Dates to remember:

Oct. 1 Fall Revival - NO Children’s Activities Oct. 5 BIG Church for Kidz Jam & Jr Jam @ 10:30am PC Kids ONLY tonight, NO Jr PC Kids Oct. 8 Fall Break - NO Children’s Activities Oct. 11 The EDGE service project for Challenge House1 (meet @ Church @ 8:30am, will return to church @ 10:30am) Oct. 12 Operation Christmas Child kickoff in Kidz Jam Jr Jam PC Kids & Jr PC Kids @ 6:00pm Oct. 15 TEAM Kid @ 6:15pm Oct. 19 Kidz Jam & Jr Jam @ 10:30am PC Kids & Jr PC Kids @ 6:00pm Oct. 20 KidZone Teacher Appreciation Dinner @ 6:00pm Oct. 22 TEAM Kid @ 6:15pm Oct. 26 Orange You Glad You Know Jesus Party during Kidz Jam & Jr Jam @ 10:30am

Baby Dedication Orientation Class @ 10:45am, Room 215 (prerequisite for participating in Baby Dedication Service) PC Kids & Jr PC Kids @ 6:00pm Oct. 29 TEAM Kid @ 6:15pm Oct. 31 Trunk N Treat, 5:00-6:00pm

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YOU CAN HELP with Trunk N Treat

There are three ways our Hillcrest Family can HELP during this outreach event.

1. Bring a vehicle and CANDY to hand out the night of Trunk N Treat.

2. If you cannot participate please donate CANDY!!!!!!! We need 750 bags of candy.

3. Invite a friend.

Let’s share the LOVE of Jesus! Last year over 1500 people attended. This is a GREAT family friendly outreach from our church to the community.

OUR MONTHLY MINISTRY NEWSLETTER

October 2014

Volume 9 Edition 01

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What is connecting to the Hillcrest family all about?

Register Online or Sign-up in the Worship Center Foyer

Reservations for this class are required.

Sunday School Teacher Appreciation Supper Monday, October 20 6pm

Fellowship Hall (RSVP to the Church Office)

Is it just me, or does everyone feel rushed these days? The pace at which we live can be crazy at times. Did you know that full-time employees in America now work an average of 47 hours per week versus the standard of some years ago of 40 hours? As a matter of fact, fifty percent of employed Americans now work in excess of forty hours per week. I believe in working hard and most people I know do so as well. I know most of my weeks would put me in the category of those working more than forty hours per week. Unless you are retired, you may likely fall in that category as well. But, what is the price we are paying?

Aside from undue stress related to time and deadlines, what is happening to the family? If families are spending less and less time together what is going to happen to the family? I am afraid we are seeing what is happening to the family. More important than the stress issue and even the family is our relationship with Christ. Consider this, we never read in the Bible of God being rushed. The only time we ever see God running is portrayed in the story of the Prodigal son. So what does this teach us if we evaluate our pace of living?

If we are not careful, the pace of this world will pull us away from God. In Psalm 73, Asaph wrote, “When I thought how to understand this, It was too painful for me—Until I went into the sanctuary of God; Then I understood their end” (v. 16-17). If you read this entire psalm, it will shed light on how easily one can get caught up in the ways of this world and the necessity of drawing near to God. Let me encourage you this month to spend some quality time with the Lord, but know in advance, He cannot be rushed.

Praising God for all He has done, is doing, and is going to do! In Christ,

You don’t have to go through it alone. Most people will tell you that separation and divorce are the most painful and stressful experiences they’ve ever faced. It’s a confusing time when you feel isolated and have lots of questions about issues you’ve never faced before.

Leadership Team: Steve & Shir ley Chester

Enjoy a Family Night at the Movies - Pop some popcorn and spend quality time with your family, plus it’s free! (Borrowed time for

movies is one week.)

DVDs in the library: God’s Not Dead, Last Ounce of Courage, Facing the Giants, Heaven is for Real, Fireproof, Flywheel, This is Our Time, The Lost & Found Family, and Courageous. We also have other DVDs so come check us out. We also have new Christian fiction by Tracie Peterson and Lori Wick.

