November, 2014

“...encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.” I Thessalonians 5:11

Pottawatomie-Lincoln Baptist Association, Shawnee, OK ~ Dr. Russell R. Cook, Director of Missions Vol. 18, No. 11

EXECUTIVE

BOARD The next regular

meeting will be

February 9, 2015

Association

Website

www.plba.org

November 7, 2014

Association Office Closed

Tuesday, November 11 for Veteran’s Day

and November

26 & 27 for

Thanksgiving

Association Christmas Banquet

Thursday, December 4, 6:30 p.m. Immanuel Baptist Church

Featuring: Link Union (A Phenomenal folk, gospel, blue grass family band)

$10 per person Retired Pastors & Widows are free of charge

Please RSVP by

Monday, November 24

Call 405-273-4558

November 4

Get out

and

VOTE!

November 2

Daylight

Savings Ends

Lottie Moon Christmas Offering State Goal ~ $6 Million

What will you give to help spread the gospel?

“HAVE YOU LEFT YOUR FIRST LOVE?” Revelation 2:1-7

The church at Ephesus is a good example of many Baptist churches today. It had a great start and was known for its genuine love for God, for the saints, and for the lost. Over about 30 years it changed dramatically—so much so that Jesus said, “you have left your first love.” (Can we really love the Son and not the saints and...not the sinner?) Consider (1) the CONDITION of the church and (2) the CORREC-TION for the church.

I. The CONDITION OF THE CHURCH (vv.2-4,6) A. They were LIVELY IN THEIR CHRISTIAN DEEDS (v.2a “I know your deeds and your toil and perseverance”) B. They were LABLED FOR THEIR CHRISTIAN DISCIPLINE (v. 2b “and that you cannot tolerate evil men…”) C. They were LOYAL IN THEIR CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE (v. 2c “...and you put to the test those who call themselves apostles and they are not, and you found them to be false.”) D. They were LONG ON THEIR CHRISTIAN DETERMINATION (v. 3 “you have perseverance and have endured for My name’s sake and have not grown weary.”) E. They were LACKING IN CHRISTIAN LOVE (v.4 “But I have this against you, that you have left your first love.”) IT IS FOCUSED. 1. Christian love is focused on the SAVIOR. (Matthew 22:37) 2. Christian love is focused on the SAINTS (John 13:34-35) 3. Christian love is focused on the SINNER (Matthew 11:19) II. The CORRECTION FOR THE CHURCH (v. 5) A. They were instructed to REMEMBER (v. 5a “Therefore remem- ber from where you have fallen...”) B. They were instructed to REPENT (v. 5b “and repent…”) OF WHAT SHOULD THE CHURCH REPENT? 1. Repent of PRAYERLESSNESS 2. Repent of FAITHLESSNESS 3. Repent of POWERLESSNESS 4. Repent of SELFISHNESS 5. Repent of SINFULNESS C. They were instructed to RETURN (v. 5c “and do the deeds you did at first…”) - Return to: 1. The Great Confession (Matthew 16:16) 2. The Great Commandment (Matthew 22:37-38) 3. The Great Commission (Matthew 28:18-20)

Jesus said to the church at Ephesus, “repent or else I am coming to you and WILL REMOVE YOUR LAMPSTAND (church) OUT OF ITS PLACE” (v. 5d).

— rrc

EARLSBORO INDIAN MISSION is searching for a bi-vocational pastor. Send resumes to Pulpit Committee, PO Box 239, Earlsboro, OK 74840.

EMMANUEL, MCLOUD is seeking a godly and committed bi-vocational Youth Minister. Please send resumes to Emmanuel Baptist Church, Search Committee, PO Box 1119, McLoud, OK 74851.

