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The Family of Faith Is Committed to The Great Commandments (Matthew 22:37-39) and The Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20) Volume 51, No. 48 December 5, 2010 Knowing Christ and Making Christ Known Sermon Topics December 5, 2010 Church Office - 792-5159 ROC - 836-2949 Weekday Ministry - 793-9898 8:15 and 10:45 a.m. 6:00 p.m. Website - www.calvarydothan.com Message by Ed Wright Churchwide Christmas Banquet “Dedication of the Christ Child” Fellowship Center Ministers All Members Ed Wright Tree Ministry Associate Senior Pastor

Brad Bradford The Angel Tree is in the Fellowship Center Foyer and is decorated with angel ornaments Associate Pastor/Music and Worship which represent children of inmates. Gary Cornelius VERY IMPORTANT: When you select an angel ornament, sign your name and complete the Associate Pastor/Adults and Outreach information requested on the form provided next to the tree. Please attach your angel ornament to the gift when it is returned to the church. Charles Uptain Executive Pastor DUE DATE: All wrapped and tagged gifts need to be turned in to the Church Office by Sunday, December 10. Ron Bruce Associate Pastor/Recreation

Nate Brady Associate Pastor/Students Churchwide Christmas Banquet Sponsored by the Deacon Ministry Joyce Alexander Director of Preschool Ministries Sunday, December 5 ~ 6:00 p.m. ~ Fellowship Center Cost: $6.00 (Age 4-Adult) Patty Farrington Tickets are limited. Get yours now. Director of Senior Adults/Singles

Dixson Klinger “Writing Christmas Cool, Too” Hispanic Pastor Presented by the Children’s Choirs of Calvary Baptist Church Music Assistant Nolan Dykes Tickets are available in the Worship Center Foyer on Sundays and in the Church Office, Monday-Friday. All seats are reserved. Ministry Assistants Caren Coleson, Pastoral Ministries Childcare is available by reservation for ages six weeks through 3 years old. Carol Morris, Executive Assistant Heather Perkins, Adults Anne Register, Recreation Emily Shiver, Students/Senior Adults Angie Tice, Music Lottie Moon Christmas Offering Amanda Arney, Preschool for International Offering Mark Shiver Facilities Manager Are We There Yet?

Amanda Chilton 6,426 Unreached People Groups Kitchen Coordinator What More Can I Do? Leslie Payne Childcare Coordinator National Goal: $175 Million Calvary's Goal: $56,000 Christi Peterson Ingathering Day: Sunday, December 12 Weekday Associate Director

Jana Fryer West Africa is one of the most ethnically diverse places in the Weekday Ministry Assistant world, and to more than 300 people groups with little or no access to the Gospel. International missionaries are sharing the Truth and planting churches, and God is moving because you give! Information for Last Week Page 2 November 22-28, 2010 Ministry News THE PEOPLE CAME… LCG, November 28...... 1,051 C.O.M.E. - Calary On Mission Everyday CWM Average Attendance...... 115 I know there are times when you would like to talk with a minister about an urgent matter. Please feel free to call me at any time. My cell number is 334-791-2552. I THE PEOPLE GAVE… will be available at all times. Of course, we have a great staff and they will help in General Fund any time of distress but do not hesitate to call if you need me. Given November 28...... $28,094.20 Once again our church is showing that we are on mission. Wednesday, December Given Year-to-Date... $2,248,653.43 15, will be a great night here at Calvary. We are hosting some people who just need a little hope and love. If you have not signed up your LCG, please do so immediately. Partners In Ministry After looking at the Angel tree, we only have 37 names left. Please come by the Given November 21...... $50.00 Fellowship Center Foyer and get your angel. All the forgotten angels (senior adults Given Year-to-Date...... $27,857.96 who need some special attention) have been taken. You are such a giving church. My mom is moving forward, slowly but surely. Thank all of you for your prayers. AND THE LORD ADDED Have you been a blessing to someone? Remember, if we sow blessings, we TO THE CHURCH... shall also reap blessings. Great movements of God begin by small acts of love and obedience.

