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Woodruff Church of God e-Edition Newsletter September 27, 2011

Pastors Notes We had two awesome services this past Sunday! The Spirit of the Lord was present Sunday morning as people stepped out by faith and DARED TO HOPE. I truly believe that those who dared to hope will see the Lord moving in their lives and their situations. Just dont turn loose of Him. Then Sunday night, our Senior Adult Ministry did an outstanding job in leading the service. The PrimeTimers Choir did a great job, the special songs by Jeanne Nemitz and the Chesney Singers were anointed, the drama was excellent and the message brought by Bro. Leon Parker was right on! Special thanks to Pastor Shealy for doing a great job in leading the ministry and putting together a great service. A special presentation was given to the Senior Adult of the Year. This years recipient is Sis. Janet Sloan. I conquer whole heartedly with this selection. Sis. Janet and her husband Doyle are faithful to visit, attend funerals, make calls, pray and are involved in other works of ministry. Our church is blessed to have great folks like Sis. Janet Sloan. Please make sure you let her know how proud we are of her!!!!

Business Meeting This Sunday Night

SUNDAY NIGHT..Special Church Meeting. If you are a member of the church and/or you are a faithful supporter of the church, you need to be in attendance. We will begin a 6:00 PM and have a time of praise & worship, prayer and then the meeting. It is my sincere hope and prayer that this will be a meeting like no other. I hope we can do business for awhile and worship for awhile. Weve got so much to thank God for and so much to praise Him in advance for. PLEASE.if you care about your church, please be in attendance Sunday night!!!!!!

Fallfest News
ITS ALMOST HERE JUST 3 WEEKS AWAY FALLFESTOctober 15th11:00AM until 3:30 Pm On our New Property
Our focus: 1. Remember that one day we are going to have a church on this property. 2. Family fun time Enjoy the Country Store, Yard Sale, Food, Silent Auction.
Kids can enjoy the free bouncy games and carnival games. 3. Worship timeDifferent groups will be ministering under the big tent all day.

AT 4:00 PM, Aaron & Amanda Crabb Concert

Most of you are well acquainted with the Crabb Family, so you know the anointing with which they sing. Aaron & Amanda are anointed singers and are coming to lift up Jesus. There will be a love offering received. (WE HAVE ATTACHED A POSTER AT THE END OF THE E-BULLETIN FOR YOU TO PRINT AND HAND OUT TO YOUR FRIENDS)

What a great time this is going to be. Make your plans to be here.invited your friends.bring a lawn chair and lets have CHURCH!!!!!! .

Then on Sunday afternoon at 4:00 PM, we will have another worship experience. We will be singing and worshiping again, but it will just be us. ITS GOING TO BE GREAT!!!!!!!

A VISION OFFERING will be taken up again this year. In the past weve prayer walked the property and then brought a VISION OFFERING that goes to the building fund. Last year, we brought over $6,000. Im still hoping and believing that this year, we will be PRAISE WALKING instead of prayer walking!!!!! Please prayerfully consider what the Lord would have you give for this offering. Im believing God for GREAT THINGS AT THIS FALLFEST!!!!!!!

I mentioned last week that we wanted you to help us with FallFest by donating canned soft drinks. Well, I received a call last week from a person that does not attend our church who wanted to have the Coke Wagon come to FallFest and they would purchase all the drinks for us. That means all the soft drinks will be provided to us free of charge. That also means that we can make 100% profit off of every soft drink sold. PRAISE THE LORD!!!!! So instead of bringing soft drinks, could you bring BOTTLED WATER? We have a source to get free water but we cant sell it. So well be using the free bottled water for our Trunk or Treat! GOD IS SO GOOD!!! If you will help us with this, it will greatly assist us in making the most profit on the Saturday of FallFest.

