Volume XV No. 11
A Monthly Publication of Hillabee Baptist Church, Alexander City, AL
Hillabee
Baptist Church
November 2014
The Hillabee Herald
HBC Staff
Passions from the Pastor
Hello Hillabee Family,
November 12 will be my one year anniversary here at Hillabee and it has been a
wonderful year. I am thankful to be serving with such a loving and supportive church family. I
am looking forward to what God has in store for the upcoming years. I trust that God is going to
use Hillabee to do great things for the kingdom of God.
We are heading in a busy time, but lest we never forget where all our blessings flow.
See the story below of a lady who simply praised God for the many blessings of life. This is a
reminder that our prayers do not have to eloquent to be heard by God. Keep praising Him.
Pastor H.B. Charles tells the following story about a woman he knew who showed up at church and
prayed the same simple prayer. "O Lord, thank you Jesus," she prayed week after week. The kids at
church would start laughing every time she opened her mouth because they knew it would be the same
prayer—"O Lord, thank you Jesus."
Finally somebody asked her, "Why do you pray the same little prayer?" She said, "Well, I'm just combining
the two prayers that I know. We live in a bad neighborhood and some nights there are bullets flying and I
have to grab my daughter and hide on the floor, and in that desperate state all I know how to cry out is, 'O
Lord.' But when I wake up in the morning and see that we're okay I say, 'Thank you Jesus.' When I got to
take my baby to the bus stop and she gets on that bus and I don't know what's going to happen to her
while she's away, I cry, 'O Lord.' And then when 3:00 P.M. comes and that bus arrives and my baby is
safe, I say, 'Thank you Jesus.'"
She said, "Those are the only two prayers I know and when I get to church God has been so good I just
put my two prayers together, "O Lord, thank you Jesus."
H.B. Charles, "A Psalm for Giving Thanks," PreachingToday.com
Philippians 4:6 -7 Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving,
let your requests be made known to God; 7 and the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding,
will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. (NKJV)
PastorJosh Sammons
Church SecretaryRhonda Lankford
Music MinisterBea Pate
Youth DirectorErica Sammons
PianistKathy Jordan
Important Dates
November, 2014
02-Deacon’s Meeting
02-Children’s Choir
02-Media Meeting
03-Baptist Women
Day of Prayer
05-Prayer Meeting/
Missions Night
05-Youth Choir
09-Children’s Choir
11-Frazer Bus Trip
12-Prayer Meeting
12-Youth Choir
16-Church Lunch
16-Children’s Choir
16-Business Meeting
17- Men’s Altar Prayer
18-Day Group WMU
20-Senior Adult
Luncheon
23-Turn in Bread Banks
23-NO Children’s Choir
23-Thanksgiving
Service @Duncan
25-Prayer Meeting
26-NO SERVICE
27-OFFICE CLOSED
28-OFFICE CLOSED
29-Men’s Breakfast
30-The Lord’s Supper
30-Missions Night
Psalm 150:6 Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. (NKJV)
What’s inside?
Grace Always,
Bro. Josh
Hillabee Baptist Church
LOVING GOD, LOVING OTHERS, SERVING BOTH
BY
REACHING TEACHING AND CARING
THROUGH
WORSHIP, FELLOWSHIP, DISCIPLESHIP, MINISTRY, EVANGELISM, PRAYER
P.2 Music
P.3 Ministry &
Mission
Opportunities
P.4 Very Important
Volunteers
P.5 Calendar
P.6 Anniversaries
& Birthdays
P.7 Children & Youth
Music Ministry – Bea’s Music Notes
Tuning Hearts for Spiritual Unison
by Mike Harland
In 2 Chronicles 5:13 it reads:
“THE TRUMPETERS AND SINGERS JOINED TOGETHER to praise and thank the LORD with one
voice.* They raised (their) voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments,
in praise to the LORD: For He is good; His faithful love endures forever; the temple, the LORD’s
temple, was filled with a cloud.”
In this passage we see quite an ensemble of musicians and music. The occasion was the
dedication of the temple, God’s established place of meeting with His people. It was a glorious
day of celebration in worship of the God Who had been so faithful to His people, even when His
people were unfaithful to Him. There were singers, and trumpeters, and musicians of every
kind. And they all “joined together to praise and thank the LORD, with one voice.”
But just how do a cymbal and a trumpet play in unison? We’re not sure what the other
instruments were, but the idea that all these different instruments and voices presented one
voice to the Lord, well, that must have been a great deal more than musical uniformity --- that
must have been a “spiritual unison.”
