Ernest and Cecile Dagohoy will speak at TRBA’s “A Heart for Mis-sions” Banquet, 6 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 21, at Hardin Baptist. The an-nual event is sponsored by the TRBA Women’s Mis-sions and Ministry Team, led by Christi Ladd. Dinner will be catered by David and Julie Beck-man of Hardin, featuring a menu of pork loin, spicy green beans, potato salad, rolls, and cobbler. Randy Gunter of First Lib-erty will be emcee. Cost is $10 each and reserva-tions can be made through the TRBA office, 936-336-9232. There will also be a missions money tree. Dagohoy, our area representative with the Baptist General Convention of Texas, often attends TRBA meet-ings. He was for 20 years pastor of

First Philippine Baptist Church in Missouri City, Texas, (near Houston) where Cecile continues to serve as missions leader and director of the chancel choir. The Dagohoys will share the impact mis-sions has had on their lives through words and also music sung and led by Cecile.

Tuesday, Feb. 21

Dagohoys will share their heart for missions

Trinity River Baptist Association

P.O. Box 1269

Liberty, TX 77575

Address Service Requested

Nonprofit Org. U.S. Postage

PAID Liberty TX

Permit No. 38

Receipts December, 2016

Trinity River Baptist Association February 2017

Feb 4 (Sat) AM Mendoza & Simmons PM Kinney & Nichols Feb 5 (Sun) AM Adairs PM Thomas & Catchings Feb 11 (Sat) AM Cain & Clark PM Hortmans Feb 12 (Sun) AM Presnulls PM McGuires

Feb 18 (Sat) AM Goff & Davis PM Herring & Morales Feb 19 (Sun) AM Smarts PM Baldridges Feb 25 (Sat) AM Thieses PM Vsetecka & Cobb Feb 26 (Sun) AM Shaws PM Garvins

