San Jacinto Baptist Association is a community of churches uniting believers to reflect Christ through encouragement, education and resources in making disciples for the glory of God’s Kingdom.

July 2017 Volume MMXVII

No. 7

CHRISTMAS IN JULY! 2017 Rio Grande Valley

Christmas Project

Help make stockings and purchase items to stuff the stockings with. The stockings will be distributed during a mission trip to the Valley, December 1-3, 2017. You are invited to go on this mission trip. If you are interested in going, please call the Association office at 281-422-3604.

Stocking patterns and material are available at the SJBA office for individuals or groups who would like to make stockings. Please DO NOT stuff the stockings you make with the stocking stuffers you buy.

Donations may also be made to SJBA for the purchase of items to go into the stockings OR you may purchase items and bring them to the Association office starting in July! Shop resale shops or garage sales for “gently used” items, dollar stores, clearance sales, or buy bulk.

Your help is needed and appreciated as in the past we have not had enough stocking stuffers for the number of stockings made.

Stockings and stocking stuffers must be brought to the SJBA office by November 13, 2017 for this year’s trip.

You and your friends are invited…mark your calendar! Come help stuff the stockings from 9:30 am - 11:30 am on November 16, 2017 at the SJBA Office. Call 281-422-3604 or email us at sjba@sanjacintobaptist.com if you have questions.

On The Line

4”-8” dolls (not easily broken) Jacks or jump rope Crayons, rulers, scissors Jewelry (necklace, bracelet, scrunchie) Small toys or small stuffed animal (think Beanie Baby) Kids meals toys Tooth brush & tooth paste Coloring books

Small sturdy die cast cars Marbles Crayons, rulers, scissors Yo-yo or Paddle ball Play dough or clacker toy Small toys or small stuffed animal (like Beanie Baby) Kids meals toys Tooth brush & tooth paste

Coloring books

Boys Stockings Ideas List

Girls Stockings Ideas List

Something To Think About Randy Gilchrist, Executive Director The first weekend in December has become a time for the San Jacinto Christmas Mission Trip to the Rio Grande Valley. The week before Christmas is when we provide Christmas for all the boys at the International Boy’s

Shelter in Baytown. It is also the time of year that our churches are asked to support so many different good causes. Sometimes this creates a hardship on the churches as they seek to determine which offering, ministry to support. This year the Association wants to celebrate “Christmas in July” by gathering as much as we can in the way of stockings and stocking stuffers to go toward the Valley trip and providing Christmas for the Boy’s shelter. Last year we took approximately 350 stuffed stockings to the valley and provided Christmas for 162 boys ranging in age from five to eighteen years old. Let me encourage our churches to get involved not only in providing the stockings, but by going to the Valley as a part of our mission trip and being a part of helping a new or young church to get in contact with their target community. When Paul was writing to the church at Philippi he made the statement in chapter 3, verse 10: “that I may know him and the power of his resurrection, and may share his sufferings, becoming like him in his death”,(ESV). To “know Christ” is to have a personal experience with Christ in His transforming power of changing death to life and service; becoming more like Jesus in our attitudes, actions and lifestyles.

SAVE THE DATE!

Annual Meeting October 17, 2017

~ Select your Messengers now ~

Church members are welcome to attend.

Location:

Fellowship Community Baptist Church 1700 Danubina St

Baytown, TX 77520

More details coming soon!

For the Common Good Carey. D. Froelich, Associate Director for Church Enrichment ESV Deuteronomy 6:4 "Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. 5 You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your

might. 6 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your chil-dren, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. By this time many of our churches have completed their VBS programs and the opportunity that came with this annual ministry is certainly wonderful. Boys and girls—many of whom have no other connection to the church or to the Lord—have had the seed of the gospel implanted in them through this and other summertime ministries. I am reminded that one of the ongoing needs of the church is to follow-up with these children: to contact parents and to provide more instruction for those who have responded to Christ’s call. Human nature tells us that when Family Night is over, VBS is finished for another year. But the truth is, the work must never stop; prayer warriors and able-bodied servants need to see this time after the decorations have come down as equally critical to the mission of VBS as the daily activities. Let’s be faithful in our efforts to use the response to VBS as a stairway to even greater ministry!

Men of Honor Father - Son Retreat

September 8-9, 2017

Cost $65 Men / $50 Boys

Men, this is an opportunity for you to bond with your sons, create some amazing memories, and get some great insights into God’s word about leading our families. If you do not have boys of your own, would you consider being a sponsor for a young man at your church?

Pastors: It would be so helpful if you would create a list of boys that need that male influence in their lives that are not getting it at home. And make a list of men that you would trust to lead these boys, and then ask those men directly if they would consider being a sponsor to a boy or two for this retreat. This retreat can be a huge step toward equipping and empowering your men to raise the next generation of men for your church.

