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Dates to Remember January 2010

9th –First Ladies & Ministers Wives Style Extravaganza

H.F.V. Wilson Community Center

Ardmore , Oklahoma

6:00 PM 18-22nd-National Baptist

Convention

Mid-Winter Board

Nashville, Tennessee

23rd-24th Chickasaw District Winter

Congress

First Baptist Church

Ardmore, Oklahoma

31st Women in White

Mt. Zion Baptist Church

3:00 PM

Inside this issue:

Word of the Month Sermon Series

2

Christian Education 3

First Lady 4

Brotherhood

5

Vision to Victory 6

Announcements 7

Leaders 8

Bethlehem Baptist Church Pauls Valley, Oklahoma

January 2010

Volume 30, Issue 1

Pastor Michael & Kimberly Eaton

Happy New Year Bethlehem,

This book of the law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it; for then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have success. Joshua 1:8

This year has been designated, “A Year With God.” This year we will be using the book of the same name by Richard J. Roster to walk us thought this year of devotion to God. “A Year With God” helps the Christian to focus on the basic disciplines of the Christian walk. We want to devolve what he calls the “With-God Life.”

This month’s is designated, “Meditation Month. Richard Foster defines meditation as, “Christian meditation, very simply, is the ability to hear God’s voice and obey his word”. Our reading assignment this month will be from “A Year With God”. In the table of contents, Days 166-185. This section deals with Meditation. Also we will be reading from “Celebration of Discipline” pages 15 to 32. The sermon series that I will be preaching this month is entitled, “How To Listen To God.” Joshua 1:8

Sunday, January 3, 2009-How To Meditate For Success (Joshua 1:7-8)

Wednesday, January 6, 2009-Conquering Hinders To Meditation (Job 15:1-4)

Sunday, January 10, 2009-Pondering the Impossible (Luke 2:8-19)

Wednesday, January 13, 2009-Overcoming Stinking Thinking (Philippians 4:8-9)

Sunday, January 17, 2009-Self Reflections In Troubled Times (Psalm 77:1-10)

Wednesday, January 20, 2009-Musing On The Almighty (Psalm 77:11-15)

Sunday, January 24, 2009-Meditating For A Miracle (Genesis 24:62-67)

Wednesday, January 27, 2009-Meditations of the Heart (Psalms 19:4)

Sunday, January 31, 2009-How to Survive A Weak Heart (Hebrews 12:1-4)

January 2010 Sermon Series

Live It Out!

www.HearGodsWordatBethlehem.com 2010 Sermon Series

As we enter into 2010 the new year is designated as, “A Year with God” Richard Foster will help us to get

back to the basic of our Christian faith. Please consider picking up the two books by Richard Foster listed below. If you can only get one book chose the book entitled, “A Year With God” which is a daily de-votional that highlights the spiritual disciplines that we will study all of 2010. You can order them both at

www.amazon.com. 2010 will be entitled, “A Year with God”

A Year With God: Living Out the Spiritual Disciplines by Richard J. Foster

Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth by Richard J. Foster January: The Discipline of Mediation

February: The Discipline of Prayer

March: The Discipline of Fasting

April: The Discipline of Study

May: The Discipline of Simplicity

June: The Discipline of Solitude

July: The Discipline of Submission

August: The Discipline of Service

September: The Discipline of Confession

October: The Discipline of Worship

November: The Discipline of Guidance

December: The Discipline of Celebration

Bethlehem Baptist Church

As we enter into 2010 the new year is designated as, “A Year with God” Richard Foster will help us to get back to the basic of our Christian faith. Please consider picking up the two books by Richard Foster

listed below. If you can only get one book chose the book entitled, “A Year With God” which is a daily devotional that highlights the spiritual disciplines that we will study all of 2010. You can order them both

at www.amazon.com. 2010 will be entitled, “A Year with God”

A Year With God: Living Out the Spiritual Disciplines by Richard J. Foster

Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth by Richard J. Foster

January: The Discipline of Mediation

February: The Discipline of Prayer

March: The Discipline of Fasting

April: The Discipline of Study

May: The Discipline of Simplicity

June: The Discipline of Solitude

July: The Discipline of Submission

August: The Discipline of Service

September: The Discipline of Confession

October: The Discipline of Worship

November: The Discipline of Guidance

December: The Discipline of Celebration

Pastor Michael Eaton Senior Pastor


President Rev. Kirk Rushing Congress of Christian Education Chickasaw Missionary Baptist District Association

Congress of Christian Education


The Chickasaw District Congress of Christian Education is the education arm of the Congress and is responsi-ble for teaching and training classes in every aspect of Christian Education. This meeting, attended by dele-gates, is held each year in April, May and June one day a month at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church in Wynne-wood, Oklahoma. A selection of more than 7-10 classes equip Christian education leaders with the necessary information and teaching techniques to fulfill their respective roles in their local ministries with excellence. The delegates graduate or receive a Certificate of Progress after a prescribed program of study.

