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From your missionary
page 2
Ministers Fellowship
page 2
Church news
page 3
School prayerwalk
page 4
More camp pictures
page 5
Sunday School training
page 6
GBC events
page 7
Backpacks info
pages 8 & 9
Men’s conference
page 10
Calendar, prayer needs
page 11
Men’s Ministries Mtg.
page 12
See more camp pics
on page 5
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From your missionary
We have just completed
another year of Children’s
Camp. I am excited to share
with you that things went very
well for both the girls camp and
the boys camp
.
Jayme Raybon and Sonya
Mizell led the girls camp and
there were 26 girls registered,
Gary Leutzinger and there were two salvations.
Their theme was “Daughter of
the King”. I am grateful for all of counselors and junior
counselors who ministered to the girls who attended.
The boys camp just keeps getting better every year.
There were 19 campers, and by the end of the week
there were eight boys who gave their lives to Christ. I
really appreciate Bobby Ryals and Pastor Ronnie Duncan
for their leadership and for leading the Bible studies. We
also had a great group of junior counselors who did an
excellent job, and I am thankful for each one who
assisted during the week. I also want to thank Scott
Alexander for bringing the messages during our worship.
and the teachers. On August 2 we will be asking our
churches to gather at the schools to pray. The schools are
listed on page 5 in this newsletter. There will be
prayerwalk leaders and prayer guides at all locations.
Please take this designated time to go to a school and
pray. I know that you will agree with me that our
adversary is working hard to destroy our children. We
need to stand together and pray that God will work in our
schools and that Christians will be bold to witness and
reach students and teachers in our schools with the
Gospel.
May God help us as we continue to unite together to
impact our communities and world with the Good News!!
Bro. Gary
Ministers Fellowship
in August focuses on
revival preparation
Steve Franz will be the guest
speaker at the Ministers
Fellowship on August 11 at
10:30 a.m. at Houston Baptist
Center.
The theme for boys camp was “Put On the Full Armor of
God”. The boys learned what it meant to put on the
armor of God each day as we battle the adversary. The
question that was always asked by Bro. Scott was, “Are
you ready?”
That is a good question we each need to ask ourselves
when we face each new day. We are in a spiritual battle,
and if we are not ready then we will always feel defeated.
The Bible instructs us in Ephesians 6:11 to put on the
whole armor of God so that we can stand against the
schemes of the devil. As we encouraged the boys during
camp to put on the armor of God, I want to encourage
each of you to make sure that you are dressed for battle
and that we know that we can have victory over
temptation in our lives.
It won’t be long now until our children will be going back
to school, and every year we ask our churches to gather
at school houses in our counties to pray for the children
Steve Franz
Steve is a member of the
Conference of Georgia
Baptist Evangelists. He will
be speaking about
preparation for revival in the
local church.
After the meeting, the group will go out to eat at a local
restaurant.
CASTING CROWNS
IN CONCERT
August 23, 2014 at 7pm
Macon City Auditorium, Macon
More information at 478-751-9232
or maconcentreplex.com
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Church news
Cordele First Church’s youth have been collecting
school supplies which they will distribute to community
children in the church parking lot on August 2 from 8:00
a.m.–12:00 p.m. For children to receive the supplies,
they must be accompanied by an adult.
Northern Heights Church’s monthly food and prayer
distribution will be August 2 beginning at 8:00 a.m. in their
parking lot. If you are not familiar with this wonderful
ministry, check out the video posted on their Facebook
page back in January.
Acorn Pond Church will conduct revival services on
August 3–6 at 7:00 p.m. Revival preachers for each
night will be Sunday Gene Huggins from Crossroads
Baptist Church; Monday Rob Gray from Calvary Baptist
Church, Fitzgerald; Tuesday John Powell from Red Oak
Baptist Church; and Wednesday Carlton Webb from
Rocky Mount Baptist Church. There will be special
music each night.