Laurel Oaks Volunteers Needed Volunteers are needed to work with the Laurel Oaks Ministry on Sunday afternoons, 3:30-4:30 p.m. Volunteers serve once per month in an eight-week period beginning in January 2011. Training by the facility is necessary. Please contact Ed Wright or Joyce Alexander today to volunteer. Join us for an information and evaluation meeting on Wednesday, December 1, in Room G315 at 6:00 p.m. for an overview of the ministry.

Music Ministry Calling All Students This Sunday, December 5, we will have a preview and idea session for ALL BY LETTER students and parents concerning our Spring Production. We will meet in The Zone at Kaysie Cargill 4:30. We need your thoughts and input. We will look at ideas, dates and how to’s for this student led production. Let’s get creative and join us Sunday at 4:30. The movie is getting close! Our run dates are December 10-16 at Northside Cinema II. Advance tickets go on sale this Friday! We are working to make this a great outreach tool. Please take someone with you. Prayerfully, they will spend thanking you. Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow!

Recreation Ministry Calvary Ski Trip / February 25-March 2, 2011 / Salt Lake City, Utah / 25 Spaces available A Big Thank You to • Base cost is $620.00 per person and includes: round trip airfare, five nights Amanda Chilton accommodations, and cooked to order breakfast each morning. • Additional costs will be: rental car (4-5 people will share), lift tickets ($57.00 per day), snow mobile ($75.00). Amanda Chilton has decided • Payment Schedule: $50.00 deposit due now, $100.00 due December 1 and January to resign from her position as 1, $120.00 due February 1. our kitchen coordinator, and we If you are interested in going on the trip, contact Ron Bruce, 836-2949, or rbruce@ all are so thankful for the years calvarydothan.com, to reserve your spot. and Ricky have helped so diligently in the church kitchen. I cannot think of two more servant- Singles Ministry minded people at our church than • Farrington Open House Has Been Canceled / I look forward to being able to Ricky and Amanda. Thank you for host the open house again next year. Please continue to keep my in your continuing to sacrificially give to prayers. this church family. Amanda will • Singles 3 and 4 Christmas Party / Saturday, December 18 / Home of Jim and be training Christi Peterson to take Jan DeHaven / Time to be announced in LCG this Sunday. over as kitchen coordinator in 2011. • Singles 5 Christmas Party / Chilton Home / Time to be announced / Please sign We look forward to see how God up in LCG this Sunday. uses Christi in this crucial service • Singles 3 and 4 Mix and Mingle / Tuesday, December 21 / 6:00 p.m. / Dakota ministry. Coffee Shop Page 3 Opportunities for the Week