FIRST, MAUD is seeking a part-time Music Minister. If you are interested call Bobby Shatto at 405-630-8348 or email at shattobg@oge.com. (Bobby

Shatto, Pastor)

FIRST, TRYON is seeking a bi-vocational Music Minister. If you are interested

call Bob Fowler at 405-606-5603 or 405-606-5621. (Bob Fowler, Pastor) PLEASANT HOME is seeking a Music Minister for their Sunday morning and

evening services. If interested, please contact Nathan Howard at 580-313-0743 or email at nhow10@hotmail.com. (Nathan Howard, Pastor)

TRINITY, MAUD is looking for God's person to lead and disciple their youth. If you are growing in your walk, love teenagers and have a passion for pouring God's Word into them, send your resume with a cover letter to Trinity Baptist Church, Youth Search Committee, PO Box 177, Maud, OK

74854. (Butch Bradley, Pastor)

The more news I watch and the more reports I hear from Pas-tors in the churches, the harder it is to find encouragement. How-ever, there is much encouragement to receive from God’s word and God’s work in the world. Whether the small world I live in (essentially one town, two counties and one state) or the whole world of which I’m a part. God’s Word is a phenomenal source of encouragement. I remember reading about Joshua’s encouragement from the Lord in 1:5,9 when he was faced with the insurmountable task of leading thousands of people into the promised land. The Lord said, “No man will be able to stand before you all the days of your life. Just as I have been with Moses, I will be with you: I will not fail you or forsake you” (v. 5). What a thought! What power! What a prom-ise! All he had to do was “be strong and courageous!” The Lord said to him...and says to us in our “little worlds,” “Be strong and courageous! Do not tremble or be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go” (v. 9). So, no matter what the latest breaking news may be I have a great source of encouragement. Just as certainly as God has been with those servants who have gone on before us, He will be with us… “all the days of our lives.” And He will be with those servants who follow us. Be of courage! The work goes on!...and on!...and on!...until Jesus comes when we’ll all be gathered home.

Encouragingly Yours, Russell Cook

It Might Preach!

Staff Needed

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office, 405.273.4558.

Church News

Please let us know of any upcoming events or news

from your church!

FIRST, MCLOUD has a Hammond Organ to give away. If interested please call the church office at 405-964-3344. (Matt Halstead, Pastor)

MAMMOTH, MEEKER has called Michael Sartin as their youth minister. Congratulation and may God bless you. (Mike Hazelwood, Pastor)

TRINITY, SHAWNEE was recently blessed with a gift and they were able to host a "Note Burning" ceremony for the Victory Ministry Center. Trinity has been able to use the Center for many ministries, church fellowships and especially for children and youth. (Larry Norris, Pastor)

A Nugget From My Spiritual Journey

Association Website — www.plba.org

Budget Receipts PLBA WOMEN

I have often seen the meaning of my name, MARSHA, defined as something like “brave hearted one.” I didn’t start out in life feeling very brave, though. There proba-bly weren’t too many little girls any more shy than I was until I was about 16 or 17. But, I had parents who encouraged me repeatedly beyond my shyness, one experi-ence after another, one year after another. With lots of prayer and encouragement and just plain working on it, I began to learn how to live life more bravely.

In retrospect, I realize now my parents were shining examples to follow. Daddy served three years overseas in the Air Force during WWII, while Mother bravely left her Kansas farm home for business college and then lived as a single woman in Kansas City and Washington, D.C. She returned home to help run the family farm when her dad had cancer. After they married and had two young girls, they bravely moved our little family from oil field to oil field for five years, until they settled down to farm in Arkansas. There they bravely tackled the constant hardships of farming, eventually losing a home in a fire and then a farm to bankruptcy.

Their final acts of bravery are the most poignant of all to me, as I watched them live out the ends of their lives in my home and in a nursing home, both succumbing to the ravages of Alzheimer’s. Daddy bravely accepted the inevitable that they could no longer live alone, hard as that was for him. One day, as I watched Mother attempt to walk down the hallway of the nursing home following hip surgery, her head held high as her gown flapped around her thin little legs, I came to tears. The nursing staff was clapping, saying, “Come on, Bonnie, you can do it! You can do it!” Somehow that message penetrated her challenged brain and she held her head even higher, as she triumphantly made it to the end of the hallway. I stood there watching, thinking, “I have a very brave mother…” Until that moment, I had never attached that adjective to her, but I suddenly realized she had spent most of her life teaching me to be braver than I thought I was. By precept and by example. At that shining moment in her life, one of her final times to walk, I loved her more than I think I ever had before…

Thank you, Mother and Daddy, for letting your love lights of bravery shine for me… Marsha Cook, Director

Baptist Women’s World Day of Prayer

Monday, Nov. 3rd, 10 a.m. Immanuel Baptist Church, Shawnee

Light refreshments will be served.

