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Friday, November 7, 2014
In This Issue
Students @ Milledge
Midweek @ Milledge
Thanksgiving Celebration Lunch
Union Service
Just4Lunch
Commission Baptist Church
IHN Christmas
Save the Date
Personal Message
Volunteer Opportunity

Downstairs decorations provided by Pat Britton.

Students @ Milledge


Sunday, November 9th is IHN set up. We will eat lunch, set up for IHN and then go BOWLING! Parent pick up is 3:30. Cost will be about $10, which includes shoe rental and 2 games of bowling.

Upcoming Events for Youth and Children:

Sunday, Nov 9Youth IHN Set up and Bowling
Wednesday, Nov 12Children's Choir Rehearsal and Bible Time
Sunday, Nov 16Youth Inside Out
Planet 56
Wednesday, Nov 19Children's Choir Rehearsal and Bible Time
Sunday, Nov 23Thanksgiving Union Service (no evening youth activities)
Tuesday, Nov 25Deck the Halls (part 1)
Children's Choir Rehearsal and Bible Time
Sunday, Nov 30Youth Inside Out
Planet 56
(last meetings until January)
Wednesday, Dec 3Deck the Halls (part 2)
Children's Choir Rehearsal and Bible Time
Saturday, Dec 6ALL Children's Parents' Day Out from 10am - 2pm
Sunday, Dec 7Christmas Cantata during worship
Singing Around the Chrismon Tree and Family Dinner from 5-7pm
Wednesday, Dec 10Children's Choir Rehearsal and Bible Time
Saturday, Dec 136-12th grade Youth reverse Progressive Dinner and Christmas Party from 5-8pm
Sunday, Dec 14Churchwide Christmas Caroling from 3-5pm
Children and their families Christmas party from 5-6:30pm


Wednesdays!


Family Dinner @ 5:30pm...RESERVATIONS NEEDED!
You can make your reservations online, by calling the church office, or emailing Carrie. Please reserve your meal before 10am on Mondays. To ensure we have enough food for everyone to enjoy, please be sure to make your reservation. 

Cost: Adults ($7.00)
Children ages 4-12 ($4.00) *children under 4 eat free
Family cap ($20.00)

Children's Choir @ 6:05pm
Our Pre-k children will meet in the nursery on the 1st floor of the Kinney Children's Bldg for learning and preschool choir, led by Graham Brooks.

Our children in grades k-6th will meet in the Children's Choir room located on the 2nd floor of the Kinney Children's Bldg for choire rehearsal, led by Laura Marlow.

Adult Spiritual Growth Opportunities @ 6:00pm
Adult Bible Study...Adults and youth gather together for thought provoking discussions.
MABC Legacy of Love
Thanksgiving Celebration Lunch

November 23rd
Fellowship Hall
12pm

Please join us as we celebrate the gifts received for our Legacy of Love: Paying it Forward Campaign. MABC will provide the meat and drinks. Please bring 2 side dishes/desserts to share.


Union Service
for First Baptist, Beech Haven Baptist and Milledge Avenue Baptist...

Our three congregations will gather at First Baptist Church on Sunday, November 23 at 6pm. Dr. David Mills, the new Senior Pastor of Beech Haven Baptist, will be the preacher. Rev. Randy Brittain, Minister of Music at First Baptist, will direct the combined choirs of the three congregations.
Adult 55+ Event...

JUST4LUNCH--Friday, NOV. 21
A dutch treat for food and fellowship!
11:30 AM @ FIVE & TEN restaurant on Milledge Avenue.
Call the church office to make your reservation!!!!!



Responding to an Epidemic...


  • In late July, Rev. Augustine S. Weah, Sr., the Pastor of Commission Baptist Church in Monrovia, Liberia, communicated the dire situation facing his nation and congregation as a State of Emergency was declared by the government.  All schools, colleges, and non-essential governmental services were closed.  (And remain closed.)  The nation's fragile health-care system was overwhelmed by the Ebola epidemic.  Because most members of Commission Baptist could not work, malnutrition and extreme food scarcity were a growing anxiety for the congregation.  In August, Milledge Avenue Baptist collected $2,585 for our sister church.  
  • In August, Commission created a "Welfare and Relief Committee" to determine the best means of responding to the numerous crises facing the church.  Informed of our offering, they requested that $2,250 be wired to them--in two separate transfers--as they do not have access to a bank and were fearful of holding too much money.  With the funds, they purchased 90 25kg bags of rice (about $1,800) and distributed a bag to each household in the congregation.  The remaining funds have been used for emergency health-care needs (basic medicines and supplies of Clorox.) 
  • In September, the "Welfare and Relief Committee" officially requested that MABC financially assist Commission so that they could provide subsistence food for the 100 households that attend Commission Baptist Church, plus food for a neighboring blind community and a deaf/mute community.  The MABC Missions Team met to consider these requests and developed the following plan:  during the months of October, November and December, MABC will assist our Sister-church with (a) $1,000 per month from the existing Foundation Grant that the Mission Team already held and (b) a monthly "Love Offering."  
  • The Missions Team asked Dr. Bolen to write a letter to Commission's "Welfare and Relief Committee" communicating our three-month commitment.  The Missions Team will receive reports from Commission Baptist and will evaluate future needs during the last quarter of this year.
  • On October 15, $1,000 was wired to Commission Baptist from the MABC Mission Team's funds.  On October 19, MABC members contributed $3,434 towards hunger relief.  We are awaiting direction from Commission's "Welfare and Relief Committee" as to how they want to use these funds.  Both Commission and Milledge Avenue Baptist are keeping detailed accounting as to funds raised, transferred and how the funds are being utilized.
  • This week, Rev. Weah informed us that Sister Kebbah Beyan--a 22-year-old mother of four--has been in an Ebola isolation ward for 10 days.  Her family has been able to communicate with her by phone, members of the church are caring for her children (who remain healthy) but they do not have a clear understanding of her health status.
--MABC Missions Team and Pastor Bolen


