www.hiltonbaptistchurch.org Under the giving tab

Pray for our Missionaries BS, DS American People– Karen Thomas Central Asian People– ML East Asian People– JB, YS, ZJ European People– Anissa Haney, Jonathan McNiel Northern African and Middle Eastern People– BH, BP, LL, NK South Asian People– LL, VQ Sub Saharan African People- Ben Sprankle Alabama– Barry Britt, Arizona– Kaylee Cragg, Georgia– Margaret Palli, Michigan– Andrew Ansley, New York– Pily Adhikary, Joseph Biswas, Otario-Evellin Malak

“Serving our local community with the love of Jesus”

Our Church Goal $6000.00 Collected to Date: $3540.00

December

Peninsula Rescue Mission

Men’s White Socks

Deodorant Bleach and Ground

Coffee

Church Pantry

Carenet Pregnancy Resource Baby Shower

On Jan 15th the WMU will be

having a speaker from the Carenet Pregnancy Resource

Center come and speak. This is a Christian organization that helps in a crisis situation and

stands against abortion.

We would like to help them with items that they need when she comes to speak. Items such as bottles, wipes, powder, lotion,

pacifiers, bibs, diapers… anything that you could bring

would be appreciated.

We invite everyone in the church to be a part of this project by helping with the collecting

items.

The Hilton Baptist Church Record Lynwood Wells, Pastor

December 18, 2018

8-102 Wednesday Night Supper………………………………....$35.00 8-503 Flowers……………………………………………………$36.00 8-105 Associational Missions…………………………….……..$25.00 8-106 Alma Hunt Missions………………………………………$25.00 8-107 Lottie Moon………………………………………………$720.00 8-403 Food Pantry……………………………………………….$60.00 8-145 Rent COP…………………………………………………$900.00 8-145 Cash in Cash out– Christmas Dinner………………………$20.00 Offering given in Honor of Jon and Barbara Michie …………….$495.40 Offering given in Honor of Tommy Batkins and Kathy Kutchens And in memory of Nadine Batkins……………………..$1092.54 Budget Offering…………………………………………………$4447.00 Total Deposit……………………………………………………$7855.94 *Last week there was a offering that was noted as Alma Hunt for $500.00, this offering should have been for Lottie Moon not Alma Hunt.

November Recap

Budget Deposits $15,275.44 Budget Expenses $20,253.86 Designated Deposits $2,839.89 Designated Expenses $1,980.53 Money Market Balance $94,730.84 Savings $84,063.45 Outreach $10,667.39 PDF/RR $21,602.94 PDF $5188.09 RR $16,038.44 Deacons $376.41 Worship 100 SS 44

Designated Account Balance $47,139.35

Weekly Assignments

This week at HBC

Greeters December 23– Joe Caskie

Paul Thorne December 30– Brian & Ruth Fries

Usher and Parking Lot Attendants December 23– Ray Moody– Front PL

Moses Sabb– Back PL December 30– Brenda Egnot– Front

Jamie Bays– Back PL

Lock Up December 23– Sue Monfalcone December 30– Charles Vassar

JVan Ministry December 23– Kirk Crippen December 30– Stan Langdon

Food Distribution this week December 18- Marilyn Hargrove

Chung Hae Kim December 20– Margaret Upole

Sue Monfalcone December 25– No Distribution December 27– No Distribution

Nursery Helpers December 23– New Visions/ NC December 30– Youth and Kids

Sonshine Kids Church December 23– Jessica Stuart Kids Church- Tracy Venable

December 30- Tracy Venable

Hilton Baptist Church Phone 757-595-3300

www.hiltonbaptistchurch.org

Tuesday, December 18th 1:00pm—3:00pm Food Distribution

Wednesday, December 19th No Church Activities

Thursday, December 20th 1:00pm—3:00pm Food Distribution

Sunday– December 23rd 9 :00 am Sunday School 10:00 am Worship Celebration Sonshine Kids Church 4th Sunday of Advent

We can pick you up...Just contact the

church office .

Don’t forget our special

Christmas Eve Service at 5:00pm. Invite your family and friends to

attend. This is a very special service as we worship the

newborn king.

Sisters Fellowship

Every lady is invited to come and join us, Thursday, January 3rd at

6pm . We will be eating at Rick and Libby's in the Warwick

Shopping Center. Everyone is invited to come and have some

good food and fellowship with us.

Wave Women’s Conference-

“It’s For Freedom” February 29– March 2

Special Speakers– Priscilla Shirer, Wendy Perez, Sy Rogers and Pastor Sharon Kelly.

