life sunday state evangelism conference ~ january 28-29 · executive director, georgia baptist...
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“...encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.” I Thessalonians 5:11
Vol. 23, No. 1
Association
Website
www.plba.org
The PLBA
Office will be
CLOSED
January 21 Martin Luther King
Day
EXECUTIVE
BOARD
The next regular meeting will be
February 11, 2019
Support Services
9:00 a.m.
Pastor’s Conference
10:00 a.m.
Board Meeting
10:30 a.m.
Mission Partnership
1:00 p.m.
January, 2019 Pottawatomie-Lincoln Baptist Association, Shawnee, OK
Sanctity of
Human Life Sunday
January 21 First Southern Baptist Church, Del City
A.B. Vines Senior Pastor of New Seasons Church, on multi-ple campuses in San Diego, CA. | Speaker
Ricky Capps Founder and owner of Master’s Voice | Speaker | Musician
Bill Britt Founder and President of Compel Outreach International | Author | Speaker
Thomas Hammond Executive Director, Georgia Baptist Mission Board | Speaker
James Emery White Senior pastor of Mecklenburg Community Church in Charlotte, North Carolina | Author | Speaker
Kie Bowman Senior Pastor Hyde Park Baptist/The Quarries Church, Austin, Texas | Author | Speaker
Elmer Towns Co-Founder, Liberty University Dean Emeritus of the School of Religion and Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary | Author | Speaker
Ed Newton Pastor | Author | Speaker
Monday Senior Adult Session 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. ~ Chonda Pierce, Master’s Voice, Hance Dilbeck Afternoon 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. ~ AB Vines, Ricky Capps, Bill Britt Evening 6:30 p.m. ~ Master’s Voice, Elmer Towns
Tuesday Morning 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. ~ Women’s Session & Breakouts Afternoon 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. ~ Thomas Hammond, Kie Bowman, James Emery White Evening 6:00 p.m. ~ Master’s Voice, Multi-Cultural Choir, Ed Newton
State Evangelism Conference ~ January 28-29
May the New Year
bring joy, peace &
happiness to you & your family!
Greetings to you all in this New Year of 2019! If you are like me, you had just begun to consistently note “2018” (as opposed to 2017!) on documents requiring a verification of date, and now we must begin to retrain ourselves all over again. Our percep-tion of time’s passage is an intriguing thing. With ever increasing frequency, I recall a celebration, a crisis, or some other experi-ence thinking that it occurred just a short while ago, only to dis-cover that many months – or even a decade– have actually transpired. Perhaps we are perceiving the reality of what Ein-stein postulated in his theory of relativity! The Bible speaks to the relentless nature of time and of the importance of spending our allotment of time wisely. In Ephe-sians 5:15-17, the Holy Spirit inspired Paul to challenge his readers to “look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil. Therefore, do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.” These three verses provide a poignant distillation of virtually every other passage in the Holy Scriptures that speak to the importance of time. At the dawn of this New Year, my prayer for all of us – and for all of our churches – is that we would live in keen awareness of God’s presence and His will for our lives individually and collec-tively. I am also praying that God will give us clarity to make His priorities our priorities. If we seek Him in this way, time, instead of being “the fire in which we burn,” can be to us as a river whose steady current carries us from one divinely appointed opportunity to another.
In Christ’s Love and Service, Rick Blackwell, Moderator
Church Spotlight
Word of Encouragement
Spotlight on …FBC, Tecumseh FBC, Tecumseh, established in 1892, is one of the strongest and oldest PLBA churches. The pastor is Tony Peak who ac-cepted Christ in 1962 and has served in the ministry since 1984 when he was called by FBC, Tecumseh, as youth minister. Bro. Peak has also served at Mountain Valley Church in Colo-rado and Lovelady Baptist Church in Ada. In 2010, Pastor Peak was called to the pulpit of FBC, Tecumseh, One of the things Pastor Peak especially enjoys about FBC, Tecumseh, is getting to work with some wonderful Christian brothers and sisters. Some of his special ministries include Spotlight on Shawnee, hosting a booth at the annual Tecumseh festival, hosting the Tecumseh Ministerial Alliance food closet, having monthly women’s ministry meetings with girls at COJC, participating in their annual Serve Tecumseh Sunday, and host-ing a Wednesday night Bible Study for OBU students. FBC, Tecumseh, recently finished a $150,000 youth worship center. Pastor Peak asks the PLBA churches to rejoice with him and FBC, Tecumseh, in that he and the church are on mis-sion for Jesus. He asks the PLBA churches pray that he con-tinues to find ways to engage their community with the Gospel.
