STONE TABLET Saved by His grace, joined by His blood, bound by His love and sent by His Word to spread the Good News. NEWSLETTER OF THE STONE ASSAASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN BAPTISTS VOLUME XXXIV Issue 10 DIRECTOR OF MISSIONS: DR. JOE WILES OCTOBER 2016 Check out our website: www.stoneassociation.org STONE ASSOCIATION “Churches/Missions Working Together” ne As Aletheia Fellowship 2008 Bangham Heights 1966 Baxter First 1957 Bear Creek 1944 Brotherton 1926 Cane Creek 1868 Caney Fork 1813 Cedar Hill 1934 Church on the Hill 1956 Colonial View 1992 Cookeville First 1873 Covenant 2011 Crossroads 2008 Cummins Mill 1987 Dodson Branch 1953 Double Springs 1984 Eastwood 1961 Gainesboro First 1905 Hampton’s Crossroads 1897 Hope In Christ Fellowship 2014 Sunday, October 23 3:00 PM—6:00 PM Stevens Street Baptist Church (mission of The River) Iglesia Misonera Salem Jesus El Buen Pastor Johnson Kainos 2008 2000 1835 2015 (mission, Church on the Hill) Midway Mill Creek Monterey First Nash Grove New Heaven 1976 1923 1904 1912 2013 3:00-5:25 PM Business Session 5:25 PM Annual Sermon: Dr. Scott Parkison * Please Note! We will not be having a meal. Please make plans accordingly. (mission, FBC, Cookeville) New Home Poplar Grove Poplar Springs Rocky Point Sand Springs Scott Avenue Silver Point Sonlight Stevens Street The River The River Sparta 1898 1888 1890 1906 1875 1975 1975 2003 1947 2002 2015 (mission of The River) Trinity University Heights VineBranch Washington Avenue WestHaven West View Wilhite Woodcliff 1952 1994 2010 1959 2002 1940 1928 1918 HARVEST REPORT Baptisms Professions of Faith September 2016 7 3 NO October EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETNG Stevens Street Bldg. H - - 6:30 PM STONE TABLET PAGE 2 VOLUME XXXIV ISSUE 10 FINANCES Church September Aletheia $ Bangham Heights $ Baxter, First $ 60.00 $ 540.00 Bear Creek $ 50.00 $ 450.00 Brotherton $ 600.00 $ 600.00 Cane Creek Caney Fork $ 81.65 $ 648.75 $ 1,823.30 $ 8,703.68 Cedar Hill $ 100.00 $ 900.00 Church on the Hill $ 50.00 $ 550.00 Colonial View Cookeville, First $ 626.00 $ 3,617.00 $ 1,054.38 $ 11,455.16 Covenant $ - $ 200.00 Crossroads Community Cummins Mill $ $ - $ - $ 406.07 - Dodson's Branch $ 100.00 $ 900.00 Double Springs $ 45.15 $ 851.28 Eastwood $ 150.00 $ 615.00 Gainesboro, First Hamptons Crossroads $ $ 138.50 $ 1,235.79 - $ 1,200.00 Hope in Christ Fellowsp. $ Iglesia Misonera Salem $ 126.32 $ 1,222.47 - $ - Jesus El Buen Pastor Johnson $ $ 217.65 $ 2,149.71 - $ - Midway $ 40.00 $ 180.00 Mill Creek $ - $ 793.00 Monterey, First Nash Grove $ $ - $ 800.00 - $ 2,649.14 New Heaven $ New Home $ 265.00 $ 2,338.00 Poplar Grove $ 500.00 $ 1,500.00 Poplar Springs Rocky Point $ $ 104.54 $ 1,161.21 - $ 2,863.56 Sand Springs Scott Avenue $ $ Silver Point Sonlight $ $ 125.00 $ 1,125.00 - $ - Stevens Street $ 166.67 $ 1,500.03 The River $ 200.00 $ 1,800.00 Trinity $ 100.00 $ University Heights $ 145.72 $ 2,397.93 VineBranch Washington Avenue $ $ 520.00 $ 4,478.00 - $ 2,120.00 West Haven $ 100.00 $ 500.00 West View $ - $ 400.00 Wilhite $ 66.00 $ 594.00 Woodcliff $ 100.00 $ 800.00 - $ 105.00 325.00 $ 2,925.00 50.00 $ 50.00 $ - $ TN Baptist Convention $ 782.00 Other Budget receipts $ 2,786.13 Total $ 11,649.01 Church Giving Only $ 8,080.88 Checkbook Balance 8/31/16 Expendable all Sources Expenditures September Checkbook Balance 9/30/16 Total $ $ $ $ $ $ $ Thoughts FROM YOUR DIRECTOR of MISSIONS It’s that time again! The Annual Meeting of Stone Association of Southern Baptists will be meeting for the 151st time. We will be meeting at Stevens Street Baptist Church beginning at 3:00 PM and ending at 6:00 PM We will begin at 3:00 PM with the business portion of the meeting. This will be followed by reports of local and state ministries. At 5:00 PM, Dr. Scott Parkison will bring the Annual Sermon. This year we will not have the fellowship meal. Plan to do this on your own with some friends or family or both. This time of year gets very crowded with activities. Thanksgiving and Christmas are just ahead. It is a good time and hopefully an enjoyable time. Try and keep the main things in the right order. Thanksgiving for what the Lord has done this past year is