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1 February, 2018 Volume 21, Issue 2 ASSOCIATION CONNECTIONS Post Office Box 158, Claxton, GA Phone: Fax: Associational Missionary: Rev. Freddy Gardner fmgard@bellsouth.net Cell: Home: Missionary lines Today as I write this column I was studying for a sermon out of Luke s gospel in which Jesus speaks about the weather and how we look at the weather and predict things that are happening or going to happen but fail to look at the times around us. I hear all the doomsayers that say we are worse than we have ever been. No we are not! The only difference today and when Christ was alive on earth is the amount of instant information we have. I actually believe that we are living in one of the greatest times in history, and in the history of America, to be a Christian. The good news of the Gospel is just as powerful today as it was 2,000 years ago. Today people are not luke-warm. They are either hot (on fire for Christ) or not. Let us be those on fire. March is going to be a busy month for Tattnall-Evans with some wonderful opportunities of ministry and training. On March 2-3, the Medical Van Ministry will be at Reidsville First. This is a wonderful time to serve those who are under insured. The next weekend is the Wildlife Festival in Claxton and we will be manning a Baby Comfort Station. If you would like to help please give us a call. On Saturday, Mar. 17, we will host an Evangelism Training event. Randy Mullinax will be leading this event at Friendship beginning at 9 a.m. On Tuesday, Mar 20 we will be hosting a Church Safety Workshop at Pine Gove beginning at 7 p.m. Ricky Thrasher with Georgia Baptist will facilitate this event. On a personal note. Many of you know that Lynn and I are hosting a Haitian Student in our home who is attending Brewton Parker College. He is in need on a reliable mode of transportation. We are not looking for something nice, just dependable. If you have a vehicle you would sell (cheap, he is a college student) please give me a call at or Lynn at Looking forward to what the Lord is going to do among us as we await His second coming. INSIDE THIS ISSUE Men s Ministry Update....2 WMU Update....3 Budget Report....4 Church Contributions. 5 Calendar of Events Prayer Needs THIS & THAT For as he thinks in his heart, so is he. Proverbs 23:7a (NKJV) Overcome worry by living one day at a time! Opening the Bible can be a real eye opener. Our Church Family Antioch; Birdford; Bull Creek; Claxton First; Cobbtown; Collins First; Connors; Eastside; Elza; Evergreen; Faith; Friendship; Glennville First; Hagan; Hope; Little Rock; Mendes; Northside; Oak Grove; Pine Grove; Pineview; Rehoboth; Reidsville; Rogers; Smyrna; Twin Oaks Hispanic Missions Primera Agape, Claxton; Nueva Vida, Reidsville; Primera Emmanuel, Glennville; Noah s Ark, Aline

