Churches working together to fulfill Jesus Great Commission. Matthew 28:18-20

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1 E-Encourager North Grand River Baptist Association The Encourager 2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 Volume 37, Number 5 May, 2013 Churches working together to fulfill Jesus Great Commission. Matthew 28: North Grand River Baptist Association s Purpose- To mutually and prayerfully support, encourage and challenge one another as churches to exalt Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord, to edify and equip His disciples to serve him and one another, and to evangelize those who have yet to come to know Him personally. Matthew 28:19-20 Alpha Edinburg* Gallatin* Galt Jameson Jamesport Laredo Lineville Medicine Valley Mercer Modena Princeton* Ravanna Rural Dale Salem Shelburne* Spickard Tenth Street Trenton First Union U N I T E D O N M I S S I O N North Grand River Baptist Association Emphasis Week May WEEK OF PRAYER GUIDE ON PAGE 2 We are glad to be your Mission Partner In This Issue DOM Report 2 WMU Report 5 BSU Report 6 Financial Report 9 Church Reports 7-8 Birthday & Anniversary 4 Men s Breakfast 4 Trenton FBC 175th 4 Bookstore Sale 4 Rural Dale Quartet 4 NGR/HBA Camp 3 Sparrow Ministry Grand Oaks Newsletter Director of Mission s E.J. Barnes Ministry Assistant Debbie Dickinson BSU Director Diann Barnes Assistant BSU Director Gene Schreffler

2 E-Encourager 2 Remember these in Prayer this Month From My Heart to Yours M Mother s Day on the 12 th Her children rise up and call her blessed; Her husband also, and he praises her Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised. Proverbs 31:28, 30 Memorial Day on the 27 th But I do not want you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning those who have fallen asleep, lest you sorrow as others who have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with Him those who sleep in Jesus. I Thessalonians 4:13-14 A America s National Day of Prayer on the 2 nd Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people. Proverbs 14:34 Y Youth Camp on the 28 th -31 st Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, before the difficult days come and the years draw near when you say I have no pleasure in them. Ecclesiastes 12:1 For His Glory E.J. Barnes Week of Prayer for North Grand River Baptist Association Sunday: May 19- Pray for your pastor and his wife. Pray that he will be the vessel God has prepared him to be. Pray for the ministry of your church to reach out that Christians will grow spiritually and that the lost will be saved. Monday: May 20- Pray for the Director of Missions/BSU Director, E.J. Barnes of North Grand River Baptist Association. Pray for him as he leads in the association and reaches out to minister to the pastors. Tuesday: May 21- Pray for the staff of North Grand River Debbie Dickinson as Ministry Assistant; Diann Barnes as BSU Director, Gene & Ann Schreffler as Assistant BSU Director; Christiana Boatright as NAMB Student BSU missionary; and Mike Dennis as Custodian. Pray for each one as they do their ministry tasks and for God s leadership. Wednesday: May 22 Pray a prayer of thanks for those that volunteer in leadership roles in the association. Pray for them and their respective ministries. Thursday: May 23- Pray for the churches without a pastor, Gallatin, Shelburne, Edinburg and Princeton. Pray for the search committees and the man God is preparing to bring to minister and lead the church. Friday: May 24- Pray for the outreach ministries to the children and youth this summer. For camps at Grand Oaks; Vacation Bible School s and Leaders. Pray that lives will be changed and many will come to know Jesus. Saturday: May 25- Pray for your church services tomorrow. Pray for the Sunday School leaders, Worship Leader and ministries of your church.

