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Permit No. 8

August, 2015

www.HarlemBaptist.org

DEACON OF THE MONTH

Mark Whitaker 706-533-3489

Rev. Carson Britt Youth Minister Edith Sweatman Minister of Music Hope McClellan Children’s Coordinator Freddy Smith Administrative Assistant

CONNECTIONS is a monthly publication of Harlem Baptist Church, PO Box 790, Harlem, GA 30814, 706-556-6439 e-mail: Church@HarlemBaptist.org

To glorify God through loving

Him and serving others

Our Mission

Statement:

A Faith Family helping to make and develop mature

disciples of Jesus Christ

1 Pack-A-Backpack 10 AM – 12 PM FLC

2 Dr. James Gentry preaching 10:55 AM Service

Communion during AM Service

Youth Luncheon @ 12:15 PM

4 Young at Heart @ 10:30 AM

5 OASIS @ 7:00 PM

Adult Choir Rehearsal @ 7:45 PM

9 Vote for Deacons during AM Service

Missions Luncheon @ 12:15 PM

Back-to-School Bonanza @ 4:30 PM

12 Wednesday Nite Supper @ 5:45 PM

AWANA @ 6:45 PM

MidWEEK 650 @ 6:50 PM

OASIS @ 7:00 PM

Adult Choir Rehearsal @ 7:45 PM

16 Men’s Prayer Breakfast @ 8:00 AM

Debt Reduction Luncheon @ 12:15 PM

18 Garden City Missions @ 5:00 PM

19 Blood Drive at HUMC 3—7 PM

20 Wednesday Nite Supper @ 5:45 PM

AWANA @ 6:45 PM

MidWEEK 650 @ 6:50 PM

OASIS @ 7:00 PM

Adult Choir Rehearsal @ 7:45 PM

23 Morning Worship @ 10:55 AM

Luncheon @ 12:15 PM

WTB Covered Dish @ 6:00 PM FLC

26 Wednesday Nite Supper @ 5:45 PM

AWANA @ 6:45 PM

MidWEEK @ 6:50 PM

OASIS @ 7:00 PM

Adult Choir Rehearsal @ 7:45 PM

29-30 Fall Classic for Middle & Sr. High students

30 Morning Worship @ 10:55 AM

Luncheon @ 12:15 PM

Baby Shower for Brandi Lewis @ 2:00 PM

5th Sunday Service at HBC @ 6:00 PM

Our Vision:

Luncheon

August 16th @ 12:15 P.M. Menu: Fish, Chicken Nuggets, Hush Puppies, French Fries

Dessert

as of

July 26, 2015

Budget Expenses YTD $159,332 Budget Received YTD $153,749

08-01 Amy and Brian Munford

08-06 Kathy and Gary Holley

08-08 Annette and Emmit Coleman

08-11 Susan and Steve Camp

08-11 Brandi and Richard Morrison

08-15 Diane and John Jones

08-21 Renee and Scott Dean

08-25 Ruth and Destry Washington

08-02 Kayla Clark

08-02 Kevin Sweatman

08-03 Doug James

08-04 Alice Jones

08-05 Zach Fleming

08-07 Russ Lewis

08-10 Dale Arnold

08-10 Roxie Whitaker

08-13 Edee Sweatman

08-13 James Usry

08-15 Martha Fleming

08-15 Taryn Birchfield

08-16 Inez Brown

08-18 Alexis Bemisderfer

08-20 Brianna Whitaker

08-21 Brian Murphy

08-25 Emmit Coleman

08-25 Jimmy Tankersley

08-26 Tony Mundy

08-28 Donna Carithers

08-28 Duane Starrenburg

08-29 Carol Carter

August 1 Pack-A-Backpack in FLC 10:00—12:00

August 4 Young at Heart 10:30 AM

August 9 Election of Deacons during AM Worship Service

Back-to-School Bonanza at Verdery’s Pond 4:30 PM

August 12 Wednesday Night Meals and AWANA resume

August 16 Men’s Prayer Breakfast 8:00 AM

August 18 Garden City Mission @ 5:00 PM

August 19 Blood Drive at HUMC 3-7 PM

August 23 Walk Thru Bethlehem Covered Dish with HUMC 6:00 PM

August 30 Baby Shower for Brandi Lewis @ 2:00 PM FLC

5th Sunday Service at HBC @ 6:00 PM

The last Summer Deacon-Sponsored Fellowship for 2015 Back-to-School Bonanza

August 9th, starting at 4:30 P.M. Verdery’s Pond (on Verdery Pond Road)

Deacons will provide hamburgers and hotdogs. Everyone attending

is asked to bring a side dish to share or a churn of ice cream. There

will be games, a fishing tournament and so much more!

