8 August 2010

The Connection
“Networking together…….to fulfill the Great Commission”
August 2010
Creath-Brazos Baptist Association
“H.O.P. Breakfasts”
Back by popular demand!!! There will be three H.O.P. (helping our pastors) breakfasts for all church staff this fall. Please
put these dates on your calendar and make plans to participate in a free breakfast with a wonderful opportunity to fellowship
with fellow ministers in your area. The schedule is as follows:
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H.O.P. Breakfast Central (Bryan/College Station Area) Tuesday, August 31, 7:00 a.m. at Denny’s
on Texas Avenue
H.O.P. Breakfast North (Madisonville Area) Tuesday, October 26, 7:00 a.m. at Walkers Café on
the square in Madisonville
H.O.P. Breakfast South (Hempstead/Navasota Area) Tuesday, November 30, 7:00 a.m. at
Denny’s in Hempstead
Simultaneous Pastor and Staff Prayer Meetings
We know that prayer should be front and center in our individual lives and in the life of our
churches. Special prayer meeting times have been secured for 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday
September 7, October 5, November 2, and December 7 for our pastors and church
staffs. We urge our pastors and church staff members to be a part of the meetings taking
place in their closest geographic location.
Sept. 7
Oct. 5
Nov. 2
Dec. 7
Northern Area
(Madisonville)
Bro. Doug Jones leading
Iola BC
Bedias BC
FBC
Madisonville
FBC
North Zulch
Southern Area
(Navasota/Hempstead)
Bro. Dwain Steinkuehler leading
Fellowship
at Fieldstore
Richards
BC
FBC
Navasota
Anderson
BC
Parkway
Primera
Iglesia
Calvary
Emmanuel
BC
Central Area
(Bryan/College Station)
Bro. Julian Silva and Bro. Darren Ely
leading
BC
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• Creath-Brazos Baptist Association
“Mission Minded”
Notes from the Director of Missions
Email Steve Holcombe at [email protected]
“Sawing the board right out from under you!”
He was a seasoned carpenter…he wore an orange vest. Those vests were to identify those in
charge of the building project there in Trenton, Texas. So I felt both confident and honored to work
with him that afternoon of our mission trip. The door was covered over with pressboard siding that
we needed to cut out. He and I began the arduous task. He leaned a ladder on the board and began cutting away with the saber saw. He was on the outside of the building and I was on the inside
steadying the sheet of pressboard. As the blade of the saber saw began to move from east to west I
immediately saw the problem. The ladder was leaning on the board that would surely fall down
when he finished his cut. And when the board came down so would the ladder that was leaning
against it. And when the ladder came down so would my “orange vest” working buddy who was
standing on the ladder. I tried to yell but the noise of the saber saw was deafening. “I better move
quickly!” I thought to myself. The east was getting close to the west! So I reached through an opening from the inside of the doorway and began to pull on the leg of his blue jeans. No response! He
might have thought that my pull on his pant cuff was an affirmation of the good work he was doing.
But before I could think of plan C it happened. The board came loose and the ladder fell. So did my
“orange vest” friend. Before you could say “Ticonderoga” he was laying on his back in the dirt on the
outside of the doorway. We all rushed to his side and began to see what damage had been done.
His first words? A laugh and “I sawed the board right out from under me!” Fortunately, my orange
vested working buddy was OK. However, sometimes we are not so lucky. We saw the boards out
from under ourselves all the time. Sometimes the very thing we set out to do is the very thing that
does us in! We too wear orange vests. We think that we can handle the job and that we know what
we are doing. Yet we find ourselves on our backs in the dirt of failure and surprise. We should
know better. If we would consult the Master Carpenter, He would tell us about our leaning ladders.
But instead we hurry along just wanting to hurry up and finish our “cut”. And the cuts are killing us.
My wise orange vested friend learned a valuable lesson that day…even at his age. Check twice
where your ladders are leaning. Then cut with confidence. The same should be true of each one of
us. Check twice on Whom you are trusting. Then live your life with confidence!
