Mitchell’s Musings:

Lord you provide examples and instructions from most of life’s experiences. It seems, as individuals and a nation, we have a difficult time remembering our history. Thank you for your written word that helps us remember what we were before we heard you calling to us, what we are since repenting of our sins and accepting you as our Lord and Savoir; what you want us to be and how far we have to go to get there. Father, I ask your Spirit to fill our hearts with such a deep desire to read, hear and internalize

your Word that this desire will overshadow every other insignificant priority we may have.

UPDATES: “LAND IS PAID FOR, PRAISE THE LORD”

Annual meeting will be Saturday October 19 starting at 5:00pm. This year we are celebrating a note burning. The annual meeting will be a picnic on the “Ministry Village” property. Truett Association will provide hot dogs, drinks, paper products. We ask that you bring the side dishes; beans, Cole slaw, favorite salads, disserts and disserts. Program details will be completed prior to that

day and sent to you by email.

Besides THE NOTE BURNING there will be one order of business. We will vote on changing from quarterly meetings to semian-

nual meetings, one in April and one in October.

Area Crusade: On May 1, 2014, “National Day of Prayer” we are hosting “The Main Event” with Dr Johnny Hunt, pastor of First Baptist Church Woodstock GA and the gospel singing group The Nelons. If you are not acquainted with Dr Hunt check him

out at: http://www.johnnyhunt.com/new/

To prepare for the Main Event, beginning in August would you make the first (1st) Thursday of each month a special day of prayer for the “Main Event”. Ask God to lead you to the person He wants you to invite to the Main Event. Then follow through on what God leads you to do in developing a relationship the person and invite that special person. The Main Event will be at the

Bear Ridge Mall in Andrews.

My Hope America: This November the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association (BGEA) is sponsoring a nation wide outreach/renewal event. BGEA is purchasing air time on all TV networks to share a message of hope from Dr Billy Graham. There are sev-eral association churches participating in this event by enlisting Matthew Families to host gatherings for the purpose of sharing their testimony. This may be the biggest evangelistic outreach in the history of this nation. Would you like to have a part in bringing

America Back to God?

Contact Mitchell Shields for more information.

Please pray for “My Hope America, with Billy Graham”.

The Baptist Recorder Official Newsletter of Truett Baptist Association of Churches, Inc.

Telephone 828.837.5401 Email – tbanc@frontier.com

Rev. Mitchell Shields, Director of Missions Mobile #828.360.5049 Email-tbadom@frontier.com

ATTENTION

CHURCH CLERKS

The 2013 Annual Congregation Profiles were recently mailed to you. If you would please complete the profile for your church as soon as possible and mail back to us or you can enter the infor-mation online, we will be appreciative. It is our hope that we can get a completed pro-file from every church in Truett Associa-tion this year. If you have questions or

• The next Pastor’s Fellowship & Breakfast

will be on Monday, August 12th, 8:30 a.m. at

The Blue Mountain Grill in Peachtree.

See You at the Pole

Each year students gather at their school flag pole and pray for

their school, teachers and fellow students.

September 25 is the day.

Encourage students to join this time of prayer led by students.

“Good Girls don’t have to Dress Bad”

Fashion meets Faith Conference with Shari Braendel

Friday, October 4, Session 1, 6-8:30 p.m.

Saturday, October 5, Session 2, Multiple sessions, I

Including lunch and color analysis for every guest.

Teens are being bombarded with the message that in order to be “someone special” they have to

dress and act sexy.

Join us and find out that you are on God’s V.I.P.

List

Discover new self worth, Find freedom and victory

from the hurts of the past.

Cost $12.00

Door prizes! Vendors! Fellowship!

Marble Springs Baptist Church

PO Box 264, Marble, N.C.

828-837-5322

NC MISSION CELEBRATION -REGION 10

MONDAY AUGUST 26 @

CLEAR CREEK BAPTIST CHURCH

250 Blue Valley Rd

Highlands, NC 28741

A Celebration of Missions for Men, Women, & Youth!

Meal begins at 6:p.m . With program to follow.

A night of missions celebration as we experience what God is doing through North Carolina Baptist volunteers in our state, our nation, and around the world.

No charge for the meal,

but your reservation must

be made no later than

August 22.

To register contact the NC Baptist Men’s office at

1-800-395-5102 x5613 or register on line at

WWW.BAPTISTONMISSION.ORG

(EVENTS/REGIONAL RALLIES/MISSION CELEBRATIONS)

2013 Appalachian Bivocational and

Small Church

Pastor—Staff—Wives Celebration

September 6‐‐‐‐7, 2013

Starts at 3:00 PM on Friday

September 6 and ends at noon on

Saturday, September 7

Clear Creek Baptist Bible College

300 Clear Creek Road

Pineville, KY 40977

Registration is $25.00 and

includes Supper on Friday

and Lunch on Saturday

Deadline: August 1, 2013

Registration after August 1 is $40.00

The Registration is waived for all active Clear Creek Baptist Bible College and Fruitland Baptist Bible Institute students and their spouse. Students must register by August 1st to attend.

