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Fishersville Baptist Church 1518 Jefferson Highway, P.O. Box 82, Fishersville, VA 22939

Phone: (540) 942-1058 Website: www.fvillebc.org Email: [email protected]

November 2015

Inside this issue:

Fishersville Baptist Church 1518 Jefferson Highway

P.O. Box 82 Fishersville, VA 22939

Phone: 540-942-1058 FAX: 540-942-8980

Weather and Events Line:

540-946-5591 Business Email:

[email protected]

Volume 2, Issue 11

Events & Meetings Ministry List for November

2

Steve Johnson (Interim Pastor

3

Pastor Appreciation

Heather Carter (Youth Ministry)

Shawn McLain (Children’s Ministry)

4

Keith Harris, (Minister of Music)

Veterans’ Day

5

Staff Members Prayer List Information Remember to Pray!

6

Children’s Mission Project Media Center Hours Election Day Reminder Holiday hours Dec. Newsletter due Thank you Notes

7

“Chaplains of the Week” Prayer schedule

8

Ronnie Wyatt — — The Neighborhood Church

9

Daily Scripture List Birthdays and Anniversaries

10

Weather Emergency Info Daylight Savings Time info Poinsettias Community Events

11

Sundays

9:30 AM Sunday School for all ages

11:00 AM Morning Worship Service

6:30 PM Evening Service

(Fellowship Hall)

“Improv” Youth

In the Sending Zone

“Team F.R.O.G.” Children

In the Activity Center

Wednesdays 6:30 PM Adult Bible Study

“Connect” Youth

S.O.U.L. Patrol Children

7:30 PM Choir Practice

Y.E.S. Choir:

2nd & 4th Thursdays of each month

Women on Mission:

3rd Tuesday of each month

Women’s Bible Study:

Every other Monday

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MEMBERS’ MEETINGS SCHEDULE

CALLED MEMBERS’ MEETING: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4th 2nd DISCUSSION of 2016 Budget

CALLED MEMBERS’ MEETING: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15th VOTE ON PASTOR CANDIDATE

ANNUAL MEMBERS’ MEETING: WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18th VOTE on 2016 Budget, (No Discussion) Committee, Group, and Organization reports Corporation Business

>All Church Members are encouraged to attend these important meetings<

***ALL COMMITTEES AND GROUPS***MUST submit reports for this meeting.

The deadline to submit reports to the Church Office is TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10th.

Happy Anniversary, Fishersville Baptist Church!

67 years on November 7th

1948 — 2015

Time to change clocks!

Spring Forward

FALL BACK Details on page 11

Get tickets for the Pastor Candidate Meal

Saturday, November 14th at 6:00 pm

Tickets are available on :

Sundays before Sunday School (9:00 am — 9:30 am),

Sundays in the Sanctuary after the morning worship service

Sundays in the Fellowship Hall after the evening service

Wednesdays in the Fellowship Hall after Bible Study

Tickets available from October 25th — November 8th REMEMBER TO BRING YOUR TICKET TO THE MEAL!

mailto:[email protected]

ANGELS AMONG US (FORMERLY CALLED

THE F’VILLE COMMUNITY SENIORS)

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10th LUNCH $8 PER PERSON (Reservations due by Oct. 6th)

PROGRAM: B I N G O

NOVEMBER 9th & 23rd

10:00 AM, Fellowship Hall

TUESDAY, NOV. 17th

10:30 AM, FELLOWSHIP HALL

ALL WOMEN ARE INVITED TO JOIN US!

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MINISTRY SUNDAY, NOV. 1 SUNDAY, NOV. 8 SUNDAY, NOV. 15 Sunday, Nov. 22 SUNDAY, NOV. 29

SERMON

PASSAGE Joe McGugan

preaching

Malachi 1:6 — 2:9 Steve Lookabaugh preaching

Malachi 2:10 — 17 Micah 3— 4

DEACON OF THE WEEK

Clifton Hamilton 942-3508

Donnie Taylor 241-0885

John Shy 886-9137

Nelson Carter 649-1405

Otis Feaganes 294-3908

USHERS Donnie Taylor

Cecil Campbell

Nelson Carter

Tommy Cash

David Cash Andy White

Gene Cash, Sr.

