Volume 66, Issue 7 July 31, 2019 Published by The Hill Baptist Church

Mission Statement: “Our mission is to love God, love people, and make disciples of Jesus Christ.”

The Beacon

2019 Week of Prayer Missionaries

Attention: Senior Adults

If you are interested in going to retreat, reservations must be made as soon as possible. Conference rate is

$77.50 per person based on a two guests per room. Single occupancy rooms are available at $102.50 per

person. The price includes two nights lodging, six delicious meals, and all entertainment. We will be

taking the church van. Please contact me to make your reservations.

Rev. Fred Gunter, Minister of Senior Adults

Fall Homecoming 2019

October 23 - October 25

August 11

August 2

5:00 p.m. Fellowship Meal

6:00 p.m. Evening Worship

Theme:

Please bring a covered dish.

Joy Zimmerman will be

giving an update from her

past year in Lebanon

serving with Youth for

Christ.

and

August 11

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Dear Church Family,

As a parent of children that are still in school, August marks the beginning of a new school year. August

begins a new season for our children for learning, making friends, and playing sports. Although most of us are

not in school anymore, August can mark the beginning of a new season for us as well. It can be a new season for

learning, making friends, and being active in God’s mission. We can continue to learn as we gather in small

groups to study the Bible. If you haven’t joined a Sunday School class then I strongly encourage you to do so.

That small group gathering at 9:45am on Sundays is one of the best ways to learn. I also encourage you to join

us on Wednesday evenings. We gather in the Social Hall for a meal at 5:30pm and then for prayer and Bible

study at 6:15pm. Starting August 7th we will resume our study in Systematic Theology. August can mark the

beginning for a new season of learning for all of us.

August can also mark the beginning for a new season of making friends. Over the past few weeks I’ve

been challenging you to make friends with those around you who don’t follow Jesus. Look for ways to show

them the love of God. Pray for an opportunity to tell them about Jesus. This can also be a new season for

developing Christian friendships. Joining a Sunday School class is one of the best ways to build friendships with

other Christians. In addition to Sunday School, we are going to be launching what we call Community Groups

in the next few months. A Community Group is group of people that commit to gather together on the fourth

Sunday of every month. The purpose of the Community Group is to help our church members and guests

deepen their relationships with one another. The Community Group get-togethers will range from gathering for

dinner at someone’s house or restaurant to attending a Green Jackets’ baseball game to meeting somewhere for

dessert. The options are limitless but the purpose is to get to know one another better. If you would like to be in

a Community Group, you will have the opportunity to fill out a Community Group card in the next several

weeks. After a few weeks of making the cards available we will create the groups and begin meeting together. I

encourage you to join one of these groups and allow August to mark the beginning of a new season of making

friends!

Lastly, August can mark a season of renewed zeal for being active in God’s mission. We can become

more intentional in sharing our faith. We can become more involved in one of the many ministries of our

church. We can take a step of faith and try something we haven’t tried before. Whatever that may look like for

you, I challenge you to allow August to mark a season of renewed zeal for being active in God’s mission.

Activity:

Starting again, Wednesday, August 7 August 10 5:30-8:00 p.m.

In Christ,

Pastor Ron Jones

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August, already! Seems just yesterday that spring was in the

air with Master's Golf happening along

with dogwoods and azaleas. School was

winding down and almost over while

vacations were being planned. Well, that

was then and this is AUGUST!

School will begin in a few short weeks and schedules will

be made. Here at The Hill Baptist Church, we are looking

forward (musically speaking) to beginning afresh our

choir and welcoming back everyone, especially our

Augusta University college students. We will again have

the opportunity to minister to and be ministered by these

bright, energetic and talented students. Our music

ministry to these students depends on the faithful

economic support of church members who give up and

above their tithes and offerings to make this ministry

happen. Last year we were able to minister to four young

ladies, Quinn, Tedra, Katie and Daiton. This year we

would like to add a male student if possible. Won't you

pray that God will provide through your gifts a way to

minister to these students?

