Cross ie MAGAZINE
Vol 4 | Issue 6 | October 2020
Worship in the Sanctuary We are pleased to let you know that on assigned Sundays during the months of October and November, you will have the opportunity to attend an in-person worship service at 11:00AM in the Smoke Rise sanctuary. This will work in a similar way to our Tuesday night vesper services: You are invited to attend on the Sunday designated for your respective Sunday school class. If you are not enrolled in a class, you may attend on any one of these Sundays. Worship Schedule October 4
Seekers, Faith and Issues, Joy, Agape, Koinonia, Fellowship
October 11
Pairs and Spares, Berean, Cambium, Crossroads
October 18
Discovery and Friendship
October 25
Open Circle, Ideas and Action, Journey, Faith
November 1
Seekers, Faith and Issues, Joy, Agape, Koinonia Fellowship
November 8
Pairs and Spares, Berean, Cambium, Crossroads
November 15
Discovery and Friendship
November 22
Open Circle, Ideas and Action, Journey, Faith
Our usual protocols as set forth by the Risk Management Team and adopted by the church council will be strictly followed, including face covering, social distancing and temperature checks.
Sunday School Sunday school classes will be given options as far as in-person or Zoom gatherings. Please see the “Growing” page in this issue of Crosstie for details. •
If you are a person who is vulnerable due to age or underlying health conditions, you should err on the side of caution and continue to join us through live streaming as you are able.
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Plans may be subject to change based on current Covid19 information and status.
• As always, it is our desire for people to do what they feel is best for their own comfort and safety.
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Worship
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From the Pastor
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Growing
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Serving
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Caring
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Generosity
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A Season of Thanksgiving
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Connecting
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Family Ministry
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Youth
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Monthly Snapshot
Minister of Families, Faith Formation and Connection rspeight@smokerisebaptist.org 678.533.0546
Je re m y C o l l i v e r
Minister of Youth, Missions and Communications jcolliver@smokerisebaptist.org 678.533.0551
Chris G e o r ge
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Bart McNiel
Associate Pastor bmcniel@smokerisebaptist.org 678.533.0540
J a me s S m i th
Pastoral Care Associate jsmith@smokerisebaptist.org 404.405.5467
Danny Va n c i l
Minister of Music and Worship dvancil@smokerisebaptist.org 678.533.0560
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F RO M THE PASTOR
As your pastor, I am pleased to share with you some exciting and meaningful worship opportunities in the month of October. Since the beginning of the Covid crisis, we have been unable to experience in-person worship together in the Sanctuary. However, due to the decline in new Covid cases, we are preparing to take the next step.
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Many years ago, church members planted seeds of giving in a “forever fund” known as the Smoke Rise Endowment. The fund consists of gifts and bequests of members past and present... the Legacy Society challenges each of us to explore ways we can contribute to the Endowment as a “forever fund” that will sustain and expand the ministry and mission of Smoke Rise above and beyond its budgetary limits. This month, we are beginning our senior spotlight. First up is Kathryn Taylor... Hi! My name is Kathryn, and I am a current senior at Marist School.
A B O UT S M O K E RIS E 5901 Hugh Howell Rd. Stone Mountain, GA 30087 Tel: 770.469.5856 Fax: 770.498.3598 Office Hours M-F 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
Smoke Rise Baptist Church is a loving and caring faith community where people come to grow spiritually, worship communally and serve faithfully. We are committed to fostering authentic relationships and engaging in meaningful ministry in our congregation, our community and around the world. We partner with others in an effort to be about God’s work. We commit to love God with all our hearts, all our souls, all our minds and all our strength, and to love our neighbors as we love ourselves. We seek to proclaim the Good News of Christ in all that we say and do.
