* November ~ Collecting cans of soup for UCM * November 3 ~ High Aendance Sun- day, Daylight Saving Time ends * November 3 ~ Choir will sing at Sky- land Nursing Home at 2:00 PM. * November 3 ~ Budget & Fin. Meeting 5:00 PM * November 3 ~ Xtreme Winter final pay- ment of $50.00 due. * November 6 ~ Quarterly Business Meeting at 6:30 PM. Rescheduled due to revival. * November 10 ~ Ingathering for Samaritan Christmas Boxes * November 10-17 ~ Week of pray for NC Baptist Children’s Home * November 12 ~ November Deacons’ Meeting, 7:00 PM * November 20 ~ Thanksgiving/ Christmas Fellowship Meal, 6:00 PM. * November 24 ~ Last day for NC Baptist Children’s Home offering. * November 24 ~ After morning service, bring out Christmas decorations. PLEASE STAY AND HELP! * November 27 ~ Church Office will be closed. * November 27 ~ NO evening services at the church. * November 28 ~ Thanksgiving Day Scos Creek Baptist Church God’s People, Seeking God’s Presence, and God’s Power November 2019 Dear Church Family, “Our world is full of greater pressures and demands than ever before: relational pressure, time pressure, financial pressure, political pressure, and more.” This all too true statement is from the introduction to a new book by Dr. David Jeremiah. But he does not leave us there. He goes on to say “But there is an answer to those pressures!” “There’s no need for you to feel ill-equipped for the journey of life. That’s because God Himself has already equipped you to overcome whatever comes your way. Though you may not realize it yet, God had given you everything you will ever need not just to sur- vive, but to thrive.” The book leads one to look into the “Word of God” for the answers to all of our problems. God has given us His word to lead us to salvation and then to show us how to live as a disciple of Jesus Christ. God has given us promises that he has never broken. One of those great promises is found in Matthew 6:31-33, “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘what shall we eat?’ or ‘what shall we drink?’ or ‘what shall we wear?’ For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” There are many other promises that let us know that God cares about all our needs. Many times, when someone gets saved, they will ask, does this mean that I will never have any more problems? If you have been saved for any length of time, you know that is not the way it is. After we are saved we do not stop living in our mortal flesh. We do not stop living in a pressure filled world. But, the wonderful thing about being saved is that we have the Lord Jesus Christ living in us to give us strength to overcome the world. The Apostle Paul said, “Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. ” My greatest desire as your pastor is to help each of you through the “Word of God” to be able to face the pressures of this world and to look forward to the next world where all tears are wiped away and there will be no pressure. Let us be faithful to our wonder- ful Lord and walk together as His children. Judy and I love you. Yours in Christ, Pastor J. D.
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* November ~ Collecting cans of soup for UCM
* November 3 ~ High Attendance Sun-day, Daylight Saving Time ends
* November 3 ~ Choir will sing at Sky-land Nursing Home at 2:00 PM.
* November 3 ~ Budget & Fin. Meeting 5:00 PM
* November 3 ~ Xtreme Winter final pay-ment of $50.00 due.
* November 6 ~ Quarterly Business Meeting at 6:30 PM. Rescheduled due to revival.
* November 10 ~ Ingathering for Samaritan Christmas Boxes
* November 10-17 ~ Week of pray for NC Baptist Children’s Home
* November 12 ~ November Deacons’ Meeting, 7:00 PM
* November 20 ~ Thanksgiving/Christmas Fellowship Meal, 6:00 PM.
* November 24 ~ Last day for NC Baptist Children’s Home offering.
* November 24 ~ After morning service, bring out Christmas decorations. PLEASE STAY AND HELP!
* November 27 ~ Church Office will be closed.
* November 27 ~ NO evening services at the church.
