MATTHEWS CHURCH OF GOD 2016 Master Calendar January 1 st New Year s Day 2 nd Un-Deck the Halls 3 rd Communion 9 th Elder s Meeting 9 a.m. Conference Room 10 th State of the Church Address 10 th Drama Practice 17 th Sanctity of Human Life Sunday 18 th Martin Luther King Jr. Day 20 th Chicken n Dumplings/Collard Sandwiches 24 th CRM 26 st Church Prayer Meeting 30 th Special Youth Service/6:30 pm 31 st Men s Day Guest Speaker: Tony Conner February (Black History Month) 6 th Widows Recognition Brunch by Women s Ministries 7 th Communion 9 th ~ 11 th State Prayer Conference Lincolnton, NC Re-Vangelism Conference (Tuesday) Tuesday Thursday Evening Speaker: Mitchell Tolle Wednesday Morning Speakers: Kenneth Hill 10:00 a.m. Ronnie Walters 11:00 a.m. Thursday Morning Speakers: Adrian Franklin 10:00 a.m. Mike White 11:00 a.m. Women s Discipleship Prayer Brunch (Wednesday 9:30 a.m.) Special Guest: Rhonda K. Holland Youth Service (Wednesday 7:00 p.m.) Roy Lee Tucker Jr. 14 th Guest Speaker: Missionary Nathan Atwood Valentine s Day (Sweetheart Sunday) 15 th President s Day 20 th Youth Ministry Trip/Asheboro 21 st Baby Dedication 1
27 th Senior Adult Old Fashion Camp Meeting Ages 50 + (Union Road, Gastonia) Special Guest: Larry Timmerman (Registration NO LATER than February 12 th ) 28 th Black History Recognition Sunday/ Almon Young/Associate Pastor Monroe Deliverance Center A.M. Service - Pastor Vince Tillman Life Giving Church of God/Concord, NC 6:30 p.m. 28 th CRM&DP March 6 th Guest Speaker Jody Pascarella 11:00 a.m. Jonathan Bishop 6:30 p.m. 9 th Chicken-n-Dumplins 5:30 p.m. 9 th Terry Roberson 7:00 p.m. 12 th Elder s Meeting 13 th Daylight Saving Time Begins 13 th Drama Practice 19 th Kid s Egg Hunt 19 th Charlotte Campground Reunion Celebration Special Guests: Ken & Pricilla Hensley, Terry Hart & Mamie Barwick. Living Water Church of God, Kannapolis, N.C. 11am-12pm Meet & Greet - 12pm-2pm Reunion Service 20 th Spaghetti Dinner Sponsored by Youth Department 1:00 p.m. 20 th Candlelight Communion Service 6:30 p.m. 23 rd Feet Washing Service 7:00 p.m. 27 th EASTER 27 th NO Evening Service 31 st ~2 nd Women s Annual Retreat/Myrtle Beach, SC April 3 rd Communion 8 th Teen Girl s Night Out 16 th VBS Fundraiser 18 th ~ 24 th Pastor Appreciation Week 20 th Special P.A. Service 24 th Guest Speaker: Bishop Kenneth Rouse 26 th ~ 28 th National Senior Adult Convention Smoky Mt. Jubilee (Gatlinburg, TN) 27 th Guest Speaker: Felicia Burgess 7:00 pm 29 th Teen Girls Night (Naomi s House of Hope) 7:00 p.m. 2
May 1 st Guest Speaker: Harry Widener 11:00 am Jonathan Bishop 6:30 p.m. 6 th Mother/Daughter Banquet 6:30 p.m. 8 th Mother s Day 13 th Special Youth Service 7:00 p.m. 14 th Elder s Meeting 15 th Pentecost Sunday 22 nd CRM&DP 30 th Memorial Day June 4 th Church Work Day 8 a.m. 5 th Graduate Recognition Sunday/Dinner 12 th ~ 16 th Annual State Camp Meeting (Gateway Campground, Whittier) (Speakers: Beth Baker Sun. a.m., Tony Seagraves Sun. p.m. & Jonathan Bishop Wed. p.m.) 19 th Father s Day 19 th Sundae/Sunday Sponsored by Youth Department 20 th Summer Begins 26 st CRM&DP July 4 th Independence Day 10 th ~ 14 th Vacation Bible School 17 th Sundae Sunday Sponsored by Youth Department 19 th ~ 22 nd 76 th International General Assembly (Nashville, TN) 24 th CRM&DP August 5 th ~ 7 th Youth Explosion 19 th ~ 20 th Ladies Conference 24 th Back to School Bash 7:00 p.m. 28 th Teacher & Student/Back to School Prayer Sunday 28 th CRM&DP 3
September 3 rd Youth Sponsored Labor Day Week-end Parking 4 th Communion 5 th Labor Day 10 th Elder s Meeting 11 th Grandparents/Senior Adult Day 11 th Drama Practice 22 nd First Day of Autumn 23 rd Annual BBQ 27 th CRM October 2 nd Communion 8 th Ladies Breakfast 9 th Ladies Day 10 th Columbus Day 14 th Helloween/Rock Hill, SC 16 th Pink Sunday (Breast Cancer Awareness) 17 th ~ 18 th State Minister s Meeting (Landmark Church of God, Statesville) 23 rd CRM&DP 29 th Fall Festival (4 pm 7 pm) November 6 st Daylight Saving Time Ends 11 th Veteran s Day 12 th Elder s Meeting 20 th Candlelight Communion 23 rd No Service 24 th Thanksgiving 26 th Deck the Halls 29 th Widows Visit Rest Home December 2 nd Ladies Christmas Party 3 rd Youth Christmas Party 7 th No Service 4
11 th Adult Christmas Program 13 TH Children s Christmas Program 13 th Church Christmas Party (12:30 p.m.) 14 th No Service 21 st No PM Service 21 st Winter Begins 25 th Christmas/11 a.m. Service Only 5