“Glorifying and Worshipping Jesus Christ by fulfilling the Great Commission”

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Deacon Benediction- December

Dec 3 Chris Kennington Dec 10 Robin Bryant Dec 17 Earl McElveen, Jr. Dec 24 Duane Elmore Dec 31 Tony Lunsford

Counting Team - December Tony Lunsford Karen Currin

Duane Elmore Carol Jane Holt

Alternate: Carl Watkins

Usher Team- December Captain: Ed Melton, Sr.

J.C. Hodge Wayne Currin Buddy Shumake Jackson Currin Edward Melton, Jr. Daniel Currin Woody Johnson Jordan Melton

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December Nursery Schedule Captain: Brittany Henderson

3rd Infants Bethany Perry, Lisa Blackwell, Susan Lane

Toddlers Jeff Jordan & Shannon Hutson Evening No nursery 6th Lynn Lawson & Debbie Pritchard 10th Infants Dawn Kennington, Sheryl Cutler, Georgianna McElveen

Toddlers Virginia Adams & Tammy Johnson Evening Debbie & Bobby Pritchard

13th No Nursery 17th Infants Allison & Mark Shaw, Amber Vance Toddlers Miriam Young & Allison Bennett Evening No nursery 20th No Nursery 24th Infants Allyn Lunsford, Leigh Lloyd, Sandra Kelley Toddlers Gail Bryant, Jennifer Bjorgen, Mandy Kirkman Evening No Nursery 27th No Nursery 31st Infants Jody Jones, Luellyn Meadows, Lisa Melton Toddlers Hope & Chuck McLendon Evening No Nursery

Greeting Teams- December

3rd: Gail Bryant, Lela Elmore & Jeri Cox

10th: Larry & Teresa Gainey, Janee’ Stone

17th: Bonnie Hall & Becca Hentz

24th: Tony & Mendy Johnson, Deena Shelley

31st: JoReta Wall, Denise Amerson &

Dawn Kennington

Usher Team- January Captain: Hamp Blackwell

Eric Burch Seth Elliott Ray Norris Vincent Leeth

Robin Bryant Chuck McLendon Carl Watkins

Counting Team - January Jayne Murray Phillip Tiller

Sandra Kelley Teresa McLester

Alternate: Lee Cagle

Deacon Benediction- January

Jan 7 Phillip Tiller Jan 14 Jimmy Shelley Jan 21 Tony Marsh Jan 28 Ken Whitley

As of 11/27/17

Budget Needs to Date: $ 191,478.69

Budget Received to Date: $ 198,835.09

Over Budget: $ 7,356.40

Brotherhood Family Night

December 3rd @ 6:00 pm

Guest Speaker: Steve Brogan Comedian Ventriloquist

The Men’s Ministry invites the KBC church family to hear comedian Steve Brogan tonight. A bbq dinner will be a

prepared by our very own Deena and Jimmy Shelley. You are asked to bring a dessert to share. Invite your friends to

attend this fun evening with us!

Christmas Wonder A Christmas Sermon Series beginning Dec. 3

The world into which Jesus was born was a world of hopeless bondage. People were enslaved to all kinds of sin and selfish desires. But this did not stop the love of God from coming to each and every single person. Even the Jewish leaders of Jesus’ day were spiritually blind and refused to accept His message of love and forgiveness. They were bound by tradition and the Law of Moses as they interpreted it to fit their own needs. God’s Son came to set them free from the bondage of sin and false piety, but they refused to listen to the wondrous message of Christmas. They saw Jesus only as the son of Joseph the carpenter and a good teacher and certainly not the Son of God. But to those who dared to believe in Jesus as the Messiah, a wonderful freedom was given. The spiritual blindness that once covered their eyes was lifted.

