B APTIST H ERALD S EPT /O CT /N OV 2012
The Great Escape Youth Leaders Cruise January 19 – 24, 2013 5 Day Western Caribbean from Galveston, Texas
Cruise
Ports of call in Cozumel & Progreso, Yucatan, Mexico
Join us for a unique opportunity for Youth Leaders to fellowship, refresh, and learn new ministry skills. The cruise is open to anyone working with youth. Spouses are encouraged to attend. Cabins range from $329 for Impress Interior room - $349 for Impress Exterior room which includes window and/or balcony options. These prices are not guaranteed and are subject to increase as sail date nears. However, you will receive the lower price if rates go down. This is a holiday date and the ship is expected to sellout and is recommended you reserve promptly. Reserve your cabin now to secure the best price by calling Gil Wilson at 800-819-3902 ext. 82690 or GWilsonjr@carnival.com and identify The Great Escape Cruise Group #21GJD8 with your $100-$200 per person deposit. Be sure to request the early (6:00pm) dining. Final payment will be due by November 20, 2012. Although there will be scheduled sessions, you will have plenty of free time for onboard activities and ports of call. Visit http://www.discipleguide.org/thegreatescape for more details & to register...
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F ROM THE E DITOR I’m continuing the series of lessons that God the Father has taught this father…
Lessons from the Father “There are times that our Father needs our attention.” Often while watching a kids show on PBS, our boys will be engrossed in the program. This often creates hardships whenever I need Clay or Cam’s attention. You can mention their name & speak to them loudly, but oftentimes they will not even acknowledge that you have even spoken. To break the mental & attention hold the TV has on the boys, I have at times used a variety of methods including everything from clapping loudly, standing between them & the TV, or even turning the TV off. Once any one of these approaches is successful it’s as if the boys have entered back into reality & I have their undivided attention. There are also times in our lives in which God needs our undivided attention. He may be telling us that we should avoid something that will injure us or of some special surprise He has planned. He may have to allow things to come into our lives to get our attention or simply step in between us & the distraction.
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Bro. Jamie Jones reported 10 baptisms on July 22nd. Praise the Lord. There was also 10 who expressed their decision to be Disciples of Christ and God continues to change lives in the Smithville, Missouri area. They have increased their LifeGroups and are enjoying great fellowship. God is opening many doors of opportunity to minister. We thank the Lord for the great work in Smithville. Rebekah Jones will have a birthday on September 1st and she
M ISSIONS D IRECTOR R EPORT and Jamie will celebrate their ary in the state of Washinganniversary on the 11th of ton, Continues to serve in the September. state of Washington. His Bro. Larry Barker sent an up- birthday is coming up this Audate report on the missions in gust 21st. Romania. He shared that Bro. If you get this before the state Rick Russell and several oth- meeting I hope to see many ers from the Oasis Church in of you there. North Little Rock who trav- May God bless you all is my eled to Romania to work prayer. with the Gypsies there. There Fred A. Vogel were two VSM teams who traveled to Romania this summer as well. Bro. Larry conveyed his appreciation for the support given from our association to the work there in Romania. Bro. Brad Faulk, our mission-
LADIES SEMINAR Date - Saturday, April 13, 2013 Place - Cornerstone Baptist Church Speakers: Mrs. Jenae Polok Meadowside Baptist Church Pittsburg, Kansas
Mrs. Margaret Lindsey
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Missionary to Ghana, West Africa
Jeremiah 29:11 “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future” (NIV)
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HARMONY HEIGHTS BAPTIST CHURCH 1701 East Salem Drive Independence, MO 64056 Bro. Ron Keogh, Pastor
Hello from Harmony, With July's continuous heat scorching us all here at Harmony we are still in full swing of updating our kitchen. It is looking GREAT so far! John and Leslie Tuckness have done an outstanding job of getting the wallpaper torn down, walls textured and even painting the basement ceiling to prep for the renovations to come. This heat has also taken a toll on the central air unit at our MEADOWSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH 1406 South Rouse Pittsburg, KS 66762 Bro. Aaron Polok, Pastor
Greetings once again from Meadowside. As the kids prepare to head back to school, a fast and busy summer is preparing to come to an end. It's been a good summer for Meadowside and all praise to our Lord and Savior for directing our paths. VBS was held the week of June 25 with a trip back to "Lava Lava Island" which we presented in 2004. It was answer to a director's prayer to see kids who attended in 2004 now willing to serve and help at VBS. Four young girls accepted Jesus Christ as their savior. It was a good week and Mahalo to everyone who helped. Bro. Aaron and Sis. Jenae took the youth to SOAR (Sold Out And Radical) in Grapevine, Texas, the first week in July. They came back excited and are already making plans for next year.