3 E-Encourager 3 Men s Revival Planning Efforts are underway to have a Men s Multi- Denomination Revival in Trenton this year. We are hoping for all our community churches and congregation to be a part of this event. The next meeting will be May 26th. To find out more information you can contact David Trickel at or Mike Smith at Pastors Prayer & Fellowship Time at Pizza Hut 2nd Monday of each month Grand Oaks Camp 2013 Youth Camp May 28th-31st Children s Camp July 8th-12th Camp forms are available at your church or at the Mission Center. Youth Camp form deadline May 3 Children s Camp Form Deadline- June 7th Mission Center at 5:00 pm Please be in prayer for camp. How is God leading you to serve at camp this year? Remember 1 leader to every 5 students Grand Oaks Campaign When you invest in Grand Oak s Camp, you are doing more than making a donation to build new facilities. You are making a difference in the lives of children and young people that will count for eternity. The goal for our association is $50,000. Please pray for this ministry and if God would be leading you to make a donation towards the projects of a new swimming pool and activity building. Grand Oaks is committed to remain debt free so projects will begin only when funds are available. As you reach out for tomorrow, God s guidance is the key to the future you have dreamed of and all you hope to be. Place all your goals before Him and God will do the rest; Seek God s will and trust Him, and He ll show you what is best. R. Fogle Tenth Street Baptist Church 1200 E 10th St Trenton, MO Every Saturday Worship at 6 pm, Group at 7 pm The Rock Café at 8 pm Mission Center Closed on May 27 May 2, 2013

4 E-Encourager 4 First Baptist Church, Trenton is celebrating our 175 th anniversary June 7th, 8th, and 9th. Friday night (June 7 th ) is our Singsparation featuring talent from our church family. Saturday night (June 8 th ) we are hosting a reception with former ministry staff members as well as showcasing different mission endeavors our church family is involved in. Sunday morning (June 9 th ) we are having skits emphasizing important events that have occurred in the 175 years of our ministry. Sunday afternoon we will focus on the future with presentation of the many ministry opportunities presently in our church. To begin the celebration, Sunday, June 2nd, John Yeats, Executive Director of Missouri Baptist Convention will be preaching in our morning service. Please join us in our celebration. Mother s Day & Graduate Gift items God s Wisdom for Your Life (Women s Edition)- $2.00 Daily Inspiration NIV Edition or Purpose Driven Life Edition- $8.00 each Magnetic Manicure Kit- WOW! Only $2.00 each Many more items to choose from. Check out the changes in the Bookstore! Volunteer (s) Needed Mission Center We are in need of someone to volunteer to mow the yard at the Mission Center OR if someone has a working lawn mower they would be willing to donate. If two or more volunteer, they could rotate. Please contact Debbie at the Mission Center or Chairman of Trustee s John Rice. Rural Dale Baptist Church invites you to listen To the Quartet Lasting Legacy Saturday June 1, :00 pm Freewill offering will be taken If your church has a group that would like to sing also, contact Phil Daniels or Debbie at the Mission Center. God Bless Mother s Wishing you a lovely Mother s Day May 12, 2013 May 7 Jim & Cathie Whitley 8 Charlie Bullman 17 Earl & Rebecca Nance 25 Steven & Dana Nelson Jamesport Baptist Saturday, 8:00 am May 18, 2013 All Men Invited!

