The Central United Baptist Church Newsletter P. O. Box 1558 Logan, WV 25601

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June 2017 Tell My People Vol. 39. No. 6

Endurance....

Jeremiah 12:5 If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?

During Jeremiah’s earthly ministry he allowed himself to become distracted and weary as he observed what appeared to be prosperous blessings befalling the most wicked people of his time. In the context of our verse we understand what God is saying to His prophet; weariness leads to feebleness. Galatians 6:9 “And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.” God indicated that if Jeremiah found his present circumstances difficult his future challenges would even be more difficult. There’s an important lesson to be learned from God’s word to Jeremiah; there's no growth without challenge and there's no challenge without change. As we get older, many of us resist change forgetting that without the challenge of change we’re in danger of deteriorating physically, mentally, and spiritually. God wanted Jeremiah to grow in his faith as He also wants us to grow. Gilbert K. Chesterton put it this way, “The fatal metaphor of progress, which means leaving things behind us, has utterly obscured the real idea of growth, which means leaving things inside us." God was more concerned about the spiritual development within His prophet, so He used the difficulties that he faced to strengthen his faith. God could handle the wickedness of the people in Judah, but God couldn't force His servant to grow. Only Jeremiah could make that choice by staying in the race, accepting new challenges, and thereby maturing in the Lord. Proverbs 3:5 “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the Lord, and depart from evil.”

Our lives are primarily made up of long stretches of uneventful days and then, generally without warning, we find ourselves in the midst of a mighty storm. Our Lord’s reference to the swelling of the Jordan is a warning of extreme danger. The overflowing of Jordan, which generally happened during the harvest time, drove the lions and other wild beast from their coverings in the bushes along the banks of the river. Once flushed out they ran throughout the countryside wreaking havoc, slaying men, and carrying off the cattle. This thought is expressed in 1 Peter 5:8 “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.” The application is if you can’t trust God in the little things you’ll never trust Him when major life changing events occur. Let’s be prepared to contend with horses.

Love and prayers.....

Pastor Randy J. Skeens

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Special Prayer Requests

Pastor Randy & Sharon Skeens, Debbie and Paul Evans, Paula Duffield, Kitty Jewell, Fred, Sr. & Kathy

Bradley, Donsil Mullins, Joy White, Cordella Smith, Freddie Bradley, Jr., Kenny & Tammy Adkins,

Joyce Wells, Larry Jewell, Silas Herriott, Colton Justice, Teresa Bevins, Ronnie Robinette, Ashley

Calandros, Monty Boytek, Doug Bell, John Baisden, Linda McGrew, Angie Slack, Jason McClung, John

Turner, Ellen Wellman, Ken Frye, Chelsey Williams, Steve Grey, Nancy Adkins, Patty Turner, Mark

England, Fred & Margie White, Autumn Kolovich, Josh Akers, Viola Meade’s Sister, John Propst, Sr.,

Irene Frye, Patty & Bill Mowery, Doris Vranch, Glen Lanthorne, James Ferrell, Laura Vaughan, Dana

Furrow, Irene Furrow, Mary Ramey, Beulah & Wallace Williamson, Elbert Huffman, Joyce Glenn,

Jimmy Dale & Glenna Wellman, Mark Farmer, Thomas Bradley, Willis Marcum, Emmett Frazier, Carrie

Mullins, Jo Ann Scaggs, Faye Wiley, Gavin Napier, Larry Hardesty, Tommy Robinette, Betty Young,

Carol & Jim Moore, Terri Rodighiero, Anna Ellis, Isabella Propst, Pam Queen, Julia Crum, Cecil &

Imogene Davis, Edith Notchie, Barbara Brewster Cook, Louie & Teresa Hensley, Mavis Collins, Pete

Wiley, Betty Lambert, Mary Padgett, Robbie Padgett, Phyllis Maynard, Jim & Donna Trogdon, Artsel

Browning, Lucille Adkins, Sharron Adams, Jean Bannister, Belva Burke, Betty Whitman, Marlene

Justice, Lillian Grake, Linda Markham, Bob & Viola Meade, Christi Meade, Lois Wooten, Jerry Samson,

