Family Night Adult Speakers

November 14Mission NightReports from

KenyaKelly

Blankenship, Geron & Kathy

Gambill

HaitiHannah Reeder

MyanmarBruce Herrmann

Thursday, November 15

11am Fellowship Hall

Guest Speaker - Curt Nunnery50 years of Talk Radio

Please join us for our monthly meeting and

luncheon.

“Hearts United in Loving God, Sharing Christ, and Serving Others.”

The

November 16, 2018 • Vol 69, No. 45 • Fayetteville, NC

November 18Jesus Loves the

ChurchActs 2:42-47

Snyder’s goal: 1500Given to date: 744

Boxes are due by Sunday, November 18

Thanksgiving Eve Worship Service

Wednesday, November 216:15pm | Sanctuary

8:40am Service will be held in the Sanctuary for the next three weeks:

November 18, 25, and Dec. 2

“Hearts United in Loving God, Sharing Christ, and Serving Others.”The Bell • November 16, 2018 • Page 2

His Bread of LifeThanksgiving

Food Give Away and Party

Saturday, November 17

For those bringing baked goods for His Bread of Life Thanksgiving Food Giveaway and Party, the address is 204 S. Reilly Road. Please have baked

goods there by 9am Saturday, November 17, or you can take them to His Outreach Worldwide, 2770

Breezewood Avenue, on Friday before noon.

Open to members & non-members. All attending are asked to bring a dish to share and please

R.S.V.P. by emailing snydermomsnext@gmail.com. No childcare for this event.You’re

Invited

Sunday, November 189:45am | Mezzanine

(2nd floor of the Gathering Hall)

You were designed to be a part of a church family. That’s exactly what Snyder would like to be - - your family. God wants all of us to grow in fellowship, discipleship, ministry, evangelism and worship. Our new Discovery Class is designed to introduce you to Snyder and provide an overview of our church. The class is for those who are interested in membership or just want to find out more about Snyder and learn more about our family. If you have recently joined the church and have not attended a Discovery Class, we encourage you to attend as well. Hope you’ll join us!

DISC ERYNo Family Night

November 28Family Night will resume on

December 5 with Wayne Ham speaking on Christmas Traditions, Symbols and Chrismons. Where did they come from

and what do they mean? No Children’s Activities

December 12 Christmas Around the WorldSponsored by the Children’s Ministry

Operation Inasmuch Mission and

Packing Day will be

Monday, November 19.Begins at 9am in the

Fellowship HallVolunteers are needed to pack and assemble mission bags and Christmas stockings for different agencies: Foster Care Children, Mingo Mission, OIAM & Red Cross.

And Up, Up,

Up It Goes!

“Hearts United in Loving God, Sharing Christ, and Serving Others.” The Bell • November 16, 2018 • Page 3

START with a Child!Did you know that the main reason children are orphaned is not because of the death of their parents? It’s because of financial poverty. You can change that by sponsoring a child.

We will continue with our child sponsorship event through Sunday, November 18. You can sponsor a child from Haiti for $35 a month, a child from Kenya for $38 a month or a child from Myanmar for $240 a year. The child sponsorship table is located in the Gathering Hall.

2018 Singing Christmas Tree Dates

All Nations Rise

Thursday, November 29, 7:30pmFriday, November 30, 7:30pm

Saturday, December 1, 4pm & 7:30pm

Sunday, December 2, 4pm & 7:30pm

Ticket InformationAll tickets have been distributed.

If you would still like tickets, click the link on our website (www.snydermbc.com) and

follow directions to be put on the waiting list. If you have tickets you do not need, call the 1-800 number listed on your ticket so

they can be redistributed.

Tickets will be honored up until 4pm or 7:30pm (start time). We will seat people without tickets after the program begins (4pm or 7:30pm) as long as seating is

available.

YOUR PARTICIPATION IS IMPORTANT

You are never... too late...too old...too young...can never give too much...give too little... to participate in Operation Christmas Child ShoeBoxes. Everything that everyone does is important. It takes it all to assure that precious child receives the box God intended.

This year is bittersweet for me in that for the first OCC season both my parents are in Heaven. They both shared my passion for OCC and contributed their time whether it was opening packages of supplies, securing bundles of

pencils, cutting labels or giving toward shipping charges. Every year Mother would say ”make sure each box has a ball as all

children of any age loves a ball”! While housebound & in lift chairs, they helped, read OCC literature, took delight in looking at photos of ShoeBoxes, kept up with Snyder’s collection total and fervently prayed for the children. At their passing, Mother was 91, Daddy was 98. This year I made a memorial box for Daddy with carpentry tools & one for Mother with a sewing kit and yes.....I made sure that each box included a ball!

