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North Grand River Baptist Association

The Encourager 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17

Volume 40, Number 10

October, 2016

“Churches working together to fulfill Jesus’ Great Commission.”“Churches working together to fulfill Jesus’ Great Commission.”“Churches working together to fulfill Jesus’ Great Commission.”“Churches working together to fulfill Jesus’ Great Commission.” Matthew 28:18Matthew 28:18Matthew 28:18Matthew 28:18----20202020

North Grand River Baptist Association 1108 N Main Director of Missions

Trenton, MO 64683 Rev. E.J. Barnes

Fax: 660.359.0200 Ministry Assistant

E-Mail: ngrmission@sbcglobal.net Debbie Dickinson

BSU Telephone– 660.654.0785 BSU Director

DOM’s Office– 660.359.3365 Telephone – 660.359.3897 Diann Barnes

Web Page– northgrandriverbaptist.com BSU Assistant Director

Christina Boatright

North Grand River Baptist Association’s Purpose- “To mutually and prayerfully support, encourage and challenge one another as churches to exalt Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, to edify and equip His disciples to serve him and one another, and to evangelize those who have yet to come to know Him personally.” Matthew 28:19-20

Tenth Street Baptist Church

Saturday, 8:00 am

October 8th, 2016

All Men Invited!

2 Ann Schreffler 2 Brad Prater 7 Dianna Crawford 10 Amy McPherson 22 Steve Dennis 30 Steve & Peggy Dennis

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Gallatin

Galt

Jameson

Jamesport

Laredo

Lineville

Medicine Valley

Mercer

Modena

Princeton

Ravanna

Rural Dale

Salem

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October- Pastor Appreciation Month Thank you to all the pastors and their wives serving in NGR.

Alpha– Jim & Cathie Whitley

Edinburg– Ron & Amy McPherson

Gallatin– Garrett & Jennifer Trunk

Galt– Gene & Ann Schreffler

Jamesport– Rich & Chris Neeley

Laredo– Deryl & Linda Niffen

Lineville– Kenny & Judy Wilson

Medicine Valley Ministry– Lewis & Mabel Rogers

Mercer– Ron & Bobbie Helton

Modena– E.J. & Diann Barnes

Rural Dale– Brad & Courtney Prater

Ravanna– Earl & Rebecca Nance

Princeton– Abner & Jennifer Neill

Salem– Tim & Cyndy Munday

Shelburne– Aaron & Michelle Stark

Spickard–

Tenth Street- Ron & Iva Gail Ratliff

Trenton First– Josh & Christy Gottman

Union- Doug & Dianna Crawford

Sparrow Ministry- Earl & Rebecca Nance

Director of Missions– E.J. and Diann Barnes

Gallatin- You are cordially invited to attend Gallatin First Baptist Church in an Ordination Service for Rick Willett and Micah Sidebottom on Sunday af-ternoon, October 16. The Ordination Council will meet at 2 pm, and the Or-dination Service will be held at 3 pm. The Keenagers will host their monthly luncheon on Thursday, October 6 . Shelly Sims will be presenting a program on the mission work in Haiti. A "Prayers of Desperation Service" will be held on October 30 at 6 pm. Wood and Ashley Marshall will be in charge of Trunk N' Treat which will be held from 5:30 to 7:30 on October 31.

OCTOBER- COOPERATIVE PROGRAM MONTH

It is that time of year again- school has started and it is time for many chil-dren's ministries to also start back up. Bible drill is one of the ministries available for children and youth. This program encourages students to hide God's word in their hearts through memorization of verses, key passages, and books of the Bible. Having been involved in Bible drill for several years, I have seen the kids I have worked with use the verses they have learned and be able to use their Bibles more effectively. I would love to share more with anyone that is interested in starting this program in their church or just with your child. Please call with any questions: Michelle Stark 339-7323.

Church Giving Church Service Times August 2016

Reports Monthly

Inc. BSU Inc. SS AM PM Weds.