Art Thorn

Donnie Taylor Grover Peery

Clarence Wilkins

Ted Davis

Clay Hamilton

Danny Blackard Gerald Sholes

David Cash

COUNTERS Debbie Rinker

Tammy Wilkins

Gene Cash, Sr.

Otis Feaganes

Sallie Feaganes

Ted Davis

Brenda Taylor

Linda Zirkle

Tommy Cash

Kay Gum

Nelson Carter

Art Thorn

Gene Cash, Sr.

Andy White

Clarence Wilkins

NURSERY Linda Zirkle

Jennifer Mesimer

Jennifer Shy

Robin Feaganes

Emily Gum

Linda Hamilton

Jennifer Mesimer

Helper

Brenda Mawyer

Debbie Henderson

SOUND ROOM

Raymond Hensley

Ethan Painter Steve Mesimer Kevin Lawhorne Heather Carter Steve Mesimer

Syracuse Sunday

3rd Sunday of each month

(November 15th)

Remember:

Bring your love offering

to support

Ronnie Wyatt’s Ministry,

The Neighborhood Church

All Women Welcome!

NOMINATING COMMITTEE

Monday, November 2nd 6:30 PM, Room 208

DEACONS’ MEETING Sunday, November 8th

5:00 PM; Room 208

CHURCH COUNCIL MEETING

Monday, November 16th 6:00 PM, Room 208

LEADERSHIP TEAM MEETING

Monday, November 16th 7:00 PM, Room 208

MONDAYS,

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As we prepare our hearts and homes to give thanks to

God later this month, I want to thank all those who have gave me

Pastor Appreciation cards in October. I am thankful for you and for

the opportunity God has given me to serve as your pastor over these

past 14 months. Your words each week encourage me.

Most encouraging of all is your eagerness to receive the Word—

whether preached or taught. You welcome the opportunity to examine

the Scriptures and it has been a pleasure to share my sermons and

Bible studies.

Each monthly newsletter provides a list of upcoming sermon

Scripture passages in the weekly bulletins and monthly newsletters. By

giving you this information ahead of time, I encourage thoughtful

engagement with the Scripture passage prior to hearing the sermon. In

this way, I hope people will better grasp the Word that speaks with

authority and grace to all who will hear it.

Last Sunday I began a four message sermon series on Malachi. On

November 8, I will be preaching on Malachi 1:6-2:9. On Thanksgiving

week (Nov. 22), we will examine Malachi 2:10-17. On the first Sunday

in Advent (Nov. 29), we will conclude the series by looking at Malachi 3-4.

Finally, there have been several questions about our Inductive Bible

Study of the Revelation. Yesterday we had 29 people present for the

study and we’ll resume the study on Nov. 11 by looking at Christ’s

message to the church at Pergamum (Revelation 2:12-17). Look for

more information on the dates of future studies in the December

newsletter. The remaining sessions on the seven churches will be:

“Thyatira: the challenge of consistency” (Revelation 2:18-29); “Sardis:

the emptiness of reputation” (Revelation 3:1-6); “Philadelphia: the pain

of exclusion” (Revelation 3:7-13); and “Laodicea: the danger of

self-reliance” (Revelation 3:14-22). Bring your Bible and see you here!

Pastor Steve Johnson

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Greetings from the Children's Department! Thanksgiving is upon us

already! What a wonderful time to celebrate with family and friends and to

be thankful for all that God has done for us. For the Children’s Mission

project, please remember to let me or Linda Hamilton know if you are

interested in helping with filling the Thanksgiving Food boxes and/or the delivery of

the food boxes on Saturday, November 21st. We will meet in the Fellowship Hall at

9:00 AM. What a great way to show Gods love to those in our community. Come be

a part of it.

Let us praise God for His glorious grace, for the free gift He gave us in His dear

Son! EPHESIANS 1:6. In His name, Shawn McLain

Greetings, Fishersville Baptist Family!

Youth and Family,

We completed a Bible Study, Not A Fan, by Kyle Idleman.

We had a “back-to-school” bash, the youth went bowling and then went to

the Carters’ home for pizza and a movie.

Looking Forward: We are going to begin doing outreach to our homebound

and elderly church family. We look forward to doing visitation and service

projects. We will be reporting back to the congregation on our visits and

helping everyone to get to know our homebound members.

