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Memorial Drive Baptist Church

October 2015

Our Annual Fall Festival is Saturday, October 31 from 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Donna Goeser is our Volunteer Coordinator for this event and Kelly Walker is in charge of the bake sale. If you are interested in volunteering for the Fall Festival, contact Donna Goeser, [email protected] or if you would like to donate a baked good, Kelly Walker, [email protected] or you may contact the church office to help in any way. Be on the lookout for some invites in the Sunday morning bulletin that you can give to your family, friends, and neighbors! All the children’s activities will be free. Food, desserts, and beverages will be also be available for a nominal charge. There will be bounce houses, a petting zoo, pony rides, costume contests, and much more! It should a fun-filled family event!

Are we a friendly church? In your mind you are saying, “Pastor, of course we are friendly!”. Here is the reality, every church thinks they are friendly. The reasons are simple. They are friendly to each other. They are friendly to people they know. They are friendly to people they like. They are friendly to people like them. Those reasons do not compose friendliness. Those are

the reasons that people have a club. Lifeway Research is the research arm of the Southern Baptist Convention. Lifeway conducted a survey that found while three out of four church goers say they have significant relationships with people at church, they admitted they do not make an effort with new people. The survey found only one in six even try to make friends with new people. Friendliness involves more than a smile and a welcome. Friendliness has to do with acceptance. Fr iendl iness involves atmosphere. If there is not an atmosphere of acceptance there can be little hope of reaching people. If couples living together, gay couples, addicted people or skeptical people attend it must be taken in stride to allow those people to be at ease. We do not compromise the biblical models. Acceptance is not affirmation of lifestyle but it involves starting with people where they are. Jesus accepted people where they were and challenged them to follow him.

Date Topic, Resource, Page Leader & Back-up

10/2 Antony of Egypt

131 Christians Everyone Should Know, p. 254 Stan & Jim

10/9 Antony of Padua

131 Christians Everyone Should Know, p. 57 Charlie &

Lee

10/16 Thomas Aquinas

131 Christians Everyone Should Know, p. 30 Harold & Max

10/23 Francis Asbury

131 Christians Everyone Should Know, p. 187 Jim & Mike

10/30 Athanasius

131 Christians Everyone Should Know, p. 17 Lee & Rich

The White House Office of Consumer Affairs found ninety-six percent of unhappy customers never complain about rude or unfriendly treatment, but ninety percent of those unhappy customers will not return to the place where they were met with unfriendliness. Even worse, one unhappy customer will tell nine others about the lack of friendliness or courteousness. The research shows and Jesus said we must be willing to wrap our arms around those that come. We must be willing to get our hands dirty. We must take the Five Finger Gospel that Mother Theresa spoke about: You Did It To Me. The atmosphere of acceptance has a climate of involvement – involvement in the lives of people.

- Pastor Jim

T h e o n l y c h i l d o f missionaries, I was born in Nairobi, Kenya and lived in a village called Meru for the first five years of my life. We came back to the states and settled in Virginia, where my dad was a preacher in a small country church and my mom worked at the Women’s Missionary Union of VA (WMU). As a result, I was highly active in the Church both on the local and the state level. One of the biggest blessings in

my life is to have two loving parents who are miraculously still married and in love with one another. I’m an introvert, and it’s taken me a long time to discover how an introvert can serve God just as capably as extroverts. I have to remind myself that we’re different—not better or worse—and we both have strengths and weaknesses. In high school, I discovered that one of my spiritual gifts is teaching. I love explaining things. I love watching people have the ‘light bulb’ moment—especially when it comes to God/Jesus/Holy Spirit. Maybe it’s because truth in the spiritual realm can be a bit counter intuitive. Or maybe it’s because God has helped me so much in my own life I want others to learn from my mistakes instead of having to go through the school of hard knocks! In college I discovered theatre. Have you ever had that “I was made for this!” feeling? That’s theatre for me. It’s not the be-all, end-all of my

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 1 7:00 p.m.

CHAMPIONS FOREST BAPTIST CHURCH

Jinny Hinson’s comedy will entertain dinner guests at the Mission Centers of Houston 2015 Dinner Theater. Besides dinner and a show, guests will have the chance to participate in live and silent auctions. Contact Susan Schwartz for more information.

gifting, but when I discovered it, it was like an otter discovering water. Post college I discovered something else—the importance of family. I’ve always been a bit of an adventurer. I’ve lived in six different states and traveled to fifteen different states and five different countries. All through school I took my family for granted. They were the tethering post. No matter how far I roamed, I knew I could come back home. Now I live on my own and for the past four years I’ve lived far from my parents and seen them once or twice a year. I miss them. This past year is the first time in a while we’ve lived in the same state again. They moved to Tyler, Texas and I’m so happy I could cry. As a final note, I’d like to add that I am UBER excited about working with youth again! Teenagers have this glorious all-or-nothing mentality and because of that, when the Lord gets a hold of a youth’s heart, they aren’t merely a candle in the dark, they are the finale of a firework show. May the Lord move in our midst and may we see glorious reds and yellows and blues fill this present darkness with His blazing light.