2 Men On Mission For God Supply Preachers Tattnall-Evans Baptist Association Rev. Freddy Gardner Rev. Rodney Bullard (Also for Worship Leader) or Rev. Bob Murray Rev. Edward Oglesbee or Rev. Harold Smith (Lives in Nevils) Rev. Grady Collins or Rev. Bob Green Rev. Jerald Dorr Doug McMurtry (Layman) Kyle Oglesby (Lives in Nevils) Good Morning Jesus, thank you for filling our Hearts with Joy! Hello Everyone, I pray all is well! The Tattnall/Evans Baptist Association conducted its Annual RA Derby Race for It was held at Cobbtown Baptist, on Saturday January 20 th, WOW! What an awesome event! We had 62 participants and 7 Churches represented in the race; and others came to watch and cheer the racers on! We had fun, fellowship and food. What more could one want? Well, even if you were not looking for it, you found Joy! Pure, God given, Joy! To see the faces, full of excitement, on the kids and adults was worth the trip. We had an aweinspiring message from Brother Freddie Gardner, about how we take our block of wood and sculpt it into a finely shaped race car; God too, takes us as a plain form and sculpts us into what becomes a beautiful representation of Him. I share what Jordan Easley, pastor from Englewood Baptist in Jackson TN, quoted: Who we are in God is easily answered; When we come to Christ our identity is shaped reshaped into the image of Christ. He brings us back to what He intended us to be in the first place. There was an air of excitement from the first moment the participants arrived. The buzz of emotion came from seeing the competitors, viewing the cars of many colors and intricate designs, to anticipating Who s the One?; Who is the one that will be the fastest? When the race time came, the excitement elevated to an on the edge of your seat extravaganza! There were cheers and jeers and egging on of your competitor. All was conducted in a Fun and Christian attitude. Finally, we had the trophy celebration, and everyone left with memories that couldn t be matched by writing them in stone! Previously, we conducted two Derby-N-Day workshops, where you could come and build your car in a day and be ready for the race, other than the final painting and design, in a couple of hours. My friend Joshua Collins came to the workshop for the first time this year, and although he was a little unsure at first, it didn t take him long to get the fever! He designed and sculpted his truck into a race ready, mean machine. He painted it beautifully, and modeled it after the famous character Lightning McQueen. His machine, Lightning Joshua, was a fierce competitor and finished on the podium with a third-place victory in his division. If you ask: What is the RA Derby About? Well let me tell you! This is an opportunity for Fathers and Son s to bond, Men to mentor to Boys, and develop a relationship with each other as well as a relationship with Jesus. This event is open to Mom s and Girls as well. In today s society, we often find that the world is educating our children more that we are. Many times, this worldly or street education is NOT wholesome or based on Christian values. And too; many times, we find ourselves too busy to do activities with our kids that hold such opportunities as this derby race does. Opportunities to teach creativity, discipline, craftsmanship skills and pride of completion. Much like Joshua s story, his Dad and Mom joined in and helped instruct him and enjoyed a feeling of being proud of their son s accomplishment as well as Joshua being able to spend quality time with his parents. So, Dads and Moms, if you are missing time with your sons or daughters, please seize an opportunity like this. It is a quick and easy way to show them love and appreciation. This is a memory that they will tell their children and grandchildren. Your brother in Christ, ~Steve West~ Psalm 127:3 Association-wide Men s Ministry Update Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from Him!

3 February 14 - Jack Boyett February 15 - Sharon Mitchell February 20 - Lynn Cribbs February 21 - Brenda McCumber February 29 - Dorcas Moore Women With a Heart for God s Work Association-wide Women s Ministry Update Dear Sisters In Christ, On January 2, 2018 our Associational WMU held a Team Meeting at Twin Oaks. Our first meeting of the new year was hosted by the WMU Ladies of Twin Oaks. It was well attended by our WMU Ladies from several churches in our Association. The WMU Inspirational Banquet will be held at Evergreen Baptist Church on February 1, 2018 at 6:45 p.m. Lynn Gardner, our Southeast WMU Mobilizer, will speak on our WMU, and Jenny Massey, Author of Four Novels, will be our guest speaker. Tina Sumner will sing a song pertaining to Jenny s speech. The meal will be catered by Bobcats, and the cost of the meal is $9.00 per person. Churches were to call those ladies or gentlemen who would be attending the banquet by January 25, 2018 to Sandra Powell. Her phone number is I am looking forward to our WMU Inspirational Banquet. I know it will be a blessing to all those who attend. WMU Focus Week will be observed the week of February 12th through February 16th. Our WMU Ladies will do a mission project for their church to tell others about Jesus and help those in need. On Wednesday, February 14th, our churches and our WMU will be observing Valentine s Day!! This is a day of Love, and all God s Christian People need love. On Friday, March 2nd from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m. and on March 3rd, 2018 from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. The GA Baptist Medical/Dental Van Ministry will be at Reidsville Baptist. This Dental Van only comes once a year to the Tattnall-Evan s Association. Those who do not have dental insurance or a dentist are eligible to come stand in line. It is first come first serve. I need workers to help with this ministry. I need nurses, nurse practitioners, PA s, kitchen workers, and those who can help register the people who come for dental or medical services. Please call me if you can help on either one of these days or both. My home phone number is or cell is I need each WMU in the Association to prepare 5 Women s personal care kits and 5 Men s personal care kits. They need to prepare 10 Children s kits. Women s kits should include deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrush, shampoo, soap, wash cloth, dental floss, hand lotion, and body wash. Men s kits should include deodorant, wash cloth, shampoo, soap, razors, after shave, dental floss, toothpaste, toothbrush, and body wash. Children s kits should include toothpaste, toothbrush, soap, wash cloth, shampoo, dental floss, coloring books, crayons, colored pencils, markers, puzzle books, pencil sharpener, hard candy, composition books, and deodorant. I will mail out letters to all WMU Directors and all churches again in the months of February and March. February 6 - Lynn & Marie Cribbs February 10 - Mike & Michelle Tootle February 22 - Kenny & Angie Edwards May God Bless Each of You, Sandra Powell Associational WMU Director 3