For registration forms contact:

Truett Baptist Association, 828-837-5401 or register on line at: http://ccbbc.edu/

TBA

Budget

Other

Missions

TBA

Budget

Other

Missions

1 Iglesia Bautista Hispanic 24.51 0.00 Murphy First Baptist Church 1,750.02 1,200.00

Andrews First Baptist Church 11,815.95 7,724.02 New Hope Baptist Church 0.00 0.00

Bealtown Baptist Church 600.00 0.00 New Martins Creek Baptist Church 884.75 0.00

Bethabara Baptist Church 0.00 0.00 Notla Baptist Church 0.00 0.00

Bethel Baptist Church 0.00 0.00 Oak Grove Baptist Church (Marble) 1,258.45 1,226.00

Bible Missionary Baptist Church 0.00 0.00 Oak Grove Baptist Church (Murphy) 1,302.46 1,500.00

Blessed Hope Baptist Church 0.00 0.00 Oak View Baptist Church 0.00 0.00

Boiling Springs Baptist Church 600.00 2,750.00 Ogreeta Baptist Church 0.00 0.00

Downings Creek Baptist Church 0.00 0.00 Old Shooting Creek Baptist Church 1,293.17 0.00

Ebenezer Baptist Church 1,667.76 0.00 Peachtree Memorial Baptist Church 7,921.46 1,450.00

Fires Creek Baptist Church 78.92 0.00 Pilgrim Baptist Church 0.00 0.00

Friendship Baptist Church 1,800.00 0.00 Pine Grove Baptist Church 0.00 0.00

Grace Fellowship Baptist Church 0.00 0.00 Pine Log Baptist Church 529.80 0.00

Hanging Dog Baptist Church 250.00 0.00 Ranger Baptist Church 2,400.00 401.00

Harmony Baptist Church 0.00 0.00 Shady Grove Baptist Church (Hayesville) 628.64 0.00

Hopewell Baptist Church 600.00 0.00 Shady Grove Baptist Church (Murphy) 0.00 0.00

Liberty Baptist Church 150.00 0.00 Shiloh Baptist Church 0.00 0.00

Little Brasstown Baptist Church 6,999.96 600.00 Shoal Creek Baptist Church 0.00 0.00

Macedonia Baptist Church 277.86 222.28 Simonds Chapel Baptist Church 358.02 0.00

Maltby Baptist Church 0.00 0.00 Snow Hill Baptist Church 0.00 0.00

Marble Springs Baptist Church 2,792.59 600.00 South End Baptist Church 0.00 0.00

Martin Hill Baptist Church 0.00 0.00 Swanson Baptist Church 0.00 0.00

Meadow Grove Baptist Church 0.00 0.00 Sweetwater Baptist Church 146.00 0.00

Moccasin Creek Baptist Church 0.00 0.00 Tomotla Baptist Church 600.00 500.00

Moss Memorial Baptist Church 250.00 1,055.00 Truett Memorial First Baptist Church 0.00 75.00

Mount Carmel Baptist Church 150.00 1100.00 Unaka Baptist Church 1,118.45 0.00

Mount Liberty Baptist Church 950.00 740.00 Upper Peachtree Baptist Church 600.00 800.00

Mount Moriah Baptist Church 475.15 600.00 Valley River Baptist Church 500.00 425.00

Mount Pisgah Baptist Church 156.00 0.00 Valleytown Baptist Church 500.00 441.00

Mount Pleasant Baptist Church 7,996.59 3,643.35 Vengeance Creek Baptist Church 750.00 850.00

Mount Zion Baptist Church 563.53 0.00 Violet Baptist Church 300.00 600.00

Individuals 0.00 10100.00

61,040.04 38,602.65

Church Contributions January 1, 2013 to June 30, 2013

Ministry Village Development (former Land Purchase Update)

Balance 5/14/2013 $1,506.01

Contributions from Churches:

Andrews First 2,733.34 Little Brasstown 300.00 Moss Memorial 500.00 Mt. Liberty 170.00 Mt. Pleasant 200.00 Murphy First 900.00 Oak Grove(Marble) 241.00 Tomotla 500.00 Upper Peachtree 500.00 Valley River 170.00 Vengeance Creek 300.00 Total Church Contributions $ 6,514.34 Total Individual Contributions $ 2,615.00

Sub-Total $10,635.35

Payments:

Mtn. Office Systems 20.00 First Citizens 1,419.84 First Citizens (Principal) 5,100.00

Total Payments $ 6,539.84

Balance 7/17/2013 $ 4,095.51

2013 Youth Leader Training,

August 24, 2014

Spencer Baptist Church, Spindale, NC

To register: Call (800) 395-5102 ext. 5566,

Email Student Evangelist@ncbaptist.org or visit

www.BeDoTell.com.

