December 3, 2014

Edition #14

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Opportunities of the Week Wednesday, December 3, 2014

6:00 a.m. Men’s Prayer Breakfast (Olde Orchard Restaurant)

5:30 p.m. Fellowship Dinner

6:00 p.m. Teacher’s Meeting (Library)

6:15 p.m. Wednesday Night BLAST for Children of All Ages

Ladies Only (Rm162)

6:30 p.m. Bible Study & Prayer (FH)

Powerhouse for Youth

7:30 p.m. Choir Rehearsal

Thursday, December 4, 2014

10:00 a.m. Sr. Adult Meeting & Visitation (FH)

3:00 p.m. Whiz Kids (FH)

Friday, December 5, 2014

9:30 a.m. Sr. Adult Shopping

Saturday, December 6, 2014

10:00 a.m. Girls Christmas Tea Party (FH)

5:00 p.m. Singles 1 Fellowship (FH)

Sunday, December 7, 2014

7:30 a.m. Bus Ministry

8:00 a.m. Navigators 2:7 Study (Faith Rider Room)

9:30 a.m. Sunday School for all ages

10:45 a.m. Morning Worship Service

4:30 p.m. Christmas Musical Rehearsal

5:30 p.m. Interactive Missions Game Show AND

Bean & Cornbread Supper (FH)

God’s Tithes and Our Offerings

WEEKLY BUDGET $ 11,903.53 Received 11-30-14 $ 8,941.20 Under this Week ($ 2,962.33) Under to Date ($ 17,466.08)

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Interactive Missions Game Show

& FREE Bean & Cornbread Meal

Sunday, December 7th

5:30 p.m. in Fellowship Hall

Senior Adult Shopping Day at Penn Square Mall

Friday, December 5th—9:30 am to 2:00 pm

Come join us for a shopping trip and lunch! Sign up at the Welcome Center.

We are collecting the following items to fill

Christmas Food Baskets:

Dressing, Green Beans, Corn, Sweet Potatoes, Cake Mixes, Canned Pumpkin, Pasta, Cranberry Sauce, Sugar, Flour, Soups, Coffee,

Cereal, Rice, Dried Beans, and Gravy.

A collection box will be located at the Library.

Do you know a church family that could use a Food Basket

for Christmas? Call the church office at 942-5539 with the family

name, address and phone number. Sunday, December 14th is the deadline to

turn names in.

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Adults

General Officers 8 8 0 0 10

Homebound 28 0 0 0 0

Oasis Class 26 5 0 0 0

Young Couples 52 13 2 0 40

Discovery 8 3 0 0 0

Adult 3 45 13 1 0 0

Ministry and More 26 8 0 0 0

Senior Adults 77 34 0 0 32

Singles 1 44 12 0 0 15

Singles 4 43 8 1 0 15

Faith Riders 29 10 0 0 0

Grove 43 9 0 0 0

Special Ministries 44 27 3 0 0

Total 473 150 7 0 112

Students

Grades 11-12 19 6 0 0 0

Grades 9-10 21 7 0 0 0

Grades 7-8 51 7 0 0 0

Total 91 20 0 0 0

Children

5th & 6th Boys 13 6 0 0 0

5th & 6th Girls 26 3 0 0 0

4th Grade 12 2 0 0 2

3rd Grade 18 6 0 0 2

2nd Grade 18 8 1 0 0

1st Grade 14 1 0 0 0

Total 101 26 1 0 4

Preschool

Preschool 5 15 13 1 0 0

Preschool 4 14 3 0 0 0

Preschool 3 12 6 0 0 0

Preschool 2 7 4 0 0 5

Preschool 1C 8 5 0 0 2

Preschool 1A 6 5 1 0 0

Total 62 36 2 0 7

Grand Totals 727 232 10 0 123

Sunday School Report November 30, 2014

Nominations for Committee on Committees Please nominate 2 members to serve for a 3 year term. Nomination forms are located at the Welcome Center and must be returned to the church office by Sunday, December 7th.

Buchanan Teacher Christmas Luncheon Friday, December 12th

Volunteers are needed to assist with set-up and serving at the school. We also need volunteers to provide 2

dozen homemade cookies. Please sign up tonight at the Welcome Center or Children’s Ministry Office.

ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD Angels we have heard on high Sweetly singing o’er the plains And the mountains in reply Echoing their joyous strains Gloria, in excelsis Deo! Gloria, in excelsis Deo! Shepherds, why this jubilee? Why your joyous strains prolong? What the gladsome tidings be Which inspire your heavenly song?

SILENT NIGHT Silent night, holy night All is calm, all is bright Round yon Virgin Mother and Child Holy Infant so tender and mild Sleep in heavenly peace Sleep in heavenly peace Silent night, holy night! Shepherds quake at the sight Glories stream from heaven afar Heavenly hosts sing Alleluia! Christ, the Saviour is born Christ, the Saviour is born Silent night, holy night Son of God, love's pure light Radiant beams from Thy holy face With the dawn of redeeming grace Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth Jesus, Lord, at Thy birth

Socks & Mitten Tree: Our Children’s Ministry will be collecting

socks, hats, gloves and mittens of all sizes for the Baptist Mission Center. Donations may be placed on the Christmas Trees located in the Children’s Building.

