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WEEKLY SCHEDULE

Sundays:
8:30am-Praise Team
Rehearsal
9:00am-Choir Rehearsal
9:30am-Sunday School
10:30am-Worship

6:00pm-Youth

Wednesdays:
6:30am-Grits and God’s
Word
6:00pm-Prayer Meeting
and Fellowship Supper
-Youth
7:15pm–Choir rehearsal

Loaves of Love
We will meet Sept. 12,
2009 at 9:00 AM. We will
resume on every 3rd
Saturday 9:00 AM in the
Fellowship Hall & Kitchen
in October

Ladies Luncheon
We will meet September
24, 2009 at 12 noon. Our Coming in October:
speaker will be Edna  Deacon Banquet - September 21, 2009
Ellison.
7:00 PM - Fellowship Hall
 October is Outreach Month
First Baptist Church of Elloree Coming in November:
6208 Old Hwy. No. Six  New Members Class - Each Sunday at 9:30 AM,
Elloree, SC 29047
803-897-2773 November 1 – 29 – Learn about Membership at
First Baptist Church.
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 From Your
From Your Pastor
Pastor
 Discipleship From Your Pastor
 Deacon of the
I am excited about this Fall! September is the
Month
busiest month of the church year. That’s because of the
number of important decisions and commitments to
WMU
All members of WMU serve that you make during this month. Let me
will be meeting Monday, encourage you to pray that God will bless our obedience!
September 14th, at 9:30 Scroll through the pages of this newsletter and join us!
AM in the Fellowship
Hall. Anyone interested Your Pastor and Friend,
in joining WMU is Clark 
cordially invited to come
and join. Discipleship – Three New Bible Studies This Fall
For Men: James – Living by Faith in a Secular World
INTERCESSORY
 Tuesday MORNINGS at 6:30 am (Grits and God’s Word) beginning
PRAYER MINISTRY September 8 at the pond.
Six Year Anniversary
 Tuesday EVENINGS at 6:30 pm – Young men, ages 20s up through
Reunion Luncheon
30s, beginning September 8 at the pond.
Sept. 27th at 12:00 Noon
For Ladies:
Anyone who is or ever
has been a member is  The Patriarchs: A study in Genesis by Beth Moore. Tuesdays at the
invited to come and Youth House beginning Sept 2, 2009 at 6:30
celebrate our past six  Daniel: Sundays at 6:30pm starting Sept. 13, 2009 in the Fellowship
years of commitment to Hall.
service to this ministry.