Childcare by RSVP to church office:

405-273-2105.

PLBA WOMEN PRE-CHRISTMAS EVENT!

Saturday, November 1, 10:00 a.m.

Pottawatomie-Lincoln Baptist Association

3800 N. Market in Shawnee, OK

See Displays of “Easy Christmas Craft Ideas”

Marsha Cook, Speaker:

“Following Christ From Christmas to the Cross”

Everyone please bring a plate of

Christmas cookies/candies to share!

Bring one copy of your recipe

(include your name and church).

Hot Cider and Punch provided!

Churches listed in red are Pastorless

PASTORS CHURCH Sept. ‘14 YTD

Roger Shaw Agra FBC .00 3,581.84 Mat Riddle Asher FBC 198.40 1,759.49 Larry Sparks Blackburn Chapel 170.49 2,153.26 Albert May, Int. Carney FBC 258.75 1,996.66 Rick Blackwell Chandler, FBC 1,094.02 8,288.73 Keith Henley Chandler Southern 324.75 2,171.26 Doug Parker Dale .00 297.35 Mike Mitchell Davenport FBC 526.44 4,327.78 Mike Haines Deer Creek 285.67 2,080.21 Mark Streetman Earlsboro FBC .00 300.00 ______________ Earlsboro Indian Mission 19.39 408.91 Wayne Knight Fairview 141.38 1,222.82 Dan Campbell Faith 282.79 2,782.41 Jeff Bruton Forest .00 .00 Lee Witt Hazel Dell 801.93 4,686.71 Tuney Ropp Hillside .00 9,637.44 Gary Nickerson Hilltop 631.65 4,608.21 Bryan Cook Hopewell .00 197.61 Billy Benson Macomb 237.00 1,586.51 Mike Hazelwood Mammoth 372.00 2,746.00 Bobby Shatto Maud FBC .00 87.19 Butch Bradley Maud Trinity 306.01 2,051.72 ______________ McLoud Emmanuel .00 5,112.07 Jerry Gray McLoud Emmaus 108.95 831.80 Matt Halsted McLoud FBC 490.35 4,180.29 Ron Cherry McLoud Son Rise .00 .00 Joe Jones Meeker FBC 338.93 2,416.06 Jerry Jackson Morning Star .00 50.00 R.J. Stokes Mt. Pleasant 34.12 371.44 Jimmy Reed, Int. Newalla New Life 712.23 6,985.02 Ed Moore Newalla Pecan Valley .00 750.13 Mike Collyer Pink 407.00 2,647.01 Jim Morningstar Pioneer .00 342.09 Nathan Howard Pleasant Home 153.00 1,323.88 Tim Emmons Prague FBC .00 4,095.66 Richard Zimmer Rock Creek 622.17 7,750.32 Gaspar Reyes Rock Creek Spanish 12.94 137.09 Tony Black Romulus 287.94 2,032.18 Monte Dean Sh-Aydelotte .00 3,348.43 David Henry Sh-Calvary .00 185.00 Ray Miller Sh-First 253.45 2,934.24 Spencer Davis, Int. Sh-First Indian .00 .00 Anthony Rhone Sh-Galilee 50.00 450.00 Bob Dawson Sh-Good Shepherd Chapel .00 570.50 Jay Sampson Sh-Heritage .00 3,060.38 Todd Fisher Sh-Immanuel 1,965.22 18,291.77 Rendon Falls Sh-Karis .00 .00 Tom Hall Sh-New Life 25.00 225.00 John York Sh-Oakland Chapel 18.30 88.90 _______________ Sh-Sallateeska 293.00 508.00 Mike Craig Sh-Temple 1,142.52 10,467.35 Larry Norris Sh-Trinity 200.70 1,725.96 Steve Dominy Sh-University 429.46 3,682.62 Kent Wooster Sh-Wallace Ave. .00 1,467.34 Perry Tripp Sparks FBC 91.59 768.22 Glenn Peck St. Louis FBC 425.53 3,356.82 Don Tiger Stroud Disciple’s Way 13.51 136.00 James Bond Stroud FBC 335.43 5,063.54 Tony Peak Tecumseh FBC 981.92 8,498.44 Will Wilson Tecumseh New Hope 50.00 450.00 Clint Dawkins Tecumseh Sharon 856.07 7,249.82 Bob Fowler Tryon FBC .00 1,758.20 Britt Lesley Wanette FBC .00 1,903.01 Bill Howse Wanette, Victory Pointe .00 .00 Russ Houser Wellston Cornerstone .00 320.00 Darrell Sullivan Wellston FBC 330.67 3,348.14 Lane Buckley Wellston Trinity 110.00 880.00 TOTAL $16,390.67 $176,734.83

