Upward Soccer and Air It Out Flag Football are off and running! Thank you to all the coaches who volunteer their time and energy to this ministry. This is a huge ministry for the FLC and it is growing each year! Please be in prayer as we seek to guide these children and their families. The season will end on October 24 for Soccer and October 31 for Flag Football. Upward Basketball for girls and boys in the 1st-8th grades is coming soon. Registration will begin later this month so be on the lookout and make sure you have your child signed up before it is too late. Cost is $85.

Girls Basketball League 7th-12th Grade. Girls 7th-12th Grade, do you like basketball? Well, get ready! The FLC will be partnering with the South Main Youth Ministry in an exciting basketball ministry for youth girls. Cost: $50 It will be a 7 week season with playoffs beginning in January. There will be individual awards (MVP’s and Character), three point shootouts, and much more. For more information, please contact Tico Montoya or Brian Sadler 281-487-8200.

Living Well A place for seniors who want to become active or stay active. We meet every Monday and Wednesday mornings in the Kidz Place at 8:30 a.m. for exercise.

Come join us as we have fun, fellowship, and exercise!

Tico

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HAPPY 175TH BIRTHDAY TO

UNION BAPTIST ASSOCIATION

Our church is a cooperative member of the Union Baptist Association, the group of Baptist churches in Harris County. As you know, everything is bigger in Texas, and UBA is the largest Baptist association in the whole world.

The earliest missionary (distinguished from anti-missionary or hardshell) Baptist work in Texas is attributed to Z. N. Morrell. While he was a Baptist pastor in Tennessee, his doctor diagnosed him with “consumption of the lungs” (tuberculosis) and encouraged him to move to a drier climate. He crossed the Sabine River entering Texas in April of 1835 when the bluebonnets were in full bloom. Morrell fell in love with Texas. He found other Baptists from Tennessee in Texas and preached his first sermon to them on December 30, 1835. He helped to organize the first missionary Baptist church in Texas, the Independence Church at Washington-on-the-Brazos, in 1837. In 1840 a call went out to gather at that church in June for the purpose of organizing an association. Some 25 representatives met there, but division between missionary and anti-mission sentiment prevented its success. The host pastor, T. W. Cox, flatly refused any compromise with the “hardshells.” Cox summoned another group that met in October of that same year at the Travis church (south of Brenham). Morrell was sympathetic to this work but was ill and could not attend. Eleven messengers came from three churches—Travis, Independence, and LaGrange. Of these three churches, Cox had founded two of them and served as the pastor of all three of them. They voted unanimously to form the Union Baptist Association and elected as their first moderator, you guessed it, T. W. Cox. In their very next meeting one year later, they formed a Texas Baptist Education Society. This Education Society began serious work planning a Baptist institution of higher learning. The prime movers were William Tryon, Judge R. E. B. Baylor, James Huckins, and Morrell. Their dream was realized in the chartering of a new college by the Republic of Texas on February 1, 1845. Baylor wanted it to be named in honor of Tryon (UT?), but the latter deferred since his was the loudest voice in favor of the new school. No name was inserted into the charter until the final draft was submitted to the Republic. Baylor University is the longest continuously operating university in our state and the largest Baptist university in the world. More than a century later (1960) UBA would establish another college—Houston Baptist University. The Union Baptist Association will celebrate its birthday with a special service at Houston’s First Baptist Church on October 11 at 7:00 pm. Brenda and I will be attending this celebration, and all of you are invited as well. Happy Birthday, UBA! Your Pastor

Dr. Ron Lyles

SEAFARER’S GIFT COLLECTION

From October 12-26, we will be collecting items

for holiday gift boxes to be distributed to the

men and women at the Port of Houston

Seafarer’s Center. Items needed: Shoe Boxes Gum

Men’s white crew socks Tissues

Disposable Razors Lip Balm

Pocket Combs Safety Pins

Emery Boards Bookmarks

Ball Point Pens Writing Paper

Small Calendars Bar Soap

Family size toothpaste Toothbrushes

Travel size sewing kits Christian tracts

Pocket New Testaments Bring your donations to the collection box in the

Main Connection. If you would like to help pack

and wrap these boxes, bring your scissors and

Christmas wrapping paper and join us on

Thursday, November 5, at 10:00 a.m. in the

Great Hall. Lunch will be provided.

OCTOBER CALENDAR

1 WMU-Women on Mission, 10:00 a.m., Parlor

Upward Soccer/Flag Football Practices, 5:45 p.m., Multi-Sport Fields

(Mon-Tues-Thurs-Fri)

Men’s “42,” 6:00 p.m., Main Connection

Vision Sign Language Class, 6 p.m., Rm 168 (Thursdays)

Men’s Fall Basketball League, 6:45 p.m., FLC (Mon-Tues-Thurs)

2 MOP-Mothers of Preschoolers, 9:00 a.m., Main Connection

3 Men’s Fishing Trip to Galveston

Fall Canton Trip

Upward Soccer & Flag Football Games, 8:00 a.m., Multi-Sport Fields

(Saturdays)

J-12 & Student Ministry to Toby Mac Concert, 5:00 p.m.