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FRO M TH E PASTO R
CHRIS G E ORGE - Senior Pastor
As your pastor, I am pleased to share with you some exciting and meaningful worship opportunities in the month of October. Since the beginning of the Covid crisis, we have been unable to experience in-person worship together in the Sanctuary. However, due to the decline in new Covid cases, we are preparing to take the next step. Using the same model as our Vesper services, we will be inviting Sunday school classes to attend in-person worship in the sanctuary. Each class will be assigned two Sundays in October and November. On these Sundays, the invited class(es) will be encouraged to meet together with masks for Sunday school in space that will be assigned with socially distanced seating. Following Sunday school, the class(es) will be invited to attend the worship service in the sanctuary. While we are excited about extending this invitation, we want to recognize and affirm the decision of any members who due to age, medical vulnerabilities, or even out of personal caution feel uncomfortable attending. We will continue to livestream each service using Boxcast, Facebook, and our church’s website. I know that some in our congregation are eager to move forward more quickly, while others in our congregation may feel that we are already walking too fast. As your pastor, I want to assure you that with the help and input of our Risk Management Committee and our Church Administrative Council, we are working to balance our desire to be together with our commitment to protect the health, safety and wellbeing of our congregation. We are excited about this next step forward and hopeful that we will continue to move toward a time when we can all worship together in this sacred space. I ask for your prayers for the church ministers and staff members, our church deacons, and our church leaders who have been a part of this decision-making process. I also want to ask for your prayers for our congregation as we continue to travel through these uncharted waters, confident of God’s guidance in this season and beyond. I am grateful for the deep sense of community and connectedness that exists within our congregation and for the calls being made, the cards being sent, the care being extended, and the prayers beinglifted during this time. During the first months of the Covid crisis, after so many hours in our home, my family and I began to take day trips to some of Georgia’s state parks. Each trip, inevitably from the back seat, a question arose: “How long until we get there?” And, often, I could honestly reply, “I don’t know. We have never been there before.” Some of us are asking the same question: “How long before we get there?” Friends, we don’t know, because we have never been here before. We have a choice, not about how soon we will get there, but about how we will travel on this journey. My hope and prayer is that we will make the most of this time. We will be courageous and cautious, enthusiastic and wise. We will learn to treasure the little things and to celebrate each step forward, ultimately knowing that “God, who began a good work in us, will be faithful to complete it until the Day of Christ Jesus.” The journey is long, but I am thankful to be traveling with you. Pastor Chris
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WOR S H IP I N G AT S M OK E R I SE
It is Monday morning and I am tired and a little sore. No, this is not a complaint but rather a praise. I am VANC - Minister of Music Worship amazed at how, in the middle of DANNY a pandemic, theILlife and work of theand church goes on. To give you an illustration: On Sunday afternoons at 5:00, Children Choristers meet under the large porte-cochère to the sanctuary. All the chairs are set into safe social distancing configuration. Oscillating fans are strategically placed around the circumference, insuring appropriate air flow and comfort. Instruments are assigned to each childand along with bags of but music. It is Monday morning and I am tired a little sore.individual No, this is ziploc not a complaint ratherTemperatures a praise. I am are taken before the children enter of the rehearsalthe area everyone in attendance amazed at how, in the middle a pandemic, life and and work of the church goes on. is masked. After a robust time ofTosinging and playing instruments, each person makes sure that his or her music is placed back give you an illustration: On Sunday afternoons at 5:00, Children Choristers meet under the large porte-cochère into the ziploc bags All andthethat instruments and mallets are carefully wiped downfans withareastrategically sanitary wipe. to the sanctuary. chairs are set into safe social distancing configuration. Oscillating placed around the appropriate comfort. Instruments assigned to eachchoir After the children arecircumference, excused to insuring the opposite sideairofflow theandchurch campus for are more activities, child along with each individual ziploc of music. Temperatures are taken before thecleaned, children enter the rehearsal workers wipe down music bagbags with a disinfectant. Chairs are carefully stacked and moved area and everyone in attendance is masked. After a robust time of singing and playing instruments, each person inside makes and allsure instruments aremusic stored away. back Heather Huff, Gaye Jonathan Hall,and Kelly Jowers that his or her is placed into the ziploc bagsBruce, and that instruments mallets are and Joe Moore, who help lead and teach the make sure that everything is cleaned upchurch and in its carefully wiped down with a sanitary wipe.children, After the children are excused to the opposite side of the campus for more activities, choir workers wipe down each music bag with a disinfectant. Chairs are carefully proper place. Are you tired yet? cleaned, stacked and moved inside and all instruments are stored away. Heather Huff, Gaye Bruce, Jonathan Kellyfor Jowers andchoir Joe Moore, whoJonathon help lead and teach the children, make Kelly sure that everything is cleanedKaren THEN –Hall, set-up youth begins. Hall, Naomi Black-Bass, Jowers, Joe Moore, up and in its proper place. Are you tired yet?
