JULY 2018
Dr. James Carroll | Senior Pastor
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In September 1998, my wife Mikila hydroplaned on Interstate and continued down an embankment. Thankfully, she was not injured, but that incident impacted our lives in a profound way. As she walked along the roadway around 5 AM trying just before a State Trooper arrived on the scene. We had only been married about 9 months and I had much to learn about my responsibility as a husband, but even I knew I had to do something. The image of her on the side of the road needing assistance I’m buying a cell phone. Like most newly married couples, the budget was tight with little room for luxuries. (And yes, some of us can remember when a cell phone wasn’t considered a necessity.) But I determined that day that, as far as I could help it, she would never be in that situation again. For the past 20 years, we’ve lived with a contractual agreement with one of the major cell phone copies. Sure, our data plans and smartphones are not a necessity, but I don’t foresee a scenario where we’ll forfeit the ability to make an emergency phone call. A cell phone contract is a part of our lives. It’s a commitment we made because of a crisis situation and we continue to make for a host of reasons. It has cost us thousands of dollars over the years, and we willingly pay the price. Commitment is scary for some and casual for others. Some avoid it all costs while others make it easily but rarely followthrough. No matter how we approach it, commitment is an important part of life. From contractual agreements to verbal promises, we pledge ourselves in numerous ways each week.
commitment in our lives: church membership. While misunderstood by many in our culture and not equivalent to a contractual agreement, church membership is an important biblical concept. A local church is a covenanted community of believers and membership in a church is a serious two-way commitment between the individual and the community. For several years now, we have pursued greater health by emphasizing nine distinguishing characteristics of a healthy church. Some of these, like expository preaching and biblical church leadership, have been at the forefront, while others have received less attention. Over the next several months, your elders will lead in bringing one of these lesser-emphasized marks – church membership – into focus. As we do, I pray God will use the teaching and discussion to grow us individually and build us up as a congregation. This conversation will be brand new for some, a complete As always, the goal is to grow in unity as we increase in biblical understanding. To prepare you for what’s coming, I want to point you to a few resources. You may have seen the link in last month’s hour or so in reading those articles. In addition, I recommend a small book entitled Church Membership by Jonathan Leeman. You can purchase it at the usual places online or we have secured a few copies for the reduced price of $6. These are
Church Membership: How the World Knows Who Represents Jesus (9Marks: Building Healthy Churches) Hardcover – April 30, 2012 Why should you join a church? Becoming a member of a church is an important, and often neglected, part of the Christian life. Yet the trend these days is one of shunning the practice of organized religion and showing a distaste or fear of commitment, especially of institutions. Jonathan Leeman addresses these issues with a straightforward explanation of what church membership is and why it’s important. Giving the local church its proper due, Leeman has built a compelling case for committing to the local body.
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1-6
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HAITI MISSION TRIP CORELUV
QUITO, ECUADOR MISSION TRIP
7-15
We have a group that will be going to Haiti to serve at the CoreLuv orphanage July 1- 6 doing various ministry projects. Please remember this group in prayer.
Our Student Ministry is taking a group to Quito, Ecuador to support and work closely with IMB Missionary, Ron Sutton. Please remember this group in prayer.
PRAY FOR OUR PARTNERS
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JULY
11-15
Prayer for our missions partners is valued and to encourage you, we partner to pray for each day on the calendar below.
Sunday
1
Scarlet Hope
UPCOMING EVENTS - JULY
2
Monday 20 Schemes
3
Tuesday
Lakes Community Church, NC
Wednesday
4
Petra Churches Nicaragua
5
Thursday
6
Chris & Lori Hart
Friday
Crossing Church
7
Saturday Barren Heights Retreat Center
Middle School Madness
North American Mission Board
9
M. Haydon
10
Gideon’s International
11
KidZone Fun Day
Ecuador leaves
Sunrise Children’s Service Student Ministry Game Night
12
New Life Center Michigan Returns Ecuador Returns
22
Bread For Life
16
Practical Shepherding Middle School - Kart Kountry Student Ministry Boys Basketball
23
High School - Kart Kountry
Baptist Global Response
The Church of 17 Delmas 18 32, Haiti
Student Ministry Boys Basketball
Student Ministry Girls Volleyball
Crossings Camp Returns
29
Scarlet Hope
30
20 Schemes
25
31
Student Ministry Boys Basketball
July 20-23
Lakes Community Church, NC
Student Ministry Girls Volleyball
14
Leon & Lynn Muir
Michigan Mission Trip July 11-15
19
Bluegrass Christian Ron Sutton, IMB Academy Ecuador Parkway Cookout KidZone Fun Day Middle School Madness Student Ministry Student Ministry Ultimate Frisbee Girls Volleyball Wisconsin Mission Trip, July 15-21 Redemption Churh Ky Baptist Coreluv Missoula, MT Convention
24
IMB
Preschool Playdate
International Mission Trip Quito, Ecuador, July 7-15
15
13
Samaritan’s Purse
26
20
D & K Wilson
21
Hispanic Ministry
Crossings Camp July 20-23
27
Bardstown Mission Trip July 25-27
We have a group from Parkway going to Monroe, MI to serve with the Aaron Family and Outpost Community Church. Please remember this group in prayer.
