June 2016 Volume 16 Number 6

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Calendar of Events:

June 2016

4 - Regional Disaster Relief

Training, Immanuel

9 - Navarre Ministers Mtg.,

10am, Navarre First

13 - Milton Ministers Mtg.,

10:30am, SRBA

14-15 So. Bapt. Conv., St.

Louis, MO

14 - Ministers’ Wives

Fellowship 6pm

23 - Pace Peer Learning

Grp.,10:30am, Immanuel

July 2016

4– Independence Day –

Office - Closed

11- Milton Ministers Mtg.,

10:30am, SRBA

12– Dental Bus Registration

Week, Jay First

14 - Navarre Ministers Mtg.,

10am, Navarre First

25-29 Jay Dental Bus

28 –Pace Peer Learning Grp

10:30am, Immanuel

August 2016

1-Association Council Mtg.

12pm, SRBA Conf. Room.

Office

1 –Executive Committee Mtg.

6:30pm, SRBA Conf. Room

8 -Milton Ministers Mtg.,

10:30am, SRBA

11 -Navarre Ministers Mtg.,

10am, Navarre First

13– SRCSD Prayer Walk

15 –SRCSD First Day School

20 –REGIONL S.S. Conf. Eastside, Marianna

Inside this issue:

Community Connection 2

Church Ministry –

Transformation

3

Church Ministry-Family 3

Leadership Team 4

Administrative Team 2

Bro. Chip

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Greetings Thank you for the many expressions of sympathy in the passing of my father-n-law, Rev. Arnie Maves. He was 87 years of age when he went to be with Jesus. It seems like just yesterday, that I was dating his daughter (my wife) Janet. To be honest I was scared to death of him. You see, I had nev-er dated a preacher’s daughter. I remember he caught me kissing her on the couch in the living room. I just knew I was in big trouble, but he later told Janet it reminded him of two fawns rubbing noses. The really hard part for me was when we got engaged. Janet told me that her Dad was old-fashioned and expected me to formally ask for her hand in mar-riage. I told Janet I wasn’t going to do it. For one thing he was Presbyterian, and I was Baptist, and I wasn’t sure how he felt about her becoming Baptist. For another thing, and I know you won’t believe this, but in those days I was very shy. I told Ja-net, “I can’t do it.” So she said, “If you will come inside, I will get my parents and tell my dad that you want to marry me.” Well, I thought I can handle that. Janet went into her parents’ bed-room while I waited in the living room. They came into the living room, dressed in pajamas with robes. They sat down, and Janet’s father said, “What’s this about?” Janet said, “Chip has a question he wants to ask you.” I thought, I’d been set up. Anyway, I was stuck. So I said, “May I have your daughter’s hand in marriage?” He looked at me and said, “You’re asking if you can have my daughter….” He paused and looked at me very sternly. Then, with a smile he said, “You can have her.” Man, was I relieved! Of course, this began a 38-year relationship. I could not have had a father-in-law who was more supportive of my calling than he was. While I was in semi-nary, he believed that, along with educa-

tion, I needed some practical experi-ence. “Dad Maves,” as I called him, was a missionary/evangelist with a ministry called P.E.F. (Presbyterian Evangelistic Fellowship). He traveled all over America and other countries, doing revivals. While I was in school, I went on four

missionary trips to Jamaica with him. I was a part of the team that would conduct revival services all over the island. I will never for-get the experiences I had: street preaching, conducting revivals in churches, and one-on-one street evangelism. Talk about getting me out of my comfort zone! Everywhere we went, Dad Maves would share his faith. Knowing that he was a Calvinist and believed in Predestination and Election, I asked him why he would travel all over the world to share the gospel if God was going to choose who he was go-ing to save. Here is what he said: “I don’t know who the elect are, and so I have to preach the Gospel to everyone.” As well as preaching revivals and area crusades all over America starting in 1969, he traveled to some 80 countries around the globe. Some time in the 1980’s he started a ministry behind the “Iron Cur-tain.” He would travel to these Communist countries as a tourist, but once he arrived, he would be taken somewhere to hide from the secret police. At night they would take him to secret church meetings where he would preach to hundreds of people, who would risk there lives to come to the services. Most of the preachers were either killed, imprisoned, or exiled. So a big part of Dad Maves’ work was to train laymen to preach and pastor these churches. He con-ducted secret schools all over Hungary, Ro-mania, and other communist countries. If he had been caught, there is no doubt he would have been imprisoned. I can’t tell you how much I admired and looked up to him. I al-ways referred to him as a modern day Apos-tle Paul.

