TIMBERLAKE FIREFIGHTERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS

3RD ANNUAL APPRECIATION DINNER JULY 24TH AT 7P

We will show our appreciation to Timberlake firefighters and first responders by preparing dinner, and meeting, fellowshipping, and eating with those that serve our community. The Baptist women will provide the meat, however; we are requesting help with vegetables, desserts, and drinks. The sign up sheet is in the church foyer.

Next month, we will prepare a dinner for the Moriah FD. Please join us.!

Upcoming Missions

July 9th - 19th Moldova Mission Trip. Please pray for those going, and for their families while they are away. Kristin Garrett, Carly Grinstead, Austin Hall, Cindy Jeffries, Cameron Lewis, Kaysi McDaniel, and Sammi Watson.

July 23rd - 28th Youth Fuge Missions

August 2nd - 5th West Virginia Mission Trip. Sign-up sheet and detailed information are in the church foyer.

Pray for their families • Pray for good health • Pray for physical/financial need • Pray for clarity/boldness of speech • Pray for protection from the devil

Life was in Him, and that life was the light of men. John 1:4

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Red Mountain Baptist Church ● 1322 Red Mountain Road ● Rougemont, NC 27572

Timberlake

Did you know the Son of God has always existed? We’ll learn that the Son of God didn’t start as a babe in

a manger but has been around forever, throughout history, from Genesis to Revelation! Join me in VBS, as we travel through time

discovering Jesus!

Sunday Night July 22nd (following church service)

If you have an ice cream freezer, please bring your freezer and ingredients.

All others, please bring toppings, drinks and/or a dessert.

W ouldn’t it be amazing to trav-el back in time and witness

epic events in history? Imagine the thrill of meeting great heroes of the faith like Abraham, Moses, or Gide-on. Or the fun of experiencing life in ancient cultures like Rome. Or the fascination of watching famous inventors make discoveries that change the world.

Now imagine traveling through time and meeting the most important man ever—a man who was not just a man, but also God. One who turned the world upside-down. One who existed outside of time. We’ll do just that as we embark on Time Lab Vacation Bible School. We’ll see that Jesus, our forever faithful, loving, caring, promise-keeping Lord, has been with us always!

I hope you will join us this year for Vacation Bible School and bring a friend with you. We have classes for all ages from the nursery to adults. So, please come and join us July 8th-13th at 6:00 PM each night. I look forward to seeing you there.

For His glory,

Pastor Dave

We Received a Thank You Note From:

Pastor Dave’s Message

for the

Month

Building

Fund

Update

Our Goal $ 675,000

Collected $ 467,147

Balance $ 207,853 as of June 23, 2018

New Member

Marcie Ellis and her family in the death of her aunt, Mozelle Elliot

Owen Gentry and his family in the death of his step-father, Robert Maddox

Anna Beth Riggs by profession of faith

Congratulations to:

on being baptized.

Buried in the likeness of His death; Raised to walk in newness of life.

The Women & Men’s Bible Study will take a break during the summer months, and will resume in September.

The Nominating Team has begun

working to fill ministry positions for

the 2018-2019 year. Please pray about how and where God can use

you, then fill out a “Serving with-

in the Body of Christ” survey and

turn it in to a Nomination team

member or Pastor Dave.

Not sure what your spiritual gift is? Complete a (green) Spiritual Gift

Survey, also found in the church

foyer, or click this link…

w w w . l i f e w a y . c o m /s p i r i t u a l _ g i f t s _ s u r v e y . p d f and take the survey. As Christians,

we have all been given a gift.

Women of Joy 2019 ‘Deeply Rooted’

Early registration going on now! Total cost of the conference, plus a deluxe, ocean front room is $219, with a $25 deposit due at signing. Balance is due in early March 2019. Speakers include; Angela Thomas Pharr, Sheila Walsh, Katherine Wolf and Angie Smith, with Danny Gokey in concert. Register early, and receive a pink WOJ cooler bag! Supplies are limited, so sign up today! See Cindy Jeffries for more details.

❖ Mary Oakley

❖ Judy Stancil

Now the Lord is the Spirit,

and where the Spirit of the

Lord is, there is freedom.

2 Cor 3:17

Too Close to Where You Got In

I like the story of the little boy who fell out of bed. When his mom asked him what happened, he answered, “I don’t know. I guess I stayed too close to where I got in.” Easy to do the same with our faith. It’s tempting just to stay where we got in and never move. How does your prayer life today compare with then? How about your giving? And Bible study? Can you tell you’ve grown?

2 Peter 3:18 says, “but grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.”

If a child ceased to develop, the parent would be concerned, right? Doctors would be called and tests would be run. If you’re the same Christian you were a few months ago, be careful. You might be wise to get a check up. Not on your body, but on your heart. Not a physical…but a spiritual.