appropriate. The greatest gift of Jesus crowns the season followed closely with happy family time. I know it’s just October, but the way time flies, it will be here almost tomorrow. See you on the 23rd at Stevens Street. Joe Wiles DoM 450.00 MORNING 50.00 - 900.00 7,038.00 6,009.13 82,121.91 69,074.78 2,055.51 12,069.96 8,211.55 $ 5,913.92 Somewhere there is morning. Surely the sun must rise To cause a squenching, squinting Of all the earth’s glad eyes. Darkness beacons daily. Daylight fades so fast. Darkness claims its victory When day’s last gleam is past. Yet, somewhere there is morning. Surely the sun must rise To greet us all with laughter And put stars back in our eyes. Joe Wiles Baptist History #16 Middle Colonies Baptists In January 1688, Elias Keach formed the Pennepek church with twelve members; this was the first surviving Baptist church in the Middle Colonies. It is still active in Lower Dublin, a suburb of Philadelphia. Keach was a son of the London Baptist pastor, Benjamin Keach. Young Keach arrived in America in 1687, not yet a professing Christian. He was described as an exceedingly wild spark and a “stranger to divine grace.” For whatever motive, he dressed like a clergyman, wearing a “band,” and was invited to preach at a Baptist gathering near Philadelphia. He had heard his father often enough that giving a sermon was no great problem. However, in the middle of his sermon Keach was seized by the enormity of his sin. He stopped speaking and began to tremble. Keach’s hearers thought some illness had come upon him. He confessed his deception and begged their forgiveness. He was also soundly converted –under his own preaching! He later received baptism from Elder Dungan (whom we talked about last month) at Cold Spring. The conversion of Keach was a great blessing to Baptist work in the Middle Colonies. He brought youth, vigor, dynamism and organizational skill to the work. He represented the most progressive elements in English Baptist life. He was not involved in the divisive controversies of the time which eroded Baptist strength and hampered growth. Above all, he brought vigorous evangelistic outreach, preaching throughout the area and establishing several new churches. Keach served as pastor of Pennepek but did not confine his preaching to that vicinity. Soon he had baptized converts in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. These converts regarded themselves as members of the Pennepek church but because of the distance worshipped separately. However, each quarter the entire fellowship would assemble at one of these outposts for preaching, fellowship, and receiving the Lord’s Supper. These were called Quarterly Meetings, but because they came to each outpost only about once a year the people began to call them the Annual Meeting. These informal meetings became the nucleus of the Philadelphia Baptist Association. Over the years these preaching points became churches as follows: Picataway (1689), Middleton (N.J., 1688), Cohansy (N.J. 1687). Baptists met for worship in Philadelphia as early as 1687 but the church was not organized until 1698. The first surviving association formed in the Middle Colonies in 1707, a confession of faith was adopted in 1742 and they established a Baptist college in 1764. STONE TABLET PAGE 3 Attention Church Clerks! See TBC website www.tnbaptist.org for registration ACP forms are due. If you would like help in filling your church forms out please contact the Association office at 526-4655, we would be happy to help. We would like to see every church represented in the annual report so “we can brag on God”. Important 2017 dates! COMING UP!! Bivocational Minister’s & Wives Retreat January 26-28, 2017 Pigeon Forge, TN Music Road Hotel and Convention Center $225/couple includes hotel, meals, & breaks (exempt meals enroute & lunch on Friday). Online registration begins August 8, 2016 www.tnbivo.org. For more information call 800-558-2090 ext. 2025 (Carrie Smith or John Parrott) Association Bible Drill Sunday, April 2, 3:00 PM Hampton’s Crossroada Regional Bible Drill Saturday, April 29 Washington Avenue New materials for 2017 Bible Drills are available at Lifeway. Get Started! Contact Pam Boswell @ 260-5902 Complete information on “How To” available on TBC website under “children”. VOLUME XXXIV ISSUE 10 Available Pulpit Supply From time to time churches need someone to supply or an Interim Pastor and do not know who to call. The following men have indicated their willingness to supply (some as Interim Pastor) and would appr eciate an opportunity to serve.