5 E-Encourager 5 Celebrating 125 Years of WMU! What a celebration! I wish I could share everything we experienced at the Missouri Annual WMU Celebration at Warrensburg on April 12th-13th. WMU is celebrating its 125 anniversary this year. The Story Lives On is the theme. Elsie Mae Browning, Shelly Sims, Belinda Hogan and I were blessed to be able to go. At our April 16th Associational Luncheon, we shared different areas of the meeting that each of us focused on and participated in. But the entire program for both days was interesting, informative, and well planned from the eight missionaries, who had display booths and spoke during the assemblies, to the praise and worship times, and the breakout sessions. I wish more women from our association could have attended. There were 468 women that attended! During the assembly Friday evening those churches with new starts of age-level organizations were recognized. Salem Baptist Church was recognized for its new starts of WMU and Mission Friends. Salem was given a $50 gift certificate to the WMU Bookstore at the meeting. Thank you, Twyla Johnson, for your work in these new starts at Salem! Thursday, May 2nd, is the National Day of Prayer. I hope many of our groups and churches will participate in services that are held in our association. For our May 21st Associational Ladies Prayer Program, we will meet at 10:30 am at the Mission Center, then prepare to prayerwalk past City Hall to the courthouse. Those unable to prayerwalk may remain at the Mission Center to pray. Also, we will be collecting over-the-counter medications and unusual prescription medications until June 18th to be used for medical missions in Haiti. WalMart has a large bin of medications for only.88 up near the checkout lanes. These medications include pain relievers, cortisone cream and antibiotic salve that Shelly Sims can use in Haiti. Celebrating the 125th Anniversary of WMU will be the focus of our June 18th Summer Celebration at 10:30 am at the Missin Center. The special guest speaker will be Virginia Stephenson, Northwest Regional WMU Consultant, with others possibly sharing what WMU/WOM has meant to them. A covered dish luncheon will follow. There will be no monthly program or luncheon in July or August. We will resume on September 17th. More details later. Bev Martin WMU Director YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED!!!!! Sonrise Children s Home Annual Open House!!! Sunday, June 2 nd 2:00 pm-4:00 pm Please come tour the facility, learn more about the ministry, and share in refreshments and fellowship!!!! SONRISE CHILDREN S HOME is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) tax exempt organization. We are a group of Christians who believe God to be leading us to meet the need of children in foster care. OUR MISSION is to provide to minors a safe, secure, loving environment to grow and develop good moral character; to provide a moral compass through a relationship with God; and to become self-disciplined, productive members of society through a model of Jesus Christ. THE NEED in this area, the 3 rd Circuit in North Missouri is great! The 3 rd Circuit includes Harrison, Grundy, Mercer and Putnam Counties. Sonrise Children's Home is located outside Princeton, MO. For directions or more info you may call Jane Wilmes, Housemother at Sonrise at , or Melissa King, Board President at

