Sept 2016 - St Johns River Baptist Association
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Sept 2016 - St Johns River Baptist Association
St. Johns River Baptist Association October 2016 “After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.” - Acts 4:31 (NIV) ANNUAL MEETING Thursday, October 20, 2016 Shake Your Church, LORD! Hosted by: Anastasia Baptist Church 1650 A1A South St. Augustine, Florida 3:00 PM Afternoon Session Dinner will be provided around 5:00 PM for those in attendance. 6:00 PM Break-out Sessions (see details about the break-out sessions inside this issue) 7:00 PM Evening Session Child care will be available during the afternoon session for infants and children up to age 4. Child care during the evening session will be for infants and children up to age 10. Call or email the Association office by October 7, with the name and age of your child if you will be utilizing this service. This is imperative so we can be prepared properly. Please pray for the Putnam County School District Principals & Schools: *Ashley McCool (Browning Pearce Elementary School); Jacqueline England (Children’s Reading Center Charter School); Beth Nelson (Interlachen Elementary School); Sara Jean McDaniel (James A. Long Elementary School); Tim Adams (Kelley Smith Elementary School); Joe Theobold (Mellon Elementary School); Montez Wynn (Melrose Elementary School); James Stout (Middleton-Burney Elementary School); Margaret Kring (Moseley Elementary School); Evelyn Langston (Ochwilla Elementary School); Randy Hedstrom (Jenkins Middle School); Regina Thomas (Miller Middle School); Michael Tucker (Overturf 6th Grade Center); Leah Lundy (Price Middle School); Curtis Ellis (Putnam Academy of Arts & Sciences); Mechele Higginbotham (Crescent City Jr./Sr. High School); Bryan Helms (Interlachen High School); Thomas Bolling (Palatka High School); Lisa Parsons (Putnam Edge Charter High School); Mary Wood-Piazza (Q I Roberts Jr./Sr. High School); and Mary Beth Hedstrom (E. H. Miller School)* “We are an Association of Southern Baptist Churches in Flagler, Putnam & St. Johns Counties, serving at home & around the World!” Rev. Asa Greear, Executive Director: [email protected] Rev. Tony Clubb, Moderator: [email protected] Administrative Assistant: [email protected] Phone: 386-328-5575 Fax: 386-328-4038 Office Hours: Monday—Friday, 9:00 a.m.—3:00 p.m. Web-site: www.sjrba.org A Word From Your Executive Director Today I was reminded of myself and all my shortcomings through a tract sent to me by one of our pastors. Galaans 2:20 says, “I am crucified with Christ, nevertheless I live, yet not I but Christ lives in me and the life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me.” Life has always been about the big “I” . Yes— it’s all about me, Lord. For some of us, we struggle with this but for others we just let it alone and connue to live our lives with the focus on “me”. This is the root of much of our problems in our churches. Church becomes about me and my class or my volunteer job and not about the one who gave his life for the Church—JESUS. One quote from this tract reads: “ Love of human praise, a secret fondness to be noced, love of supremacy, drawing a1enon to self in conversaon, a swelling out of self when you have had a free me in speaking or praying?” or another one says, “Carnal fear; a man fearing spirit, a shrinking from reproach and duty; reasoning around your cross; a shrinking from doing your whole duty by those of wealth or posion; a fearfulness that someone will offend and drive some prominent person away; a compromising spirit?” Friends—if these don’t light up your acknowledgement of sin meter there are 10 other paragraphs that will. This tract is called: “Not I, but Christ”. We will have copies available at the office for you. We have a lot of things going on in the associaon during the Fall. There are many churches having homecomings and fesvals. We have had ordinaons of deacons and pastors. God is calling men out to serve Him. The ANNUAL MEETING is coming up at Anastasia Bapst Church. An a>ernoon filled with music and message and a li1le business starts at 3pm. Get there a li1le early and hear Mason Reigger play his alto sax for us. We will have a SECOND PART of the meeng beginning that evening at 7:00 PM. In between, there will be break out sessions at 5:45, and of course we Bapsts will be eang at 5:05. Please feel free, even if you are not a messenger, to come and join us in the fun. All are welcome. Come out and help us celebrate all God is doing among our churches. See first hand, the hand of God working through our cooperaon together. Call me if I can help in anyway. Blessings! ASA ANNUAL MEETING BREAK-OUT SESSIONS 6:00—6:45 PM Please pray for the following churches and Pastors this month! October Church Pastor 02 Iglesia Cristiana Belen Gerardo Ramirez 02 Iglesia Jesucristo es mi Refugio Saul Santiago 05 Interlachen First Baptist Church