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Chowan Baptist Association
108 Berry Street
Hertford, North Carolina 27944
Non Profit Organization
Postage Paid
Permit 106
Hertford, North Carolina 27944
Staff
James Harrington, DOM
Annie Weir, CBA Administrative Assistant
Chowan Baptist Association Office
Matt Thomas, Cale: Camp & Conference
Center Director
Cate Richardson, Cale: Camp & Conference
Center Operations Manager
Cale: Camp & Conference Center
Contact Information
252-426-9621 / 252-426-1127
252-264-2513
Return Service Requested
Chowan Baptist Association
2018
Leadership Council Members
DOM
James Harrington, Fellowship
338-3317
Moderator
Bob Young, Macedonia
482-3059
Vice Moderator
James Horton, Rocky Hock
221-4133
Administrative Group
Jason Wise, Berea
339-4044
New Works
Ray Brickhouse, Gatesville
357-8131
Resort & Leisure
Don Teears, Kitty Hawk
573-1161
Leadership Group
Tom Gregory, Chowan Christian Fellowship
221-8454
Spiritual Formations Group
Jonathan Gentry, Macedonia
482-3059
Cale Management Group
Wayne Proctor, Eure
312-9910
Missions & Ministries Group
Billy Nixon, Center Hill
333-7034
Pastor/Church Relations Group
Greg Clark, Manteo
340-5729
WMU
Jacque White, Center Hill
339-5773
A Time of Preparation!
A few friends and I were sitting on our bicycles in the middle of the street having a very intense discussion. It was in the mid 1960’s and we were pretty shaken up because it had been said that the world was coming to an end that week, possibly that night. What really convinced me and heightened my anxiety was that one kid said that Billy Graham even said it was
so.
Holy Cow, if Billy Graham said it, it was gospel to me because even then, he was my hero. Now, truthfully, I don’t know if Billy Graham ever said that or not but hearing it from a friend put the fear in me.
We all departed that evening not knowing if we were going to see each other again and it was quite concerning for each of us.
I guess every generation thinks “Well, this has got to be it, things can’t get any worse.” Yet, still they do indeed seem to get worse.
So, to date, I would say there has never been a time where the need for Spiritual renewal and awareness and lifestyle was more crucial than right now … Today!
We need a giant leap forward in our commitment to and love for Jesus Christ.
To that end, we have a few things planned to help us evaluate our selves as individuals and leadership and churches as well as an association. We need strong spiritual leadership and we need action.
On September 29th we will be having an associational Deacon Training event that will be held at Corinth Baptist Church in Elizabeth City. Details regarding times and agenda will be released in the next few days. We will discuss the biblical example and teaching of what a deacon is and what a deacon does. I hope every church will have deacons and pastors registered for
this training.
On October 5th we are calling on all of our associational pastors and pastoral staff to come together at 6:30 p.m. at Hertford Baptist Church for an event we are calling a Solemn Assembly. This will be a time to come before the Lord in Worship and Prayer seeking a fresh fire from Him and a season of change in our selves and then in our churches. Our prayer is that this
will be a catalyst to a Spiritual Awakening in the Chowan Baptist Association.
Then from Sunday evening, October 21st through the 24th we will be participating in a City Wide Tent Revival in Elizabeth City. This revival is set up in an area that has been identified as one of the top 200 pockets of lostness in North Carolina. We are partnering with many churches in the area and are praying for a great time of Harvest. Our prayer is that this revival will
extend into our churches and others across the region and beyond.
I am very aware that every pastor and deacon and church member in our association has more to do than they can reasonably handle and may find it difficult to fit in one more thing. But I am convinced the time is surely now to invest our
best energy and ability to “Seek the Lord with all of our Heart!”
Serving Him,
James Harrington, Associational Mission Strategist
8 Dawn Harrington,
Pastor’s Wife, Fellowship
11 Tom Hall, Pastor,
Beulah
13 Darryl Stallings, Pastor,
Ebenezer
14 James Harrington,
Pastor, Fellowship
29 Amy Morris, Pastor’s
Wife, Blackwell Memorial
4 Elizabeth City Ministers
Meeting, TBA, 11:30am
5 Chowan/Perquimans
Ministers Meeting, Captain
Bob’s, 10:00am
11 Beach Ministers
Meeting, Location TBA,
11:30am
18 Leadership Council
meeting, CBA Resource
room at 3:00PM
25 Gates Ministers
meeting, Doris & Rogers at
noon
September Birthdays and Events
Coinjock Baptist Church of Coinjock, NC is prayerfully seeking a Lead Pastor who is called by God and equipped to effectively preach and teach the Word of God and disciple God’s people. Please send any correspondence to 193 Worth Guard Road, Coinjock, NC 27923 (attn: Pastor Search Committee or digital to correspondence to [email protected].
