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BLADEN BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
P.O. Box 62 137 Mercer Road Elizabethtown, NC 28337-0062
Office Hours: Mon. - Thurs. 8:304:30 Phone: 910-862-3496 Email: [email protected]
Rev. Charles Hester Interim, Director of Missions Mrs. Connie Holland Administrative Assistant / Clerk
2016 North Carolina Baptist
Serving Christ . . . TOGETHER
Return Service Re-
The Blade Volume 14- Issue 3
Non-Profit Organization US POSTAGE PAID Elizabethtown, NC Permit No. 35
OUR CHURCHES: Abbottsburg Beard’s Chapel Bethel Bladenboro, First Briar Branch Butters Center Road Christ Community First Baptist Church Clarkton First Baptist Church of Delco Council Cypress Creek Dublin, First Elizabethtown Faith Friendship Galeed Good News Grace Hickory Grove Lisbon Love Grove New Center Northside Open Door Min. Peace Renacer Richardson Riverside Sandy Grove Second Chance Shady Grove Suggs Grove Tar Heel West Bladenboro White Lake White Oak Whites Creek Zion Hill
July
“Without God, there is no virtue, because there’s no prompting of the conscience. Without God, we’re mired in the material, that flat world that tells us only what the senses perceive. Without God, there is a coarsening of the society. And without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure. If we ever forget that we’re one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under. President Ronald Reagan, 1984 at the Ecumenical Prayer Breakfast in Texas.
The Cutting Edge… As I sit down to write my first “official” newsletter column as the Director of Missions, once again our Nation is reeling from another shooting. This morning, at a Congressional baseball team practice, a lone gunman opened fire injuring four people. I thought, “When is this craziness going to end?” The sad truth is that unless there is some God-sized intervention, this destructive behavior will increase. Does that grieve your spirit? Does that break your heart? My fear is that we will (if we not already have to some degree) become numb to the “breaking news” that interrupts our lives. This world cannot afford for God’s people to become desensitized to the incredible needs all around us. Know this: if God is going to do a God-sized intervention, it will be through His people. We have the answer to the craziness and evil rearing its head in our culture. Christians, we are called to be Jesus’ disciples, who are making disciples, who will make disciples, and so on. That is the answer to the sin problem in our world. And by the way, that is the ONLY answer. The Hebrew people were to be a blessing to “all the families of the earth.” That was God’s promise to Abram in Genesis 12:3. They were to bring God glory by the way they lived. By that, people would be drawn into a right understanding of God and receive blessings. The Hebrew people did not honor God in their lives. They turned their focus to themselves. They became selfish. They forget God. God so loved the world that he sent his Son so that the world could be saved through him. Jesus came that we might have abundant life. Those in his family are to be salt and light, not just for ourselves, but for all mankind. I love the way Paul says it in 2 Corinthians 5:20, “Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ…” Our lives as Christians should be all about making our lives all about Jesus for the sake of those who do not yet know him as Savior and Lord. All too often, the family of God spends their time arguing, fusing, and breaking fellowship with one another over minor things while the world around us is blowing up. And we, then, have the nerve to ask, “What is wrong with this world?” Read the passage below and pray about what God would have you do.
“Enlarge the place of your tent, and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out; do not hold back; lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes. For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left, and your offspring will possess the nations and will people the desolate cities.” Isaiah 54:2-3. This world is crying out for help. Do you hear? How will you respond? Rev. David Foster, DOM
Save the Date... CWJC - Christian Women’s Job Corp Bible Study - Every Monday Night 7:00pm 509 S. Cypress St. Elizabethtown Contact: (910.734.9231) Jennifer Carter
Executive Committee Meeting The July Meeting will take place on Tuesday, July 18th 7:30pm Friendship Baptist Church (1989 Bull St. Garland, NC 28441) Please Plan to Attend!! ATTENTION: Church Clerks It’s that time of Year… ACP Meeting Tuesday, August 1st at 6:30pm Bladen Baptist Association Let’s Get Together and Fellowship! & You can Pick up your Annual Church Profile!