Pinecrest Church
ordains/commissions Hauns
During the evening service on July 13, Pinecrest Church
ordained William Haun to the gospel ministry. Also,
William and his wife Heidi were commissioned as
international missionaries. They will receive training in
Richmond, Virginia and move to their appointment post
in Ghana in September. Please pray for the Hauns as
they prepare to leave and especially for son Trey as he
transitions to life as a kid on the mission field. Pray also
for their extended families as they prepare to be away
from their loved ones for the next several years.
Penia Church is sending a mission team to Kentucky
July 23-27. Also, on August 31 they will host a
GospelSing featuring Glorybound.
Hatley Church will conduct revival services on August
10-13. Sunday’s services will be 11:00 a.m. and 6:00
p.m.. Services Monday through Wednesday will be at
7:30 p.m. Tommy Land from Freedom Baptist Church
in Milan will be the guest preacher.
Liberty Church will conduct revival services on July 2730 at 7:00 p.m. Jason Hatchett from Tallapoosa First
Baptist Church will be the guest preacher. There will be
special music each night.
Lake Blackshear Church will host a GospelSing on
August 2 at 7:00 p.m. featuring New Grace and The
Jordans. Also, they will conduct revival services August
24-27 at 7:00 p.m. Guest preacher will be Mike
Dorough from Second Baptist Church, Warner Robins.
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Undesignated
church contributions for
January–June 2014
Please go to the school of your choice, but if you have no
preference, go to the school assigned to your church as
listed below. Prayerwalk leaders and prayer guides will
be at all locations.
A. S. Clark Elementary: Bethel, Omar Heights,
Victory.
Crisp Academy: Acorn Pond, Antioch, Ebenezer,
Oakfield, Warwick First.
Crisp County Elementary: Lake Blackshear, Northern
Heights, Arabi, Penia.
Crisp County High School: Lakeshore, Morningside,
New Harvest, Wenona.
Crisp County Middle School: Agape, Cordele First,
Sharon.
Crisp County Pre-K: Pinecrest
Darton State College: Pleasant Grove.
Dooly County Elementary/Middle
School: Bakerfield, Byromville, Dooling, Filadelphia,
Lilly, Mt. Vernon.
Dooly County High School: Drayton, Mt. Pleasant,
Mars Hill, Riverview, Rock Hill, Vienna First, Smyrna,
Tippettville.
Fullington Academy: Harmony, Liberty, Pinehurst,
Unadilla First.
South Georgia Technical College: Hatley, Zion Hill
Acorn Pond. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $200.00
Agape. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
Antioch.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,575.00
Arabi. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,454.58
Bakerfield.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.00
Bethel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281.00
Byromville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,014.55
Dooling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
Drayton.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900.00
Ebenezer.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,907.60
Filadelphia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695.10
First Cordele.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,326.40
First Unadilla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,500.00
First Vienna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,741.29
First Warwick.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,503.41
Harmony.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,328.52
Hatley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900.00
Lake Blackshear. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,723.87
Lakeshore. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600.00
Liberty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,767.54
Lilly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
Mars Hill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
Morningside. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214.13
Mt. Pleasant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.00
Mt. Vernon.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180.00
New Harvest.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433.68
Northern Heights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,042.00
Oakfield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
Omar Heights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
Penia.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,133.40
Pinecrest.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,139.75
Pinehurst. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
Pleasant Grove. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,025.16
Riverview.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600.00
Rock Hill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0
Sharon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523.93
Smyrna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,844.82
Tippettville.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200.00
Victory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350.00
Wenona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300.00
Zion Hill.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644.00
TOTAL.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $67,459.73
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Many folks help make children’s camps great
The Believe Girls Camp 2014 at Camp Houston was led
by Jayme Raybon and Sonya Mizzell. Other adults who
helped were Dora Castillo and Shonna Warren as well as
Deanna Morgan, Cheryl Walls, and Lynn Walls. Junior
counselors included Tatum Bellany, Ashley Castillo,
Jersse Dickerson, Jordan Dickerson, Rachel Eidenire,
Ruby Gaye, Brooklyn Mizell, Carly Patrick, Faith
Stewart, and Jessica Wilson. All these people’s efforts
resulted in the 26 girl campers having a meaningful
spiritual experience as well as a lot of fun. Two campers
made professions of faith.
