Vol. 40 Issue 5 September/October 2014 A bimonthly publication of First Baptist Church of Gaston

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Missions

September 6 Camille Graham Prison Picnic

September 14-20 Season of Prayer for State Missions

September 15 WOMEN ON MISSION Home Meeting

October 6-7 State Fair Pre-Fair Ministry

October 8-20 SC State Fair Ministry

October 12 World Hunger Day

October 20 WOMEN ON MISSION Home Meeting

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH GASTON

TRUNK-OR-TREAT

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31 - 6:00-8:00PM

FOR CHILDREN THRU 6TH GRADE

A safe and fun place for children to Go Trick-or-Treating.

We need volunteers to decorate trunks and dress up in fun

"non-scary" costumes! We also need lots and lots of individually

wrapped candy or money donations.... we give out A LOT of candy!

There will be a box in the Welcome Center

to collect candy and a sign up sheet to

volunteer to decorate trunks, both starting

Sunday, September 28th.

All Free!!

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

Dustin Eberhart

♥Brandon & Tonya

Huseby

2

Jo Ellen Haigwood

Marshal Hogston

Glenn Pound

Wayne Watts

Stephen Willetts

3

Regina Glenn

Cody Tidwell

Mandi Williams

Spiritual Warriors

Luncheon 11:30

All Mission Groups

7 PM

4 5

Phillip McBride

Sherrell Ott

Christine Reynolds

6

Camille Graham

Prison Picnic

7

Claudea Pound

8

Vanessa Ayer Ramos

Cindy Gleaton

Sherry Reynolds

Janice Willetts

9

Amber Fallaw

David Hinkle

L. H. Sightler

Lois Skipper

Marion Sturkie

10

Huston Brock

James McIver

Lonnie Shivers

Prayer Meeting

11

Dwain Smith

12

Faith Brock

Nanette Stabler

♥Eddie & Collette

Knight

♥E. N. & Melba

Williams

13

Roy Jackson

Jim Pound

David Rish

14

Hannah Anderson

Sherrie Ellison

Daniel Feaster

Kyle Haigwood

Kameron Haig-

wood

Lee Sanford

♥Robbie & Nanette

Stabler

15

David Hartgraves

Savannah Martin

Michael Rish

Bailey Sharpe

♥Ted & Janice Boldt

WOM Home

Meeting

16

Melissa Alsbrook

Rhonda Parrish

Mike Rollison

Laurin Sturkie

17

Edward Dowd

Marvin Pound, Sr

Pam Saunders

Charles Sharpe

Joel Sox

Andie Suggs

♥Brice & Peggy

Donaldson

Prayer Meeting

18

Victoria Aziz

Richie Pound

Betty Sharpe

19

Remington Reyn-

olds

20

Beatrice Bryant

♥Boyce & Sherry

Rampey

21

Shannon Kincaid

Agnes Sigh

Phyllis Templeton

Shirley Watts

22

Cheri Vidrine

♥David & Grace

Hartgraves

23

Pamela Cornette

♥Tony & Kim Miller

First Day of Fall

24

Taylor Griffin

Tyler Stalvey

Prayer Meeting

25

Mitchell Dowd

26

Nathan Aultman

Hallie Collette

Brandon Dawkins

27

Katlyn Kelly

Patricia Sprinkle

E. N. Williams

28

Victoria Hammond

Eddie Knight

Timothy Urbanek

Kinley Watts

29

Jennifer Delatorre

Patricia Sightler

Holly Watson

♥Harold & Annette

Lucas

♥Randy & Sandra

Poole

30

Josh Copeland

Austin Godfrey

♥Harvel & Linda

Sighter

Deacon Meeting

We could learn a lot from crayons: Some

are sharp, some are pretty, some are dull,

some have weird names, and all are

different colors … but they all exist very

nicely together in the same box.

—Robert Fulghum

September 14-20 Season of Prayer for Home Missions

A Nation’s Strength Not gold, but only man can make a people great and strong:

Men who, for truth and honor’s sake, stand fast and suffer long.

Brave men who work while others sleep, who dare while others fly—

They build a nation’s pillars deep and lift them to the sky. —Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

Rachel Farmer

Karen Pound

Spiritual Warriors

Luncheon 11:30

All Mission Groups

7 PM

2

Melissa Davis

Stuart Pound, Sr.

Virginia Thomas

♥Jimmy & Sandra

Watts

3

Rick Barr, Sr

Rachel Partin

Sarah Skinner

Mandy Stone

4

Taylor Gardner

T. L. Huggins

Winston Miles

Stephen Perry

Donald Rowe

Jimmy Sharpe

♥J. B. & Irma Baden

5

Elisa Edwards

Ernest Gantt

Clint Spires

6

James Smith

♥Harry & Helen Lock-man, Sr.