6 E-Encourager 6 NCMC Two more weeks and this year will be history. God has showered this semester with blessing after blessing. One of our young men, Joshua Ishmael, is serving as FBC Princeton's Uth minister while continuing to pursue his degree as well as facilitating an apologetics class on Tuesday 8 pm for any students seeking real truth and questioning "If God is real, why...". Another of our young men shared that he no longer has a set plan for post graduation because he feels God is calling him to serve HIM. 12 of our students attended the Winter Retreat at Grand Oaks, "Redeem the Time", where they learned how to spontaneously share their faith in Jesus Christ. Upon their return Saturday afternoon, I began seeing these students take what they learned and begin to purposely share Jesus. Eight of our students joined in a spring break partnership with OTC, Springfield, to share Jesus on Johnson CO Community College campus, KC, Ks. From 10 am till 3 pm, eleven of our team had 90 conversations of salvation with JCCC students. One of our team, lead a student to faith in Jesus in the middle of a hallway in the center where we were ministering. On NCMC campus, Ashley prayed a prayer of salvation with one of her classmates, and that young woman found herself bringing another of her friends to our Tuesday night Communitas worship. Christina specifically prayed that God would bring a certain baseball player to Communitas on a specific Tuesday night. That young man found himself at the BSU that same night without really knowing why or how he came to be at our worship service. He asked Christina what the game plan was going to be for the evening. Christina shared she was going to show a video on slavery today in America, we would pray with each other, sing praise songs, and listen to Aaron preach. This young man told Christina that he would stay for the video, but then he was leaving. At 11 pm, I noticed that he was still there interacting with us. Ten of our students are answering the call to serve on our mission trip to Canada where we will minister to over 200 First Nations Indian children. God has called out another one of our young men and one young woman to serve as our Summer Missionaries this summer. There are 9 students and 2 sponsors attending Engage-church leadership conference this weekend in St. Louis. (A thank you goes out to all of you who helped scholarship 3 of our students for this training.) To summarize these blessings: I have witnessed 16 of our students actively sharing their faith with other students for the specific purpose of seeing their classmates embrace a breathing relationship with Jesus Christ. All these blessings would not be possible without your partnership of praying without ceasing, and giving financial blessings when you learn of our needs. Because of your passion to see this ministry continue to win souls and make disciples the following is a list of prayer concerns and upcoming ministry projects you can intercede with the Father for us. 1. Tyler White, our male summer missionary, needs a Trenton area bed to sleep at nights this summer. (My home is housing Christina and our female summer missionary.) This leaves Tyler with the need of a bed while he serves in our association. Canada Mission Trip needs: (We have begun to purchase supplies and witnessing tools. If God leads you to fund one of these projects, send your contribution to NGRBA office designated Canada.) Action Bibles for teenagers, cost $ Gospel John pocket sized booklets, cost $ more winter hats/mittens. Purchased 110 sets at Dollar General Sat. for $ If you want to reimburse this cost, we will use the donation to purchase other needs. 4. Food supplies. Gallons of Cheese, picante sauce, BBQ sauce, 50 lbs flour, 50 lbs sugar etc... cleaning supplies, toilet paper, paper towels, etc. The reserve we are going to is 100 miles from any store, which means we will be taking in all our supplies for the week for 15 people. Above all keep praying. God is calling out college students to be warriors for HIM and He is especially calling NCMC students to be bold and passionate about sharing His Story. The time is short. Join and support these warriors. HE is worthy to receive the rewards of HIS sacrifice--souls Diann The churches and members of North Grand River Baptist Association express their deepest sympathy to the family of Rev. Jean Osborn. Bro. Jean passed away on Friday, April 26th. His funeral was Tuesday, April 30th at Trenton First Baptist Church. Bro. Jean had served as a former Director of Missions for the association as well as interim pastor for several churches. He was a teacher for the Seminary Extension and received the award for Seminary Extension Director of the Year for 1994 for states West of the Mississippi. He was truly a servant and served in numerous ways. He was preceded in death by his wife Nellie, one son, James Osborn, his parents and one brother. Survivors include a Daughter, Marilyn (Gary) Morrow, Marshall, MO; Grandchildren, Great Grandchildren; 1 Sister, Lois Harp, State of Minnesota. We will miss you Bro. Jean, but we rejoice as we know you are in heaven strolling the streets with Nellie and praising God. Thank you God for sharing Bro. Jean & Nellie with us this side of heaven.

