SUPPORT 1 May—June, 2014

a bi-monthly publication May — June 2014

Churches or individuals who want to place announcements in the next newsletter should have the information in the OBA office (to Ila) by June 13 for the publication covering July — August 2014.

Eugene Strickland, Director of Missions

Julie Peacock, Education Director Ila Bosarge, Ministry Assistant

Marcia Strickland, Records Ezra Nichols, Moderator

Andy Johnson, Treasurer Elaine Skates, Clerk Mike McVay, Vice Moderator

THE ASSOCIATION SPRING Meeting was a great experience! Goodhope Baptist “outdid” them-selves in hosting the meeting. From the comfort of the sanctuary to the fabulous meal, Brother Larry Sweat and the congregation helped to make the meeting a joyous and productive experience.

THE REPORTS FROM the Youth Activities Team, the Gideons, the Florida Baptist Children’s Homes, and Roping’ the Truth provided good information to help us know what is happening. The Nominations Committee presented leaders and we elected them to lead us next year.

ALSO, THE ASSOCIATION voted to subscribe to MappingCenter.org which will provide information on new movers to our area. More information about this program can be found elsewhere in this issue of SUPPORT. It can be a tremendous help and encouragement for us to know names, addresses, ages, etc. of persons moving to north Okaloosa County.

COMING SOON! “Love Your Neighbor — Share Christ”...training to help us relate to those who do not know Jesus Christ as Savior. This is designed for pastors, staff, church leaders, and lay persons. It can make a difference in how effective we are in leading persons to Jesus.

WE REMEMBER IN PRAYER Valley Road and Red Oak Baptist Churches as they seek God’s man to serve as Pastor.

GOD BLESS YOU. Please call us when we can help. It remains a joy.

Your Friend, Eugene Strickland e-mail: stricklande@oba.gccoxmail.com

Thank you for your Mother's Day gift! And thank you for partnering with us for this special offering as we meet the ever-growing and critical needs of children and make an impact that will last for all eternity!

Mother’s Day is a joyful time to uplift and honor all that mothers do and to celebrate the love of family. Unfortunately, not all children experience the nurturing love and care they need. At Florida Baptist Children’s Homes we are privileged to minister and care for hurting children who crave belonging, security, acceptance and love.

In 2013, we were able to impact the lives of more than 74,000 hurting children in Florida and throughout the developing world – helping to meet their physical needs while showing them the deep and life-changing love of Christ. This was possible because of friends like you and the churches who came beside us to stand in the gap for children in need. In 2014, as we celebrate 110 years of min-istry, we are tirelessly continuing our quest to help ONE MORE CHILD.

“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The

old has gone, the new is here!”

(2 Cor 5:17 NIV)

We live in a cultural period in the US where the vast majority of people without Christ are not just neutral to the local church and its messages, but they are actually leaning away from the church and away from Christians. We also live in a period in the life of American churches where it has become normative to not share one’s faith.

What then can cause the lost to be more open to hearing the gospel and lean in toward Christians and their churches? LOVE. What then can cause the Christians to push past their own fears and personal concerns and begin to lean in toward lost people? LOVE. We, the church, may have lots of problems, but the solution lies in correcting the LOVE problem.

Learn more about our LOVE problem Thursday, May 8, 6:30 pm at First Baptist, Garden City. This can be one of the most exciting adventures we have ever had as the body of Christ.

SUPPORT 2 May—June, 2014

Magnolia Baptist is looking for a

Bi-Vocational Music Director experienced in choir and congrega-tion music. Any interested party can call Rev. Bob Smith at (850) 398-2836 or Velma Beck at (334) 612-0308.

Financial Report Oct 2013—Mar 2014

OBA Receipts 70,648.01 OBA Expenditures 69,286.11

Camp Receipts 5,661.57 Camp Expenditures 2,552.57

Designated Receipts 3,699.00 Designated Expenditures 701.50

Jim Jordan Antioch Jerry Hutcheson Beaver Creek Lewis Wilson Calvary Paul Mixon Central John Hong Crestview Korean David Bracewell Cross Creek David VanZandt Dorcas Jonathan Shepard Ebenezer Ian Anderson Emmanuel Jim Vail First, Baker Alan Kilgore First, Crestview Dennis Robinson First, Garden City Curt Rainey First, Holt Mike McVay First, Laurel Hill Ted Jernigan First, Milligan Sam Park Global Mission Larry Sweat Goodhope Jerry Nelson Live Oak Bob Smith Magnolia James Ross Mosaic Geoff Prows Pilgrim Rest Bill Adkins Pleasant Hill Bill McGraw Pyron Chapel Leadership Red Oak Nathan Fort Shepherd’s Don Smith Shockley Springs Mark McClard South Ebenezer Leadership Valley Road Patrick Pfrimmer Woodlawn James Parker Yellow River

