DOCTOR’S CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH

PO BOX 2

(HWY 64W & DOCTOR’S CREEK RD)

WALTERBORO SC 29488-0001

(843) 538-8325 (843) 538-8329 - Fax

Website: www.doctorscreek.org

E-mail address: drscrkbaptch@lowcountry.com

Rev. Kevin Carter, Pastor

July 2017 Page 4 THE CREEK SPEAKS

Anniversaries 2 Sidney Bailey

3 Laura Spivey

4 Travis Avant

4 Billy Rogers

6 Robert Ramsey

8 Ron Wright

9 Dean Langdale

12 Claire Smoak

13 Norma Weeks

13 Alberta Fillers

15 Margaret Johnson

15 Kendall Carter

16 Brittany Avant

18 Roy DeWitt

20 Meagan Drawdy

20 Greg Spivey

24 Taylor Avant

25 Donald Herndon

25 Beth Benton

25 Jesse Cook

28 Debbie Avant

30 Gene Padgett

31 Kelsey Kinard

Return Service Requested

8 Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth Smoak

17 Mr. & Mrs. Tim Odum

18 Mr. & Mrs. Harold Whiteley

18 Rev. & Mrs. Kevin Carter

19 Mr. & Mrs. William McGrew

24 Mr. & Mrs. Henry Cook

29 Mr. & Mrs. Tanner Bunton

Birthdays

Date Deacon of the Week Ushers Greeters Security

Aug. 6 Richie Avant Daniel, Ron, Billy, Harry Phyllis & Kathleen Decky Avant

Aug. 13 Madison Carter Ronnie, John R., Bill P., Harold W. Mary & Cecily Billy Fillers

Aug. 20 Henry Cook Madison, Marshall M., Gene, Michael K. Colleen & Ronella Bill Polk

Aug. 27 Fred Crosby Richie, James V., Henry, Marshall A. Phyllis & Kathleen Roy DeWitt

A very special THANK YOU to all of the

Doctor's Creek staff who helped to make

VBS possible! What an amazing week we

had! Your love for Christ shined through

each and every night and you are loved and

appreciated!

Ellen Fender

Vol. 27, No. 7 July 2017 A Monthly Publication of Doctor’s Creek Baptist Church

July Calendar of Events

Sunday, July 2

12:00 Special Business Mtg. to begin Deacon elections

6:00 Watermelon Social

6:45 Organizational Meetings

7:30 Choir Practice

Monday, July 3

7:00 Deacons Meeting

Tuesday, July 4 - Independence Day

Church Office Closed

Wednesday, July 5

6:45 Preschool/Children/Youth Classes

6:45 Prayer Meeting

7:00 Business Meeting

Saturday, July 8

Mission Serve arrives in Walterboro

Sunday, July 9

11:00 Deacon Ballots collected (No Special Business Mtg.)

Mission Serve squad at DCBC

Morning Worship followed by a Pot-Luck Social (Please bring a covered dish & dessert to share.)

Mon. - Fri., July 10 - 14

Mission Serve ice, drinks and lunch delivery

Wednesday, July 12

6:45 Preschool/Children/Youth Classes

6:45 Prayer Meeting

Sunday, July 16

7:00 Choir Practice

Monday, July 17

Teens & Leaders leave for World Changers

Wednesday, July 19

6:45 Preschool/Children/Youth Classes

6:45 Prayer Meeting

Saturday, July 22

Teens & Leaders return from World Changers

Sunday, July 23

9:00 Coffee Fellowship

12:00 Special Business Meeting: Deacon nominees

Wednesday, July 26

6:45 Preschool/Children/Youth Classes

6:45 Prayer Meeting

7:30 Fall Festival Planning Meeting

Thursday, July 27

2:00 Current Mission Group Meeting

Sunday, July 30 - (Observance of the Lord’s Supper)

6:00 5th Sunday Sing

Monday, July 31

6:30 Silver Ring Thing Planning Meeting

Pastor’s Paragraphs

My Dear Brothers and Sisters,

Let me begin by asking you a question: “What is momentum?”

According to the Concise Oxford American Dictionary, the word

momentum is defined as:

1. Physics the quantity of motion of a moving body, measured as a

product of its mass and velocity.

2. The impetus gained by a moving object: the vehicle gained

momentum as the road dipped.

Put more simply, momentum is the power/force of a moving

object. We all understand the concept – if you park your car on a

steep hill and forget to set the parking brake, it could start to roll

back downhill, picking-up speed as it goes, until it crashes at the

bottom. The car starts rolling slowly, but it gets faster the farther

downhill it rolls – that is momentum.

You might be wondering why I’m bringing this up – well, I’ll

tell you. A church can have or lack momentum, just like a rolling

car. And just like a rolling car, that can be a good or bad thing,

depending on the circumstances. For example, a church that

constantly fights among itself is gaining momentum for a horrible

crash, just like a runaway car rolling backward downhill. However,

a church that is reaching out to the community, spreading the

Gospel, and worshipping Jesus with continual joy is a church that is

building momentum to make a real impact in their community for

the Kingdom of God, just like a car speeding down a hill, under the

control of an experienced stuntman, gains momentum to do a

spectacular jump in a major motion picture.

