June/July 2019 Volume 41 Issue 5 A total of 294 Ministry Health Kits were collected from Lakelands Baptist Churches this year. 200 were taken to Edgefield, 50 to the Pathway House, and 44 for mission trips. Pictured from left to right are Irene Murphy (South Main), David Little (LBA), Jim Murphy (SM), Dan Grubbs (SM), and Beverly Kemp (SM) sorting the health kits before distribution. Thank you to everyone who participates in this ministry. To Rev. Miller Murphy on his retirement from Connie Maxwell at the end of June. Miller has served as Connie Maxwell Baptist Church’s pastor for approximately three years and has served Connie Maxwell Children’s Home for twenty-eight years! His wife, Kathy, is also retiring from 21 years of service in the business department at Connie Maxwell. We wish them both the best! Please continue to pray for our churches without pastors: Abbeville First, Buffalo, Calhoun Falls First, Greenwood Shores, Rice Memorial, and Winona Thank you to Abney Memorial’s WMU for providing lunch for the Associaonal staff on May 16th for 2019 Associaon Appreciaon Week Monday, July 29th at 7pm Emerald Baptist Church 110 East Laurel Avenue, Greenwood, SC Guest Speaker Gary Rogers Gary currently serves as the Chaplain and Community Risk Reduction Manager for Boiling Springs Fire District and Chaplain for the SC State Firefighters Association. Dinner will be served.
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June/July 2019 Volume 41 Issue 5
A total of 294 Ministry Health Kits were collected from
Lakelands Baptist Churches this year.
200 were taken to Edgefield, 50 to the Pathway House, and 44 for mission trips. Pictured from left to right are
Irene Murphy (South Main), David Little (LBA), Jim Murphy (SM), Dan Grubbs (SM), and Beverly Kemp
(SM) sorting the health kits before distribution.
Thank you to everyone who participates in this ministry.
To Rev. Miller Murphy on his retirement from Connie Maxwell at the end of June. Miller has served as Connie
Maxwell Baptist Church’s pastor for approximately three years and has served Connie Maxwell Children’s Home for twenty-eight years! His wife, Kathy, is also
retiring from 21 years of service in the business department at Connie Maxwell. We wish them both the best!
Please continue to pray for our churches
without pastors:
Abbeville First, Buffalo, Calhoun Falls First,
Greenwood Shores, Rice Memorial, and Winona
Thank you to Abney Memorial’s WMU for providing lunch for the
Associational staff on May 16th for 2019 Association Appreciation Week
Monday, July 29th at 7pm
Emerald Baptist Church
110 East Laurel Avenue, Greenwood, SC
Guest Speaker
Gary Rogers
Gary currently serves as the Chaplain and Community Risk Reduction Manager for Boiling Springs Fire District and Chaplain for the SC State Firefighters Association.
Fourth of July Celebration Calvary Baptist in Ware Shoals
Games will begin at 5pm. Food will be available from 5:30-7. Ivan Parker will be in a love offering concert at 7:30pm. Doors for
the concert will open at 6:30. The church is located on Hwy 252 between Ware Shoals and
Honea Path. For info, contact 992-3452.
July 7th-12th: Emerald Baptist Church
July 14th-18th: Coronaca Baptist Church 5:15-8:30pm
July 14th-18th: Ware Shoals First Baptist Church 5:30-8pm
July 21st-23rd Providence Baptist Church in Hodges 6:30-8:30pm (age 4 - adult)
McCormick Area Back-To-School Bash Saturday, July 13th from 4 to 6pm at the M.A.C.K.
FREE Mobile Medical Clinic Saturday, July 13th from Noon to 5pm
McCormick First Baptist in the Lakelands Association and First Bethany Baptist in the Edgefield Association have
teamed up with help from various community organizations to host this event.
We have been asked for volunteers from our Association
from the following categories.
1. Nurses or EMT’s that could check blood pressures and A1C levels outside the main medical unit. Need about 6 or 7.
2. Men with strong backs to help pack all the Block Party
trailer items (especially the inflatables) back in to the trailer at the
end of the event. Our volunteers are usually so exhausted, this is the hardest part.
If you fit either of these two categories and are willing
to volunteer please contact Rev. John Alexander at
864-992-4756
WORSHIP LEADER ROUNDTABLE
This is a discussion-based networking and training event aimed at helping worship leaders of all varieties establish relationships with other
area worship ministry leaders, engage in conversation around topics related to best practices and worship in the local church, connect with the Worship & Music Office, and
hopefully refresh as we spend time in worship and prayer together.
Thursday, August 1, 2019
Lakelands Baptist Association 310 Panola Avenue in Greenwood
9:00am - 1:00pm Lunch provided
Cost $10 per person
For more information, visit: www.scbaptist.org/worship
The Association Office will be closed on Thursday, July 4th
Baptist Nursing Fellowship is a Christian professional fellowship for nurses, healthcare
professionals, and nursing students. BNF gives its members opportunities to fellowship together,
earn continuing education credits, and serve others through missions trips and outreach.
We would like to invite you to an information and sharing time at
First Mount Moriah Baptist Church 2107 Mount Moriah Road in Greenwood
July 23rd from 6:30 - 7:30pm
Please share this information with medical professionals and students who desire to use their medical skills to serve and share
the gospel. May God bless you!
“Nothing Ever Stays the Same”
Why is it that the older one gets the faster time seems to fly? I
thought when I was younger, time slowed down to a crawl for
older folks. I mean, they always seem to have time on their
hands to show you pics and talk forever about their grands.