Family Visitors’ Center Schedule

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 12 pm Senior Pastor

Lunch

3

4

5

6 6-9 pm Pastor Essentials

7 6:30 pm Gideons

8 9 12 pm Senior Pastor

Lunch

10

11

12

13 6-9 pm Pastor Essentials

14

9 am-noon, 1-4 pm

Food Pantry

15

16 12 pm Senior Pastor

Lunch

17

18

19

20 Presidents’ Day

6-9 pm Pastor Essentials

21 6-8 pm A Heart for

Missions Banquet

22

23 12 pm Senior Pastor

Lunch

24 25

26

27 6-9 pm Pastor Essentials

28 9 am-noon, 1-4 pm

Food Pantry

Dec 2016 Jan-Dec 16

Batson Prairie 100.00 500.00

Berean Tabernacle 0.00 1,300.00

Calvary, Dayton 500.00 6,500.00

Calvary, Liberty 248.00 3,188.00

Center, Thicket 0.00 619.00

Central Daisetta 0.00 0.00

Central, Liberty 66.60 1,122.05

Covenant 0.00 0.00

Eminence 0.00 0.00

First Anahuac 833.33 9,999.96

First Batson 0.00 650.00

First Concord 0.00 829.00

First Daisetta 0.00 4,955.00

First Dayton 519.85 8,920.47

First Devers 322.56 4,481.49

First High Island 0.00 1,158.00

First Hull 0.00 0.00

First Liberty 1,011.06 13,762.23

First Saratoga 405.36 4,847.97

First Sour Lake 791.56 11,871.59

Grace Community 400.00 7,351.30

Grayburg 692.64 1,379.63

Gum Grove 32.75 364.56

Hardin Baptist 2,318.00 15,158.62

Heights 509.66 9,946.29

House of Living Waters 0.00 0.00

Kenefick Southern 806.43 10,136.16

Line Camp Cowboy 100.00 800.00

Mt Calvary 496.67 6,253.44

North Main 656.93 11,174.42

Nuevo Amanecer 0.00 0.00

Oak Island 0.00 361.31

Old River 1,166.67 14,000.04

Pathways 109.00 1,111.00

Primera Dayton 75.00 925.00

Smith Point 45.18 839.65

South Dayton 50.00 600.00

Sweet Home 0.00 0.00

Trinity 100.00 1,200.00

West End 386.00 5,637.00

Whispering Meadows 0.00 2,877.83

Wild Country Mission 0.00 464.00

Interest 14.46 91.59

TOTAL 12,757.71 165,376.60

2401 Grand Ave., Liberty, Texas 77575 936-336-9232 David Williams, Director of Missions

NEWSPLASH

February

February

20172017

Feeding the shepherds — TRBA

pastors gather for their quarterly

breakfast Jan. 7 at First Liberty. At

right, Steve Bean of First Liberty and Mike Chadwick of First Dayton fill

their plates. Below, pastors enjoy

breakfast together. The next quar-

terly breakfast will be at 8 a.m., Sat-

urday, Apr. 1, at Calvary in Dayton.

See page 1 for another photo.

TRBA Evangelism Rally: What’s keeping us from having revival?

Alex McFarland —

internationally known apologist, writer and speaker

— tells TR Baptists the four biggest hindrances to

revival are a culture

without truth, a culture without guilt, a church

without prayer, and a church without unity. McFarland spoke at TRBA’s

Evangelism Rally, Jan. 22 at Old River Baptist. More photos on page 3.

There was a day when even people who ignored the Bible assumed that it was the true Word of God. But now many people view the Bible with skepticism and cynicism, accusing it of being antiquated, outdated, chauvinistic, offensive, deceptive, and even downright dangerous. That makes especially relevant the topic of this year’s Secret Church: Scripture and Authority in an Age of Skepticism. Heights Baptist in Liberty will host the annual simulcast again this year on Friday, Apr. 21. The evening of intense Bible study led by David Platt, president of the Interna-tional Mission Board, begins at 6:30 p.m. and lasts until 12:30 a.m. The study will answer questions such as: How did we get the Bible? Who decided what would be included in the Bible and what wouldn’t be included? How do we know the Bible is true? Are there errors in the Bible? Is the Bible necessary? Is it suffi-

Remodeling underway — Steve Bean, pastor of First Liberty, shows other pastors the “under construction” status of his church’s sanctuary which is being remodeled. The

tour was taken after the pastors’ quarterly breakfast together on Jan. 7 in First Lib-erty’s activities building. Bean served pancakes and sausage — assisted by Frank Aragon, pastor of First Saratoga. Also attending were Tim Gruver of Heights; Freddie Villarreal of First Liberty; Mike Chadwick of First Dayton; Jeff Day of Kenefick South-

ern; Ken Davis of Calvary Dayton; and David Williams, TRBA director of missions. See page 4 for more photos of the pastors’ breakfast.

cient? Is it authoritative? Can I understand it? Can I live by it? “The Secret Church Simulcast is always a great time of learning and encouragement,” said David Williams, TRBA director of mis-sions. “Six hours may seem like a long time, but there will be breaks and refreshments and I promise you won’t get bored during the teaching time. You can leave early if you need to, but few do because they don’t want to miss any of the great teaching.” Heights is extending their internet con-nection to their activities building so partici-pants can stay there for both the simulcast and the refreshments. “It will be a more relaxed setting than previous years,” Williams said. “You can snack and drink coffee while you listen and take notes.” To register, contact Theresa Adair at TRBA, 936-336-9232. Cost is $10 each which includes a study guide.

MWBC Pastors and wives Retreat and Mission Vision Trip, Feb. 2-6

MWBC Pastors and wives Retreat and Mission Vision Trip, Feb. 2-6

Ernest

and Cecile

Dagohoy

Secret Church explores Bible’s place in our world of secularism, skepticism

I think we have all been pleasantly surprised and excited

that the Lord has called out so many men to attend our

year-long Pastor Essentials Class preparing them to plant a church or pastor an

existing church in our area. In 2015 we graduated 8 men; in 2016 we graduated

15 men; our 2017 class has 13 men enrolled. Enrollment is now closed for 2017.