WMU Red Box Prison Ministry This year’s collection will be Bars of Soap (4-5oz bars)
Deadline for Donations: Thursday, October 26th by 4:00pm Drop off at the Bladen Baptist Association Thank You in advance for your donations!!
Birthday’s & Anniversaries for Our Pastor’s and Wives JULY BIRTHDAYS 2 Mrs. Ginnie Varnam, Tar Heel 8 Rev. Danny Lewis, White Oak 10 Rev. Cameron McGill, Dublin First 13 Mrs. Aneva Conner, Riverside 16 Rev. Clayborn Faircloth 20 Rev. Dwight Holland, Second Chance 27 Mrs. Ella Rae Roberts WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES 6 Rev. and Mrs. Bert Young, Bladenboro First 10 Rev. and Mrs. Gary McMillan, Friendship 15 Rev. and Mrs. Cameron McGill, Dublin First CHURCH ANNIVERSARIES 1 Rev. Danny Lewis, White Oak - 2006 1 Rev. Kevin Kinlaw, New Center – 2010 7 Rev. Boyd Britt, Abbottsburg - 2013
SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS 5 Mrs. Lisa Andrews, Open Door Ministries 12 Rev. Warren Hill 15 Rev. Dewey Jackson 22 Rev. Kevin Kinlaw, New Center 28 Rev. Dewayne Lambeth, Center Road 29 Rev. Larry Hayes, Good News
AUGUST BIRTHDAYS 6 Mrs. Leslie Miller, Hickory Grove 6 Mrs. Jane Kinlaw, New Center 6 Rev. Slade Skipper, West Bladenboro 8 Rev. Kincy Barrow, Whites Creek 11 Mrs. Stacey McCuddy, Bethel 12 Mrs. Brenda Rutland 26 Rev. Thomas McCuddy, Bethel WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES 10 Rev. and Mrs. Carlton Bryan, Briar Branch 17 Rev. and Mrs. Bruce Miller, Hickory Grove 24 Rev. and Mrs. Randy Andrews, Open Door Ministries CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 1 Rev. Bruce Miller, Hickory Grove - 2014 5 Rev. Thomas McCuddy, Bethel - 2014 21 Rev. Carlton Bryan, Briar Branch - 2011 SEPTEMBER WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES 23 Rev. and Mrs. Kevin Kinlaw, New Center 28 Dr. and Mrs. Mack Roberts SEPT. CHURCH ANNIVERSARIES 7` Rev. Scott Conner, Riverside - 2014 15 Rev. Ricky Donaldson, Northside - 2013
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR PASTORS & CHURCHES GROUP I Briar Branch Rev. Carlton Bryan Faith Rev. Bobby Winebarger Suggs Grove Rev. Walter Hayes, Interim White Oak Rev. Danny Lewis First Baptist, Delco No Pastor GROUP II Beards Chapel Rev. Barry Helms Cypress Creek Rev. Richard Smith Friendship Rev. Gary McMillan Renacer Rev. Cipriano Moreno Riverside Rev. Scott Conner GROUP III Christ Community Rev. Jerry Fisher Council Rev. Jack Miller Lisbon Rev. Mark Creech Whites Creek Rev. Kincy Barrow
Continue Praying for these Churches Without Pastors or Interims . . . Delco, Love Grove, Suggs Grove & West Bladenboro
Gifts to Budget (Jan - June)
Abbottsburg: $ Beards Chapel: $ Bethel: $ Bladenboro, First: $ Briar Branch: $ Butters: $ Center Road: $ Christ Community: $ Clarkton, First: $ Council: $ Cypress Creek: $ Delco, First: $ Dublin First: $ Elizabethtown: $ Faith: $ Friendship: $ Galeed: $ Good News: $ Grace: $ Hickory Grove: $ Lisbon: $ Love Grove: $ New Center: $ Northside: $ Open Door Min: $ Peace: $ Renacer: $ Richardson: $ Riverside: $ Sandy Grove: $ Second Chance: $ Shady Grove: $ Suggs Grove: $ Tar Heel: $ Union Grove: $ West Bladenboro: $ White Lake: $ White Oak: $ Whites Creek: $ Zion Hill: $ Misc.: $ Budget Gifts to Date: Budget Needs to Date: Behind Budget Needs:
1269.20 0.00 2300.00 2250.00 300.00 1000.00 3153.58 500.00 2107.00 600.00 262.95 760.11 5000.00 5250.00 0.00 1225.00 3750.00 0.00 0.00 1650.00 358.58 0.00 3500.00 1239.84 220.11 0.00 69.45 1000.00 2376.77 2700.00 175.00 5000.00 2100.00 7755.16 1710.00 1050.00 1442.00 1300.00 1011.82 2000.00 1.00 $ 66,387.57 $ 68,953.74 $ 2,566.17
TO GOD BE THE GLORY . . .