In addition to our regular Congress, we have been certified by the National Baptist Convention, USA to con-duct a Winter Congress in January, 2010. We will also be conducting a school in the Fall of 2010. We are excited and implore you to join us to further your education in the Word of God.

Due to the additional schools being added, we are asking each church to represent with $50.00. This covers administrative costs of both schools and honorariums to the instructors of both schools.

The first school will be hosted at the First Baptist Church in Ardmore. The dates are listed below:

Saturday, January 23rd

Time 9AM-12 Noon and 1 PM-3 PM

Sunday, January 24th

Time 6:00 PM-8:00 PM

“Delayed, but not Denied” By First Lady Kimberly Eaton

One of my prayers as a young girl growing up in the warm humid climate of

Houston, Texas was to have a white Christmas. There had been a many

Christmas days celebrated with the prayer that maybe this year would be the year that it snowed. Well, so much for wishing, dreaming, hoping, believing and thinking that I would actually see snow on Christmas day. As I grew older, I realized that this dream would only become a reality if I went to the snow. I considered my-self a world traveler and I had the perfect location all picked out. Here we come Vermont. I had seen the ad-vertisement in a magazine while waiting on my dermatologist in 2007. Now my husband is not the traveler. The only place that he travels in comfort is to cyberspace while snuggled up on the living room sofa. So he poses this question, "So where is it that you want to go and see the snow? He's heard the diligent moaning of my wish to have a Christmas filled with snow for the past two tears. Ex-cuse me (LOL) I mean years. He's probably been crying on the inside for me to stop the madness of wanting a white Christmas. His question to me was "And why do you want this?" I would go on to explain that this has always been a dream to have a storybook Christmas filled with snow, hot chocolate, chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Jack Frost nipping at my nose. And the story goes on and on. Well, I am praising God for my prayer being delayed for 47 years, but not denied. God gives us the things that we want only if we have enough faith in Him to believe. In Hebrews 11:3 (KJV), Now faith is the sub-stance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. I could have gone to Vermont to where I thought snow would be for Christmas or any other place where it historically snows for Christmas. However, I didn't do that. I always knew that I would be somewhere that it could happen. I know for sure that I have two strong attributes or characteristics of the Fruit of the Spirit. They are FAITH and PATIENCE. I do possess others, however, these attributes were specifically activated for this event. My prayers, hopes and dreams were to someday have a White Christmas. I just wanted to share this with you. There are many times in our lives that we pray for a multitude of things, but sometimes we do not pray by faith. We don't have the patience to endure nor the fortitude to make the ride for the long haul. There have been many dreams, many hopes and many blessings that God is just waiting to give us, but he is just waiting to see if your faith is grounded in the fragility of loose granules of sand or the solid foundation of a rock hard faith. Until next time, I will leave you with these questions for you to meditate on: 1. "How many blessings are sitting on the shelf in Heaven with your name on it? 2. Wouldn't it be a shame to get to Heaven and see a warehouse filled with all of your blessings that you did-n't even ask for, pray for or just have enough faith to wait for? 3.Why are your blessings just sitting there collecting dust? Your blessings may just have be delayed in 2009, but, you begin again in 2010 to have faith in God.


H Morrie Baltzell Brotherhood President


Happy, Happy, Happy New Year! My quickly the years go by. Many of the elders use to say if I know then what I know now. Does anyone remember this old saying? This new year will present new changes, new beginnings, and new opportunities. There will be open doors, closed doors, new challenges and new blessings! Titus 3:14 (NIV) Our people must learn to devote themselves; to do what is good in or-der that they may provide for daily necessities; and not unproductive lives. Points I. Commit yourselves to doing good v. 14a Our people must learn to devote themselves to do what is good in order that they may pro-vide for daily necessities and not live unproductive lives. 2. Commit yourselves to living good v.14b Remind the people to be subject rulers and authorities, to be obedient, to be ready, do what ever is good, to slander no one, to be peaceful and considerate and to show true humility toward all men. 3. Commit yourselves to modeling Christian character v.14c This is a trustworthy point. I want tot stress this point for those that trust in God, you should be on guard to emulate Christ in your day to day living. Be obedient in living as the Word of God says and your life will be full and rich. Each day govern yourselves accordingly. Pray and devote yourselves to emulating good Christian character.