* November 28 ~ Thanksgiving Day
Scotts Creek Baptist Church
God’s People, Seeking God’s Presence, and God’s Power
November 2019 Dear Church Family, “Our world is full of greater pressures and demands than ever before: relational pressure, time pressure, financial pressure, political pressure, and more.” This all too true statement is from the introduction to a new book by Dr. David Jeremiah. But he does not leave us there. He goes on to say “But there is an answer to those pressures!” “There’s no need for you to feel ill-equipped for the journey of life. That’s because God Himself has already equipped you to overcome whatever comes your way. Though you may not realize it yet, God had given you everything you will ever need not just to sur-vive, but to thrive.” The book leads one to look into the “Word of God” for the answers to all of our problems. God has given us His word to lead us to salvation and then to show us how to live as a disciple of Jesus Christ. God has given us promises that he has never broken. One of those great promises is found in Matthew 6:31-33, “Therefore do not worry, saying, ‘what shall we eat?’ or ‘what shall we drink?’ or ‘what shall we wear?’ For after all these things the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you.” There are many other promises that let us know that God cares about all our needs. Many times, when someone gets saved, they will ask, does this mean that I will never have any more problems? If you have been saved for any length of time, you know that is not the way it is. After we are saved we do not stop living in our mortal flesh. We do not stop living in a pressure filled world. But, the wonderful thing about being saved is that we have the Lord Jesus Christ living in us to give us strength to overcome the world. The Apostle Paul said, “Greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world.” My greatest desire as your pastor is to help each of you through the “Word of God” to be able to face the pressures of this world and to look forward to the next world where all tears are wiped away and there will be no pressure. Let us be faithful to our wonder-ful Lord and walk together as His children. Judy and I love you. Yours in Christ, Pastor J. D.
November Mission Emphasis:
Baptist Children’s Homes of NC
November of each year is a special month set aside to
pray for and give an offering to the Baptist Children’s
Homes of North Carolina. Prayer guides and
envelopes will be in the November 3 bulletin (an
envelope is also available in your box of envelopes).
Please give to this offering on any Sunday in
November.
Church Family
Thanksgiving
Meal
The Scotts Creek Church
Family will come togeth-
er on Wednesday evening, November 20 at 6:00 PM, for
our annual Church Family Thanksgiving & Christmas
Fellowship Meal. The church will provide turkey and
dressing. Please plan to bring one or more side dishes to
share with your church family. Also, please sign the clip-
board in the vestibule with the number from your family
who will be eating. This will help the Hospitality Com-
mittee know how many turkeys to purchase.
Be sure to invite someone to Sun-
day School and worship Novem-
ber 3. Reminder you will get an
extra hour of sleep due to Daylight
Saving Time ending.
High Attendance
Sunday, November 3rd
Ingathering for
Operation Christmas
Child
Please make plans to bring your
Samaritan’s Christmas Shoe boxes
Sunday, November 10.
Youth Xtreme Winter For the youth that are going to Xtreme-Winter in De-
cember, your next payment of $50.00 is due by Novem-
ber 3. Please put your money in an envelope and on the
outside of the envelope put:
Xtreme-Winter
Your Name
You can either put it in the offering plate, or give to Jake
or Bethany.
“School Break Bag” De-
cember Project ~ During the
month of November, the church
will be collecting 10 oz. cans of
soup for the “School Break Bags”
given out by the United Christian
Ministries. Reusable shopping
bags are filled with mostly child
friendly items to assist children
who eat free breakfast & lunches
at school. The children are out of
school for two weeks in December and this bag of food is to help
feed them during this break. United Christian Ministries has
asked us to collect 400, 10 oz. size, cans of soup. Our youth will
box up the soup and take them to be packaged December 1st,
along with other youth in the county.
On-going Mission Projects ~ Please remember our
two on-going mission projects: peanut butter and jelly for
United Christian Ministries and canned tuna and chicken for
The Community Table. There is a great need for help with
food among people in our county. Please remember the peo-
ple these two agencies help as you do your grocery shopping
for your family.
