Issue 243

THE BEACON

FANTASTIC EVENTS 1

WOMEN’S MINISTRY

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MEDIA LIBRARY 3

HAPPENING NOW

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WELCOME NEW MENMBERS

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CHILDREN & YOUTH

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MINISTRY SPOTLIGHT

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PLATFORM PROGRESS

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JUST the FACTS CALENDAR

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BIRTHDAYS ANNIVERSARIES

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IN THIS ISSUE

BALBOA BAPTIST CHURCH

AUGUST

2015

$10 Tickets for the Friday Night

(Sept. 18 @ 7 pm at BBC) Men & Women “LAUGHTER” Event

with Liz Curtis Higgs are on sale at the Welcome Centers

on Sundays and in the church office daily from 9-3.

Registration brochures for the ARKANSAS WOMEN’S RETREAT day-time event on Saturday, Sept. 19th from 9 am-3 pm are available at Welcome Centers and on the Fellowship Hall-way Table or by calling co-chairs Anna Riley at 922-0499 or Darlene Phillips at 922-2844. Online information and registration forms are available at www.arwomensretreat.com Liz Curtis Higgs is an internationally known speaker, Bible Study teacher, and author of over 31 books. She has spoken in every state and 14 foreign countries. She is a gifted and spiritually sound speaker who presents Biblical principles and stories in a wonderfully enter-taining (i.e. hilarious!) way. The day retreat is $30 and includes a gourmet box lunch, uplifting praise and worship mu-sic, a fashion show by Lagniappe of Hot Springs, valuable door prizes, and a presentation by Dr. Polly Brown, retired HSV psychologist and author, on healthy and hopeful living. In ADDITION, Dr. Essie Belle (aka Darlene Phillips) will also contribute her uniquely insightful thoughts and strategies regarding real life issues women face in today’s world. These two will present “Dueling Doctors” segments throughout the day.

We promise this day will LIFT your spirits and you will leave with a new JOY for Christ and Life.

TWO FANTASTIC EVENTS

September 18 and 19

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Girls, Games, & Goodies

Our “BACK-To-SCHOOL MISSION FOCUS” for

June-Aug. is collecting money to help a family with two

school age children who need school supplies and new

clothes/shoes for the upcoming school year. Dona-

tions given in August will be used to purchase

food for this family.

August GGG will be on Thursday, August 13 when we will enjoy a HOT DOG Picnic. BWM will provide hot dogs, buns, and all the ‘fixins’ and attendees will

furnish chips, morning snacks, and desserts. We ask each lady to bring non-perishable canned goods for our Harvey’s Chapel Food Bank in Mt. Pine. If you

would like to attend in August and you haven’t already signed up, please give Kathy Foust a call at 922-3208.

BBC Ladies – YOU are invited!—Please join the BWM team at our

First Thursday Prayer Time on AUGUST 6th from 10-10:30 am

in our sanctuary. We hope to see you for this sweet time of praying

together for the needs of our church and beyond. Following our pray-

er time, the BWM Team meets at 10:30 for their monthly

meeting.

Balboa Folks - If YOU would like to join the Women's Ministry Back To School Mission Project, please give your donations (cash or checks payable to BBC) to Debbie in the office or place in blue BACK-

PACK in Fellowship Hallway.

Funds collected will help buy school supplies and new clothes/shoes for a very need family with two children.

Thank you so much for your generosity. Contacts are Betty Hagood (915-9706) and Jeannine Clark (922-4373).

This article is written in remembrance of our sister-in-Christ, our patron, and our friend, Becky Braden.

