MARCH 2016 - Stanly Baptist Association
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MARCH 2016 - Stanly Baptist Association
Organized 1885 27212 Hedge Road Albemarle, NC 28001 Phone: 704.982.1033 Fax: 704.982.3211 E-mail: [email protected] www.stanlybaptist.org Hal Bilbo, D.Min., Lead Missionary Rick Miller, Missionary Libby Hartsell, Administrative Assistant Dr. Darrell Nance, Moderator Rev. Bounyong Vongsa, Lao Missionary MARCH 2016 ANNIE ARMSTRONG EASTER OFFERING® Week of Prayer March 6 - 13 Each year, we honor the life and advocacy of Annie Walker Armstrong (1850-1938) when we give to the Annie Armstrong Easter Offering® for North American missions. As a tireless servant of God and a contagious advocate and supporter of missions efforts throughout the world, Annie Armstrong led women to unite in missions endeavors that ultimately led to the formation of Woman’s Missionary Union, for which she served as Organized 1885 the first corresponding secretary. Annie believed in and followed Christ with all her heart, but it was her hands that expressed that belief in tangible ways. She spent a great amount of time typing and handwriting letters in support of missions. Many of these letters were quite lengthy and all were filled with conviction that more could and should be done in our missions efforts. Annie also never hesitated to use her hands to reach out to hug a child or distribute food, clothing and the Word of God to those in need. Her hands held her own Bible as she studied to know how best to share Gods love with others. And, most important, Annie was a woman of prayer, folding her hands in prayer to intercede for the missionaries and for those they were helping discover Christ. Annie rallied churches to give more, pray more and do more for reaching people for Christ. As modern-day missions advocates unite to continue that work today, we can be confident that her legacy will also be ours. WHERE TO SEND FUNDS: Give through your church. Give online at anniearmstrong.com. Mail a check directly to the North American Mission Board at: North American Mission Board P.O. Box 116543 Atlanta, GA 30368-6543 Make sure to indicate “Annie Armstrong Easter Offering” on your check. THE BANQUET CONFERENCE Saturday, March 5 Peninsula Baptist Church 687 Brawley School Road Mooresville, NC 28117 Jesus teaches us to "set the table" for all who will come. Children with special needs are sometimes excluded from the table because churches aren't equipped to serve them well. The Banquet conference offers training to teachers and leaders of ministry to children with special needs so that all feel welcome and experience the truth and love of Jesus at church. Training will be offered for inclusive, self-contained and reverse mainstreamed classes for children with physical impairments, emotional, social and sensory issues and learning delays. Cost: $15.00 1.800.395.5102 x 5645 MARCH 26, 2016 – 6:00 p.m. KAREN PECK & NEW RIVER AWAKEN: WATCH & PRAY A North Carolina Prayer Gathering Fri., March 11-7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Sat., March 12-8:45 a.m.-1:30 p.m. First Baptist Church 301 S. Davidson Street Charlotte, NC 28202 Conference is free! Register at the door. For more info., please call Betsy Roland1.800.395.5102, ext. 5513 or visit www.PrayNC.org Guests: John Franklin, Richard Roberts, Mark Harris, Chris Schofield VBS CLINIC 2016 SATURDAY, APRIL 16 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 BIG LICK BAPTIST CHURCH 626 Big Lick Road, Oakboro 28129 If you have questions, please give Rev. Richard Alexander, Associational VBS Director, a call at 704.438.1096. Thank you! With BRIAN FREE & ASSURANCE Happy Easter Stanly County Agri-Civic Center 4th Annual Concert (Rescheduled) $20 for Orchestra $15 for General Admission ($20 day of Concert) www.itickets.com January 23rd tickets will be honored For more information please call 704.985.8303 Sunday, March 27 WOMEN’S MISSIONS I hope spring is just around the corner, my crocus and daffodils are blooming, so that is a good sign. I