7

Charles Bryant

Rebecca Darr

Karen Dowd

Lenora Taylor

8

Bryan Cole

Joshua Love

Sherry Rampey

Eugene Sharpe

Karen Willetts

Prayer Meeting

9

Brenda Bauer

Jared Cox

Dena Dawkins

Kandi Lei Smith

Halli Spire

Laura Willingham

♥Jim & Alison St.Clair

10

Dawn Herron

11

Charles Bobo, Jr

Jackie Johnson

Lauren Sprinkle

12

Rebecca Bobbitt

Brittany Corder

Amanda Munsell

Gloria Sharpe

Peggy Smith

Amelia Suggs

Wendell Templeton

World Hunger Day

13

Tonya Huseby

Travis Meetze

Samuel Rampey

14

Chris Phillips

Jay Sharpe

Brent Smith

Claudette Smith

15

Jennifer Stansil

♥Frank & Kim Ayer

Prayer Meeting/

Conference

16 17

Robbie Dittmar

Dwayne Fallaw

Kevin Spire

Larry Williamson

18

Michael Daw-

kins

David Hilde-

brand

Kayla Hutto

Trey Skinner lll

♥Graham & Erin

Houghten

19

Dennis Henderson

Helen Lockman

Megan Miller

Emily Sharpe

♥Duane & Jackie Johnson

20

Harley Phillips

Joanna Shivers

Catelyn Thornton

♥Danny & Dawn Herron ♥Jacob & Rebecca Hull

WOW Home Meeting

21

Henry Dowd

Michael Hite

Ashlyn Thornton

22

Vanessa Clark

Erica Galloway

Matthew Leonard

Prayer Meeting

23

Frank Buchanan

Allyson Jeffcoat

Miles Rhode

Priscilla Rogers

Audrey Headden

24

Reagan Fickling

25

Candice Austen

Kayla Gallop

Melanie Mar-

lowe

Hampton New-

man IV

Melissa Vest

26

Michelle Cox

Karen Frownfelter

Kaylan Huseby

Brayden Huseby

Heyward Kelly

Tammy Rewis

Sandy Winstead

♥Steven & Nicole Kirkland

27

Doris Barwick

Annsley Pound

Ann Smith

28

Anne Brewster

Melissa Day

Cheryl Reynolds

Robert Wise

♥Warren & Beth Cope

29

Tasha Gaffney

Leianne Johnson

Spencer Lail

Ben Spires

Prayer Meeting

30

Travis Henderson

Rebecca Ridgeway

31

Chelsey Bivins

Jeff Rogers

Harvest Festival

October 6-7

State Fair Pre-Fair Ministry State Fair Ministry

State Fair Ministry

State Fair Ministry

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born,

and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted; A time to kill, and a

time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up; A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a

time to mourn, and a time to dance; A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together;

a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing; A time to get, and a time to lose; a time to

keep, and a time to cast away; A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to

speak; A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace. Ecclesiastes 3:1-8

Church Contact Information First Baptist Church of Gaston

121 Oakey Springs Drive PO Box 309

Gaston, SC 29053

Phone: 803 794-0377 Email: fbcg003@bellsouth.net

www.firstbaptistgaston.org Pastor Larry Harrison

803 422.3080 pastorlarry@fbcgaston.org

“Mrs. Dot”

Mrs. Dot Wilson was a lot of things to a lot of people. She was a wife, mother, sister, grandmother, great-grandmother friend and neighbor. She taught some of us to cut col-lards, some to root flowers, and some how to cook gravy. She had a passion for mis-sions…her family and friends and for her church!

When I think of WMU (now WOM) – I think of Mrs. Dot… she was a driving force around our WMU for over 30 years. She encouraged women of all ages to get involved with mis-sions and stay involved in missions. She went on mission trips and worked right here in

our own community tirelessly as long she was able. (Well, really even beyond when she was able…she kept serving)

She also grew beautiful roses… and this makes me think of her too…

Roses… yellow roses are your best friend. In fact, yellow roses are a traditional symbol of friendship, so there you go. With their warm, sunny disposition, a bouquet of yellow roses tends to light up the room, making them a perfect way to say thanks, get well, congratulations or just, “Hey, thanks for being you.”

Mrs. Dot was a friend… to many… she would light up a room… sometimes with a sunny disposition and sometimes with fire... but either way, she kept things bright! (Smile)

As we say good-bye to our friend here on this earth, we have the assurance of seeing her again because of the testimony that she lived… by faith. I would challenge all of us to take a look at our lives and see if we have that same sacrificial life. Do we put our church in the place of honor that the Bride of Christ de-serves? Slowly we are losing many of that generation who were willing to work hard to keep our church as a viable and healthy part of our community. Our church will never be the same again, because of our loss… but it can move forward for Christ if we all cared as much as Mrs. Dot.

In Loving Memory,

Sherrell Ott

Financial Peace University will begin on September 7th. The class will meet for 9 weeks. Class is from 4:30-6 PM. Please order you materials online at www.daveramsey.com/fpu/locations/

Mrs. Dot went to be with the Lord Tuesday, August 12, 2014. A memorial service was held Sunday, August 17 at 3 PM with burial in the church cemetery.

Spiritual Warriors Luncheons at 11:30

Wednesday, September 3

and

Wednesday, October 1

Join the Senior Citizens for a time of

Food and Fellowship!!!

We would like to welcome Gib Rogers our Interim Music Director. We are

thankful God has led him our way.

Weekly Schedule Sunday

09:45am……............Sunday School 11:00 am………….…….…...Worship Children’s Worship 05:00pm…………....…..Discipleship 05:00pm.…...Adult Choir practice 06:00pm….……………...…..Worship

Wednesday 05:45pm ……......……..Joyful Noise 06:00pm……….…..Joyful Noise, Jr. 06:45…...………..………......…..Youth 07:00pm…………....Prayer Service 07:00pm………...……....GAs, RAs & Mission Friends