Jack Long Director of Missions

jack@bbaol.org

Sheila Cawley Admin. Ministry Assistant

sheila@bbaol.org

Herman DeBoard Director of Counseling

herman@bbaol.org

July-August 2018

Volume 27 Issue 4

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Office Hours: Mon-Thu 8:30A.M.-12:00P.M., 1:00P.M.-4:30P.M., Friday-Closed

From Your Directors Heart:

Calvary Baptist, Union City-KJV Lydia Carlisle - KJV- SP MadiKate Cheatham- KJV- SP Jacob Cochran- KJV- SW Alexis Erwin- KJV- SW * Cailyn Newcomb- KJV- SW * Isabella Stephens- KJV- SW Nolan Tucker- KJV- SP Bryce White- KJV- SWS * Holly Williams- KJV- SWS Elizabeth Woody- KJV- SWS

3 YR Trophy SP—State Participant SW– State Winner SWS—State Winner Superior

Second, Union City- KJV Keaton Brown - KJV- SWS * Josiah Dixon- KJV- SWS * Jack Harris– KJV- SWS Annslee Hiens- KJV- SWS Seth Kern- KJV- SWS * Cole Lannon- KJV- SWS * Georgia Lannon- KJV- SWS Hannah Taylor- KJV- SWS Emma Waites- KJV- SWS

First Baptist Troy - HCSB Elly Webb- HCSB- SP

Congrats! To Calvary Baptist member Hannah Williams on being a Youth Regional Winner in this years Bible Drill!

I’ve just returned from a Mission Trip to Lumberton, TX with folks from five of our Beulah Churches. On the surface things look good, streets are clean, businesses up and running, restaurants are open. Howev-er, drive into the neighborhoods and it’s a different story. Houses are gutted, many with only the frame and roof left. IConnect, the organization we are working with still has over 4,000 request for help. Our team accomplished a lot, but there is so much more to be done. Pray for the recovery process, the longer we get away from the actual hurricane which caused all the damage, the easier it is to assume that all is well, no work is left undone, everyone is back in their homes. BUT IT IS NOT! It will take another year or more to get everyone back in their homes. Pray for Calvary Baptist Church. They are leaving Saturday, July 7th for Lumberton and will be working there through July 13th. In our last Newsletter I addressed the issue of churches closing their doors. As a follow-up let me add: when a church reaches out to bring in a consultant who is trained in revitalization/turnaround the first thing they will tell you is that when it comes to evaluating programs, services, committees, even constitutions and bylaws, nothing is sacred except God and His word. I know everyone has their favorite program, etc. but if your program is not reaching people for Christ or if it’s not discipling members then what is it accomplish-ing. I am working with one of our churches in the process of revitalization. Their vision team is made up of nine members all of which have multiple jobs. When you have too many jobs nothing gets done well. Remember it is not your priority that counts, it is God’s! It is His church, not yours! Turning around a declining or stagnant church is not easy. Decisions must be made that not everyone will agree with, but the alternative might be death. What is more important, getting your way or seeing the church grow and reach the lost for Christ? I am so grateful for your prayers, support, and encouragement as I work along side of you and our Beu-lah Churches. It is a blessing to be serving where God has called. Looking forward to what God has in store. I Love You, Bro Jack

A Word From Your Mission Strategist

A Word from Family Minitries

We have just returned from an awesome week of missions in Lumberton, TX. I want to say thank you to New Salem BC, Macedonia BC, Pleasant Hill BC Rives, FBC Union City, and Johnson Grove BC that went with us to make this a very productive week. A Special thank you to the ladies at Pleasant Hill Rives for the great job they did keeping us fed. If your church is looking for a place to go to do missions, I would highly recommend get-ting in touch with Crestwood BC and iconnect in Kountz, TX. If you have any questions about how you can get involve with the work there you can contact me at 731-592-9711 or email to brodarrellmorgan@aol.com. Again, it's been my pleasure to work at Beulah Baptist Association as your mission strat-egist. Bro. Darrell Morgan

