September 2016Vol. 11, Issue 10

PastorRosemark Baptist Church Send resume to T.G. Campbell, 899 Brunswick Rd., Millington, TN 38053 or call 901-829-3396.

Associate Pastor (Bi-vocational)Gateway Baptist Church Send inquiries and/or resumes to steve@gbcatoka.org.

Minister of Music/Worship/Praise LeaderGeorgian Hills Baptist Church (P/T) Call Pastor Tim Vassar at 901-357-5333.

Lakeland First Baptist Church (P/T) Send resume to Pastor Chris Hodges at chodges@lakelandfbc.org.

Still Waters Baptist Church (P/T) Contact Pastor Don Amburn at 901-488-5016.

Minister of Music/Youth Oakland Baptist Church (F/T) Send resume to Jason Evans at evans55029@bellsouth.net.

Minister of Youth Leawood Baptist Church (P/T) Contact Pastor Marc Byrd at 901-324-7169 for more information or to apply.Trafalgar Village Baptist Church (P/T) Send resume to Pastor Rick Panis at pastorrick@trafalgarvillage.org.

Children’s Minister/DirectorFaith Baptist Church Send resume to Kevin Womack at kwomack@myfaithbaptist.org.

Lakeland First Baptist Church (P/T) Send resume to Pastor Chris Hodges at chodges@lakelandfbc.org.

Ridgeway Baptist Church (P/T) Send resume to Pastor Ashley Ray at pastor@ridgewaybaptist.org.

Trafalgar Village Baptist Church (Bi-vocational) Send resume to Pastor Rick Panis at pastorrick@trafalgarvillage.org.

Financial SecretaryLeawood Baptist Church (P/T) Contact Pastor Marc Byrd at 901-324-7169 for more information or to apply.

Nursery Worker/Childcare/PreschoolBalmoral Baptist Church (M-F: 9 a.m.-6 p.m.) Contact Connie at 901-754-2302.

First Baptist Church, Collierville (Wed. 6-8 p.m.) Contact Kristy at 901-853-2668.

First Baptist Church, Collierville (P/T sub preschool - Tu/Th - 9 a.m.-3 p.m.) Contact Kristy at 901-853-2668.

Leawood Baptist Church (P/T) Contact the church office at 901-324-7169 to schedule an interview.

Organist (Sunday mornings only)Bartlett Hills Baptist Church Contact church office at 901-386-9763 for more information.

Opportunities Within Our Churches

A Word from the Executive Director of Mis-by Dr. Mitch Martin, Executive Director of Missions

Our Annual Celebration is Monday, October 24, at Bartlett Hills Baptist Church. It’s going to be a fun night with food trucks, childcare, testimonies, music and a dessert fellowship. Also, we will receive the first-annual Jack May Offering. Our new mission offering named after Jack May will fund local mission causes. This year the offering will go for Great Commission Multipliers. (See inside front cover for more information.) The International Mission Board has sent home approximately 800 missionaries. There are a number of former foreign missionaries living here in the Mid-South. Since America is rapidly becoming a secular mission field, we want to learn from these missionaries. The Jack May Offering will help these Great Commission Multipliers with a small stipend so they can go into our churches mentoring us how to more effectively reach our nation for Christ. So in conclusion, watch for the Jack May Offering mailout. It will contain posters, bulletin inserts and offering envelopes. Second, prayerfully consider how a missionary or one of our homegrown leaders might help your church. And finally, join us on October 24, for our Annual Celebration.

Church Without DoorsChurch Without Doors: Where we believe God is good all the time; All the time, God is good. We serve the homeless and the low income. They hear Christian music and the Word of God every Sunday. After the service, we serve lunch, usually a sack lunch with sandwich, snack cake or cookie and a drink. We serve between 75-100 people each week. We meet at 1:30 p.m. every Sunday at Robert Church Park on the corner of Fourth and Beale, right behind the FedEx Forum. We need more churches to volunteer to bring lunches and lead the worship services. We have openings for November 6, November 27 and December 25. Call Betty Armstead at 901-297-2428 or Donna Cockrell at 901-317-0103 for more information or to volunteer your group.

Visit the website and register:www.msbacelebration.com

Promo Video:vimeo.com/166749419

Sunday School Leadership TrainingTuesday, September 27 • 6:30-9:00 p.m.

Bellevue Baptist Church • 2000 Appling Rd., Cordova, TN

Church Plant Spotlight

Goodwill ChurchMac and Sara King and son Jace

Sponsoring Church: Kirby Woods

Prayer Points• Sara is not feeling well with this

pregnancy. She is a teacher at Douglass K-8 Optional School and is due in early 2017.

• Administration, teachers and students at Douglass K-8 Optional School.

• Families inside Goodwill Village Apartments who are struggling.

• Goodwill Church is meeting inside the Hollywood Community Center. They had 80 kids for an eight-week camp this summer. Pray for the ministry in this neighborhood.

• Laborers are needed to come alongside Mac and Sara in this work.

