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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 February 2016

Trinity River Baptist Association April 2016

Apr 2 (Sat) AM Mendoza & Simmons PM Dosier & Skinner Apr 3 (Sun) AM Hinch & Gault PM Snell & Catching Apr 9 (Sat) AM Thomas & Clark PM Hortmans Apr 10 (Sun) AM Presnulls PM McGuires

Apr 16 (Sat) AM Goff & Davis PM Herring & Morales Apr 17 (Sun) AM Shaws PM Baldridges Apr 23 (Sat) AM C. & G. Theis PM Nichols Apr 24 (Sun) AM Smarts PM Garvins Apr 30 (Sat) AM Herring & Kinney PM Calebs

Family Visitors’ Center Schedule

Su Mon Tue We Thu Fri Sat

1 6:30 pm Pastors and Wives

Banquet, Dayton Community Center

2

3

4 6-9 pm Pastor Essentials

5 6:30 pm

Gideons

6 7 10:30 am Pastor Prayer

Fellowship

8 9

10


12 6 pm TRBA Ex Bd

Trinity, Dayton


Fellowship

15 16 8:30 am-3:30 pm Texas Sticks

Conference First Baptist, New Waverly, TX

17


19


Fellowship

22

23

24


26 27

28 10:30 am Pastor Prayer

Fellowship 10 am-3 pm

55+ Fish Fry Lake Tomahawk

29 5:30 pm Secret Church

Simulcast Heights

30

Jan 2016 Jan-Feb 16

Batson Prairie 0.00 0.00

Berean Tabernacle 200.00 200.00

Calvary, Dayton 1,000.00 1,500.00

Calvary, Liberty 177.00 384.00

Center, Thicket 0.00 99.00

Central Daisetta 0.00 0.00

Central, Liberty 167.19 240.84

Covenant 0.00 0.00

Eminence 0.00 0.00

First Anahuac 833.33 1,666.66

First Batson 150.00 300.00

First Concord 0.00 250.00

First Daisetta 410.00 815.00

First Dayton 676.43 1,607.78

First Devers 404.64 828.43

First High Island 0.00 0.00

First Hull 0.00 0.00

First Liberty 968.64 3,705.43

First Saratoga 431.01 845.62

First Sour Lake 1,109.26 2,414.59

Grace Community 842.50 1,542.50

Grayburg 0.00 0.00

Gum Grove 44.10 84.61

Hardin Baptist 1,369.77 2,475.12

Heights 801.65 1,437.91

House of Living Waters 0.00 0.00

Kenefick Southern 884.06 1,606.38

Mt Calvary 550.67 1,491.80

North Main 933.14 2,065.49

Nuevo Amanecer 0.00 0.00

Oak Island 0.00 53.31

Old River 2,333.34 2,333.34

Pathways 161.00 271.00

Primera Dayton 75.00 150.00

Smith Point 69.42 112.47

South Dayton 50.00 100.00

Sweet Home 0.00 0.00

Trinity 100.00 200.00

West End 489.00 871.00

Whispering Meadows 368.10 555.66

Wild Country Mission 0.00 107.00

Interest 4.65 9.21

TOTAL 15,603.90 30,324.15

NEWSPLASH

AprilApril

20162016

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

Director of Missions meeting,

Mt. Lebanon Camp, Cedar Hill, TX

Historical location — Chambers County Historical Commission (CCHC) officials

present a temporary historical marker to Smith Point Community Church

(SPCC) on Sunday, Feb. 21. The permanent marker will be placed later this

year during a special ceremony. The church’s building was once a school house, built in 1937. The pastor describes the building: “Once a school-

house, now we are the lighthouse for all of Smith Point.” Pictured with the

temporary marker are, front row: Dr. John Britt (CCHC), Sheryl Shaw (CCHC

chairman), Evelyn Standley (SPCC), Dr. Julie Jacobs (SPCC), Rev. Michael and

Patty Graves (SPCC pastor and wife), Nell Northcutt-Purser (CCHC). Back row:

Donna Britt (CCHC), Lois Woodfin (SPCC), Kenneth Standley (CCHC and SPCC),

Henry Nears (SPCC).

Secret Church Simulcast:

The Gospel vs. Religions

Mark Kroos, guitarist, at TRBA April meeting TR Baptists will be treated to an eve-ning of unbelievable talent on Tuesday, Apr. 12 as Mark Kroos plays his two-neck guitar at Trinity Baptist Church in Dayton. The concert begins at 7 p.m. A love offering will be received. The concert is preceded by a 6 p.m. meal and Executive Board meeting. Please call 936-336-9232 to make a reservation for the meal. Board members will vote on the proposed partnership with Emmanuel Baptist Church in Rochester, Minn.

