The No-Guilt Guide for Witnessing September Nursery...
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September Deacons The Week of:
September 4th Richard Russelburg & Shane Eans
September 11th Bob Smith & Jason Link
September 18th David Rice & Darrell Gillispie
September 25th James Nichols
The boss of a big company needed to call one of
his employees about an urgent problem with one of the
main computers. He dialed the employee’s home
telephone number and was greeted with a child’s
whispered, "Hello?"
Feeling put out at the inconvenience of having to
talk to a youngster, the boss asked, "Is your Daddy
home?" "Yes," whispered the small voice. "May I talk
with him?" the man asked. To the surprise of the boss, the
small voice whispered, "No."
Wanting to talk with an adult, the boss asked, "Is
your Mommy there?" "Yes," came the answer. "May I talk
with her?" Again, the small voice whispered, "No."
Knowing that it was not likely that a young child
would be left home alone, the boss decided he would just
leave a message with the person who should be there
watching over the child. "Is there anyone there besides
you?" the boss asked the child. "Yes," whispered the child,
"a policeman."
Wondering what a cop would be doing at his
employee’s home, the boss asked, "May I speak with the
policeman?" "No, he is busy," whispered the child. "Busy
doing what?" asked the boss. "Talking to Daddy and
Mommy and the Fireman," came the whispered answer.
"What is going on there?" asked the boss, now
alarmed. In an awed whispering voice, the child
answered, "The search team just landed the hello-copper!"
Alarmed, concerned and more than just a little frustrated,
the boss asked, "Why are they there?" Still whispering,
the young voice replied (along with a muffled giggle),
"They are looking for me!"
In his book The No-Guilt Guide for Witnessing,
George Sweeting tells of a man by the name of John
Currier who in 1949 was found guilty of murder and
sentenced to life in prison. Later he was transferred and
paroled to work on a farm near Nashville, TN.
In 1968, Currier’s sentence was terminated and a
letter bearing the good news was sent to him. But John
never saw the letter, nor was he told anything about it.
Life on that farm was hard and without promise for the
future. Yet John kept doing what he was told even after
the farmer for whom he worked had died.
Ten years went by. Then a state parole officer
learned about Currier’s plight, found him, and told him
that his sentence had been terminated. He was a free man.
Sweeting concluded that story by asking, “Would
it matter to you if someone sent you an important
message—the most important in your life—and year after
year the urgent message was never delivered?”
We who have heard the good news and
experienced freedom through Christ are responsible to
proclaim it to others still enslaved by sin. Are we doing all
we can to make sure that people get the message? We
must diligently search for those who are outside Christ,
just like those who would go to great lengths to find a
missing child!
The Great Commandment teaches us to "Love the
LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul,
with all your mind, and with all your strength. This is the
first commandment. And the second like it is this: You
shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other
commandment greater than these."(Mark 12:30-31)
Think about it, Jeff
How to Reach Us…
Jeff Hendricks, Pastor
Home # 733-1129
Eugene Howard, Associate Pastor Home # 233-9803
Brian Elliott, Worship Pastor
Home # 240-4452
Jason Nichols, Children’s Pastor
Home # 314-4548
Donald Rice, Student Pastor
Home # 302-7562
Church Office
684-7234
Amy Payne, Financial Secretary
Home # 302-6496
Kathy Rowan, Secretary
Home # 315-1139
Shelby Rice, Secretary
Home # 314-5754
Sherree Hedges, Secretary
Home # 683-1451
Conrad (Mac) McIntyre
Home # 684-8021
Andrea Richeson
Home # 929-6329
September Kingdom Kidz Church Volunteers
Sept. 4th Jeanette Weedman, Desy Nichols, Lorrie & Ken Messer, Teresa & Ryan Hendricks, Holli Bender
Sept. 11th Candace Elliott, Lee Carol Main, Brenda Miller, Emily Bickel, Jenny Lampkin & Amanda Vergason
Sept. 18th Nicole Sauer, Belinda Powers, Marilyn Rice, Helen Oakes, Sue Dustin, Megan Sheldon & Justin Keenan
Sept. 25th Lisa & Jessie Moore
September Nursery Volunteers
11:00 Nursery
September 4th Michelle Fuqua
September 11th Amber Bristow
September 18th Amanda Staples
September 25th Candace Elliott
September Finance Counting Team
Larry Prater Woody Neel Mike Staples
September Van Drivers
Sun. Sept. 4th James Nichols Wed. Sept. 7th Jason Link
Sun. Sept. 11th Jim Glover Wed. Sept. 14th Richard Russelburg
Sun. Sept. 18th AM K. Main, PM-R. Russelburg Wed. Sept. 21st Jason Link
Sun. Sept. 25th Shane Eans Wed. Sept. 28th Richard Russelburg
The Trumpet Nehemiah 4:20—”Wherever you hear the sound of the trumpet, join us there.
Our God will fight for us!”
Walnut Memorial Baptist Church 519 West Byers Ave.