It ‘s a great time of learning, refreshing , fun and fellowship. Cost is $135.00 if paid before January 31, 2019

See Dreama if you want more information. Devotedconference.com

PORT HELP NEEDED PORT from January 16th – January 23rd

We need everyone's help.

HOW CAN YOU HELP???????

1. Sign up on the sign up sheets at the back of the church for many areas that need to be filled.

2. We will be opening the clothes closet and showers during the week. We have sign up sheets for anyone that would be willing to help in these two areas

3. We are accepting donations of warm clothing, coats, gloves, new underclothes, socks etc for the clothes closet. We are also accepting items for Hygiene kits and plastic bag. If you have anything that you would like to donate, please place them in the Mission Outreach corner.

4. If you can help set up the Clothes Closet on the second floor, (first door on right after you get off the elevator) everything is labeled on what needs to be done. You can come and do that anytime, just call and be sure someone will be in the office to let you in

Will you be the hands and feet of Jesus?

Poinsettias

We will be decorating our church sanctuary with Christmas Poinsettias. You can give a Poinsettia In Honor or In Memory of a loved

one. We will list all the names in our Christmas Bulletin and Forecast. When you fill out your

envelope just indicate who you want to give the poinsettia in honor or in memory of. The cost is $12.00.

Wednesday Night Supper No activities this week

Weekly Forecast There will be no Forecast

sent out next week.

December Events– Mark your Calendars Wednesday, December 19th– No Wednesday Night Activities Monday, December 24th– Christmas Eve Candlelight Service 5pm Wednesday, December 26th– Church office closed, No Wednesday Night Activities Thursday, December 27th– There will be no food distribution. Monday, December 31st– Church Office will close at 12pm. Wednesday, January 2nd– Resume all normal Wednesday Activities

Our Lottie Moon Post Office is located near Prior Hall. Please send your Christmas Cards to

your Church Family through the Lottie Moon Post office and

make a donation to the Lottie Moon Offering for the

cost of the postage .

Also EVERYONE needs to stop by and check the mailbox and

see you if you have mail.

Sunday Evening Bible Study

The time of the Bible Study on Sundays evening is bring changed

to 5pm. All those who attend, please make a note of it.

Offering Envelopes and Year End Giving Offering envelopes will be placed in your Sunday School Rooms this Sunday. If you do not attend Sunday School but have yearly offering envelopes, they are located in the Connection Center. If you do not

presently get envelopes but would like to have them, please contact the office. The last day to give a contribution that will be included for 2018

is December 31, 2018. Thank you for support HBC.

Happy Birthday this Week 17- Walter Seaborne 18– Brittaney Hudgins Chris Kary 19– Dee Dee Ripley Meghan St. Ours 20– Joyce Spiers 21– Joe Hudson 23– Emma Fischer

Some of you may remember the Russell Comer, the Minister of

Education from the last 1950’s or early 1960’s. Marilyn Comer, his wife passed away last week. She was living the in Richmond

area. Please remember the Comer family during

this difficult time.

The Christmas Message… Let’s Go!

When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let’s go to

Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about.” (Luke 2:15)

For those who demand more formality and reserve in their worship encounters, they find themselves strangers to the true Christmas story. If man were to script the Son of God’s birth, Jesus would have been born in a palace or a mansion. The news of His birth would have first been sent to one of the

power brokers of the day, King Herod or Caesar Augustus.

But, God’s script was completely different: no palace, but a manger surrounded by animals... no power brokers, but the social outcasts of the day, a band of shepherds. They were considered untrustworthy and their work made them ceremonially unclean and as a result they could not participate in worship.

After being surprised (and terrified) by a visit from the angel of the Lord, and then a large group of angels, the shepherds were confronted with what to do with the message they heard: “Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord” (Luke 2:11).

What did the shepherds do with the first announcement of the Gospel? They believed! Their response was: “Let’s go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about” (Luke 2:15).

They don’t stop to discuss whether it’s exactly according to what was written in prophecy. They don’t question if they really saw angels or if they’re just imagining things because they’re overworked. They don’t get a religious leader to accompany them. They don’t even get cleaned up! They hurry off to Bethlehem to find Mary, Joseph, and Jesus. They believed all that God had told them!

What are you doing with what God has told you? Are you acting and reacting with faith? Or are you discussing logistics? Bargaining with God? Nit-picking the assignment? Putting out a fleece or getting another interpretation? Demanding more scripted traditions?

