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Vol. 66 Friday, September 9, 2016 no. 36

Financials from 9-4-16

Sunday School Attendance Worship Attendance

91 123

$16,636.00

$8,969.88

Designated Offering Total Golden Offering ($25 IMO Lagonda Adams and $25 IMO Mary Jane Hotchkiss) Fountain City Ministries JustLead ($25 IMO Lagonda Adams) Operation Christmas Child ($50 IMO Ken Mynatt) Children’s Ministry Flowers

$2,260.00 $50.00

$150.00

$25.00 $1,550.00

$435.00 $50.00

Overall Total for the Week $18,896.00

Budget Received for the Year Budget Required for the Year (Week 36) +Over/<Under> for the Year

$296,491.72 $322,915.68

<$26,423.96>

$3,915.00 $50.00

SEPTEMBER

Capital Improvement (year to date giving) Golden Offering To Date

Budget Received ($100 IMO Mary Jane Hotchkiss and $100 IHO Wilma Berggren) [Budget Requirement for the Week]

This Week at Smithwood:

Sunday, September 11, 2016 8:45 a.m. Prayer Meeting—Conference Room 9:00 a.m. Library Opens 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:45 a.m. Morning Worship Service Monday, September 12, 2016 6:30 p.m. Finance Committee Wednesday, September 14, 2016 5:30-7:30 p.m. JustLead Children’s Activities 6:00 p.m. Bible Study 6:30-7:30 p.m. ASSEMBLY (Youth Bible Study) 7:00 p.m. Choir Rehearsal

Sunday AM, September 11 — Mark 4:35-41

“Ingredients Matter”

Jimbo Watson preaching

Wednesday PM, September 14 — 1 John 3:1 - 4:6

Prayer Concerns: Prayer Line—

Call Lynn at 661-5726

CP & Betty Tudor, Bill Fletcher, Terry Lynn, Donald Raby, Allen & Starr

Hutchison, Sharon Phillips, Tim Connors, Larry and Marilyn Mustard, Bill & Liz

Roberts, Michelle Henry, Debbie Villarreal, Anthony Collins, Jerry Reed, Jim

Coram, family of Lagonda Adams, Justin Faulkner, Fred Wells, Harold Bryson,

Larry Cregger, family of Mary Jane Hotchkiss, Rhonda Cecchin, Glen Patton,

Shirley Wallace, Harvey Smeltzer, Violet Tudor.

Names will remain on the list for 3 weeks unless otherwise notified that the

name should remain on the list for a longer period of time.

There will be a Finance Committee meeting at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Sep-tember 12th. All current and incoming Finance Committee members are en-couraged to attend.

28th

Annual Hunger Hike SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2016

Victor Ashe Park Picnic Shelter

4901 Bradshaw Rd., Knoxville, TN 37912 Registration: 2:00 P.M. Hike Starts: 2:30 P.M.

Hunger Hike is a symbolic fun walk in support of raising awareness of hun-ger and support organizations who seek to eliminate it in East Tennessee. Representatives from local pantries and churches recruit participants who pledge money to participate in a 1+ mile walk on behalf of those in need. Participants raising at least $15 are given a commemorative item and are entered for a chance to win one of the available prize packages. The dead-line to register is September 16th.

If you are interested in participating, please call the office or see Jimbo.

Our Goal: $4,200

Theme: It’s Personal! Reach. Connect. Give.

Week of Prayer Dates: September 11-18

Scripture: “How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them? And how can anyone preach unless they are sent? As it is written: ‘How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!’” Romans 10:14-15 NIV

The Golden Offering for Tennessee Missions is a child coming to Christ through Journey Camps. It’s English being taught to someone from an-other country and sharing Jesus with them in the process. It’s some of the poorest people in America receiving physical help and the gospel. It’s a boy at a youth detention facility being saved and baptized. And so much more!

Your contribution to The Golden Offering for Tennessee Missions pro-vides invaluable financial support for Tennessee ministries. The annual offering sustains ministries not funded through the Cooperative Pro-gram. The eternal impact of this offering in the lives of others is im-measurable. Thank you for making it all happen.

September 10 — Lib Lynch, Sue Beam, Makenzi Watson September 14 — Betsy Loveday

Monday, October 3, 2016

If you were unable to commit to a health screening in July, Smithwood Baptist Church is once again offering a preventive health event. Life Line Screening will host their affordable, non-invasive and painless health screenings. Five screenings will be offered that scan for potential health problems. Register for a Wellness Package which includes 4 vascular tests and osteoporosis screening from $149 ($139 with our member dis-count). All five screenings take 60-90 minutes to complete. In order to register for this event and to receive a $10 discount off any package priced above $129, please call 1-888-653-6441 or visit www.lifelinescreening.com/community-partners.

The youth are planning a mission trip to Club 180 in Kentucky from December 28-31. There will be a very brief interest meeting following the morning worship service on Sunday September 25th.

Our next meeting will be this Tuesday, September

13, at 10:00 a.m. Our guest speaker will be Dr.

Donny Black, who will talk about his recent mission

trips. All women are invited to attend.

Ark Encounter features a full-size

Noah’s Ark, built according to the

dimensions given in the Bible. Span-

ning 510 feet long, 85 feet wide, and

51 feet high, Ark Encounter is situat-

ed in Williamstown, Kentucky. From the moment you turn the cor-

ner and the towering Ark comes into view, to the friendly animals in

the zoo, to the jaw-dropping exhibits inside the Ark, you’ll experi-

ence the pages of the Bible like never before.

The Keenagers would like to plan a trip to visit the Ark. This trip

would require spending one night in a hotel. The cost of admission

to the museum is $31 for seniors, plus the cost of the hotel. If you

would be interested in joining us for this trip, please contact the of-

fice.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30,

4:00-6:00 p.m.

The month of September is almost halfway

through and soon October will be upon us. Alt-

hough we haven’t had one in the past couple of

years, this fall Smithwood will once again host a Trunk or Treat for our

community. Although it is still weeks away, it is not too early to think

about how your family can participate. We will need families to deco-

rate the trunks of their cars and line the parking lot with their vehicles.

We will need candy — lots of it! — to give out. This is a wonderful op-

portunity for us to meet our neighbors in a relaxed setting and to begin

establishing relationships with those beyond our doors. In addition to

the distribution of candy, there will be plenty of other opportunities to

serve. We will be needing assistance with set up and clean up. We will

need people who are willing to walk around and just keep an eye on the

children, and people who are willing just to smile and answer questions.

In a nutshell, WE NEED YOU!! If you would be interested in serving in

any capacity, please see Anthony Collins or call the office.

Church-wide Intergenerational Missions Session

(sponsored by WMU)

Rev. Roger and Judy Hansard, Mission Service Corps missionaries with the North American Mission Board and leaders of the Regional Education Center Minis-tries in Tazwell, TN will be at Smithwood on October

29 from 10:00 a.m. – noon to tell us about their work. Light refresh-ments will be served. Rev. Hansard is Sheila Wylie’s brother. The church will be collecting hygiene items and peanut butter for the Cen-ter during September and October, or you may purchase a hen for $6.00 for a family as part of their holiday meal. This is an intergenera-tional event for all Smithwood folks. Come and learn about this im-portant missions opportunity that our missions giving supports!