ATTENTION PASTORS AND ASSOCIATE PASTORS
MARK THIS DATE ON YOUR CALENDAR!!!!!!!!!!!
What: A Solemn Assembly
Why: The great need for spiritual renewal in The Chowan Baptist association
Who: True revival in our Association must start with the Pastors and Associate Pastors
When: October 5, 2018
Where: Hertford Baptist Church
Time: 6:30 PM
This will be a challenge for all those in pastoral roles to renew their personal commitment to the Lord and to commit themselves to leading their churches into spiritual renewal and in fulfilling the mission of the local church. The Solemn Assembly will consist of directed singing, a challenging message and times of intense prayer and personal reflection. A period of prayer leading up to the Solemn Assembly will be requested and information about this will be provided in fu-ture correspondence, if not already received by the time you read this. I cannot overly stress the importance of all Pas-tors and Associate Pastors attending this special time together.
Tom Gregory, Leadership Development Group Leader
West Virginia Mission Trip
October 21-26, 2018
Marlinton, WV
Cost: $400 due by September 2nd
Includes lodging with 2 to a room and meals. Lodging will be at the Ambassadors for Christ Retreat, Huntersville, WV.
Make checks payable to Warwick Baptist Church & contact Pastor Kip at (252)801-1552 as to how to submit them.
In June, Kitty Hawk Baptist Church Youth Group under Jayme Hennessey and Mt Sinai Baptist Church Youth Group
under Jonathan Nixon, joined together to provide a beach outreach by distributing sand buckets and bubble makers
with church ID info on them to children and families with kids. Then, they enjoyed a meal together before attending the
Toby Mac Christian concert in Manteo. Other groups wanting to have a beach outreach or to join them in a future
event, please call.
Resort & Leisure Group Leader, Don Teears at 252-573-1161
Pastor and Church Relations Group
For many of our churches, the new church year is rapidly approaching. Budgets are being prepared, and nominating committees are busily at work. As usual, Dr. Chuck Lawless has some timely advice for churches and its leaders as we move toward October. Prayerfully consider these insights today.
1. “Everybody’s important, but nobody other than Christ is irreplaceable. The church will go on without any of us. If you think you’re irreplaceable, God will show you otherwise. Trust me.
2. How God brought you here matters, but how you leave matters even more. How you
leave is what people remember. Leave poorly, and that’s all people will remember about you.
3. Church membership assumes members are Christians, but no one should assume that
every member is a believer. The Bible does not allow us to ascribe Christianity to people who consistently live like the world – and even Jesus had a fake among His group.
4. Giving financially is a part of Christianity, but Christian giving means giving yourself fully. Money is one necessary part of that expectation, but money is not a weapon. As soon as
you try to manipulate the church through your giving, you’re no longer giving yourself.
5. Membership is about being a family, but being family doesn’t mean everybody gets to know everything. Some issues require confidentiality—or at least a limited sphere of folks who know the details. That choice is actually a loving one for the people involved.
6. You should love your church, but know it’s not your church. Nor is it your pastor’s church. Or mine. Or anyone else’s, other than God. Even if your name is on the church building, it’s not yours.
7. The church consists of volunteers, but serving through the church is not optional. The New Testament knows of Christ-followers who wander and congregations who fight, but still it calls us to gather with believers (Heb. 10:25). Our volunteer status does not give us permission to live apart from the church.
8. You have a voice, but the significance of your voice is directly proportional to the level of your involvement. In my judg-ment, uninvolved people should not have much say in what the church does. A lack of commitment weakens one’s opinion.
9. The gospel offers rest, but church membership assumes work. Nothing in the Bible gives us room for an “inactive” church membership; instead, being part of the body of Christ means you will fulfill your unique role in the work.
10. We want you to come, but we’re going to challenge you to go. That’s what the gospel does, so we’re going to do the same. We want you going . . . to your neighbors to tell them the gospel . . . to the poor to minister to them . . . to the nations to introduce them to Jesus. Don’t come with the assumption that you’ll get to sit.”
Axioms of Church Membership August 16, 2018
Chuck states in the article that these are just some thoughts he has, and I believe that we should carefully consider them. Why? Too much is at stake not to.
