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APRIL S T E W A R T C O . B A P T I S T A S S O C I A T I O N - N E W S L E T T E R 2012
Reminder More Life Rally: April 22 at Parkers Creek BC, 6pm. Please attend and encourage your fellow church members to join us for an inspiring time of worship and a challenging evangelistic sermon from Dr. Bobby Welch (former president of the SBC). If your whole church can’t attend please send someone to get the information on More Life. More Life can greatly benefit your church and it is Free. It is an Evangelism and Discipleship program. Psa 85:6 Wilt thou not revive us again: that thy people may rejoice in thee? Pray for the Revivals going on in our associations and try to support with your attendance too. Vacation Bible School can be a great Evangelistic tools. More people was saved last year in Vacation Bible Schools than all the Revival meetings. We need to use all the means we have available to win the lost to Christ. (Act 1:8) But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth. If you need our help during VBS please contact us as soon as possible. The sooner we know the better we can serve you. Thanks to everyone that attended the State VBS training. Please make plans to attend the Association VBS clinic @ Big Rock BC on May 20, 1:30 pm snacks and clinic at 2pm. The Association is taking orders for Vacation
Bible School. You must place your VBS orders by April 23. Contact: By Phone (931) 232-8441 By Email: [email protected], remember by ordering the material though the association our we will receives 15% of the order. We use it to help put on the clinic. Don't forget to pray for and participate in the missions and ministries opportunities this summer in your church and association. If you need help with a mission project let us know. Churches that are involved in missions and ministries are growing churches. Churches that are involved in missions and ministries are growing. Don’t Forget Make A Difference Week, July 16-20. Pray for our El Salvador mission trip, May 2-10. Also, please continue to pray Sigchos, Ecuador. We seen 25 professions of faith and conducted over 50 bible studies. The next team for Ecuador will leave on May 31 and will come back June 7. The 2012 Southern Baptist Convention Pastor’s Conference is June 17-18. The SBC Annual Meeting will follow in New Orleans from June 19-20 at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Pray for the Area Wide Revival, July 8-11 at Stewart Co. Middle School. We need at least one person from all the churches to serve. All pastors are on this committee and it would be good to have at least one more from eachchurch.
FROM OUR DOM:
Judson / Stewart / Truett Baptist Associations
P.O. Box 115Dover, TN 37058
Office: (931) 232-8441
Visit us on the web: www.jstba.com
Email us at: [email protected] [email protected]
5:00 PM Minister & Wives Dinner RSVP by April 16 - (931) 232-8441
6:00 PM More Life Rally
you’re invited to a
rally“Tailor-made in Tennessee, by Tennesseans for Tennesseans”
Parkers Creek Baptist Church
Sunday, April 22nd “GET MORE LIFE
TO GIVE MORE LIFE!”
Speaker:
Dr. Bobby Welch, former president of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Current Associate Executive Director of the Tennessee Baptist Convention.
Pray for Missions in Ecuador & El Salvador
Upcoming Trips: EcuadorMay 31- June 7
November 26 - December 3
They will be conducting:Prayer Walking
Bible Study Groups
For Info Contact Associational Office: (931) 232-8441
Upcoming Trips: El SalvadorMay 2-10
They will be conducting:Witnessing Training
Door to Door EvangelismPreaching/Testimonies
Working with Orphanages & Schools
Stewart Co. BAVacation Bible School Clinic
May 20thBig Rock BC
Snacks: 1:30 PMClinic: 2:00 PM
Order Your VBS Material through the Association!Order Dates: April 9-23Our Association receives 15%
of the total order.
To Order VBS Material:
Contact:
Joe Shannon Office: (931) 232-8441Cell: (931) 627-0683Email: [email protected]
News from the Churches:
Hurricane Creek: Greetings in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. God continues to show His faithfulness and His heart at Hurricane Creek Baptist Church. God is not willing that any man should perish and we have been blessed with two professions of faith and one baptism since the first of the year. We also have 4 baptisms lined up as soon as Bro. Robert thinks that he can stand the cold waters of Hurricane Creek again. The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak. We have also had a family of four join our church so we say welcome to the Mixon family. In February we were privileged to see a wonderful couple, Phillip Casterline and Jennifer Barnes unite in holy matrimony. I know that God is going to bless their marriage as on their wedding announcements they had a quote from Joshua 24:15, “But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” When you start a marriage out on a foundation such as this God will bless you. Pray for this wonderful, young couple. Our youth group has been quite busy with both recreation and service projects. The youth had a lock in and had a great time of games, videos, fun and most importantly, Bible study. Thanks to all who helped with this endeavor. Our youth are also working on collecting money for the Tennessee Baptist Children’s Home. Look for them as they will be out and about in your communities in the month of April. The youth also have helped in preparing for a much anticipated event which will be a first at Hurricane Creek Baptist Church. The youth have also been active in setting up our fellowship hall for a Seder Meal which will be conducted on April 5 at 7pm. We are truly excited about learning more about the Passover and the Lord’s Supper during this evening of fellowship and communion. Hurricane Creek has also undertaken a new ministry at the Baptist Collegiate Ministry (BCM) on the Austin Peay State University campus. Once a month the BCM offers a “noon day meal” for anyone on the campus and surrounding businesses. The money raised from the meal goes to support the mission trips that the students take throughout the year. The APSU students travel across the state as well as across our nation and around the world. In supplying a noon day meal we help raise money for missions. Hurricane Creek supplied the meal, deserts and drinks and served them to almost 80 students in March. A great big thank you and job well done goes out to all of our members that were involved in this wonderful ministry. We want to challenge the other churches in our association to get involved in this ministry by contacting Stacy Murphree of the BCM at 931-647-6940. If you have any questions about what we do as a church at the BCM, about the meals or anything else you may contact Jeannette Spurgeon at 931-387-4840. Finally, please be in prayer for one of our church families. The Brandon family has had some very serious illnesses for the past couple of years and these conditions have really reared their ugly heads in the past few months. Pray specifically for Shyanna as this young lady, who is the most gracious person I think that I have ever met, faces some high mountains in her life. She knows better than most of us that the God of the mountain is the God of the valley. Pray for the Brandon family. In this season of celebration as we look not only to the cross but more importantly to the empty tomb, remember what God told the children of Israel about the 10th and final plague that He would use to free them from the bondage of Egypt. God said in Exodus 12:13 says, “And when I see the blood, I will pass over you.” Remember, it is all about the blood of Jesus. Without the shedding of blood there would be no remission of sin. Thank you Lord Jesus for your blood that covers our sin. God bless our sister churches and their pastors as we celebrate a risen Savior.
2012 SBC Annual Meeting
June 19-20, 2012
Ernest N. Morial Convention Center900 Convention Center Blvd.
New Orleans, LA 70130
