Second Avenue Baptist Church

                                                                               July 15, 2008                                                                                           Volume XXV  Issue 14          

Embrace, Engage, Encourage

I know it seems that summer has just begun, but the reality is that fall is soon approaching. While it will not arrive on the calendar until later in September, here at SABC “fall” actually begins August 1. That’s when all of the new programs, classes and activities begin for what is the traditional beginning of the educational year for the church. We kick off this year with DiscipleNow for the youth on Friday, August 1 and get into full swing for everyone with the launch of the new Sunday School year on August 3. This is a great day as our children and youth (and the rare adult) transition to new classes. On August 6, our Wednesday evening activities resume including Family Night Dinner and Prayer Time. We will have choir for our children and a new and improved children’s program (see inside for details). Our youth will begin meeting again and adults will begin a new study on the Book of Acts from the New Testament. Our worship ensembles will also get a fresh start, which makes this time of year a great time to join the choir, hand bells or instrumental ensemble.

As programs get restarted, we will take up the next phase in our Body Life theme for the year. In the fall, we will be talking about exercising the Body by getting it out into the world. This phase will use three thematic words: embrace, engage and encourage. Throughout the fall, we will embrace the call of God to our community. We will engage in active ministry to it and we will encourage one another to take up a lifestyle of missional living.

The centerpiece of this three-fold emphasis will be something we are calling Mission Engage in the month of September. During that month, we are challenging every member of SABC to perform some act of ministry within our community, away from our church campus. In August, we will create a bulletin board in the Fellowship Hall to outline various opportunities. Also, during worship in September we will hear from four of our primary community ministry partners (William S. Daviess Homeless Shelters, Rome Action Ministries, Habitat for Humanity and Good Neighbor Ministry) about ways we can be involved with them. We will also have two Saturdays to engage in ministry together as a congregation: September 13 and 27. Details will follow on these dates later. We want you to get engaged and have someone take a picture so we can add it to a ‘mountain of ministry’ we will be building in the Sanctuary.

Fall is going to be an exciting time here at the corner of Second Avenue and Ninth Street. We hope you will join us for every minute of it.

Blessings,
Monty

Worship Ministry
The Chancel Choir will begin rehearsals again in August. We are looking forward to a new season of Sunday anthems and preparing for the Christmas Pageant. We are always looking for new members to join our team. Join us as we sing the best of contemporary, gospel, traditional, classical, and disco music. Once again, we will be featuring smaller groups such as the Women’s and Men’s Ensembles, Gospel Quartet, Praise Teams, and others.

July Worship Ensembles
July 20 Women’s Ensemble
July 27 Chancel Choir and It’s Time Quartet

Wanted
Audio/Video Technicians; no experience required; work to fit your schedule; can choose from AM worship, Wednesday night recordings, and/or weddings/funerals. We are in special need of a retired individual for special events that may happen during the workweek. Contact Steve if you have an interest.

Audio Volunteer to solder wire and make connections for summer project.
See Steve for more info.

Weekly Schedule Beginning in August
Sunday
9:00 am Women’s Ministry Prayer Time
9:00 am Instrumental Ensemble (begins 8/17)
9:45 am Sunday School
11:00 am Morning Worship
Wednesday
5:15 pm Family Night Supper
6:00 pm Prayer Time—Fellowship Hall
6:00 pm Preschool Choir
6:00 pm Children’s Choir
6:15 pm Adult Bible Study—Fellowship Hall
6:15 pm The Foundry—Youth
6:15 pm Illuminate—College/Career
6:30 pm Chancel Bell Choir (begins 8/13)
6:45 pm Children’s Mission Groups
7:00 pm Chancel Choir rehearsal
Thursday
7:00 am Men’s Prayer Breakfast
10:00 am Joyful Singers Choir rehearsal (begins 8/14)

Don’t Be Left Out, Sign Up Now
Pictures for a new church directory will be takedAugust 9 and 10.
All members are encouraged to participate in the 2008 directory.

Fun and Fellowship News
Sign up now for Fun and Fellowship's next trip to the Cumberland County Playhouse in Crossville, Tennessee.
A non- refundable deposit of $50.00 per person is due by August 1 to the church office for our September 11 and 12 trip to the Crossville, Tennessee Cumberland County Playhouse's production of "South Pacific." The balance of $67.50 (double) $105.00 (single) per person due by September 2. The total cost of the trip will be $117.50 (double) $155.00 (single) per person and includes all expenses except for lunch on Thursday and Friday.

November 10, 11 and 12 we will travel to Nashville, Tennessee via motor coach to the Grand Old Opry at the historic Ryman Auditorium, the Country Music Hall of Fame, the beautiful and historic home of President Andrew Jackson, The Hermitage, and shopping at Opry Mills. Meals include Loveless Cafe, and possibly lunch at the Opryland Hotel. We will stay at Clubhouse Inn and Suites, and enjoy a bountiful meal at the well known Miss Mary Bobo's Boarding House in Lynchburg, Tennessee on the way home. Total cost TBA.

