September 12-19, 2021 - OFFERING GOAL: $5,000 - The Banner - Abingdon Baptist Church
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Volume XLV, No. 35 The Banner September 7, 2021
September 12-19, 2021
OFFERING GOAL: $5,000
SEPTEMBER 12
11:00am
In Person & Live Stream
Stop Judging Others!
Romans 14:1-23
Listen to sermon recordings at
www.abingdonbaptist.org
From Our Pastor. . .
A paper ballot will be mailed to every resident church
member this week. Each member will mark his/her
selections according to the instructions on the ballot and
return it by mail or in person to the church office for
collection and counting. All ballots must be received no later than noon on Thursday,
September 23 in order to be counted. Results of the deacon election will be announced
on Sunday, September 26 and will be published in The Banner that week. Those elected
will begin serving on October 1, 2021.
Alma Hunt Offering – Our week of prayer for our
annual Alma Hunt Offering for Virginia Missions
begins this Sunday, September 12. This offering is
collected and administered as a joint venture of our
Woman’s Missionary Union of Virginia (WMUV)
and the Baptist General Association of Virginia
(BGAV). The 2021 state goal is $800.000, and our
ABC giving goal is $5,000. You can check the
current total given in The Banner’s financial report
section starting next week. You may give to this
offering from now until the end of October by bringing or mailing to the church a check
made out to ABC with a designation of “Alma Hunt” on the for line. You may also give
online using the “Alma Hunt Offering” directed giving option in the dropdown menu on the
giving page. Prayer guides and giving envelopes are available at the church. Thank you
for continuing your record of generous financial support for Virginia missions through the
Alma Hunt Offering. Continue to pray, give, and go as God directs.
Move and Pounding for Shawn & Liz Howell – Shawn and
Liz will make the move to Abingdon this Saturday, September
11. We have a team of men with a truck going to help them move.
Several ladies from the church plan to meet Liz at 10am on
Saturday at the rental condo (849 Barclay Dr., Abingdon) to help
set up. The truck with their furniture should arrive around 1pm.
Any men who can help unload the truck are welcome to join in. If
you plan to help, please let me know, and I will text you a better
ETA on Saturday.
Also, this Sunday, September 12, we will welcome Shawn & Liz
with a good old-fashioned ABC “pounding” as they stock their new
pantry. Instead of pounding them with food items, would you
pound them with a gift card to your favorite local food store? That
way they can get what they need. If you would like to participate in this gift-card
pounding, please drop off or mail your gift card to the church office or hand it to Pastor
Bill by this Sunday morning. We will present your pounding gifts to them during the
Welcome on Sunday. Thank you for your love and generosity as we welcome Shawn &
Liz into our Abingdon Baptist family.
ABC Church Picnic and Hymn Sing – On Sunday, October 3
immediately after our morning worship service, we will depart from
the church for Hungry Mother State Park. We will take the church
coach, which can seat 25 persons. Also, some of us will need to
form carpools for the journey to the park. The church has reserved a
pavilion with two fireplaces and will provide hamburgers, hot dogs,
chicken, and drinks. Those who drive vehicles will be asked to pay a
$7 fee for parking.
Please register for the Church Picnic on Realm, use the Picnic Registration button
on the church website, or contact Trina in the church office by September 26.
F.Y.I . . .
Deacon of the Month - September
Sheila Willis 276-698-4855
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SUNDAY SCHOOL
Attendance for Sunday, September 5 CHURCH CALENDAR
In-person/Zoom Study Groups - 73 Click to view monthly calendar
Extended Session Workers
September 12, 2021 SUNDAY September 12
Carrie Trivett & Charlene Phelps 9:45am Odds & Ends In-Person/Zoom
§ Fellowship Hall
Worship Technicians: Denton Foil In-person/Zoom
Bill Klose Chapel
Angella Klose
Tony Roberts Seekers In-person/Zoom
Conference Room
Ray Minor
Cathy Shelton Friendship via Zoom
Mel Shelton Via Zoom (through August)
§ Children & Youth classes In-person
Car Ministry 10:45am In-person or
September 12 - Larry Payne 698-9163 Livestream Worship
§ Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo
Financial Update Extended Session
September 5, 2021
Budget Funds
Weekly Budget Needs $8,053.00 TUESDAY September 14
Received 9/5/2021 $9,176.00 12:30pm Old Testament Survey
YTD Budget Needs $281,855.00 Conference Room
YTD Receipts $274,780.84
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Building Fund WEDNESDAY September 15
To-date $100,860.99 6:00pm Online Bible Study
Jesus Heals a Blind Man
Mark 8:22-26
Facebook
7:00pm Sanctuary Choir
Sanctuary
To call in by
telephone to listen to
our Sunday morning
Worship each week:
Call: (929) 205 6099
ID: 857 6177 9822
Passcode: 054503
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schedule changes.
