“Hearts United in Loving God, Sharing Christ, and Serving Others.”

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July 23, 2021 • Vol 72, No. 28 • Fayetteville, NC

Sunday, July 25The Transactional Church

Philippians 2:1-4

COLLECTION

(Bring to Collection Box)

DSS Foster Care Kids & Margaret Willis School: Backpacks, Binders, Colored Pencils, Composition books, Crayons, Ear

Buds (Dollar Tree), Highlighters, Loose-leaf paper (wide), Zippered Pencil pouches, Pencils, Pencil Sharpeners, Pencil Top Erasers, Spiral Notebooks,

Boxes of Tissues, Clorox wipes, Ziplock Bags (Sandwich, Quart, and Gallon), 8 oz. bottles of Hand Sanitizer

Items Needed by Sunday, August 15

Margaret Willis School VolunteersAs the school year approaches, would you consider volunteering at Margaret Willis School? The pandemic took a toll on the staff, students and their families. They are anticipating a lot of needs academically and socially/emotionally with their students. The test scores show the dramatic impact of a lost year of in-person learning. If you might be interested in serving as a mentor, reading buddy or a homework helper, contact Susie Reeder at susier@snydermbc.com. Restrictions are still in place for Cumberland County Schools volunteers, but we would like to be ready when they are removed.

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Summer Reading ProgramSign up in the Library!

Mission Action Group

If you are looking for ways to help others right here in Cumberland Country, join MAG (Mission Action Group). This group meets once a month from September to May on the first Tuesday of the month. This group meets at 11:30am, but the meeting place changes each month. Call the Church Office at (910) 484-3191 to sign up. You will feel good that you are doing God’s work. Farewell 6th Grade

Pool PartySunday, August 8, 4 - 7pm

We’re having a farewell pool party for your child as they leave the children’s ministry and move to the youth ministry on Sunday, August 8, from 4 to 7pm. Be watching for an email on the details and how to sign up. Deadline to sign up is August 4.

Monday, August 27pm | Youth Suite

Upcoming:Carowinds Trip, Monday, July 26

(Registration is closed for this trip)Rising 7th Grade Retreat, Friday,

August 20Lake Day, Saturday, August 21

Details coming!

Snyder Student Ministry

MOVIE AND MUNCHIES

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Will you consider offering your time and talents to the Tech Ministry here at Snyder? Each service, contemporary and traditional, is both a live room event and a multi-camera, live video broadcast that is actively viewed in 22 countries. Join a dedicated team of worship leaders helping point Snyder to Jesus. Contact Dave Clark (cdclark1231@gmail.com) or Joe Alley (sharkbit79@gmail.com).

ALABAMA CHRISTMAS SHOW MYRTLE BEACH

TRIPDecember 9 - 10

9am, Thursday Leave church 11am – 3:30pm Shopping at Tanger Outlets

5pm Dinner at Original Benjamin’sOcean view accommodations Sea Watch

Resort

7 - 10am Friday’s Breakfast 11am Barefoot Landing (lunch on your own)1:30pm Matinee - Alabama Christmas Show

Head home after show.

COST: $108 per person (double) $151 Single

Reserve your space by providing a check to Teresa Johnson in the Church Office or if you are reading this online, you can click the following link to sign up: Alabama Christmas

Show TripPlease sign up ASAP so we can secure the best

seating. Tickets will go quickly this year!!!

Welcome New Member

GabrielDeJong

PERIODICALSWEBSITE: www.snydermbc.comTHE BELL (USPS 549-180) is published weekly except Christmas and July 4 weeks by Snyder Memorial Baptist Church, 701 Westmont Drive, Fayetteville NC 28305. Tele: 910-484-3191. Periodicals postage paid at Fayette-ville, NC. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to THE BELL, 701 Westmont Drive, Fayetteville, NC 28305.

A Pastor’s PerspectiveBecky and I enjoyed our time away to visit our kids/grandkids last week. Round-

trip, we traveled over 1300 miles of beautiful highways. I think I enjoyed the alone time in the truck with Becky as much as I did visiting the kids.

It was good to be back in church with you on Sunday. Andy gave us a lot to think about didn’t he? Mark 8:34-35: If anyone would come after me, he (she) must deny himself (herself) and take up his (her) cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his (her) life will lose it, but whoever loses his (her) life for me and for the gospel will save it.

As I listened to Andy’s message, I thought about how true it is that we gain life by giving ours away. First, salvation comes as we humbly give our heart and life to Christ. Giving our lives, we find new life of spiritual abundance in Him. It’s then we gain the strength through the Holy Spirit to deny self, take up our cross and follow Christ. We give and lose our life FOR Christ. We do have much to lose as Andy said; and, as Christ knows. The kicker is that as we give all we are and have, it is with the assurance it all rests in God’s faithful hands. We each make this decision daily to deny self and place all we are and have in His hands to use for His glory. So, I’m ask-ing you to consider today what it is He would ask of you?

Many of you have received a call or will receive a call in the coming weeks asking you to give. This won’t be a call to give money. The call will be asking for more. The call will ask you to give of yourself to serve in a leadership and/or teaching role in the upcoming church year. Every member is busy with responsibilities at home and at work. That may be an understatement with all YOU have going on in your life right now. Each one of us has gifts the Lord’s given that are important to our being a func-tional part of His Body here at Snyder. As you are asked to serve, please consider your gifts and this opportunity to give….to give yourself away in serving Christ’s church. This body, our youth and our children need you.

How true Andy’s words were this Sunday…..because, they are Christ’s words: If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save his (her) life will lose it, but whoever loses his (her) life for me and for the gospel will save it.

See you Sunday! Bruce

Overseas: Max Faircloth

Deacon of the Week:Stephanie Lake (910) 309-0470

Christian Sympathy:is extended to Toni Clark on the death of her father, Fred

E. Knapp.

No Meal till September

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MINISTERIAL STAFFInterim Pastor ANDY WAKEFIELD

Minister of Worship GILES BLANKENSHIP

Church Administrator GERON GAMBILL

Associate Pastor BRUCE HERRMANN

Dir. of Children & Family Min. KAREN MCAMIS

Minister with Students JON NAHLEN

Minister of Missions SUSIE REEDER

Minister of Music RICHARD SUGGS

MEMBERSHIPJuly 18

Resident Membership 1847

Number Additions to Date 31

Number Lettered Out to Date 0

Loss by Death 18

Moved to Non-Resident/Roll Rev 81

Total Membership 1783

ATTENDANCE ATTENDANCE07/18/2107/18/21

Sunday School 258Sunday School 258

9am Worship 1579am Worship 157

11am Worship 23311am Worship 233

Total Worship 390Total Worship 390

FINANCIAL REPORT FINANCIAL REPORT as of 07-16-2021as of 07-16-2021

Total Budget Gifts 68,876.21

Amount Needed 1,838,846.24

Given to Date 1,777,835.03

Under Budget 61,011.21

Mission Giving Plans - June NC Baptist State Convention

$6,930.39 NC Cooperative Baptist Fellowship

$7,033.34 International Mission Partner Ministries

$12,597.71

$1,262241.79Given to date:

Balance: $237,758.21

Goal:$1,500,000