PLBA WOMEN
A NUGGET FROM MY SPIRITUAL JOURNEY... Ahhhhh...another new year! Whatever will it hold? We all ask that annu-ally, don’t we? We think we have a big start-over button and promise our-selves, friends, family, and God that the next 12 months will be different. We will do better, be better, accomplish more, and won’t break any more promis-es. We will put on a smile and start again. I am personally facing this new year like none other. I reckon in the past 70 years I have always had almost tangible goals—to learn to talk and walk, finish first grade, elementary school, junior high, high school, two college degrees, and jobs that I knew were likely a bit temporary. More? To learn countless scores of music on the piano, keyboard or organ and play at recit-als, weddings, funerals, worship services, and church musicals. To get mar-ried, have children and grandchildren, move with my husband from ministry to ministry, care for my elderly parents. To write and teach, learn to cook and serve countless meals and treats. To travel for fun and for ministry. Then along comes my husband’s “retirement” and the curious questions and interesting comments! “What will you do? Travel?” “How exciting!” I ad-mit those have almost caught me off guard. “What will you do? Travel?” Answers so far: Continue to preach, teach, lead conferences, write. Visit kids and grandkids more. Enjoy time together and sharing our home with others often. Explore Oklahoma and see what we have missed. Explore more of our nation. Help churches and ministries that need help, although international travel is not likely on our radar. “How exciting!” That honestly has surprised me and I have had to think that through. Can you be excited about not doing what you love to do? But, I am beginning to understand that more. No, we won’t stop doing what we love to do. We will just do it in different ways and places. That is exciting. I am learning to see it as a “blank page” turning in life and only God knows what He has written on it! That is exciting. We will continue to trust and obey, trust and adjust. As long as we follow Him, we can’t go wrong. That is exciting! As long as we are on Earth, He has a plan and a purpose for us...and that is exciting!
A BLESSED NEW YEAR TO US ALL! Marsha Cook, Director
Oklahoma State Evangelism Conference
Women’s Session Tuesday, January 29, 2019
9:00 am -11:30 am First Southern Del City
Girls Conference
January 19, 2019 ~ 9:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m. First Baptist Church of Tecumseh
Special Guest: Jennifer Roberson, Whitley Tracy & Ariel Kim
For more information call 405-598-3778
$10
First Baptist Church of McLoud Presents the
“All Your Mind Lecture Series” With Special Guest
Dr. Gary R. Habermas Sunday, January 13 @ 6:00 pm
Reserve your seat by calling 405-964-3344
Association Website-www.plba.org
Budget Receipts Churches listed in red are Pastorless
