The office is closed Monday, September 5 in observance of Labor Day.

Men’s Fellowship Lunch resumes this Friday, September 2 at noon at the Key West Café on US 1 just south of the church. You never know who’ll be there!

Deacon Nominations! Nomination forms are available in the worship bulletins, the office and by request to mailed to your home. Prayerfully consider the NSBC members (women and men) who you would nominate. It is a three-year commitment for the deacon and her/his assigned families. Only one nomination form per person, please!

Many thanks to Ron Doeppner for leading the college students, high school juniors and seniors in the Financial Learning Experience—I Was Broke, Now I’m Not.

Youth Yard Sale scheduled, please see Jacqueline’s column for details!

Bible Study Fellowship International resumes on Wednesday, September 14. This international group meets every Wednesday from 9 a.m.-11:15 a.m. For information regarding attending and the study for the year, please con-tact Mary Ann Rankin—740-225-0132.

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Happenings:

Meetings: Dawnings Grief Journey, TBA Men’s Fellowship Lunch, (restarts in September) Deacons’ Meeting, (summer break) Stewardship Committee, every third Thursday of the month Quarterly Business Meetings, third Sunday in January, April, July, October

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Wednesday Night Supper Volunteer schedule: Week 1—Berean Class Week 2—Seekers Class Week 3—Good News Class Week 4—Median Adult Class Week 5—Hayslip Class

...with humility and gentleness, we want to be a safe place for people to discover or rediscover faith in Christ.

Ephesians 4:2

September 1, 2016 Volume 42, Issue 18

The North Stuart News

Sunday sermons, scriptures and newsletters are on the church website so you can hear them and read them at your convenience.

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Office hours: 9 a.m.—3 p.m. Ministers available after 3 p.m. by appointment only.

Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem

Edited by John Rutter

with Chamber Orchestra

Sunday, September 11 at 3 p.m.

in the sanctuary

Churches in the community are joining with our Sanctuary Choir in presenting

this concert in remembrance of the 15th anniversary of 9/11.

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I wrote the following article for the local newspaper in Shawnee, Oklahoma in February of 2008. I thought it fun and appropriate to share with you since we are in an elec-tion year. The article is gently edited for length, not content. By the way, we still have the vacuum cleaner. It runs great! I bought a new vacuum cleaner last week. You would be impressed by the amount of research I conducted before making my purchase. I checked with Consumer Reports as well as several websites that offer evaluations of different products to learn the strengths and weaknesses of the vari-ous brands, models and types of vacuum cleaners. Once I decided on the particular vacuum cleaner I was looking for, I went shopping online and on foot. I checked several stores and visited the major shopping websites and finally found the price I was looking for on the machine I wanted. My car-pet could not be happier. Do we put that kind of time and effort into researching the positions, beliefs and convictions of political candidates? I hope we do. My father was a staunch republican. Even Barry Goldwater was a little too liberal for my Dad. My parent’s political con-versations around our dinner table centered mainly on what a disaster LBJ was and what a swell guy Nixon was. When I came to Oklahoma and registered to vote they asked me whether I wanted to register as a republican or a democrat.

I never thought about that before. Nobody ever asked me. I had voted before, but I always voted for a candidate, never for a party. “What am I?” I wondered, “a republican or a democrat?” As I stood there filling out my voter registration papers I had to make a decision; would I take up the party of my father, or would I declare my independence and register as a democrat? I’ll never tell. What I will say is how important it is to take the time to re-search the views and records of each candidate so a truly informed decision can be made. This information is relative-ly easy to find and available from a variety of media. The wellbeing of our nation rests on a well-informed electorate. Some voters may be inclined to support or reject a candi-date based on the candidate’s race, gender or religion. Oth-ers may be tempted to simply adopt the politics of parents or other influential people. A better criterion, I think, for making a wise decision at the polls is to ask which candidate best represents my views and vision for the country, state, or city. Let me encourage you to do your homework whenever you vote. Good information empowers us to make good choic-es.

Dr. Bob Searl

Here we are in September already. I can't believe, once again, how quickly the year is flying by. All of our music programs are running well and we are beginning the prep-arations for Christmas! But before Christmas, we have the Memorial Concert for 9-11. The Sanctuary Choir, along with several other church choirs from the area, are work-ing to present Faure's Requiem on Sunday afternoon on September 11 at 3 pm. This is a free concert for our com-munity. An offering will be taken to help pay for the or-chestra and soloists. I hope you will share this information with the community. This is a wonderful way to get people who won't ever come to church to walk through our doors. We never know when they will find their way back. Please use this as a potential outreach to your neighbors and friends and family. The Holiday Schedule will be coming to you soon! You will want to place all the holiday dates on your calendar! Treasure Coast Community Singers is working on their first concert of the season. On October 8 and 9, 3pm, they will present a concert of songs from Broadway musicals! Tick-ets are available in the church office. They are $15 in ad-vance and $20 at the door. Thank you for supporting this choir and the community endeavors they make to bringing people to musical events in our church.

We never know what God will use as a point of entry into His world. Keep singing!

Another Note Dr. Doug Jewett

Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem

Edited by John Rutter

with Chamber Orchestra

Sunday, September 11 at 3 p.m.

in the sanctuary

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Children, Family, & Program Additions!

Rev. Jacqueline Smail Student Ministry

The children are currently polishing a couple songs from Spend awhile on the Nile to present again in a morning ser-

vice in the near future. Stay “tuned”! Then on to Christmas music!!

Sunday Children's Church Offering Goal… … to purchase a sewing machine!

We’re raising money toward our $75 goal for a sewing machine. You may help your child earn money to give by allowing them to do some jobs around the house. Then they may tithe some, donate some and give some toward the sewing ma-chine!

September Theme Nights! Sept. 7 Polka dot and/or stripes Sept. 14 Stuffed animal Sept. 21 80’s Night Sept. 28 Wacky socks, glasses, hats

Fall Wednesday Night Children's Ministry 5:30-5:50 p.m. Drop off & Playground 5:50-6:30 p.m. Children’s Choirs 6:30-7:30 p.m. Awana Clubs

Experiencing God 8-week study

Wednesday nights from 6-7:30 p.m.

The Battle Plan for Prayer Study… .. for parents of teenagers every week at 9:30 a.m. room 208 in the Bruner building. Battle Plan for Prayer book is $10, the workbook is supplied by NSBC.

See You at the Pole rally

A generation seeking Him! —Psalm 24:3–6 Meet at 5:45 p.m. at First Baptist Church Jensen Beach Pick up at 8:15 at FBCJB.

Love and Hope in Action (LAHIA) soup kitchen Wednesday, October 12 Meet at 10 a.m. at NSBC to prepare lunch. Leave NSBC at 11:40 a.m. Serve lunch at LAHIA Return at 1:15 p.m.

Youth Yard Sale Saturday, September 24 from 8 a.m.-noon Friday, September 23 from 10 a.m.-noon Presale for church members & friends! Youth Yard Sale donations are now being accepted. Please bring them in a box if possible. Our youth will assist you in bringing them in from the parking lot. Please bring all items to the youth room. Students, please leave your items at your home

until Wednesday, September 21. Youth room open for pricing donations on

Wednesday afternoons from 3-6 p.m. beginning Wednesday, August 24 through Wednesday, Sep-tember 21.