Brush Creek Baptist Church • 5345 Airport Road • Bear Creek, NC 27207 • 919/742-3221Volume 48 February 2020 Number 2

The Source

February is often regarded as themonth of love. It’s a month in whichpeople declare their mutual love for oneanother through the giving of flowers,cards, and chocolates. It’s a month of

seeing the ubiquitous colors of red, pink and purple.It’s a month of romantic movies that conjure upfeelings of romance and matrimonial expectations.Indeed, February is the month of love!

Now if you were to ask my wife she wouldopenly confess her addiction. As a raging chocoholic,she is open to receiving chocolate any time of theyear. Yes, over the years and on more than a fewoccasions, I have received a call from my briderequesting that I pick her up a chocolate treat on myway home. By the way, I live by the old saying,“Happy wife, happy life”. Therefore, I’ve conceded toher requests at least 99% of the time.

You may be wondering, “Pastor Frank, why allthis talk about chocolate?” And I will answer bypointing out that, for my wife, chocolate is not just forFebruary. Chocolate is for any and every day for therest of her life. Consider with me how this reflects ourdesire for Jesus. Some will only desire to worshipJesus during certain times of the year. Others willshow a desire to worship Him at certain times of theweek. While others, still, desire to worship Him everyday of the week and year.

Now, how does Jesus compare to chocolate?I’ll let you think about that for a moment. But I willsay that like chocolate, knowing and worshippingJesus gets sweeter and sweeter the older I get. Andconcerning the month of February and the association

of love, it is a great reality for us just to know howmuch our God loves us. Regardless of ourshortcomings, He undeniably loves us. But we maynever know in this life the true extent of His love.

My family and I send you our love andappreciation as we serve you all this month. We loveserving you and consider you our near and dear family.May our God whom we continually serve, bless youfrom the heavenly places, and cause His face to shineupon you!

In Christ,Pastor Frank

MISSIONSAnother month has passed us by,

but not without blessings. We would firstlike to give thanks to the Lord for His

blessings, and also thank you as a church family for yourparticipation in our mission projects. On the bulletinboard please note we have received a thank you letterfrom the VA in Des Moines, Iowa for our Christmas inAugust donations and from Bennett school for your snackdonations. Also a GREAT BIG shout out to you forreaching and going above the goal of $1200 for our LottieMoon Offering / IMB. (actual collected - $1286.00)

February is a month of LOVE with Valentine’sDay. So again, we will boost our Reach Out CrisisPregnancy Center mission as I tell you what we havedone this past year. Thank you for increasing your givingand donations to this needed mission to save lives. Lastyear we collected 774.81, which greatly exceeded ourprevious year. This year we also want to continue givingto this ministry by sponsoring the amount needed forclients to be served by the ROCPC. The new director isDianna Andrews. I spoke with them to increase myknowledge of how we can help and how they help others. It takes a certain amount of overhead to minister to theseyoung women. The cost of each client that accepts helpis $200 over a 12 week learning program that givesinformation and assistance in decision making and sharingthe Gospel. This money includes – free pregnancytesting, counseling, and literature to educatethe mother on the life of a fetus from thebeginning of conception, and howimportant it is to save each life created. Mygoal for this coming year is to providemoney to fund at least four clients a year($800 = 66.66 per month or $15.38 perweek) as well as giving material donationsas needed for the mothers.

I realized that some of these mothers may alsohave children at home that need care. So with our smallchange collection I would like to give what they call“Baby Bucks”. If you want to give over and above yoursmall change just label the offering envelope “BabyBucks”. The mothers earn Baby Bucks from attendingclasses to receive additional items needed for their babyand family. The center tries to stock new diapers andformula in addition to donated items of cribs, baby seats,strollers, clothes and other baby products. Please join usin this expanded mission effort. If you have questionsplease ask Jessica Brooks, Pastor Frank or myself.

On Sunday, February 23 , Doug & Joli Cullenrd

from Pineville, KY will be with us to share how theirministry, “Choose Life Ministries” spreads the messageof the Gospel and to educate and equip the church touphold biblical truth and to uphold LIFE. In eight years,they have taken their message to over 900 churches.Please be sure to join us on that Sunday. A love offeringwill be taken to support their ministry.

Looking to next month, March will start off withthe “Annie Armstrong Easter Offering – NorthAmerican Missions; so be on the lookout for posters,literature and offering envelopes. The theme is “It’s allabout the GOSPEL”

Please continue to pray for Jeff, Brooke andMerritt Schap as they continue their ministry in Kenya.Their new address is posted on the bulletin board and onpostcards provided in the sanctuary (piano area). Theywould love to get cards of encouragement.

God Bless each of you as we carry on the missionof the GOSPEL.

Teresa Lindley, WMU Director

February & March ~ 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.

