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I am?"
We speak and sing the
phrase, "by His grace and for
His glory". In 2 Corinthians 3:18
Paul reminds us of this truth:
"But we all, with unveiled face,
beholding as in a mirror, the
glory of the Lord, are being
transformed into the same image
from glory to glory, just as by
The Bible speaks of right-
eous anger and sinful anger.
Only a very small percentage of
our anger is righteous. We tend
to minimize and label our sinful
anger as hurt, irritation, impa-
tience, resentment, frustration,
or exasperation, while we may
easily recognize the evils of
bitterness, rage or violence.
Anger is more than a feeling or
an internal disruption. It is an
active response that involves our
emotions, desires, perceptions,
motives and beliefs. Anger has
many "faces" with a wide spec-
trum of internal and outward
responses.
Sue is disappointed by a
friend whom she is now avoid-
ing, "I'm not angry, I'm just
hurt".
Tom's co-worker is lazy,
leaving work undone for Tom to
finish. "I am really frustrated,
but I don't know what to do
about it."
Joe comes home to a living
room full of unfolded laundry
and toys and in exasperation, he
tells his wife, "I worked hard
today, and I come home to this!
The house is a mess! What did
you do all day?"
Mary's husband is a good
provider, but watches sports all
evening and becomes upset if he
is interrupted, "can't a man even
relax in his own home?" Mary
retreats to the bedroom, "he
doesn't care about me, I wish I
had a husband who.........."
Sam swears under his breath at
the crazy driver in front of him.
These are common situa-
tions, upsetting themes that we
tend to share with one another.
But, are we equipped to help our
friend, co-worker, sister or
brother to process their anger
and handle the challenges bibli-
cally? Are you prepared to help
others? Ask yourself, "How am I
doing? Is it my personal goal to
become more like Christ? Do I
interpret my difficulties through
the lens of who God is and who
Faces of Anger
Harvest Baptist, Redwood Falls, Soccer Camp
A youth mission team from
Liberty Baptist Church of Eden
Prairie came to Redwood Falls
to put on a mini soccer camp for
Harvest Baptist Church, August
9-11. The thirteen teen coaches
and their leaders, Pastor Seth
and Crystal Grotzke, taught
basic soccer skills, ran drills and
scrimmages as well as presented
the gospel through Bible les-
sons. Parents were en-
couraged to stay and
watch allowing members
of the church to build
bridges with new fami-
lies.
“The team was a
real boost to our minis-
A PUBLICATION OF THE MINNESOTA BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
October 17, 2012 Volume VI, Issue 5
North Star Update
Calendar
October 19: MBA Execu-
tive Committee at Cor-
nerstone Baptist in
Willmar. 3 p.m.
October 20: Fall Twin Cit-
ies Ladies Luncheon,
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
January 21: MBA Trustees
meetings: 12:00 p.m.
Executive Committee;
3:00 p.m. Full Board
Inside This Issue:
Fellowship Foundations 2
MBA Men’s Retreat,
First-Person 2
Prophecy Conference 3
New Pastor at Coon
Rapids
3
This is the first of three parts of an article from the newsletter
Urban Initiative Biblical Counsel-
ing. The Initiative is a ministry of Family Baptist Church of Minnea-
polis. This articles is from the April-
June 2012 issue of the newsletter. Anyone wishing to be placed on
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[email protected]. Phone: h: 612-522-1854 c: 612-281-9932.
The counselors in this ministry
are Jerry and Karen Hime, and Jim and Peggy Murschel.
Back issues of the newsletter
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Continued on page 3
Continued on page 3
Recently I overheard
someone say, “Where did the
days of September go?” The
summer of 2012 is behind us,
and we might like to have a
few more days to prepare for
the winter ahead. It should
remind us of Psalm 90:12:
“So teach us to number our
days, that we may apply our
hearts unto wisdom.”
My opportunities to
serve and, as much as possi-
ble, to keep in touch with our
churches since the last UP-
DATE included the following
opportunities.
