The S

pir

al

- “

Kee

pin

g t

he p

eople

info

rm

ed”

PIT

TS

BO

RO

BA

PT

IS

T C

HU

RC

H

Volume 63, Issue 10

OCTOBER 2019 THE PASTOR’S DESK

The ministry of the interim pastor The history of Pittsboro Baptist Church is not limited to the past. It is still being written today! Until Jesus comes, we have an assignment to com-plete and a mission to accomplish. We are living in the middle of an im-portant segment of this church’s history. What will it look like to those who read it in 10 or 20 years? The church called me to serve as your “intentional” or “transitional” interim in mid-August. I have been preaching on Sunday mornings, meeting with deacons, meeting with the church staff and learning about the church’s ministries. Now it’s time to focus on a large part of my leadership responsi-bilities. The deacons and I want the whole church to understand the pro-cess we will follow over the next year or more. We believe we need to share a broader understanding of the work with the whole church on Sun-day morning, September 29. If you miss the service, please get an audio or DVD copy from the church library. I believe it will answer your questions about this unique process and it will give clarity to our direction. The process involves every church member – not just a handful of leaders. Everyone is important to the future of the church family. So, listen, learn and be open to serve where you are gifted and equipped to serve. I believe the process will be an exciting journey and will strongly impact the future of Chatham County. As we live out the book of Acts, the influence of this church will touch North Carolina, North America and the world. Pray for each other! Pray for our community! Pray for your church leader-ship! “Devote yourselves to prayer, keeping alert in it with an attitude of thanksgiving” Colossians 4:2, NASB. Pastor Allan

Page 2 T H E S P I R A L - “ K E E P I N G T H E P E O P L E T H E S P I R A L - “ K E E P I N G T H E P E O P L E I N F O R M E D ”

Help and encouragement after the death of a spouse, child, family member, or friend.

What to Expect GriefShare is a support group that meets weekly. You’ll find a warm, caring environment and will come to see your group as an oasis on your long journey through grief. There are three key parts to your GriefShare experience:

Video seminar – Encouraging, information packed videos featuring leading grief recovery experts. Support group – Small group discussion about the weekly video content Workbook – Journaling and personal study exercises that reinforce the weekly session top-ics.

When & Where GriefShare meets at Pittsboro Baptist Church Fellowship Hall, Sunday afternoons, 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. Cost There is a $20 fee to participate in a GriefShare cycle (orientation + thirteen seminars) Scholar-ships available. Seminar Topics and Calendar Orientation (one hour) August 4 Is This Normal? August 11 Challenges of Grief August 18 The Journey of Grief- Part One August 25 The Journey of Grief- Part Two September 8 Grief and Your Relationships September 15 Why? September 22 Guilt and Anger September 29 Complicating Factors October 13 Stuck October 20 Lessons of Grief – Part 1 & 2 October 27 Surviving the Holidays November 3 Heaven November 10 What Do I Live for Now? November 17 You are welcome to begin attending our GriefShare group at any point. Each session is “self-contained,” so you do not have to attend in sequence. You will be able to pick up any sessions you missed in our next 13- week cycle. How to Sign-up Telephone the Pittsboro Baptist Church office at 919.542.2986, sign up at the back table or con-tact:

Julie LoRusso julie@jilcpa.com

919.545.0122 (hm) 336.202.7321 (cell)

Page 3 T H E S P I R A L - “ K E E P I N G T H E P E O P L E T H E S P I R A L - “ K E E P I N G T H E P E O P L E I N F O R M E D ”

Men of 1:10 To Know Him and Make Him Known

Join the men of PBC to honor the Lord “so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God.” Colossians 1:10 Each month we will gather together

for a meal, fellowship and discuss mission opportunities. Mark your calendars for the upcoming events: October 11th: Brotherhood Meal 6:30-8:30pm at Scott Edwards Residence November 8th: Brotherhood Meal 6:30-8:30pm at Matt Cashions Residence

Welcome:

Edward James Smith

T H E S P I R A L - “ K E E P I N G T H E P E O P L E I N F O R M E D ” Page 4

Quarterly Church Conference October 9, 2019 at 6:30pm

In the Fellowship Hall

Start saving for VBS 2020 VBS 2020 is all about building a spiritual foundation with the hearts of our youth. Please start saving…… 1. All Styrofoam/packaging materials. 2. Pringle’s containers 3. Shoe boxes and small square boxes

T H E S P I R A L - “ K E E P I N G T H E P E O P L E I N F O R M E D ” Page 5

The Decision America Tour with Franklin Graham began three years ago with a stop in each state across the U.S. This fall, the evangelist will take the Decision America Tar Heel State Tour to eight North Carolina cities. For more information visit nc.BillyGraham.org. Decision American Ral-ly in Raleigh on Sunday, October 6 at 4 pm in the Coastal Credit Union, Walnut Creek Amphitheater. A rally will also be held in Greensboro on Oc-tober 9 at 7 pm in the White Oak Amphitheater.

Celebrate Life Banquet Fundraising Dinner

Thursday, October 10, 2019—6:15-8:30pm

An opportunity to make a financial gift will be extended at this complimentary dinner. Jonesboro Heights Baptist Church 316 West Main Street in Sanford. Wish to carpool see Jenny Sears.

T H E S P I R A L - “ K E E P I N G T H E P E O P L E Page 6 T H E S P I R A L - “ K E E P I N G T H E P E O P L E I N F O R M E D ”

You’re invited to a covered dish lunch immedi-ately following worship service on October 20

th

Please bring a dish large enough for your family and a drink to share.

PLEASE JOIN US FOR Pittsboro Baptist Church Annual

YOUTH VS PARENT FOOTBALL GAME

Sunday—October 20, 2019 Place & Time —TBD

See Pastor Ralph if you want to participate or cheer.

Page 7 T H E S P I R A L - “ K E E P I N G T H E P E O P L E T H E S P I R A L - “ K E E P I N G T H E P E O P L E I N F O R M E D ”

T H E S P I R A L - “ K E E P I N G T H E P E O P L E I N F O R M E D ” Page 8

Prayer Quilt Ministry needs your help! Bring baked goods, cookies and cakes, prepackaged in ziplock bags and labeled to the kitchen by Friday, October 25. They will sell the baked goods as part of their yearly fundraiser on Saturday, October 26 at the Pittsboro Street Fair. Contact Donna Harmon or Patsy Johnson with any questions.

(Baked goods without icing work best.)

Calling ALL PBC Ladies!! Whether you are brand new to our church or have been here your

whole life...This event is exactly what you’ve been looking for!

The Fall Women’s Fellowship

Friday, October 25, 6:30pm-8:30pm In the Fellowship Hall

Come prepared to have a blast!

T H E S P I R A L - “ K E E P I N G T H E P E O P L E I N F O R M E D ” Page 9

October 1, 10:30a.m.

Page 10 T H E S P I R A L - “ K E E P I N G T H E P E O P L E T H E S P I R A L - “ K E E P I N G T H E P E O P L E I N F O R M E D ”

The Story Behind the Song:

My Faith Looks Up to Thee

But rejoice to the extent that you partake of Christ’s sufferings, that when His glory is revealed, you may also be glad with exceeding joy. 1 Peter 4:13 In the early 1830’s, Lowell Mason moved to Boston from Savannah, where for sixteen years he had worked in a bank while directing church choirs on the side. In relocating to Boston, he wanted to focus exclusively on his musical interests. Soon he was direct-ing three choirs, publishing hymns, compiling a songbook, and trying to get music edu-cation in the Boston Public. One day in 1832, he bumped into Ray Palmer. Palmer, 24, was exhausted. For years, he had burned the candle on both ends, working as a clerk in a dry goods store, attend-ing classes at Yale, teaching at a girl’s school in New York City, and preparing for the ministry. Now, Mason wanted Palmer to write for him, to compose some hymns for his projected hymnbook. Palmer, too tied to produce anything new, hesitatingly opened his little leather journal and showed Mason a poem he had written two years before. It was a personal prayer for renewed zeal and courage, composed in his rented room one night in 1830 when he had felt sick, tired, and lonely. He later explained that he had wept that winter’s evening upon finishing this poem: “The words for these stanzas were born out of my own soul with very little effort,” he said. “I recall that I wrote the verses with tender emotion. There was not the slightest thought of writing for another eye, least of all writing a hymn for Christian worship.” After reading the words, Mason ducked into a nearby store for a piece of paper and hurriedly copied them down. That evening in his studio, he poured over this poem, hammering out the perfect tune for it. Shortly after, the two men met again and Mason told the young man, “Mr. Palmer, you may live many years and do many good things, but I think you will be best known to posterity as the author of ‘My Faith Looks Up to Thee.’” Lowell Mason was right. Ray Palmer did go on to do many good things and to write many fine hymns. But he is remembered by posterity for his first hymn, one written be-fore he had even entered the ministry. (Copied from Then Sings My Soul by Robert J. Morgan)

