Where do I begin? This will be my last newsletter article as Pastor of MFBC. This is a bittersweet time for me and Retta. We are excited about what the Lord is doing, but it is tough leaving MFBC! We love you all so much! You have become our family over these 20 years! I have such sweet memories of our time here. The Lord has been good to us and has done great things because of you all! You have been people that will follow the Lord and His leader for the church. Stepping out on faith many times has shown His power and Glory! Thank you for your love for the Lord and for me and my fami-ly. We will be praying for you as you seek the Lord’s will for your next pastor! Pray hard and then do what He tells you to do. My desire is to see MFBC go to much higher ground than ever before! I believe you can. I believe that God had us here for this season to get you ready for your best days! I will always be here for all of you and your new pastor. If I can ever help in any way, please let me know. One thing that I will not do is hinder the new pastor and I hope you won’t ei-ther! He will not be the same as me and will do some things differently. The neat thing is, that a lot of what he will do different will take you higher as a church! I think that is the neat thing about different pastors coming in. God uses each one of us to do certain things and the others build on what we have done!

There are so many things that I want to thank you for, but I am so afraid that I will leave something or someone out, so let me generalize! Thanks to a wonderful staff that has followed me and had my back. They are a great bunch and I hope you will pray for them and support them during this transition. Thanks to a great group of deacons, who have been my friends through the years. You guys have wept and rejoiced with me. I still do not have negative things to say about MFBC deacons! Thanks to all of our Ministry Teams. You guys have done an outstanding job in your area of ministry! It’s amazing how much gets done here at MFBC! Thanks to the congregation! You all love the Word of God and have always encouraged me to keep preaching it! What a blessing that is to a pastor to have an atmosphere where you can boldly preach the truth! These 20 years have been the best years of the 32 years I have been in the ministry! I preached for 2 years before becoming a pastor and have been a pastor for 30 years now. God blessed me to be the pastor here for this time. Thanks for the encouragement, love, gifts, notes and cards and the prayers for me and Retta through the years. You made them special. I could write a book on my time at MFBC. We have wept, laughed and rejoiced together. We have shared special moments together here and around the world serving the Lord and just enjoying being around each other. I was your pastor but you were my friends as well. The phone number that I have now will stay here at the church for someone else to have. Get with me on Facebook or through Retta to get my new number. We love you! Godspeed on the new journey!

02: 10:00 am, God & Country Day NO Sunday School NO Evening Worship Service 03: Office & Summit Closed 04: Office & Summit Closed 6:00 pm, NO Set Free Ministry 05: 6:30 pm, Organizational Night 6:30 pm, Mission Friends 6:30 pm, G.A.’s & R.A.’s 6:30 pm, Go Global (Youth) 7:30 pm, NO Choir Practice 09: 9:00 am, Worship Service 10:15 am, Sunday School 6:00 pm, Evening Worship Service 7:00 pm, Nicaragua Pancake Supper 11: 9:00 am, S.A.L.T. Game Day 6:00 pm, Set Free Ministry 12: 6:30 pm, Mid-Week Worship 6:30 pm, Mission Friends 6:30 pm, G.A.’s & R.A.’s 6:30 pm, Go Global (Youth) 7:30 pm, NO Choir Practice 16: 9:00 am, Worship Service 10:15 am, Sunday School 6:00 pm, Evening Worship Service 17: 6:00 pm, Keenagers 18: 10:00 am, SALT going to NC 6:00 pm, Set Free Ministry 6:00 pm, Kids Sports Night 19: 6:30 pm, Mid-Week Worship 6:30 pm, Mission Friends 6:30 pm, G.A.’s & R.A.’s 6:30 pm, Go Global (Youth) 7:30 pm, NO Choir Practice 23: 9:00 am, Worship Service 10:15 am, Sunday School 6:00 pm, Evening Worship Service 25: 9:00 am, S.A.L.T. Game Day 6:00 pm, Set Free Ministry 6:00 pm, Kids Sports Night 26: 6:30 pm, Mid-Week Worship 6:30 pm, Mission Friends 6:30 pm, G.A.’s & R.A.’s 6:30 pm, Go Global (Youth) 7:30 pm, NO Choir Practice 30: 9:00 am, Worship Service 10:15 am, Sunday School 6:00 pm, Evening Worship Service

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NO FAST Meeting in July

Summer Heat Safety Tips

Summer is here, and it is hot! Occasionally your body may be exposed to more heat than it can handle, resulting in a heat related illness such as heat cramps, heat exhaustion, or (the most severe) heat stroke. Infants and the elderly are most at risk, along with ath-letes, those who work outdoors, and those who take certain medica-tions. Here are some safety tips to help avoid heat related illnesses: - Limit outdoor exposure during hot days, especially between the hours of 11:00 am and 3:00 pm. This is normally the hottest part of the day. - Air conditioning is the best way to cool off, according to the CDC. - Drink more liquid than you think you'll need. - Wear loose, lightweight clothing and a hat when outdoors. - Replace salt lost during sweating by drinking fruit juice or sports drinks. - Wear sunscreen. Sunburn affects your body's ability to cool itself. - Pace yourself when exercising or work-ing outdoors. Take breaks and cool off in the shade with water or sports drink. His Servants, Jimmy & Rhonda Batson

Tuesdays 6:30-8pm in the church conference room

NO JULY MEETING

During the summer months we will be studying a Dr. Charles Stanley series on "Dealing with Damaged Emotions." This is a great study focusing on such issues as; anxiety, guilt and unforgiveness. These powerful emotions can impact your life in many physical , mental and emotional ways. Please come join us and continue to invite family or co-workers.