* Jeff Amonett Charles Anderson Danny Ashburn Bill Barenkamp Steven Barlow Tony Bartlett Gary Bowman Troy Brachey Jason Cohoon Ken Coots Donald Davidson John Davis Keith Emrich Frank C. Favia, Sr. Benny Fields Wayne Gantt Charles Gibbs Burt Handschin Robert Haynes Jim Highland Philip Hutchings Bob Jett Steven Jones William Lester Robert Little Christian Lomax Justin Martin Mark Miller Joe Morgan Chuck Overton Brian Parker Greg Perlongo Richard Petty Mark Phillips Carl Scarlett Gene Schmid Timothy Selmas Ralph Strahin Nathan Thomason James Trivette Bryan Vaughn Keith Weatherly Derik Zooashkiyani 931-864-3553, 397-5007 858-6560 854-9786 865-335-9650 931-704-3408 528-0243 349-7474 510-0676 615-933-5591 931-210-7319 615-483-5902 260-2351 931-823-7733 931-303-1296 615-897-2698 372-7606 537-2843 526-6477, 544-1334 931-212-4167 615-202-7578 803-295-6819 local 349-1269 931-881-7594 931-316-5343 858-2345 931-252-6523 209-6039 615-476-5564 528-7657 931-644-3228 946-3177 931-644-9867 615-683-9031 615-517-0988 615-478-7575 526-1932 931-704-2293 858-3696; 349-6573 cell 615-426-2693 931-319-1251 931-644-8877 423-525-3308 349-9783 “I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing and his kingdom; Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.” 2 Timothy 4:1-2 *The local church will be responsible for verification of individual credentials and/or qualifications. If you would prefer to receive your Stone Tablet by email, please send us your email address at [email protected] STONE TABLET BANGHAM HEIGHTS The choir and children are busy preparing for the upcoming Christmas program. The Food & Faith Pantry served 46 families, prepared 61boxes of food and had 9 committee members and 3 volunteers that served in September. The pantry is open the first and third Thursday of each month from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. They will be taking names for Thanksgiving boxes soon. If you know of anyone that would like to receive a Thanksgiving Food Box, have them to call the pantry at 528-8885. The Prayer Card Ministry sent out 85 cards of encouragement in September. We had 7 children and 5 adults to go to the Children in Action JAM on Saturday, October 1. We collected $1,079.00 for the Golden Offering for Tennessee Missions. On Sunday, October 9, World Hunger Sunday, we collected money for the Children’s Backpack Food Ministry. The missions groups are collecting toilet paper and paper towels for the Genesis House now through Wednesday, October 19. On that day the director of the Genesis House will be our guest speaker. On Wednesday, October 12, Pastor Carless, missionary from Brazil, will be the guest speaker. We have 5 people going to Reynosa, Mexico on a mission trip in November and will be taking a Love Offering to help with their ministry in Mexico on Sunday, November 6. The ladies will be cooking pasta for Soul Food Ministry at the BCM on Thursday, October 27. Everyone is invited to come to the Harvest Festival on Monday, October 31, starting at 6:00 p.m. We will have a soup and chili supper and Trunk “R” Treat for the children. Anyone may dress up in a friendly costume. Please continue to pray for our congregation. Many of our members have lost loved ones in September. J.B. Davidson passed away on Saturday, September 24. He had been a member a Bangham Heights for many years and will be deeply missed. Please be in prayer for guidance for our church and pastoral search committee. CANEY FORK We are still meeting at Avery Trace MS but our building is coming along nicely now and we are hoping that we will be able to have our Christmas services there. We are nearly ready for the OCC packing party which our church will do in conjunction with “A Whole Lotta Lottie” in November. Our pastor is Rev. Steve Thornton. COLONIAL VIEW We will have a Deacon Ordination for Tracy Swain on Sunday, October 