We enjoyed a great day last Sunday as we gathered to study God’s Word and to worship Him. It was good to have John and Karla Mew unite with our church on transfer of their membership from sister churches. John has been our Minister of Youth and Children for the past several months, and he and Karla were recently married. They wanted to wait until they were married so that they could join the church together. We look forward to having these young folks with us for a long time. John is doing an excellent job as the leader of our children and youth.
I have been trying to collect email addresses from anyone that is even remotely interested in the ministry of the North  First Baptist church, so if you have someone you would like to be on our E-Messenger  e-mail mailing list, please send me a note at
fbcnorth@tds.net      or     royster@aikenelectric.net. 
Also interested in having input to this Blog Page, so if there is anything, within reason, that you would like to see published here, send it along, and I will try to use it. Our plan is to make this a two-way communication tool, and as soon as I learn a bit more, I hope to have a comment section here on the page, so you can leave your message and comments. But, I am still learning….

Sermon titles for Sunday, August 1 are:
AM:  “Did You Know That You Can Be Forgiven For Anything?” 1 John 1:8-10
PM:  “The Day It All Breaks Loose.”    Rev. 9:1-12

You are urged to attend and hear Brother Larry Shull, our pastor, as he preaches the Word to us.
Remember: “Jesus Christ is Lord now and forever! Glory to His Precious Name!

I do appreciate the good reports we have received about this Blog Spot about our church. As I have already said several times, it is still under construction and I have great hopes that we will be able to really communicate with our members and friends. This is the beauty of computing. Just imagine, from this little office, we can publish information that goes around the world in seconds. One of our friends, Bill Courtney,Jr., is in Iraq and will be able to read this there. We pray for you, Bill, and all your buddies there. Thank you and them for your service to your country and to your God.

STILL LOOKING FOR ADDRESSES:
Send me your email addresses of those who are interested in the North Baptist Church activities, and I will add them to the mailing list.

PASTOR CELEBRATES TENTH YEAR:
Bro. Larry Shull has been the pastor of this church for ten years  this month and we have been blessed under his ministry and leadership. What a precious family they are, Larry and Brenda and" little Larry" and how thankful we are to have them. Be sure and greet them and tell them how much you love and appreciate them each Sunday.

YOUTH  AT EDISTO BEACH:
John Mew has had our church youth at the beach all this week and we are anxiously awaiting their return. The purpose of the trip was evangelism, and we a praying that they had many professions of faith for their efforts. We should hear all about it on Sunday.

SEE YOU IN CHURCH?  I pray that we will. God Bless.

 

It is a beautiful day in the neighborhood in North, SC. here are a few announcements for the church family to consider.
 
CHURCH DIRECTORY PLANNED FOR 2005
Plans are for our church to have a new Olan Mills directory of all the church family next summer. So in this next year, we would ask that all you camera buffs begin to take pictures of the different activities around the church, and let me have them so that when the time comes we will be able to have a large collection to choose from. I will be around taking pictures also. If you have a digital camera, we can upload the pictures from your camera to the church computer. Let’s try it and see how it works.
 
WILLING WORKERS NEEDED
Our Nominating Committee is busy, so if you are interested in a place of service for the new church year, let me know and I will get your request to the right place. I would like to see us start a new members class on Sunday morning, so if you are a mature and experienced Christian, you can serve the Lord by helping teach the Survival Kit  Program to our new members as they come in this next year. Let me know, please.
 
ICE CREAM  FELLOWSHIP!
Put this on your calendar…August 29, following the evening services, we invite you to join with us by bringing a churn of your favorite ice cream [or some store bought if you cannot churn]. We will have more to say about this as the time approaches. Plan on making this a great summer Sunday treat.
 
DISCIPLESHIP TRAINING  CLASS
We have an exciting time each Sunday evening in the hour prior to the evening worship service. There is a class for the children and youth, and the adults meet in the TEL classroom just off the sanctuary. I would especially like to invite you to attend the adult class. We have just finished an in-depth study of Spiritual Warfare, and will be starting another interesting subject soon. Please come and join with us, we promise an interesting 45 minutes of discussion, laughter and study.

Had a great week of VBS...a fun weekend of fellowship and worship, so I feel 'right good' today. I normally don't go in to the office on Monday, but just enjoy  relaxing at home and watching the morning movies on TCM or AMC, and the Western channel of course. I watch old movies that I remember seeing years ago when they first were shown in the movie theaters. Of course, they all look so ancient now, as do I.
Our VBS had a high attendance of 105, average attendance of 96, and my Adult Class averaged 14. A number of my adults were involved in other classes.  But, sad to say, we had zero professions of faith in Christ. It seems to me that VBS over the past few years had developed into a time of fun and recreation for the children. '
Please pray for our personnel committee as they begin the arduous task of finding our church a Minister of Music. Our current leader, a sweet lady, is having to retire after six years due to health difficulties.
Still looking for email addresses for those who might be interested in receiving
the "E-Messenger" newsletter which I hope to send out frequently. What a great way of keeping some of the church family and friends up to date on happenings around here. Our church is moving and growing and we ask you to keep us in your prayers.

God Loves YOU...and so do I....

Summer is rolling right along these days, with many church activities and meetings and such. I am finding that it is difficult to keep this blog up to date with the church news,but plan to do better [I hope!]
We are in the midst of Vacation Bible School this week, and have been having a great time with the Rickshaw Rally theme for this year. We have had a good crowd of children, willing workers, and food preparers. Our adult class is down somewhat, with only 11 adults involved each night. But, a number of our regulars are involved in helping in other classes.
Highest attendance so far has been 105, total students including staff members, which is great for our church.
I am still trying to learn how to add pictures and links to this page, so bear with me. I plan to also have an ELetter going out to those for whom I have an emailaddress. WE are still trying to develop a church web page, but that will take a bit longer.Let me know if you are willing to add your expertise to keeping all this going in the days to come.
Please join with us in our worship services this Sunday. We will have the church conference and also the Lord's Supper in the AM services. Come and bring a friend.