Vol3#10 - Mt Traveler

CARE-SHARE
TRAVELER
A Caring Church With Ministries:
 Changing Lives  Connecting People
 Creating Friendship and Favor With God and Man
MT. TRAVELER MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH
15160 LEE ROAD 188, P.O. BOX 69
WAVERLY, ALABAMA 36879
REV. DR. BENJAMIN C. DATIRI, PASTOR
Sheree Lockhart, Editor
Barbara Allen, Co-Editor
Newsletter
Volume 3, Issue 10
In This Issue:
From the Pastor’s Desk page 1
Birthdays
Choirs
Church Meeting
Deacon Wives
Ebenezer District
Kid’s Corner
Music Notes
Music Workshop
page 4
page 5
page 4
page 3
page 4
page 6
page 3
page 5
New Worship Time
page 2
October 2007
you. Please minister (or serve)
with passion for the kingdom and
compassion towards people. This
will ensure effectiveness in ministering the Jesus way. Ministering
topics. Also, I plead with you to
honor and appreciate all those who
are ministering and laboring among
you at Mt Traveler, especially the
leaders and/or coordinators of our
the Jesus way is the new wave God
has sent our way to ride and enjoy
because it produces a healthy
church that would continue to
grow. Therefore, members of Mt
Traveler and friends must endeavor
to be faithful disciples and followers of Jesus Christ to ride this wave
successful. Be regular at our morning worship experience to fully ride
this wave of ministering the Jesus
way as we discuss various sub-
various ministries. You can send
them letters, cards, or tokens of
appreciation and I am suggesting
that we recognize those ministering
as coordinators of the various ministries during the last Sunday
Morning worship of October 2007.
On October 18, 2007, the Ministers
in Lee County of Alabama were
honored with a dinner at Greater
Peace Missionary Baptist Church,
Opelika, Alabama.
Nutrition Workshop page 4
FROM THE
PASTOR’S
DESK
Beloved Church Family:
October is ministers’ appreciation month in the United
States of America. It is amazing
how God has been tailoring our
sermon series. Our present series is
on MINISTERING THE JESUS
WAY. I beseech you to use your
giftedness to minister according to
the SHAPEs (Spiritual Gifts,
Hearts, Abilities, Personalities, and
Experiences) God has bestowed on
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The Music workshop facilitated by Dr. Reginald Jackson,
who did a wonderful job last year
as well as this year (from October
18-20, 2007), will culminate with
the Choir Anniversary this afternoon, October 21, 2007 at 2:00
PM. Pray and plan to come back
and enjoy the hard work that has
been put into this Music workshop.
A foretaste of what it will be like
this afternoon would be experience
during the morning worship today.
Because of the Music Workshop,
the Mt Traveler Leadership meeting has been moved to Friday, October 26, 2007.
Plans for the 2nd Nutrition
and Health Workshop at Mt traveler Baptist Church, Waverly, Alabama have been completed and the
Workshop is scheduled for November 10, 2007 at 10:00 AM
prompt. Pray for it success and for
you to be present. We have a great
panel, whose membership is coming from various works of life and
it includes: Allison Lance – Health
Intern, State of Alabama Department of Public Health; Dr.
Ralphenia D. Pace – Professor of
Nutrition, Tuskegee University; Dr.
Vivian Carter – Professor of Sociology, Tuskegee University; Beatrice H. Scruggs, MSN, RN – Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist,
B&D Cancer Care Center, Inc.
Tuskegee; and Ronald Austin –
Cancer Survivor, Tuskegee, Alabama. The panelists are all excited
and looking forward to coming.
Immediately following the
2nd Nutrition and Health Workshop,
the Mt Traveler Church family will
hold its 2007 Annual Church meeting. This is the more reason why
Saturday, November 10 2007
should be an important date on
your calendar. Furthermore, continue to pray for our 127th Mt Traveler Church Anniversary to be held
on November 17, 2007 with Dr.
Clarence M, Richardson, Pastor
and the Nazareth Baptist Church,
Opelika as our Guests. Please bear
in mind that the Ebenezer District
Association meeting will hold on
October 24-25, 2007 at the District
Center. All members of Mt Traveler are encouraged to attend.
Finally continue to pray
for one another that we shall continue to grow stronger as a Church
typified by genuine love with passion for the kingdom of God and
compassion towards people as Mt
Traveler rides the wave of ministering the Jesus way. Pray for me to
have good health and especially for
God to continue to lead me in His
paths so that I can be a good shepherd. I love you and I am praying
for you. Remain blessed.
In His service,
Rev. B. C. Datiri, PhD
Pastor
OCTOBER - THIS
MONTH IN BLACK
HISTORY
October 20, 1946
Sweetest Day
W.E.B. Dubois presents his
"Behold the Lord" speech.
October 26
Mahalia Jackson,
"Queen of Gospel Singers,"
born (1911 - 1972)
Submitted by Ruth Trimble
New Time
For Worship!