Christmas is coming soon! My wife and I have been

watching Hallmark's Christmas in July on television. We

are ready for the birthday celebration to begin. Our Adult

Choir needs congregational members who enjoy singing

and will share their talent with others and most

importantly Jesus Christ, himself! There are no auditions

and no embarrassing moments. The choir room door is

always open and you will be welcomed with a smile and

an encouraging tune!

Our blessings have been innumerable this year already.

We have some more wonderful musical holidays to

celebrate together. Labor Day, Reformation, All Saints

Day, Thanksgiving, Advent and of course, Christmas.

This summer has been full of worship music surprises

and blessings. Our guest singers and musicians have

given us a renewed sense of God's presence in our

worship services through hymns and gospel songs. Share

your joy and blessings with others with whom you work,

play and socialize. Many of them are unchurched and

searching for a "belonging" place. That can be The Hill

Baptist when you invite them. Invite more than once and

your joy will be greater!

Well, I've run out of space before words! See you in

church on Wednesdays and Sundays. Check this column

out next month for more Christmas news!

In Christ’s service,

Floyd Montgomery

Director of Music Ministry

It has been a fun and exciting summer with The Hill

Youth! We started off by welcoming two fabulous

summer interns, Mark White and Alex Bagby and

quickly put them to work helping with Vacation Bible

School. Our goal for VBS was to mix fun summer

fellowship with serving our community. A week after

VBS ended we left for a much-anticipated trip to Myrtle

Beach for Student Life Camp. It was exciting to see

how the camp speakers challenged the students that

their reason for everything should be glorifying God

and sharing his love and truth with others...and how our

students responded. It tied in beautifully with The Hill

Baptist’s yearly theme of “Evangelism”, and my prayer

is that each Sunday as we continue to talk about how to

learn evangelism from Jesus, the seeds planted this

summer will continue to grow. The fun didn’t stop in

Myrtle Beach…we have continued our Wednesday

night Youth meetings, gone roller skating, roller coaster

riding at Carowinds, and will be finishing the summer

with a Youth lake day! It will be hard to say goodbye

to summer but we are looking forward an exciting

Fall…and some cooler weather!

Thank you for your continued support and prayers for

our Youth!

Christy Bagby

Director of Youth Ministry

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The Staff of The Hill Baptist Church

Pastor: Rev. Ron Jones Director of Youth Ministry: Christy Bagby Director of Children’s Ministry: Whitney Shepard Director of Music: Floyd Montgomery Administrative Assistant: Jocelyn Owens Pianist: Jan Sutton Associate Pastor Emeritus: Rev. Fred Gunter

Phone: 706/736-8446 E-mail: office@thehillbaptist.com

On Call

Minister on Call

Rev. Ron Jones 706-945-7619

If you cannot reach the minister

on call, please call the deacon of

the week.

Deacons on Call

August 4

Wayne Bruner

August 11

Ken Curry

August 18

Johnny Stanfield

August 25

Chuck Kee

August 20 - 11 a .m.

Program :

Joy Zimmerman, Lebanon Missionary

Youth For Chris t

Menu:

Hamburger Steak, Creamed Potatoes

Steamed Vegetable Medley

Tossed Salad, Rolls

Tea, Coffee, Lemonade

$5

P r a y e r L i s t Harold Baker Edwin Blanchard Matthew Bruner

Jaydean Cook Chris & Wayne Bruner Nathaniel Bruner

DJ Chandler Donald & Sarah Dickert Frances Ellis

Nita Gibson Blake Harris John Harris

Ruth Harris Patricia Henderson Emily Herrin

Emma Jones Davis & Ruth Lewis Tootsie Martin

Bengovan McNeace Jimmy Mills Albert Pearson

Margaret Rice Johnny & Pat Stanfield Helen Story

Ricky Thompson Cynthia Usry

Information as of 7/18/19

The Wednesday Night Supper standing

reservation list is under reconstruction. If you

or your family would like to remain on the list,

please contact the church office at

706-736-8446.