16. The questioning will be at 5:00 PM with ordination at 6:00 PM. All ordained deacons and pastors are invited to participate. Our pastor is Rev. Marc Burnett Page 4 COOKEVILLE FBC Upward Basketball & Cheerleading Registration is underway for Upward Basketball and Cheerleading at Cookeville First Baptist Church! Upward Basketball and Cheerleading is for boys and girls in Kindergarten8th grade and provides an evaluation system that promotes equal and competitive teams. Upward Basketball has enhanced rules for 5th8th grade that are very similar to middle school rules. The early registration cost per child is $50. After October 31 the cost is $60 with the deadline for registration on November 7. Sign up at fbccookeville.org/upward or at First Baptist Church, 18 South Walnut. For more information call Cookeville FBC at 526-7108. Our pastor is Rev. Scott McKinney CROSSROADS *We are continuing our sermon series on “A House Divided” on Sundays at 10:00 AM. *We are helping with Habitat’s Cooking on the Square fundraiser on Friday, October 28. Our booth will be part of the new “Sweet Street” dessert area. *Our annual missions celebration/offering will take place during worship on Sunday, December 4. Our pastor is Rev. Rick Burnett DODSON BRANCH We recognize the birth of Wade and Amber Draper's cute baby boy, John Westin Roy Draper. During the month of September our Pastor began a series of sermons from the 'Book of Ruth’. He has shown that circumstances can bring time of decisions to occur. The family, as told at the first of the Book of Ruth, moved into a different country. The father of the family died. Later the two sons died. The mother of the family next decided to return to their original country. Then one of the daughters-inlaw stayed in her own country, but the other daughter-in-law decided to stay with her mother-in-law, Naomi. Naomi told the people in Bethlehem as they arrived, "call me Mara". (bitter) We see from the messages that a choice can be made to become bitter about what happens, or prayerfully trust God. God can and will bring good through trusting HIM. Think about Ruth and Boaz being in the ancestry of the Lord Jesus Christ! We again thank Bro. Roy Allen and his wife Jeanette being with us one Sunday morning during the month of September. Jeanette again sang a blessed message in song. Bro Roy Allen's Bible message was from Amos 4. 'Does your life agree with God?' God was against the people's behaviors of oppressing the poor and crushing the needy. Troubles have come upon the people ... shortage of food and crops, lack of rain in places and abundance of rain in places. Yet people were not repenting. Everyone return unto the Lord God and His righteous ways; and The God of hosts is His name. VOLUME XXXIV ISSUE 10 October 23rd is our Fall Homecoming 2016 during our 11:00 AM service. Mrs. Janise Schopieray and Mrs. Kathy Webb are leaders in getting the invitation to everyone to attend this 'special day at Dodson Branch Southern Baptist Church'. There is a meal following this morning service, also. We are still supporting Dr. Franklin Graham with his Decision America Prayer Rally Tour 2016. He and his team are finishing visiting all 50 states October 13th in Raleigh, North Carolina. Their Decision Magazine during September and October are presenting the theme ' The Race for America's Future'. If we obey God and His laws then this leads to life and liberty. "If a ruler listens to falsehood, all his officials will be wicked." Proverbs 29:12. Praise the Lord for the Tour 2016 Prayer Rallies to turn people toward God! Our Pastor is Rev. Jim E. Phillips. DOUBLE SPRINGS FALL GOSPEL FEST October 15 6:00 PM Congregational Singing and Specials Come and Enjoy Gospel Singing!!! Fellowship to Follow Double Springs Baptist Church 5166 Nashville Highway, Baxter We have had one join by transfer of letter. Our pastor is Rev. Jerry Blair EASTWOOD This Month's Food for Thought: Be the reason that someone believes in the goodness of people. As we are currently between pastors, we'll take this month's submission as a method of, hopefully, brightening everyone's day with a few of our favorite quips. Show and Tell: A kindergarten teacher gave her class a "show