Faith was the one requirement. Good words and human promises were not enlisted. In reality, the works and deeds of our flesh are no match for the infinite love and compassion of God’s Son. In Luke 4:18 Jesus quotes the prophet Isaiah; “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because He anointed Me to preach the gospel to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim release to the captives, and recovery of sight to the blind, to set free those who are downtrodden.” Freedom beings with Jesus. No matter what has a hold of your life, His love is strong enough to break the bondage. Jesus came because of people like you and me who desperately need His eternal love and forgiveness. My hope for you this Christmas, is that you will let Him set you free to be all God has planned for you to become. I begin a new sermon series this Sunday I’ve entitled, Christmas Wonder. We’ll explore the wonder of His eternal plan, the wonder of promises kept, the wonder of His miraculous birth and the wonder of a Merry Christmas. I encourage you to invite someone to church with you as we worship our wonderful Savior. As in years past, Tina and I invite you to our home on December 17 for our annual drop-in. We love opening our home to our church family as we celebrate the season. This is our gift to you so come enjoy the fellowship and the food! Last but not least, from our family to yours...we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Christmas Eve Candlelight Service

Sunday, December 24th @ 5:30

Kindergarten News We collected over 250 food items for HIM during our Spirit Week in November. We also celebrated the first Thanksgiving with our little Pilgrims and Indians. December will be busy as we learn about the true meaning of Christmas along with our academics. We will have Open House and our Christmas Program on December 14 at 6:00. Christmas Break will begin on December 18 and we will return on January 2nd. Our Scholarship Money is growing! Thank you to everyone who has contributed to the fund! My staff and I hope you have a Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year! In Christ, Tammy Johnson

Hartsville Interfaith Ministry Food Bank Hartsville Interfaith Ministries (HIM) is an interdenominational, non-profit Christ-centered ministry committed to sharing the love of Christ with those in need in the Hartsville Community. We are collecting items for the food bank at HIM. A list of some of the food items they are in need of are listed below.

Needs: pasta, spaghetti sauce, soup, grits/oatmeal, peanut butter, jelly,

corn muffin mix, canned goods (fruit and beans)

You can pick up a complete list outside of the church office. Thank you for helping with this ministry!

KBC Goal: $20,000

Linda & Walter Johnson join by letter. Bella Bennett joins by baptism. Taylor Smith joins by letter. We thank the Lord for these individuals who have joined our church family.

Overscheduled? Exhausted? Overwhelmed? Beginning January 3 we’ll discover how to stop living at a frenetic pace (hopefully!) and begin charting a new course toward satisfaction, purpose, and significance. In this four week study, pastor Bill Hybels will share his story of why he had to simplify his life and the wake-up call that changed everything for him. Pastor Rod will facilitate this study right after our evening fellowship meal.

Beginning in late January, we’ll explore the Apostles Creed during Sunday night worship. For more than 1,600 years, the Creed has united the church around core Christian doctrines as revealed in Scripture. This historic confession points us to the foundational beliefs of our faith and to the life changing truth of the gospel.

Join us for our Christmas Eve Candlelight and Communion Service. As part of our worship, you’ll have an opportunity to purchase Bibles from our local Gideons chapter and then give them back to the Gideons for distribution. This is a wonderful tradition we have of supporting the ministry of the Gideons and honoring our Lord as well as we celebrate His birth-day. If you have any questions about the ministry of the Gideons, please see Manly Kelley or Mike Tyner.

Poinsettias Honor a Loved this Christmas!

You’re invited to purchase a poinsettia already in our sanctuary in honor or memory of a loved one. The cost is $10 and proceeds will go towards our LMCO. Thank you for helping us raise money for missions!

Lottie Moon Post Office The annual Lottie Post Office will be in operation begin-ning December 10-24. If you would like to send a Christmas card to a church member, utilize the post office box outside the sanctuary. Cost is.10 and goes towards our LMCO goal.

More News & Events:

Women’s Bible Study- January 2018

Every Tuesday at 6:30 PM beginning in January

Lead by Marjorie Hutchin

Our Wednesday Night Meals are from 5:30 to 6:15. The last meal for this year is December 13.

Don’t forget to let the church office know by Monday

of each week for reservations.

The Youth are asked to manage the reservation and drink table for December as well as to provide

the desserts. Couples I is asked to serve in January.

Our Children’s Choir is preparing for “The REAL Christmas Story” and will share this musical on December 13th at 6:30. We'll have our usual

Wednesday night meal at 5:30 pm followed by the children's musical.

January 9th @ 12:00 p.m.