Family Ministry
HOST HOMES NEEDED, SEE CHARLIE IF YOU CAN HELP

2008 Day Camp Reunion For Volunteers and Campers
Monday, July 21 from 6:00-9:00 PM @ Northside Swim Center
Join us for swimming, a cookout, and the Day Camp Movie! Northside Swim Center is located at Kingston Avenue at the corner of Church Street, NE.

Youth Opportunities for Fellowship:
July 17th: Dinner & a Movie Meet at Zaxby’s in Armuchee @ 5:30 PM)
We will see WALL-E at 7:00 PM showing at Movies at Mount Berry Square.

July 24th: Brown Bag & Game Night @ Church from 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM Bring your own dinner and join us in the Youth Suite for Group Game Night!

Music Builds Tour Featuring Third Day,
Switchfoot, and Jars of Clay
Saturday, September 20 at Lakewood Amphitheatre
This tour will benefit Habitat for Humanity by donating net proceeds of $1 per ticket sold for the Music Builds Concert. Sign up now in the Youth Suite.

TeamKid: Kids in Discipleship
NEW Wednesday Night Children’s Program
(Grades 1st - 5th) Beginning August 6th
6:45 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
TeamKID is a fun, high-energy ministry that encourages kids to know Jesus Christ and grow in a relationship with Him. All parts of TeamKID—Bible stories, Scripture memory, life application, missions, and recreation—connect to teach life lessons to kids.

 

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Adult Learning Community Low Country Boil & Cookout
July 24 from 6:30 PM until…at the Pavilion at Etowah Park in North Rome. You are invited to join us for a great time of food, fellowship, and fun! Everyone is encouraged to come and bring a friend. Cost is $10 per person. Contact Ralph Rutledge if you plan on attending.

New Fall Classes in the Adult Learning Community
With the beginning of the new Sunday School year, new classes will get started in the Adult Learning Community. Here is line up.
•    Covenant Marriage. This 12 week course will be led by Monty and Laura Stallins and will focus on making our marriages better through a mutual commitment to Christ.

•    Modern Parables. This is another 12 week course that will utilize video to bring the parables of Jesus to life in a new way. Jeff Drinkard will facilitate the discussion.

•    The Ladies Class is led by Dorothy Turner and will take up a study of And We Are Change, a book by Priscilla Shirer.

•    The Uniform Class will continue its study of the Uniform Series curriculum. The fall quarter will focus on the story of growth and challenge of the New Community of the early Church. Teachers are Jaki Day, Bonnie Bowen, Jim Chittom and Bill Pinson.

Mark These Important Dates on Your Calendar!
August 1- 3 DiscipleNow

August 3 Promotion Sunday

August 6 Family Night Supper resumes
                Preschool and Children’s Choirs resume
                Children’s Mission Groups begin
                Church Conference

August 9-10 Church Directory Photos to be made

August 14 Joyful Singers Choir rehearsals resume

September 7 Family 2 Family resumes in the Fellowship Hall

September 14 Breakfast in the Courtyard

October 12 Breakfast in the Courtyard

October 16 Fun and Fellowship Fall Harvest Banquet

October 26 Fall Festival

Homebound Members
July 13:
Carol Watters

July 20:
Lois Wright

July 27:
Mildred Youngblood

Giving for the Week of 7/06/08
Budget Goal to Date $352,300.
Budget Gift to Date 269,637.
Weekly Budget Goal 13,550.
Weekly Budget Gifts 13,095.

Attendance for 7/06/08
Sunday School 134
Morning Worship 151

Giving for the Week of 7/13/08
Budget Goal to Date $365,850.
Budget Gift to Date 279,630.
Weekly Budget Goal 13,550.
Weekly Budget Gifts 9,993.

Attendance for 7/13/08
Sunday School 142
Morning Worship 158

Weekly Schedule
Sunday, July 20
9:00 am Women’s Prayer Time
9:45 am Sunday School
11:00 am Morning Worship
6:00 pm Supper Clubs

Tuesday, July 21
6:00-9:00 pm Day Camp Reunion

Thursday, July 24
6:00-9:30 pm Youth Brown Bag and Game Night at SABC
6:30 pm ALC Low Country Boil


Reminder: July is Sabbatical Month
No Sunday evening worship or Wednesday evening activities.

 

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MINISTERIAL and WORSHIP STAFF

Rev. Monty Stallins, Senior Pastor

Mr. Steve Grayson, Minister of Worship

Rev. Charlie Mayberry, Minister to Families