Walk with the King,
Gregory Clark
Manteo Baptist Church
Greetings Ladies of the WMU,
As I am typing this letter to you today, I have just returned from a month's vacation
with my husband. What a relaxing time in the Lord it has been. I am amazed at
what a little time away can do for body and soul. Time of seeing the wonders of this
earth, take pictures of Gods beauty, and spending time with family. My hope is that
all of you dear ladies find time to spend with God and His wonders. Our world is so
fast paced and electronics take up so much of our time that we miss opportunities to
see our God in his creation or we miss a true relationship with him because we have
to keep up with what is on facebook.
I encourage you to spend time with Him, meditate on his Word, spend time in prayer
and He will guide your footsteps in missions.
Psalm 119:15-16
I will meditate on Your precepts And regard Your ways. I shall delight in Your statutes; I shall not forget
Your word.
Here are dates for upcoming events through December.
October
October 13 VIP Party, Camp Cale October 12-13 CA Day, Camp Mundo Vista, Sophia, NC October 19-21 Carolina Girls, Lawndale Baptist Church, Greensboro, NC October 20-21 Missionary Parent Fellowship, Camp Mundo Vista
November November 2-4 Thriving Father/Son Relationship Retreat, Camp Mundo Vista,
Sophia, NC November 5 Baptist Women’s World Day of Prayer* November 5-6 BSCNC Annual Meeting, Koury Convention Center,
Greensboro*
December December 1-20 Christmas at Camp Mundo Vista & Retreat Center December 2-9 International Missions Emphasis and Lottie Moon Christmas Offering December 24-28 Christmas Holidays (Offices Closed)
Chowan Baptist Association Budgeted Amount: $160,000
Chowan Baptist Association Amount Given in July: $13,863.31
Chowan Baptist Amount Give To-Date $80,405.71(51.05% given toward budget requirement of 58.31%)
Cale: Camp & Conference Center Budgeted Amount: $65,000
Cale Camp and Conference Center Given in July: $5,451.84
Cale: Camp & Conference Center Given To-Date $32,601.13(50.16% given toward budget requirement of 58.31%)
Capital Campaign Gifts for Bunk Houses: $37,811.61
Youth Bunkhouse Construction: $191,505.55
(These figures are through the end of July)
THE BANQUET
There are banquets, and then there are banquets. Plan to join us on Saturday, September 15, 6 p.m. @ Camp Cale. The main feature different for this year is a completed Bunkhouse. Yes, we want you to come and enjoy some great food (Montero’s) and some great fellowship, and testimonials, and music, but we also want you to see the Bunkhouse in final form, and to participate in a special BLESSING, that will happen sometime during the evening.
You can get tickets from any planning committee member or Management group member or from the Cale office (call 264-2513). The tickets are $25 each, and we have currently over 30 business sponsors, but we want and need you to come and write a check. If we can have 100 people write checks of $500 or more, we’ll be a long way toward paying off the building debt.
Here are some interesting facts:
Over 80 “memorial” or “in honor” gifts for bunk sponsorships. That’s over $40,000. We’re capping bunk sponsorships at 96 gifts.
Over 100 staff and counselors have been trained to do ministry since 2000.
Over 1000 campers have made professions of faith or rededications since 20000.
Record attendance @ summer camp this summer 2018: We should be able to house at least 50 more campers next summer with the addition of the Bunkhouse.
Ready for youth groups and collegiates: Plan for a weekend using the Bunkhouse, Conference Center, and the many Program options; the best you’ll find anywhere.
Begin with the Banquet, and Use CALE to help your church grow.
Respectfully submitted by Wayne Proctor, Cale Management
The Email [email protected] is no longer valid since Nancy has retired. If you need to contact the CBA office you can call (252) 426-9621 or Email at [email protected]. Annie Weir is in the office Tuesday-Thursday 9 AM - 5 PM.
Vacancy Announcement
Whiteville Grove Baptist Church, Inc., Belvidere, NC is prayerfully seeking a Pastor who believes that the Holy Bible is the inspired Word
of God and is the basis for any statement of faith. Our mission being: to Proclaim His Message, Minister in His Name, and Know Christ
as Lord as taught in Matthew 28: 18-20. The pastor shall be considered as spiritual leader of the Church. It shall be among his duties to
preach at the regular appointed times of worship; administer the ordinances, always be ready to assist with his counsel both in tem-
poral and spiritual welfare of the Church and to perform the various other duties pertaining to his office. For more information call 252-
426-4039.
Resumes will be accepted until October 1, 2018 or until filled. Please submit resume to:
Pastoral Search Committee or [email protected]
% Brenda L. Dail, Chairperson
271 Riverwood Drive
Hertford, NC 27944
The CBA Annual meeting will be held on October 16, 2018 at Rocky Hock Baptist Church. Registration will begin at 2 PM.
