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October October 2015
No. 10
NEWS & VIEWS OF WILLIAMS Church Phone: (256) 435Church Fax: (256) 435Daycare Phone: (256) 435435-5020 435-5255 435-8313 Church Email: fbcwilliams@cableone.net Church Website: fbcwilliams.org
Dear Family and Friends, As we get ready to embark on such an exciting event in our lives, we are thinking about all of you and how much our lives are about to change. Sallie and I are so fortunate to have such incredible family and friends. We appreciate the support and excitement that you have all shown us as we make this journey to China. We are thrilled to bring Kohl home! Our education and training for this adoption, have prepared us in how to help Kohl become a well-adapted member of our family. There are some things about adoptive parenting that are the same as parenting a biological child. There are also quite a few areas that we have learned are different. I think we realize now more than ever before how important it is to follow our training. We know that Kohl will need a specific type of environment and parenting when he comes home in order to feel safe and secure and to learn how to live successfully in our family. While we know that every child is different, we also understand that Kohl’s history will impact his behavior when he gets home. The amount of nurturing Kohl received, the amount and quality of food received, illnesses experienced, the quality of care, and Kohl’s unique temperament and personality will all contribute to his behavior. This can result in behavioral issues, as well as a sense of grief and loss from being separated from the only home and caregivers he has ever known. Adoption is a traumatic and scary event for any age child whether they are newborn or 10 years old. Many people think that because Kohl is so young, he won’t be impacted as much. We are erring on the side that he will grieve tremendously for all that he will lose. This will best prepare us to support his needs. He is being removed from all of his routines and familiar surroundings. Even babies grieve and experience sadness at an event like this. In order to help Kohl feel safe and learn that we are his parents, we are creating the type of environment that will help promote security during this stressful time. When Kohl comes home, at the recommendation of experienced adoption professionals, we need to implement specific parenting approaches to help encourage a strong, attached, emotionally healthy family member. Kohl needs to learn that we’re his parents. He needs to feel nurtured and safe. He will not be used to having parents to love and care for him around the clock. Here are some things we will be doing for our child based on research. We plan to live a quiet life with limited trips out and no visitors in for a little while. Social workers and psychologists tell us that when children are first adopted, they may be overwhelmed, scared, and nervous. By keeping our lives very limited and consistent at first, we’ll be helping Kohl feel safe. We know you’ll all want to hug, kiss and help Kohl, but it is recommended that we be the only ones to do that for a while to improve his chances of strongly attaching to us. Until we feel Kohl has attached and clearly knows we are his parents, we will need to be the ones meeting all of his needs/wants. As strange as it may seem, adopted children who act very outgoing and affectionate with strangers is not a healthy thing. It is called “indiscriminate affection” and can mean that they haven’t really attached to anyone. We appreciate your understanding in reading this. We’ve giving you all this letter so that you will understand how dedicated and committed we are to helping Kohl adjust and adapt during this stressful time in his life. Thanks for all of your support! Grace and Peace, Chris & Sallie
ADULT GAME NIGHT
FOR THE RECORD OFFERING Budget Receipts Goal Actual Receipts to Date BUILDING PLEDGES Pledge Goal to Date Received to Date
2015
2014
$ 286,346.19 $ 221,235.34
$ 285,499.50 $ 223,743.01
$ 43,272.06 $ 43,229.00
$ 43,272.06 $ 47,399.00
Adult get-together for Thursday, Oct 1st and Oct 15th will be held at the church at 6:00pm. Bring your favorite finger food snacks and join us for an evening of food, fun, fellowship and games.
BUSINESS MEETING Our Quarterly Business Meeting will be held on Sunday, October 18th at 6pm in the sanctuary prior to the evening worship.
TOTALS ARE THROUGH 09/27/2015
“A special thank you to each and every one of you for your monetary support and hard work that enables First Baptist Church of Williams to touch lives by sharing the love of Jesus”. ~Finance Committee
COUNTING COMMITTEE FOR OCTOBER Kari Haynes, Rex McAlister & Faye Ponder GREETERS & USHERS FOR OCTOBER Mike & Jamie Davis Lamar & Diane Freeman
JACKSONVILLE CHRISTIAN OUTREACH CENTER Our church is schedule to provide the following items to the J.C.O.C. for the month of OCTOBER: Peanut Butter, Jelly, Crackers and Cereal. Please take your donated items DIRECTLY TO the JCOC located just behind McDonalds. SCHEDULE OF SERVICES Sunday Sunday School 9:00 am Morning Worship 10:00 am Choir Practice 5:00 pm Evening Worship 6:00 pm Tuesday Bible Study 10:00 am Wednesday Supper 5:30 pm Evening Devotion 6:30 pm Children & Youth Activities
ANNUAL APPLE TRIP The annual trip to Merceirs Apple Orchard in Blue Ridge Georgia will be on Friday, October 16th. The cost is approximately $20 per person and includes transportation and lunch.
4TH ANNUAL LADY RAIDERS SOFTBALL GOLF TOURNAMENT: The PVHS Lady Raiders Softball team will hold
a tournament at 1:00pm on Sunday, October 25th at Stoney Brook Golf Course. The format is a 3-man scramble. Cost will be $50 per person (includes golf, cart, range and lunch). First prize is $450, Second prize $300, then a random drawing from third place to last for $150. Also, there will be many other door prizes. For more information or to sign up, please contact Colton Morris at 256-591-7994.
