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December 2014
AWANA December Happenings
Dec. 3
Dec. 10
Dec. 17
AWANA
AWANA store
Nativity Night
(Dress like a character/animal from the Nativity)
Dec. 24
Dec. 31
Christmas Break, No AWANA
Christmas Break, No AWANA
Parent/Child Dedication
December 14th
Please place a written blessing in our children’s boxes located
in the Fellowship Hall. You may sign up to participate in the
Dedication service by contacting [email protected] or
by calling the church office at 479-3731. This is open to all age
children.
It’s About the Cross
Beginning in January 2015 we will
have practices for a children’s presentation on Resurrection morning. If
you would like to be a part of this
please be watching for more details.
Boys and girls needed, Kindergarten
through 6th grade.
Children’s Church
Children’s Church will be taking
a short break for Christmas!
We will return in January at
8:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. with
SUPER SPORTS SPECTACULAR—
”Playing on God’s Team”.
Christmas Cards for Shut-Ins
Please visit our table in the Children’s Hall to fill out a card for our precious
homebound members and don’t forget we will be visiting them for Christmas
Caroling on Sunday, December 7th!
Almost 50 of us enjoyed a trip to the Creation Museum and a weekend
dedicated to knowing the truth about our faith and how faith is reasonable. What we took in from the museum and heard as Josh Brown
spoke to us was mind blowing and timely for those who participated.
It is one thing to hear truth from the Bible but that truth goes to the
next level when you see it. So thanks to all who prayed for us over that
weekend.
This month we have an opportunity to minister to the nations here in
our own city. The student ministry will be hosting its 2nd annual International Student
Christmas Party. We have reached out to Lee University’s International Student Department and contacted the local high schools to invite foreign exchange students to understand American Christmas traditions, taste a traditional meal, and hear the real reason behind all of the celebration, Jesus Christ. Please pray for us on December 5th as we show
hospitality and present the gospel to the nations here on our campus.
Humbly Desiring to Serve,
Jonathan Kyle
International Christmas Party
Return to
Atlanta
Friday, Dec. 5th
6:00-8:00pm
Monday, Dec. 22nd
9:00am-5:00pm
We will reconnect with
relationships built.
Life 122
Christmas Party
Wed., Dec. 17th
6:15pm
Wednesdays,
Dec. 24 & 31
No Life 122
Winsors in Niger
Our greatest request right now is for spiritual protection. Craig and I are really spent physically right now. We have such larger roles
this year and greater responsibilities. Me, with coordinating the new middle school and Craig, with filling in many of the holes of losing our director. We are tired which leads to slacking off on time with God which leads to nothing good. We feel the spiritual attack
frequently because Satan doesn’t play fair and ease off when you are down, he kicks harder. Pray for our family, also, as we will
have three teenagers as of December. Many life choices and personal beliefs are being made and established right now and Craig
and I desire to guide them well. We often feel like school, by reason of urgency, takes precedence over family and we so disagree
with that philosophy but struggle to keep our boundaries in proper order. Pray that we will hear God’s gentle guidance in these areas
over the clamor of life.
We love you and so appreciate the faithful who bring us to the Father. It is humbling but also what sustains us when it really gets
tough.
"Not
to us, O' Lord, not to
us, but to your name goes
all the glory"
...501 total shoeboxes and
many more Gospel opportunities in Operation
Christmas Child Shoebox
By Baptism
Darby Pirkle
Skylar Pirkle
Our Christian sympathy is extended to:
The family of our former
pastor, David Landrith
2015 Mission
Opportunities
WEEKLY OUTREACH
January to May & August to December
Meet with others to visit, witness, and minister in our own
community at 6pm every Wednesday evening.
CAMP CHEROKEE
June 1-6
Always an unforgettable week of deep spiritual impact in
the lives of student campers (rising 7th graders to High
School grads) and adult workers. Participate as a camper
or serve as an adult counselor/worker.
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
June 22-26
Children come from all over our community to participate
in VBS. Join Mrs. Christy and the Children’s Ministry Team
in one of our most important community outreaches of the
year.
“DEAR TO US” INITIATIVE
March 23rd - 25th (Spring Break)
Designed as a stay-at-home missions outreach for all ages
to impact our own community. Participate in this outreach
to the immigrant community in Cleveland. Backyard Bible
Club, service-oriented ministry, and evangelism.
WASHINGTON, DC
March 20-30
Work with the BBA and other churches from Cleveland
during Spring Break to assist church planters in DC with
various projects of community outreach.
Leader: Phil Taylor
Estimated Cost: $225
INTERNATIONAL REFUGEES,
Clarkston (Atlanta), Ga.
July 14-19
KODIAK, ALASKA
July 9-18
A mission trip perfect for families! The team will help lead
Vacation Bible School at River of Life Christian Fellowship
and help equip the leaders of that church to lead future
Vacation Bible Schools.
Leaders: Dennis & Annette Tweed;
Estimated Cost: $1,900 to $2,000
VANCOUVER ISLAND
July 4 -11
Help promote a church plant and reach out to the
surrounding community with Paster Matthew Bond.