Mission JourneyMission Journey

Anything worth doing, I believe, is worth doing better, and this year we asked the Lord to show us some ways to make the class even more effective. He has given us some clear direction on how to do that. So, even though the class is very similar to what it was the past two years, it is differ-ent enough that you might call this year’s version “Pastor Essen-tials 2.0.” The improvements are so significant that five of last year’s graduates have de-cided they want to go through the class again to continue their own growth and to mentor and encourage the new students. Some of the changes are: (1) We have three sessions instead of two each evening. (2) There will be three written tests and three interviews.

(3) We will provide more help in devel-oping and refining a resume. (4) Students will develop and deliver a sermon during class. (5) Each student will partner with an-other student to start and lead an evangel-

istic Bible study, including discover-ing and enlisting unchurched people to attend. (6) We gave stu-dents a list of 29

“competencies” — things they

will be competent to do after complet-ing the class. I believe these changes will raise the bar for the class and better prepare the men for effec-tiveness in ministry. Thankful to

be training men,

David Williams

Pray for our pastorless churches First Anahuac, since March 2016 Trey Clark, interim

Wild Country, since May 2015 Robert Wingate, interim

First Hull, since February 2014 John Guedry, interim

First Concord, since January 2014 Richard Stidham, interim

Oak Island, since December 2012

Welcome new pastor Rick Edwards, called as pastor of Calvary Liberty, Jan. 18, 2017.

Wes Hinote, called as pastor of Old River, effective Feb. 1, 2017.

The new Pastor Essentials Class — These 13 men are enrolled in the 2017 Pastor Essentials Class and will meet each Monday this year to prepare to plant a church or pastor an existing church in our area. Left

to right are Chris Goodwin, James Thomas, Chad Barrett, John Dugdale, Josh Ramirez, Jonthan Dula, Timothy Hight, Steven Bairfield, Victor Montemayor, Rick Jackson, Beau Barnard, and Carlyle Stanek. Inset is Michael Mills.

VBS training opportunities are soon and nearby Now is the time to begin training for a great Vacation Bible School this summer and TR Baptists won’t have to travel too far to get the help they need. San Jacinto Baptist Association is offer-ing two clinics, one for VBS directors and another for all VBS workers. You can reg-ister online at www.sanjacinto.com, or call their office at 281-422-3604 or email them at sjba@sanjacintobaptist.com. SJBA’s VBS Directors’ Clinic is 7-8:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 21, at the SJBA Mis-sion Center, 1020 Birdsong in Baytown. Their VBS Workers’ Clinic is 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Apr. 1, at First Baptist, 210 N. Magnolia, Highlands, Texas. The Southern Baptists of Texas Con-vention offers in-depth training 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Saturday, Mar. 4, at Spring Baptist Church, 633 E. Louetta Rd., Spring, TX 77373. Registration is $10. Register online at www.sbtexas.com.

Senior Life meeting offers breakout sessions, exhibits Senior adults, their children and their caregivers will all find helpful information at the Feb. 25 Senior Life Conference at First Baptist in Baytown. Sponsored by the senior life ministry of our sister association, San Jacinto Baptist Association, the event begins at 8 a.m. with registration, coffee and light snacks. It con-cludes with lunch from 1 to 1:30 p.m. and time to visit exhibits of interest to seniors. Registration is required and there is a $15 fee which includes lunch and snacks during the breaks. Deadline to register is Feb. 13. To register, go to the association’s website, www.sanjacintobaptist.com. After a 40-minute general session there will be four 45-minute breakout sessions. Breakout topics include: * Planning for End of Life * Keeping Your Family Out of Court/Estate Planning * The Basics: Memory Loss, Dementia and Alzheimer’s * Having the Other Talk * All By Myself * The Sandwich Act * When You Can’t Live by Yourself * Security, Scams, Identity Theft

Evangelism Rally — Top photo: A total of 233 gather for TRBA’s Jan. 22 Evangelism Rally at Old River Baptist Church.

