Weekly Update - 8/26

Thank you Patrick for the message this morning, taken from Romans 10:8-13.  A great reminder as our teachers and students return to school. 

Molly Denman was baptized this morning.  She is the daughter of Matt and Lisa Denman and the granddaughter of Don and Shirley Carroll.

MEN:  We are in need of men to volunteer for prayers, Lord Supper, lead singing, work in the sound booth, etc.  Please talk with Paul McClain, Keith Bollman and Clint Gage if you can help.

LADIES: If you are interested in participating in a class that will be starting in September, please sign up on the Ladies Bulletin Board.

Please continue to remember the following in your prayers:

• Barbara Dean - health
• Dianna Welch - health
• Lilla Buchanan - health
• Allen Jumper - health
• Lillian and Pete Taylor - health
• Gaspar Sanchez - critical condition with West Nile
• Elsa Wahl (Jean O'Neal's granddaughter) - back surgery
• Frank Clayton (my friend Frankie Jarrell's dad) - cancer
• Terri Williams (friend of Rita Pringle) - bacterial mengitis
• Mark Shetler (friend of Kyle Jones) - cancer
• Debbie Helliwell (friend of Vicki Humphrey) - cancer
• David Wooldridge (Doris' son) - West Nile
• Mark Thompson (JoAnn Parkman's son) - will have surgery for brain tumor on October 1st.

Pantry Needs This Week:  Peanut Butter and Jelly

5th Sunday Organizational Group: Sherrie Boyd would like to get a group together that would be in charge of setting up, serving and cleaning up after our 5th Sunday potluck lunches. There are only 4 potlucks each year. Please sign up at the Welcome Center if you are able to help.

Simple Supper:  This weeks' entree is Smoked Brisket. Please donate at least $2 per person. If you did not get the chance to sign up Sunday morning and would like to join us for supper, please call the church office.
This Wednesday Night....Bring your favorite freezer of homemade ice cream on Wednesday night for after class!

Blood Drive Report:  This past Wednesday night we received 26 credits for our account!  The next date to give will be November 7.

Sunday Night - September 9th there will be a Shepherd Cluster Group Meeting.  As soon as you arrive, go straight to your cluster location:
A-D:  Anderson/Cannon - Foyer
E-K:  Fendley/Jones - OutReach Bldg.
L-R:  Faires/Spencer - Room 6
S-Z:  Kerby/Peace - Auditorium


KEEP THE DATE: Aug 29: Wednesday Summer Series speaker John Cannon - Texarkana, TX
Aug 29: Ice Cream Social after classes
Sept 2:  Brent, Jill & Titus Nichols will be here from Brazil. 

Sept 2: Parent Meeting (Birth through College) meet in OutReach Bldg after morning services.

Sept 2: PINK Baby Shower for Jeannie Cecil

Sept 2: Open Youth Room for JH/HS, after evening services, until 9pm.

Sept 3: Labor Day/Office Closed
Sept 9: All classes meet in auditorium to hear from Brent Nichols on mission work.
Sept 9: Shepherding Cluster Groups
Sept 9: Faithful Readers

Sept 12: Ladies Bible Class resumes

Sept 12: Ladies Bible Class begins

Sept 15: Ladies Day/Greenville, TX
Sept 16: Family Life Groups resume

Sept 18: H.A.L.O.

Sept 23: Wedding Shower for Candice Dean and Jeremy Malone

Sept 28-30: JH/HS Fall Deer Run Retreat - details later
Nov 7:  Blood Drive

Jan 18-20: High School Winterfest