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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, November 28, 2014
In This Issue
Students @ Milledge
Advent & Christmas
Help Provide Poinsettias
Hanging of the Green
Deck the Halls!
Church Family Christmas Dinner
Commission Baptist Church
IHN Christmas
Save the Date
Personal Message
Volunteer Opportunity

Downstairs decorations provided by Pat Britton.

Students @ Milledge


Parents' Day Out!
Do you need time to Christmas shop or just a little time to yourself? You can bring your child (birth to 6th grade) to MABC on December 6th from 10am-2pm so you can have that time. There will be games and lessons for the children. Please RSVP with the church office by Thursday, December 4th.

Upcoming Events for Youth and Children:

Sunday, Nov 30Hanging of the Green (during Sunday School)
Youth Inside Out
Planet 56
(last meetings until January)
Wednesday, Dec 3Deck the Halls
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
Saturday, Dec 136-12th grade Youth reverse Progressive Dinner and Christmas Party from 5-9pm
Sunday, Dec 14Churchwide Christmas Caroling from 3-5pm
Children and their families Christmas party from 5-6:30pm

Advent & Christmas Sermon Series

We invite you to experience comfort and joy in a very special worship service series for Advent. Each service in the 4-part series focuses on a selected portion of Isaiah 40 that captures one of four specific aspects of the comfort Christ comes to bring-peace, pardon, presence and power. November 30th (Peace of Christ) is based on Isaiah 40:1-2 and highlights for us that true peace comes only through Jesus Christ and the forgiveness that he brings. He ends warfare without and within. He is our one and only Prince of Peace.


 


Christmas Poinsettias...

Would you like to purchase a beautiful Poinsettia in honor of or in memory of a loved one? The cost is $12 per plant and they will be placed in the Sanctuary on December 7. Please pick up and fill out a form (located on both Information Desks), and include it with your check, made payable to MABC. You can place the form and your check in the offering plate on Sundays, or mail them to the church office.



Hanging of the Green Service...

Please join us this Sunday at 9:45am in the Gathering Room for our annual Hanging of the Green Service. This will take place in lieu of Sunday School.


Deck the Halls...


Join us on Wednesday, December 3rd at 5:30pm for Deck the Halls. We will have several soups/chili options for dinner and then begin decorating the Gathering Room and McBride Room at 6pm.



Church Family Christmas Dinner...


December 7th, following the Singing Around the Chrismon Tree event. Please call the church office or email Carrie to RSVP (by December 4th). There is no cost for the meal but we will need to know how many people to plan for.



Helping Commission Baptist Serve Liberia...

 

Last Sunday and again this Sunday, our sister church, Commission Baptist, distributed more than four tons of rice, beans, cooking oil, seasoning, and cassava (similar to sweet potatos) to 100 households in their congregation and community. Additionally, they are providing food to both a blind and deaf/mute enclave.

MABC provided $4000 in late October for our Christian brothers and sisters in Liberia. Last week, we received $3125 in offerings for a November distribution of food.

Rev. Augustine S. Weah, Sr., sends this message from our sister church: "May I express our gratitude for the tremendous efforts you have been exerting in bringing the congregation of Commission nearer in sight and in heart to your congregation. Our food distribution will conclude this Sunday. And our sister Kebbeh is out of Ebola quarantine; her children and husband are well; and they will all return to worship with us at the beginning of December.


Date Savers
   
 
November 30Hanging of the Green (no Sunday School)
Planet 56 / Inside Out
December 1 & 2Decoration Team Work Days
December 3Golden Glows @ Georgia Club
Deck the Halls
Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal
December 6Parent's Day Out
December 7Christmas Cantata
Singing Around the Chrismon Tree
MABC Family Dinner (visit from Santa)
December 8Finance Team Mtg
Deacon Christmas Party
December 13Churchwide Christmas Caroling
Children's Christmas Party
December 19Wassail & Wafers @ the Mullis Home
December 24Christmas Eve Service
December 25 & 26Church Office Closed
December 28NO Sunday School
January 1Church Office Closed
 

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

Weekly Offering and Attendance Report
  
Budget offering for Sunday, November 23rd: $1,529.00 

Other Contributions:
Liberia: $250
Bldg Fund: $100
Flowers: $72
Handicap Access: $7035
Food2Kids: $20
Fellowship: $20
Golden Glows: $133
  
Total Weekly Contributions: $9,164.00
 
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November Budget offering to Date: $29,600.00
 
Monthy Budget Requirement:
$32,071

Balance to Date: 
$5,318.00
  
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Attendance:
Week of 11/23/14 
 
Sunday School: 72
Worship: 112
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

Judy Snow, 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.


 

We offer condolences to Cecil and Judy Hammond on the passing of Cecil's brother, Julian Hammond. Cards can be sent to: 2001 Daniels Bridge Road, Athens, GA 30606.


 

Christian sympathy is extended to Howard and Rubielen Norris on the passing of their daughter-in-law, Jane Lynne Norris. Cards can be sent to: 2051 Wipporwill Road, Bishop, GA 30621. A gathering of friends and family for remembrance of Jane's life will be hosted on Sunday, November 16th, 2-4pm at the Day Chapel, State Botanical Garden of Georgia.


 

SERVING TOGETHER 
November 30, 2014

 

Deacon of the Week: Donna McEwan

Worship Prep: Laura Marlow

Acolyte: Kate Dodson

Audio: Bill Givan

Greeters: Rubielen Norris, Sherry and Carol Lester

Door Opener/Closer: Bill Braselton

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

Nursery Coordinator: Sarah Pledger

Nursery during Worship:  Susan Bolen

Children's Church:  Glada and Kala Horvat

Gathering Room Prep: Bill Braselton

Planet 56/Inside Out Meal Provider: The Robinson 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