The Memorial Baptist Church

The
Memorial
Baptist
Church
Greenville, NC
Volume 40
Issue 1
January 7, 2016
Carolina Pregnancy Center Change for Life Fundraiser
January 10—February 2
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A new church directory will
be printed in January. Please
check your information in
the current directory and
call the church office with
updates by January 17.
Dear Church Members,
I want to thank you all
for your remembrances
of me through this
Christmas season.
Thank you to the
GAs and RAs for your
Christmas cards
which you made and
brought to my home
here at Cypress
Glenn, and thank you
for the lovely
Christmas bouquet
from the church,
brought to me by
Kevin Adee. I enjoyed
the visit very much,
and the flowers are so
beautiful!
It is a blessing to be a
part of such a caring
congregation.
Ethel Donovan
Sign out a baby bottle located outside the church office.
Put your spare change and cash in the bottle.
Return the bottle to the church office by February 2.
Coordinator: Teresa Byrum
Beginning Wednesday, January 13, Teresa Byrum will be facilitating the
book study, Becoming More Than a Good Bible Study Girl. The author,
Lysa Terkeurst, shares from her own story of faith how she went
through the motions of living a Christian life to applying biblical truths in
her everyday life. As participants read Lysa's book and view video teachings, they will share and learn from each as well as from God's Word.
Please come join us!
Dear Church Family,
Thank you for
demonstrating the
love and compassion of
Jesus during our time of
grief. From all of you
we have learned what it
truly means to be
comforted, and
because of this, we will
know how to comfort
others in the future.
“He heals the
brokenhearted, and
binds up their wounds.”
Psalm 147:3
Lenora and Gail Lilley
Imagine how impoverished our understanding
of Jesus Christ and the mission of his church
would be without the Gospel of Matthew.
Living as Disciples of Jesus
Without Mathew, we would lose roughly half
of our cherished Christmas stories. Without
Matthew, we would miss that towering summary of Jesus’ teachings, the
“Sermon on the Mount.” We would not have Jesus’ firm but gentle
challenge that we “strive first for God’s kingdom and righteousness,”
confident that all the things we most need will be “given to us as well.”
Only in Matthew does Jesus spell out guidelines for reconciliation among
members of the church and promise as “where two or three are gathered
in my name, I am there among them.” It is in Matthew’s Gospel that Jesus
tells us that “whatever we do to the least of these” we do also to Him. Only
in Matthew do we have a fully formed statement of the “Great
Commission” to “make disciples of all nations."
Matthew’s Gospel seeks to form a community of faith in which people
faithfully confess Jesus as “the Messiah and Son of God” and follow Him in
lives of creative and adventurous discipleship. Come and take a journey
through the book of Matthew with us on Wednesday nights beginning
January 13 as we venture to live as disciples of Christ.
NC Baptist Singers and Orchestra
Monday, January 25, 6:45 pm
Rocky Hock Baptist Church, Edenton, NC
Sign up on the bulletin board if you wish to
ride the bus.
2016 TMBC Officers and Servant Leaders
Church Officers
2016
Moderator
Moderator-Elect
Bill Lee
Bob Speight
Patrick Allen
Clerk
Beth Harman
David Gray
Assistant Clerk
Ann Little Bryant
Gwen Gordon
Treasurer
Barry Chesson
Bill Lee
Assistant Treasurer
Keyma Harris
Deacon Council
2017
2018
Bettie Dew
Bill Brown
Wayne Hanks
Sherry Dendy
Bob Speight
Matt Turner
Administrative Servant Leaders
2017
2016
Communications
Ed Porter
Dave Taylor
2018
Janice Gray
Jamie Bullock
Tanya Brown
Kathryn Tesh
Claude Long
Carolyn Darden
Edwin Gray
Carroll McLawhorn
Bill Clark
Beth Harman
Betty Hanks
Harold Jones
Jimmy Bryant
Demi Mack
Kemp Bradshaw
Brett Halsey
Finance
Ann Little Bryant
Sylvia Brown
Personnel
Glenda McLawhorn
Coral Whichard
Dale Newton
Property and Grounds
Johnny Brady, Sr.
Tom Hales
Jerry Powers
Congregational Care Servant Leaders
2017
Kevin Adee
Diane Brady
Steve Doss
John Gainey
Tammy Ivey
Bonnie Mincey
Paula Nelson
Marsha Rehm
2016
Debra Bradshaw
Vickie Dixon
Karen Gooding
Dave Gordon
Jean Holley
Matt Little
Blanche Rayford
Sandra Styron
2018
Jill Gooch
Elva Ann Hales
Susan Ingram
Dale Morris
Dot Paschal
Donna Robinson
Pat Stansell
Joan Whitehurst
Program Servant Leaders
2017
2016
2018
Discipleship
Larry Dendy
Worship
Donna Edwards
Missions
Keith Fisher
Outreach
Jim Pleasants
Fellowship
Fellowship
Marcia Pleasants
Jennie Powers
Youth
Children
Sharon Bates
Sharon Lee
Deacons of the Week
Wayne Hanks
David Gray
Bettie Dew
January 3—9
321-6643
January 10—16
756-8299
January 17-23
756-5330
Bob Speight
January 24-30
321-8364
MEMORIAL MATTERS!
