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Emory Baptist Church eNewsletter

PASTOR SEARCH TEAM UPDATE

Pastor's Pen

     The Pastor Search Committee has been meeting weekly to pray for the Lord’s direction in finding the next pastor that God has for Emory Baptist. They have met with leadership from Hunt Baptist Association and from the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention, which has helped them develop a pastor search process. They have been receiving resumes for several weeks now and will continue to receive resumes for the next few weeks. They look at the resumes and consider them as they come in, but have a determined length of time to receive resumes. During this phase of the process, they have surveyed the congregation, considered the needs of Emory Baptist Church, and sought the Lord’s direction together in prayer. Through prayer and conversation, they are carefully considering and discerning the Lord’s direction.

     Here’s how you can pray for the Pastor Search Committee and for our church throughout the process:

¨ Pray for unity at Emory Baptist Church.

¨ Pray for discernment and wisdom for the committee members as well as our congregation.

¨ Pray for the families of the pastor search committee and for their health.

¨ Pray for the church our new pastor is coming from, that God would prepare them.

¨ Pray for God’s Will to be clear to us and the new pastor.

Bro. Chris Henderson, Minister of Music and Senior Adults

Choir Corner with Chris

I am so glad to finally be in our new Family Life Center and Fellowship Hall! We truly have some of the finest facilities and a great tool to reach our community, all thanks to your faithful planning and generous giving over the past several years. We are so blessed, and now the real work begins. Let’s remember the words of Christ from Matthew 9:37-38:

     “Then He said to his disciples, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few, therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.”

     We are the laborers. This building will be an empty husk unless we are faithful to go into the fields and begin to reach Emory and Rains County. The building is not the solution; it is merely a tool to help us accomplish the Lord’s mission.

     Celebration Choir continues to meet and work on Glory Touching Earth, our Christmas Choir Musical for this year. If you are interested in singing with us, please join us on Sunday evenings at 5:00 PM for choir rehearsal. We can always add more chairs to the choir loft!

     Thank you for your prayers for Grace, Tucker, and me over the past several weeks. I’m hopeful that we are finally over the illness and can be well for the rest of the year, especially for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays.

Ronnie Witt, Minister of Youth & Education

Student Ministry Spot

     For the third time, we participated in Senior Night on the Rains football field. With Caleb, we celebrated his senior year in the band. With Colby, we celebrated his senior year on the football team and several years before as a trainer. With Cohen, we watched his last game as a football player. Each of them took a different path through high school and I’m thankful for the way God has grown them in their faith and through their faith. I pray they continue to walk faithfully with Him.

     As we enter the holiday season, it’s good to think about the seasons of life and the seasons of a church. I fondly remember going to Thanksgiving at my grandparents’ house as a child, as a young adult, and a married young man. I remember taking babies to Christmas at my parents’ house, celebrating little boys and toys, thinking of their excitement in the morning. Sometimes when I think of those days, I ache to go back. But then I think of what I would miss ahead. I have a granddaughter coming in 2027 that I would never get to meet. I have a cruise with my mom and family coming up next summer that I’m eagerly anticipating. It’s easy to remember the good times of the past because we don’t really know the good times ahead of us. But God does.

     It’s good to be thankful for all God has done at EBC, but I am excited to see what God has in store for us in the days ahead. Let us be thankful for how He has worked to bring us here, but let also faithfully continue to commit our time, gifting, and attention His church to see where He leads us in the future.

Cecily Kirby, Director of Preschool Ministries

Sonbeam Day School

Memory Verse:

Then He said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men.” Matthew 4:19

 

Bible Story:

Jesus’ Disciples

 

Nursery Rhyme:

Little Miss Muffet

 

Monthly Nursery Rhyme Song:

Five Little Ducks

 

Family Bible Question:

How old was Noah when the flood began?

Hint: Genesis 7:6

 

Important Dates:

November 12th: Family Thanksgiving Feast

 

Please continue to pray for our ministry, staff, students, and their families.

Nursery Rhymes

ABC Thanksgiving

Author unknown

 

ABCEDFG - -

Thank you God for all I see.

 

HIJKLMNOP - -

Thank you God for my family.

 

QRS and TUV - -

Thank you God for loving me.

 

WX and Y AND Z - -

On Thanksgiving I thank thee.

 

Thanksgiving Song- I Am Thankful

*to the tune of “Frere Jacques”

 

I am thankful (sign for “thank you”: move right hand from chin to palm of other hand)

I am thankful (sign for “thank you”: move right hand from chin to palm of other hand)

To my God (point up)

 

To my God (point up)

 

For the many blessings (hand on heart)

 

Turkey and the dressings (hands on stomach)

 

Thank you, God! (sign for “thank you”: move right hand from chin to palm of other hand)

 

Thank you, God! (sign for “thank you”: move right hand from chin to palm of other hand)

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