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THE BLADE Issue 2
222222 The
Blade
April 1, 2015
VOLUME 12, ISSUE 2 IN THIS ISSUE The Living Last
Supper
Worship Services Have
Begun at the Iglesia
Bautista Renacer at White
Lake
You are cordially invited to attend
one of two very dramatic
presentations of the Last Supper.
What went through the minds of the
twelve just after Jesus said, “One of
you shall betray me”?
Excitement is building as we see people
come to know Christ at the Hispanic
Work at White Lake. Pastor Cipriano
Moreno, pastor of a work in Lumberton
and Baptist State Convention of North
Carolina Hispanic Coordinator for the
Eastern Region, is the new work’s pastor.
Thursday, April 2nd, Galeed
Baptist Church —7pm
Friday, April 3rd, Elizabethtown
Baptist Church —7pm
Music: Four Points North & Divine WMU Please pray for this effort. There are an
estimated 4,000 Hispanics living in
Bladen so the fields are white unto
harvest. Pastor Cipriano invites everyone
to join them in the services at White
Lake. Services are held on Sundays with
the Sunday School beginning at 4pm and
worship at 5pm.
A team of 20 very committed
believers from Chicago will be
present to act out what they believe
happened, based on Scriptural
accounts, that night.
There is no charge for the event. A
love offering will be received each
night to help defray the expenses of
the team from Chicago.
Be a friend...bring a friend. Make
this Easter one you nor they will ever
forget.
Speaker: Ken Freeman There is a definite need for your Church
family to be involved in this effort.
Because this is a start-up ministry we are
having to purchase everything an existing
congregation already has in place. To
find out how you may be involved please
stop by or call us at the Association
WMU 101TH ANNUAL WMU
MEETING
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Last year’s Pushing Back The Dark went
extremely well with around 500 in
attendance. We are planning for many
more to join us in worship this year.
The purpose of Pushing Back The Dark
is to reach those who would not normally
attend worship services at an existing
Church. This year’s event will feature
two very powerful messages by Ken
Freeman (Big God Conference Speaker
at Myrtle Beach) and music by Four
Points North out of Lumberton and
Divine from the Pembroke area.
Location: Elizabethtown
Middle School Football Field
8:00pm Friday, May 22nd until
6:00am Saturday, May 23rd
Churches are needed to set up a tent
(such as the ones for Relay for Life) to
give away drinks, water, food, sno cones,
popcorn, etc. Tracts, New Testaments
and other Christian items will be given
to those who attend.
The primary target audience is older
children and youth. Music and messages
will be geared to this age group.
However, everyone is invited to attend.
Baptist Men Disaster Relief
Volunteer Appreciation Supper
APRIL EXECUTIVE
COMMITTEE MEETING
The April Executive Committee Meeting
will be held on Tuesday, April 21st,
7:30pm at the Good News Baptist
Church. Several important items will be
up for discussion including our Hispanic
work at White Lake, our drug and alcohol
rehab facility, a house that is being
donated to the Association and other
items. If you are a pastor or an Executive
Committee member please attend this
very important meeting. Good News is
located at the intersection of Hwy 211
Bypass and Center Road in Bladenboro.
A Disaster Relief Volunteer Appreciation
Supper is scheduled for May 21st at the
Elizabethtown Baptist Church. The
meal will be served at 6:30pm with the
program beginning around 7pm and
should end around 8pm. Several
ministries will be highlighted that night
and lots of great info on these ministries
will be shared.
Please attend if you possibly can. You
need to pre-register your group as soon as
possible and you may do so by going on
this website:
http://www.baptistsonmission.org/Events
/Region-3-NCBM-Disaster-ReliefVolunteer-Apprec-(1). There is no
charge for this event
Please contact us quickly and let us know
what your Church can do to help with
this outreach effort. (Debbie Edwards
874-0249 or Bruce Cannon at 862-3496)
***Cyber Bullying Seminar***
Attention all parents—A free seminar
dealing with how to recognize cyber
bullying, what cyber bullying is and how
to deal with it is being offered on
Thursday, April 9th, 7:00pm and will
be held in the Conference Room at the
Elizabethtown Town Hall. The seminar
will be led by Officer Mark McMichael
with the Elizabethtown Police
Department.
This seminar comes because of several
recent phone calls to the Association
Office from parents whose young teens
have been cyber bullied. Please take
advantage of this presentation. It should
only last about 90 minutes and will
provide some very important
information.
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Bladen County Special
Olympics Spring Games
Event is
quickly approaching!
The date has been set:
Friday, April 17, 2015.
The location has been determined:
Elizabethtown Middle
School.
