HOLSTON VALLEY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION

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1 HOLSTON VALLEY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION The Executive Committee of the Holston Valley Baptist Association held their annual Christmas Dinner on December 4, 2018 at Church Hill First Baptist. The quartet Freedom blessed everyone with their performance! Thank you to Church Hill for the wonderful meal and your hospitality! The proceeds from the dinner go to the Church Hill First Baptist Youth Fund. VOLUME135 JANUARY 2019 ISSUE 4

2 The Directories for the Holston Valley Baptist Association are printed and ready to be picked up. If your church ordered Directories, someone from your church may pick them up during our office hours (Monday Friday, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm). If you did not order one, we have a few extras that may be purchased for $9.50 each. During the Executive Committee Christmas Dinner in December a check for $500 was presented to the Holston Valley Baptist Association from the Brotherhood Mutual Insurance Company. HVBA received this check due to receiving the Safe Ministry Reward which awards associations that have a low percentage of insurance claims from their participating churches. Brotherhood Mutual specializes in insurance for churches. Our local representative is Pam Davis from M and M Insurance in Church Hill. If you would like to receive information on insurance for your church you can contact Pam by phone at (423) or by at Pam@mandm-ins.com. Her office is located at 439 Richmond Street, Church Hill, TN. You can also check out their website at Thank you to all of our participating churches listed below who made this reward possible! Big Creek Baptist, Cave Springs Baptist, Choptack Baptist, Circle C Cowboy, Church Hill First Baptist, East Rogersville Baptist, Henards Chapel Baptist, McPheeters Bend Baptist, Mooresburg Baptist, Oak Grove Baptist, Persia Baptist, Ridgeview Baptist, Rogersville First Baptist, Shepards Chapel Baptist, Sneedville First Baptist, Surgoinsville First Baptist, Valley View Baptist The Tennessee Baptist Mission Board s Bivocational Ministers and Wives Retreat will be Thursday, January 24 - Saturday, January 26, The retreat will be at the Music Road Hotel and Convention Center in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. There will be numerous speakers and breakout sessions. Speakers include Randy Davis, Steve Holt, Tony Rankin, Scott Shepherd, Mark Lemay, Roc Collins, David Evans, and more. The cost is $225 per couple which includes the cost of the hotel and three meals. You may register online at or stop by our office to get a registration form that you can then mail to the TBMB. For more information you may contact John Parrott at jparrott@tnbaptist.org or PAGE 2 MI SSION-AIDER

3 Hawkins County Pregnancy HELP Center By Kelly Snodgrass December was a very busy month! I always enjoy the different celebrations and activities celebrating the birth of our Savior! The Christmas Promise Class was held at West View Baptist Church. This church family really made us feel welcome, and had a delicious meal. There were 40 people in attendance, including all the people from West View that help serve the meal. The kids were very excited and enjoyed the entertainment from Candy Cane and Queenie, two special representatives of the East Rogersville Baptist Church Clown Ministry. Candy Cane and Queenie, performed a skit, helped everyone learn a song on the handbells, and read a Christmas Story to the kids. A great time was had by all!! During December, I offered a Christmas Store for the Promise Moms that earn points throughout the year. The moms earn points for attending church, doing personal bible study, and well child doctor visits. They can use the points they ve earned at the end of the year to purchase a variety of toys and household items from the Christmas Store. They all really enjoy this opportunity and work hard to accumulate points. It worked really well this year and I am thankful to be able to offer this help to the moms at Christmas. Lastly, I want to thank the Lord and the churches of the HVBA for another great year for the Pregnancy Center. May God get all glory for any good that comes from the Center. VOLUME135 ISSUE 4 P AGE 3

