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We are a worshipping family of God, living and sharing Christ's love with each other, our community and our world.

 
Friday, June 20, 2014
In This Issue
Worship @ Milledge
Fellowship @ Milledge
Students @ Milledge
Church Conference
Offering Envelopes
IHN of Athens Event
MATCH.milledge
Volunteer Opportunity

Downstairs decorations provided by Pat Britton.
Worship @ Milledge 
   
Fellowship @ Milledge 
 
 
A sign up sheet will be brought around to all Sunday School classes! 
Students @ Milledge 
 
VBS Report!
What a great time we had at our Weird Animals VBS!  We had 70 children registered and between 41 and 56 children attend each night. We also had almost 50 adults who helped through preparing or serving supper, driving the bus, leading the children, teaching the children, decorating the church, setting up or taking down the decorations, and many more behind the scenes tasks.   Much time, energy, and investment went into making the week what it was and special thanks to Stephanie Bradshaw, Susan Dodson, and Chris Taylor for their hours of hard work ahead of time.  Thank you to all who made the week special and such a huge success! We have seen some children at worship with their families since VBS too which is such a joy.  Continue praying for the children and their families as we follow up with them in the weeks to come.  Also, ask a child about their experience there-especially the offering and what they bought. 
 
See below for more details... 
 
 
Milledge Avenue Weird Animals VBS, 
Thanks to the giving spirit that you inspired, hard-working farmers in need around the world will now have regular meals, a stable income and the pride in Passing on the Gift® of their achievements and knowledge to others. 
The following gift(s) have been made in your honor:
* Gift of a Trio of Rabbits
* Gift of a Flock of Chicks
* Gift of Honeybees
* Gift of a Flock of Geese
* Gift of a Flock of Ducks
I am so proud of our VBS kids! They raised almost $200 to buy animals and help those in need. Thank you and Way to Go!
-Ginny Dempsey 
Quarterly Church Conference

Sunday, June 22, 2014

Please attend our Quarterly Church Conference next Sunday, June 22. We will vote on our new Ministry Action Plan (click HERE for copy) for 2014-2015. If you can not pull up the document here, copies will be available for review in the Gathering Room. 
Offering Envelopes

Ready for pick up!!

Offering envelopes are ready for pick up. You can get your booklet this Sunday on the table inside the Sanctuary. Church Directories are also available for pick up. The envelopes are sorted in alphabetical order.
Interfaith Hospitality Network

Host Week:
Host Week begins Sunday! We need people to help set up after church. If you are interested in this opportunity, please contact Mary Boswell at wilmabos@charter.net or Susan Bolen at 706-296-3745.

Father's Day BBQ:
You are invited to join IHN of Athens for their 2nd Annual Celebration of Fathers BBQ...

Saturday, June 21st from 5:30-7:30pm at Terrapin Brewery (265 Newton Bridge Rd).


MATCH.milledge  

Help the Hospitality/Fellowship Team assess the interests of our congregation.  Please complete one of the MATCH.milledge Interest Surveys found in the Welcome Centers. This is not a commitment. This is a way to help the Team determine which small-group fellowship opportunities might work.  HELP US OUT! PLEASE!

 

Date Savers
   
 
June 22Called Church Conference
June 22-29IHN Host Week
June 23Church Council Mtg
June 25-27CBF National General Assembly
June 25-28Passport Kids!!
June 29Dessert Fellowship with MPBC
July 1Men's Fellowship Breakfast
July 4Church Office Closed
July 6-11Passport Choices!
 
   
Click HERE to see more of our upcoming events!
 
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CHURCH WEBSITE

www.milledge.org 

Missions@Milledge

Smart Lunch, Smart Kid 

 

If you'd like to give to this wonderful program, you can text LUNCH to 41444.

 

To keep up with Action Ministries and their programs, you can text ACTIONHERO to 51555. 

Interfaith Hospitality Network

 

Here is a great four page article in the monthly newsletter of The Cooperative Baptist Fellowship about Baptist congregations that are engaged with IHN. You can click HERE to read it. 