Stitt and Heather Huff quickly yet carefully turn things around to get ready, placing a different set of set-up for youth choir begins. Jonathon Hall, Black-Bass, Kelly Joe Moore, Karen Stitt of chairs.THEN These– wonderful choir mentors sing with ourNaomi youth and serve as Jowers, great encouragers. Folders and Heather Huff quickly yet carefully turn things around to get ready, placing a different set of chairs. These music in individual ziploc bags are put on each assigned chair. After rehearsal, choir leaders and youth wonderful choir mentors sing with our youth and serve as great encouragers. Folders of music in individual make sure items are on disinfected andchair. moved safely inside. Before doublecheck ziplocall bags are put each assigned After rehearsal, choir leadersdeparting, and youth leaders make sure all items are that disinfected andand moved safely stored. inside. Before departing, leaders doublecheck that everything is clean and everything is clean properly properly stored.
It sounds like an exorbitant amount of work doesn’t it? I think that you will find that every single person Our amazing Antowyn Smith does the initial set-up each week, making sure that the keyboard is moved back helpingand toforth make these happen willspace. assure you that worth every bitofofwork the doesn’t effort.it? I from the gatherings bus barn to the rehearsal It sounds like it anisexorbitant amount think that you will find that every single person helping to make these gatherings happen will assure you that
Our amazing Antowyn does the initial set-up each week, sure that keyboard is moved it is worth every bitSmith of the effort. So, yes, it’s Monday morning and making I am a little achy; butthe I am a whole lot of thankful! back and forth from the bus barn to the rehearsal space. So, yes, it’s Monday morning and I am a little achy; but I am a whole lot of thankful! Danny Danny
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GROWING AT S M O KE R I SE
BECKY CAS W ELL- SPEI GHT- Minister of Families, Faith Formation and Connection
New Dates for Sunday School Gathering
Journeys Sesson 2 Rediscovering the Bible — Video — This study led by our Pastor, Chris George, who will continue his book-by-book journey through the scriptures, encouraging and equipping our congregation to read the Bible with a new appreciation for the context and the content. Finding Peace in the Chaos - Zoom — This conversation will be led by Renée Lloyd Owen. Renée is the Chaplaincy and Pastoral Counseling Ministries Director for the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. Our world is hurting. Perhaps you are hurting. Renée will lead us through a time of looking at all that is happening in society and helping us to find peace in the midst of what feels like an ever-changing chaotic time. Community Conversation — On Campus — This conversation will ask five guiding questions of leaders in education, health care, law enforcement, and government in our communities. Which will focus on how their faith gets them through today’s chaotic and ever-changing situations. Join this group to gain a new perspective on the current events in our society and how they affect our local community.
Beginning in October and continuing through November, each Sunday school will be assigned two opportunities to attend in-person worship in the sanctuary and in-person Sunday school in one of four approved building locations. If your class is currently using Zoom there will be an audio-visual set-up in that class space to allow everyone the ability to attend Sunday school where they feel most comfortable. All rules set by the administrative council are still in place. The entrance and exits for Sunday school be at the entrance of the gym and the entrance of the chapel. The doors for Sunday school will open at 9:30 am. There will be temperature checks, extra masks and hand sanitizing stations at both entrances. October 4 and November 1 Seekers Class - Gym Faith & Issues Class - Children’s Suite Joy Class - Chapel Agape, Koinonia, Fellowship Classes - Room 223 October 11 and November 8 Pairs & Spares Class - Chapel Berean Class - Gym Cambium Class - Room 223 Crossroads Class - Room 310 October 18 and November 15 Discovery Class - Gym Friendship Class - Chapel
Connections is a once-a-month gathering or individuals and couples in their 20’s, 30’s and 40’s. Connections occurs during preschool, children, and youth activities.
October 25th 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm Location TBD
October 25 and November 22 Open Circle Class - Gym Ideas & Action Class - Children’s Suite Journey Class - Room 223 Faith Class - Chapel
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S ERVIN G ON M I S S I ON
J E R E MY C OLLI V ER - Minister of Youth, Missions and Communications
Mission Sunday October 18th Goal: $50,000
Helping families with financial assistance because of COVID.
Installing new downspouts on the building.