Rallying Together for One of our Local Pastors. Rev. Clayborn Faircloth who helped to build ramps years ago found himself in need of one. Many people came together to meet this need. A very special Thank You to the team that built the ramp: Tommy Davis, Walter Hester, Joe Jackson, Andy Hood, Horace Wayett and Miss. Reagan Hester.
TO GOD BE THE GLORY . . .
You shall surely give to him, and your heart should not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the LORD your God will bless you in all your works and in all to which you put your hand. Deuteronomy 15:10 2017 Baptist Children’s Home Food Round Up was truly blessed by the outpouring of blessings that so many of our churches delivered to the Association Office. Non-perishable food items along with various gift cards totaling $3,294.96. Your generosity was overwhelming and truly brought joy to the lives of many children. To God Be the Glory!!
Galeed Baptist Church Carolina Homecoming
Rev. William (Bill) Cooper & wife, Hilary Sandy Grove Baptist Church Pastor Beginning July 2nd
Saturday, August 19th 7:00pm
Rev. Charles Hester & wife, Dot First Baptist Church of Bladenboro Interim, Pastor Beginning July 2nd Rev. Tommy Hatcher & wife, Emily Elizabethtown Baptist Church Pastor of Visitation Ministry
571 Galeed Church Rd, Bladenboro NC No Admission Fee Love Offering Will Be Taken
P.O. Box 62 137 Mercer Road Elizabethtown, NC 28337-0062
Office Hours: Mon. - Thurs. 8:304:30 Phone: 910-862-3496 Email: [email protected]
Rev. Charles Hester Interim, Director of Missions Mrs. Connie Holland Administrative Assistant / Clerk
2016 North Carolina Baptist
Serving Christ . . . TOGETHER
Return Service Re-
The Blade Volume 14- Issue 3
Non-Profit Organization US POSTAGE PAID Elizabethtown, NC Permit No. 35
OUR CHURCHES: Abbottsburg Beard’s Chapel Bethel Bladenboro, First Briar Branch Butters Center Road Christ Community First Baptist Church Clarkton First Baptist Church of Delco Council Cypress Creek Dublin, First Elizabethtown Faith Friendship Galeed Good News Grace Hickory Grove Lisbon Love Grove New Center Northside Open Door Min. Peace Renacer Richardson Riverside Sandy Grove Second Chance Shady Grove Suggs Grove Tar Heel West Bladenboro White Lake White Oak Whites Creek Zion Hill
July
“Without God, there is no virtue, because there’s no prompting of the conscience. Without God, we’re mired in the material, that flat world that tells us only what the senses perceive. Without God, there is a coarsening of the society. And without God, democracy will not and cannot long endure. If we ever forget that we’re one nation under God, then we will be a nation gone under. President Ronald Reagan, 1984 at the Ecumenical Prayer Breakfast in Texas.
