Colonial Ave. Baptist Church 4165 Colonial Ave.

Roanoke, VA 24018-4097

Dr. Quentin Madden

Pastor

Rev. Melissa Scott

Associate Pastor

Jan Bryant

Director of Music Ministries

Bill Lininger

Church Musician

Karen Viele

Church Administrator

Upcoming Events

Sun., Sept. 1 Youth: No evening activities Sun., Sept. 8 12:00 pm Youth: Family hike at the Cascades Wed., Sept. 11 6:00 pm Night of Committees Meeting Thurs., Sept.12 5:45 pm Missions: Leading Children's Chapel at the Rescue Mission Sat., Sept. 14 9:00 am Car wash fundraiser at CABC Sun., Sept. 15 6:00 pm Youth: Dinner & Discipleship Sun., Sept. 22 6:00 pm Youth: Dinner & Discipleship Thurs., Sept. 26 5:45 pm Missions: Leading Children's Chapel at the Rescue Mission Sat., Sept. 28 8:00 am RVBA Valley Impact Day Sun., Sept. 29 6:00 pm Youth: Dinner & Discipleship

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COMMUNITY OF FAITH

STRIVING TO

KNOW CHRIST

PERSONALLY

GROW

WITH CHRIST INTIMATELY

SHOW

CHRIST PASSIONATELY

4165 Colonial Ave. SW Roanoke, VA 24018

Phone: (540) 774-2084 office@cabc.us www.cabc.us

Colonial Avenue

Baptist Church

Our Mission

Making disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the

world

Our Vision

To Know Christ personally, Grow with Christ intimately, and Show Christ passionately

SEPTEMBER 2019

"Hearing and Seeing" Mark 10:46-52

Parker Palmer tells the story about a medieval Irish monk who died and was buried, according to their custom, in the monastery wall. One day the monks heard noises from within the wall and removed the stones to find their brother alive and well. He began to tell them what he had learned on his journey beyond. But everything he said was contrary to what they had always believed. So the brothers put him back in the wall and sealed the crypt forever. That’s what the world does to us, makes us prefer the lies we’ve been told to the truth Jesus offers. Why, the principalities and powers will even take their prevailing materialistic, consumeristic, individualistic, violent worldview and promote it as the Christian view in the supreme example of taking God’s name in vain! Anything to keep from seeing the world the way God sees it. Anything to keep from seeing the suffering it has caused or at least could prevent. Anything to keep the blinders on as you plod the pathway that leads straight to hell. The world speaks illusions, gives them false names, then punishes anyone who dares to say the emperor has no clothes. They call violence "entertainment." They call selfishness "fiscal responsibility." They call sex "love." They call testing "education." They call manipulation "advertising." They call exploitation "business." They call death "life." It’s all smoke and mirrors. So, caveat emptor. Let the buyer beware! Jesus tells us the difference between the truth and the lie. Do we want to see it? In The Divine Comedy Dante is asked several times in his journey through the realms of the dead what he is doing there since he is still alive. As he reaches the end of Purgatory and nears the gates of Paradise he is asked one more time, and finally answers, "I am traveling up through here in order to be blind no longer." I suppose you have to see death in order to understand life, to choose what nourishes the soul over what stirs the mind or stimulates the body. Seeing as God sees is not so hard, but it takes the courage to be different. Jesus speaks to blind Bartimaeus and Mark tells us, "Immediately he regained his sight and followed Jesus on the way." Seeing is salvation. But what I am trying to say today is that even before seeing is salvation, hearing is seeing. When Jesus calls for Bartimaeus, Bartimaeus leaps to his feet and comes to Jesus. He cannot see Jesus, but he can follow the sound of his voice. Jesus asks Bartimaeus, "What do you want me to do for you?" and Bartimaeus prays, "My teacher, let me see again." Right answer! That should be our prayer, too: "Lord, have mercy on us! Open our deaf ears to your teaching and open our blind eyes to your truth. Show us your glory and we will be comforted by your hope. Show us your sorrow and we will be merciful to those who suffer. Show us your way, and we will follow it in the world, even if it makes us different, because only when we hear will we see, and only when we see will we follow you into life everlasting." Dr. Quentin Madden

