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Vol. 67 Friday, October 20, 2017 no. 42

Financials from 10-15-17

Sunday School Attendance Worship Attendance

99 161

$11,913.00 $8,549.95

Designated Offering Total Capital Improvement Cooperative Program Operation Christmas Child Postage Benevolence Lottie Moon ($25 IMO Sue Beam, $25 IMO Faye Smith, $25 IMO Laura Riddle) Golden Offering

$551.00 $50.00 $30.00 $77.00

$244.00 $75.00

$75.00

Overall Total for the Week $12,464.00

Budget Received for the Year Budget Required for the Year (Week 43) +Over/<Under> for the Year

$359,261.35 $367,647.85 <$8,386.50>

$2,700.00 $4,129.58 $4,190.00

$75.00

OCTOBER

Capital Improvement (year to date giving) Operation Christmas Child Postage (year to date) Golden Offering (year to date) Lottie Moon (year to date)

Budget Received (includes $50 IMO Faye Smith, $505 IMO Sue Beam) [Budget Requirement for the Week]

This Week at Smithwood:

Sunday, October 22, 2017 8:45 a.m. Prayer Meeting—Conference Room 9:00 a.m. Library Opens 9:30 a.m. Sunday School 10:45 a.m. Morning Worship Service with Jeff Lane Preaching 12:15 p.m. Called Business Meeting

Wednesday, October 25, 2017 5:30-7:00 p.m. JustLead Children’s Activities 6:00 p.m. Adult Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Assembly (Youth Bible Study) 7:00 p.m. Choir Rehearsal Thursday, October 26, 2017 6:45 p.m. Veterans Writing Group

October 20 — Jack Holt October 21 — Larry Fields October 23 — Cathy Cannon October 26 — Frankie Lay

Sunday AM, October 22 — II Timothy 4:1-2

“The Pastor’s Primary Task”

Wednesday PM, October 25 — New Testament Postcards

“Philemon: A Lesson about Forgiveness and Reconciliation”

Prayer Concerns:

Prayer Line— Call Bob at 938-9466 Betty Tudor, Terry Lynn, Bill Roberts, Michelle Henry, Donnie Beeler, Etta

Sands, Rhonda Cecchin, Mary Kyzer, Allen Hutchison, Nancy Matlock, Wilma

Berggren, Catherine Smalls, Jack Bohanan, Harold Bryson, Nina Berkley, Den-

nis Fair, Sandra Ann Blair, Gladys Ybarra, family of Laura Riddle, Carolyn

Housley, family of Betty Hensley, family of Thomas Black, family of Faye

Smith, family of Sue Beam, Bonnie Reeser, family of Wahnetah Hillhouse, fami-

ly of Gwen Webber, Mary Ann Moser, Mitchell Burnett.

($50 IMO Sue Beam)

A special day of worship and activities for the whole family at Smithwood Baptist Church, Sunday, October 29th

If you have a child, or grandchild, age 2 or younger, please consider bringing them for a special time of prayer and dedication on Sunday, October 29. Please register with our church office the name of the child and parents or grandchild. You may also email or drop off at the church office, a photo of the child to display on the screen.

Trunk or Treat! Inflatables! Sunday, October 29th, 4-6:00 p.m.

Sign up at the Welcome Center to decorate your car trunk and hand out treats. Bring the kids and grandkids — we will have in-flatables as well! Donations of candy also welcome!

Smithwood Family,

Thank you all for your support over the past few months of Mom’s illness. Your visits, cards, foord and prayers have been very appreciated.

The Family of Faye Smith, David and Linda Smith

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT Rev. Jeff M. Lane, Associate Pastor of Bethany Baptist Church in Lou-isville, Kentucky, has been invited by the Pastor Search Committee to preach on Sunday, October 22, in view of a call as the new Senior Pastor of Smithwood Baptist Church. Jeff was born in Knoxville and is a graduate of Carson-Newman University and Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He and his wife, Angela, also a graduate of Carson-Newman University, have three children, Noah (8), Emma (5) and Cora (2). The Pastor Search Committee is unanimous in this rec-ommendation. Following the worship service on October 22, the Lane family will temporarily depart and the Church will enter a spe-cial called business meeting to consider the recommendation of the Search Committee. A vote will be taken, tabulated and results an-nounced.

A WORD FROM THE INTERIM PASTOR….

PASTORAL CANDIDATE – Rev. Jeff Lane will be preaching

Sunday morning at the invitation of the Pastor Search Committee.

He and his wife, Angela and their three children, Noah, Emma and

Cora will be our special guests.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT BIBLE STUDY – Thanks to Michael Lail

who filled in for me this week while I traveled to Louisiana to con-

duct a funeral for a family member. On October 25th I will begin

a new series – New Testament Postcards (short letters) – Phile-

mon, II John, III John and Jude.

CHILD AND FAMILY CELEBRATION SUNDAY – October

29th. I am looking forward to a special service that will include a

child and parent dedication segment.

CALLED BUSINESS MEETING

Moderator Hollis Loveday will call the church into a Special

Called Business Meeting Sunday following the Morning Worship

Service to consider the recommendation from the Pastor Search

Committee that Rev. Jeff Lane be called to become the new Senior

Pastor at Smithwood Baptist Church.

Dr. Larry Fields

Interim Pastor

Keenagers Want to Have Fun!

The Keenagers would be honored if any age 55 or older men or women would join them on the second Thursday of each month for a Dutch treat lunch. Come on November 9th to Shoney's on Broadway at 11:30 a.m. and enjoy food, fellowship, and friendship with this elite group of kindhearted Keenagers.

Women on Mission will be collecting personal hygiene items until October 29th. You may place your donations in the basket by the elevator. These donations will be taken to the Foun-tain City Ministry Center to be dis-tributed to our community’s needy families.

The Pastor Search Committee will host an informal floating “Meet and Greet” reception for Jeff and Angela Lane and their family this Saturday, October 21st, from 9:30 am until 11:30 a.m. Please stop by and wel-come the Lanes to Knoxville. Light refreshments will be served.

Christmas Music Workshop Sunday, November 5th

The sanctuary choir will enjoy lunch together imme-diately following morning worship and afterwards will work on Christmas music. It is important that everyone who would like to be involved in the Christmas music be present for this event. We in-vite any new members as well. Of course you don't have to wait until then — join us every Wednesday evening at 7:00 p.m. in the choir room.