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Henry County Baptist Association October 2013
T h e C a l l e r
www.racewayministriesmartinsville.com www.hcbaptists.org [email protected]
We are excited about what our
churches will be doing through OIAM! We have
approximately 450 volunteers from twelve HCBA
churches who will be participating in this wonderful
missions project!
Exact numbers are not known, but the
Pittsylvania Baptist Association has ordered 2,000
T-shirts for this combined
mission effort in our communities.
Pray that we will impact people for Christ and
expand His kingdom on Oct 12th!
3449 Kings Mountain Road, Martinsville, VA 24112 Phone:(276) 638-2951 Fax: (276) 638-2326
Sharon Patterson, Office Manager Karen Reed, Min Assistant
Raceway Ministries Weekend
At Martinsville Speedway
Saturday, Oct 26, 2013,
Kroger 200, Truck Race
Sunday, Oct 27, 2013,
Goody’s Headache Relief Shot 500
Volunteers needed to provide and distribute
refreshments, hand out gospel tracts, drive
handicapped shuttles, and PRAY at the
upcoming Race Weekend events. Call Eldred
Davis at 276-340-4844.
“Laborers Together With God”
Henry County Baptist Association
Annual Meeting *Tuesday, October 15, 2013
First Baptist Church, Bassett
Registration will begin at 4:30 pm,
followed by a meal at 5:30pm.
The evening session will
begin at 6:30pm.
The Associational Missionary
Search Committee will be bringing a recommendation
about the future leader of our Association
*Meeting originally scheduled for Sunday, Oct 13;
The Executive Committee voted to change the date
at their July meeting.
Thank You!!
We would like to thank all those who participated in the 16
th annual Chevis & Helen Horne Home Walk-A-
Thon on September 21. It was another successful year; together we raised $9,800.00!! 16 HCBA churches partici-pated. Thank you to the following Team Leaders:
Junie Herrington, Fieldale; Sheila Bourne, First Baptist, Bassett; Peggy Delancey, First Baptist,
Collinsville; Linda Gale, First Baptist, Martinsville; Lisa Stephens, Fontaine; Shirley Ray, Fort Trial; Trula Clark,
Fuller Memorial; Brian Foley, Hillcrest; Ruth Young, McCabe Memorial; Vera Haley, Mount Vernon; Donna &
Charles Anthony, Pocahontas Bassett; Margaret Caldwell, Starling Avenue; Judy Nash, Trinity
We would also like to thank Jim Philpott and
friends (The B’s and J’s), who entertained us with some wonderful music. A special thank you to Jeff & Allison Fields who prepared our great lunch of barbecue, beans, pasta salad and cupcakes-it was very yummy!
If your church did not participate, it’s not too late! You can mail a donation to the HCBA office (make check payable to the Horne Home) at 3449 Kings Mountain Road, Martinsville, VA 24112. The ladies love to have company at their beautiful home so please go by and visit!
October 12, 2013
“Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of
these my brethren, ye have done it unto me”
Matthew 25:40
After months of preparation and planning…
Operation Inasmuch has ARRIVED!!
Pray that we will impact people for Christ
and expand His kingdom on Oct 12th!
Church News! AXTON… The AWANA Club began its new year with a Reg-istration and Orientation Night on September 8th. Our fall revival is scheduled for October 4th/5th. We will enjoy a Homecoming service on October 6th.
BLACKBERRY… The Golden Agers annual ice cream sup-per was held Aug. 16th with good attendance. Kay Kiesel-bach and the Adams sisters provided musical entertain-ment. Pastor Eric was given a surprise birthday party at this time. A Fellowship/Cruise-In was held Sun., Sept. 1st, to rec-ognize Roy Koger for his service and dedication to the Lord and to Blackberry. A plaque was presented to Roy and the annual Cruise-In / Breakfast was renamed “Roy J. Koger Cruise-In".
COLLINSVILLE, FIRST … Sponsored Collinsville Primary Elementary with Back to School supplies for Students in Au-gust. Sept 21 and Oct 12: Cinderella’s Closet. Oct 12: Op-eration In As Much Mission Event – helping members of the community. Hallelujah Night – Oct 31 (tentative).
FAIRWAY … Bring a Friend Day, October 13, special guest speaker will be comedian, Barry McGee. "Be the Change" youth night every Wednesday night...teaching, music, bas-ketball, volleyball, games, and great fellowship.
