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Volume 44 June 1, 2015 Trenton, Tennessee 38382 109-950 Number 6

The Vision THE VISION - 109-950

Published monthly by GBA, mailed second class at Trenton TN 38382

GBA OFFICE PHONES: Office: 731-855-1202 FAX: 731-855-9846

WEB SITE: www.gbalife.org

GIBSON BAPTIST ASSOCIATION MISSION STATEMENT

The Gibson Baptist Association exists to actively assist churches accomplish The Great Commission.

A Missionary View

Mission teams from our association are serving this summer in several locations at home and abroad. Your prayers are greatly appreciated for fruit and for their safety.

Our next Brazil trip is scheduled for September 7—15. Registration is now open and you are encouraged to contact the GBA office or send an e-mail (rdstacy@yahoo.com) to let us know of your interest. The approximate cost of the trip is $1,800. Wingo scholarships are available to help on this trip.

We continue to try and raise the $31,000 to purchase the property for the new church plant in Iguassu Falls, Brazil (Foz do Iguaçu). I have been in contact with Pastor Flávio and he anticipates purchasing the property sometime in July. Some have already taken offer-ings and given funds to help with the land purchase. We are working with and through the Paraná Baptist Convention in Brazil on this purchase. There will be accountability for the funds. Considering that we have 55 churches in our association, if every church gave $565, we would reach our goal. Some can give more and some cannot give this amount. The Pastor’s Conference is promoting this of-fering.

We are putting together a special trip with GBA pastors to conduct simultaneous revivals in Iguassu Falls while the Brazilian Baptist Men erect the new church building on the land that is being purchased. The date for this trip is September 29—October 7. We have Wingo scholarship funds for pastors in the amount of $1,400. The approximate cost of the trip is $1,500 per person. We have six pastors signed up now and need a few more to complete the team.

There is still time to be a part of the GBA Men & Boys Camp scheduled for Friday and Saturday, June 5-6, 2015. The deadline for registration has been extended a few days. The camp will be held at Gibson County Lake. Survival skills for our daily lives as well as our spiritual lives will be covered. The cost is $15.00. Call the GBA office or contact Bob Moore at (731) 431-1056 to register.

I will be attending the Southern Baptist Convention in Columbus, Ohio in June. Immediately after the convention ends on Wednes-day, I will travel to Cincinnati to meet with Travis Smalley and participate in a vision tour and meet with church planters. This will ena-ble our association to connect with several church plants and church planters.

Mark your calendars for the “Dealing With Church Conflict” conference scheduled for August 24 (Monday evening). Dr. Richard Bray will be the conference leader.

We have seen several men ordained to the gospel ministry in the last month. Bro. Chad Cunningham was ordained by Beech Grove. He is the pastor at Truth Baptist. Bro. Jason Alford was ordained at FBC Dyer. He is the associate pastor of music and education. Bro. Kevin Barger was ordained at Calvary in Humboldt. He is on staff in Kentucky. Bro. Stephen Ballard will be ordained to the ministry at Latham’s Chapel on May 31. The council will meet at 2:30 and the service is at 3:00 pm.

Bro. Steve Skelton has been called as the new pastor of Maranatha Baptist Church in Humboldt. The following churches are without

pastors: Gibson, Keely Mill, Kenton FBC, Trenton FBC and West Side.

Your Missionary, Bro. Roger

Gibson Baptist Association Roger Stacy, Director of Missions Mike Sanders, Moderator Jim Acree, Treasurer Dianne Klutts, Ministry Specialist

Joey Hufstedler, Assistant Moderator Pat Riley, Assistant Treasurer Sheilah Spangler, Clerk

“INKY” JOHNSON

BRAD GRAY

Worship Leader

Senior Adult Homes

From left to right, Keith Schunk was ordained as a deacon. He is standing with his pastor, Steve Dillard, Calvary –Humboldt, and with Kevin Barger who was ordained to the gospel ministry on May 2nd.

Truth Baptist Church held an ordination service for James Phares and Danny Gantt as deacons. Beech Grove Baptist Church ordained Chad Cunningham, new pastor at Truth, during the same service.

Bro. Terry Branscum, pastor of Mt. Pisgah, recently bap-tized 6 people in a Sunday service.

