The Kingdom Focus Waccamaw Baptist Association SUNBURN UNIT MINISTERS TO TOURISTS T he WBA Sunburn Unit was very active this summer at Surfside Beach. Martha Bullard, director for the unit, reports that it was open for 107 days, with only 5 days that the unit had to close because of weather. That s an increase of one week over 2014. Volunteers that served in the Sunburn Unit represented 7 churches. There were 22 volunteers this year, compared to 55 volunteers who served last year from the same number of churches. There were 3,743 people who visited the unit this summer, many more than visited last year. In 2014, the unit only had 2,031 visitors. That's an increase of over 1700 visitors with half the number of volunteers! This is a great opportunity SIMPLY THE STORY TRAINING CONFERENCE Full Workshop: Oct. 5-9, 2015 ($149) Monday-Friday 8:30 a.m. 5:30 p.m. Practitioner Workshop: Oct. 7-9, 2015 ($99) Wed 1:00 pm 5:30 pm Thursday-Friday 8:30 a.m. 5:30 p.m. for adults and students to serve missionally. Make plans now to contact Martha Bullard, Director of the Sunburn Unit and get on the schedule for next year. You can reach her at 843-995-1320 Palmetto Shores Church 6250 Dick Pond Road Myrtle Beach, SC 29588 Experiencing scripture through discussion; Inductive Bible Study Oral Style. Built on the foundation of storying, STS adds the dynamic of training storytellers to dig deeply into a Bible story and to discover spiritual truths for themselves. A brochure and registration forma are available from the WBA office. Sign up now!! Cost covers workshop, lunches, snacks, booklets, DVDs, CDs, STS handbook and more. Volume 32, Issue 10 October 2015 Important Dates: October 5-9 Simply the Story Conference and Training, Palmetto Shores Church October 12 ACPs are due in to the WBA office October 13 Leadership Track sessions meet October 16 Pastors Appreciation Dinner CCU, 6:30 p.m. October 19 Fall Quarterly Meeting at Socastee Baptist October 30 DOM Tommy Richardson's Birthday Inside this issue: WBA Opportunities 2 OCC Ministers Luncheon 2 Outreach Trailer 2 BCM Update 3 From the DOM 4 Church News 5 Alaska Mission Trip Report 5
Page 2 OPPORTUNITIES TO GET INVOLVED IN WBA FALL QUARTERLY MEETING Monday, October 19, 2015 Socastee Baptist Church 3690 Socastee Blvd. Myrtle Beach, SC 29588 Meal begins at 6:00 p.m. ($5.00 charge, payable at the door) Meeting begins at 7:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend, but only those who are voted on by their church are eligible to vote on business. A message will be brought by John Schafer, Pastor of Discover Church. 2016 budget will be voted on. 2015 Coastal Region Chaplain s Training Conference Thursday, October 22, 2015 8:30 a.m. 4:30 p.m. J. Reuben Long Detention Center 4150 J. Reuben Long Ave. Conway, SC 29526 Register by October 1 by emailing Rose Headley at headeyr@horrycounty.org or call 843-915-7975. The conference is free. Lunch is included. Direct any questions to Capt. Stan Strickland at stricks@horrycounty.org or call 843-915-7969. Hosted by the Horry County Sheriff s Department & the Horry County Police Department The Kingdom Focus TRANSITIONAL PASTOR TRAINING This is a training session for experienced pastors who are interested in becoming Transitional Pastors. The training will be held at the South Carolina Baptist Convention building in Columbia, SC. Cost: $100 - This includes training and meals (excluding breakfast). Lodging will be the responsibility of the participant. Date: October 19 - October 21, 2015 Time: Begins at 5:30 on Monday with dinner and will end on Wednesday at 4:00 To register go to: http://www.scbaptist.org/resources/news/ transitional-pastor-training/360/ Need the Outreach Trailer for an event at your church? Check the online calendar on our website. $100 per use and all supplies are provided except ice. Call the WBA to reserve now. OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD MINISTERS LUNCHEON P astors and Ministerial Staff are invited to an OCC Luncheon on Saturday, October 3 at North Conway Baptist Church fellowship Hall, beginning at 12:00 noon. The luncheon should conclude around 1:30-1:45 p.m. Bring a guest and join us for a simple lunch and to hear Rachel Chadalavada, a young woman from India who will share her full circle story about receiving a shoe box gift as a child. You will meet Keith Burney, OCC Regional Director for the Carolinas, and Autumn Hanline, Regional Manager for SC from the OCC Charlotte office. The OCC Area Team would like to express their thanks and appreciation to you for supporting the shoe box ministry last year, and encourage you to continue to participate to reach the millions of children around the world for Christ with the Gospel. Please RSVP quickly to Diane Hutto at diane@waccamawbaptist.org or 843-331-9321. You don t want to miss this!. If you cannot attend, please send a delegate from your church.
