■ Worship each Sunday at 10 a.m.
in the sanctuary;
live streaming on Facebook

■ Online worship available later on YouTube and the church website

■ Due to the rise in COVID-19 cases, we are delaying our beginning of fall activities, including the restarting our 8 a.m. worship service. Please continue to observe safety protocols when gathering for 10 a.m. in person worship. Join with us online on our Facebook channel at 10 a.m. or later in the day on YouTube and our church website.

Our worship theme is “The Abundance of God.”

While we have fewer people in the pews on Sunday mornings, our church family seems to have grown throughout the pandemic. That’s because we have continued to offer online worship services and in addition to Swift members, friends and family and even people we don’t know at all have been worshiping with us regularly.

We don’t get to “see” everyone gathered together on Sunday morning, so we are going to put together a video presentation of those who are worshiping online.

If you have worshiped with Swift online, please send a photo and some information to be included in our upcoming “Worshiping Together — Apart” video presentation. Send your information to Pastor Jody Beth Melton, jodybeth7@yahoo.com. 

Send a picture of you or of your family or group, and everyone’s names.

Let us know if you are worshiping on Facebook livestream or YouTube.

Share with us where you have been when worshiping.

For example:

   • Photo, Eunice, Facebook livestream while recovering from surgery, Foley
   • Photo, Karl and Brenda, YouTube, quarantined in assisted living in Foley
   • Photo, Cathy B., Jody Beth’s cousin, Facebook livestream, Jacksonville, Florida
   • Photo, Philip Melton, YouTube Sunday afternoons after preaching in Mobile
   • Photo, Martha Young, Facebook livestream, Brandon, Mississippi

We are looking forward to “seeing” our extended church family. Please submit your information no later than Monday, Sept. 6. The video presentation will be released during worship on Sept. 12 and also posted on Facebook that day.

The Swift Church Session met on Aug. 16. The meeting began with prayer concerns, followed by prayer.

   ■ We received the financial report and heard about this October’s stewardship emphasis.

   ■ Got an update on our fellowship hall repairs and tree removal. Agreed to remove gutters from annex building because of their inefficiency.

   ■ We discussed the increased concern over COVID-19. It was noted that the preschool was closed from Aug. 17–22 because of COVID-19 cases with two students. We will return to distanced seating and encouraging people to wear masks. All changes planned for Sept. 12 have been postponed until COVID-19 numbers for our area decrease.

   ■ Received reports, minutes and other documents.

The meeting was closed with prayer.

Our handbell choir will play on the following Sundays this fall:
   ■ Sept. 12
   ■ Oct. 10
   ■ Nov. 7
   ■ Dec. 12
   ■ Christmas Eve

We will not be hosting our scheduled Two or More fellowship lunch or our Butterfly Girls/Guys Night Out dinner in September. Session voted to return to social distancing while inside the building, due to the significant increase in COVID cases in our area. This extends to church-organized events in any building, including restaurants.

Those who attend these gatherings enjoy socializing and building one another up, and we all hope and pray for a significant decline in COVID cases so we can meet together again. For now, we will practice the biblical mandate to care for (love) one another by not meeting. Watch for updates for when we will resume the fellowship meals.

■ Worship each Sunday at 10 a.m.
in the sanctuary;
live streaming on Facebook

■ Online worship available later on YouTube and the church website

■ Due to the rise in COVID-19 cases, we are delaying our beginning of fall activities, including the restarting our 8 a.m. worship service. Please continue to observe safety protocols when gathering for 10 a.m. in person worship. Join with us online on our Facebook channel at 10 a.m. or later in the day on YouTube and our church website.

Our worship theme is “The Abundance of God.”

While we have fewer people in the pews on Sunday mornings, our church family seems to have grown throughout the pandemic. That’s because we have continued to offer online worship services and in addition to Swift members, friends and family and even people we don’t know at all have been worshiping with us regularly.

We don’t get to “see” everyone gathered together on Sunday morning, so we are going to put together a video presentation of those who are worshiping online.

If you have worshiped with Swift online, please send a photo and some information to be included in our upcoming “Worshiping Together — Apart” video presentation. Send your information to Pastor Jody Beth Melton, jodybeth7@yahoo.com. 

Send a picture of you or of your family or group, and everyone’s names.

Let us know if you are worshiping on Facebook livestream or YouTube.

Share with us where you have been when worshiping.