Owensboro, KY 42303
Phone: 270-684-7234 *Fax: 270-685-1886
Walnut Memorial Baptist Church 519 West Byers Ave. Owensboro, KY 42303 www.walnutmemorial.org
What’s New Inside…
Pastor’s column …………………….……...2
How to reach us ……………………….…...2
Announcements…………………………….3
Library News………….…………..……......4
Sympathy....…...……... ………..….….……5
Military……………………………………..5
Student Site…….……………………….….6
September Calendar………….…...…...insert
Education & Sr. Adult Ministry……..…......7
Music Notes………………………………..8
Kids News………………………………….9
Thank You’s………………………………10
Monthly Service Assignments……...10 & 11
New Members……………………Back Page
Welcome Our New Members
Vol. XXXI September 2011 No. 9
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We Have Some New Media
Book Titles:
Ultimate Proof of Creation Why Won’t They Listen?
How Could A Loving God? Taking Back Astronomy
The Great Dino Mystery SOLVED!
How Do We Know The Bible Is True? (Leader Guide, Workbook and 4 DVD’s;
Scripture Under Scrutiny, Why 66? The Canon of Scripture, The Life of William
Tyndale, The Authentic Christ)
DVDs:
Heaven & Earth Flood Geology Life Six Days
Dinosaurs & Dragons Legends Four Power Questions To Ask An Evolutionist
Millions of Years, Where Did the Idea Come From?
For the month of September our Ladies in Action is sponsoring “Filling A Box For The Grants” Your donations can be put in the box marked for them in the distribution center near the vending machines. A list of needed items is on the box and copies are on the information table. Thank you in advance for your generosity.
Family Devotion Time
Kingdom Kidz Virtue of the Month:
Knowledge Discovering something new so you can be better
at whatever you do.
Thanks for a great VBS
AWANA
SCHEDULE
Calendar:
Sept. 4th– No Awana
Sept. 11th-No Awana
Sept. 18-Awana
Sept. 25th– Crazy Hair Night
INFORMATION
Contact
Jason or Danielle Nichols
Crazy Hair Night
Each Sunday Morning
At 11:00 a.m.
for Kids in
Preschool - 4th Grade
Kids Area
Upstairs East Wing
Wednesday’s @
6:00 PM in
Room 400
Sept. 25th.
Come to
Awana with
the craziest
hair you can
find!!
Dear Bro. Jeff and my church family,
Thank you all so much for the kind words and prayer for my brother,
Bill Holbrook, during the time of his illness and death. I want to especially
thank you for placing the Gideon Bibles in his honor.
God Bless each one of you, this is true Christian love among our brothers
and sisters.
Jean Miles & family
Thank you for the donation of Bibles in
memory of my daddy.
Barbara May
5-6 Fall Fest
Saturday September 17
from 10am to 2pm
Parent Meeting
Sept. 7 @ 6pm in Rm 400
See Nina or Holli
to sign up!
If you have
any questions
about any of
the WMBC
Children’s Ministries,
except for Sunday Morning
Bible Study or Kidz Choir,
see Bro. Jason Nichols,
our Children’s Pastor
Family Devotion Time: Read Luke 2:41-52
Family Activity of the Month: Create a family yearbook.
Decorate a 3-ring binder or scrapbook and use it to record family
time activities. Use pictures and mementos to remind you of the
times you spent together as a family.
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Hallway Monitors for September
September 4th Keith Main
September 11th Donald Rice
September 18th David Miller
September 25th Hartsel Stovall
Monday Morning
Prayer Group
We meet every Monday in
the Fellowship Hall
beginning @ 9:00 a.m.
Everyone is welcome.
Sunday, September 18th
4:00 p.m.
G.R.O.W. Ministry
Go - Reach - Our - World
Meets every Tuesday evening
@ 6:30 in the Fellowship Hall.
We write letters,
make visits and pray.
Come and join us!!!
Widow’s Fellowship
led by Judy Johnson
Sept. 15th in Room 103
at 6:00 p.m.
Barbara May & family
in the loss of her father
Amos Kirkwood
The Family & Friends of
James Douglas Wahl
Women’s Ministry
Bible Study
Wednesday’s in the
Fellowship Hall
beginning @ 6:00 p.m.
NO P.M. Service
on September 4th
OFFICE CLOSED
September 5th
NO AWANA on
Sept. 4th & 11th
AWANA resumes on
September 18th @ 5:30
Clarence Beasley & family
in the loss of his sister
Carolyn Crowder
Jean Miles & family
in the loss of her brother
Bill Holbrook
Julie Hayden & family
in the loss of her
great-grandfather
Bernard Payne
Barbara Kincheloe
&
Susan Skaggs
in the loss of their
brother-in-law & uncle
Jesse Kincheloe
WMBC
Annual
Sunday, September 11th 3:00 - 7:00 p.m.
at Panther Creek Park
The church will provide the meat, utensils, plates,
cups and napkins.
You bring Vegetables, Salads, Desserts
and 2-Liter Drinks.
Bring enough food for you family plus one more.
Games for the kids,
fun and fellowship for the adults.
Bring your lawn chairs, invite a friend and join
us for Walnut Memorial’s Annual
Picnic at the Park.