In Shelby County, only 30% of third graders read proficiently at grade level. Without intervention, nearly 6000 SCS students not reading proficiently at grade level by third grade will stay behind for the duration of their school experience. You can help! Become a Team Read volunteer. Special training sessions have been created for the faith community. NO PRIOR EXPERIENCE IS NECESSARY. Volunteers agree to: attend a volunteer training; complete the SCS background check; tutor two students for 30 minutes (total one hour) per week during the school day and use the Team Read method to teach sight words.

Volunteer Training Dates and Locations

Teaching & Learning Academy2485 Union Ave. Thurs., Sept 1 - 9:00-11:00 a.m. Wed., Sept 7 - 1:00-3:00 p.m.

Bellevue Baptist Church2000 Appling Rd. Wed., Sept. 14 - 6:30-7:45 p.m. Wed., Sept. 21 - 10:00-11:30 a.m.

For more information, visit:www.arise2read.org

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Important Dates for September 1 Pastor and Wife Fellowship 6:30 p.m. Trinity Baptist Church 5 Labor Day Holiday MSBA Office Closed No Ministers’ Conference 6 MSBA Staff Meeting – 9:30 a.m. MSBA Office 11 Solemn Assembly – 5:00 p.m. Range Hills Baptist Church 12 Ministers’ Conference – 11:30 a.m. Bellevue Baptist Church Dennis Landrum, speaker 19 Adminstrative Leadership Council

10:00 a.m. Bellevue Baptist Church 19 Ministers’ Conference – 11:30 a.m. Bellevue Baptist Church Tommy Vinson, speaker 20 MSBA Staff Meeting – 9:30 a.m. MSBA Office 26 Ministers’ Conference – 11:30 a.m. Bellevue Baptist Church Gary Maroney, Clay Holcomb

and Marcus Shambry, speakers 27 MSBA Staff Meeting – 9:30 a.m. MSBA Office 27 Making Connections S.S. Training 6:30 p.m. Bellevue Baptist Church

Upcoming EventsWest Frayser Baptist Church invites everyone to attend Bible Study on Wednesday mornings from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at their church located at 835 Whitney Ave., Memphis, 38127.

First Baptist Church, Olive Branch, MS, will begin offering English as a Second Language (ESL) classes on Tuesdays, beginning September 6, from 5:15-7:30 p.m. Call Sarah Brown at 662-640-5738 for more information.

True Fellowship Baptist Church will be hosting a Career Fair on Saturday, September 17, from 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. They are in search of volunteers to share their career with children. They are also looking for volunteers to help serve refreshments. If you can help out in any way, please contact Tammy Scott at 901-832-3301.

A Raleigh-Frayser Community Revival will be held Sept. 17-25, at 7 p.m. nightly. It will be held at Range Hills Baptist Church the 17th-20th, and Egypt Baptist Church the 21st-25th.

Oakland Baptist Church in Corinth, MS, will be hosting a Student Worship Night with Clayton Jennings on Wednesday, September 21. All area youth groups are invited. Visit www.obcstudents.org for more information.

Crosspointe Baptist Church in Millington, TN will be hosting Dr. Chuck Lawless for two services: Saturday, September 24, at 6:00 p.m. and Sunday, September 25, at 10:30 a.m. Dr. Lawless serves as Professor of Evangelism and Missions, Dean of Graduate Studies and Vice President for Graduate Studies and Ministry Centers at Southeastern Seminary and as Team Leader for Theological Education Strategists for the International Mission Board.

Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary will host its Fall Preview Day on Tuesday, October 11, 2016. This is a chance to visit classes, meet faculty and discover seminary life. Call 901-751-3060 or e-mail Dana at dsneed@mabts.edu to register. Registration deadline is Tuesday, October 4, 2016.

The TBC will offer Step Out in Library Training on Saturday, October 22, at Englewood Baptist Church in Jackson, TN. Visit www.tnbaptist.org for more information.

Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary will host the Mid-South Small Church Celebration Friday and Saturday, October 28-29, 2016 on their campus in Cordova. This celebration is sponsored by the Bivocational and Small Church Leadership Network. Special guests include: Dr. Dale Denning; Ron Roy; Alvin Whitehead; Melanie Redd; Robert West; Dr. Tim Seal and Dr. Jere Phillips. Worship sessions as well as breakout sessions and special tracks for Hispanic Pastors and ministers’ wives will all be offered. There is no charge, but dinner Friday night is limited to the first 200 persons who register prior to October 15. You can register by calling Ashley in the association office at 901-373-6161 or e-mailing ashley@midsouthbaptist.com.

Focus on Church Starting

Art GroomesChurch Starting Specialist

Church Planting and PrayerIn the opening chapter of the book of Acts, Jesus reminds His followers of the promised Holy Spirit who would empower them to be His witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria and to the ends of the earth. After Jesus’ ascension, they returned to Jerusalem and were continually united in prayer. As a result of prayer, God’s presence and power were released. Church planters need our prayers as they strive to start new churches. Without the presence and power of God upon their lives, they will not be able to bear eternal fruit. Let me encourage you to pray and engage your congregation to pray for Mid-South Baptist Association church planters. Pray for them to experience God’s presence and power in order to be salt and light that penetrates a lost and dying world with the gospel of salvation. James reminds us that, “The urgent request of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect.” (James 5:16 HCSB). (See Church Planter Spotlight on Mac King.)