Your Association Staff: Eugene Strickland DOM Julie Peacock ED Ila Bosarge Ministry Assistant Marcia Strickland Records Michael Tiley Camp Okaloosa

OBA Ministries: Tom & Kyra Crowson Exodos Paul Mixon Out of This World David Bracewell Ropin’ the Truth Jimmy Bishop Ropin’ the Truth

Mission Service Corp Kim Wilson Collegiate Ministry in PA

Mission Volunteers Donald and Cyndi Kidd East Asia

May 1 Jim & Elaine Skates 19 Jay & Brandi Terrell 24 George & Cynthia Katzman 27 David & April Bracewell 31 Brian & Kristen Bates June 6 Randall & Susan Jenkins 8 Ted & Mary Ann Jernigan 9 Jim & Ellen Brown 12 Joye & Donnie Lane Tommy & Nancy Ward 24 Jason & Brooke Ayscue

May 1 Karen Rankin, 8th, Woodlawn 9 Ila Bosarge, 19th , OBA 15 Curt Rainey, 3rd, FBC of Holt 16 Donna Hubbs, 6th, Woodlawn Jun 1 Alan Kilgore 11th, FBC of Crestview Nathan Fort 12th, The Shepherd’s Church 2 Anthony Mason 18th, Yellow River 4 Casey Moorman, 2nd, Woodlawn 5 Barbara Laing, 19th, Red Oak 6 Jim Jordan 21st, Antioch 11 Paul Conrad, 25th, FBC of Crestview 25 Jason Ayscue, 2nd, Woodlawn

First, Milligan

noon

May 21 June 18

No teaching…just talking and eating!

Every 3rd Wednesday

Central Baptist Church and

Libby & Friends Gospel Ministry

invite you to evenings of music and fellowship. Suggested Donation $10

10 May 2014, 6:00pm

The Dixie Echoes

The Workmen Quartet

14 June 2014, 6:00pm

Doug Anderson &

28 June 2014, 6:00 pm

Devin McGlamery

May 3 Ann VanZandt 4 Donna Hubbs 8 Carol Williamson 13 Claudia Everage 17 Cliff Morgan 24 Nancy Ward 25 Cynthia Katzman 28 David Bracewell Garvin Leonard 31 Donnie Lane Jun 1 David VanZandt 8 Ellen Brown 19 Dawn Bradley 23 Sharon Wilson 27 Ann Pettis Jul 3 Byung Hong Dennis Walker 4 Rob Rankin 9 Curt Rainey

FOR CHURCH STAFF & LEADERS

Directories of church leaders are part of the

2013 OBA ANNUAL and it is now available. If you did not get yours at the Spring Meeting, come by the OBA office and pick yours up.

It’s the WHO’S WHO in our churches.

http://www.dixieechoes.com/https://www.facebook.com/workmen.quartet?fref=ts

SUPPORT 3 May—June, 2014

Julie Peacock, Education Ministries peacockj@oba.gccoxmail.com

about and and and and....??? The following churches are planning to connect with children, students, and adults in our communities and have a fun-filled, spiritual adven-ture that will include concentrated Bible study and real life application. Contact each church for precise details for days and times. The week of: June 8 Ebenezer, Laurel Hill — Agency D3; First, Laurel Hill — Agency D3 June 15 First, Crestview — Break Through !; First, Milligan — Agency D3; Pilgrim Rest, Baker — Weird Animals; Red Oak, Baker — Agency D3; Woodlawn, Crestview — Agency D3 June 22 First, Holt — Agency D3 July 13 Antioch, Crestview — Agency D3; Dorcas, Crestview; Emmanuel, Crestview — Pirates; Goodhope, Baker — Pirates; Live Oak, Crestview — Agency D3; Magnolia, Laurel Hill — Agency D3 July 20 Pyron Chapel — VBS Scavenger Hunt July 28 Central, Crestview — Agency D3 Other OBA churches will be having VBS and you can contact them for their dates and other information.

