FROM THE DESK OF THE PASTOR

Christmas time is coming! Are you ready? Are you excited? Are you overwhelmed? There are

many emotions that go along with this season. For some, this will be the first Christmas season

without a loved one. For others, it will be a joyous occasion as they celebrate the first Christmas

as husband and wife, or maybe the first time having a child.

All too often, this time of year, that has

such a wonderful meaning, is lost in the

midst of gatherings, traditions and shop-

ping. This year, I want to spend December

searching for the WAY! What do I mean by

that? You will have to come each Sunday

in December to find out.

Within this month we will also gather to ap-

prove our 2020 budget, as presented by

the Finance Team. On that note, let me say

thank you for your faithfulness in giving.

You will see that this year’s budget will pre-

sent our Vision Statement through how we

appropriate the monies of the church. We need to be intentional on how we serve as stewards.

This month also affords us time to reflect on how God has been faithful throughout the year. I

challenge you to take some time in prayer, praising the Lord for His grace and mercy in 2019.

Take some time to also prepare your heart for the coming of a brand-new year!

Speaking of a new year, let me also begin to build some momentum for our upcoming Vision

Casting for 2020. I am convinced that this year of 2019 has truly been a year of revival. We are

thriving in so many ways! Now, as we approach 2020, our staff has been preparing to launch a

brand-new objective that we will unveil the first Sunday of the year. You won’t want to miss it.

As we press on as pastor and people, I am grateful for each of you, and I count it an honor to

serve as your pastor!

Rejoicing,

Pastor Travis

NOVEMBER MINISTRY ASSIGNMENTS

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Memorial? The Engage Team is a good way to get

involved! Talk to Ryan Hutchinson or Bro. Eugene

about serving the Lord & caring for others through

the Engage Team!

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Currently there are open spots for First Impressions.

FIRST IMPRESSION TEAM Larry Payne | Matthew Howard | VACANT

OPEN DOOR TEAM

North Entrance: Richard Russelburg West Entrance: VACANT

East Entrance: Gerry Otahal

GREETER TEAM 8:30AM: Dean Sipes | Vickie Sipes

Elaine Norcia 9:30AM: Janie Ford | Cheryl Keenan

Jess Farris | Linda Otahal

WELCOME CENTER TEAM Ryan Hutchinson | Amanda Hutchinson

HOSPITALITY TEAM

John Foster | Tanner Foster

CONNECTION CENTER TEAM Walt Robinson | Carrie Robinson

Mark Poiles | Bro. Eugene

Dec 1-7: Bob Smith & Mike Staples

Dec 8-14: Danny Richeson & Ryan Hutchinson

Dec 15-21: Duke Oakes & Wayne Miller

Dec 22-28: James Nichols & Brad Bell

Dec 29-Jan 4: Mike Bosley & Garry Lillpop

Dec 1: Helen & AnnaGrace Oakes & Amanda Verguson

Dec 8: Candace Elliott, Secret Hurm & Megan Rice

Dec 15: Melissa Hardesty & Jayden Richeson

Dec 22: Steph Seiber & Sam Seiber

Dec 29: Amanda Hutchinson

Eran Bosley

Tim Konken

Sharon Miller

DEACON OF THE WEEK KINGDOM KIDS VOLUNTEERS

FINANCE COUNTING TEAM

Steve Mills and family in the loss of his father, Joe Mills.

Doris Tomes in the loss

of her sister.

Brenda Hannah in the loss her son-in-law.

Jimmie Lantrip in the loss of siblings.

The family of Nan Davis

(former long-time Walnut Street member)

Valerie Case’s family in the loss of her Mother-In-Law

(mother of the late Jeff Flint)

OUR CHRISTIAN SYMPATHY TO..

This time of year we all turn our mind to things Christmas. We have a large number of Christmas DVDs in our library.

They are family friendly for your own movie night.

New DVDs include:

SWITCHED FOR CHRISTMAS

CALL ME MRS. MIRACLE

CATCHING FAITH 2

GRACE UNPLUGGED

THE DEFENSE OF NEW HAVEN

THE RUNNER FROM RAVENSHEAD

HEALED BY GRACE 2

THE MYSTERIOUS NOTE

We have a new Torchlighters movie, THE GEORGE MULLER STORY

DIGITAL NEWSLETTER

NOW AVAILABLE

Contact the WMBC office to provide your email and receive our monthly newsletter via email!