parsonage. The unit had to be replaced fun, exciting youth filled evening was recently and things are a lot cooler over jam packed of games, snacks and many there now! surprises. We only had THREE kids The heat did not keep the ladies in this get any sleep at all. The rest of the chilsummer. We had a great turn out of dren and adults were troopers and women at the Independence Square. stayed strong and made it to the 6am We met up at The Courhouse Ex- pick up. Let just say, it took awhile to change for some lunch before hitting recover from that night. some shops along the square. We had a As reported last month, we are facing a great time! lot of sicknesses. We still have loved We recently got everyone together one ones fighting illnesses, cancers and facevening to watch the recording of the ing surgeries in the months ahead. We Brason show, Joseph. Everyone en- ask for continued prayers, please, for joyed it. To end the summer fun, the these loved ones and their families. Children's Church Ministry had a lock Thank you! in a few weeks ago. There were over 20 in attendance for the evening. This
Cathy Proctor Reporter
It was good to have Ryan Wydick from Mt. Olive bring the evening message on July 15. The next morning our campers and sponsors loaded up and headed to Beth-Eden. They always look forward to camp and we look forward to their going and returning "fired up" to take on the Lord's work. By reports, there were 108 campers with more than 30 accepting Jesus Christ as their savior and others rededicating their lives to the Lord and still others wanting to go into mission work. Thanks to everyone who had a part in making this year's camp a success.
trees, and numerous other island decorations and headed to Smithville. When we arrived, Bro. Jamie had rooms waiting for us so we all checked in, unloaded, and rested a bit before meeting him. Then it was time to go. Everyone pitched in and got the decorations up and everything was ready on time. What a wonderful experience for us to be able to share God's Word again through our VBS. We met some wonderful children and adults and the time went by so fast. Saturday morning before we left was a fun and relaxing time for us. Bro. Jamie arranged for us to go to Smithville Lake to do some swimming, boating, just good old fellowshipping with one another. It was a great time and we praise the Lord for the opportunity He gave to us.
Maggie Evans, Cara Hardister, and Liz Watson accompanied Bro. Aaron, Ryan Wydick and Aaron Boore from Mt. Olive on a mission trip to Smithville, Mo. to work with Bro. Jamie Jones in presenting a VBS program. Letha Ev- Wednesday evening, August 8, we held ans, Sharon Evans, Cody Evans, and Zac our annual business meeting to elect Evans went along to help. What a blessing it was to be able to take "Lava Lava Island" on the road. Evans Construction loaned us the use of their cargo trailer so (Continued on page 7) we loaded up a volcano, 4 tall palm
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August at Cornerstone. I am in a lot of prayer right now as to how to begin to 17245 East Kentucky Rd. carry out disciple-making and I know Independence, MO 64058 the materials and training available Bro. Alan Ettinger, Pastor will be of great help to anyone who Hope everyone is seeing answered commits to it. prayers this summer. In the past few Connie Prawl had to go ahead and weeks since camp, we have held Vaca- have gallbladder surgery. It was same tion Bible School, seen a soul saved -day surgery and she was up and through Joe Smith's ministry, baptized around again very soon. She continthe new believer, participated in Dis- ues to make progress and is happy that cipleWay training, fellowshipped and the Lord answered prayer and this celebrated with a church in our local sickness is behind her. Linda Richards neighborhood as prayer partners, and her mother are both getting to and seen some of our members go on feeling better after the car wreck; and some much needed vacation and re- Linda's mom visited us at a service turn. Hope you all get a chance to again last month. She is always an entake a vacation now and then too be- courager to the work. cause life is short, and/or Jesus is coming soon! And that will be the About the time of the VBS, Jesse Hart ultimate vacation and the ultimate asked Christ into his heart. He gave work assignment both because Heaven testimony in a service to the fact and we baptized him at Faith in midis not going to be boring. August. He is a wonderful addition to Our VBS ran three evenings of the the church and is finding his ministry week after church camp. We had the strengths already through working on full and enthusiastic support of Connie buildings and so forth. The Prawls Prawl and Linda Richards who were have been very gracious about picking both bouncing back from 1) sickness up some people for church who and 2) a traumatic auto accident. I don't drive and we appreciate that taught a class too. We had a lot of too. dedicated helpers and were able to have crafts, music, food, Bible teach- Our church has a neighboring congreing, opening assembly and a lot of gation called House of Prayer. They other things that normally a big helped in the efforts against the limechurch would have. We had two stone blasting and they attended en young men make profession of saving masse at our last Revival. They have a faith in Jesus. We supported our mis- sweet spirit and they are dedision, North Lake Church and the girls cated Christians. Their church just raised the most money so they got to celebrated a release from a time of throw the pie in my face! The things testing that is unparalleled except in that helped our church most was that the news stories and they asked us to they all got involved in the VBS so it come to a picnic on a Sun. evening to helped us to gain vision and experi- celebrate with them, and we had a ence working together. Please pray good time again seeing and fellowshipwe can get some of the church pros- ping with them. They have come through strong and are worthy of your pects back into regular attendees. prayers and optimism. Eldon Prawl and myself went to the DiscipleWay training event in early FAITH BAPTIST CHURCH
