As we gather around the table, let us remember the Giver of every good gift. 

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!

Week of Prayer: November 30 - December 7, 2025

Offering will be received on Sunday, December 21st

Envelopes will be available in December

WMU is continuing in the month of November to help stock the help center pantry. We would like to open it up this month to the whole church to help stock the pantry with the holidays approaching and the expected cut to SNAP benefits.

Below is a list of items needed for the center. 

Pasta, Cereal, Canned Fruits, Canned Soups, Canned Meats, Canned Vegetables, Oats, Saltines, Crackers, Pork & Beans, Peanut Butter, Macaroni & Cheese

There is a container in the church foyer to place these items in.

As we enter this season of celebration and generosity, we have a special opportunity to share the love of Christ with those who could use some extra encouragement this Christmas.

This year, our Men’s Ministry will be putting together Christmas Blessing Boxes for the residents of the Tennessee Baptist Adult Home. There are eight residents who would be deeply blessed by our care, prayers, and generosity. In addition to the blessing boxes, we are planning to host a small Christmas party for them to enjoy fellowship, treats, and the joy of the season.

To make this happen, we need our church family to be a part of this outreach!

How can you participate?

• Donate items to include in the boxes. A list of residents & needs will be posted on the bulletin board.
• Sponsor a resident’s box or give financially toward gifts & supplies.
• Serve at the Christmas party on Thursday December 11^th from 6-7:30pm.
• Pray for the residents and for Christ’s love to be seen and felt.

Volunteers – We can not do this without YOU. We will need help setting up and tearing down, making food and snacks, and general fellowship. Wherever you are comfortable, there is a place for you to help!

Items can be dropped off in the fellowship hall until December 7th. A suggested list of items for the Blessing Boxes will be posted on the bulletin board.

Our goal is simply to love well and reflect Jesus to others—especially during a time of year that can feel lonely for many.

Let’s join together as a church family to make this Christmas meaningful for these residents in a way that shows the hope and joy we have in Christ.

Thank you for being a church that gives, serves, and loves generously!

To find out more about the Tennessee Baptist Adult Home here in Lebanon, please click this link for a piece NewsChannel 5 did on them a short while ago.

The auction will assist our care ministry members and others that may need assistance thru the holidays. Items to include but not limited to are baked goods, crafts, Chrismas Decorations & ornaments, collector's items (knives, coins, etc.)

There will be a time of fellowship before the auction begins. Please bring finger foods, snack items, & desserts. The church will furnish the soft drinks, water & coffee.

If decorating your Christmas tree is getting to be a chore, Handy Hands Ministry will help decorate Christmas trees for Senior Adults and the disabled. Contact Matthew at 639-395-8637.

We invite you to remember our Care Ministry Members with a Christmas card. The bags are on the table in the church foyer. Below is a list of the members to include:

Heather Cooper, Myra Cunningham, Lynn Lowery, Dot Medlin, Donna Nance, Jennie Shelton, & Chi Chi Weaver

Deadline: Cards need to be in by Sunday, December 7th 

Congratulations to Byron & Alyssa Marcum celebrating their 11th Wedding Anniversary on Saturday, December 6th

November 30 - Tracie Eversole

Wishing you a very blessed and happy day!

Check out this new daily devotional by Shane & Shane through The Worship Initiative. It features a daily audio recording that includes Scripture and music, designed to help cultivate a moment of worship each day. 

If you are in need of offering envelopes, please find them in the hallway, across from the bulletin board.

If you are using them because of tax purposes, please fill in your name and the amount so we can keep a record of it for you. 

Childrens Church:

During 10 AM service

Meeting in the Kindergarten Classroom

Sunday Nights:

DT at 5 for children

CHILDREN'S CHURCH WORKERS:

2-3 year olds

November 30 - Kristen Ragsdale & Ansley Gray

December 7 - Luann Rosson & Cortnie Ragsdale

4-5 year olds

November 30 - Cathy Beadle & Rebekah Colwell

December 7 - Cynthia Manning  Alyssa Marcum

Sunday Morning:

November 30 - Anita & Jonathan Gray

December 7 - Mandy Belcher & Jennifer Fennell

Sunday Night:

November 30 - Rebekah Colwell & Ansley Gray

December 7 - Brandy Hardin & Mandy Belcher

November 23, 2025

Sunday School: 82

Discipleship Training: 33

Tithes & Offerings: $4,359.00

The family of Charlotte Bilbrey (passed away 11/24-private graveside service will be held on 11/26-Charlotte was a member of BCBC)

The family of Mary Lea Baines (passed away 11/17-Raymond Lea's sister)

Lisa Rosenboom (still in hospital after having surgery on 11/19)

Frances Grandstaff

Tammy Jones (Gary Aikens' daughter)

Dot Medlin (broken collarbone)

Ken Pannell (back surgery on 12/16)

Scott & Jennifer Jenkins & Family (house fire/total loss)

Sissy Boyd (fell out of wheelchair and losing blood)

Bart Ponder (Pet Scan in early December)

Covid in the Viva Sr. Living Facility here in Lebanon

Jimmy Allen

Karen Andrews

Margaret Ballinger (kidney issues)

Julie Barrett (torn meniscus)

Shirley Barthel 

Scott Benefield (back home)

Rhonda Brewington (cancer)

Renee Browning

Betsy Buhler (cancer)

Carol Burke (cancer)

Marilyn Carr Callis (ALS-in Hospice care)

Judy Fisher 

Wayne Fletcher (at home - Lisa Rosenboom's brother)

Rick Fuqua

Ron Galyon (Leslie Underwood's brother)

Kelly George (cancer)

Roy Chester Griffin (cancer)

Janette Hall (home-heart issues)

Jerry Hemellegar (cancer spreading)

Darrell King & wife Derita

Tommy Knowles (problems with vision)

Debbie Lannom (Edna Rolin's daughter)

Renee Major (stroke)

Mark Z. Manning (recovering from knee surgery)

Mac & Amy McDaniel (motorcycle accident)

Melissa Mundy (tests, brain cyst & eye issues-Frances Grandstaff's sister)

Jennifer Nokes (cancer)

Mary Oliver

Charles Ricketts

Gayla Ricketts (Acute Myeloid Leukemia)

Jackson Rochietti (teenager involved in a car accident with brain trauma)

Samantha (heart issues)

Kathy Shoptaw (needs liver transplant)

Stephanie (brain tumor - Rebekah Colwell's cousin)

Miles Stevenson (lung & kidney cancer - Tex Barthel's nephew)

Jeremy Teague (paralzed from a car wreck)

Joe Vance

Wendel Waller, Jr. (Joe & Patsy Vance's son-in-law)

Cody Worley

Ray Worley

Steve Yates

Care Ministry Members: Myra Cunningham, Lynn Lowery, Dot Medlin, Donna Nance, Jennie Shelton, & Chi Chi Weaver 

The turmoil in Israel

Our schools, teachers, students, bus drivers and all school personnel

Our country, leaders, troops around the world, health care workers, & our law enforcement & all our missionaries 

Those that are lost and the unchurched

If you have any updates on the above, please let us know.