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NEUSE NEWS October-November

www.nbachurches.com Birthdays

Gene Miller, Retired Pastor — Oct 16

Richard Toler, Love Memorial — Oct 27

Berk Tinsley, Anointed Vision — Oct 28

Wendy Parker, NBA Secretary — Nov 7

Jimmy Dale, Mt. Nelson — Nov 22

Jim Futrell, Supply Pastor — Nov 24

Jimmie Williams, Retired Pastor — Nov 26

October Calendar of Events

1-7 — Wayne County Fair Continues

(Fair dates: Sept 28—Oct 7)

06 — Deadline to submit ACP’s

17 — NABS State Fair Trip

(Depart from Adamsville @ 8AM)

21 — WMU/Women’s Ministry Salad Buffet

Event, 10AM @ RTC

23 — NBA Annual Meeting, Session 1

7PM @ La Grange First Missionary

24 — NBA Annual Meeting, Session 2

7PM @ Seven Springs Baptist

November Calendar of Events

02 — Pastors & Spouses Gathering,

6:30PM @ Pineview (Please RSVP)

05 — Daylight Saving Time Ends

06-07 — BSCNC Annual Meeeting

Koury Center, Greensboro NC

10 — Veteran’s Day

13 — NC Baptist Singers, Arlington Baptist

Church, Rocky Mt., 6:45PM

15 — Deadline to submit items for Decem-

ber/January Neuse News

23 — Thanksgiving Day (RTC CLOSED)

24 — Thanksgiving Holiday (RTC

CLOSED)

1 Peter 5:8

Deadline to submit items for the

December/January newsletter is

November 15!

Annual Meeting Hosts:

La Grange First Missionary Baptist Church

Seven Springs Baptist Church

August YTD 2017

CHURCHES

Adamsville 0.00 4166.65 Bethel 654.20 5155.18

Cabin 0.00 1400.00

Calvary Goldsboro 200.00 600.00 Calvary Kinston 0.00 100.00

Davis Grove 0.00 0.00

Deep Run First 0.00 5472.00 Emmaus 280.65 2125.98

Falling Creek 583.74 3964.79

Fremont 0.00 250.00 Glen Raven 0.00 0.00

Goldsboro First 380.70 1522.80

Greater Vision 0.00 500.00 Grainger 625.00 1875.00

Immanuel 158.15 1194.58

Jordans Chapel 0.00 0.00 Kinston First 0.00 1276.04

La Grange First 982.00 2759.00

Love Memorial 448.61 2707.94 Madison Ave 666.67 4666.69

Mount Nelson 1169.95 11517.33 Neuse 0.00 4871.00 New Hope 1000.00 1000.00

New Life 321.00 2295.00

Northview 0.00 0.00 Pikeville First 0.00 616.96

Pineview 179.52 1399.25

Pinkney 89.82 583.77 Rivermont 361.88 2302.45

Rosewood First 339.36 2142.33

Sandy Bottom 250.00 1750.00 Seven Springs 300.00 2700.00

Snow Hill First 764.65 5865.75

Spilman Memorial 0.00 100.00 Trinity 0.00 1494.22

Union 400.00 1200.00

1st Hispanic/Kinston 0.00 0.00 Goldsboro Korean 0.00 0.00

Horeb International 0.00 0.00

First Hispanic, La Gr 242.50 1735.95 Community 0.00 0.00

New Beginning 0.00 0.00

Anointed Vision 0.00 0.00 Total CHURCHES 10398.40 81310.66

Contributions from Churches Aug, 2017 Neuse Notes from Jon

Article XII in our NBA Constitution yields Spiritual Emphasis. It states, “the month of October shall be designated as Association Emphasis Month in our Association. All church-es are asked to set aside the last week of Octo-ber as Week of Prayer for Association Missions and receive an offering for the mission activities of the Association.” Your response by church and blessed individuals would be much appre-ciated. Presently, our NBA budget is running around $10,000 in the red. As you read this Neuse Notes, we con-tinue to minister at the Wayne County Fair handing out gospel tracts and salvation brace-lets. Your help would be appreciated. We are there daily from 5PM until dark; the last day of ministry with the Fair is October 7. Also, each church’s Annual Congregation Profile is due by Friday October 6. Senior Citizens are reminded that their State Fair Trip — complete with free transporta-tion, entrance to the fair and breakfast provided by Bojangle’s — is October 17. We’ll be leav-ing Adamsville Church at 8AM. Please call the Association by October 12th if you plan to join us! The 21st of October is our annual WMU Salad Event. It begins at 10AM, and will be held at the RTC. Ladies are asked to bring a salad to share; Fanny J. Crosby will be the featured speaker! Finally, please plan to attend one or both sessions of the NBA Annual Meetings. On Monday, 10/23 we’ll meet at La Grange First Missionary at 7PM; on Tuesday, 10/24 we’ll meet at Seven Springs Baptist, also at 7PM. We will be approving the annual budget and list of volunteers from the Nominating Committee, among other business. Much prayer is needed for our country as we recover from the hurricanes and as we work through the tremendous challenges of running our land. Thankfully God is still in con-trol and still loves us, employing His Grace and Mercy. What He asks from us is our obedi-ence.