7 E-Encourager 7 Edinburg- Our Easter services included our annual Easter Breakfast on March 30, at 8 am. We had 51 in attendance. It was a time for all to get together and visit and notice the freshness that spring brings. We had 31 attend the Joint Easter Service at Shelburne Church. Our flock is starting to return from many being sick this winter, and we thank God for the refreshing of His healing power. We are also growing with the birth of several babies in our congregation and have several more to come; this is always a blessing, because they are the future of our church. May God bless all of you as winter is about to leave us and God makes all things refreshed and new with spring almost here. Come join us for Sunday School at 10 AM and worship at 11AM, every Sunday. Our attendance for March was 29 for Sunday School, 58 for Morning Worship, 29 for Evening Worship and 21 for Wednesday. Mercer- Our average attendance for March was 70 for Morning Worship and 29 for Evening Worship. Princeton- The WOM 1 & 2 groups meet on Monday and Tuesday at noon for monthly meeting, we are still collecting snack items for the fire, sheriff and ambulance departments. We provided the meal for BSU in Trenton April 24, Each Wednesday Night the Kings Kids and Youth Meet at 5:30 P M, with prayer meeting at 7:00 pm and on Sunday Evenings beginning at 5:00 to 6:00 pm is Youth Book Study and from 6:00 to 7:00 pm is Bible Study with Youth Pastor Josh Ishmael, with several of the kids attending. On April 5th, the youth left to attend a Young Christian Youth Festival on the 6th in Silver Dollar City and returning on the 7th, they were chaperoned by 5 adults and 17 youth attending. Saturday April 13th, the men's breakfast met at the church and served 11 people and delivered 7 meals to shut ins, they served Biscuits/Gravy, Scrambled Eggs, Bacon, Orange Juice, Coffee, Milk. Tuesday April 16, the WOM'S Groups 1 & 2 will be preparing the meal for the women's program and Prayer Luncheon at 10:30 am in Trenton, Mo. On April 18th, the Soil & Water District Annual Open House is from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. Saturday April 20th, we will be showing the 3rd in series of movies this one is RUTH ; fellowship and snacks will follow the movie. We have several that have been attending these series. Monday April 22nd, the ladies who will be helping with VBS this year will be attending a VBS clinic in Trenton. Wednesday April 24th, will be the last meeting of the Kings Kids for this year will be meeting again in the fall after school starts. Saturday April 27th, beginning at 9:00 am will be our annual church clean up day. Also several form our church will be attending a Christian Concert at the McCarthy Baptist Church in Saint Joseph, Mo beginning at 6:00 pm. Have a blessed day with Jesus Christ our Lord and Savior. Trenton First- On Sunday April 7th, we had our World Crafts party with a tea theme. Attendance was good and sales were great!! On April 22nd we hosted the NGR VBS clinic. April 14th we were blessed with a Singspiration and many shared their talents of music with us. Plans are continuing for the Canadian and Haiti mission trips in June. We do hope you will plan to attend our 175th Anniversary on June 7th 9th. Union- My brethren, count it all joy when you fall into various trials, knowing that the testing of your faith produces patience. James 1:2-3 The word translated as patience means to have staying power or the ability to endure. Satan has been attacking our members with a lot of trials from sickness to employment issues. This means we are doing something RIGHT and Satan is mad & on the run because OUR GOD IS BIGGER THAN ANY PROBLEM! We continue on about Our Father s business with May full of activity. May 2nd is the National Day of Prayer and we urge everyone to take a moment to pray for each other, our nation, our leaders and for God s direction. Pastors Prayer and Fellowship Time at Pizza Hut on the 2nd Monday each month. Union Baptist s business meeting is the 3rd Sunday evening at 6 pm of each month and Eastview Nursing Home services at 2 pm. You can call Pastor Doug at to see how you can be of service. Mother s Day is May 12th, remember your Mother that day and everyday that you are blessed with her presence on earth! Graduations are this month and a presentation to the graduates is planned for May 19th. We celebrate both mothers and graduates! Come relax with us on May 25th with a day of fishing at Crowder Park from 9 am to noon. NGR/HBA Youth Camp is May Remember the youth are the future of the church and support them!

