David. Girl Scout Book Collection Project August August 7, 2013 Volume 27 Issue 15. From the Pastor

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1 August 7, 2013 Volume 27 Issue 15 From the Pastor Sunday we re going to be thinking about faith. The New Testament book of Hebrews speaks of Abraham s faith: By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place which he was to receive as an inheritance; and he went out, not knowing where he was to go. That s faith, isn t it? Going out, not knowing where you re going! Abraham went way out to the edge of things, where only faith would go. And he became the father of a multitude of the faithful, reaching all the way down to us. Sometimes faith seems to be all we have left. Life can run rough-shod over us, leaving us weak and near defeat. What would we do without faith? Some medical diagnosis can leave us shaken and full of fear, and we cling to our faith. Someone we love and trust betrays us and leaves us empty of everything but our faith. In some of our hours of crisis and uncertainty we are left bereft of everything, it seems, except our faith. By faith, says the writer of Hebrews, we can face what must be faced. Together let us keep the faith. See you Sunday. David Girl Scout Book Collection Project August My name is Brandy Dunham and I am working on my Girl Scout gold award. For my award I have paired up with Walnut Hill Elementary, where I do tutoring on Monday mornings during the school year. I am collecting gently used or new children books to donate to the school library and for the school classrooms to have the opportunity to use. My goal is to collect 100 books. Brandy Dunham Collection box for books for Brandy s project will be outside the church office. Bring your books Sunday, August 25 or any time during the week, beginning August 23. The next issues of The Mosaic are scheduled for August 21 & September 4, The deadline for submissions will be 5:00 p.m. Tuesday prior to the date of publication.

2 Coming Events Sunday August 11 Twelfth Sunday after Pentecost 8:30 am Deacons Meeting Portable (childcare by reservation) 9:30 am Donuts, Coffee/Juice Family Hall 9:45 am Christian Education Christian Education Classrooms 9:45 am Adult Sabbatical Sunday School Class with Jaime Clark-Soles Family Hall 10:55 am Morning Worship Sanctuary 5:00 pm Intercessory Prayer Library Wednesday August 14 5:00 pm Publicity Committee Room 205 5:30 pm Youth Supper & Study Youth Center 5:30 pm Family Supper Beef Burritos, Rice, Chocolate Cake Family Hall 6:15 pm Wacky Wednesdays Children s Building 6:15 pm Midweek Service Being Church with David Matthews Family Hall 7:15 pm Adult Choir Rehearsal Sanctuary Thursday August :00 pm Lay Teaching Committee Training First United Methodist Church, Richardson, Texas Friday August 16 7:00 pm Leon Care Group Home of Paul Leon Saturday August 17 9:30 am Men of the Church Crossroads Diner, 8121 Walnut Hill Lane, Dallas, Texas Sunday August 18 Thirteenth Sunday after Pentecost 9:30 am Donuts, Coffee/Juice Family Hall 9:45 am Christian Education Christian Education Classrooms 9:45 am Adult Sabbatical Sunday School Class with Jaime Clark-Soles Family Hall 10:55 am Morning Worship Sanctuary 12:15 pm Program Council Portable (childcare by reservation) 5:00 pm Intercessory Prayer Library Wednesday August 21 Mosaic 5:30 pm Youth Supper & Study Youth Center 5:30 pm Family Supper - Baked Fish, Mixed Veggies, Salad, Biscuits, Strawberry Shortcake Family Hall 6:15 pm Wacky Wednesdays Children s Building 6:15 pm Midweek Service Being Church with David Matthews Family Hall 7:15 pm Adult Choir Rehearsal Sanctuary The deadline for the order of service, the Midweek, and the Mosaic is Tuesday, 5:00 p.m. prior to publication. Follow RLBC on Facebook & Twitter. Don t do Facebook? Follow RLBC at August Adult Sabbatical Sunday School Classes 9:45 am Family Hall August 11, 18 Jaime Clark-Soles Passages from John Rev. Dr. Jaime Clark-Soles serves as Associate Professor of New Testament at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University in Dallas. Her particular areas of expertise include The Johannine literature (the Gospel of John, 1, 2, and 3 John, and Revelation); evil, suffering, death, and afterlife; the Bible and disability; and the use of the Bible in moral debate. As an ordained American Baptist minister, Rev. Clark-Soles has served in both parish and hospice settings. When not pondering the bible and culture, she s at the gym playing racquetball and is sponsored by Ektelon, a division of Prince Sports. Her partner is Thad Clark-Soles and they have two children, Chloe and Caleb. August 25 Conway & Melanie Briscoe Passages from Genesis Conway, Melanie and daughter Rebekah, joined Royal Lane in May of Conway works for The Container Store, at their Home Office in Coppell, doing technical support. Following a 12 year career as an ordained minister (Alliance of Baptists), Melanie went to work for The Container Store. First in St. Louis, MO then Columbus, OH and now at the Home Office in Coppell, TX. She enjoys crafting, scrapbooking, knitting, movies, books, and baseball. They live in Rockwall, where Rebekah is entering the fourth grade. They also have two adult children. Theodore (23) lives in Pella, IA and Katie (21) a senior at DePaul University in Chicago.

