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Herrick Baptist Church NewsletterJanuary 2015From Our Pastor

Happy New Year!!! I just can’t believe where time goes! It’s 2015 and seems like just yesterday it

was 1978 or 1995. I would like to dedicate this newsletter to the late Lovane Henderson. What a

great lady who saw time go by for 99 years. I had mentioned how many things had changed in

Lovane’s life, like electricity, plumbing, TV and even the automobile. Can you imagine from 1915

to 2015? It could only be vast. Things that someone like me or anyone younger would have no

idea of the changes she was part of. Like having a horse pulling a plow to now using a tractor that

drives on its own. Or using a horse and buggy to get to church to driving a car that can tell you

how to get there. Or writing a letter to someone in another town like Pana and they had no zip

code. You would mail the letter and it took 2 or 3 days to get there. Now you can text someone in

Pana in seconds. I had said Lovane would cook breakfast for her husband Clarence after the

chores where done and use no microwave. So we can take a long look at today’s changes. I had

started writing this on my phone because our computer is not working right. Then I remembered

we have a lap top at the church I could use to write it. Wow, how many ways we can use or do

things with today’s technology. I can watch little kids using a phone and they can get it to work

better than some adults (like me). The things we now have (changes) are going so fast in the last

few years. I was telling someone about the cartoon The Jetsons we watched as a kid. They had a

TV that you talk on and watched as the other person talked back on the scene. And now you can

talk on face time and see the person you are talking with. Things change every day like my phone

is 4s smart phone, and now out dated and only a couple years old. But the word of God does not

change, Hebrews 13: 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. 9 Do not be carried

about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by grace,

not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them. We cannot let

the world change so fast that we let it change the word of God! Like leaving out the word HELL in

a time of witnessing to someone lost! And go to and from our doctrine, the WORD of GOD! I

have been to the Youth Encounter and to a big church in Champaign to see how we have moved

from the old church where we used a hymnal and singing. Not ever using a sound system, only a

piano. Continued on back page…

Happiness is not determined by where you

live but how you live.

Pastor Jay Huddleston

Cell: 618-604-3086

Email: revhudd2000@yahoo.com

Herrick Baptist ChurchJanuary 2015 Newsletter

Greeters

1/4 Rick & Shelly Finley

1/11 Robin Ford

1/18 Donna Galvin

1/25 Nancy & Randall

2/1 Greg & Dana Jones

2/8 Randy & Stacey Kay

2/15 Karl & Rebecca Kersey

2/22 Jerry Jr. & Yvonne

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Nursery Assistants

1/4 Patty Corley

1/11 Ashley Kay & Barb Smith

1/18 Michelle & Tad Slater

1/25 James Perry & Marsha Suter

2/1 Melanie & Claire Meek

2/8 Shelly & Macey

2/15 Robin Ford

2/22 Carolyn Smith

Herrick Baptist Church DeaconsGene Thompson (Chairman) 217-827-5971

Ross Rhodes 618-292-4766

Greg Jones 217-246-4161

Travis Elliott 217-412-9272

We’re Live!!!

herrickbaptist.comOur new website is live and additional content is

being added.

December Blessings- Two were saved at Youth Encounter!

- Jody Kelly was baptized!

-Charlene Slater was baptized!

-Tina Tripp was baptized!

- Awesome kids Christmas program!

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

Do not have your concert first, and then tune your instrument

afterwards. Begin the day with the Word of God and

prayer, and get first of all into harmony with Him.

1 2 3

4

9:30 AM Sun. Sch.

10:30 AM Worship

6:00 PM Worship

5

7:00 PM Deacons

Meeting

6 7

7:00 PM Adult

Bible Study

7:00 PM Team

Kids & Youth

8

8:30 AM Prayer

Meeting

9 10

11

9:30 AM Sun. Sch.

10:30 AM Worship

6:00 PM Worship

12 13 14

7:00 PM Business

Meeting

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8:30 AM Prayer

Meeting

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9:30 AM Sun. Sch.

10:30 AM Worship

6:00 PM Worship

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7:00 PM Adult

Bible Study

7:00 PM Team

Kids & Youth

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8:30 AM Prayer

Meeting

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25

9:30 AM Sun. Sch.

10:30 AM Worship

7:00 PM

Evanglistic Conf.

Temple Bap.