Paper copies will be limited.

Worship M I N I S T R Y

M A R K Y O U R C A L E N D A R S !

SUN. JANUARY 5

Kidz Choirs & Middle

Melodies resume at 6PM

TUES. DECEMBER 10

Christmas Celebration

Final Rehearsal @ 6:30 PM

SUN. DECEMBER 29

There will be NO Middle

Melodies or Kidz Choir.

WORSHIP MINISTRY DROP-BY PARTY

SATURDAY DECEMBER 21 FROM 3-5PM

More details to come @ rehearsal.

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DID YOU COMMIT TO READING THE ENTIRE BIBLE IN 2019?

Our journey is quickly coming to a close as we begin December, the last month of 2019! Keep on reading.

This month we will be reading in Ezekiel, Lamentations, Nahum, Ezra, Zechariah, Haggai, Nehemiah, Esther, Mal-

achi, Psalms, Proverbs, Hebrews, Titus, Philemon, I & II Timothy, I & II Peter, I, II, III John, Jude & Revelation, if

you are using the provided Daily Bible Reading Calendar.

WMBC DECEMBER 2019 SHUT-INS SPOTLIGHT

PLEASE SEND A CARD OF

PRAYER & ENCOURAGEMENT TO: Leona Snowden

2428 Tamarack Road

Owensboro, KY 42301

She has been a WMBC member since September 2009.

She resides in her home here in Owensboro. Her Birthday is October 23. She is a member of the Prudence

Seekers Bible Study Class.

SR. ADULT DECEMBER EVENT

Inviting all adults 55 and older to our annual Senior Adult Christmas Luncheon in the Fellowship Hall, Friday, December 13th at 11:00 AM. This will be a potluck lunch so please sign up at the Connection Center and list what food you will be bringing. Our special guests will be the children’s choir from Cravens Elementary School who

will sing Christmas songs and play their Steel Pan Band Instruments. Hope to see you there!

2019 Week of Prayer for International Missions - December 1-8

PRAY FOR:

12/1 The trials missionaries face in trauma-healing minis-tries, practical struggles of living in a foreign country, working with a diverse team of partners on the field and struggles of being away from home, family and church shares IMB presi-dent Dr. Paul Chitwood. 12/2 The missionaries in Mexico trying to reach the un-reached who work in migrant camps - particularly David & Ann Boyter, Kristin Luttrell & Rachel Sebastian. 12/3 Peter Station* & team of IMB missionaries in the re-mote areas of his East Asian country, as they try to reach no-madic herdsmen with the gospel of Jesus Christ. 12/4 Hun Sol in South Korea who heads a missions training program. The national students are learning to share the gos-pel along side IMB missionaries in South Korea and Asia. 12/5 Paul and Robin Tinley minister to Venezuelans immi-grants from Colombia. Pray for their strength and energy to meet needs and share the gospel. 12/6 Brian & Mandy Davis in Bulgaria and that the Bulgari-ans will see their need for Jesus and the hope He brings. 12/7 For missionaries like Robert & Sharon Pinkston trying to reach cities and college campuses in Quebec with the gos-pel. 12/8 Mark Bennett & his teammates as they minister to homeless men on the streets of Tokyo, Japan.

* Names changed for their protection

In-depth prayer stories can be found at imb.org

WMBC GOAL: $8,000.00

You can donate $5 to the LMCO in honor/memory of a

loved one & a poinsettia bloom will be placed in the

choir loft garland, for the gift to Lottie Moon.

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SUNDAYS @11:00AM

Kingdom

Kids

Dec 1

Israel in the wilderness - drama w/stephanie DEC 8

The 10 commandments - balloons w/the browns

DEC 15

Building the tabernacle - art w/mr. lee

The 12 spies - drama w/stephanie DEC 22

DEC. 4: AWANA CHRISTMAS PARTY

DEC. 11: AWANA STORE (BRING AN ORNAMENT)

DEC. 18: NO AWANA

Co-Op will meet on Dec. 12 this month!

DEC. 25: NO AWANA

UPWARD: Games Start

Saturday December 14

BALAAM & THE DONKEY - BALOONS W/THE BROWNS DEC 29

The bridge:

At 5PM in the gym

Bring a wrapped

$5-10 gift!!