Total Budget Income through July $ 116,905.70

**Monthly amount needed to meet monthly expenses: $ 18,070.00

July Financial Breakdown:

July Giving (Budget): $ 19,452.88 Colonial Pres. Payment (Budget): $ 2,500.00 Amazon/Kroger Rewards (Budget): $ 295.70 Spare Change Collection (Budget): $ 144.72 Children’s Ministry $ Missions: $ Youth: $

2019 Envelope & Online Giving:

Jan. Budget: $ 13,254.99 Feb. Budget: $ 17,725.77 March Budget: $ 12,264.38 April Budget: $ 16,544.21 May Budget: $ 11,642.98 June Budget: $ 17,518.81 July Budget: $ 19,452.88 Aug. Budget: $ Sept. Budget: $ Oct. Budget: $ Nov. Budget: $ Dec. Budget: $

Finances for 2019

Our Church

Bob Crawford’s brother-in-law, James Long

Joe Dudley’s nephew, Johnny, who has lung cancer

Betty Heptinstall’s 12 year old nephew, Adam, in his recovery

Debbie Agee’s nephew, Patrick Shaw, for aggressive chemo to treat a tumor in his lung & complications from previous radiation

Paula Dull’s cousin, Randy Feazell, for surgery for a brain tumor

Joyce Short’s Uncle, Ed Williams, for cancer and pneumonia

Gerri Mills’ brother, Bill Wallace, who is recovering at home

Gerri Mills’ and family, in the passing of her brother, Walter

Jimmy Carter’s cousin, Clyde Fuller, as he passed away at 94

Sandra Britt, for her health issues & awaiting test results

Sandra Britt’s sister, Brenda Craig, for stroke, loss of vision, & pacemaker

Mike & Debbie Agee’s friend, Marian Wright, in her recovery from back surgery

AG Melson & family in the passing of his brother-in-law, Johnny Doyle

Prayer Concerns

Remember our homebound and those in nursing homes

Betty Brown Madaline Brown (Pheasant Ridge) Lois Burge Jane Byrum (The “Oaks”) Carol Camp Becky Erdmann Freda Guill Dody Matze

Christine Martin (Burkeville, VA) Yvonne Metz Nadine Minnix Shirley Moore (Brandon Oaks) Betty Obenchain Louise Parris Evelyn Ragland (Elm Park) Ruby Whitehead (The Glebe)

Know, Grow, and Show July

7th 14th 21th 28th

Sunday School 49 36 46 38 Worship 70 80 65 70 Bible Study 15 10 10 14

Happy Birthday CABC Family!

Bill Parker September 2 Angela Bridgers September 3 Natalie McMahon September 3 Betty Payne September 3 Danny Counts September 3 Allison Trent September 6 Madaline Brown September 8 Barbara Tinnell September 9 Annamary Emick September 12 Martha Crockett September 14 Patti Abbott September 14 Mia Viele September 16 Jessica Dean September 18 Cason Krawchison September 17 Ashley Krawchison September 27 Brad Dillon September 30

August Sunday School Studies

Class Teacher Current Study

Faithkeepers Ric Scott “James: The Word of Life”

Friendship Joyce Short “Book of Romans”

Sunshine Jean Grady/ “Simplicity: Finding Katie Wood Contentment in a Busy Life” Men Mike Agee “Simplicity: Finding Contentment in a Busy Life” New Beginnings Tim Emick/ “James: The Word of Life” Bob Crawford

Pastor’s Quentin Madden “Worship” Youth Melissa/Tracy “The Lord’s Prayer”

Grades 1st-5th Nancy Burgess “Stories of Jesus”

September Birthdays

Opportunities For Growth

Join us Sunday mornings for one of our many Sunday School Classes. Choose one that suits your needs. Classes are listed on an adjacent page under the heading: Current Sunday School Studies. Hope to see you there!