We have been observing the
following
schedule
since
June 3, 2007. It appears we
are adjusting to the new worship time. If someone has not
been lately to church, please
inform them of the new time
for worship.
MUSIC
NOTES
October 7, 1993
Toni Morrison wins the Nobel Prize for
Literature.
October 9, 1869
Morgan
State College founded in Baltimore, MD.
October 12, 1975
Frank
Robinson becomes the first
African-American baseball
manager.
October 14, 1974
Leroy T.
Walker, African American
coach, named to Olympic
track and field squad.
October 16, 1995
The Million Man March takes place in
Washington, DC
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God’s ways are always
perfect and following
them ultimately leads
to success. By studying
the Scripture and applying its principles,
we can learn to identify the Lord’s plan for
our lives.
God has given each of
us gifts and talents and
we must discover and
use them to bring glory
and praise to the Lord
and not to ourselves.
Though we may discover and utilize our
gifts and talents in various ways, our motivation should always
with no exceptions to
honor holy God.
Two members of Mt.
Traveler
Baptist
Church congregation
are blessed with one of
many talents they truly
love.
Deacon Timothy Lockhart’s first recording
project will be aired on
Halleluiah 104.3 FM,
Alabama
Gospel
Homegrown with Connie Bryant (DJ) on
September 29, 2007.
You don’t want to miss
this beautiful recording.
Stay
tuned…..Timothy will
have additional recordings available in
2008.
We also wish to congratulate
Deacon
Randy Driver, who is
the Rhythm and Lead
Guitarist on Brother
Cecil Torbert’s first CD
project entitled “Something for my Good.”
Please contact Deacon
Driver for CD availability and price.
Let’s join forces and
support
our
local
brothers’ effort.
Timothy and Randy!!!!
Reported by
Ruth Trimble
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Please continue to listen to Hallelujah 104.3
FM, Alabama Gospel
Homegrown
WITH
Connie Bryant (DJ)
and VOTE for Deacon
Timothy Lockhart each
Saturday night from
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
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PUPPET MINISTRY
By: Diane Rufus
The Puppet Ministry is asking for any new members
that would be interested in
joining us.
We thank
Sheanka Smith for joining the
ministry. We are invited to
New Canaan Missionary
Baptist Church Choir Day
Oct.28, 2007 at 2:00 p.m..
All puppeteers and parents
are asked to meet after
church on Sunday to plan for
two rehearsals next week. I
have missed working with the
puppeteers. I have had a bad
year with my shoulder, but
God is good. I will look forward to seeing all of the puppeteers and parents at practice next week.
Love you all
Diane Rufus
Ebenezer District Association will be held Wednesday
and Thursday, October 24
and 25, 2007 beginning at
9:00 a.m. each day.
Theme: A District with a
Focus on Heavenly Communication.
Philippians 3:30
Host Church: Pleasant Valley Baptist Church,
Pastor –Rev. Michael Heard.
HAPPY
BIRTHDAY
November
Mary Webb
Jatavius Lockhart
Ruth Lockhart
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ANNUAL CHURCH
MEETING
HIGHLIGHTS
Wednesday
Following our Nutrition
Workshop on Saturday, November 10, 2007, our Annual
Church Meeting will immediately follow. Please make
plans to attend both meetings.
Class Period -daily
11:15 a.m. Introductory Sermon-Rev. James Owens
3:00 p.m. Temperance SermonRev. Willie F. Smith
5:00 p.m. Young Men Hour
7:35 p.m. Doctrinal Sermon –
Rev. Paul Lawson
Thursday
NUTRITION
WORKSHOP
Our second workshop will
be held on November 10,
2007 starting at 10:00 AM.
Please inform someone else
of what is going on and do
make sure we come and be
blessed with information
that can help keep us
healthy.
Ebenezer
District Notes
Pre-Convention
Musical
Tuesday,
October 23, 2007
At 6:30 p.m. Mt. Traveler Mass Choir is invited to sing.
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11:00 a.m. Educational Sermon-Rev. Larry Patterson
2:00 p.m. Sermon – Rev. Ira
Moss
6:00 p.m. Laymen Hour
7:00 p.m. Minister’s March
7:30 p.m. Moderator Address
– Rev. G. H. Pulliam
Please come and support the
men of your church and the
district.
The Music Workshop for
this year will be October
18-20, 2007 culminating
with the Choir Anniversary
Sunday, October 21, 2007.
Pray and plan to participate fully in it this year.
Dr. Reginald Jackson will
be our facilitator again this
year. He did a wonderful
job last year.
MUSIC
WORKSHOP
CHOIRS
INVITATIONS
Mt. Traveler Mass Choir is invited to Pre-Congress Musical on
Tuesday, October 23, 2007 at
6:30 PM.
SCHEDULE
1ST Sunday-Mass
2ND Sunday-Youth
3RD Sunday-Mass
4TH Sunday-Adult
5TH Sunday-Men
CHOIR ANNIVERSARY
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2007
WITH DR. REGINALD JACKSON
AS OUR FACILITATOR
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