Sun

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Sat

New Years Day

Lords Supper
6 pm

10

4
Deacons Meeting
7 pm

11

17

Sanctity of Human
Life Sunday

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18

W.O.M.
10:00 am
Staff Meeting
9:30 am

Awana Resumes
Awana Chocolate Night

Church Office
Closed

Adult
Fellowship Breakfast at Ryans
8:30 am

Sanctuary Choir
Resumes

12

13

Staff Meeting
9:30 am

Awana Zoo Night

14

15

16

22

23

29

30

19

20

21

Martin Luther
King Day

Staff Meeting
9:30 am
39ers Luncheon
11:45 am

Awana Make A
Joyful Noise Night

Church Council
6:30 pm

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26

27

28

Staff Meeting
9:30 am

Awana Smores Night

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Dr. Ben Hayes, Pastor
Wayne Baggett, Minister of Music/Seniors
Will Johnson, Interim Youth Minister
Tanya Spillman, Childrens Minister

Sunday Schedule
9:15 a.m. Sunday School
10:30 a.m. Morning Worship, Childrens Church
5:00 p.m. Discipleship Training , Student
Discipleship, Childrens BLAST
6:00 p.m. Evening Worship

Wednesday Service
5:15 p.m. Fellowship Supper
6:00 p.m. AWANA
6:30 p.m. Prayer Meeting, Youth ARISE
Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal
Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Closed for lunch

709 Ninth Street SE

Decatur, AL 35601

Southside Baptist Church

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January 2016

709 Ninth Street SE, Decatur, Alabama 35601

www.southsidebaptist.net

(256) 353-8814

From Your Pastor

Do you have expectations? For yourself? For
your family? For your church? Most of us would
have to answer that question as a yes. There are certain things that you expect in this life. You expect
that you are going to take care of personal needs.
You expect your family to love each other and be
there when they are needed. You expect your
church to assist you on your spiritual journey from
birth to death. But did you know that if we are going to be the church God intends us to be, then there
are certain expectations that we need to have for
our church and each other? Dr. Thom Rainer has
listed six characteristics of churches that are doing
just that. These churches (he calls them disciplemaking churches) have a higher attendance and
lower dropout rate, so I wanted to share these six
characteristics with you.
1. The church has an entry point class that all
new members attend. The classes provide information, but they arent limited to dispensing
facts about the church. The classes also establish
expectations of members.
2. Members are expected to attend an open group
Bible study. An open group is an ongoing class
that allows entry at any point. Historically, they
have been called Sunday School classes, but today they have a variety of names. The point is to
get members connected to a common group of
people in regular Bible study.
3. Members are expected to be involved in one
or more deeper studies throughout the year.
Continued on Page Three

Ben and Abby Tinley

Prospective Minister of Youth and Family Outreach

Congratulations!!!
2015 Sanctuary Choir Member of the Year

Sandra Clemons
and
2015 Sanctuary Choir Appreciation
Member Award

Sanctuary
Choir resumes
Wednesday,
January 6,
2016

Charlie & Joyce Smith

Now is the
time to join!!

UPCOMING EVENTS: Easter SundayMarch 27, 2016

Homecoming CelebrationSunday, April 24th

39ers Luncheon
Tuesday, January 1911:45 am
Special Guest Speaker:
Dr. Jeannie Payne
Director of Public Relations
Opening 2017 in Decatur
Cooks MuseumNatural Science
Bring your favorite covered dishes
and invite a friend to join us.

5Sharon Ward
6Patricia Moats
7Jason Sharp
8Janet Petty, Brenda Terry,
Ryan Grisham
11Linda McKee
13Emily Asherbranner
15Bobby Smith
16Hugh Thompson, Joey Followay
17Kurt Dixon
18Gail Wood, Alan Couch
19Christi Bravo
24Betty Holbert
25Kay Hamilton
27Rosie Jett, Vernon Chance
28Peggy Pruitt, Ginger Ryska,
Beatrice Green
29Ralph Sharp, Bill Shelton
30Tim Hopper
31Marie Johnson, Wayne Baggett

Reminder.
Dont forget to pick
up your contribution envelopes and
the new church
calendar. They are
on the front pew in
the sanctuary!

Welcome to 2016!

