Boothbay Baptist Buzz
THIS WEEK’S NEWS
Sue Burge, Communications Coordinator, welcomes your announcements until Thursday at noon. Thanks!
Phone: 633-7049 or e mail to: vanmanbill@roadrunner.com
Contact Information for Interim Pastor: Rev. Stuart (Stu) Taylor (wife – Anita)
Email: fstaet@suscom-Maine.net
Phone: 207-729-5460 Cell: 207-449-8711
Church Secretary: Maggie Brown – Office hours: Mon, Wed, Thurs and Fri 9:30 a.m. – Noon
Office closed on Tuesday
You may reach Maggie at: 633-7378 or email at boothbaybaptistchurch1@myfairpoint.net
Week of October 18 – October 25, 2009
TODAY
Attention Committee Chair Persons – have you completed your quarterly report for
Vickie Pinkham, Church Clerk? Please reply to her as soon as possible so she can prepare the reports for the business meeting this Wed. eve, Oct. 21st at 7 p.m.
VERY IMPORTANT REQUEST for TRUNK OR TREAT. WE NEED “TRUNKERS” for our big Halloween Tailgate party on Halloween night. All you have to do is bring your vehicle to church by 5:30 p.m., have your trunk tastefully decorated and have lots of wrapped candy for the kids who come from the community to “Trunk or Treat” us. Please let us know if you’re planning to bring your decorated vehicle/trunk to church on Halloween night. Fill out the registration form located in the bulletin today. See Drop Box at entrance to sanctuary. Last year we had 25 vehicles, would love to surpass that count this year. We’ve only got 2 weeks to go!! Any questions see Sue Burge. 633 -7049
Food Sign Up Sheet for Trunk or Treat Snack Bar is now available on the easel. Please let us know how you can help. Any questions – see Doris South or Vickie Pinkham
THIS WEEK
Quarterly Business Meeting: Oct. 21, 7 p.m. Fellowship Hall
COMMITTEE REPORTS are due NOW to Vickie Pinkham. Thank You.
COMING
Trunk or Treat – A Big Tailgate Party on Sat. , Oct 31st. 6 – 8 p.m. Halloween Eve!!
We’re inviting the community and we need YOU!!!
We need lots of folks with the trunks of their vehicles decorated for Halloween to participate in our second Halloween Tailgate Party. Bring your non-gory decorated vehicle to church Halloween night – loaded up with candy to hand out to the hundreds of children from the community. Last year there were well over 250 children!! Registration forms with specific information for all “trunkers” will need to be completed. Please look in today’s bulletin for further info and the registration forms. Sponsored by Lights of Love.
New England Bible College program for local churches.
Do you minister to someone caring for an elderly parent? Perhaps a spouse dealing with the overwhelming effects of Alzheimer’s disease? How many church members are struggling to help a friend as they navigate the difficult waters of cancer treatment?
New England Bible College is offering an Alumni Seminar in their Practical Christianity series: Caring for Caregivers. The seminar will include five panel members addressing medical and legal concerns as well as spiritual and emotional issues.
Caring for Caregivers will be held on Sat. Oct. 24, from 8:00 – 12:15 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in South Portland. Please visit their website at: www.mebc.edu or call
1-866-529-NEBC. Coffee and Pastries will be served. Registration is $10.00 and is available at the door.
MISSIONARY NEWS
Pray for Ross and Cathy Hodsdon – for their work in Myanmar (Burma) on translating the Bible into the language of the people in that country.
Remember to pray for Marilynn Sewall in South Korea during the month of October. She is serving with Word of Life – teaching English as a second language.
Kato’s missionaries in Japan with Work of Life – will be in the USA during the months of October and November. They will be speaking in New London Ohio, Naperville, Illinois and White Lake Michigan.
OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD. We are taking part in “Operation Christmas Child”, a project of Samaritan’s Purse by Franklin Graham, the son of Dr. Billy Graham. People across the country are filling shoe boxes with small toys, school supplies, hygiene items and other meaningful gifts for impoverished children around the world. In honor of our church’s 200th Anniversary our coordinators, Tom and Cathy Wilson, are planning to send 200 filled shoe boxes to children in third world countries.
Boothbay Region Food Pantry can use your help!
Non perishable food donations are gratefully accepted all year long but now we’re coming into the real difficult months of the year; businesses are closing for the season, the economy is not user friendly, many families on our peninsula are having great difficulties and need to use the Food Pantry. There is a drop box in the foyer of our church to receive your food gifts of love. Thank You for remembering our neighbors.
CARE NET OF MID-COAST MAINE Invites you to their 6th Annual Community Fundraising Banquet on November 12, 2009. Seating begins at 6 p.m., Dinner at 6:30 p.m. Speaker: Jeanneane Maxon, National Care Net. The event will take place at Kinghts of Columbus Hall, Columbus Drive, Brunswick. Please make your reservation by Nov. 1st to Sue and Nicole: 725-5433. An opportunity to make a financial gift will be extended.
Care Net Center offers the following services free of charge. The center can offer you the following services free of charge:
Community Referrals Abortion Recovery Support Parenting Classes Pregnancy Tests
All of their services are free and confidential. Please call to schedule an appointment.
