01. Labor Day; Church Office and Weekday Closed. 02. Men’s Bible Study at 6:30 am in Pettigrew 03. Men’s Bible Study at 6:30 am in Pettigrew 05. Youth Prayer Breakfast in the YAB 7:00 am; CR in the YAB 6:00 pm. 07. Promotion Sunday; Honduras report in both morning services; Children Rec time in FLC 4:30 – 5:40 pm; Youth Dgroups begin 5:30 – 7:15 pm; Ministry Team Meetings 6:00 pm. 08. Womens’s Bible Study in Mears’ House 6:30 pm. 09. Men’s Bible Study at 6:30 am in Pettigrew; Betty Mears’ Mission Group in Mears’ House 10:00 am 10. Men’s Bible Study at 6:30 am in Pettigrew 12. Youth Prayer breakfast in the YAB 7:00 am; CR in the YAB at 6:00pm. 14. Baptism Service in 11:00 am worship; Centrikid parent meeting 4:00 pm in CC room, deposit due $50. 15. Women’s Bible Study Mears’ House 6:30 pm. 16. Men’s Bible Study at 6:30 am in Pettigrew 17. Men’s Bible Study at 6:30 am in Pettigrew; Women’s Bible Study begins at 6:15 pm in the FLC 19. Youth prayer breakfast in YAB at 7:00 am; CR in the YAB at 6:00 pm 21 – 24. Revival: Supper 5:45 pm Service at 6:30 pm in the Sanctuary ; Nursery provided for Babies – 3k. 22. Men’s Bible Study at 6:30 am in Pettigrew 23. Men’s Bible Study at 6:30 am in Pettigrew 26. Youth prayer breakfast in YAB at 7:00 am; CR in the YAB at 6:00 pm 30. Men’s Bible Study at 6:30 am in Pettigrew

1. Donna Rutan 17. Lyn Myrick Alli Freeman Debbie Johnson 2. Oscar Holland Latrell Fowler Pam Gaddy Lisa Kirven Russ Sawyer Kristen Lowe David Rodriguez 18. Jon Hall Michael Hayes 19. David Wike 4. Arthur Sauciuc 20. Kim Andrews Julie Duff 21. Jennifer Hicks Addison Pusser Leslie Cockfield 6. Ethan Shriver Robbie Gardner 7. Linda Slaughter 23. Phil Hutchinson Susan Barnes Russ Watson 8. Jimmy Haynes 24. Jack Ray 9. Evelyn Campbell Breanna Lisenby Zach McKay 25. Sarah Geddings 10. Rick Luhrs Irvin Ulmer Joe Griffin Julie Fails Annabelle Miller 26. Hazel Rast 11. Bob Gardner Renee Kennedy Rob Dunnam Cindy Rallings 12. Marion Goodyear 27. Drake Johnston Howard Graham 28. Cameron White Mac Name 29. Stephanie McCabe 13.Buddy Rainwater 30. Jaimie McQueen Logan Grimsley Tyler Trujjillo 14. Chad Graham 31. Walt Smithwick Tonda Haigler Jan Singleton 15. Toby Hutchinson Shelley Rodriguez Billy Andrews 16. John Deans Marla Greer

September 2014, Volume 43 Number 11

Sunday Schedule: Sunday School…………………………………. .9:45 am Worship ……………………….…....8:30 am & 11:00 am Youth Dgroups:…………………………..5:30 – 7:00 pm Bible Skills………………………………..5:45 – 7:00 pm Evening Worship………………………………...6:00 pm

Wednesday Evening Schedule: Supper…………………………………….……….5:00 pm Menu: Septermber 3: Grits, Eggs, Bacon, Sausage, Biscuits & Gravy September 10: Chicken Salad & Ham Croissants, Pasta & Fruit Salad September 17: Lasagna, Salad, Dinner Roll, Dessert Children’s Music …………………………...........6:15 pm Children’s Missions……………………………...7:00 pm Adult Bible Study................................................. 6:30 pm Adult Choir ………………………………………6:30 pm Youth Worship........................................................6:30 pm Small Group Bible Study………………………..6:15 pm

David R. Wike, Pastor

Ed Self, Associate Pastor/Worship & Discipleship

Pam Gaddy, Minister of Education

Andi Hill, Minister of Children

Nathan Neighbors, Assoc. to Students

Dusty Kertis, Church Administrator

Omerea Privette, Weekday Director

Marcia Watkins, Ministry Assistant

Melinda Miller, Receptionist/Ministry Assistant

Be sure to check out the Thank

you note board located outside of the Sanctuary.