Project Cost: $5,000
Project Cost: $5,000
Seating and hospitality equipment for the Ministry House Project Cost: $5,000
After school initiative Project Cost: $2,500 The Jolly Avenue Garden Project Cost: $2,500
Heaters at Greater Restoration Project Cost: $2,500 Technology to better support life skills and youth programming Project Cost: $2,500
Construction of two new toilet Project Cost: $4,000 building a new kitchen Project Cost: $1,000
Internet services and a security gate
A walk-in cooler for Mana's food storage
part-time after school tutors to have two more classes
Project Cost: $5,000
Project Cost: $5,000
Project Cost: $5,000
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CONNEC T I N G AT SMOK E R I SE Creating Space For almost 50 years, the Weekday School has sought to follow in the footsteps of Jesus by caring for children. This care has meant decades of welcoming families into our building and partnering with them as we instill foundational lessons like numbers and letters. This year, as with all things, ministry means flexibility. Ministry means temperature checks, sprays, wipes and gallons of hand sanitizer. It also means partnering even more with our families and offering at-home learning. At-home learning means that our teachers learn how to use Zoom, record videos, and care for families with whom they connot share a room. It means that families are learning at home together. In all of this, we are cultivating sacred space. The rooms in this building have long been sacred. The juxtaposition of the sound of children's laughter in our chapel with the solemnity of remembrance speaks of the holiness we cherish. Now, we are creating sacred space at home - space for learning, worshipping and growing. Our ministry continues with flexibility throughout this year. We will serve our community with the resources we have and create new resources for new situations. This is our calling, and we are honored to be a part of the lives of so many.
Join the White Too Long Book Club
Every Monday at 7:00 pm Beginning October 19th Be sure to purchase your book prior to the first session. Robert Jones in White Too Long has exposed religious hypocrisy and white supremacy in the core of Southern Baptists and beyond. As I read this book I concluded, "Jones is describing my experience growing up in the south." The book explodes the myth of white supremacy and how it was vaulted by our religious and civic institutions. It is the most serious indictment of white religion I have read. -Page Fulgham 8 | SMOKE RIS E BAPT IST.ORG
CARI NG AT S M O KE R I SE
JA ME S S MIT H - Pasto r al Car e Asso ciate
Troubled for the Right Reasons When I was a teenager, our church youth choir sang a song entitled, "Trouble Me, Lord.” The prayer song was a petition for God to trouble our hearts and direct our attention so that we might be more mindful about temptations as well as conditions in the lives of others and in the world around us. Lyrics included the phrase, “Trouble me, and let not Your trouble cease, until I find in You my peace.” Today a favorite hymn calls us “to let our hearts be broken.” The true call and response to missions engagement today somehow requires a broken heart and/or a troubled spirit that direct our attention and our hands and feet to what Christ would have us see and know and do. Acts 17 reveals a time the Apostle Paul was troubled for the right reasons. In his missionary journeys, Paul followed a general pattern of engagement with others. When entering a city he would go first to the local Jewish synagogue. While there, he explained from scripture about Jesus, the Messiah. Some Jews and Gentiles came to faith in Christ. Others opposed Paul and stirred up crowds against him when he tried to teach in the marketplace. In Athens Paul went to the synagogue, the marketplace and then to the Areopagus where philosophers debated. Paul had been “troubled for the right reasons” when he saw so many idols in Athens. In fact, the account in Acts indicates Paul was “greatly distressed to see the city full of idols.” At the Areopagus, Paul took the opportunity to draw attention to the “unknown God” mentioned on an altar nearby. He wanted to tell everyone about the true God whom they all needed to know. When was the last time your heart was troubled in this way? Today’s mission causes call us to develop our own patterns of engagement. The call to Christ requires a heart that can be broken and even distressed by the world—in order to be in tune with God’s love for the world. Smoke Rise Baptist Church mission partners enable us to respond in countless ways to our world. When troubled for the right reasons, hearts are broken for the right reasons. With hearts broken by seeing hunger, poverty, injustice, struggling and homeless families and other great needs, Christians have a World of Hope to bring to those around us. May Smoke Rise Baptist Church have our hearts touched once again by renewed commitment to those in need. May we give generously to the Global Missions Offering andmay we be moved to pray with renewed passion for God’s love to be poured out on our world.