4 Financial Issues Seminar Howes Chapel January 24th 6:00 p.m. HVBA will be hosting a Financial Issues Seminar that will have vital information for all Church Secretaries, Ministry Assistants, Treasurers, and Pastors. Gary Rickman from the Tennessee Baptist Mission Board along with CPA Deborah Taylor will discuss financial issues for churches including taxes and housing allowances. Join us on Thursday, January 24th at 6:00 p.m. at Howes Chapel Baptist Church for this informative seminar. SEMINARY EXTENSION CLASS THE GOSPEL OF JOHN January 7 March 18, 2019 The Holston Valley Baptist Association is continuing to resource and strengthen our churches by offering The Gospel of John as a Seminary Extension Class. This class will be taught by Rev. Mark Roberts, Association Missionary for Holston Valley. The class will begin on Monday, January 7th. This course will be taught each Monday night at 6:00 p.m. at Surgoinsville First Baptist Church and will conclude on March 18th. This class will study the Gospel of John and show its unique approach and themes in contrast to Matthew, Mark, and Luke. You can pre-register for this class by sending a check to the associational office made payable to HVBA. The cost of the class is $ and includes your textbook. This class is open to all pastors and lay members. The Youth Evangelism Conference will be March 15 16, 2019 at the Nashville Municipal Auditorium. Speakers will be Wade Morris and Jordan Easley. Music will be provided by Rush of Fools. Entertainment will be by Bryan Drake. For further information you can check out their website, or contact Jay Barbier at jbarbier@tnbaptist.org or Jessica Albritton at or jalbritton@tnbaptist.org. PAGE 4 MI SSION-AIDER

5 Please pray for our churches without Pastors Lyons Park Shepards Chapel Valley View Rogersville First Sneedville First Financial Report for November 2018 Balance November 1, 2018 Gifts in November 2018 West View If you register your campers for a Journey camp now, you will receive a $25.00 church credit for every 10 kids registered prior to January 15, 2019 when you use the code JourneyJanuary. Please be aware that during the winter months when the weather is unfavorable, we may be forced to close or delay opening our office. We will always post any weather related changes on our Facebook page. If the weather is questionable, please call our office at before you head our way to assure that we are open. Even when we are closed, you may leave a voic or us at hvbaoffice@gmail.com. As always, we will get back with you as soon as possible ITEMIZED REPORT OF GIFTS CHURCHES Bass Chapel Beech Creek Belmont Bentleys Chapel Bethel Big Creek Burem Caney Creek Cave Springs Choptack Christians Bend Church Hill FBC Circle C. Cowboy Cool Branch Cross Anchor Cowboy Duck Creek East Rogersville Elm Springs Gills Chapel Henards Chapel Hickory Cove Howes Chapel Independence Indian Ridge Keplar Kyles Ford Lone Oak Looneys Chapel Lyons Park McKinneys Chapel McPheeters Bend Mooresburg Morrisetts Chapel Mount Pleasant New Hope New Life North Fork Oak Grove Persia Prices Grove Ridgeview Rogersville FBC Shady Grove Shepards Chapel Sneedville FBC Speedwell Surgoinsville FBC Tar Pine Tunnell Hill Valley View War Creek West View TBC Supplement Other TOTALS NOVEMBER ` Balance and Receipts Disbursements in November 2018 Balance December 1, 2018 VOLUME135 ISSUE P AGE 5

6 OUR CHURCHES AND PASTORS TO PRAY FOR THIS MONTH CIRCLE C COWBOY CHURCH 2500 Grigsby Road Morristown, TN Pastor: Rev. Kent Hightower January 7.Rev. Paul Clevenger (Interim) January Mrs. Alma Buell (Interim) January Rev. Kester Bunch (Duck Creek) January Rev. Jerry Dale Lawson (Beech Creek) January 15...Rev. Seven Gibson (Elm Springs) January Rev. Mark Mallory (Burem) January 31...Mrs. Linda Hicks (Surgoinsville FBC) COOL BRANCH BAPTIST CHURCH War Creek Road Treadway, TN Pastor: Rev. J. R. South CROSS ANCHOR COWBOY CHURCH 730 Christians Bend Road Church Hill, TN Pastor: Rev. Steve Wade January Tecky & Linda Hicks (Surgoinsville FBC) January Ray & Joyce Mullins (Shady Grove) For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope. Jeremiah 29:11 Holston Valley Baptist Association 207 Hawkins Street Rogersville TN HVBAoffice@gmail.com Website: holstonvalleybaptists.org DUCK CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH 1989 Duck Creek Road Sneedville, TN Pastor: Rev. Kester Bunch Associational Missionary: Rev. Mark Roberts Ministry Assistant: Mrs. Melinda Eidson Pregnancy Center Director: Mrs. Kelly Snodgrass Follow us on Facebook and PAGE 6 MI SSION-AIDER