The Cutting Edge… As I sit down to write my first “official” newsletter column as the Director of Missions, once again our Nation is reeling from another shooting. This morning, at a Congressional baseball team practice, a lone gunman opened fire injuring four people. I thought, “When is this craziness going to end?” The sad truth is that unless there is some God-sized intervention, this destructive behavior will increase. Does that grieve your spirit? Does that break your heart? My fear is that we will (if we not already have to some degree) become numb to the “breaking news” that interrupts our lives. This world cannot afford for God’s people to become desensitized to the incredible needs all around us. Know this: if God is going to do a God-sized intervention, it will be through His people. We have the answer to the craziness and evil rearing its head in our culture. Christians, we are called to be Jesus’ disciples, who are making disciples, who will make disciples, and so on. That is the answer to the sin problem in our world. And by the way, that is the ONLY answer. The Hebrew people were to be a blessing to “all the families of the earth.” That was God’s promise to Abram in Genesis 12:3. They were to bring God glory by the way they lived. By that, people would be drawn into a right understanding of God and receive blessings. The Hebrew people did not honor God in their lives. They turned their focus to themselves. They became selfish. They forget God. God so loved the world that he sent his Son so that the world could be saved through him. Jesus came that we might have abundant life. Those in his family are to be salt and light, not just for ourselves, but for all mankind. I love the way Paul says it in 2 Corinthians 5:20, “Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ…” Our lives as Christians should be all about making our lives all about Jesus for the sake of those who do not yet know him as Savior and Lord. All too often, the family of God spends their time arguing, fusing, and breaking fellowship with one another over minor things while the world around us is blowing up. And we, then, have the nerve to ask, “What is wrong with this world?” Read the passage below and pray about what God would have you do.
“Enlarge the place of your tent, and let the curtains of your habitations be stretched out; do not hold back; lengthen your cords and strengthen your stakes. For you will spread abroad to the right and to the left, and your offspring will possess the nations and will people the desolate cities.” Isaiah 54:2-3. This world is crying out for help. Do you hear? How will you respond? Rev. David Foster, DOM
Save the Date... CWJC - Christian Women’s Job Corp Bible Study - Every Monday Night 7:00pm 509 S. Cypress St. Elizabethtown Contact: (910.734.9231) Jennifer Carter
Executive Committee Meeting The July Meeting will take place on Tuesday, July 18th 7:30pm Friendship Baptist Church (1989 Bull St. Garland, NC 28441) Please Plan to Attend!! ATTENTION: Church Clerks It’s that time of Year… ACP Meeting Tuesday, August 1st at 6:30pm Bladen Baptist Association Let’s Get Together and Fellowship! & You can Pick up your Annual Church Profile!
WMU Red Box Prison Ministry This year’s collection will be Bars of Soap (4-5oz bars)
Deadline for Donations: Thursday, October 26th by 4:00pm Drop off at the Bladen Baptist Association Thank You in advance for your donations!!
Birthday’s & Anniversaries for Our Pastor’s and Wives JULY BIRTHDAYS 2 Mrs. Ginnie Varnam, Tar Heel 8 Rev. Danny Lewis, White Oak 10 Rev. Cameron McGill, Dublin First 13 Mrs. Aneva Conner, Riverside 16 Rev. Clayborn Faircloth 20 Rev. Dwight Holland, Second Chance 27 Mrs. Ella Rae Roberts WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES 6 Rev. and Mrs. Bert Young, Bladenboro First 10 Rev. and Mrs. Gary McMillan, Friendship 15 Rev. and Mrs. Cameron McGill, Dublin First CHURCH ANNIVERSARIES 1 Rev. Danny Lewis, White Oak - 2006 1 Rev. Kevin Kinlaw, New Center – 2010 7 Rev. Boyd Britt, Abbottsburg - 2013
