September/October 2014 A bimonthly publication of First Baptist Church of Gaston FI RS T BA P TI S T C H URC H O F G A STON “ T H E CA R IN G P L AC E” FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH GASTON TRUNK-OR-TREAT FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31 - 6:00-8:00PM FOR CHILDREN THRU 6TH GRADE A safe and fun place for children to Go Trick-or-Treating. e!! Fre All Pray for State Missions We need volunteers to decorate trunks and dress up in fun "non-scary" costumes! We also need lots and lots of individually wrapped candy or money donations.... we give out A LOT of candy! There will be a box in the Welcome Center to collect candy and a sign up sheet to volunteer to decorate trunks, both starting Sunday, September 28th. September 6 Camille Graham Prison Picnic September 14-20 Season of Prayer for State Missions September 15 WOMEN ON MISSION Home Meeting October 6-7 State Fair Pre-Fair Ministry October 8-20 SC State Fair Ministry October 12 World Hunger Day October 20 WOMEN ON MISSION Home Meeting Vol. 40 Issue 5 A Nation’s Strength Not gold, but only man can make a people great and strong: Men who, for truth and honor’s sake, stand fast and suffer long. Brave men who work while others sleep, who dare while others fly— They build a nation’s pillars deep and lift them to the sky. —Ralph Waldo Emerson Sunday Monday 1 Dustin Eberhart ♥Brandon & Tonya Huseby Tuesday 2 Jo Ellen Haigwood Marshal Hogston Glenn Pound Wayne Watts Stephen Willetts Wednesday 3 Regina Glenn Cody Tidwell Mandi Williams Thursday 4 Friday Saturday 5 6 Phillip McBride Sherrell Ott Christine Reynolds Spiritual Warriors Luncheon 11:30 All Mission Groups 7 PM 7 Claudea Pound 8 Vanessa Ayer Ramos Cindy Gleaton Sherry Reynolds Janice Willetts 9 Amber Fallaw David Hinkle L. H. Sightler Lois Skipper Marion Sturkie 10 Huston Brock James McIver Lonnie Shivers Camille Graham Prison Picnic 11 Dwain Smith 12 Faith Brock Nanette Stabler ♥Eddie & Collette Knight ♥E. N. & Melba Williams 13 Roy Jackson Jim Pound David Rish 18 Victoria Aziz Richie Pound Betty Sharpe 19 Remington Reynolds 20 Beatrice Bryant ♥Boyce & Sherry Rampey 26 Nathan Aultman Hallie Collette Brandon Dawkins 27 Katlyn Kelly Patricia Sprinkle E. N. Williams Prayer Meeting 14 15 Hannah Anderson David Hartgraves Sherrie Ellison Savannah Martin Daniel Feaster Michael Rish Kyle Haigwood Bailey Sharpe Kameron Haig♥Ted & Janice Boldt wood Lee Sanford ♥Robbie & Nanette Stabler WOM Home Meeting 16 Melissa Alsbrook Rhonda Parrish Mike Rollison Laurin Sturkie 17 Edward Dowd Marvin Pound, Sr Pam Saunders Charles Sharpe Joel Sox Andie Suggs ♥Brice & Peggy Donaldson Prayer Meeting September 14-20 Season of Prayer for Home Missions 21 Shannon Kincaid Agnes Sigh Phyllis Templeton Shirley Watts 22 Cheri Vidrine ♥David & Grace Hartgraves 23 24 Pamela Cornette Taylor Griffin ♥Tony & Kim Miller Tyler Stalvey First Day of Fall 28 29 Victoria Hammond Jennifer Delatorre Eddie Knight Patricia Sightler Timothy Urbanek Holly Watson Kinley Watts ♥Harold & Annette Lucas ♥Randy & Sandra Poole 30 Josh Copeland Austin Godfrey ♥Harvel & Linda Sighter Deacon Meeting 25 Mitchell Dowd Prayer Meeting We could learn a lot from crayons: Some are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull, some have weird names, and all are different colors … but they all exist very nicely together in the same box. —Robert Fulghum To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away; A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak; A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. Ecclesiastes 3:1-8 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 1 Rachel Farmer Karen Pound 2 Melissa Davis Stuart Pound, Sr. Virginia Thomas ♥Jimmy & Sandra Spiritual Warriors Watts Luncheon 11:30 Friday 3 Rick Barr, Sr Rachel Partin Sarah Skinner Mandy Stone All Mission Groups 7 PM 5 Elisa Edwards Ernest Gantt Clint Spires 6 James Smith ♥Harry & Helen Lockman, Sr. 7 Charles Bryant Rebecca Darr Karen Dowd Lenora Taylor 8 Bryan Cole Joshua Love Sherry Rampey Eugene Sharpe Karen Willetts Prayer Meeting 9 10 Brenda Bauer Dawn Herron Jared Cox Dena Dawkins Kandi Lei Smith Halli Spire Laura Willingham ♥Jim & Alison St.Clair October 6-7 State Fair Pre-Fair Ministry 12 Rebecca Bobbitt Brittany Corder Amanda Munsell Gloria Sharpe Peggy Smith Amelia Suggs Wendell Templeton 13 Tonya Huseby Travis Meetze Samuel Rampey Saturday 4 Taylor Gardner T. L. Huggins Winston Miles Stephen Perry