T H E S P I R A L - “ K E E P I N G T H E P E O P L E Page 11

10 Karl Shaffer

Dennis & Miranda May ♥

11 Roderick & Katherine Parker ♥

Wayne & Tina Phillips ♥

Preston Dietrich

12 Frank Jurius

16 Tracie Christian

17 Darby Powers

Ashley Batcheller

21 Kevin Mitchell

22 Hunter Brown

24 Ron Gunter

28 Matt Cashion

Olivia Melton

29 Todd & Jenice Walton ♥

31 Daniel Sanders

T H E S P I R A L - “ K E E P I N G T H E P E O P L E I N F O R M E D ”

T H E S P I R A L - “ K E E P I N G T H E P E O P L E Page 12

October 6 Melissa Harshman & Jennifer Cashion

Karl Shaffer & Kimberly Houston

October 13 Roderick Parker & Katherine Parker

Ken Haynes & Jen Gunter

October 20 Darren Powers & Owen Powers

Beth Parker & Cari Jurius

October 27 Kelly Fowler & Carolyn Johnson

Aaron Kivette & Kelly Kivette

October 6 Chad Lambert & Jill Lambert

October 13 Jenice Walton & Jennifer Cashion

October 20 Jo Lynn Perry & Carole Sanders

October 27 Christian Batcheller & Ashley Batcheller

T H E S P I R A L - “ K E E P I N G T H E P E O P L E I N F O R M E D ”

Ushers

Bill Griffin, Ron Watson,

Matt Cashion & Jay Beaver

Greeters

Jay & Judy Beaver

T H E S P I R A L - “ K E E P I N G T H E P E O P L E Page 13

How many are looking forward to retire-ment because it will give you more time to read? For those of you who are of a “certain age,” are you taking the opportuni-ty to do what you dreamed about doing in the past? According to a recent AARP Bulletin, “A study of 3635 older adults found that book readers had a 23 month survival advantage and 20 percent lower mortality risk compared with nonreaders. Reading was protective regardless of gen-der, education or health.” Bottom line: read, live longer! These three PBC Library books are just a sampling of the variety of fiction books on the shelves and would provide an enjoya-ble experience for any one of any age. The first, is book one of a romance series entitled The Prescott Pioneers. Once you read it, check out the other three. A Dream Unfolding by Karen Baney

The promise of a new life and a chance to start over… Hannah Anderson had the life she always wanted, married to the man of her dreams. When her husband's brother gets in trouble with the law, the town turns against them, shattering her perfect

life. Now they are left with only one choice—to head west to the Arizona Terri-tory in the hopes of creating a new life. Will the journey be worth the cost? Will Colter, after burying his father, is forced to leave the ranch he has called home for nearly thirty years. The journey is dangerous, challenging him and his men. Will he find the new life he was hoping for? Writing couple. Bodie & Brock Thoene are known for their expertise in historical fic-tion, making the past come to life. First Light by Bodie & Brock Thoene Go back in time to first-century Jerusalem. It's a dark time in the world's holiest and most turbulent city. Walk with Peniel, the blind beggar who longs for rescue from his suffering. Peek into the lives of Su-sannah and Manaen, two lovers separated by overwhelming odds. And meet an unusual healer, who ignites a spark of con-troversy in the fire of hatred, deceit, and betrayal that is always burning in this ancient city. This first book in the A.D. Chronicles series will bring you face-to-face with the man called Yeshua A cool October evening is a great time to open up a mystery with a Christian perspective.