Blessings, Heather Carter, Youth Leader

Pastor Appreciation Time Sunday Evening,

November 8th at 6:30 PM In the Fellowship Hall

The reception will be held following the review of the Prayer list and Prayer Time.

Please contact Joan Campbell if you would like to volunteer to bring

a cake. Ice Cream will be provided.

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Music News By H. Keith Harris, Minister of Music

Remember to be Thankful

Thanksgiving is coming, which reminds me of the many things that encourage me; and for them, I give thanks. One

encouragement that comes to mind is people who give their hearts to the Lord. Last year I was able to baptize

seven in our fellowship in only six months! They helped me recall a special time in my life, and remember my own

baptism. As we come upon Thanksgiving once again, I am ever more aware that we must remember to be thankful.

In this fallen world we tend to forget the GOOD and remember the BAD. . .

So we must remind ourselves what to remember.

In this verse from 2 Timothy, notice how many times it says “remember.”

2 Timothy 1:3-6, Thanksgiving

3 “ I thank God, whom I serve, as my ancestors did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly remember

you in my prayers. 4 Recalling your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy. 5 I am reminded of

your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded,

now lives in you also. 6 For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through

the laying on of my hands.”

We need to remember the faithful who have gone on before us; we need to remember to pray for those we love and

even pray for our enemies. We need to remember to pass the torch of our faith to the next generation and we need

to remember to develop the gifts that God has given us. Most of all, as verse 3 reminds us, we need to remember

to say “Thank You” to God. Especially at this time of year . . . we must remember to be thankful!

A Thanksgiving Prayer...

Dear Lord, remind us of Your goodness, even in this fallen world. Lord, help us put the negatives of the past be-

hind us. We are thankful, O Lord, for all the good You have sent our way: for family and friends, for gifts to serve

You and for the gift of life. Thank you for Your salvation, a hope so dear and bright.

In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.

To the Soldiers of America Standing right beside us

We forget that you are there When trouble comes to find us

We turn to you with prayer.

Without a hesitation You step into the fight, Standing right before us

To protect us day and night.

You leave your home and family Knowing where you’re bound,

With courage, strength and valor You stand a piece of ground.

Security, peace and freedom Are the gifts that you supply

The Soldiers of America On you we can rely

THANK YOU!!!

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Clifton Hamilton, Chairman

Home: 540-942-3508

Nelson Carter

540-649-1405

Otis Feaganes Cell: 540-294-3908

John Shy 540-886-9137

Donnie Taylor

540-241-0885

Bob Weller

Home: 540-885-1982 Cell: 540-448-1940

Please feel free to contact

your Deacon, or any Deacon, if you have any needs.

The Prayer List is

updated each week

on SUNDAY EVENING

and

FRIDAY AFTERNOONS.

If you have any

changes (additions,

deletions,

corrections or

updates) please

call the Church

Office at

540-942-1058.

Thank you!

Dan & Carmen Hale of Elam Ministries as they share

the Gospel in Istanbul, Turkey

Ronnie & Michelle Wyatt

as they share the Gospel in

Syracuse, New York

Love INC (In the Name of Christ)

Comfort Care Women’s Health

Spirit FM Radio, WNLR Radio and K-Love Radio ministries

WARM Shelter ministries

Pastor (Interim) Steve Johnson

Ministry Assistant Debbie Hendricks

Minister of Music H. Keith Harris

Children’s Director Shawn McLain

Pianist Margie Fretwell

Organist Kay Sholes

Leadership Team Chairman Cecil Campbell

Deacon Chairman Clifton Hamilton

Church Treasurer Sallie Feaganes

Sunday School Director Joan Campbell

Nursery Coordinator Jennifer Mesimer

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The Media Center

Sundays

12:15 PM — 1:00 PM

7:30 PM— 8:00 PM

Wednesdays

7:30 PM — 8:00 PM

The Children’s Ministry

Thanksgiving Baskets

For many families

It cannot happen

without your help!

Sunday, November 1st Pumpkin Pie filling

Apple Pie filling

Sunday, November 8th

Marshmallows

Evaporated Milk

Saturday, November 21st Children’s Mission Project

9:00 AM, Fellowship Hall Come help fill Thanksgiving boxes and/or deliver

boxes! EVERYONE is welcome to come and help!