The Dearest Place on Earth
“Give yourself to the Church. You that are members of the Church have not found it perfect and I hope that you feel almost glad that you
have not. If I had never joined a Church till I had found one that was perfect, I would never have joined one at all! And the moment I did
join it, if I had found one, I should have spoiled it, for it would not have been a perfect Church after I had become a member of it. Still,
imperfect as it is, it is the dearest place on earth to us…
As I have already said, the Church is faulty, but that is no excuse for your not joining it, if you are the Lord’s. Nor need your own faults
keep you back, for the Church is not an institution for perfect people, but a sanctuary for sinners saved by Grace, who, though they are
saved, are still sinners and need all the help they can derive from the sympathy and guidance of their fellow Believers.
The Church is the nursery for God’s weak children where they are nourished and grow strong. It is the fold for Christ’s sheep—the home
for Christ’s family.”
The above quote by the great Baptist preacher, Charles Spurgeon is so true of the church. It is the dearest place on earth. The church is
not a country club. The church is not a coffee shop. The church is not a social club. The church is the body of Christ.
The church is a place where we are called to “one another.” If we were to search the Scriptures we would see all these one another’s.
Be at peace with one another (Mark 9:50). Love one another (John 13:34). Honor one another (Rom. 12:10). Serve one another (Gal.
5:13). There are many more in the Scriptures.
Paul writes in Galatians 6:1-2, “Brethren, even if anyone is caught in any trespass, you who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of
gentleness; each one looking to yourself, so that you too will not be tempted. Bear one another’s burdens, and thereby fulfill the law of
Christ.”
I pray that in our churches we are following these verses. Are we willing to confront one another when we have sinned? Do we care
enough for our brother or sister in Christ, to follow what Paul says? To graciously confront someone in their sin? But at the same time,
being open to someone speaking into our life. Are we willing to bear one another’s burdens?
I pray that we are doing this. Do not be afraid to let people into the messiness of our life. Yes, it is not easy to be confronted. But God
will use it to help make us more like His Son. Let people speak into your life. Listen to them. I know I am grateful for those people who
have come to me and pointed out my sin.
-Jonathan Gentry
Small Church Conference
October 18-20
Asheboro, NC
A unique conference designed for small and rural church pastors and leaders.
Thursday: 5:30pm-Sandy Creek log church, the birthplace of a Great Awakening led by Shubal Stearns.
7:30pm-session at Sandy Creek Baptist Church, 4765 Sandy Creek Church Rd, Liberty, NC
Friday: plenary sessions and workshop breakouts at Sunset Avenue Church of God, 900 Sunset Ave, Asheboro, NC.
Costs: $50 per person, $75 per couple, $99 per church
Hosts and Keynote Speakers: Boyd Byerly, Neal Jackson, Travis Brock, Mitchell Tolle and Mitchell Bias.
Conference Organizers: P. Douglas Small, Lester Evans and Steve Sells.
Contact: WWW.AMERICAPRAY.NET, (855)842-5483
We wanted to make you aware about some up and coming financial seminars in North Carolina. Davis Blount with the Compensation and Benefit Services group of the Baptist State Convention will be in 7 separate locations late in 2018 and we are asking for your help advertising the workshops. The locations and registration are on our web site at ncbaptist.org/financialseminar August 21: Aberdeen, NC September 4: Pisgah Forest, NC September 11: Winston Salem, NC September 11: Mooresville, NC September 13: West Jefferson, NC October 4: Raleigh, NC October 25: Zebulon, NC Here is more information in reference to the seminar from Davis: Developing a compensation package for pastors and church staff can seem daunting, but it doesn't have to be. There is no
such thing as a "cookie cutter" approach, and there are many things to consider such as salary, employer provided benefits,
tax savings strategies, and more.
Is your staff ready for retirement? What cash and non-cash benefits can the church provide its staff? What are the latest tax
and administrative rules implemented during the last year that affect how our churches do business? How do you handle
designated contributions given to your church, and how are you reporting those funds?
"Let all things be done decently and in order" based on 1 Corinthians 14:40 is the theme of the 2018 financial and tax work-
shops presented by senior consultant Davis Blount with the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina to address these and
other issues. The workshops are designed for ministers, financial administrators, treasurers, church committees and other
interested lay leaders. Topics will include:
Preparing for retirement.
Compensation planning.
The Church Retirement Plan.
Employer provided benefits.
Managing designated funds.
Reporting charitable giving.
Tax updates.
FAQs from affiliated churches
Participant questions and answers.
Mary Landis, Compensation and Benefit Services, Baptist State Convention of North Carolina
(919) 459-5637 - (800) 395-5102 ext. 5637