I hope that you all had a wonderful Christmas with your families! As much as I enjoyed
the break, I missed seeing your precious children! I'm very much looking forward to getting back to our regular schedule. Awana will
resume on January 7th. We have some special
nights coming up including "Hot Chocolate and Smores
Night". There are also a few surprises in store for the coming weeks so you won't want to miss it!
Our Sunday evening schedule will resume on January 11th
at 5:00pm. We will kick off the new year with two new Bible studies during the 6:00pm hour. We will start with a
New Year's themed study based on Psalm 150:6. In these
lessons we will learn about the joy and excitement we can
find when live for God every day. The end of January the
children will start "Playing for God's Team". This is a football themed Bible study that teaches about putting God first
in our lives. I think both of these are going to be excellent
studies for starting off 2015!
Believe it or not, Vacation Bible School will be here before we know it. June 8th - 12th our halls will be full with
children who need to hear that God loves them. Please
prayerfully consider where He might have you serve in VBS
this year.
Wishing you a blessed New Year,
Tanya

Awana resumes
Jan. 6th at 6 p.m.
Thank You...
Thank You to everyone who volunteered at CCC during the month of December
to assist in the Clothes Closet. This is a fantastic ministry but could not operate
and do what they do without volunteers. Your work was certainly appreciated.

Women on Mission
WOM will meet Tuesday, January 5th at 10:00 a.m. in the Fellowship Hall. We will
continue to collect warm socks through January. We will be mixing hot chocolate
and assembling bags to distribute to the teachers in the Decatur City Schools.
Lunch will be chili and will be arranged. Please come and bring someone.

Adult Breakfast Fellowship

You are invited to fellowship with us on Saturday, January 2nd at 8:30 a.m. at
Ryans in Decatur. Come, invite a Sunday School prospect, and enjoy breakfast
with us. Dutch Treat

My Cup Overflows Southside Coffee/Tea Room

Join us Sunday mornings between 8:40 and 10:20 a.m. in Room 106. We have coffee, tea,
other beverages, and refreshments. January refreshments provided by Chuck LaMars
Sunday School class.

Come join the fun!

Men, our brotherhood breakfast will be Sunday,
January 3rd at 8 a.m. By popular request, Ret. Judge
David Breland will be our guest speaker. He was
scheduled to be with us in November, but due to
unexpected surgery, he had to decline. While serving
in Juvenile Court, he changed the paths of many
young people from wrong to right and they went on
to live productive lives. Since retirement he has been
busy working with civic organizations including overseeing renovation of the Decatur Train Depot. It will
be an honor to have David Breland as our guest.
The Brotherhood Team

January Deacons Meeting

Monday, Jan. 5th7:00 pm
in the Conference Room!

Christian Prayers & Sympathy to

Ed and Eloise Grubbs on the loss of her
sister, Willodean Crowden.
Butch and Helen Hill on the loss of her
stepmother, Mrs. Owens.
Betty Allen and family on the loss of her
husband, Jack Allen.
George Mills on the loss of his wife,
Charlie Mills.

Lottie Moon Offering

Our Goal: $15,000.00
Given to Date: $22,667.10!!
Thank you Southside for your generous support of foreign missions!

Ben and Abby will be with us on Sat. and Sun., January

2, 3. There will be a reception in the Fellowship Hall on
Sat. afternoon from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. for you to meet and
get to know them.
They will meet with
the youth on Sunday
morning during the
Sunday School hour.
Ben will deliver the
message during the
morning service on
Jan. 3. Following the
service, we will vote
on extending a call to
him to come to Southside as our Minister of
Youth and Family Outreach.

From the Pastor

Continued from Page One

These classes are set for a predetermined number

of weeks, a 12-week study for example. They
tend to dive deeper into Bible study, doctrinal
study or studies of critical issues for the Christian.
4. Members are expected to attend a corporate
worship service each week. This is the time for
the people to gather for the preaching of the
Word and to worship the one true God together.
5. Members are expected to be involved in at
least one ministry or mission activity a year. The
church has clear expectations that members are
to be involved in those activities that cause them
to look beyond themselves and to care for the
physical, emotional and spiritual needs of others.
6. Members are expected to read and study the
Bible daily. Research has shown that daily personal Bible study is the clearest indicator that a
Christian is growing spiritually. Disciple-making
churches exhort, encourage and provide resources for the members to be involved in daily
Bible study.
What do you think about these characteristics?
My hope is that you will study these carefully and
join me in incorporating these characteristics into
Southside Baptist Church in 2016.
Looking forward to a new year!

Bro. Ben