Ryals. Scott Alexander served as camp pastor. Junior
counselors included Nathan Green, Nick Green, Adam
Posey, and Jonathon Walls. Of the 19 boy campers,
eight made professions of faith.
The Connect Boys Camp 2014 was led by Gary
Leutzinger with help from Ronnie Duncan and Bobby
Camp Houston is a ministry of the 41 churches of
Houston Baptist Association.
Jeffrey Walls was the lifeguard for both camps. Camp
committee members Ruthel Patrick and Evelyn Polke
contributed to the success of the camps as always.
Thanks also to all the churches who provided meals for
the campers and workers. Thank you to everyone who
helped with the children’s camps this year.
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Priscilla Shirer Live
Aug 22 @ 6:00 pm – Aug 23 @ 12:30 pm
Second Baptist Church, 2504 Moody Rd., Warner Robins
Ever feel like you’re in a rut? Whether you need inspiration or a
challenge, Priscilla Shirer Live will snap you out of routine faith.
Priscilla’s ministry to women across the country and around the
world is focused on the expository teaching of the Word of God. Her
desire is to see women come to a full understanding of who they are
in Christ by hearing the uncompromising truth of Scripture. With
passionate Bible teaching from Priscilla and worship by Anthony
Evans, you don’t want to miss this intimate and inspiring event for
women of every age, culture, and background.
For details and registration go to www.LifeWay.com/events or call
800-254-2022.
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Please pray for these
Opportunities coming up
™Associational Missionary Gary Leutzinger
™ William Johnson
Houston Baptist Association events are printed in bold type.
HBC is an abbreviation for Houston Baptist Center.
™Happi Keenan
™Lost and unchurched people
Aug. 2
PrayerWalking Our Schools
Aug. 5
Men’s Ministries Meeting, 6:30pm,
Pinehurst Church
Aug. 9
Sunday School Training Workshop,
7:30am–12:15pm, Cordele FBC
Aug. 9
State Men’s Conference,
8:30am–12:30pm, Central Baptist
Church, Warner Robins
Church positions available
Aug. 11
Ministers Fellowship, 10:30am, HBC
Byromville Church is seeking a full-time pastor. Send
resumes to Joe Kent, 3435 Nellieville Road, Pinehurst
31070 or [email protected].
Aug. 15-16 WMU Equipping Conference, Mabel
White Baptist Church, Macon
™Possibility of HBA sponsoring a pregnancy care center
™Summer mission trips
™Unity in our churches and unity among our churches
™Churches without pastors–Byromville, Mars Hill,
Northern Heights, Pinecrest.
Northern Heights Church is seeking a full-time pastor.
Send resumes to Randy Morris, PO Box 441, Cordele
31010 or [email protected].
Smyrna Church is seeking a part-time minister of music.
If interested, contact Linda White at 229-268-6792.
Aug. 18
Executive Committee Meeting,
7pm, HBC
Aug. 22-23 Priscilla Shirer Live, Second Baptist
Church, Warner Robins
Sept. 1-30
Mission Georgia (formerly called Season
of Prayer for State Missions)
Unadilla First Church is looking for a youth pastor and
pianist. Call 478-627-3615.
Vienna First Church is seeking a pianist for Sunday AM
worship and weekly choir practice. Contact Jim Bolton
at 229-268-4386.
Birthdays & Anniversaries
Aug. 3
Aug. 4
Aug. 7
Aug. 11
Aug. 12
Aug. 13
Aug. 19
Aug. 20
Aug. 25
Aug. 26
Aug. 29
Renee & Doug James
Matt Stephens
Bruce Howland
Juanita Newsome
Wendy Price
Wendell Walker
Melanie & John Smith
Kathy Spires
Linda Howland
Phillip Garrett
Rose Burnette
Ally McPherson
Elsie & Jim Cox
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