NAVIGATOR. The. Mark Your Course OCTOBER NOVEMBER. Strengthening The Church and Impacting Lostness. Calendar of Events. Volume 5 October-November 2012

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1 Mark Your Course Calendar of Events OCTOBER 1st ROOFTOP Prayer 9:00am-9:00pm TRBA open all day. 10am & 6pm organized prayer times Other sites to be announced. 8th Youth Council Meeting 7:00pm-8:00pm TRBA 10th Finance Committee Meeting 12:30pm-2:30pm TRBA 13th Franklin County Mission Meeting (Homeless Shelter) 9:00am-10:00am TRBA Prayer Drive 7:00am-9:00am TRBA 13th 2013 Haiti Team Mission Meeting 10:00am TRBA 15th ALT Meeting 6:00pm TRBA 15th Baptist Men Council Meeting 7:00pm TRBA 16th Pastor s Fellowship Meeting 11:30am TRBA 20th-27th Baptist Men TRBA Storage Project TRBA 29th TRBA Fall Meeting 6:30pm Bunn Baptist Church Registration & Meal at 5:30pm NOVEMBER 10th Franklin County Mission Meeting (Homeless Shelter) 9:00am-10:00am TRBA Prayer Drive 7:00am-9:00am TRBA 10th 2013 Haiti Team Mission Meeting 10:00am TRBA 14th Finance Committee Meeting 12:30pm-2:30pmTRBA 19th ALT Meeting 6:00pm TRBA 20th Pastor s Fellowship Meeting 11:30am TRBA 26th TRBA Team Meetings Night (Orientation 2013) 6:00pm TRBA See page 2 for CFM dates. The NAVIGATOR Strengthening The Church and Impacting Lostness Volume 5 October-November 2012 Issue 5 The Bi-Monthly Newsletter of the Tar River Baptist Association Charting His Course By: Dougald McLaurin Associational Missionary And He said to them, Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation. Mark 16:15 I love this time of the year! The coolness of the evening reminds me of the coming of Thanksgiving my favorite holiday as we have opportunity to express our gratefulness for the blessings God bestows by thankful living! It is also a special time that energizes me as I pray, plan, and strategize for the new year in our member churches. Please join me in praying DAI- LY for the member churches of the association as we strive to become all that we can be in Christ and achieve His purpose. The Pastor/Deacon and Spouses Dinner/Program launched our Fall Program and 2013 Theme. The scripture passage is Romans 13: Awaken Our Hearts To Becoming His Church serves as our earnest prayer with the REALIZATION that Radical Repentance and TOTAL Obedience MUST take place for our prayer to be answered! It is my prayer that God will use the efforts of the association to strengthen His church so that we will truly impact the lostness that exists all around us. At these meetings, expect more and more of the vision and strategies from ministry councils to be shared. When dates for training are established, mark your calendars and plan to attend. Your church will be strengthened through your participation. The Fall Meeting will be Monday, October 29th (NOTE DATE CHANGE) at Bunn Baptist Church. Reservations are needed for the meal, but the program begins at 6:30 PM. The proposed budget for the 2013 is posted on the TRBA website for review and the nominations for leadership will be posted soon. Those will be the major items of business. Any additional recommendations, agenda, etc. related to the Fall Meeting will be listed on the website as they become available. As we approach the 2012/2013 Associational Year, we will be re-structuring to the changes you approved in the TRBA ByLaws during Much of the association s schedule will be related to specific training/equipping events to assist our churches in becoming stronger in their witness/ministry for the Lord. For the church to accomplish its purpose and impact the communities we serve today, there is a real need for us to more regularly evaluate the way we are and commit ourselves more to what God would have us to be in Him. Through association-wide training and TRBA Staff s commitment to work individually with member churches, it is our hope to be a real help to churches that have chosen to reach their communities and the world. If your church has specific areas of training needs, call on TRBA Staff! We will provide all that we can to be of help to you. We are indeed committed to walk alongside you as you strive to become the church God is calling you to be in your community. As always, I make myself available to you. Feel free to call on me. I pledge my continued prayers for you and solicit your prayers as I strive to become what God would have me to be as your Associational Missionary. All is Christ, Dougald

