September 2019 Volume 29 Issue 9

SEPTEMBER 2019

VOLUME 29 ISSUE 9

Inside this issue:

Harvest Weekend for Women

Wild Game Dinner

Change Point Youth Event Info

Maple Valley Ragball Tournament

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Tammy Lovell Stone

Bro James Parham

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Library Training Divorce Care

Calendar, Financial Birthdays

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CHANGE POINT November 1ST AND 2ND 2019

Friday 5 PM -Saturday 4 PM See page 3 for details

Join Faith Baptist Church in Linden as they dedicate Phase 1 of their new facility!

4328 Old Hwy 13S Linden, TN 37096

See page 2 for details

59th Annual Fall Meeting

October 17, 2019

Location: East Hickman Baptist

Church 78336 N. Lick Creek Rd.,

Lyles, TN

Registration: 4:30 pm

Speaker: Dr Larry Robertson

Pastor of Hilldale Baptist

Church Clarksville, TN

4th Annual

Maple Valley Baptist Church

Youth Ragball Tournament

See page 3 for details

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FREE WILD GAME DINNER EVERYONE IS INVITED

DOOR PRIZES

PREDATOR HUNTING SEMINAR

SATURDAY November 9, 2019

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

288 MAIN ST. LOBELVILLE, TN

FOR MOREINFORMATION CALL

FBC 931 593 2592

or Pastor Shannon Clifton

931 209 4761

Online registration is available at

www.fbchohenwald.org

Click on ministries and the Women

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CHANGE POINT November 1ST AND 2ND 2019

Friday 5 PM -Saturday 4 PM Youth grades 6 and up

Location: Fairfield Baptist Church

1863 Hwy 100 Centerville, TN 37033

Youth Leaders, at least one counselor from your church per 5 students, remember you

need to cover both BOYS AND GIRLS

Cost: $20 The Envelopes have been mailed out and you should have all your info. If you have not received them call Ruth

4th Annual Maple Valley Baptist Youth Ragball Tournament

This event will be held at Doyle Bowen Memorial Park in Centerville on

September 28th starting at 9 am.

If you would like to enter a team (teams should consist of 3 females and 7 males) or donate silent auction items or baked goods. Entry fee for teams is $175.00. Please contact Felicity Howell at 931-994-7839 or Matthew Howell 931-994-9383.

Thank you for your help Maple Valley purchased a van about 2 weeks ago.

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The Pomeranian

Darkness has fallen upon the land, but there is still work to be done. So, I head to the field with my head-lamp, clippers, and a bucket to pick Okra. It is usually cooler in late evening; but, that is

not the case tonight. It is hot and steamy. Not unlike a Tennessee summer night. The air is thick and sticky. I can see the moisture looming as my light pierces the ebony that envelopes me. It isn't long before I am made aware of a pres-ence. I look around but see nothing. My senses kick into overdrive as I recognize a familiar smell. Coyotes! More than one! I can hear them as they circle around me. They can't be more than 15 feet from me. And, even though my eyes are at a disadvantage, I am all too aware of my serious situation. I left my rifle at the end of the row. It is too far to run and besides if I run they will probably chase me. They might even attack. I try to stay calm and go about my work; all the while praying, “Lord, I need Your help. I am in danger.” Sometimes God doesn't answer our prayers im-mediately. I am thankful, however, this is not one of those times. Almost instantly, I can hear the sound of barking. It gets louder as the ani-mal gets closer. In what seemed like slow motion, my light catch-es a glimpse of our Pomeranian as he leaps over large mounds and heads straight at those coyotes with all the fierceness that a Pomerani-an can have.

I am so taken back that for a moment I don't think about the danger he will be in if he doesn't return to me. I begin to scream his name knowing all the while he never returns when I call him. “Buddy! Buddy! Buddy come!” I urgently yell in the most authorita-tive voice I can muster. “Buddy!!!!!!!!!” He stops dead in his tracks and happily frolics over and sits beside me. “Thank you, Lord.” I say to myself. He looks up at me with his furry little face, tongue hanging out, panting. I stand bewil-der and amazed at what I have just wit-nessed. Not Buddy, he has an expression that reads, “Well, I guess we showed them.” I can't help but chuckle. But, I know this won't last. I hastily grab him up under my arm and swiftly head to the house. Okra or not, I am taking no more chances tonight. This world appears to be coming apart at the seams. And, it can be very scary if we only focus on our circumstances and not our God. He is our protector. He is our de-liverer. He is our Lord. He is still in control. Don't forget to call on Him in times of trou-ble. Who knows you might witness David sleigh Goliath; or in my case an 8 pound Pomeranian take on a couple of coyotes and win! He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.” Psalm 91:1-2 NKJV Tammy Lovell Stone Calvary Bible Church

