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.
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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