Right photo: Alex McFarland, evangelist from North Carolina, preaches on “The Four Biggest Challenges to Christianity Today” from 1 Chronicles 21:18-24. Bottom photo: Set to retire the next Sunday after 40 years as Old River’s pastor,

Danny Biddy pulls out his harmonica and joins the band during the song, “Nothing But the Blood of Jesus.”

Lunch with the evangelist — In addition to speaking at

TRBA’s Evangelism Rally, Alex McFarland led a Satur-day through Tuesday revival at Hardin Baptist. The

church hosted lunch meet-ings on Monday and Tues-day. At right, McFarland

speaks from the Book of Colossians to the Monday lunch group. Tony Hines, pastor of Hardin, is director

of TRBA’s evangelism rally.

Family Visitors’ Center at prison complex needs more volunteers More volunteers are needed to help staff

TRBA’s hospitality ministry through the

Family Visitors’ Center at the prison com-

plex in Dayton.

The ministry gives families

a comfortable and friendly

place to stay while waiting to

visit their loved ones in one of

the prison units. Volunteers

serve as hosts and hostesses

inside the Family Visitors’ Cen-

ter.

The ministry operates on Saturdays and

Sundays. Volunteers sign up for one 4 1/2

hour shift each month — either a Saturday

morning, Saturday afternoon, Sunday morn-

ing, or Sunday afternoon.

Last year 36 volunteers min-

istered to an average of 333

family members each month.

For details on how to be-

come a volunteer and receive

the required training, contact

Theresa Adair at 936-336-9232. Family Visitors’ Center

Pastors — Above, Earnie Lenard,

pastor of Whisper-ing Meadows, preaches to his congregation.

Right, Trey Clark, interim pastor of First Anahuac,

attends TRBA Evangelism Rally with his mother, Cynthia Clark, long

time member of the church.

Pray for Minnesota partnership trip Feb. 2-6 a team from TRBA will be up north for the Minnesota-Wisconsin Baptist Convention’s Pastors and Wives Retreat and to worship with Emmanuel Baptist Church in Rochester, Minn. While there, they will meet with local leaders to plan a mission trip to the area later this year. Pray for the team — Tim and Dee Ann Gruver of Heights and David and Donna Kay Williams of First Liberty.

Graduates of the Pastor Essentials Class will be able to: Name the books of the Bible in order. Find each book in their Bible. Identify the author, time period and theme of each book of the Bible. Tell how we got the Bible and how it is unique among all religious books. Explain the gospel theme of the Bible. Tell the storyline of the Bible, the storyline of the Old Testament, and the storyline of the New Testament. Share his personal conversion testimony. Explain to another person how to be saved. Disciple another person and train that person to be-come a disciple-maker. Have a consistent meaningful daily quiet time of Bible reading and prayer. Explain the importance of spiritual disciplines to a Christian’s growth. Begin practicing some spiritual disciplines. Evaluate his own scriptural qualifi-cations for being a pastor or church planter. Articulate his personal call to ministry. Explain key Bible doctrines. Explain and use key principles of biblical interpretation. Explain what Christianity is, why it is true and why other religions are not. Gather and lead a group of unchurched people in an evangelis-tic Bible study. Start or restart an age-graded Sunday School. Develop and deliver a Bible-based sermon. Develop a per-sonal ministry resume suitable for sharing with churches. Plan a worship service composed of various elements such as singing, praying, Bible reading, preaching, etc. Lead a prayer meeting. Lead a church business meeting. Deal biblically with church conflict. Officiate weddings and funerals. Baptize a new believer. Lead a church in observing the Lord’s Supper. Lead a church to develop a constitution and bylaws. Serve as a staff member of a local church. Plant a new church or pastor an existing church as a servant/leader.