True Fellowship Baptist Church is in the process of starting a tutoring program for students in the grades KK-5. They are looking for tutors to volunteer one hour a week to help students in Reading and Math starting in October. Call Tammy Scott at 901-832-3301 if you can help.

English as a Second Language (ESL) teachers are needed at Hartland Baptist Church (Wednesday nights) and Leawood Baptist Church. Contact Minne Garrett at minne@dsg.us or Julia Binford at 901-373-6161 if you can help.

First Baptist Church, Huntingdon, TN, is prayerfully accepting resumes for its pastor. Confidential resumes may be submitted by 10/15 to the FBC Pastor Search Committee at fbchuntingdonpastorsearch@gmail.com or by mail to P.O. Box 22, Clarksburg, TN 38324.

A free upright piano is available. Contact Doyal Long at 901-373-6780 for more information.

The Frayser Athletic League and Pastor Barron Martin are seeking gently used baseball equipment for use in their program. If you have any uniform pants, bats, bases, balls, gloves, etc. that they could use, please contact Pastor Martin at 901-870-2799.

The Tennessee Baptist Children’s Homes is in need of tutors for the school year. Contact April Morris at 901-386-3961 to volunteer.

A planning kit for the My Hope with Billy Graham Evangelistic Outreach is now available. You can order one or find out more informat ion at www.myhopewithbillygraham.org or by e-mailing Jerry Drace at jdrace@bgea.org.

The Louisiana Baptist Convention has 64 churches and pastor homes that have been affected by the recent flooding. If you’d like to make a contribution to help these churches, please send it to the Louisiana Baptist Convention, P.O. Box 311, Alexandria, LA 71309.

Ministry Opportunities

2016 Goal:$50,000

Dr. Jack May was born on September 20, 1929 – the oldest of 11 children. After graduating high school and serving in the U.S. Army, he married Erlene Broom. Bro. Jack went on to graduate from Millsaps College and New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. Union University honored him with a Doctor of Divinity degree in 1986. Bro. Jack also served as President of the Tennessee Baptist Convention. Countless people have come to know the Lord through the ministry of Jack and Erlene May. In 1993, after pastoring Speedway Terrace, Broadmoor and Whitten Memorial Baptist Churches, Bro. Jack retired for the first time. In 1997, after pastoring Colonial Baptist Church, he retired for the second time. In 2005, after serving as interim pastor at Broadmoor and Ellendale and pastor at Ridgeway Baptist Church, Bro. Jack retired for the third time. He was honored in 2008 by Ridgeway Baptist Church as Pastor Emeritus. Jack and Erlene May are dearly loved by all who know them but especially their family. The Mays have a son and daughter and four grandchildren.

2016 Offering HighlightsEach year, the Jack May Offering will highlight a different area of ministry of the Mid-South Baptist Association. This year, the focus will be on Great Commission Multipliers. The offering will be used for instructors and materials to ensure no financial burden for the church. The vision is to see multiple clusters of reproducing disciple makers.

Participants will experience hands-on learning through seven topics found in Acts 11. These Seven Metrics of a Healthy Church consist of: Prayer Leadership Missions Ministry Discipleship Stewardship Evangelism

These areas of study have been identified because they are biblical and all of them are essential for either church starting or church strengthening. Each of the metrics will be led by a proven practitioner. God has sovereignly placed former missionaries here for a season and a reason. IMB missionaries have a wealth of experience ready to bless the Mid-South Baptist Association. We in turn can bless them with a stipend, meaningful ministry and exposure to MSBA churches.

The core values for these studies include:• Process Oriented – mentoring, modeling, coaching, practicing• Relational – informal but intentional transparency• Obedience Driven – accountability and high expectations• Reproducing – immediately begin investing in others• Narrow – focused on a few effective people• Contextual – takes place in local churches and/or homes

Individuals will begin living in a daily listening and obeying relationship with Jesus. People will get off the pew as spectators and into active, personal ministry. The unlimited potential of lay people to make disciples will be multiplied. Participants will experience the difference between learning content and obeying Biblical truths.

America is the third largest mission field in the world and is becoming increasingly secular. It’s time for Great Commission Multipliers to rise up in the church.

For more information, contact Dr. Stan Wafler at stan.wafler@gmail.com

BCM of MemphisAnnual Fundraising Banquet

Tuesday, September 136:30 p.m.

Bartlett Baptist ChurchCost:

$10 per person or$75 per table for 8

Join us at the Baptist Collegiate Ministries Annual Fundraising Banquet. Hear how the BCMM is working to spread the gospel among an increasingly unchurched demographic at both the University of Memphis and University of Tennessee Health Science Center. Purchase tickets at www.bcmofmemphis.com, or contact Benjie Shaw at 901-729-7662.

Golden Offering for TN MissionsWeek or Prayer – September 11-18