4 Men’s Ministry Breakfast, 7:00 a.m., GH

Morning Worship-Lord’s Supper, 8:15 & 10:45 a.m., Worship Ctr

Deacons’ Meeting, 4:30 p.m., Parlor

Evening Worship-Fall Ministry Celebration, 5:40 p.m., Worship Ctr

5 Kindermusik, 9:00 a.m., M206 (Mondays)

Quilting Class, 10:00 a.m. & 6:30 p.m., Rm 167

Men’s Bible Study, 7:00 p.m., GH (Mondays)

6 Kindermusik, 10:00 a.m., M206 (Tuesdays)

BSF-Bible Study Fellowship, 6:00 p.m., Worship Ctr (Tuesdays)

College & Career Ministry Bible Study, 6:30 p.m., Rm 167 (Tuesdays)

Divorce Care & DC4 Kids, 6:30 p.m., M208 (Tuesdays)

7 ESL Classes, 9:00 a.m., Rm 162-169 (Wednesdays)

9 Single Adult Ministry Game Night, 6:15 p.m., Rm 167

11 Evening Worship-Sean Villarreal in Concert, 5:40 p.m., GH

13 Faithful Followers Fall Event, 6:00 p.m., GH

15 Faithful Followers Ladies Class Meeting, 6:00 p.m., Main Connection

16 MOPS-Mothers of Preschoolers, 9:00 a.m., Main Connection

18 Single Adult Luncheon, 12:00 p.m., GH

20 Second Family Team Meeting, 6:00 p.m., GH

21 Student Ministry Tailgate Service, 6:30 p.m., Parking Lot

GA & RA International Mission Study, 6:45 p.m., Kidz Place

23 Single Adult Ministry Movie Night, 6:15 p.m., Rm 167

25 Food Collection Sunday

26 Ladies’ Game Night, 6:30 p.m., Main Connection

28 GA & RA International Mission Study, 6:45 p.m., Kidz Place

30 Trunk ‘r’ Treat, 5:30 p.m., Parking Lot

Grab your peeps, decorate your ride, and pull it up in a parking

spot. You can have a game (beanbag toss, football throw, etc.)

or just a fun theme. We’ll provide the candy prizes, and fun!

You can also help by bringing bags of

individually wrapped candy to the

Children’s Ministry Office or Kelley Preschool

Suite by Wednesday, October 28.

The Student Ministry is flourishing and heading into the Fall with full

force! It’s exciting to see God work in the lives of our students as they continue to grow in Christ and bring their friends to our activities as well. Promotion Sunday was a great success and such a blessing for our church, as new students and teachers alike joined our ranks. The future is encouraging as we look to several exciting events planned for our youth! October is full of ministry opportunities including a Toby Mac concert on October 3, and our much anticipated Youth Tailgate Worship Service on October 21 to name a few! In November we look forward to youth evangelist, Ken Freeman, coming to speak to our students over a weekend event! Our Wednesday night Youth Service has a new name, “Ricochet,” as we look for God’s Word and the truth of Christ to ricochet and spread to and from all of us! Continue to pray for our Youth! Our College and Career Ministry also has several exciting events planned for October, and our prayer is to see this ministry continue to grow in their walk with Christ as well. The Bible study series “Movies & Ministry” will continue into the Fall as we uncover and explore God’s truths in popular movies of yesterday and today! I appreciate all of the adult workers who so faithfully support the College and Career Ministry. We’ve added a new look to our room and aren’t finished with it yet! We’re now the proud owners of our very own popcorn making machine! We will continue to meet each Tuesday Night from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. To God be the glory, and may He continue to bless the Student Ministry here at South Main Baptist Church! In His service, Brian

We are in the middle of this Sunday school emphasis. Classes and Departments have grouped into 8 teams that are led by Ministry Leadership Team members. You are needed to help your team. Join a class if you haven’t already or attend Sunday school each week to boost your team into the lead. You can also invite others to attend. If they attend, points will be awarded. Points will also be given for making contacts (and reporting those contacts) which will give your team momentum. More information is on our website. The leading team will be revealed in a video during the following Sunday Worship Service.

TRUNK OR TREAT - All Sunday School groups are encouraged to enter a car, truck, wagon, etc. in the Trunk or Treat event. NOTICE! The date has been changed to Friday, October 30. This has always been an outstanding event for our community.

We are recruiting Outreach (Visiting) Teams to launch our new outreach visitation program. Beginning in October we will need many teams to be available on Sunday mornings. This will be the easier part of the ministry. This team will take an outreach packet (“Hot and Spicy”) and leave it on the front door of a family who attended South Main for the first time. The second team we are recruiting is the Follow-up Team. This

group will make a 2-5 minute front step visit to each one of the families who received a bag that morning. We are hoping to get information into the homes quickly and be available for any questions they might have. If you would like to be a part of either of these teams, contact me soon at jeff@southmain.org. BETH MOORE SIMULCAST - Thank you to Barbara Gillies and her amazing team for making this a superb ministry event. We look forward to other big events.

Plans are almost complete for decorating the front of the church for the Christmas season. I am looking for a dozen people who enjoy woodworking, painting, hanging lights, etc.

Jeff Fuqua

Pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in

mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people. Ephesians 6:18 Someone told me recently, “We prayed for you today.” I said, “Really?” She replied, “Yes, specifically, by name, we prayed for you.” I always have known my mom prays for me and that is so reassuring and gives me the boost I have come to rely on. But to know someone I barely know is praying for me is an indescribable feeling. I truly feel like I am being supported in my work and the ministry I participate in. So thank you for telling me you lifted my name to our Father. I am truly grateful and humbled that you would pray for me. If you pray for someone, once-in-a-while or regularly, let them know. It’s inspiring! Kelley

All our choirs and ensembles are off and running. As I put these thoughts together, we are in final preparation for our special evening of music, “Let The Children Sing.” I hope you were able to come and enjoy it. We will continue working on anthems to share with you on various Sundays in October and also begin preparation on our Christmas music for December. It’s not too late to join a choir. Children’s choirs meet on Wednesdays at 6 p.m., Youth choir grades 7-12 meets on Sundays at 4:30 p.m., and Adult choir meets on Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. If you are an instrumentalist, be sure to let us know what instrument you play. We have wonderful opportunities for you to join us on Sundays and Wednesdays. Looking forward to worshipping with you this Fall, Bobie