorial (Pete Whitt) #8005     $195.00
time.                                               9:00am to 2:00pm                                                             Memorial (Joseph Guerrieri)      $25.00
                                                    Home Made Crafts
            Tim Snellings                      Home Made Cookies and Cakes                       SOAR
             No local address                     Unique Christmas Gifts                                                                  Members In Service
         Joined by letter in 1989                       Wreaths                       Kids Climbing in Faith
   Related to Joe and Anne Snellings??                   Jewelry                         Wednesday Evenings                                    Welcome Team
                                                       Birdhouses                         6:45 - 8:00pm (FH)                              Sept. 22: (4th. Sun. Team)
     Jackie Wheeler Sprowls (NR)                        Art Work                                                                          Joni Bohacheff, Arnold Wilde
            Last address in FL
        Joined by Baptism in 1971                     Fall Festival                                                                                Ushers
                                                    11:00am - 2:00pm                2019-2020 Flower Schedule                                      Sept. 22
          Gerald Toole (NR)                                Music                Sign up sheets are now available in the                    Keith Head, Arnold Wilde
                Divorced                            Free Hot Dog Lunch
                                                         Cloggers              foyer of the Sanctuary and in the church
        Last address - Macon, GA                                              office. Sign up for your special date early.                          Safety
        Joined by Baptism in 1989                    Games and Prizes
                                                                                                                                               Sept. 22: Team 4
                                                      Bouncy Houses                                                                 Russ Larkin, Mike Kautz, Dave Fetterhoff
            John Bid Trapp                              Prayer Tent
            No Local address                            Cake Walk                                                                      Multimedia and Sound Team
                                                                                     Good News Club Work Day
        Joined by Baptism in 1976                                                                                                                  Sept. 22
                                                 Free Admission, Free Food                 Tuesday, Sept. 24                               Brad Brooks, Nita Lourigan
        Bennie Wadford (NR)                                                                  2:00p - (FH)
        Estill, SC / last address                                                                                                             Deacons-On-Call
             Joined in 1974                                                                                                                   Week of Sept. 22
                                                                                                                                           Jake Farr / 803-279-3162
  Any information on the people listed                                                                                                     Scott Wilk / 803-278-5033
  above would be greatly appreciated.
                                                                                                                                             Extended Session
                                                               2019                        Trunk-n-treat                                      Sunday, Sept. 22
                                                                                                                                           AM Service: Melanie Gee
Be sure to check out the new playset            Janie Chapman Offering       It’s time to start collecting treats for this
                                                                             years Trunk N’ Treat - it will be here before                    Sunday, Sept. 29
on the playground behind the Youth            for State Missions, Missions                                                           AM Service: Ginny Fulmer, Gail Willem
Building. We know the swings work,                                           you know it. If you would rather not buy the
Ryan checked them out to make sure         Education, and Kingdom ADVANCE    candy yourself you might want to make a                            Bus Monitors
they are sturdy enough. We will also                                         monetary donation and let us buy the candy                Sept. 22 - Week 4: Marge Brown
                                               Our Church Goal: $2,500.00    in bulk from Sam’s Club. Either way is
have two new benches in the next few                                                                                                   Sept. 29 - Week 5: Mike Durham
days, they have been purchased and will
                                                 Given to date: $2,399.73    good. Be sure to designate what the dona-
be installed shortly.                          Need to reach goal: $100.27   tion is for if you decide to give money.