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We invite you to join us for fellowship and worship. This coming Sunday, October 2, as usual, you will have the option of joining us in the worship center, sitting in the fellowship hall (overflow for those who prefer more space), or tuning in to Facebook Live. Come and worship with us through song, prayer, giving, and the preaching of God’s Word.

Then, some members of our praise team will lead us in worship through song, and Pastor Nick Drake will be preaching on “Grace with Faith” (Galatians 3).

If you are unable to join us in person, you can watch online via our Facebook page. Of course, we do not consider viewing online to be a replacement for gathering with the body of Christ for worship and fellowship, but we understand that some people are simply unable to gather in person due to sickness, travel, or other circumstances. Thus, we are making these options available to serve those individuals.

Here is the rundown of our schedule for this week…

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28

5:45 p.m. = Evening Meal
–Our Wednesday evening meal is year-round and is an excellent time of fellowship and encouragement. Everyone is invited to join us for great food and fun together.

6:30 p.m. = Adults’ Bible Study Fellowship / TeamKID / Youth Group
–With ministries for all ages (both children and adults), Wednesday evenings provide a great recharge for the middle of the week. The events include our adults’ Bible study fellowship (from 6:30 – 7:30), youth group (from 6:15 – 7:30 for grades 6-12), and TeamKID (from 6:15 – 7:30 for all children who are elementary-aged and below).

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1

8:00 – 9:00 a.m. = Men’s and Women’s Fellowships
–The women and men each have separate fellowship gatherings on Saturday mornings from 8-9. You are welcome to come and go as you are able. The women meet in the fellowship hall, and the men meet in the prayer chapel (Carson’s Family Group’s room). Invite others and join us for free coffee (or tea and/or lemonade) and snacks.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2

9:00 a.m. = Prayer Gathering
–Our weekly prayer gathering is a time to pray specifically for our church, our community, our country, and the advancement of the gospel to the world. Everyone is invited to join us, and we do not have other activities during this 15-minute time of prayer, including nursery or children’s activities, as we want all ages to join us and see the value, importance, and power of intentional corporate prayer.

9:30 a.m. = Family Groups (aka Sunday School)
–Family groups are Bible study fellowships for all ages – children, youth and adults. Nursery is included for infants and toddlers, too. We consider family groups to be an essential ministry for discipleship and relationships.

10:40 a.m. = Morning Worship Service (and live on Facebook)
–Morning worship is an essential time of growing in God’s Word together. It’s that time of the week when most of our church family is all together for the purpose of worshiping our Lord and building up His body. For those who are interested, we also provide nursery (toddlers and infants) and children’s ministry (kindergarten and below) during our morning worship services.

12:00 p.m. = Long-Range Planning Team Meeting

3:00 p.m. = Heart of Missouri Baptist Association Annual Meeting

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Questions? Just let us know.

Please mark your calendars for our annual fall festival, which will be held at our church facilities on Sunday, October 16th from 3-7 p.m. As always, this event includes supper (FREE FISH FRY, along with other great food), music, basketball, kickball, octaball, other games, pumpkin decorating, the bounce house, popcorn, bonfires, hayrides, and more.

Something folks in our church and in our community look forward to each year, the fall festival is a great opportunity to fellowship with others, make new friends, enjoy great food and have a lot of fun. Because there is no set program, you can come and go as you please, but the games and activities will start at 3:00, with supper around 5:00 and the last event of the evening, the hayrides, starting around 6:00.

Church members, please be sure to bring lawn chairs for yourself and to share with others, if possible. Thank you!

PICTURES FROM PAST FESTIVALS

At the beginning of our worship celebration this morning, Vanessa Clevenger publicly professed her faith in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord through believer’s baptism. You can check out her testimony and baptism below, preceded by a short explanation of Christian baptism by Pastor Nick.

Please make plans to join us for a new sermon series called Summer on the Mount, beginning Sunday, June 5 during our morning worship celebration at 10:40.

Paul’s letter to the churches in Galatia is perhaps one of the most important letters for the church. This eleven-week series will look at its importance and theological relevance for our faith and life today. Specifically, we will look at the sweeping vision of grace that Paul lays out in this letter.