SEPTEMBER BIRTHDAYS 5 Mrs. Lisa Andrews, Open Door Ministries 12 Rev. Warren Hill 15 Rev. Dewey Jackson 22 Rev. Kevin Kinlaw, New Center 28 Rev. Dewayne Lambeth, Center Road 29 Rev. Larry Hayes, Good News
AUGUST BIRTHDAYS 6 Mrs. Leslie Miller, Hickory Grove 6 Mrs. Jane Kinlaw, New Center 6 Rev. Slade Skipper, West Bladenboro 8 Rev. Kincy Barrow, Whites Creek 11 Mrs. Stacey McCuddy, Bethel 12 Mrs. Brenda Rutland 26 Rev. Thomas McCuddy, Bethel WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES 10 Rev. and Mrs. Carlton Bryan, Briar Branch 17 Rev. and Mrs. Bruce Miller, Hickory Grove 24 Rev. and Mrs. Randy Andrews, Open Door Ministries CHURCH ANNIVERSARY 1 Rev. Bruce Miller, Hickory Grove - 2014 5 Rev. Thomas McCuddy, Bethel - 2014 21 Rev. Carlton Bryan, Briar Branch - 2011 SEPTEMBER WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES 23 Rev. and Mrs. Kevin Kinlaw, New Center 28 Dr. and Mrs. Mack Roberts SEPT. CHURCH ANNIVERSARIES 7` Rev. Scott Conner, Riverside - 2014 15 Rev. Ricky Donaldson, Northside - 2013
PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR PASTORS & CHURCHES GROUP I Briar Branch Rev. Carlton Bryan Faith Rev. Bobby Winebarger Suggs Grove Rev. Walter Hayes, Interim White Oak Rev. Danny Lewis First Baptist, Delco No Pastor GROUP II Beards Chapel Rev. Barry Helms Cypress Creek Rev. Richard Smith Friendship Rev. Gary McMillan Renacer Rev. Cipriano Moreno Riverside Rev. Scott Conner GROUP III Christ Community Rev. Jerry Fisher Council Rev. Jack Miller Lisbon Rev. Mark Creech Whites Creek Rev. Kincy Barrow
Continue Praying for these Churches Without Pastors or Interims . . . Delco, Love Grove, Suggs Grove & West Bladenboro
Gifts to Budget (Jan - June)
Abbottsburg: $ Beards Chapel: $ Bethel: $ Bladenboro, First: $ Briar Branch: $ Butters: $ Center Road: $ Christ Community: $ Clarkton, First: $ Council: $ Cypress Creek: $ Delco, First: $ Dublin First: $ Elizabethtown: $ Faith: $ Friendship: $ Galeed: $ Good News: $ Grace: $ Hickory Grove: $ Lisbon: $ Love Grove: $ New Center: $ Northside: $ Open Door Min: $ Peace: $ Renacer: $ Richardson: $ Riverside: $ Sandy Grove: $ Second Chance: $ Shady Grove: $ Suggs Grove: $ Tar Heel: $ Union Grove: $ West Bladenboro: $ White Lake: $ White Oak: $ Whites Creek: $ Zion Hill: $ Misc.: $ Budget Gifts to Date: Budget Needs to Date: Behind Budget Needs:
1269.20 0.00 2300.00 2250.00 300.00 1000.00 3153.58 500.00 2107.00 600.00 262.95 760.11 5000.00 5250.00 0.00 1225.00 3750.00 0.00 0.00 1650.00 358.58 0.00 3500.00 1239.84 220.11 0.00 69.45 1000.00 2376.77 2700.00 175.00 5000.00 2100.00 7755.16 1710.00 1050.00 1442.00 1300.00 1011.82 2000.00 1.00 $ 66,387.57 $ 68,953.74 $ 2,566.17
TO GOD BE THE GLORY . . .
Rallying Together for One of our Local Pastors. Rev. Clayborn Faircloth who helped to build ramps years ago found himself in need of one. Many people came together to meet this need. A very special Thank You to the team that built the ramp: Tommy Davis, Walter Hester, Joe Jackson, Andy Hood, Horace Wayett and Miss. Reagan Hester.
TO GOD BE THE GLORY . . .
You shall surely give to him, and your heart should not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the LORD your God will bless you in all your works and in all to which you put your hand. Deuteronomy 15:10 2017 Baptist Children’s Home Food Round Up was truly blessed by the outpouring of blessings that so many of our churches delivered to the Association Office. Non-perishable food items along with various gift cards totaling $3,294.96. Your generosity was overwhelming and truly brought joy to the lives of many children. To God Be the Glory!!
Galeed Baptist Church Carolina Homecoming
Rev. William (Bill) Cooper & wife, Hilary Sandy Grove Baptist Church Pastor Beginning July 2nd
Saturday, August 19th 7:00pm
Rev. Charles Hester & wife, Dot First Baptist Church of Bladenboro Interim, Pastor Beginning July 2nd Rev. Tommy Hatcher & wife, Emily Elizabethtown Baptist Church Pastor of Visitation Ministry
571 Galeed Church Rd, Bladenboro NC No Admission Fee Love Offering Will Be Taken
