Sunday, December 17th 9:45AM Sunday School 11:00AM Sunday Morning Service 4:00PM Children’s Choirs rehearsal (ED) 5:00PM AWANA Youth Impact! Night (YR) “Growing Up” study (ED #202) Tuesday, December 19th 10:00AM Food Pantry 6:30 PM Young Adult Fellowship (OS) 6:30 PM Testosterone Tuesday (FH)

Wednesday, December 20th 5:30PM Praise Team rehearsal 6:30PM Celebration Choir rehearsal Bible Study/Prayer (CH) GA’s (Missions, girls 1st-6th gr.) (ED) Youth Bible Study (YR) 7:30PM “Man in the Mirror” Bible Study (CH)

Thursday, December 21st 10: 00 AM Food Pantry

Sunday, December 24th 9:45AM Sunday School 11:00AM Sunday Morning Service 5:00 PM Christmas Eve Service

Tuesday, December 26th 10:00AM Food Pantry 6:30 PM Young Adult Fellowship (OS)

Thursday, December 28th 10: 00 AM Food Pantry Sunday, December 31st 9:45AM Sunday School 11:00AM Sunday Morning Service *No Evening Services

*The church office will be closed for the holidays December 25 & 26 and January 1st.

DECEMBER 17

DEACON OF THE WEEK: Tom Huckabee/ Stephen Jones (ALT)

NURSERY WORKERS: Juanita Stephens / Gail Morse/ Betty Cook

CHILDREN’S CHURCH - 1’s & 2’s: Kelly Latham/ Morgan Cobb

CHILDREN’S CHURCH - 3’s-5’s: Whitney Huckabee/ Assistant Needed

OFFERING COUNTER: Susan Marsh/ Mark Hawkins

FOOD PANTRY: Dec 19 — Barbara Stone & Tom Fasnatch

Dec 21 — Bonnell & Claude Meese

DECEMBER 24

DEACON OF THE WEEK: Stephen Jones/ Tom Huckabee (ALT)

NURSERY WORKERS: Juanita Stephens / Gail Morse/ Gene Retherford

CHILDREN’S CHURCH - 1’s & 2’s: Christine Rogers/ Assistant Needed

CHILDREN’S CHURCH - 3’s-5’s: Pam Carr/ Katie Kite

OFFERING COUNTER: Audrey Carpenter/ Tom Huckabee

FOOD PANTRY: Dec 26 — Dorothy Tackett & Tom Fasnatch

Dec 28 — Audrey & Billy Carpenter

DECEMBER 31

DEACON OF THE WEEK: Matt Dawson/ David Horton (ALT)

NURSERY WORKERS: Juanita Stephens / Gail Morse

CHILDREN’S CHURCH - 1’s & 2’s: Workers Needed

CHILDREN’S CHURCH - 3’s-5’s: Jamie Rumple/ Assistant Needed

OFFERING COUNTER: Betsy Gaskins/ Bonnie Swatt

FOOD PANTRY: Jan 2- Gale & Richard Smith

Jan 4- Loretta Hill & Charles Hardin

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This Month at Deer Park

December 15, 2017 Newsletter

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Deer Park Baptist Church Staff

843-553-1172

Senior Pastor……………………...Stephen Carr (scarr@deerparkchurch.com)

Family Ministry Pastor………….Lee Howell (lhowell@deerparkchurch.com)

Worship Music Leader………….…...Pam McCall (pamelahmccall@aol.com)

Ministry Assistant…………..Jenny Jackson (jjackson@deerparkchurch.com)

Financial Secretary..Gene Retherford (gretherford@deerparkchurch.com)

Children’s Min. Leader..Christiana Harper (charper@deerparkchurch.com)

CDC Director………..………..……...Cindy Watts (cdc@deerparkchurch.com)

She will bear a son, and you shall call his name

JESUS

for he will save his people from their sins.

Matthew 1:21

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

From Your Pastor

How You Can Have 'A Wonderful Life' The Gathering

Attention young married couples! We’re

happy to introduce a new group just for

you! This group is intended for all young

married couples throughout Deer Park

regardless what class they are attending,

teaching, or otherwise serving in. Similar to

the GoGetter group for the seniors, it is

intended to form and build connections,

strengthen our relationship with Christ, and

equip and encourage us in our mission to

spread the Gospel. You are invited to join and partake in the group

if you are married, have been so under 10 years OR have children

under 10 years old OR are under 35yo. Come and participate even

if your spouse is working, deployed, or unable to come. Our

current events are as follows:

FIRST FRIDAYS: Couples Night– Dinner & babysitting are provided

SECOND SATURDAYS: Family Time– Free or inexpensive outings

THIRD THURSDAYS: Bible Study– coming soon!