Tony Clubb 09 McDowell Baptist Church Steven Brown 09 Midway Baptist Church John Cameron 12 Moultrie Baptist Church Vacant 16 Mount Olive Baptist Church Taylor Hodges 16 Mount Tabor First Baptist Church Karl Flagg 19 New Cross Creek Baptist Church Dan Blasiole 23 New Life Church Dale Proffitt 23 Oak Avenue Baptist Church Tim Plymel 26 Palatka First Baptist Church Vernon Harkey (int) 30 Palm Coast Community Church Billy Wight 30 Paran Baptist Church Charles Litzell Pray for Churches Seeking Pastors Ancient City Bapst Church, St. Augusne Community Bapst Church, Bunnell Cross Road Community Church, East Palatka Moultrie Bapst Church, St. Augusne First Bapst Church Palatka First Bapst Church San Mateo TOPICS Powerful Estate Planning & Strategic Endowed Giving Strong Student Ministry Building Migrant Ministry A Strong Home: The Church’s Role in Foster Care Pastors’ Round-table Session for Pastors’ Wives Leading Women to Earth Shaking Ministry Pastoral Care for Domestic Violence October 4, 2016 9:00 AM—4:00 PM Event will be hosted at Grace United Methodist Church, 8 Carrera Street, St. Augustine; cost is $20 for lunch and materials PCDV provides understanding and tools needed for clergy to respond to domestic violence in their congregations. *Safety and healing for survivors; Common religious issues raised by abused women; Skills in pastoral counseling for survivors and abusers; Cultural and ethnic issues to consider; Community agency referrals. For more information, contact Pastor Jeff Gatlin, Freedom Baptist Church at 904669-1191 or [email protected]. Birthdays & Anniversaries October Birthdays 04— Rev. Pete Wilkinson, Pastor, College Park Bapst Church 05— Linda (Mrs. Sandy) Colley, Moultrie Bapst Church 05— Rev. Tim Plymel, Pastor, Oak Avenue Bapst Church 05— Dr. Walter West, Senior Pastor, Anastasia Bapst Church 06— Ms. Lydia Pa1erson, Associaonal Clerk, McDowell Bapst Church 09— Rev. Rob Stone, Pastor, Dunns Creek Bapst Church 12— Bro. Bryan Jones, Youth Pastor, Crescent Beach Bapst Church 12— Dr. David Shull, Pastor, Crescent City First Bapst Church 13— Deborah (Mrs. Mark) Conrad, Turning Point at Calvary 21— Melissa (Mrs. Chris) White, Interlachen First Bapst Church 25— Lydia (Mrs. Asa) Greear, SJRBA/Anastasia Bapst Church 25— Tonya (Mrs. Tim) Hall, Turning Point at Calvary 29— Kerry (Mrs. Tony) Putnam, Palm Coast Community Church 31— Melanie (Mrs. Tony) Clubb, Interlachen First Bapst Church October Wedding Anniversaries 19— Rev. & Mrs. David (Paula) Eddins, Bostwick Bapst Church, 37 years 26— Rev. & Mrs. Willie (Roberta) McKinnon, Hillcrest Bapst Church, 31 years 28— Rev. & Mrs. Gerardo (Gladys) Ramirez, Iglesia Crisana Belen, 6 years October Ministry Anniversaries 01— Rev. Alfred Johns, Jr., Pastor, Satsuma Bapst Church, 26 years 01— Rev. Kevin King, Worship Pastor, Crescent Beach Bapst Church, 2 years 05— Rev. Ted Owens, Pastor, Petra Bapst Church, 9 years 25— Rev. Greg Peters, Lead Pastor, Parkview Bapst Church, 19 years Oak Avenue Bap$st Church will be having a 5th Sunday Dinner and Sing on Sunday, October 30. Dinner will begin at 5:00 PM with the singing at 6:00 PM. The Wire & Wood Bluegrass Gospel group will be the featured group. Oak Avenue Bapst Church is located at 404 N Oak Avenue in Florahome. First Bap$st Church San Mateo has two free organs for any church that has need of one. For more informaon, please contact Paul Benne1 at [email protected]. 91.3 Hope FM in Palatka offers free adversing to our churches for events such as special services, VBS, revivals, etc. You can add an event to their on-line community calendar by filling out the form at whif.org or give them a call at 386-325-3334. You can even set up an appointment to go in and record your own commercial! “VOICELESS” is a Pro-Life movie. “Voiceless” will be playing at the Epic Theatres in St. Augustine on October 7th. They are trying to get the word out so more theatres will show it. For more information on the movie, visit www.voicelessthemovie.com; for opening night ticket information, contact Daniel Cook at 904.796.3111 or email [email protected]. Undesignated Gis From Our Churches for Associa$onal Missions $164,294.25 CHURCH Anastasia Bapst Church Ancient City Bapst Bethel Bapst Church Beulah Bapst Church Bostwick Bapst Church Bunnell First Bapst Calvary Bapst Church College Park Bapst Community Bapst Country Church Crescent Beach Bapst Crescent City First Bapst Cross Road Community Dunham Woods Bapst Dunns Creek Bapst Flagler West Community Francis Bapst Church Freedom Bapst Church Grace Community Church Hasngs First Bapst Hillcrest Bapst Church Iglesia Crisana Belen Iglesia Jesucristo Interlachen First Bapst McDowell Bapst Church Midway Bapst Church Moultrie Bapst Church Mt. Olive Bapst Church Mt. Tabor First Bapst New Cross Creek Bapst New Life Church Oak Avenue Bapst Palatka First Bapst Palm Coast Community Paran Bapst Church Parkview Bapst Church Peniel Bapst Church Petra