Cleary Baptist Church Presents "The Glory of Christmas"

Cleary Baptist Church Worship Choir presents "The Glory of Christmas" musical.

The free presentation will take place on Saturday, December 15 and Sunday, December 16, 2007 at 6:30 pm.

"We welcome everyone to come worship with us. Let us remember the real reason for the season." said Byron Green, Worship Leader.

For more information regarding the musical presentation, please call the church office at 601-845-2020.

Cleary Baptist Church, located at 1580 Florence Byram Road in Florence, has a congregation with an active attendance of 350. The church was established in 1963. Directions to the church may be found online.

Cleary Baptist Church Ladies Ministry Sponsors Health Fair

Cleary Baptist Church Ladies Ministry is sponsoring a free health fair.

The health fair will take place on Monday, November 12, 2007 from 9 a. m. - 1 p. m. in the new Activities and Recreations Center on the church grounds. It is open to the public and free of charge. Several free health screens will be offered.

"We are excited to offer the 2nd Annual community wide health fair. The health fair is offered as a free service to the community." said Linda Knight, of the Ladies Ministry.

For more information regarding the health fair, please call 601-845-2020.

Cleary Baptist Church, located at 1580 Florence Byram Road in Florence, has a congregation with an active attendance of 350. The church was established in 1963. Directions to the church may be found online.

Grand Opening

Dedication Sunday has come and gone. What a great day for the Lord! It was so good to see Bro. Gene again and to hear how the vision developed. Bro Chris delivered a strong message. Even though the construction of the building is finished, the work is just beginning. What next? is indeed the question!

Immediately Cleary will host the Grand Opening for the ARC this Saturday, August 18 from 10:00a to 2:00p. Many different things will go on Saturday. To list a few:

• Star 93 FM live doing a radio remote


• Inflatable obstacle course for the kiddies


• Hot dogs and refreshments for all


• Tours of the facility


• Door prizes

If you have a chance, please do come by and see us!

Little Things and Big Things

The crew from Texas is here now putting down the gym floor. They have been here for a day or two preparing the floor and laying it. Once the floor is in place we will lock the place up tight for about a week. During that time no one will enter the building!

As with any new building we have many little things to do. I believe most of the touch up painting is complete. Mrs. Sue Thompson is painting murals. There are a few oversized electrical outlet cover plates that need to be installed. There is a myriad other small things that need to be done.

We have a few bigger things to do too. We are working on the Dedication and Grand Opening of the ARC. We have nearly nailed down Sunday, August 12 for the Dedication and the following Saturday, August 18 for the Grand Opening. As we develop the plans for those events I will post in this space. So, stay tuned!

26 Days, Paint, Lights, A/C, Banner

With 26 days left before launching the ARC I have several things to report.

The inside of the building is largely painted. While there may be a few things to touch up most of the paint is on the wall and dry. This allows us to begin hanging the grid work for the lights. That is the next thing going up.

Later this week the air conditioning will be finished up and turned on. We need to have the A/C on for several days to remove the humidity in order for the gym floor installation to begin. It is looking like the gym floor is one of the final pieces to the puzzle.

We have a banner that will be hung outside telling all about this blog. If you are a guest reading for the first time because of the banner, "Welcome!" And thank you for stopping in. If you have any questions, please feel free to drop a line. You can also visit our church website at http://clearybaptist.org.

Big Updates

Over the past week or so many things have been accomplished: All of the drywall has been hung, the ARC has been tied in to the sewer, the gym ceiling has been painted, the lights in the gym are about to be installed, the cabinetry in the bathrooms is being built out, the soffits are being installed under the awning, and we are about to be connected to electricity!

We have received the go ahead to get a banner and place it in front of the building. We will kick that off tomorrow and try to get that installed by Sunday.

We are also setting up a PayPal account for online donations.

Look in this space tomorrow for a big announcment regarding the gym portion of the ARC!

Cleaning, Painting and Waiting

Saturday several fellows cleaned all the construction debris out of the building. This will allow painting to take place.

This week the ceiling of the gym will be painted. This in turn means we will be able to hang the lights in the gym this week. It is really starting to look like a gym!

We are waiting to send the press release due to some technical issues we are working through.

Construction Update and Meeting People

Several of us met today to discuss publicity for the ARC. We will be issuing a press release tomorrow. I will post that press release as soon as it is released!

Eckels has indicated there will be two showers in the men's and women's facilities. This is in direct response to the American Red Cross in regard to the disaster shelter.

Kevin relayed a story during our meeting. He met someone walking around the ARC, checking it out. The person he met was not attending church regularly. However, he was certainly curious about the ARC. He asked if we were going to have basketball when we opened up. We certainly are. And God is certainly good! He's using this incomplete project to make contact with folks! Awesome.

Welcome Kevin Wade

Kevin Wade, Associate Pastor for Students and Activities, has come aboard as a contributor to The Cleary ARC blog. Kevin has been with Cleary for about a year now leading the youth like a true man of God.

Kevin has been instrumental in feeding information about the progress of the construction. Now he can file reports directly.

Thanks Kevin!

Linked In!

Great news! This site is now linked in to the Cleary Baptist Church website. Whenever a new post is made the CBC Site will be updated as well. Ain't technology great?

Donations

We are looking at getting a PayPal account set up so anyone who so desires can make an online donation to get this ARC floating! In the mean time, if you would like to make a tax-deductible donation toward the completion of the ARC please do so.

Make checks payable to:

Cleary Baptist Church
1580 Florence Byram Rd
Florence, MS 39073

Put a note on the check indicating it is for the Building Fund.

Strategizing with Kevin

Kevin Wade and I spoke for a short time this morning regarding getting the word out. We discussed meeting with a group to come up with some ideas. Kevin has done some work with the media and has some good ideas.

I will try again to get in touch with Roscoe and get an update on the progress. If I get any, I'll post it tonight!