WHY I LOVE HYMNS

Back in the 90’s I was serving as Minister of Education in the church we attended. I was also on the mu-sic committee. In one of our meet-ings, we were discussing the chang-

es in the style of music introduced in some of our churches. I asked one of our young men why he didn’t like hymns and his reply was, “well hymns just tell a story”, my re-sponse was you are exactly right, do you know the story behind the song “What a Friend We Have in Jesus”? Of course he said no.

Maybe that’s where the problem

lies; we have failed to communicate these stories in a timely manner.

May I first say; this summary of why I love hymns is not in any way in-tended to divide you, my reader, with preference to the music you en-joy, simply to state why I love

hymns.

So with this may I share some of

these stories, starting with the Hymn “Search me O God”. I was at the time, recently discharged from the Navy in 1963 and had returned to the piney woods of the panhan-dle of Fla. Where once again I at-tended worship in the small coun-try Church I had grown up in. As a youth we sang hymns, “I’ll fly away”, “Camping in Canaan’s land”, “Victory in Jesus”, “Down at the Cross” and so many more, but this song, “Search me O God” tugged at my heart, I didn’t know it was taken straight from the scriptures until I found it there in the closing verses of Psa. 139. For me, to listen to the words of a hymn and the message it pre-sents, well it moves my heart.

As I began writing this note, I came across this poem that fits:

“The Power of the Christian Song”

There’s something about a fine old hymn

That can stir the heart of man;

That can reach to the goal of his inmost soul

Such as no mere preaching can.

It’s more than the tune of the song he sings.

And it’s more than the poet’s rhyme-

It’s the Spirit of God working through these things cont. pg 6

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That gives them their Power sublime!

So we thank Thee, Lord, for the fine old hymns;

May we use them again and again

As we seek to save from a hopeless grave

The souls of our fellow men!

Author unknown

Likely you heard about the recent death of my youngest son at the tender age of 49. When I received the news I went to my porch as my heart ached and there I reached out to God for comfort. Answers? I knew were not coming but we ask them just the same.

The story of the song, “It is Well With My Soul” and the deep grief that father had to deal with when receiving the news of the drowning of his 4 daughters. His name---Horatio Spafford.

I let the words of the first verse run over and over in my mind,

When peace like a river, attendeth

my way,

When sorrows like sea billows roll,

Whatever my lot, thou hast taught me to say,

It is well, it is well, with my soul.

One more likely you are familiar

with but may not know the story of how it came to be, the song, “What a Friend we have in Jesus”

You can research and read the complete story but for this writing I’m briefly try to share its origin and without really knowing, how possible it came to be.

Joseph Scriven had lost his bride-

to-be on the night before they were to be married by accidental drowning. He moved from his home in Dublin Ireland to Canada, his reason for moving were stated as two fold, the religious influence of the Plymouth Brethren upon his life, estranging him from his family and the drowning of his fiancée.

Upon hearing of his mother’s se-rious illness and unable to be with her in far off Dublin, he wrote a letter of comfort enclosing the words of what later came to be known as the song we sing, “What a friend we have in Jesus”.

The words to the song were scribbled on a piece of paper and noted by a friend while visiting Mr. Scriven, he asked, “did you write this?, in answer Mr. Scriven re-plied, “The Lord and I did”.

This is just some of the reasons why, “I Love Hymns”.

Blessings, Pastor James

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Banana Pudding Festival Centerville TN

Oktoberfest Hohenwald TN

Annual Fall Meeting 4:30 East Hickman see pg 1

Harvest Weekend for Women see pg 2

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Golden Offering for State Missions

Deadline for Calendar Dates

Director Reports Due

Faith Building Dedication see pg 1

Budget Meeting

Ragball Tournament see page 3

See you at the Pole

September Birthdays / Anniversaries

October

“Don’t let yesterday take up too

much of today.” – Will Rogers

VBS REPORTS DUE Please enter them into TeD or get them to Ruth for

submission We want to know how your VBS went!

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