Opportunities to Worship
Men’s Breakfast Saturday, Jan 6 8:00 AM Sage Valley
SUNDAYS
WEDNESDAYS 6:30 PM
Sunday School 9:30 AM
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Morning Worship 10:30 AM Evening Worship 6:00 PM
Mission Meetings Prayer Meeting Business Meeting Prayer Meeting
Mission Friends Children in Action Youth Group Choir Practice 7:30 PM
Wednesdays 6:30 PM
Business Meeting Wednesday, January 17 6:30 PM
Associational Choir Workshop Saturday, January 20 9:00 AM - 2:30 PM We will be hosting this event. Lunch provided.
From our Associate Pastor of Music and Discipleship December 2017 is soon to be but a memory as time is quickly moving forward. December brought us at Hillview one of the greatest Sunday School attendances in the history of the church. The Advent in Action focus gave our church the needed momentum to begin inviting our unchurched friends and neighbors to church. Couple that with the wonderful job the choir did on our cantata and the exciting other worship opportunities offered and you begin to see why Hillview is such a special place to serve. The year ahead gives us new opportunities to continue in our growth as disciples of Jesus Christ. On February 10-11 we will be hosting a Disciple-Makers weekend with Rev. Tom Capps, Missions Ministry Director of the Three Rivers Baptist Association. Tom often serves on special assignments in the SC Baptist Convention through leadership development with Sunday School and other ministries. I hope you will make plans to be with us that weekend as we seek to fulfill our commission to make disciples! Hillview Baptist Church has an exciting future, and we want YOU to be a part of the great things happening here. Jesus said in Matthew 28:19-20, “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you…” (HCSB) - Jesus called us to be disciple-makers. Let’s all resolve to get on board in the new year as we make disciples for His glory and for the Kingdom!
Disciple-Makers Workshop February 10-11 Nursery Workers Needed
We are in need of 2 -3 paid nursery workers. If you know of someone that may be interested, please have them contact Lisa Shealy, Landon, or the church office.
CPR/First Aid Training
Mon., Jan 22 or Tues., Jan. 23 6:00 – 8:00PM
For All Nursery & Children Ministry Workers Please be sure to sign up. Sheet is on hallway table.
Rev. Tom Capps, Mission Ministries Director of the Three Rivers Baptist Association will be with us. Join us as we work to strengthen our Sunday School and Hospitality Ministries.
2017 Year to Date Average Attendance Sunday School 50 Morning Worship 80
Contributions thru December 24 Budget - $338,918.97 Specials - $51,045.04 Total - $389,964.01
January Dates to Remember
Nursery Rotation for January
Wednesday, January 3 Missions Meetings 6:30 PM
Babies
Kaitlin Turner
Wed 3
Saturday, January 6 Men’s Breakfast at Sage Valley 8:00 AM
Sun 7
Sunday, January 7 First Sunday of New Year
AM Kasey Shirer Frances Ussery PM Kasey Shirer
Wed 10
Wednesday, January 10 Prayer Meeting 6:30 PM
Sun 14
Sunday, January 14 Second Sunday in January Wednesday, January 17 Business Meeting 6:30 PM
Kasey Shirer
AM Kelsey Knight Dixie Maxwell PM Kaitlin Turner
Wed 17 Sun 21
Saturday, January 20 Associational Choir Workshop 9:00 AM - 2:30 PM We will be hosting,
Kasey Shirer
Sun 28
Monday, January 22 and Tuesday, January 23 CPR-First Aid Training Workshop 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Kelsey Knight AM Kelsey Knight Will Hearn PM Kelsey Knight Kaitlin Turner
Wed 31
Friday, January 26 Kingdom Heirs in Concert 6:00 PM Doors open at 5:30 PM
Kasey Shirer Kaitlin Turner Kaleanne Hearn Kaitlin Turner Kelsey Knight
Kaitlin Turner David Maxwell Kelsey Knight Kaitlin Turner
AM Lisa Shealy Larry Shealy Mary Ann Carpenter Kaitlin Turner PM Kaitlin Turner Gloria Dunagan
Wed 24
Sunday, January 21 Third Sunday of January
Toddlers
Kaitlin Turner Colby Shealy Pepper Hancock Megan Williams Kasey Shirer
PLEASE NOTE If unable to work your scheduled nursery date, please find a replacement. If all attempts have been made and you are still unable to find a replacement, contact Lisa Shealy (803)645-5146.
Sunday, January 28 Last Sunday of January
January 2018 | Vol 5, Issue 1
From Our Pastor Therefore as you have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, having been firmly rooted and now being built up in Him and established in your faith, just as you were instructed, and overflowing with gratitude (Colossians 2:6-7).
At VBS this year, the kids were taught some classic children’s songs—including, “Deep and Wide.” That song, of course, is about the limitless nature of God’s love. We have all been recipients of His love and grace that has no boundaries. How will you respond to His love? One of the goals that was established at the onset of 2017 was that we grow as disciple -makers and emphasize Sunday School. Mitch Verdell spent a month helping us evaluate our current ministries and gave us some great insights on how to improve in the present and prepare for the future. And we finished the year strong in these areas. We set a record for Sunday school attendance in December. We also closed the year with more discipleship efforts in our children’s department. My prayer for Hillview in 2018 is that we continue to grow Deeper and Wider as believers—cultivating deeper roots of prayer and devotion in the Lord in our personal lives. As we grow deeper, we should also overflow into wider relationships with one another. I want to encourage you to make Sunday school and our group Bible studies a priority. It is also important for us to widen our reach in our community by inviting others to grow Deeper and Wider with us. Thank you for the privilege of being your pastor. I pray that each of you have a wonderful Christmas celebrating the birth of our Savior and a great New Year in the Lord.
January Birthdays 7 11 15 17 18
Veronica Beckum Richard Sykes Joe Clary Brian Levins Allen King
19 20 21 26 28
Don Dunagan Benai Parker Logan Edwards Roger Parker Christian Carroll
Kingdom Heirs in Concert Friday, January 26 6:00 PM Doors open at 5:30 PM