OUTREACH EVENT Deacon Elections – Deacon of the Month

September 27, 2009 –
4:00 PM. Join up and
September 13, 2009 John Roland
help us canvas our John Roland is our youngest deacon
community! Let’s tell How Important are Deacon
and our newest deacon. This is his first
people about First Elections? year of service. He is married to Amy
Baptist Church! Help That’s a question some have asked. Stickles Roland, and they have three
put door hangers out in The answer: They are one of the children: Thomas, Sarah, and Evan.
our neighborhoods! most important decisions made by They live in Cameron.
Each distribution team a congregation for ministry. These John is employed by Sisco Foods as a
will be led by the men dedicate themselves to serving sales representative, and he owns
deacons. Come at 4:00 you and your families, tending to the Roland Realty. His hobbies include
PM and Get The Word needs of widows, and offering cooking and BBQing, hunting and
Out! FIRST BAPTIST spiritual maturity and guidance to all fishing.
CHURCH CARES for John’s walk with Christ is fresh and
who are in need. On September 13,
you! This will help us solid. He is committed to personal
2009 we will select 4 deacons for a 3
prepare for October as growth as a believer. Call on John at
year term and 1 to complete the any time. He is ready and willing to
Outreach Month. unexpired term of a deacon who serve.
moved.
 Your Prayers Are Needed
Inside Page 3 In 2007 our church agreed to on-going prayer for the Lupanshui Miao of
China. This people group has no written Gospel. Even if they did, they are
 Missions
Non literate. The Government of China describes them as “AN UNRECOGNIZED
 Prayer Ministry MINORITY.” Pray that God would send someone to be salt and light and to live
 Love Ride out Christ among them.
From The Prayer Coordinator,
Golden Age Club Shirley Langley
September 28 at 11 AM
Fellowship Hall
Missions
What a gracious, glorious outpouring of love for the children of both
Fall Festival of Marriage Elloree and West Virginia by all of you!!!!!! Thank you for caring about these
Now is the time to register children. We were able to deliver forty book bags to West Virginia on
for the Fall Festival of Wednesday, August 19. These bags were packed fully with every need that any
Marriage at Ridgecrest – student could have. I just know the self-esteem went “sky high” when these
October 9 – 11. children had New book bags and new supplies. Thanks to Cletus Wyland, Jerry
We have one scholarship Phillips, Bobby Bilton, and Lewis Rourk for taking them to West Virginia. We,
available! Cost is $430 per also, gave teachers at Elloree Elementary supplies to use at their discretion.
couple. Call the pastor for Thanks to Beth Bochette for handling this.
information!
Mission Opportunity: Please!!! Mark your calendar for October15 – 18 for
our mission trip to Peytona, West Virginia. The church there will have a revival
Notes of Thanks minister for several days, and we will be helping with flyers and a fall festival
-Eddie Gue following for the children culminating that Saturday with a “stone Stew”. There are also
her knee surgery and building needs at the church and in the community. We will have three days for
the passing of her these, also. We hope to help in the clothes closet for this season. PLEASE if
brother; you want to donate good, used clothes, wait until October to bring them to the
-Theresa Wiederhold church. We have no storage. I would like these clothes the week of October 5,
in Walt’s passing and but please not before. Please go with us. Believe me, or believe anyone who
the kindness shown to has gone, the blessing to you is greater than the blessing to the people. We need
her while she was here; you!!!!!! Contact Jenny Rourk or any member of the mission committee to sign
-from Bill Wolfe in his up for this trip. We will announce a meeting on this soon.
recent illness;
-from Philathea, Janice Love Ride For Nick
& Buddy following the
illness & passing of Ride a motorcycle? Mini Bike? Mo-Ped? It doesn’t matter. . . On September
their loved one – 19, 2009 beginning at 11:00 AM, everyone is invited to join folks from our
Thanks for your community for a fund raiser to help offset the medical expenses for
prayers, cards and Nick Wagers.
calls.. Young Nick has MD and is confined to a wheel chair. This crippling disease
has made this child’s life a hardship for him and his family. You can help by
attending this event.
Frank Lingal, pastor of Biker Church, USA will be our featured guest, along
with vocalist Cindy McKeowen, and singing group True Vine.
You don’t want to miss this. . .Bar-B-Que tickets are available for $6.00 at the
church office if you don’t care to ride….Great Fellowship, Food and Fun for
everyone!!!
 September Birthdays
Inside Page 4 Ann Adams, Beverly Elliott, Perry
Walters 9/1; Betty Jean Ott, Eve
 Vital Stats Beach, Grace Brunt, Brittney Beach
9/2; Alma Pate, Travis Houck 9/4;
 Birthdays Seth Clossman, Sylvia Smith, Kathy
Jeffcoat 9/5; Pete Stickles, Shawn
 Staff Dantzler, Tracey Sanders 9/8; Brian
Salisbury 9/9; Bert Suttles, Matthew
Morgan 9/10; Russ Bair 9/11; Nancy
Church Staff Jeffcoat 9/13; Brookie Robbs, Susan
Pastor – Dr. C. Clark McCrary, III Strock 9/15; Elaina Dawsey 9/16;
Troy Plummer, Jamie Plummer 9/17;
Music Director – Craig Collier Dan Clossman, Laurin Weeks Evans
Instrumentalist– Sharon Heddle Sympathy is extended to: 9/19;Aline Tucker, Mike Fanning
Church Sec. – Mary Jackson 9/20; Renee Jackson 9/22; Stacie
Sikes 9/24; David Ott 9/27; Cindy
Children’s Dir. – Marla Fanning  Mildred Crowe in the loss of her Hudson 9/29; Furman Hood, William
Youth Dir. – Mike Fanning son. Fogle 9/30
Records Sec. – Karen Heddle
 Eddie Gue in the loss of her brother.
Custodian – Horace M. Jackson
Steward – Kirk Shelton  Philathea Bair & Family in the loss
of her husband, their father,
grandfather, brother and uncle. S S Stewardship
 Sandra Morgan in the loss of her
mother. Budget Needs $27,912.00
We’re on the Web!
Visit us at:
 Ruth S. Shuler family in her
Budget Rec. - $23,660.23
HUhttp://www.fbcelloree.org passing.

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