Volume 29, Number 25 December 6, 2020 www.Eastmont.

org

$35,000 Victory Goal

$40,000 Challenge Goal
$45,000 Hallelujah Goal

Make sure we have your correct email address to stay updated:

eastmont.org/contact.
Page 1
 From Your Assistant Pastor COVID-19 Updates
Art Long - [email protected] Sunday Worship Services
8:45 am & 11:00 am services in the worship center. The
This is most likely my last article to be written for the 11:00 am service will be live streamed at eastmont.org/
Encourager. It has been an honor to communicate to you, live.
the Eastmont family, for the last 18 months. Bro. Frank
Please call the church office about options if you would
will be writing beginning in the next Encourager as this
like to attend services but are high risk and concerned
space is for the senior pastor. He and his family are
about being in the worship center.
actually in the process of moving from Tennessee to their
home here in Montgomery as I write these words. He will LifeGroups
be here Saturday for the “Happy Birthday Jesus” children’s LifeGroups are now meeting in person on campus.
event in Fellowship Hall where he will be reading the Tithing Options
Christmas story from Luke 2. He will be preaching this 1. Give online at eastmont.org.
Sunday as well. 2. Mail it to 4505 Atlanta Hwy. Montgomery, AL 36109
We will be having a formal reception for the Bowlings 3. Drop off at the church office.
sometime later, after the first of the year, but we would 4. Give during worship services.
like to welcome them this Sunday. We will have Bro.
Frank and Gina and their children, Emma, Eliza and
Joseph in the connecting hallway after each service for
you to welcome them from a safe distance. If you would
like to write a card or letter of welcome please bring
Children’s Ministry
[email protected]
those with you to be given to them on Sunday.
Happy Birthday Jesus Celebration
By the time you read this article the week of prayer for Saturday, December 5
international missions will be more than half way Due to Covid, all attendees MUST RSVP through their Life-
completed, but we should pray for our missionaries daily. Group. Please contact your child’s LifeGroup leader,
Our Lottie Moon Christmas Offering has also begun and Donna Clements or Linda Truitt to make your reservation.
our Hallelujah goal is $45,000. One hundred percent of
this offering goes directly to our international Baby Dedication
missionaries. Since Christmas is the celebration of Christ’s If you are interested in participating in a baby dedication
birth, then He should be at the very top of our Christmas please call Laurel in the church office.
gift list. What better gift than in helping spread the gospel RA/GA Basketball
through our Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. Basketball this year will be hosted by Ezekial Academy. If
Cathy Stevens and many volunteers, including the you would like to sign up your 1st-6th grader see Heath
Blackwell/Skipper LifeGroup, decorated the connecting Corwin or Linda Truitt.
hallway, foyer and worship center for Christmas. Thank Dribblers Junior League (1st-3rd grade)
you to everyone who participated. The large tree in the Dribblers League (4th-6th grade)
connecting hallway is the Memory Tree. You can place the
name of your loved one on a tag provided on the table
next to the tree and put it in the basket and someone will
place it on the tree for you. Senior Adult Ministry
A Night of Christmas Worship entitled “The Word Became Billy Dickey - [email protected]
Flesh” is December 13th and our Christmas Eve
Candlelight Worship is December 24th, both of which Forever Young
begin at 5:00 pm. December 15th @ 10:00 am in Fellowship Hall
It has been a joy to share with you in writing this last year “Brother Billy Bob Bohannon” will be our special guest!!!
and a half. I hope and pray you all have a blessed and Billy Bob’s Motto: “If you eat when you’re hungry, and if
joyful Christmas season! you drink (non-alcohol) when you are dry, if a tree don’t
fall on you, you’ll live till you die.”
We will meet in Fellowship Hall for the program followed
by a prepared meal. Call Karen Bush in the church office
to make reservations. The deadline to make reservations
will be Wednesday, December 9th. I look forward to
seeing you in person to hear Billy Bob, the multi-talented
humorist and musician.
Page 2
 Student Ministry Music & Worship Ministries
Cleve Mallory - [email protected] Lance Maddox - [email protected]

