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National Heights Baptist Church
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Sharing appreciation with Jason and Erin
Jason Davis has accepted the position of Marketing Director with the nationwide ministry Revive Our Hearts. In this role, Jason will have the opportunity to impact thousands of individuals and families across the nation. Jason has served here at National Heights as our Associate Pastor of Youth and Family Ministries since November, 2005 and we want to say "thank you" to him and Erin for their ministry here.
January 29 is the last day Jason and Erin and their boys Elisha and Noble will be at National Heights. They will be honored at an appreciation reception at 7:00 p.m. in the fellowship hall and everyone is encouraged to bring a greeting card for a card shower for them. We also are receiving a love offering for Jason and Erin. Please mark "Davis" on your envelope and turn in your offering no later than next Sunday morning, January 29, during morning worship. |
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Personnel Committee
seeks your input
As the Personnel Committee continues their search for God's desire in filling our Preschool and Children's minister position and Youth Minister position, they are seeking input from the church. You can download a sample copy of the survey that will be handed out in Sunday School February 5, by clicking here. Do not fill out this copy - one will be provided for you in Sunday School. Take time to read through the questions and pray about the answers you will give when the survey is conducted Feb. 5. Instructions will be provided by committee members who will administer the survey in your class. If you are unable to be present Feb. 5, copies of the survey will be available in the church office.
Wednesday, February 15, the Personnel Committee will conduct a Town Hall meeting for all those interested in giving input to the search for these two important staff positions. Everyone is welcome, but the committee especially wants to hear from parents, workers, and students involved in our Youth Ministry and/or Preschool and Children's Ministry. The meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. in the fellowship hall and will take the place of our weekly Bible study. Thank you for your prayerful input in this important process. |
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From the Pastor's Desk
 February is a month for National Heights to listen to God's leadership as He guides us through some important days. Pray for our Personnel Committee as they seek the people that God has for our Preschool and Children's Minister and our Youth Minister. Pray for our Taiwan team as they make their final preparations to go on mission in Taipei. Pray for our church as we continue to seek God's leadership in the next steps for our ministry as we seek to reach our community with the gospel. I am glad to know NHBC is a praying church. Thank you for your participation in our Tuesday @ 2 prayer time, our Add-Subtract-Multiply discipleship teams, and our many prayer groups throughout the church. Your prayers are vital as we move forward in our service to the Lord. I can't wait to see what God is going to do through you.
~Vaughn Weatherford |
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Worship Ministry preparing
for Easter Celebrations
 Second only to Christmas, the Easter season is one of my favorite times of the year. We get to celebrate the resurrection of our Savior and how we are united with Him in that resurrection. Wow! Every year, during the Easter season, as I meditate on the sufferings, death, and resurrection of Christ, God teaches me something new and continues to reveal His truths to me. So, I'm excited!
This year, we will have 3 very special services that involve our Easter celebrations. The first will be on Palm Sunday, when our choir will present the musical Eyes of Faith. On February 1st, during our normally scheduled choir practice, we will hand out and introduce the musical. If you want to be a part of the Easter Choir, you'll want to be there for that event. We'll have a few refreshments as our choir listens to the musical for the first time. The Easter Choir will practice at 7:15 every Wednesday evening through February and March.
The second celebration for our Easter season will be a dramatic presentation of "The Upper Room" with a time of partaking in The Lord's Supper on Wednesday, April 4, at 7:00. At the end of the evening, we'll also have a time of reflection at the crucifixion. If you want to have a part in the drama, there will be an informational meeting on Sunday, February 19, at 5:30 in the choir room so that we can begin preparing. Please note that we will need a number of men for this, and there are many non-speaking roles.
Then, our third celebration will be on Easter Sunday with a special service to celebrate our risen Savior.
Begin now to pray for those who will be involved, as we prepare for this time of reflection and celebration.
~ Joshua |
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No games Saturday February 4
There are no Upward games scheduled for Saturday, February 4. Games will resume on Saturday, February 11 and continue through February 18 and 25.
NHBC Night at Hillcrest game February 10
The Hillcrest boys basketball team will play Lebanon at Hillcrest on Friday, February 10 and that will be NHBC Upward night. The Upward cheerleaders will perform during the halftime of the varsity game. Upward kids and their families will be special guests at the game. Everyone in the NHBC family is welcome to attend.
Upward Celebration February 26 at 6:00 p.m.
The Upward season will conclude with a celebration service Sunday night, February 26, at 6:00 p.m. in the worship center. Coach Kirk Hanson and the basketball team from Central Bible College will lead the service. The CBC team performed a very well-received program last year and you will not want to miss it! All Upward teams will be presented during the service and participants will receive their awards that evening. Everyone is encouraged to come enjoy the evening. All Upward participants and their families will be special guests.
Thanks to our fans!