Grief Support
Starts October 21, 2020 3rd Wednesday of each month at 6:00 PM Location: Chapel Leaders: Adam Arnold and Jim Smith
- Jim Smith
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GENER OS I T Y BART MCNIEL - A s s o ci a t e Pa s t o r o f A dm i n i s t r a t i on, Mi ni stry Support and Congregati onal Care
A Legacy of Giving through Smoke Rise Endowment For the past three years, the trustees of the Smoke Rise Baptist Endowment Fund have hosted an annual luncheon on All Saints Sunday of the Legacy Society. At this luncheon, Legacy Society members, new church members, and others who want to learn more about ways to give to the Endowment join in gratitude to honor gifts of members past and celebrate the ways that the Endowment is sustaining and expanding the reach of our church. Many years ago, church members planted seeds of giving in a “forever fund” known as the Smoke Rise Endowment. The fund consists of gifts and bequests of members past and present. Although we will not host a Legacy Luncheon this year due to restrictions of COVID-19, we should not let the day pass without expressing our gratitude. As we consider the saints who have gone before, the Legacy Society challenges each of us to explore ways we can contribute to the Endowment as a “forever fund” that will sustain and expand the ministry and mission of Smoke Rise above and beyond its budgetary limits. The Endowment offers every member the opportunity to partner in God’s gracious future. When we make an endowment gift to the church, it declares to present and future generations the importance of faithful stewardship and trust in God’s vision for our world. Through the Endowment, we build on the gifts of those who planted the first seeds of worship, ministry and mission at Smoke Rise. Through active legacy society members, we continue to pass the torch of faith to brothers and sisters in Christ who will carry the work of Smoke Rise into a hopeful future. We are grateful for those who gave generously before us as we continue to accept the challenge of growing our Endowment. As of our last financial report dated August 31, 2020, our Endowment including principal and earnings totaled $1,549,554.25. The trustees accept all general gifts to the Endowment through the Wellspring Fund. The Wellspring Fund has the broadest reach in the Endowment by which to support building and other capital needs, as well as new ministry and mission endeavors. The Endowment also includes funds for building/ grounds, music, missions, children and youth. Gifts and bequests of all kinds and amounts are welcomed by the trustees. The Endowment accept gifts from bequests in wills, trusts, life insurance policies, retirement accounts, real estate transfers (subject to approval), stock transfers, gifts in memory, gifts in honor. Please prayerfully consider how you might join our Legacy Society by pledging your support towards our Endowment. If you have any questions about giving to the Endowment, the church office can arrange for you to meet with one of our pastors or an Endowment trustee to answer any questions.
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November at Smoke Rise
A Season of Thanksgiving
Sunday, November 1 All Saints Day Worship 11:00 AM: Worship in the Sanctuary
Sunday, November 8 A Song of Thanksgiving
11:00 AM: A Special Music Worship Service with Communion in the Sanctuary
Sunday, November 15 For the Fruit of All Creation 11:00 AM: Worship in the Sanctuary
Sunday, November 20 Now Thank We All Our God 11:00 AM: Worship in the Sanctuary
Please check the schedule for in-person worship and Sunday School gatherings in this issue of Crosstie.
FAMILY M I N I ST RY AT SMOK E R I SE
BE C KY CAS W ELL- SPEI GHT- Minister of Family, Faith Formation and Connection
Simply Loved We believe that faith is not a subject to be mastered; it is a relationship to grow! During this time of hybrid spiritual formation, the preschool and children’s ministry are changing curriculum. Our hope is that this curriculum will set the stage online or in-person to learn about and grow friendships with Jesus and each other. If you are interested in learning more about the Simply Loved curriculum, you can visit group.com/ simplyloved. If you have questions, please contact Becky at rcspeight@smokerisebaptist.org. Special thanks to our monthly rotating preschool and elementary Sunday school teachers.