What is God asking you to do today in faith? Just believe! If you will prioritize your faith over formalities, you will be amazed at how the Spirit of God will begin to work in your life... how He will work through you to reach a hurting world... and how He will spread His message, love and power through your surrendered life to expand His Kingdom! On the grace journey together with you, Lynwood

5 Miracles Too Easy to Overlook Amid broken relationships, marital difficulties, financial crises or simple question marks, is God still listening? Why doesn't He respond? The prayer requests vary, but they are alike in one way. They all represent needs. And most require miracles. But the more I listen, especially at Christmas, to our

desire and need for the miraculous, the more I realize we may overlook or forget some of the most obvious miracles. I love C. S. Lewis's quote from God in the Dock: "Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see." 5 Such miracles we may tend to overlook in our search for more: 1. The Miracle of Life - Hearing a baby's first cry, the inhaling of its first breath. That's a miracle. And waking up morning after morning, just able to breathe, to inhale the fragrance of life, is not a treasure to ignore. 2. The Miracle of Laughter - The music of children’s giggles, the power of laughter to hasten healing and even prevent disease: "A merry heart does good, like medicine" (Proverbs 17:22). A daily dose of laughter might even alter the doctor's prognosis and shrink medical bills. Studies have shown that this happy habit sends out needed endorphins, the body’s natural chemicals, and helps release stress. Scrooge has no place here. 3. The Miracle of Learning - God gave us amazing brains. Once you stop learning you start leaving. So grab a teachable spirit now, while you can still learn something new every day. Make it a goal, and you'll experience creating new brain paths and the sheer joy of learning. 4. The Miracle of Leaning - “Two are better than one,” says Ecclesiastes 4:9. No one functions well as an island; we all need each other. Good friends are both healthy and healing to our spirits. And God often uses us to help others as conduits of His miracles: our gifts, our love, our time, and our prayers. 5. The Miracle of Love - At no time are we more aware of this true miracle than at Christmas. God sent His perfect Son into an imperfect, unloving world to give us life. Why? John 3:16, says it simply: LOVE. At Christmastime, God, the true Miracle-Giver, put on flesh and came to earth so you and I could know Him—intimately, miraculously—and be perfectly forgiven, perfectly loved, forever. It’s both a gift, and the greatest miracle of all. Never overlook it. And never stop thanking God for it.

The Story of the Candy Cane The candy cane was first made by a candy maker from Indi-ana, USA, who wanted it to be a witness to Christ. He started with a stick of white, hard candy. White which symbolizes purity, pointed to the virgin birth and the sinless nature of Christ. The hardness or firmness of the candy symbolized the firmness God’s promises. The shape of the candy, a “J,” represents the name of Jesus, and also depicts

the Good Shepherds staff. The red stripes in the candy, symbolize Jesus’ blood shed on the cross, and the stripes of scourging He received prior to His crucifixion.

The candymaker incorporated symbols of Jesus’ birth, and His life and death. Although today’s candymakers and supermarkets look at the candy cane as another money maker at Christmas time, God continues to give us reminders of His Son’s purpose here on earth.

Are you losing sight of Christ as we come closer to the celebration of His birth? What do you need to do today to give Him His rightful place at Christmas? Reflect on the purity of His character? Claim the firmness of God’s promises? Proclaim the Good News of the gospel to a neighbor? Rest in your Good Shepherd’s arms? Accept His death on the cross as payment for your sins? How will you live out Jesus Christ for those around you today?

The Last Impression... After being away on business for a week before Christmas, Tom thought it would be nice to bring his wife a little gift.

“How about some perfume?” he asked the cosmetics clerk. She showed him a bottle costing $50.

“That’s a bit much,” said Tom, so she returned with a smaller bottle for $30.

“That’s still quite a bit,” Tom groused.

Growing disgusted, the clerk brought out a tiny $15 bottle.

Tom grew agitated, “What I mean,” he said, “is I’d like to see something real cheap.”

So the clerk handed him a mirror.

Will You Let Him In?

The signs of Christmas are all around us. However, amidst all the sights and sounds of Christmas, there continues to be an increase in this world's attempts to remove Christ from Christmas. Each year, it seems, we witness growing attempts to eliminate Christ out of Christmas, out of everyday life, out of government, out of schools, and out of the marketplace.

But, in spite of it all, He just won't go away!

Despite our efforts to keep Him out, God intrudes. The life of Jesus is bracketed by two impossibilities – a virgin's womb and an empty tomb. Think about it like this… Jesus entered our world through a door marked "No Entrance" and left through a door marked "No Exit."

That first Christmas, there was no room for Him in the inn. The world never wants to make room for Christ at Christmas and in everyday life. Man killed Him and sealed the tomb with a huge stone to shut Him out of our lives once and for all. But God removed the stone to prove Jesus will not be shut up or shut out of His plans.

One day Jesus will intrude on history again. The way to be ready is to invite Him into your life today.