Women s 2010 Retreat A Centennial Event. Prayer Tides. The Impact of a Praying Life

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1 Volume XXXV, No. 30 The Banner July 27, 2010 Women s 2010 Retreat A Centennial Event Prayer Tides The Impact of a Praying Life Know that the Lord has set apart the godly for Himself. The Lord will hear when I call. Psalm 4:3 Led by Billie Cash August Cost: $12.50 one Day or $25.00 entire conference* Register this Sunday...in church library before Sunday School or in sanctuary vestibule before & after morning worship! *Meals & snacks included Abingdon Baptist Church 361 West Main Street Abingdon, Virginia 24210

2 AUGUST 1, :00am Worship Possessed by Possessions Luke 12:13-21 Hosea 11:1-11 7:00pm DownHome Worship at Ken & Sarah Johnson s 170 Par Place, Abingdon From Your Pastor... Dear Church Family, I love that passage from Matthew 6:25 and following where Jesus said something like (my translation), Everybody just needs to cool it with your worrying about everything. At least that s the way I think most of us in the 21 st century hear it. What he really said was, 25 "Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes? 26 Look at the birds of the air; they do not sow or reap or store away in barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they? (NIV) First century folk had a few things to worry about that most of us don t. Jesus words reveal that many struggled to do anything but fret about where their next meal would come from. When Jesus talks about eating, drinking, and being clothed, he meant it, literally. Abject poverty was a way of life for the vast majority of the inhabitants of Palestine. Now, If you didn t know for sure how I was going to provide the next meal for my family, that dilemma would occupy my every waking thought to the exclusion of all else. Yet, Jesus tells these folks to cool it with your worrying about everything. Even in their poverty and need of the most essential provisions for life, Jesus insisted that they put their energies into seeking first the Kingdom of God. Now, I could probably make a good case for how Jesus expectations were just a bit unreasonable, but where would that leave us? Few of us reading this article have to struggle with hunger or shelter or clothing yet we find other things about which to be anxious. It is almost as if our capacity for anxiety is limitless. No matter what we have or how many of our wants, needs, or desires have been met, we ll find that teeny tiny speck of the last thing in the world on which to affix our anxiousness. According to Jesus, we have some choice in the matter. The choice rests on each of us as to what or whom we shall worry. So why is it that with our most essential needs met in abundance we choose to worry about smaller and smaller matters? I can t even begin to speculate about that one, but I do know that the energy we expend on the worries of this world the less energy we will have to seek first the Kingdom of God and all God s righteousness. All things beside the Kingdom and righteousness of God are God s responsibility. Isn t it truly time to embrace the high calling of God to live the Kingdom of God to life instead of and in spite of all the things that would devour that which belongs to God? I can t wait to see you Sunday! Your Pastor, Steve

3 F.Y.I.... Deacon of the Month August Roger Garrett SUNDAY SCHOOL Attendance for July 25: 132 Greeters Upstairs entrance Jim Hughes Charles Grogan Downstairs entrance Louise Blevins Peggy Hughes Extended Session Workers August 1 Julia Childers & Carrie Baxter Ushers & Greeters 11:00am Co-Chairs: Larry Payne, Buddy Carrier, Mike Overstreet August Greeters: Carolyn Fuqua Mary Fraysier Janet Lambert Jim Fleenor Wayne Goodman Ushers: Jim Johnson Ray Minor Jerry Culberson Sam Christian Sheila Willis Diana Johnson August Worship Technicians: Morning Evening Chuck Callahan Norman Klose & Bill Klose Van Drivers Sunday Morning & Evening August Sam Christian (H), (C) Wednesday Evenings Bo Henderson Kathleen Bobinski Financial Update July 25, 2010 Budget Funds Weekly Requirement $8, Received Today $4, Year-to-date Budget $261, Year-to-date Receipts $224, Building Fund To-date $86, FRIDAY July 30 9:00am Funtastic Fridays meet at the church to go to Sugar Hollow Bring bag lunch, drinks furnished clothes that you can get dirty & wet! 10:00am Stone Soup Food Pantry Team 3 ministering at Faith In Action SUNDAY AUGUST 1 9:45am Sunday School 11:00am Worship 5:00pm New Member Orientation in CR 7:00pm DownHome Worship with Ken & Sarah Johnson MONDAY AUGUST 2 8:00am Counting Committee 10:00am Hearts of Gold TUESDAY AUGUST 3 10:00am Linda Rice Circle in library 10:30am Staff Meeting 1:30pm Shalom Circle in library 2:00pm Brenda Hallock with Carol Clifton 7:30pm Friends of Audrey in FH working on Pencil Project WEDNESDAY AUGUST 4 6:00pm Worship 6:00pm BibleTime 7:00pm Sanctuary Choir FRIDAY AUGUST 6 9:00am Funtastic Fridays Meet at church to go to Hands On Museum Lunch at CiCi s Pizza in Johnson City Vote Results... The motion to purchase a new copy machine/printer, and other duplicating equipment & supplies passed by 87 to 7. The motion for Judy Osborne to go to a part-time position was approved by a vote of 89 to 3. Centennial Directories Several families have not picked up their new church directory. If you had your photo made there is a copy waiting for you, free of charge. Just stop by the church office.

