Dear Church Family,
I am so excited and I know you are excited about celebrating our 90th anniversary on Sunday, November 16 at 10:00 a.m. We will have a worship service all together on this day, and following the worship service we will have lunch together, all provided for you and your family to celebrate our 90th birthday. Imagine this- nine decades of gospel ministry to Gainesville and the world! Here’s what you need to do and this is so important! Please register on our website. We need to know how many people are coming. There are several things we would love to have from you. 1) We need you to answer these questions: What does North Central mean to you? What are some memorable experiences that you’ve had because of North Central Baptist Church in your life? 2) Send us your pictures of you and your family at North Central events. You can answer those questions and send in your pictures to the email address 90@gatorchurch.com. 3) If you happen to have items of interest that would be of a historical nature to our people, we would love to display them on this day. Please bring these to the office and we will catalog them and make sure you receive them back.
Our Women’s Ministry has a Fall Fellowship this coming Friday, October 3 at 6:00 p.m. Thank you to Stacy Barb and all of our Women’s Ministry Committee for organizing this incredible event for our ladies.
Our Men’s Fish Fry is scheduled for Friday night, October 17. You must register for this event so we’ll know how much fish to fry up and get ready for our for our group. You can pay at the door, and it’s only $5 for the fish fry. Our group will worship together and hear Tim Conner, our special speaker for this evening. Tim and his family were part of North Central years ago and Tim has a tremendous testimony for Christ. We’re looking forward to him being with us.
Billy Graham’s grandson, Will Graham, will be preaching on Tuesday, October 28 at 7:00 p.m. at Depot Park. This is an opportunity to bring those that are unchurched and need Christ to hear Will Graham. The music will be fantastic, and his message will be timely. Let’s get behind this citywide effort to reach our community with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Our Trunk or Treat is scheduled for Wednesday night, October 29 at 6:30 p.m. We already have a huge crowd that worships with us on Wednesday nights. On this particular night we’re going to dedicate our time to our children and their families. We need you! Volunteer to bring your car and open up your trunk to serve candy to our children. We’ll have food trucks. We’ll have an opportunity for our community to come together for kids to have a blast and it’ll be a great witness to our area.
Operation Christmas Child is a ministry of Samaritan’s Purse that we have participated in throughout the years. We have heard testimonies of children across the world that have received a shoe box from people in the United States that gave them a gospel witness for Christ. We want to give the largest number of shoe boxes we’ve ever given this year. Please get your shoeboxes, pack them, and bring them to the church on November 9.
We will baptize on October 12. If you need to be baptized, please contact the church office and we will make sure we have a spot for you to follow Jesus Christ in obedience in baptism.
What a joy it is to be your Pastor! I’m thankful for our wonderful staff team. I’m thankful for everyone who participates in leadership in the life of this precious fellowship of believers. Truly God is using you to impact our world! The best is yet to be!
Sincerely
Pastor Calvin