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Woodburn Baptist Church is having a church wide Thanksgiving dinner at WBC on Sunday, November 15 @ 5:00 pm. The church will provide the ham, turkey, and drinks. WBC folks need to bring vegetables, casseroles, salads, and desserts. There will be a time of worship and music in the sanctuary following the meal. Bring your family and join us for a time of thanksgiving and fellowship.

There will be no service on Wednesday night, November 25th.

Each year Woodburn Baptist Church celebrates and

gives thanks in a long-standing tradition with other

churches in our community. This year’s celebration

will be on Tuesday, November 24, at 7:00 pm at

Clear Fork Baptist Church. Lets pack the pews and

give thanks as a community!

Prayers & Sympathies to . . . Renee Morse and family on the passing of her

brother.

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The world is pretty amazing. Life is good, and we are blessed. So let's be grateful. Thanksgiving is not a one-time-a-year thing for believers. It is our way of walking with God every day.

See you Sunday.

Tim

Remember Our Shut-Ins

Regus Hopkins Lena Van Meter

Tressie Vice Dorothy Davidson

Dewey & Mabel Pharris Ruth Evans

Juanita Tabor

November Homebound Visitation Schedule

1st week - Joy Bush

2nd week– Don Harris

3rd week - Diane Harris and Martha Murray

4th week - Vi Cato and Laura Spencer

5th week- Jennifer Jones

Hopkins Nursing Home Ministry

November 1st 10 am - Ritchie Hamm, Ronnie Murray,

Annell Becker

November 15th 10 am — Dennis Smith, Jan Winn

Congratulations to…

Matt and Sarah Hutcheson on the birth of

their daughter, McKinsey Sue Hutcheson

on October 12. She was 8 pounds 15 ounc-

es and 20 1/2 inches long!

Sisters and Brothers,

The comedian known as Louis C.K. is vulgar. It seems safe to say he's not a believer—his crass routines are typically pro-fanity-laced. Even so, he often describes life in a truthful way and sometimes points to the radical spiritual emptiness endemic of the culture. For example, Louis C.K. does a rou-tine that starts with the line, "Everything's amazing right now, but nobody's happy." Here's what he says to poke fun at our ingratitude and impatience:

In my lifetime the changes in the world have been incredible. When I was a kid, we had a rotary phone. We had a phone you had to stand next to, and you had to dial it. Do you real-ize how primitive that was? ...And then if you wanted money you had to go in the bank—and it was open for like three hours, and you'd stand in line and write a check. And then if you ran out of money, you'd just say, "Well, I just can't do any more things now."

Now we live in an amazing, amazing world, and it's wasted on [a] generation of spoiled [people] that don't care. This is what people are like now: they've got their phone, and they go, "Ugh, it won't [work fast enough]." Give it a second! [The signal] is going to space. Will you give it a second to get back from space? Is the speed of light too slow for you?

I was on an airplane, and there was high-speed internet.

...And I'm sitting on the plane, and they say, "Open up your laptop, you can go on the internet." It's fast...it's amazing. ...And then the thing breaks down. They apologize, "The in-ternet's not working." And the guy next to me says, "[O, great] this [stinks]." Like how quickly the world owes him something he knew existed only ten seconds ago. People come back from flights, and they tell you their story, and it's a horror story. ...[They say], "It was the worst day of my life. First of all, we didn't board for twenty minutes. And then we get on the plane, and they made us sit there on the runway for forty minutes." [And I say,] "O, really, and what hap-pened next? Did you fly in the air, incredibly, like a bird? Did you partake in the miracle of human flight?" Everybody on every plane should be constantly [screaming], "WOW!" You're flying. You're sitting in a chair in the sky!

Like the comedian says, everything's amazing, but nobody's happy. I don't know if you and I can choose to be happy, but I'm certain we can choose to be thankful. When you're thankful, you stop and acknowledge the goodness in your life. You stop assuming you're entitled to it, and you stop taking it all for granted. In the process, you usually recognize that the source of that goodness lies beyond yourself, to Someone greater. As a result, gratitude reconnects you to God. Certainly, this is why the psalmist admonishes you and me to "Enter his gates with thanksgiving" (100.4). There's nothing like gratitude to bring us so quickly into his pres-ence. Nothing else makes us as mindful of all he has done for us.

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November Birthstone: Topaz

November Flower: Chrysanthemum

Sun. Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat.

