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From the Director of Church and Community Ministries Susan Harris [email protected]
The second quarter of this year has certainly been filled with many ministry and mission
opportunities. On April 11, the Associational WMU held a Ministry Fair at Harleyville First
Baptist Church. The Fair showcased 15 local ministries in the lowcountry area. Some are al-
ready being partnered with Screven churches and others were there to open the door for
partnership. About 85 people attended the ministry fair and were all encouraged to engage in
their local communities.
The Cope Unit or block party trailer has really been utilized for the spring ministries and
VBS kick offs. It has been reserved nearly every week since May began. This is a great tool
for our churches to use for outreach events. It is stocked with sno cone, popcorn, and cotton
candy machines, a bounce house, sound system, coolers, tables and chairs. Thank you to
Nick Fraser for overseeing the storage of the unit as well as Crossroads Church for the up-
keep of the Fun in the Son Wagon.
June started with many churches hosting Vacation Bible School-Journey OFF the Map!
The theme was trusting God to be your guide through all situations! At least 19 churches
held VBS in the month of June and at least 14 scheduled for July! Several churches part-
nered together to host VBS. The VBS reports have just started to come in, so next quarter I
will have some more statistics to report.
Sports camps have been very successful mixing the sports with the gospel message.
Screven has partnered with its churches to sponsor 5 camps this summer. Berkeley Baptist
sent a team of volunteers to College Park Baptist June 15-19 to coach and assist with 6 dif-
ferent sports. That week the camp averaged about 55 campers in the 100 plus degrees!
Twelve decisions were made to accept Christ! July 6-10, Champions for Christ sports camp
was held at the Bonneau Recreation Center. Mr. Danny Tracy headed up the local volun-
teers to coach baseball, softball and soccer. The average attendance for the week was 60
and 13 children made professions of faith! Miles Road Baptist Church sent a team of youth/
college students to Gethsemane Baptist Church, July 20-24th. They averaged 45 each day
and had 1 teen accept Christ. What a great summer it has been so far. As I write this today,
July 27, starts the largest camp. It will be at the St. George Middle School and will run
through July 31. Many of the Screven churches in that area partner with a ministry team that
comes from Fort Mill, SC. We also have a soccer camp scheduled for July 31 and Aug 1, at
Lindera Plantation, Cane Bay, with Wassamassaw Baptist being the host church.
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I am so encouraged to see the excitement of the children attending the camps, but more
excited about the enthusiasm of all the volunteers to give of their time and talents in the ex-
treme heat! The love of Jesus has surely been poured on those that attended during these
weeks! I have seen the awesome faith and the leadership skills of our volunteers and youth
teams. What a joy it is for me so serve with these awesome individuals that truly love the
Lord!
Thank you to all who have supported the camps this summer. By volunteering, providing
snacks/water, giving monetary donations and praying for the camps held this summer, you
have been a direct influence in spreading the gospel! Ministry does have costs and I am
grateful for those that have given!
As our sports camps continue to grow, there are a number of items and equipment that
we need to add and replace. We would love to have any sports equipment your kids have
outgrown or not using. Soccer, baseball, t-ball, softball, football, volleyball, basketball and
cheerleading are offered at our camps. We also need a wagon (can be used!) If you have
any of these items and would like to get rid of them, please call me, I would love to have
them!
As hurricane season approaches, I have had some conversational meetings with some of
the local and county emergency preparedness officials. Trying to stay ahead of an emer-
gency situation and partnering together for a plan of recovery should a disaster strike. We
are in the planning stages of what role Screven would and could play to serve our commu-
nities should a disastrous event take place. Specifically, Dorchester County is asking us to
help serve meals and/or provide shelter for the relief workers and the county workers while
working the field. They have also inquired about childcare. If you are interested in being a
part of this, please contact me ASAP.
There will be a WMU leadership event at Camp La Vida Aug 7-9. This is training for
church and associational leadership, but all WMU members are encouraged to attend. This
will be a wonderful time of getting to know more about your WMU. More details can be
found at SCWMU.org.