~Jon

Rev. Johnny Sasser

June 1, 1937—September 16, 2017

John C. “Johnny” Sasser passed away at home Satur-day afternoon, September 16. He has gone to his Heavenly home to be with the Lord Jesus Christ. “Well done thou good and faithful servant…enter thou in to the joy of thy Lord.” Matthew 25:21

He passed away at his home on Saturday, September 16. He was ordained into the ministry at Emmaus Baptist Church in 1971 and would spend more than 40 years as a pastor of three Southern Baptist Churches, Pikeville First Baptist (over 14 years), Emmaus Baptist (over 21 years), and Trinity Mis-sionary Baptist Church (5 years). He officially retired on April 12, 2015, following a total 501 baptisms and a ministry that included the addition of 339 more souls that would join with the churches he shepherd-ed. Johnny served as Summer Associational Mission-ary for the Neuse Baptist Association the Summers of 2009 and 2010. For the past two years, Johnny has been homebound due to illness but continued to enjoy the gospel preached on TV, and found time to watch Westerns and the New York Yankees! Throughout this period of time as a shut-in, he remained the gentle giant deeply loved by so many.

...His family was the hub of his life here and all who knew him were aware of his devotion and love for Nora, and the wonderful “fatherly” love he showered on his son, Barry and his wife, April, and his daugh-ter, Brenda and her husband, Mike. The three grand-children, Matthew Sasser, Simon Sasser, and Caitlin Ulrich not only brought great joy to his life, they were adored by their papa.

First Session:

La Grange Missionary Baptist Church

(201 N Caswell St, La Grange 28551)

Monday, October 23 at 7:00PM

Speaker: Dr. Mark Creech

Your Annual Meeting Committee has been

working, putting together what promises

to be a special time for all. Our Theme

for the year is “Be On Guard”, with

1 Peter 5:8 as our theme verse. This year,

we’ll be receiving a love offering —

something we haven’t done for quite a

while — however, each penny received

will go to our NC Baptist On Mission team

who continues to work, serve, and

minister to those whose lives changed

forever within our communities due to

Hurricane Matthew last October.

Please make plans to attend one or both

sessions — you won’t want to miss it!

Second Session:

Seven Springs Baptist Church

(5924 Hwy 55 East, Seven Springs 28578)

Tuesday, October 24 at 7:00 PM

Speaker: Rev. Jimmy Dale

1 Peter 5:8

the pastor’s corner

MINISTRY POSITIONS

Deep Run First is seeking a part-time Youth Minister. Interested candidates are asked to contact Pastor Dave Fishman at 252-286-9618 or Lynn Heath, Personnel Chairperson at 252-939-5981.

Greater Vision Baptist Church is seeking a Bi-Vocational Pastor. Resumes should be mailed to ATTN: Glen Heath or Misty Herring Greater Vision Baptist Church PO Box 1456 Kinston NC 28503.

Pastors & VBS Directors:

Please remember to complete your VBS Report via the SBC Workspace website if you have not already done so— www.sbcworkspace.com Questions? Need help? Contact Wendy!252-566-9478

Annual Church Profiles

Q: Why should your church concern itself

with completing the ACP?

A: When churches report their prior year ’s

information, it helps to display the big picture of

how churches within our entire denomination

are functioning across the local, state, and

even national levels. Churches who document

their current leadership/staff/personnel enable

those individuals to gain access to helpful min-

istry resources and information made available

by the Association, Baptist State Convention

(BSCNC), National Convention (SBC) and

even LifeWay.

(Churches will be given a folder with the hard

copy form; however, online reporting via

www.sbcworkspace.com is not only optional

but recommended).

Call Wendy at the RTC for more info!