We will send you a text.
Prayer Concerns
Hospital:
Recuperating:
Sue Foil
Treatments Continuing/Pending:
Nick Abel, Matthew Childers, Terry Christian, Becky Corvin, Nadine Culberson, Lendy Dunaway, Tristan
Duncan, Elizabeth Eskew, Richard Foil, Carol Fuller, Lee Garrett, Denise Gobble, Renva Gunter, Lucille
Heath, Bill Hedrick, Winona Hilt, Harold Jackson, Anne Johnson, Scyrethia Mullins, Hannah Moore,
Leslie Morris, Glenda Pollard, Rita Reynolds, Margaret Roe.
Long Term:
Curtis Burkett, Gene Compton, Barbara Dunn, Bruce Hicks, Billie Jordan, Wayne McCall, Karen
McMurray, George Owens, Will Roberts, Rosa Lee Shaffer.
Independent Living/Retirement/Assisted Care & Rehab Facilities:
Eva Hamlet, James Hughes, Christine Kohr, Janet Lambert, Genevive McCall, Bonnie McCracken,
Virginia Moore, Joanna Owens, Howard Smith, Sally Stevens.
Homebound:
Bea Jones, Jim Jones, Sue Munsey, Dale Orfield, Jake Turner, Shirley Turner, Jimmy Repass.
Homebound of the Week
Joanna Owens
This week we want to lift up
Cody Johnson
Patrol Officer
Abingdon Police Department
Brad Roop
Jason Shephard
Washington County Sherriff's Dept.
Tuesday, September 14
• Margaret Roe
Wednesday, September 15
• Linda Pugh
Friday, September 17
• Renva Gunter
• Carrson Blankenship
OCC featured item for September
will be Packs of Kleenex
Continued from Pastor Bill...
Praying of Afghanis – “Bless those who persecute you; bless and do not
curse. . . . Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good” (Ro
12:14,21). These words of Paul resonate with the command of Jesus in His
Sermon on the Mount, “Love your enemies, and pray for those who
persecute you” (Mt 5:44). This is a hard command to follow. Our natural
human tendency is for revenge or at best to do nothing for an enemy. However, we are
to love our enemies just as Jesus loved us when He willingly gave His life for our sins on
Calvary’s cross (cf., Ro 5:8).
As we see and hear about the unfolding tragedies in Afghanistan, we wonder what to do
about our enemies, the Taliban, ISIS-K, and other terrorist groups. How can we respond
to them with blessings instead of curses? How can we love them? In light of the mercies
of God shown to us in Christ Jesus and with minds renewed by His Spirit, we must look
for transformation of every relationship, even with enemies, through the grace of God.
Jesus points us in at least one possible direction with His command to ". . . pray for
those who persecute you” (Mt 5:44b). We can pray for Afghanis, both friends and foes,
for Afghani Christians, for our U.S. military personnel and families, and for American
citizens and supporters who remain in hostile territories. The International Mission Board
(IMB) and North American Mission Board (NAMB) call on us to pray and give specific
guidance regarding how we can bless others through our intercession with the Father on
their behalf. Here are ten ways they suggest for us to pray for Afghanis
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and to prepare for Worship
Service will begin at 11:00am
Full in-person or Livestream Worship.
Doors open at 10:45am
Ministers Entire Congregation
Pastor bbryan@abingdonbaptist.org ext. 32 Rev. Dr. Bill Bryan
Minister of Music & Worship showell@abingdonbaptist.org ext. 24 Mr. Shawn Howell
Church Organist Mrs. Carol Clifton
Church Pianist Mrs. Rose Payne
Secretary tvickers@abingdonbaptist.org ext. 21 Mrs. Trina Vickers
Children’s Ministry Assistant ctrivett@abingdonbaptist.org Miss Carrie Trivett
Youth Ministry Assistant Mr. Jimmy McKemy
A church with a world mission and a world program in association with the Lebanon Baptist
Association, Baptist General Association of Virginia, Southern Baptist Convention, Cooperative
Baptist Fellowship, and Baptist World Alliance.
Church office hours: Monday - Thursday 9:00am - 5:00pm, Friday 9:00-12:00pm
Phone: 276/628-8126
PRAYER LINE: extension 42, FAX: 276/628-5743
WEB Site: WWW.ABINGDONBAPTIST.ORG
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