2 Church & Community Ministries Mission and Ministry Opportunities Joe Lively-Church Development Director or Implementing the Plan By: Joe Lively Church Development Director Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Matthew 28:19 Church Development and Community Ministries We just completed another successful Back-to-School supply drive/partnership. Due to the overwhelming amount of supplies received, each elementary and middle school received a box of supplies with enough left over to make additional donations. These supplies were delivered by several volunteers from and the Franklin County Mission Prayer Team on behalf of the association. The volunteers reported that each school was greatly appreciative for the supplies and we were assured that the donations would be distributed with care. We were grateful to learn that several member churches formed partnerships with local schools and continue to follow up. Please see your Pastor, WMU or EMBRACE director to learn how you can help. Christmas Family Ministry 2012 has begun! Hopefully each church has received information regarding this wonderful ministry that continues to impact our community. If you have not received information regarding CFM 2012, you can access a flyer and other information on our website, Again this year, several churches have volunteered to assist as distribution sites. If you have further questions, contact me directly: Joe@tarriverbaptist.com. I would be glad to assist you in any way I can! As always, we cannot conduct this ministry without volunteers, donations and the prayers from our churches. Please begin to think how you can participate in this year s ministry! In Christ, Joe We are currently in need of monetary donations! CHRISTMAS FAMILY MINISTRY 2012 DATES: October 2012 COLLECT personal hygiene items November 2012 COLLECT toys and monetary donations October 19, 2012 Last day to receive Toy Ministry applications November 1-21, 2012 Drop-off toys at TRBA December 1 Biker s Toy Run 2:00pm at Ephesus Baptist December 4-6, 2012 Toy Ministry 2012

3 Church & Community Ministries Mission and Ministry Opportunities Meredith Byrd-Church Ministries Director or HOPE Crusade 2013 We are excited to announce that we have a location for the 2013 Message of Hope Crusade being sponsored by Tar River churches. The Lord answered our prayers and we have set Louisburg Elementary school as the site for our tent crusade. The tent will be set up near the playground at the back of the school and there is plenty of parking around the school and surrounding area for the hundreds of people we are expecting to attend. I have a couple of questions to ask each and every member of area churches as we prepare for this major event: 1. Will you pray with us concerning this crusade? Will you pray that the Lord would drop the "Satanic blinders" off so many people in our area that they may see the truth of the Gospel? We have already organized a prayer team, led by Sherri Barham, that will be praying that the Gospel would reach hearts. We are planning a 24/7 prayer vigil during the week of the crusade. To see this event be a success, we must be on our knees! 2. Will you get involved? We need traffic and security personnel, church van drivers for transportation, worship team/choir members for the crusade music, helpers to set up the tent, trained counselors for after the Gospel is presented, and many types of follow up jobs. If you would like to get involved please call the Tar River Association office and put your name on the list. It is imperative that we have over 100 people involved to make this a success. Training events for counselors and church follow-up will be offered by TRBA. 3. Will you get your church on board? We MUST have all of the area churches and TRBA churches behind this to make it a success. We need each church to be promoting this from the pulpit so that church members are praying and inviting their lost friends and neighbors. 4. Would you consider financially supporting this effort? There is a very limited amount of money set aside for this major evangelistic outreach. We are going to need the support of churches and individuals to help with this endeavor. We have large plans that will require some money set aside. We would like to rent billboards, make tracts, put out radio ads, and do many other things that do cost money. I hope your church will get involved and that many of you will send a contribution to help make this project possible. It has been suggested that churches may wish to contribute what they normally would for their spring revival. All contributions can be send to the Tar River office with the designation: 2013 Hope Crusade. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me. Our council is meeting to pray and continue in the vast amount of preparations. In Christ, Jason Havens Pastor, Maple Springs Baptist Church Chairman, Crusade Planning Council