March 28 deadline to register for April 1

Pastors and Wives Banquet Call Theresa at 936-336-9232

Featured speaker for this year’s Texas Sticks Conference will be Ray Gilder, director of bivocational ministry for the Tennessee Baptist Convention and also national coordinator of the Bivocational and Small Church Leadership Network. The event is 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Saturday, Apr. 16 at First Bap-tist Church in New Waverly, Texas. TRBA will reimburse the $19 registration fee for any of our pastors who attend. We will also reimburse the fee for up to three other church members who attend with their pastor. You must register online and attend the conference to be reimbursed. Go to www. Tex-asSticks.org to register and to learn more about the conference. Designed with smaller churches and small town settings in mind, the conference is sponsored by four associations (including TRBA), the two Texas state conventions, and LifeWay Christian Resources.

Apr. 16 Texas Sticks Conference designed for smaller churches

Now is the time to register and reserve your study guide for the Friday, Apr. 29 Secret Church Simul-cast. “A Global Gospel in a World of Religions” is the theme of the Bible study which will be streamed live at Heights Baptist Church, Liberty. The event, featuring Interna-tional Mission Board president David Platt, begins at 5:30 p.m. and will last until about midnight. Registration is $10 and covers the study guide and refreshments. The first 50 who register will receive the official study guide as shown in the photo. Late registrants must still pay the $10 fee and will receive a copied PDF version of the guide. “I cannot think of a more timely topic

than this for us to deal with as be-lievers right now in 2016,” said David Williams, TRBA director of missions. “David Platt will help us see the religious diversity of the world the way God sees it and then respond the way God would have us respond. It’s going to be a great study” “Let’s come together to hear God

speak concerning this new world in which we are now living,” Williams said.

TEXAS STICKS SCHEDULE 8:30am Registration 9:00am General Session 1 9:45am Break 10:00am General Session 2 10:45am Break 11:00am General Session 3 11:45am Lunch 12:30pm Break Out Session 1 1:30pm Break Out Session 2 2:30pm Break Out Session 3

Farewell Reception — First Baptist Anahuac honors Gary and Cindy Hillyard with a

reception on his last day as pastor, Sunday, Feb. 20. He resigned after 18 years as

their pastor. The Hillyards plan to remain in Anahuac and are excited to see how the

Lord will continue to use them in His service. The reception was held in the church’s Outreach Center Coffee House, a community ministry established last year.

During our Apr. 12 Executive Board meeting at Trinity

Baptist in Dayton, we will vote on a recommended five-

year partnership with Emmanuel Baptist Church in Rochester, Minn. We printed

the proposed covenant in last month’s Newsplash and I hope you have taken time

to read and pray about the partnership so you will be ready to vote. If you need a

copy, let us know and we will get one to you.

Mission JourneyMission Journey

There will be a July 9-16 mission trip to help Emmanuel Baptist with their Sports Challenge VBS. They are expecting a big crowd for this outreach event and need our help. It will also be an oppor-tunity for us to begin learn-ing about our partners and building relationships with them. We need 10-12 people for this trip. If you feel the Lord leading you to be part of this team, please contact Tim Gruver, partnership director, immediately. If you do not feel led to go, you can still participate by pray-ing and by giving so that others may go. Your gift can help lower the price of the trip so that others may go. To give toward the trip, send your donation to TRBA and mark it “Minnesota Partnership.” Calling out the called A highlight of each week for me is our Monday evening Pas-tor Essentials class for men called to ministry. During my last pas-torate we saw 50 come forward saying that God was calling them to ministry. Many of those are serving across the nation and around the world today. One of those, Wes Robertson, served many years as a youth minister in North Texas and has just been called as pastor of First Baptist, Blaire, Okla. His call to minis-try began in 1995 during our church’s youth choir mission trip to Emmanuel Baptist Church in Rochester, Minn. That’s the same church we are going to in July. How’s that for a “divine coincidence”?