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO GAVE

DONATIONS FOR THIS MISSION PROJECT!

DECEMBER

NEWSLETTER

DEADLINE:

THURSDAY, NOV. 5

th

at 12 PM

“THANK YOU” NOTES WALL

Please stop by the wall outside the Church

Office to view the thank you notes on the

wall, as well as email messages from some

of our Chaplains of the Week.

Please note the changes in the church Schedule and Church Office Hours:

Wednesday, November 25th: Office Closed; No Evening Activities

Thursday & Friday, November 26th & 27th: Church office Closed for Thanksgiving Holiday

Have a Safe and Blessed Holiday!!!

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SBC/NAMB Chaplain of the Week (for November)

Thank

You

For yo

ur

Servic

e!

November 1st

— 7th

Chaplain, Lieutenant Colonel Richard Anderson U.S. Air Force c/o National Ware College, 300 5th Ave. SW Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, DC 20319 [email protected] Based: Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C. Wife: Faith

Prayer Request: Pray for strength and wisdom as I passionately pursue God’s plan and purpose. Pray for us As we seek to be agents of grace in the military community.

North American Mission

November 8th

— 14th

Chaplain (Major) Miller J. “Ike” Eichelberger U.S. Army c/o NAMB, 4200 North Point Parkway Alpharetta, GA 30022 [email protected] Based: Fort Campbell, Kentucky Wife: Leslie

Prayer Request: Pray for our Soldiers as we deploy this year. Pray for the Lord’s

movement in the hearts of all under our influence .

Please keep these men in your prayers!

November 22nd

— 28th

Chaplain (Captain) Peter S. Bahng, U.S. Army 3-85 MTN IN (WTB), 11042 Mount Belvedere Road Rm. #144, Fort Drum, NY 13602 [email protected] Based: Fort Drum, New York Wife: Susan

Prayer Request: Pray I can support wounded Soldiers men-tally, emotionally and spiritually. Pray I will be prepared in season and out and able to share God’s Word effectively.

Nov. 29th

— Dec. 5th

Lieutenant Rob Friebel, CHC, Chaplain, U.S. Navy

c/o NAMB, 4200 North Point Parkway

Alpharetta, GA 30022

[email protected]

Based: Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

Wife: Jen

Prayer Request: Pray for God to go before and protect me and the units I serve. Pray for my family to be strong and always growing in the Lord and in love for one another.

November 15th

— 21st

Lieutenant Commander Robert A. Moore, CHC Chaplain, U.S. Navy 10098 Benning Road, Fort Jackson, SC 29207 [email protected] Based: Naval Chaplaincy School and Center, SC Wife: Mary

Prayer Request: Pray for God’s guidance as we continue to train and equip chaplains and religious program specialists for service to the men and women of our nation’s sea services.

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Greetings from The Neighborhood Church in Syracuse!

1012 Oak Street

In one of my last emails I introduced you to our new friend Toufan. After

getting to know him a little better, I feel that I must share his very interesting

story. Toufan has been in America for just a few months. He is a refugee from

Iran. He grew up in a Muslim home. Many years before, his grandmother and mother were

led to Christ by missionaries, but because of fearing for their safety, they kept their

conversion quiet. Iran is one of the places in the world where it is “against the law” to

openly profess or share Jesus in public. Toufan has told me of two Pastors in Iran that are

in prison now for sharing Jesus.

Toufan’s testimony of his own salvation is one of the most amazingly wonderful events I

have ever heard. As a teenager, he and four other family members were walking through the

city in Iran when a man… wait for it… wait for it… on roller skates… wait for it… dressed in a

Santa Claus suit skated up to them and tossed a handful of New Testaments to them and

skated on without saying a word. Toufan, his sisters and cousins scooped up the New

Testaments and went off together to read them. THAT NIGHT, all five of them gave their

lives to Christ and were baptized shortly after at the same time!

Toufan later met missionaries from North Carolina and Canada that “spiritually adopted”

him and allowed him to join them in their work. He was the perfect translator to help them

share Jesus. Now living here in Syracuse, his dream is to one day become a missionary

himself and go back to where his people are and share the same hope that he has received.

He is going to be helping us at The Neighborhood Church to reach out to other Muslims,

while at the same time, we will be helping him to prepare for returning to what he believes is

his true mission field in Iran.