February 9 March 8 February 23 March 22

Women’s Weekly Bible StudyBeginning Monday, February 10 ~ 7 p.m.th

“Discerning The Voice of God” by Priscilla Shirer

The Youth group is selling Pura Vida bracelets for $6.00each. These are very pretty adjustable wax stringbracelets that are made in Costa Rica. They are verypopular bracelets, especially among the children & youth. If you would like to purchase one ormore, please contact one of our youth. Proceeds will go to funding summercamp and other Youth activities.

Reflectionsby Frances Gilmore

“We know love by this, that He laid down His life forus;” ~ 1 John 3:16

February is the month of love and in thismonth we celebrate Valentine’s Day. No sooner isChristmas decorations put away that the Valentineparaphernalia is put on display. There are manyvarieties of heart shaped valentines, teddy bears, andof course the boxes and boxes of chocolates.

Love can be expressed in many ways . . . abeautiful bought valentine with a perfect verse or ahomemade imperfectly cut valentine with misspelledwords . . . a big box of the most expensive chocolatesor in a single serving, or one tiny conversation heart .. . a bakery decorated cake or a single cupcake . . . agift of favorite perfume or cologne or a complimentthat sounds sweet to the ear . . . a singing telegram orjust a friendly call or a card in the mail . . . a wavefrom a friend passing by or a smile from a perfectstranger . . . saying, “I love you” or better yet, provingyour love each day.

Love can be remembered by thoughts ofyesterday triggered by souvenirs of younger days. This could be a love letter from your first love or fromthe one to whom you are now married. Or it could befrom your children or even your parents. It could befrom an old, faded, lace-torn valentine from manyyears ago or from an old photograph in a high schoolyearbook. In fact, memories of love can be sparkedfrom any memory of souvenir that helps us toremember special friendships or relationships.

Love can also be remembered in how it wasonce displayed. No greater love has ever beendisplayed than when Jesus died on the cross asredemption for our sins. At that time Jesus saw twoprisoners, one on either side of him. Each prisonerwas given the chance to spend eternity in Heaven. One made the choice to accept the love of Jesus andis spending eternity in a place where love and peaceabound. The other rejected Jesus and mocked himand thus, will forever be lost in a place of sufferingand torment. (Luke 23)

Jesus did not die that day just to give twoprisoners a choice. He looked across time and spaceand saw you and me. He saw our mothers and fathers. He saw our brothers and sisters, our aunts, uncles,cousins and neighbors. And he saw our friends. Today the choice still exists. Would you choose loveto last an eternity? I hope you do! _

Men’s Breakfast & Fellowship

Sunday. February 16th

in the fellowship hall

Join us

Sunday, February 23rd

11 a.m. Service ~ Special Guest Speakers ~

Doug & Joli CullenChoose Life Ministries

Chili Cook Off!Saturday, February 29th

6:00 p.m. in the Fellowship Hall

Come out for a fun time of fellowship and competitionfor the BEST chili. Three prizes will be awarded. Itwill be $10 per family for all-you-can eat, whichincludes a dessert and beverage. More details will be inthe church bulletin. This will be a fundraising event forthe church youth.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

JULY 19 - 23, 2020Our VBS theme this year is Lifeway’s

“Concrete & Cranes”

VBS will be centered around the Bible verse ofPhilippians 1:6 ~ I am sure of this, that he who starteda good work in you will carry it on to the completionuntil the day of Jesus Christ.

Brush Creek Baptist Church5345 Airport Road, Bear Creek, NC 27207

919/742-3221— FAX 919/742-6558

“To prepare God’s people for works of service, so that the bodyof Christ may be built up until we all reach unity in the faithand in the knowledge of the Son of God.”

~Ephesians 4:12, NIV

Sunday School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00 a.m.Sunday Morning Worship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:00 a.m.Wednesday Services.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00 p.m.Team Kids (Sundays - Oct. - May/ see schedule).. . 5:00 p.m.

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Rev. Frank Taylor, Pastor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (910) 975-1068Frances Gilmore, Newsletter Editor. . . . . . . . (919) 742-4234Teresa Phillips, Secretary.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (919) 742-3221

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Offerings and Attendance for January 2020

Attendance Sunday Budget

Date School OfferingJanuary 5 75 $2,518.00 January 12 94 $2,022.00January 19 85 $3,184.00January 26 88 $3,166.87

Proposed weekly budget needs for 2019 - 2020: $2,628.83

Baptist Children’s Homes $ 100.00Crisis Pregnancy Center $ 199.35Donations to Schap Family (missionaries) $ 150.00Youth Fund Donations (not incl. Yth Stock) $ 195.00

“Give generously to them and do so without a grudgingheart; then because of this the LORD your God will blessyou in all your work and in everything you put your handto.”

Deuteronomy 15:10

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