1. family and parenting
2. children

Today’s message:
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
UNTOLD STORIES OF BCC
Acts 8:26-40
I.
Philip was sensitive to the leading of God’s Spirit in
his life
Sunday
Sunday School
9:15 am
Morning Worship
10:30 am
Wednesday
H2O
4 pm
Bible Study/Choir
6:45 pm
ROTATING MINISTRIES
February 8
Tim & Lisa Collins
Sandra Crubaugh
II.
Philip was tactful in his approach
February 15
Jana Smallwood
Nursery I
Teressa Brady
(0-12 mos.)
Tina Parker
Nursery II
Emily & Seth Parker Farrah & Madison
(12-24 mos.)
Scott
Communion/sick
Bill Orbeck
Neil Weathington
Meditation
Clay Little
Ralph Washington
Deacon/Week
Mitchell Burns
Randy Collins
Communion Preparation for February: Donnie & Janice Dowis
Baptism Team for February: Anita Brown & Renee BonneCarrere
Bethany
Christian
Church
2868 Carrollton-Villa Rica Hwy., Carrollton, Georgia 30116
2868 Carrollton-Villa
Rica Hwy.
770-834-1927
www.bethanychristian.com
Carrollton, GA 30116
770-834-1927
February 8, 2015
www.bethanychristian.com
Untold Stories of
BCC
“Then Philip began with that very passage of Scripture and told
him the good news about Jesus.”
Acts 8:35
II.
Philip was Christ-centered in his message
Staff:
Mike Wood, Senior Minister
Neil Weathington, Music Minister
Jenn Nasser, Youth Director
Musicians & Technicians
Joey Musick (piano); Debbie Bailey (organ); Zachary
Lancaster, Drew Scott, Jonathan Brown, Anthony Johnson
(guitar); Kerry Cooper (bass); Jacob Orbeck (drums); Amy
Dickerson, Katie Davison, Megan Stamps (vocals); Lynn
Weathington, Glen Schirmer, Kevin Watson, Adam Musick,
Russell Bennett, Phillip Brown, Jacob Butler (sound/
lighting/video)
Mike Wood
Senior Minister
ANNOUNCEMENTS
WELCOME VISITORS! We are glad you chose to worship with us
today. Please fill out a visitor’s card from the pew and place it in
the offering plate so we will have a record of your visit. Assisted
hearing devices are also available. Parents are welcome to take
advantage of our nursery facilities and graded worship through
middle school. (See a greeter for directions.)
WEDNESDAY NIGHT ACTIVITIES continue this week. H2O
meets at 4 p.m., followed by [gloh] Worship for youth at 6:45 p.m.
We have Bible Study for adults (taught by Mike Wood), the “Story
Behind the Song” class, and Children’s Bible Study, all meeting in
the FLC at 6:45 p.m. Adult Choir Practice is in the sanctuary at
6:45 p.m.
CHILDREN’S MINISTRY MEETING – We have a meeting today,
immediately after the worship service, for anyone interested in the
direction of our children’s ministry. Chili/soup lunch will be
provided. All parents, teachers, prospective teachers and others
who are interested are encouraged to attend.
ELDERS MEET today at 1 p.m. in the Gathering Room.
PHOTOS ARE NEEDED to complete our online directory. If you
haven’t had your photograph taken in the past year here at
Bethany, or haven’t provided a photo, we’ll have volunteer
photographers in the foyer today and next Sunday after worship.
THE “WHY WE RELAY” display is in the foyer today. If you or a
loved one are currently fighting cancer, are a cancer survivor, or if
a loved one with cancer has passed, please fill out a form at the
display to be included. If you have done this in the past, there’s no
need to fill out another form, unless there are updates to be made.
Also, Relay for Life t-shirts are available to order from Gina
Collins. The $15 payment is due at the time it is ordered.
“PARENTS NIGHT OUT” is this Saturday, February 14, from 5-9
p.m. at the FLC. Parents, bring your children out for a great time of
fun and food for them, and a night off for yourself!
THE FCA GOLF TOURNAMENT is planned for Monday, March 2,
at Oak Mt. Golf Course. Registration is at 8:45 a.m., and a
shotgun start at 10 a.m. If you’d be interested in playing on a team
from Bethany, contact either Tommy Musick or Richard Bailey.
Jeff Hughes is the director of the West Ga. FCA (Fellowship of
Christian Athletes), and is supported by Bethany’s Faith Promise
Missions program.
THE YOUTH BAKING MINISTRY meets this Tuesday, February
10, from 6-7:30 p.m. See Jenn Nasser for more information.
OUR PHONETREE has been repaired and is working again, so
we can communicate with everyone in the event of deaths,
cancellations, etc. If you did not receive a message from Bethany
on Wednesday of this past week, and would like to receive
PhoneTree messages, please contact the church office. If you
would like to have your number removed from the list, and receive
notifications by email instead, please call the office as well.