WINTER RETREAT - PIGEON FORGE, TN

Winter Retreat is January 15-18. Final travel and lodging Sunday, December 13 at 5:00 pm, join us for “A Night of
details will be sent out very soon. The early registration Christmas Worship” celebrating the birth of our Savior,
deadline has passed. Jesus Christ with The EBC Music and Worship Ministries.
It will be a great expression of worship from Preschool to
TIMEOUT - WEDNESDAY WORSHIP Senior Adult choirs along with orchestra, handbells and
Students meet for worship Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. in the chronological Christmas story straight from Scripture
the Fellowship Hall. Only two Wednesdays remain for
as we remember that “The Word Became Flesh!”
the year: December 2nd and 9th. Join us for a special
Christmas series. Worship Choir & Orchestra
Wednesday Nights
TACKY SWEATER CHRISTMAS PARTY Worship Rehearsal 6:00 pm-Worship Center
Friday, December 18, Eastmont students will have their Choir Rehearsal 6:30 pm-Choir Suite
Christmas Party from 6-8 p.m. There will be food, games,
prizes, and more. Invite friends and come dressed in Student Choir
your worst Christmas sweater. Students will be joining us for “A Night Of Christmas
Worship.” Make sure you are here for our next rehearsal.
DNOW WEEKEND SAVE-THE-DATE Sunday, 4:00-5:00-Choir Suite.
River Region DNOW Weekend will take place February
12-14, 2021. Sign-Ups will begin later in December. Kidz Choir
Sunday Nights 5:00 -6:00 pm
PreK....(3yrs-Kindergarten)
•drop off/ pick up at Entrance A
Elementary....(1st-6th Grade)
•drop off at the basketball court
•pick up outside the Choir Suite
College & Career Ministry
Forever Young Choir
Gene Kim - [email protected] Our Forever Young Choir will be socially distancing in the
Life Groups Worship Center. Our next meeting we will have an extra
Sunday mornings at 10AM in person and on Zoom. Please rehearsal for “A Night Of Christmas Worship.”
observe safety precautions. Tuesday Morning, 9:00am
Next Meeting....12/8
Wednesday Night Bible Study
Meets upstairs in the College Room at 6:30PM. Handbell Choir
Each Sunday from 5:00 -6:00p m.
Christmas Party
Sunday, Dec. 20 at 5:30PM at the Kim's. Bring a $5 gift for
Dirty Santa.
Cross Conference
Dec. 29-30. Livestream event featuring David Platt, John Blood Drive In the Bloodmobile
Piper, and more. More details to follow. Worship Center Parking Lot
Sunday, December 13th
12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Missions All donors will receive a t-shirt and a free cholesterol
Thank you to those who helped make the Thanksgiving screening. Donors must be 16 years old or older, weigh at
Food Distribution a great success! Your support allowed least 110 pounds, and show photo ID. 16-year-olds
us to pray for and provide groceries to 167 families! require written parental permission.

Sponsor a Guatemalan Child

We're looking for individuals, families, or Life Group Sympathy to ….
classes to sponsor a child in Guatemala. For $380/year Ronnie Stabler in the loss of his son, Jeffrey Stabler, who
you can help an impoverished child to go to school. This passed away on November 17, 2020.
money covers basic supplies, as well as financial support Voline Maddox in the loss of her sister, Dorothy Phillips,
for the family. If you sponsored a child this year and want who passed away on November 24, 2020.
to continue to do so or if you have any questions about
Joanna Hutchinson in the loss of her mother, Belle
being a sponsor for 2021 contact Karen Bush. Hutchinson, who passed away on November 27, 2020.
Page 3
The Encourager Periodicals Postage
Eastmont Baptist Church Paid
Montgomery, AL
4505 Atlanta Highway
Montgomery, Alabama 36109
The Encourager USPS No. 018-816 is published and mailed
bi-weekly by Eastmont Baptist Church, 4405 Atlanta Highway,
Montgomery, AL 36109. Postmaster: Send address changes to
Encourager, 4405 Atlanta Highway, Montgomery, AL 36109.

December 6, 2020 WEDNESDAY NIGHT FELLOWSHIP MEAL

Sunday, December 6 Sunday, December 13 No meals until further notice

8:45 AM Worship Service 8:45 AM Worship Service

10:00 AM LifeGroups 10:00 AM LifeGroups WEEKLY GIVING

November 15, 2020 November 22, 2020
11:00 AM Worship Service 11:00 AM Worship Service General Fund General Fund
Live Stream Available Live Stream Available $29,535.50 $26,365.00
5:00 PM A Night of Christmas Emergency Fund Emergency Fund
Worship $675.00 $1,290.00
Wednesday, December 9 Wednesday, December 16
6:00 PM Worship Choir 6:00 PM Worship Choir LIFEGROUP TOTALS
6:00 PM Prayer Meeting 6:00 PM Prayer Meeting November 22, 2020 November 29, 2020
5 Year Old Mission Friends 5 Year Old Mission Friends
RAs and GAs RAs and GAs
Preschool……………….…....29 Preschool……………….…….23
Children……………….….…. 40 Children……………….……… 31
6:30 PM Timeout (youth) 9:00 PM Wednesday Night Fights
Men’s Prayer Group
Students……………..……….48 Students…………….……….. 46
9:00 PM Wednesday Night Fights
Adults………..……….……. 265 Adults……………….…….... 277
Men’s Prayer Group
Total………………….….…..382 Total………………….…….. 377

BUILDING LOCK UP
According to IRS guidelines all 2020 contributions must be
December 6, 2020 December 13, 2020
received/postmarked no later than December 31 to be Jerry Gentle & Joe Clements Allen Deal & Eric Hill
posted on your 2020 Contributions Record.
BUS MINISTRY
Bus Ministry is suspended until further notice

Office: (334) 277-6300 Fax: (334) 277-6322 Careline: (334) 277-6384 Prayer Room: (334) 277-8876 / [email protected]
Email: [email protected] Website: eastmont.org Facebook: facebook.com/eastmont Twitter: @eastmontbaptist
Office Hours: Monday - Thursday 8:00 am - 5:00 pm; Friday 8:00 am - 12:00 pm
Page 4