252-566-9478

Deadline to submit ACPs is October 6!!

Senior Day at the State Fair

Tuesday, October17

Departing from Adamsville at 8AM. Free admission, breakfast, & travel. Must sign up if interested! Call Wendy at the RTC —

252-566-9478

Pastors & Spouses Gathering

For all Pastors (& their spouses!) who aren’t

able to attend the monthly breakfast meeting

at the RTC.

Thursday, NOVEMBER 2 @ 6:30PM

Pineview Baptist Church

(3357 US Hwy 117 N Goldsboro)

Dinner provided by Pineview

Time of Fellowship & Prayer

Please RSVP by October 20!!

Mike Willard — 252-325-4081

pineviewpastor@gmail.com

There will be no Pastor’s

Breakfast in October!

Please make plans to

attend the Pastors &

Spouses Gathering at

Pineview in November in-

stead.

WMU/Women’s Ministry Salad

Buffet Event

- bring a salad to share and come enjoy the

fellowship -

Although no one knows exactly how many hymns Fanny Crosby has written, it is estimat-

ed that she has written between 8,000 - 10,000. She used more than 100 pen names, so not all her hymnals are credited to Fanny

Crosby. She has been given the title of " Queen of Gospel Songs" for composing be-

loved hymns like "Blessed Assurance", Res-cue the Perishing, "Pass Me Not O Gentle

Savior" and many more. Fanny's composition skills are even more re-

markable considering that she was blind. Come hear what brought Fanny to the point where she was able to give her life totally to

the Lord.

Event Mission Project: Please consider bringing

regular-sized women’s solid deodorants, which will

go toward WMU’s Red Box Ministry, an outreach to

incarcerated women.

A Day With Fanny Crosby

Saturday, October 21

10:00AM

Neuse Association RTC

OCTOBER IS

PASTOR APPRECIATION

MONTH Unique Ways to Show Appreciation

1. Surprise your Pastor and his wife by offer-ing to take them out to dinner one evening. Talk to them about something other than your problems!

2. Schedule a Sunday (well in advance) when the laymen take the Sunday services and give him a long weekend away with his wife.

3. Clean his car while he’s at the church of-fice one day!

4. Pray for him daily. Tell him you are. Ask for his prayer requests. Pray for his wife, too!

5. Remember to show appreciation for his wife! She makes many sacrifices in giving up her husband to ministry opportunities. Send her notes of appreciation, flowers, or a gift card. Express gratitude for the part she plays in the teamwork of pastoring your church. (Copied from FamilyLife.com)

Emmaus (Jim Willoughby) Church hosted the Goldsboro-area Music Fest on 9/9; the choir and quartet, Sounds of the Saints partici-pated in the event.

Falling Creek (Kenneth Benton) Homecom-ing was celebrated 9/17. Former pastor Rev. Billy Webb was guest speaker, and a covered dish meal followed the morning worship. Kids Club kicked off with an ice cream social on 9/13.

Fremont Missionary Pastor Powell Dew re-signed September 3.

La Grange First (John Wiggins) Youth Sun-day was held 9/17, with the Youth leading in worship. Homecoming is planned for 9/24.

Love Memorial (Richard Toler) On Sunday October 1, church will serve breakfast to the workers of the Wayne County fair and then join them in worship at the Fairgrounds. Also, volunteers from the church will be reaching out to fairgoers between Oct 3-7 as they assist with parking cars at the Fair. Homecoming Sunday is planned for 10/8. Pastor Richard & Jennifer will be traveling to Indonesia from 10/8-21. Men of the church will be attending the Wild Game Dinner on 10/21 at The Bridge in Prince-ton. The annual Fall Festival community out-reach event will be held on 10/29, with a Trunk or Treat, train rides, hay rides, food and games. All are invited.

Madison Avenue (Randy Outland, Transi-tional Pastor) Retired Pastor Dr. Bob Fulker-son was honored by the Goldsboro Police De-partment for his retirement & years of service as the department Chaplain during a reception at the Goldsboro Event Center on Thursday, 8/30. Madison Avenue is pleased to welcome Dr. Randy Outland as their Transitional Pastor.

Mount Nelson (Jimmy Dale) Women ’s Minis-try will have a Simple Sewing Class on Satur-day, 10/14 from 9A-Noon in the fellowship hall. Free breakfast will be served. The 126th Homecoming will be observed on 10/8, begin-ning at 10:15AM. Servant’s Heart will minister

in song. At the 11AM worship, Rev. Barry Stallings will bring the message, with special music provided by the adult & children’s choirs.