(continued on next page)

T H E S P I R A L - “ K E E P I N G T H E P E O P L E I N F O R M E D ”

9-9:30a.m. 10-10:30a.m.

October 6 Judy Beaver Barbara Jones

October 13 Cindy Springle Susie Griffin

October 20 Kathy Shaffer Kathy Shaffer

October 27 Roderick Parker Roderick Parker

Page 14 T H E S P I R A L - “ K E E P I N G T H E P E O P L E T H E S P I R A L - “ K E E P I N G T H E P E O P L E I N F O R M E D ”

Deception by Randy Alcorn “Messin’ with me’s like wearin’ cheese un-derwear down rat alley.” -Ollie Chandler

Homicide detective Ollie Chandler has seen it all. Done more than he cares to admit. But when he’s called to investigate the mur-der of a Portland State University professor, he finds himself going places he’s never gone before.

Places he never wanted to go. Because all the evidence is pointing to one horrific conclusion: The murderer is someone in his own department. That’s not the worst of it, though. Ollie has nag-ging doubts…about himself. Where was

he during the time of the murder? Joined by journalist Clarence Abernathy and their friend Jake Woods, Ollie pushes the investigation forward. Soon all three are drawn deep into corruption and politi-cal tensions that threaten to destroy them–and anyone who tries to help. But they’re in too deep to quit. They’ve got no choice. They have to follow the evidence to the truth… No matter how ugly–or dangerous–it gets. A gripping story of murder and spiritual struggle, Deception proves, as never be-fore, the truth of Ollie’s first law: “Things are often not what they appear.” Note: book summaries copied from amazon.com

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3 4 5

10:30AM 3L’s Cov-

ered Dish

10am-Prayer Quilt

Ministry

3pm—Choir at Cam-

bridge Hills

6:30pm-Sanctuary

Choir

World Communion Day 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

4:00pm—Decision Ameri-

ca

5:00pm—Kidz of Faith

6:00pm– JD’s

6:00pm—Youth

10am—Staff

Meeting

7pm-Property

Mgmt meeting

10am-Prayer Quilt

Ministry

6:30pm—Quarterly

Conference

3:30pm—Feed

The Stampede

6:30pm-

Brotherhood

meal at The

Edwards

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

2:30pm-Griefshare

5:00pm—Kidz of Faith

6:00pm—JD’s

6:00pm—Youth

10am-Staff Meet-

ing

10am-Prayer Quilt

Ministry

6:30pm—Sanctuary

Choir

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Fellowship Luncheon after

Service

2:30pm—Griefshare

TBD -Youth vs Adults

Football Game

5:00pm—Kidz of Faith

6:00pm—JD’s

10am—Staff

Meeting

11:30-Lunch Break

Missions

10am– Prayer Quilt

Ministry

6:30pm—Sanctuary

Choir

6:30pm—SIS

Meeting

Reformation Sunday 27 28 29 30 Reformation Day 31

2:30pm—Griefshare

5:00pm—Kidz of Faith

6:00pm—JD’s

6:00pm—Youth

10am– Staff Meet-

ing

10am-Prayer Quilt

Ministry

October 2019 A look at beauty

Remember kaleidoscopes—those tubes you hold up to your eye and point toward the light to see colorful shapes? When the far end of the optical instrument is turned, fragments of material inside an “object cell” shift and mirrors set at angles reflect light through the pieces, forming ever-changing patterns. A multi-hued flower might become sunlight through a round stained glass window or fireworks on a clear night. Various materials can be placed in the cell—tiny figures, twisted bits of metal, lace, viscous liquid—but often broken bits of glass are used, to beautiful effect! In fact, David Brewster, inventor of the kaleidoscope in 1817, named it after the Greek work kalos, for “beauty.” Everyone feels broken, twisted or shattered at times. But when God’s perfect light shines in and through us, reflecting among the fragments for our imperfect lives, we, too, become beautiful. Out of our sinfulness and brokenness shines the beauty of compassion, kindness, perseverance, hope, love—delightful patterns to brighten this hurting world.