UPCOMING EVENTS

Thur., July 1: Ruth Kersey Circle, Noon, Dogwood Vil-lage with Hazel Payne and Carrie Webb. Bring lunch and beverage.

Sun., July 11-Thur. July 15: VBS 6:30-8:45 PM.

Mon., July 12-16: Valerie Payne circle will meet in con-junction with IMPACT VA to prepare the lunches for the group.

Tues., July 13: Finance Committee, 6:45 PM. Church Council, 7:30 PM.

Wed., July 21: Business Meeting, 7:30 PM. Please note the change of date!

Tues., July 27: Deacons Meeting, 7:30 PM.

STEWARDSHIP - May Unified Budget

Receipts $ 24,001.71 Disbursements $ 24,567.61

BECAUSE YOU GIVE

Fourteen youth spent a week together in Nags Head. They learned how to serve one another on KP teams. They practiced a Christ-like community when they ruffled each others feathers, then worked through their problems and forgave each other. They were exposed to Christian role models who chaperoned them, led them in morning and evening devotions, and developed friendships with them. They experienced Christian gen-erosity from you and from Bob and Anita Ed-wards. These are Kingdom of God happen-ings. THANK YOU FOR GIVING.

Orange Baptist Book Club Club meetings are cancelled for June, July and August. We will resume discus-sions in September 2010.

The Orange Baptist Chronicle is published monthly by the Orange Baptist Church, P. O. Box 167, 123 W. Main Street, Orange, VA 22960 (USPS 0767-2600) Tele-phone #540-672-2996, Fax #540-672-0943; email ad-dress: obc@obcva.org Second Class postage paid at Orange, VA.

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MAKING A KINGDOM IMPACT IN THE WORLD

BEGINNING IN OUR COMMUNITY

Orange Baptist welcomes Mary Wright! Mary Wright is no stranger to Orange. She and husband, Robert, grew up here and graduated from Orange public schools. Mary and Robert left the Orange area after marriage and lived in Richmond, Charlottesville, Ivy & Crozet before returning to Orange 5 years ago. They have two children, Cheryl Phillips and Robert T. Wright, Jr. “Tee”, and eleven grandchildren. Mary loves working out-side with flowers. Mary joins OBC by transfer of membership.

Join us at High Seas Expedition, where you’ll explore the mighty love of God!

Get ready for a swashbuckling adventure through God’s Word, and discover that God shows his powerful love throughout scripture. Vacation Bible School 2010 will take place July 11 – 15 from 6:30 – 8:45 p.m. Pick up a registration form from the church office or use our online registra-tion: https://www.groupvbspro.com/vbs/ez/orangebaptistchurch

Not only do children love VBS at Orange Baptist…so do youth and adults! Join us as a volunteer and help share God’s love with children in our community! Talk with Amy Fitch (672-3952) or Tracey New-man (672-9437) to volunteer, or use the website above. Supply lists will be posted soon – please help in any way you can!!

Get ready for a vast voyage through God’s Word!

NEW BABY!! Page and Ansley Higginbotham are proud parents of a baby boy, Samuel Page Higginbotham,IV, “Sammy” was born on Tues.,

June 15, weighing 7 lbs., 11 ozs. Proud grandparents are Sammy & Lynette Higginbotham.

PRAYER CONCERNS

Lisa Miller Don Taylor Ed Sparks Shirley Bingaman Royce Hughes Carolyn Styers Bobby Seal Bart Daniel Patricia Wagner George Shifflett Dorothy Martin Graham Crouch Johnny Altman Jeanie Altman Olwyn Weaver Betty McGehee Earl Clore Helen Hutcherson Joanne Lillard Lilla Kidd Cyrus Boggs

Stanley Jarrell Joe Wright Claire Love C. J. Sutphin & family Cye Burton Cory Hall Christine Carr Molly Keeney Bill Proctor Catherine Proctor Judy Ipock Cora Miller Aileen Green Hidmore Walton Margaret Walton Jay Garnett McGinnis Family Christopher Shifflett

COUNTERS — JULY Vicky Schafer Samantha Reynolds 7/4 - Pam Carpenter 7/11 - Frances Settle 7/18 - Doris Shumake

7/25 - Dotty Bradley

LOVE OUTREACH NEEDS:

Month of July—Chef-boy-ar-dee products

DEACONS IN WORSHIP

Buddy Shumake 672-4139 Lynette Higginbotham 672-2456 Greg & Yvette Jarrell 672-2024 Bill Hager 672-4147 Moppy Atkinson 661-5067

NURSERY HELPERS

July 4 Barbara Ezell and Pam Lawson July 11 Vicky Morris and Mayira Cluff July 18 Lynette Higginbotham and Sarah Sydnor July 25 Vicky Schafer and Li Barnes

HAPPY AGERS' ACTIVITIES "Agers Happy in the Rain" as they were picnicking in a drizzling rain with Otis and Shirley Gooding. Of course Otis and Shirley wanted all inside but they happily stayed the course. Such a wonderful time under the trees, in the swing, some outside shelter, a wonderful time of fellowship and good eats. Otis was the chef and entertained all with the story of the Great Explosion of 1917 in Nova Scotia. Thank you Otis and Shirley. New additions to the Happy Agers Group would be most welcomed. MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR UPCOMING EVENTS: Tuesday, July 20th at 8:15 AM meet in Country Cookin' parking lot ready to leave by 8:30 for our Fairview Beach trip. Bring a covered dish and $3.00 for transportation. Coffee, tea, lemonade, water, flat wear, cups. paper nap-kins and plates will be provided. Contact Doris, 672-4139 or Cornelia 672-4705, to let them know if you are attend-ing so adequate transportation is made available. Thanks to Carrie Webb and Alice Lumsden for providing the com-fort of their family's beach house. * August 17th at 7:00 a.m. Hoover's Camp, Madison County * September 21st, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia * October 19th, Walton's Mountain Museum * November 16th, Thanksgiving Lunch at the church * December 17th, Four County Players, "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever"

YOUTH HAPPENINGS

Events for July: • Due to the holiday the monthly meeting has been cancelled. • Reminder to all youth that VBS is Sun., July 11-Thur., July 15, 6:30—8:45 PM. • July 18th, the youth would like to thank the church for your support with a “FREE” meal–Tacos following

Morning Worship. • Angel Food distribution is on Sat., July 24, 8 AM, at Orange Assembly of God. Volunteers are needed.

This is a wonderful mission outreach to the community.

GUEST SPEAKERS

Rick and Karen Clore will be vacationing from Thur., July 15—Sun., July 25. During his absence if a need arises please contact Craig Jacobs, chair of Deacons, 672-2161 or another deacon. Guest Speakers for: Sun., July 18—Dr. Robert Y. Sanford, Retired from VA Baptist Mission Board. Rob served 41 years as a Baptist Collegiate Minister, the longest collegiate ministry among Baptists. 39 of those years were at Old Dominion University. Sun., July 25—Susan Snellings, retired Teacher, currently a student at Baptist Theological Seminary at Richmond. Susan has preached here before and lead a parenting class.

BAPTISMS AND CHURCH-WIDE PICNIC SUNDAY, AUGUST 1, 4 PM

Mark your calendar! We will gather at Craig & Becky Jacob’s for the baptisms of Sarah Moubray & Scott Leach in Beautiful Run creek.

After their baptisms we will celebrate with a church-wide picnic. The church will provide the hamburgers, hotdogs, pa-per products and beverages and the membership is asked to bring a dish and/or dessert to share as well as folding chairs, tables or blankets. Map with directions will be available in the vestibule.