The Bethel News Bethel Baptist Association March 2013

First Baptist Church Blakely

March 7th 7:00 PM

The program consists of selections by church choirs, ensembles, quartets, trios, duets, and soloists.

MARCH 26TH 7:00 PM

MORGAN BAPTIST CHURCH

Don’t forget to bring finger foods for our time of fellowship!

Mt. Hebron Baptist Church March 17-20, 6:00 PM Sun.., 7PM Mon.—Wed.

Led by GA Southern University Students Something Worth Getting Excited About!

We have a very busy month of March ahead, beginning with North American Missions Emphasis, ChoirFest, and Children’s Bible Drill. Please take the time to read about these special events elsewhere in this issue of the Bethel News.

A very special event and ministry will take place in our area from March 16-22 (Saturday through Friday). That is the week when we will have a missions team from Georgia Southern University devoting their Spring Break to ministry projects right here in the Bethel Baptist Association: Miss Donna Blackburn, who grew up in the Bethel Association, serves as Baptist Campus Minister at GSU in Statesboro, and she has been looking forward to the day when she could lead a group of Christian college students “on mission” to the area she knows and loves so well.

The students will stay at Mt. Hebron Baptist Church, and we are enlisting churches to help with their different meals. On Sunday morning, March 17th, pairs of students will visit in several of our congregations and share testi-monies in the morning worship service. Then at 6PM on Sunday evening, the students will lead the first of a series of Youth Revival services for all of our middle and high school students. The Youth Revival services are sched-uled to continue through Wednesday evening. (Services will begin at 7PM on Monday through Wednesday eve-nings).

During the day on Monday through Thursday we have a couple of light construction projects lined up for the students—building a storage building on our Freeman Road property and putting up a wheelchair ramp for one of our retired pastors. We also plan to utilize the team for at least one afternoon of neighborhood canvassing for our New Zion Mission church in Blakely.

If your church would like to help by providing a meal for the students (lunch or supper) please get in touch with me right away. There will be 12-15 students on the team. Also, if you would like to have a couple of the students in your church’s morning worship service on the 17th, contact me and we will make arrangements.

I am so pleased that these young Christians are “giving up” their Spring Break to come to the Bethel Association and help us! Let’s make them feel welcome and appreciated as they serve our Lord by serving us. Let’s also en-courage our young people to attend the Youth Revival services at Mr. Hebron, and to bring their lost friends to hear the Gospel in services designed just for them.

The busy month of March wraps up with a ministry outreach at “Peanut Proud” in Blakely on the 23rd (volunteers needed!) and Holy Week activities leading up to Resurrection Sunday on the 31st.

May you all have a blessed and Christ-filled Easter season!

Bro. James

Missionary Musings

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Damascus Baptist Church (Early County) has called Rev. Gary Aslin to

be their pastor. Welcome, Bro. Gary!

CHURCH CONTRIBUTIONS

Arlington 1,566.33 Bethel 997.29 Beulah Blakely FBC 1,384.87 Bluffton 259.65 Carnegie Coleman Colomokee 387.84 Cuthbert FBC 512.50 Damascus (E) Damascus (R) 585.88 Edison 337.80 Enterprise Faith 100.00 Fort Gaines 696.15 Georgetown 416.67 Leary Milford 517.00 Morgan Morris Mt. Gilead Mt. Hebron 269.68 Mt. Vernon New Bethel New Hope 460.09 New Zion Rehoboth 100.00 Salem Shellman FBC Shiloh Southside 450.00 Sowhatchee 322.24 Springvale Vilulah

TOTAL 9,363.99 Balances General Fund 13,997.95 Designated Fund 9,141.95 New Work Fund 13,281.05 World Missions Conf. 2,563.51

Individuals

Thank You

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Jan. 29, 2013 thru February 26, 2013

“Peanut Proud” Festival An Outreach Opportunity on

March 23rd in the Blakely Courthouse Square

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

CUTHBERT

MARCH 11, 7PM

Please contact Bro James is you have children who will be participating at the Associational level.

Southside Baptist Church will be having the famous Chuck Wagon Gang in concert on Friday, March 8 at 7:00 PM. A love offering will be taken. Come & be with us, everyone invited.

The Missions Coordinating Committee has re-scheduled its regular quarterly meeting to Thursday night, March 14th, 7PM at the Associational Office. Please have project proposals and New Work Fund requests turned in to the office by Wed., Mar. 13th, in order to receive consideration at this meeting. Please let Brother James know if you will not be able to attend. (229.835.2887)

SUMMER CAMP

2013

SAVE THESE DATES!

Bethel Baptist Association Overnight Camp (Older Children) July 10—13

Day Camp (Younger Children)

July 10, 11, 12

All at Camp Okitayakani, Shellman, GA

March, 2013 4 Assoc. WMU Meeting, Bluffton BC, 7PM 5 “Barnabas Group” - Assoc. Office, 11AM 7 Assoc. ChoirFest - Blakely FBC, 7PM 11 Assoc. Children’s Bible Drill, Cuthbert FBC, 7PM 14 Missions Coordinating Committee (rescheduled) Associational Office—7PM 17-20 Assoc. Youth Revival—Mt. Hebron BC, 6:00 PM Sunday, 7PM Mon.-Wed. 23 VBS Team Training in Tifton “Peanut Proud” Festival (Outreach) Courthouse Square, Blakely 26 Assoc. Spring Meeting—Morgan BC, 7PM 31 EASTER April, 2013 2 “Barnabas” Group—Assoc. Office, 11AM 5-15 BBA Mission Trip to Lithuania 16 Associational VBS Clinic, 7PM, Enterprise BC 22-23 “Church Systems” Leadership Workshop Associational Office, 7-9PM Mon. & Tues., or 9AM-1PM on Tues. (choose one) May, 2013 6-7 Assoc. “Prayer Revival” Place TBA, 7PM 7 “Barnabas Group” - Associational Office, 11AM

The Bethel Baptist Association James Holloway, Associational Missionary

Jana Youmans, Ministry Assistant

Phone 229.835.2887

FAX 229.835.2023

E-mail: bethelbaptist@windstream.net

Website: www.bethelassociation.com

Office Hours: Monday-Thursday 8:30-2:30PM

Bethel Baptist Association

124 Bay Ave.

PO Box 398

Edison, GA 39846

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