Here is the planned schedule for the ten weeks of this series, along with a few breaks in the series…

Sunday, September 4 – “The Grace of God” (Galatians 1:1-5)

Sunday, September 11 – “The Way of Grace” (Galatians 1:6-10)

Sunday, September 18 – “The Calling of Grace” (Galatians 1:11-24)

Sunday, September 25 – “The Work of Grace” (Galatians 2)

Sunday, October 2 – “Grace with Faith” (Galatians 3:1-26)

Sunday, October 9 – “The Promise of Grace” (Galatians 3:26-4:7)

Sunday, October 16 – “The Identity of Grace” (Galatians 4:8-31)

Sunday, October 23 – “The Response to Grace” (Galatians 5:1-15)

Sunday, November 6 – “The Spirit of Grace” (Galatians 5:16-26)

Sunday, November 13 – “The Service of Grace” (Galatians 6:6-10)

Sunday, November 20 – “The Power of Grace” (Galatians 6:11-18)

As always, you are invited to join us not only for our morning worship celebration but for all of our services and activities. If you have any questions or prayer requests, please let us know.

Our annual back-to-school ice cream social is Sunday evening, August 28th. We will start with a special worship service at 6:00, followed by ice cream and fellowship.

If you are a teacher, coach, school staff member or student (at any age level – elementary school, middle school, high school, college or beyond), we would love the opportunity to recognize and pray for you at the end of the service, which will also include a special gift for students.

Everyone is invited to join us, so please spread the word to your family, friends, classmates, teachers, coaches, school staff, neighbors and the community.

For our regular schedule, please click HERE. If you have any questions or need more information, please contact us. Hope to see you Sunday!

Vacation Bible School is almost here! Nightly from 5-8 p.m., VBS will take place Sunday, July 24 through Thursday, July 28. We hope your kids will join us and that you will consider volunteering.

Supper (for all interested kids and volunteers) will be served each evening (Sunday through Thursday) at 5:00 with the VBS program beginning at 5:30. We will be done right at 8:00 each night, and we’ll finish off the week with a big VBS family celebration (10:40 a.m.) and lunch on Sunday, July 31.

VBS is for children who recently completed pre-school through sixth grade, with nursery only being provided for the children of our volunteers.

For more information, please contact us. Check out the below video to learn more about this year’s theme.

Please make plans to join us for a new sermon series called Summer on the Mount, beginning Sunday, June 5 during our morning worship celebration at 10:40.

This ten-week series shows how to have Kingdom living in an upside-down world. In a world of sin and brokenness, Jesus shows what it looks like to live the life of a citizen of the Kingdom of Heaven through His time-honored and beloved “Sermon on the Mount.”  Do you struggle to live a consistent Christian life in a world that tries to drag you down?  Join us each Sunday to hear what the Lord’s wisdom reveals!

Here is the planned schedule for the ten weeks of this series, along with a few breaks in the series…

Sunday, June 5 – “Kingdom People” (Matthew 5:1-12)

Sunday, June 12 – “Kingdom Influence” (Matthew 5:13-16)

Sunday, June 19 – “Kingdom Law” (Matthew 5:17-20)

Sunday, June 26 – Special Sermon from Dennis Peterson

Sunday, July 3 – “Kingdom Standard” (Matthew 5:21-48)

Sunday, July 10 – “Kingdom Practice” (Matthew 6:1-18)

Sunday, July 17 – Special Sermon from Dennis Peterson

Sunday, July 24 – Special Sermon from Dennis Peterson

Sunday, July 31 – “Kingdom Treasury” (Matthew 6:19-24)

Sunday, August 7 – “Kingdom Trust” (Matthew 6:25-34)

Sunday, August 14 – “Kingdom Court” (Matthew 7:1-6)

Sunday, August 21 – “Kingdom Power” (Matthew 7:7-12)

Sunday, August 28 – “Kingdom Wisdom” (Matthew 7:13-29)

As always, you are invited to join us not only for our morning worship celebration but for all of our services and activities. If you have any questions or prayer requests, please let us know.

At the beginning of our worship celebration this morning, Rocky Rogers and Collin Moore publicly professed their faith in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord through believer’s baptism. You can check out their testimonies and baptisms below, preceded by a short explanation of Christian baptism by Pastor Nick.

To go straight to Rocky’s testimony and baptism, go to the 1:50-minute mark.

To go straight to Collin’s testimony and baptism, go to the 5:09-minute mark.

During May, which is Associational Emphasis month, we invite you to participate this week in the Association Week of Prayer.  This is a time where we focus as an association of churches on the overall mission and work of the association.

Sunday, May 15: Pray for your church.

Monday, May 16: Pray for the HMBA churches and their pastors.

Tuesday, May 17: Pray for the REACH of our association.

Wednesday, May 18: Pray for your Director of Missions, Preston Thompson.

Thursday, May 19: Pray for harvest workers.

Friday, May 20: Pray for our Associate Director of Missions, Charles Gholson.

Saturday, May 21: Pray for the Leadership Council and Executive Board for HMBA.

Sunday, May 22: Pray for the Mission and Vision of HMBA.