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Weekly Update for Sunday, November 26, 2023

Youth Group (6th–12th) There will be no Youth Group this Sunday night. We’ll be back together next week!

Bible Explorers (3’s–5th) Join us Wednesday nights from 6:15-7:30 for our midweek children’s discipleship program. We’d love to have you with us for engaging Bible lessons, Scripture memory time, and fun games.

Annual Meeting (Dec 3) Our annual meeting will be next Sunday. After the morning worship service, we will share a meal together, and then hold our annual meeting. If your last name begins with A-M, please bring a side. If your last name begins with N-Z, please bring a dessert. We welcome anyone to attend, though only church members will be allowed to vote on items presented.

2024 Children’s Ministries If you’re interested in serving in the Nursery, in the Little Sprouts, in the Elementary Sunday School class, or in the Treehouse, please sign up at the Welcome Center. See Pastor Bobby with any questions.

Church Secretary Position We will have an opening in January for the position of church secretary. Please contact the church office or any trustee if interested.

Weekly Update for Sunday, November 19, 2023

Youth Group (6th–12th) Join us Sunday evenings from 6:00-7:00 for Rooted Youth Group! Come spend time with friends as we have fun and explore the Christian faith. Our current series is learning about the goodness of God.

No Wednesday Services (Nov 22) There will be no Bible Explorers or Adult Bible study and prayer meeting this week to allow families more time to prepare or travel for Thanksgiving.

Annual Meeting (Dec 3) This year, our annual meeting falls on Sunday, December 3. After the morning worship service, we will share a meal together, and then hold our annual meeting. We welcome anyone to attend, though only church members will be allowed to vote on items presented.

Official Board Meeting There will be an Official Board meeting this afternoon at 4:30 in the church library.

OCC National Collection Week National Collection Week finishes up tomorrow. Thank you to all those who volunteered their time and energy to help receive boxes! We pray these boxes will allow for many gospel conversations to come!

2024 Children’s Ministries If you’re interested in serving in the Nursery, in the Little Sprouts, in the Elementary Sunday School class, or in the Treehouse, please sign up at the Welcome Center. See Pastor Bobby with any questions.

Weekly Update for Sunday, November 12, 2023

Youth Group (6th–12thJoin us Sunday evenings from 6:00-7:00 for Rooted Youth Group! Come spend time with friends as we have fun and explore the Christian faith. Our current series is learning about the goodness of God.

Bible Explorers (3’s–5thJoin us Wednesday nights from 6:15-7:30 for our midweek children’s discipleship program. We’d love to have you with us for engaging Bible lessons, Scripture memory time, and fun games.

OCC National Collection Week From the 13th through the 20th, our church will serve as the drop-off location for Greene County during National Collection Week. Please be in prayer for our volunteers and for the hundreds of shoeboxes that we will help collect!

Operation Christmas Child OCC items for November are postage and prayer.

College Care Packages We have several young people away at college. We’d love to bless them with a box of goodies as a reminder that they are loved! Please drop off your items at the desk near the church offices by tomorrow evening.

2024 Children’s Ministries If you’re interested in serving in the Nursery, in the Little Sprouts, in the Elementary Sunday School class, or in the Treehouse, please sign up at the Welcome Center. See Pastor Bobby with any questions.

Trustee Meeting The Trustee Board will meet following the morning service this Sunday in the JOY classroom.

Official Board Meeting There will be a meeting of the Official Board at 4:30 pm next Sunday, Nov. 19 in the Library.

Weekly Update for Sunday, November 5, 2023

WCBA Annual Meeting The West Central Baptist Association will hold its Annual Meeting tonight at First Baptist Church of Rockville. It will last from 4:00 to 8:00 pm, and will include times of worship, fellowship, a meal, a minimum of business, and three breakout sessions (pick one): MARCS of a Disciple – Pastor Tim LaFleur; You Can Do This – Pastor Jonathan LaFleur; and Navigating Challenges Facing the Local Church – Dr. Tom Savage. If you wish to attend, please meet here at our church at 2:30 pm.

Treehouse On the first Sunday of each month, we invite all of the elementary age children to sit in with the adults for the morning service. We’ll be back up in the Treehouse next week!

Youth Group (6th–12th) Join us Sunday evenings from 6:00-7:00 for Rooted Youth Group! Come spend time with friends as we have fun and explore the Christian faith. Our current series is learning about the goodness of God.

Bible Explorers (3’s–5th) Join us Wednesday nights from 6:15-7:30 for our midweek children’s discipleship program. We’d love to have you with us for engaging Bible lessons, Scripture memory time, and fun games.

Operation Christmas Child OCC Items for November are postage and prayer.

OCC National Collection Week Please be in prayer for the week of Nov. 13-20. National Collection Week will take place here at the church.

College Care Packages This year, we have several young people away at college. We’d love to bless them with a box of goodies as a reminder that they are loved! Sign up at the Welcome Center with the goodies you’ll bring to encourage one of them.

2024 Children’s Ministries If you’re interested in serving in the Nursery, with the Little Sprouts, in the Elementary Sunday School class, or in the Treehouse, please sign up at the Welcome Center. See Pastor Bobby with any questions.

Highway 67

U. S. Highway 66, or Route 66 as it is usually called, is an iconic, legendary American highway. It runs for 2,448 miles, starting from Chicago, Illinois, and meandering south and west all the way to Santa Monica, California. It’s been immortalized in song—apparently you can “get your kicks on Route 66.” And when I was a kid, there was a TV show called “Route 66” that ran for four seasons, starting in 1960. (I liked the show. I didn’t know what it was about, but the guys drove a Corvette, and that was good enough for me.)

There is also a U.S. Route 67, which runs from Sabula, Iowa (Anybody been to Sabula lately?), going south and then southwest to end at Presidio, Texas, on the Mexican border. Route 67 is not as long as Route 66—only 1,560 miles. And to my knowledge, there aren’t any songs written or TV shows produced about Route 67.

More humble still is our own Indiana State Road 67. It cuts across our state diagonally from Vincennes through Indianapolis to end at the state line near Celina, Ohio. It isn’t very long at all, by comparison. The entire length just misses the 200-mile mark, being officially listed as 199.24 miles long. (That’s 320.65 kilometers for all you Europeans out there.)

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