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For more detail on Calendar items go to the Screven web site and click
on the Calendar tab— http://www.screvenbaptist.org
August 2015
Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 August
2 3 6:00PM Committee on
Committees
4 6:30PM Administrative
Committee -
Budget
5 6 6:00PM Nominations
Committee
7 8
9 10 11 2:00PM Order
of Business
Committee
12 13 14 15
16 17 7:00PM Men's Ministry
Chaparral
18 8:30AM CCC Board
1:00PM Committee on Place and
Preacher
19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30 31
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From the Director of Leadership Development James Holliday [email protected]
Ministers Conference
September 1 11AM
Fellowship of Oakbrook
October 6. 11AM
Wassamassaw
Men’s Ministry Meeting
Monday, August 17, 7PM
Chaparral
September 21, 7PM
Harleyville
What Can We Do?
I have been thinking about the recent Supreme Court decision concerning defining marriage. I
wasn’t surprised about the decision but my heart was grieved. I have been thinking about how
we got here. For many, the beginning of our nation was about religious freedom. Many of our
forefathers were God fearing Bible believing men. Many of the principles our nation was founded
upon are from Biblical principles. So how did we go from that kind of start to the situation we find
ourselves in today? I believe a large part of the reason is that the Church in America for the most
part, has lost its godly, moral influence.
It would be easy at this point to point fingers and condemn, but that would not lead us to where
we need to be. We do need to own up and recognize where we are and what we have lost and
seek to have it restored. Jesus told us in Matthew 5:13-16 that we are to be salt and light in the
world. In fact, he declares that we are salt and light. That reality never changes. The problem
he warns us of, is that salt can be so polluted with other impurities that it loses its saltiness and
becomes bitter and useless. He also warns that we are capable of living in such a way that we
are hiding or obscuring the Light of His truth. The reality is, every single believer together make
up the church. The church then can only be effective to the degree its members are living in a
deep, abiding, life altering relationship with Jesus. That is a life that is pure salt and bright unhin-
dered light that is lived in such a way that the character and person of Christ is revealed through
us.
The sad reality is that many in the church today have slowly but steadily moved away from
such a life to become more and more like the world. Lives like this instead of influencing the
world toward godliness, aid in its deterioration. There is no middle ground. We are either salt
and light positively affecting the world for Christ or we are part of the problem and thereby loose
our godly influence in the world. There is only one answer to this. We must be willing to take an
honest look at our lives and compare them to the life of Christ. He is the only appropriate meas-
ure to compare ourselves to. To live in any way other than perusing a life transforming relation-
ship with Jesus is to be in sin and thereby partly responsible for the degradation of our society.
The only answer is to confess our sin, repent, and seek to live out with purity a life that is truly
God empowered salt and light. The only hope for our country is that there would be a great out-
pouring of repentance from God’s people across this land that we might regain our influence and
lead forth in righteousness. Would you commit with me by honestly evaluating your life com-
pared to Jesus and repent of anything that is hindering you from being His salt and light in this
world?
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Pastor/Staff Anniversaries August
Roger Teeslink—Jedburg Philip Melton—Jedburg Bobby Eubanks—Ridge
Charles Wallace -FBC Moncks Corner Don Albertson—Ridge
Robert Rivers—Salem Kevin Hinton—Old St George
SPORTS CAMPS
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From the Director of Missions Robert Bailey [email protected]
One of our primary goals in Screven Baptist Association is seeing
our churches experience transformation and revitalization through the
power of the Holy Spirit. It is God who produces fruitful ministry and
fruitful living and not ourselves. But for some of our churches, it is all
about staying busy in ministry, running and taking care of things, but
little prayer. But when we bring our problems and issues to God in prayer, he has promised
that the Holy Spirit would help us pray with power (Rom. 8:26). Imagine if more of our church-
es would just stop everything for one day a week (or even one day a month), so time could be
set aside for prayer. None of us could even imagine the awesome answers God would send
in response.