Ronnie Wyatt

"As He approached and saw the city, He wept over it" - Luke 19:41

The Neighborhood Church: www.tncsyracuse.com

Phone: 315-876-0558

1012 Oak Street, Syracuse, NY

SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT

1 Wanda Blackard

2 Pearl Allen

Ashley Feaganes Jenifer Leavell Daniel Boone, 1734 (KY frontiersman)

3 4

5 Vickie

Mooneyham

Roy Rogers, 1911 (Actor, cowboy)

6 7

Billy Graham 1918, (Evangelist)

8 9 Larry Groah

10 11 Tommy Mayo

12 Laura Hull

Anjey Bodkin Karen Butler

13 14 Patricia Weekley

Aaron Copeland

1900 (Famous Composer)

15 Dana Cash

Steve & Jerry Rosensteel

(49 years)

16 17 Shirley Miller

Marion Humphrey Chrissy Hyden

18

Andrea Leavell

Mickey Mouse, 1928 (First Disney Cartoon)

19 Earl &

Pauline Campbell (49 years)

Calvin Klein, 1942 (Fashion Designer)

20 21

David Cash

Harpo Marx, 1893 (Actor, Comedian)

22 23 Andrew Blackard

24 Bob Chiras

25 Randy Snead

John Shy Christina Crawford

26 Robin Feaganes

27 Morguean Hatch (Tommy & Delores Rodgers)

Carolyn Siron

28 Buck Campbell

Virginia Sorrells (Rhonda Fortune)

29 Steve Johnson

30 Tony Fortune

Dick Clark, 1929 (TV, Bandstand,

Rockin’ New Year’s Eve)

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November Scriptures

Nov. 1 Luke 19 — 20

Nov. 2 Luke 21 — 22

Nov. 3 Luke 23 — 24

Nov. 4 John 1 — 2

Nov. 5 John 3 — 4

Nov. 6 John 5 — 6

Nov. 7 John 7 — 8

Nov. 8 John 9 — 10

Nov. 9 John 11 — 12

Nov. 10 John 13 — 15

Nov. 11 John 16 — 18

Nov. 12 John 19 — 21

Nov. 13 Acts 1 — 3

Nov. 14 Acts 4 — 6

Nov. 15 Acts 7 — 8

November Scriptures

Nov. 16 Acts 9 — 10

Nov. 17 Acts 11 — 13

Nov. 18 Acts 14 — 15

Nov. 19 Acts 16 — 17

Nov. 20 Acts 18 — 20

Nov. 21 Acts 21 — 23

Nov. 22 Acts 24 — 26

Nov. 23 Acts 27 — 28

Nov. 24 Romans 1 — 3





Nov. 29 1 Corinthians 1 — 4

Nov. 30 1 Corinthians 5 — 8

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Daylight Savings Time

ENDS November 1st

at 2:00 AM

Set your clocks BACK at bed time on Oct. 31st. Remember to check the batteries in your Smoke and Carbon monoxide detectors!

Snow Policy:

In case of inclement weather, please tune in to broadcast Channels 3 & 4

or call the church office at 946-5591. A recorded message will be placed on the EVENTS PHONE as soon as a decision is made to

continue or cancel activities due to ice, snow.

Time to Order Poinsettias!

6” red poinsettias from MILMONT GREENHOUSE

Cost: $8.75

Order forms and envelopes for the Poinsettias are

available from the Ushers or in the Church Office

Please place order form and money in ANY envelope, mark it “POINSETTIA Order”

and return it to the Church Office (make checks payable to

F’ville Baptist Church)

by Sunday, November 15th.

A small moment can be forgotten.

A quiet moment can go unheard. Yet, to a foster child in need of a family

every moment is important.

For over 40 years People Places has made a difference in the lives of children through Foster Care and Adoption. People Places is a non-profit agency dedicated to the simple notion that ALL children, no matter how troubled or troubling NEED FAMILIES. People Places is looking for families dedicated to sharing moment after moment to change the world of a child through foster care.

Call People Places TODAY at 540-885-8841 or visit us online at www.peopleplaces.org

SHARE A MOMENT - CHANGE A LIFE

STAUNTON PARADE

Monday, Nov. 30th 7 PM

W’BORO PARADE

Saturday, Dec. 5th 6 PM

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