White Oak Baptist Church
November 2014 Newsletter
White Oak Baptist Church٠13943 Buffalo Road ٠Archer Lodge, NC 27527
919-553-7560 ٠ www.whiteoakchurch.us ٠ [email protected]
Counting Blessings
Are you ever burdened with a load of care?
Does the cross seem heavy you are called to bear?
Count your many blessings, ev’ry doubt will fly,
And you will be singing as the days go by.
With two young children, my days are full of counting—
especially when I am helping Kyle with Kindergarten homework
(Kindergarteners have homework now?!) or when Natalie is playing with
her Sesame Street game on the computer. At the end of each day, we ask
Kyle how he can give God thanks. He is always thankful for his family and
friends and “cozy bed” and church…sometimes he is even thankful for his
school!
Pastoral Contacts/Schedule
Reverend Todd Higginson
Monday ~ 9:00am to 12:00pm
Tuesday ~ 9:00am to 12:00pm
Wednesday ~ 12:00pm to 3:00pm
Thursday ~ 9:00am to12:00pm
Friday and Saturday ~ Off/On Call
Contact for appointments:
[email protected]
919-553-7560 (Office)
Youth Pastor Brittany Jackson
828-963-0120
[email protected]
Deacon Council
Tom Eannarino
Sharon Freeman
Jonathan Walker
Ann Wall
Dennis Durham
Mark Jackson
Larry Kristoff
Mike Mulhollem
Mike Sauls
Count your blessings, name them one by one;
Count your blessings see what God hath done…
Blessings to you, Pastor Todd
359-6309
624-7963
749-5154
533-7187
963-9986
550-1004
901-5920
553-7307
210-6720
Bereavement Contacts
Mary Lou Barnes
Thanksgiving, of course, is more than a national holiday, but
a way of living. So many people in our church and community have
struggled this year. Regardless of how much suffering and pain one faces,
blessings are around if we begin thinking about them. Like the hymn
suggests, counting blessings and naming them reveals what God has done
and is actively doing. A grateful heart is a wonderful gift we can give to
God, our loved ones, and ourselves.
What are you doing to count the blessings in your life?
Community Thanksgiving Service at Lee’s Crossroads Missionary
Baptist Church
553-7414
Caregivers Contacts
Mike & Connie Mulhollem 553-7307
Dan & Ann Wall
553-7187
Lee’s Crossroads will be hosting our Community Thanksgiving Service on
Sunday, November 23 at 6:30. After a 30 minute service led by
representatives from Clayton Community Church, Clyde’s Chapel Baptist
Church, Lee’s Crossroads Church, The Dwelling Place, and our
congregation, we will have a dessert social. Bring your family, a dessert to
share, and some canned food donations to support Clayton Area Ministries.
Just a few important dates for the youth.
11/2/2014 and 11/16/14 @ 6:00pm
is the Youth Sunday Study.
11/19/2014 is the
Youth Operation
Christmas Child
Packing Party.
New Member Information
Tami Kelley and Steven Few
101 Holder Circle
Clayton, NC 27527
(919)665-8476
Email: [email protected]
Anniversary: 9/3/2004
Birthdates: Tami 6/18/1974
Steven 3/6/81
Zoei Kelley 12/04/98
Shiloh Few 9/23/10
Remy Few 11/27/11
The First Thanksgiving lasted for three days
and they ate the following foods: Lobster,
rabbit, chicken, fish, squashes, beans,
chestnuts, hickory nuts, onions, leeks, dried
fruits, maple syrup and honey, radishes,
cabbage, carrots, eggs, and goat. Mashed
potatoes, pumpkin pies, popcorn, milk, corn on
the cob, and cranberries were not foods present
on the first Thanksgiving's feast table.
Probably had no turkey!
52 Pilgrims attended the first Thanksgiving in
1621 including John Alden, William Bradford,
Priscilla Mullins, and Miles Standish and
about 90 Wampanoag Indians. Today
Americans eat roughly 535 million pounds of
turkey on Thanksgiving and the average
weight of a turkey purchased at Thanksgiving
is 15 pounds. It became an official Federal
holiday in 1863, when, during the Civil War,
President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a
national day of "Thanksgiving and Praise to
our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the
Heavens", to be celebrated on Thursday,
November 26 .