I think the principle of “spiritual unison” compels us to go further with our churches than just
executing a finely tuned unison with our choirs and instrumental groups. To be sure, those can
be particularly effective as we perform our music to the best of our ability. But do we lead with
“spiritual unison”? Are we leading our people to worship with one voice?
If we want to see the temple filled with a cloud of God’s glory, I’m convinced it will take more
than music performed with precision. It will take a group of worshippers, joining their voices
and instruments --- a spiritual unison of praise to the God we love --- where the focus is not on
us but on Him and what He wants to do in our lives.
*Emphasis added.
MIKE HARLAND is Director, Lifeway Worship, Lifeway Christian Resources, Nashville, Tennessee.
My prayer is that our choirs and congregation will be focused on HIM!! But we must enter the
church to worship with a prayerful heart. Then listen as each word is spoken and sung. That we
will go and teach all nations!
If you like to praise God through music, we have a place for you! Come make a joyful noise.
Bea
MINISTRY/MISSION OPPORTUNITIES
Wednesday Missions Night
November 5, 2014 at 6:00 PM
Church Sanctuary
Awesome God
International Mission Study on the Ivory Coast
Abidjan was once known as the “Paris of West Africa”, with its
skyscrapers, boulevards, and economic stability. Civil war splintered this
peace in 2001 and plunged the city and all of Ivory Coast into a decade of
violence and turmoil.
Learn how missionaries on the Ivory Coast confront the challenges of
overwhelming need in an urban setting. See how they are sharing the
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story of Jesus where Islam, Catholicism, and tribal religions hold sway
over the lives of the people. Learn how this redemptive truth can change
lives, influence a nation, and bring real peace.
All adults are invited to attend this special mission emphasis!
Baptist Women’s World Day of Prayer
Monday, November 3, 2014
2:00 p.m.
(No evening session this year)
Tallapoosa Baptist
Associational Office
13103 Highway 280
Jackson’s Gap
Theme:
In Step with the Spirit: FAITHFULNESS
Galatians 5:22-23
The focus this year is on the fruit of the Spirit, FAITHFULNESS. On November
3, 2014, Baptist women from around the world will come together to study God’s
Word, pray, and give so that our world will be impacted for Christ. The 2014
program has been prepared by the Baptist Women’s Union of Latin America
(UFBAL).
Mary Griffin and Melanie Veazey will be the leaders for this prayer event.
Come for a brief Bible study on faithfulness, a group prayer time for requests from
the seven continental unions, a time to worship through music, and an opportunity
to give an offering to the mission projects of the Women’s Dept. of the BWA. Be a
part of a world-wide event by joining thousands of women around the world. All
ladies are invited to attend.
Our God is an awesome God!
He reigns from heaven above
With wisdom, power and love.
Our God is an awesome God!
----Rich Mullins
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was created by Him and for Him. He reigns from heaven
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over all of this earth. And His reign is perfect and perfectly
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what weN want God to change and jabber on with our
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---- majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working
wonders?
1 Exodus 15:11
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Prayer: : Amos 3:3 asks, “Do two walk together unless they
have agreed
to do so?” Have you agreed to let God be
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God? Is He “awesome” to you? Talk to Him about that.
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Week of Prayer for International Missions
November 30-December 7, 2014
LMCO Goal: $4233.00
More information coming in December newsletter
Please return all FILLED Bread Banks and Global Hunger
Relief Offerings to the church by Sunday, November 23rd.
Give your Bread Bank to Betty French, Melanie Veazey, or in
the marked box in the Missions Room. Thanks for your giving
to help feed the hungry.