1

October Family Meeting after Evening Worship

2

3 4

5

6

Tune In

Weekend

7

Tune In

Weekend

8

9 9:30 am Ladies

Prayer Group

10 11

6:00 pm Prayer Meet-ing

OCC Packing Party

7:30 pm Worship Choir practice/prep.

12

13

14

15 OCC Shoebox deadline

5:00 pm @ Woodburn

16 9:30 am Ladies

Prayer Group

17 18

6:00 pm Children, Youth, & Adults meet

OCC Dedication

7:30 pm Worship Choir practice/prep

19 10:30 am Sr. Adult

brunch and speaker

20

21

22

November Family Meeting after Evening

Worship

Room in the Inn

23 9:30 am Ladies

Prayer Group

24

@ Clear Fork

7:00 pm

25

No Church

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27

28

29

4:00 pm

30 9:30 am Ladies

Prayer Group

2015

November-- Birthdays & Anniversaries:

Day Name

1 Kelly Holman, Gayla McCoy

2 Kaye Jenkins , Olivia Marksberry 3 Carly Basham, Tommy Hardcastle

3 JC Maxwell, Tyler Quick

4 Audrey Baker, Brenda Graves, Hank Smalling 5 McKenna Armstrong, Erik Roepke

6 Molli Guelde, Clara Mefford, Rick Tingle

7 Penny Davis 8 Susan Herzer, Jenna Simmons

8 Jordan Summerville

9 Victor Jasper, Ryne Summerville 10 Grace Adams, Steve Cherry, Brian Jones

11 Tim Mayes, Natasha Tinsley

12 Dustin Jones 13 Kurtis Palmer

14 Tracy Reels, Jerry Wiles

16 Kenton Blick, Ally Gregory, Tim Robinson 17 Junior Morgan, Kara Perdue

18 Catherine Ellis, Betty Meador

21 Brett Allen, David Burnette

21 Brenda Perdue, Breanna Sona

22 Cody Jones, Daniel Jones 23 Pat Balance, Ale Minnicks, Lesley Perdue

24 Erick Devries, Teresa Sutherland, Angie York

25 Richard Hartsock, Matt Hutcheson 25 Cristen Powers, Taylor Summerville

26 Larry Jones, Chris Sweeney, Debi Wiles

27 Kennedi Alexander, Kody Alexander 27 Jessica Jenkins, Jaxson Preston, Faye Sparks

27 Cody Warden, Rob Wright

28 Anne Lowdermilk, Klaus Rotermann, 28 Carson Smith

29 Stacy Jones, Kinsey Reels

30 Jordan Marie McElroy, Max Wren

Anniversaries:

2 Freddy and Vickie Morris

3 Matt and Nichole Buckman 4 Rhea Dean and Sherry Wren

9 Melvin and Tina Norris

11 Tom and Joyce Gentry 14 Rick and Jane Clark

14 Warren and Margie Weeks

18 Jim and Wanda Dobbins 22 Alex and Megan Wright

23 Scott and Jerri Turner

25 Jerrin and Christi Patterson 26 Bonnie and Loyd Carter

26 Chris and Rose Gregory

28 David and Annell Becker 28 Mike and Deborah Gilbert

29 Brian and Beverly Bunch

Small Groups Worship

October 4 –256 8:30 –221 11:00 –197

Café - 56

October 11 –335 8:30 - 239 11:00 - 202

Café - 74

October 18 –321 8:30- 226 11:00-239

Café– 85

October 25 –320 8:30-242 11:00-229

Café-85

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PERMIT NO. 9

Sunday, November 1

A.M. Worship Dare (Romans 12:1-8)

P.M. Unplanned Worship Service

Sunday, November 8

A.M. Politics in the Pulpit (Psalm 146)

P.M. Working For Nothing (Psalm 127)

November 15

A.M. Paying It Forward (Psalm 78:1-7)

P.M. Church Thanksgiving Supper and Worship

Sunday, November 22

A.M. Broken-Hearted Hannah ( 1Sam. 1:1-18)

P.M. A Woman Of Her Word ((1 Sam. 1:19-28)

Sunday, November 29

A.M. Loud and Fearless (Isaiah 40:6-11)

CARE Night

CHURCH STAFF

Church Office: 270-529-5221

Office Hours: 8 am - 4 pm, Monday thru Friday

Pastor: Dr. Tim Harris . . . TimHarr is@woodburnbaptist.org . . .cell 270-996-7735

