Big Grab September 5 & 6 – booth spaces are for rent benefitting the FBCW Youth Program – suggested donation is $20 for either Friday or Saturday and $30 for both days – contact Brad or Marcy Caulder to reserve yours.

First Sunday Breakfast is next Sunday, September 7 at 8:30 a.m.

Ruth Cathcart Circle is scheduled for September 11 at 6:00 p.m. Please check the announcements for changes.

Background Checks are about 75% complete– A special thanks to those people who have gotten theirs done. If you still need a background check, just see C J to get the process started.

The railing has been ordered for the steps to the church stage and the floor colors for the FLC have been identified. Stay tuned.

New Sunday Study - When God’s People Pray - Six Sessions on the Transforming Power of Prayer

“My desire through this video series is to help God’s people discover prayer as a lifeline to Him – our source of strength and abundant blessing. I want to help God’s people engage in serious prayer and become a living display of what God – and He alone can accomplish here on earth.” (Jim Cymbala, Brooklyn Tabernacle)

This is a six week study, beginning on Sunday, October 5, 2025 at 5pm. Each session will last 90 minutes. Suggested donation $20 per person for workbook materials.

SC Baptist Hunger Relief Sunday Offering – Thank you for responding to the call to end hunger. We as Baptists do our best to affect the less fortunate and feeding the needy is one of the best ways to open ears and eyes to the Gospel..

Please be courteous and “silence” or shut off your cellphones during the worship service and Sunday School unless you are a medical professional or emergency service provider.

Realizing mothers need to assist their children, we ask all others to please limit going in and out of the auditorium during worship to reduce distractions to others.

All announcements need to be submitted to the church office not later than 9:30 a.m. on Friday.

The month of August’s mission emphasis is Sister Care.

Gordon Memorial Senior Diaper Drive - Gordon Memorial Women will be having our Fall Senior Diaper Drive in October, but donations are welcome at any time. Anything is very much appreciated.

CMBA UPCOMING DATES

2025 PRISONER PACKET COLLECTION STARTS NOW!

In partnership with the SC Baptist Convention and SC Woman’s Missionary Union, the CMBA Family of Churches are invited to help provide a Christmas packet for every adult and juvenile inmate incarcerated in our state. Inmates look forward to this packet every year and, for many, this will be the only gift they receive.

Packets are simple to prepare but there is a specific content list approved by the prison system, consisting of mostly personal hygiene items plus a notepad, pen, and postage-stamped envelopes obtained from the Post Office. Once collected, volunteers double check each packet for accuracy and add gospel literature before they are distributed to inmates.

CMBA has a goal of providing 400 packets to the collection, so please begin inviting your congregations and missions groups to participate! The full packing list may be found online here.

Please deliver completed packets to Temple Baptist Church, 806 Universal Drive, during office hours held Monday-Wednesday, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., by Monday, December 1.

September 11 – Forged Together Pastors’ Gathering, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., New Creation

September 16 – CMBA’s Executive Team Meeting, 6:30-8 p.m., Palmetto Life Church (former Park Street Baptist location).The meeting includes a pot-luck fellowship with participants asked to bring food that would serve at least five people.