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Vol. 69 Friday, April 12, 2019 no. 15

Financials through 4-7-19

Sunday School Attendance Worship Attendance

103 137

$5,292.62 $8,403.95

Designated Offering Total Steeple Repair Cooperative Program Annie Armstrong

$1,896.00 $5.00

$136.00 $1,755.00

Overall Total for Week $7,188.62

Budget Received for the Year Budget Required for the Year (week 14) +Over/<Under> for the Year

$106,237.85 $109,251.35 <$3,013.50>

Capital Improvement (year to date giving) Annie Armstrong (year to date giving)

$848.00 $4,416.00

APRIL

Budget Received (includes $200 IMO Bill Housley) Budget Requirement for week

Sunday AM, April 14 — Psalm 118

Blessed Is He Who Comes

Wednesday PM, April 17 —

No Bible Study

Prayer Concerns:

Prayer Line— Call Bob Lay at 938-9466 Terry Lynn, Etta Sands, Nancy Matlock, Bonnie Reeser, Jim and Lula Martin,

Holly Henderson, Denise Fair, Tom Reser, Jim Coram, Corbyn Skeen, Sally

Simone, Derek Winters, Julia Burnett, Joleen Dewald, Charles Vaughn, Wanda

Yates, Lillie, Ralph Pratt,Bernie Koprince, Patrice Collins, Bunnie and Richard

Jones, Elaine Dunbar, Joanne Wallace, Jack Holt, Kaye Galyon, Judy Macin-

tosh, Debbie Bible, Amanda Livingston.

Schedule for Sunday, April 14, 2019

This Week at Smithwood:

Sunday, April 14, 2019 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

6:00 p.m. The Last Supper Drama with Communion

Wednesday, April 17, 2019 6:00 p.m. Easter Egg Hunt No Adult Bible Study 7:00 p.m. Choir Rehearsal

April 18— Vickie DeVault

Wednesday, April 17th at 6:00 p.m.

Bring your children and grandchildren! Hot dogs and drinks served after the hunt! No Bible study this evening!

Our Goal: $5,000 Collected to Date: unavailable

Sunday, April 14th at 6:00 p.m.

This Sunday, April 14th, Smithwood will present “The Last Supper”, a dramatization with music. Postcards promoting this event are available at the Welcome Center. We encourage you to invite your families, friends and neighbors to this very special evening.

A copy of this Fred Cannon Photography original photo, taken just after the comple-tion of the steeple renova-tion, can be yours for a do-nation of just $25 to the Steeple Repair Fund. The photo is displayed at the Welcome Center. The dead-line to order is May 1st.

On Wednesday, April 17th, the Easter egg hunt will take the place of our normally sched-uled children’s and youth activ-ities. There will not be any Bi-ble study on this evening. On Wednesday, April 24th, the Tennessee Baptist Men’s Cho-rale will perform a concert in our sanctuary. All normally scheduled Wednesday evening activities are cancelled so that all can attend this special event.

From Our Pastor….

For a little over a year, the church council has been considering the health

of our church. Last year, we read a book called “What Is a Healthy

Church?” by Mark Dever, and since August we have been reading a book

called “Autopsy of a Deceased Church” by Thom Rainer. These books

have sparked some helpful discussion. Now I would like for us to get

some further information about the health of our church.

Starting this week, several members of our church will be taking a survey

online. This survey is produced and administrated by an organization

called Church Health Report. More information about this survey can be

found at churchhealthreport.com. Our goal is to get a good cross section

of our church members so that people from diverse ages and backgrounds

can give their input on the health of our church. If you have been asked to

be a part of this survey, thank you for participating!

VBS MEETING

There will be a meeting for everyone planning to participate in our Vaca-

tion Bible School this year, immediately following worship on April 28th.

Lunch will be provided for all who attend. Please RSVP to the office by

April 21st to let us know if you plan to attend. Thank you to all who are

excited to be a part of this year’s VBS!

Flowering of the Cross

Please remember to bring

your flowers for the Flowering

of the Cross on Easter Sunday.