Minister of Education & Administration: Warren Weeks . . . . . home 270-529-3028

E-mail: WarrenWeeks@woodburnbaptist.org

Youth & Young Adults Pastor: Matt Betts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cell 270-202-1244

Email: MattBetts@woodburnbaptist.org

Worship Pastor: Rod Ellis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . cell 502-229-0114

Email: RodEllis@woodburnbaptist.org

Director of Children’s Ministries: Nichole Buckman . . . . . . . . . cell 270-405-6165

Email: NicholeBuckman@woodburnbaptist.org

Custodian: Judy Chaffin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . home 270-529-2031

Administrative Assistant: Michelle Hunt……………………….…cell 270-776-1616

Email: MichelleHunt@woodburnbaptist.org

WORSHIP SCHEDULE

As cold weather approaches, it is time for another season

of Room In The Inn. Room In The Inn is very simple

winter shelter program where congregations open their

doors one night at a time to a small group of persons who

are experiencing homelessness. I think the ministry web-

site explains it best. “Room In The Inn is a way for more

people in every sector to understand the problems of the

homeless by becoming directly involved with people

who are homeless. Room In The Inn is a means through

which congregations of every faith open their facilities to

welcome twelve homeless people as guests on cold win-

ter nights. Room In The Inn is about changing people,

guests and hosts alike. It creates an environment with

the opportunity for the guests to learn that there are peo-

ple who care…and for the hosts to come to understand

that the faceless figure on the street corner is more than a

statistic…and that there are solutions. Room In The Inn

is about serving without prejudice or pride. It is about

accepting everyone. Room In The Inn is about people of

religion putting the tenets of their faith into practice.

Room In The Inn is not about giving; it is about receiv-

ing. It is about everyone, both guests and hosts, receiv-

ing a blessing—an encounter with God in the midst of

suffering, hardship, pain and grief. Room In The Inn is

an opportunity, not an answer. It is an experience, not a

solution. In short, Room In The Inn is an opportunity to

experience the presence of God in a different way.”

Room In The Inn is a great opportunity for our church to

impact the lives of homeless individuals. Our church has

agreed to host these men and women (12 total). We will

host on Sunday, November 22 and on Saturday Decem-

ber 5, and every other Saturday thereafter through March

19. There are a variety of ways that you can be involved.

About twelve volunteers are needed for each night. Vol-

unteers are needed for cot set-up, transportation (2 per-

sons needed to drive the church van and pick up the folks

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Indonesia Partnership

The next trip to Indonesia is planned for February 17-

26, 2016. We will be doing another water filter project

in a village in Gunung Kidul. There is an Indonesia Part-

nership brochure in the lobby which explains the part-

nership and answers frequently asked questions. The

deadline to commit to the trip is Thanksgiving 2015. If

you feel God leading you to participate in this trip,

please contact Jack Wright or Warren Weeks

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at the pick-up location in Bowling Green), dinner

preparation (cooking, serving and clean-up),

“innkeepers” (a married couple or related man and

women are needed to stay the entire night each time

we host.), cot clean-up and linen laundry and volun-

teers to make sack lunches for them to carry with

them. We will begin sign-ups soon. You can choose

the area where you would be willing to serve. There

will be a training session for volunteers. Thank you

for those who participated in this ministry last year

and for those who will serve this year.

Serving Together,

Warren Weeks

In November the Senior Adults will meet at the

church for a Thanksgiving Brunch at 10:30 am

on the 19th. There will be a special guest speak-

er from WKU.

In the event that you would like to go on any of

our outings but do not have the extra money,

please see Margie Weeks or Darleen Atkerson.

5 Things You’ll Never Regret

by Carey Nieuwhof

Yes, it really was a bad idea to give your six-year-old

access to the finger paints while you did the laundry. Or

to let your fourteen-year-old son stay overnight at his

friend’s place without triple checking to make sure his

parents were home.

And maybe it wasn’t all that wise when you had that

fight heated conversation in the kitchen when the kids

were watching cartoons.

We all have regrets.

But the flip side is also true.

We all have things we’ll never regret doing as a parent.

And if you think about doing things you’ll never regret,

you can actually do them more often.

Here are 5 things I think you’ll never regret as a parent:

1 – Putting each other before the kids

You’ve probably heard it as much as I have: One of the

greatest gifts any parent can give a child is a healthy

marriage.

It’s as important for your child to know you love each

other as it is for your child to know you love them.