Becky was a former member of the Media Library Committee and volunteered many long hours assisting with typing accession information and cards on hundreds of books and other media. When a used computer was donated for Media Library use, she started again, along with a few others, retyping that same infor-mation into the new data base. In 2004, when I came on-board as a volunteer, the accession of about two thousand media had been completed using the Concourse software – a former version of the program that we still use today. I accepted the position as Librarian in 2006. Becky frequently came by during times that I spent in the Media Library. She came by as a patron to return and check out materials, and she always made time to visit for a few minutes, checking to see how everything was going and to offer words of encourage-ment for this ministry. When Becky came across advertisements or articles concerning media she thought would further our ministry, she would bring it to our attention along with the ad or the article for us to read. Becky not only encouraged us, but also encouraged others to come by and take advantage of all that the Me-dia Library had to offer. Due to the work, encouragement, and love for this ministry by Becky Braden and others like her, Balboa Baptist Church has a Library Media Center to be proud of. We love and appreciate Becky Braden for the wonderful person she was on this earth, her patronage, and her friendship to us individually as well as her being a Friend of the Media Library at BBC. The following are a few of the items that Becky donated to our Media Library: Dark Horse by Ralph Reed – Political thriller that is a fictional account of behind-the-scenes tour of a bitter and hard-fought presidential campaign. Vanished Into Thin Air by Hal Lindsey – The hope of every believer. He's Been Faithful by Carol Cymbala, director of the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir. Concerning this book, Ms. Cymbala says, “If there is one theme to the story of my life, it is that God is faithful regardless of the circumstances. My inadequacies and fears have been the very place where I've experienced God working so powerfully. Over and over, He has led me into situations that have challenged me and stretched my faith be-yond anything I could imagine. But that's where I felt His power the strongest.” Becky was also the catalyst for our getting started with the political thriller series by Joel C. Rosenberg. Ros-enberg seems to have a knack for predicting future events. He does this using Scripture-based prophecy and his knowledge of political affairs in today’s world. His two series include these books: The Last Jihad, The Twelfth Imam, The Last Days, The Tehran Initiative, The Ezekiel Option, Damascus Countdown, The Copper Scroll, The Auschwitz Escape, The Dead Heat, The Third Target.

WE HOPE YOU WILL COME BY AND CHECK US OUT!!! -Sherry Karr and the Media Library Committee

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HAPPENING NOW

DIRECTORY UPDATES

NEW EMAIL:

Lynn Runnels:

lynnrunnels@sbcglobal.net

Charles & Valerie Derryberry:

charval0214@att.net

NEW PHONES:

Harold Griffin: 501-204-2734

Jim & D’Ann Eager:

Add home phone 501-208-7700

NEW MEMBERS:

Roger & Maggie Driggers

Good Samaritan’s Greenwood Manor, #5

Roger’s cell: 936-371-2574

Maggie’s cell: 936-371-0192

MJdriggers@gmail.com

NEW ADDRESS:

Beatrice Wiles: Mt. Carmel, Unit 101

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New Guy in the Office: Hello everyone! My name is Tom Laginja (just call me Tom). I am your new part time secretary. That is my official title, but I just think of myself as an office guy. And I don’t mind being referred to as “the new Robin”, although it will take me a while to learn all the facets of the job. Robin was very kind in writing up a lot of her tasks. That will be a big help to me. If you are curious about my last name, it is pronounced” luh-gin-yuh” (hard “g”). Thank you to all who have stopped in to wel-come me. I appreciate it, and look forward to meeting each of you.

LOGO Shirts Always Available See a Catalogue & order i n the office or go online at www.balboabaptist.church/ #/for-members/logo-promotion

SINGLES GROUP

Save the date of Aug. 20th for lunch & a movie. Details will follow.

Sept. 17 Game Night at the church. Pot Luck meal begins at 5:30pm with games

to follow. We will VOTE on names that have been submitted for our group.

Oct. 15 Trip to Mt Magazine for lunch and picture taking

December 4, 5, 6 Trip to Dallas to see the performance at Prestonwood Baptist

Church, shopping, and to the President Bush Library. Get your reservations in for

this trip; call Karen Laib (501-922-1137) or Candace Williams (501-915-0096).

The next Brotherhood Golf event will be held at the Balboa Golf Course on August 24.

