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spirit%20dove Fall 2011 Banquet Dates

Men’s #149- Doug Mings, Lay Director October 20-23, 2011

Women’s #150- Michele Hill, Lay Director November 2-6, 2011

HCDC #14- Cindy Bell, Lay Director October 27-30, 2011

Vienna #42- November 17-20

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AGAPE PARTY OCTOBER 10 AT 7:00

SPONSORS

Now is the time to have your guest confirm or cancel his/her participation in the Banquet he/she has been accepted for. Have them call the church office as soon as possible! 821-6420

Check the Madisonville Great Banquet website (www.greatbanquet.com) to see the list of confirmed guests. The list is updated weekly to show the latest confirmations.

SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES

PRAYER

Prayer is a key part of the success of each Banquet. Please keep the team and guests in your prayers during each of the Great Banquet weekends. Attend the events throughout each weekend and signup on the 72 hour prayer charts.

PROPERTY

If you can help with bed setup and takedown please contact Greg Crowley 884-3365

Make this a sacrificial offering for guests and team!

CLEAN UP

Clean up will take place on Sunday afternoons of each weekend beginning at 2:00 pm on Sunday; with many hands this should go very quickly. Call Adam and Faith Whitmer at 836-1816

BUS DRIVERS

We are okay for the time being, but if you have a license and desire to drive for one of the weekends, give Dawn a call at the Presbyterian Church, 821-6420 or 821-6426.

SNACKS AND SERVERS

If you can bring a snack or help serve a meal at the Banquet, please contact Betty Hendrix (snacks) 824-9749 or Sherry Harvey (servers) 841-8385 . Please remember your amazing weekend. Providing snacks and helping to serve are important areas of help.

AGAPE

Remember what an important impact the banners had on you when you attended?

Make BANNERS for the upcoming Great Banquets. Banners made for previous weekends here in Madisonville have been mailed to other communities, so make new ones! Reunion Groups, if you are looking for something special to do, make a banner as a group for the upcoming weekends. Agape parties are held before each weekend. Call Cindy Bell 821-1003 if you are interested in helping to make agape for the upcoming Banquets.

SERVERS

Call Sherry Harvey 841-8385 to sign up to serve a meal. Leave your name and number and she’ll get back to you. Be prepared to spend 2 to 2 ½ hours serving, cleaning up, and setting up for the next meal. This is most important.

SPONSOR’S HOUR

Sponsor’s hour for each Great Banquet is held on Thursday before each Banquet (except the jail and detention center), at 7:30 PM. Everyone is encouraged to stay through the entire Sponsor’s Hour to lend strength and prayers to God’s people.

72 HOUR PRAYER VIGIL & PRAYERS FOR SPEAKERS CHART

Please be sure to sign-up to pray for the guests and team members during the Banquets. “The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.” James 5:16

CANDLELIGHT

Your presence at Candlelight adds to the Body of Christ and the impact the Lord has on His people as He uses our worship, prayers and sacrifices for the guests and team. Candlelight will be held at the First Methodist Church at 8:30 PM on the Saturday during each Banquet.

CLOSINGS

Closings will be held at the First Presbyterian Church at 5:00 PM on the Sunday of each Banquet.

SNACKS & SALADS

Snacks are needed for both weekends. Call Betty Hendrix 824-9749 to sign up to bring snacks. If she is not home, please leave a message.

AGAPE LETTERS

We also need individual, as well as group, agape letters. Please mark family letters with an F on the envelope. Be sure your guest’s name appears on the outside of the envelope, as well. (PLEASE NOTE: Gifts are better given before or after the Great Banquet. Please do not bring gifts to the Great Banquet for your guest.) Call Cindy Bell 821-1003.

HELP WITH AGAPE ON THE WEEKEND

This is a sign up chart available to help with agape on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of each weekend. Please contact the head agape person for each weekend to sign up to help.

AGAPE PARTY

Help make agape for the weekends! Contact Cindy Bell 821-1003.

for the time and date of our next Agape Party at the First Presbyterian Church.

AROUND THE BANQUET TABLE

Great Banquet Brothers and Sisters!

Another year is coming to an end with the fall banquets just around the corner. This fall, to celebrate the 150th church weekend, we have called on past Lay Directors to be the team. Be sure to come celebrate with them by participating in the sendoff, candlelight and closing!

Speaking of the closing, it will be at the First Presbyterian Church at 5:00 in the sanctuary this fall. The board voted to make the change for logistical reasons. Come and see how it goes.

Don’t forget – the book table is a “FREE” book table. We are accepting any gently-used or new Christian books or study Bibles to stock the table for our guests and team. Please check your shelves, closets, night stands, etc. for books you would like to pass on. Just box up your books, label the box “GB BOOK TABLE DONATION,” and take to First Presbyterian Church. We will store any leftover books at the church for future weekends.

Our potluck for the fall weekends is Monday October 17, 2011 and the community is welcome to attend. We will have a potluck supper with team dedication immediately following.

De Colores!

Dale Davis

Community Lay Director

Madisonville Great Banquet