WISE BAPTIST NEWS A PUBLICATION FOR MEMBERS AND FRIENDS OF

WISE BAPTIST CHURCH

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Bill Tatum

Interim Pastor

Ray Jones, Jr.

Pastor Emeritus

Leigh Clark

Minister of Music & Youth July 27, 2010

● July 29th– last day to

t u r n i n M i n i s t r y

Opportunity forms.

● Friday, July 30, Relay for

Life at UVA Wise

ceremonies begin at

6pm

● Sunday, August 1

Committee Sign up Day

● Saturday, August 7

Senior Adult Trip

departure at 5:30pm

● Sunday, August 8

Deacon Nominations

and Mission Team

Report

Important Dates:

Continue to be in

prayer for our

Pastor Search

Committee

Members

Teresa Adkins

Robert England

Ron Helton

Donna Hutchinson

Lewey Lee

Karen Ponish

(secretary)

Gary Smith

Bill Sutherland

(co-chair)

Elizabeth Wills

(co-chair)

What a joy to welcome three new members to our fellowship.

Yesterday at the conclusion of worship, Buster and Liz Brown joined

by transfer of letter from the

Emmanuel Baptist Church in

Jenkins, KY. And Regina

Cantrell, pictured below with

Pastor Ray and Ms. Carolyn

and her granddaughter,

Chloe, joined by transfer of

letter from the Hurricane

Baptist Church.

Sign Up Day …

Sunday, August 1st will be “SIGN UP DAY” for the next Church year.

This will be held in the Fellowship Hall . We ask everyone to bring a

serving heart and Becky will be providing food for this event.

If you have not already completed a form deciding how you will serve

in moving our Church forward, this is your time. If you have any

questions please feel free to call Margie Horton, Gil Blackburn or Gary

Smith.

Church-wide Picnic A church-wide picnic at Camp Bethel on Wednesday, August 18,

2010, will mark our return to the Wednesday night sessions. The

picnic will be held at the lake at Camp Bethel. The church will

provide hamburgers and hot dogs and all the fixin’s, drinks and

paper goods. Please bring a side item or dessert. (Remember to

pick up your dishes when you leave that evening.) The picnic will

begin around 6:15, so please plan to arrive by 6:00. Swimming

and other activities will be available. If anyone is interested in

helping with the set-up, clean up, activities or life guarding, please

contact Teresa Adkins (328-6039) or the church office

(328-6247).

Our Deacon fellowship team gives great

leadership to the Wise Baptist Church through

prayer and service. It is time to once again to

submit nominations for Deacons. Our

membership needs to nominate three persons to

replace Robert Means, Dan Helton, and Ron

Helton. These men are rotating off and will not

be eligible to serve until next year. Our active

Deacons include: Jeff Adkins, John Kennedy,

Lewey Lee, Mark Clark, Mark Coomer and Robert

England.

On Sunday, August 8, forms will be given out to

our members to submit three names for Deacon.

A recommendation for three new Deacons will

be made to the church at the annual business

meeting on Wednesday, August 25.

Please begin praying now for those who will be

called to serve and for those who are currently

serving.

A NOTE FROM LEIGH:

Every week, people seek me out at the end of

worship to comment on the music. I must admit that

we have a pretty awesome choir! However, a choir

can only be as good as their accompanist and ours,

Susan Smith, is one of the best. Susan has

volunteered her time and talent to the Wise Baptist

Church choir for the last 26 years! Yesterday was her

last official day as the Wise Baptist Church pianist.

Susan has asked for a reprieve from her duties

because she and Gary will need to spend time over

the next few years travelling to see their beautiful

grandchildren. Susan will continue to be a part of the

choir as a vocalist.

Words cannot express my gratitude to Susan for her

countless and sometimes thankless hours of practice

and preparation for rehearsal and worship—not to

mention the special events, i.e. Christmas Eve,

Cantatas, Singspirations, etc.

Working with Susan has been a great blessing to me.

She is always flexible and positive and willing to try

any piece of music I put in front of her. She is a

talented accompanist—one of the best I’ve ever

worked with. Mostly, she is my friend and a constant

source of encouragement for me and my family. She

and Susan Mullins will trade places—Susan M. will

become the church pianist and Susan S. will become

the substitute.

On Sunday, August 15, we will have a moment of

recognition for Susan and her years of dedicated

service to the music ministry of Wise Baptist

Church. Please take the opportunity to express your

gratitude to Susan for her service to our church and

to Our Lord and Savior.

Blessings, Leigh

The Deacon

Fellowship will

meet at 8:30 am on

Sunday, August 1 in

the Fellowship Hall.

As you pray, please remember…

Matt Collins, Beth Terry, Pat and Fred Adkins

All of the cancer patients in our area Our men and women in the military

Hospitalized: Bill Ringley, Mountain View Regional

Our Shut Ins: Jewell Bradley, Jenelle Horne, Martha Gilliam,

Peggy Tolbert, Jeanne and Debbie Stallard If there are other known prayer concerns and/or shut ins,

please let us know.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY !

July 28 Natasha Kennedy July 29 Red Kennedy July 30 Melissa Blackburn Aug 01 Matt Meade Angie Thacker Greg Hutchinson Aug 03 Becky Curtis

Joseph’s in Kentucky !