Sherry and I just returned from spending M-F of a week of Harley layoff in Viola AR with her parents. Pray for her Dad as his Parkinson's is strongly affecting quality of life. I have a bit more time off in early October and there may be more in Nov.-Dec. I may have an open time slot to do a teaching-revival at someone's church if you're interested so feel free to inquire about H-D's work schedule. Charlotte Connell and Linda Richards also enjoyed some vacation time at Labor Day. Hope to see all God's people soon. Alan Ettinger Reporter
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NORTH LAKE CHURCH (SMITHVILLE, MO MISSION) Bro. Jamie Jones, Missionary
Dear Friends, Thank you for your continued prayers and support of the work in Smithville, MO. We have had a tremendous beginning to 2012. We have seen 10 express their decision to be disciples of Christ, and have watched God change lives. We also baptized 10 believers on July 22nd, and enjoyed a great day of fellowship and celebration. We have two others that plan to be baptized in the future, and we pray that God continues to add to this list. God continues to open doors for relationship building as we seek to follow the lead of the Holy Spirit. Our LifeGroups have increased, fellowship remains great, and North Lake is being presented opportunities for ministry. Thank you for being a part of what God is doing. Last week we held our 2nd annual campfire fellowship" on September 25th - 27th. Campfire fellowship consists of food, friends, fire, & lots of laughs. The food was great, the fellowship among friends was quite enjoyable, and the laughs were plentiful.
The best part however, was the engaging discussions. We chose to focus on faith and studied John 4:43-54, in which Jesus heals the nobleman's son from a distance. The first night started with a question: "Where are you in your faith?" That may seem like a simple question, but it led to a great discussion and some honesty among friends. We learned that on a scale of 1 -10, many were as low as 2, and some were as high as 9 in their faith. We also admitted/confessed that our faith often fluctuated with circumstances. It was a good evening that got better as the night was ending. Sherri, a newcomer to North Lake announced that she had made her peace with God and placed her faith in Christ on Monday morning. Prayers had been answered, as many had been praying for that very thing. Tears were shed and faith grew that night. On night two of the faith discussion we
asked: "What would it take for your faith to grow?" Many answer's were given, but one sticks out to me, " W a tch ing so meo n e co m e to Christ." No-one knew what was about to happen as a young teen named Samantha says' "I've been listening to what was said tonight, and I want faith". So, as the fire flickered, we shared the process of salvation with Samantha and watched as God changed a life right before our eyes. Our faith was strengthened by watching what God does best, change people. You see, when God changes people it affects the faith of others. The healing of the nobleman's son in John 4 affected a lot of people. The nobleman went to Jesus in faith, his son was healed, his family became believers, and no doubt many who were under the authority of this nobleman were impacted by the miracle Jesus performed. God can work through your faith to bring about amazing impacts upon others. Now this is cool... Samantha is Sherri's daughter, and Samantha's dad Mike, was baptized in July of this year. God had been, and is still, working in the faith of this family. Enjoying watching God change lives, Jamie Jones
On August 2-4, 2012, the senior pastors from Calvary, Cornerstone, Faith, Glenview, Grace, and Heritage churches plus leaders from their congregations attended DiscipleWay Training at Cornerstone in Raymore MO. The emphasis was on discipling faithful men and women in our churches and, in turn, making them to be disciple-makers themselves to aid in a sustainable cycle and multiplication of mature believers. We had some good-natured fun times, great fellowship and mostly times of learning and reflection on our own lives. We studied the DiscipleWay format for instilling a mature walk with the Lord through Bible study, prayer, worship, service, giving, witnessing and leading. Most of the class did a share-your-faith workshop with the instructors on Thursday afternoon, too. The meals and the facilities of Cornerstone were top notch, as was the accessibility and scholarship of the trainers who gave of their time to spend the weekend with us. We will all be hearing more about DiscipleWay but be patient as it is engineered to start kind of small but can grow to a great help L-R James Bryan, Becky Mullin and Bro. David Mullin look to churches and saints as it catches on. over the DiscipleWay training materials. (Editor: Special thanks to Alan Ettinger for this story)
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH P.O. Box 218 Galena, KS 66739 Bro. Jeff Swart, Pastor
ences to those around them as they head back to school.