and tell" assignment. Each student was instructed to bring an object that represented their religion and share it with the rest of the class. The first student got up in front of the class and said, “My name is Benjamin. I am Jewish and this is a Star of David.” The next child stood and said, “My name is Mary. I'm a Catholic and this is a Rosary.” Finally, the third student walked to the front of the class and said, “My name is Tommy. I am a Baptist and this is a green bean casserole.” Retirement: For more than 40 years, my grandfather worked long hours at his job, so I was more than curious about the way he filled his days after retirement. When asked, he simply smiled, “Well, I get up in the mornings with nothing to do and by the time I go to bed at night I usually have most of it done!” STONE TABLET The Wedding: A precious little boy was in a relative's wedding. As he was coming down the aisle he would take two steps, stop, and turn to the crowd. While facing the crowd, he would put his little hands up like claws and roar. And so it went: step, step, ROAR…step, step, ROAR - all the way down the aisle. As you can imagine, the congregation was in near tears from laughing by the time the child reached the front of the church. Later, when asked what he was doing, the child proudly announced, "I was being the Ring Bear!” Welcome to the U.S. Post Office: There was a very gracious lady who was mailing an old family Bible to her brother in another part of the country. "Is there anything breakable in here?" asked the postal clerk. "Only the Ten Commandments." answered the lady. GAINESBORO FBC Christ’s Blessings Abound for All! Gary Winningham of Pigeon Forge, formerly of Algood, sang in our church during the month of September. It was a night of praising God in song. We were blessed. Our Pastor Kelly had a heart attack on September 20th. By the grace of God and fast acting paramedics, doctors, and nurses, Kelly received a stent and no permanent damage to his heart. Praise God! A prayer chain was started in a few minutes after the attack. God was with Bro. Kelly during the attack; God was with his family through the storm. As bad as the situation love, hope, joy, and peace were abounding! God’s peace will see you through the storms and struggles of life! Look to Jesus in all ways. What do people do that do not walk with Jesus? What do people do, when they don’t know Jesus? Dr. Joe Wiles preached for Bro. Kelly on September 25th. He challenged our congregation to invite at least 5 families to church between September 25, 2016 and December 31, 2016. At least two people from our congregation took the challenge the very next week. Out of 7 or 8 families invited, 6 families came on October 2. A total of 14 people came to church just because we ask! We have not, because we ask not! Matthew 7:7 says, “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.” The Word of God is given to us to live by...second by second… Believe me...every second counts! This past month our church family has witnessed first hand the Power of God, the Power of Miracles, the Power of Prayer, God’s unconditional love, the Hope of God, and Joy in His Presence. God is in the blessing business! Praise Him. We will have an old-fashioned singing on October 30th from 11:00 AM-1:00 PM. You are welcome! Our pastor is Rev. Kelly Stockton Mission Trips to India Page 5 SILVER POINT We had a fall revival Oct. 2-5 kicked off by our community fish fry on Oct 1. We averaged 70 each night and there were three salvations on Tuesday night. Praise the Lord! We have expanded our parking lot, paved it and striped it for parking. God is blessing! Our pastor is Rev. Tony Crow. TRINITY Heaven is indeed rejoicing! On September 11th, five candidates were baptized, two children and three adults. We are rejoicing and praising our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. During the month of October four events are scheduled: Thursday, October 6th, 6:30 p.m., Pastor Dirkson br ought the message dur ing revival at Mt. Pilgrim M. B. Church, Elmwood. Saturday, October 8th, 4 p.m., Tr inity par ticipated in Men’s Night Out at William’s Chapel Church, Riddleton. Sunday, October 9th, 2:30 p.m., our Women’s