September 2 – At the
gracious invitation of Pastor
Bart Goetz (Carol), First Bap-
tist, Pengilly, I reported on
the MBA, and also taught the
Sunday School hour and
preached in the morning ser-
vice. A time of fellowship at
their “Baptist Buffet” was
certainly a blessing. We have
many friends at Pengilly, and
always come away with a
strawberry-rhubarb pie for
later enjoyment.
September 9 – My wife
and I visited the services at
First Baptist Church, Spring
Valley, Pastor Joe Haynes
(Cathy). We were able to
reacquaint ourselves with
their guest speaker, Rev.
Roger Cooper, recently re-
tired from the church in
Fruita, CO. Rev. Cooper’s
mother is a member of the
church at Spring Valley. Bro.
Cooper worked with us as the
church in Waseca, MN was
being established.
September 23 – We jour-
neyed to Marshall, First Bap-
Fellowship Foundations By: Rev. Robert J. Fuller, Sr., State Missionary
MBA Men’s Fellowship—First Person By: Justin Nelson, First Baptist, New Ulm
the Lord, reminded us to be
the husbands we ought to be,
a n d e m p h a s i z e d
the hypocrisy of talking the
talk and not walking the walk
in our Christian walk and
service.
I plan on attending next
year’s Men's Fellowship. The
time there is short, but it reju-
venated and refreshed my
relationship with God. One
thing that I certainly took
home with me was the chal-
lenge of prioritizing my time
with my local Church. The
things that prevent me from
being in the fellowship should
be very few.
I would like to encour-
age men throughout the MBA
to join us next year. I can
assure you, it is worth your
time.
I had the opportunity this
September to attend the MBA
Men's Fellowship at Camp
Friendship in Annandale, MN
for the first time.
I've heard good things
about the Women's retreat
from my wife, Bekka, but I
wasn't sure what to expect
from the Men's get -
together. My expectations,
however, were exceeded.
The fellowship was
great. The food was fantas-
tic. The lodging was
fun. The scenery was refresh-
ing. But most importantly,
the Word was challeng-
ing. This year Dave Doran,
President of Detroit Baptist
Theological Seminary, shared
the Word with us. In three
different sessions, from the
book of Proverbs, he shared
the importance of the fear of
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tist, Pastor Greg Linscott
(Jennifer) to fellowship with
the good folks there. Pastor
allowed me the time to report
on the ministry of the MBA,
even though he had a full and
wonderful program. We had
lunch with Pastor’s family
and another family, and were
very blessed with our visit
there.
For the evening of Sep-
tember 23, after traveling
back to New Ulm for some
Continued page 4
First Baptist Church,
Brainerd, was able to hold a
Prophecy Conference the end
of July. The church leadership
was hesitant to hold special
meetings during the summer,
but we saw God bless with
learning and attendance.
Aaron Braaten, International
Board of Jewish Missions &
USA Director of Project Ne-
hemiah, coordinated the meet-
ings. The special speakers
were very insightful and chal-
lenging in their presentations.
Aaron Braaten spoke on the
Feasts and the coordination to
today’s events. Tim Munger,
Friends of Israel, was the
keynote speaker and spoke on
Israel, Iran, the New World
Order and Future Shock. Tom
Ebert spoke on The Final
Conflict: How it all ends in
Armageddon and Mark Osh-
man, International Board of
Jewish Missions , spoke on
Israel in the Latter Days; The
Savior’s View from Olivet.
Everyone attending the morn-
ing workshops and the eve-
ning sessions all said they
learned so much and were
even more excited for Christ’s
return and His plan for be-
lievers. The overall chal-
lenge was to always review
“prophecy” that it lines up
with the grid of the Bible
and the teachings there.
ties for eternally significant
interactions in the routines of
daily life. Our one-another
ministry must impact real life
issues in the course of every-
day life, not just in the coun-
seling room.
Creative and compas-
sionate discipleship ministry
occurs anywhere and every-
where.
the Spirit of the Lord."
