Henry County Baptist Association July-August 2013

T h e C a l l e r

www.racewayministriesmartinsville.com www.hcbaptists.org hcbaptists@hotmail.com

This issue of The Caller covers the months of July & August. We will resume our normal schedule with the next issue which will be published in September. BE SAFE AND HAVE A NICE SUMMER!!!!

NEW OFFICE HOURS

Monday

8:30 AM—12:00 Noon

Tuesday—Thursday

8:30 AM—4:00 PM

Closed on Friday

Chevis & Helen Horne Home

2013 Walk & Rock-A Thon 10 a.m. - 12 noon

Saturday, September 21, 2013 At the home located at

418 Mulberry Road, Martinsville

Live Music - Free T-Shirts Barbecue/Watermelon Lunch

For more information please contact:

Shirley at 276-358-1357

scraven@centurylink.net

We now have 65 churches who are participating in

Operation Inasmuch! Please continue to be in prayer

for this special day and begin preparing for the pro-

ject that your cluster/church will be doing. Can’t de-

cide what to do…?

As you ride through your neighborhood to church,

look around and determine any needs or call your

neighbors and see if they or someone they know

needs help. If you need ideas, contact the HCBA

office, and we will be happy to send you a list.

As you recruit volunteers, please keep in mind that

we will be ordering T-shirts in August. Cost is $6

per shirt.

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

Operation Inasmuch Testimonial

(from Pittsylvania Baptist Assoc Sept 2012 Newsletter)

“At the time of our Operation Inasmuch event (Oct 8,

2011), I had an uncle that was battling lung cancer. He

was staying with my parents and as he left his previous

residence to collect clothes and other belongings on

October 8th, he decided to stop off at a Laundromat to

wash his clothes so my mother would not have to do it for

him. He came across several ladies “in red shirts” who

offered to help him. You see, he inadvertently forgot to

get quarters for the machines...but they were there to

assist him. As he arrived at my parents’ house, he

proceeded to tell my mother about his encounter. He said

“you won’t believe what happened to me…” and as he

told her, she knew right away, because she is a member

of one of our PBA churches. I feel that this had a great

impact on my uncle especially during his struggles, both

physically and spiritually. To this day, we do not know

which Laundromat he went to, and in fact we will never

know. My uncle died on December 19, 2011.

You may never hear from those people that were

specifically impacted, but keep in mind that our duty of

serving others is a blessing to everyone involved,

including yourself.

Two things come to my mind, when I think about his

story…

One is that you never know someone’s situation when

you meet them and you may do or say the very thing they

need that particular day.

Second is you may never realize what that day means

to someone. You see October 8th was my uncle’s

birthday, his last birthday here on earth.”

Church News! AXTON… On June 8th, our Carpenters for Christ went to Ina Baptist Church in Ina, Illinois, to help with the construc-tion of a sanctuary. And our Vacation Bible School will be held July 25th through July 27th. BLACKBERRY… In June, our students participated in activities and more are planned throughout the summer. We honored our fathers on Father’s Day. VBS is sched-uled for Saturday, July 20, followed by a Sunday Rally and Pool Party on July 21. COLLINSVILLE, FIRST … Senior Adults went to County Line Christian Church to hear the Spiritualaires on June 7, and had breakfast at Mabry Mill June 17. VBS was held June 23-27 with a Pizza/Pool Party at the Collinsville YMCA on June 28. Our Special Needs VBS was held June 22. We will participate in Operation Inasmuch Oct 12. HILLCREST … In July: 7th Sunday School Sausage Bis-cuit Sunday-9:30 am; 8th-13th Centrifuge Youth Camp at North Greenville University; 15th—19th Colossal Coaster VBS for Children—6:20 pm-8:45 pm; 21st VBS Com-mencement Musical-6:00 pm; 24th VBS Follow UP—6:30 pm. In August: 5th Red Cross Bloodmobile 1:00—7:00 pm; 6th-13th Adult Mission Trip to Peru; 14th AWANA re-sumes. LONE OAK … We will have Vacation Bible School on Sat-urday, July 13, 9AM—2PM; Our theme will be “Everywhere Fun Fair.” MARTINSVILLE, FIRST … June 23—Covered Dish Luncheon following worship service welcoming Daniel Will-son and family as Assistant Pastor. July 14—Cross Neck-lace Workshop; July 10—August 7 Wednesday night sum-mer Dessert and Dialogue series. July 17—Senior Adults go to Prizery and McCollum-Ferrell Shoe Store in South Boston. July 20—Newspaper recycling. July 21—Youth leave on mission trip through Impact Virginia; August 8—Senior Adults to historical homes in Kernersville, NC. MCCABE… Christine Evans has joined us once again this summer as our summer youth and children worker. Some of McCabe’s youth went on a mission trip to M-Fuge in Charleston, SC, June 17th – 21st with a group from Mt. Vernon Baptist Church. McCabe will host a “National Night Out” block party on Tuesday, August 6th. McCabe will host “Free Community Meals” on Wednesday, July 10th and Wednesday, August 14th from 5:30 -6:30 p.m. NEW VISION … VBS scheduled for Saturday, July 13 from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM. The theme will be "Hay Day." We are tentatively scheduling our Church Picnic in August. If you are interested in attending contact the church at 540-489-5644. Have a great summer!!!!

