From your missionarypage 2

About the coverpage 2

Open House at Camppage 3

Walk 4 JESUSpage 3

Prayer requestspage 4

Birthdays/anniversariespage 4

Calendar of eventspage 4

Church newspage 5

Children’s campspage 6

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Gary Leutzinger

Over 100 men and boys enjoyed the Fish Fry atGeorgia Veterans Memorial Park on May 6. Men’sMinistries President Tommy Bartlett thanks all whohelped make the event a success especially those whoset up and cleaned up and the Pleasant Grove cookingteam. Photo by James Edmunds.

From your missionaryI want to express myappreciation to everyone whoprayed for and supported the“Family Fun Day” at theSpeedway. God did a mightywork by bringing over 250people to the speedway to hearthe Gospel. We had seventeenknown decisions for Christ andover twenty eight families were

identified as not having a church home. This eventwas encouraging to many of our churches because itis a testimony of what we can do together in reachingthe lost in our communities. It is my prayer that Godwill lead us to do more of these evangelistic outreachevents and that many will be saved!

I appreciate Tommy Bartlett for all the work that heand his church did in cooking the fish at ourAssociational Men’s Ministry Fish Fry. We had over100 men and boys at this event, and God blessed us ina great way. Evangelist Darreyl O’Barr brought a veryencouraging message that inspired many men torecommit their lives to being a witness for Christ!

There are a lot of great things happening in ourchurches and in the events of the Association. Wehave seen what God can do when we join our heartsand hands together as we carry out the work He hascalled us to. I encourage you to pray for our summeractivities that will take place in our churches andassociation. We are anticipating God to move in amighty way in our children’s camps as well as themission trips that many of our churches will beinvolved with. Many churches will also be havingVacation Bible School which will provide anopportunity for children, teens, and adults to committheir lives to Christ. I can’t wait to see what God isgoing to do this summer and to see hundreds of liveschanged as a result of us being obedient and sharingthe Gospel through all of these events!

It is a joy to serve the Lord and it is a joy to serve you.Let us continue to love each other and unite togetherto build the Kingdom of God!

Pressing On Toward the Goal!Bro. Gary

About the coverPictured on this month’s cover are a few scenes fromthe Family Fun Day At The Speedway. Visitwww.houstonbaptist.org to see lots more. Photos byJames Edmunds.

Pictured above on the left is Arlyn Robitzsch prayingon the front steps of the Crisp County Courthouse onNational Day of Prayer, May 2. A total of 243 peopleattended NDOP events at Noon in eight local towns.

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�I Will Be a Unifying Church Member�I Will Not Let the Church Be About My Preferencesand Desires�I Will Pray for My Church Leaders�I Will Lead My Family to Be Healthy ChurchMembers�I Will Be a Functioning Member�I Will Treasure Church Membership as a Gift

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Come see the new improvements and spend a relaxingfew hours at beautiful Camp Houston at Open Houseon June 1 from 3:00–5:00 p.m. Their will be a briefdedication service for the newly remodeled directorscottage in memory of Lutrelle Davis and for the poolin memory of Dr. Charles Greer.

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Do nothing out of selfishambition or vain conceit. Rather in humility value

others above yourselves. Philippians 2:3

Birthdays & Anniversaries

June 10 Linda & J. E. HarrisJay Shingler

June 12 Brent Duncan June 17 Jill & Ronnie Duncan

J. E. HarrisJune 19 Ann Clark June 23 Pam & Phil GarrettJune 24 Juanita & Dwain NewsomeJune 26 Charles Cobb, Jr.

James SpiresJune 28 J. T. Smith

Please pray for these�Associational Missionary Gary Leutzinger

�Thurman Collins

�Jim Britt

�Phil Streetman

�Tyler Smith

�West Virginia Mission trip, July 20-27

�Vacation Bible Schools

�On Mission Connection, Sept. 8-11

�Unity in our churches and unity among our churches

�Upcoming associational and church events

�All our churches and particularly those withoutpastors–Acorn Pond, Arabi, Mars Hill, Morningside, Oakfield, Pinehurst, Rock Hill, Warwick First.

Opportunities coming upHouston Baptist Association events are printed in bold type. HBC is an abbreviation for Houston Baptist Center.

June 1 Open House Camp Houston, 3-5pm

June 10-12 Southern Baptist Convention AnnualMeeting, Houston, TX

June 14 Flag Day

June 16 Baptist Men’s DayFather’s Day

June 22 Walk 4 Jesus in Watermelon Parade

June 23 Mission: Dignity Sunday

June 24-27 Believe Girls Camp

June 30 Citizenship and Religious LibertySunday

July 4 Independence Day, HBC closed

July 8-11 Connect Boys Camp

Pictured above is a Ten Commandments monumentPleasant Grove Church had installed on their churchlawn last Fall.

Pictured above is Unadilla First Church PastorBruce Howland presenting a plaque and new Bible toEddie Lee Bowen for her many years of faithfulservice in the church’s children’s ministry. This waspart of their special Faithfulness Sunday on April 28.

Pictured above is Louise Bush reading a poem aboutmothers at Northern Heights Church’s MothersLuncheon on May 9.

Known dates forVacation Bible Schools 2013

Byromville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 17-21Cordele First. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 10-14Ebenezer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 7-9Harmony. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 14-16Hatley. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 29-June 1Lakeshore.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 21-13Lilly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 7-8Northern Heights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 2-7Omar Heights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 17-21Penia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 19-24Pinecrest.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 24-28Pinehurst. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 3-5Pleasant Grove.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . May 19-24Riverview. . . . . Kickoff June 15, June 17-21Sharon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 3-7Smyrna. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 2-7Unadilla First.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 17-21Wenona. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . June 17-21

Vacation Bible School is the single largestoutreach for churches. 25-28% of all baptismsin the SBC are direct results of VBS.

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Pleasant Grove Church will host two Sings in June. The Watermelon Festival Sing on June 15 at 7:00p.m. will feature The Men of Pinecrest and TheGeorgia Boys. Their Fourth Sunday Night Sing onJune 23 at 6:00 p.m. will feature the South GeorgiaQuartet and Papa’s Pride.

Penia Church will present the patriotic musical “ILove This Land” at their church June 30 at 6:00 p.m. Everyone is invited.

Houston Herald is published monthly by Houston Baptist Association. Send news and/or comments to P O Box 1274,

Cordele, GA 31010, email to secretary@houstonbaptist.org or call 229-273-4127.

NONPROFITORGANIZATIONPOSTAGE PAIDPERMIT NO. 35

VIENNA GA 31092

Hous on Baptist Association2116 Hwy 41 ^ P O Box 1274 ^ Cordele, GA 31010

www.houstonbaptist.org

229-273-4127 (phone); 229-273-0626 (fax)

Associational Missionary: Gary Leutzinger

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Camp applications may be obtained from your church, Houston Baptist Center and downloaded fromwww.houstonbaptist.org. At Camp Houston, children will grow closer to God through age appropriate Bible studyand worship mixed with times of recreation and fun. Camp Houston is a ministry of the 41 churches of HoustonBaptist Association. The beautiful wooded ten-acre campus is located at 779 Story Road, Arabi, approximately 12miles south of Cordele.