Jenny Adams/ Church Administrative Assistant
HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE
This is a challenging time for us and we covet
your prayers. Please ask God to guide us and
mold us into the men and women He needs us to
be to give Him the most glory and to spread His
love and grace to our community and world.
From the Deacons:
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We made plans at our October meeting for an
outreach meal to be served on Oct. 26 following
worship service. Please invite friends, family, and
even strangers to attend worship and join us for a
lunch of fried chicken, potatoes, green beans, and
dessert following the service!
Our benevolence fund has grown somewhat since
our love offering collection after communion last
month. Two requests had been met since our last
meeting. Thanks for your generosity to the
benevolence fund that enables us to minister to
families in financial stress.
Golden Ager Trip to Southern
Our October meeting was a difficult one for us.
Chris Aman had asked to speak to us and he shared
some concerns that have been troubling him about
the direction he perceives our church to be going
as it follows the leadership of the deacons.
Following his address, Jane Jackson and Joel Pace
felt compelled to resign from the deacon body.
Quite honestly, the rest of the body was in shock
and somewhat at a loss as to how to begin anew.
Our first duty as your deacons is to have general
oversight of the spiritual health of the church (per
the constitution). We want desperately to succeed
and be the leaders you elected us to be. We spent
more time than normal in prayer and are
prayerfully considering how to move forward. We
had a lengthy discussion, sharing our own feelings
and convictions on several points raised by Chris.
While we did not fully resolve things, we made
progress.
Our constitution states that the deacons may fill
vacancies in the body by holding elections as we
do annually in August. There is no requirement,
however, for filling vacancies. We are also
praying about the necessity and timing for this
process. We agreed that our deacon family
ministry should not suffer and that needs of the
families served by Joel and Jane will be met as
best as possible by the remaining members of the
body.
Supreme in Bear Creek
The Golden Agers will take a trip to the
fruitcake factory on Tuesday, November
18th. Our tour begins at 9:00, so we will
need to depart at 7:45. After the tour,
tasting, and shopping, we will enjoy
lunch (dutch treat) at Bestfood Cafeteria
in Siler City. A sign-up sheet will be on
the bulletin board soon.
Smithfield Rescue Mission
Invitation
We have been invited to an “Evening of Celebration”
with the Smithfield Rescue Mission that will take
place from 6:00-8:00 on November 10th at Hocutt
Baptist Church in Clayton. The meal is free, but we
have to make reservations. Please let Pastor Todd
know if you are interested in representing our
congregation by November 5th.
Operation Christmas Child - Karen Holland
Women on Mission
by Karen Holland, & Jane Peacock
The Women on Mission met this month and enjoyed
a time of fellowship and mission planning. Our year
is getting started with the CBF Offering for Global
Missions and preparation for our annual visit to
House of Hope in December. This month, we will
meet on November 10 at 7p.m. in the Martha
Classroom. We look forward to all ladies joining us
for a time of mission study, mission planning, and
fellowship.
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Women on a Mission and the ASP Mission leaders will
be sponsoring a church yard sale to support the
church mission fund. We plan on hosting two sales a
year with the first one being held this spring. The date
is TBD but will be announced soon. Even though a date
isn't officially set we would like to start collecting items
to sell. We are looking for clothes, shoes, baby & kids
items, household items, books, furniture, home décor,
etc. Please make sure that items are in saleable
condition, make sure items aren't broken or missing
pieces and check clothes for stains. If you have items
that you would like to donate please contact Tabatha
Moriarity at [email protected] or 919-901-2279
or Rebecca Tanner at [email protected] or 919366-6318 to arrange pick-up or drop-off of
items. You can also contact Tabatha or Rebecca if you
or your group wishes to help with the yard sale. More
details will follow after we set a date and the sale gets
closer.
Operation Christmas Child efforts are in full
swing! You will notice various missions groups
have given you an idea of items to pack as well
as an idea of how meaningful this ministry is to
the children it serves. Remember our goal this
year is 185 boxes and they are due November
23. Please bring your boxes and put them on
the side pews behind the piano. If you need a
pamphlet, you can find them on the tables
beside the piano and organ. On Sunday,
November 23, we will have a dedication of the
boxes and deliver the boxes to the drop-off
location. Please help out with this ministry. It
helps so many children and can really help our
children see the need and ways to help
others. Please note that this year’s deadline
does not allow for boxes to come in the next
week. The deadline listed is the dedication
and final drop off Sunday!