We said good-bye to summer vacation with an ice-cream social and swim party. Lots of delicious homemade ice Greetings to our Sister Churches! Sum- creams were enjoyed by all, and then mer has come and gone, but the good we went to the local pool for one last memories are still fresh in our minds. dip in the water. “Sky” VBS was a huge success, as we ministered to 134 kids and saw 26 of Sadly, we said an earthly good-bye to them accept the Lord as their Savior! Louise Ryan, Bob Coble, and Ed We also added the following members Westfall this summer. They will be this summer: Eric Boyes, Makayla missed, and we offer sympathies to their Price, Taylor Price, Kayleb Shere, and loved ones, but we can Curt and Kelli Wade. Praise the Lord! all rejoice that they are now in the presWe honored the dads on Father’s Day ence of God and we have peace knowing with small gifts, and a few lucky ones that we will be reunited again one day. received certificates to local restaurants. The blessings continue to flow as AnCongratulations go to Bill and Judy thony Mosley, one of our ‘bus kids’ was Hall, longtime FBC members, who saved and baptized recently. He is only celebrated their 50th Wedding Anniver- in 6th grade, but shows a maturity besary in July. They are to be commended yond his years and a love for the Lord for living out a godly example of mar- and hunger for the Word that thrills us riage. all! And speaking of kids, Awana is in Twenty teens and eight sponsors trav- full force once again, with attendance eled to Arlington, TX for SOAR, and running near or over 100 each week. they had a great time! It definitely was a We are thankful for the kids God is time of bonding and spiritual growth for sending our way, and for the many volour youth group, and they look forward unteers who teach and listen to the to SOAR 2013! Then sixteen of our verses each week. members enjoyed a week at Camp Beth- The youth have had several fellowships, Eden, where they dug even deeper into in the form of game nights, a 5th quarGod’s word, and grew stronger in their ter fellowship, and softball and cookfaith. Our kids are so excited about out. They are growing stronger in their their walk with Christ, and are eager to faith each week, and continue to bring share Him with their friends. We will their friends. pray that they will all be Godly influ-
P AGE 7 Sis. Debbie Swart is leading the women’s Bible study “When Godly People Do un-Godly Things”, and reports great attendance in both the morning and evening sessions. It is so important that we “seduce-proof” our lives and guard against Satan’s temptations, and these lessons deal with that very thing.
Bro. Kenneth Bobo joined us for a oneday Revival, and both convicted and blessed our hearts with his messages. He and Shirley are very dear to First Baptist, and we were blessed by their visit. Our church recently voted to complete a building project, adding over 2000 square feet of classroom space upstairs, and enlarging and remodeling the kitchen and bathrooms downstairs. We will also add and enclose a hallway which will tie to future building expansions. The walls are going up and we are getting excited to see this completed! And finally we say “Happy Anniversary” to Bro. Jeff and Sis, Debbie as they mark their third year with FBC. Time has flown, but it has been a fun, fruitful, and blessed three years. We thank God for bringing them our way, and (should the Lord stay His coming) pray for many more years serving in ministry together. WE LOVE YOU, Pastor Jeff and Sis. Debbie! In His Service, Leigh Ryan, Reporter
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officers and teachers for the upcoming year. Thanks to everyone for their service in accepting and filling the positions in the church. Also, a big thank you to the men of the church who dedicated Friday evening and all day Saturday, August 11 and 12, to installing the new flat screem television sets in the sanctuary. We were so excited Sunday morning to be able to use them and we know they are going to be a big asset to Meadowside's ministry. That evening some of our adults participated in a "Camp Quiz". Following the service, a time of fellowship celebrating Bro. Aaron's birthday and his first year as pastor was enjoyed by all. We are so thankful for Bro. Aaron and Sis. Jenae and their dedication to the Lord's work. Please continue to be much in prayer for them as they serve in and through Meadowside. Until next time . . . . Sharon Evans, reporter
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