Prayer is an essential part of who we are as believers in Jesus Christ and as a church family. We believe that many people praying have an effect. Please join us in focusing on these concerns.

Praises! Marla & Daniel—Birth of Baby Girl Sue Lindsay—Surgery Revealed Cancer Free! John Marchione—At Home Progressing Well Medical Missionary—Mary Ellen Musser; Purchased

Ticket to Togo

Immediate Needs Alex Jackson—Driver that Hit 2 Employees with Car 2 D’Atri Employees Hit by Car Young Ho & Young Mee Joo—Bereavement Dottie Kight—Recovering Tom Houdersheldt—Grief; Passing of Mother Shelby Lough—ALS; Moved to Nursing Home Ray Wharton—Kidney Dialysis Bill Mower—Rehab / Nursing Home

Chapel Requests Joe—Health: Back, Neck & Lungs Merle—Lung Problems Dawn—Cancer; Husband in Nursing Home Kylee—Struggling Teenager Don—Cancer Yvonne Imes—Injured in Motorcycle Crash; Husband

killed in Motorcycle Crash Brandon—Estranged from Family Sue—My Marriage Ruby—Addictions Casey Avirett—Body Declining Rob—Finances, Health & Family Lisa Shutts—Husband w/Parkinson’s & Brain Tumor

Nursing full-time; Working Full Time & Taking Care of Husband Full Time

This Week's Volunteers

Greeters: Lori Kimble-Beal & Karly Humberson Ushers: Ed Crossland & Rick Butler

Next Week's Volunteers

Greeters: Linda Long & Rita Mower Ushers: Dan Blackburn & Lee Ketterman

Children’s Church—November

3– Volunteer Needed 10—Eric & Laura Lynam 17—Jenn Holmes

Grace Youth Ministries Leader: Lem Crawford

Youth Group: Free People Week 3 Sunday, Nov. 10th 5-7 pm We’re in week three of our series “Free People” and you don’t want to miss it. In the first session, we talked about how Jesus came to set us free from the Law. Last week, we looked at how we find freedom when we seek the approval of God rather than other people and how easy it is to get caught up in being controlled by what others think. This week, we’ll explore how free people know their now affects their later. Our decisions determine our destiny.

Youth Group & Operation Christmas Child Sunday, Nov. 24th 5-7 pm We’re diving into week four of “Free People,” where we’ll

discuss putting others first. As a service project, we’re going to complete unfinished shoe boxes for Operation Christmas Child, a non-profit mission that provides Christmas gifts and gospel booklets to children across that globe.

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Wednesday Junction Junction will meet on Wednesday night, November 6th at 6:30 pm. We will be discussing this week “How Life Happens at Intersections” & “Showing Grace Under Fire”. Guess what—we have a couple of extra books that you may use. Come join us, it’s an enjoyable hour on a Wednesday evening with some of your church family. We have room for more and we all invite you to learn about the Gospel that is our Church. If you have any questions, please call Bill or Dottie at 301-707-6144.

Children’s Ministry Appreciation Luncheon Sunday, November 10th ... If you are someone who volunteers for Nursery, Children’s

Sunday school or Children’s Church you are invited to an appreciation luncheon today following the morning worship service. We Appreciate YOU, Alison Murr, Renae & Shelby Holt, Cindy Fuente, Jenn Holmes, Eric & Laura Lynam & Linda Long!

Kick-Off the Holiday Season Ivan Parker in Concert Friday, November 15th at 7 pm @ LaVale Baptist Church. Tickets are $15 and will only be sold in advance. Call 301-707-3100 for tickets. Looking Ahead Join us on Wednesday, November 27th at 6:30 pm for an

Evening of Thanksgiving and praise. This is our final Worship Wednesday of the year. We will lift up the name of Jesus in thanksgiving and praise

with a blend of familiar hymns and contemporary praise songs.

The church is not a building, it is a fellowship of believers coming together to celebrate the greatness and goodness of our God. We are imperfect people who have been forgiven

and received life by God’s mercy and love. Together, we grow when we worship, study the Bible, and practice what we learn.

Our motto is to Live, Love, Learn, and Grow in the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Living, Loving, Learning & Growing in GRACE • Living, Loving, Learning & Growing in GRACE • Living, Loving, Learning & Growing in GRACE • Living, Loving, Learning & Growing in GRACE

November 3, 2019

Call to Worship (Remain Seated) “Well Done” Welcome Greeting

Opening Prayer

Worship in Music “Redeemed” “Glorious Day (Living He Loved Me)” “It Is Well With My Soul” Children are dismissed for Kids Church

Message— Pastor Mickey Stephens This Sermon Brought to You by the Letter, ‘P’ “The Power of Painful Problems” James 1:1-12

Announcements Receiving of the Offering ~ 2 Cor. 9:7 “Each one must give as he has decided in his heart, not reluctantly or under compulsion, for God loves a cheerful giver.”

Closing Song “You Say” by Lauren Daigle

GUESTS … If you did not receive a Welcome Packet this morning, please stop by the Welcome Center and pick one up or fill out a Visitors Card located in the pew rack. When you fill out the visitor’s card and return it to the Welcome Center you will receive a free gift to thank you for being our guest today!

TODAY 9:30 am Sunday School 10:15 am Coffee Fellowship 10:30 am Worship Service 11:35 am Choir Practice MONDAY 5:30 pm Yoga—Kate Smith 301-697-4148 TUESDAY 10:00 am Ladies Bible Study—Rita Mower 301-777-1324 WEDNESDAY 6:30 pm Wednesday Junction 6:30 pm Breakthrough Prayer Group

Congregational Meeting & Covered Dish Luncheon Our Annual meeting and luncheon will take place on

Sunday, November 17th immediately following the morning worship service. Copies of Proposed Church Officers and the 2020 Proposed Budget are available at the Welcome Center. A sign-up sheet for the luncheon is located at the Welcome Center. Church will provide meat & drinks. Everyone is asked to

bring a covered dish to share. Please sign up so that we know how much chicken to purchase. Thank you.

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