I think we have all been pleasantly surprised and excited

that the Lord has called out so many men to attend our

year-long Pastor Essentials Class preparing them to plant a church or pastor an

existing church in our area. In 2015 we graduated 8 men; in 2016 we graduated

15 men; our 2017 class has 13 men enrolled. Enrollment is now closed for 2017.

Mission JourneyMission Journey

Anything worth doing, I believe, is worth doing better, and this year we asked the Lord to show us some ways to make the class even more effective. He has given us some clear direction on how to do that. So, even though the class is very similar to what it was the past two years, it is differ-ent enough that you might call this year’s version “Pastor Essen-tials 2.0.” The improvements are so significant that five of last year’s graduates have de-cided they want to go through the class again to continue their own growth and to mentor and encourage the new students. Some of the changes are: (1) We have three sessions instead of two each evening. (2) There will be three written tests and three interviews.

(3) We will provide more help in devel-oping and refining a resume. (4) Students will develop and deliver a sermon during class. (5) Each student will partner with an-other student to start and lead an evangel-

istic Bible study, including discover-ing and enlisting unchurched people to attend. (6) We gave stu-dents a list of 29

“competencies” — things they

will be competent to do after complet-ing the class. I believe these changes will raise the bar for the class and better prepare the men for effec-tiveness in ministry. Thankful to

be training men,

David Williams

Pray for our pastorless churches First Anahuac, since March 2016 Trey Clark, interim

Wild Country, since May 2015 Robert Wingate, interim

First Hull, since February 2014 John Guedry, interim

First Concord, since January 2014 Richard Stidham, interim

Oak Island, since December 2012

Welcome new pastor Rick Edwards, called as pastor of Calvary Liberty, Jan. 18, 2017.

Wes Hinote, called as pastor of Old River, effective Feb. 1, 2017.

The new Pastor Essentials Class — These 13 men are enrolled in the 2017 Pastor Essentials Class and will meet each Monday this year to prepare to plant a church or pastor an existing church in our area. Left

to right are Chris Goodwin, James Thomas, Chad Barrett, John Dugdale, Josh Ramirez, Jonthan Dula, Timothy Hight, Steven Bairfield, Victor Montemayor, Rick Jackson, Beau Barnard, and Carlyle Stanek. Inset is Michael Mills.

VBS training opportunities are soon and nearby Now is the time to begin training for a great Vacation Bible School this summer and TR Baptists won’t have to travel too far to get the help they need. San Jacinto Baptist Association is offer-ing two clinics, one for VBS directors and another for all VBS workers. You can reg-ister online at www.sanjacinto.com, or call their office at 281-422-3604 or email them at sjba@sanjacintobaptist.com. SJBA’s VBS Directors’ Clinic is 7-8:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 21, at the SJBA Mis-sion Center, 1020 Birdsong in Baytown. Their VBS Workers’ Clinic is 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Apr. 1, at First Baptist, 210 N. Magnolia, Highlands, Texas. The Southern Baptists of Texas Con-vention offers in-depth training 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Saturday, Mar. 4, at Spring Baptist Church, 633 E. Louetta Rd., Spring, TX 77373. Registration is $10. Register online at www.sbtexas.com.

Senior Life meeting offers breakout sessions, exhibits Senior adults, their children and their caregivers will all find helpful information at the Feb. 25 Senior Life Conference at First Baptist in Baytown. Sponsored by the senior life ministry of our sister association, San Jacinto Baptist Association, the event begins at 8 a.m. with registration, coffee and light snacks. It con-cludes with lunch from 1 to 1:30 p.m. and time to visit exhibits of interest to seniors. Registration is required and there is a $15 fee which includes lunch and snacks during the breaks. Deadline to register is Feb. 13. To register, go to the association’s website, www.sanjacintobaptist.com. After a 40-minute general session there will be four 45-minute breakout sessions. Breakout topics include: * Planning for End of Life * Keeping Your Family Out of Court/Estate Planning * The Basics: Memory Loss, Dementia and Alzheimer’s * Having the Other Talk * All By Myself * The Sandwich Act * When You Can’t Live by Yourself * Security, Scams, Identity Theft

Evangelism Rally — Top photo: A total of 233 gather for TRBA’s Jan. 22 Evangelism Rally at Old River Baptist Church.