CBF Offering for Global Missions
From Uganda to Miami and dozens of places in
between, you will find God working and changing
lives through CBF ministries. Are you ready to
engage your passion and be part of God's mission?
With the CBF Offering, you join God's mission by
investing in life-changing ministries of more than
130 CBF field personnel who share Christ with the
world's most neglected people. The CBF Offering
for Global Missions funds CBF field personnel, both
in sending them to and keeping them on the mission
field to share Christ. They need your help. In
November and December we will be promoting this
offering during the morning worship service. We
will begin by welcoming Amy Gallaher on
November 23 as our speaker. Can White Oak help
CBF change lives throughout the world? We sure
can! The envelope for this offering can be found in
your box of envelopes or in the pew rack. Help us
meet our goal of $1,750.00 this year!
Stay Connected!
White Oak offers an email mailing list open
to all members and visitors. This list allows
for quick communication of church
information and prayer requests. If you
would like to join or update your current
information, please send an email to:
[email protected]
Caregivers Ministry Team
by Mike & Connie Mulhollem and
Dan & Ann Wall
The Caregivers Ministry Team welcomed Chris and Janean
Sparks as new members at our October meeting. Sixty-one
hot meals were delivered to our shut-ins with twenty-one
members/guests in attendance at our lunch meeting. Mike
and Connie Mulhollem coordinated the meal which consisted
of Parker's barbecue, slaw, boiled potatoes, green beans, a
dinner roll and a homemade
dessert.
Pastor Todd Higginson led our devotion by sharing a
parable entitled "The Tree of All Hearts" which spoke of
homelessness and despair only to find the creator's special
tree. We can live here. All who love God can live with
him. "For even as the body is one and yet has many
members, and all the members of the body though they are
many, are one body, so also is Christ. For by one Spirit we
were all baptized into one body..." 1 Corinthians 12:12-13.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Archer Lodge Fire Department
provided goody bags filled with treats for our gifts to our shut
-ins and residents in care facilities. We appreciate their help
in bringing "sunshine" into the lives of our
special people.
We meet the second Tuesday of each month with our next
meeting on November 11th at the Archer Lodge
Community Center at 11:00 am. We invite you to come join
us.
Thank you so very much for your help with
Homecoming Sunday on Oct 4th. By joining us,
inviting guests, cooking, and participating in the
memorial and other activities, you all made it a
memorable and meaningful event! Thank you to the
Youth and their parents that helped with set up, the
Horizon and Seekers SS classes for helping on Sunday
and many other folks that we leaned on to honor this
wonderful tradition. We are already looking forward to
next year! Thanks again!
The Homecoming Committee
Those Scheduled To Serve For
November 2014
Nursery Schedule
November 2
Don & Carroll Pate
Merrick & Pam Loveland
Carmella Williams
November 9
Mike & Connie Mulhollem
Jimmy & Rose Toole
Brooke Casper, Debby Wall
November 16
John & Tabatha Moriarity
Joel & Christy Pace
Jane Jackson
November 23
Bonnie & Jenny Howard
Matt & Andrea Koczanski
Heather Moseley
November 30
Josh & Blair Barnes
Jody & Jennifer West
Sandy Glover, Angela Dunn
Children’s Sermon Leaders
November 2
Youth- OCC Promotion
November 9
Sharon Kristoff
November 16
RA’s OCC Promotion
November 23
Shoebox Dedication
November 30
Jan Smith
Your commitment and willingness is a gift to our
children, the parents and White Oak Baptist Church
as we work together to make a difference .
Thank you for your service.
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Happy Birthday
“From birth I have relied on you;
you brought me forth from my mother’s womb.
