Mount Pleasant Baptist Church

Announcements

• Facebook Live

  Attention Mount Pleasant members!  Please be sure to login to the Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Facebook page to catch live stream messages from Reverend Mosley on Sundays at 11:00 a.m.  

• Adult Bible Class

  

  Join us via conference call as we study God's Word on Wednesday, November 18th at 7:00 p.m. 

  Dial in number: 515-606-5904

  Access Code: 888834

  Scripture: Acts 4:32-37; 5:1-11

  Subject:  "Sharing Love In Truth"

• Prayers For The Sick & Shut-In and The Bereaved Families

  Please let's continue to pray for our sick and shut-in and the bereaved families. 

  Philippians 4:6-7  Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.  And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus. (NIV)

   

• The Ladies of Church Women United

  

  Please join the Ladies of Church Women United by donating WHITE SOCKS (ONE SIZE FITS ALL) to be donated to ladies and men in the local Athens Nursing Homes.  Due Date:  December 4th.  Please individually wrap each pair of socks for Christmas gifts.  You may drop off your donations on Sunday mornings between 9:00 a.m. and Noon.  If you don't want to wrap, no worries, there are individuals standing ready to wrap them for you!

• Prematurity Awareness Month

  

  Zeta Phi Beta Soroity and the Mach of Dimes has a respected and enduring partnership and legacy of addressing issues of prematurity, birth defects and infant mortality.  It is a 48 Year National Service Partnership.  Prematurity Awareness Month is a time to remind our country an the globe of the pervasiveness of prematurity.  Wearing a ribbon is an easy way to show your support and share your story with friends, co-workers, neighbors, and other families impacted by prematurity.  Wear an Awareness Ribbon Color Meaning:  Dark Purple - Health Baby; Light Purple - Premature Baby; Grey - Birth Defect; White - Lost a Baby (Infant Mortality)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

                   

• Penny Project

  

  Yes, our PENNY PROJECT continues.  This is our 10th year of reaching out and remembering our Sick and Shut-In during the holiday season.  DROP OFF YOUR PENNIES ON SUNDAY MORNING BETWEEN 9:00 A.M. AND NOON!  Pennies donated will be used to remember individuals on our Sick and Shut-In-list.  We may be sheltering in, but we're not forgetting to reach out to our loved ones.  "Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth".  (1 John 3:18)

• Card Ministry

  

  The Mount Pleasant Card Ministry would like to give holiday cards to local nursing home residents.  If you would like to donate cards for this Mount Pleasant Baptist Church community event, please contact the Card ministry.

• Election Dates

   

  CRUCIAL RUNOFF ELECTION!  Our work is not done!  There is still some unfinished business.  There are two Georgia senate seats headed for a runoff.  The election will be held on January 5, 2021.  The candidates are Kelly Loeffler (R) vs. Raphael Warnock (D) and David Perdue (R) vs. John Ossoff (D).  Early Voting Begins: December 14th.  Request your absentee ballot at:  ballotrequest.sos.ga.gov.

  There is also a local runoff on Tuesday, December 1, 2020 from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. between Deborah Gonzalez and James Chafin for Western Circuit District Attorney.  Early voting begins on Monday, November 23rd through Wednesday, November 25th, at the Board of Elections Office and City Hall, from 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.  You may also vote on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 24th and 25th, at the Athens Library, ACC Cooperative Extension Office, ACC Tennis Center, and the Miriam Moore Community Center from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. We MUST return to the polls in the same manner we did during the presidential election.

• Thought For The Week

  Thankful and Grateful Today and Everyday!