PASTORS CHURCH Nov. ‘18 YTD Jeff Kelly Agra, FBC 344.70 3,782.78 Randy Dirrim Asher, FBC 137.12 1,812.84 Larry Sparks Blackburn Chapel 432.35 5,527.62 Chis Kolbenschlag, Int. Carney, FBC 65.31 714.09 Rick Blackwell Chandler, FBC 846.68 11,824.41 Keith Henley Chandler Southern 230.96 2,699.72 Doug Parker Dale 72.35 598.79 Mike Mitchell Davenport, FBC 441.84 6,207.34 Mike Haines Deer Creek 221.76 2,612.08 Mark Streetman Earlsboro, FBC .00 67.56 Galen Greenwalt Earlsboro Indian 61.70 967.24 Ernest Cowden Fairview 133.00 2,140.91 Dan Campbell Faith 378.67 3,746.52 Disbanded Forest .00 93.75 Lee Witt Hazel Dell 294.39 3,423.69 Wes Bates Hillside 841.69 10,068.34 Gary Nickerson Hilltop 498.95 6,712.92 Kent Wooster Hopewell 121.53 1,425.67 Jim Benshoof Macomb .00 651.15 Mike Hazelwood Mammoth 315.00 4,391.00 Bobby Shatto Maud, FBC .00 102.07 Butch Bradley Maud, Trinity 80.39 962.30 Disbanded McLoud, Covenant Hope .00 278.84 Mike Taylor McLoud, Emmanuel 415.41 4,006.47 Jerry Gray McLoud, Emmaus 101.97 1,864.29 Matt Halsted McLoud, FBC .00 1,022.00 Joe Jones Meeker, FBC 163.30 2,596.03 Jerry Jackson Morning Star .00 .00 Albert May Mt. Pleasant .00 279.44 Rick Ham Newalla, New Life 389.64 4,553.79 Ed Moore Newalla, Pecan Valley .00 769.52 Mike Collyer Pink 210.00 3,303.63 ________________ Pioneer 180.00 658.06 Nathan Howard Pleasant Home 280.26 2,666.15 Tim Emmons Prague, FBC 491.00 5,428.11 Danny Napier Rock Creek 797.66 8,244.09 Gaspar Reyes Rock Creek Hispanic 15.81 187.57 Tony Black Romulus 190.39 2,082.11 Monte Dean Sh-Aydelotte 429.89 5,992.63 David Henry Sh-Calvary .00 50.00 Charles Kimball Sh-First 342.76 3,112.05 Spencer Davis Sh-First Indian .00 1,323.54 Anthony Rhone Sh-Galilee .00 .00 Bob Dawson Sh-Good Shepherd Chapel 52.38 581.68 Paul Roberts Sh-Heritage .00 4,312.24 Todd Fisher Sh-Immanuel 2,394.35 25,420.90 John York Sh-Oakland Chapel .00 131.11 Don Acker Sh-Sallateeska 70.00 1,120.00 Mike Craig Sh-Temple 1,228.73 13,035.01 ________________ Sh-Trinity 113.82 1,723.95 Darryl Fields Sh-Union Missionary .00 125.00 Justin Dunn Sh-University 346.37 3,125.35 Blake Martin Sh-Wallace Ave. 120.00 1,148.00 Perry Tripp Sparks, FBC 39.75 450.90 Brandon Leslie St. Louis, FBC .00 3,047.64 James Bond Stroud, FBC 795.94 6,674.94 Tony Peak Tecumseh, FBC 1,047.47 10,344.48 Kevin Fox Tecumseh, Karis 25.00 25.00 Will Wilson Tecumseh, New Hope 25.00 275.00 Clint Dawkins Tecumseh, Sharon 50.00 550.00 Greg Scott, Int. Tryon, FBC 154.52 1,652.06 Britt Lesley Wanette, FBC .00 1,514.22 Bill Howse Wanette, Victory Pointe .00 25.00 Russ Houser Wellston, Cornerstone .00 350.00 _________________ Wellston, FBC .00 .00 Lane Buckley Wellston, Trinity .00 1,430.00 TOTAL $15,989.91 $196,013.59
TOTAL CHECKING AND SAVINGS TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR Beginning Bal. Income Expenses Ending Bal. 11-1-18 11-30-18 Budget -140.52 15,989.91 19,972.07 -4,122.68 Designated 199,478.27 198,101.54 Total Monies $199,337.75 $193,978.86
Thursdays, 5:30 p.m.
Beginning January 3, 2019
First Baptist Church
227 N. Union, Shawnee
Fellowship Hall-enter in the back.
Come as you are...it will change your life!
Saturday, February 9 Registration at 9:00 a.m. - Race at 10:00 a.m.
Immanuel Baptist Church - Youth Wing, Shawnee,
Starting January 2 register your church at plba.org or call the PLBA office at 405-273-4558 before
Thursday, February 7.
Staff Needed Incorrect information...
please call the Association
office, 405.273.4558.