Cost:

$30 per

student

Deadline to

sign up:

Sunday,

August 23

Saturday - Sunday

August 29 - 30

Harlem High School

All middle and high school age

students

Worship led by: Kelby Dover

Children

Men’s Prayer Breakfast

Sunday, August 16, 8:00 am

Garden City

Tuesday, August 18

5:00 P.M.

My Mama used to tell us all

the time to not do things

“halfway.” Either do them

right or forget it! (Of course

what she really meant was to

keep doing it until it was

right!!!) It’s easy for all of us in this busy,

crazy world to constantly spin our wheels

with jobs, parenting and even church and not

really get anywhere. Our numerous ideas and

projects get started and yes, some get fin-

ished very nicely, but others are there for

another day or another month or never.

Kyle Idleman says “It never was the

size of the crowd that mattered to Jesus, it

was their level of commitment.” And so is

the theme of his overwhelmingly popular

book, Not A Fan.

Our Young at Heart group will

begin the study of this great book on Tues-

day, August 4 at 10:30 AM. Carl Murphy

will lead us in the study until his move to

paradise, and I look forward to studying it

with you. If you haven’t been a part of this

group yet, I invite you to come. It is a great

time of learning and a great time of fellow-

ship with some of our ages 55+ folks. You

will not be disappointed in the reading and

studying this book. Kyle ends his prologue

with this: “I will talk more about repentance

than forgiveness, more about surrender than

salvation, more about brokenness than happi-

ness, and more about death than life. The

truth is, if you are looking for a book about

following Jesus that lays out a comfortable

and reassuring path, you won’t find it here.”

Join us as we pray and study about

being a 100% follower of Christ, not just a

“fan” of His.

Edee

YOUNG AT HEART August 4 at 10:30 AM in the Choir Room

Sunshine Choir & Music Makers resume

September13

Night of Favorites: Wednesday, September 9 after WNS in FLC

presented by Adult Choir

If you are interested in joining or returning

to our Adult Choir, now is the time as we are

working on the Night of Favorites and will

shortly begin on Christmas music. We would

love to have you!

Youth

August 2nd

12:15 PM Menu:

Hamburger Steaks,

Baked Potato, Salad Bar

and Dessert

Luncheon August 9th , 12:15 PM

Menu: Turkey, Dressing, Fixings

And Dessert

Youth Luncheon

For our teachers’ and students’ sake I hate that the summer of 2015 is coming to an end. But

for my sake, I must admit I’m a bit relieved. This summer has been a busy summer. It has been a tiring summer. But I wouldn’t have had it any other way. I’m overwhelmed at what the Lord has done through the peo-ple at Harlem Baptist over the last couple of months. I believe that growth has happened. I can’t wait to see what the fall has in store! At the end of August our youth ministry will again participate in Fall Classic. On August 29-30 students from the Harlem area will gather at Harlem High School for a time of worship and discipleship. This event is open to all middle and high school age students. Parents the deadline to sign up is Sunday August 23rd. The cost of the event is $30 per student. A sign-up sheet is located in the student center as well as outside my office. Don’t wait till the last minute to sign up! In an effort to reach more of our community several area youth minsters have decided to sponsor a 5th quarter immediate-ly following the Harlem High School verus Grovetown football game on Friday August 28th. Our goal is to help the unchurched students in our area see and hear the Gos-pel in a new way. We also hope to get new students to sign up for Fall Classic. To meet that goal we have asked a local Chris-tian rap group called The Lively Stones to give a concert. I’m very excited to see how the Lord is going to use this event to minis-ter to our community. Making an event like this possible requires a great deal of help. If you would like to help with this event please let me know ASAP! It’s going to be a great year! Please remember to be in prayer for all of those going back to school this month!