enjoy watching God’s world bloom after a cold, dreary winter. We had a productive session at our associational meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 16. We welcomed Judy Tucker among us. She will be serving as WMU Director for First Baptist Church, Oakboro. She will be replacing Mae Brooks after our spring session. ALL ABOARD! Our spring session will be held at Centerview Baptist Church fellowship hall Tuesday, May 17, 7:00 p.m. We will be inviting the WMU ladies from Montgomery Baptist Assoc. to join us since our associations are working side by side. Our speakers will be missionaries who served abroad for many years. I hope you will attend and bring your team. Let’s show our visitors how important WMU and mission work is in Stanly County. We will be feeding the Community Inn on Thursday, March 3. The menu will be meatloaf, mashed potatoes, green beans, rolls and dessert. Come and join us at 6:00 for a time of fellowship. We will also be giving the inn a monetary gift to use at its discretion on needed items. We will not be having a fund-raiser for our scholarship this year as we have it listed in our budget. We will need to look at fund raising when we meet in the summer for next year. If you have a high school senior who is planning to attend a Baptist College in the fall or someone who is in a Baptist college and could use some financial assistance, get in touch with Joyce Whitley, our Scholarship Coordinator. We would love to award a $750 Scholarship to a deserving young lady. Don’t forget to collect food items, etc. for the Baptist Children’s Home coming up in April. They are always appreciative of any and all donations. Reminder: We will be collecting paper products for the Esther House during the month of May. Items (paper towels, napkins, toilet paper, paper plates, Kleenex) are due in the associational office on Thursday, June 2. For those attending Mission Extravaganza April 1-3, we look forward to your sharing at the Spring Session. If your group needs a mission project in the next few months, the ladies of Bridge to Recovery could use towels, washcloths, blankets and sheets for single beds, cleaning supplies and monetary donations. Hope to see each and everyone of you at the Spring Session. May you continue to be richly blessed. Barbara-Assoc. WMU Director 704.982.9508 Missions Extravaganza April 1-3 LifeWay Ridgecrest Conference Center Theme: Both Feet In For more information, please call 1.800.588.7222 April 22-23, 2016 Life Community Church Greensboro All Together is an event for young women, ages 1835, throughout North Carolina. Erin Davis will be the lead speaker for this event, which will include sessions on studying Scripture to help someone discover their role in ministry and in the church. The registration fee is $60 and includes a light breakfast, lunch and all program materials. We love children, toddlers and babies, but childcare is not available. All young women are invited. Space is limited, so register early! Registration deadline is April 8, 2016. Registration is non-refundable but may be transferred to another attendee. More Information: Ellen Holder [email protected] (800) 395-5102 ext. 5507 Mark your calendar and plan to attend the WOMEN’S CONFERENCE CENTERVIEW BAPTIST CHURCH SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2016 STANLY BAPTIST ASSOCIATIONAL SPRING SESSION SOUTH STANLY BAPTIST CHURCH DINNER: 5:45 PROGRAM: 6:45 Guest: Steve Corts Everyone is invited to attend, but we especially look forward to seeing our pastors and messengers. March 31, 2016 Trading Ford Baptist Church 3600 Long Ferry Road Salisbury, 28146 Greetings everyone from NC Baptist Children's Homes. Hope everyone is surviving winter and doing well. It seems that with winter and its short days and cold temperatures you just want to hibernate; but good news, spring is just around the corner. That is the time things start happening at the BCH. One of the big projects for BCH is the annual food roundup in April. We hope each church will participate in this project. I