Join us as we are praying for God to reveal His Ram in the Bush for a Worship Leader.

“V i s i o n t o R e a l i t y ” B ui l d i ng a C hur c h t o B ui l d a C o ng r eg a t i on


Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday

Announcements

Nurse’s Meeting

January 17th

Immediately after service

Brotherhood

1st & 3rd Monday

6:00 pm

January 4th

January 18th

Women’s Mission

1st & 3rd Monday

6:00 pm

January 4th

January 18th

Deaconess

6:15 pm

January 25th

Usher Meeting

2nd & 4th Tuesday

January 122th

January 26th

Choir Rehearsal

6:00 pm

January 5th

January 12th

January 19th

January 26th

Bible Study

6:00 pm

January 6th

January 13th

January 20th

January 27th

Thursday

Christianity 101

Light House Ministry

6:00 PM

January 7th

January 14th

January 21st

January 28th

Friday Saturday

Ministers Meeting

6:00 pm

January 1st

January 8th

January 15th

January 22nd

January 29th

Brotherhood

My Brother’s Keepers

Men’s Breakfast

January 2, 2010

8:00 am

February 6th


Share the Love!

Sunday School

Superintendent

Sis. Audrey Jones

New Member Ministry

Brian & Ellen Frizell

Brotherhood

Bro Morrie Baltzell

Usher Ministry

Sis. Claudia Newton

Nurse Ministry

Sis. Kim Jackson

Culinary

Ministry

Sis. Denise

Stafford

Trustees

Bro. Herman Jackson

Sis. Theola Jackson

Sis. Isom Davis

Treasurer:

Bro Al Jackson

Sis. Audrey Jones

Bro Quinen Ross

Benevolence

Committee

Bro. Al Jackson

Sis. Isom Davis

Bro. Victor Jackson

The Lighthouse

Ministry

Rev. Bruce Ford

Christianity 101

Minister Brian & Ellen Frizell

Director of

Women’s Ministry/Women’s Mission

Sis. Kimberly Eaton

Youth Director

Youth Pastor

Rev. T. D. Rushing

Mimes

Sis. Theola Jackson

Sis. Audrey Jones

Youngest Member

Ministry

Sis. Isom Davis

Mother's of the Church

Sis. Gladys Mc Cowen

Sis. Ella Watkins

311 North Dunbar Pauls Valley, Oklahoma 73075

Phone: 405-238-5818 Email: [email protected]

W E AR E O N T HE W EB W W W . HEA R GO D SW OR D@BE TH LE HEM . C OM

Bethlehem Missionary Baptist Church

Pastor

Rev. Michael Eaton

Associate

Pastors

Rev. Bruce Ford

Rev. T. D. Rushing

Minister

Brian Frizell

Chairman

of Deacons

Deacon Melvin Watts

Deacons

Al Jackson

Bill Jones

Park Prince

Quinen Ross

Church

Secretary

Sis. Jocelyn Rushing

Deaconess

Sis. Kim Jackson

Sis. Audrey Jones

Sis. Margie Prince

Sis. Jocelyn Rushing

Sis. Nell Watts

Minister

of Music/Choir

Vacant

Choir

Pam Sanders

Leaders and Ministries

Calendar Of Events

Sunday School: 9:30 AM-10:30 AM

Sunday: Worship Service: 11:00 AM

Monday: Women’s Mission 1st and 3rd Week: 6:00 PM-7:15 PM

Monday: Brotherhood

1st & 3rd Week-6:00 PM-7:00 PM

Tuesday Usher Meeting: 2nd and 4th Week 5:30 PM

Tuesday Adult Choir Practice:6:00PM–7:00 PM

Wednesday: Bible Study & Prayer: 6:00 PM

Thursday: Lighthouse Ministry Every Thursday 6:00 PM

Saturday: Men’s Prayer Breakfast 1st Saturday of each month: 8:00 AM

T h i s i s y o u r y e a r t o w i n i n 2 0 1 0 !

Y o u c a n b e g i n a g a i n

i n 2 0 1 0 !

B e t h l e h e m i s f o r P e o p le L i k e Y o u !

Can!

YES GOD

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