Right photo: Alex McFarland, evangelist from North Carolina, preaches on “The Four Biggest Challenges to Christianity Today” from 1 Chronicles 21:18-24. Bottom photo: Set to retire the next Sunday after 40 years as Old River’s pastor,

Danny Biddy pulls out his harmonica and joins the band during the song, “Nothing But the Blood of Jesus.”

Lunch with the evangelist — In addition to speaking at

TRBA’s Evangelism Rally, Alex McFarland led a Satur-day through Tuesday revival at Hardin Baptist. The

church hosted lunch meet-ings on Monday and Tues-day. At right, McFarland

speaks from the Book of Colossians to the Monday lunch group. Tony Hines, pastor of Hardin, is director

of TRBA’s evangelism rally.

Family Visitors’ Center at prison complex needs more volunteers More volunteers are needed to help staff

TRBA’s hospitality ministry through the

Family Visitors’ Center at the prison com-

plex in Dayton.

The ministry gives families

a comfortable and friendly

place to stay while waiting to

visit their loved ones in one of

the prison units. Volunteers

serve as hosts and hostesses

inside the Family Visitors’ Cen-

ter.

The ministry operates on Saturdays and

Sundays. Volunteers sign up for one 4 1/2

hour shift each month — either a Saturday

morning, Saturday afternoon, Sunday morn-

ing, or Sunday afternoon.

Last year 36 volunteers min-

istered to an average of 333

family members each month.

For details on how to be-

come a volunteer and receive

the required training, contact

Theresa Adair at 936-336-9232. Family Visitors’ Center

Pastors — Above, Earnie Lenard,

pastor of Whisper-ing Meadows, preaches to his congregation.

Right, Trey Clark, interim pastor of First Anahuac,

attends TRBA Evangelism Rally with his mother, Cynthia Clark, long

time member of the church.

Pray for Minnesota partnership trip Feb. 2-6 a team from TRBA will be up north for the Minnesota-Wisconsin Baptist Convention’s Pastors and Wives Retreat and to worship with Emmanuel Baptist Church in Rochester, Minn. While there, they will meet with local leaders to plan a mission trip to the area later this year. Pray for the team — Tim and Dee Ann Gruver of Heights and David and Donna Kay Williams of First Liberty.

Graduates of the Pastor Essentials Class will be able to: Name the books of the Bible in order. Find each book in their Bible. Identify the author, time period and theme of each book of the Bible. Tell how we got the Bible and how it is unique among all religious books. Explain the gospel theme of the Bible. Tell the storyline of the Bible, the storyline of the Old Testament, and the storyline of the New Testament. Share his personal conversion testimony. Explain to another person how to be saved. Disciple another person and train that person to be-come a disciple-maker. Have a consistent meaningful daily quiet time of Bible reading and prayer. Explain the importance of spiritual disciplines to a Christian’s growth. Begin practicing some spiritual disciplines. Evaluate his own scriptural qualifi-cations for being a pastor or church planter. Articulate his personal call to ministry. Explain key Bible doctrines. Explain and use key principles of biblical interpretation. Explain what Christianity is, why it is true and why other religions are not. Gather and lead a group of unchurched people in an evangelis-tic Bible study. Start or restart an age-graded Sunday School. Develop and deliver a Bible-based sermon. Develop a per-sonal ministry resume suitable for sharing with churches. Plan a worship service composed of various elements such as singing, praying, Bible reading, preaching, etc. Lead a prayer meeting. Lead a church business meeting. Deal biblically with church conflict. Officiate weddings and funerals. Baptize a new believer. Lead a church in observing the Lord’s Supper. Lead a church to develop a constitution and bylaws. Serve as a staff member of a local church. Plant a new church or pastor an existing church as a servant/leader.