Please know that your participation is appreciated and most importantly know that in your obedience to God you are spreading the Gospel around the world.

Boxes Due Nov. 18, Dedication Sunday Diane Alabaster. Snyder’s Operation Christmas Child Project Leader, (910) 485-8422

PERIODICALSWEBSITE: www.snydermbc.comTHE BELL (USPS 549-180) is published weekly except Christmas and July 4 weeks by Snyder Memorial Baptist Church, 701 Westmont Drive, Fayetteville NC 28305. Tele: 910-484-3191. Periodicals postage paid at Fayetteville, NC. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to THE BELL, 701 Westmont Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28305.

Pastor’s Perspective

The Singing Christmas Tree is being constructed in the sanctuary as I write these words. As we experience every year at this time, the excitement is palpable and building. Hundreds of members of our church are already investing heavily their time and talents to make this year’s Tree all it can be for Christ and our community. I have no doubt it will be. But truth be told, I find my joy somewhat muted. Please don’t misunderstand. I love what Christmas celebrates and am absolutely ecstatic about my personal relationship with Jesus and all that means. No one will ever be able to take that joy from me. But I still carry a burden in my heart for everyone who doesn’t know Jesus in a personal way. Who doesn’t know how much He really loves them. And that burden seems to be more pronounced both at Christmas and Easter. Even with swelling church attendance at these two times of the year, there are countless others for whom these celebrations hold no special significance. It is so foreign to my personal experience, I still struggle to understand. And I feel genuine sadness for them. I referenced in my sermon last Sunday a recent survey conducted by LifeWay Research on American views of Christian theology. We are as divided religiously as we are politically. Exactly half of Americans say the Bible is 100% accurate in all that it teaches. 47% agree the Bible contains helpful accounts of ancient myths, but isn’t literally true. 57% of Americans say only those who trust in Jesus alone as Savior receive God’s free gift of eternal life. 43% disagree. 58% of Americans believe worshiping alone or with one’s family is a valid replacement for attending church. Less than half see regularly gathering for worship with other believers at church as essential. When you consider that a majority of Americans believe religious belief is more personal opinion than objective truth, we can expect to see such contradictory beliefs as well as beliefs that change over time. Here’s my point. Thousands will witness this year’s Singing Christmas Tree and will be blessed. But many more won’t see it. They aren’t attending any church. They aren’t reading the Bible. They don’t know or believe what it says. The only Jesus they’ll ever see is you and me. The only Bible they’ll ever read is our lives. I am as convicted as ever that I need to live every day of life so others can see Jesus in me. And I need to be intentional about sharing in words why I love Him so much.

See you Sunday! ~ John

Overseas: Aaron Ashley, Joshua Cook

Deacon of the Week: Ellis Felton

(910) 864-7500

Christian Sympathy:is extended to Dellmarie

Pittman on the death of her mother, Marie DeHart.

Best Wishes:to Mr. and Mrs. Cory Maxwell who

were married on November 3, 2018. Mrs. Maxwell is the former Lexy Garrett; to Mr. and Mrs. Billy

Hudson who were married on November 10, 2018. Mrs. Hudson

is the former Jennifer King.

Menu 11/21/18 Loaded Potato Soup or

Tomato SoupGrilled CheeseSpring SaladLemon Cake

Kids TableChicken Tenders

Corn DogsFrench Fries

The Bell • November 16, 2018 • Page 4 MEMBERSHIPNovember 11

Resident Membership 1833

Number Additions to Date 23

Number Lettered Out to Date 0

Loss by Death 2

Moved to Non-Resident/Roll Rev. 8

Total Membership 1845

SUNDAY SCHOOL ATTENDANCESunday School 497

Fire Station 14

Total Attendance 511

WORSHIP ATTENDANCE8:40am Worship 233

11am Worship 507

Total 740

FINANCIAL REPORTas of 11/9/18

Total Budget Gifts 94,674.10

Amount Needed 2,829,961.64

Given to Date 2,342,757.95

Under Budget to Date 487,203.69

WORSHIP CARE VOLUNTEERS November 18

8:40am: Karen Felton Grey Lipford

11am: Stephanie LakeMaggie Baker, Robin Jones

MINISTERIAL STAFFSenior Pastor JOHN COOK

Minister of Worship GILES BLANKENSHIP

Church Administrator GERON GAMBILL

Associate Pastor BRUCE HERRMANN

Dir. of Children & Family Min. KAREN MCAMIS

Minister with Youth CRAIG MORRISON

Minister of Missions SUSIE REEDER

Minister of Music RICHARD SUGGS