The Pastor s Corner. Upcoming Events. Church Newsletter: August 2015

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1 Church Newsletter: August 2015 Will Hamric, Pastor Justin Crouse, Youth Pastor Church Office: Upcoming Events Saturday, August 15:Breakfast to Benefit BAGS OF LOVE: The Adult Combo class will host a breakfast from 7am until 10 am in the FLC. Adult plates will be $8.00. Child's plates are $5.00. Proceeds will be used to help fund Bags of Love for the upcoming school year. Please come out and enjoy a delicious breakfast and support this worthy cause. Sunday, August 30: YOUTH SUNDAY On this Family 5th Sunday: Sunday School will be at 10am, Joint Worship at 11 am in the FLC. Please join us as our youth lead us in worship and share about their Summer ministry experiences! Richmond Hill Baptist Church has decided to discontinue the Easy Tithe program effective 8/31/2015. Donors may switch to Bill Pay through their bank, which is a similar method of payment, but at no cost to the donor or to the church Eighteenth Annual RHBC Golf Trip Dates: November 5-7, 2015 Location: Myrtle Beach Deadline for Sign up is Sunday October 4th See Mark Russell for Details or questions. The Pastor s Corner For many decades we have heard the shrill scream of separation of church and state. The Bill of Rights never uses that phrase. It uses the word religion. The Founding Fathers wanted to make sure the government would not sponsor one religion over another and persecute its citizens who would not follow the state sponsored religion. We need to shout back, Separation of religion and state! The religion of humanism or moral relativism is clearly the state supported religion of the United States government. Our tax dollars are used to pay professors at government sponsored institutions who publicly ridicule young Christians in the classroom in their efforts to force them to convert to the religion of humanism. Over the years many of these radical followers of humanism have any threatened to give poor grades to students who would not convert to the teacher s religion. That has to stop. Those sitting on Federal Court Benches make every decision based upon the teachings of their religion. The voice of the people does not matter. The states have no say so. The vote of the citizen is absolutely irrelevant to them. They ignore the Constitution of the United States of America. They are radical followers of the religion of humanism and they will do their best to force every American to convert to their religion. At the core of their religious faith is the teaching that there is no such thing as right and wrong. They despise the Christian doctrines of sin and salvation. The religion of humanism first surfaced in the Garden of Eden when Adam and Eve decided they would not allow God to tell them what to do. They would be gods unto themselves and chose for themselves what was right and wrong. Should these judges and justices wish to practice their ancient religion that is their constitutional right and every true American will defend that right. But those sitting on federal benches are using the power of the government to boldly state that their religion is the only one that matters. They are shouting, We will force you less evolved Americans to bend your feeble knees at the altar of our gods. It is time for Christians to rise up and say, We have rights too! We have the right won by the blood of heroes to worship our God as we see fit in freedom and faith. We have the right as citizens of states to vote and have those votes mean something! We must use our voices now for if we do not the Federal Courts will soon be stripping us of freedom of speech. Any words spoken that disagree with their religion will be labeled as hate speech. For just as surely as they as they have silenced our votes, they will next silence our voices. Pray for America! Pastor Will Hamric