Join us for our summer Bible Study: “Study of Revelation” Monday mornings at 10:30 am & Wednesday evenings at 6:30 pm.

Called Business Meeting

We will have a quick “Called Business” meeting next Sunday, Sept. 7th, following worship to approve a change to the approved 2019-2020 Committees & to vote on our Deacons for the coming year.

s friend, Marian Wright, in her recovery from

Our regular Sunday evening dinner and discipleship time resumes on September 15. Please note that we will be meeting from 6-8 pm, a change from last year. Join us as we continue to study Brian McLaren’s We Make the Road by Walking. This fall, we will be walking through the Gospels together. We still have some openings to provide dinner for our youth at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday evenings during our dinner and discipleship time. If you can provide a meal for our youth this fall, sign up at bit.ly/PBJYouthdinner or see Pastor Melissa.

Family Hike: On Sunday, September 8, we will leave from the parking lot of Colonial Presbyterian Church at noon for a hike at the Cascades. Families are welcome to join us. Bring a water bottle and a picnic lunch.

Youth

Missions

Children’s Chapel at the Rescue Mission: We have returned to our monthly schedule of leading children’s chapel on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month. Please join us September 12th & 26th. We meet at Colonial Avenue Baptist at 5:45 pm to carpool. Let Pastor Melissa know if you have any questions.

Keystone Ministry Schedule For 2019–2020

The following schedule is in effect for the 2019-2020 school year: Monthly 1st week: Faithkeepers 3rd week: Nancy Burgess 2nd week: New Beginning 4th week: Friendship Class

**(the 5th week of any month is covered by another church) Thank you so much to our Sunday School Classes for their service!

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Night of Committees Meeting

Valley Impact Day: Join us on September 28th as we participate in Valley Impact Day. We will meet at 8:00 am at Rosalind Hills Baptist Church and then disperse to do several local mission projects (including some that can be done sitting down). We will meet back at Rosalind Hills to share stories about the day around the lunch table.

Car Wash Fundraiser!

Join us September 14th (rain date: Sept. 21st) for a Car Wash Fundraising event for our church! We will be washing cars and selling baked good & lemonade. If you would like to help at this event or help with baking items for it, please contact Tamra Sloan at (540) 819-0626. We hope you will come out and get your car washed and enjoy some yummy goodies to support our church!

Night of Committees: Wed., Sept. 11th for our night of Committees meeting. All Committee members please plan to attend this night to gather our new Committees, appoint Chairs, schedule meetings and set goals. In order to ensure that those on multiple Committees can attend both, the following schedule is in place:

6 pm 7 pm Fellowship Finance Library Personnel Missions Nominating Properties Worship

Info-Memo Volume 2019 September 2019

The monthly info-memo is: To Inform, To Enlighten, and To Encourage

Survival for CABC depends on reversing the current downward TRENDING within our body of believers. Nothing new. Referring to the August edition, three (3) focal words were hi-lighted: BELIEVERS, (2) DISCIPLESHIP & (3) STEWARSHIP

Focus for this second coverage to become a series, let’s deal on (1) BELIEVERS, or BELIEVERS/BELONGERS. From John 8, Jesus stated, in part, “Whoever belongs to God hears what God says.” In Romans 12, the apostle, Paul - on one of his many “together”, or unity, convictions-in-words, likened Christian to members of our body when he said in verse 5, “- _ _ so in Christ, we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others.” And, in II Corinthians 6, Paul; separates out believers from non-believers. In I Corinthians 7, Paul remands us to live as a believer.

In the earlier book of Acts, attributed to Luke, much is said about believers. For example, in Acts 15, the believers at Antioch were given encouragement and strength. Then, we look at I Corinthians and find a challenge to believers to be wise enough to settle disputes among themselves. Then, we find in I Peter, “Show proper respect to everyone, love the family of believers, fear God, _ _ “

Tim was apropos in reminding us the reality and strength of L O V E. It binds us as one – never to fail. Hmmm, do guess that means we do in both words and deeds. And, we shall always defend our resolve in this same attitude.

Space and my time is up. Thank you for listening.