From: Songs4Worship Daily Devotions
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Very Important Volunteers
Prayer Walkers
CHURCH NURSERY
11/02 AM
11/09 AM
11/16 AM
11/23 AM
11/30 AM
BOBBIE DAVIDSON & GAIL WORTHY
SANDRA CLAYBROOK & VIRGINIA RAINWATER
11/02
11/09
11/16
11/23
11/30
JEFF & MISTY TAPLEY
DALE & KAREN WHITE
FRANK & BETTY TAPLEY
David Hutto
Clarence Roberts
Jimmy Nolen
Jim Pate
Rodney Kilgore
Ushers
Wade Bradberry
Jeremy Duerr
Wayne Dunlap
Frank Tapley
Greeters
Gary & Judy
Daniel
November Altar Flowers
11/02 – Bobbie Davidson
11/09 – Catherine Davis
11/16 – Ginger Patten
11/23 – Gail Bolt
11/30 – Gail Bolt
TIMES FOR WORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
11/02
11/09
11/16
11/23
11/30
November
Special Music
November Youth
Wednesday Nights
– Johnny Thompson
– Ronnie Betts
– Cindy Cardwell
– Heather Vickers
– Kathy Jordan
Youth Choir Every
Wednesday @6:00 PM
SUNDAY
Sunday School (All Ages)
Morning Worship
Evening Worship
WEDNESDAY
Children, 3 years-grade 6
Youth, grades 7-12
Prayer Meeting-Sanctuary
Worship Choir Practice
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Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
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9:15 AM
Sunday School
10:30 AM
Morning Service
4:30 PM
Deacon’s Meeting
5 PM Children’s Choir
5 PM Media Meeting
6:00 PM
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Wonderful Wednesday
6:00 PM Prayer &
Bible Study
6:00 PM-Children &
Youth
7:00 PM Worship Choir
10:00 AM
Senior Adult
Luncheon
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27
Wonderful Wednesday
6:00 PM Prayer &
Missions
6:00 PM-Children &
Youth
7:00 PM Worship Choir
Baptist Women’s
Day of Prayer
2:00 PM
TBA Office
Evening Worship
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9:15 AM
Sunday School
10:30 AM
Morning Service
5:00 PM
Children’s Choir
6:00 PM
10
11
12
Frazer Bus Trip
@9:00 AM
December
Newsletter
Articles Due
Evening Worship
Wonderful Wednesday
6:00 PM Prayer &
Bible Study
6:00 PM Children &
Youth
7:00 PM Worship Choir
VETERAN’S DAY
16
9:15 AM
Sunday School
10:30 AM
Morning Service/
Lunch at church
5:00 PM
Children’s Choir
6:00 PM
Evening Worship/
Business Meeting
23
9:15 AM
Sunday School
10:30 AM
Morning Service
5:00 PM
Thanksgiving Service @
Duncan Methodist
NO PM SERVICE @
Hillabee tonight
17
18
6:00 PM
Men’s Altar
Prayer
2:00 PM
Day Group WMU
24
25
PRAYER MEETING
ONLY @ 6:00 PM
No other services.
NO
WEDNESDAY
SERVICES
Prayer Meeting
moved to Tuesday,
11/25!
28
29
Church
Office
Closed
Happy
Thanksgiving
30
9:15 AM
Sunday School
10:30 AM
Morning Service/
The Lord’s Supper
5:00 PM
Children’s Choir
6:00 PM
Evening Worship
Turn in Bread
Baskets Sunday,
November 23rd
Youth Relay & Relationships ~ Sunday Afternoons ~ 5:00 – 6:00 PM
27th & 28th
MEN’S
BREAKFAST
8:00 AM
Fellowship Hall
Anniversaries
11/06
11/16
11/20
Wade & Ginger Patten
Wayne & Marie Woodfin
Terrell & Patricia Wheeles
Birthdays
11/01
11/01
11/02
11/04
11/05
11/05
11/10
11/11
11/11
11/13
11/14
11/16
11/20
11/21
11/21
11/22
11/27
Joyce McDaniel
Mike Whatley
Ellie Kate Worthy
Heather Vickers
Sara Dunlap
Jackson Hutto
Stephen Duerr
Tommy Futral
Mary Morgan
Barry Worthy
Laura Barrett
Marie Woodfin
Garfield Harris
Levis Greathouse
Melanie Veazey
Robin Bradberry
Emily Duerr
Please pray for these on their special day.
Children & Youth
Dear Parents: Please note that Children’s Choir will be cancelled on Sunday, November 23rd because
our church will be having our Thanksgiving Service and meal at Duncan United Methodist at 5:00 PM.
We will resume Children’s Choir on Sunday, November 30th.
Patrice & Misty
The Children’s Choir will present their Christmas Musical
Sunday, December 7, 2014 @6:00 PM
Hillabee Baptist Church Sanctuary
Hillabee Baptist Church Youth
Relays & Relationships ~
Sunday afternoons from 5:00 – 6:00 PM @
Church ~ meet in the coffee break area.
Children’s Choir
Sundays @ 5:00 PM
Children’s Building Room D5
Youth Choir ~ Every Wednesday @6:00 PM
See Erica Sammons for more information!
TeamKID Wednesday Nights
@ 6:00PM