Do we respond out of
this noble calling when we
interact with friends, family,
co-workers, or neighbors who
may irritate us? When a fel-
low believer demonstrates a
pattern of anger, do we seek
to help out of compassion and
a desire to help him or her to
become more like Christ?
We all have opportuni-
tries,” explained Harvest Bap-
tist Pastor Dwight DePenning.
“We do not have personnel to
put on such a program our-
selves but the team allowed
us to reach out to our commu-
nity in a noticeable way.
While the number of campers
reached may not seem great
to some churches, when we
generally have three kids in
Prophecy Conference at First Baptist, Baxter
Anger, continued from page 1
Coon Rapids Calls New Pastor
toral ministry at Ambassador
Baptist College, earning both
a bachelor’s and master’s
degree.
Nathan married his wife
Marijoice in 2002. They had
known each other since sixth
grade – going to school and
church and, eventually, even
college together. Marijoice
earned a bachelor’s degree in
sacred music. God has
The Coon Rapids Baptist
Church is rejoicing in the call
and acceptance of Pastor Na-
than Huston as its Senior
Pastor. Pastor Huston had the
privilege of being born into a
Christian home. At the age of
four, he trusted Christ as his
personal Savior, and his own
relationship with the Lord
began. From an early age, he
enjoyed preaching and publi-
cally surrendered to God’s
call during his high school
years. He prepared for pas-
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our Sunday school, having 17
at camp was a great success
percentage-wise.”
“Having Seth and Crys-
tal volunteer to come and help
us was also special, as they
were former students of mine
at Pillsbury,” added DePen-
ning. “Investing in good peo-
ple pays good dividends.”
Continued page 4
Redwood Falls, from page 1
Watertown, WI. Pray for them
and for the church outreach in
St. Peter.
October 2 – I attended a
great meeting of the Planting
and Watering New Church
Committee, chaired by Pastor
Doug Roman. Much was ac-
rest, we drove to Calvary Bap-
tist, St. Peter, Pastor Dave
Johnson (Leah). We were asked
to give a report on the MBA,
and then to preach in the eve-
ning message. We enjoyed
seeing old friends. Pastor John-
son’s wife is in a care facility in
complished in preparation to
report to the MBA Board Ex-
ecutive Committee at its meet-
ing in January at Community
Baptist Church in New Prague.
If I can be of service to
you or your church, please con-
tact me.
Fellowship Foundations, from page 2
A PUBLICATION OF THE MINNESOTA BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
PO Box 527 Willmar, MN 56201-0527
We’re on the web! http:www.mbaoc.org
MBA Contacts
Minnesota Baptist Association
Rev. Gerald Stephens, President
Community Baptist Church
PO Box 212
New Prague, MN 56071
(952) 758-3287
Interim State Missionary
Rev. Robert Fuller, Sr.
1549 118th Lane NW
Coon Rapids, MN 55448
(763) 568-4078
MBA Office
Minnesota Baptist Association
PO Box 527
Willmar, MN 56201-0527
Send Contributions to:
Mr. Brian Veth, MBA Treasurer
c/o Coon Rapids Baptist Church
11164 Hanson Blvd.
Coon Rapids, MN 55433
Send Update Articles and Pictures to:
North Star Update Editor
315 S. Payne St.
New Ulm, MN 56073
(507) 354-3323
Coon Rapids Calls Pastor, from page 3
blessed them with five ener-
getic children – Titus, Silas,
Amos, Lois, and Moses.
From 2003 until 2012,
Pastor Huston served in north
central Pennsylvania as an as-
sistant/youth pastor. God richly
blessed in the spiritual growth
of young lives, increasing the
youth ministry, and greatly
maturing him in his own minis-
try. Pastor Huston is eager to
see people love the Lord with
all of their hearts and serve Him
with all of their lives. He de-
sires to see God fulfill His
promise in Ephesians 3:20 – to
do exceeding abundantly above
all that we could ask or think –
in Coon Rapids Baptist Church.
We wish to thank the
churches of the MBA that have
faithfully prayed for us during
the time we were without a
pastor.
