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“A FAMILY OF FAITH

STANDING TOGETHER

ON GOD’S WORD”

Pastor Bryce Kristofferson

816 W. Breckenridge St.

Mexico, MO 65265

Phone: 573-581-5173

SUNDAY

9:30 am Sunday School

10:45 am Worship Service

5:00 pm Bible Studies

WEDNESDAY

5:30 pm Choir Practice

6:30 pm Prayer Meeting

6:30 pm Praise Team Practice

THURSDAY

3rd Thursday of each month

12:00 pm OASIS

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FOOD FOR THOUGHT

I hope that you are having a wonderful fall. I know that we have

been on the go as usual. Life changes, things happen, we adjust.

We look to God for strength during the difficult times and He is

fully willing to provide at the right time, His timing.

What do you do when you are stressed and overwhelmed? We all

come to times when that feeling is upon us. I hope that you have

something that you regularly do, because unchecked the feeling

can lead to worse things. I would like to recommend a couple of

things that we find in scripture to help us deal with the feeling of

being overwhelmed.

First I would suggest talking to God about it. Prayer is a powerful

tool! We have the opportunity to talk to the very one who cre-

ated us! He knows us better than we know ourselves. Scripture

tells us He knows the number of hairs we have! (Luke 12:7) We

also have examples from the Psalms, where the authors was in

peril or a state of desperation. Sometimes they were even seem-

ing to be angry with God. Don’t be afraid to tell God really what

you feel. I promise you He has heard it before and will hear it

again.

Second, I would suggest that you take some time to briefly get

away to read and meditate on God’s word. God’s word is relevant

today and He knows just what you need to hear Him telling you.

God provides just what we need, when we need it.

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NOVEMBER

CONTACT

2017

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DATES FOR YOUR CALENDAR

SUNDAY 11/5—26 9:30 am Sunday School

10:45 am Worship Services

5:00 pm Bible Study

MONDAY

11/6—27 6:30—8:30 pm Blue Grass WEDNESDAY 11/1—29 — 5:30 pm Choir Practice 6:30 pm Prayer Meeting 6:30 pm Praise Team Practice THURSDAY

11/16 — 12:00 pm OASIS

SATURDAY

11/11 — NO 8:00 am Men’s Breakfast

Missed a sermon? You can now

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MINISTRY WORKERS SPOTLIGHT

CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES

Some don’t know it but this ministry has so many hats

to wear. It has Mother’s and Father’s Day, Samaritan’s Purse, An-

gel Tree Ministries, National Day of Prayer Breakfast, etc. If you

want to get involved in a group, check out Christian Ministries.

Contact Rachel Cox with any questions. Kudos to Christian Ministries

for all they do for Centennial Baptist and reaching out to help others.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

2017 November

1 5:30 pm Choir 6:30 pm Prayer Mtg 6:30 pm Budget Meeting

2

3

4

Set clocks back one hour

5 Time changes back to Standard time. 9:30 am Sunday School. 10:45 am Worship & Chil-dren’s Church 4:00 pm Deacon’s Mtg 5:00 pm Bible Study

6 6:30-8:30 pm Blue Grass

7

8 5:30 pm Choir 6:30 pm Prayer Mtg Last day to drop off Shoeboxes to church

9

10

11 Camp Cedar Crest Deer Hunting Breakfast & lodg-ing Veterans Day

12

9:30 am Sunday School 10:45 am Worship & Children’s Church Unity Worship Service First Presbyterian Church 4:00 pm 6:00 pm Bible Study (Note time change)

13 6:30-8:30 pm Blue Grass

“Operation

Christmas Child”

Drop Off Week

14

“Operation

Christmas

Child”

Drop Off

Week

15 5:30 pm Choir 6:30 pm Prayer Mtg

“Operation

Christmas

Child”

Drop Off Week

16

12:00 pm OASIS

“Operation

Christmas

Child”

Drop Off Week

17

“Operation

Christmas

Child”

Drop Off Week

18

“Operation

Christmas

Child”

Drop Off Week

19 9:30 am Sunday School 10:45 am Worship & Chil-dren’s Church Testimony Sunday 5:00 pm Bible Study

“Operation Christmas

Child”

20 6:30-8:30 pm Blue Grass

“Operation

Christmas Child”