Sharon Samson, Ann Curry, Zeffie Brogan, Mabel Watts, Nola Walsh, Pauline Bokken, Amy Kennedy,

Brenda Hensley, Mary Meadows, Carolyn Counts, Kathy O’Bryan, Skylar Miller, Jack Creger, Judy

Hicks, David Hale, Jason Bradley, Janet Doss, Myrtle David, Allen David, Margaret Gore, Lana

Brammer, Ronnie Dingess, Estil Jones, Martha Johnson, Ernie Bevins, Bill Davis, Gloria Farmer, Donna

Perry, Larry Brown, Bobbie Propst, Jason Adkins, Steve Duty, Aaron Davis, Sherry Harrison, Ron &

Peggy McClure, Joey Queen, Joann Fortner, Shannon Green, Joe & Ruth Bowery, Makayla Williams,

Roger & Joann Williamson, Geraldine Butler, Vessie & Retha Marcum, Betty Wooten, David & Darelene

Welch, Glen & Teresa Hager, Diana Foreman, Mildred Brammer, Madge Brammer, Billie Edmundson,

Paula Adkins, David Godby, Bentlee Holbrook, Kathy Guy, Jennifer Adkins, Brad Marcum, Shantella

Workman, Geraldean Adkins, Ernestine Sutherland, Sydney T. Brown, Lorene Williamson, Carrie Hale,

Bennie & Kay Browning, Joe, Sr. & LaVerne Hall, Johnny Counts, Juanita Coster, Tommy Adkins,

Janice Cremeans, Sally Webb, Linda Evans, Bill Skeens, Brenda Roberts, Russell Adkins, Susan Justice,

Josh & Colt Justice, Virgie Ollie, Bill & Betty Bayless, Ben & Mildred Maynard, Donna Trevillis, Frank

Farmer, Leah Jones, Eileen Hanks, Rev. Bobby Adams, Hobert & Judy Raikes, Ronald & Patty Raikes,

Jacob Bibler, Hannah Bibler, Izetta Hannah, Kenny & Polly Evans, Anna Evans, Jim & Susan Brown and

sons David & Matthew Brown, Jewell Kazee, Otto Marcum, Iris Kammer, Helen Kazee, Jimmy Kazee,

Ted Riffe, Braydon Chirico, Clyde & Laverne Dickenson, Herbert Adkins, Benny Adkins, Dick Adkins,

Rexford Curry, Julie Propst, Kayla Adams, Greg Elkins, Doug Fields, Barbara Baer, Brianna Adams,

Cassion Collins, David Dingess, Lovetta Napier, Jay & Tammy Frye, Gage David, Paula Mikus, Kaye

Runyon, Lawrence Homer Vaughan, Billy Bryant, Victor Noe, Lois Thompson, Bess Allen, Lewis

Sheppard, Everett Vance, Mike Ollie, Sr., Vincent Evans, Linda Williamson, Kaylae Scott, Layla Adkins,

Evelyn Adams, Janet Fortner, Brenda Chapman, Debbie Blackburn, Jeff Gibson, Sally Wall, Tommy

Wellman, Joann Kristen, Elaine Williamson, Barbara Farley, Gabriella Propst, Donna Hughes, Chris

Huffnus, Joe Mowery, John Albright, Robin Wulf, Dylan Goodman, Kim Propst, Wendy Welch, Tom &

Sandra Watson, Barney & Terri Goins and family, the family of Carmie Vance, the family of Geneva

Ellis, our unsaved loved ones, our church family, patients in the hospitals, residents in the nursing homes,

our country and leaders, servicemen and women, our youth and youth leaders, and our college students

away at school. Thank you for praying.

