Newsletter for November 5, 2025

Join us this Wednesday night at 6:00 as we welcome guest speaker Kaycee Aultman (pictured bottom right serving in the Philippines), who will be sharing about her work with Operation Christmas Child.

Other OCC Dates To Remember
Monday, Nov 10th, OCC Prep night in the Family Ministry Building.

Wednesday, Nov 12th
Pack OCC boxes for Family Night
Meet in Family Building

We still need items for Operation
Christmas Child Boxes

Vegetable Soup,
Cornbread and  Peach Tarts 

Join Us for a Day of Fellowship and Fun!

Mark your calendars for Friday, November 14 as we head to
The Parish House in Adel, GA for another wonderful time together!

We’ll leave the church at 10:15 a.m., so come ready for
great food, laughter, and fellowship.

Sign up in your Sunday School class or let
Jonathan or Sue know if you’d like to go.
Don’t miss out on this fun day trip!

Monday, November 10th
1:30 PM

Meet in Bill Hardin SS Class Room
You're invited to be part of wonderful group of ladies! Join us each month for our WMU (Women's Missionary Union) meeting—a time for women of all ages to gather in fellowship, grow in our faith, and focus on missions near and far. Come discover how God is working through women just like you and missionaries all over the world.

If you want to bring stuff and pack your box that night, you are more than welcome, or you can help us pack as a group. 

Suggested Toys: Small dolls, stuffed animals, jump ropes, balls, cars, puzzles, card games, musical toys (like harmonicas or recorders).

Suggested School Supplies:
Crayons, markers, colored pencils, small notebooks, rulers, erasers,
or pencil sharpeners

 Please Do Not Include:
Toy guns or weapons of any kind
War-related toys

 Drop-off boxes are located outside the church office.

Let’s join together to bless children around the world with the love of Christ through a simple shoebox gift!

We’d love your input! Please take a few minutes to fill out our church survey so we can better plan activities that serve and bless our church family.

Don’t miss Brother David’s Mid-Week Devotions in Psalms!
New messages are posted every Wednesday on our media page—take a midweek moment to be encouraged and refreshed in God’s Word.

Budget for 2025 . . . . . . . .  $329,624.00
Tithes Needed to Date . . . . $279,166.36
Received to Date . . . . . . . . $236,936.40      
Needed for weekly budget . . . $6,344.69
Tithes Received this week . .  . $7,366.90

This Sunday is the Harvest Banquet. This is a special day in our fellowship. We have a special speaker, a great meal, and a wonderful time of fellowship together.
Why do we have a Harvest Banquet? There is an obvious reason for receiving an offering above and beyond our normal gifts. This offering is a huge help for us as we go through the church year.

But I hope we have a greater desire for the Harvest Banquet. I hope it is a time where we think of all of God’s blessings upon us and give as an expression of thanksgiving, love, and adoration. I hope we approach the Harvest Banquet with the attitude of the psalmist in Psalm 105. The psalmist wrote, “Oh give thanks to the Lord, call upon His name; make known His deeds among the peoples.”

For what was the psalmist so thankful? The same reasons we should be thankful! First, there is God’s grace. In verse 6, he speaks of God’s choice of Israel. This was purely of God’s grace. Israel had nothing to offer God – and neither do we. God’s wonderful salvation of sinners like us is purely of His grace. If we ponder the reality of that, our hearts will overflow with gratitude.

We should also think of God’s faithfulness. God is forever faithful to His promises to us in Christ (verse 8). He is faithful to meet our every need (verse 41). Think – has God ever failed you? How we should thank Him.

The psalmist then reminds us of God’s goodness. It was God’s plan to give Canaan to Israel (verse 11). Even when God’s plans led Joseph through adversity, it was for his and Israel’s good (verses 16-23). We can thank God because He truly works all things for our good (Romans 8:28).

The psalmist was also thankful for God’s presence (verse 39). We don’t just have God with us – we have Him in us by the Holy Spirit. Our wonderful God is always with us and will never leave us (Hebrews 13:5).

Last, the psalmist reminds us of God’s riches (verse 37). While God may not make us financially wealthy, He gives us the richness of life (John 10:10). He gives a richness that this world’s things cannot give (Psalm 4:7).

No wonder the psalmist was so thankful. How we should be! Let’s express our thanks during this Harvest Banquet.