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July 2018 Birthdays & Church Events Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

Brenda Owens

2

3

4

No Evening Service

Beth Chambers Sue DeBlanc Phillip Ellis

5

Leigh Watson

6

7

Dawne Lewis Tammy Ingram

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9

10

11

12

13

14

15

James Ellis Lane Ellis

16

17 Sheila Compton

18

Linda Weaver

19

20

21 Jacob Jackson

22 Ice Cream Social 6:30p

Joe Glenn

23

Chris Turner

24 Timberlake FD Dinner 7p

Hank Taylor Teresa Wrenn

25

Lloyd Gresham

26

Greta Parker

27

Colton Watson

28

Lorri Dunn

29 Trustees Mtg 5p

30

Adelynn Glenn

31

Aug 1

Penny Pendleton Samantha Russell

Memory Verse

“Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.”

Hebrews 13:8

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Red Mountain Baptist Church P.O. Box 103 Rougemont, NC 27572

919-477-3657 www.redmountainbaptist.com

Rev. Dave Pryor - Pastor Rev. Cameron Lewis-Youth Pastor

Address Correction Requested

July Nursery Toddlers Children’s Church PM Child Care Team Kids

1st Dillon Watson Sammi Watson

Ashley Crabtree Heather Glenn

Kristin Garrett/Blake Gillie/Seth Pryor

Ann Johnson Leigh Watson

Ellen Clayton Sue DeBlanc

8th Jade Pendleton Penny Pendleton

Cindy Jeffries Nancy Shuler

No Children’s Church VBS VBS

15th Shelia Compton

Jennifer Shull Heather Gentry

Michael Hall/Dillon Watson/Sammi Watson

Steve & Debbie Copley

Terry & Carol Carden

22nd Beth Chambers Shelia Sanders

Sue DeBlanc Grace Pryor

Heather Young Kaysi McDaniel

Ann Johnson Leigh Watson

Janice Ellis Teresa Ellis

29th Joyce Glenn Doris Gresham

Ingela Gillie Nick Young

Dawne Lewis Austin Hall

Ashley Crabtree Penny Pendleton

Cindy Jeffries Laura Pryor

Wed Nights

4th - No Church Service

11th - VBS 18 th -Norma Bowen

Debbie Copley 25th - Gail Bowen

Joyce Glenn Aug1 - Cindy Jeffries Penny Pendleton

The Exhausting Pursuit of Happiness

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. When our Founding Fathers dipped their quill pens in inkwells in 1776 to draft the Declaration of Independence, they declared these unalienable rights as our legacy, endowed to us by our Creator. In doing so, they sounded the gun at the start line of a rat race that would span the generations for centuries to come. The early patriarchs of our country made an assumption, and no one questioned it: personal happiness is the highest reward this earthly life can offer. However, if you examine the phrase more carefully, you’ll see that the assumption operates on a faulty model.

Happiness is elusive and coy, nothing more than a temporary, fleeting emotion. Even if captured for a moment, happiness cannot deliver on its promises.

To pursue happiness is akin to grasping at the wind, hoping each fistful we seize will bring the lasting satisfaction we crave in our aching souls.

You can exhaust all of your time, energy, and money in its pursuits, only to be left thinking there’s got to be more. Anytime we attempt to fill our souls with temporary fillers to satisfy a permanent longing, the result will always be unrest.

In Colossians 3:1-2, Paul exhorted believers to “seek the things that are above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. Set your minds on the things that are above, not on things that are on earth”.

The Greek word for “seek” is zētĕō, and it means “to worship (God), or to plot (against life); to desire, endeavour.” Let that

definition sink in for a minute. It beautifully describes the tug-of-war raging in our souls on a daily basis. One Bible commentary notes, “Things on earth here are set in opposition to things above. We must not dote upon them, nor expect too much from them, that we may set our affections on heaven; for heaven and earth are contrary one to the other.”

The Greek word for “set” is phrŏnĕō, which means “to exercise the mind, to interest oneself in; set the affection on.” Paul was not encouraging a disdain for material things. Every physical thing God created is good. Instead, Paul was warning believers against affections other than God that become the center of our worship and our lives.

Is Christ your primary affection? Do you exercise your mind and set your affection on Him daily? Setting your affection on Christ is not a one-time exercise or a super-spiritual gift that magically descends on us when we pray to receive Christ. Believers must consciously and continually decide to make Him their primary pursuit and fight hard to keep Him there.

In John 10:10, Jesus declared, “I came that they may have life and have it abundantly”.

While we tend to look to the world to find happiness and a superior life, Jesus was saying in essence, “I have the answer. Look to Me. Follow Me. What I’m offering is far superior to the off-brand, knock-off version of happiness the world is offering.” If we make anything other than Jesus Christ our primary affection, our souls will ache for something more. And that’s a good thing.

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