4 Tattnall-Evans Baptist Association Budget Report December 2017 Dec 17 Budget Jan - Dec 17 YTD Budget Annual Budget Ordinary Income/Expense Income 100 General Offerings 6, , , , , Total Income 6, , , , , Expense 1000 Non-Budget Expense 2, , Associational Minutes Office Expense , , , Telephone , , , Postage , , Associational Meeting On Mission Celebration , , , Office Ins/Utilities/Maint , , , Miscellaneous Resource Center Pastoral Bereavement/Illness Minister Wives Ministry Sunday School Discipleship Ministries Music Men's Ministry , , WMU , , , Pastoral Ministries Missions , , Youth , , , Vacation Bible School Medical Van , Evangelism Bible Learning Scholarship , , Equipment Continuing Education Hispanic Ministries , , Associational Missionary Salary 1, , , , , Annuity , , , Auto Expense , , , Medical Benefits 1, , , , , A Housing Allowance 1, , , , , Conventions , , , Christmas Gifts 1, , , , Clerk's Expense , , , Employee Taxes (Assoc SS Portio , , , Employee Christmas Gifts Ministry Assistant Salary , , , Ministry Assistant Travel Hispanic Supply Preacher , , , Total Expense 12, , , , , Net Ordinary Income -5, , Other Income/Expense Other Income 1001 TRANSFER FUNDS , A Interest Total Other Income , Net Other Income , Net Income -5, ,

5 Tattnall-Evans Baptist Association Balance Sheet Dec 31, 2017 ASSETS Current Assets Checking/Savings 500 General Checking 500A General Funds 67, Pastor/Church Relief(Men's Min) 1, Children/Youth Camp Fund Missiontrip Scholarship Fund 1, Hispanic Regular Account 17, Land For Nueva Vida Fund Mission Trip Projects A On Mission Acct - General 1, WMU Scholarship Fund - Gen Acct 2, A Association Building Fund - Gen 7, Disaster Relief Total 500 General Checking 101, Association Building Fund - CD 17, GENERAL OFFERING - CD 22, Total Checking/Savings 141, Total Current Assets 141, TOTAL ASSETS 141, LIABILITIES & EQUITY Liabilities Current Liabilities Other Current Liabilities Payroll Liabilities Total Other Current Liabilities Total Current Liabilities Total Liabilities Equity Opening Balance Equity 141, Unrestricted Net Assets -2, Net Income 1, Total Equity 141, TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY 141, Church Contribution Report January - December 2017 Agape Antioch 4, Bull Creek 3, CASH 2, Claxton First 4, Cobbtown 4, Collins 12, Connors Eastside 6, Elza 2, Evergreen 4, Faith 1, Friendship 3, Glennville First 19, Hagan INGLESIA BAUTISTA NUEVA VIDA Little Rock 1, Mendes 1, MISSION TRIP 4, Northside 3, Oak Grove 12, Pine Grove 15, Pineview 5, PRIMERA IGLESIA BAUTISTA AQAPE PRIMERA iglesia BAUTISTA EMANUEL Reidsville 12, Rogers 1, Sapp Advertising Rent Smyra Twin Oaks WMU INSPIRATION BANQUET 1, TOTAL 134,

