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The Calvary Herald Expanding the Embrace of God’s Kingdom – Within, Among and Beyond Us

July 2017 | VOLUME 43 | ISSUE 7

Calendar of Events

July 4—Independence Day Office Closed July 6 Deacons Meeting-6:30 p.m. July 9-15 Belize Mission Trip July 19 Choir Practice Resumes-6:15 p.m. July 20 Friends Feeding Friends-5:00 p.m. (FBCMA) July 25 Women in Mission-10:30 a.m. July 30 Business Meeting-5:00 p.m.

Belize Mission Trip

Please be in prayer for the mission team as they serve in the village of Copper Bank in Belize from Sunday, July 9 until Saturday, July 15. They will be serving alongside El Faro Encendido Church to offer Vacation Bible School. For more information, see the article on page 2.

Gospel Music in July

The choir will be singing gospel hymns each Sunday in July, and you are invited to join us! We will rehearse each Sunday morning at 10:40 a.m. and we will be singing straight from the hymnal. For more information, contact Teresa Martin.

JOY Lunch

Please note, the JOY Group will not meet this month, but will resume regular activities in August. For more information about this group, please contact Teresa Martin.

Business Meeting

Please note that the church business meeting has been rescheduled from July 16 to July 30 at 5:00 p.m. in the Chapel. For more information, contact a church deacon.

July Highlights

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Outreach and Missions


Early in the morning on July 9, a team of thirteen from Calvary Baptist will begin their journey to

the village of Copper Bank in Belize. Unlike some other mission trips, however, in which the

participants arrive, serve, and depart with very little likelihood of further contact; this team will be

continuing and strengthening a relationship that started last year when our youth visited Copper

Bank and when our church voted to enter a 5-year partnership with the church there as part of

our ongoing effort to fulfill the Great Commission.

Our team does have some idea of what they’ll be doing. They’ll assist with Vacation Bible School

and participate in prayer ministries. They’ll work on construction projects and lead discipleship

training. But as much as anything else, they’ll be looking for ways to support and encourage the

work that God is doing through El Faro Encendido Church and their pastor, Pastor Cal. Just as

importantly, they’ll be looking for ways that Calvary can be encouraged by our brothers and sisters

in Belize. Because this partnership will continue! And in the years ahead, we look forward to

identifying even more ways that these two churches can mutually support one another in fulfilling

our Savior’s call.

Please be in prayer for our team during their journey. Its members include Allyson Burcham; Mike,

Renee and Jordan Francis; Josh Kiger; Alex Martin; Doug and Maggey Odell; Jim, Lilnette, Meagan

and Matt Phillips; and David Stone. Please pray, too, for El Faro Encendido Church – along with

their ministries and their pastor, Pastor Cal. But most of all, please pray that God will show each of

us individually and all of us together how we can become a part expanding His kingdom’s embrace

– right here in Mount Airy – and to the uttermost ends of the earth.

Belize 2017: Our Partnership Continues

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Heaven: Finding Our Hearts’ True Home

The Bible says, “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has ever conceived what God has

prepared for those who love him” (1 Corinthians 2:9). But does that mean we can’t know anything

about the future that God has promised us? How could it, especially when other passages encourage

us to “set our minds on things above, and not on earthly things” (Colossians 3:2)? So, what does it

mean to look forward to heaven? And how does our hope for heaven fit into the Great Story of the

Bible that runs from Genesis to Revelation? And perhaps most of all: How does our future in heaven

empower us to live as God’s people during our present on earth?

We might not be able to answer all our questions. But we can consider the Bible’s teaching about our

hearts’ true home. That’s why our pastor will be sharing a series of messages about heaven,

beginning on Sunday, July 23 and running through the end of August. Tentatively, we hope to cover

the following:

July 23: Why Does Heaven Matter?

July 30: Those Who Have Fallen Asleep

August 6: Anticipating Resurrection

August 13: Redemption’s Far Reach

August 20: The Other Place

August 27: Living in Light of Eternity

If you have specific questions, you’re invited to send them to the pastor ([email protected]),

and he will do what he can to address these issues as the series unfolds. Please make plans to

worship with us. And why not invite a friend to share the journey with us?

Coming Soon to a Pulpit Near You . . .


Ministry Outcome A message of thanks to those who gave blood

and volunteered to make Calvary’s blood drive a

success on May 28, 2017. A total of 28 pints of

blood was collected. When you consider that just

one pint of blood can save up to three lives, we

may have impacted 84 lives with this ministry.

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July Birthdays

Name Date

Danny Lineberry 1

Ray Goins 2

Dustin Montgomery 3

Janet McPherson 5

Ron Stephenson 5

Paxton Berrier 7

Keaton Greene 7

Adeline Sumner 7

Betty Southern 8

Isabel Delfin 9

Holli Nowlin 9

Donna Keck 10

James Poore 10

Lee Mills 11

Linda Cannoy 13

Landon Hiatt 13

Tonya Ratcliff 13

Phillip Snow 13

Ricky Brintle 16

Chad Beasley 17

Faye Seal 17

Sofia Delfin 19

Jarrett Hiatt 19

Rachel Jackson 20

Mary Quesenberry 20

Quinn Simandle 20

Karen Wigley 20

Kevin Beverly 23

Zion Green 23

Hilda Watson 23

Ray Fulk 25

Terry Hawks 25

Shane Mauck 25

Anita Nichols 25

Leah Hauser 27

Zoe Greene 29

Barbara Nowlin 29

Dana Collins 30

Becky Critz 30

Mark Hauser 30

Roger Keck 30

Fred O’Neal 31


Gifts and Memorials

In Memory of George Holder

Ray and Vernell Goins

In Memory of Michael McKinney

Robin McKinney

In Memory of Evelyn Nowlin

Co-Ed 4 SS Class

Randy and Sylvia Gentry

Linda Gordon

Grandma's Birthday Club

Lillie Mae Haynes

Norris and Jo Hodge

Dot Marion

Ken and Barbara Nowlin

Kenny and Amy Nowlin

Guy and Mary Sparger

Owen and Sandra Stone

Sharon Thornburg

In Memory of George Reavis

Charlie and Betty Wagoner

In Memory of Bernie Vaughn


In Memory of Donald Vaughn


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