Well, little did I know that adding many years of living doesn’t
slow time down, it only makes time speed up. And the older one
gets the faster time seems to go. I’m not old yet…even though
on my next birthday, my wife and family are going to make a big
deal about the fact that I’ll be turning sixty…but compared to
some, shoot…I’m still wet behind the ears…a mere babe as it
were! But unfortunately, I do find myself showing pics and
talking longer about my grands and telling folks how special
they are...so in a sense, I guess I am getting old after all.
Speaking of grands, you used to have to endure grandparents
breaking out their wallet and showing a few pics of their grands,
and they seemed to be able to talk on and on about them
grands even with the few pics their wallets would hold. But
today, good grief, we grandparents have iPhones that hold
thousands of pics. I so feel sorry for the younger generation as
they endure a grandma or grandpa with an iPhone or Facebook
page full of pics of their grandkids. One thing is for sure,
nothing ever stays the same…from wallets full of pics to now
iPhones full of pics…yikes. The good thing is that now I am one
of them grandparents with an iPhone full of pics and younger
folks have to endure me…just say’n.
Speaking of grands…I know, I’m starting to sound like a broken
record aren’t I? Last month I wanted to say something about
what I’m getting ready to say something about, but I was
expressly forbidden to say anything about it. Yep, you guessed
it; Kim and I are going to get our fifth grand in as many years.
Man oh man…Katelyn is pregnant with her fourth young’n.
What the world, at this rate, even my iPhone isn’t going to hold
all the pics of those kiddos…and I can’t wait to whip it out and
bore you to tears showing you all the pics that it will hold…
cause my grands are way mo’special than any other grand-
parent’s grand-young’ns are…and yes, I did just say that. Yep,
another grand is on the way…cause apparently, nothing ever
stays the same, especially not in Zack and Katelyn’s home!
Speaking of grands…I know, here I go again…I finally
completed Phase 1 of the grandchildren’s three story tree
house in my backyard. Phase 1 you see is the three story tree
house. Phase 2 will be a twelve foot bridge that goes across
from the third story of the Phase 1 part of the tree house to
Phase 3, which will be an adult area complete with porch
swings and a fire pit. I know, it’s crazy, but hey, my grands are
special…and if you don’t believe me…just ask me and I’ll whip
out my iPhone and convince you otherwise. I figure if my
chickens get a Tahj-Mahal chicken coop, as it’s been referred
to, my special grands ought to get a tree house that is at least a
cut above the chicken coop that adorns our backyard. Okay, so
maybe I am overdoing it with Phase 1, 2 and 3, but since
nothing ever stays the same, I figure this might be my last shot
at a tree house for the ages.
Now I know you’s wondering if this is going to be my fifth
granddaughter or am I finally going to get my first grandson.
Well, I have already determined that his name shall be…wait
for it…wait for it…his name shall be…Leonard. Yeah I know,
my powers of prophecy are about non-existent so instead of
Leonard, he’s probably going to pop out as a Lenora or Lena or
Lynda or Luciana or whatever! So be it, I have finally learned to
be content in whatever state I find myself, as the Apostle Paul
exhorted us to do. Learning to be content I guess comes with
age. But the way things never stay the same, this one could be
the deal breaker…the lone boy of the bunch…I just gots that
feeling about this one…just say’n!
Speaking of things never staying the same, there are some big
changes coming around here soon. As most of you know, the
Association was trying to sell and relocate our office building
over six years ago. But it was also at that time that the
Association was served nine lawsuits over the sexual
misconduct case that occurred between 1998 and 2000. During
the ensuing years while we were being litigated against, the
plaintiff’s attorney put a lien on all of our property, ultimately
preventing us from selling our property during the nearly five
years that we were involved in the lawsuits. But now that all of
that is over with, we can proceed with the relocation as
previously planned.
Again, as you are aware, Abney Memorial Baptist Church has
graciously gifted to the Association 2.25 acres of land adjacent
to their present facilities on Hwy 225. The land has been
surveyed and is currently titled in the name of the Lakelands
Baptist Association. We will be forever grateful to Abney
Memorial for this generous act of kindness towards the
Association.
So, the Association will be hosting a Building the Future
Together Kick-off BBQ on 12 August at Abney Memorial in
order for those who attend to see exactly where the new office
is going to be located. Also at this event, the architectural
drawings of the new office will be unveiled. This event will be
open to anyone in the Association who desires to be a part of
the future of the Association. I hope you will put this date on
your calendar and plan to be a part of this exciting next step for
the Association. Yep, nothing ever stays the same! As such, the
future for the Association is now! Hope you will join us for this
event!
And BTW, I do have pics of my grands if you want to see
them…here, let me get out my iPhone…just say’n!
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Jesus Christ was with God the Father before the world was created. He
became human and lived among humanity as Jesus of Nazareth. He came to
show us what God the Father is like. He lived a sinless life, showing us how
to live, and He died on a cross to pay for our sins. God raised Him from the
dead. Jesus is the source of eternal life. Jesus wants to be the doorway of new
life for you. In the Bible, He was called “Lamb of God” (John 1:29). In the
Old Testament, sacrifices were made for the sins of the people. Jesus became
the sacrificial Lamb offered for our sin. Jesus said, “I am the way and the
truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me” (John
14:6). He is waiting for you now.
Admit to God that you are a sinner. Repent, turning away from your sin.
By faith, receive Jesus Christ as God’s Son and accept Jesus’ gift of
forgiveness by dying on the cross.
Confess your faith in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.
You may pray a silent prayer similar to this as you call on God to save you.
“Dear God, I know that You love me. I confess my sin and need of salvation. I
turn away from my sin and place my faith in Jesus as my Savior and Lord. In
Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.” After you have received Jesus Christ into your
life, tell a pastor or another Christian about your decision. Show others your
faith in Christ by asking for a baptism by immersion in your local church as a