Leader: Pastor Todd
Estimated Cost: $1,850
NORTH AFRICA
March 20 - 30
Visit with local believers and plug into the work being
done ministering to the needs of their community.
Leader: Jackie Leggett Stanley
Estimated Cost: $1,800-$2,200
SRI LANKA
April 18 - 23
Visit with the Y family and help host a family camp and
VBS for local Pastors Families. Leader: David Disney
Estimated Cost: $2,000-$2,200
MONGOLIA
July 19 - 31
Visit with Nara and Unuru Choijinkhuu and family. Visit and
encourage local believers. Assist in projects at community
center.
Leader: Pastor Jake and Jack Roach
Estimated Cost: $2,500-$3,000
CHINA
May 22 - 31
Led by our Student Ministry and Pastor Jonathan, this team
will work among the international refugee community
sharing Christ in word and deed.
Leader: Pastor Jonathan
Estimated Cost: $100
Visit the Brown family and the students they work with. See
first hand how being a native English speaker opens many
doors for ministry.
Leaders: TBA
Estimated Cost: $2,200-$2,500
CHICAGO, IL
CENTRAL ASIA
June 29-July 3
Work with YWAM Chicago to engage the immigrant
community through friendship evangelism, prayer walking,
and community service projects.
Leader: Brad Stanley;
Estimated Cost: $400-$600
STUDENT PROJECT
Washington, DC
(Fall Break)
Pastor Jonathan and the Student Ministry will serve DC
church planters in various projects and help in community
outreach.
Leader: Pastor Jonathan
Estimated Cost: $225
May (TBA)
Vision trip and prayer walking. Explore how we might reengage our adopted people group.
Leader: Pastor Jake
Estimated Cost: $2,500-$3,000
ROMANIA with BBA
July 9-18
Work with IMB Missionaries to will share the Gospel
with children through day camps, VBS. Participate in
evangelism events, as well as minister to the Roma
people through light construction/ repair.
Leader: Phil Taylor, Whitney Stevison, and Pastor
Jonathan
Estimated Cost: $2,395
Candies Creek Academy Capital Campaign
“ARISE AND TELL”
February 2015 to February 2017
Church members and those interested in strengthening the ministry
of our K-12 Academy will be given the opportunity to give a monthly
gift of their choosing (beyond their normal tithes and offerings to the
church) for a period of up to 24 months to one of three choices:
 Student Scholarships
 Classroom Equipment (science labs; computer labs; etc.)
 General School Fund (use where most needed)
“A School for the Nations”
“For He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed
a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers
that they should teach them to their children,
that the generation to come might know, even the children
yet to be born, that they may ARISE AND TELL them
to their children, that they should put their confidence in God
and not forget the works of God…” (Psalm 78:5-8)
Pray & Plan to be a
part of this effort!
CCCPTI
The Candies Creek Church
Planting & Theological Institute is our church’s effort to
help prepare and equip those
men and women whom God
is calling to ministry, church
leadership, church planting,
or missions and who long for
a deeper theological foundation and framework out of
which to lead and minister.
Start making plans to attend
next semester (Jan. 2015);
classes are on Tuesday and
Thursday evenings.
There have been more than 2,200 volunteer hours invested in the City Church
renovation of the 17th street property since May 2014. God’s people at Candies
Creek, as well as our ministry partners at Bradley Baptist Association, Tennessee
Baptist Convention, and the North American Mission Board have graciously provided more than $138,000 toward to expense of the Initial Renovation Budget.
The initial budget amount has increased from $136,600 to $165,600 because of
code requirements encountered along the journey, as well as unexpected construction expenses in flooring, wiring, and furnishings as well as required architectural drawings. God has faithfully provided all along the journey.
If you are interested in making a year-end gift to this project, just mark your check
“City Church Renovation.”
From the Pastor’s Desk...
Words Cannot Express… all the thanks in my heart and particularly in the hearts of the David Landrith family and
the members of Longhollow Baptist Church in Hendersonville. All of you joined together to show love, gratitude and
compassion for the six years of ministry David, Jennifer, and their family invested in Candies Creek during the rebirth of
our church from 1991 to 1997. Thank you for your generous outpouring of love, food, and ministry! You are an awesome church family!
Our RESTORATION Series… began in October and will soon come to completion as we celebrate the Advent of
Christ in December. Lives have literally been transformed through this wonderful series of messages on God’s eternal
theme of redemption and restoration. Don’t miss the final weeks of this fantastic series revealing God’s greatest work
of mending that which is broken! He’s still doing it today!
Restoration Series
THANKSGIVING…
is perhaps my favorite holiday of the year. It does not get lost in the trappings of commercial-
ism… in fact commercially speaking it gets lost between the outlandish costumes of Halloween and the extravagance
of gifts at Christmas. Fortunately the merchants of the world have not figured out a way to make a lot of money off of
Thanksgiving (except with food), and so they largely ignore it. However, God does not ignore our prayers of genuine
gratefulness shared among family and friends during the Thanksgiving season. Please be sure to take time to offer appropriate praise to our Great God this week!