Yard Sale
A new addition to FallFest this year will be an early morning yard sale. From 7:00 AM until 10:30 AM, there will be 20 spots available for a yard sale. The spots are $20 without us providing a table and $25 if we provide the table. This sale will be up on the new property close to the road. All the money from the sale of the spots will go to the FallFest total for that day. If you have some items to sell, make your plans to participate. You must pay in advance for your spot. Please see Judy Hayes to pay and reserve your spot.

I hope you noticed the handmade quilt displayed in the lobby. We are working on a special project of raising $2,000 to keep this quilt as an heirloom. We hope to display it in our new church building. This quilt was made by Sis. Brenda Parker out of neckties from the men of our church. The money will also be used to purchase a case in which the quilt can be preserved as it is displayed. Wont you be part of helping us preserve such a wonderful art piece, as well as, help us raise money for our building fund? See Brad Burnett to donate towards this cause.

Basket Silent Auction

Also, each Sunday School Class and ministry is asked to make a Themed Basket for the silent auction. We did this last year and it was a huge success and we made 100% profit on this. Have members of your group donate items, put them in a basket and wrap it with cellophane. Please make sure your basket contents dont exceed $50. It is important that you make a detailed list of all the items in the basket. Ideas for baskets are: Carwash Tools Fall/Harvest Christmas Baby Girl/Boy Kitchen Items Bath/Relaxing Items Pets Hobby

The Country Store

We will also have a Country Store again this year. The Country Store needs items donated. You can donate canned goods, homemade crafts, Christmas decorations, homemade cakes and candy or anything you can think of. They will also be selling clothing. Please contact Mertice Whitmore, Sarah Nelson, Judy Crocker or Bobby Brown (476-3470) to help pick up items.

As you may know, gold & silver are at an all time high. Many of us may have some old gold, silver, coins, etc. just lying around. Larry Elrod, who works at Inman Mills, is as close to a

numismatic expert on appraising values as you might could find. He is willing to appraise anything you might have to determine its proper value. Our hopes are that you might consider taking something that is just lying around and turn it into money that you might be willing to invest into the building fund. You could bring your items to a church service, give them to Brad who would get them to Larry for appraisal. Then Brad would have it back to you by the next church service. Weve come a long way in saving money towards our building fund, but we still have a ways to go. Would you consider looking through your home and see what the Lord would have you give? Wed like to offer this from now until Fall Fest.

Prayer List
Heath Richards, Lucy Polson, James Wesley Owens, Larry Trotter, Tracy Grant, Dan Tate, Dot Rains, Keith Adams, Brenda Crocker, Jerri Peavy, Johnny Waldon, Ruby Nell Watson, Tom Goen, Junior Bradley, Rick Lanford, Johnny Cochrell, Will Ball, Larry Elliott, Docia Sloan, Bonita Cherry, Candace Jackson, Gerald Wilson, Lisa Culbertson, Sherry Smith, Todd Smith, Brianna Smith, Bethany Nabors, TJ Nabors, Paula Beck, Roger Beck, Alex Beck, Elaine Marr, l, Olin Morgan, Nicholas Cobb, Linda McAlister, Connie Smith, Jackson Matthews, Hazel Justice, Michael Neely, Jonas Fortner Also remember those needing jobs, our Shut Ins and those in Nursing Homes.

October 6 Monthly mens meeting in the CLC dining room at 6:00. If you have not been attending these, you are really missing out. We have great food and fellowship each month. We spend time talking about service projects that are upcoming and events that we would like to attend. Come be a part of this as we all grow in our service to the Lord. October 15 Community Mens Breakfast at West End Baptist Church. Come enjoy a great breakfast as we fellowship with other men in our community. Tim Davis will be the speaker. Jason Hayes will be singing and sharing his testimony. After the breakfast on October 15 make sure you head over to Fall Fest on the churchs new property. November 5 Iron Sharpens Iron Mens Conference in Charlotte. Look for a sign-up sheet in the hallway along with a promotional poster.

Wednesday, September 28 -- Todd and Vickie are serving pizza to the choir during choir practice. So dont eat supper. This treat is to say a big Thank You for all of your hard work during Community Revival.