Northview (Ronnie Weaver) Youth are par-ticipating in the Faith Builders Lego Group, which meets twice per month. Northview is col-lecting items for OCC Shoeboxes.

Pineview (Mike Willard) Teen & College Min-istry will kick off a new year of ministry together on 10/5 with pizza, Bible Study, worship and games. Church will host NBA Pastors and their spouses for a time of food and fellowship on 11/2.

Pinkney (Clayton Sutton) Pastor Apprecia-tion Day was held 9/10 with guest speaker Ken Compton and a covered dish luncheon after the worship service. WMU reached out to the teachers and staff at Northwest Elementary School by coordinating a Cookie Ministry to wel-come them to the 2017-2018 school year; in addition, WMU has begun another year of their Backpack Ministry. Church’s annual Fall Sup-per will be held on 10/14, with BBQ & chicken plates for sale.

Rivermont (Luis Miranda) Church gave away 103 new backpacks, filled with needed school supplies, to local children during their annual Back to School Backpack Giveaway on 8/26. On Sunday, 8/27 Jeremy Scott, mission-ary from Grenada, was guest speaker. The Kinston-area Fall Music Fest was hosted by the church on 9/30.

Rosewood First (Mike Collier) Youth are making plans to attend camp at Ft. Caswell No-vember 10-12. A new discipleship training class, 12 Christian Disciplines, began on 9/17.

Seven Springs (Rick Rigney) The Kingsmen Quartet were in concert 9/22. Baptist Men sponsored a BBQ chicken plate sell on 9/30, to raise money for local benevolent needs.

Spilman Memorial (Dan Cromer) A com-bined worship service with Iglesia Bautista Nue-vo Amenecer was held on 9/17, in recognition of National Back to Church Sunday. A church-

wide picnic at Bill Faye Park in Kinston was enjoyed later that afternoon.

Trinity (Brad Mitchell) Church choir partic-ipated in the Goldsboro-area Music Fest on 9/9. Youth participated in the Friends of Chil-dren workday at Kennedy Home on 9/16, and are looking forward to attending the annual Youth Fall Retreat at Fort Caswell October 20-22. Church continues to collect items for FLOK and OCC Shoeboxes.

Union (John Morton) Pastor was recog-nized by the City of Goldsboro for his 30 years of service with the Goldsboro Fire Depart-ment; for the past three of those years, he’s served as the city’s Fire Marshall. He officially retired from the Fire Department on Septem-ber 1. Congratulations!

NBA Church News

As Reported By Our Churches

Adamsville (Ryne Fullerton, Supply Pas-tor) The annual widow/widowers luncheon prepared and served by the deacons and their wives was enjoyed 9/17 following wor-ship. The Keenagers covered-dish event is 9/21. Homecoming will be celebrated 10/22. There will be a 5th Sunday Night Fellowship after worship on 10/29.

Calvary, Goldsboro (Wayne Nelson) A meal and dedication of the repaired Fellow-ship Hall, Sunday School rooms and offices was held Sunday, August 27. These repairs were necessitated by damage sustained from Hurricane Matthew last fall.

Calvary, Kinston (Wayne Adkins) Annual Fall Festival will be held 10/28. Church choir has begun preparing for its annual Christmas Cantata and youth program.

Deep Run (Dave Fishman) Church has cele-brated the Baptism of 5 individuals over the past two months. A group of 13 adults enjoyed the Jubilee Conference in Gatlinburg, TN in September, and a group of 11 Youth enjoyed Christian Music Day at Carowinds, also in September. Two mid-week Bible studies, a study of Romans and a book study of Keep It Shut, meets on Wednesday eve-nings. Children & Youth Bible Studies were kicked off with the new school year. Youth Sunday will be held 10/29, with the Youth leading morning worship. 5th Sunday Gospel Sing will be held at 6PM on 10/29, and the Annual Harvest Festival will be held 11/4 at 5:30, with food, games, & fellowship.

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Ministry Anniversaries

October

John Wiggins, La Grange — 1 yr

Dan Croomer, Spilman — 1 yr

Mike Willard, Pineview — 2 yrs

Jon Hoover, Kinston First — 4 yrs

November

Kenneth Benton, Falling Creek — 2 yrs

Jan Rouse, Glen Raven — 5 yrs

Jim Willoughby, Emmaus — 8 yrs

Ray Smeltzer, Jordans Chapel — 11 yrs