4 Church & Community Ministries Mission and Ministry Opportunities Joe Lively-Church Development Director or Missions Updates By: Missions Development Truly I say to you, to the extent that you did it to one of these brothers of Mine, even the least of them, you did it to Me. Matthew 25: Mission Trip To Canaan Orphanage in Haiti Be joyful in HOPE, patient in AFFLICTION, faithful in PRAYER. Share with God s people who are in need. Practice hospitality. Romans 12:12-13 WILL YOU JOIN US IN CARRYING THE GOOD NEWS TO HAITI THROUGH PRAYING, FASTING, GIVING, OR GOING? Date: January 5-12, 2013 Cost: Approx. $1,000 Purpose: To carry the Good News, make disciples and use our gifts and talents to show the love of Jesus Christ through construction, medical, VBS, and prayer. Team Coordinator: Pastor Lee Jefferys Open Road Community Church TRBA Missions Development or leejeffeys180turnorburn@gmail.com Deposit of $250 due by October 13 meeting. The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, Because the Lord has anointed me To bring good news to the afflicted; He has sent me to bind up the broken hearted, To proclaim liberty to captives, And freedom to prisoners. Isaiah 61:1

5 Church & Community Ministries Mission and Ministry Opportunities Sherri Barham-TRBA Ministry Assistant or Pressing Forward By: Sherri Barham TRBA Ministry Assistant At all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart. Luke 18:1 Franklin County Mission Update Franklin County Mission invites you to the first monthly update meeting since the 2012 summer. Saturday, October 13, 2012 at 9:00am at TRBA. We have had many irons in the fire over the summer. The prayer team continued monthly prayer drives all over Franklin county and surrounding counties. God has used the prayer drives to deepen the burden for homeless children, resulting in the FCM board redefining the plans for FCM from starting with a temporary men s shelter to pursuing immediate solutions for homeless children, women, and families. We have helped many families and individuals over the past several months with temporary shelter and resources. Over 1000 pop-top meals and hygiene kits have been distributed through the soup kitchens on a monthly basis. The FCM board has been working on a permanent site and has refocused FCM to be a family resource center providing more than just food and temporary shelter for the homeless. They have been working diligently on zoning, grants, and administrative necessities. The Prayer Team partnered with TRBA in delivering school supplies to the area schools and used it as an opportunity to pray for each campus specifically. They are identifying a greater need for church school partnerships. There are great opportunities to have impact with the gospel if we would be His hands and feet in the public schools through being consistent volunteers to listen to a child read, adopt a school to encourage the staff and students, or support through monetary giving. If we want to impact this generation and the next, PRAY, FAST, GIVE, and GET INVOLVED. The GOOD NEWS is worthy of our obedience and sacrifice.

6 Tar River Baptist Association Churches Strengthening The Church And Impacting Lostness Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks for this is God s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1Thessalonians 5: Contributions From TRBA Churches January August Bailey 2,567 Bethlehem 3,310 Bunn 500 Castalia 2,435 Cedar Rock 1,050 Centerville Corinth 2,526 Community 452 Cornerstone 600 Cypress Chapel Duke Memorial 1,875 Ephesus 4,743 Flat Rock 8,713 Franklinton 5,580 Good Hope 2,516 Grace Haven 600 Harris Chapel 1,500 Hickory Rock 1,067 High Cross 110 Holly Grove 300 Hopkins Chapel 7,673 Louisburg 3,000 Maple Springs 1,200 Mount Zion 500 Mountain Grove 840 Oak Grove 1,400 Open Road 1,297 Peachtree 1,344 Pearce 3,000 Perry s Chapel Philadelphia 600 Pilot 4,500 Pine Ridge 3,067 Pleasant Grove 1,750 Poplar Spring Ransdell Chapel 1,223 Red Bud 3,340 Rock Spring 2,044 Rocky Cross 700 Saints Delight 80 Samaria 2,309 Sandy Creek 600 Social Plains 2,185 Spring Hope 2,000 Stanhope 200 Union Chapel 1,348 Union Hope 1,400 Union View 256 Unity 1,494 White Level 2,200 Wood 350 Word of Life 723 ATTENTION BAPTIST MEN Handymen needed...are you a skilled tradesman (plumber, carpenter, electrician, welder, painter...etc) that could volunteer your time as needed to do some work around the association... Then the TRBA Baptist Men's Council need your contact information. Please send James Byerly an at tarriverra@yahoo.com or call at with your contact information and which trade you are proficient in. ATTENTION Pastor s Wives We are attempting to build up the relationship of pastors wives in the association over the next few months. We have several new pastors recently, and as they connect with one another, we hope to connect with their wives as well. My address is lmac7212@hotmail.com and I would love for you to contact me so we can communicate with one another and perhaps get together. Also, if you have a FaceBook account, please friend me. We have set up a closed group where we can communicate ideas and share prayer concerns as well. That is my aim, to pray daily for one another as we serve the churches of this area. Having been a pastor s wife for over thirty years, I understand what you are experiencing. I look forward to getting to know each of you better and pray that your ministry is successful. If there is any way that I can be of help to you, please feel free to call on me. My home number is and my cell is I look forward to hearing from each of you soon. Linda McLaurin Thank You for Giving to the Lord!