Donald Rowe Jimmy Sharpe ♥J. B. & Irma Baden 11 Charles Bobo, Jr Jackie Johnson Lauren Sprinkle State Fair Ministry 14 Chris Phillips Jay Sharpe Brent Smith Claudette Smith 15 Jennifer Stansil ♥Frank & Kim Ayer 16 17 Robbie Dittmar Dwayne Fallaw Kevin Spire Larry Williamson 18 Michael Dawkins David Hildebrand Kayla Hutto Trey Skinner lll ♥Graham & Erin Houghten 23 Frank Buchanan Allyson Jeffcoat Miles Rhode Priscilla Rogers Audrey Headden 24 Reagan Fickling 25 Candice Austen Kayla Gallop Melanie Marlowe Hampton Newman IV Melissa Vest Prayer Meeting/ Conference World Hunger Day State Fair Ministry 19 Dennis Henderson Helen Lockman Megan Miller Emily Sharpe ♥Duane & Jackie Johnson 20 21 Harley Phillips Henry Dowd Joanna Shivers Michael Hite Catelyn Thornton Ashlyn Thornton ♥Danny & Dawn Herron ♥Jacob & Rebecca Hull WOW Home Meeting 22 Vanessa Clark Erica Galloway Matthew Leonard Prayer Meeting State Fair Ministry 26 Michelle Cox Karen Frownfelter Kaylan Huseby Brayden Huseby Heyward Kelly Tammy Rewis Sandy Winstead ♥Steven & Nicole Kirkland 27 Doris Barwick Annsley Pound Ann Smith 28 Anne Brewster Melissa Day Cheryl Reynolds Robert Wise ♥Warren & Beth Cope 29 Tasha Gaffney Leianne Johnson Spencer Lail Ben Spires Prayer Meeting 30 31 Travis Henderson Chelsey Bivins Rebecca Ridgeway Jeff Rogers Harvest Festival “Mrs. Dot” Mrs. Dot Wilson was a lot of things to a lot of people. She was a wife, mother, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother friend and neighbor. She taught some of us to cut collards, some to root flowers, and some how to cook gravy. She had a passion for missions…her family and friends and for her church! When I think of WMU (now WOM) – I think of Mrs. Dot… she was a driving force around our WMU for over 30 years. She encouraged women of all ages to get involved with missions and stay involved in missions. She went on mission trips and worked right here in our own community tirelessly as long she was able. (Well, really even beyond when she was able…she kept serving) She also grew beautiful roses… and this makes me think of her too… Roses… yellow roses are your best friend. In fact, yellow roses are a traditional symbol of friendship, so there you go. With their warm, sunny disposition, a bouquet of yellow roses tends to light up the room, making them a perfect way to say thanks, get well, congratulations or just, “Hey, thanks for being you.” Mrs. Dot was a friend… to many… she would light up a room… sometimes with a sunny disposition and sometimes with fire... but either way, she kept things bright! (Smile) As we say good-bye to our friend here on this earth, we have the assurance of seeing her again because of the testimony that she lived… by faith. I would challenge all of us to take a look at our lives and see if we have that same sacrificial life. Do we put our church in the place of honor that the Bride of Christ deserves? Slowly we are losing many of that generation who were willing to work hard to keep our church as a viable and healthy part of our community. Our church will never be the same again, because of our loss… but it can move forward for Christ if we all cared as much as Mrs. Dot. In Loving Memory, Sherrell Ott Mrs. Dot went to be with the Lord Tuesday, August 12, 2014. A memorial service was held Sunday, August 17 at 3 PM with burial in the church cemetery. Financial Peace University will begin on September 7th. The class will meet for 9 weeks. Class is from 4:30-6 PM. Please order you materials online at www.daveramsey.com/fpu/locations/ Spiritual Warriors Luncheons at 11:30 Wednesday, September 3 and Wednesday, October 1 Join the Senior Citizens for a time of Food and Fellowship!!! Church Contact Information First Baptist Church of Gaston 121 Oakey Springs Drive PO Box 309 Gaston, SC 29053 Phone: 803 794-0377 Email: [email protected] www.firstbaptistgaston.org Pastor Larry Harrison 803 422.3080 [email protected] We would like to welcome Gib Rogers our Interim Music Director. We are thankful God has led him our way. Weekly Schedule Sunday 09:45am……............Sunday School 11:00 am………….…….…...Worship Children’s Worship 05:00pm…………....…..Discipleship 05:00pm.…...Adult Choir practice 06:00pm….……………...…..Worship Wednesday 05:45pm ……......……..Joyful Noise 06:00pm……….…..Joyful Noise, Jr. 06:45…...………..………......…..Youth 07:00pm…………....Prayer Service 07:00pm………...……....GAs, RAs & Mission Friends
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