Steve
Please Remember to Pray for:
Pastorless Churches
Bedias BC
First BC Normangee
First BC College Station
Waller BC
Other Minister Needs
Fellowship at Field Store ~~ PartPart-time Minister of Youth
First BC, College Station ~~ Minister of Youth
First BC, Hempstead ~~ Minister of Music
First Hispanic, Navasota ~~ PartPart-time Minister of Youth
Wellborn BC ~~ Minister of Youth
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• Creath-Brazos Baptist Association
. . . Around the Association
Anderson BC along with Jelly Face Music will host a Choral Training Workshop August 24-28 aimed at enhancing the
performance of church choirs. For more information, visit www.hackettmusic.com or call 936-825-1515.
Church at Friendship Children’s Church will celebrate “Funny Hat Sunday” on August 29th. Prizes will be awarded
for wearing funny hats and extra prizes going to those knowing their memory verses.
Fellowship at Field Store is searching for a PartPart-time Minister of Youth and two Summer Interns.
Interns
If interested,
please contact Pastor John Chivvis 936-372-9465 or [email protected].
First BC Bryan will have a Senior Adult Gospel Singing Tuesday, August 3, 6:30-8:30pm followed by a watermelon
feast. Singing groups &/or senior adult choirs are invited to participate. Contact John Free at 979-776-1400 for info.
First BC College Station
College and Youth will take a Float Trip on the Comal River in Gruene on Saturday,
August 7.
First BC Normangee The Pastor Search Committee is now accepting resumes for the position of Pastor.
First Hispanic BC is holding Revival Services August 6-8. Guest Evangelist is Gilbert Herrera.
Hillcrest BC begins their invitational evangelism emphasis, Bring A Friend to Church,
Church on August 1st.
Richards BC celebrates their 100th Anniversary on September 12th. The church is also searching for a Youth worker.
Shiloh BC of Pankey wishes to donate their old Sunday school books. If you know of someone that could use them,
contact Bro. Terry Swonke at [email protected].
Waller BC continues the Summer Sunday Nights study of Hebrews 11 “Real Heroes” through August 15th.
Exciting plans
are underway for the celebration of WBC’s 120th Anniversary in October. If you have pictures or stories to share, please
contact the church office.
Wellborn BC is in need of a church pianist for their Sunday am and pm services.
If interested, please contact Alex
Medlock, Minister of Music, at 979-777-7163 (cell) or by email at [email protected] .
Aggie Baptist Student Ministry
Joel Bratcher, Director • [email protected] • 979.846.7722
News from the Field
Joshua Boucher is one of the summer missionaries from our BSM. He serves in Southeast Asia and is focused on
building relationships and sharing Christ with university students. Below is a brief excerpt from one of Joshua’s
recent emails.
“We begin speaking with students on campus and making friends. We usually try to see if they want to practice their
English. If they speak enough English for us to have a conversation, we continue and see where our conversations
go. We then invite them to events after school, or on the weekend. This could be going to the mall, watching a
movie, playing games, going to the park to play ultimate Frisbee. We continue to meet with the students over and
over until we had the chance to share with them about the Lord.”
Our students are serving Christ this summer in fifteen different countries. Please keep them in your prayers.
International Student Give Away
We are receiving donations of furniture and household items to help new international students. Donations can be
brought by the BSM anytime before August 17th. Thanks for your help!
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• Creath-Brazos Baptist Association
August
13-14 ~ Childhood Ministry Summit, Dallas Baptist University
13-14 ~ SBTC Equipping Churches Conf., Sagemont Church, Houston
18 ~ Aggie BSM GiveGive-Away ~ Bring items any time before Tuesday, August 17
31 ~ H.O.P. Breakfast [B/CS Area] 7AM at Denny’s on Texas Avenue
U pcoming ...
