The North Shelby Baptist - North Shelby Baptist Church

Local Edition of The Alabama Baptist
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The North Shelby Baptist
Pastor Allan Murphy, Minister of Music & Administration Randy Tingle,
Interim Director of Preschoolers & Children Anita Hardy, Interim Student Ministry Coordinator John Murphy
Report from 11-16-14
EXTENDED SESSION TEACHERS
ATTENDANCE: Sunday School – 312; Morning Worship – 332
GIVING: Budget - $13,372.80
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR
Month of November: AL/AU “Tin Can Bowl” Food Drive
Thursday, November 20, Noon: YAH covered dish lunch,
Orville McElroy (harmonica) and Wayne Anderson (guitar)
Sunday, November 23, 10:15 am: Thanksgiving Sunday;
NSBC 21st Anniversary; 6:00 pm: Praise & Prayer Service
Monday, November 24 - Friday, November 28: Shelby
County Schools out for Thanksgiving Week
Thursday, November 27 - Friday, November 28: Church
office closed for Thanksgiving
Sunday, November 30, 10:15 am: Speaker, George
Fridlender; 6:00 pm: Evening Worship (Pastor preaches
about “Faithfulness”)
Monday, December 1 - Wednesday, December 17:
Shelby Baptist Association Christmas Gift Shop outreach
Thursday, December 4, 6:30 pm: Ladies Bound Together
Book Club, Choosing Gratitude, Kelly Gilliland’s house
Friday, December 5, 6:30 pm: Deacon Christmas Banquet
Sunday, December 7, 10:15 am: Baptism and Lord’s Supper; 6:00 pm: Evening Worship (Don Blackerby preaches
about “Gentleness”)
Thursday, December 11, 10:30 am: Ladies Lunch Bunch
goes to Classic on Noble
Friday, December 12 - Saturday, December 13: SOPA
Recitals
Sunday, December 14, 10:15 am: Tree of Remembrance;
6:00 pm: Adult Choir Christmas Music followed by annual
Christmas Goodies Fellowship
Friday, December 19: Shelby County Schools end for
Christmas holidays; 6:00 pm: S.N.O.W. Kids
Sunday, December 21, 10:15 am: March to the Manger
for Lottie Moon, No Children’s Worship; 6:00 pm: Family
Christmas Showcase
Wednesday, December 24 - Thursday, December 25:
Church office closed for Christmas
Wednesday, December 24, 5:00 pm: Christmas Carols,
Candles & Communion
Sunday, December 28, 10:15 am: No Children’s Worship;
6:00 pm: Evening Worship (Pastor preaches about “SelfControl”)
Thinking Allowed
At the November 12 church business
meeting, several significant decisions
were made:
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The church approved nine mission
projects for 2015.
The church adopted a 2015 budget
of $1,648,546.
The church approved a proposed
job description for a Minister of
Education and Family.
The Personnel Committee (Chairman
Annette Authement, Bruce Gilliland, Bob
Hunter, Larry Huys, Martha Miller, and
Midge Vinson) and those they asked to
join them in the search— Jeff Hester,
Megan Hartsfield, Laura McCormick, and
Joel Robinson— have begun seeking
recommendations (names/resumes).
November 20, 2014
Sunday, November 23, 10:15 am
Patti & John Browning, Marsha Coggins
Jennifer & Ben Ludwig
Jennifer & John Thorne
Carol Lewis, Paula Roland
Sunday, November 30, 10:15 am
Babies Leigha Marlow, Jennifer Mosley,
Caroline Jones
Ones
Cassie & Rod Burchell
Twos
Julie Faurot, Laura McCormick
Threes Becky & David Carlee
Babies
Ones
Twos
Threes
“Seeking”
Don Blackerby, David Carlee, Rick Chamberlain, Mike Hardy,
Jeff Hester, Bill McGrady, James Meadors, Greg Moss,
Ray Neeley, James Stimpson
AM: Scott Norton, David Youngblood; PM: Steven Riggins
Bettye McCulla, Elaine Cox, Mike & Audrey Clark
Pastor’s Thoughts to You
A “Minister of Education and Family”
would help the church grow by focusing
on Sunday School and outreach. He
would also help us find and recommend
age-group ministers— for preschool,
grade school, middle school, and high
school.
Alabama Baptist Pastors’ Conference.
His church has five campuses now with
two more under construction. The total
membership is 65,000. They baptize
3,000 per year. He shared the “secret”
of their growth— emphasizing ministry
to those 18 and younger.
Do you know or have you heard of a
minister experienced and effective in
helping a church grow through church
education programs and age-group ministries? Please submit the name, how to
make contact, and/or a resume.
If we get children involved in church,
they will usually come to believe in
Christ, because “Jesus loves the little
children” and they love Him. Parents
will come to a church that loves their
children. Since faith comes by hearing
the Word of God, parents will be saved,
too.
Pray for this search process. We hope
that by early in the new year, we will
have a minister ready to recommend for
the church to consider for a call.
Dr. Ed Young, Pastor of Second Baptist
Church, Houston, spoke at last week’s
In seeking a Minister of Education and
Family and then age-group ministers,
we seek children and their parents for
Christ.
I love you,
Brother Allan
PS: Later I will tell you about the nine
mission projects adopted for 2015. Our
next “mission project” is the Lottie Moon
Christmas Offering which kicks off on
November 30. Our goal is $40K. (Last
year’s goal was $36K; we gave $55K!)
Welcome New NSBC Members!
Frank & Charlotte Neely
(662) 854-1348
Tanya Griggs
572-6367
Neely Griggs
767-4238
113 Cameron Drive
Chelsea, AL 35043
D.O.C. (Deacon on Call)
November 23 - 29
Larry Huys: 981-6532 (H); 222-8590 (C)