Happy October!!

Happy October!!  Where has the year gone?  This Wednesday will be the first Wednesday of the month, which means...Family Meal!!  We will enjoy a Family Meal at 6:00 PM Wednesday night and ministries for the entire family will follow.  Please plan to bring a covered food dish to share and enjoy some great fellowship with the church family.

Missionary Spotlight

During the week of prayer for Home Missions, Ms. Lorna Bius and her ministry were highlighted in our prayer brochure.  The youth of Antioch wrote her a card of appreciation.  She responded to the card and came for a Sunday night service to share what God is doing through her missions work.

 

A recent article was found in a publication of the Florida Baptist Convention.  Here is a highlight of Mr. Bius.

 

 

 

At only 10 years old, Lorna Bius experienced what she now describes, some 30 years later, as the “most transforming and foundational experience of my life with Christ.”

The young Bius had spent a week at Camp WorldLight, a mission camp made possible by Florida Baptists’ heart of generosity.

That week Bius sensed that God orchestrated circumstances to help her understand she could trust Him no matter what happens in life.

Answering the call to full-time ministry 20 years ago, Bius now serves in the western United States as a LoveLoud missionary for the North American Mission Board, working alongside churches and other SBC partners, helping them to “demonstrate God’s love by meeting significant human need while sharing Christ.”

Five Florida Baptist mission camps are supported by the state offering, preparing the next generation to answer God’s call.

 

Pray for Bius as she leads churches  across the west to meet needs  and share Christ  in their communities.

Team Antioch

Team Antioch is coming along...but the invitation is still open for more walkers!  We will be participating in the Walk 4 Life on September 28 which benefits the local Pregnancy Care Center.

 

We have some t-shirts available with our own special logo:

If you are interested in walking or purchasing a t-shirt, please see Joyce F.

Family Meal

Tonight is the monthly Family Meal.  We will begin at 6:00 PM with a covered dish meal and enjoy some great fellowship around the table.  Following the meal, there are ministries for the entire family.  Be encouraged to bring some food and the family!

Homegoing

Our pastor's wife Caroline has been away tending to her ill parents recently.  Her mother passed away this week.  The following is an excerpt of the obituary:

Mrs. Lorena Chambers Winburn, age 89, of Burlington, died Monday, September 2, 2013 at Alamance Regional Medical Center after several months of failing health. - See more at:

 

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Wicker St. Baptist Church, 512 Wicker St., Burlington, NC 27217. You may sign the online register book at www.lowefuneralhome.com - See the entire obituary  at: Lowe Funeral Home

 

Please keep Caroline and family in your thoughts and prayers.