The Christmas Eve service was a blessing to all those in attendance. If
you missed the service or would like to view it again, visit our website at
tmbc.org under the resources tab.
On December 19, TMBC youth cleaned up a
yard for Christmas.
Library News
We have added five wonderful DVDs to our collection: Do You Believe?, When the Game Stands Tall, Fireproof, Courageous, and Moms’
Night Out. War Room is on its way! We can highly recommend each of these. Please note that a DVD may be checked out for 7 days
only. Please return all other library materials within a month’s time.
Thanks to our donors, we have acquired many new books --- fiction and nonfiction --- for all audiences. Among our new books are
Priscilla Shirer’s Fervent: A Woman’s Battle Plan for Prayer, Colleen Coble’s Distant Echoes, Karen Kingsbury’s Angels Walking, Warren
Wiersbe’s Be Joyful, Daniel and the Lion’s Den, Devotions for Youth, and many more.
If you have any suggestions for books or DVDs or need help finding material, please let Marcia Chesson know.
([email protected])
May your new year be joy-filled!
A new prayer list begins at the first of each month. Call the
church office if you would like to add or remove someone from the list.
Shirley Gurganus
(Kay Godwin’s mother)
Jeff Thomas III
(Jeff Thomas’ son)
Pam Cooke
Kemp Ewing
Taylor Beaman
Luther Thomas
(Rebecca Aiken’s son)
Toni Earley and Sharon Nielson
(Coral Whichard’s sisters)
Bob Clise (Ann Bristow’s friend)
Pam Cagle and Doris Nichols
(Diane Brady’s friends)
Note from Walter
On behalf of my family and me, I want to
Margaret Little
Charles Dew, Jr. (Harold Dew’s nephew) thank everyone for the many cards, gifts, and
special kindnesses during this holiday
Olivia Tesh
( Pat and Kathryn Tesh’s great niece) season. You are all very dear to us, and I
continue to consider it a privilege to serve
Ethel Donovan (Pat Stansell’s mother)
Betty and Linwood Dean
alongside of you. Most of all, I look forward
(Vickie Carden’s parents)
to the new beginnings the new year will
Nat Brackenhoff
bring. You are a great church, and I live in
Homebound/Shut-Ins
expectation of what God can do. To each of
Christine Snuggs (Fran Wilson’s mother) you, a very happy new year!
Iva Edwards
Peace,
Mary Mann
Walter
Budget Update as of December 31, 2015
Act Receipts YTD as of 12.31.15
$664,819
Budgeted Receipts as of YTD 12.31.15
$614,800
Difference-Over/(Short)
Act Receipts -December 2015 YTD
Dec
20
Dec
24
Connect
Sunday School
Traditional Worship
25
160
161
—
—
298
Dec
27
—
116
125
$50,019
$664,819
Act Receipts - December 2014 YTD
$555,497
Difference-Over/(Short)
$109,322
Act Receipts-Dec 2015 YTD
$664,819
Estimated Disbursements - Dec 2015 YTD
$570,776
Difference-Over/(Short)
Attendance
$94,043
Staff Birthdays
Martha Huggins
January 10
Kay Godwin
January 19
Nov
15
Update
$32,485.10
Jan
3
36
164
135
Wednesday Night Menus
January 13
January 20
Baked Spaghetti
Salad
Garlic Bread
Tea and Dessert
Chicken and Pastry
Black-eyed Peas
Sweet Potatoes
Tea, Roll, and Dessert
Servers: Families of Faith
Servers: Families of Faith
Cost of Meals
Adults—$6.00
Children—$3.00
Family Maximum—$20.00
Reservations must be made or canceled by noon on Tuesday. Sign up on Wednesday
nights or in your Sunday School class or call the church office. If your reservation is not
canceled, you are still responsible for the cost of the meal.
Spring 2016 Wednesday Night Options
MATTHEW: Living as Disciples of Jesus
January 13—February 3, 2016
Facilitator—Brad Smith
Becoming More Than a Good Bible Study Girl
January 13—March 16, 2016
Facilitator—Teresa Byrum
Location—Sanctuary
(Book purchase required)
Location—Progressive Classroom
The Memorial Baptist Church Weekday Early Education
2016-2017 Registration
Currently Enrolled and Siblings; TMBC Family Members
January 19-26, 2016, 9:00 am—12:00 noon
General Public
January 28, 2016, 8:00—10:00 am
TMBC Messenger will become a monthly publication--beginning in February--and will be published
on the 26th of the month. The next newsletter will be available on January 26 and will include the
February calendar. The deadline for the February Messenger is January 22.