WEEKLY NEWS & NOTES

L2L Parent Meeting: If your child is participating in L2L activities, please plan to attend next Sunday’s L2L parent meeting immediately after services in the Fellowship Room.

 

Help Needed: If you are able and interested in volunteering to pressurewash the building, please speak with Jonathan Penrod.

 

If you are interested in teaching adult Bible classes on Wednesday nights, please speak with Chris Vanwinkle.

 

If you are a children’s Bible class teacher and you have not responded to the teacher sign up email sent out last week, please respond today. See Caroline Prestridge if you have any questions.

 

The elders would like you to know they have met with Zach Douglas and Payton Cole, after receiving recommendations from the congregation, and would like to put both before you for consideration in serving as deacons at Somers Avenue. Please reach out to the elders in writing if there are any scriptural objections to either of these men as they need to know who has the objection in order to follow up. With no objection we will officially recognize these men on Sunday, January 25th.

 

Mark your calendars for a wedding shower for Anna Snyder and Austin Holley on Sunday, April 19th at the home of Allyson Penrod from 1:30-3:00 pm. They are registered at http://www.zola.com/addr/dVJP3jOeB. 

 

KEEP IN PRAYER & PRAISE

Anita Holland thanks everyone for the prayers for her 7 year-old granddaughter, Reagan Thomas (Brad and Jenny’s Thomas’s younger daughter), who had adenoid surgery at Children’s on Thursday. She is home recovering.

 

Barbara Stafford still awaits a liver transplant, but is also in need of heart surgery.

 

Charles Voyles is in Cambodia until the end of the month. Please pray for his trip and safety.

 

David Clements’ brother, Larry, is scheduled for surgery in January for his renal cell carcinoma.

 

Joel Gray has been undergoing treatments for squamous cell carcinoma on his neck. He will follow up with scans in January.

 

Stasia Vanwinkle’s mother, Thelma Hall, fell last Sunday fracturing bones above her left eye. She is home now. Please keep Thelma and the family in your prayers. 

 

Congratulations to Chad and Tammy Necessary in the birth of their twin granddaughters, Indi and Iris. The grandbabies and family are all home and doing well.

 

Tammy Necessary’s step-mom, Maragrete Mayberry, fell and has a hip fracture. She will not need surgery, but will need therapy. Please keep this family in your prayers.

 

Please pray for those with continued health problems including: Lovell Davis, Gail Jenkins, Joel Gray, Gil & Sue Myatt, & Sue Simmons.

 

LOOKING AHEAD

 

January 18 - L2L Parent Meeting after services

January 18 - Bible Bowl Practice 3-5pm

January 21 - Ladies Morning Bible Class 10am 

January 21 - L2L Puppet Practice 6:15pm

January 28 - L2L Puppet Practice 6:15pm

January 30 - Feb 1 - SYG Mid South Girls’ Conference 

January 31 - SYG Dude’s Day

 

Sunday Morning Average Attendance for December 2025: 156 people 

YTD Contribution: $405,110.07

YTD Budget for 2025:   $432,117.51