If we look at our culture today, if we look at the challenge of our nation becoming more god-
less by the week, if we look at the recent Supreme Court decision on same-sex marriages—
instead of lamenting and protesting, wouldn’t it be better for us to plead with God to visit his
people? Moving toward God begins with desperate prayer. But some will say, “We have to be
involved in the political process.” But prayer is God’s process. Where has political activism
with an exclusion of prayer over the last twenty-five years gotten us? Have we seen America
move toward God? Have we seen the church draw closer to God? Only a different approach
can bring different results.
But what would happen if more of our churches started opening their doors for prayer and
praying for one another, our pastors and leaders, our nation, and our missionaries? Spending
time pouring out our hearts to God about our families, our marriages, and asking God to give
us a heart like His.
When God answers our prayers, it humbles us, and we cannot praise Him enough. What
would happen if our churches united together for prayer? What victories would be won that
once seemed impossible? What if, inside and outside our churches, across racial, denomina-
tional, and theological lines, we started encouraging one another? May God stir our churches
to pray for one another, our pastors and leaders, because unceasing prayer rather than per-
sonal criticism is what’s needed.
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Thank You for Your Faithful Financial Support!
JUNE YTD JUNE YTD
Berkeley 985.60 6,207.80 North Trident 557.30 3,594.56
Bethel 303.33 1,867.82 Oakbrook, The Fellowship of 200.00 1,200.00
Beulah 250.00 500.00 Old Fort 4,316.06 23,801.64
Bonneau First 0.00 1,619.49 Old St. George 0.00 1,000.00
Brookhaven 0.00 0.00 Pleasant Grove 0.00 777.08
Calvary, Moncks Corner 923.00 4,220.00 Providence 272.36 1,225.53
Calvary Pregnall 0.00 0.00 Reevesville 0.00 875.00
Chaparral 30.00 180.00 Ridge 0.00 1,140.20
College Park 0.00 737.03 Ridgeville 366.83 2,205.15
Cordesville, First 782.47 3,578.00 St. John's Bethel 400.63 2,221.75
Corinth 200.00 1,200.00 St. Matthews 332.12 1,557.40
Crossroads 333.00 1,998.00 St. Stephen, First 0.00 1,975.00
Eutawville, First 100.00 600.00 Salem 651.73 3,232.27
Faith 162.35 866.24 Sandridge 291.57 1,423.13
Flowertown 150.00 300.00 Sangaree Baptist Church 1,000.00 1,400.00
Gethsemane 211.58 1,031.55 Santee Circle 133.59 921.78
Givhans 600.00 600.00 Summerville 2,672.41 15,257.76
Harleyville, First 367.05 2,240.79 Tall Pines 195.00 832.00
Harristown Road 0.00 474.00 Wassamassaw 802.08 4,812.48
Holly Hill, First 0.00 3,000.00 SCBC Contributions 0.00 0.00
Hopewell 0.00 0.00 Other 0.00 0.00
Iglesia Nueva Vision 0.00 0.00 Covenant Counseling/Rent 0.00 0.00
Jamestown 0.00 525.00 Endowment Funds Interest 0.00 795.95
Jedburg, First 1,311.88 6,666.17 The Journey Church 1,250.00 2,500.00
Knightsville 363.26 1,815.29 The Pines Church 0.00 369.49
Lighthouse Community 0.00 170.00 Solid Rock (Gilead Prop.) 800.00 4,800.00
Limestone 276.00 1,581.00 Cornerstone 100.00 600.00
Lydia 263.83 1,728.89 The Church at Cane Bay 350.00 2,100.00
Memorial 0.00 2,083.35 Ministerio Hispano de la Ridge 0.00 0.00
Midway 0.00 1,066.33 Truway Missionary Baptist 0.00 0.00
Miles Road 0.00 0.00 The Hive Church 0.00 620.00
Moncks Corner, First 995.75 3,859.27 Total Revenues 23,426.78 133,446.47
Mt. Olivet 0.00 853.28 Total Expenses 21,949.46 133,958.04
Mt. Zion 126.00 639.00 Aaron Tyner Offering 315.25 816.40
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