MEMBER TIME-STEWARDSHIP FORMS: Member TimeStewardship forms are now available. Please pick up a copy located in all foyers of the church. Attached to the form you’ll find a “Committee Responsibility Reference Sheet that will give you an overview of the different committees. Please complete the form and return it to the church office or to a member of the Nominations Committee before Oct 18th. On Sunday, Oct 18th there will be luncheon following the morning worship and you’ll have the opportunity to turn your form in at that time so the Nominations Committee can begin assigning committee members. Members of the Nominations Committee are:
Bobby Burns Chris Dempsey Sharhonda Duncan Jamie Freeman Kari Haynes Summer Quinn Lauren Whitaker
NURSERY HELPERS Oct 4 Oct 11 Oct 18 Oct 25
Peggy (J) Green Amber Law Bonnie Johnson Heather Dempsey
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Nursery␣helpers␣will␣assist␣one␣of␣our␣regular␣nursery␣workers␣each␣Sunday␣ morning␣for␣Sunday␣School␣and␣Worship.␣␣Our␣regular␣nursery␣workers␣are:␣ Terri␣Harris␣and␣Sharon␣Williams.␣␣␣Nursery␣Helpers␣if␣you␣need␣to␣reschedule␣ your␣day␣to␣work,␣please␣contact␣Marleah␣Blades␣at␣256-689-0242.␣
CASTING CALL We are getting ready to produce a promotional video titled “What Williams Means to Me” and we want you to be the star! This video will feature short clips (a few words or sentences) of our fellow church members offering testimony on what our church means to them. If you are interested, please contact Chris Cheatwood at ccheatwood@fbcwilliams.org for more information.
WEDNESDAY NIGHT SUPPER MENUS
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3 & 4-YEAR OLD HELPERS Oct 4 Jake & Courtney Green Oct 11 Randy Blades & Madilyn Turner Oct 18 Marleah Blades & Abby Hedgepath Oct 25 Sallie Thomas & Maggie Hedgepath ======================
CHILDREN’S CHURCH
Oct 4 Katrina Lipscomb Oct 11 Rhonda Duncan Oct 18 Marleah Blades Oct 25 IN CHURCH ======================
CHILDREN’S STORY
Oct 4 Courtney Johnston Oct 11 Randy Blades Oct 18 Rhonda Duncan Oct 25 Marleah Blades
Oct 7
Meatloaf English Peas Mashed Potatoes Roll Peach Cobbler
Oct 14
FALL BREAK – NO SUPPER
Oct 21
Cube Steak w/Brown Gravy Mashed Potatoes Pinto Beans Biscuits Cake
Oct 28
Taco Salad Refried Beans Spanish Rice Sopapillas & Ice Cream Plates are $5 per person (Age 6 & up) $2 per person (Age 2-5) Family of 4 or more $20 Total
October 2015 FBC WILLIAMS ACTIVITIES CALENDAR Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Sep 2015 S M T 1 6 7 8 13 14 15 20 21 22 27 28 29
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W 2 9 16 23 30
T 3 10 17 24
F 4 11 18 25
S 5 12 19 26
S 1 8 15 22 29
M 2 9 16 23 30
T 3 10 17 24
W 4 11 18 25
T 5 12 19 26
6
Happy Birthday Wanda Green & Joyce Johnson
12
Happy Birthday Gina Honts
F 6 13 20 27
S 7 14 21 28
Happy Birthday Terry Boozer
7
8 Happy Birthday Richard Prickett
11:00 AM Nominations Committee Luncheon
13
20
Happy Birthday John English, Sarah Freeman & Wilson Lipscomb
14
15
Happy Birthday Patti McLeod
6:00 PM Adult Get-together
FALL FESTIVAL Happy Birthday Avi Blades
Happy Birthday Cloey Boozer & Rachel Green
10
Happy Birthday Ayden Freeman
Happy Birthday Colton Morris
27 Happy Birthday Casey Maples
28
Happy Birthday Keith Johnston, Carol McGinnis & Abbi Steele
29 5:30 PM Supper
6:30 PM Devotion, Children & Youth Activities
16
17
ANNUAL APPLE TRIP Happy Birthday Camille Chitwood
22
6:30 PM Devotion, Children & Youth Activities
Happy Birthday Riley Green
26
21 5:30 PM Supper
6:00 PM QTRLY BUSINESS MTG
25
CMC RESERVED
6:30 PM Devotion, Children & Youth Activities
Happy Birthday Bryce Freeman
19
Saturday
3
Happy Birthday Joe Chitwood & Ada Dempsey
9
NO SUPPER NO SERVICE
18
Friday
2 6:00 PM Adult Get-together
5:30 PM Supper
CMC RESERVED 2PM
11
Thursday
1
Nov 2015
5 8:15 AM Deacon/Staff Monthly Mtg
Wednesday
23 Happy Birthday Georgia Edwards
24 CMC RESERVED BROOKS Happy Birthday Wendy Boozer
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