Vandalia

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7:00 PM

Evangelistic Conf. -

Temple Baptist,

Vandalia

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7:00 PM Adult

Bible Study

7:00 PM Team

Kids & Youth

29

8:30 AM Prayer

Meeting

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Birthdays &

Anniversaries

January Birthdays1 Harley Black

3 Bill Meek

6 Angie Thompson

7 Rhonda Black

11 Abby Lorton

14 Mikenzi Bushue

15 Destiny Fields

18 Joanne Thompson

19 Ryker Jones19 Sharle Elliott

21 Shae Nohren

22 Kade Jones26 Alyssa Rauch

27 Lexie Parks

27 Lizzie Parks

27 Jennifer Northrup

30 Kenny Calame30 Joey Calame

31 Brynlie Pope

January Anniversaries

26 Kenny & Mae Jones

February Birthdays1 Cheyenne Wakeland

2 Mikala Bushue

2 Blake Chapman

2 Matt Hall

2 Ellie Young

3 Amy Bolyard

7 Liam Collins

7 Becca Thompson

7 Karen Thompson

8 Ethan Thompson

9 George Moutrey

10 Jamie Hunter

10 Leasa Mattka

11 Bill Hilvety

13 Louie Thiele

14 Rocky Kramer

16 Race Chapman

17 Mary Hayes

17 Tina Tripp

20 Cooper Meek

22 Gene Thompson

25 Andrew Clutter

February Anniversaries5 Mike & Marla Myers

7 Travis & Sharle Elliott

26 Roger & Evelyn Foster

Bible Trivia - Isaiah

1. Who reigned when Isaiah prophesied? (1:1)

A) Ahaz B) Hezekiah C) Jotham D) Uzziah E) All of the above

2. Come now, and let us ____ together, says the LORD: though your sins be as scarlet, they

shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, then shall be as wool. (1:18)

A) Commune B) Discuss C) Reason D) Talk E) All of the above

3. And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat

the swords into ____, and their spears into pruninghooks. (2:4)

A) Pitchforks B) Plowshares C) Rakes D) Shovels E) None of the above

4. What was said about the daughters of Zion? (3:16)

A) Haughty B) Making a tinkling with their feet C) Walk with stretched forth necks D) Wanton eyes

E) All of the above

5. What has enlarged itself? (5:14)

A) Assyria B) Babylon C) Hell D) Israel E) Judah

6. What was pronounced upon those that call evil good and good evil? (5:20)

A) Curses B) Forgiveness C) Judgment D) Woe E) None of the above

7. How did Isaiah reply when the voice of the Lord said “Whom shall I send?” (6:8)

A) Be it unto me according to thy word B) I will follow where you lead C) Speak Lord, they servant

hears D) What wilt thou have me to do? E) None of the above

8. And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear you indeed, but ____ not; and see you indeed, but

perceive not. (6:9)

A) Believe B) Follow C) Obey D) Understand E) None of the above

9. Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, ans shall call his name ____. (7:14)

A) Holy B) I Am C) Immanuel D) Jehovah E) The Great Eternal Wonder

10. To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because

there is no ____ in them. (8:20)

A) Light B) Truth C) Understanding D) Wisdom E) None of the above

New Year’s Resolutions

And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart.Jeremiah 29:13

Top 10 New Year’s Resolutions For 20141. Lose weight

2. Get organized

3. Spend less, save more

4. Enjoy life to the fullest

5. Stay fit and healthy

6. Learn something exciting

7. Quit smoking

8. Help others in their dreams

9. Fall in love

10. Spend more time with family

Source: University of Scranton. Journal of Clinical Psychology

I recently read that 45% of Americans usually make New Year’s resolutions, but only 8% are successful in

achieving them. I have no idea how accurate that statistic is, but I do believe that success is relatively rare. Have you

ever wondered why?

If you read the list above of the top 10 resolutions in 2014, you’ll see that none of them say anything about God.

I believe that’s our answer – most people fail to keep their New Year’s resolutions because they do not contain God.

Knowing that gives us an opportunity to make 2015 different. So let’s make a new list and a new start.

For most people, many of the items on the list above are good goals. Several of them are centered on physical or

financial health and several of them concern happiness and productivity. I think God wants us to be focused on those

areas of life and I know that He can bring success. But I also know that before He will even begin to help, He requires

that we put Him first (Matthew 6:33).

Putting God first means more than just making Him the first item on your New Year’s resolution list. It means

giving Him the first part of your day and the first part of your pay check. It means thanking Him first when things are

good in your life and going to Him first when things are challenging. No matter where we are in our relationship with

Him, I believe there is always more “firsts” to offer Him.

So throw away your old resolution list and make a new one with God first in everything. If we draw near to Him,

He will draw near to us (James 4:8).

HERRICK BAPTIST CHURCH

PO BOX 96

HERRICK IL 62431

Trivia answers…

1. E 2. C 3. B 4. E 5. C 6. D 7. E 8. D 9. C 10. A

Our values decide our character, our character decides our value.Continued from front page…God also spoke to me at the Youth Encounter about reading my bible from front to back. Which at 53

I haven’t done that before, and I sure would hope I can do it in a year! (if anyone wants to join please

do so) But then it goes back to technology, how we can use it to study God’s word. It says in 2

Timothy 215 Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be

ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. How can we not keep up with changes but still not keep

up with God’s word? I have been praying a lot about our church and 2015 and we can’t stand still.

We have to keep praying and learning more about God’s word. We must have a heart for lost souls

and lead them to the Lord! But some of us get nervous just talking about it. Or thinking, wow you

want me to lead you to the Lord? With today’s technology we should study more and more and feel

the boldness to lead someone to a Savior named Jesus. We have to put the things God has given

and use them for his glory. I once had a senior retired pastor say that changes will happen and you

can move with them or you can stand still and it will happen anyway. We have seen so much new

change in our church over the few years that I have been here from the music is on a screen to

almost ready to have our own church web site. Lovane never complained about change in our

church, she just wanted to be there to serve God! We lost Raymond, Lynn and Lovane these past

few weeks and we will all miss them as they are with the Lord! -Pastor Jay