2014 MABC Deacon Ministers


Chester Sosebee, chair
John Allen
Sue Chapman
Rubielen Norris
Bruce Ferguson
Chris Taylor
Barry Coleman
Mike Daniel
Doug Gatchell
Will Marlow
   Deacon of the Week
Akinloye Ojo
Lonnie Varnedoe
Will Abney
Jan Bell
Lucy Bell
Suzanne Griffeth
Donna McEwan
Mark Sorrow  
VITAL SIGNS 

Weekly Offering and Attendance Report
  
Budget offering for Sunday, June 15th: $3,538.00 
 
Other Contributions:
Youth: $137
Pastor Peer Group: $340.96
VBS: $62
VBS Missions: $139
Coffee Fund: $8
  
Total Weekly Contributions: $4,224.96.00
 
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June Budget offering to Date: $22,723.00
 
Monthy Budget Requirement:
$33,333

Balance to Date: 
-$20,744.00
  
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Attendance:
Week of 6/15/14 
 
Sunday School: 95
Worship: 157
Read All About...
Children's Choir Blog...
Click HERE to find out what Laura Marlow and our children are doing.
Darryl Mathis' Blog...
Charity Bracewell's Blog...

 Click HERE to read what Charity is saying!

BWIM Blog...

 Click HERE to read about Baptist Women in Ministry! 

Scripture Readers Needed...
If you would like to volunteer as a Scripture Reader during our worship service, please let us know by emailing or calling the office.

Smart Lunch, Smart Kid...
For the second summer, MABC is the host site of Smart Lunch, Smart Kid - an outreach of Action Ministries ("Our Daily Bread"). From now until the beginning of school in August, sack lunches are prepared daily for 300-400 children in Athens who are in danger of receiving only one meal per day. Last year, Smart Lunch, Smart Kid delivered more than 30,000 lunches to children in Athens! Here's how you can help:
  • We need a MABC volunteer to coordinate MABC's response.
  • We need Sunday School classes, choir groups and others to volunteer to make and stuff sack lunches.
  • We need drivers who can deliver the sack lunches to the apartment complexes across Athens.

Contact Edward to learn more: edward@milledge.org
Sign up online through the program's site

OPPORTUNITIES FOR SERVICE

 

Prayers for Our Family and Friends

 

(Please contact the church office to update the prayer list)

 

Church Family

Jimmy Godwin, Carol Lester, Elizabeth and Rick Pittard, Dot Reid, Pat Britton, Chandler Griffin and his family, Louise and Irene Hill, Jean Johnson, Gayle McBride, Paul and Beverly Kormanik, Joel Gunnells, Florice Akin, Margaret McReynolds, Beth Duncan, Betty Weaver, Al and Eleanor Danielsen, Peggy DeWeese, and Dot and Barbara Reid.

 

Extended Family & Friends

Chet Sosebee (son of Chester and Carole Sosebee); Evelyn Howard (mother of Chester Sosebee); Lee Baird Jackson (mother of Carole Sosebee); Mozelle Simmons (aunt of Darryl Mathis); Florice Akin (mother of Dan Akin); Carol Sartain (daughter of Lucille Sartain); Ron and Judy Clark (former members of MABC, Ron was recently diagnosed with cancer).

 

Global Mission Partners

We continually pray for our global mission partners: Commission Baptist Church in Monrovia, Liberia and Bethlehem Ministry in northern Haiti. May the Lord shine His light on Rev. Augustine Weah (Commission Baptist Church) and Father Bruno (Bethlehem Ministry) as they guide our brothers and sisters in Christ.

 

 

SERVING TOGETHER 
June 22, 2014

 

Deacon of the Week: Will Marlow

Worship Prep: Julie Graham

Acolyte: Chip Scott

Audio: Fred Sloan

Greeters: Donna McEwan, John Culpepper

Door Opener/Closer: Bill Braselton

Ushers: Josh Daniel, Sherry Lester, David Lock, John Allen, Charles King, Bill Braselton

Nursery Coordinator: Sarah Pledger

Nursery during Worship:  Zoe Bolen

Children's Church:  Carrie Juarez and Remi Ojo

Gathering Room Prep: Bill Braselton

 

*for updated Nursery, Acolyte, and Children's Church volunteer schedules, please go to our website. 

CHURCH STAFF
  
Dr. Edward Bolen, Sr. Pastor, edward@milledge.org
Dr. Ginny Dempsey, Associate Pastor for Students, ginny@milledge.org 
Karen Byrd, Organist
Carrie Juarez, Church Secretary, carrie@milledge.org
Susan McCullough, Financial Secretary, susan@milledge.org