Details TBD. For more info, call Jim Lipe (922-1630) or Bill Linam (984-2758). GOLF

WELCOME OUR NEW MEMBERS

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TRISTAN RUSSO

If you attended the Sunday evening worship service on May 24th, you would have been blessed by a great sermon preached by a young man who is the subject of this bio sketch. Tristan Russo graduated from Westside Christian School, ElDorado, AR, and came to HSV very fo-cused on fulfilling his call to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. He is the son of Nick Russo and Kriss Kilcrease, and the grandson of our mem-bers Sue and Tony Russo. Tristan was saved at a FUGE Camp in Ridge-crest, N.C. when he was fourteen and also felt called to preach at age fourteen. He is enrolled at NPCC studying criminal justice, but expects to one day attend Semi-nary. Naturally, he is preparing for an adjunct career to support himself while attending Semi-nary. His one goal presently is to become a youth pastor. The Lord is obviously preparing him in that direction by affording him the opportunity to work with our youth group on Wednesday nights and with the 5th & 6th grades during VBS. He is looking forward to assist-ing the leaders when we resume the youth meetings on August 5th. In talking with a couple of the leaders of the above activities, he was described as a sharp young man who relates well with the youth and who has some good ideas. He was especially impressive when he gave his personal testimony to the VBS children. Tristan has a younger brother and sister, Lexx and Brinkley Kilcrease, who live in El Dorado. One of his most enjoyable activities is hunting: “Any kind of hunting – just like to be in the woods.” You will be seeing Tristan often in and around our church, so shake his hand and get to know him. He’s a “neat” young man!

ZANE BURNS

Zane is a personable pre-teen who has just recently made a com-mitment to serve Jesus Christ. He and his eight year old sister, Macken-zie, have been attending our AWANA program for the past couple years―he in the T&T Group and Mackenzie in Sparks. They both usual-ly come bouncing in each Wednesday night during the school year and freely participate in the activities. Zane was so impressive by the man-ner in which he completed his course work each week and his innate

ability to remember the bible verses. He now has “graduated” to the Wednesday night youth group. The content of the devotionals has impressed him most in the youth meetings. Zane was born in Little Rock, spent his early childhood in Perryville, AR, and moved to the Village in 2008. He is the son of Carri Burns and the grandson of our member, Terri Garrett. As mentioned, his sister, Mackenzie, is also a part of this happy family. Zane is an honor student at Fountain Lake and will be entering 7th grade this fall. His favorite sport is football and his favorite NFL team is the N.O. Saints! It’s a little early for him to zero in on just what he wants to be “when he grows up.” Three things have entered his mind: Football player, movie director, or artist for video games. (Rather diversified isn’t it?) We shall look forward to seeing Zane grow in stature and in spirit. Please pray that the Lord will continue to bless him and his family

AUGUST BIRTHDAYS AUGUST ANNIVESARIES

Maurice & Margaret Brownell 3

Dave Riley (w/ BBC ’14) 4

Gaines & Wanda Bonner 6

Foster & Judy Reed 7

Dennis & Debbie Clark 8

Denny Wright (w/ BBC ’14) 10

Jay & Diane Dirksen 11

Bill & Darlene Phillips 12

Sam & Barb Seale 13

Chris & Shannon Spears 16

Buster & Kathy Finuf 18

Tommy & Dena Teaster 18

Eloise Wiegand (w/ BBC ’04) 18

Harry & Nancy Wooten 18

Ken & Mary Jo Rosenbaum 19

Robert & Marian Melick 24

Cecil & Linda Carter 26

Bill & Carolyn Linam 26

Roy & Ann Henderson 27

Steve & Barbara Butler 31

Wayne & Mary Alice Jones 31

Pat Caldwell 1

Lee Hartman 3

Greg Frank 5

Vera Gibbons 5

Valerie Derryberry, Buster Finuf,

Peggy Kelley, Helen Lands 6

Glen Barr 8

Lynn Runnels 9

Antonette Griffin,

Sammye Rottluff 10

Sue Griggs, Vic O’Neal 11

Thomas Weith 12

George Cash 13

Don Hewett, PatLipe 14

David Riley 15

Johnny Arnold,

Karen Vickery 16

Millie Poe, Sandra Snyder 17

Deedra Stofer 19

Katelyn Arnold, Jim Hope 20

Linda Custer, Beverly Hill

Mildred Orr 21

Jerrell Cotton 23

Charles Derryberry,

Bill Hammond 24

Rick Connally, Jerry Kelley,

Robert Melick 30

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Balboa’sYouthActivities

OurYouth(Grades7-12)meeteveryWednes-

dayfrom5:30—7:30pm,eventhroughthe

summer—startingwithameal.