Volume 32, Issue 10 BAPTIST COLLEGIATE MINISTRY UPDATE We are over a month into the school year, and it has been quite a beginning to the year. Our weekly meeting, IGNITE, has started and we have seen old faces along with several new ones, and it has been an incredible time of studying the Word together and corporately singing in worship. We are still trying to build a solid base of students who we can begin training and equipping for the ministry of disciple making. Please continue to pray that we connect with students who share the vision of reaching the campus for Jesus. We have been active during the first several weeks as we have offered several events, participated in on campus recruiting efforts, and served the campus by giving away waters. We are making plans currently for our Fall Retreat, and if you would like to help support a student attend or even contribute to the cost of the retreat, please contact David. Last year, this retreat was vital to our ministry and the forming of gospel relationships and building community. Please pray that students see the value in this time and that they commit to participating in Fall Retreat. Thank you for your partnership in the Gospel and thank you for praying for ministry at CCU. We could have the impact we do with college students without your support and partnership, so thank you. Please continue to pray that God would open doors on the campus and that we would see salvations! Praying alongside you for college students, David Neacedavidneace@hotmail.com Page 3 COASTLINE WOMEN S CENTER UPDATE Greetings! What a busy and blessed quarter it has been! Our medical conversion is continuing to progress! God is answering our prayers and providing every need along the way! We will soon be renovating and preparing to meet the medical needs of our clients. This past week one of our client volunteers led a young woman to Christ! In addition we are leading eight women in our post abortion Bible study class. Abortion brings so much loss and pain but our God is a forgiving God and He is doing a great work already in the hearts of these women. It truly blesses me to watch lives transformed by God's grace and forgiveness. I remain in complete thankfulness to the Association for allowing this ministry a venue to grow and help others! Save the Date of March 3rd, we will be hosting our 2nd annual Spring to Life Gala! If you have any interest in volunteering or supporting Coastline in a more personal way please contact me. There is always much to do and few hands to do it. Please visit anytime during our operation hours! God Bless! Jeannie Smith Coastline Women's Center Founder/CEO LEADERSHIP TRACK The Leadership Track sessions are going very well. There are three different sessions: a morning session at FBC Surfside, a morning session at the association office and an evening session at the association office. A total of 36 pastors and church staff are enrolled. Each group will meet once a month for a year. NEXT LEADERSHIP TRACK SESSION is scheduled for Tuesday, October 13.
Page 4 FROM YOUR DOM ctober is an exciting O and busy month for most churches with fall festivities and homecoming celebrations, revivals and many other things going on that capture our time and attention. More importantly, it has also been designated as Pastor Appreciation month. Pastor Appreciation Month is a special time that congregations set aside each year to honor their pastors and pastoral families for the hard work, sacrificial dedication and multiple blessings provided by these special people. It is also important to remember that appreciation, affirmation and prayer support of our spiritual leaders is appropriate throughout the entire year. That s why God has instructed us to recognize His servants. WMU PRISONER PACKETS The Christmas Packet for Prisoners began in 1976. It is a joint project of the SCBC and SCWMU. Last year, you helped raise approximately 25,000 packets. Our goal is to give a packet to every adult and juvenile inmate in a state correctional institute. Many men, women and youth have no one who cares for them. They have no visitors, nor do they receive gifts at Christmas. You make Christmas special for them through this ministry. You provide hope and love. As a result, some have received the true Christmas gift. They have come to know Christ because you care. The packets are given to the inmates by the chaplains with the help of volunteers. If your church would like to be involved in distributing the packets, contact your chaplain. The Missions Mobilization Group SCBC has a list of chaplains. Please call 1-800-723-7242 if you have questions. The elders who direct the affairs of the church well are worthy of double honor, especially those whose work is preaching and teaching (1 Timothy 5:17). The nature of the service provided by pastors and their families is unique. God has entrusted to them one of the most precious of assignments the spiritual well-being of His flock. When a pastor becomes ineffective, the very souls of his or her parishioners are endangered. When eternity is in the balance, we should all be concerned. There are many ways you can show your pastor you appreciate him. Here are some ideas: * You could put a mailbox out in the foyer so that each member will have a 2015 Prisoner Packet Items Please place the following items into a one gallon Ziploc bag: One black non-retractable pen (no wire clip, no other ink colors allowed) One 5.8 oz. or larger toothpaste (no travel size) One adult individual factory-sealed toothbrush (no multipacks) One 4 to 6 oz. bar of soap (no travel size) One junior legal or no larger than 5½ x 8 writing tablet (no wire bound and no 9 x 12 tablets) Five first class stamp embossed #10 (long) envelopes (purchase at US Post Office) Two rolls of candy (Lifesaver, Mentos or Breath Savers type) All items must fit in the gallon size zipper bag with zipper closed