Guatemala Mission Team Departing...

Pray for our Guatemala Mission Team leaving for Los Palmares on Friday, October 3rd. They will be moving a water line, renovating a part of the school, training local pastors, door to door evangelism, and holding revival meetings during their stay.

The imagination can run wild in October as the air begins to cool, trees begin to expose the supporting branches, and piles of leaves line the streets. But is creativity bound to the mind of

the child or the season? The Bible expresses the character of God in all sorts of ways. His Word reveals that the Lord is merciful, kind, compassionate, loving, right, holy, discriminating, and so on. The Bible also reveals an imaginative, creative God.

Do you wonder if growing up and experiencing the sin-tainted world, our imagination becomes bound to what exists only by sight and logic? Too often, we stifle the Image in which we were created. Genesis 1 gives us the portrait of a creative God Who breathed life into each one of us (Ps. 139). The same God of Genesis 1 lives inside the Christ-follower. What a truth!

I have heard people describe Christianity as “boring” and “all about rules.” Is it? Why would someone say that? Have they experienced relationship with Jesus? Christ-following ought to be characterized as imaginative, exciting, and fresh. October gives us a chance to tell others about Christ, but also to grow in the relationship with Jesus so others see the vibrant side of Christianity in His bride. As the weather begins to bring change all around us, let others see the change of Jesus in us. Isn’t that radical transformation?

See you Sunday and thanks for praying for the Guatemala Team!

THANK YOU!

Thank you church family for all your prayers, concerns, visits, crds, food and al that you did during our difficult time. You have truly been a blessing to us! May God bless each and everyone of you. Love in Christ, Eddy Haddock & Kim Graham Thank you to everyone for the calls, texts, emails, and Facebook messages when my grandmother passed away. Also, thank you to all who made food and/or gave gifts and to everyone who came to visitation and/or her funeral. I am very blessed to have such a loving church family. Brittany Frances

This is what it is all about!

Congratulations to Andrew & Leanne Fleming on the birth of their daughter, Remington Grace, Born Sept. 12, 2014. Proud grandmother is Rita Calhoun.

Congratulations to Mark & Olivia Clark on the birth of their son, Garrett, born Sept. 9, 2014. Proud grandparents are Jack & Janet Grace.

NEW Classes beginning October 15

You Were Born for This by Bruce Wilkinson Room 205, facilitated by Webb Ross

The Best Yes by Lisa Terkeurst Room 202/203, facilitated by Tammy Garr

Breathe by Priscilla Shirer Room 210, facilitated by Suzanne Hardison

Thursdays @ 7:00pm

Fellowship Hall for more info, go to

www.hillcrestbc.net

Bible Studies Wednesdays @ 6:15pm

Breathe by Priscilla Shirer

facilitated by Suzanne Hardison, Room 210

The Best Yes by Lisa Terkeurst facilitated by Tammy Garr, Room 202/03

Details at www.hillcrestbc.net/womensministry

Monthly calendar & articles of interest to women.

Find it at www.hillcrestbc.net

R & R Women’s Brown Bag Lunch

Tuesday, Oct. 28 12:00-1:00pm Fellowship Hall

Girls Night OUT - a place for fun & fellowship

Oct. 10, 2013 @ 6:30 - 10:30pm Fellowship Hall

Mondays @ 6:30pm.

David Bryan

David Gillon

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REGISTER online for this IMB training at HBC...

Base Camps are training and networking conferences for churches who are interested in impacting the unreached and/or unengaged of Sub-Saharan Africa. There are great opportunities to hear testimonies of God's work and pick up practical suggestions and new ministry techniques. Typical workshop seminars include: discipleship, leadership training; cultural insights; and more. For more information visit subsaharanafricanpeoples.imb.org

Conner Rinehart John Cocchi

Judy Keeling Jerry & Wanda Collins

Brian & Amy Fort Anna & Chase