The athletes are preparing for their
events. This year’s theme:
WE ARE ABLE
Bladen County Special Olympics
planning committee would love to
extend Bladen Baptist Churches the
opportunities to serve:
*Volunteerstoassistathletes
*Tentsforathleteteams
*Waterbottles,individualPlainPotato
Chipbags,andindividually
packagedplainRiceCrispytreats
*Volunteerstohelpsetupgameevents
andcleanupafterceremony. Here’showtosupportyourlocal
athletes–anyIndividuals,Church
Groups,orMembersteamingwith
anotherchurchtoprovidethe
aboveresources–pleasecontact
ElaineMcIntyre(910‐549‐8876or
[email protected])or
EdieMcKnight(910‐648‐2683).
SoutheasternCarolina
Crossroads
Bythetimethisnewsletterisread
weshouldhavekeysinhandtobegin
workingonthebuildingsatthe
formerEckerdYouthCamp.This400
acreproperty,locatedintheBladen
LakesStateForest,withitsdozen
buildingswillservewelltowork
withmenaddictedtodrugsand/or
alcohol.
Thereismuchworktobedone
beforethefacilitycanoperate.
Buildingsneedtobepressure‐
washed,theinteriorscleaned,
windowswashed,undergrowth
aroundthebuildingsremovedandso
forth.Willyouhelpusgetready?A
youthgroup,BaptistMen’sgroup,
WMUgrouporotherwisecould
adoptoneoftheresidentialhomes
andgetitreadyforusewithsimplya
littleelbowgreaseandtime.
Imaginebeingabletoworkwithup
to20menatthetimealongwith
theirfamiliestogivehelpandhope
inovercomingaddictions.
AnopenhousewillbeheldinApril,
onadatestilltobedetermined,to
alloweveryonetotourtheproperty
andseefirsthandwhathasbeen
madeavailabletous.
Formoreinformationpleasecontact
BruceCannonat862‐3496.Iwould
lovetheopportunitytospeaktoany
missiongroupaboutthiseffort.
2015 Week of Prayer for
North American Missions
Please do not forget to prayerfully and
financially support this year’s Week Of
Prayer For North American Missions.
100% of your gifts go to help support
missionaries across the US as they reach
out to the many people groups here from
all over the world.
A Special "Thank You!"
Rev. Jack Miller, Pastor of Council
Baptist Church, and his wife, Shirley
would like to extend a heartfelt
"Thank You" to all of those who
prayed, visited, sent cards, provided
meals, and otherwise showed their
love during his recent surgery and his
continuing recovery.
Men’s Prayer Breakfast
at
Tar Heel Baptist Church
The men of Tar Heel Baptist
Church would like to invite all
men and young men to join them
for a prayer breakfast beginning
Friday, April 3rd at 7am. Please
join them if you can for a time of
fellowship, food, inspiration and
prayer.
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We also would ask you to pray for our
transportation. We will try to sell our
current buses this summer and purchase
replacements. The board has agreed that
by the time we do all the needed
maintenance we would be better off to
purchase different used buses.
Released Time School
Ministries Update
As we draw to a close of Released
Time in Bladen County this school year,
we are so thankful for the harvest the
Lord has provided. We had around 850
students registered this year and around
200 professions of faith! Praise the
Lord!!
We would love to continue to grow by
adding more schools and students, but as
God' s Word says, "The harvest is
plentiful, but the laborers are few. Pray
you therefore the Lord of the harvest,
that he send forth laborers into His
harvest." (Matthew 9:37-38) Our prayer
is to add Elizabethtown Middle next year,
but we will need the teachers, helpers,
bus drivers and location. Please ask God
how He might lead you to be involved.
State side: Brunswick County RT is in
full swing! There is also an open door to
begin the ground work for a Released
Time in Aberdeen. A former Released
Time student from the Ohio area has a
desire to begin a program through the
Church she currently attends. Lastly,
Duplin County has taken almost two
years, but we are excited to share that we
will begin a Released Time this up
coming school year.
At the state program we desire to help
with seed money for all new
programs. This will help to purchase a
bus, insurance, office supplies etc... We
have a need of $5,000 to meet this
need. Please pray for the provisions to
begin this program. If you or your church
would like to give, please send a check to
Bladen Baptist Association marked for
Duplin County start up!
We so greatly appreciate all your support
for this ministry and Praise the Lord for
His blessings!
Through Christ, Jessica Williams 910549-0344
Director, Bladen County RT
When: April 6th, 7:00pm at
locations scattered all around
Bladen
Why: Because we need the
Lord’s help for our Country, our
Churches and our homes more
now than ever.
