From Your Pastor’s Heart Thursday or on Sundays while the building is

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Melanie Gee, Ext. Session Coord.
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Dorothy Posey, Church Secretary
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Ryan Greene. Min. of Music & Youth
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John D. Meyer, Pastor
Thank you for your response to “Pray & open. Completed applications need to be re-
Go” last Sunday morning. So far, 23 people turned to the church office by Thursday, No-
have indicated that they will be willing to pray vember 19.
for every home in our community. I will be Our plan for Trunk & Treat this year is to

Your Church Staff

preaching on the DNA of the church this Sun- do a “drive-thru” Trunk & Treat for the chil-
day and making another appeal to you to dren of our community on October 31 from
commit to be a part of this outreach oppor- 4:00PM - 5:30PM. We will put candy
tunity. Every member can be a participant in in individual bags and pass them out to chil-
this mission endeavor. I want to ask you to dren as their parents drive them through our
keep our Sunday Worship in your daily pray- parking lot. You can help with this ministry in
ers and ask the Lord to speak to our hearts three ways. (1) You may donate candy, or if
October 22, 2020 • Vol. 43, Issue 39 and move us to be a congregation that will you prefer, money for us to purchase candy,
“Pray & Go” just as He commanded. through this Sunday, October 25. Donations

803-380-1024

803-508-3044

803-278-2575
may be dropped off at the office. Monetary

803-292-4440
Keith Snider, a Gideon from the North Au-
gusta Camp will be updating us on the minis- donations should be placed in an envelope
try of the Gideon’s this Sunday during wor- marked “Trunk & Treat” when they are placed
ship. The Gideons do a wonderful work of in the offering plate on Sundays or dropped
placing the Word of God into people’s hands off at the office. (2) You can help bag the can-
all around the world. They do this by giving dy in individual zip-lock bags. We will be fill-
from their own finances and by donations of ing the bags on Friday, October 30 at
others. You will have an opportunity to give 10:00AM in the fellowship hall. (3) You can
an offering this Sunday, if you desire, to help bring your car to put in line to make a drive-

Electronic service requested:

North Augusta, SC 29861-8168

P.O. Box 8168
Belvedere First Baptist Church
support the Gideons in their work. Please thru corridor for the families as they visit our
pray about how the Lord would have you be a event from 4:00 - 5:30PM on Saturday, Octo-
Global Hunger Relief blessing to the Gideons as they continue to ber 31. You can dress up and decorate your
be a blessing to the world. car and make posters expressing your love
Our Goal: $2,000 and the Lord’s love for them. We will be dis-
Given to date: We have a new email address dedicated
specifically for prayer requests. If you or tanced and have masks as necessary. You
$617.75 someone you know has a prayer request, you won’t have to approach cars to hand out the
Need to reach goal: can send it to the church using the following candy unless you desire to do that. A sign-up
$1,382.25 email address: [email protected]. sheet is available in the educational building
This does not replace our current email ad- and sanctuary for you to sign-up to help pack
dress but is set up specifically for prayer re- the bags before our event and to put your car
Gideon Speaker: Keith Snider quests and will help us as we pray for the in the parking lot to create a corridor for the
homes of our area in Pray & Go. Help us people to drive thru on that evening. Thanks
Sunday, Oct. 25 - 10:30am Service for your participation in this ministry oppor-
pass this information to whoever needs pray-
er! tunity to our community.
The Personnel Committee is currently I love you and thank the Lord for you. I
Our Mission: We exist to obey Jesus Christ by accepting applications to fill the Nursery Co- hope to see you in Bible Study and Worship
this Sunday!
Permit #20
Augusta, GA
US Postage Paid
Non-Profit Org.

continuously reaching out to create relation- ordinator position. Applications, as well as job
ships and share Christ’s story in order to make descriptions for the position, are located on In the Sonshine!
mature disciples. the credenza outside of the church office. If Bro. John
you are interested in applying for the position,
421 Edgefield Road | PO Box 8168 you may pick up an application and job de-
North Augusta, SC 29861-8168 scription from 9:00AM - 5:00PM on Monday -
803-279-0415 | 803-279-0476
http://www.belvederefbc.org
Weekly Ministry Opportunities Stewardship Report
Sunday, Oct. 25
Week of: Oct. 18, 2020
9:15a Sunday School Teens Reserved Unto True Holiness
Weekly Needs $6,297.00
10:30a Worship/Gideon Speaker
Weekly Tithe $4,028.25
6:00p Small Groups
Needs/Date $264,475.62
Wednesday, Oct. 28 YOUTH
Sunday School @ 9:15am Offering/Date $256,983.02
6:30p Praise Team & Choir Practice (includes on-line giving for this week)
(Sanct.) In Room 110
Missions $20.00
Thursday, Oct. 29 Trunk & Treat #5430 $115.00
6:30p Com on Com Mtg (FH) Annie Armstrong #8040 $50.00
Friday, Oct. 30 $9.00 donation for mailing.
Homebound Meals #5454 $20.00
10:00a Volunteers to bag candy (FH) Shoeboxes are available!!! Global Hunger #8060 $225.00
Saturday. Oct. 31
4:00 - 5:30p Trunk & Treat (Drive-Thru) Collection date @ Belv. FBC
Sunday, Nov. 1 is Sunday, Nov. 15 Sunday School attendance - 10/18 (45)
9:15a Sunday School
10:30a Worship National Collection Week is Our Directories Are Available
6:00p Small Groups November 16 - 23, 2020
Stop by the front of the Sanctuary on
Do not include: candy, toothpaste,
gum, used or damaged items; war-
Sunday morning, or come by the church
related items; seeds; food; liquids or office during weekday business hours to
Members In Service
lotions; medications or vitamins; pick up your Directory.
breakable items or glass containers; Welcome Team
aerosol cans.
This might be the most important Ushers
Choir Practice
year ever to reach children with the Deacons will be filling in at this time
Gospel of Jesus Christ. In the midst Are now held in the sanctuary on
of a pandemic, children are fright- Wednesdays at 6:30pm Safety
ened, families are struggling, and We have started Christmas rehearsal Olin Boatwright
people don’t know what hope they and Ryan invites all who are interested
have for the future. We want children to come and join us in a safe & socially Sound & Multimedia Team
Trunk & Treat around the world to know that God distanced environment. Brad Brooks, Stephen Raines
loves them and He has not forgotten
Our plan is to put candy in individual Deacons-On-Call
them. Operation Christmas Child is a
bags and pass them out to children as powerful way to share the message Week of Oct. 25
Livestreaming Services
their parents drive them through our park- of God’s love.
Alan Hankins / 517-379-9817
ing lot. If you would like to help with this are continuing as follows: Olin Boatwright / 803-221-1485
Every shoebox gift you can pack rep- Stephen Raines / 217-741-7076
ministry, you may donate candy, or if you resents one more boy or girl we Prayer time - Daily
prefer, money for us to purchase candy, reach with the Gospel. At a time (Mon - Sat. - 12:00pm) Extended Session
at anytime until October 25. Please indi- when many missionaries have had to (Sunday @ 6:00pm)
Sun., Oct. 25
cate on your envelope if you are making retreat from their fields, our church Sunday School - 9:15am AM Service: Miranda Decker
a monetary donation. partners worldwide are stepping up Worship - 10:30am
We have collected $675.00 to date in ad- into the gap and are ready to use on Sunday Children are welcome to worship with their
dition to the candy that has been brought parents in the Sanctuary
these gifts along with the literature Wednesday Prayer Mtg. - 7:00pm
in. we provide to share the Gospel.