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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
Church Family, it’s time to get excited! The Family Life Center opens this month! This marks the end of a years (actually, over a decade) long process that EBC and her members have prayed and worked for. Join us on October 18th as we have our dedication service for the Family Life Center!
Celebration Choir is hard at work on “Glory Touching Earth,” our Christmas Musical for 2026. If you are interested in joining the choir, please come visit with me and we will get you plugged in with our other talented choir members.
Thank you for all your prayers for the Henderson family over the last several weeks. I think Tucker, Grace, and I are all finally over the “crud” and can breathe and hear normally. Please pray for us to stay healthy as we enter into these cooler months, especially little Tucker Ryan.
I hope you and your family will join us for Fall Festival on October 28th, from 5:30 to 7:30 PM. For more information on Fall Festival, please see Bro. Ronnie’s column, as he goes into much more detail.
Ronnie Witt, Minister of Youth & Education
Student Ministry Spot
My oldest son turned 22 years old at the end of September and is expecting a little girl in February. That reminded me that my first October here at Emory Baptist, I dressed up for the Fall Festival as a football player and I dressed him as a football that I carried around all night. It has been a while since my first introduction to the Fall Festival and it has changed in some ways. But it is still a good outreach event for EBC every year.
Once again, we are asking Sunday School small groups to host a booth for the Fall Festival on Wednesday, October 28, from 5:30pm to 7:30pm, and hand out candy to the people from our community who come every year to participate.
What kind of booth would you like to host? It can be any kind of carnival game you may have seen on the midway at the Rains fair or that you remember from years ago. It may be a game of skill like putting a golf ball, throwing a football, rolling something at a target. You may also decide to host an activity booth rather than a game. At activity booths, kids could make a craft, dig for objects in corn, have their faces painted, or decorate a bag. Activity booths may require more materials, but they also allow more engagement.
The upside of planning this year is that we should have access to the Family Life Center, so weather should not be a factor. There will still be opportunity for outside activities if they are particularly loud or require more room than is available in the FLC. But, it will be an exciting year for us to use the FLC to host our community for the Fall Festival that Wednesday night.
I hope you are a part of a Sunday School Small Group and that you will make it a priority to love people in our community by helping with Fall Festival.
Cecily Kirby, Director of Preschool Ministries
Sonbeam Day School
Memory Verse:
“Peace I leave with you, My peace I
give you; not as the world gives do I
give to you. Let not your heart be
troubled, neither let it be afraid.”
John 14:27
Bible Story:
I Praise Jesus for His Peace
Family Bible Question:
Who saw dry bones come back to life?
Hint: Ezekiel 37:7
Important Dates:
October 27th: Food Drive for EBC Little
Free Pantry Begins
October 29th: Story Book Character
Dress Up Day
Please continue to pray for our ministry, staff, students, and their families.
Nursery Rhymes
Are you Fall-O-Ween Jesus?
Matthew 4:19
Here is a great “Pumpkin Prayer” for
you to do with your little ones this fall
season as you decorate and carve pumpkins.
The Pumpkin Prayer
CUT OFF THE TOP:
Lord, open my mind and fee me with
your wisdom and guidance.
SCOOP OUT THE INSIDE:
Lord, take out my sin. Fill me with you,
Jesus.
CARVE OUT THE EYES:
Lord, open my eyes to see all the
beautiful things you have made.
CARVE OUT THE NOSE:
Lord, help me to be a sweet fragrance
for you.
CARVE OUT THE MOUTH:
Lord, help me to always speak your
word of love and kindness.
PLACE IN A CANDLE:
Lord, fill me with your light so I can
shine for others to see.
May you each shine bright for the
Lord this fall season.