Topics include: Five Purposes of the Church, Mentoring

Enlisting and Keeping Volunteers, How to Plan a Mission

Trip, How to Plan a DiscipleNow Weekend

Leaving a Legacy

A Prayer & Evangelism Retreat

for Women of all ages and stages of Life.

September 6-7, 2013

LifeWay Ridgecrest Conference Center

Registration: (800) 588-7222

SPECIAL PRAYER REQUESTS

Please remember to pray for these

Churches searching for a Pastor:

Murphy First Marble Springs Valleytown Liberty

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Remember those serving in Military If your son/daughter/father/mother is

serving and you would like for us to list their name to pray for them, please

contact us at 828.837.5401 or tbanc@frontier.com

Men and Women Serving in the Military:

Brett Bateman Elijah Shields Steven Eric Moore Dakota Curtis Matt Hauck Devan D. Jump Patrick Cook DeEtte LaCharite’ Michael Johnson Ashley Allen Jonathan White Brandon Cordon Cpl. Christopher Raper Justin Jensen Isaac Rhodes T.J. Posey Savannah M. Dockery Dustin Berry Chris Berry Dana Miles Galen Edwards Nathan Rhoton Brian Shields Travis McClure Jarrett Graves Megan Bateman Jordan West Aubrey Oller Spencer Williamson

------------------------------------- Pray for: Iglesia Bautista Hispana de Cherokee Co. TBA Children’s Home Mountain Area Dental Ministry

Remember to pray for the children in care at

Truett Children’s Home in Hayesville.

B.G. M.G. A.S. M.G. K.C. B.G.

Remember to pray for all Remember to pray for all Remember to pray for all Remember to pray for all

students and faculty as school students and faculty as school students and faculty as school students and faculty as school and college classes will begin in and college classes will begin in and college classes will begin in and college classes will begin in

a few weeks. a few weeks. a few weeks. a few weeks.

CHURCHES PRAYING

FOR CHURCHES

The churches listed below have signed up to pray on a specific day each month. We talk about the importance of prayer. Our country

and community needs us to pray.

Would you join these churches in making prayer a priority in the life of your church and in your

personal life?

The Challenge! Acts 1:8

The Answer! Matthew 9:38 PRAYER MINISTRY

Has your church signed up to pray

a day each month?

Please prayerfully consider this opportunity

Sign up your church to pray on a specific day...we can

have more than one church each day.

1 Vengeance Creek Baptist Church 2 Oak Grove Baptist Church, Marble 3 Downings Creek Baptist Church 4 Oak Grove Baptist Church, Murphy 5 Ebenezer Baptist Church 6 Vengeance Creek Baptist Church 7 Marble Springs Baptist Church Oak View Baptist Church 8 Peachtree Memorial Baptist Church 9 Notla Baptist Church 10 Liberty Baptist Church 11 Grace Fellowship Baptist Church 12 Old Shooting Creek Baptist Church 13 Blessed Hope Baptist Church 14 Meadow Grove Baptist Church 15 Pine Log Baptist Church 16 Bible Missionary Baptist Church 17 Murphy First Baptist Church Rebecca Sunday School Class 18 Murphy First Baptist Church Men’s Bible Study 19 Moccasin Creek Baptist Church 20 Unaka Baptist Church 21 Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church 22 Vengeance Creek Baptist Church 23 Mt. Liberty Baptist Church 24 Friendship Baptist Church 25 Andrews First Baptist Church 26 Shoal Creek Baptist Church 27 Valleytown Baptist Church 28 Little Brasstown WMU 29 Macedonia Baptist Church, Wolfcreek

30 Shady Grove Baptist Church, Murphy 31 Truett Memorial Baptist Church (or last day of each month)

See You at the Pole:

Each year students gather at their school flag pole and pray for their

school, teachers and fellow students. September 25 is the day.

Encourage students to join this time of prayer led by students.

Would you be interested in receiving the Truett Association Newsletter by E-mail instead of snail mail?

If so, please send us an email indicating you would prefer the E-mail Newsletter and we will make the change. This will help

TBA with postage expense and will benefit you because you will receive your newsletter faster.

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2 2 R E V . B I L L Y F R A N K L I N

2 2 P A M ( M R S . G R E G ) SW A I N

2 3 R E V . A U D B R O W N

2 6 D E N I S E ( M R S . C H A R L E S ) S H E L T O N

2 9 J E A N N I E ( M R S . D E N N I S ) M I L E S

3 1 D O R I S ( M R S . R I C H A R D ) RO B E R S O N

B I R T H D A Y S – S E P T E M B E R

7 D O T T I E ( M R S . T O N Y ) R A X T E R

1 4 B E C K Y ( M R S . A U D ) B R O W N

1 4 R E V . J O H N H I L L

2 3 R E V . J O S H L E D F O R D

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A N N I V E R S A R I E S – A U G U S T

3 R E V . A N D M R S . J O S H L E D F O R D

1 0 R E V . A N D M R S . K E N N Y W H I T E

2 8 R E V . A N D M R S . T R O Y L O N G

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1 3 R E V . A N D MR S . H A R O L D S T I L E S

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