Fan support for Upward games has been tremendous, with full bleachers every game! The first game of the day starts at 8:30 a.m. and the last game starts at 11:30 each Saturday. We are blessed to welcome a great many guests from our community who come to the games to cheer for their kids. All the church family is encouraged to come join the fun -- cheer for the kids and help greet their families. |
| Women on Mission study, pray & work
Tuesday Women on Mission meets regularly throughout the year on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month. All women of the church are always invited to attend. Mission involvement is always the emphasis with a variety of projects, ministries and studies throughout the year. Join this active group as they continue to extend their knowledge.
Women on Mission will be meeting on Tuesday, February 14 at 9:30 with a coffee in the fellowship room of the church. Hostesses for the coffee are Mary Friend and Doris Whitcher. All women of the church are invited to attend. The business session begins at 10:00 under the direction of Judy Divine, president.  The program of the morning will be a book review given by Sharan Chittenden, our church Administrative Secretary. She will share thoughts from the book, Clara and Mr. Tiffany by Susan Vreeland which tells the story of the woman who designed the Tiffany lamp.
Women on Mission will gather on Tuesday, February 28 at 9:00 in the fellowship room of the church for a Work Day. They will be making regular size and baby or children's quilts for Grand Oak Mission, 2854 West Grand. Each year the group makes from 15 to 17 large quilts and about 40 children's quilts for the mission to use to help in their outreach to local clients. This work is under direction of Barbara Fisher and her committee. Salvation bracelets will also be made that morning to be later used by mission groups going to Mexico. Jean Conrad is in charge of this ministry. Each year 1500 to 2000 bracelets are assembled for this ministry.
No lunch is served on work days, but hostesses Mary Friend and Doris Whitcher will prepare and serve light refreshments at the 10:00 break. Come and join the group for work and fun. |
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Prime Timers to display hobbies
Do you have a Hobby? Everyone 55 years and older are invited to share your collection or demonstrate your talent. We warmly welcome you to our February 16 meeting in the Fellowship Hall at 11:00 a.m. followed by a potluck luncheon.
For us to have a display space prepared we need to know how many are coming to share their hobbies. We request that you call the church office to sign up for display table/exhibit space. On the day of the meeting we will have tables and space ready by 10:30 a.m. for you to set up your display/exhibit.
Bring a friend and a dish of food to share for lunch! Hostesses this month are Eva McNeely and the Kitchen Committee. We look forward to different kinds of interests and collections of all sorts from books, mugs, woodcarvings, paintings, quilts, to fly tying. Everyone is welcome! |
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RACER DERBY 
This year's Racer Derby will be held in the church gym on Saturday, March 3. Races will start at 6:00 p.m. Please note - Racer Check-in will be on Wednesday, February 29 at 6:30 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. During this check-in cars will be weighed and checked. All racers must check in their cars at this time.
Royal Ambassadors and Girls in Action are getting their cars ready and everyone in the church family is invited to participate with them. See Kelly Enloe or Matt Cobban for a car kit. They are available to the children at no cost. All boys and girls in 1st through 6th grade are welcome to attend RAs & GAs on Wednesday nights to design and build their race cars. The Outlaw Division is available for anyone 7th grade and up. Cost for an Outlaw car is $5 plus $1 per ounce over 5 ounces, up to a maximum of 10 ounces.
The Racer Derby is always connected to a mission project and the RAs and GAs have developed a new project for this year's derby. Canisters are currently placed at the church entrances to receive donations for an In/Out Drive for Infants. The kids are requesting gifts of baby food, baby cereal, diapers and baby wipes which will be given to the Grand Oak Mission Center ministry. The gift drive will continue until the Derby on March 3. Note the clever name the kids chose for the drive -- mindful of the fact that what goes "in" baby soon comes "out." They have both covered!
In/Out Drive for Infants
Please bring...
Baby Food · Baby Cereal
Diapers · Baby Wipes
Canisters at church entrances |
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Moms group sponsors pre-race event
Start your racer derby engines by joining in the Mom2Mom
Chili Cook-off & Blue Ribbon Bake-off Saturday, March 3 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in Room 521. We are looking for 15 delicious crock pots of chili and 15 delectable desserts. We would love to see many different kitchens represented in the contest. Chili entries can be of any variety: mild, medium or hot; veggie or meat-filled. Dessert entries can also be any variety: cookies, cakes or pies, etc.; sugar-free and gluten-free entries are welcome.
Here's how it works: first, samples of the chili will be provided. Then, guests select their favorite chili, "vote" with their $$, and then enjoy a bowlful with all the trimmings. From the dessert table, sample what you wish and then again vote for your favorite with $$. Mason jars will placed in front of all entries to make voting easy, as well as to watch and see if your entry might take home the prize! There will be plenty of time for racer derby participants to enjoy a meal and then head to the derby races. Donate what you wish. Proceeds will benefit the Mom2Mom ministry, Grand Oak Mission Center and moms in need. |
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Calendar
Use the following link for this month's calendar.
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December
Income Report
Budgeted $40,112.83
Received 39,013.48
Year-to-date
over budget $ 22,138.48 |
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Sympathy...
