November 25

Thanksgiving

Vespers

6:30 pm

November 29

Operation

Christmas Child

Shoebox

Collection

Sunday

No

AWANA

CLUBS

On Sunday,

November 29th

J ust twenty years ago, it would have been illegal to go to Sunday School and learn about Jesus in Communist

countries. In fact, any religion was strictly forbidden during nearly seventy years of Soviet rule.

But with the collapse of the Communist regime in 1990, doors to the Gospel began to open in Mongolia, a vast and sparsely populated nation between China and Russia. Still, missionaries found church planting to be a difficult task as cultural religions took root in the culture.

We began sending shoebox gifts to Mongolia in 1996 where we had led a series of relief and evangelism projects. Our Children’s Heart Project helped save the lives of over two hundred and sixty children in Mongolia who were born with heart defects.

“Mongolians think Christianity is a foreign religion,” wrote Moujic Baatar, national leadership team member, “but when we distribute shoeboxes and tell people about God’s love, that really touches their hearts. The boxes show that God is not asking them to do something for Him and He is not

angry with them. This is a very different God than what they are taught in their religion.”

Today, there are several hundred churches in the country, and about two percent of the population of three million consider themselves Christians.

Through the project, children and their families who live in some of the most remote provinces of Mongolia are being reached with the Gospel. One of these children is Balginyan, a teenager who received a shoebox gift last year (201 2) in t he mo u nta in community of Ulzit.

Balginyan rises early every morning to milk his family’s cows and helps his father look after a herd of sheep, goats, and yaks. Horses are his mode of transportation as he leads the livestock to good pasture.

When the boy opened his box, he was amazed to find a beautiful toy horse, as well as other small gifts. Along with his box, Balginyan also received The Greatest Gift of All booklet in his own language. So taken by the story and pictures, Balginyan carried it with him

when he herded sheep that evening.

“I took the book with me and read it,” he said. “After that, I started to read the Bible and I began to pray. I learned that God is a shepherd, the Great Shepherd.”

As thousands of Mongolian children receive shoebox gifts, they are also hearing the blessed news of the Good Shepherd who lovingly cares for His flock.

Jesus said, “I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. He will come in and go out, and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal, kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.” (John 10:9-10, NIV)

Operation Christmas Child: A Story of Simple

Gifts, page 269270

Written by Franklin Graham and Donna Lee

Toney ©2013 Samaritans Purse

Only 30 boxes are still sitting in our

foyer. It’s not about a box, it’s about

a life! Pray that those 30 children

will receive their box this Christmas!

Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes Lottie Moon Christmas Offering Baptist Children’s Homes of North Carolina

November @

Woodlawn

“BOY SHEPHERD HEARS THE GREAT SHEPHERD” Editors Note: It has been my joy to share shoebox stories with you throughout this season. As we prepare to collect shoeboxes and deliver them to Samaritans Purse on December 7th, we are excited about what God is going to do. This will be the last installment in this year’s Evangel as we hope to light a ‘spark’ in the midst of a lost and dying world with over 600 opportunities through shoeboxes.

Serving Sunday, November 29, 2015

Greeters for Sunday

Building A Johnny Hughey

Building B

Van Driver Nick Pollard

AM Ushers Alex Atkinson, Jim Ball, Johnny Hughey, Charlie

Johnson, Dale Morrison, Patrick Shuman,

Ron Smith

PM Ushers Ron Abee, Jim Ball, Bill Burton, David Huffman,

Luther Miller, W.T. Lemons, Ron Smith

Deacon Prayer Ministry ­ 10:30 am

Worship Center Doug Underwood

Deacon Prayer Room Brian Settlemyre, Jerry Shuman

Food Pantry Volunteers

Monday, November 30th Patsy Summerlin, Shirley Butler

WEEKLY ATTENDANCE REPORT Nov 15 Nov 22

Total Church Membership 1,266 1,266

Total Worship Attendance AM 560 PM 120

AM 568 PM 85

Total Sunday School/Life Group Enrollment 1,139 1,139

Sunday School/Life Group Attendance 375 356

Total Wednesday Morning Bible Study Nov. 11 54 Nov 18: 52

WEEKLY STEWARDSHIP REPORT

Weekly Budget Goal $27,646.00 $27,646.00

Weekly Budget Receipts $27,606.00 $18,753.31

Weekly Building Fund Receipts $140.00 $889.00

Weekly Mission Fund Receipts $395.00 $120.00

Baptist Children’s Home Offering — $12,171.00

Wednesday, November 25th

6:30 pm

In the Worship Center

No Wednesday Morning Bible Study

December 6th

Regular Services AM & PM

December 7th Shoebox Packing Day, Boone

(Navigators)

December 10th

Travis Cottrell at the Cove (Choir)

December 11th

Navigators Christmas Banquet

December 13th PM– A Worship Choir Christmas Celebration

December 19th Shoebox Packing Day, Clt

(Youth)

December 20th

AM - Lottie Moon Aisle March PM - A Candlelight Christmas

December 23-25

Office Closed No Wednesday AM Bible Study

December 27th

No PM Service

January 1, 2016 Office Closed

December 8th 11:45 am (meet at the church) Christmas Party at Carol Bowman’s

No Awana Clubs on November 29th

Due to Thanksgiving Holiday!