HILLCREST … September: Received State Missions Offer-ing; solicited walkers/donations for the DDM Walk-A-Thon on the 21st; 4th: AWANA resumed with Youth Aftershock Back-to-School Bash; 9th: H.O.M.E. visitation program resumed; 15th: Youth participated in the See You at the Pole Youth Rally, at Mt. Calvary Ch.; 19th: Ladies Fall Fling luncheon was held: 25th: Youth participated in See You At the Pole at their schools; 26th: hosted Sr. Adults Quarterly Mtg.; 29th: observed Sausage Biscuit Sunday for Sunday School.
KEARFOTT MEMORIAL … We had a guest pianist, Mary Parks, play for us recently, and we are so excited that God lead her to be our full-time pianist! Plans are underway for our Homecoming, Sunday, October 13th. We’re hoping this will be a spiritual renewing of acquaintances, seeing old friends, making new ones, enjoying the worship and fellow-ship that we always do. We will enjoy music by “Almost There” and a covered dish lunch following the service.
MARTINSVILLE, FIRST … October 4-6-CBS Youth Retreat at Eagle Eyrie; October 7-WMU meet with Raceway Minis-tries Speaker; October 12-Participatinng in Operation Inas-much; October 14-Senior Adults go to Primland Resort; Octo-ber 19-Newspaper Recycling; October 19-27 Some members will participate in Honduras Mission Trip with Friends of Bar-nabas; October 20-Deacon's Coffee House; October 26-Children's Fall Festival with Community invited; Hosting Grace Network Pumpkin Patch during October.
MCCABE… McCabe’s Wednesday Night Ministries (Preschool Club, KidKlub and Tween Club) resumed on Sep-tember 4th for the new school year. Some of McCabe’s members participated in the Horne Home Walk & Rock-A-Thon on September 21st. Our next “Free Community Meal” will be held on Wednesday, October 9th from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. McCabe will participate in Operation Inasmuch on Oc-tober 12th. We will host our 5th annual “Trunk-or-Treat” at McCabe on Thursday, October 31st from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
NEW VISION … Annual Church picnic will be held 10-13 at Fieldale Park. Service will begin at 10 am. Potluck lunch to follow. Bring lawn chairs and join us. WMU will be selling barbecue $7.00/lb. Orders need to be placed by 10-6. Con-tact the Church if interested. Barbecue will be ready to pick up 10-20. So far our Community Garden has harvested over 746 lbs of produce for local food banks. Happy Birthday Pas-tor Keith!
ORCHARD DRIVE … Youth held 30 Hour Famine on Sep-tember 26-28, New Bible Explorers program being held on Sunday Nights at 6:00 pm, Held Community Meal on Sep-tember 24 next community meal October 29, and Heritage Sunday to be held Oct. 13 with Covered Dish Lunch.
POCAHONTAS BASSETT … September 1 - Picnic Shelter Dedicated following worship; celebration of shelter on Oct. 5; 4 p.m. September 14 - Booth at Bassett Heritage Festival with free bottles of water and balloon tying for the children. October 13; 3 p.m. Rockingham Male Chorus - community performance. October 31; 5 p.m. - Trunk of Treats. Ongoing: Mondays - 2:45 p.m. After-School program; Third Thursdays: 5:30 p.m. - Community Meal; Second Saturdays: 10 a.m. - Pickers and Fiddlers Songfest.
VILLA HEIGHTS … Our church is participating and donating towards the Operation Inasmuch project. We will be volun-teering in the Grace Network Pumpkin Patch. The Swinging Seniors are going to Peaks of Otter for a lunch outing on Oct 7.
Please Note Due to spacing concerns, we can only include
church events in the “Church News” section of
the Caller. We would also be happy to email your
announcement to our churches. Our email
address is [email protected].
Thank you for your understanding and
cooperation in this matter!
This & That...
News for
The November Caller
Due
October 15th!
OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS 3 – Bob Gillispie, Retired Minister
3 – Glenn Voss, Retired Minister
4 – Darrell Snead, Minister of Music, Bassett,
First
6 – Phyllis Compton, Secretary, Fontaine
15 – Lorrie Anderson, Secretary, Blackberry
23 – Joey Lee, Assoc Pastor/Youth&Families,
Collinsville, First
30 – Andrew Shanks, Pastor, Fontaine
31 – Keith Reynolds, Pastor, New Vision
OCTOBER ANNIVERSARIES 1 – David Adkins, Pastor, Starling Avenue,
34 yrs.