Whatever we do in the name of the Lord must be the result of our faithful relationship with Him—to follow His direction in every detail (large and small) and be loving in our communication with those He sends us out to meet and those He sends to us where we are.

LOOKING AHEAD: Plan to bring your leaders in Music, Sunday School, Discipleship, Missions, etc. to the

KEY LEADER WORKSHOP September 16.

OBA Youth Activities Committee meets on the 2nd Thursday each month at 6:30 pm at the OBA office. All Youth Leaders are invited to come join in planning and participating with their youth during these upcoming events:

Everybody needed CAMP WORK DAY—May 17 at 8:00 am till…. light construction, yard work

Camps for Youth going into Grades 6-12 Camp for Kids going into grades 3-5: June 9-13, Mon–Fri. July 7-11, Mon—Fri. June 23-27, Mon—Fri.

Registration Packets can be picked up at the Association Office.

Pirates!

MAPPING CENTER FOR EVANGELISM AND CHURCH GROWTH

Now your church can have the following information on persons and families in your area: names and addresses, age groups, mari-tal status, children’s ages, education level, length of residence, and more. You can know this before you visit prospective families.

How can we get this information? By subscribing to Mapping Center.

The Association will subscribe to this program for every zip code in north Okaloosa County for $1,000 per year. Ten churches could each contribute $100 each to pay for this. If your church will assist in this subscription, contact the OBA Office.

When the subscription begins, prospective families will be divided among the churches by “neighborhoods.” Churches in a particular area could then work together to visit and to bear a positive Christian witness to persons who need to know Jesus.

Special invitation to Homecoming

Red Oak

May 18, 2014 10:00 am

Rev. Toby Stone (Guest speaker, Former Pastor)

Special Singing & Fellowship Meal following services.

DISASTER RELIEF MINISTRY Training Events

May 31, 2014 June 21, 2014 Registration starts at 8:30 am — Training: 9:00 am—3:00 pm

First Baptist, Milton Immanuel Baptist, Tallahassee

Fees for Volunteers: $30 first-time; $15 for returning — No pre-registration required

Training Provided in these Ministry Areas: Mass Feeding; Cleanup and Recovery; Administration; Temporary Childcare;

Emergency Response Team; Logistics; Spiritual Care

Emergency Management requires all volunteers to be credentialed by an organization like ours before they are allowed to work in a disaster response area. Our training is designed to meet these requirements and prepare volunteers to do effective ministry when called upon.

SUPPORT 4 May—June, 2014

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U. S. Postage Paid

Crestview Florida 32539

Permit #12

OKALOOSA BAPTIST ASSOCIATION 102 Edney Avenue East

Crestview FL 32539-4506

Telephone 850 682-5434 FAX 850 682-7288

E-mail: office@oba.gccoxmail.com Web site: okaloosabaptist.org

Office Hours:

Mon -- Thurs 8 am — 5 pm Fri 8 am — 12 pm

OBA/ LOCAL DATES

May 8 Love Your NeIghbor/Share Christ 6:30 pm FBC Garden City

17 Camp Okaloosa Workday 8:00 am 26 Memorial Day

OFFICE/SCHOOL CLOSSED

Jun 5 LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

9-13 Youth Camp Camp Okaloosa

15 Father’s Day

23-27 Youth Camp Camp Okaloosa

Jul 4 Independence Day OFFICE CLOSED

Every Tuesday Staff/spouse Lunch CANCELLED

First Tuesdays 8:30 am BAMA Gator's

Third Tuesdays 12 noon Ministry Assistants’ Lunch Taco Town 5331 Hwy 4, Baker (May) Thia Siam, 396 Cedar Ave, Crestview

(Jun)

First Wednesdays 11:30 am CAMA PTBA

Third Wednesdays 12 noon Pastor Support Group FBC Milligan

Second Thursdays 6:30 pm Youth Leaders Meeting OBA

FLORIDA BAPTIST DATES

May 11 Mother’s Day Florida Baptist Children’s Home Offering

SOUTHERN BAPTIST DATES

May 4 Senior Adult Sunday

Jun 15 Baptist Men’s Emphasis Sunday

22 Mission Dignity Sunday