Ernest and Cecile Dagohoy will speak at TRBA’s “A Heart for Mis-sions” Banquet, 6 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 21, at Hardin Baptist. The an-nual event is sponsored by the TRBA Women’s Mis-sions and Ministry Team, led by Christi Ladd. Dinner will be catered by David and Julie Beck-man of Hardin, featuring a menu of pork loin, spicy green beans, potato salad, rolls, and cobbler. Randy Gunter of First Lib-erty will be emcee. Cost is $10 each and reserva-tions can be made through the TRBA office, 936-336-9232. There will also be a missions money tree. Dagohoy, our area representative with the Baptist General Convention of Texas, often attends TRBA meet-ings. He was for 20 years pastor of

First Philippine Baptist Church in Missouri City, Texas, (near Houston) where Cecile continues to serve as missions leader and director of the chancel choir. The Dagohoys will share the impact mis-sions has had on their lives through words and also music sung and led by Cecile.

Tuesday, Feb. 21

Dagohoys will share their heart for missions

Trinity River Baptist Association

P.O. Box 1269

Liberty, TX 77575

Address Service Requested

Nonprofit Org. U.S. Postage

PAID Liberty TX

Permit No. 38

Receipts December, 2016

Trinity River Baptist Association February 2017

Feb 4 (Sat) AM Mendoza & Simmons PM Kinney & Nichols Feb 5 (Sun) AM Adairs PM Thomas & Catchings Feb 11 (Sat) AM Cain & Clark PM Hortmans Feb 12 (Sun) AM Presnulls PM McGuires

Feb 18 (Sat) AM Goff & Davis PM Herring & Morales Feb 19 (Sun) AM Smarts PM Baldridges Feb 25 (Sat) AM Thieses PM Vsetecka & Cobb Feb 26 (Sun) AM Shaws PM Garvins