Something old, something new On Mar. 6 Donna Kay and I attended

Line Camp Cowboy Church on Harland Strother’s first Sunday as new pastor. Then we joined Central Daisetta for their 85th anni-versary Homecoming ser-vice. Leslie Gaines, pastor, was there, but the preacher of the day was Cory Elder, staff member of Providence Community Church in Atas-

cocita and grandson of Janet Hundley, member of Central Daisetta. Cory grew up in Hull, was called to ministry here and has served as youth minister of both First Daisetta and North Main Baptist. The service was followed by a tremendous pot luck lunch. That’s my plate in the photo. It was a joy to be able to worship with our newest and

one of our oldest congregations on the same day. We have 41 churches and one mission. Each is unique and each is necessary. May the Lord give us many more to reach the more than 70,000 people in our area.

Pastors and Wives Donna Kay and I are looking forward to seeing our pastors and their wives at the April 1 (no fooling!) Pastors and Wives Ban-quet. Great food (Mike’s Barbecue), great speaker (Jimmy Draper), great music (Donna Kay), great gifts and prizes. Please RSVP today!

Loving serving the Lord with you, David Williams

Pray for our

pastorless churches First Anahuac, since March 2016

Wild Country, since May 2015

First Hull, since February 2014 John Guedry, interim

First Concord, since January 2014 Richard Stidham, interim

Oak Island, since December 2012

Welcome these

new pastors Harland Strother, called as pastor of Line Camp Cowboy Church, Feb. 28, 2016. Joe Filer, called as pastor of First Devers, Feb. 28, 2016. Steve Collazo, called as pastor of First High Island, Mar. 20, 2016.

Pastor Prayer Fellowship 10:30-11:30 a.m., Thursdays

TRBA Conference Room

Followed by Dutch Treat lunch for those pastors able to stay

June 2 banquet celebrates TRBA volunteers All TRBA volunteers are invited to a ban-quet in their honor, 6-8 p.m., Thursday, June 2, at North Main Baptist Church. Entertainment will be provided by Robert Burkhart, comedian. The banquet is for all who have volun-teered the past year in TRBA ministries and community ministries supported by TRBA, including, but not limited to: TRBA office volunteers TRBA Food Pantry Jail Ministry Pastor Essentials trainers/mentors Pastor Essentials meal providers Men Alive Outdoor Expo Men’s Ministry Mission Lone Star Family Visitors’ Center at the prison Pregnancy Care Center House of Destiny Spirit of Sharing TRBA elected leaders and team members

Date Time Church VBS Title June 5-9 6-8:30 pm Old River Submerged

June 6-9 8:30 am-noon First Devers Submerged

June 6-10 6-9 pm Grace Community Submerged

June 8-10 6-8:30 pm Berean Tabernacle Submerged

June 12-16 6-8:30 pm Kenefick Southern Cave Quest

June 13-17 9 am-noon First Dayton Ocean Commotion

June 13-17 5:30-8:30 pm West End, Saratoga The Conquerors

June 13-17 6-8 pm Mt. Calvary Ocean Commotion

June 13-17 6-8 pm Heights, Liberty Cave Quest

June 13-17 6:30-8:30 pm Grayburg Cave Quest

June 20-24 8:30 am-noon First Sour Lake Submerged

June 20-24 9 am-noon Hardin Submerged

June 20-24 9 am-noon North Main ?

June 20-24 5:30-8 pm Central Daisetta Cave Quest

June 26- July 1 9 am-noon Smith Point Cave Quest

June 26-30 6-9 pm Calvary, Liberty ?

July 6-8 10 am-2 pm First Concord Jungle Jaunt

July 9 9 am-4 pm Whispering Meadows Ocean Comotion

July 18-22 9 am - noon Trinity, Dayton Cave Quest

When is your Vacation Bible School?

HARLAND AND DENISE STROTHER

CORY ELDER

HOMECOMING MEAL AT CENTRAL DAISETTA

Wanted:Meals for Pastor Essentials Pastor Essentials meets 6-9 p.m. each Monday and begins with a meal for the men. If your church, class or group would like to provide a meal, contact Theresa Adair at TRBA. Meals need to be dropped off at 5:45 p.m. in throwaway containers. Plan for 25 men. Ideas: pizza, barbecue, chicken, sandwiches, tacos, hamburgers, chicken spaghetti, brisket, catfish, etc. Providing meals is a great way to par-ticipate in the training of these men called by God and preparing to plant churches or pastor existing churches.