September 7 ~ Simultaneous Pastor/Staff Prayer Meeting 10AM ~ [Madisonville Area] at Iola Missionary BC ~
[Navasota/Hempstead Area] at Fellowship at Field Store ~ [B/CS Area] at Parkway BC
September 12-19 ~ Week of Prayer for Texas Missions & Mary Hill Davis Offering for Texas Missions
September 19-26 ~ 20102010-2011 Reach Texas Offering Week of Prayer
September 16-17 ~ SBTC Innovate Praise,
Praise Spring Baptist Church, Spring
September 20-22 ~ Dennis Swanberg’s Encouragers,
Encouragers Hyde Park BC, Austin (See pg. 6)
September 30 ~ CBBA Church Support Team Jesus On Leadership at FBC College Station
October 4 ~ SHIFT Church Conference,
Conference 8:30am-4:00pm, Bridge Fellowship, Sugar Land
October 5 ~ Simultaneous Pastor/Staff Prayer Meeting at Bedias BC, Richards BC, Primera Iglesia
October 19 ~ CBBA Annual Meeting at Waller BC
October 26 ~ H.O.P. Breakfast [Madisonville Area] 7AM at Walker’s Café on the Square
November 2 ~ Simultaneous Pastor/Staff Prayer Meeting at FBC Madisonville, FBC Navasota, Calvary BC
November 30 ~ H.O.P. Breakfast [Hempstead/Navasota Area] 7AM at Denny’s in Hempstead
December 7 ~ Simultaneous Pastor/Staff Prayer Meeting at FBC North Zulch, Anderson, Emmanuel BC
H a p p y B i r t h d ay!
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Howard Tipton,
Tipton Living Hope CS
Mary Tenery Millican
George Jacobus Central
John Chivvis Fellowship at Field Store
Allen Palermo Living Hope-Bryan
Jeremy Lewis Central
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Thomas Baber Emmanuel
Doug Jones Iola Missionary
Dwain Steinkuehler Anderson
Randy Theiss Church at Friendship
Steve Holcombe CBBA
Judy Billings FBC Bryan
H a p p y Anniversary!
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to David Murphy celebrating 26 years at Calvary
to Debbie Burch celebrating 15 years at Calvary
to Kyle Childress celebrating 2 years at Anderson
to Troy Brooks celebrating 2 years at FBC Madisonville
to Jason Horine celebrating 1 year at Wellborn
to Chris Osborne celebrating 24 years at Central
to Ann Forsthoff celebrating 25 years at FBC Bryan
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• Creath-Brazos Baptist Association
GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS
SENIOR ADULTS TRIP
OCTOBER 21-28, 2010
Price List Per Person
Single: $1,408.00
Double: $1,075.00
Triple: $ 964.00
Quad:
$ 909.00
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
7:00 am—Leave FBC Bryan
6:00 pm—Arrive Drury Inn & Suites, Memphis,
TN.
9:00 am—Newfound Gap & Smoky
Friday, October 22, 2010
Mountain Tour
11:30 am—Lunch on own & shopping
in Downtown Gatlinburg.
9 am—Graceland Platinum Tour—Memphis.
3:00 pm—The Miracle—Miracle Theatre
12:30 pm—Depart for Nashville, TN.
5:30 pm—Applewood Farmhouse Special
4:30 pm—Check into Club Hotel
5:30 pm—Nashville Nightlife Dinner & Show
Dinner
8:00 pm—Joseph & The Amazing
Dreamcoat—Miracle Theatre
Prices are based on a minimum of 34
guests.
Saturday, October 23, 2010
8:30 am—Nashville City Tour (step-on guide)
$200 Deposits are due by August 30.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
11:00 am—Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage Tour
7:30 am—Depart for Jackson, MS.
Final payments are due by October 6.
Trip Cancellation Insurance is available
5:30 pm—Santa Fe Cattle Sit Down Dinner #2
5:30 pm—Check into Drury Inn & Suites
7:00 pm—Grand Ole Opry
7:00 pm—Olive Garden Dinner
upon request and is recommended.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
8:30 am—Depart for Pigeon Forge
Rates are based on a 48-passenger
1:00 pm—Check into Howard Johnson Hotel
motor coach bus. All taxes and tips are
5:00 pm—Black Bear Jamboree Dinner & Show
included except for coach driver tips.
Monday, October 25, 2010
Call today to sign up for this fabulous
8:30 am—Depart for Asheville, NC
trip. Travel with your friends and
return with some wonderful memories
11:00 am—Deerpark Rest Buffet Lunch at the
of new places and fellowship. Call Susan
1:00 pm—Biltmore Estate Self-Guided Tour
at 776-1400 today for your
reservations!
7:00 pm—Buffet Dinner with Smith Show
Biltmore Estate
8:00 pm—Smith Family Theatre
3100 Cambridge
Bryan, TX 77802
Phone: 979-776-1400
Fax: 979-776-1433
E-mail: [email protected]
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Depart for FBC Bryan