SUNDAY MORNINGS: SS class for those not currently in a class

For more information please check out our facebook page:

www.facebook.com/DeerParkGathering

Hey volunteers! Please make sure your background check is up to date.

Contact Christiana Harper to confirm.

Children’s Workers

Women’s Ministry

Secret Sister reveal will be mid January! Be on the

lookout for details coming soon. We will also be

drawing names for next year. Until then, have a

great holiday season!

Men’s Ministry

Don’t forget TESTOSTERONE TUESDAY on

December 19th at 6:00 PM in the Fellowship Hall.

We’ll enjoy a great time of food and fellowship as

well as hear a great message from Pastor Stephen.

And he made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the

face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the

boundaries of their dwelling place, that they should seek God, and

perhaps feel their way toward him and find him. Yet he is actually not

far from each one of us .Acts 17:26-27

One thing I love about this time of year is the traditions we have in our

family. One of them is sitting down to watch the Jimmy Stewart

movie, It’s A Wonderful Life. You may have seen it, but it’s about this

fellow named George Bailey who grows up in a small town and has

great dreams and aspirations of seeing the world and making lots of

money.

But through a series of circumstances that he couldn’t control, George

never could get out of that little one-horse town. Every time he tried,

something happened to keep him there. And to top it off, through a

mistake one day it appeared that he would be sent to jail.

He was ready to end it all when an angel came to show him what the

world would be like if he’d never been born. And George Bailey came

to understand that even though he didn’t get to achieve his dreams,

he did have a wonderful life that impacted many more people than

he realized.

I’m convinced there is a little George Bailey in all of us. We want to

achieve significance on a huge scale and often forget the small ways

that our lives have deeply impacted those around us. Thank God for

where He’s placed you and the people you’ve been able to impact.

And one day when you meet the Lord, you’ll realize you really did

have a wonderful life. THANK GOD FOR THE LIFE YOU’RE LIVING AND

IMPACT OTHERS HE’S PLACED AROUND YOU! ~Dr. Jack Graham

Celebrating Christmas can be a very hectic

time for many people. So many of us spend a

lot of time trying to find the perfect gift for the

people that we love. I hope that you will take

the time to pause from the hustle and bustle

of the celebration to reflect on the perfect

gift that God has already given to you.

John 3:16 tells us, “For God so loved the world, that He gave His

only Son…”

I am constantly reminded that this is the reason that we celebrate

Christmas, God’s perfect gift of His Son from His perfect love for

you. May we all rejoice in this demonstration of God’s great love.

On another note, I am so thankful, in many ways, that the Lord

brought my family to Deer Park Baptist Church. Shortly after we

began serving at Deer Park, our son Matthew met a young girl

named Jeanne Marsh and that young lady is now his fiancé. I

want to ask you to join me, Pam, Larry and Susan in praying for

and supporting our children as they take this next step in their lives.

Thank you for investing in them and celebrating with us!

I pray that you and your family will have a great Christmas

celebration as we reflect on the greatest gift

that has ever been given, Jesus Christ. I look

forward to seeing you this Sunday morning in

Sunday School at 9:45 and worship at 11:00.

I really do love being your pastor!

Stephen

Volunteers Needed

Do you have a green thumb? We need volunteers

to ‘adopt’ and maintain the flower beds behind the

Educational Building. Please contact the property

team or church office if interested.

Charlotte Digges "Lottie" Moon (December 12,

1840 – December 24, 1912) was a Southern Baptist

missionary to China with the International Mission

Board who spent nearly 40 years living and working

in China. As a teacher and evangelist she laid a

foundation for traditionally solid support for missions

among Baptists in America.

Lottie Moon has come to personify the missionary spirit for Southern

Baptists and many other Christians, as well. The annual Lottie Moon

Christmas Offering for Missions has raised a total of $1.5 billion for

missions since 1888, and finances half the entire Southern Baptist

missions budget every year.

This year our church has set a goal to raise $5,000 towards the Lottie

Moon Christmas Offering. Please pray about what your family can

give during this holiday season.

Lottie Moon Christmas Offering

End of Year Giving

If you would like to make a year-end gift to the church, please do

so by Sunday, December 31st or postmarked no later than 12/30.