New food pantry schedule calls for volunteers, food TRBA is transitioning from an “on de-mand” pantry (providing food, if available, whenever people come and request it) to a twice-a-month pantry. Food will now be distributed on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. The biggest need is for volunteers, about eight each Tuesday, to help with tasks including registration, prayer, prepa-ration and distribution. If you can help, please contact Theresa Adair, TRBA ad-ministrative assistant, at 936-336-9232 to get on the schedule. There is also a constant need of food items for stocking the pantry. TRBA has a limited amount of money budgeted each month and some regular donations of funds or food from churches and individu-als. If you or your church would like to help keep the shelves filled, contact Theresa and let her know. “A big thank you to all the churches and individuals who have helped us keep this ministry going,” said Theresa Adair. “We depend on your generosity and faithful-ness.”

55+ Fish Fry

Thursday, April 28

10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Lake Tomahawk

Christian country band: Branded

$10 per person

Call 281-422-3604 by Apr. 11

Associational Emphasis Week

May 15-21, 2016

Help us celebrate Associational Emphasis Week by leading your church to start some-thing new during the week of May 15-21. “Whenever we start something new with a focus on sharing the Good News with people, we reach some people we have never reached before,” said David Williams. Could your church start a new adult class — for young adults? for women? for men? for newlyweds? for college students? Could your church start a Bible study off campus at a coffee shop or fast food res-taurant and invite only people who don’t go to church anywhere? Could your church start a new work in a mobile home park, apartment complex, RV park, assisted living center? Could students in your church start a Bi-ble study at their schools? Could some adults start a Bible study at the places where they work?

“We value those who volunteer in our various programs and ministries,” said David Williams, director of missions. “This banquet is a small gift of appreciation to show our gratitude to all those who serve in so many ways.” There is no charge for the banquet, but volunteers are asked to make reservations for the event by calling 936-336-9232 or emailing [email protected].

Set apart — Gary Hillyard, pastor of First Baptist

Anahuac, on Feb. 28 presents a certificate to

church member Lee Weaver, right, who is now

licensed to the ministry. Weaver completed the TRBA Pastor Essentials class last year.

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 February 2016

Trinity River Baptist Association April 2016

Apr 2 (Sat) AM Mendoza & Simmons PM Dosier & Skinner Apr 3 (Sun) AM Hinch & Gault PM Snell & Catching Apr 9 (Sat) AM Thomas & Clark PM Hortmans Apr 10 (Sun) AM Presnulls PM McGuires

Apr 16 (Sat) AM Goff & Davis PM Herring & Morales Apr 17 (Sun) AM Shaws PM Baldridges Apr 23 (Sat) AM C. & G. Theis PM Nichols Apr 24 (Sun) AM Smarts PM Garvins Apr 30 (Sat) AM Herring & Kinney PM Calebs