4 Prayer List: July 27, In the Hospital: Bristol Regional Medical Center: Marie Sexton (John Berry s cousin) Roanoke Hospital Jimmy Hughes (Jim & Peg Hughes son) Recuperating: Curtis HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital Betty Jo Carrier, Millie Willis, Dlisa Mullins, Rita Moore, Mike Snead, Andrew Bailey, David Kampenga, Peggy Lord Treatments Continuing/Pending: William Austin, Ainsley Berry, Andrea Birchfield, Hope Blevins, Louise Blevins, Lucille Bradbury, Cathy Candler, Joe Chandler, Roger Clifton, Connie Counts, George Culberson, Horace Deans, Margaret Deans, Ted Dingler, Bob Dorton, Frances Dover, Eddie Dunn, Beverly Eason, Elizabeth Eskew, Kay Everage, Sally Farris, Linda Fields, Carolyn Fuqua, Brad Gobble, Dorothy Goodman, Tom Goodman, Shirley Greene, Allen Griffith, Esther Grossman, Daniel Harper, Jake Hill, Mary Hunicutt, Bobby Jones, Paul Jones, Margaret Jordan, Ruth Keith, Janet Lambert, Dolores Lampson, Mae Ledford, Faye Ledwell, Harold Lester, Gene Lilly, Peggy Lord, Lois Maiden, Emory and Eden McHugh, Jimmy Mitchell, Roman Moore, Ann Mowell, Charlene Mulder, Judy Myers, Alana Neal, Jerry Peters, Ronda Phillips, V.T. Rector, Frances Roberts, Margaret Roe, Don Salyers, George Shaffer, Ben Sharp, Charles Smith, Virginia Smith, Irby Snead, Audrey South, Ellen Sproles, Marsha Terry, Gladys Ward, Dot Wright, Dorothy Wright, Joyce Wright Homebound of the Week Nettie Logan Greendale Home, Rich Valley Rd.., Abingdon, VA Phone: 276/ Independent Living/Retirement/Assisted Care & Rehab Facilities: Lydia Collins, Margaret Frayser, Gladys Greer, Helen Harris, Betty Henderson, Nettie Logan, Charlene Mulder, Ruth Noe, Howard Smith, Willie Smith Homebound: Katherine Glover, Lola Hutton, Naomi Johnson, Mae Ledford, Jeanette Millsap, Maxie Ray, Jim Repass, June & Leander Roberts, Virginia Saunders, Sloan Southerlin, Coma Tiller, Jake Turner, Elbert Umberger Sympathy Our expressions of Christian love and sympathy are extended to Ernie Sutherland and family in the death of his wife, Barbara, on July 21, Thank You... The Friends of Audrey Circle thank you for your contributions to school supplies (supplies and cash donations) that we were able to take to RAM on Friday, July 23. As you ve probably read in the newspaper, there were people lining up on Thursday for tickets to get in on Friday for medical care. Many of those folks also needed school supplies. While we had a lot, they were handed out in just over an hour. Wei will now focus on our local Pencil Project. If you have additional supplies or wish to make a donation, please do so by Sunday, August 1. Again, thanks so much, we appreciate your support in these mission projects. Happy Birthday... Monday, August 2 John Berry Melissa Hogston Tuesday, August 3 Bill Sorensen Wednesday, August 4 Darin Ely Rokger Garrett Friday, August 6 Wanda Fisher Saturday, August 7 Bonnie McCracken Sunday, August 8 Dewey Fulton Sabrina Gabriel

5 Mark Your Calendar... Blessing of the Backpacks Sunday, August 15 Watch for details in future Banners! Time to Register for... Women s Get-Away Welcome New Members... November 6-7 Featuring: Vonda Shelton with Keith Tan, Worship Leader We really need to know of your interest in attending by this Sunday, August 1, in order for reservations to be made to request the desired accommodations!!! Sign up Sunday to ride the coach to Eagle Eyrie! Jim & Pat Phillips 343 Winterham Dr. Abingdon, VA Verna Kity Kirk 815 Merion Circle Abingdon, VA All About Seniors... Much thanks to all the folks who were so helpful in getting the annual Senior Adult picnic together. Many helped get everything ready for the day, many helped clean up when the party was over, 40 or more came bringing food in a spirit of great fun and fellowship. Don and Opal Salyers spent quite a bit of time and energy making a large crockpot of chili. Linda Belisle sent a large container of coleslaw. Charles Grogan and Harold Dunaway were in charge of cooking to perfection the delicious wieners. It was good to have Virginia Smith with us again and also, several visitors. Many of you were with us in our thoughts as we had a period of prayer requests and prayer. We will soon be required to make our first deposit to Springmaid. Please make your check of $100 each to Abingdon Baptist Church. It may be put in regular offering plate if you have marked it clearly for the Beach Trip. The total cost this year will be $250. This will cover transportation, three nights lodging, bountiful Springmaid breakfast each morning, two shows, and one seafood buffet dinner. The only extra expense will be lunch each day and the evening meal on Monday. wanda

6 Thank you Preschool Department for the food donated during July. The Senior Adult Ministry is being challenged to being items for the month of August for the Stone Soup Food Pantry. So, help by bringing at least one can of food each time you come to church. Collection baskets are at each entrance. Ministers Entire Congregation Pastor ext. 23 Dr. Steven Pollard Minister of Music and Worship ext. 24 Rev. Parke Deans Church Organist Mr. Edward Eller Church Pianist Mrs. Rose Payne Church Secretary ext. 21 Ms. Judy Osborne Summer Minister to Students ext. 30 Mr. Kyle Pollard A church with a world mission and a world program in association with the Lebanon Baptist Association, Baptist General Association of Virginia, Southern Baptist Convention, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, and Baptist World Alliance. Church office hours: Monday - Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm Phone: 276/ PRAYER LINE: extension 42, FAX: 276/ WEB Site: