On December 31, during the worship service, we honored Annette Langdon for forty years of service as our organist and pianist.
We held our annual Christmas Eve service on Sunday, December 24, at 6. Rev. Lee Colbert led us and served communion. The preschool provided luminaries on the doorway and sidewalks in front of the church. A special thank you to all who read and performed.
Rev. Lee Colbert delivered the message through the month of December, guiding us through the Christmas season.
On November 19, the children performed Mrs. Dorothy Parker's Thankgiving play. The congregation honored John for his twenty-six years of service to our church. Speakers were: John Hatch, Johnnie Sue, Jami, Harold, and Heather. The youth band, including Justin, Amelia, Lela, Callie Mac, Katie, Allie, and Daniel (at the piano) performed.
We held homecoming on November 8, 2023. Rev. John Norman delivered the message. It was also his last Sunday preaching for us. John baptized Carolina Tucker. John and Michele served communion to the congregation. On October 21, the Baptist Men, led by Don, held Operation In-As-Much. Projects in the community included: yard work, painting and repairing windows, improving the food pantry shelving, cleaning the church quilt display case, cleaning the fellowship hall kitchen, rearranging the history room, preparing meals for shut-ins, preparing welcome baskets for new people in the community, adding a window to a preschool classroom door, witnessing at the rest stop, gleaning sweet potatoes, and quilting. Thank you to all who came out to help in the community and let our light shine.
On October 8, 2023, Rev. John Norman accepted a call to a position at Campbell Divinity School and tendered his resignation. He became our pastor on November 9, 1997, and has been our faithful shepherd for twenty-six years.
On Sunday September 17, we moved back to the sanctuary for worship after the renovation. Thank you to Building and Grounds for our new carpets, pain, choir loft, pews, pew cushions, screens, and livestream system.
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