3 DEACON INFORMATION Listed below is the active Board of Deacons. The dates show when they will rotate off the Board. No one shall be eligible for election to the Board unless such person has been a member of this Church for at least one (1) year prior to his or her election. Upon completion of a term on the Board, no one shall be eligible for re-election to the Board until the expiration of one (1) year, provided that this restriction shall not be applicable to any Deacon who has been elected to fill the unexpired term of another Deacon, and who has served less than one (1) year of such unexpired term. November 2013 November 2014 November 2015 Martha Box Linda Binder Babs Arnswald Jo Ferguson David Doom Joey Belgard Mike Gill Nancy Ferrell Gordon Brown Nate Green John Glass Ben Eakin Joe Hill Jeff Hammett Soccoro Gonzalez Kelley Keith Theresa Helms Mike Jones Tex Quesada Sue Northrup Melissa Orwig Dennis Turnbull Jane Stubblefield Rebecca Rempert Daryl Willey Homer Terry Blake Vickrey Brittany Wooten Melissa Walker-Luckett Cathy Webb Please use the spaces to suggest to the Member Resource Committee your recommendations for deacons. Deposit form in the collection plate or return to the office. Recommendations for Deacons The church will elect ten (10) Deacons in October to take office in November. Please consider carefully and prayerfully and make your suggestions. Nominations are due in the church office by noon on Friday, August 30, 2013.

4 Prayer Requests: Ryan Agee on the death of his great grandmother, Hazel Castle Kathleen Akin Joey Belgard Anna Lou Brown Phyllis Carlin on the death of her father, Chester Haynes Jo Ferguson Sally Hurder, mother of Mike Hurder Dot Johnson, daughter, Christina Courtney, and grandchildren, Jake & Chelsea Donna Ledgerwood Bettie Meachum on the death of her mother, Allie Ruth Moore Dorothy Miller Richard Orwig, father of Matt Orwig Bill Oz & Jean Osborne Lisa Powers, sister-in-law of Rebecca Rempert Maebelle Raiza, and her brother, Richard Terry Simmons Stan Spealman & Family, brother of Lyn Brown Emily Sweet, friend of Lyn & Gordon Brown Dan Thompson Cathy Webb s colleague, Kay Byron Willey, cousin of Daryl Willey Bob Womack and Robert Lee Womack III, son of Bob Womack Libby Wonder, friend of Susie Lienneweber Please continue to pray for: Mary Ann Baker, daughter-in-law of Betty Renfroe; Betty Beckman, mother of Paul Burnett; Lonnie Harris; Thomas Jarvis, brother of Martha Box; Lydia Kandol; Zelda Kuhns, aunt of Dorothy Tilden; Wanda Lee, mother of Cathy Webb; Annie Levy; Hector & Josefa Mederos; Bill Prickett; Corrie Stokes & Kerry Sheehan; Dorothy Tilden, Jordan Weilage and friends Marla Wells and Ron Remember the homebound: Dorothy Cantrell; Nadine Francis; LuDean King; Faye Laney; Bruce Lowe; Dorothy Miller; Norman Morris; Ruth Smith; Libba Studdard; Allyene Wilcox Empty Egg Shells Needed For Fall Festival Empty Egg shells with one thumb-sized hole needed. During the Mission Trip VBS carnival in Watonga, Oklahoma, we completely used up our supply of confetti eggs. In order to be ready for our own Fall Festival in October, we will need all bakers and scrambled egg eaters to save the rinsed, empty shells. Bring them singly or by the dozen to the children s building. The children will make the cascarones. See Cookie Stokes for instructions, if needed.

5 Deacons of the Week August 11 Kelley Keith [214] Sue Northrup [214] August 18 Jane Stubblefield [972] Homer Terry [972] Midweek Service 6:15 p.m. Wednesday August 14 & 21 in Family Hall Being Church David Matthews Scriptures of the Week August 11 Isaiah 1:1, Psalm 50:1-8, Hebrews 11:1-3, 8-16 Luke 12:32-40 August 18 Isaiah 5:1-7 Psalm 80:1-2, 8-19 Hebrews 11:29-12:2 Luke 12:49-56 Midweek Menu Wednesday, August 14 Beef Burritos, Rice, Chocolate Cake Wednesday, August 21 Baked Fish, Mixed Veggies, Salad, Biscuits, Strawberry Shortcake Don t do Facebook? See RLBC announcements at Join us for a Fellowship Meal at 5:30 pm. In the Box-Hawkins Gallery July 12 August 22, 2013 Pete Quaid Oils Gallery open by appointment 10-4, weekdays, 10-5 Wednesdays To change mail or preferences for The Mosaic, contact Barbara Merry, , ext. 10 or bmerry@royallane.org. Happy Birthday! August Ellen Miers... 7 Homer Terry... 8 Greg Brown... 9 Maebelle Raiza KiKi Scruggs Ryah Hill Humberto Valtierra Jackson Maddox Brandon Green Doug Washington... 20

6 The Mosaic is published bi-monthly. Royal Lane Baptist Church 6707 Royal Lane Office Hours: Dallas, TX Monday - Friday: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm Wednesday Midweek: 6:15 pm Office: [214] Sunday School: 9:45 am Fax: [214] Sunday Worship: 10:55 am Mary Fisher, Housekeeping Danny Wesley Ray, Organist Michael Hurder, Facilities Manager Janet Schultz, Administrative Assistant C. David Matthews, Senior Pastor Ray Vickrey, Pastor Emeritus Barbara Merry, Administrative Assistant Shelly Watts, Children s Minister Blake Miller, Minister to Youth Garey Wisdom, Pianist Harry Wooten, Minister of Music and Worship Royal Lane Baptist Church 6707 Royal Lane Dallas, Texas