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The deadline for articles to be included
in the March Newsletter will be Monday, February 20. Email Judy Foley at
jfoley@nationalheights.org
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Envision Campaign Begins Sunday, February 12
Mark your calendars for exciting days at National Heights as we begin our Envision Campaign to provide new facilities for our children and youth, a new welcome entrance and foyer facing National Avenue, and other improvements including the enlarging of our main women's restroom. The campaign will include:
Sunday, February 12 Envision Campaign begins in the morning services
Town Hall Meeting @ 6:30 PM
Sunday, February 19 Children Focus Sunday
Sunday, February 26 Student Focus Sunday
Sunday, March 5 Commitment Sunday
Sunday, March 19 Celebration Service (in both morning services)
Plan to be here for each of these important and exciting Sunday events as we watch God work through the people of National Heights preparing our church to reach future generations for the Glory of Christ!
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Blanket Collection for Grand Oak Mission
January 22 thru February 12
Women on Mission will be sponsoring a blanket collection for Grand Oak Mission Center. They are in demand this cold winter season. The blankets may be of any size and may be new or "gently used" Please place in the tubs at the church entrances beginning January 22 thru Sunday, February 12. Thank you for your generosity in sharing with those in need.
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2017 Leadership & Church Family Directories are now available.
Be sure to pick up the 2017 edition of the Leadership & Church Family Directory in the east hallway. Take as many as you need, maybe one of the car, office, and home.
We have already found an error and the correction is included in the directory. If you find your information is incorrect please let the church office know so that our records are up to date.
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Baby Shower for Kira Norton and Kurt Stockwell
You are invited to a baby shower for Kira Norton and Kurt Stockwell. They are expecting a baby girl due February 16. They are registered at Target and Wal-Mart. They have chosen to decorate the nursery in Teal Green and with Elephants.
The shower will be February 4 @ 10:00 AM in room 521. Hostesses are: Becky Mabus, Autumn Desmuke, Lisa Orr, Trent Burns, and Melissa Baugh.
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Women on Mission Schedule Work Days
Women on Mission will have two work days during the month of February in keeping with the February theme of "Loving Others." The first work day is Tuesday, February 14 and the second one is Tuesday, February 28. Both begin at 9:30 in fellowship Hall. A coffee/snack/chat will be under the direction of the hostesses. On February 14 the hostesses are Mary McLemore and Judy Divine. For the meeting on February 28 hostesses are Mildred Burns and Lois Wood. Meetings end about 11:45.
Both of the February meetings will be spent making quilts for Grand Oak Mission, our Greene County Baptist Associational Mission Center here in Springfield. The mission center is located at 2854 West Grand Street. The Center recently celebrated their 50th Anniversary of serving the needs of the people of Greene County. Many hundreds of families have been served in various ways during those years. The needs continue to grow. This season of the year there are always requests for quilts and blankets. (Please see the item in this newsletter regarding our current Blanket Shower for Grand Oak Mission.) Our women make 10 to 12 large quilts and 70 to 80 children's and baby quilts each year. Darlene Gideon is the new quilt chairman this year in charge of the large quilts and Mary McLemore continues as leader for the children's quilts. Workers are needed in both groups. Also needed are quilt tops that are ready to be tacked. For the last several years our Carolyn Harshfield has made many of the tops we have tacked and finished for the group. Other sewers are needed to make quilt tops at home, by machine, either from material we supply or from their own stash. See Darlene Gideon for further information.
Also on Work Day, some of our women spend the time making salvation bracelets. These are used by the several mission teams from Greene County Baptist Association who go to Mexico during the summer months on mission outreach. Last year, National Heights Church sent almost 3,500 bracelets and aim for that again this year. Our women appreciated the help of the youth and the Mary & Martha group to reach this goal. Doris Whitcher is in charge of the bracelet assembly. All supplies are provided by the group; do come and participate in the making. You will be a blessing and be blessed as well.
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Praying every Tuesday @ 2:00 for the ministries of National Heights
Weekly Prayer Focus
2/7 - Envision Campaign
2/14 - Prime Timers
2/21 - Outreach
Lord's Supper
February 19 @ 6:00 PM
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Barbara Fisher
Pat Welch
Judy Wilson
Patti Crocker
Gary & Millie Dollins
...to Lewis Smith. Lewis recently moved his church letter. Lewis is a member of the College & Career Class. Welcome to the church family!
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80th Birthday
Reception
You are invited to a "come and go" 80th birthday
reception for Harvey
Umstead. Join us on
Saturday, February 4,
2:00 - 4:00 p.m. at the
Maranatha Village
Community Center, enter village from Norton street and follow signs.
No gifts, please; cards
welcome.
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NHBC Reach Out!
During the month of March, you will have the opportunity to sign up to participate in several mission endeavors throughout our community. Sign up sheets will be on the east bulletin board. You can sign up as an individual, couple, family, or group, and to participate in as many as you would like. Then, on Saturday, March 25, from 9-noon, there will be additional possibilities for service! Ephesians 2:10 tells us 'we are created to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do'! Our prayer is that when NHBC members are placed in positions of service throughout the community, people will see the face of Jesus, and God will be glorified. Join in -there's something for everyone! Our community will be blessed, and you will as well, as we put into the action the love we talk about. What a joy to be able to participate together!
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Sunday, February 5 
Prime Timers
Care and Share