His Servants, Jimmy & Rhonda

Hot weather and summer are here! Water is crucial and as we visit the farm workers we will be carrying water bottles to distribute. Please watch the bulletin for dates and times and weather permitting we will continue to go out on a monthly basis. Most of all please continue to pray for the migrant workers and their families. Thanks! Jimmy & Rhonda

Pleasure or Missions County Square in Greenville now has a one-stop passport office to assist with passport issues. The office is located at 1300-A in County Square and the hours are Monday-Friday 9am-3:30 pm.

July 6 Debbie & Rusty Payne, Ed-wina Ervin, , Susan Williams, Zeb Singleton

July 13 Pam & Mike Moore, Keaton, Austin, Doris Albright, Karen Allen, Mike Johnson

July 20 David Davis, Gary Glenn, Ruth Epps, The McJunkin family, Leanna Mays

July 27 Gwen Chambers, Olivia Chambers, Judy Chambers, Roger & Lonita Stegall

Game Day in the Parlor –

Tuesday, July 11 & 28, at 9 am

Trip to Moose Café and Biltmore Outlets – Tuesday, July 18, leave at 10 am

Mission Action Group Circle of Joy JULY 3 @ 12 pm JULY: OUTING TBA Eating at Shortfields

Worship Choir

Schedule for July

The Worship Choir is

currently on summer break.

We hope that you will enjoy

the special music that will

be provided by our soloists

and small groups. We will

resume rehearsals on

Wednesday, August 16.

Community

Outreach

July 26th

Ready to reach

out!

Hang

Out

Open Gym and

Supper

Sunday, July 23rd

7pm-10pm

Bring appetizer

Student Pastor: Brian Spearman Phone:630-8052

July 5th

New Orleans

Sharing

Sharing

6:30PM

July 12th

Fireside Chats

6:15 PM

July 19th

Fireside Chats

6:15PM

July 26th

Ignite Community

Outreach

6:30 PM

FUN

NIGHTS

FRIDAY, JULY

28th

ALL NIGHT

GAME NIGHT

Details Coming

9am - Josh & Kayla Cannon 9am - Cher Allen & Leanna Mays

9am - Ellen Garrett & Kim Haulter

9am - Margaret Pepper & Kim Craig 9 am - Sonya Cantrell & Kim Ervin

New Orleans

Mission Trip

Celebration Time: Sharing and Snacks

July 5th in the View

6:30pm-7:30pm

go global

Wednesday

July 2nd: Bible Story Leader: Angela Spearman Craft: Hannah Anders/Nate Spearman July 9th: Bible Story Leader: Tasha Cisson Craft:: Nate Spearman July 16th: Bible Story Leader: Kim Logan Craft: Bill Dudley July 23rd: Bible Story Leader: Kayla Cannon Craft: Seth King/ Madison July 30th Bible Story Leader: Brian Spearman Craft: Creed Ledford

July 2nd: Head leader: Pam Moore Rec/Crafts: Adam and Laura Johnson Bible Drill: The Tankerslys Youth: Keaton Moore Head leader: Tammy Moffitt Rec/Crafts: Tyler Cole Bible Drill: Debbie Payne Youth: Aiden Howard

Head leader: Kim Ervin Rec/Crafts: Tommy Ervin Bible Drill: Gwen Chambers Youth: John Bowles, Olivia Chambers

Head leader: The Kings Rec/Crafts: Seth King Bible Drill: Melissa Crum Youth: Alexandra Durham, Ali Crum Head leader: Pam Moore Rec/Crafts: Seth King Bible Drill: Tyler Cole Youth: Alexandra Durham, Ali Crum

Weekday Activities

@ The Summit

Monday night

“Open gym”

6p-

9p

Thursday night

“Open gym”

6p-

9p

Tuesday night

“Volleyball Night”

6p-

9p

The Summit

Hours:

Monday - Friday:

8:30am - 3:00pm

Monday, Tuesday,

Thursday:

6:00pm - 9:00pm

Be sure to quench

your thirst with a

cold Gatorade at

The Summit Café.

6 flavors available

Open nightly

July 24th & July 27th

For The Record June 2017

Morning Worship, 9:00 A.M. 04: 272 11: 304 18: 300 25: 216

6:00 P.M. Service 04: 132 11: VBS 18: 25: 138

Tithes and Offerings:

Reg. Budget Bldg. Fund Desg. Offerings

04: $9,946.58 $1,382.00 $436.00

11: $12,988.00 $1,508.00 $5,176.00

18: $8,426.50 $11,195.50 $3,208.66

25: $17,461.00 $2,014.00 $1,800.00

And the Lord Added:

Profession of Faith/ Baptism 7: Jeffrey Dale Minter 8: Luke Walton 9: Kevin Hinson 10: Lilly Poore 11: Spencer Kelley 8: Who will win this one?

Letter/Statement 4: Steven Zebold 5: Marian Zebold 6: Debbie Hinson 7: Who will reach this one?

Bennie Durham, Senior Pastor

Scott Holtzclaw, Worship Pastor

Brian Spearman, Student Pastor

Ryan Howard, Recreation Pastor

Angie Hudgins, Administrative Assistant

Brenda Ervin, C. D. C. Director &

Nursery Coordinator

Tedd Barnette, Building & Special Coordinator

Tim Brezeale, Pianist

Office Hours 8:30 am -3:00 pm Church……………….836-3518 or 836-3522 Church Fax………….…..……….……836-3538 Child Development Center..…..836-7027

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