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Haiti Mission Trip July 1-6
8
MICHIGAN MISSION TRIP
Jason & Amanda Aaron
28
Bethany Haven
15-21 WISCONSIN MISSION TRIP We have a group from Parkway going to Waukesha, WI to serve at Ethnos 360 with the Hart Family on various ministry projects there. Please remember this group in prayer.
JULY PRAYER GUIDE Camp Report - August 1
And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people....Ephesians 6:18
PRAYER REQUESTS Stanley Shambaugh LuDell Moran Frieda Borders Denise Hicks Charles Stiles Randy Robinette Mike Davis Norma Whittington Barbie Keen David Whitney Ed Rogers Lance Boston Alexia Lange AJ Livers Ted Daniels
Like Paul encourages the Ephesian church, we are to be faithful in our prayers for our church family. If you would like to be included in August’s Prayer Guide, please email
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For students, a week at camp is exciting, fun, loud, and sometimes even messy. But those things don’t bring about life-change on their own.
MISSIONARIES SERVING AND/OR IN TRAINING
Every moment spent at FUGE is intentional. Camp programming is designed to take students out of their normal routine and place them into an environment that is focused on life-change through relationship with Christ.
Jason and Amanda Aaron (Michigan) Chris and Lori Hart (Wisconsin) M. Haydon (Asia) Leon and Lynn Muir (New Zealand)
Crossings, CentriKid and CentriFuge work to integrate the Gospel into every activity/game that is played. In addition Bible Study is mixed with ‘track’ times. Track clude with a time focused on presenting the Gospel.
MILITARY LIST
Want to see a recap of all the camps?
Join us for Camp Night on August 1 in the sanctuary.
Ryan Campoamor Daniel Carey Logan Crady Scott Hunt Clayton Richardson Dakota Snook
CONDOLENCES Jon Snow and family on the loss of grandmother. Ruella King and family on the loss of her sister, Geneva Reddicks. Pamela Sublett and her family on the loss of her brother, Kent.
FOR THE RECORD SUNDAY SCHOOL 05/27 06/03 06/10 06/17
353 394 373 371
WORSHIP ATTENDANCE 05/27 06/03 06/10 06/17
348 407 409 328
05/27
General Fund $ 11,305.61 Other $ 1,377.00 Total $ 12,682.61
06/03
General Fund $ 21,184.23 Other $ 2,102.85 Total $ 23,287.08
06/10
General Fund $ 20,931.50 Other $ 1,815.56 Total $ 22,747.06
06/17
General Fund $ 16,739.20 Other $ 13,298.67 Total $ 30,037.87
YTD Budget $ 461,383.26 YTD Expenses $447,930.78 Weekly Required $ 20,412.90
. Summer . Days .. .. ..
fellowship | obedience | service | missions
Middle School Madness
July 5 July 19
Student Ministry Fun
July 9, 16, 23, 30 | Boys Basketball July 11, 18 & Aug 1 | Ultimate Frisbee July 17, 31 | Girls Volleyball
KidZone Fun Days
July 10 July 17
All students who have completed 6th - 8th grade are invited to attend.
All students who have completed 1st - 6th grade are invited to attend.
NEW MEMBERS - JUNE 2018
Nate Moore Profession
MEET OUR STAFF James Carroll // Senior Pastor
[email protected] Matt Flanagan // Pastor of Discipleship
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Lee Ann Vincent // Ministry Associate Member Connection
[email protected] Ed Hardin // Pastoral Associate
[email protected] Marshall Adkins // Pastoral Resident
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