...to Dixie Talbot &
Eleanor Schulze in the death of their sister, Jeanne Kern Higgins,
in Phoenix, Arizona January 18. |
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February
Door Greeters
Barbara Fisher
Pat Welch
Lawrence & Sue Hale
Bruce & Eva McNeely |
 Tuesday @ 2My house will be called a house of prayer for all nations. (Isaiah 56:7b)
2/7 - Upward
2/14 - Deacon Ministry
2/21 - Prime Timers
2/28 - Mission Organizations |
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We rejoice to welcome these new members to the church family at National Heights:
Kelsey Thompson
professed her faith in Christ and requested church membership by baptism. Kelsey is a member of the 6th Grade Sunday School class.
Litisha (Tish) Pardini
accepted Christ as her Savior and requested church membership by baptism. She is a member of the new Young Adult Sunday School class.
Watch for Kelsey and Tish's photos on the new member board soon. |
Nursery & Preschool Teachers & Personnel
Thursday February 2 at 7:00 we will be having a training meeting to go over new procedures we will be implementing in the nursery and preschool area beginning in February. We hope these procedures will help us better know and ensure the safety of those God has placed in our charge. Training will be over changes in our check-in and check-out procedures and implementation of name tags.
Parents of infants and preschoolers are welcome to come to this meeting but please be aware no child care can be provided since all workers will need to attend this meeting.
~ Jane Brown |
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Newsletter Deadline
The newsletter mailing schedule varies from month to month because of how Sundays fall, and keeping track of a varied deadline is very difficult for all of us. So we have a new plan this year and the deadline for every newsletter in 2012 will be the 20th day of the month preceding. To have an item included in the newsletter you may call the church office or send emails to schittenden@nationalheights.org. Of course you are always welcome to turn in items early if you wish. Thanks! |
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Bring canned goods for the Grand Oak Mission
to the soup can bin
outside worship
Sunday, February 5 |
Spring Brunch at
National Heights
Saturday, March 31
Invite your friends to mark their calendars, too!
More information coming soon.
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Lord's Supper Service
February 19
8:30 & 11:00 a.m.
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 Care and Share
Friendship is for Sharing!
The Care and Share ministry to widows of our National Heights Church and community will meet for lunch on Thursday, February 23, at Golden Corral North. The luncheon will be at 11:15 in their meeting room.
February is friendship month so each one present is asked to bring a poem, reading, story or joke that is related to "Friendship." These will be shared during the time together. Be sure to invite widowed friends to attend. If there are questions, please contact Judy Divine or Mildred Burns, leaders. |
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Last Call
We are about ready to print the new 2012 Directory. If any of your information -- address or phone numbers -- has changed in the last year, please call the church office ASAP so your information will be correct in the new Directory. Thanks! |
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Volunteers needed
Volunteer servers are needed for the Mom2Mom chili cook-off.
Please see Heather Salley for more information. |
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All you can eat!
Sunday,
February 12
8:00 - 9:30
Plan to attend the annual Mixed Age Class pancake breakfast and silent auction in support of class mission projects. Guests are welcome -- invite a friend! Pancakes, sausage and breakfast beverages will be served at a cost of $3 per person, maximum of $8 per family.
A silent auction of desserts and crafts provided by class members will close at 9:30 and winners will be announced at that time. |
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Come for sweet Valentine treats, fellowship & encouragement in motherhood at the next Mom2Mom meeting Tuesday, February 7 from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. Pastor Vaughn will be presenting a devotion on marriage.
In working towards implementing the biblical instructions given in Titus 2, Mentor Moms is getting off the ground. Those mothers who are interested in being a "mentor" should come to the first meeting set for Sunday, February 5 at 5:30 p.m. Please see Dougetta Nuneviller or Cindy Kimmey for more information. |
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Thank you for your faithfulness to pray for and support us. May God bless each of you and the ministries of NHBC.
In Christ, ~ Drew & Pam Crabtree
John 15:1-5
Pam and I and my sister Molly Faulkner wish to tell everyone at National Heights a heartfelt "Thanks!" for the prayers, kind word, cards, flowers, hugs, and all the great support from our brothers and sisters in Christ during the time of the hospitalization and death of our mother Vera Chandler. The outpouring of support from our family at National Heights was so helpful. The Holy Spirit has given us a great sense of peace as we know that Mom is now present with her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Brother Vaughn, Joshua Roberts and Becky Woodall made Mom's funeral at our church a beautiful experience, and we thank them and all that were able to attend for their help in making the service special.
God bless you, ~ Robb Chandler
National Heights Baptist Church Family,
Thanks so much for the many ways in which you enriched our loved one's life. Mom so enjoyed her friendships within the church... Staff and membership as a whole were very helpful to us during her illness and passing. Thank you for the English ivy provided for the funeral. It is a living testament to your compassion. Our best to you as you continue to share the love of God, individually and as a church body.
~ Becky (Chandler) Aldridge, Mesa, Arizona
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National Heights Baptist Church
3050 N. National, Springfield, MO 65803
~Staff~
Pastor - Dr. Vaughn Weatherford
Minister of Music - Joshua Roberts
Interim Preschool & Children's Minister - Jane Brown |
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