Alpha $ 121.93 $ 25.00 9:30 10:30 6:30 7:00

Edinburg $ 711.18 $ 79.02 10:00 11:00 6:00 7:00

Gallatin $ 801.41 $ 50.00 9:30 10:40 6:00 7:00

Galt $ 98.00 $ 25.00 10:00 11:00 6:00 7:00

Jameson 9:30 10:30

Jamesport $ 25.00 $ 25.00 9:45 10:45 7:00 7:00

Laredo $ 351.20 $ 150.00 9:30 10:30 6:30 6:00

Lineville $ 226.86 $ 75.62 9:45 10:45 6:00 6:00

M. Valley $ 52.96 $ 25.00 9:30 10:30 6:00

Mercer $ 290.43 $ 25.00 9:30 10:30 6:30 6:30

Modena $ 318.22 $ 150.00 10:15 9:00 6:00 6:00

Princeton $ 457.88 $ 80.00 9:40 10:40 7:00 6:00

Ravanna $ 172.87 $ 74.09 9:30 10:45

Rural Dale $ 877.24 $ 75.00 9:45 10:35 7:00 7:00

Salem $ 105.62 $ 25.00 10:00 11:00 6:00

Shelburne $ 576.12 $ 75.00 10:00 10:55 6:00 6:30

Spickard $ 70.00 9:30 10:30

Tenth St. $1,165.90 $ 194.32 9:30 10:30 6:00 7:00

Trenton FB $1,218.22 $ 121.82 9:30 10:40 6:00 6:00

Union $ 392.65 $ 200.00 10:00 11:00 6:00 6:00

Total $8,033.69 $1,474.87 Join any of these churches in worship

Chilli, FBC $ 45.00

MBC $ 920.00

Gilman BC $ 200.00

Zion BC $ 50.00

Milan BC $ 247.28

Linn- Livingston $ 422.85

August 2016 NGR Account Beginning Balance $25,647.18 Income $12,074.64 Total $37,721.82 Expenses $11,006.25 Ending Balance $26,715.57

Line Items in General Checking Designated Funds $7,981.32 General Fund $18,734.25

NGR Savings $462.75 Benevolent Savings $783.14

NGR October 2015 - August 2016 (Does not include designated funds)

Income $117,368.00 Expenses $99,079.55 Difference $18,288.45

Seminary Checking $189.21 Seminary Savings $2,303.05

BSU– August- Income to Expense Beginning Balance $7,567.61 Income $3,680.00 Total $11,247.61 Expenses $3,490.31 Ending Balance $7,757.30

General BSU Fund $7,433.52 Designated BSU Fund $323.78

WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT DO YOUR TITHES DO YOUR TITHES DO YOUR TITHES DO YOUR TITHES

AND OFFERINGS AND OFFERINGS AND OFFERINGS AND OFFERINGS DODODODO ????

Through the Cooperative Program, your tithes and offerings start new churches, feed the hungry, advance Christian education, provide disaster relief, promote evangelism, keep more than 9,000 full-time missionaries on the field...and much more.

When you give through CP, your faithful stewardship has a global impact. By pooling resources through CP, your giving goes further.

WHATWHATWHATWHAT IS THE COOPERATIVE PROGRAM IS THE COOPERATIVE PROGRAM IS THE COOPERATIVE PROGRAM IS THE COOPERATIVE PROGRAM ???? The Cooperative Program is the funding process Southern Baptists have used since 1925 to support missions and evangelism around the world. Through CP, the mission of one church is extended to ministries that reach the lost, hungry, hurting, sick and displaced. In addition, it’s how Southern Baptists support missionaries throughout North America and around the globe.

