See you in church! Pastor's Letter October 2014 October is an exciting month for Bible Baptist Church as we celebrate our foreign missions outreach. October 4 th and 5 th is designated for us as “World Missions Weekend”, and we will be hosting several events to welcome our newest missionary families. On Saturday, October 4 th , we will have men’s prayer breakfast at 8:00 AM, and will be introduced to each of the three missionary candidates. At 10:30 that morning, there will be a ladies’ brunch, at which each of the missionary wives will give their testimony about where God is leading their family to serve Him. On Sunday, October 5 th , these missionaries will be speaking in some of our Sunday School classes, and we will hear more from them in the morning and evening services. Our special guest speaker for the day is Pastor Mark Hodges, from Winter Haven Baptist Church in Winter Haven, Florida. Pastor Hodges is a long-time pastor, who has traveled extensively throughout the world supporting and encouraging missionaries in many countries. He also has served as the president of the Baptist Bible Fellowship International, and several offices in the Florida state fellowship. Several of our “veteran” missionaries will also be stopping by during the month of October to give reports on their work: Erwin Santoso (New Zealand), October 5 th ; Jason Kenney and family (Chile), October 12 th ; Jerry Collins and family (Mexico), October 19 th ; and Brad Henderson and family (Tanzania), on October 26 th . Missionary Barry Williams (Scotland) will be here November 16 th . It is our desire through missions’ month for each of our families to strengthen their burden for lost people “across the street, and around the world.” I hope that your family regularly contributes to our missions outreach ministry. If you already are giving to missions, use this month and these missionary guests to increase your support. If you do not regularly give to the mission work of Bible Baptist Church, then prayerfully consider how the Lord would use your family to help get the gospel to these needy lands. “Little is much, when God is in it!” You may think that $10 or $20 per week isn’t very much to reach the world, but when every family participates, the combined effort is tremendous. In our nearly 20 year history, Bible Baptist has given over $2.5 million dollars to missions! It was only accomplished by our families working together for the cause of the gospel. It has been two years since we put our emphasis on world missions, (we focused on church planting in America last year), and I’m looking forward to what the Lord is going to do in our congregation throughout this month. This month also includes a Homebuilder’s Class fellowship, two Great Commission nights, a ladies’ fellowship night, teen events, kids’ outings, and much more. As we go into the final quarter of 2014 we are getting ready for some of the biggest events on our yearly calendar. Let’s pray that the Lord will continue His hand of blessing on our church, on our families, and on all these ministry efforts.
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See you in church!
Pastor's Letter October 2014
October is an exciting month for Bible Baptist Church as we celebrate our foreign missions outreach. October 4th and 5th is designated for us as “World Missions Weekend”, and we will be hosting several events to welcome our newest missionary families. On Saturday, October 4th, we will have men’s prayer breakfast at 8:00 AM, and will be introduced to each of the three missionary candidates. At 10:30 that morning, there will be a ladies’ brunch, at which each of the missionary wives will give their testimony about where God is leading their family to serve Him. On Sunday, October 5th, these missionaries will be speaking in some of our Sunday School classes, and we will hear more from them in the morning and evening services. Our special guest speaker for the day is Pastor Mark Hodges, from Winter Haven Baptist Church in Winter Haven, Florida. Pastor Hodges is a long-time pastor, who has traveled extensively throughout the world supporting and encouraging missionaries in many countries. He also has served as the president of the Baptist Bible Fellowship International, and several offices in the Florida state fellowship. Several of our “veteran” missionaries will also be stopping by during the month of October to give reports on their work: Erwin Santoso (New Zealand), October 5th; Jason Kenney and family (Chile), October 12th; Jerry Collins and family (Mexico), October 19th; and Brad Henderson and family (Tanzania), on October 26th. Missionary Barry Williams (Scotland) will be here November 16th.
It is our desire through missions’ month for each of our families to strengthen their burden for lost people “across the street, and around the world.” I hope that your family regularly contributes to our missions outreach ministry. If you already are giving to missions, use this month and these missionary guests to increase your support. If you do not regularly give to the mission work of Bible Baptist Church, then prayerfully consider how the Lord would use your family to help get the gospel to these needy lands. “Little is much, when God is in it!” You may think that $10 or $20 per week isn’t very much to reach the world, but when every family participates, the combined effort is tremendous. In our nearly 20 year history, Bible Baptist has given over $2.5 million dollars to missions! It was only accomplished by our families working together for the cause of the gospel. It has been two years since we put our emphasis on world missions, (we focused on church planting in America last year), and I’m looking forward to what the Lord is going to do in our congregation throughout this month. This month also includes a Homebuilder’s Class fellowship, two Great Commission nights, a ladies’ fellowship night, teen events, kids’ outings, and much more. As we go into the final quarter of 2014 we are getting ready for some of the biggest events on our yearly calendar. Let’s pray that the Lord will continue His hand of blessing on our church, on our families, and on all these ministry efforts.
