“Bless be the tie that binds our hearts in Christian love...”

This June we look forward to many things at our church.

First - we are beginning to open again, slowly and planfully, after a couple ofmonths meeting online. It is exciting to get back to what we do as Christians andthat is gathering to worship. Meeting online and seeing each other on social mediawill never be replaced by in person, face to face interactions.

We also look forward to Father’s day. We honor those men who are in the role offather in our lives and I acknowledge that those experiences are all across the spec-trum from great to not so great. Whatever that may be for you the reader just re-member that we have our heavenly Father who is good, loving, and cares for you.

We celebrate and honor Him every day!

Finally, we continue to pray and plan for the future of our church. The merger planning was challeng-ing during the past few months but we are hopeful to ramp that back up in June and let you all knowsome updates.

Psalm 122:1 - I rejoiced with those who said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord.”

See you soon at 7th and Russell!

Pastor Steve

This Month’s ThoughtPastor Steve

The BinderThe Monthly Newsletter ofEdgefield Baptist Church

June 2020

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Edgefieldbaptist churchfamily...friends...community

700 Russell StreetNashville, TN 37206615.255.0468ebcsbc@bellsouth.netebceastnashville.org

Weekly ScheduleSunday10:00 am Sunday Worship11:15 am Bible StudyWednesdayActivities Suspended until August

Steve Saunders, Senior PastorJohnathan Woodside, Worship Pastor Daniel Davis, Student Pastor

Michael Brake, Church Cook Destiny Prezzato, Nursery Rodney Jenkins, Church Custodian

News & Notes...Sunday School Classes, in person, can resume beginning on Sunday, June 7th, at the discretion of each class. We askthat all social distancing protocols be followed, with proper spacing and the use of facemasks.Summer Bible Study via Zoom, with our friends from Trinity Church, gets underway on Wednesday evening, June3rd. Everyone is invited to participate...watch for more details!June Church Business Session is coming up on Sunday, June 14th, following our morning worship service. We havenot been able to have a business session, since February, so we encourage everyone to make plans to come be a part ofthis important meeting.Father’s Day is coming up on Sunday, June 21st. Come honor Dad by worshiping along beside him on this specialSunday...Worship begins at 10 am.The Mother’s Day Offering, benefitting the Tennessee Baptist Children’s Home, has concluded for this year, and weare excited to report that we exceeded our $500 offering goal by collecting a grand total of $588! Thank you to every-one for your generous support of Tennessee children! Our next special missions offering is coming up in September, aswe will be receiving the annual Golden Offering, which benefits the work of missions all across the state of Tennessee.Worship via Facebook Live will continue for the forseeable future, as everyone may still not be ready, or able, to getout into public gatherings as of yet. If you’re not able toworship, in person, with us...just tune in to FacebookLive, beginning at 10 am each Sunday morning, andmake sure to share with your friends!Online Giving Options are available thru either Venmoor PayPal, if you would prefer to give your tithes and of-ferings in that manner. You can contribute via Venmo@Edgefield-BaptistChurch, or via PayPal at ebcsbc@bell-south.net. Your Giving Matters!

Don’t Miss It!We will be having a drive-thru parade, for Awana,which will serve as our end of year celebration...

coming up on Wednesday evening, June 10th,from 6:15-7:00 in the Russell Street parking lot.

Watch for more details!

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Venmo: @Edgefield-BaptistChurch PayPal: ebcsbc@bellsouth.net

#YourGivingMatters

“It only takes a spark to get a fire going.”- Lyric in Pass It On by Kurt Kaiser

For some pretty cool online quarantine evangelism helpful resources,check out www.whosyourone.com

Other ways to evangelize during COVID-19 pandemic:

• Reach out to a friend who is not accepted Christ• Serve a neighbor, or shut-in, by making extra at suppertime or ordering a meal from local take-out• Use your social media accounts to share the Good News

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The Binder is published monthly through-out the year. Copies are available at thechurch, via US Mail, or via e-mail. For amail, or e-mail, subscription, please con-tact the church office.

CommunityConnector

Prayer Needs...Church FamilyJoyce BooneMary FoxBarry GraySandra HamiltonStephen JennetteSue JennetteSharon LaneHelen PattersonWendell Stewart (Maybelle Carter)Eli Wilson (USMC - Jacksonville, NC)Ethan Wilson (USMC - San Diego, CA)

Family & FriendsRosella Jackson (Gary’s mother)

Maggie (Gary’s sister-in-law)Kenneth & Liz Miller (former members)

Community & MinistriesHealthcare Workers & First RespondersGovernment Leaders & Healthcare OfficialsHome Street HomeRejoice MinistriesWarner Elementary SchoolFeeding Music CityEast Nashville Cooperative MinistryNashville Rescue MissionEast Nashville ChurchesMissionaries Aaron & Melissa StormerGideon Missionary Rez Rasti

Monthly Digest...Church Stewardship: Thru Sunday, May 24Tithes & Offerings..................$6,244.00Received Year-To-Date .......$29,634.00

Missions Giving:Mother’s Day Offering...............$588.00

EBC RE-GATHERING PLAN

Edgefield Baptist Church is committed to the health and safety of its congregants, and staff, and

will be following local, state, and CDC recommendations for resuming corporate gatherings with-in

its church campus.