ONE ACCORD … We will have revival July 28 – August 2, 2013, with guest speaker Rev. Todd Barnes. Services will be at 7:00 PM nightly with special music nightly. We had a Missions Fundraiser on July 29 to raise funds for a mission trip to Costa Rica. ORCHARD DRIVE… Hosted Community Meal on June 25, Youth attended Centrifuge Camp in Greenville, SC June 10-14, Men’s Brotherhood served meal at Roanoke Rescue Mission on June 22, 6:00 pm. June 30th Cele-bration Picnic with music by “Almost Home”, July 21-26 Vacation Bible School, Youth 30 Hour Famine Aug. 16-17, Sep. 1st Church at Philpott Lake Lookout Shelter. SHILOH… Vacation Bible School will be held July 14-19, with the theme “Colossal Coastal World”. There will be an Educational Banquet on July 20 at 4:00 PM. We will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Senior Choir on Au-gust 24 at 6:00 PM. Guest choirs are invited. TRINITY … May – Youth and leaders washed windows at Horne Home. June 16 – Observed Father’s Day. June 28 – Dedication of new picnic shelter with church-wide July 4th cookout. Seniors are planning a trip to Hotel Roa-noke. VILLA HEIGHTS … On June 19, a group of ten senior adults enjoyed a trip to the Wohlfahrt Haus Dinner Thea-ter to see the musical “Show Boat”. A mission team will be returning to Cuba for the fifth time August 1-8, 2013. They will re-visit a retirement home and conduct Vaca-tion Bible School. The WMU is donating electric fans to Grace Network for clients who have no air conditioning.

News for

The September

Caller

Due

August 15th!

This & That...

We extend a warm welcome to Mrs. Loretta Smith,

who is serving as Secretary of McCabe Memorial

BC, effective July 1, 2013. Loretta is a member of

McCabe and has formerly served as Secretary at

First Baptist, Collinsville, and Bassett Memorial

United Methodist Church. She is married to Gary

and they have four sons, Byron, Barry, B. J. and

Brandon, and six grandsons. One son, B. J. Smith,

is a pastor in

Ferriday, LA.

July Anniversaries: 1 Glenda Inman, Min of Music, Villa Hgts, 10 yrs.

15 Steve Manuel, Interim Pastor, Oak Level, 2 yrs.

15 Jim Hewitt, Pastor, Pocahontas Bassett, 6 yrs.

August Anniversaries: 1 Tony Beach, Assoc Pastor, Fort Trial, 14 yrs.

1 Keith Spangenberg, Pastor, Villa Heights, 13 yrs.

10 Andrew Shanks, Pastor, Fontaine, 5 yrs.

15 Lew Bennett, Pastor, Bassett, First, 14 yrs.

15 John Fulcher, Pastor, Martinsville, First, 13 yrs.

24 Clyde Murray, Assoc Pastor/Music & Worship,

Hillcrest, 4 yrs.

25 Jane Richardson, Office Assistant, Hillcrest,

3 yrs.