6th Annual Women’s Conference
Saturday, October 22, 2011 8:00 am.– 3:00 pm.
Guest Speaker; Sue Heimer Break-Out Speakers:
Sue Heimer, Jamie Rafferty, & Brandi Renfroe Conference Fee; $15.00 must be registered by
October 7th to receive a t-shirt. Breakfast & Lunch included.
Edna Keiser & family
in the loss of her mother
Gearl D. Hazelwood
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SEPTEMBER 30 & OCTOBER 1
$45 FEE DUE BY SEPT. 25
SEPTEMBER 24 @ 2PM We will meet here at the church to do a
Food Scavenger Hunt. We will be
collecting food and hygiene items for The
Help Office of Owensboro. We will need
to have several parent drivers to help with
this event. Please get the word out to all
your friends and family that we will be
coming to their house to collect items!
Ordination Service Donald Rice will be
Ordained as a Youth Minis-
ter on Wednesday, October
19 @ 6pm. We would love
to have the Youth front and
center! Reception will
be in the Fellowship Hall
following the service.
Call or Text
Us Anytime!
Donald
302-7562
Shelby
314-5754
“LIKE” us on Facebook
Walnut Memorial
Student Ministry
STARTS @ 9:45am
Come join us &
study the book of
ROMANS!
CHRISTMAS COLLECTION BOX
FOR THE GRANTS
As a Youth Group we will take up
donations to go in together and
get Jake and Caleb both a few
Christmas presents. You can
give however much God leads
you to give.
Give your donation to Shelby
no later than October 2nd.
Sunday Morning Bible Study
EDUCATION/SR. ADULT MINISTRY NEWS for Sept. 2011 A New Month to Serve Jesus - Be Ready To Be A Servant For The Lord!
Derby Dinner Playhouse matinee performance of
CHURCH BASEMENT
LADIES Wed., September 21st
Cost: $40 per person Includes: lunch, show and transportation
Your money should already be turned in by
now but if not please contact Marie O’Bryan
or Bro. Eugene ASAP
Bus and Van will leave the church
at 8:00 a.m.
The kitchen crew
and Doug!
Food was great
Fellowship was great also!
Items from home
Signing in the
items
SENIOR ADULT Getting to Know You Breakfast Photos
OCTOBER SENIOR ADULT
Ministry Event
Bible Study and
Visiting Day
TUESDAY
OCTOBER 25TH
10:30 A.M.
The Annual WMBC Marriage Enrichment
Event will be the Family Foundation
sponsored event & presented at WMBC...
Love & Respect - Video Conference Featuring Dr. Emerson & Sarah Eggerichs
Friday & Saturday - September 9 - 10
Cost - $20 per couple Signup at the round table in the foyer
We will register you with our church group to get
this reduced rate.
This is a community-wide event so signup now!
Kentucky Baptist Convention Church
Development Team Presents
Super Saturday
CHURCH LEADERSHIP
Training
Saturday, September 17
9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Cost - $25 (early bird discount)
$35 (day of the event)
Bellevue Baptist Church
To view the topics and areas that the
conference covers or to signup go by the
Information Board in the East Wing.
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Serving Our Country Abroad
SPC Hastings, Logan
Stationed at Ft. Campbell
CH Hastings, Jeff
718th TC BN
HHD
APO AE 09366
SPC Hagan, John
CcO 3B STBICD
Cod Adder Iraq
APO AE 09331
Hardin & Dixie Hagan’s
grandson
Greeters for September
SUNDAY MORNING SERVICE
8:10 - 8:30 North Foyer Entrance Dean & Vickie Sipes
West Wing Entrance Harold Anderson
East Wing Entrance George & Carolyn Mohon
9:30 - 9:45 North Foyer Entrance Sandy Phillips
West Wing Entrance Jane Young
East Wing Entrance Frank O’Bryan
10:40 - 11:00 North Foyer Entrance Frank Wright
West Wing Entrance Joyce Taylor
East Wing Entrance Frankie Pryor & Gary Moyer
WEDNESDAY NIGHT OASIS
7:00 - 7:15 Sanctuary Door Scott Pickrell
WELCOME CENTER HOSTS
8:30 Service - Larry & Kim Prater
11:00 Service - Doug Tarrence
The SENIOR ADULT CHOIR
will be singing
Sunday, September 18
in our 8:30 AM service.
ADULT WORSHIP CHOIR Wednesdays @ 7:00 PM (High School Seniors and up)
SENIOR ADULT CHOIR Thursdays @ 11:00 AM
Choir Room KIDZ CHOIR HANDBELL CHOIR Wednesdays @ 6:00 PM Sundays @ 4:30 PM (ages 3 1/2 years thru 4th grade) (See Brian if you’re interested)
Worship Choir and Band
Thank you so much for your faithful
service each week and during the Revival
services. Your talents and hearts for
leading in worship are such an
encouragement and blessing
to your church family!
Worship Orchestra
Thank you so much for leading in worship
in such a powerful way on Revival Sunday
morning. It was encouraging to see you
singing and meditating on the texts even
when you were not playing. We look
forward to leading worship together
in the very near future.