HOW HOW HOW HOW DOES THE DOES THE DOES THE DOES THE

COOPERATIVE PROGRAM COOPERATIVE PROGRAM COOPERATIVE PROGRAM COOPERATIVE PROGRAM WORK WORK WORK WORK ???? It begins with you - your tithes and offerings to your local church. Your church, in turn, gives a percentage of its annual budget to the Missouri Baptist Convention. The MBC invests nearly 60 cents of each dollar in Missouri missions and sends the rest to the Southern Baptist Convention, where CP funds from 45,000 churches are pooled to sup-port more than 9,000 missionaries, six seminaries, ethics and religious liberty causes, and much more.

CP is uniquely Southern Baptist. It’s smart. It’s effective. And it changes lives. How could CP change yours?

Edinburg- Our Church held

revival in August and we had

a good turnout and good ser-

vices. Thanks to Glory Road

for providing wonderful mu-

sic.

The Youth and Children’s

team is working on several fun ways of learning

about Jesus with a movie night on October 1, fall

harvest party, October 30, and the hot air balloon

will be at our church sometime again. The kids

and adults really enjoy this.

It is almost time to work on our Christmas Pro-

gram again and we have started to get practices

scheduled. School starts and then it seems as if

it is the end of the year already.

The community wide and church homecoming in

September and gospel singspiration was a great

event to get outreach to the community. The

church hopes to let the people know they are ac-

tive in our community. We are having the gos-

pel group 2nd Generation on October 2 at 6 PM,

we hope anyone wanting to hear great gospel

music will come and worship with us that evening.

The WOM quilt won 2nd place at the Quilt Show,

this is a great outreach for the children’s Home

and we are so blessed to have ladies to contrib-

ute by putting the quilt together.

Our Sunday school is at 10 AM and church at 11

AM. Sunday night services are at 6 PM with

Wednesday Bible Study at 7 PM. Come join us if

you don’t have a church home.

175th Celebration– Cake & Punch

Trenton FBC– We started our new Sunday School year with a new Sunday School Direc-tor plus we also started two new classes, a college class and a believers class.

During October we will emphasize World Hun-ger needs by collecting items for our local food pantry and World Hunger.

We have been blessed with five additions to our church by baptism and two by statements of faith.

Sunday the 18th of September was well at-tended. Share the Vision was a combination of church ministry exhibits and inviting people to church and Sunday School. We had good fel-lowship, ate a nice meal and viewed the many ministry exhibits.

Our Keenagers are quite busy with a variety of activities. September 22 they enjoyed a wild game dinner at the Hogan’s, Friday the 23rd had lunch at Galt Café. October 6th they will have breakfast at the Country Cupboard at Jamesport. October 7th travel to Macon, MO to see the play “The Church Basement Ladies” in “The Last Potluck Supper”.

Princeton- September 21, we began our TeamKids program are serving a light meal each Wednesday night begining at 5:30 and dismissing at 7:00 PM Bus service will be available for those that need or want to ride t h e b u s c a l l t h e c h u r c h a t 748-3116 let us know if you need to be picked up.

Youth has been meeting since Sept. 7, they meet each Wednesday night with light meal beginning at 6:00 PM and dismissing at 7:30 pm. Having several youth attending. Youth are planning a Youth Hayride on Oct. 8th, meeting at the church around 4:00 pm and a wiener roas t and bonf i re to follow. Our Annual Church picnic will be held October 9th beginning at 6:00 pm come and enjoy an evening of fellowship and good food.

NGR 175th Celebration Items Available There are mugs available for $3.00 each. These mugs are clear and have the 175th logo on them. Also available is the History Book. You are wel-come to a copy of it and Seminary Extension 50th Booklet. These items are available at the Mis-sion Center Bookstore.

Rev. Lewis & Mabel Rogers, pastor of Medicine Valley Ministry, receiving the Missouri Baptist Foundation Award for Christian Stewards in the Ministry Achievement Category at the NGR 175th Annual Meeting at Princeton First Baptist Church. Presenting the award is Nick Davis from the Missouri Baptist Foundation.

