God Matters – Alex Mabe
dorothy@belvederefbc.org
October 28, 2021 • Vol. 44, Issue 43
It’s On My Heart
Last Sunday, we shared about our next
steps as a church family anticipating
adoption during this transitional period.
It is now time for us to be certain we are
preparing to take God’s best steps as we
move forward.
This Sunday, I will introduce a Prayer
Guide for all of us to share through uni-
fied daily devotions for the next four
weeks. Each successive week, I will
preach to reinforce what we have prayer-
fully studied together, starting with Deal-
ing With Our Own Desires this Sunday
morning.
Please come with an open heart and an
open Bible as we are led in music wor-
ship by different leaders rotating to help
us from Warren Baptist.
Looking ahead - looking UP!
Pastor John Bryan
Our Mission: We exist to obey Jesus Christ by
continuously reaching out to create relation-
ships and share Christ’s story in order to make
mature disciples.
421 Edgefield Road | PO Box 8168
North Augusta, SC 29861-8168
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need a ministry of presence that is warm,
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John Bryan - Interim Pastor 803-279-0415
loving, connecting and belonging.
Then He put out His hand and touched him…
Luke 5:13
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There is a marvelous story told about a four-
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year-old child who awoke one night fright-
We are creatures of relationship longing for
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ened, convinced that in the darkness around
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are continuing as follows:
the intimate presence of another. And so, we her there were all kinds of spooks and mon-
speak, we write, we sing, we long for those sters. Alone, she ran to her parents’ bed-
Worship - 10:30am
“spiritual moments” when there is the com- room. Her mother calmed her down and,
forting hand, the warm embrace, the tender
on Sunday
taking her by the hand, let her back to her
kiss. God has created each of us with soft, own room, where she put on a light and reas-
warm, and touchable skin and in return He sured the child with these words: “You need-
asks that as the Body of Christ that we let the n’t be afraid, you are not alone here. God is
world see the beauty and feel the softness in the room with you.” The child replied: “ I
and the warmth of Christ. Thus, how pro- know that God is here, but I need someone in
foundly beautiful is the redemptive story of this room who has some skin!”
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Jesus’ miraculous healing of the man with
leprosy. A disease that attacks the capacity
Excerpt from “The Holy Longing” by Ronald
Rolheiser
of the skin to feel; leprosy was laying waste
to this pitiful man. According to ceremonial
law the leprous person was to wear torn
clothes, let the hair hang loose, and when
approached by a non-leper was to cover his
upper lip and cry our, “Unclean! Un-
clean!” (Leviticus 13:45--46) No one would
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dare to touch or be touched by him in light of
the damaged and decaying flesh that now
defined him. He was hopelessly lost and
painfully alone. And how did Jesus respond?
With his power, he easily could have spoken
or waved his arm in the air, and by so doing
he could have reached so many more people
than a touch. But he chose not to. For that is
not the way of The Creator. No, our God is
an intimate and relating being. So, Jesus
boldly and compassionately healed in the
most perfect way, he touched him. And the
living dead, the untouchable one felt the hand
of life and once again became clean.
This day, do you know the joy of being inti-
mately loved by our Lord Jesus Christ? Have
you experienced His warm and loving touch?
And as the world encounters us - the living,
breathing, sensing, feeling skin of the Body of
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Christ, do they feel His patience, His kind-
ness, His faithfulness, His gentleness, and
His presence through us? Let us strive as
Belvedere First Baptist Church and Warren
Baptist Church become one Body of Christ to
be a people that truly touches those that so
desperately need a ministry of presence that
 Weekly Ministry Opportunities Shoeboxes are due Stewardship Report
Sunday, Oct. 31 on Week of: Oct. 24, 2021
Teens Reserved Unto True Holiness
9:15a Sunday School Weekly Needs $6,281.00
10:30 Worship/John Bryan Nov. 15, 2021
Shoeboxes are still Weekly Tithe $8,428.53
5th Sun - Benevolence Offering taken YOUTH - Sunday School @ 9:15am Needs/Date $270,756.99
3:00p Set-Up for Trunk & Treat available in the Educa-
Youth Building Offering/Date $241,720.90
5:00 Cars line up in parking lot tion Building. (outside the
6:00 Trunk & Treat church office) (Online giving included this week)
Monday, Nov. 1 Belvedere Elementary School Needs Missions #8025 $10.00
6:30p Ladies Prayer Group (FH) Underwear/new (Boys & Girls: 4, 6, 8, 10, 12) Trunk & Treat #5430 $80.00
Wednesday, Nov. 3 Pants - Elastic waist (Boys & Girls: 4, 6, 8, 10, Global Hunger Relief #8060 $135.00
6:30p Praise Team/Choir Rehearsal 12, Adult Small), Annie Armstrong #8040 $30.00
Thursday, Nov. 4 Socks, Toothpaste, Deodorant (Boys & Girls),
10:30a Non-Denominational Prayer Mtg Snacks - nothing with peanut butter/nuts - indi-
(Rm #112) vidually packaged, Fruit Snacks, Chips,
7:00p ESL Class (Rm #109) Coats or Hoodies (5T, 6, 8, 10, 12, adult small,
adult medium)
Sunday, Nov. 7 Members In Service
9:15a Sunday School Trunk & Treat
10:30 Worship/John Bryan Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021 Welcome Team
FYI!
4:00p Outreach-Pray & Go 6:00 - 7:30pm Freddie Holton, Arnold Wilde
5:45 Small Group (J.Baker) Lucy Pearson Class - Sanctuary
Sign-up sheets for cars are on bulletin Teachers: Mary Head & Kathy Britton
boards around the church. We still need Safety
9 - present on Oct. 24
lots of trunks. Olin Boatwright (5th Sun)
Adult Coed Class - Room #112
Please Note! Teacher: Gary Hartley Sound & Multimedia Team
6 - present on Oct. 24
Our 5th Sunday Lord’s Supper Ob- Wayne Duke, Debra Wheeler
Frank Buck/Victory SS Class - Rm #110
servance has been postponed until Christmas Teacher: Betty Holton Ushers
sometime in November. Watch the 19 - present on Oct. 24
Newsletter for details. Poinsettias Freddie Holton, David Armstrong
Baker/Solesbee Class - Rm #109
Please complete the following form and return 10 - present on Oct. 24 Deacons-On-Call
with your payment of $15.00 per Poinsettia to the Youth - Youth Bldg. Alex Mabe / 803-278-2939
church office. (make your check out to the church) Teacher: Jake Farr / 803-279-3162
0 present on Oct. 24
Deadline to order is Dec. 5th Children - 1st - 5th grades Extended Session
Teachers: Evie Wilk, Gail Willem Sun., Oct. 31
Name: _________________________________ 2 present on Oct. 24
Sunday School & Worship Service
# of Poinsettias ordered: ___________________ 4’s & 5’s Carolyn Rhoden, Ginny Fulmer
Teachers: Fran McCormick & Laurel Mead
Global Hunger Relief Total amt. due: __________________________ 2 present on Oct. 24 Pray & Go Team Schedule
bread for life Nursery 5th Sunday - Oct. 31
October 2021 In Memory of: ___________________________ Teacher: Carolyn Rhoden No Pray & Go or Small Group today
Our Goal: $2,000 3 present on Oct. 24 Due to Trunk & Treat activities
In Honor of: _____________________________
Given To Date: $245.00 TOTAL: = 51