Date Savers
   
 
November 9-16IHN Host Week
November 9IHN Set Up
Women's Bible Study
November 10Finance Team Mtg
Deacon Mtg
November 11Women's Bible Study
November 12Midweek @ Milledge
Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal
November 13Adult Education Team Mtg
November 16Full Accessibility Team Mtg
Planet 56 / Inside Out
Women's Bible Study
November 19Midweek @ Milledge
Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal
November 21Just 4 Lunch (Adult 55+ Event)
November 23Thanksgiving Celebration Lunch
Union Service (@ First Baptist)
November 25Deck the Halls (part 1)
November 27-28Church Office Closed
November 30Hanging of the Greens (no Sunday School)
Planet 56 / Inside Out
December 3Hanging of the Greens (part 2)
Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal
December 6Parent's Day Out
December 7Christmas Cantata
Singing Around the Crismon Tree
MABC Family Dinner (visit from Santa)
December 8Finance Team Mtg
Deacon Christmas Party
 

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Food 2 Kids

 

Donation Item for November is JUICE BOXES!!!

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. 

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. 

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
Akinloye Ojo
Lonnie Varnedoe
   Deacon of the Week
Will Abney
Jan Bell
Lucy Bell
Suzanne Griffeth
Donna McEwan
Mark Sorrow  
VITAL SIGNS 

Weekly Offering and Attendance Report
  
Budget offering for Sunday, November 2nd: $13,052.00 

Other Contributions:
Benevolence: $500
Christmas Music: $500
Coffee Fund: $13.80
Pumpkins: $117
Liberia: $50
Handicap Access: $1585
  
Total Weekly Contributions: $15,817.00
 
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November Budget offering to Date: $13,052.00
 
Monthy Budget Requirement:
$32,071

Balance to Date: 
$8,013.00
  
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Attendance:
Week of 11/2/14 
 
Sunday School: 89
Worship: 141
Midweek: 32
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.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR SERVICE


 

Prayers for Our Family and Friends


 

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


 

Church Family

Joel Gunnells, Barbara Reid, Bill and Pat Edwards, Jimmy Godwin, 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, and Peggy DeWeese.


 

Extended Family & Friends

Donald Daniel (father of Mike Daniel); Gene and Adrian Bowers (parents of Elyse Daniel); Mrs. Myrtle Chambers (mother of Debbie Waters); 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.


 

Praises and Blessings

Chet Sosebee, son of Chester and Carole Sosebee, is home from deployment!


 

SERVING TOGETHER 
November 9, 2014

 

Deacon of the Week: Lonnie Varnedoe

Worship Prep: Carol Selick

Acolyte: Katie Scott

Audio: Jimmy Godwin

Greeters: Norris Mullis

Door Opener/Closer: Charles King

Ushers: Cecil Hammond, Mark Sorrow, Darryl Mathis, Norris Mullis, Tom Rodgers, Royce Knight

Nursery Coordinator: Sarah Pledger

Nursery during Worship:  Becky Odom

Children's Church:  

Gathering Room Prep: Jim and Becky Cunningham

Planet 56/Inside Out Meal Provider: The Dodson Family

CHURCH STAFF
  
Dr. Edward Bolen, Sr. Pastor, edward@milledge.org
Dr. Ginny Dempsey, Associate Pastor for Students, ginny@milledge.org 
Rev. Tom Eggleston, Minister of Music, tom@milledge.org 
Karen Byrd, Organist, karenfbyrd@gmail.com
Carrie Juarez, Church Secretary, carrie@milledge.org
Susan McCullough, Financial Secretary, susan@milledge.org 
Manuel Sanchez, Custodian, manuel@milledge.org