Fishing Swimming Zip-Line

Canoes Games for the Boys

Call the SJBA office at 281-422-3604

Lake Tomahawk News Patrick Flowers, Camp Manager

Camp season is going great! We just completed our SJBA Summer Camps in June. Youth Camp had 110 in attendance, including staff, under the direction of Paul Buchanan this year. Boys Camp had 117 in attendance, including staff, under the direction of Bill Adams, John Pages, and Mickey Redus. Girls Camp had 77 in attendance, including staff, under the direction of Christy Guenther. The new paddle boards purchased with the proceeds from the Golf Tournament have been a hit with our summer campers!

It is not too late to register for Preteen Camp. There are still some spots left! For more information call the SJBA office at 281-422-3604.

Help Serve the BSM

Call 281.422.3604 to reserve a date to serve the BSM Lunch for the 2017 Fall

Semester and the 2018 Spring Semester at Lee College. This is a wonderful local ministry to be involved in. Call today!

(ACP) Training August 17, 2017

11:00 a.m.—12:30 p.m.

Lunch provided—RSVP at 281.422.3604 Or Register online at sanjacintobaptist.com

This training is for those responsible for completing the

Annual Church Profile (ACP) Report.

You will receive your ACP report, review the process, have a great lunch and fellowship!

Senior Life Ministry Day Trip

Port of Houston Boat Tour Lunch at

Southern Komfort Restaurant September 29, 2017

9:00 am - 2:00 pm Cost $4 bus donation (lunch is on your own)

For more information on the boat tour, go to http://porthouston.com/portweb/sam-houston-boat-tour/ To register online click HERE or visit our website http://sanjacintobaptist.com or call our office at 281-422-3604.

Lake Tomahawk

July 30 - Aug 3

Cost $230

Boys and Girls who completed grades 3 - 6

Camp Speaker: Jesse Joyner

Worship: Joshua Rogers Band

Gaga Ball

Archery/BB Guns

Crafts

Bible Study

Senior Life BBQ October 5, 2017

10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Lake Tomahawk

Cost $10 per person

Entertainment by: Dr. Margaret Nikol

“To God Be the Glory” Concert Violinist/Inspirational Speaker

Call our office for more information at

281-422-3604 or visit our website: http://sanjacintobaptist.com/event/senior-life-ministry-bbq/

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San Jacinto Baptist Association E-mail: sjba@sanjacintobaptist.com Physical Address: 1020 Birdsong, Baytown, TX 77521 Web site: www.sanjacintobaptist.com Mailing Address: P.O. Box 1533, Baytown, TX 77522-1533 281.422.3604 phone / 281.427.6292 fax

Executive Director .......................................................... Dr. Randy Gilchrist Associate Director Church Enrichment .......................... Dr. Carey Froelich Baptist Student Ministry Director .................................. David Brumbelow Administrative Assistant ................................................ Suzi Ronning Financial Ministry Assistant .......................................... Tara Dodds

Lake Tomahawk (LT) Director .............................................. Pat Flowers Lake Tomahawk Operations Supervisor .................................. Bryan Dickens LT Administrative Assistant/Reservations .............................. Angie Dickens LT Food Service ...................................................................... Loyce Flowers

Folks ‘N Facts

July Birthdays

7/3 ....................... Joel Davis, Memorial Baytown 7/3 ....................... Larry Sharp, First Huffman 7/9 ....................... Vicki Rigsby, Bayshore LaPorte 7/11 ..................... Jim Looney, Baptist Temple Baytown 7/14 ..................... Stephanie Gregory, Cedar Bayou Baytown 7/25 ..................... Haley Dossey, First Crosby 7/26 ..................... Michael Elliott, Community Crosby 7/26 ..................... Dave Jirrels, Second Baytown 7/27 ..................... James White, Emeritus Abiding Faith Bytn

July Church Anniversaries

7/7/1996 .............. Tim Edwards, First Highlands 7/1/2012 .............. Carey Froelich, SJBA 7/1/2012 .............. Jim Herndon, Second Baytown 7/11/2012 ............ Shannon Frazier, Abiding Faith Baytown 7/14/2013 ............ Shane Perez, Fisher Rd. Baytown 7/16/2014 ............ Haley Dossey, Second Highlands

Coordinating Council & Executive Board Meet July 17

The Coordinating Council will meet prior to the

Executive Board at 10:00 a.m on Monday, July 17

The Executive Board of San Jacinto Baptist Association will meet Monday, July 17. Lunch for $5 will be served at 11:30

a.m. The meeting is Noon-1:00 p.m.

If you are an Executive Board member please come so that

your church is represented at this important meeting.

The SJBA Mission Center will be closed Tuesday, July 4, in celebration of America’s independence. The Lake Tomahawk office will also be closed during the July 4th holiday.