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5 Ministry News 8:15 a Worship Celebration, WC Preschool Ministry 9:00 a Media Library Opens DiscipleLand Schedule 9:30 a Life Connection Groups DiscipleLand Preschool Worship will not meet on Sunday, December 5. Enjoy family 10:45 a Worship Celebration, WC worship together in the Worship Center. Remember to pick up your 3’s-Kindergarten 10:45 a Iglesia Bautista El Calvario, from their LCG room at 10:30 a.m. on that day. Chapel 4:30 p Parent and Student Meeting for Breakfast in Bethlehem / A Christmas celebration for children / 3 years old through Spring Project, TZ Kindergarten / Children must be accompanied by an adult / Saturday, December 11 / 6:00 p Churchwide Christmas 9:30-11:30 a.m. / Fellowship Center / Breakfast, Crafts, Drama, Photo opportunity / Banquet, FC Event is Free—Tickets are necessary. Tickets are available until Sunday, December 5. 7:30 p Student INEWAGTZ Contact the Church Office, 792-5159, or pick up at the Preschool Desk. Childcare is MONDAY, DECEMBER 6 available by reservation for children ages 6 weeks through 2 years old, call 792-5159. 9:00 a Senior Adult Exercise, R300 3:00 p Camp R.O.C. Fine Arts VIPs for Sunday, December 5 Program 8:15: Marcus and Toni Cannon 6:30 p Taekwando, R300/302 10:45: Rick and Rhoda Weber, Lee and Robin Braswell TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7 9:00 a Blood Pressure Check, Office 9:00 a Women’s Bible Study, R304 Children’s Ministry 3:00 p Camp R.O.C. Mentoring Children’s LCG Preview Program This Sunday, December 5, our first through sixth graders will discuss how God 4:15 p Calvary Ringers, G318 promised a Savior many years before Jesus’ birth. Ask your child to name a few of the 5:30 p Aerobics Class, R300 prophets that God used to foretell about the Messiah. For more information on this and 6:30 p Iglesia Prayer Service, Chapel every LCG lesson, go to http://parent2parent.ning.com and click on the KISS archive WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8 link. 9:00 a Senior Adult Exercise, R300 9:00 a Community Bible Study, Special Schedule for Sunday, December 5 Chapel We will not be using the Fellowship Center on Sunday morning, December 5, because 5:00 p Family Night Supper of our Churchwide Christmas Banquet that evening. All children will attend morning 5:30 p Wigglefest, Gym Worship Celebration with their parents. Parents, please pick up your first and second 5:45 p M&M’s, P220/222 graders in the Fellowship Center Foyer after LCG. Also, third grade LCG will meet in 5:45 p S.T.O.M.P. the Craft Room in the ROC, and our fourth graders will meet in the Gym. Thanks for 5:45 p Connection Team Meeting, being flexible as we decorate and prepare for a great banquet Sunday evening. R301 6:00 p Student Worship, TZ 6:00 p DivorceCare, R308 6:00 p DivorceCare for Kids, R306 Senior Adult Ministry 6:00 p English as a Second Language, We have a wonderful opportunity on Wednesday evening, December 15, 6:00 p.m., Azalea Room to go Christmas Caroling to our shut-ins. I hope that if you have not been coming on 6:00 p Intercessory Prayer Class, Wednesday evenings you will make a special effort to attend and help us bring a special G310 joy to our shut-ins this Christmas season. If you know of someone that you would 6:15 p Prayer and Praise, Chapel like for us to visit, please call Emily at the church office, 792-5159. Bring along some 6:30 p Celebration Wind Ensemble, homemade cookies and when we return we will enjoy a time of fellowship with cookies WC and hot chocolate. 7:30 p Celebration Choir, Chapel Thank you so much for your sweet spirit and encouragement to me last Sunday THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9 regarding the cancelling of our Christmas Open House this year. We will plan something 3:00 p Camp R.O.C. Mentoring extra special in the months ahead. Please continue to keep my Dad in your prayers. Program 5:30 p Aerobics Class, R300 • Christmas Caroling to our Shut-ins / Wednesday December 15 / 6:00 p.m. / Meet FRIDAY, DECEMBER 10 in front of the Chapel / Come back to the church for hot chocolate and cookies 9:00 a Senior Adult Exercise, R300 • “Tuna Christmas” Play / Friday, December 17 / Leave for Columbus, Georgia at 6:00 p Iglesia Music Rehearsal, 2:00 p.m. / Cost: $25.00 for ticket / 30 tickets available / We will stop and eat before Chapel the play (meal on your own) 6:45 p Wiregrass Christian Singles, • Forgotten Angels / Packages are due back to Emily’s office by Sunday, December 5 FC / Thank you so much for making someone’s Christmas special this year. 7:00 p Iglesia Indoor Soccer • “To Kill A Mockingbird” Play / Monroeville, Alabama / Friday, April 29 / Tickets Tournament, Gym have to be purchased on Monday, January 3 / We will take a motor coach. / Cost for SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11 tickets and transportation: $75.00 7:00 a Prison Ministry Trip 9:30 a Breakfast in Bethlehem, FC 6:30 p Iglesia Music Lessons, Chapel Happy Page 4 SYMPATHY December 5 Baker Dorsey, Lucille The Calvary church family extends their deepest sympathy to… Glass, Bunk Hanahan, Beatrice Johnson, Judy Field – death of sister Rex Martin, Valencia Pitzing, Candy Kathy Gannon – death of grandmother Lee Ritchie, John Taylor; December 6 Charlotte Boyd, Natalie Burnette, Buddy THANK YOU NOTE RECEIVED Clark, Stan DeVane, Jorja Haddox, Chris Ginny Lloyd Jones, Wayne Patterson, Donna Petty, Matthew Stefin, Ally Vinson, Chris Wash; DEACONS OF THE WEEK December 7 Becky Kite, Kayla Nichols, December 5 Kent Nunnally, Jeff Harris, Stacey Harrison, Gene Pollan Jennifer Robinson, Grayson Weed, Tom December 12 John Wallace, Hudson Lazenby, Phillip McCoy, John Searcy Woods; December 8 Carla Andrews, Jay Barger, Dan Cotant, Celia Ebert, Morgan FIRST TOUCH MINISTRY Feagin, Kelsey Mann, Jennifer May, Serving December 5 at 10:30 a.m. Jimmy Nelson, Amanda Price, Brooke ROC – MV2 (Maddox) Searcy, Gene Tidwell; December 9 Worship Center – MA3 (Barfield) Hope Bryant, Cybrierria Corbitt, Abbie Preschool – MC1 (Harrison) Dixon, Presston Hope, Garrett Jeffreys, Chance Mullins, Teresa Paz, Al Searcy, THANK YOU, VIPs Mike Tew, Mark Thompson; December We thank the following Volunteers in Preschool who served in Extended Session on November 10 Cindy Buchmann, Jessica Edenfield, 28: Andy and Amy Franklin, Eric and Melanie Donop, Lou Whaley, Nell Smith, Christine Herrington, Sherry Faulk. Arthur Flynn, Roy Hogan, Iola McCloud, Daniel Miller, Angela Ray, Dustin Smith, FAMILY NIGHT SUPPER Lapedra Smith, June Thompson, Cade Wednesday, December 8 Watson; December 11 Larry Beasley, Chef’s Surprise Elizabeth McLeod, Wendy Simpler Preschoolers 3 years old and under – free Children 4-10 years old - $4.00 Individuals 11 years old and up - $5.00 Senior Adults - $4.00 For reservations or cancellations, call 792-5159 by Monday, 4:30 p.m.