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September 19, 15 women met from 7 churches for our kick-off event for 2016-2017. The meeting opened with prayer requests, and prayers were offered up for our nation, MMO offering, and personal requests.

MaDonna Maurer was our guest speaker. She along with her husband Ume and three children are missionaries to Taiwan. They formerly lived in China and Korea. Ume is a principal in a Christian school in Taitung City. One of her children was born with a ge-netic disorder that pushed the family to look into special needs services. From there the Lord has drawn them into doing a work for special needs children and their fami-

lies. They started a work called Taiwan Sunshine which is their outreach tool to these families. They are also involved in other outreaches and other organizations.

MaDonna said she her walk with Jesus was like a puzzle, and that Jesus was giving her one puz-zle piece at a time and her challenge was to see how to fit them all together in the direction that Je-sus was leading. Her mother Ann Eckert from the Jamesport Baptist Church was also able to attend and MaDonna’s youngest daughter Megan.

Taiwan is a country that is highly developed and has a high number of foreigners working there. They have only 1-3 percent of Christians. Most of the people worship gods like dogs, sea, wind and many others. In her area their main god is the snake. It is a dark superstitious culture.

Shelly led the devotional from Titus 2:1-8 and Belinda read all the Missionary names that had birth-days today.

The next meeting is Tuesday, October 18 at 10:30 am at the mission center. The focus for that meeting will be Christmas Child.

A carry in lunch was enjoyed by all.

The verse for today is MaDonna’s family focus, it is Luke 14:13-14a. “But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed.

Sincerely

Shelly Sims

Disaster Relief Training in Jefferson City, MO There is an upcoming DR Training event at Concord Baptist Church in Jefferson City, MO. We will be sleeping at the church so please bring your cots/sleeping bags/air mattresses. Online registra-tion is open. Payment can be made online at the time of registration. If you would prefer to pay at the event please still register online and click "Pay Later" when prompted. We will accept cash, check and credit card payment at the event. If you are training for the first time or re-certifying please complete a new background check. Checks should be made out to Missouri Baptist Con-vention. Please visit our webpage at mobaptist.org, If the manual for the class you are taking is available for download, please download and print your own copy. For more information regard-ing the event please visit our webpage or call 800-736-6227 ext 317 or 314.

Volunteers Needed!

Medicine Valley Community Ministry needs vol-unteers to help with the preparation and distribu-tion of the Food Pantry Ministry

October dates to help with food

distribution at Medicine Valley Community

Ministry October 18th– Prepare Boxes at Newtown Baptist Chapel– 9 am to noon

October 20th– Food Distribution

2016 GA Retreats

“Planted in Missions”

October 14-15

Grand Oaks Baptist Assembly

in Chillicothe

Registration— $36.00 per person

October 4th Deadline

WORLD HUNGER SUNDAY– OCTOBER 9TH

BY SUPPORTING GLOBAL HUNGER RELIEF, YOU ARE HELPING OUR PARTNERS FIGHT THE WAR ON HUNGER.

Worldwide, 870 million people don't have enough to eat—and the vast majority of them have no idea how much God loves them.

One in seven people in the U.S. access food banks to help meet their needs. (Hunger in America 2014)

One out of six children—roughly 100 million—in developing countries is underweight. (The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2015)

100% OF YOUR GIFT GOES TO HELP HUNGRY PEOPLE

Pastors Gathering Mark you calendar for Monday night, November 7th, 6:30 pm at the Mission Center-

Ron Ratliff will be speaking and teach-ing on prayer and the Holy Spirit. There will be a time of fellowship and food.

This will be for pastors only.

For further questions contact Garret Trunk, NGR Pastoral Ministry Director.

Pastors Prayer & Fellowship Time China One Buffet

Noon October, 10, 2016

Be in Prayer for the MBC Annual Meeting October 24-26, 2016

St. Charles, MO “Never Alone”

Deuteronomy 31:6