ADULT HOME OFFERING

2015 GOAL

$ 350,000

Spring Hill Baptist Church ordained 2 men to the Deacon Ministry on May 17th. They are, left to right, Joe Webb, Rev David Powell, pastor, and Paul Webb.

Bro. Jason Alford (standing on the left), Associate Pastor of Music and Education at Dyer, FBC is standing with Rev. Dewayne Goodgine, pastor of Dyer, FBC, following Jason’s ordination service on May 17th.

The Union University School of Pharmacy rec-ognized Doug & Karen Duncan, members of Dyer, FBC, at their Hon-ors and Awards Banquet. A bench will be placed outside Providence Hall in their honor for all they have done for the School of Pharmacy and the Community Practice Award has been renamed the

Douglas R. Duncan

Community

Practice Award.

Recognition of Doug and Karen Duncan

RECEIPTS

October 1—May 19, 2015

Church Total Receipts Current Receipts

Antioch $ 1,000.00 Avondale 855.00 Beech Grove 1,326.01 Bethel-Humboldt 210.00 Bethel-Yorkville 1,884.00 Bethpage 366.06 Bradford, FBC 1,920.00 Calvary-H 282.99 Calvary-R 343.93 Center 300.00 Chapel Hill 12,785.02 China Grove 272.77 Clear Creek 234.00 Dyer, FBC 3,746.77 Eldad 1,478.24 Emmanuel 1,632.42 Fellowship 1,609.24 Fruitland .00 Gibson 979.00 Hickory Grove 425.00 Humboldt, FBC 7,957.10 Idlewild 647.68 Immanuel-T 727.03 Keely Mill 233.37 Kenton, FBC 13,636.16 Laneview-K 600.00 Laneview-T 251.30 Latham’s Chapel 1,050.00 Lavinia 3,279.00 Maranatha 1,457.00 Medina, FBC 1400.00 Midway 689.74 Milan, FBC 7,624.53 Mt. Pisgah 1,229.70 Mt. Pleasant 8,223.78 New Bethlehem 2,567.59 New Haven 800.00 New Hope 661.51 Northern’s Chapel 150.00 Northside 1,319.30 Oak Grove 430.39 Oakwood 175.00 Old Bethlehem 240.00 Poplar Grove 837.41 Poplar Springs .00 Rutherford, FBC 948.98 Salem 1,648.90 Smyrna 526.81 Spring Hill 728.00 Trenton, FBC 7,701.25 Truth 200.00 Walnut Grove 500.00 West Carroll Unity 215.71 West Side 134.00 White Hall 3,867.55 Designated 15,486.86 TBC/Interest 7,471.52 Total Receipts $ 127,267.62

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926.00 $ 12,949.33

2014– 2015 Wingo Offering

The 2014-15 Wingo Goal is $ 22,500.00

Received to Date: $ 6,422.65

June Birthdays & Anniversaries for Pastors & Wives

BIRTHDAYS 1 Mrs Gina Bowling, Pastor’s Wife Medina, FBC 1 Mrs Cathy Moore, Pastor’s Wife Idlewild 5 Mrs Doris Hanks, Pastor’s Wife Poplar Springs 9 Rev. Bill Rice, Retired Pastor Antioch 14 Mrs. Lisa Hendrix, Pastor’s Wife Immanuel 17 Mrs Wendy Jewell, Pastor’s Wife Beech Grove 21 Rev. Clayton Williams, Pastor Oakwood 24 Rev Jerry McDivitt, Pastor Fruitland

ANNIVERSARIES

3 Rev/Mrs Richard Bragg, Pastor & Wife Avondale 3 Dr/Mrs Roger Stacy, DOM & Wife Humboldt, FBC 5 Rev/Mrs John Fields, Retired Pastor and Wife Keely Mill 11 Dr/Mrs Greg McFadden, Pastor & Wife Humboldt, FBC 14 Rev/Mrs Dustin Cook, Pastor & Wife Center

CHURCH NEWS

Eldad Baptist Church is seeking a part time youth minister. This includes coordinating youth events and Bible Study for students in grades 7-2. Submit resume and cover letter to Eldad Baptist Church, 49 Eldad Road, Trenton 38382 or jona-than.criswell@trentonssd.org.