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Organization Non-Profit Non-Profit Parent-Child Commitment Day Sunday, December 5, 8:15 and 10:45 a.m.

The following families will participate in a Service of Commitment, Sunday, December 5. Parents will be committing themselves to seek and follow God’s leadership in guiding the life that He has entrusted to them.

Mylee Jean Brady Ava Claire Duncan Nate and Erin Brady Lauren Duncan

Emmaline Brook Haywood Avery Elizabeth Patterson T. J. and Courtney Haywood Corey and Amy Patterson

Charles Andrew “Charlie” Uptain Charles and Melody Uptain Service of Commitment

LEADER: Deuteronomy 6 says, “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.[a] 5 Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.”

LEADER: After hearing God’s Word do you recognize the tremendous responsibility God has given you toward your child?

PARENTS: We do.

LEADER: Do you understand the church’s role in partnering with you to encourage and equip you to lead this child to experience a personal relationship with Christ and grow to be a Christ follower?

PARENTS: We do.

LEADER: Do you commit yourselves to partner with this church to provide connection points for you and your child so that God’s institutions of the church and the family can work together to build a strong spiritual foundation?

PARENTS: We do.

LEADER: Do you faithfully commit yourselves to try to provide the home experiences that will enable your child to profess Christ as Lord and serve Him as Master?

PARENTS: We do.

LEADER: Do you, the church, realize your partnership with this family as they seek to raise this child in a Godly manner, will you commit to praying for this child, and will you provide the faith community that promotes connection between God, these parents, this child, and their church family?

PEOPLE: We do.

LEADER: Having heard the promises of both these parents and the gathered church, we ask God to give us wisdom and guidance in discipling the next generation. Prayer of commitment.