Next Meeting will be on December 6th

at Regular time

No meetings on Dec. 13th, 20th, or 27th

Clubs will resume on January 3rd!

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On the Calendar

December 2nd “Alzheimer's & Dementia” Workshop - Lunch 11:00 am December 7th Samaritans Purse Warehouse Packing Day. Boone December 11th Christmas Banquet 5:30 pm December 14th Tanglewood Tour of Lights 4:00 pm departure, $25 each to cover motorcoach & entrance fee December 20th Caroling at Trinity Ridge 3:00 - 3:45 p.m.

Connect with us on social media. Keep up with happenings,

schedules, weather delays, etc. as we approach the winter months.

WHEN YOU ARE IN THE HOSPITAL

Please let us know when you are in the hospital. Pastor Jerry serves as our pastoral care pastor and visits in the hospitals on a regular basis.

When he is involved with other ministries, he coordinates with the other pastors to make sure you are being visited throughout the week.

Your Deacon Family Minister is also available to visit with you in the hospital.

After hours and on weekends a pastor is available for emergencies by calling the pastor-on-call at 828-464-6921.

WE ARE UPDATING OUR HOMEBOUND LIST

If you are currently not on our homebound list and would like to be, please call Lisa in the church office at 828-464-6921.

As his schedule permits, Pastor Jerry visits our homebound members on a quarterly basis.

In addition our Oasis Teams are available upon request.

Your Deacon Family Minister is also available to visit with you by appointment.

FEATURING

THE COCKMAN FAMILY

In support of Highways and Hedges Ministry

for the homeless and needy.

All donations go toward blessing families

and providing needs for the Christmas season.

THE SALT BLOCK, Friday December 4 - 7 pm

General Admission: $15

Those making donations or volunteering: $10

Included in this week’s Evangel, you will find a presentation of the

nominees for Deacon Ministry for the 2016 Church year. Please

take time to review each of the nominees, along with the Trustee

recommendation, and make these a constant matter of prayer over

the next two weeks, as you prepare to cast your ballot on Sunday

morning, December 13th in Church Conference.

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Volume 43, Issue 46 November 23, 2015 Published Weekly by

Woodlawn Baptist Church, Conover, NC Phone: (828) 464-6921

Fax: (828) 466-3472

Website: www.woodlawnbaptistnc.org

Dr. Ed Yount, Senior Pastor

Rev. Mike Daughtrey, Minister of Music & Worship Ministries

Rev. Jerry Anderson, Minister of Senior Adults & Pastoral Care

Rev. Ed Braswell, Minister of Students

Mrs. Erica Whitener, Director of Preschool & Children

Mrs. Patty Elrod, Director of the Child Development Center

Ronda Fagan, Financial Assistant and Ministry Assistant to Children, Students, & Seniors

Lisa Hefner, Ministry Assistant to the Pastor and Minister of Music

Erick Elmore, Maintenance Superintendent

Check out www.woodlawnbaptistnc.org

Sunday, November 29, 2015

10:30 am Dr. Ed Yount

“Knowing Jesus” Philippians 3:10-11

6:30 p.m. Dr. Ed Yount

“A Christian’s Influence” Philippians 2:25-30

Wednesday, December 2, 2015 11:00 am

Alzheimer’s and Dementia Workshop

Presented by Trinity Village Staff Lunch following at 12 Noon

Proclaiming the Message

SHOEBOX COLLECTION SUNDAY is

THIS SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29th!

Bring your shoeboxes and place them at the altar as

you enter the Worship Center or the Christian Life

Center on the 29th. During the service we will

recognize, commission, and pray over the boxes as we

send them out all over the world as tools of the gospel

of Jesus Christ!

If you’ve not done so, register your box online at

Samaritanspurse.org/occ

That way, you can track your boxes across the world

and know when they arrive, and where. Then you can

effectively pray for that people group, and those

children who will receive a box of abundant blessing.

Remember to pay your $7 shipping fee online, or

include it in your box. It will be removed at the

packing center when it is processed.

Just remember, it’s not about a box,

it’s about a life!