These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication . . .Acts 1:14

Prayer Needs

OUR LEADERS President Barack Obama, Vice-President Joe Biden, Cabi-

net Members, Congress, Senate, Military Leaders, Gover-

nor Mary Fallin, Lieut. Gov. Todd Lamb, OK House and

Senate, Mayor Mick Cornett, and City Council

ONGOING PHYSICAL/SPIRITUAL NEEDS 06-03-14 Bennie Allen (Warr Acres) 08-07-14 Rick Andrews (Jack Langston) - broken hip 08-11-14 Rebecca Ashbrook (R/T Reeves) - cancer 04-21-14 Carol Bailey—new residence 04-02-14 Kathy Bailey (Cody Douglas) 01-06-14 D’Ann Black (Harry’s sister) 05-14-14 Mary Brogdin (Polly Taylor’s sister) 04-02-14 Rod Bronniman (Cody Douglas) - stage 3 cancer 09-04-14 Joshua Christian (Anita Sheline) 09-08-14 Steva & Alisha Coyle (Alvin Emmon’s daughter & granddaughter) 09-11-14 Jeannie Elliff (Tom Elliff’s wife) - stage 4 cancer 10-14-14 Fred Floyd (rehab/adjustment to prosthesis) 10-01-14 Mike Forsythe Family (Teresa Reeves) - grief 04-22-14 Carmen Goldman (Cheryl Wilson) 09-08-14 Virginia Hankey (Roy Johnson’s sister) - dementia 01-15-14 Charles Ingraham (Angie Martens’ father) - Stillwater Rehab 09-04-14 Josey Inselman (Anita Sheline) - leukemia 08-18-14 Jess Jones—Veterans Center in Norman 10-23-14 Gwendolyn Jordan (Tim Harmon’s girlfriend) - treatment 02-27-14 Jean Krumtum (J/K Kilman) 06-09-14 Daniel Ledford (Ann Simonton) - colon cancer 04-15-14 Janice Leverett (Skyview Nursing) 05-05-14 Martha Lindsey 07-07-14 Angeline Martens (Bernie’s mother) 09-10-14 Virginia Miles—throat 05-27-14 David Monk (Drouot’s son-in-law) - ALS 06-16-14 Barbara Morris (George Goodner’s sister) 09-17-14 John Newhardt—regain strength 09-10-14 Pardue Family

09-18-14 Marcus Politte (Josh Kinney’s step brother) - blood infection 08-05-14 Sue Ramage’s daughters, Norma & Teresa 10-28-14 Charles Rayshell—Heritage Assisted Living 04-02-14 Mac Scrivner (Betty Smith & Cletus’ brother) 07-07-14 Bonnie Shaffer 07-29-14 Mary Ellen Shearer (Tony’s mother) - Parkinson’s 04-08-14 Allen Smith (Pauline Smith) 09-24-14 Nathan Taylor—home health care—upcoming surgery on leg 06-09-14 Ashley Smith (J. Tennison) - Parkinson’s 10-21-14 Ann Spencer 08-14-14 Doris/Jerry Tennison 05-21-14 Tony Trent (Charlotte Warrior’s son) 09-10-14 Zachary Vela 05-27-14 Jerry Walker (Anita’s friend) - diabetes

SERVICE MEMBERS 11-13-13 Meagan Boyce 12-16-13 Andrew Robinson (Betty Northcutt’s grandson)

MISSIONARIES

Please pray for these 8 missionaries who are celebrating birthdays today:

Mrs Dana M Milam, European Peoples, Church/Home Outreach Evang'ism, FL, On Field

Mrs Carolyn R Miller, East Asian Peoples, Church/Home Outreach Evang'ism, MN, On Field

Mr John R Rhodes, Sub-Saharan African Peoples, Medicine, OK, Stateside

Rev Gary D Linebarger, Community Outreach/Encounter, MO, Retired

Mr Leroy Albright, General Evangelism, KY, Retired

Miss Susan E Carson, European Peoples, Student Evangelism, OK, On Field

Dr Johnny J Baker, Member Care, LA, Retired

Mrs Kay Maroney, Secretarial Support, TX, Retired

Please remember to pray for Last Frontier Personnel that we are unable to list.

