Youth News

Dear Church Family,
As most of you already know, and can probably not believe, Thanksgiving is right around the corner. In just a few short weeks we will be stuffing ourselves with turkey, mashed potatoes, and cranberry sauce. I hope that while we are stuffing ourselves that we take a minute to thank the Lord for His provision and His protection over the past year. I work in retail and our mentality around this time of year is to rush, rush, rush. We want to just survive another Christmas. I am making it a goal this year to stop and enjoy the holiday seasons — to stop and smell the poinsettias if you will. Now the way you do that might be in your prayer time or in a testimony. It doesn’t matter how you do it—it is just important that we do. In 2 Samuel 22:4 it states, “I will call on the LORD, who is worthy to be praised: so shall I be saved from mine enemies.” You see He is worthy of our praise and attention. A few years ago I had a friend challenge me to write down the blessings that God has given to me. He said to take a notebook and once a week write down a letter from the alphabet starting with the letter “A” and for that letter write down as many blessings as I can that start with that letter. I did it for a while and found that there were blessings I had never thought of. It made me appreciate the Lord even more than I already did. It also gave me no excuse for being ungrateful. The Lord truly has blessed my family and the least we can do is let Him know. I challenge you all to do the same. Stop for a moment every day and thank the Lord for His blessings. I guarantee you won’t ever run out of material. I praise God for all of you and for Harmony Heights Baptist Church. You have done more for me and my family than you will ever know. Thanks again and have a Happy Thanksgiving.
In His Grip-JR Slater

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PRAY for Revival

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OPERATION SHOEBOX

We will be stuffing shoeboxes Wednesday evening.

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Thank You
Dear Church Family,
Please accept our most grateful thanks for all your prayers, cards, and food for our family at our loved one’s passing. Thank you also for donating Gideon Bibles and making contributions to the building fund in her memory.
We love and appreciate you.
The Family of Velma Henderson
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Dear Church Family,
Thank you for your prayers, cards and Gideon Bibles given in memory of Cricket’s sister, Kathy Garnett.
Ed & Cricket Chevalier & Family
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Thank you for the Bibles in memory of Clayton.
Love in Christ,
Kathern & Fred

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Secret Sisters
will go to Applebee’s
November 20. 6:00 p.m.
RSVP Betty Bartlett

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I will be updating our military bulletin board this week. If you have a family member who is currently serving in our armed forces, please bring a picture, their branch of service, where they are serving and a current mailing address. I will post it on the bulletin board so everyone can be praying for them. If you have any questions, please contact me. Thanks, Geneia Case

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RA NEWS
The RAs have put together some banks marked “World Hunger” to be put in some of the Sunday school classrooms. This is an RA project to collect enough money to send the shoeboxes to their destination.