Are We There Yet? This time of the year many of us will take our families and go on vacation. For those of us that have small children the “are we there yet?” question will inevitably come. Probably more than once, depending on how far of a journey you take. This line of questioning reminds me of the story of the Exodus of the Hebrews from Egypt all those many years ago. God had instructed Moses to tell Pharaoh it was time to release the Hebrew people from slav-ery and for them to leave Egypt. We all remember the story of the plagues and how Pharaoh finally relented and let them go but have you ever taken the time to review some of the original request made by Moses and Pharaoh’s responses? They are really quite revealing. One such response was Pharaoh telling Moses he could go but they had to stay within the Boundaries of Egypt. They could go but only so far. Isn’t that the way it is with most Christians today? We give our lives to God and Satan is not happy. Even though there is nothing he can do about that, what he can do is suggest that we not go too far into this Christianity thing. It’s not too safe he might say. Or, he may ask if we really want to get called a fanatic or some such thing as that. We really don’t upset satan that much when we get saved—so long as we don’t go that far in our relationship with Jesus. How far have you come in your relationship since becoming a Christian? Enough to upset Satan? Just a thought for your summer driving experience. Respectfully, Herman

Here is the Team from New Salem Baptist Church of Mason Hall with 92 year old Korean war veteran, John Haven. John was so thankful for the help he received.

BANK RECAP Balance forward 03/31/18……….25,665.35 Total April Income...................16,111.90 Total May Income....................18,531.98 Total to be accounted for......... ..60,309.23 Total April Expenses................17,395.32 Total May Expenses...................18,826.63 Balance in Bank 05/31/18…….24,087.28

Designated and Bank Balances as of 05/31/18

Checking.........................................24,087.28 Regular...................14,811.02 Designated.................9276.26

Savings Acct..................................4,126.86 Backpack Prog. $1086.17...Blessed Hope Prop. <$2604.31>...CWJC $365.65...Disaster Relief

$2000.00...Evangelism Trailers $1034.14...Feeding Unit $2960.87...Mexico $1496.54...Youth Venture

$2937.20

Financial Reports: Church News:

Missions Mobilization Center 6434 John Hagar Rd, Mt. Juliet, TN

FOR SALE: Reelfoot Baptist has a 1997 dodge—15 passenger Church Van in excellent condition with new tires and only 48,831 miles for sale. Paint has some fading due to weather exposure. Con-tact the church at 731-885-2170 (leave message)

Pleasant Hill, Martin, will be in summer revival August 5-8 with Bro. Truitt Cockrell, pastor of Pleasant Hill, Rives, the evangelist. Homecoming Sunday is August 5; we will be cele-brating 180 years of ministry. All are welcome. Kelly Camp-bell, former pastor of Pleasant Hill, will be speaking Septem-ber 24 about the Tennessee Baptist Children's Homes. Don-