THE “BACKPACK PROGRAM” is sponsored by the Messenger’s
Class, to provide food items for children at risk in our community.
If you’d like to help by providing individual ready-to-eat items
(pudding/jello/fruit cups, cheese crackers, pop-tarts, grits, oatmeal,
juice boxes, cereal cups/bars, etc.), either bring these items to the
church office, or leave them in the Messenger’s Classroom.
BETHANY IS INVITED to the wedding of Jennifer Bridges and
Brian Scott on Saturday, February 28, at 1:30 p.m., here at
Bethany. A reception will follow. Please RSVP to 770-846-6601, or
see the signup sheet in the foyer by February 15.
FOUND: Brown leather Bible with strap closure. See Michele
Burns in the church office if you’ve lost one.
THE WOMEN’S SHELTER item needed for February is toilet
tissue & paper towels. There is a bin for these items in the foyer.
FOOD PANTRY DRIVE – The “Item of the Month” for our Food
Pantry for February is canned fruit. There is a bin in the foyer to
deposit these items. Thanks for your help, and remember if you
know of someone in need, either send them our way, bring them
to the pantry, or take items to them.
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IF YOU ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND SERVICES and would like
communion brought to you at home, please contact the church
office, or the men in charge of home communion for the week.
Attendance & Offerings for February 1, 2015:
Attendance: 204
Wed. Service: 90
General Fund: $9,302.21
Missions: $623 Dollar/Week: $28 Building Fund: $110
Immeasurably More: $420 (Total to date = $235,505.71)
PRAYER LIST
Church Family: family of Karen Gill, family of Ted Bear, Steve Turner
(upcoming surgery), Jenny Chandler, Mike Nasser, Roy Gable, Donnie
Dowis, Susie Bear, Joey Mullins, Paul & Peggy Wilder, Rick Parker,
Jerral Howard, Tim Brady, Buvena Turner, Maritza Schirmer, Janie
Ebner, Pat Alexander, Genelle Sudduth, Allen Howard, Mary Hardeman,
Hollice Eason (Knute’s wife), Rita Henry, Kami Burns (missionary/MX),
Debbie Smith, Priscilla Sudduth, G.W. & Barbara Cook, Hilda Daniel,
Maurine Musick.
Friends & family: Our nation & leaders, our troops & their families, our
missionaries, Ally Poole (19 yr old in auto accident), Martha Stone
(surgery on 2/17), the family of Kayla Phipps, J.T. Chandler (Jenny’s
dad), Carolyn Cook (cancer, sister of Jan Rosson), Hilda Nasser (Mike’s
mother), Lindsey Herndon, Arthur Green (Ronnie’s dad), Don and Bertha
Nutting (parents of Sylvia Suddeth), Polly Rankins (Zella Musick’s sister,
lymphoma), Marti Love Terrell (12 yr old w/brain tumor), Jimmie Gammon
(Richard’s dad), Joyce Langston (friend of Bonnie Pate), Debbie Ridley
(cancer, friend of Amy Emory), Austin Bonova (grandson of Bonnie &
Steve Turner), Joyce Dumm (sister of Louise Heartstedt), Ruth Shaw
(Ramona Smith’s mom), Kevin Harris, Chuck Butler (Debby Cook’s
brother), Polly Criswell, Barbara Strickland (bladder cancer), Noah
Bishop (child w/cancer), Margie Bell, Todd Logan (son of Don & Cindy
Logan), Sue Curry, Sarah Nelson (Carolyn Foster’s sister), Lisa Kuntz
(Dale Hilmer’s daughter), Felicity Withrow (Sylvia Suddeth’s great-niece,
cancer), David Estes (friend of Gwen Strickland), Carol Samples (Sandra
Crubaugh’s mom), Doris Morgan (Ronnie Morgan’s mom), Betty Turner
(Jack’s mom), Yuvonne Butler, Harvey Copeland, Bill Estep, David &
Larry Griffis (Carolyn Foster’s brothers), Jack Herrin (Lisa Butler’s dad),
Darren Goolsby (Roy & Glenda Gable’s son-in-law), Doug & Bobby
Boatright, Butch Broome (Beth Orbeck’s dad), Sarah Stevenson (Jack
Turner’s sister), Ima Jean Hurst (Tim Collins’s mom), Lydia Hoel (Bill
Orbeck’s mom), Ken Fowler.
CALENDAR
Sunday
12 noon
1 pm
Lunch meeting for Children’s Ministry
Elders meet in the Gathering Room
Tuesday
8 am
6 pm
Double Nickels Breakfast Club at Jerry’s Country Kitchen
Youth Baking Ministry
Wednesday
12 noon
4 pm
6:45 pm
Men’s Lunch at Zaxby’s on Bankhead
H2O
Bible Study for all ages, Adult Choir, [gloh] Worship
Friday
12:30 pm
Ladies Lunch at Captain D’s on Hwy. 27 South
Saturday
5-9 pm
Parents’ Night Out