securely. Annual Church Profiles T The Kingdom Focus chance to drop him a card or a small gift for the month of October (This is a very effective way to let your pastor know you appreciate him.) * You could have a special dinner to honor him and his wife * You could give him a monetary gift, gift card or gift certificate. * You could have a special service honoring him and his wife. There are a lot of churches in South Carolina that do not have a pastor, so if you have one, you are blessed. So please honor him this month in some way. Thank You, Tommy Richardson, Director of Missions he purpose of the Annual Church Profile (ACP) is to get an accurate picture of South Carolina Baptist Convention (SCBC) churches in all areas of church life. The ACP is not a standards test by which a church s value or importance is measured. It is simply an effort to gather accurate information about churches. The ACP enables your church to examine its progress of ministry & growth. Your church has an important role in reporting the history & growth of the South Carolina Baptist Convention. Until every church has reported, associational, state, & Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) records are incomplete. ACPs DUE TO WBA OFFICE BY OCTOBER 12, 2015
Volume 32, Issue 10 LIFE CHAIN MINISTRY OPPORTUNITY Stand with thousands of pro-life individuals throughout the USA and Canada in honor of millions of babies whose lives have been lost to abortion. Pray for people in crisis situations and for our nations. You'll be a light in a darkened world as you help put an end to abortion through prayer. WBA CHURCH NEWS BUCK CREEK BAPTIST will hold it s annual Homecoming on Sunday, October 11. Join us on this special day for Worship service at 11:00 a.m.. We have Dr. Jim Mezick as our guest speaker. After worship, join us for lunch. FAITH BAPTIST Will hold Revival services October 4-9 with speaker Mark Slomka. Sunday service will begin at 6:00 p.m. and Monday Friday services begin at 7:00 p.m. GOOD HOPE Good Hope Baptist Church will be celebrating Alaska Mission Trip Report Bring your whole family! Water, lawn chairs, umbrellas and strollers are welcome and encouraged! Rain or shine! (LIFE CHAIN is a peaceful and prayerful public witness of pro-life individuals standing and praying for our nation and for an end to abortion. It is a visual statement of solidarity by the Christian community that abortion kills HOMECOMING 2015 on Sunday, October 4, 2015 at 10:30am. The Sanctuary Choir, Good Hope Quartet, Ben Atkins and others will lift you to higher ground singing about the Lord Jesus Christ! Dr. Kirk Lawton will bring the message for the day. After the service there will be some of the best cooking from some of the best cooks you can find! Everyone is invited. LANGSTON presents Danny Akin with the God on Marriage and Family Retreat on Saturday, October 24 beginning at 8:30 a.m. with breakfast and ending at 1:00 p.m.. Cost is $30 per couple. Register online at langstonbaptist.com. Page 5 children and that the Church supports the sanctity of human life from the moment of conception until natural death.) Sunday, October 4, 2015 2:00 3:00 p.m. in front of Belk in Conway Call Langston at 843-365-5141 for more information. Also, a Golf Tournament at Hackler Course in Conway is being held to raise funds for their upcoming Honduras Mission trip. Captain s Choice, $60.00 per person. Contact Norman Abernathy @ 843-409-0900. SWEETWATER BRANCH Will celebrate Homecoming on Sunday, October 4th at 10:00 a.m. We will visit down memory lane. Special music will be provided by Mended Wings and guest preacher is Hobart Johnson. There will be dinner on the grounds following the service. Everyone is welcome to attend. In John 6, Jesus fed the 5,000; he only had 5 barley loaves and 2 small fish. It seemed to be a small amount but Jesus used it in a big way. In August of this year I took a team of 22 people to North Pole, Alaska. We had a 10,000 square foot roof to remove and replace. When we went there, the materials were not there nor was the dumpster there to throw the trash in. Also the church asked if we could paint the church while we were there. It looked like a task that would not get completed - but with God all things are possible. We were able to remove and replace the old roof and paint the entire church. God used a small group of people to do a great big job. While we were there one of our mission team members accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior. Since then the church has began to move forward to reach the community of North Pole. I want to take this time to think WBA for praying for and letting me go to Alaska this year, I also want to thank Juniper Bay Baptist church for their financial contribution to help this Mission trip become a success. Tommy Richardson, DOM
UPCOMING OPPORTUNITIES.. 1607 Ninth Avenue Conway, SC 29526 Phone: 843-248-9358 Fax: 843-248-3058 E-mail: contact@waccamawbaptist.org DOM Tommy Richardson Ministry Assistant Diane Hu o BCM Director David Neace Financial Specialist Nancy Neece Moderator Dale Singleton Treasurer Shirley Rizzolino We re on the web! www.waccamawbaptist.org OFFICE HOURS BAPTIST WOMEN WORLD DAY OF PRAYER - Monday, November 2 at Buck Creek Baptist Church. SCWMU WE RE HERE FOR YOU MISSION OUTREACH Saturday, November 7. SCBC ANNUAL MEETING November 10-11, 2015. First Baptist Church Spartanburg. Pastors Conference will be November 9. Go to http://www.scbaptist.org/about-scbc/scbc-annual-meeting/ SEASON OF PRAYER FOR INTERNATIONAL MISSIONS - November 29 December 6 PRISONER PACKETS DUE TO WBA - Wednesday, December 2. The goal for WBA this year is 800 packets. More information will be available soon for each of these opportunities. October is Pastor Appreciation Month. Do something special for your Pastor! M Th 8:30 4:00 Friday CLOSED Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field." Matthew 9:38