Don’t miss our Christmas musical “We Have a Savior” here at KBC on Sunday, Dec. 10 at 6:30 pm

featuring the Adult Choirs of KBC and West Hartsville Baptist Church!

Hartsville Community Prayer Group

2nd Thursday of every month @ 7pm

YMCA Community Meeting Room

Next meeting: December 14th

Johnny Hunts Men’s Conference-Woodstock, GA

February 2-3, 2018

There are tickets still available for this event. Please see Ken Whitley for more information about this

wonderful time of fellowship.

Knit & Purl Girls

Every Thursday

@ 9 AM Come join us!

Prison Ministry Christmas Shopping Spree Friday, December 8

If you are helping with this event, please be at the prison farm at 6:30 pm and please don't bring cell

phones into the prison farm. We are still in need of gift boxes, bags and gift wrap as well as gift items for

women and children. See Lin for more info.

Prison Ministry- Friday, January 12th @ 6:45 pm

Thank You! Also, as a drop-off site, we collected a total of 3,074 shoeboxes, with 264 from our church

family!

Thank you again for helping us provide this ministry as a drop-off

location, and a special thank you to Janee’ Stone who helped lead KBC in this ministry.

The Church Office will be closed for the holidays

December 25, 26 & 27 in celebration of Christmas.

We will also be closed

January 1 for New Year’s.

Thank you for this time away to be with our families.

KBC Kindergarten Open House and Christmas program "Where's Baby Jesus"

will be held on

Thursday, December 14th.

Friday, December 1

If you signed up for this event, we will leave at 2 pm for the concert.

See Lin if you have any questions.

Weekly Schedule: Sundays:

Life Groups - 9:15 AM

Fun, Food, Fellowship - 6:00 PM

Youth Worship - 6:30 PM

Wednesdays:

Family Meal - 5:30 PM

Aftershock - 6:30 PM

December 27th-29th Gatlinburg, TN

If you signed up, your $50 deposit is due now. Your

final balance is due December 1.

CHRISTMAS BREAK

We will be taking a break from our regular Sunday Night AWANA activities for the month of December. We will See you back Sunday, January 7, 2018 @ 6:00pm

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

j A n u A R Y

I’m A Christian Now Class For Kids

Classes begin Sunday January 7th @ 9:15 Sign up @ KidzTown Board. For children who are new believers in Christ. This is a 4 week Study.

MIAs, RAs AND

JR.MIAs

Classes will not be meeting this month, we encourage each family to attend our church wide events scheduled for December. Classes will resume January 3rd 2018!

2017

Tuesday, December 19th

6:00pm - 8:00 pm

Hartsville Skating Arena

Snacks and drinks will be served.

Bring a friend!

Children's Choir will present

December

13th @ 6:30

Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities:

VBS Sports Camp

Upward Soccer

RA Camp

GA Camp

VBS On The Road

See Joanie for details on how you can volunteer

for these ministries.

1st & 2nd Grade Life Group This class will be relocating

to the downstairs kindergarten classroom.

See Joanie for details.

Children's Church

We welcome all

children grades

3k - 3rd to join us

each Sunday

Morning for a

special time of

Kid’s Worship.

Invite a Friend!

Friends and Family, There is a chill in the air. The lights are up. The tree has been decorated and Christmas music is on the radio. Yes, Christmas is underway! This is a time for family and friends and in many ways it is the busiest time of year. Honestly, I find myself so wrapped up in the comings and goings that I forget how the first Christmas got started; through prayer. In Luke 1:13 we read that God heard the prayers of his people and sent John the Baptist to prepare the way for Christ. So, during this season remember to pray. Pray for our students, that this coming year will be a year of deep spiritual growth. Pray that lives will be changed and hearts renewed in our students and in our community. Merry Christmas!

March 23 Bus leaves KBC at 4:15

$15 + food money

December 27th -29th Total balance is due.

Students going will need to bring food money.

Xtreme Winter Chaperone Meeting On December 17th, we will have a brief meeting in the youth room following the worship service for the Xtreme Winter chaperones.

December 16 6:00p.m.

At the Moore’s house Come in your tackiest Christmas

sweater! We will have a ginger bread house

building contest too!