will be sending a letter to each church about the food drive along with a list of food and supply items needed. Dates that you may bring the food and supplies by the Associational office will begin on Monday April 18th through May 2nd. The office is open from 8:00 4:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Please note: The office is closed on Friday. We will be reminding you again next month about this project, but please take time now to pray and begin promoting this project. Please always remember to keep the children and staff of NC Baptist Children's Homes in your prayers. May God bless each of you. Judy Hartsell 704-982-4891 Each regional conference is from 9:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. and includes lunch, conference materials including The Story Guide Leader Kit. This kit contains The Story Guide Primer Edition (Workbook), Leader Notes (Booklet), helpful The Story Resources such as DVD Media Disc (Presentation/Videos), The Story Bible and access code to TheStoryTraining.com. The total cost is $20 per church leader. Additional guests from your church are welcome to attend for $10 per person and includes lunch and The Story Primer Guide. Trainers: Marty Dupree & Rick Hughes More Information: Alex Stowers [email protected] 1 (800) 395-5102, ext. 5563 www/uturnconference.org April 19-21 RIDGECREST, NORTH CAROLINA $214/Person (based on double occupancy) The fellowship, worship, entertainment and beautiful mountain backdrop make for the perfect spring getaway. Come join hundreds of other senior adults at the Southern Gospel Spring Fest. Come hear The Talley’s, The Tribute Quartet, The Perry’s and The Kingsmen in concert. To make reservations for this great event please call 1.800.588.7222. Dear Leader So you’re a leader, but what kind of leader are you? Are you a leader by call or by default? Did you seek leadership or did it seek you? What did others see in you to ask you to serve in this way? As you probably know by now, leaders are not leaders simply because they hold a position. Whether pastor, deacon or custodian, the office one holds does not automatically translate to influence or the ability to work with others to accomplish a task. The main ingredient of a godly leader is what J. Oswald Sanders describes as, “an honorable ambition.” First Timothy 3:1-7 affirms those who aspire to become leaders and lists traits they should model. As a growing leader, keep this list before you. An honorable leadership position is never about being recognized or obeyed by others. At its center, it is about serving others in meaningful ways. Jesus modeled leadership by serving and giving Himself for others. So, dear church leader, why do you give your time and energy to Christ through His Church? How does your service help others or advance the causes of Christ in and through others? Take some time to reflect on this and you will better invest yourself in the right people & organizations with greater passion and results. “If anyone aspires to be an overseer, In grateful service he desires a noble work.” I Timothy 3:1 Hal ASSOCIATIONAL PRAYER TIME THURSDAY, March 3, 7:00 p.m. Stanly Baptist Associational Office Rev. Sid Martin 704.474.5273 “Pray First…for all men…for kings…all that are in authority." – 1 Timothy 2:1-2 March 8-9, 2016 Fruitland Baptist Bible College 1455 Gilliam Road, Hendersonville Chris Schofield Steve Harris Liu Zhenying-Brother Yun Conference is free – Register at the door MORE INFORMATION Betsy Roland / [email protected] 1 (800) 395-5102 ext. 5513 MARCH BIRTHDAY CALENDAR 04-Lisa Sykes 10-Dawn Bennett, wife of pastor of Pleasant Grove 17-Wayne Bennett, pastor of Pleasant Grove 27-Charlie Littlejohn, pastor of Bethel ACTIVITIES FOR MARCH 03-7:00 p.m.