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Volume 51 September 2017 No. 9

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Ephesus Baptist Church

6767 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh. NC 27606

Phone: 919-851-1928 www.ephesusbaptistchurch.com

SEE YOU AT THE POLE is on Wednesday, September 27, at 7:00

a.m. local time. All around the globe, in every time zone, students will be gath-

ering at their flagpoles, praying for their school, friends, families, church-es, and communities. SEE YOU AT

THE POLE is a day committed to global unity in Christ and prayer

for your generation.

“fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith. For the joy set before him he endured the cross, scorning its

shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.” Hebrews 12:2

Love

Fleegle

RBA Fall Senior Adult Rally 2017

Tuesday, September 19

Location:

Central Baptist Church

11109 Poole Road, Wendell

Registration begins at 8:30 am

Program begins at 9:30 am

Cost:

$15/person

Guest Speaker: Dr. Dudley Flood

Special Music: New Covenant

Please send in the registration form with your list of attendees and

check(s) to Raleigh Baptist Association, PO Box 46659, Raleigh,

NC 27620.

Call 919.231.3995 for more information or e-mail Cindy.

Dear Church Family,

Once again, disaster has struck our nation a terrible blow in the form of Hurricane Harvey in Texas. Millions of people have been affected. Thousands are homeless and have lost every-thing. Some good news is that we have heard from Lynnwood and Jo Grice that their daugh-ter Robin and her family who live in Houston are safe. Once again, we have an opportunity as Chris-tians to come along side of those around us who are in need, to show and tell the love of Jesus. Baptists on Mission Disaster Relief is already on the scene providing meals and comfort, and will be organizing further relief and recovery efforts in days to come. How can you help? YOU CAN GIVE—go online to baptistsonmis-sion.org, or mail a check, designated for Disas-ter Relief Fund, to: NCBM, P. O. Box 1107, Cary, NC 27512-1107. Or you can give in the offering in worship on Sundays, making checks payable to Ephesus Baptist Church, and memo Disaster Relief. YOU CAN PRAY—we pray as individuals, fam-ilies, and as a church family, that God will turn something terrible into something beautiful, and all to his glory! YOU CAN GO—we’ll get word out as soon as possible on how to get involved with short term relief trips to the Houston area.

Tell them to use their money to do good. They should be rich in good works and generous to

those in need, always being ready to share with others. (1 Timothy 6:18)

Pastor Greg

Church Staff

Greg Templin, Pastor..………..pastorgreg@ephesusbaptistchurch.com Doug Meeker, Min. of Music………. ………dougmeeker@gmail.com Kevin Fleegle, Min of Youth .. ...…kevinf@ephesusbaptistchurch.com Lisa Cook, Admin. Assistant………..lisab@ephesusbaptistchurch.com Sue Patrick, Organist/Accompanist……..…..spatrick0712@gmail.com Kenneth Cook, Grounds…………………….….cook1690@gmail.com Lisa Emory, Building Security……….……bogeysgirl@bellsouth.com

SEPTEMBER SERMONS

Sunday, September 3 PATH OF TOTALITY Series

Part 2—Who Are You? Matthew 4:19; Romans 8:29

Sunday, September 10

PATH OF TOTALITY Series Part 3—Finding Your Voice

Matthew 28:18-20 Sunday, September 17

PATH OF TOTALITY Series Part 4—From Program to Purpose

Hebrew 3:12-13 Sunday, September 24

SECRET OF GENEROSITY Series Part 1—Giving Sacrificially

Matthew 6:1-4

Consequently, faith comes from hear-ing the message, and the message is

heard through the word about Christ. (Romans 10:17, NIV)

Our Homebound members Roy & Frieda Stamper Jerry Boles Chuck & Trilby English Earl & Louise Gardner Hal & Ruth Aldridge Buck Clifton

PRAYER REQUESTS…

Calling Pastor Greg! Calling Pastor Greg!

The best way to reach me is by phone, calling or texting 919-303-4949. If it’s

less urgent, email me at pas-torgreg@ephesusbaptistchurch.com

Now showing on RightNow Media …

For Children—

THE ADVENTURES OF BIBLE MAN! #1 - Melting the Masters Of Mean (An Adven-

ture in Kindness) #2 - The Mayor Of Maybe Doles Out Doubt

(An Adventure with the Gospel) #3 - Dr. Fear's Almost Perfectly Disastrous

Day (An Adventure in Peace) For Teens—

JESUS CHANGES EVERYTHING In this 4-part series, Nick Hall, Founder and Chief Communicator for PULSE, a ministry focused on reaching the next generation for

Christ, talks to students about how a relation-ship with Jesus changes everything—our identity, relationships, habits, and mission.

Students will be challenged to allow Jesus to transform every aspect of their lives.

For Adults— FOLLOWING THE MESSIAH

Jeremy Dehut and Barry Britnell are your tour guides on this incredible journey through the

Bible lands, both old and new.

The Bible study for the fall is on prayer, starting Sept. 10th @ 6:00 p.m. in the fellowship hall. Light snacks before and a bit while we wrap up, with groups for ladies only, men only, and couples. Book & Study guide sets are $20. How's YOUR prayer life??!!

Baptists On Mission Rebuild Day Trips each Tuesday

We are now going each week to help in Goldsboro. The van leaves the church campus at 7:00 am, stops along the way at Bojangles, and returns that evening, time depending on a supper stop. For more infor-mation contact John Bentley at 919-280-6159 or Bill King 919-358-5211. This is a wonderful opportunity to join in Kingdom work as we seek to be witnesses for Christ in our Judea (Acts 1:8).