Drop Off Week

21

22 5:30 pm Choir 6:30 pm Prayer Meeting

23 OFFICE CLOSED HAPPY THANKSGIVING

24 OFFICE CLOSED

25

26

9:30 am Sunday School 10:45 Worship & Chil-dren’s Church 5:00 pm Bible Study

27 6:30-8:30 pm Blue Grass

28

29 5:30 pm Choir 6:30 pm Prayer meeting

30

Serving this Month

November 2017

November 12 November 19 November 26 November 5

Finance

Committee

Ellis Glasgow &

Bill Dugan

Ellis Glasgow &

Bill Dugan

Ellis Glasgow &

Bill Dugan

Ellis Glasgow &

Bill Dugan

Pantry Item Potatoes Potatoes Potatoes Potatoes

Hospital & Nursing

Home Visitation

Ann Moore

Gwen Young & Lorna Biggers

Ann Moore

Gwen Young & Lorna Biggers

Ann Moore

Gwen Young & Lorna Biggers

Ann Moore

Gwen Young & Lorna Biggers

9:30 am Greeter Jim Gentry Jim Gentry Jim Gentry Jim Gentry

10:45 am Greeters TBA TBA TBA TBA

10:45 Nursery

Workers

Becca & Rachel

Kristofferson

Dolly Jesse &

Miranda Marquette

Landri Teel &

Kelli Teel

Ashley Kreyling &

Mary Test

Van Driver Earl Ingrum

581-1056

Earl Ingrum

581-1056

Earl Ingrum

581-1056

Earl Ingrum

581-1056

Serving Next

Month 2017

December 10 December 17 December 24 December

31

December 3

Finance

Committee

Dwight Schindler

& Jimmy Cox

Dwight Schindler

& Jimmy Cox

Dwight Schindler

& Jimmy Cox

D. Schindler

& Jimmy

Cox

Dwight Schindler

& Jimmy Cox

Pantry Item Cereal Cereal Cereal Cereal Cereal

Hospital &

Nursing Home

Visitation

Stacey Moore,

Rachel Cox &

Dana Reynard

Stacey Moore,

Rachel Cox &

Dana Reynard

Stacey Moore,

Rachel Cox &

Dana Reynard

Stacey

Moore,

Rachel Cox

& Dana

Reynard

Stacey Moore,

Rachel Cox &

Dana Reynard

9:30 am Greeter Jim Gentry Jim Gentry Jim Gentry Jim Gentry Jim Gentry

10:45 am Greeters TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA

10:45 Nursery

Workers

Becca & Rachel

Kristofferson

Dolly Jesse &

Miranda Marquette

Landri Teel &

Kelli Teel

Becca &

Rachel

Kristoffer-

son

Ashley Kreyling &

Mary Test

Van Driver Tim Jesse

581-8496

Tim Jesse

581-8496

Tim Jesse

581-8496

Tim Jesse

581-8496

Tim Jesse

581-8496

November Birthdays Lynne Vich 1

Karen Thomas 1

Vickie Barker 2

Jamie Phillips 3

Dylan Yeager 4

Lee Allen 6

Bill Barker 7

Linda Stuart 8

Tim Jesse 8

Diane Richards 9

Art Allen 10

Lorna Biggers 10

Daronda Kelly 12

Bradford Talley 12

Ethan Hilderman 15

Earl Ingrum Sr. 16

Donna Kessler 16

Melissa Elam 18

Tina Marie Early 22

Mary Black 23

Nathan Yeager 25

Earl Ingrum Jr. 26

Ralph Crum 27

Lana Doedli 27

Rex Hannon 27

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NOVEMBER ANNIVERSARIES

Chris & Tina Early

Nov. 7

Chris & Amy Duff

Nov. 14

Pray for safety for

deer hunters!

_ _ _ _ _ _ _

Let the peace

of Christ rule

in your hearts,

to which

indeed you

were called; in

one body and

be thankful.

Colossians

3:15

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THIS MONTH’S RIDDLE

Though I have no color

I am sometimes white.

And you can’t avoid me,

Though try as you might.

I’m useful for hiding things no one can see,

And rarely, if ever, does good come from me.

What am I?

OASIS stands for Older Adults Still In Service. We have no

Expectations on what is “older”. We welcome EVERYONE who

enjoys good fellowship, great programs and wonderful food.

It is a time once a month where people can gather in the fellowship

hall and have fun. You don’t have to belong to Centennial to come.

Again EVERYONE is welcome.

This month is our “Thanksgiving” meeting. We will celebrate

Thanksgiving as a group and have a lot of fun and fellowship to-

gether. Join us on Thursday November 16th @ noon and bring a

dish that goes with a turkey dinner. Everyone Welcome!!

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OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD

Our Goal this year is 100 shoeboxes to send to

children somewhere overseas. We surpassed our goal

of 50 last year, let’s do it again!! Please have your

shoeboxes turned in by November 8th.

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Most of our 27 Angel Tree Ministries Angels have

been picked up by Centennial members. These kids

have a parent who is incarcerated and we know what

they would like for Christmas so we will fulfill that

request for them. Put a smile on the little faces this

Christmas!! Deadline to have your wrapped gifts here

to church is Sunday November 12th.

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A Plea From A Concerned Turkey!!

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Third, share it with some others. I have friends who I lean on when I am feeling overwhelmed. I have friends who are ministers in our association, but I also have those who are in different places throughout the state. You can use your Sunday School class or small group. You can al-ways talk to me. Any time, day or night. If you need your pastor, please call or text. (660-890-1639). I care about you and want to help if I can.

I want to thank everyone in the church for the wonderful outpouring on the pastor’s apprecia-tion day. Thank you for the dinner, the cards and the generous gifts you gave our family. I really appreciate the way you look after my family. I am humbled to say the least. Thank You from my-self, Kara and the kids!! Pastor Bryce

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

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