Bapst Church Pomona Park First Bapst Providence Bapst Church River Road Bapst Church San Mateo First Bapst Satsuma Bapst Slavic Bapst Church South Putnam Church Southside Bapst Church St. Johns Bapst Church Tabernacle Bapst Church The Church @ Vilano Trinity Bapst Church Turning Point at Calvary Turning Point Community Welaka First Bapst Westside Bapst Church Woodlawn Bapst Church Y-T-D 38,329.31 3,375.00 250.00 5,521.82 900.00 8,972.33 2,818.98 2,407.31 2,722.77 879.30 12,904.64 2,350.00 883.92 2,158.00 2,446.98 509.29 6,542.50 0 638.78 2,773.05 436.62 160.00 396.17 7,276.68 3,853.00 1,934.38 1,299.92 1,100.00 1,800.00 1,114.06 184.79 1,525.00 7,407.00 450.00 465.14 460.56 4,844.00 450.00 3,489.62 6,987.40 698.75 177.08 451.00 900.00 1,200.00 2,446.77 1,065.00 2,477.51 196.85 746.85 4,862.59 515.21 1,838.81 700.00 2,999.51 *Deposits made thru September 27, 2016* S789:;7<’ R:>?7@A;<B@C< By Jeff Hutchins, Francis Bapst Church, Palatka As I enter into my fourth year of youth ministry, I feel like I am just starng out at day one a lot of mes; just when I think I have it all figured out I realize I don't have a clue. The one thing I have come to understand about the student ministry is it is all about relaonships, or the lack of one. I believe for student ministry to be effecve in leading young people to live a Christ centered life and to grow in their relaonship with Him, we have to establish relaonships with them as well as their parents. In order to build these relaonships it takes the whole church to be involved. There are three things that I believe the church can have a big impact on helping to foster these relaonships. First, is for church members to pray for the students. Our students are part of a great spiritual ba1le — a ba1le for their souls. We will not win this ba1le through be1er programs or be1er parenng techniques. God must work in the hearts of our children. So, we must pray for them, even as the apostle Paul prays for the church, that God may give them “a spirit of wisdom and of revelaon in the knowledge of him” (Eph. 1:17). Second, speak to the students. Ask them about their schools, sports, or hobbies. All of these things that we consider “small talk” are ways to enter their world and express love and concern. Through this small talk, relaonships of trust develop that can be vital as the child grows older and needs other people to talk to besides just mom and dad. Third, older adults can have a profound impact on the children in the church family by befriending parents of students. Many of our young parents did not grow up in Chrisan homes. They have no models for what it means to disciple their children or to parent in a godly way. Other young parents are o>en far away from family. These parents need someone to remind them that, even when they fail, God is sll at work caring for their children. Thank God that He has given us the church to be a family of God with the privilege of raising children so that they may get to know and grower closer in their relaonship with Jesus Christ. October 01— 06— 09— 12— 20— Associaonal Men’s Breakfast, 8:00 AM, Tabernacle Bapst Bring Your Bible to School Day (bringyourbible.org) Woodlawn Bapst Church Homecoming w/Pastor O.E. Boals Pastor Appreciaon Day ANNUAL MEETING—Anastasia Bapst Church, St. Augusne 3:00 PM and 7:00 PM Sessions November 01— 01—03 03— 04—05 09— 10— Protecng Our Future Conference, 6:00 PM, Tabernacle Bapst RENOVATE Conference/Orlando South Putnam Medical Clinic Banquet, 6:30—8:00 PM Belong Tour Simulcast at Dunham Woods Bapst Church SEND Luncheon in Jacksonville A Day with Converge Pastoral Training, 9:00 AM—6:00 PM at Hammock Beach Resort, Palm Coast 14—15 Florida Bapst State Convenon, Calvary Bapst in Clearwater 24—25 Thanksgiving Holidays/Office Closed Homecoming Service Rered Pastor O. E. Boals will be celebrang his 103rd birthday on Sunday, October 9, by preaching the morning message at Woodlawn Bapst Church in Hawthorne. This is Woodlawn’s Homecoming Service and the community is cordially invited to a1end. Belong Tour Simulcast November 4—7:00 PM November 5—9:30 AM Dunham Woods Baptist Church 151 Hoover Road, Hollister (10 minutes west of Palatka) Cost: $10.00 Please call the church at 386.312.9929 or Carolyn Rogers at 386.972.0156 to let them know how many are attending or for more information. St Johns River Baptist Assn. 707 Laurel Street Palatka FL 32177 Mailing Permit No.188 Non-Profit Organization U.S. Postage Paid <<<<END Former Director of Missions, Bob Cook, retired from the St. Johns River Baptist Association 15 years ago. He and Mrs. Virginia, moved to Illinois this year to live with their daughter. They are no longer able to travel, but cherish contact with their many friends in the SJRBA and Florida; they’d love to hear from you. Their contact information is below. Robert J. & Virginia Cook 217 West Rose Lane Waterloo, IL 62298-5581 [email protected] CURRENT RESIDENT OR