September 1, 2026 Serving Sharing Sending”
From the Pastor
THANK YOU: We would like to express a sincere thank you for the retirement recognition for us. The reception was lovely, and your presence made it even more special. Thank you for your kind words, your cards, and your gifts. We thank everyone who helped make this a wonderful memory for us. We were most grateful for the honorarium. We love you all very much.
Tim and Jeanne
MELANIE’S MUSIC NOTES
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Melanie
CHILDREN’S NEWS
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Please join us Wednesday, October 14 at 7:00 P.M. for mission night. The mission focus for October is Global Hunger Relief. Hunger is an ongoing world-wide problem, and Global Hunger Relief is a Southern Baptist initiative to meet this need through gospel-centered solutions. We will be collecting this offering through the month of October. Envelopes and inserts will be in the bulletin October 11.
Can you believe it’s already time for Operation Christmas Child shoeboxes! There are several options for participating in this mission project: (1) There will be boxes in the foyer which you can pack and return. The label brochure has suggestions of items to include, as well as some items that cannot be sent. Please include $10.00 for shipping. You can put cash inside your box or you can put a check made out to Athens Dr. Baptist Church in an envelope, mark it “Christmas Child Shoeboxes”, and leave it on the offering table. These boxes have to be returned to church by Sunday, November 15. (2) You can “build” a shoebox online at samaritanspurse.org/buildonline. (3) You can donate what you would like by putting cash or a check (made out to Athens Dr. Baptist Church) in an envelope, marking it “Christmas Child Shoeboxes”, and leaving it on the offering table.
Bobbie White
THANK YOU: Thank you supporting our ministries.
HOMCOMING: Our 73rd Homecoming will be on October 25. Dr. Douglas Murray will be our guest speaker and Sarah Frazer will be singing a solo.
4 Jean Gregory
Noah Rice
5 Ryan Smith
8 Jen Bass
Dianne Patti
9 Louis Keith
10 Kristen Klingenmaier
12 Jamie Rice
20 Adam Hedspeth
21 Becky Hedspeth
28 Krystee Curry
30 Leighton Scott Cox
31 Margaret Gaines
2 Anne and Philip Crawford (2010)
13 Bruce and Barbara Fraser (1979
PRAYER CONCERNS
OUR CHURCH FAMILY, Ryan Smith (Doug Smith), Melanie Allen, Margaret Gaines, Martha Kaidouh, Betty Wimberly, Dan Israel, Becky & Bill Hedspeth, Steve Mabe, Dianne Patti, Helen Cox, Bill Bielby, Dot Gregory, Debra Murray, Curtis Clark, Eddie Peele, Ann King-Hendrix, Mary Jane Campbell, Nagra Aftab, Mollie Craver, Nathan Israel, Barbara Fraser
OUR CHURCH FAMILY LOVE AND SYMPATHY: Gail Clayton & Family, Steve Mabe & family, Lois Jones’ family, Beth Salmon & family, Helen Cox & family, Holland Gibson’s family, Donna Chappell & family, Spike Burton’s family, Roslyn Keith’s family, Freeman Wilder’s family, Robert & Margaret Gaines & family, Dan Israel & family, John Cox & family, Ann King-Hendrix & family, Melanie Allen & family
OUR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES: Doug Wingate (Melanie Allen), Jimmy Hendricks (Joe Hendricks), Barry Dowell (Pam Skillman), Colton Glasscock (Pam Skillman), Shirley Davis (Donna Chappell), The Peele and Petty families (Donna Chappell), Norman Davis (Donna Chappell), Wendy Smith (Vena Hendricks), Tommy Smith (Rayvon Cooke), Jim Dukeman (Rayvon Cooke), The family of Gary Shaffer (Boyd Miller), Janie Smith & family (Vena Hendricks), Greg & Angela Miller (Betty Wimberly), Tom Wise (Bob Skillman), Joe Bielby (Bill & Dawn Bielby), Ashley O’Daniel (Doug Smith), Charles King (Ann King-Hendrix), Mary Williams (Rayvon Cooke), The family of Joe Dilday (Bobbie White), Bruce Fraser (Doug Smith), Ruth Skillman (Bob Skillman), Nelda Lawrence’s family (Boyd Miller), Vicky Cross (Jerry Cross), Gail Stevens (Margaret Gaines), Rudy Cox & family (John & Helen Cox), Andrea Adams Turner (Melanie Allen), Stephen & Kylie Payne (Pam Skillman), Pat Cochran (Cam Cochran), Ronald King (Ann King-Hendrix), Matthew Clayton (Gail Clayton), Mandy Alexander (Robert & Margaret Gaines), Ricky Hedgepeth (Vena Hendricks), Keith Hobgood (Margaret Gaines), Bev Sanders (Pam Skillman), Kay Hinshaw (Margaret Gaines), Tammy Roberson (Doug Smith)
ASSISTED LIVING RESIDENT:
Dot Gregory,
Brighton Gardens, 3101 Duraleigh Road, Room 248,
Raleigh, NC 27612
Joyce Langdon, Brighton Gardens, 3101 Duraleigh Road, Room 221,
Raleigh, NC 27612
Dan Israel, 4510 Leadmine Road, Apt. 2023 Raleigh, NC 27612