Do you enjoy good Gospel music? Tapping your feet? Humming along? The fifth Sunday sing-along is almost here with lots of music, great fellowship, and even coffee and dessert! Where might you ask? Well, the gathering place is at Seadrift’s First Baptist Church, October 29th at 6pm. You can come and go as you please.

Did you know? The fifth Sunday sing-along started 25 years ago as a fellowship dinner at First Baptist after Sunday morning service. Music came later at 6pm on Sundays.

Questions? You can call the church secretary at 361-785-3411.

Charles and Julie Champlin

Wrapped in God’s care, armed with fortitude, and sent out with a lot of prayer, missionaries Charles and Julie Champlin live in Boa Vista, Brazil. Boa Vista is in north central Brazil. Charles and Julie work with the Wai-wai people. A lot of their work has been with Bible translation and reaching into the hearts and lives of the people around them.

Seadrift’s First Baptist Church hosted Charles and Julie at their Sunday evening service on September 24th. People in the congregation listened attentively as Charles and Julie took turns explaining the work that has been done in Brazil. They have been in Brazil for 26 years! As Julie stated, “When God calls you to a people group to share the Gospel, He gives you a love for them.”

Charles and Julie have four grown children. The youngest, Heidi Corporon, is the wife of Seadrift’s First Baptist Pastor Aaron Corporon. -Tanya DeForest

Letter to the Editor:

As a winner of several Boat Parade awards in years past, it has come to my attention that I have been the subject of salacious accusations in the POC social media and local watering holes. Such allegations suggest that such winnings were the result of having relations with one of the judges. This letter is to implore those story tellers to put down their Ranch Water and join me in entering a boat in this year’s Boat Parade!

Let’s all support those individuals who work hard to make the annual Toy Run and Boat Parade a great success. Having a record turnout for both of those events will greatly aid these individuals in achieving their primary goal: To collect as many new toys as possible so that they can then be distributed by the Angel Tree Program to needy children all along the Texas coast. Please consider participating in the Toy Run, entering a boat in the parade, and contributing new toys to the Angel Tree Program.

Hope to see you at the captain’s meeting!

RV Baron

Dolphin Talk,

On the night of Sept. 15, I watched out of my window some oddball weather. It was lightening in the north heavy, then it moved across the eastern sky to the south. At times it looked like the sky in the east was on fire.
Very odd weather.

Dorothy Geraldine Wilson
Seadrift

Editor’s Note:

Dry Thunderstorms can occur when there is little moisture near the surface. In such cases, the rain evaporates before reaching the ground, resulting in no rainfall.
However, lightning can still occur within the storm clouds, generating visible flashes of light without accompanying rain or audible thunder
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Thankfully, since this writing, we have received some much-needed rain.

OCTOBER CLAY SHOOT CANCELED! Unfortunately, there was not enough support for our second annual Clay Shoot fundraiser and it had to be canceled. This was very disappointing because we are getting close to reaching our second goal of $75,000.00 for the update on the main community center building.

The flooring and counter tops will be going in soon in the building, so we can begin to see some results from all the hard work that has gone into raising this money.

Work on the Pavilion cannot begin until late November when outside activities will be over for the year. Once that begins, it should go quickly providing weather cooperates. January and February aren’t usually known for bright, sunshiny days! Maybe we will be lucky in 2024.

Please consider supporting the Facelift Project on this very important community asset. Be a part of insuring that these buildings will last long into the future. Donations can be made at First National Bank in POC or on PayPal. -Diane Cooley

We can finally really tell that fall is here! And we have been blessed with some much needed rain! Cooler days and rain; who could ask for more?

So many activities are taking place at FBC this month and next. Come and be part of them. There is always room for more smiling faces. It is almost time to turn in the Samaritan’s Purse Christmas shoe boxes for distribution to underprivileged children around the world. We work on filling them all year with small gifts, school supplies and toiletries, etc. Our goal this year is to fill 200 boxes. If you would like to be part of this very important ministry, we will meet each Wednesday , for the next 4 weeks, at 9:00 a.m. in the sanctuary building to work on them.

Our men’s and women’s Bible studies are both in full swing now. The men meet at 7:00 p.m. on each Tuesday in the Fellowship Hall and just started studying the book of Titus. They welcome new participants any time. The ladies are half way through their study on worshipping God on Tuesdays at 4:00 p.m. They also welcome anyone who would like to join them.

TEAM KIDS is attracting new first through fifth graders each week. This past Wednesday evening was the second monthly family dinner. The second Wednesday of every month FBC welcomes the families of our children for food and fellowship. The children like to show off some of what they learn each week and enjoy dinner with their families. If you have or know of a child in this age group, call the church for details of how to enroll them.

If you haven’t already marked your calendars for POC Community Thanksgiving, now is the time. Sunday ,November 12, 2023, will be here before you know it! This year it will be held at FBC at 6:00 p.m. This is such a special time for our community’s citizens, weekenders and visitors. Don’t miss it.

Remember that we have a full week of activities for young and not so young. Sundays at 10:00 a.m. is Sunday School. At 11:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. we have church services. Tuesdays are Bible Studies for men and women. Wednesdays, FBC hosts all youth from first grade through fifth for TEAM KIDS and sixth through twelfth grade for Youth Activities. Thursday is the new time for Prayer Meetings at 6:00 p.m. FBC is waiting to welcome all who want to take part in any of these functions. If you can’t attend, watch the Sunday Services on the FBC Facebook page. Call the church at 361-983-2727 if you need more information