August 7, 2010

Jerry has planned an exciting trip to the Jenny Wiley

Outdoor Theater to enjoy Dinner and a show. Cost

for this trip is $20 which includes transportation,

dinner and the show. The trip is scheduled for Sat.,

August 7 departing at 5:30pm. Jenny Wiley Theater

will have the awe-inspiring outdoor production of

JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR

DREAMCOAT.

A few seats remain, please contact Jerry if you’re

interested.

If you attended the Mission

Trip to NC could you please

put your pictures on a disk

and get them to Leigh or the

church office as soon as

possible. We will have a slide

show on August 8th.

July 29 Shawn & Sara

Lane

July 30 Bill & Kathleen

Ringley

July 31 Bill & Pam Collie

Aug 01 Eddie & Ann

Culbertson

We express our love and sympathy to Jamie Hopkins

and family at the loss of his mother, Ada Hopkins on

Saturday. Please be in prayer for this family.

“This was the best Vacation Bible School I’ve ever been a part of”. That was what one person said on Friday evening following the program in the sanctuary. It truly was a great week and it was made possible by the terrific leadership of Cindy Elkins. She put together a wonderful and talented team of volunteers that truly put their heart into sharing the love of Jesus with everyone who came through our doors. She’s already working on a team for next year; you won’t want to miss out—sign up today!! The total VBS offerings for the week were $467. Thi sis in addition to the actual supplies that have already

The youth are going to continue collecting School

supplies through August 8. Please bring your items

and put them in the baskets in the hall. Then, on

Wednesday, August 11, all youth are invited to help

sort and deliver the supplies, we’ll also bake cookies

for the teachers. After delivery, we’ll all go to lunch.

Meet at 10 am in the fellowship hall.

We had a good time of fellowship at the Senior High

movie night. We will resume our Sunday night

meetings on August 15.

Phone: (276) 328-6247 Website: www.wisebaptist.com Email: wisebaptist@verizon.net

A Place for Faith and Fellowship

with Family & Friends

WEEKLY OPPORTUNITIES

Sunday Sunday School 10:00 a.m.

Worship 11:00 a.m.

Youth 6-7:30 pm

TRUTH 7:45 pm

Monday Men’s Prayer Breakfast 6:30 am

Piecemakers (1st & 3rd Mondays) 9:30 a.m.

Caring Friends (2nd & 4th Mondays) 9:00 am

First Place Noon

Children’s choirs 3:45-5 pm

Tuesday Ladies Bible Study (1st Tuesday) 6:30 pm

Wednesday Activities in Recess until August 18

Thursday Women On Mission (2nd Thursday) 11:30 a.m.

VOLUNTEERS THIS WEEK

Deacons On Call John Kennedy, Lewey Lee

Building Stewards Ron, Dan, Scott S.

Instrumentalists Susan, Susan, Gigi

SS Greeters 08/01 David and Sandy Mullins

08/08 John Kennedy

Nursery 08/01 Marybeth & Caitlin; Bonnie O.;

Tabitha Ray

08/08 Palmers; Isaacs

Children’s Church

08/01 Beth Snodgrass

08/08 Pat Adkins & Vickie Swindall

PA 08/01 Wayne

08/08 Wayne

Wise Baptist Church

P.O. Box 777

Wise, VA 24293

Ministry Opportunity Forms due Thursday !

Bill Tatum’s Contact Information

Church: (276) 328-6247 ext. 102 Home: (276) 328-9259

Cell: (703) 501-9557 Email: drwctatum@yahoo.com

Thought For The Week:

Love beauty; it is the shadow of God on the universe. –Gabriela Mistral

Relay for Life

Friday July 30th at UVA Wise

Ceremonies will begin at 6:00pm

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

x 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

29 30 31 B = Birthday

A = Anniversary

Women’s

Bible Study 6:00pm

B: Becky Curtis

B: Kim Hall

B: Jewel Bradley

A: Charles & Lulia

Maine

B: Alex Hall

B: Matt Meade, Angie Thacker,

Greg Hutchinson A: Eddie & Ann

Culbertson

B: Clifford Bailey

B: John Ponish,

Wendy Adrian

A: Sam & Debra

Wharton

B: Gina Chisenhall,

Jeff Sturgill,

Tracy Wills,

Jenelle Horne B: Jerry Baird

A: Ron & Kathy

Helton

B: Brenda Lee,

Rita Longworth

B: Sam Austin,

Ann Culbertson

A: John & Toni

Thacker,

Rick & Caryn

Johnson

B: Payton Estep,

Benjamin Mullins

A: Alex & Deborah

Knox

B: Morgan Meade

B: Tim Cox A: Lewey & Brenda

Lee

B: Betty Roberts,

Suzanne Baird,

Sutton Polly

A: Scott & Beth

Snodgrass

B: Megan Cline,

Vanessa Mullins

Deacon Meeting at

8:30 am

B: Lewey Lee, Macey

Conway B: Adam Kennedy

B: Hardon Kennedy,

Rose Kennedy,

Harold Kennedy

B: Teresa Adkins,

Cindy Elkins

If your birthday or

anniversary is not

included, please call

the church office.

CHURCH PICNIC

ANNUAL

BUSINESS

MEETING

Deacon

Nominations

Committee Sign Up

Day

Senior Adult Trip

Missions Team

Report

COLOR ME !!