For example:

   • Photo, Eunice, Facebook livestream while recovering from surgery, Foley
   • Photo, Karl and Brenda, YouTube, quarantined in assisted living in Foley
   • Photo, Cathy B., Jody Beth’s cousin, Facebook livestream, Jacksonville, Florida
   • Photo, Philip Melton, YouTube Sunday afternoons after preaching in Mobile
   • Photo, Martha Young, Facebook livestream, Brandon, Mississippi

We are looking forward to “seeing” our extended church family. Please submit your information no later than Monday, Sept. 6. The video presentation will be released during worship on Sept. 12 and also posted on Facebook that day.

The Swift Church Session met on Aug. 16. The meeting began with prayer concerns, followed by prayer.

   ■ We received the financial report and heard about this October’s stewardship emphasis.

   ■ Got an update on our fellowship hall repairs and tree removal. Agreed to remove gutters from annex building because of their inefficiency.

   ■ We discussed the increased concern over COVID-19. It was noted that the preschool was closed from Aug. 17–22 because of COVID-19 cases with two students. We will return to distanced seating and encouraging people to wear masks. All changes planned for Sept. 12 have been postponed until COVID-19 numbers for our area decrease.

   ■ Received reports, minutes and other documents.

The meeting was closed with prayer.

Our handbell choir will play on the following Sundays this fall:
   ■ Sept. 12
   ■ Oct. 10
   ■ Nov. 7
   ■ Dec. 12
   ■ Christmas Eve

We will not be hosting our scheduled Two or More fellowship lunch or our Butterfly Girls/Guys Night Out dinner in September. Session voted to return to social distancing while inside the building, due to the significant increase in COVID cases in our area. This extends to church-organized events in any building, including restaurants.

Those who attend these gatherings enjoy socializing and building one another up, and we all hope and pray for a significant decline in COVID cases so we can meet together again. For now, we will practice the biblical mandate to care for (love) one another by not meeting. Watch for updates for when we will resume the fellowship meals.

Cheryl’s class meets every week at 9 a.m. in room 2 in the annex.

We enjoy coffee, fellowship and Bible study.

Come grow with us as we continue our study in the New Testament.

— Cheryl Jensen

Do you ever wonder why we believe what we do? Each week we say the Apostles’ Creed, but how did that come to be? Join us in the fellowship hall for Creed by Adam Hamilton starting Sept. 12. We will watch the DVD each week on at different topic and discuss- there’s also a companion book (not required at all, but if you’d like one just let us know).

We hope you’ll lend your voice to our conversation on Sundays at 9 a.m. in the fellowship hall.

The session topics are:

   ■ God
   ■ Jesus Christ
   ■ The Holy Spirit
   ■ The Church and the Communion of Saints
   ■ The Forgiveness of Sins
   ■ The Resurrection of the Body

— Susan and Daryl Pichoff

The Thursday morning Bible study online group will begin meeting weekly on Sept. 9. We will be studying the book of Matthew, directly from the Bible (no lesson book required). Everyone is invited to this study as we seek to encounter God’s one and only Son, Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world.

Pastor Jody Beth and Philip will facilitate with a time for prayer concerns, prepared scripture-based lectures, and questions designed to spur lively conversation. Questions and supplemental information will be distributed in advance each week. Join us as we study this hope-filled book in the weeks prior to Advent and Christmas.

Generosity describes the Christian’s unselfish willingness to give in order to make a positive difference for the purposes of Christ. Extravagant generosity describes practices of sharing and giving that exceed all expectations and extend to unexpected measures.

Thank you for your generous pledges and ongoing offerings. Your support and commitment to our church is greatly appreciated.

Using your “smart phone” and this box you can connect to the church’s online giving page. You can set up for automatic donations of your tithes or one-time gifts to a number of funds benefiting ministries of Swift Church. Use this by either entering your credit/debit card information or your checking account information. Of course, this is a secure website.

You can also do the same thing by clicking a donation link on the church’s website.

Generosity describes the Christian’s unselfish willingness to give in order to make a positive difference for the purposes of Christ. Extravagant generosity describes practices of sharing and giving that exceed all expectations and extend to unexpected measures.

Thank you for your generous pledges and ongoing offerings. Your support and commitment to our church is greatly appreciated.

Using your “smart phone” and this box you can connect to the church’s online giving page. You can set up for automatic donations of your tithes or one-time gifts to a number of funds benefiting ministries of Swift Church. Use this by either entering your credit/debit card information or your checking account information. Of course, this is a secure website.

You can also do the same thing by clicking a donation link on the church’s website.