Deacon Officers for 2019-2020
Chairman: Tim Hawkins
Vice Chairman: David Frizzell
Secretary: Richard Young
Lord’s Super Committee: Carl Junaluska, Chas Mathis,
Kevin Monteith, Richard Young
Baptism Committee: Mark Jones, George Rogers & Chris
Sellers
Benevolence Committee: Jake Day, Chas Mathis & Dick
Sellers
The deacons will hold their regular monthly meeting on
Tuesday, November 12, 7:00 PM.
DECORATING FOR THE
HOLIDAYS
The Decorating Committee will begin decorating the sanctuary and education building for the Christmas holidays during the week of November 25. Lots of help will be needed, and the committee invites anyone who would like to join them for this “labor of love” to see Betha-ny Hawkins, Cathie Hooper, Lou Dillard or Elaine Morgan to volunteer.
Sunday, November 24, following the morning service we will need help bringing out the decorations. If you are physically able, please plan on staying to help.
The church’s annual Hanging of the Greens worship service will be held on Sunday evening, December 1, at 6:00 PM. This is always a special time of worship as we begin the Christmas season celebrations in our church and dedicate the decorations and all of the things we do to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for His honor and glory!
December
Hanging of the Greens Service Sunday, December 1 at 6:00 PM
2020 Budget will be available Wednesday, December 4
Youth Christmas Party Saturday, December 7
Called Business Meeting-Budget Wednesday, December 11 at 6:30 PM
Children’s Christmas Party Wednesday, December 11 at 6:30 PM
Children’s Christmas Play Sunday, December 15 at 6:00 PM
Caroling, Soup & Sandwich Fellowship Wednesday, December 18 at 5:30 PM
Choir Party Terrace Hotel Saturday, December 21 at 6:00
Lottie Moon Aisle March Sunday, December 22
Choir Christmas Cantata Sunday, December 22
Candle Light Evening Service Sunday, December 24 at 5:30 PM
Christmas Day Wednesday, December 25 No Evening Service
Youth Xtreme-Winter Trip Wednesday, December 27-29
College Passion Trip Atlanta Tuesday December 31-January 2
XYZ Taking a Break
The XYZ group will not be having an outing during No-
vember, December and January due to all the holiday
activities and winter weather. Look for a possible outing
during the month of February or March.
1 Rob Rambo
1 Rick Carroll
1 Arlene Christian
4 JoAnne Weeks
5 Will Carpenter
8 Denny Mathis
10 Bethany Hawkins
10 Danny Bumgarner
11 Sandy Bumgarner
11 Ron Harless
18 Shea Sellers
18 Destiny Frizzell
19 Kaila Day
19 Morgan Cherry
21 Chesney Coggins
25 Ben Manka
25 Don Hensley
26 Sheri Deitz
29 Anna Woods
30 Delaney Coggins
7 Scott and Laura Buchanan
25 Oval and Lena Ritchie
Mr. Randall Murff will celebrate his 100th birthday on
Saturday, November 16. Mr. Murff is a blessing and an
inspiration to our church family and to the staff and resi-
dents of Morningstar Assisted Living. Please take time to
send Mr. Murff a birthday card.
PRESCHOOL/CHILDREN’S
WORKERS:
November 3:
Nursery (birth-age 3) Casey & Jamie Hooper
Preschool (ages 4-6) Jay and Bridgette Sellers
November 10:
Nursery (birth-age 3) Lou Dillard & Cindy Ridley
Preschool (ages 4-6) Tina Jones & Delaney Coggins
November 17:
Nursery (birth-age 3) Becky & Shea Sellers
Preschool (ages 4-6) Alexis Dills & Kim Williams
November 24:
Nursery (birth-age 3) Angie & Alexis Dills
Preschool (ages 4-6) Jake & Kaila Day
November Ushers: James Rogers Dickie Clayton Bryan Cooke
Jake Day Kevin Monteith Jay Sellers
November Counters: Tina Jones, Chimene Mathis, Kevin Monteith
