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Elizabeth Caitlyn Sullivan
Baptism Sunday!
Join us this Sunday, December 12, 2021 @ 10:00 AM.
Originally, we were planning to wait until after the Christmas season to have our next Baptism Service, but Tuesday night Elizabeth asked me if she could get baptized this Sunday because it was going to be her Mommy's birthday. She is so excited about sharing her Baptism Day with her Mommy's Birthday!
So please forgive us for the short notice, but this is a day we have all been waiting for. I hope you can make it out to join us for this special occasion on the 3rd Sunday of Advent.
Joyfully His,
Pastor Wayne
Sunday Morning Worship
In-Person
Indoors
&
Online
10:00 AM
Please continue to practice safe COVID protocols.
Mask and Social Distancing are NOT required,
but are RECOMMENDED.
Our Worship Center is equipped with UV Sanitation.
We fog our facility with a special disinfectant after each service.
Hand Sanitizer and masks are available in our Foyer.
There is never a better time than now, at the Christmas Season, to reconnect with your church family. We hope you can make it to worship with us!
Pray and Go Ministry Update
WOW! What an exciting start to our PRAY AND GO MINISTRY!
We have already visited close to 160 homes in just a few short weeks with several gospel encounters. It has been an exciting start for all of our teams!
Our Pray and Go leadership team met last week and developed the following schedule for the next eleven weeks. Our plan is to operate on an eleven week cycle followed by two weeks off followed by another eleven week cycle and on and on.
Please note that there are a few other people who are going to be added to the schedule as soon as possible. This is not a complete listing.
On your marks, get ready, Pray and Go!
12/5 Scott & Connie Skinner with Jill Olson
Dougald & Linda McLaurin with Jill Olson
12/12 Tom & Kim May with Sue Staton
Debbie Perry, Barbara Williams, & Ike Davis
12/19 Phil & Pam Peele with Jill Olson
Sullivan Family
1/2 David Harper, Andrew Crocker &
either Pastor Wayne or Jill Olson
1/9 Scott & Connie Skinner with Jill Olson
Dougald & Linda McLaurin with Jill Olson
1/16 Tom & Kim May with Sue Staton
Debbie Perry, Barbara Williams, & Ike Davis
1/23 Phil & Pam Peele with Jill Olson
Sullivan Family
1/30 David Harper, Andrew Crocker &
either Pastor Wayne or Jill Olson
2/6 Scott & Connie Skinner with Jill Olson
Dougald & Linda McLaurin with Jill Olson
2/13 Tom & Kim May with Sue Staton
Debbie Perry, Barbara Williams, & Ike Davis
2/20 Phil & Pam Peele with Jill Olson
Sullivan Family
We hope you will consider joining us in this amazing ministry opportunity! We can use all the prayer warriors God sends our way. Please be in prayer for each of these teams through out each of their assigned weeks. If you are interested in joining us, please contact David Harper, Linda McLaurin, Jill Olson, or Debbie Perry.
EBC Annual Christmas Party
Friday, December 17th, 2021
6:00PM - 7:30PM
Join us for our Annual Christmas Party at Ephesus Baptist Church We will begin the event at 6:00PM and celebrate together until 7:00PM. Following our time of celebration we will have a brief time of fellowship around finger foods in the Fellowship Hall.
After our time of fellowship, we hope you will stay around and enjoy the Christmas movie, "The Polar Express." We will have popcorn and the leftover finger foods to munch on while you enjoy the movie together. So be sure to join us!
Also, if you would like to sing, read, recite, or perform any other gift or talent during our celebration please contact Pastor Wayne or Craig and Linda Johnson by Wednesday, December 15th. We would love to hear some beautiful solo performances and enjoy gifted family members sharing their gifts with all this Christmas. If you are willing to read selected Christmas passages during our party, please let us know that as well.
Lottie Moon Christmas Offering 2021
In addition to this Sunday's special Baptism service, we are also kicking off our Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. This year the Deacon's have set a church-wide goal of $2000.00 to go to Lottie Moon. Let us strive to meet and even exceed this goal.
Also, please note that we are going to have the Christmas Card Mailbox set up in the Foyer for you to begin sharing your Christmas Cards. Our tradition is to encourage you to use our mailbox for free and whatever you would have spent on postage can go to the Annual Lottie Moon Christmas Offering.
The Lottie Moon Christmas Offering® is an annual offering collected by Southern Baptists to support international missions. The offering was officially named in 1918 by Woman’s Missionary Union in honor of the missionary to China who urged churches to start it and give sacrificially.
God is on the move! Let's GO with Him!
Please prepare your hearts now to join us on Christmas Eve at 5:00PM for a short Christmas devotion and a special time of Communion as we celebrate the Lord's Birthday together.
40 Days of Prayer
Beginning January 1st, our Deacons and I are asking you all to join us in a special time of prayer to begin the New Year. 2020-2021 has greatly affected each of us, and we believe that we need to commit now to praying for renewal, revitalization, and revival in 2022.
We will share more with you as we approach January 1st about our plan to guide you through a 40 Day Prayer Journey that will prayerfully heal our hearts and set our sails to catch God's revival winds so that we can move in accord with His perfect plan and will.