July Birthdays: 21 Bob Thurman, Pastor, Kearfott Memorial

23 Denise Belcher, Secretary, Fort Trial

25 Pam Joyce, Secretary, Ridgeway, First

27 Michael Dyer, Pastor, Fairview

August Birthdays: 3 Gary Edwards, Retired Minister

4 Karen Reed, Ministry Asst., HCBA

8 Palmer Lowery, Pastor, Lone Oak

10 Amos Turner, Retired Minister

11 Fred Hardin, Pastor, Fuller Memorial

19 Larry Cheek, Pastor, Collinsville, First

22 Eric Kieselbach, Pastor, Blackberry

July Calendar

4 Independence Day Holiday-office closed

16 OIAM Western Cluster Meeting, 7:00

PM, HCBA office

17 Baptist Extension Board Semi-Annual

Meeting, VA Baptist Resource Center,

Richmond

18 Executive Committee, 7:00 PM, HCBA

office

August Calendar:

3 Church Weekday Conference, Bon Air

Baptist Church, Richmond

4 Developmental Disabilities Ministry Day

15 News for the Caller due in Association

office

Save The Date! Executive Committee Meeting

July 18, 7:00 PM, HCBA Office

Horne Home Walk-A-Thon

Sept 21, 10AM-Noon,

at the Home

Senior Adults Talent Show

Sept 26, 12:00 Noon, First Baptist, Martinsville

HCBA Annual Meeting

Sunday, October 13, 4:00 PM

First Baptist, Bassett

Raceway Ministries Weekend

October 25-27, at Martinsville Speedway

Congratulations…to Adam and Amber Hughes who have been blessed with a

new baby girl, Kinsley Grace, born June 27, 2013! She weighed 9 lbs., 14 oz., and was 22 inches long, and joins the family with big sister, Hannah. Adam is the

Minister of Youth at First Baptist Church, Bassett.

Webmaster Needed The HCBA is looking for someone who

will volunteer to create and maintain our website. Could that be YOU?? If you

have an interest and talent in that area, please contact the HCBA office. You may

call 276-638-2951, or email hcbaptists@hotmail.com, for more

information.

HCBA Monthly Financial Report

May 2013

Receipts:

Church Contributions 7,440.99

Interest .77

Total Receipts: $7,441.76

Total Expenditures: $5,277.36

Operating Balance: $99,289.95

ATTENTION SENIORS:

Hope your summer is going great! Looking

forward to the “Talent Show” on September 26,

12:00 noon at First Baptist, Martinsville. Are you

working on getting talent ready from your

church?

Still Openings For Our Pennsylvania Dutch Trip

September 10-12, 2013

Noah drama, Behind the Scenes Tour @ Sight &

Sound

For more info, contact Betsy at 276-647-7248

Mailing Address:

85 Woodshire Road, Collinsville, VA 24078

Vacation Bible School Schedules Axton July 25-27 “Wild West”

(call 650-1067 for schedule)

Bassett, First July 21-25, 6-8:30 pm “Colossal Coastal World”

Blackberry July 20, 9 am—4 pm “Colossal Coastal World”

Fort Trial July 7-12, 6:15-8:40 pm “Colossal Coastal World”

Hillcrest July 15-19, 6:20-8:45 pm “Colossal Coastal World”

Lone Oak July 13, 9 am—2 pm “Everywhere Fun Fair”

New Vision July 13, 9 am—2:00 pm “Hay Day”

Orchard Drive July 21-26, 6:30-8:30 pm “Colossal Coastal World”

Ridgeway, First July 14-19, 6:00-8:30 pm “Colossal Coastal World”

Shiloh July 14-19, 5:30-7:30 pm (Sun) “Colossal Coastal World”

6:30-8:30 pm (Mon-Friday)

Trinity July 22-26 “Colossal Coastal World”

(call 618-1611 for schedule)

Virginia Baptist Opportunities

Appalachian Baptist Pastors/Staff and

Spouse Retreat July 11-12, 2013

Marion Baptist Church, Marion, VA

Contact Rev. Darrell Fletcher, 888-674-4373, Darrell.fletcher@vbmb.org

Church Weekday Education Conference “Celebrating God’s Children”

August 3, 2013

Mount Vernon Baptist Church, Glen Allen, VA Visit www.vbmb.org/CWE for more info

and to register

CHAPLAIN PRAYER CARDS

The North American Mission Board

has produced a set of 50 military

prayer cards to assist Southern

Baptists in praying for military

chaplains. Each Southern Baptist

church is eligible to receive a set of the free

cards. To order a free set and/or

additional s ets, please contact NAMB by calling

866-407-6262 or go online at: namb.net/

chaplaincy

Books Available

As you know, Rev. Frank Gribble has resigned as

Pastor of Fieldale Baptist Church, and will be leaving the

area to serve at the Indiana State Convention. He has a

multitude of books available at the church for anyone who

can use them, including individual commentaries and sets.

If you are interested, please contact the church office at

276-673-6748.