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church budget for 1985 was one hundred seventy one thousand dollars. The Annie Armstrong goal of three hundred was surpassed. In August,	Bayside	Mission	began conducting night services. A
Mission Committee consisting of three members from our church, three from	Bayside,	and one member from	Gulf Coast Baptist
Association will be governing body of the Mission. Rev. Don Creel is pastor of the Mission. They reported that $2,959 in offerings had been collected,	thirty	seven enrolled	in Sunday School, and
fifty five	attending	worship	services. The	Vacation Bible School
had an enrollment of forty five. In September Greg Smith, Manager of Buccaneer State Park, presented Nathan Barber and Peggy Tedford with plaques for their service at the Park. They had been conducting Worship Services at 8:30 a.m. on Sundays at the park for eight years. During November, the bid for a new roof on the Office Building was accepted at a cost of $4,265. In September the average attendance in Sunday School at our church was 156, the largest yet.
The year 1986 dawned with a report of $6,500 for Lottie Moon Christmas offering. The church budget for the year was one hundred seventy one thousand. Sam Wilbourn served as Treasurer and Sunday School Superintendent. Sherrill Renolds was replaced by Mary Blackstock as Church Clerk. In February a six week study on "Training Sunday School Workers In Evangelism" was held. During this month the Deacons were introduced to the "Deacon Family Ministry Plan". In this plan each deacon gets a list of fifteen families to minister to. Our membership consists of 450 resident and 300 non-resident. In March Mary Lee and Uless Bergeron were commended by the church to Mission Service Corps as Volunteers for
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