Living Nativity

Just a reminder....our Ephesus Living Nativity is scheduled for December 15,16,17. Team lead-ers are already under way recruiting characters to participate in the event. Each of the seven scenes has a recruiter.....please consider com-mitting to participating if you are asked by a scene recruiter. We have a rehearsal scheduled on December 7, at which time a video will be made for advertising purposes. We have live animals committed for the event and are negoti-ating to have live animals at the rehearsal to be included in the video. This event is an outreach and we will be inviting anyone who would like, to participate. In addition to your participation, we solicit your financial support. If you feel led to contribute, please do so in a church envelope and mark "living nativity" on the front.

—The LN committee thanks you...!!

DEACON TRAINING

“Exploring the Calling

and Commitment of Dea-

con Ministry”

Saturday, September 30,

2017

Trinity Baptist Church 4815 Six Forks Rd, Raleigh, NC 8:15 – 8:45 Continental Break-

fast 8:45 – Noon Sessions

Session 1

(A) Deacon Ministry that Matters: Being an Agent of Transformation (B) Understanding the Role of the

Deacon Session 2

(A) Ministry Entrepreneurs: Deepen-ing Deacon Ministry

(B) Understanding Personality Types & Spiritual Gifts

Registration is $20 per per-

son—groups of 5 or more $15 per person. Price includes one Nuts & Bolts book per church & one Spiritual Leadership book per attendee, materials, conti-

nental breakfast, & snacks. Sign up by September 27 by

calling 919-231-3995 or email iris@raleighbaptists.org.

Wednesday Night Supper 6:00 PM

September 13, 2017 Spaghetti, Tossed Salad, Bread, Dessert, and Tea

Mission Night begins at 6:30 p.m. Rise for Hunger will be our guest

speaker.

Fall Friends of Children (FOC) Workdays

The perfect one-day missions opportunity for all ages. From painting to planting, Friends of Children workdays offer your church group an opportunity to tackle a number of projects at BCH's statewide locations. Registration 8:30-9:00 am, projects 9-Noon. Free lunch served at noon, optional tours available.

September 9—Mills Home in Thomas-ville September 16—Kennedy Home in Kin-ston September 23—Camp Duncan in Aber-deen September 30—Cameron Boys Camp, Cameron To register, contact Alan Williams at 336-474-1277 or awilliams@bchfamily.org,

or online at www.bchfamily.org/foc.

City Connections: The line is in place to our building and we’re waiting for permits and arrangements for the final connection. Thank you for giving regularly and generously to the Build-ing Fund in order for us to pay off the loan for the project on time.

The library has received a lot of new books recently. Come in and check them out. We are open on Sunday mornings from 8:45 am un-til Noon and on Wednesday morn-ings from 10:00 am until noon. Al-so if you have any books you would like to donate to the library, please contact Louise Gardner, Eloise Clark or Cecil Smith.

CLASS 101—DISCOVERING CHURCH MEMBERSHIP SATUR-

DAY, SEPTEMBER 16. This is the next opportunity to take our church’s membership and Christian faith exploration class. It will be held from 9:00 am to Noon and is led by Pastor Greg. If you’d like to attend, please mark a tear-off response slip and place in in the offering plate, or get it to Pastor Greg as you leave. Or, you may contact the church office to register by Sunday, September 10.

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Kevin Fleegle’s Work Anniversary—11

years

1 2

3 4

LABOR DAY

CHURCH OFFICE CLOSED

5

6

10:00 am-12:00 pm Library Open

7

8 9

4:30 pm Duke Dinner

10 11:45 am Church Council

Sunday School Teacher

Commissioning

Sunday Evening Programs Resume

11 8:00 am

Senior Adult Breakfast

(Hardee’s @ Westover)

12

6:00 pm Fellowship Meal

6:45 pm Mission Night

13 10:00 am-12:00 pm

Library Open 10:00 am

Martha Franks WMU Meeting

(Truth Seekers Room)

14

15 Lisa Cook’s B-Day

16 9:00 am-12:00 pm

Classes 101

17 Budget Requests

Due

18 10:00 am

Happy Wanders (Truth Seeker)

19 Fall Senior Adult

Rally

20 10:00 am-12:00 pm

Library Open

21 6:00 pm

Deacon Meeting

22

23

24

25 8:00 am

Senior Adult Breakfast

(Hardee’s @ Westover)

26 7:00 pm

WINGS WMU Meeting

(Fellowship Hall)

27 10:00 am-12:00 pm

Library Open

28 29 30

Deacon Training

9/01 Sandra Dyson, Bill Gupton

9/02 Barney Rogers

9/03 Joanne Giles

9/04 Reid Rogers

9/05 Tammy Tate

9/06 Roberta Campbell

9/08 Debbie Matthews

9/11 Myrtas Baker, Betty Gupton,

Karen Shults

9/14 Selma McEntire

9/15 Barbara Dillard, Lance Wheeler,

Lisa Cook

9/17 Ethan DiPresso, Daniel Dyson III,

Norma Massey, Joyce Proctor,

9/18 Suzi Bowles, Jerry Gregory,

Lewis Holland

9/19 Bonnie Batson, Mike Davis,

Mary Elliott, Michael Sugg

9/20 John Hightower

9/22 Sammy Sanchez, Terry Shaw

9/23 Clayton Parks

9/25 Denise Bowles, Sage Burgess,

Dan Fulcher, Pepe Rencurrell

9/27 James Tudor

9/28 Don Bernard, Frieda Stamper,

9/29 Brad Bowles

9/30 Joyce King

Ephesus Baptist Church 6767 Hillsborough Street

Raleigh, NC 27606

Phone: 919-851-1928

www.ephesusbaptistchurch.com

www.facebook.com/ephesusraleighnc

Sunday Schedule:

9:15 am Sunday School 10:30 am Worship Service

6:00 pm Bible Study/ A.G.E. (Youth)

2017