Church News Please let us know of any
upcoming events or news
Associational Mission Strategist ..................................................................... Moderator ......................................................... Rick Blackwell 405-258-0175 Vice Moderator .............................................. Nathan Howard, 405.432.9228 Treasurer ...................................................... Mike Hazelwood, 405.279.2451 Clerk & Office Manager ................................. Janice Maynard, 405.273.4558 Media Manager .................................................. Tanya Bruton, 405.273.4558 Discipleship Director ............................................... Rick Ham, 405.830.5216 Family Director .................................................... Monte Dean, 405-985-9536 Worship Director .............................................. Jason Henson, 405.273.2105 Missions Director............................................... Kirk Holloway, 405.258.0175 Support Director ............................................................................................ Youth Minister .............................................. Duncan Blackwell 405.273.5509 Licensed Counselor .............................................. Brett Ellard, 405.275.2222 Licensed Counselor .......................................... Larry Roberts, 405.275.2222
6 Rev. Tony Peak 21425 Trailridge Tecumseh, OK 74873 Pastor, First Tecumseh
6 Rev. Gaspar Reyes 1409 Morren Drive Norman, OK 73071 Pastor, Rock Creek Hispanic
9 Rev. Wes Bates 333832 E. 1040 Road McLoud, OK 74851 Pastor, Hillside
10 Mrs. Bernice Lowder 12 Willow Creek Rd Shawnee, OK 74801 Former Pastor’s Wife
11 Mrs. Jamy (Todd) Fisher 1403 Manchester Shawnee, OK 74804 Pastor’s Wife, Immanuel
13 Mrs. Carol (Ellis) Rolette 405 N. Pesotum Shawnee, OK 74801 Retired Pastor’s Wife
13 Rev. John York 311 Debbie Lane Tecumseh, OK 74873 Pastor, Oakland Chapel
15 Mrs. Lynn (Kent) Kellogg 2524 Sutton Court Shawnee, OK 74804 Retired Pastor’s & DOM’s wife
15 Rev. Jerry Gray 581 N Peebly Road Choctaw, OK 73020 Pastor, Emmaus
18 Mrs. Sherry (Al) Farrow 1 Dennis Blvd. Shawnee, OK 74804 Retired Pastor’s Wife
22 Rev. Nathan Howard 130 E. 45th St. Apt. 15E Shawnee, OK 74804 Pastor, Pleasant Home
25 Mrs. Jill (Justin) Dunn 2111 Wagon Trail Harrah, OK 73045 Pastor’s Wife, University
31 Mrs. April (Clint) Dawkins 2326 Faith Blvd. Shawnee, OK 74804 Pastor’s Wife, Sharon
31 Rev. Tuney Ropp 990795 S. 3330 Road Harrah, OK 73045 Retired Pastor
8 Rev. & Mrs. Gaspar Reyes 1409 Morren Drive Norman, OK 73071 Pastor, Rock Creek Hispanic
13 Rev. & Mrs. Jeff Bruton 345240 E. 1010 Road Meeker OK 74855 Tanya is PLBA’s Printshop Manager
14 Rev. & Mrs. Rick Ham 6401 Carling St. Norman, OK 73071 Pastor, New Life, Newalla
23 Rev. & Mrs. Jim Reynolds 2 Lancet Circle Shawnee, OK 74804 Retired Pastor
24 Rev. & Mrs. Glenn Peck 18 Comanche Circle Shawnee, OK 74801 Retired Pastor
26 Rev. & Mrs. Larry Sparks 36325 Lake Road Shawnee, OK 74801 Pastor, Blackburn Chapel
28 Rev. & Mrs. Tony Black 40255 State Hwy 59B Macomb, OK 74852 Pastor, Romulus
1 Happy New Year
2 Association Office reopens
20 Sanctity Of Life Sunday
20-21 YEC-Falls Creek
21 Martin Luther King Day-Assn. Office CLOSED
27 Night of Prayer - First Southern, Del City
28-29 State Evangelism Conference - First Southern, Del City
January
FIRST, STROUD is seeking a full-time Student/Associate Pastor. Please send resumes to First Baptist Church, PO Box 600, Stroud OK 74079 or email to [email protected]. (James Bond, Pastor)
FIRST, TRYON is prayerfully seeking a BI/VO pastor and a wor-ship leader. Please send resumes to Search Committee, First Baptist Church, P.O. Box 95, Tryon, OK 74875 or email @ [email protected].
NEW LIFE, NEWALLA is prayerfully searching for a part-time mu-sic minister. Please contact Pastor Rick Ham by calling 405-830-5216 or email [email protected] if interested. (Rick Ham, Pastor)
TRINITY, MAUD is prayerfully searching for a bi-vocational youth minister. Resumes can be emailed to [email protected] or mailed to TBC, PO Box 177, Maud, OK. (Butch Bradley, Pastor)
TRINITY, SHAWNEE is searching for a bi-vocational pastor. Please send resumes to 1325 N. McKinley Shawnee, Ok. 74801 or email to [email protected].
HOPEWELL has called Parker Ronstiez as their Youth Minister. May God bless your ministry at Hopewell. (Kent Wooster, Pastor)
PLBA will be hosting a silent auction January 10-12, to sell the contents of the Covenant Hope building. Churches and individuals are welcome to come and bid on the items. (Kirk Holloway, Mission Partnership Director)