I will ever praise you.” Psalm 71:6
11-1 Brooke Mulhollem
11-12 Savannah Driver
11-20 Robert Yarborough
11-2 Dara Edwards
11-14 Cory Douglas
11-20 Sandy Pate
11-2 Jane Jackson
11-14 Shirley Weaver
11-20 Carl Murphrey
11-4 Lynda Drye
11-14 Ed Green
11-23 Chelsea Taylor
11-7 Jaedyn Turay
11-16 Faylene Talton
11-25 Alex Nolley
11-7 Thorne Hauser
11-16 Jeffrey Williams
11-26 Janice Kennedy
11-8 Becky Murray
11-18 Barbara English
11-27 Scott Kilmer
11-9 Mattox Aman
11-18 Christina Barrow
11-27 Remy Few
11-10 Jerry Pace
11-18 Janean Sparks
11-29 Ella Koczanski
11-11 Carroll Pate
11-19 Ally Jackson
11-30 Donna Parrish
11-12 Sherman Batten
11-20 Tony Taylor
11-30 Jamie Champion
Happy Anniversary
“Therefore what God has joined together,
let not man separate.” Mark 10:9
11-4 Glenn & Jean Moore
11-22 Dennis & Melanie Durham
11-8 George & Janice Smith
11-25 Ray & Sue Boyette
11-16 Sherman & Cindy Batten
11-30 Dan & Alice Hirt
NOVEMBER 2014 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Saturday 1
8:00am Adopt a Highway@ church
Sunday 2
9:00am Fellowship Coffee House
9:45am Sunday School
11:00am Worship Service
6:30pm Children’s Choir
7:30pm Youth Choir
Monday 3
2:00pm WND Reservations Due
Tuesday 4
10:00am Worship Planning
6:30pm Cub Scouts
7:30pm Church Council Meets
8:00pm Finance Committee Meets
Wednesday 5
2:00pm Bulletin Info Due
6:00pm Wednesday Night Dinner
7:00pm Bible Study & Prayer Time
RA’s & GA’s meet
Youth Group meet
Children's Mission Group
8:00pm Adult Choir Practice
Thursday 6
Friday 7
Saturday 8
7:30am Handbell Festival
5-7pm ASP Parent Night Out!
Sunday 9
8:00am Brotherhood Breakfast
9:00am Fellowship Coffee House
9:45am Sunday School
11:00am Worship Service
6:30pm Children’s Choir
7:30pm Youth Choir
Monday 10
2:00pm WND Reservations Due
6:00-8:00pm Evening Celebration w/
Smithfield Rescue Mission @Hocutt
Baptist Church
7:00pm WOM Meet
Tuesday 11
10:00am Worship Planning
11:00am Caregivers
6:30pm Cub Scouts
Wednesday 12
2:00pm Bulletin Info Due
6:00pm Wednesday Night Dinner
7:00pm Bible Study & Prayer Time
RA’s & GA’s meet
Youth Group meet
Children's Mission Group
8:00pm Adult Choir Practice
Thursday 13
Friday 14
Saturday 15
Sunday 16
9:00am Fellowship Coffee House
9:45am Sunday School
11:00am Worship Service
6:30pm Children’s Choir
7:30pm Youth Choir
Monday 17
2:00pm WND Reservations Due
2:00om “Acorn” Articles Due
Tuesday 18
7:45am Golden Agers to Fruitcake
Factory. Leaving church @ 7:45am
10:00am Worship Planning
10:00am JBA Pastor’s Conference
6:30pm Cub Scouts
7:30pm Church Council Meets
8:00pm Finance Committee Meets
Wednesday 19
2:00pm Bulletin Info Due
6:00pm Wednesday Night Dinner
7:00pm Bible Study & Prayer Time
RA’s & GA’s meet
Youth Group meet
Children's Mission Group
8:00pm Adult Choir Practice
Thursday 20
6:30pm Bazaar Set-up
Friday 21
6;30-8:30pm Annual Bazaar @ALCC
Saturday 22
Sunday 23
9:00am Fellowship Coffee House
9:45am Sunday School
11:00am Worship Service
6:30pm Community Thanksgiving
Service @ Lee’s Crossroad
No children or youth choir practice
Monday 24
2:00pm WND Reservations Due
7:00pm ALCC Meeting
Tuesday 25
10:00am Worship Planning
6:30pm Cub Scouts
Wednesday 26
No Evening Events
Thursday 27
Friday 28
Church office closed
Saturday 29
Sunday 30
9:00am Fellowship Coffee House
9:45am Sunday School
11:00am Worship Service
No children or youth choir practice
WHITE OAK BAPTIST CHURCH
13943 Buffalo Road Clayton, NC 27527