IN THE HOSPITAL

DEACONESS Etta Sue Ramage—612

SELECT SPECIALTY Irma Bottger—222

MEDICAL PARK WEST REHAB—Norman Joyce Mann (Derle Hatchett’s sister) - 310

SAN ANTONIO, TX Jonathan Dale (Ashley Dyer’s uncle) - brain tumor

UPCOMING SURGERIES/TESTS 08-18-14 Orlando Carter (R/T Reeves) - kidney transplant

11-01-14 Valerie Foley

10-28-14 Shane Hall (Pastor of First Southern) - Stage 4 stomach cancer

11-17-14 Glen Garrig (Walter Means’ brother-in-law) - chemo

11-12-14 Derle Hatchett—radiation treatments

11-03-14 Pat Murphy (Jim & Dawn’s sister-in-law) - chemo

10-06-14 Maci Proctor (Shelly Brandon) - bone marrow transplant

11-19-14 Betty Smith—MRI results

SYMPATHY TO:

NEW REQUESTS/IMMEDIATE NEEDS 11-25-14 Sharon Banta (Stan Burleson’s daughter) - infection

11-25-14 Betty (Buchanan Cafeteria worker) - strength, stress & children

11-17-14 Kathy Boyer

10-22-14 Shelly Breugdenhil (Dorothy Echol’s niece) - breast cancer

11-24-14 Jerry Cook (Parcway)

11-24-14 Bruce Daugherty (Kathy Mullican’s brother)

12-01-14 Maria Estrada

11-05-14 Robert Griffin—recovery from bypass surgery

11-19-14 Hazel Hampton

11-11-14 Annie Hayes (J. Tennison’s step-aunt) - ulcer

10-08-14 Harl—dialysis & Shelia Johnson— spine cancer (Alie Faye)

11-05-14 Judy Jordan– broken knee cap

11-24-14 Ronald Mann (Sharon Brady’s father) - broken hip

12-01-14 Bessie Mayo (Jamie Glenn & Becky Montelongo’s grandma)

11-05-14 Ryan Montelongo—broken arm

12-01-14 Belinda Nichols (Renee’s mom)

10-15-14 Jennifer Ooley—foot

11-05-14 Eugene Quishenberry—rehab

12-03-14 Steve Sheline—his condition has worsened and requires round the clock

care with hospice

10-22-14 Brendalee Wheeler (Dorothy Echols granddaughter) - tests

CHURCH STAFF AND THEIR FAMILIES Walter Mullican—Pastor Kathy, Daniel, Katy, Kristy, Andrew & Amy

Tony Mullican—Student & Family Life Kim, Maddox - therapy, Grayson, & Miranda

Cody Boyer - Music Minister Mandy & Baby Cole Gina McKean—Preschool & Children Jose Cifuentes—Pastor, Nueva Vida Yolanda, Bryan, Ronald & Linda

SALVATION

TM, Jesse, Linda, Ed, Liz, Jeremiah, Taylor, Alex, Brayden, RC, Joyce,

Chris, Willie, Michael, Tony, Danny, Paul & Family, Steve, Brandi,

Cayce, McKenna, Tiffany, Sid, Shantie, Steve, Beth, Mika, Mary, Phillip,

Ross & family, Red, Austin, We, Tina, Jimmy, Mr. Hurley, Megail, Ron,

Autumn, Tony, Tyler, Johnny Ray, Juan, Katie, Veroinica, Roger, Teresa,

Steve, Gerald, Jacob, Sophie, Tasha, Wesley, Denise & family, Avery,

Gabe, Jason, Phillip, John, Andrew, Laura, Steve, Mike, Brian, Jake, TL,

Sarah, Freddie, Kari, Joey, Bradley, Cortney, Matt, Piyush, Suah, Keila,

Suhas, Anthony, Carolyn, Vincent, Candy, Mary C., Dale, Joe C., Scott,

Jim, Tammy, Maika, Don, Lynn, Ernie, Ginger, Harvey, Bobby, Kevin,

Chelsea, Mark, Brenda, Joe, Kyle, Jack , Angela

Member in need . . .

Derle Hatchett needs someone to sit with Janis and his brother,

Calvin, while he goes for radiation treatments each day. The time

needed is from 10:00 am to approx. noon. Please contact the

church office at 942-5539 if you could help with a day or several.

Thanks so much for your willingness to serve.

ABKA Karate Classes

meets on Tuesday nights at 6pm in the Connection Center (gym).

Come try it out and see if Karate is for you. Ages 9 & Up (9-12 guardian must be present at all times)

FREE Family Fun Night

Friday, December 19th

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

An interactive family event that combines group

interaction, music and awesome games!

Followed by snacks in the Fellowship Hall.

Birthday Mission Project at Windsor Hills Nursing Home Tuesday, December 16th. We’ll meet at

Portland Avenue at 1:30 pm and take

the PARTY to Windsor Hills. Sign up at

the Children’s Ministry Office. The

residents love seeing kids and enjoy the special treats too!

The “Lottie Moon” Post Office is OPEN! Address cards to church members and place in the appropriate “mail” box. A minimum donation of 25 cents per card is suggested. Funds will be applied to the Christmas Offering.

2014 Lottie Moon Offering Goal is $10,000.00 Received to date: $111.00