December: Merry Christmas!

3-10-International Missions Emphasis and Offering Week

9 & 10- Courtland-Cantata, 11:00 am

10-Colosse Adult Christmas Cantata, 6:00 pm 10-Great Fork-Christmas Celebration & Fellowship, 4:30 pm 10-Hillcrest-Cantata, 5:00 pm 10-Franklin-Hanging of the Greens, 11:00 am

15-Sycamore Youth, Live Nativity, 6:00 pm

17-Smithfield’s Sing Joy to All the World, Christmas Cantata, 10:30 am & 7:30 pm 17-Surry-Candlelight Service, 5:00 pm; Birthday Party for Jesus following service. 17-Sycamore- “All is Well” Cantata, 10:00 am 17-Franklin-Christmas Carol Celebration, 11:00 am

24-Christmas Eve 24 -Smithfield- Worship Service, 10:30 am and Vespers, 5:00pm 24-Hillcrest- Christmas Eve Service, 4:00 pm 24-Franklin-Candlelight Service, 4:30 pm 24-Wilroy-Candlelight Service, 5:00 pm

25-Happy Birthday Jesus! Merry Christmas!

26-Jan. 1-Christmas Holiday, BBA Office Closed

Blackwater Baptist Association Quick Notes

December 6, 2017 BBA Office Hours: Mon.-Wed. 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Ph. 757.242.4131 Email: blackwaterbaptist1@gmail.com Moderator: Rev. Steve Gibson Vice-Moderator: Mr. William Howell Administrator: Mrs. Kim Johnson, M.Div.CE

Happy Anniversary! Rev. Brooks Gale, Millfield Baptist, December, 2012

Blackwater Baptist Association SAM invites you to visit

The Creation and The Ark May 14-17, 2018.

For reservations and information contact Dr. Nancy Moore, 757-373-9592 or

Mr. Glen Musick, 757-357-2981

Calling All BBA Committees

Please contact the BBA Office to schedule your

Committee Meeting in January. We need to

begin planning for 2018.

Thank you Black Creek Baptist Church

for allowing me to speak to you about

missions! Thank you for your thoughtful

gift! Thank you so much! ~Kim Johnson

Senior Adult Ministry (SAM)

The BBA SAM is in need of a host church for the January 9, 2018 SAM meeting. Please contact the BBA office or Dr.

Nancy Moore at 757-373-9592 if you are interested.

Joy to the World, the Lord is come! Let earth receive her King.

“Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth into joyous song and sing praises.” Psalm 98:4

One of the most loved Christmas carols of all time is Joy to the World, written in 1719 by Isaac Watts (1674-1748), the father of English hymnody. Watts wrote it as an Advent commentary of Psalm 98, a Messianic prophecy of the coming kingdom of God. If you study all four stanzas of this hymn, you will soon discover that it reflects Watts’ mediation on verses 4-9 of Psalm 98. There is also a connection between this hymn, Psalm 98, and Mary’s Magnificat, or “song of praise” recorded in Luke 1:46-55. -Article written by James Nickel

What Can I Give Him

By Christina Rossetti

"What can I give Him,

Poor as I am?

If I were a shepherd

I would bring a lamb,

If I were a wise man

I would do my part.

Yet what can I give Him?

Give my heart."

Continue to pray for our churches without pastors:

Black Creek Burdette Courtland Moore’s Swamp Smithfield Sycamore Wilroy

Thank you Smithfield Baptist for

inviting me to speak about

Bogota, Colombia. Thank you so

much! ~Kim Johnson

Courtland Baptist Church is

looking for an Interim

Pastor. A job description is

available in the church

secretary’s office.

Interested applicants should

submit letters of interest

and a resume to the church

secretary. The position will

remain open until filled.