2 YOUTH ACTIVITIES AND ANNOUNCEMENTS: Summer Open Gym August is the last month of open gym for the Summer! Open gym is on Wednesdays from 5:00 7:00pm and is open to youth and college students grades 7 age 22. Please check the calendar on the youth webpage each week for updates or cancellations: Emerald Pointe Trip Youth grades 7-12 will be going to Emerald Pointe on Thursday, August 6. Deadline to sign up, pay & turn in release form is Sunday, August 2 at The Thrill. Cost is $20 for RHBC youth, $38 for non- RHBC youth. Bus will leave on August 6 at 8:00am and will return around 6:00pm. Breakfast is provided, but they will need money for food in park. Winterfest Liberty U! Winterfest 2015 is December 30 January 1. Tickets will be available to RHBC youth only from August 2 September 30. Beginning October 1, tickets will be available to anyone. Total cost is $100 (includes VIP Ticket & motel room). A $50 deposit reserves your spot and is due by September 30. $50 balance and release form are due by November 30. See Justin to reserve your spot! Youth Sunday Youth Sunday is August 30! This is a family 5 th Sunday and will be held in the Family Life Center at 11:00am (Sunday School at 10:00am). Please join us as our youth lead us in worship and share about their Summer ministry experiences! Children s Choir: will practice August 9 and 23. Nursery News- 9am Nursery Worker Schedule For August: August 2: Amber & Mike Fulk August 9: Jennifer Neely & Olivia Holbrook August 16: Mechelle Crissman & Wanda Poindexter August 23: Cathy Sparks & Amanda Bullin August 30: Jack & Tonya Moss Birth Announcement: Congratulations to Patrick and Jill Smith on the birth of their baby boy! Anderson Reid Smith was born on Wednesday, June 24, 2015 at 1:26pm. He weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces and was 21.5 inches long. Welcome to the world little one! His proud grandparents are David and Debbie Smith of Boonville and Willie and Jane Hull of Charlotte.

3 Ministries and Missions Church Library Check out new Christian Fiction titles in our church library. Novels recently added include, Taken by Dee Henderson, Trading Secrets by Melody Carlson, Hope Harbor by Irene Hannon, Someday Home by Lauraine Snelling, and The Inn at Ocean's Edge by Colleen Coble. There is something for every member of the family in the library! Prayers & Squares Recent quilt dedications include Jarvis Welborne, Marti Hamric, Etta Young, Tommy Charlson, Ryan Parker, Peru Mission, Kay Lawson, Bailey Woods, Clyde Wall, Wayne Hayes, Priscilla Church and Gage Guffey. Please continue to remember all of these in your prayers. Our 2015 motto is Making God Known Through Ministry. Our next meeting is Wednesday, August 5, 9 a.m., in the Fellowship Hall. We would welcome newcomers and appreciate all of our faithful who come each month to work on quilts. Sisters at Heart : Purple Hats: The "Purple Hats" will meet on Tuesday, August 11th at 6:30 p.m. in the FLC. Senior Saints Activities: Senior Saints will meet at Mt Olympus for breakfast August 17 at 8:30 am. Anyone that needs transportation call Ruth Matthews or Sherry Pendry ***Wednesday, August 26: Deadline for items for September Newsletter*** For any news for the September newsletter, please e- mail to Wanda Poindexter at wpoinde@yadtel.net or call Allen or Wanda Poindexter at Thank You!

Weekly Events: Sunday: 9am Contemporary Worship Service in Family Life Center 10am- Sunday School Classes for All Ages 11am- Traditional Worship Service in the Sanctuary 5:30pm- Kids Bible study (1

4 Weekly Events: Sunday: 9am Contemporary Worship Service in Family Life Center 10am- Sunday School Classes for All Ages 11am- Traditional Worship Service in the Sanctuary 5:30pm- Kids Bible study (1 st 6 th grades) 5:30pm- The Thrill (Youth 7 th - 12 th grades) Wednesday: 7 pm- Mission Friends (2 yrs- K) in Preschool III Room 7 pm- TeamKid (1 st - 6 th grades) Children s Worship Room 7 pm- Youth Bible Study (7 th - 12 th grades) in Youth Room 7 pm- Adult Bible Study in Fellowship Hall 7:30 pm- Adult Choir Practice in the Choir Room

The Pastor s Corner. Upcoming Events. Church Newsletter: October Homecoming: Sunday October 18: Annual Chicken Stew: Sunday, Oct 25 at 5 pm

The Pastor s Corner. Upcoming Events. Church Newsletter: October Homecoming: Sunday October 18: Annual Chicken Stew: Sunday, Oct 25 at 5 pm Church Newsletter: October 2015 Will Hamric, Pastor will.hamric@richmondhillbc.com Justin Crouse, Youth Pastor Justin.crouse@richmondhillbc.com Church Office: 336-699-8139 Upcoming Events Homecoming: Sunday