Bringafriendandjoinusforfun,food,and

greatfellowship!

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AwanaClubshavedismissedforthe

summerandwillstartbackupagainon

September9.(Theymeetduringthe

schoolyear,Sept-May.)

Did you notice those happy faces in the rooms and hallways during

Vacation Bible School? I guess you can have fun while learning!

Great job Janie and Becky, and all volunteers.

Sunday School attendance was also up during June,

which brings me to a need:

As you know, we had a teacher who moved, and were already short

one in grades 1-3 and 4-6. Please pray that the person God is calling

for these positions will recognize and respond to His calling.

We also have a need for a part time worker to fill in for Martha

Loomis in the Nursery during Sunday School, while she recovers.

There are several openings for Sunday nights and Wednesday nights.

This is one hour, once every three months.

Continue to pray for the children and workers.

-Lorri Moffett, Children’s Ministry Director

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This year, our VBS theme was Journey Off the

Map. Our teachers and students studied the

book of Daniel and learned how Daniel and his

friends, Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego,

looked to God to guide their paths even though it

wasn’t easy and sometimes dangerous. Our Bible

verse for this week said it all, “And whenever you turn to the right or to the left, your ears will

hear this command behind you. This is the way, walk in it.” Each day, we had a new aspect of

the journey. Monday was “Know Your Guide,” which covered Jesus as our Ultimate Guide;

Tuesday was “Follow Your Guide,” Wednesday was “Trust Your Guide,” Thursday was “Stay on

Track,” and Friday was “Keep Watching.” Our “specials” teachers—recreation, snacks, crafts

and music—emphasized these points when the kids headed out of the classroom and to the

specials areas.

Our salvation service was held on Wednesday, and we had one child come forward for counsel-

ling. The next day, we had an additional two children make the decision to accept Christ as their

Savior. During the week, we had 78 children enrolled and 40 teachers. We had an average daily

attendance of 68. The students and teachers participated in an offering for the Spring Lake

Camp scholarship fund and collected $698.29. On Friday, we had a family assembly at 11:30.

The parents and grandparents were treated to a slide show of the students in different activities

and then each grade level sang songs and recited the emphasis point for each day. After visiting

the classrooms, the families enjoyed a light lunch in the fellowship hall.

Our Friday lunch workers served about 200 hot dogs! It was a great week! We want to thank

all of our Balboa family for all the prayers you sent to God for our VBS as well as for all the

cookies, lemonade and other items from the refreshment center. They were a big help.

Our team of VBS workers (left).

Our pastors helping out at VBS (below).

PLATFORM PROGRESS

Start...

We hope to dedicate this new platform on

Sunday, August 23rd

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Almost finished

If you are moving, or have an email or

phone number change,

Please contact the Church Office at 922-0155,

so that we may update our records accordingly.

DEADLINE FOR ARTICLES IS THE 15TH OF EACH MONTH.

You may e-mail your articles to

Tom at tomjlbalboa@gmail.com or

Debbie at debbiebalboabaptist@gmail.com

CHURCH OFFICE: (501) 922-0155

Church Office hours: 8am - 4pm

Intercessory Prayer Line: 24 hours-a-day: (501) 915-9GOD (9463)

Fax Line: (501) 915-0463

Website: www.BalboaBaptist.Church

Balboa Baptist Church Mission Statement:

Our mission is to bring all people to the saving grace of Jesus

Christ and help them grow toward Christian maturity through

love, prayer, worship, teaching, and service.

You can now watch the sermon of each Sunday AM service on the web-site….check it out...located under the “Media” tab!

JUST THE FACTS

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