Kenton, First Baptist Church is accepting resumes for min-ister to students. Please mail your resume to the church at PO Box 188, Kenton, TN 38233.

Latham’s Chapel Baptist Church will ordain Stephen Bal-lard, their youth pastor, on May 31st at 2:30 to the Gospel Ministry.

Maranatha Baptist Church has called Bro. Steve Skelton as pastor.

Beech Grove will celebrate their 150th anniversary this year. Latham Chapel will celebrate their 100 anniversary on June 7th with a homecoming service which will begin at 10:00 AM. Rev. Dewight Jackson will be the speaker. . Mt. Pisgah Bap-tist Church will have their Homecoming on June 7th with Bro. Randy Potts preaching the 11am service. Music will begin at 10am.

Deacons Meetin”

September 3, 2015

White Hall Baptist Church

5:30 PM

Speaker: Dr. Randy Davis, TBC Executive Director

First Baptist Church, Trenton is seeking a full-time Senior Pastor with team-oriented leadership, strong interpersonal skills, and sound doctrine. Currently we have an average at-tendance of 150-200 for Sunday morning worship service. We are a conservative Baptist church. Send resume and DVD/CD or sermon link of recent sermon to the attention of Nancy Meggs @ 401 S. High Street, Trenton TN 38382 or firstbaptisttrenton@gmail.com.

Our website is fbctrenton.net.

BIRTH CHOICE

GBA CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Be in prayer for the Brazil mission trip on May 24th— June 1st.

Executive Board July 20, 2015, 7PM

Bridgestone Arena, Nashville

$ 129 due by June 3rd

Or $ 169 by August 3rd

August 21-23, 2015 GLOW CAMP for girls grade 1st-6th grade

Camp Clark Williamson

Mark Your Calendars

Dealing with Church Conflict

August 24, 2015

6:30 PM

GBA Office

Dr. Richard Bray

Men & Boys’ Camp

June 5-6, 2015 Gibson County Lake

$ 15.00 per person. Sign up by May 17th.

Ending Time will be 6 PM on Saturday.

Camping, games, fishing, survival skills

and God’s Message through word and ac-

tions will be taught.

July 16, 2015

WOM

Dyer, First Baptist

10 AM

Please bring a salad to share for lunch.

WMU EVENT

Chris�an Women’s Job Corps/”Twice Blessed”

We are thoroughly enjoying our new center; sewing machines are up

and going, and we have a sewing instructor for our current project of making breast feeding scarves for Birth Choice.

Please stop in and see us at "Twice Blessed" Tues. through Fri. from 10 - 2pm or attend our class on Wed. at 12 noon for our Bible study followed by sewing.

We continue to be in need of water and snacks for our volunteers or support our participants' class by bringing snacks or lunch on Wednesdays at 12 noon.

Thanks, Christy (414-2795)

"Powered for Life" classes at our new CWJC Learning Center are in their fourth week. Please pray for our participants, mentors, and all those that support our ministry in so many ways.

We are still need 2 Volunteers to help with the Re-source Room, if you are interested in serving in this area please contact Kelly. The hours are very flexible, 731-855-2900.

On-going needs for resource room: Diapers size 4-6,Bottles, Sippy cups, thermometers, pacifiers, diaper rash ointments, safety items, baby brushes, nail clippers (and any type items like this for babies), large quilts, strollers, car seats, high chairs, baby beds, booster seats, bouncy seats, diaper bags.

Birth Choice Annual Baby Bottle Campaign will start on Moth-er’s Day and run through Father’s Day. Bring your bottles back

after Father’s Day and we will count and send you your total

raised. We still have bottles if you are interested in participating

this year. Thank you for your support!

Office Hours: Monday 9am-6:30pm, Tuesday 9am-4:30pm and

Thursday 9am-6:30pm

Again, thank you for all your support and prayers!!

Kelly

Chapel Hill Baptist Church A Night of Orange & White

August 15, 2015 Dinner: 5 Pm Main Event 6:45 PM

$ 20 per person (Includes Dinner & Door Prizes) Inky Johnson & Phillip Fulmer Only 500 Tickets available