6 CALENDAR OF EVENTS: February 1 WMU Inspiration Banquet - 6:45 p.m. February 6 Sunday School Mentoring - Oak 6:30 p.m. February 8 Executive Committee Meeting - Little 7:00 p.m. February WMU Focus Week February 14 Valentine s Day February 17 State RA/Challenger Derby Race - Camp Kaleo Retreat 8:30 a.m. February 19 President s Day February 20 Men s Ministry Team Meeting - TEBA 7:00 p.m. Brewton Parker Choir Concert Reidsville Baptist Church February 11, 6:30 p.m Church Financial Compliance and Giving Seminar First Gum Branch Baptist Church 8590 Hwy 196 W, Hinesville February 15, :00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. gabaptist.org Pre-register fee $10 per person - online registration closes 3 days prior to event. Walk up fee $15 per person. FREE - Church Security - Guardian Program February 8, 6:30 p.m. First United Methodist Church, Claxton will be hosting a presentation about Church Security. Ben Carroll of Ground Operations Development will be sharing his expertise and experience related to church security. Ben is retired from law enforcement, and now writes policies and trains churches in effective church security. Please be in prayer for churches in our association without pastors: Mendes and Oak Grove Baptist Church Pray for our Hispanic Ministry Pray for upcoming mission events/opportunities 6 Pray for our nation, our president, and our leaders

7 Spring Revival - Reidsville Baptist Church March 11-14, 2018 Time: TBA Speaker: Randy Mullinax Spring Revival - Collins Baptist Church March 18-21, 2018 Sunday Services 11:00 a.m. & 6:30 p.m. Monday through Wednesday 6:30 p.m. Meal 5:30 p.m. Speaker: Eric Rentz FREE MinistrySafe Church Safety Workshop First Baptist Church - Statesboro March 19, :30 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. (lunch provided) gabaptist.org Evangelism Training March 17, :00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Friendship Baptist Church, Reidsville Facilitator: Randy Mullinax Spring Revival - Pine Grove Baptist Church March 25-28, 2018 Sunday Services 11:00 a.m. & 6:00 p.m. Monday through Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Speaker: Jack Yarborough Worship: Heartfelt Quartet Church Security Workshop Pine Grove Baptist Church - Collins March 20, :00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Facilitator: Ricky Thrasher, Georgia Baptist Mission Board Overview & Q/A Session

8 2018 TEBA ANNUAL RA/CHALLENGER DERBY RACE DAY Eagerly waiting for the race results! Design Category Winners for all age groups Preschool Race Participants and Winners Lad Race Winners Powderpuff 1-3 Race Winners Crusader Race Participants and Winners Powderpuff 4-6 Race Participants and Winners Young Challengers Race Participants and Winners Powderpuff 7-9 Race Participants and Winners Older Challengers Race Participants and Winners Powderpuff Race Participants and Winners Adult Race Participants and Winners Race Results: Pre-School: 1 st Place - Brannen Bouwense; 2 nd Place - Keely Carter; 3 rd Place - Asher McNair Lad: 1 st Place - Sawyer Day; 2 nd Place - Brantley Bouwense; 3 rd Place - Joshua Collins Powder Puff 1-3: 1 st Place - Taylor Smith; 2 nd Place - Mattie Gardner Crusader: 1 st Place - Jagger Bruce; 2 nd Place - Jayden Tippins; 3 rd Place - Cayden Howell Powder Puff 4-6: 1 st Place - Kris Taylor; 2 nd Place - Kenzie Hinson; 3 rd Place - Aubrey Sikes Young Challengers: 1 st Place - Austin Tootle; 2 nd Place - Aden Ward; 3 rd Place - Caleb Ward Powder Puff 7-9: 1 st Place - Elina Harper; 2 nd Place - Alissa Smith; 3 rd Place - Kaylee Odum Older Challengers: 1 st Place - Logan Fox; 2 nd Place - Dylan Dansby; 3 rd Place - Preston Podmanickey Powder Puff 10-12: 1 st Place - Jeanette Raliff; 2 nd Place - Tiffany Conaway; 3 rd Place - Mishelle Podmanickey Adults: 1 st Place and Overall Winner - Donna Boyett; 2 nd Place - Abe Boyett; 3 rd Place - Steve West Other participants included: Eva Jo Collins, Jase McNair, MaKenzie Gardner, Chad Smith, Brendon Ward, Pat Ansell, Eli Guiff, Ansley Day, Jacob Fox, Leonel Cisneros, Tyson Driggers, Gonza Gonzalez, Spencer Hinson, Jessica See, Hagan Guiff, Asael Alvarez, Wendy West, Pam Harper, Angie Trent, Paul Peterson, Raymond Trent, Selena Fox, Casey Smith, Dale Sikes, Paul Peterson II, Bobby Tuttle, Kim Johnson, Pa Coe, Keith Harvey, Matt Carter, Jason See, Justin Guiff