8 E-Encourager 8 Union Continued- Every Wednesday night is Supper at 6 pm with Bible Study at 7 pm. Call Ryan Hughs for rides from Brimson at or Mike and Sherry Knapp for rides from Trenton at or Doug and Dianna Crawford at Sunday School at 9:30 am, with Morning Worship at 11 am and Sunday Evening Prayer at 5:30 pm with Worship at 6 pm. Everyone is welcome! Remember if you are looking for a church home to come worship with us! We are down home folk that love the Lord! FBC Archery Program The 2012/2013 First Baptist Church winter archery ministries program has concluded with great success. This year was the third season for the program which experienced a huge growth in attendance. We had an average of 35 to 40 participants every Monday night with a peak of 53 on one occasion. Because of the large numbers, Sunday afternoons were also made available throughout most of the season for the shooters. A few other significant positives this year were the addition of many youth shooters and the increase in the number of people that just came to watch. We have also been working with the Grundy County 4H shooting sports program and have hosted a 4 shoot for youths with a few more scheduled on the books for later this summer. Every Monday night the program would begin at 7:00 pm with opening prayer provided by one of the many participants. This would be directly followed by a Welcome speech from the programs co-founder Brandon Spencer. Brandon would then give a 10 to 15 minute devotional on God s Word sticking with the outdoors or sportsman type theme. Pastor Dennis Chesnut and Pastor Don Jahrus filled in a couple of evenings when Brandon was not able to attend. Archery shooting would begin around 7:30 pm. Many of the shooters participated in an eleven week league, but because of the size of the activity center and the way the targets are set up, still more just participated in open shooting. The archery shooting would end around 9:00 pm, but this time was not just for archery shooting. It was a time for prayers, fellowship and uplifting conversations with fellow Christians. To keep hunger from affecting anyone s aim, snacks and drinks were provided every evening as well. We even had one participant go through the plan of salvation and accept Christ as his personal Savior! The season was concluded with a barbeque feed and a fun shoot on April 1 st, but due to the huge amount of food not many could move well enough to shoot their bows! Although this year s season has just ended, we are already preparing for next year with great anticipation! We have received many calls from people interested in participating in the program next season that did not make it this year. Our goal from the very start and always will be, is to get people in the door by using the archery activity. Once people are here, we are going to shoot and have a great time, but they are also going to hear about God and our Savior Jesus Christ. Some, if not most, are people that never attend a regular church or get the opportunity to hear God s Word. Because of the relaxed atmosphere, we seem to be making a connection with a lot of these people! Next year s season will kick off around mid November, but a definite date will be announced as time gets closer. If anyone has any questions about the archery ministries or would like more information, please contact Brandon Spencer. Brandon Spencer Home Phone Cell Phone

9 E-Encourager 9 March 2013 Reports Church Giving Monthly Inc. North Grand River Baptist Association Church Service Times BSU Inc. SS AM PM Weds. Alpha $ $ :30 10:30 6:30 7:00 Edinburg $ $ :00 11:00 6:00 7:00 Gallatin $ $ :30 10:40 6:00 7:00 Galt 10:00 11:00 6:00 7:00 Jameson 9:30 10:30 Jamesport $ $ :45 10:45 7:00 6:30 Laredo $ :30 10:30 6:30 6:30 Lineville $ $ :45 10:45 6:30 7:30 M. Valley $ $ :30 10:30 6:00 Mercer $ $ :30 10:30 6:30 6:30 Modena $ $ :15 9:00 7:30 7:00 Princeton $ $ :40 10:40 7:00 7:00 Ravanna $ $ :30 10:45 Rural Dale $ $ :45 10:35 7:00 7:00 Salem $ $ :00 11:00 6:00 7:00 Shelburne $ $ :00 10:55 6:45 7:00 Spickard 9:30 10:30 Tenth St. $1, $ :30 10:30 6:00 7:00 Trenton FB $ $ :30 10:40 6:00 6:30 Union $ $ :00 11:00 6:00 7:00 Total $6, $1, Join any of these churches in worship Chilli, FBC $ MBC $ Gilman BC $ Seminary Checking $ Seminary Savings $2, Benevolent Savings $ NGR Savings $ BSU March Income to Expense Beginning Balance $6, Income $2, Total $8, Expenses $2, Ending Balance $6, General BSU Fund $4, Designated BSU Fund $1, March 2013 NGR Account Beginning Balance $3, Income $11, Total $15, Expenses $11, Ending Balance $ Line Items in General Checking Designated Funds $3, General Fund $ Checking Balance Total $3, NGR October March 2013 (Does not include designated funds) Income $69, Expenses $67, Difference 1, N Main Director of Missions Trenton, MO Rev. E.J. Barnes Fax: Ministry Assistant ngrmission@sbcglobal.net Debbie Dickinson BSU Telephone BSU Director DOM s Office Telephone Diann Barnes Web Page

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12 E-Encourager There is one update to the newsletter that we are excited about. The campaign ticker number as of this morning is up to $98,000! The Board moved that if that number reaches $200,000 by the end of July, then we will have a new pool for the 2014 camping season. We are well on the way.

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