But momentum is a funny thing. It is powerful, but it can be

hindered very easily. Using the car illustration again – if a car is

starting to roll down a hill and encounters speed bumps, or if

someone jumps in and steps on the brake pedal, the momentum of

the car will be slowed or possibly stopped completely. Likewise, if

a church is joyfully fulfilling Jesus’ Great Commandment and Great

Commission, but the members get busy and stop attending – or if

their commitment wanes for various reasons – then any positive

momentum that the church has for expanding God’s Kingdom will

slow or possibly stop completely. And momentum, once stopped, is

hard to start again.

Jesus says in Luke 11:23, “Whoever is not with me is against

me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.” Ouch.

I write all of this with one purpose in mind: to encourage us all

not to be momentum killers. God has blessed DCBC – and we’re

moving in the right direction and starting to pick-up some speed!

Now is not the time to let our attendance, our tithing, our

commitment to Jesus Christ to slip! (It’s really never the time, but

you get the idea.) Now is the time to lean forward, to look and see

where Jesus is leading, and to recommit ourselves to Him!

Momentum comes from movement, and movement can be scary

– but where Jesus leads we can follow, because we were not saved

to sit, but to serve!

Trusting Jesus,

Brother Kevin

Sunday School by Bill Polk, SS Director

WMU by Ellen Fender, WMU Director

July 2017 Page 2 THE CREEK SPEAKS

Total Enrollment 93

Average Attendance 60 Men’s Ministries

by Gene Padgett, Reporter

The Men’s Ministry met on June

4th following the Monthly Supper.

Thanks to everyone for bringing the

food! We had 9 present for our

meeting. We invite all men to come

out to our meeting.

Thanks to everyone who made this year‘s VBS a success! This is a tremendous way

to reach out to our community with the love of Christ!

Associational meetings will be held Sunday night, July 2, 2017. There will be a

watermelon social at 6 pm in place of Family night supper. The following Sunday, after

church, we will have a church-wide luncheon that will include our visiting Mission Serve

Team.

If you have not donated to Duffel Bags and Bibles, please do that as soon as possible.

This is a great program that benefits foster children. The money goes to children in our

own county who are removed from their homes.

If you have not taken part in our Associational Church meetings the first Sunday of

each month, please join us!! The meetings begin at 6:45 pm just after we eat at 6 pm.

There are meetings for all age groups!! Hope to see you this Sunday Night!

Youth News by Marshall Morehead, Youth Director

Music Notes by Becky Morehead,

Music Director

Join the Choir!!

July Deacon Election...

First Sunday following the morning

worship service (July 2), there will be a

Special Business Meeting called for the

purpose of initiating the nominating

and electing procedure for Deacons.

Ballots will be distributed to each

member present. The following Sunday

(July 9) after the morning worship ser-

vice, the ballots will be collected.

Church members who did not previous-

ly receive a ballot may obtain one at

this time and record their nominations.

The names of the nominees who have

agreed to serve will be brought to the

church for final approval at a Special

Business Meeting Sunday (July 23)

after the morning worship service.

DEPARTMENT NEWS

This Month….

All during the month of July, we

will receive an offering for Duffle

Bags & Bibles. Please read Ellen

Fender or Jeynean Tant for more

information.

On your offering envelope,

please designate “Duffle Bags &

Bibles.”

Our Sympathy to the family of

Ms. Elaine Padgett (Sister of Gene Wynn)

Please remember this family in your prayers.

Nominating Committee

for 2017-2018 Church Year:

Lisa DeWitt

Harold Whiteley

Diane Polk

Please be in prayer for this Committee.

FINANCIAL NEWS by Jeynean Tant, Church Treasurer

June 4

June 11

June 18

June 25

$ 5,163.60

$ 4,620.00

$ 2,454.00

$ 2,005.00

Designated Deposits

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Children’s Camp - Bonnie Doone

PRTC Capital Credit

Duffle Bags & Bibles

Women of Joy

Sumner Mission

Silver Ring Thing

SE Asia Mission Trip

SS Class Carpet

$ 50.00

$ 62.70

$ 164.00

$ 148.00

$ 90.00

$ 2,300.00

$ 1,000.00

$ 421.22

General Fund Deposits

Wed., July 5

Business Meeting 7:00 p.m.

Sun., July 2

6:00 p.m. Watermelon Social

6:45 p.m.

Organizational Meetings

7:30 p.m. Choir Practice

Mon., July 3

Deacons Meeting 7:00 p.m.

Thurs., July 27

Current Missions Group

Meeting

2:00 p.m.

Wed., July 26

Fall Festival

Planning Meeting

7:30 p.m.

Tues., July 4 -

Church Office Closed

Sun., July 30 (Observance of the Lord’s Supper)

Fifth Sunday Sing at 6:00 p.m.

If you would like to participate, please contact Becky Morehead.

July 8 - July 15

Mission Serve

Our church will host a Mission Serve

Squad this year.

This includes having them as guests

for our Morning Worship Service on

Sunday, July 9, and hosting a potluck

meal (meat provided by the church)

following the service.

We also need to deliver coolers of

ice and water/Gatorade to the job sites

in the mornings and pick-up and

deliver the mid-day meal (prepared by

“In His Name”) around 11:30 daily.

We need donations of bottled water

and Gatorade and volunteers to help

with this ministry. Contact Pastor

Kevin, Doc Carter, or the church office

for more information or to volunteer.

July 17 through July 22 Pray for our teens & leaders as

they serve with World Changers

in Morganton, NC.

Mon., July 31

Silver Ring Thing

Planning Meeting 6:30 p.m.

Thanks to VBS….

The offerings collected during

Vacation Bible School will be given

to the Sumner Family in Africa.

The total Offering was $331.20.

This will be a blessing to them.