- Trisha

EVERY SUNDAY 8:30 a.m. Prayer

9:00 a.m. Coffee & Donuts 9:30 a.m. Small Group Bible Study

11:00 a.m. Worship 11:00 a.m. Upwards Children’s Church

4 5 6 9:00a Mother’s Day Out

5:45p Bible Study

7 5:30p Dessert & Devotion

11 12 Columbus Day 6:30p Deacon Meeting

13 9:00a Mother’s Day Out

11:00a BYKOTA 5:45p Bible Study


18 19 7:00p Leadership Meeting


5:45p Bible Study


25 2:00p Guitar Houston

26 27 9:00a Mother’s Day Out

5:45p Bible Study


WORSHIP OPPORTUNITIE11:00 a.m. English (Worship Center)11:00 a.m. Arabic (Fellowship Hall)

11:00 a.m. Japanese (Learning Center, Rm 204)11:00 a.m. Portuguese (Family Room)

October1 9:00a Mother’s Day Out

7:00p Mission Centers of Houston Dinner Theater

2 6:30a Promise Keepers

3 9:00a MAM Shred Day

5:30p Dessert &



10

5:30p Dessert &

15 Messenger Deadline 9:00a Mother’s Day Out


17 8:00a Work Day

5:30p Dessert &



24

5:30p Dessert &



31 Halloween 11:00a Fall Festival

WORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES (Worship Center)

(Fellowship Hall) (Learning Center, Rm 204)

(Family Room)

October

This month we begin our Children’s Christmas Program rehearsals. Rehearsals will take place during the Upwards Children’s Church hour. This year we will be including Mother’s Day Out, Arabic Evangelical Church, and Mikuni Bible Fellowship children! It will be a packed house! The children’s program will range from children ages 5 years to 5th grade. If you have a child, grandchild, or neighbor/school friend you would like to invite to participate, now is the time to invite them to join us! We look forward to all that the holiday season is bringing! Get READY!!!

Hello MDBC families!

We are off to a strong

start in Upwards Children’s

Church; there has been a

consistent number of about 20

children in our children’s

building on Sunday mornings!

We are definitely excited to

have so many little ones join

us on Sundays.

- Lea Beasley

I hope you have been able to attend our recent worship services and have experienced the improvements made possible through the completion of Rebuilding 3.0 – Phase 1. By the time you read this note, we should be anticipating the arrival of our new Worship Center interior and exterior doors. We expect installation will begin immediately upon their delivery. We have not authorized the contractor to begin the new Family Washroom (ADA Compliant) or the upgrading of the existing washrooms until we receive additional funding from our members. I’m asking each of you to make this a matter of personal prayer so our funding goals can be met and our re-construction completed.

- Ron Harrell, Team Chair

9:30 a.m. Sunday School Hour

Donna Goeser

Katie O’Neale

11:00 a.m. Children’s Church

Katie O’Neale

Kim Posey

Youth Volunteers Week 1:

Caroline Trammell

Melissa Hill

Youth Volunteers Week 2:

Max Hill

Francis Sevcik

1 Bob Peck Joshua Sevcik Helen Worthen 2 Malek Abbassi 9 Sammy Gutierrez 10 Scott Randall 13 Jo Morris 17 Cory Taylor 18 Jessie Arnold 22 Audrey Toler 28 Michelle Ordonez 29 Lauren Derby

Date Name

Phone & Email

10/4 Marc Schwartz

832.265.0765 [email protected]

10/11 Tom Holley


10/18 Anne Roper

10/25 Jim Grubb



On Saturday, October 17,

there will be an all-church

work day. We will start at 8:00

a.m. and work until we can’t

work anymore. Tasks may

include:

Mulch playground

Clean gutters

Clean kitchen

Cut dead trees & branches

Clean window & glass doors

Thin out bushes

Power wash buildings

Change reachable light bulbs

Overall cleaning

Join men and women on Tuesday nights for Bible Study. We will meet for 7 weeks beginning Tuesday, October 6. Dinner, prepared by Mike Goeser, will be available from 5:45 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. for $6.00 and the study is from 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. Workbooks are $15. Sign up with the church office at 713.781.3553 or Anne Roper at 713.806.7049.Childcare is available upon request.

WOMEN The book of Hosea—it’s a deeply personal and passionate love story, yet it’s a difficult story. As an account full of harsh judgment unfolds, we find in its midst a rare and pure gem: the truest and purest of loves. Hosea, an old-testament prophet, preached his own life message using his marriage as the sermon illustration. The study of Hosea looks deeply at that

message. It provides background to better understand the intricacies of the man and his message. You’ll be guided to understand, and to apply the message of the prophet of love. The book will challenge us with judgment so harsh it will singe our hair—an unheeded sermon warning of devastating doom shortly to come. But it will show us the kind of love we dream about. Be amazed by the love of Hosea for his wayward spouse—and more amazed by the unfailing love of God for His wayward people, and for all people. Hosea showers us with hope—hints and portents pointing to the coming of the promised Messiah.

MEN Kingdom Man challenges and equips men to fully understand their position under God as well as their position over what God has given them. It provides concepts men can follow that will help them to actively pursue ways to maximize and develop the character qualities of biblical manhood in their lives.

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