Operation Christmas Child Shoeboxes Lottie Moon Christmas Offering Baptist Children’s Homes of North Carolina

December 6th Regular Services AM & PM

December 7th

Shoebox Packing Day, Boone (Navigators)

December 10th

Travis Cottrell at the Cove (Choir)

December 11th

Navigators Christmas Banquet

December 13th PM– A Worship Choir Christmas Celebration

December 19th Shoebox Packing Day, Clt

(Youth)

December 20th

AM - Lottie Moon Aisle March PM - A Candlelight Christmas

December 23-25

Office Closed No Wednesday AM Bible Study

December 27th

No PM Service

January 1, 2016 Office Closed

January 3, 2016

Regular Services Resume

The The

LOTTIE MOON MISSIONS

OFFERING FOR

INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS

F or years, Southern

B a p t i s t s h a v e

supported missions

through the Lottie Moon

C h r i s t m a s O f f e r i n g .

Hopefully, you read a little

bit of her story last week.

She was a little, feisty,

energetic woman who

developed a heart for the

Chinese people that would

not turn her loose for over

40 years. Her passion for

missions, for the Chinese,

and her energy in reaching

the lost made her the poster

child, if you will, for

S o u t h e r n B a p t i s t

International Missions. I

hope you will take some

time to search her story out

and discover this fascinating

lady.

You will find quotes

throughout this week’s

Evangel that will give you a

glimpse into her heart for

missions. There is also a

f e a t u r e p a g e a t

woodlawnbaptistnc.org that

will tell her story and link

you to some other

resources.

Lottie not only had a

passion for missions, but

she passed that on to future

generations.

The International Mission

Board recently announced

that it is forced to

s i g n i f i c a n t l y r e d u c e

personnel expenses due to

budget shortfalls, which

means many missionaries

around the world will be

r e t u r n i n g f r o m t h e

international field.

The drawdown is due in

part to unmet LMCO (Lottie

Moon Christmas Offering)

goals. It can be different

this year. Southern Baptists

must show our commitment

to obeying the Great

Commission of our Lord

now more than ever before.

As you pray about the

amount of your gift,

consider an amount based

on the average cost of

supporting a missionary.

Perhaps you can support a

missionary for a year, a

month, a week, or a day:

$51,400 a year

(average)

$4,283 a month

$988 a week

$141 a day

On a more personal level,

Cliff and Brenda Tolosa

spent almost a year with us

as we hosted them in the

Mission House. You know

their heart for Columbia,

and their intense desire to

return to their field. You

know the love they had for

the Columbian people.

Cliff and Brenda were a part

of that downsizing of the

International Mission

Board. They chose to take

retirement and return to the

states just a few months

after they began to rebuild

their ministry, because of

the financial need. Does

your gift to Lottie Moon

make a difference? Without

a doubt. Be praying about

your gift!

Serving Sunday, December 13, 2015

Greeters for Sunday

Building A Joe & Norma Heller

Building B Johnny & Sybil Hughey

Van Driver Eric Loftin

AM Ushers Neel Hudson, Tommy Lambert, W.T. Lemons,

Luther Miller, Leon Mitchell, Jerry Shuman

PM Ushers Neel Hudson, Johnny Hughey, John Scruggs,

Mike Phillips

Deacon Prayer Ministry ­ 10:30 am

Worship Center Scott Allen

Deacon Prayer Room Larry Barrett, Bobby Boyd

Food Pantry Volunteers

Monday, December 14 Frances Stepp, Nancy Williams

WEEKLY ATTENDANCE REPORT Nov 29 Dec 6

Total Church Membership 1,266 1,266

Total Worship Attendance AM 498 PM 92

AM 485 PM 96

Total Sunday School/Life Group Enroll-ment 1,139 1,139

Sunday School/Life Group Attendance 339 389

Total Wednesday Morning Bible Study Dec. 2 44

WEEKLY STEWARDSHIP REPORT

Weekly Budget Goal $27,646.00 $27,646.00

Weekly Budget Receipts $23,375.56 $31,161.73

Weekly Building Fund Receipts $140.00 $232.89

Weekly Mission Fund Receipts $120.00 $210.00

Baptist Children’s Home Offering $13,551.00 $13,821.00

A SPECIAL NOTICE Beginning January 2016, we will no longer be publishing a

weekly newsletter. Instead, we will include the information

normally found in the newsletter in our weekly bulletin.

