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Vol. 66 Friday, December 16, 2016 no. 50

Financials from 12-11-16

Sunday School Attendance Worship Attendance

94 129

$6,910.00 $8,969.88

Designated Offering Total Capital Improvement Music Ministry Club 180/KY Missions Cooperative Program Lottie Moon

$1,314.00 $100.00 $384.00

$30.00 $30.00

$770.00

Overall Total for the Week $8,224.00

Budget Received for the Year Budget Required for the Year (Week 50) +Over/<Under> for the Year

$410,253.98 $448,494.00

<$38,240.02>

$4,835.00 $1,305.00

DECEMBER

Capital Improvement (year to date giving) Lottie Moon (year to date giving)

Budget Received [Budget Requirement for the Week]

This Week at Smithwood:

Sunday, December 18, 2016 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 12:15 p.m. Brief Business Meeting immediately following service

6:00 p.m. Service of Lessons, Carols and Communion

Wednesday, December 21, 2016 No Activities

Thursday, December 22, 2016 Veterans’ Writing Group—on hiatus until January 12, 2017

Prayer Concerns:

Prayer Line — Call Lynn at 661-5726

CP & Betty Tudor, Bill Fletcher, Terry Lynn, Donald Raby, Allen Hutchison,

Sharon Phillips, Bill Roberts, Michelle Henry, Harold Bryson, Violet Tudor,

Donnie Beeler, Sue Beam, Katherine Loy, Etta Sands, Phil Fluri, Rhonda Cec-

chin, Rodney Henry, Alvin Frye, Kim Garrett, Gatlinburg wildfire families,

Jim Ketzbeck, family of Liz Roberts.

Names will remain on the list for 3 weeks unless otherwise notified that the

name should remain on the list for a longer period of time.

Sunday AM, December 18 —Isaiah 7:14, 9:6-7

“Christ and Christmas”

Sunday PM — Service of Lessons, Carols and Communion

Wednesday, December 21 — No activities

The church office will be closed from Thursday, December 22nd through Monday, January 2nd. We will reopen on Tuesday, January 3rd. Although the office will be closed between Christmas and New Year’s, year-end tithes may be mailed to the church and will be credited to your 2016 charitable giving report. Please be sure to date your check 2016.

December 18 —Lori Major December 20 — Lee Johnson

**And Happy Belated Birthday to Stephen Myers, who was inadvertently omitted from last week’s list.

Please join us on Christmas Day to celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior.

Christ is Born Sunday, December 25th at 10:45 am

Christmas morning celebration in worship. A very special, warm, family worship time .

Welcome to our Guest Preacher, Rev. Keith Walker

Dear Smithwood Friends,

How good it is for me and Jody to be with you to share worship this Christmas season! Smithwood holds a special place in our hearts. You were pa-tient and kind to us as I cut my teeth in ministry

in the late seventies as your Minister of Education and Youth, and ex-pressed confidence in me and my calling by ordaining me to the gos-pel ministry in 1980. Both our boys were born during those years.

Missions would become a big part of my life as our youth group ven-tured to South Dakota for three consecutive years. I left to serve a pioneer mission church in Flint, Michigan, and later to the NAMB. I have also been blessed to serve in several churches in several capaci-ties until I retired as pastor of First Baptist Church of Pigeon Forge.

Thank you for taking a chance on me so many years ago. I am very grateful. Merry Christmas!

Brother Keith

LOTTIE MOON 2016 CHRISTMAS OFFERING Our Goal: $14,000

Collected to Date: $1,305

Your giving enables missionaries to be sent to make disciples and multi-ply churches among unreached peoples and places for the glory of God.

SEND A CHRISTMAS GREETING TO POLAND!

There will be a basket on the table in the Welcome

Center to collect Christmas cards for Ted and Bev-

erly Bond Holmes, who are serving as our mission-

aries in Warsaw, Poland. If you would like to send

Christmas wishes to Ted and Beverly, please leave

your card in the basket by Sunday, December 18th,

to allow mailing time.

Susan Connolly, our financial secretary, will be retiring at the end of the year. Susan has been with Smithwood for over 12 years. In honor and appreciation of Susan’s dedication and hard work, we invite you to join us for a farewell recep-tion for her immediately following the evening worship service this Sunday, De-cember 18th. There will be a basket for cards and well wishes.

Congratulations to Sarah Bennett upon her graduation from Carson-Newman Universi-ty. Sarah graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in General Psychology. She plans to continue her education, pursuing a Master of Science in Counseling with a con-centration in Clinical Mental Health.

The Evangelistic and Outreach Committee would like to thank all

those who brought food and helped to welcome our visitors fol-

lowing the choir Christmas program. It was a wonderful success

and we appreciate each and every one of you.

There will be a brief business meeting immediately following the morning worship service on Sun-day, December 18th. This will be to approve housing allowances for Jimbo Watson and Mike Bundon, in compliance with IRS regulations.

Families will have the opportunity to bring their wrapped monetary gifts for Jesus to be placed under the Christmas tree.

Please join us this Sunday evening at 6:00 PM

Lessons, Carols and Communion

Please invite a friend to come with you this evening, as this worship service will take the place of our usual

Christmas Eve Service.

The church office will be closed on Thurs-

day, December 22nd through the first of

the year. We will resume regular office

hours on Tuesday, January 3, 2017.