Bladen County
Simultaneous
Night of Prayer
Zone 1:
Zone 2:
Zone 3:
Zone 4:
Zone 5:
Church
New Center Baptist Church
Tar Heel Baptist Church
Open Door Ministries
Riverside Baptist Church
Whites Creek Baptist
Youth Event at Galeed
Baptist Church
Walt Barnes, of Picayune, MS
will be the guest speaker at a
Youth Rally at Galeed Baptist
Church on Friday and Saturday,
May 15th and 16th. Called to
preach at age 16, Walt holds a
MA in Biblical Studies from New
Orleans Baptist Theological
Seminary and is working on a
PhD in Biblical Interpretation. He
is an excellent speaker and has a
huge passion for youth. In
addition to Walt, there will be
music geared toward reaching
youth . More info to come.
Please mark these dates on your
calendar.
Each location will feature a brief
message, song and structured prayer
as we are asked to pray for so many
concerns.
Please make every effort to join us at
one of the five locations. “The
effectual fervent prayer of a righteous
man availeth much.” (James 5:16)
“Blow ye the trumpet in Zion, and
sound an alarm in my holy mountain:
Let all the inhabitants of the land
tremble: for the day of the LORD
cometh, for it is nigh at hand.” (Joel
2:1)
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Training
14-15 WMU Annual Meeting &
Missions Celebration, Columbus, OH
16-17 SBC Annual Meeting,
Columbus, OH
20-27 Deep Impact, Honduras
21
Father’s Day
22-27 Deep Impact, Hendersonville
22-27
Caraway Father/Son Camp #1
22-27
Caraway Camp for Boys, Week
1
29-July 4 Deep Impact, Washington,
NC
29-July 4 Caraway Father/Daughter
Camp
29-July 4 Caraway Mother/Son Camp
Calendar of Events
April
3
Good Friday
5
Easter
6
Easter Monday, Assoc. Office
Closed
10-11 Baptist Missions Conf., Calvary,
Winston-Salem
11 Student Missions Conf., Calvary,
12 Winston-Salem
13-16 BSCNC/Assoc. Staff Leadership
Conference, Asheboro
14
Annual WMU Mtg., Galeed,
7pm
17-18 Missions Extravaganza, Ardmore
Baptist Church, Winston-Salem
17-19 Spring Fling Impact Now Youth
Retreat 1, Caswell
17-19 Ag Missions Demonstration Day
21 Executive Committee Meets,
7:30pm at Good News Baptist
Church
24-26 Spring Fling Impact Now Youth
Retreat 2, Caswell
Other upcoming events for which we
need to be aware:
Baccalaureate Services at both High
Schools late May and early June. More
info to come.
June 14-18 Bladen Mission Group
Week comprised of youth from several
denominations around Bladen building
ramps and other handy man projects
along with ministering in nursing homes,
etc. This is a Deep Impact type of event
with the students staying overnight at the
Wesley’s Chapel Methodist Church.
For more info about upcoming events
please visit the Bladen Baptist
Association’s
website
at
www.bladenbaptists.com
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10
11
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13
27
29
30
31
Rev. Jerry Beck, Sandy Grove
Rev. Bert Young, Bladenboro First
Rev. Buddy Cain, Peace
Rev. Darin Andrews, Richardson
Mrs. Mary Coley
Mrs. Brenda Jackson
Mrs. Ruth Beck
Rev. Bruce Cannon, DOM
Rev. Gary McMillan, Friendship
MAY WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
16 Rev. and Mrs. Jimmy Strole, Shady Grove
17 Rev. and Mrs. Devon Varnum, Tar Heel
18 Rev. and Mrs. Tommy Hunsinger, Center
Road
19 Rev. and Mrs. Thomas McCuddy, Bethel
22 Rev. and Mrs. Dwight Holland, Second
Chance
23 Rev. and Mrs. Arthur Smith, Grace
26 Rev. and Mrs. Scott Conner, Riverside
MAY CHURCH ANNIVERSARIES
7 Rev. Richard Smith, Cypress Creek - 1995
11 Rev. Charleston Guyton, Faith - 2013
JUNE BIRTHDAYS
4
Mrs. Connie Holland, Second Chance
13 Mrs. Beth Andrews, Richardson
16 Rev. Devon Varnum, Tar Heel
JUNE WEDDING ANNIVERSARIES
6
Rev. and Mrs. Bradley Tatum, Suggs
Grove
16 Rev. and Mrs. Bruce Cannon, DOM
23 Rev. and Mrs. Charleston Guyton, Faith
24
Rev. and Mrs. Ricky Donaldson,
Northside
JUNE CHURCH ANNIVERSARIES
6