The weekly bulletin will also be available online. This will

result in saving the church $16,000.00 per year.

Due to the Christmas holidays, the final Evangel will be

mailed the week of December 14.

“I would I had a thousand lives that I

might give them to … China!”

August 27,1888, Zhenjiang

In an effort to inform our members concerning their year-end

gifts, the following information is being shared by our finance

office:

The IRS allows individuals to deduct from their income

charitable donations in the year the donations were mailed or

delivered.

When a donation is mailed, the postmark date will be used to

decide in which year to record. The check date alone cannot

be used to determine the date of the gift.

Please make sure that a gift intended for the current year is

postmarked by Saturday, December 26, or personally

delivered to Ronda Fagan by noon on December 31.

Ladies Bible Study

All day, every day, an invisible war rages around you. A cunning,

devilish enemy seeks to wreak havoc on everything that matters

to you - your emotions, your mind, your family, your future.

But… when the enemy meets a woman dressed for the occasion,

he fails miserably.

Tuesday mornings

January 5 - February 16

10:00 am t0 12 Noon

Workbook Required

Call Judy Vitullo (828) 459-2830

To Register...

Congratulations to

Susan Coffey,

And grandmother, Dina Coffey

On the birth of

Jackson Mark Danielsen 7 lbs, 2 ounces, 21 inches long

Born at 9:34 pm

On Thursday, December 3, 2015

At Catawba Valley Medical Center

We offer prayers of thanks for God’s Blessings!

LOTTIE MOON CHRISTMAS OFFERING 2015

WOODLAWN GOAL: $16,000.00

GLOBAL MISSIONS OFFERING

Question and Answer Session

Copies of the following reports have been made available

over the past two weeks:

2016 Nominating Committee Report

2016 Proposed Budget

2016 Deacon/Trustees Biographical Sheets

There will be a Question and Answer Session this

Wednesday, December 9th from 6:30 - 7:30 pm in

KidZone Productions on these items. Please make plans to

attend if you have questions or if you need further

information.

All of these will be voted on in our end of year Business

Conference on Sunday morning, December 13

following the Morning Worship Services in the Worship

Center. Please make plans to participate in these important

decisions as a Woodlawn member.

“A young man should ask himself not

if it is his duty to go to the heathen,

but if he may dare stay at home. The

command is so plain: “GO.”

Nov.1,1873, Tungchow

Sunday, December 13

Following the 10:30 a.m.

Worship Service

in the Worship Center.

QUARTERLY CHURCH CONFERENCE Congratulations to

Christopher and Kimberly Elmore,

grandparents, Erick & Susan Elmore,

And grandparents, Larry & Celetis Barrett,

on the birth of

Abigail Renee Elmore 9 lbs, 13 ounces, 24 inches long

Born at 8:04 am on Thursday, December 2, 2015

At Catawba Valley Medical Center

We offer prayers of thanks for God’s Blessings!

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Volume 43, Issue 48 December 7, 2015 Published Weekly by

Woodlawn Baptist Church, Conover, NC Phone: (828) 464-6921

Fax: (828) 466-3472

Website: www.woodlawnbaptistnc.org

Dr. Ed Yount, Senior Pastor

Rev. Mike Daughtrey, Minister of Music & Worship Ministries

Rev. Jerry Anderson, Minister of Senior Adults & Pastoral Care

Rev. Ed Braswell, Minister of Students

Mrs. Erica Whitener, Director of Preschool & Children

Mrs. Patty Elrod, Director of the Child Development Center

Ronda Fagan, Financial Assistant and Ministry Assistant to Children, Students, & Seniors

Lisa Hefner, Ministry Assistant to the Pastor and Minister of Music

Erick Elmore, Maintenance Superintendent

Check out www.woodlawnbaptistnc.org

Sunday, December 13, 2015

10:30 am Dr. Ed Yount

“Christmas - The Season of Growing” Luke 2:1-7

6:30 p.m. A Christmas Celebration Woodlawn Music Ministries

Wednesday, December 16, 2015 11:00 am

Proclaiming the Message

On the Calendar

December 11th Christmas Banquet 5:30 pm December 14th Tanglewood Tour of Lights 4:00 pm departure, $25 each to cover motorcoach & entrance fee We have seats available and the trip is open to the entire church family. Sign up today! December 20th Caroling at Trinity Ridge 3:00 - 3:45 p.m. We need four groups to lead caroling for he family gatherings in each unit for about 20-30 minutes. Everyone welcome.