TOTAL CHECKING AND SAVINGS TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR Beginning Bal. Income Expenses Ending Bal. 9-1-14 9-30-14 Budget 51,283.47 16,390.67 17,621.81 50,052.33 Designated 192,646.18 192,866.07 Total Monies $243,929.65 $242,918.40

BGCO 2014 Annual Meeting Women’s Breakout Sessions

Mission Celebration November 10, 2014

Quail Springs Baptist Church, OKC

4:15 p.m.—6:15 p.m.

Birthdays

1 Mrs. Vicki (Larry) Sparks 36325 Lake Road Shawnee OK 74801 Pastor’s Wife, Blackburn Chapel

2 Rev. Ellis Rolette 405 N. Pesotum Shawnee, OK 74801 Retired Pastor

4 Rev. Bill Donovan 43 Sequoyah Shawnee, OK 74801 Retired Pastor

4 Rev. Mike Haines 355960 E 960 Rd Stroud, OK 74079 Pastor, Deer Creek

10 Mrs. Colleen (Bob) Fowler PO Box 95 Tryon, OK 74875 Pastor’s Wife, First, Tryon

11 Mrs. Karen (Jerry) Gray 17770 Cedar Brake Choctaw, OK 73020 Pastor’s Wife, Emmaus

13 Rev. David Henry 503 S Market Shawnee, OK 74801 Pastor, Calvary

13 Dr. Ed Moore PO Box 270 Newalla, OK 74857 Pastor, Pecan Valley

13 Rev. Darrell Sullivan 331178 E Captain Dr. Wellston, OK 74881 Pastor, First, Wellston

21 Mrs. LeVoe Maxwell 3914 N. Kickapoo Shawnee, OK 74804 Former DOM’s Wife

29 Rev. Thom Duncan 9782 Econtuchka Rd Prague, OK 74864 Retired Pastor

29 Rev. Rendon Falls 53 Timber Creek Shawnee, OK 74804 Pastor, Karis Ministries

29 Mrs. Amy (Jay) Sampson 6 Janeway Place Shawnee, OK 74804 Pastor’s Wife, Heritage

30 Rev. Al Farrow 1 Dennis Blvd Shawnee, OK 74804 Retired Pastor

Anniversaries

1 Rev. & Mrs. Mike Hazelwood PO Box 891 Meeker, OK 74855 Pastor, Mammoth

12 Rev. & Mrs. Lane Buckley PO Box 122 Wellston, OK 74881 Pastor, Trinity, Wellston

19 Rev. & Mrs. Tony Peak 21425 Trailridge Tecumseh, OK 74873 Pastor, First, Tecumseh

22 Dr. & Mrs. Dan Campbell 20385 Elm St. Harrah, OK 73045 Pastor, Faith, Harrah

28 Rev. & Mrs. Joe Jones PO Box 431 Meeker, OK 74855 Pastor, First, Meeker

November

1 PLBA Women’s Pre-Christmas Event –10:00 a.m.

2 Daylight Savings Ends

3 Baptist Women’s World Day Of Prayer-Immanuel

4 Election Day

7 My Hope with Billy Graham

7-8 OBU Homecoming

10 Ethnic Pastor’s Dinner

10-11 BGCO Annual Convention Quail Springs, OKC

11 Veteran’s Day Association Office Closed

13 VBS Jumpstart, FBC Edmond

14-15 Forum 2014, Eagle Heights, OKC

26-27 Thanksgiving Association Office Closed

30-Dec 7 Lottie Moon IMB Week of Prayer

Dec 4 PLBA Christmas Banquet-Immanuel, Shawnee

November 2014

May God Bless you and your house this

Thanksgiving

From Your PLBA Staff & Officers