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Volume XLV, No. 44 The Banner November 16, 2021
OCC drop off week November 15
th-November 22
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NOVEMBER 21 11:00am
In Person & Live Stream
“Crown Him With Many Crowns”
Zechariah 6:1-15
Listen to sermon recordings at www.abingdonbaptist.org
From Our Pastor. . .
In-Person Safety Protocol Updates - The Council of Deacons in their monthly meeting last week concluded that we may safely relax our protocols at this time. Our attendance is building, and we need the additional seating space. So, they made the following changes:
* All pews will be available for seating * Maintain as much distance from others as
individually comfortable * Wearing of masks will be left up to individual discretion * Handshakes or other direct contact will be left to the discretion of individuals * The choir will participate live rather than by recording * Any convenient exit may be used
The deacons recommend that anyone who feels ill or has symptoms of any illness, including the flu or a cold, should stay home and participate in the service via the livestream broadcast on the church website, Facebook, Vimeo, or YouTube. The Media Team will continue to livestream the service indefinitely. Church leadership will continue to monitor health conditions and update our protocols as needed.
2022 Budget Proposal and Nominating Committee Report – It is time for us to review and approve our 2022 Nominating Committee Report and Church Budget. We will follow the same process this year as approved by our Council of Deacons last year.
A letter was mailed last Friday to each resident church member. This letter contains copies of the 2022 Nominating Committee Report and 2022 Budget Proposal
along with a ballot. Please follow the instructions on the ballot to complete it and then return it to the church office either by mail or in person. Our church office is open Monday to Thursday 9am – 5pm and Friday from 9am – noon. It is always a good idea to call us at (276) 628-8126 in advance of your visit to let us know that you plan to stop by. Also, you can place your completed ballot in a sealed envelope and hand it to me on Sunday morning November 21 or 28. Your ballot must be received by mail or in person at the church office no later than noon on Thursday, December 2. Thank you for your prayerful consideration of these matters and for voting according to the Lord’s leading.
Budget Question-and-Answer Meeting – Roger Garrett, our Finance Team chairperson, Willie Morris, our Council of Deacons chairperson, and I will present an overview of our 2022 budget and entertain any questions that you may have at the beginning of our Prayer & Bible Study meeting on Wednesday, November 17 at 6:00pm in the chapel. You may participate in this meeting either in-person or via ZOOM. You should also feel free to call me, Roger, or Wille in advance with any questions that you may have. A link to the “ZOOM Wednesday Night Prayer & Bible Study” meeting is available on our church website at https://www.abingdonbaptist.org/zoom-connections/.
SCAM Alert! – There were several reports last week from church members and friends of our church who received text messages, emails, or phone calls purportedly from either me or another staff member asking for gift cards or monetary donations for shut-ins with cancer or other needs. This is a scam. Be wary of such calls and messages. Delete these emails/messages and block the phone number or email address that sent them. This matter has been reported to the Washington County Sheriff's Office. Please be careful and call the church office or me directly if you have any questions about a contact.
Deacon of the Month - November Steve Lowe 276-477-8303
§ SUNDAY SCHOOL
Attendance for Sunday, November 14 In-person/Zoom Study Groups - 71
Extended Session Workers
November 21, 2021 Carrie Trivett & Julia Childers
§ Worship Technicians:
Bill Klose Angella Klose Tony Roberts
Ray Minor Cathy Shelton Mel Shelton
§ Car Ministry
November 21 - Larry Payne - 698-9163 §
Financial Update November 14, 2021
Budget Funds Weekly Budget Needs $8,053.00 Received 11/14/2021 $9,540.00 YTD Budget Needs $362,385.00 YTD Receipts $352,889.28
§
Building Fund To-date $100,860.99
F.Y.I . . .
CHURCH CALENDAR Click to view monthly calendar
SUNDAY November 21
9:45am Odds & Ends In-Person/Zoom Fellowship Hall
Denton Foil In-person/Zoom Chapel
Seekers In-person/Zoom Conference Room
Friendship via Zoom Via Zoom (through August)
Children & Youth classes In-person
10:45am In-person or Livestream Worship Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo
Extended Session
2:30pm Hearts of Gold Choir Room
MONDAY November 22
9:00-11:00pm OCC Drop off Fellowship Hall
WEDNESDAY November 24
Office Closed - Vacation
THURSDAY November 25
~Office Closed~
Happy Thanksgiving
FRIDAY November 26
~Office Closed~
Happy Thanksgiving
Be the first to know about church schedule changes.