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Ushers for June June 4 - Garth Hensley, David Adams & Larry Ramey *

June 11 - Fred Bradley*, John Collins & Monroe Tomblin

June 18 - Paul Evans*, Bennie Browning* & Alex Toler

June 25 - Jamie Ellis*, Curtis Workman* & Zach Cox Ushers for July

July 2 - Garth Hensley*, David Adams & Larry Ramey

July 9 - Fred Bradley, John Collins* & Monroe Tomblin

July 16 - Paul Evans, Bennie Browning* & Alex Toler

July 23 - Jamie Ellis, Curtis Workman* & Zach Cox

July 20 - Garth Hensley, David Adams* & Larry Ramey

Head Usher & alternate – Jim Moore

*Duty at side door

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Happy June Birthdays June 2 – Mark Lilly, Donna White, Lukas Maynard

June 3 – Mark Curry, Stephen Hicks

June 4 – Ava Jewell Wulf

June 5 – Ronica Hensley, David Gwen Long, Ian Laurie, Kayla Toler, Mabel Watts

June 6 – Joshua Castle, Jessica Vance, Shannon Green, Donna Trogden

June 7 – Doris Vranch, Johnathan Hubert, Joyce Wells

June 8 – Rex Curry, Thomas Jay Mullins, Chad Marcum, Nathan Green

June 9 - Adex Martin

June 10 – Polly Evans, Karen Farmer, Dayton Laurie, Steve Nichols

June 11 - Hannah White, Wayne Runyon

June 12 – Judy Hicks, Alice Chirico, Kaye Runyon, Amanda Adkins, Douglas Bryant,

Lindsey Gore

June 13 – Rev. Donnie Bannister, William Wooten IV, Alex Kinder, Brycen Kuenzel

June 14 - Allen David

June 15 – Larry Smith, Cruz Burgess

June 16 – Shanda Workman

June 17 – Cynthia Hensley

June 18 – Gloria Wagner

June 19 – Kay Browning, Rachel Tiller, Kimberly Gilman

June 20 – Palmer Jayne Duty

June 21 – Joe Hall, Sr., Brenna Baldwin, Jacob Mullins, Reidyn Cole Ellis

June 22 - Jared Topping

June 23 – Brett Gore

June 24 – Freda White, Patrick Brennan, Kara Goins, Susan Boggs

June 25 – Garth Hensley

June 26 – Sabrina B. Clark, Jerzee Maynard, Abby Kirk

June 27 – Kade Doss

June 29 – Macy Belcher

June 30 – John Tomblin, Zachary Cox, Sharon Skeens, Jesse Browning, Nicholas Price,

Rose Marie Tomblin. Emmett Ryan Duty, Timothy Croix Marcum

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June 2017 Tell My People Page 4 Our Special Thanks--to those good people we hear from each month--including Mabel Watts, Nola

Walsh, Fern & Glen Kincaid, Elbert Huffman, Jack Creger, Brenda Skibo, Doris Vranch and others too, who

are ever faithful to send their love, prayers and offerings in to the Church. We ask that you continue to

pray that we who are able will be in our Father’s house—doing His Will—and please know that even

though you cannot be present with us, you too are an important part of our church family, and that you

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June Anniversaries

June 5 – Joe & Laura Mowery

June 6 – David & Tammy Long

June 12 – Larry & Keely S. Ramey

June 13 – Millard & Dorothy Ellis

June 14 – David & Cindy Hicks

June 15 - Patrick & Stephanie Duty

June 16 – John & Lana Collins

June 17 – Bennie & Kay Browning

June 18 – Jack & Beth Kinder

June 19 – David & Kim Mitchell

June 20 – Cliff & Cathy Duncan

June 21- Kenny & Karen Jeffrey

June 22 – Wallace & Beulah Williamson, Farron & Melissa Doss

June 24 – Pastor Randy & Sharon Skeens

June 26 – Clyde & Laverne Dickenson, Ricky & Helen Workman

June 27 – Frank & Alice Chirico, Jim & Shari Bumgarner

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Mondays - Men’s visitation, 7 p.m. Wednesdays - Ladies visitation, 3 p.m.; Youth Meeting - 6:30 p.m.; Prayer Meeting - 7 p.m.

Sunday, June 4 - Super Sunday Service, 10:30 a.m. (No evening service) Monday, June 5 – Ladies Auxiliary Meeting, Men's Fellowship, 7 p.m.