Missionary Society hosted our annual Women’s Day program. This year ’s theme was The Power of Prayer (John 15:5). Elder Birdie L. Jones of Lebanon br ought the message. Praise selections included solos and dance performances. Monday, October 31st, 6:30 p.m., Tr inity’s WMS will host our Halloween alternative, ‘Hallolujah’, an enjoyment-filled evening for the whole family. In addition to treats, refreshments will be available. Everyone is welcome to join us in all of our worship and praise services and special programs. Rev. Earl Dirkson is our senior pastor. UNIVERSITY HEIGHTS We are looking forward to helping Habitat for Humanity with “Cooking on the Square” by providing free lemonade that day. We have done this for several years and really enjoy the opportunity to help provide affordable housing for deserving folks. We are planning on attending the Annual Meeting as well as “Whole Lotta of Lottie” in November as a kickoff for the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering. WESTHAVEN On October 9th, Pastor Carlos from Brazil was with us in our morning services. He discussed with us, and other pastors during his trip, opportunities to partner with various ministries in Brazil. We are planning a community event for October 31st. We are looking forward to the associational annual meeting on October 23rd as well as the Tennessee Baptist convention meeting in November. Our pastor is Rev. Bryan Hickey February 8-18, 2017 VOLUME XXXIV ISSUE 10 MISSIONS MOMENT… Whole Lotta Lottie Saturday, November 12 12:00-2:00 Washington Ave Family Life Center You’re invited to a special missions celebration for all ages and all churches. On Saturday, November 12, we will be “Finding Dory...in Missions” at Washington Avenue Baptist, 12:002:00 PM. We will have missions information booths from our SASB churches that are already involved in international partnerships. You can discover ways to pray for, support, and even visit these projects all around the world. And yes, you can find Dory at each one of these booths too...with a special door prize for any children (or maybe deacons) who find Dory in all these missions displays. In addition to the missions fair, you and your family will also have the opportunity to help pack shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child that afternoon. We’re doing hands-on missions to bless the lives of children across the globe, right here in our town. For more information, contact the associational office at 526-4655. If you want to sponsor a booth at the missions fair, contact me at 2523096. And remember we can do more for the Kingdom! Rick Burnett Missions Development Disciple NOW Weekend November 4-5 Youth weekend retreat. The River For more information contact: Darrin Crockett at [email protected] Contact Steve Farris at [email protected] for more details. STONE TABLET PAGE 6 Non-Profit Organization US Postage PAID Cookeville, TN Permit No. 79 NEWSLETTER OF THE STONE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN BAPTISTS Mailing Address: PO BOX 455, COOKEVILLE, TN 38503 Physical Address: 25 W. Broad Street, Suite 3, Cookeville, TN 38501 TELEPHONE: (931) 526-4655, FAX: 525-6074 E-MAIL: [email protected] www.stoneassociation.org Return Service Requested OCTOBER / NOVEMBER 2016 Sun 16 Mon Tue 17 8:00 AM Call to 18 Prayer/West View Happy Birthday! Roger Payne Josh Sherman Wed 19 Happy Birthday! Steve Looper Thu 20 Fri 21 Sat 22 Ch Av Tim Adams at Aletheia (2007) 23 3:00 –6:00 PM Association Annual Meeting at Stevens Street (5 PM Annual Sermon) No meal 24 25 26 Happy Birthday! Tim Adams 27 28 Cooking on the Square 29 Happy Birthday! Scott McKinney 30 Homecoming: Gainesboro FBC Happy Birthday! Rick Burnett 31 November 1 2 3 4 5 6 Daylight Savings Time Ends 7 8:00 AM Call to prayer at West View 8 13 Homecoming: Brotherton 14 8:00 AM Call to Prayer at West View 15 Disciple NOW Weekend at The River—Grades 6-12 9 10 11 VETERANS DAY 12 12:00-2:00 PM “Whole Lotta Lottie” at Washington Ave. 16 Happy Birthday! Ben Maddox 17 18 19 Ch Av for Keith Tosh at VineBranch (2010) VOTE! ELECTION DAY Summit of the Tennessee Baptist Convention— Sevierville Convention Center
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