October 6-- the first fundraiser orders are due. Please have orders and money ready to turn in by that date. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. We have a good many of the Komen for the Cure pink bracelets left from last year. We would like for our ladies to wear these for the month of October. If you kept yours from last year, please dont take another one. We want as many as can to support this worthy cause. October 23 is Pink Sunday. We will honor those who have survived Breast Cancer. The Toy Closet item to purchase this week is: Dress-up Costumes & teen jewelry. We need more items for older girls and boys (ages 10 and up) please.

Tuesday, October 4 The F.R.E.E.D. 12-Step Addiction Supports Group -- will hold their OPEN MEETING in the Youth Building. Snacks and beverages will be served at 6pm followed by the meeting at 6:30pm. Our guest speaker will be Charlie D, who attends the Abundant Life Church of God. He will be sharing his "overcoming" experience with us. If you have been addicted or someone close to you is an addict, we invite you to attend this meeting which is open to everyone. Help is available! If you want to know more about this program, please contact John/Jeanne Nemitz at 476-2819.

Saturday, October 22 Mainstream Ministry Club is going White Water Rafting down the Nantahala River . The cost is $35 per person with money and waiver needed by Wednesday, October 12th. This will be a great way to fellowship and experience what God hath made! Please see Paul Lundberg for details.

28 Wednesday, September 28is the last day to turn in Mixed Bags orders. Please turn in all
orders and money to Donna Burdette

This Sunday, October 2 Children's Board Meeting @ 4:00 in the CLC. 29October 29- Trunk or Treat We are inviting all of you to take a part in our community
Trunk or Treat. It will be at our church and we will be serving a FREE hotdog supper. We need volunteers to decorate your car and bring candy to pass out. We would like to see the entire CLC parking lot filled with decorated cars. 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place prizes will be awarded to the best decorated cars. If you would like to take part in this fun event, please sign up with Donna or Garren Burdette.

28 Wednesday, September 28 Youth Praise & Worship5:50pm

Youth Connection..600PM Youth Ignition700PM

Saturday, October 1 Carowind trip..leaving at 8:00 AM

I NEED YOUR HELP!!!!!

Pastor Jason needs to recruit some Adult help and volunteers to help out with the wonderful youth that attend our church on Wednesday nights. HELP IS NEEDED IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: 1. Pre-Service help ( Help maintain the group before church from 5:50 until 7:00, then, if you wish, you can go to the Sanctuary for Bible Study.) 2. Service help ( Help from 7:00 until church is over. You can go to choir and then join us.) 3. Our New Avenue of Ministry-- Brown Bag Meals each Wednesday night. We need help preparing the food, bagging, distributing, and clean up. Please pray about this, and let the Lord direct you. Our youth program is growing and we need dedicated leaders in this area.

Ministry Leaders for This Week

Greeters John & Jeanne Nemitz SS Greeter - Robert Sloan CLC Greeter - Paul Lundberg Head Ushers - Charles OShields and Bobby Brown Finance Committee -- Ryan Ballard and Danny Knight Usher Team # 1 Robert Sloan, Larry Young, Michael Brown, Dennis Crocker, Rick Priester, Brian Arnold, Freddie Bright Wednesday Bus Ministry-- Bus: Garren Burdette & Clint Letoureau Van 1: Deanna Burgess & Phillip Pruitt Van 2: Tim & June Vassey Kiddie Church 2-5 year oldsLori Crocker & Jollene Priester(Play Practice) Kiddie Church 6-12 year oldsDonna & Garren Burdette (Christmas Play Practice) Kidz Praise & Worship None (Board Meeting - 4:00) Kidz Drama Practice 5:00 Nursery-- Wednesday Pam Strickland Sunday AM -- Ann Knight and Faith Burdette Sunday PM --Ann Knight Music Wednesday Lisa Terry Sunday AM Lisa Terry Sunday PM Brad Burnett Praise Team Maroon

Dont forget the poster at the bottom.