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Vol. 67 Friday, July 14, 2017 no. 28

Financials from 7-9-17

Sunday School Attendance Worship Attendance

77 117

$13,406.95

$8,549.95

Designated Offering Total Capital Improvement Cooperative Program Operation Christmas Child Wedding Willing Hearts

$761.00 $100.00

$30.00 $50.00

$500.00 $81.00

Overall Total for the Week $14,167.95

Budget Received for the Year Budget Required for the Year (Week 29) +Over/<Under> for the Year

$238,165.78 $247,948.55 <$9,782.77>

$1,400.00

JULY

Capital Improvement (year to date giving)

Budget Received (includes $250 IMO Violet Tudor, $525 IMO Earl Hudson, and $25 IMO Bill Fletcher) [Budget Requirement for the Week]

This Week at Smithwood:

Sunday, July 16, 2017 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

6:00-8:15 p.m. Vacation Bible School Monday—Thursday, July 17-20, 2017 6:00-8:15 p.m. Vacation Bible School No Adult Bible Study on Wednesday, July 19th due to VBS.

July 12 — Teresa Cooper, Kim Garrett July 13 — Jay Jordan July 16 — Phillip Beeler July 20 — Gib Galyon

Sunday AM, July 16 — Luke 15:25-32

“The Other Son”

Wednesday PM, July 19 — Vacation Bible School

No Bible Study

Prayer Concerns:

Prayer Line— Call Bob at 938-9466

Betty Tudor, Terry Lynn, Bill Roberts, Michelle Henry, Donnie Beeler, Etta

Sands, Rhonda Cecchin, Mary Kyzer, Steve Beeler, Allen Hutchison, Nancy

Matlock, Dreama Brewer, Sandy Fields, Sue Beam, Phil Fluri, Morgan Kerr, Ma-

son Pace, Wilma Berggren, family of Violet Tudor, Linda Scimonelli, family of

Earl Hudson, Catherine Smalls, Faye Smith, Chris Berkley, Carole Webber.

Children’s Church Hiatus

Please note that in order to allow our dedicated volun-teers quality time with their families, (not to mention a well deserved break!) we will not have Children’s Church during the month of July. This will be for five Sundays, beginning with July 2nd. Children’s Church will resume the first Sunday of August.

A WORD FROM THE INTERIM PASTOR….

VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL – There will be an abundance of

noise and fun around Smithwood next week as we kick off Vaca-

tion Bible School for 1917. This special week for boys and girls

will take place Sunday through Thursday from 6:00 until 8:15 PM.

Be in prayer for a successful VBS and that our children will be

strengthened in the faith or make a first time commitment to Jesus

Christ.

OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD – This coming Saturday

morning there will be a packing party for the OCC ministry. I

have been most impressed with the commitment Smithwood Bap-

tist Church has made to this unique ministry touching the lives of

children and youth around the world.

MID POINT OF THE SUMMER – Many of our families are away

from time to time on vacations and in other activities. Your attend-

ance and financial contributions are crucial to the health and vitality

of your church family. Thank you for continued faithful support.

QUOTE – “How sweet the name of Jesus sounds, in a believer’s

ear. It soothes his sorrow, heals his wounds, and drives away his

fear.” John Newton

Dr. Larry W. Fields, Interim Pastor

Have you always wanted to write a story, but feel you have no idea where to begin? Are you interested in learning how to use writing as a strategy for managing stress? Do you want to connect with other veterans in the Knoxville area who share your interest in creative writing?

Come to 11:11 meetings at Smithwood Baptist Church, Thursdays at 6:45 p.m. Contact Miki Cates, Coordinator, at (865) 888-0313 or email mikicates@yahoo.com for more information. Together, we can share our writing in a fun, collaborative way.

Thursdays at 6:45 pm at Smithwood.

Passport to Peru

Vacation Bible School

Begins this Sunday, July 16th and runs through Thursday, July 20th from 6:00-8:15 p.m.

It’s never to late to volunteer!

We will be decorating for VBS this Saturday, July 15th, immediately following the Operation Christmas Child packing party. If you can help, please join us. Many hands make light work!

UTK PRAYER WALK Saturday, August 12th at 8:30 a.m.

Hosted by the UTK Baptist Collegiate Ministry

DEFY THE 80%

You have probably heard the statistics. Around 80% of your gradu-ating seniors will disconnect from faith once they come to college. The harder fact is that many of these incoming students have no back-ground in faith to even walk away from. So will you help us by joining us in prayer before the Fall semester starts. Would you come cover the campus in prayer so we might see revival happen at the University of Tennessee?

PRAYER WALK INFO

Join us at the BCM at 8:30 on August 12th for a light breakfast and to hear from the staff about BCM ministry. From there, you will join with a group to go to different parts of campus to pray. Expect to be out for about 45 minutes to an hour. Do not be discouraged from coming if walking is an issue; there will be close and in-house prayer opportu-nities as well. RSVP: Email baptist@utk.edu or call 865-546-8272 Please let us know if you're coming so we can ensure that we have enough breakfast to energize all of our prayer warriors!

A young man was at the end of his rope. Seeing no way out, he dropped to his knees in prayer. "Lord, I can't go on," he said, "I have too heavy of a cross to bear." The Lord replied, "My son, if you can't bear its weight, just place your cross inside this room. Then, open that oth-er door and pick out any cross you wish." The man was filled with relief and said, "Thank you,

Lord," and he did as he was told. Upon entering the other door, he saw many crosses, some so large the tops were not visible. Then, he spotted a tiny cross leaning against a far wall. "I'd like that one, Lord," he whis-pered. And the Lord replied, "My son, that is the cross you just brought in." When life's problems seem overwhelming, it helps to look around and see what other people are coping with. You may consider yourself far more fortunate than you imagined.