We will have a phased-approach in returning to church activities over the next several months.

• Beginning Sunday, May 24, we will resume on-campus Sunday Worship, beginning at 10 am.

• There will be no Nursery/Pre-School care available on Sunday, May 24.

• Sunday Worship will continue to be streamed on Facebook Live for the foreseeable future.

• Nursery/Pre-School, during Sunday Worship, will be available beginning on Sunday, May 31.

• On-campus Sunday School classes will resume on Sunday, June 7, at the discretion of each class.

• On-campus Wednesday night activities will resume on Wednesday, August 5.

Social distancing protocols, and recommendations, are posted at each church entrance, as is handsanitizer, and tissues. Please practice safe distancing, at all times, when on the church campus.

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EBC Membership Note...As Edgefield continues to work towards a potential merger, with Trinity Church, one of our tasks hasbeen to get a good handle on our church membership rolls. We have been using some of this recentdown time to begin working thru our member files and trying to locate, and secure, a current mailingaddress for everyone on our church roll. The list you see below are church members that we have notbeen able to track down addresses for.

Those members that we are not able to locate, we will be asking for the church’s approval to purgethem from the church roll during our next church business session, on Sunday, June 14.

If you are able to assist us in locating anyone of these members, please contact the church office atebcsbc@bellsouth.net, or at 615.255.0468.

Austin, MichelleAyers, TerryBaggett, JanaBarnes, SusanBawcum, BubbaBeard, BrentBell, KimBlanton, CarolynBlaylock, Lynn FurlineBoyd, BrendaBoyd, JenniferBoyd, JerryBoyd, NancyBunch, JohnBunch, SueBurcham, GaryBurcham, Rebecca FurlineBurns, RobertBush, AnneButler, LarryCameron, SherieCamp, Jody StickleCarney, WilliamCherry, BettyClark, Jacqueline MargaretClark, June MorrisonCleveland, JerryClifton, MikeCole, DarlaCollins, ConstanceConrad, ShannonCox, DarleneCox, TimothyCross, Sandra BoydDaniels, Andrea NicoleDiakidis, CherylDieth, Gatlauk DoupDove, William E.Evans, BettyEvans, SherronFields, JamesFloyd, KimberlyFly, MalorieFuqua, BillyFuqua, Joe 'Bubba'Fuqua, Julia

Furline, Tina (Woosley)Glarner, William F.Glenn, Michelle OwensGrimes, Debbie CurtisGulley, SherryHall, MistyHalliburton, EvelynHamilton, CharlesHanlin, ChrisHarper, Carolyn JenkinsHarper, Dottie Lou NormanHenry, John LeeHenry, Sheri GlassHicks, Ola MaiHill, Donna FayHolcolmb, LucilleHolland, DavidHooten, FranklinHorton, BillyHorton, JosephHutchings, DavidJames, John SamJames, Nancy MasonJones, Brenda HamptonJones, ChrisKay, DonaldKay, MelissaKelsey, RebeccaKennedy, DorothyKennedy, Lisa GlarnerKephart, DeweyLane, FayeLane, JudyLuthye, Beth ClaytonLynch, JamesMalbaff, DonnaMartin, Paul C.Mason, Milton LewisMassey, BonnieMichon, JasonMiller, CodyMobley, JacquelynMoore, WesleyMoran, Charles D.Moran, PatriciaMorgan, Sheila

Morris, Darlene HesterMuth, RethMuth, SaromMyers, Douglas P.Nabors, MikeNoe, Betty Jean FurlineNokes, RichardO'Donnell, MichelleO'Donnell, TanyaOwen, CharlieOwen, Thelma JacksonOwens, Rachel MayhughParker, Elizabeth Ann 'Betty'Parrish, Charles M. 'Buddy'Pasquini, Mary AnnePate, Tina MariePreston, PatRaymond, Billy GeneReeves, AndrewReid, DianneRevell, James M.Rosa, Gina MooreSatterfield, MichaelShaw, GregoryShelton, DorothyShepard, Walter R. 'Bobby'Slaughter, Angie CharleneSmith, KathySommerville, Tanya ThomasSonday, TinaStockford, VictoriaTurner, JerryUpchurch, Sherry TraughberVick, Cathy ParkerWaldon, James E. Jr.Wallace, VernonWatts, PatriciaWerner, KimWest, Michael WayneWhite, James E.Whiteside, DeborahWooten, BlantonWooten, BrendaWooten, SusanWrather, Michael Edwin