Apr 18 May 18

Income DESIGNATED INCOME

Blessed Hope Properites 0.00 1,621.95

Evangelism Trail-ers 75.00 45.00

Backpack Program 40.82 0.00

Total DESIGNATED INCOME 115.82 1,666.95

OTHER INCOMES Evangalism Income 400.00 0.00

DOM Annuity from TBMB 926.17 926.17

Office Reimburse-ment 0.00 31.65

Mission Income 480.00 240.00

OTHER INCOMES - Other 7.97 8.62

Total OTHER INCOMES 1,814.14 1,206.44

Alamo 169.91 172.05

Antioch 66.08 61.28

Broadway 100.00 100.00

Calvary 642.96 763.25

Cottonwood 100.00 100.00

Cottonwood Grove 25.00 25.00

Crosswind 150.00 150.00

Fairview 95.00 112.00

Johnson Grove 100.00 100.00

Lake Road 200.00 200.00

Macedonia 416.95 730.77

Martin FBC 1,819.02 2,147.68

McConnell 130.79 167.88

Mt. Moriah 25.00 25.00

Mt. Olive 200.00 200.00

Mt. Pelia 215.55 255.20

New Concord 200.00 100.00

New Home 619.89 786.18

New Salem 454.40 477.45

Obion FBC 173.00 216.00

Pleasant Hill Rives 690.67 706.14

Pleasant Hill Martin 664.67 784.09

Reelfoot 84.12 98.94

Ridgely FBC 262.18 229.50

Samburg 183.90 272.58

Second 1,556.95 1,896.04

South Fulton Baptist 933.34 933.34

Sunswept 100.00 100.00

Tiptonville FBC 342.90 0.00

Troy FBC 796.50 796.50

Union City FBC 1,500.00 1,500.00

Willingham Memorial 50.00 50.00

Woodland Mills FBC 969.50 1,254.07

Wynnburg 143.66 147.65

Total Income 16,111.90 18,531.98

Mt. Pelia is still looking for a Minister of Music.

Mt. Olive will have their VBS July 20-21. Please see their FB page for times.

Permit No. 28 Non-Profit Org. Union City, TN

Beulah Baptist Association P.O. Box 366 Union City, TN 38281

Phone 731.885.2151, Fax 731.903.7011

PASTORS/DOMS/BEULAH STAFF & SPOUSES

JULY BIRTHDAYS JULY ANNIVERSARIES

1 Truitt Cockrell / Pleasant Hill Rives 2 Marcia Fields / Reelfoot 3 Jack Long / DOM -Beulah Bap. Assoc. 3 Elizabeth Wilson—Bethel 7 Sarah Worley / wife –Johnson Grove 9 Rick Roberts / Troy 11 Pat Murdock / Antioch 12 Linda DeBoard / wife / Beulah Counselor 12 Randy Potts / New Home 13 John Troutman / Tiptonville

2 Herman & Linda Deboard / Beulah 4 Drew & Sarah Worley / Johnson Grv 5 Ron & Janette Cox / South Fulton 6 Darrell & Ann Morgan / New Salem 8 Melvin & Darylon Poe / Calvary 17 Michael & Angela Sams / Martin 31 Marvin & Millie Wilson / Bethel

Attn: Council & Executive Board CALENDAR

August

6 Pastor’s Conference/ MC /10 A.M. 13 Pastor’s Conference/MC/10 A.M. 20 Pastor’s Conference/MC/10 A.M. 27 Pastor’s Conference/MC/10 A.M.

Please help support Beulah’s Ministries Each member of the Beulah Association has the opportunity to give a one time,

monthly or annual gift to benefit all of Beulah Churches. We are asking Pastors & Mission Leaders to announce this need in each church.

Charitable Donations can be sent to benefit the:

Block Party Trailer

Shower Trailer

Tool Trailer

Youth/Adult Mission Trips Please mail to: Beulah Baptist Association, P.O. Box 366, Union City, TN 38281

Donations are tax deductable. Please note on your check where the donation is to be applied.

Just think how a gift of only $20 annually from 1000’s of folks could benefit these Ministries!

Thursday - July 20th

Beulah Baptist Mission Center

Council Meeting 5:00

Meal 6:00

Connect

Give

JULY 2 Pastor’s Conference/ MC / 10 A.M. 4 INDEPENDENCE DAY/ OFFICE CLOSED 9 Pastor’s Conference/ MC / 10 A.M. 16 Pastor’s Conference/ MC / 10 A.M. 19 Council Mtg.(5pm) / Meal (6pm) /Executive Bd.

Mtg. (6:30pm) 23 Pastor’s Conference/ MC / 10 A.M. 30 Pastor’s Conference/ MC / 10 A.M.

AUGUST BIRTHDAYS 9 Cheryl Troutman / wife / Tiptonville 11 Mickey Hanks / Ridgely 12 Cecil Sewell / Union City 15 Mackie Prince / Cottonwood Grove 20 Marjorie Hanks / wife / Ridgely 23 Joan Kay Prince / wife / Cottonwd. Grv.

AUGUST ANNIVERSARIES 4 Harvel & Patricia Baker / Cypress Cr 29 John & Cheryl Troutman /Tiptonville

THANKS to this team from Calvary. Youth Pastor, Da-vid Hagan and some of his youth braved a very hot humid morning to clean our block party trailer and both bouncy hous-es. They did a great job !