June 2016 Volume 16 Number 6

Church 4/15/16 5/15/16

2016 Total

New Life 0.00 1,509.94

Olivet 430.11 2,381.39

Pine Level 219.97 1,100.95

Pine Terrace 2,038.06 13,063.26

Pleasant Home 228.80 1,157.08

Providence 0.00 100.00

Relevant Life 0.00 100.00

S. R. Shores 87.61 701.20

Springhill 25.00 125.00

Stump Springs 0.00 0.00

Wallace 0.00 3,901.76

Woodbine 100.00 500.00

Total GIFTS 13,021.82 71,677.10

Church 4/15/16 5/15/16

2016 Total

Avalon 177.79 599.36

Bagdad First 400.00 778.15

Berrydale 750.36 1,840.98

Billory 152.00 688.00

Blackwater 43.33 272.89

Calvary 75.00 300.00

Cora 330.52 1,958.24

East Side 0.00 400.00

Ferris Hill 621.89 2,104.82

Floridatown 0.00 450.00

Friendship 534.02 2,861.28

Garcon Point 0.00 0.00

GB First 0.00 0.00

Church 4/15/16 5/15/16

2016 Total

Harold First 51.53 291.52

Hic. Hammock 0.00 100.00

Immanuel 1,937.28 10,633.83

James Street 28.45 126.77

Jay First 416.63 2,083.15

Journey 0.00 100.00

Korean Hope 0.00 240.00

Live Oak 25.00 125.00

Living Truth 1,442.00 3,478.00

Midway 0.00 0.00

Milton First 2,182.26 12,906.45

Mission Casa 0.00 124.00

Navarre First 724.21 4,036.79

New Bethel 0.00 537.29

We appreciate all of you and your giving; as you give to your church, the church gives to the association. In this

way, we all work together for the Kingdom of God, seeing people saved and lives changed!!

Thank you so much!

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We love the opportunity to pray for your mission trips as you plan, as you prepare, and as you are away. Please contact the office to let us know where and when you are planning a mission trip.

Avalon: Montana, 7/13-27 Feed the Children Project

BFC Bagdad: Brazil 6/16-18

Living Truth: Youth Mission to New Orleans 7/24-29; Israel

9/5-14

East Side: Savannah, GA w/World Changers 6/13-18

Friendship: New Orleans, LA 6/5-11

Hickory Hammock: Wacissa, FL 6/6-10; New Orleans 6/27-

7/1; Shepherd House, Milton 7/5-8; Panajachel, Guatemala

7/16-23

Pine Terrace: New Orleans, LA-West Bank Baptist Church

7/27-30; Tok, AK 7/15-22; Haiti 8/7-13

Immanuel: Columbus, OH, Send City Access Church 7/1-5;

Jacksonville, FL 8/6-13; Iceland 10/5-14

Wallace: Nicaragua date TBD

2016 Dental Bus Dates for SRBA

(Registration dates July 12th, 8am-12pm) July 25 –29, 2016-Jay First Baptist

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REGIONAL

TRAINING

JUNE 4TH @

IMMANUEL BAPTIST CHURCH

One Love was able to love on My Father's Arrows with a

check for $1,500. Thank you to all involved in One Love

Passion Week Ministry who made this possible!

June 2016 Volume 16 Number 6

Want to help someone discover the answer to this question: What is the MOST important thing? Go to www.mostimportantthing.org and see what you can do. Did you know you can make an impact on someone’s life by posting your testimony on www.mostimportantthing.org ? This is a website that SBC and NAMB have put together so people like you and me can share our testimony for some to read . This is just another tool for reaching people with the gospel of Jesus Christ. Check it out today!