“Christmas Music”…
will be in ample supply at main campus in December. Please check out the schedule for
Christmas inspiration and bring a friend or two to enjoy it with you! Or if you want to enjoy some Southern, homespun charm, order your tickets to the Cumberland County Playhouse’s Cleveland presentation of “The Sanders Family
Christmas” for one night only at North Cleveland Church of God on Thursday, December 4th. You can find more information at www.ccplayhouse.com or by calling 423-476-1933. All proceeds will benefit the Youth Counseling Service of
Cleveland.
2015: A Year for Disciple-Making…
is the focus for the upcoming year. Be watching for specific ways the
Lord calls you to be a part of the Disciple-Making effort! It’s going to be a fantastic year! I love each one of you!
Pastor Jamie
1
2
HomeSchool
CoOp 8-4pm
3
Hopewell
Rewards in StuB
10:45am
4
5
Atlanta
Shoebox
Packing Day
AWANA
CCCPTI
7
8
9
10
CCCPTI
11
6
International
Student Christmas Party
6-8pm in StuB
12
13
G.E.M. Tm.
Mtg., 4:30pm
Christmas
Caroling, 6pm
Choir
Christmas
Musical
6:00pm
AWANA
CCCPTI
14 Parent/Child
15
16
Dedication
Deacons Mtg.
4:30pm
Choir Christmas
Musical, 6pm
21
17
23
Student Trip
to Atlanta, 9am
Grace Asylum
Presentation
7:00pm
28
30
Small Group
Fellowships
19
24
Office closes @
noon
CCA
Half Day
20
Grace Asylum
Presentation
7:00pm
25
Lord’s Supper
Candlelight Service, 2:00pm
CCA out until
Jan. 5
29
18
AWANA
“Nativity
Night”
Life 122
Christmas
Party
Abandon
7:30pm
22
CCCPTI
26
27
Office Closed
31
No
Wednesday
activities
SUNDAY
WEDNESDAY
Early Worship (Traditional) ............................................ 8:00am
Small Group Bible Study................................................. 9:15am
Late Worship (Blended Contemporary) ....................... 10:30am
Worship at the City Church Campus ............................ 11:00am
AWANA ......................................................................... 6:00pm
“Life 122” for students .................................................. 6:15pm
Outreach........................................................................ 6:00pm
Choir Rehearsal ............................................................. 7:15pm
TUES., WEDS., THURS.
DAILY
City Church Community Groups in Homes
Men’s Prayer Meeting @ Church .................................. 6:30am
CANDIES CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH
294 OLD EUREKA RD.
CHARLESTON, TN 37310
Jamison L. Work, Lead Pastor
Jonathan Kyle, Associate & Student Pastor
Todd Colbert, Worship Pastor
Jake Beard, Missions Pastor
Christy Johns, Preschool & Children’s Director
DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS
Dec. 1
Dec. 2
DECEMBER BIRTHDAYS (CONT.)
Wade McClanahan
Terry Graham, Christy Johns,
Cesar Zaidman
Eddie Rollins
Rebecca Seiber, Sherrod Munday,
Chad Higgins
H.L. Hamilton, Marissa Adolph,
Rebecca Beavers, Lauren Hall
Frizzell Coleman,
Johnny Brewer, Dana Trew,
Kendall Barkley
Makayla Brewer, McKenzie Brewer,
Rader Brose
Eric Moore, Jonathan Moseley
Kevin Jones, Riley Jackson, Ben Flach
Dec. 3
Dec. 4
Dec. 5
Dec. 6
Dec. 8
Dec. 9
Dec. 10
Average 2014 Sunday School Attendance
Average 2014 Worship Attendance
Given through 11/24
Expenses through 11/24
Dec. 15
Dec. 17
Dec. 18
Dec. 19
Dec. 20
Dec. 21
PRAISE THE LORD!
2014 Baptisms
Dec. 11
Dec. 13
Dec. 14
16
303
550
$774,720.69
$825,572.66
Dec. 22
Dec. 23
Dec. 24
Dec. 25
Dec. 26
Dec. 27
Dec. 28
Dec. 29
Dec. 30
Dec. 31
Jean Clark, Anna Ruth Crumbley
Tommy Scroggins
Al Noel, Bill Moore, Carla Hodge,
Zackery Gates, Meranda Pointer
Julie Adolph
Carol Young, Chad Evett, Sara Munday,
Bo Dunkle, Ethan Cavanaugh
Connie Baumgardner,
Sandra Ledford,
Amanda Matson,
Matthew Simmons
Dan Smalley,
JoAnna Simko
Rebekah Boler
Gayle Pierce,
Dennis Tweed
Leslie Barkley,
Brian Beavers,
Hannah Leggett,
Madi Oran
Marissa Morris, Brooklyn Barkley
Martha Moses, Shawn Williams
Tommy Medley
Linda Bell, Nicole Floyd
Ken Clemons, Garrett Winsor
Rory Warren, DeWayne Gibson
Barbara Partlow, Carson Barkley
Kim Burnette
Josh Gann, Anita Calfee,
Tyler Ledford
Chris Long, Trent Johns,
Shiloh Parker