Looking for Volunteers for Missions We are looking for some volunteers who would be willing to help run the Zoom meeting during Missions. Please contact Becky at rcspeight@smokerisebaptist.org if you would like to help out. Sundays 5:45 - 6:30 pm Zoom 5:45-6:15 pm
Volunteers Needed for the Fall CARnival We are looking for some fun volunteers, like yourself, for our Fall CARnival on October 28th from 5:30 - 7:15 pm. If you would like to volunteer, please contact Becky at rcspeight@smokerisebaptist.org
Sunday Evening Missions and Music
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YOU TH AT S M O KE R I SE
J E R E M Y C OLLI V ER - Minister of Youth, Missions and Communications
Action “Lights! Camera! Action!” You normally think about these words being said by a director before a scene from a movie or television show is recorded; but we don’t live in normal times. In this new normal, “lights” has meant having the correct lighting set up for your Zoom call; “camera” has meant making sure your camera is turned on for your Zoom call; and well, “action” there hasn’t been a lot of action. Being sheltered in place left a lot of time to be together with family, doing a deep clean on your home, cleaning up the yard, bingeing television series on Netflix and Hulu. Our first responders have been active. We have cheered them on from our balconies; we have made signs to place in front of hospitals and doctors' offices, and delivered meals to show our appreciation. But, the majority of us haven’t been able to get out and take action. I have heard this from our students: they want to take action in our world. They want to be the cause of transformation in our community. Be ready to hear their stories of how they are transforming their communities. Our first story will be brought as a group. November 14th and 15th, our youth will be participating in a Community Action Weekend culminating with a drive-by food collection after church on the 15th. You will hear more about it in the weeks to come; but be ready to fill those carts up and bring your food by. Our students want to feed our community both spiritually and physically.
This month, we are beginning our senior spotlight. First up is Kathryn Taylor... Hi! My name is Kathryn, and I am a current senior at Marist School. You may recognize me around the church from my smile! Currently at Marist, I write and am the sports editor for the Blue and Gold, which is Georgia’s oldest high school newspaper. Recently, I joined the Emmaus Board, which is a committee made of five seniors who lead religious events, such as services or retreats. In my free time outside school, I enjoy working at Chick-fil-A, doodling in my bullet journal, and listening to music! After high school, I hope to attend the University of Georgia where I would like to get my undergraduate degree in mathematics and my master’s in education as well as minoring in Spanish so that I can teach math in two languages! My favorite memory from my time in the youth group would have to be my first Passport with the youth. While Passport is always a fun camp, Smoke Rise’s Youth Group made the week what it truly was. From the nightly devotionals to the traditional Walmart trip, Passport brought the youth group together and helped me bond with the other high schoolers. My favorite Bible passage is the one which records Jesus praying in the Garden of Gethsemane because I truly see the human in Jesus. I know that Jesus also struggled with following the plan that God had for him. Knowing that I am not alone in that struggle was profound to me.
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MON THLY S N A P S H OT
In- Person Journeys Class - Just Mercy
Weekly Schedule
In-Person Worship Dates
Sunday 9:45 AM - Sunday School for all ages online 11:00 AM - Livestream Worship Service 5:00 PM - Children and Youth Choir and Studies Monday 5:00 PM - Weekly Devotional Video Wednesday 6:00 PM - Journeys Thursday 5:00 PM - Prayer Concerns Video
October 4 Seekers, Faith and Issues, Joy, Agape, Koinonia, Fellowship October 11 Pairs and Spares, Berean, Cambium, Crossroads October 18 Discovery and Friendship October 25 Open Circle, Ideas and Action, Journey, Faith November 1 Seekers, Faith and Issues, Joy, Agape, Koinonia Fellowship November 8 Pairs and Spares, Berean, Cambium, Crossroads November 15 Discovery and Friendship November 22 Open Circle, Ideas and Action, Journey, Faith
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Fall CARnival October 28, 2020 Join us for some FALL FUN at our very own Trunk-or-Treat event.
**We will have TWO social distancing options from which to choose.**
Bikes & Trikes - @ 5:30 - 6:15pm If you are wanting to participate in the fun by walking through or riding on a ride on toy, bike or trike this option is for you! Drive Through - @ 6:30 - 7:15pm If you are wanting to participate in the fun, while in the comfort of your own vehicle this option is for you!
Fun, Games, Music and More!!
Sunday, November 8 A Song of Thanksgiving
A Service of Music, Scripture, Communion and Testimonies Streaming at 11:00 AM
Sing We All Noel Sing We All Noel A Virtual Christmas Celebration
A Virtual Christmas Celebration presented by the presented by the
Smoke Rise Baptist Church Music Ministry Smoke Rise Baptist Church Music Ministry Airing on Sunday, December 20, 2020 Airing on Sunday, December 20, 2020
Observance of the Lord's Supper, Sunday, October 4th. Please gather the elements of communion before the 11:00 am worship service. Address Correction Requested
