Meals for Shut-Ins is Saturday at 9:00 a.m. in the Family Life Center. Please contact Billie Jolly if you can help with the effort, it usually lasts about 60 – 90 minutes.

Next Sunday, August 3, First Sunday Breakfast at 8:30 a.m.

Next Thursday August 7, Ruth Cathcart Circle at 6:00 p.m.

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

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.

Deacon ordination date – Stephen Troh is tentatively scheduled to be ordained as a deacon on Aug 3. Please support this ministry by attending.

The church website is undergoing an update and transformation. If you have suggestions, please contact Mark Clark, the tech team chair.

The 2025-26 Prayer Walk at Midlands Stem Charter School will be on Sunday, August 10th at 6pm. People will be praying for the safety, well-being, and academic success of our students and staff. People will meet at the Cafeteria and then move to other areas around the school. If you can’t attend, please pray over the school.

The Tech Team is working on providing hard-of-hearing listening sets for people with hearing difficulties. Please leave a note in the offering box if you might be interested in using one.

The church calendar will now be online, updated and visible on the website instead of filling up your email box. A birthday calendar has also been added to the website. Please contact the church office if you would like to have events added to the calendar.

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.

The Richard Kelly Bible Study continues Sunday at 5 p.m. in the church lounge area in the book of Colossians

The WFBC Disaster Relief Team has been formed and are now collecting items for our own Disaster Relief Closet. The list is included inside a bulletin handout. Please contact Jane Boyter, Anna DeArment or Brad Douglas if you have items to donate.

Gordon Memorial Methodist Church has their “Back to School Bash” on July 27 from 3 to 5 p.m. where they will provide school supplies for up to 60 local children plus feed them that day.

Salkehatchie has expressed their thanks for hosting them (Fairfield Salkehatchie Mission Group) on the church campus. 

CMBA UPCOMING DATES

We covet your prayers for these experiences and the congregations and leaders who will be involved. To see logistical details, go to the calendar page of the web site.

Make a difference in the lives of hurting people in Columbia!

August 22-23, 2025, volunteers like you will care for hurting communities in Columbia, South Carolina by serving local churches, bi-vocational pastors, low-income schools and other organizations in need of assistance. Projects may include light construction, painting, landscaping and hosting neighborhood grill walks or block parties.

By partnering with the South Carolina Baptist Convention, Columbia Metro Baptist Association and Lexington Baptist Association, Send Relief is making it easy for you and your team to have a lasting impact on the lives of Columbia’s most vulnerable. 

Register your team now to get started with free access to resources like prayer guides, online training and more!

GO Day - August 23

“GO Days” are four dates set aside for all members of the CMBA Family of Churches to intentionally share the gospel as they live, work, and move throughout their communities.

The final 2025 GO Day will be October 31.