Family Visitors’ Center Schedule

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 12 pm Senior Pastor

Lunch

3

4

5

6 6-9 pm Pastor Essentials

7 6:30 pm Gideons

8 9 12 pm Senior Pastor

Lunch

10

11

12

13 6-9 pm Pastor Essentials

14

9 am-noon, 1-4 pm

Food Pantry

15

16 12 pm Senior Pastor

Lunch

17

18

19

20 Presidents’ Day

6-9 pm Pastor Essentials

21 6-8 pm A Heart for

Missions Banquet

22

23 12 pm Senior Pastor

Lunch

24 25

26

27 6-9 pm Pastor Essentials

28 9 am-noon, 1-4 pm

Food Pantry

Dec 2016 Jan-Dec 16

Batson Prairie 100.00 500.00

Berean Tabernacle 0.00 1,300.00

Calvary, Dayton 500.00 6,500.00

Calvary, Liberty 248.00 3,188.00

Center, Thicket 0.00 619.00

Central Daisetta 0.00 0.00

Central, Liberty 66.60 1,122.05

Covenant 0.00 0.00

Eminence 0.00 0.00

First Anahuac 833.33 9,999.96

First Batson 0.00 650.00

First Concord 0.00 829.00

First Daisetta 0.00 4,955.00

First Dayton 519.85 8,920.47

First Devers 322.56 4,481.49

First High Island 0.00 1,158.00

First Hull 0.00 0.00

First Liberty 1,011.06 13,762.23

First Saratoga 405.36 4,847.97

First Sour Lake 791.56 11,871.59

Grace Community 400.00 7,351.30

Grayburg 692.64 1,379.63

Gum Grove 32.75 364.56

Hardin Baptist 2,318.00 15,158.62

Heights 509.66 9,946.29

House of Living Waters 0.00 0.00

Kenefick Southern 806.43 10,136.16

Line Camp Cowboy 100.00 800.00

Mt Calvary 496.67 6,253.44

North Main 656.93 11,174.42

Nuevo Amanecer 0.00 0.00

Oak Island 0.00 361.31

Old River 1,166.67 14,000.04

Pathways 109.00 1,111.00

Primera Dayton 75.00 925.00

Smith Point 45.18 839.65

South Dayton 50.00 600.00

Sweet Home 0.00 0.00

Trinity 100.00 1,200.00

West End 386.00 5,637.00

Whispering Meadows 0.00 2,877.83

Wild Country Mission 0.00 464.00

Interest 14.46 91.59

TOTAL 12,757.71 165,376.60

2401 Grand Ave., Liberty, Texas 77575 936-336-9232 David Williams, Director of Missions

NEWSPLASH

February

February

20172017

Feeding the shepherds — TRBA

pastors gather for their quarterly

breakfast Jan. 7 at First Liberty. At

right, Steve Bean of First Liberty and Mike Chadwick of First Dayton fill

their plates. Below, pastors enjoy

breakfast together. The next quar-

terly breakfast will be at 8 a.m., Sat-

urday, Apr. 1, at Calvary in Dayton.

See page 1 for another photo.

TRBA Evangelism Rally: What’s keeping us from having revival?

Alex McFarland —

internationally known apologist, writer and speaker

— tells TR Baptists the four biggest hindrances to

revival are a culture

without truth, a culture without guilt, a church

without prayer, and a church without unity. McFarland spoke at TRBA’s

Evangelism Rally, Jan. 22 at Old River Baptist. More photos on page 3.

There was a day when even people who ignored the Bible assumed that it was the true Word of God. But now many people view the Bible with skepticism and cynicism, accusing it of being antiquated, outdated, chauvinistic, offensive, deceptive, and even downright dangerous. That makes especially relevant the topic of this year’s Secret Church: Scripture and Authority in an Age of Skepticism. Heights Baptist in Liberty will host the annual simulcast again this year on Friday, Apr. 21. The evening of intense Bible study led by David Platt, president of the Interna-tional Mission Board, begins at 6:30 p.m. and lasts until 12:30 a.m. The study will answer questions such as: How did we get the Bible? Who decided what would be included in the Bible and what wouldn’t be included? How do we know the Bible is true? Are there errors in the Bible? Is the Bible necessary? Is it suffi-

Remodeling underway — Steve Bean, pastor of First Liberty, shows other pastors the “under construction” status of his church’s sanctuary which is being remodeled. The

tour was taken after the pastors’ quarterly breakfast together on Jan. 7 in First Lib-erty’s activities building. Bean served pancakes and sausage — assisted by Frank Aragon, pastor of First Saratoga. Also attending were Tim Gruver of Heights; Freddie Villarreal of First Liberty; Mike Chadwick of First Dayton; Jeff Day of Kenefick South-

ern; Ken Davis of Calvary Dayton; and David Williams, TRBA director of missions. See page 4 for more photos of the pastors’ breakfast.

cient? Is it authoritative? Can I understand it? Can I live by it? “The Secret Church Simulcast is always a great time of learning and encouragement,” said David Williams, TRBA director of mis-sions. “Six hours may seem like a long time, but there will be breaks and refreshments and I promise you won’t get bored during the teaching time. You can leave early if you need to, but few do because they don’t want to miss any of the great teaching.” Heights is extending their internet con-nection to their activities building so partici-pants can stay there for both the simulcast and the refreshments. “It will be a more relaxed setting than previous years,” Williams said. “You can snack and drink coffee while you listen and take notes.” To register, contact Theresa Adair at TRBA, 936-336-9232. Cost is $10 each which includes a study guide.

MWBC Pastors and wives Retreat and Mission Vision Trip, Feb. 2-6

MWBC Pastors and wives Retreat and Mission Vision Trip, Feb. 2-6

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Secret Church explores Bible’s place in our world of secularism, skepticism