Press on! Carson

MEN

IN

MINISTRY

WALK-THRU BETHLEHEM

December 5 & 6

6 - 9 PM

If you would like to be part of this

combined effort (with HUMC)

please make note of the following

dates:

August 23 – Covered dish meal in

our FLC @ 6:00 PM for

all volunteers.

Meeting at 6:00 PM on the

following dates:

September 20

October 18

November 15

GOD IS GREAT!

Do you remember the old time blessing :

GOD IS GREAT, GOD IS GOOD, LET

US THANK HIM FOR OUR FOOD, BY

HIS HANDS WE ARE FED, GIVE US

LORD OUR DAILY BREAD, A-MEN!

We still use this one in our home today.

Let me share another little prayer with

you that I came up with after thinking

about this one:

GOD IS GREAT, BLESS HIS NAME, I

THANK HIM FOR EVERTHING. BY

HIS GRACE WE CAN SING, THANK

YOU GOD FOR EVERYTHING!

WHAT A GREAT GOD WE HAVE

AND SERVE!!!

I hope you will take time today to thank

Him for everything; I know I do and

always will. We are so blessed to live in

His great creation, but I wonder how

much longer it will stay this way. It looks

like it is deteriorating more and more each

day.

LORD HELP US IN A WORLD THAT

SEEMS TO BE

SLIPPING AWAY FROM YOU. HOW-

EVER, WE KNOW YOU ARE A GREAT

GOD. ALL WE NEED TO DO TO BE

SAVED IS BELIEVE IN YOU, AND

CONFESS YOU AS LORD AND

SAVIOR!

Remember, making someone smile will

make someone forget why they are not

happy.

CHURCH, thank you for letting me serve

as a deacon, and please let me know if

you need me.

Kenneth Welch

We're excited to announce that HBC's Wednesday night Student Ministry gathering has a new name and time.

MidWEEK 650 will kick off on August 12 at 6:50 pm.

Doors will open at 6:30 each week. This is for all students in grades 6-12 . Make sure you are a part of this new chapter!

NURSERY WORKERS FOR AUGUST August 2 Jennifer Guy August 9 Tiffany Gurley August 16 Linda Eckenroth August 23 Shawn Birchfield

August 30 NEED WORKER

Remember

AWANA starts

Wednesday, August

12th at 6:45 - 8:00 PM all children 4 years old

through 5th grade are invited

to attend!

I would like to thank Amy

Williamson for hosting a wonderful Women's Breakfast. We had a lot of

ladies attend, and we had a great time. We listened to Chonda

Pierce, which we all love, and en-

joyed a great breakfast. Thank you again, Amy.

If you would like to sign up to host a breakfast at your house or

somewhere else, please let me know and sign up on the calendar

at the IC.

Ladies you are appreciated and prayed for.

Susan

Pack-A-Backpack is this Saturday,

August 1st in the FLC foyer. If you

can help distribute them, please be

here by 9:45 AM. We will be hand-

ing them out starting at 10 AM.

FOOD FOR KIDS Will be starting soon!

“Crayons” with food items on them have been stapled to the Missions Bulletin Board. You may choose the same item you had last year or pick a new one. Please place them in the old kitchen. There is also a sign-up sheet on the bulletin board for people to deliver to the school. We

need help with this!!

A BABY SHOWER FOR BRANDI LEWIS

Is planned for August 30 at 2:00 PM

in the FLC. All ladies of the church

are invited to attend. Brandi is regis-

tered at Baby R Us and Buy Buy Baby.

NEWS FROM THE

SEARCH COMMITTEE

We will be formally accepting

applications during the months of

August and September.

Continue to pray for the Search

Committee

PLEASE SEND ANY QUESTIONS

OR CONCERNS TO searchcommittee@harlembaptist.org

Our new

Church Year

starts Septem-

ber 1st. What a

great time to

invite someone

new to join us!