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Church Theme Dates

Avalon Baptist Jeff Slaughter - Tree House Jun 26-30

Bagdad First Submerged Aug. 1-5

Berrydale Cave Quest by Group All Wed. In June

Calvary Ocean Commotion 7/17/2022

Cora Submerged Jul 18-22

Floridatown Submerged July 10-13

Friendship Cave Quest by Group All Fri. in July

Pine Terrace Submerged & BackyardVBS Jun 20-24

Immanuel Submerged Jun 20-24

Milton First Submerged Jun 13-17

Jay First Submerged Jun 20-24

Billory Submerged Jun 12-17

Woodbine Ocean Commotion Jun 27-Jul 1

Hickory Hammock Ocean Commotion Jun 20-24

Wallace Cave Quest by Group Jun 6-10

SRSHores Submerged Jun 6-10

New Life Baptist Submerged Jun 12-16

—-CHURCH HEALTH CONFERENCE—- August 29, 2016

SRBA

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RA RACER Winners Held @ Milton First March 5th Lad: Best in Show

1st Joshua Pine Terrace

2nd Andrew Billory

3rd Cannon Pine Terrace

Race

1st Kaden First Baptist 2nd Hunter First Baptist 3rd James Billory

Crusader : Best in Show

1st Blaine First Baptist 2nd Christopher First Baptist 3rd Noah First Baptist Race

1st Christopher First Baptist 2nd Grant First Baptist 3rd Chase Billory

June 2016 Volume 16 Number 6

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Strengthening the Minister’s

Family

by Dr. Tony Rankin

Therapist, Speaker, Author

Your family should be the most important thing in your life. There is life outside the job as a minister and independent of the church. The minister’s family needs to have an identity outside of the church role. Helping each family member set priorities, learn how to navigate from childhood to adulthood, and negotiate the unexpected situations in life are important elements in addressing the ongoing needs within the

family structure.

Having a healthy family is not a secret formula but it does take intentionality or purposeful choices. Although there are traits and characteristics of idealistic families, each family needs to decide what they want their family to look like. This will result in more meaningful interactions because there is ownership and less pressure to be like the family down the street or across the Fellowship Hall at church. This will lessen the power

of comparison.

Healthy Family Checklist

Ask each family member to look at this list and choose five (5) items that would be the most important to them. Sit down together and talk about your answers. Are there any common answers? Talk about what plans you

will make in order for some changes.

Pray together

Date nights

Have at least one meal together

a day

Have a time-out from electronic

devices

Have time together

Have fun together

Game night

Work on having a healthy

marriage

Learn & demonstrate forgiveness

Encourage one another

Flexibility

Respect

Divorce Care & Grief Share recovery seminar and support

groups meet at First Baptist Church Navarre. For more

information, call Linda Jacobs @ 919-671-5423. To find

a support group near you log onto: wwwgriefshare.com.

Pleasant Home is seeking a School Age Director/Minister.

This is a paid part-time position. Please contact Rev. Brian

Deida at 850-525-6447 or pleasanthomebaptist@gmail.com

Jay First Baptist Church is seeking a bi-vocational

Minister of Music. For more information, please contact Dr.

George Fredericks at 850-675-4587 or info@jayfbc.org.

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Ministers’ Peer Learning Groups

The Milton Group will meet

June 13th at 10:30 at SRBA

(Book is: And the Place Was Shaken by

John Franklin)

The Navarre Group will meet

June 9th at 10am, Navarre First

(Book is continuing: Gaining by Losing by J.D. Greear)

The Pace Peer Learning Group will meet June 23rd at 10:30,

Immanuel

Book Discussion on:

The Grave Robber

by Mark Batterson

Olivet 52nd Anniversary Celebration Set June 5th. Guest speaker Dr. Tommy Green, FBC Exec. Dir. Treasurer FBC Bagdad is seeking a covered trailer 5X8 ft. no larger than 6X10 ft. Please call church office @ 850-623-8897.

“Now we ask you, brothers and sisters, to acknowledge those who work hard among you, who care for you in the Lord and who admonish you.

Hold them in the highest regard in

love because of their work. Live in

peace with each other.”

1 Thessalonians 5:12,13