So take a date night. Hire and sitter or enlist the grand-

parents and go on a weekend away. Your friends will be

envious (we haven’t been away together without the

kids in seven years!!!), and you’ll have so much fun

you’ll think you’re dating again.

Here’s something else I’ve discovered. Eventually the

kids move out (really…no lies!), and all you have left is

each other. It works way better when you’ve built up

your relationship to the point where you actually still

like each other.

2 – Taking family vacations

It can be so hard to find both time and money to get

away, but it’s been one of the best things we’ve done as

a family over the years.

While staycations can be decent, a vacation moves eve-

ryone out of their native environment. There’s no grass

to cut, no clutter to clean up every three hours, no video

games to play for hours and hours and hours, or friends

who want you to come over (again). All of you move

into new experiences and new environments together.

Even if you don’t have a ton of money, borrow

someone’s house for the weekend (we’ve done that),

and change up the scenery. Moments away will be-

come some of your kids’ fondest memories—and

yours.

3 – Creating traditions

My wife is so good at this. She knew early on that fam-

ily traditions are a great thing.

For example, on Christmas morning, we eat desserts

like chocolate covered apples for breakfast. (No, Christ-

mas and breakfast chocolate aren’t related, but don’t

spoil things here). I don’t know how that tradition start-

ed, and I don’t even know that it’s a good idea, but we

love it. And to this day, we can’t wait to dig into choco-

late and stuff that really isn’t good for us in honor of

Christmas.

We’re not big into baseball as a family (although I’ve

always loved it), but every year I took my boys to a

Blue Jays game. Now they insist on taking me. It’s a

tradition.

We also go back to the same place every year for a

week every year in the summer. That spot is now filled

with two decades of family memories.

4 – Incorporating God into the rhythm of family life

Yep, life is busy. And talking about God can be . . .

well, awkward.

But figuring out a way to make God a natural part of

the conversation is a great practice to establish early.

The baby and toddler years are perfect places to start

with morning and bedtime stories and prayers.

In the elementary years, meal times are great places to

talk about God and life.

And even in the teen years, driving around in the car or

hanging out after dinner are great times to talk about

faith.

If you do this well, having conversations with your kids

into their college and adult years won’t be that difficult.

5 – Setting boundaries

So much of the conflict that happens between parents

and kids, and between parents, happens because bound-

aries aren’t clear.

Boundaries and limits are something we both crave and

resist. We think freedom resides in having no bounda-

ries and limits, until we have none. Then we crave

them.

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The deadline for the December newsletter is Mon-

day, November 16. Please check the calendar on

the church’s website for upcoming deadline dates.

For a couple of years now, I have been intrigued by the

word “believe” in our faith, in our scriptures. I did a

quick search on www.biblegateway.com for the word

“believe” and came away having quickly scanned about

400 verses. Wow. Just wow.

John 6:29 is a good glimpse into how significant the

word is throughout the Bible: "Jesus told them, ‘This is

the only work God wants from you: Believe in the one he

has sent.’"

Do you see how powerful that one word is? And you’ll

find it in many familiar verses, including John 3:16. Be-

lief is the heart of our faith.

And it is the heart of Christmas.

Isn’t that what all of the frustration around Christmas in

recent years is? We want to hear Merry Christmas ins-

tead of Happy Holidays because we want everyone to

believe in Christmas. And we want to believe in Christ-

mas because we long for everyone we know to believe in

Christ.

This is one of the reasons we chose this year’s Christmas

musical, called Believe in CHRISTmas. When you bring

family members, friends, and co-workers, they will hear

just how significant it is to believe.

One of my favorite moments in the musical is during the

song “The Little Drummer Boy.” There’s a beautiful lyr-

ic, when the drummer boy sees Jesus and sings, “Then

He smiled at me.” The arranger (Travis Cottrell) chose to

have us linger there, so we sing those same words two

more times…

Then he smiled at me.

Then he smiled at me.

Maybe you know someone who finds it hard to be-

lieve that the God of the universe would welcome

them to church, to faith, to belief. But YOU believe

that God is seeking them, pursuing them, and draw-

ing them to Himself. You know that when they

choose to walk with Jesus, they will know what it is

like for God to smile at them.

Well then, pray for them. Often. Please invite them.

Offer to take them to dinner afterwards. Whatever it

takes. I promise you, if they come Sunday night

December 13 at 6pm, they will hear in compelling

ways just how much God loves them. And maybe,

just maybe, for the first time they will really Believe

in CHRISTmas.