OCC items for the month of September: Hard Candy

Ebenezer Baptist Church 524 S Ebenezer Road Florence, SC 29501 Return Service Requested

Non-Profit org. US Postage Paid Florence, SC Permit No. 32

September Events

Financial Report – Through August 24, 2014 Year-to-date Needs ......................................... $835,632.62 Year-to-date Receipts ..................................... $755,323.26 Facilities Development …………………..$1,115,431.88

God is at work … All around us!

He never ceases to amaze me … When I see what God is doing in the lives of people at Ebenezer, I get excited!! We are in the early stages of a real revival!! This revival is not a “set of meetings,” but a changing of the hearts of God’s people, and a time of focusing on Him and what He is doing in our hearts and minds and LIVES! On September 21, we will begin a period of examining Ebenezer, our motives, our routines, our programs, and most of all GOD’S intent for us. This is an internal time of revival, a time for all of us who call Ebenezer “home,” a time to gather in and find out what God’s next steps for us might be. Mark Powers, from the South Carolina Baptist Convention, will lead us on this journey. We will begin on Sunday morning, then meet Sunday through Wednesday evenings. Supper will begin promptly at 5:45 pm and our journey will continue every night until 7:45pm. Your staff has been praying over this event for some time now. We hope you will join us in praying for this, praying for our church, and join us for this specific journey from September 21 – 24. This will be a GAME-CHANGER for Ebenezer. Please don’t miss it! David

Honduras Team Mission report will be held Sunday, September 7th during both morning worship services.

Be sure to mark your calendars for Fall Revival

Sunday, Sept. 21 – Wednesday, Sept. 24

Special guest speaker will be Mark Powers of the SC

Baptist Convention.

Dinner will begin at 5:45 pm

Service will be in the Sanctuary 6:30pm -7:45pm

(Nursery will be provided for babies through 3K)

Dinner for revival will be free all

4 nights. Please be sure to sign up if

you plan to eat with us!

Call the church office 669-1802

Revival Dinner Menu

Sunday, Sept 21 Subway Subs

Monday, Sept 22 Spaghetti and Bread

Tuesday, Sept 23 Little Caesars Pizza

Wednesday, Sept 24 Plain or Buffalo Chicken

Fingers and French Fries

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Children Rec Time in the FLC, Sunday, September 7

4:30 – 5:40 pm, followed by Bible Skills and Disciples

Centrikid Parent & Child Meeting

Sunday, September 14

4:00 pm in CC Room

$50.00 deposit will be due at meeting

to hold your child’s spot

BBQ tickets for the fundraiser must be picked up at the

meeting.

TRIPLE L NEWS…….Triple L invites seniors of all ages

to join us in our activities for 2014 – 2015 events. -Luncheon at Mayflower restaurant in Darlington,

September 9th at 11:30 am. The bus will leave the church

at 11:00 am.

-Shriners Hospital visit in Greenville, SC on October 7th.

Please sign up for this event ASAP or call Carol Enzor for

more information.

Beth Moore will be in Greenville, SC July 10-11, 2015. The

conference will begin Friday evening at 7pm and end

about Noon on Saturday. Tickets are $69 and are for reserved

seats. The tickets will go on sale September 15th and we

would like to order tickets that morning to get the best seats

possible. If you would like to go with us please get a check

($69, made out to EBC) to Diana Wike or Jessica Griggs

Brown by Sunday, September 14th. It looks like the room cost

would be between $100-$120/room. That amount would be

divided between the number of people in each room. Room

reservations will be made once we see how many we will need

and the money for the rooms would not be due until closer to

the event.

D:Groups Begin Sunday, Sept. 7 This fall our Sunday night youth d:groups will be meeting each week

from 5:30pm-7:15pm. The girl groups will be studying a book

called, “10 Things For Teen Girls” by Kate Conner which has a

companion book available for parents. Our guys will be working

through, “The Real Win” by Colt McCoy & Matt Carter. Both of these

studies will be excellent ways for our students to learn what it means to

be godly young men and women. Books for both of these studies will be

available for purchase for $10 at the first meeting on September 7.

Locations:

JV Girls (7th-8th Graders)

The Graham Home - 3937 Meadors Rd.

JV Guys (7th-8th Graders) The Greer Home - 3511 Lakeshore Dr.

Varsity Girls (9th-12th Graders) The Neighbors Home - 462 Guildford Cir.

Varsity Guys (9th-12th Graders) The Raynor Home - 2827 Founder Dr.