Rev. Darin Andrews, Richardson - 2007
25 Rev. Randy Andrews, Open Door - 2008
27 Rev. Arthur Smith, Grace – 2007
Pastor’s Conference Info
May
Week of Prayer/Offering Baptist
Hospitals (Mother’s Day Offering)
RA & Challengers Missions Day, Red
Springs Mission Camp
7
National Day of Prayer
10
Mother’s Day
15-16 WMU NC Executive Board
Meeting
15-16 Men’s Outdoor Weekend, TBA
25 Memorial Day (Association Office
Closed)
June
White Lake Campground Ministry
Begins
Camp Angel Tree. Camp Caraway
6-7
Region 10 Disaster Relief
APRIL CHURCH ANNIVERSARY
16 Rev. Dewayne Lambeth, Center Road 2013
Pastor’s and Wives Birthday’s
APRIL BIRTHDAYS
2
Mrs. Lee Ann Bryan, Briar Branch
9
Rev. Scott Conner, Riverside
11 Mrs. Lori Barrow, Whites Creek
13 Mrs. Diffy Lewis, White Oak
APRIL WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
9
Rev. and Mrs. Ray Wilkins
17 Rev. and Mrs. Dewey Jackson
26 Rev. and Mrs. Chuck Beck
MAY BIRTHDAYS
2
Rev. Don Coley
April 14 Cypress Creek Baptist
Church
10:30am. Guest Speaker: Brenda
Gray, Baptist Children’s Homes
May 12th Dublin First Baptist Church
10:30am. Guest Speaker:
Rev. Timmy Blair, president
BSCNC
and pastor of Piney Grove Chapel
June—Annual SBC Mtg in Columbus,
Ohio—No Pastor’s Conference.
July 14th—NIGHT MEETING at
Friendship Baptist. Speaker:
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PLEASE KEEP THESE PASTORS AND CHURCHES IN YOUR PRAYERS GROUP V
Bladenboro First
Dr. Bert Young
Galeed
Rev. Jason Williams
Grace
Rev. Arthur Smith
Peace
Rev. Buddy Cain
West Bladenboro
Dr. Slade Skipper
GROUP III
Christ Community
Rev. Leon Warren
Council
Rev. Jack Miller
Lisbon
Rev. Mark Creech
Whites Creek
Rev. Kincy Barrow
GROUP IV
Abbottsburg
Rev. Boyd Britt
Clarkton First
Rev. Mark Miller
New Center
Rev. Kevin Kinlaw
Shady Grove
Rev. Jimmy Strole
Good News
Rev. Larry Hayes
Cost: $15.00 registration fee per
person for conference . This fee
covers materials packet, name
tag/entry badge for all sessions
and Saturday lunch.
Break out Sessions: Gardens as a
Mission Tool, Aviation Missions,
Handyman, Baptist Educators,
College Missions, Dental Bus
Ministry, Operation Inasmuch,
Marriage
Mentoring and more.
For more information: 800-3955102 ext 5596
To register: www.baptistsonmission.org
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2015 Baptist
Children’s Home
Annual Food Drive
Items Most Needed:
Paper Products (paper
towels, toilet paper,
Kleenex, napkins)
__ Household cleaning
products (bleach,
Comet, Lysol spray
and wipes, Clorox
spray and wipes,
Windex, Pinesol,
Pledge, Tilex, etc.)
__ Fruit Juice (Apple,
Orange, Grape,
Cranberry)
__ Laundry Detergent
Gift Cards are greatly
appreciated to buy
perishables and items not
received. ( WalMart, Sams Clubs,
Food Lion, Lowes, Piggly Wiggly)
Other items needed include:
pasta/sauce, soups, sugar, flour,
beverage mixes, vegetable oils/pam,
canned vegetables/fruits, canned
meats, snack foods (with and without
sugar), sauces, spices and
seasonings and personal care items.
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
A few instructions from the Children’s
Homes to help
with this effort:
We can use all size cans, however
most campuses prefer family size.
Galeed Baptist Church 7:00 pm
Please check for expired dates on
food.
101TH ANNUAL WMU MEETING
Speaker: Paul Hemphill, Former Missionary to
Kenya
Missions Exhibits at 8:00 pm in the Galeed’s
Christian Life Center (CLC)
Everyone is Invited!! Men, Women, Children
Please help our volunteer truck
drivers by packing your church’s
donations in small, sturdy boxes.
Donated items must be received in
the Bladen Baptist Association not
later than Monday, April 27th. The
BCH will be sending around a truck to
all of the Association Offices to pick
up the food later that week. For
more info please contact the
Association Office at 862-3496.
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