Grace. Peace. Rod

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CARE Night will be on Sunday, November 29th begin-

ning at 4:00 pm in the fellowship hall. This is our last

care night of the year and we will be working on activi-

ties that tell our community about our celebrations of

Christmas. We will be preparing a mail-out for the

community and contacting recent guests and mem-

bers.

Acts 17:5,6 says, “Some of the Jews were jealous, so they gathered some troublemakers from the marketplace to form a mob and start a riot. They attacked the home of Jason, searching for Paul and Silas so they could drag them out to the crowd. Not finding them there, they dragged out Jason and some of the other believers in-stead and took them before the city council. ‘Paul and Silas have caused trouble all over the world,’ they shout-ed, ‘and now they are here disturbing our city, too.’”

Paul and Silas preached the Gospel and were accused of disturbing the city. When the Gospel enters an area it transforms lives, brings healing to hearts and families, makes better citizens, causes people to love others and at the same time become less selfish. The Gospel brings dead things to life and dispels the darkness. The leaders of that city did not want this kind of transformation. It was going to disturb their bank accounts, their very way of life. To believers, it was a positive cultural shift but it created negative repercussions from the world. More than likely some of their best patrons were being changed by the Gospel. Possibly even some family mem-bers were being brought to life in Christ. Everything was changing but it was met with hostility and persecution. The Gospel was effectively “disturbing the city.”

Is the Gospel disturbing our city? Are we a part of a movement that messes with the cultural norm of the world around us? Is our church or the people in our church ever accused of being “disturbers?” I want to be a part of a ministry that digs into the darkness of the world and brings light. I want to be accused of bringing the life of Christ to the death around us. I want to be known as a “disturber of the city.”

Matt Betts

Student Pastor

OCC 2015 is here!

Collection Deadline is:

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15

The Preschool 4 Christ and Kids 4 Christ groups will

have their annual Shoebox Packing Party on

Wednesday, Nov. 11th at 6:00 p.m. We will talk

about the purpose of the boxes, do a small craft to

include with our gifts, and pack boxes all together. If

you would like to participate in this encouraging

project please see Nichole Buckman

Our Shoebox Dedication Prayer Time will take place

on Nov. 18th during the evening service. All boxes

are due to the church by Sunday, Nov. 15th in order

to be checked and placed in the sanctuary for the

dedication. All preschool and elementary age chil-

dren will meet upstairs on Nov. 18th at 6:00 and will

come to prayer time together.

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Youth/Parents

Student Leadership-November 8th

Leave church at 10:00 am

We will attend and observe Cross Point Church in Nashville.

Lunch and meeting to follow in Nashville.

Arrive back at the church approximately 3:00 pm.

November 25th– No Youth Service

More about . . .

What to know:

Who: 5th & 6th Graders (Open to friends)

What: Tune In Weekend

Dates: Nov. 6th & 7th (Starts at 6:30 on Friday)

Cost: $10 per student

Preschool Small Groups in October

Elementary Small Groups in October

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Kids are masters at pushing the boundaries.

If you can set and agree on boundaries ahead of time, life

becomes so much simpler. Then you have a solution to a

problem (like curfew) before it arises.

Sure, if you have healthy limits for your kids as they move

into their pre-teen and teen years, you too will be inducted

into the Worst Parent Ever In The History Of Parenting

category by your darling child, which is exactly where

every parent enforcing a boundary will find themselves at

some point.

But secretly your kids crave boundaries. And one day,

they’ll thank you for setting them. Okay, I said one day . . .

So those are five things I’ve never regretted doing as a par-

ent.

Nichole Buckman

Director of Children’s Ministry

November 6th & 7th : Tune In Weekend 5th & 6th Grade Lock-In

November 11th : Wednesday Pre-K & Grades 1-6

Operation Christmas Child Packing Party

November 18th : Game Day Collection

November 18th – Operation Christmas Child Shoebox Deadline & Prayer Dedication

Wednesday Pre-K & Elementary Pajama Night

Preschool for Christ students are welcome to wear their pajamas on Wednesday, November 18th. After the time of prayer dedicating the Operation Christmas Child Shoe-boxes we will watch a Veggie Tales movie, enjoy a pop-corn, and sip on some warm cocoa.

All 1st – 6th graders are encouraged to bring a family game to

be donated to a local family at Christmas. We will also spend

some time in fellowship playing some games together.