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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
Page 3 July 2017 THE CREEK SPEAKS
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.
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