-Assoc. Prayer Time 04-Daphne Sykes Benefit 04-Women’s Conference-Prospect 06-13-Week of Prayer/Mission Study for North American Missions & Annie Armstrong Easter Offering 08-10:00-Minister’s Fellowship 10:30-Minister’s Conference Guest: Bud Parrish 13-Daylight-Savings Time Begins 17-St. Patrick’s Day 19-First Day of Spring 20-Palm Sunday 25-Good Friday 27-EASTER 28-Easter Monday-Office Closed CHURCH NEWS Bethel is seeking a part-time Christian Music/ Worship Leader. For more info., please call the Church Office at 704.888.5040. First Baptist, Locust is seeking a full time Minister to Children and Youth. Please call 704.888.2431 for more information. Kinza Memorial (4311 Love Mill Road Stanfield) will be having “Spring Revival Services," Sun. April 17th 11am & Mon.-Wed. April 18th thru 20th 7pm each evening. Rev. Curtis Williams, pastor of Brown Creek Baptist Church of Wadesboro, will be our guest speaker. There will be special music each evening. A "Munch & Mingle" will follow the Wed. evening Worship service. Guests are welcome & expected! For further details call Dr. Darrell Nance, pastor at (704) 888-0807. Welcome Baptist calls Allen Reid as pastor. May the Lord continue to bless him and Welcome Baptist. MARCH 13 We offer our love and sympathy to the Rev. Ray Moon family. Pastor Moon passed away on Tuesday, February 16. He and his wife, Carolyn, served at Welcome Baptist Church from 1984 until September 2015. Please keep the Moon family and the Welcome Baptist Church family in your prayers during this difficult time. May the Lord mend their broken hearts and give them peace! You might want to set your clock forward before retiring on Sat. night, March 12. WELCOME SPRING SATURDAY, MARCH 19th PALM SUNDAY MARCH 20 CONTRIBUTIONS FOR January 2016 Church Albemarle, First Anderson Grove Antioch Aquadale Badin Barbee’s Grove Berea Bethel Bethlehem Big Lick Calvary Canton Centerview Clear Water Community Cottonville Dunn’s Grove Fairview Fellowship First Hmong Freedom Grace Harmony Highland Hill Side Immanuel Kendalls Kinza Memorial Lakeview Lao New Hope Locust, First Memorial Mineral Springs MONTH January 166.67 442.69 50.00 453.63 259.24 0 0 125.00 360.00 501.00 0 1,000.00 125.00 84.00 100.00 1,086.84 0 144.87 0 0 0 72.62 0 1,137.62 0 0 290.00 0 336.89 31.00 425.00 0 244.72 Church Mission Mission @ Stanfield Mountain View Mt. Calvary New London, First North Albemarle Norwood, First Oakboro, First Oak Grove Paul’s Crossing Philadelphia Pleasant Grove Plyler Poplin Grove Porter Propel Prospect Red Cross Richfield Silver Road Silver Springs South Albemarle South Stanly Stanfield, First Union Grove Uwharrie Community Vine Life Vortex Welcome West Albemarle West Oakboro West Stanly TOTAL MONTH January 536.00 134.00 0 0 0 699.16 275.00 0 0 1,825.00 1,246.25 0 1,645.50 330.00 250.00 75.00 1,100.00 186.37 0 0 0 108.33 0 100.00 0 360.00 0 50.00 0 2,147.86 0 0 18,505.26 In addition to Church Contributions received, we also received monies from other sources totaling $4,683.87 which gives a grand total for the month of January of $23,189.13. SEARCHING FOR A PASTOR Anderson Grove Red Cross, Rev. John Green* Richfield, Rev. Chris Ehrlich* West Stanly, Rev. Wayne Willis* *Interim MINISTER’S CONFERENCE Tuesday, March 8 10:00 a.m. – A time of Fellowship 10:30 a.m. – Conference Guest: Rev. Bud Parrish MEN’S CONFERENCE FRIDAY and SATURDAY MARCH 18 & 19 PROSPECT BAPTIST CHURCH Registration Fee: $50 which includes Friday night dinner, materials and conference C.D. www.prospectbaptist.com Pastor Stoney: 980.622.0760 Women’s Conference DAPHNE SYKES BENEFIT CHICKEN DINNER To help with Medical expenses & family needs FRIDAY, MARCH 4th 11:00 a.m. -7:00 p.m. Drive Thru-Pick-Up-Dine In-Delivery $8.00 Donation Please contact Jeff @704.438.3500 for delivery. PLEASANT GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH - 17236 Frog Pond Road Oakboro NC 28129 704.485.3944 Cooking by The Christian Convoy March 4, 2016 6:00 pm – 9:15 pm Joy Greene of Joytime Ministries will be the guest at Prospect Baptist Church - 502 Prospect Church Road Albemarle, NC 28001 Cost: $10.00 payable at the door. Light refreshments will be served. Please call (704.982.6167) or go on line to register so that adequate refreshments will be prepared. http://www.prospectbaptist.com Thank you!
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