AUGUST *This is the start time for Sanctuary Choir in the month of August only. September 7th will go back to 7:30 PM

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1 AUGUST 2016 Wednesday Evening Activities Resume Wednesday, August 5:00 PM The schedule will be as follows: 5:00 PM Wednesday Nigh Family Meal 6:00 PM Children's Wednesday Night Live (PS-Grade 5) 4:12 StudentMINISTRY (6th - 12th Grades) Adult Bible Study/Prayer Meeting 7:00 PM* Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal *This is the start time for Sanctuary Choir in the month of August only. September 7th will go back to 7:30 PM Children's Music Camp Concert Friday, July 7:00 PM Join us as our Children's Music Day Campers perform the musical The Kingdom Connection. There will be many families visiting our church. Come give them a warm welcome and enjoy the kids. Ice Cream Fellowship by Deacons - July 29th following the Children's Music Camp musical for all families and participants. Come join the fellowship! Fall Wednesday Evening Activities Resume Wednesday, September 5:00 PM From the Pastor's Desk Christian character is produced by the Holy Spirit indwelling in us, not by any kind of self effort. What is natural to the sin nature we have living in the flesh is: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousy, wrath, factions, seditious heresies, envyings, murders, drunkenness, revelings, and things like these. They who do such things shall not inherit the Kingdom of God (the lack of blessings or rewards). But the present activity of the Spirit (fruit) is love, joy peace, patience, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and selfcontrol Galatians 5: If you sit through one broadcast of the evening news, you may be like me and hope for at least just a few minutes of relief by the work of God s Spirit in the lives of people. A visitor to a hospital saw workmen hauling materials for a new building. Among them was a man with a wheelbarrow, but turned upside down. When the visitor asked him why he had it upside down, he replied: If I had it turned up, they would fill it. One of the causes of emotional instability accompanying neurosis is refusing responsibility. One loses all sense of mastery or the inward working of control. In Scripture there are many lists and among them the list of the fruits of the spirit we ve mentioned above. Often a list ends with a retrospective word or phrase. Such is the list of Galatians 5. Self-control is the last in this list. It covers everything above it. The lack of self-control leaves the door wide open to living in the flesh. Allowing the Holy Spirit of God to empower our lives builds the characteristics of God into the framework of our very existence those traits that bring much needed relief in a world of flesh living. The absence of the Holy Spirit is very noticeable, even more so in the lives of those who call themselves Christians. Bro. Bobby

2 Important Dates for the Music Ministry Children's Music Day Camp Please pray for our camp as we impact the children of our community with this ministry. Please join us for the musical presentation on Friday, July 7:00 PM. MRBC Sanctuary Choir and Orchestra Resume Sanctuary Choir will resume rehearsals on Wednesday, August 3rd, at 7:00 P.M. This would be a great time to join us, as we start on a new year to prepare for all the events of MRBC Orchestra will resume rehearsals on Tuesday, August 2nd, at 7:00 P.M. You're welcome to join us if you have played your instrument at least two years. It doesn't matter how long it's been. Fall in with the Music Ministry in Sanctuary Choir, Orchestra and Children's Choirs will resume for the Fall beginning on Tuesday, September 6th, with the MRBC Orchestra 7 P.M. On Wednesday, September 7th, our Children's Choirs will 6:45 P.M. and the Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal time will be moved to 7:30 P.M. Please come join us!! Questions? Call, Text or Bro x17, or lee@mayfieldroad.org

3 FAMILY MINISTRIES PRESCHOOL/CHILDREN PROMOTION SUNDAY is Sunday, August 21 during the last 15 minutes of Sunday School (10:15 am). MISSIONS COLLECTING SCHOOL SUPPLIES Through Mission Arlington, we can help make a difference in the lives of students by providing the following items: notebook paper (wide ruled), 3-prong pocket folders (red, green, yellow, blue only), #2 pencils, glue (4 oz. or sticks), crayons, rulers/protractors, manila paper, construction paper (9x 12 & 12x18 assorted & 9x12 white), back packs, spiral notebooks (70 count), composition notebooks (Black Marble 100 count), pink erasers, color (map) pencils, washable markers, scissors (blunt & sharp point), black pens red pens, zipper pencil bags. You may bring your donated items and place them in the designated boxes located throughout the church through Sunday, August 14. Thank you! KIDS HOPE USA offers churches and schools a proven, award-winning model to meet the emotional, social and academic needs of children. KHUSA programs create one-onone mentoring relationships between adult church members, willing to give a little time and a lot of love, and at-risk elementary schoolchildren in their community who desperately need loving, caring adults in their lives. Utilizing the existing structures of churches and elementary schools as the framework for these programs, KIDS HOPE USA creates successful, sustainable and life-changing church-school partnerships. In this One Child, One Hour, One Church, One School model, each participating church partners with a single school, and each KHUSA churchsponsored mentor spends one hour each week with their oneand-only child at the school. Want to make a difference in the life of a child... a school... our community? Mentors, Prayer Partners, Prayer Coordinator, Communications Coordinator, Celebration Coordinator, and Support Coordinator are a few of the volunteers needed. Training for mentors and other volunteers will be provided. If you would be willing to volunteer in this ministry, please contact the Church Office at

4 Fall Retreat 2016 November 4-6 Cost: $65/person Riverbend Retreat Center Glen Rose, TX Students Lead in Worship Our Student Band will be leading in worship on Sunday, August 28th. Please pray for these worship leaders as we prepare. We have a very talented group of students, and we want to help them learn as we lead in worship. Fall Student Ministry Our Student Ministry will officially begin on Wednesday, August 24, as we welcome the new 7th graders all the way up to Seniors. Please pray as preparations are made to impact our Students in the school year. Each 6:30 The Youth House Invite your friends to be a part of this fun!

5 Summer Wednesday Evening Activities Resume Wednesday, August 5:00 PM The schedule will be as follows: 5:00 PM Wednesday Nigh Family Meal 6:00 PM August Sizzlin' Wednesdays (PS-Grade 5) 4:12 StudentMINISTRY (6th - 12th Grades) Adult Bible Study/Prayer Meeting 7:00 PM* Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal *This is the start time for Sanctuary Choir in the month of August only. September 7th will go back to 7:30 PM Sundays 9:30 A.M. Bible Study for All Ages 10:45 A.M. Morning Worship Service Tuesdays 7:00 P.M. Orchestra Rehearsal (resumes on August 2) Wednesdays 5:00 P.M. Wednesday Family Meal (resumes on August 3) 6:00 P.M. Adult Bible Study (resumes on August 3) 4:12 StudentMINISTRY (6th-12th grds) 7:00 P.M. Sanctuary Choir Rehearsal (resumes on August 3) Weekly Opportunities of Worship and Service Please join us for all of these weekly summer events. For more information on any of events, please call or go online to the church website: mayfieldroad.org NEW Addresses for Church Staff Bobby Bridges: bobby@mayfieldroad.org Lee Deeds: lee@mayfieldroad.org Doug McPherson: doug@mayfieldroad.org Clint Willett: clint@mayfieldroad.org Kelly Wencl: secretary@mayfieldroad.org