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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 [email protected]. 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