Sat., June 10 - Sunday School Convention, 9:30 a.m. Sunday, June 18 – Father's Day

June 18-23 - Teen Camp, 2 p.m. (Harry Moore, Director) Saturday, Jun 24 – C.C.C. reserved, Duty

June 25-30 - Junior Camp, 2 p.m. (Joetta Butcher, Director) July 16-21 - Teen Camp, (Kenny Jeffrey, Director)

July 23-28 - Junior Camp, (David Kirkendoll, Director) Week of August 21-27 - Revival & Business Meetings of Bethlehem Association

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We extend our heartfelt sympathies to our church families who have lost a dearly-loved family member. It is our hope and prayer that God will comfort and sustain you the days ahead. Our sympathies . . . . . . to the family of Marlene Browning, widow of Don Browning, sister of Helen Trent, Lillian

Narcise, William John (Jill) Henry and numerous other relatives, church family and friends. . . . to the family of Geneva Ellis, mother of Charles Edward (JayAnna Adkins) Ellis and Bonnie Ellis, all of Verdunville, and a host of other family members, church family and friends. . . . to the family of Linda "Rusty" Price, daughter of the late Burel and Olive Skeens, sister of Pastor Randy (Sharon) Skeens, Max (Debbie) Skeens and Debra (Tricia) Skeens.

Psalm 23King James Version (KJV)

23 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. 6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

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Stephanie Nicole Curry

Parents: Mark & Lori Curry

Grandparents: Robert & Viola Meade; Roger & Linda Curry

School: Logan High School—Member of the National Honor Society, Nest Beta Club, Student Council, Junior &

Senior Class Secretary, Soft=

ball 4 years, Volleyball, Basketball.

Stephanie likes fishing, hunting, four-wheeling, kayaking and hanging out

with friends.

Plans for the future: Further her education in the medical field and

forensic science.

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Robert Brycen Kuenzel III Parents: Robert B. II & Theresa Lynn Kuenzel Grandparents: Hester Kuenzel & Rick Petrie Brenda & Daris Meadows School: Chapmanville Regional High School—President of the National Honor Society, Student Body Vice President Elect, Eagles Nest/Leadership Member. Brycen enjoys socializing and hanging out with friends as well as watching television and listening to music. He also likes to read and shows fond interests in the sciences. Also, he is interested in helping children as he is in both an Education Assistant Class and Eagle's Nest Class in which he goes through the community's schools and helps teach the youth. Plans for the future: He will be attending The University of Charleston (Surprising, right?) majoring in

Biology/Pre-Medicine. He plans to continue his education after getting his undergraduate degree and attending medical school, then pursue a passionate career in pediatrics/neonatology.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ronica Hensley graduated from Marshall University on May 6, 2017, earning a Bachelor of Science Degree in Communication Disorders. She will begin her

graduate studies at Marshall University in the fall. Ronica is the daughter of Garth and Carole Hensley. She is the granddaughter of Janet Doss and the late Amos Doss, and Brenda Hensley and the late Dallas Hensley.

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The Fruit of the Spirit—The characteristics that God wants in our lives as His children are seen in the nine-fold fruit of the

Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23). St. Paul began with love because all of the other fruit is really an outgrowth of love…. This divine

love is God's gift to us (Rom. 5:5), and we must cultivate and pray that it will increase (Phil. 1:9).

When a person lives in the sphere of love, then he experiences joy—that inward peace and sufficiency that is not affected by

outward circumstances. Love and joy together produce peace, "the peace of God, which passeth all understanding" (Phil. 5:7).

These first three qualities express the Godward aspect of the Christian life.

The next three characteristics express the manward aspect of the Christian life: long

suffering or patience (courageous endurance without quitting), gentleness (kindness), and

goodness (love in action). The Christian who is long suffering will not avenge himself or wish

difficulties on those who oppose him. Hi will be kind and gentle, even with the most offensive,

and will sow goodness where others sow evil. Human nature can never do this on its own; only

the Holy Spirit can.

The three final

qualities are selfward: faith

(faithfulness,

dependability); meekness

(the right use of power and

authority, power under control); and temperance (self-control). Meekness is not weakness. Jesus said, "I am meek and lowly in

heart" (Matt. 11:29), and Moses was "very meek" (Num. 12:3); yet no one could accuse either of them of being weak. The meek

Christian does not throw his weight around or assert himself. Just as wisdom is the right use of knowledge, so meekness is the

right use of authority and power (taken from writings by Warren Wiersbe).

Hey, come back next month and we'll take another close look at our little Tree and its need for cultivation!

Our Quiz for Bible Scholars will return in July's Newsletter.