Vol. & No. 1
August 17, 2OO
IH E lvi E E) EN GE 1 Lifting up the Lor1 in LaFollette
First baptist Church
255 West CeritrI Avenue
LFoHette, TN 77S
Interim Pastor - Iev. Poug Clem
usic Pirect.or - Missy Marlow Organist - Martha Freeman
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August 13th
S.S. Attendance
Tithes/Gifts
Weekly Need
Designated
Roof Fund
Heat/Air Fund
122
$5,548
$7,277
$175
$23,607
$350
Sunday. August 27th 4:00 - 8:00 p.m. Eat at 5:30
worship service following Please bring food & drink for your family plus 2 more people.
F’ianist - Plane Fowler
Aug. 22nd - Upward Bound Basketball Meeting 7:00 p.m. ug. 27th - Church-wide Picnic
5 Sept. 6th - Awana begins
•c Sept. 9th - Deacons Training for ALL ordained Deacons Perfect Qrace in concert at FBC - 7:00 p.m.
Peacos Meeting
cComing 8oon.....
“Expect a 9’flracle”
at CFirst (Baptist CChurch CLaCFollette..... 8tay tuned to the messenger each week
Saturday, Sept. 9th
For ALL ordained Deacons!
for more details....

THE MESSENGER
Liffing up the LORD in LaFollette l
Leiter to God
Dear God:
I am sorry you made Sunday when you did. You see, it is like this. We could attend church much more regularly if your day came on another day of the week. You have chosen a day that comes at the end of a long hard week and we are wore out. Not only that, but it is the day following Saturday Night. Saturday evening you know, is the one time we feel we should enjoy ourselves. We go to the movies or to a party; and often it is after midnight when we get home. It is almost impossible to get up on Sunday morning. You have chosen the very day we want to sleep late, and it makes it mighty hard to get the children off to Sunday School, especially when they have to be there so early. Then there are the dishes to wash and we always have some things we have to iron out.
I mean no disrespect, dear God, but you must realize you have picked out the day on which we have the biggest dinner. Not only that, but the church has fixed the worship hour at the very time we must be preparing dinner. Then too, you must think of John, he is cooped up in his office all week, and Sunday morning is the only time he has to tinker with the car and mow the lawn. When he gets into his old clothes and his hands are greasy, you expect him to be able to get of to church?
I am telling you these things, dear God, because I want you to get our vewpont. It is not our fault that we are not able to get to church on Sunday morning. We would like to go and we know we should go and need to go, but it must be clear to you that the real reason we cannot go is because you have chosen the wrong day!! If you will select another day, we shall be glad to go to Sunday School and church and be more faithful.
Sincerely,
“I’m too busy
Life with Christ is endless love; without Him it is a loveless end.