Family Visitors’ Center Schedule

Su Mon Tue We Thu Fri Sat

1 6:30 pm Pastors and Wives

Banquet, Dayton Community Center

2

3


5 6:30 pm

Gideons


Fellowship

8 9

10


12 6 pm TRBA Ex Bd

Trinity, Dayton


Fellowship

15 16 8:30 am-3:30 pm Texas Sticks

Conference First Baptist, New Waverly, TX

17


19


Fellowship

22

23

24


26 27

28 10:30 am Pastor Prayer

Fellowship 10 am-3 pm

55+ Fish Fry Lake Tomahawk

29 5:30 pm Secret Church

Simulcast Heights

30

Jan 2016 Jan-Feb 16

Batson Prairie 0.00 0.00

Berean Tabernacle 200.00 200.00

Calvary, Dayton 1,000.00 1,500.00

Calvary, Liberty 177.00 384.00

Center, Thicket 0.00 99.00

Central Daisetta 0.00 0.00

Central, Liberty 167.19 240.84

Covenant 0.00 0.00

Eminence 0.00 0.00

First Anahuac 833.33 1,666.66

First Batson 150.00 300.00

First Concord 0.00 250.00

First Daisetta 410.00 815.00

First Dayton 676.43 1,607.78

First Devers 404.64 828.43

First High Island 0.00 0.00

First Hull 0.00 0.00

First Liberty 968.64 3,705.43

First Saratoga 431.01 845.62

First Sour Lake 1,109.26 2,414.59

Grace Community 842.50 1,542.50

Grayburg 0.00 0.00

Gum Grove 44.10 84.61

Hardin Baptist 1,369.77 2,475.12

Heights 801.65 1,437.91

House of Living Waters 0.00 0.00

Kenefick Southern 884.06 1,606.38

Mt Calvary 550.67 1,491.80

North Main 933.14 2,065.49

Nuevo Amanecer 0.00 0.00

Oak Island 0.00 53.31

Old River 2,333.34 2,333.34

Pathways 161.00 271.00

Primera Dayton 75.00 150.00

Smith Point 69.42 112.47

South Dayton 50.00 100.00

Sweet Home 0.00 0.00

Trinity 100.00 200.00

West End 489.00 871.00

Whispering Meadows 368.10 555.66

Wild Country Mission 0.00 107.00

Interest 4.65 9.21

TOTAL 15,603.90 30,324.15

NEWSPLASH

AprilApril

20162016

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

Director of Missions meeting,

Mt. Lebanon Camp, Cedar Hill, TX

Historical location — Chambers County Historical Commission (CCHC) officials

present a temporary historical marker to Smith Point Community Church

(SPCC) on Sunday, Feb. 21. The permanent marker will be placed later this

year during a special ceremony. The church’s building was once a school house, built in 1937. The pastor describes the building: “Once a school-

house, now we are the lighthouse for all of Smith Point.” Pictured with the

temporary marker are, front row: Dr. John Britt (CCHC), Sheryl Shaw (CCHC

chairman), Evelyn Standley (SPCC), Dr. Julie Jacobs (SPCC), Rev. Michael and

Patty Graves (SPCC pastor and wife), Nell Northcutt-Purser (CCHC). Back row:

Donna Britt (CCHC), Lois Woodfin (SPCC), Kenneth Standley (CCHC and SPCC),

Henry Nears (SPCC).

Secret Church Simulcast:

The Gospel vs. Religions

Mark Kroos, guitarist, at TRBA April meeting TR Baptists will be treated to an eve-ning of unbelievable talent on Tuesday, Apr. 12 as Mark Kroos plays his two-neck guitar at Trinity Baptist Church in Dayton. The concert begins at 7 p.m. A love offering will be received. The concert is preceded by a 6 p.m. meal and Executive Board meeting. Please call 936-336-9232 to make a reservation for the meal. Board members will vote on the proposed partnership with Emmanuel Baptist Church in Rochester, Minn.

March 28 deadline to register for April 1

Pastors and Wives Banquet Call Theresa at 936-336-9232

Featured speaker for this year’s Texas Sticks Conference will be Ray Gilder, director of bivocational ministry for the Tennessee Baptist Convention and also national coordinator of the Bivocational and Small Church Leadership Network. The event is 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Saturday, Apr. 16 at First Bap-tist Church in New Waverly, Texas. TRBA will reimburse the $19 registration fee for any of our pastors who attend. We will also reimburse the fee for up to three other church members who attend with their pastor. You must register online and attend the conference to be reimbursed. Go to www. Tex-asSticks.org to register and to learn more about the conference. Designed with smaller churches and small town settings in mind, the conference is sponsored by four associations (including TRBA), the two Texas state conventions, and LifeWay Christian Resources.

Apr. 16 Texas Sticks Conference designed for smaller churches

Now is the time to register and reserve your study guide for the Friday, Apr. 29 Secret Church Simul-cast. “A Global Gospel in a World of Religions” is the theme of the Bible study which will be streamed live at Heights Baptist Church, Liberty. The event, featuring Interna-tional Mission Board president David Platt, begins at 5:30 p.m. and will last until about midnight. Registration is $10 and covers the study guide and refreshments. The first 50 who register will receive the official study guide as shown in the photo. Late registrants must still pay the $10 fee and will receive a copied PDF version of the guide. “I cannot think of a more timely topic

than this for us to deal with as be-lievers right now in 2016,” said David Williams, TRBA director of missions. “David Platt will help us see the religious diversity of the world the way God sees it and then respond the way God would have us respond. It’s going to be a great study” “Let’s come together to hear God

speak concerning this new world in which we are now living,” Williams said.

TEXAS STICKS SCHEDULE 8:30am Registration 9:00am General Session 1 9:45am Break 10:00am General Session 2 10:45am Break 11:00am General Session 3 11:45am Lunch 12:30pm Break Out Session 1 1:30pm Break Out Session 2 2:30pm Break Out Session 3

Farewell Reception — First Baptist Anahuac honors Gary and Cindy Hillyard with a

reception on his last day as pastor, Sunday, Feb. 20. He resigned after 18 years as

their pastor. The Hillyards plan to remain in Anahuac and are excited to see how the

Lord will continue to use them in His service. The reception was held in the church’s Outreach Center Coffee House, a community ministry established last year.

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