SHANE KAHKOLA

Bible Study Recently we implemented changes to the way we supply teachers for the preschool through fourth grade clas-ses. The quarterly system seems to be working well as far as the feedback I have received. We still need more teachers to step up and commit to teaching one quarter per year (three month period). Please pray so that if you hear from me directly, your heart will be prepared to serve. Helping Hands Kitchen Our attendance at Helping Hands is growing! We have seen a swell of volunteers who have come to help us serve the community. We are grateful for your involvement and the way you all have brought such great atti-tudes with you. Not only have we seen growth in the number of volunteers, but we are feeding more and more people in need. We are regularly pushing 100 in attendance. We continue to share the gospel with our attendees every week. Even the children have been getting involved in the devotion time. Sophia Newton offered her stuffed lamb for sacrifice as an illustration of what Jesus meant in John 14:6. This past Monday (11/25), the children were branches attached to the vine as we discussed John 15:1-8. They have participated with joy, and I'm looking forward to involving them more often. They seem to enjoy sharing Jesus in creative ways. Remember, we are giving out Christmas boxes on the last Monday of December. If you want to donate to help with that, we will need canned goods, boxed goods (macaroni, stuffing, etc), and if you don't know what to buy and prefer to give cash, we can do the shopping for you. Please refrain from giving meat until the Wednesday through Sunday before. We don't have a lot of storage, so it would be helpful if you brought it at the last minute. College and Career Recently, the College and Career ministry firmed up its purpose to bring it in line with the Church's vision state-ment. Our goal was to incorporate all aspects (Know, Show, Grow, Go). If we aren't contributing to the vision, then the ministry isn't functioning as a team. Our purpose statement is: "As believers, we show Christ through service to our community. We grow in Christ by participating in regular discipleship training and Bible study. We go in Christ by creating and seizing evangelistic opportunities and part-nering in missions. " We are also planning a mission trip to Honduras to support the Grants in June 2021. And we are on the hunt for a food truck so we can partner with Helping Hands to take food to the homeless communities in Owensboro. Pray with us as we plan toward these endeavors. Koinonia (coin-o-knee-uh) Groups We had Signup Sundae again where we launched two new groups. Eddie and Karen Arnold will be facilitating one, and Ben Everly will be facilitating the College and Career-oriented small group (others are welcome). For those wanting to know, the group makeup will be changing in January 2021.

ANNOUNCEMENTS // MEETINGS

Dec. 8 @ 4:30 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETING

Dec. 15 @ 4:30 DEACON COMMITTEE MEETING

Dec. 22 @ 7:15 FINANCE COMMITTEE MEETING

December 23: Office Closed

December 24: Office Closed (Christmas Eve Service @5PM)

December 25: NO PM Services or Ministries

December 26: Office Closed

December 27: Office Closed

January 1: Office Closed

Holiday Schedule

CONNECT WITH WMBC

CONTACT THE STAFF: Corie Rice, Front Office Administrative Assistant Corie.Rice@walnutmemorial.org Office Hours: M-F, 8AM-4:30PM

Shelby Rice, Senior Pastor Ministry Assistant Shelby.Rice@walnutmemorial.org Office Hours: T-Th., 8AM-4PM

Sherree Hedges, Worship Pastor Ministry Assistant Sherree.Hedges@walnutmemorial.org Office Hours: M-TH, 8AM-4:30PM Andrea Richeson, Financial Secretary Andrea. Richeson@walnutmemorial.org

Travis Farris, Senior Pastor Travis.Farris@walnutmemorial.org

Eugene Howard, Associate Pastor Eugene.Howard@walnutmemorial.org

Brian Elliott, Worship Pastor Brian.Elliott@walnutmemorial.org

Donald Rice, Student Pastor Donald.Rice@walnutmemorial.org

Scott Seiber, Children & Family Pastor Scott.Seiber@walnutmemorial.org

Shane Kahkola, Connections Pastor Shane.Kahkola@walnutmemorial.org

PRAYER REQUESTS:

ONLINE ACCOUNT:

For immediate prayer requests you can

email corie.rice@walnutmemorial.org or

call the church office to add a request on

our prayer chain.

CHURCH OFFICE: Walnut Memorial Baptist Church

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Phone: 270.684.7234

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