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World Missions Weekend
We will be working with Lifetouch to create our 20th Anniversary Directory. We want every
person that calls BBC their home to be a part of this publication. You will receive a free 8x10
or 9 wallets and a free directory for having your photo included.
Schedule your family’s portraits online by going to www.bbcwilmington.org and
clicking on the Anniversary Directory tab! A table will also be set up in the tower
lobby on September 28th, October 5th, and October 12th for families
to schedule their photography sessions.
If you have photos of special church events or happenings from 2010-2012 we
may need them for our yearbook. Some of ours were lost in a computer
crash in 2012. See Amanda Beckett if you have photos of interest.
*Birthday/Anniversary information is taken from our family profile sheets. If you have never filled out a profile sheet, or need
to make changes concerning the information on file, please contact the church office.
Birthdays: 10/01 Roger Collins Steven Pratt Marion Smith Elisabeth Waddle 10/02 Hailey Clayborn 10/03 Ronald Cameron Sharon Cameron Verna Faulkner Karan Keiter 10/04 Jim Landon 10/05 Betty Boswell Jim Flint Carolyn Lee 10/06 Patty Beckett Dakota Cravens Lisa Landon Debbie Robinett Marty Witham 10/07 Nancy Davidson Harley Douglas Michele Milner Evalynne Porter Charity Price 10/08 Doug Eastes Casey McCoy Jay Stacey Tanner Vinup 10/09 Sandra Garrison Leah Schneider 10/10 Andrea Flores Steve Keiter Becky Niemesh Virginia Shiveley Gary Swinderman 10/11 Rachael Fry Ellen Huffman Colin Louderback James Peters Diana Seedle Douglas Willis 10/12 Mackenzie Beard Kim Campbell Leigha Gates Rhonda Richardson 10/13 Tom Isaacs Julie Moreton 10/15 Chris Geyer Sammi Gray Dustin Hancock Carol Sue Shuttleworth 10/16 Roseanne Amburgy Dwight Fetter Ruth Luke Jerry Renner Mia VanGundy Christina Walker 10/17 John Crosby 10/18 Dawn Cahall Sophie Cockman Tammy Johnson Bill Russell Mark Smith Mark Stokes David West 10/19 Seth Doughman Scott Earley Tim Fallis David Hardwick Ashleigh Keiter 10/20 Grace Earley Scott Pennington
Ryan Pettijohn Kassie Renner 10/21 Elias Scott 10/23 Curt Davis Liza McCoy Barb Perry Melody VanGundy 10/24 Charles Richardson Kennedy Smith 10/25 Robert Brown Camden Burlile Laura Pratt Addison Stokes 10/26 Andy Biggs Rena Edwards Tina Ellis Everett Miller Beverly Roe Drew Spendlove 10/27 Inge DeLong Sydney Sprowle 10/28 Angie Bahr Lloyd Carmack Richard DeLong Gentry Miller Traci Shinkle 10/29 Clayton Amburgy Scott Henize Kristen Tobe 10/30 Tyler Batson Betty Buerkle Pat Johnson Andrew Waddle 10/31 Cody Burlile Harold Harker
Anniversaries 10/02 Dennis & Carolyn Fabel 10/03 David & Rose Ann West 10/04 Paul & Amanda Mandelstein 10/05 John & Marty Witham 10/06 Chris & Missy Geyer 10/07 Steve & Barbara Lawson 10/08 Jim & Angie Arnold John & Susie Chaney Bill & Tammy Kocher 10/09 Waldo & Rose Richardson Bryson & Chandra Thompson 10/10 Howie & Amy Coleman 10/11 Scott & Kathy Sprowle 10/12 Rob & Kristen Evans David & Marlene Viars 10/15 Rodney & Amanda Plymale Steve & Rhonda Sprowle 10/16 Dave & Debbie Robinett 10/17 Irvin & Carol Pollock Chuck & Traci Schneider 10/18 Bill & Joanne Johnson 10/19 Walter & Diane Roberts 10/20 Paul & Mary Martin Tim & Tiffany Shinkle 10/22 Lemic & Betty Perry Zackery & Jamie Williams 10/25 Jim & Diane Armstrong John & Karen O'Rourke 10/28 Bud & Barbara Deeter Ty & Jennifer Redmon 10/30 Michael & Sandy Hazelbaker 10/31 Steve & Ellen Huffman
Isaacs Concert
Senior Saints Thanksgiving
This fellowship is one of the highlights of
our Senior Saints Ministry. It will be held
at the church and is for anyone over the
age of 55. Register in the Main Lobby
beginning November 2nd.
Every family brings a dessert!
Heaven’s Gates and Hell’s Flames Drama
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Sunday Evening Series Pastor Appreciation Month
Time Change
October is — Pastor —
APPRECIATION MONTH
We appreciate our staff pastors and their ministry to our congregation.