We will send you a text.
We start streaming at 10:45am Tune in to check your connection
and to prepare for Worship Service will begin at 11:00am
Full in-person or Livestream Worship. Doors open at 10:45am
To call in by telephone to listen to our Sunday morning Worship each week: Call: (929) 205 6099 ID: 857 6177 9822 Passcode: 054503
Prayer Concerns Hospital: Recuperating:
Treatments Continuing/Pending: Nick Abel, Judy Daniels, Lois Campbell, Matthew Childers, Nadine Culberson, Lendy Dunaway, Tristan Duncan, Elizabeth Eskew, Richard Foil, Carole Fuller, Lee Garrett, Grace Kiser, Denise Gobble, Renva Gunter, Lucille Heath, Bill Hedrick, Winona Hilt, Harold Jackson, Anne Johnson, Scyrethia Mullins, Hannah Moore, Bert Parsons, Glenda Pollard, Rita Reynolds, Margaret Roe, Rosa Lee Shaffer.
Long Term: Curtis Burkett, Gene Compton, Barbara Dunn, Bruce Hicks, Billie Jordan, Wayne McCall, Karen McMurray, George Owens, Will Roberts, Rosa Lee Shaffer.
Independent Living/Retirement/Assisted Care & Rehab Facilities: Eva Hamlet, James Hughes, Christine Kohr, Janet Lambert, Genevive McCall, Bonnie McCracken, Virginia Moore, Joanna Owens, Howard Smith.
Homebound: Bea Jones, Jim Jones, Sue Munsey, Dale Orfield, Shirley Turner, Jimmy Repass.
Sympathy: Expressions of Love & Christian Sympathy go out to Sue Ray in the passing of her sister. Velma Ruth Causey.
Homebound of the Week Bea Jones
Tuesday, November 23
• Jan Derting Thursday, November 25
• Courtney Berry
Thursday, November 27
• Larry Pennington
This week we want to lift up Dustin Tilson Patrol Officer
Abingdon Police Department Michael Mason Samuel Matney
Washington County Sherriff's Dept.
I’d like to thank my church family for the prayers, cards, visits, phone calls and food
during my recovery from eye surgery.
Feeling blessed, Larry Payne
Continued from Pastor Bill...
Operation Christmas Child Collection Concludes Operation Christmas Child (OCC) is a project of Samaritan’s Purse, an international relief organization. The OCC mission is to provide local partners around the world with shoeboxes filled with small toys, hygiene items, and school supplies as a means of reaching out to children in their own communities with the Good News of Jesus Christ. The shoeboxes are shipped outside the United States to children affected by war, poverty, natural disaster, famine, and disease;
and to children living on Native American reservations in the U.S.
If you haven’t already done so, it’s time to pick up and pack your shoebox for OCC this week. Shoeboxes are available in the sanctuary or church office. Each shoebox contains instructions regarding what to pack and how to provide for sending your box.
Please bring your completed shoeboxes to the church no later than Sunday, November 21.
Saturday, December 4, 2021 9:30am-2:30pm
$25 per lady Special Music
Conference, games, gift and cookie exchange. A light lunch will be served Please call Trina at 276-628-8126 and purchase your tickets by Monday, November 22, 2021
What to bring: Your beautiful smiles and
your favorite cookies and/or candies (3 dozen or more)
Ladies’ Christmas Cookie Conference
Widows Support Group Restart Meeting
Home of Dana Duncan Starting November 19, 2021
10:00am They will meet the 3rd Friday of every month
Ministers Entire Congregation
Pastor [email protected] ext. 32 Rev. Dr. Bill Bryan
Minister of Music & Worship [email protected] ext. 24 Mr. Shawn Howell
Church Organist Mrs. Carol Clifton
Church Pianist Mrs. Rose Payne
Secretary [email protected] ext. 21 Mrs. Trina Vickers
Children’s Ministry Assistant [email protected] Miss Carrie Trivett
Youth Ministry Assistant Mr. Jimmy McKemy
A church with a world mission and a world program in association with the Lebanon Baptist Association, Baptist General Association of Virginia, Southern Baptist Convention, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, and Baptist World Alliance.
Church office hours: Monday - Thursday 9:00am - 5:00pm, Friday 9:00-12:00pm Phone: 276/628-8126
PRAYER LINE: extension 42, FAX: 276/628-5743 WEB Site: WWW.ABINGDONBAPTIST.ORG