9 Our Kids Ministry Summit is an annual event for Kid Ministers across our state. The purpose of our Summit is to provide an opportunity to network and build relationships with other Kid Ministers across our state and to provide training. Our event includes large group sessions, roundtable discussion, and fellowship. Come connect with other kids ministry leaders from Georgia as we learn from Shelly Melia and Delanee Williams how we can be intentional during the transition phases in our Kids Ministry and in serving with the different generations represented in our Kids Ministry Leadership. Speakers: Shelly Melia Dallas Baptist University Delanee Williams Lifeway Christian Resources Registration: $55 * $70 after January 1 Spouse registration discounted rate: $50 (includes conference and meal) $65 after January 1 Date: February 1-2, 2018 Location: Jekyll Island Club Hotel Address: 371 Riverview Drive, Jekyll Island, GA Cost: $55 per person through January 1, 2018; $70 per person beginning January 2, 2018 Note: Registration ends January 23, LODGING INFORMATION Jekyll Island Club Hotel For group rate mention you are attending the Minister of Childhood Retreat SUMMIT February 1-2, 2018 Jekyll Island Club Hotel For lodging please contact Jekyll Island Club Hotel at or reservations@jekyllclub.com. Please mention Minister of Childhood Retreat or Kids Ministry Summit for the group rate of $ (plus taxes/resort fees)

10 Ministry Safe Church Safety Workshop March 19, First Baptist Church, Statesboro, 9:30 am - 2:30 pm March 20, First Baptist Church, Americus, 9:30 am - 2:30 pm A comprehensive training that covers the WHY, WHAT, and HOW of sexual abuse risk. WHY: The first segment will cover necessary information about sexual abuse and sexual abusers. WHAT: With good information about sexual abuse and sexual abusers, a church can understand the WHAT: an effective safety system and its elements. HOW: Now, HOW to get started. Attendees will learn about the online trainings, forms, and systems to immediately implement an effective safety system. Lead by Gregory Love and Kimberlee Norris. Lunch is included. Register at Ministry Safe Skillful Screening Training This is the next step of the Ministry Safe Training Process. March 21, Eastside Baptist Church, Tifton, 9:30 am - 2:30 pm In ministry programs, we have responsibility for children in our care. Screening job applicants and volunteers is an important responsibility for managers, coordinators, and administrators, but how can we distinguish between a dangerous individual and an appropriate candidate ready to serve? Is it possible to keep the wolf out of the sheep pen? Child sexual abuse is an equal opportunity employer it cuts across all demographics, racial profiles, socioeconomics, geographic areas, and age groups. Both men and women commit child sexual abuse. There are no visual indicators that someone is a molester, or will become one. Less than 10 percent of child sexual abusers are criminally prosecuted; 90 percent, therefore, have no criminal history to check. Hiring and screening personnel must be trained to recognize high-risk responses, which indicate that an individual may be a danger to children served by the ministry. Lead by Gregory Love and Kimberlee Norris. Lunch is included. Register at Mailing Address: P.O. Box 158, Claxton, GA Physical Address: Hwy 280 E, Claxton, GA 30417