1 – John Tinsley, Pastor, Shiloh, 23 yrs.
1 – Michael Jordan, Pastor, Mt. Vernon, 6 yrs.
1 – Eric Kieselbach, Pastor, Blackberry, 1 yr.
3 – Phillip Woods, Pastor, One Accord, 20 yrs.
OCTOBER CALENDAR:
3-5 Children’s Ministry Certification,
Virginia Baptist Resource Center,
Richmond
8-9 VA Baptist Mission Board
Meeting, Eagle Eyrie Baptist
Conference Center
11-13 Junior High Weekend, Eagle Eyrie
Baptist Conference Center
12 Operation Inasmuch Day
13 World Hunger Sunday
15 HCBA Annual Meeting, 4:30
PM, First Baptist, Bassett
15 News for the Caller due in
Association office
15 Ministerial Association, 10:30 AM
18-20 Special Needs Retreat, Eagle Eyrie
Baptist Conference Center
21-23 Senior Adult Retreat, Eagle Eyrie
Baptist Conference Center
25-27 Collegiate Fall Gathering, Eagle
Eyrie Baptist Conference Center
25-27 Raceway Ministries Weekend at
Martinsville Speedway
27 Consider Your Call Sunday
A special “thanks” to Hillcrest for hosting our
Annual Talent Show on September 26th. Much fun
and fellowship was enjoyed by all! We will not
meet again until next year, so enjoy the beautiful
colors of fall and the upcoming holidays...they
will be here before we know it!
Niagara Falls/Quebec City, Canada Tour
May 12-18, 2014
(Monday—Sunday)
A PASSPORT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS TRIP
Trip Includes:
Motorcoach for 7 days, 6 nights lodging, 6
breakfasts, 1 box lunch, Outings in New York,
Niagara Falls, and Quebec City, Canada
Price Per Person:
$1,699 double; $1,592 triple; $1,499 quad,
$2,099 single
Deposit $375.00 per person due before Feb 14,
balance due by April 4.
WE NEED A MINIMUM OF 30 PEOPLE FOR
THIS TRIP TO GO!!
Make check payable to Patsy’s Tours, and mail to
Betsy Ivey, 85 Woodshire Road,
Collinsville, VA 24078
For more info, contact Betsy at 276-340-3900,
Welcome Fall!
HCBA Monthly Financial Report
August 2013
Receipts:
Church Contributions 5,600.43
OIAM Activity Fees 276.00
OIAM T-Shirts 1,344.00
Interest .85
Total receipts $7,221.28
Total Expenditures $7,584.37
Operating Balance $102,132.10
We extend our love, thoughts and prayers to: …the family of Mrs. Jeannette Reynolds, who died on August 27, 2013. She was the mother of Rev. Keith Reynolds, Pastor, New Vision Baptist Church. …the family of Mrs. Christy Collins, who died on September 10, 2013. She was the sister of Rev. Joey Lee, Assoc Pastor of Youth and Families at First Baptist, Collinsville.
May God bless these families with peace and comfort during this difficult time.
From the History/Heritage
Committee
It is time to begin planning for the 60th celebration of our as-
sociation in 2017! Your help is needed. The History/Heritage
Committee needs ambassa-dors (representatives) from
each of our churches. Please select at least
two people per church to serve. The first brainstorming meeting will be at the associa-
tion office on November 19 at 10:30 AM. Re-member: The book His Story Continues is the
recent history of each church and the combined work of all.
Send, by October 20, 2013,
the Ambassador Names, phone numbers and
mailing addresses or email addresses to Janice M Sellers,
276-632-6128, [email protected]
World Hunger
Sunday October 13, 2013
According to World Vision,
“one in eight people in the world do not have enough to eat.”
For more information about how you can
help, visit the World Vision website, www.worldvision.org., or the VA Baptist
Mission Board at www.vbmb.org.
October is Clergy
Appreciation
Month We want to take this
time to say Thank You to all
the Pastors, Ministerial Staff, and Chaplains
who work vigorously, often neglecting
personal needs to give us comfort and
direction. They do so much, yet receive so
little in return. Take time this month to show
your appreciation to your ministry staff.