7 Tar River Baptist Association Churches Strengthening The Church And Impacting Lostness Rejoice always; pray without ceasing; in everything give thanks for this is God s will for you in Christ Jesus. 1 Thessalonians 5:17 The RoofTop A Fresh Vision Of God s Heart For The Lost. Tar River Baptist Association Invites you to join us for The RoofTop experience Monday, October 1, 2012 Locations: Tar River Baptist Association-10:00am & 6:00pm TRBA will be open from 9:00am-9:00pm Open Road Community Church 6:00pm Church will be open from 9:00am-9:00pm Word Of Life Community Church 6:00pm Franklinton Baptist Church 10:00am Harris Chapel Church 10:00am We are asking you to join us on The Rooftop for a nationwide, simultaneous experience that will take place across the United States on October 1, 2012.

8 CELEBRATIONS TRBA PASTOR S & WIVES BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES I thank my God in all my remembrance of you, always offering prayer with joy in my every prayer for you all, in view of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now. Philippians 1:3-5 OCTOBER & NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS October 03 Dottie Averette, Wife of Rev. David Averette, Franklinton 07 Rev. Lee Jefferys, Open Road 26 Lauren Chandler, Wife of Rev. Jonathan Chandler, Union View 29 Sara Lamkin, Wife of Rev. Stuart Lamkin, Hickory Rock November 05 Rev. Steven Wade, Poplar Spring 05 Missy Jefferys, Wife of Rev. Lee Jefferys, Open Road 09 Penny Davis, Wife of Rev. Darrel Davis, Bailey 12 Rev. Jared Pemper, Ransdell Chapel 17 Rev. Charles Collie, Cypress Chapel 25 Joanna Havens, Wife of Rev. Jason Havens, Maple Spring 27 Linda McLaurin, Wife of Rev. Dougald McLaurin, TRBA 29 Rev. Harold Woodlief, Unity OCTOBER & NOVEMBER ANNIVERSARIES October November 05 Rev. & Mrs. Kevin Byers, Pilot 10 Rev. & Mrs. Tripp Finch, Cornerstone 13 Rev. & Mrs. Jake Dorak, Duke Memorial 15 Rev. & Mrs. Larry Stephens, Saints Delight 17 Rev. & Mrs. Michael Spain, Bunn 27 Rev. & Mrs. Greg Lawson, Union Chapel Tar River Baptist Association 92 NC 56 Highway E. Louisburg, NC Mark Your Steps TRBA Fall Meeting Monday, October 29, :30am-Registration & Meal 6:30pm-Worship Bunn Baptist Church 416 East Jewitt Ave. Bunn NC Nonprofit Org. U.S. POSTAGE PAID Louisburg, NC Permit No. 8 Please register and pay by October 22, 2012 Cost: $8.00 per person If you have information for the newsletter, please sherri@tarriverbaptist.com