July 2011 Volume 22 Issue 7

Vacation Bible School July 18-22 9am-12pm

4yrs-5th grade Signup online: simpsonvillebaptist.com or at the Hot Dog Stand in the FLC

Friday Celebration Night—Concert in “Central Park” (otherwise known as the Simpsonville Park) Community Center)

"Closing the Back Door" is imperative for the future of every church. The challenge isn't

unique to Simpsonville Baptist as most churches rarely over-come these weaknesses to achieve true health and growth. Signs of this problem include low guest retention and high member turnover. The relational portion, which is usually the biggest problem for people not staying in a church, stems from unmet needs, unsatisfactory inclusion, no involvement, questionable welcome, and few, if any, friendships. Theological and church reasons for people leaving a church include doctrine, worship, preaching and vision convictions and preferences. Other reasons will include occasional disputes and hurt feelings. The areas that I want to challenge the church to wholeheartedly address are as follows: Hosting of guests: Welcome guests and introduce them to others, helping them to connect with to others through ministry, worship, and fellowship. Guest follow-up: We want people to know we are glad they came to worship or to an event. Member care: Show love and compassion to church family undergoing emotional, spiritual, mental

and physical challenges. Absentee care: When persons fall away from the church family, who will go after them with love and

concern? Evangelistic visits: Will you talk with others about faith in Jesus and how to receive Him? Community outreach: Invite friends, neighbors, co-workers, and relatives to walk with our community

of faith. Churches that don't address the above areas are sure to plateau or die. A church family will only grow to the extent that we take care of others. If a church will take care of people, then the blessings of God will unfold. The church will then reflect the very heart of God for people. The unbeliever and unchurched question the church’s authenticity, faith, and love when these issues are unresolved. I haven't effectively lead the church to address the problem of "closing the back door" in the last five years. I just now have the knowledge and understanding of what needs to happen. I have confidence in the direction that we need to go. Now, I need to lead strong in this direction as never before. One thing I know, we will need everyone to participate in a ministry this large. This ministry of involvement has to be-come a part of the culture of our church worship, ministry and fellowship. What do we need? We will need leaders in each of the above areas in all small groups and ministries . We will need leaders to take care of these ministries during worship, church events, and fel-lowships. Then, of course, we will need people to give of their time and heart making relationships and inviting others to participate in God's family. We will provide training and instructions for the ministries needed. Would you have a desire, giftedness or burden for any of the ministries? Please contact me about how you would be willing to serve. Steve Boyd

Pastor’s Pen

CHURCH FAMILY

Don’t see your name?

Let us know and we will add you.

1 Mark Swigert

2 Kaden Dugle

3 Ronnie Sowder

5 Donna Beall

7 Adam Miller

8 Michelle Vogel, Jack Molidor

10 Jim Carpenter, Mary Federle,

Lucy Greenwell

11 Sharon Kramer

12 Lisa Davis, Dorothy Hughes

13 Leonard Shouse, Doug Goldsmith,

Jacob Gowin, Heather Garland, Barry Lloyd

16 Nathan Sangster, Hannah Stumbo

17 Chase Hawes, Doug Witt, Armando Barrera

19 Tina Ball, Linda Ashby

20 Gwyn Trumbo

22 Bonnie Pruitt, Tyler Kennedy

24 Sam Lumbatis

28 Coy Romine, Lucy Thomas

29 Chuck Rhoads, Nancy Ethington

30 Joann Johnson, Ryan Lowe

31 Martha Romine

Upcoming Events

Meadowridge Apt Clothing & School supply

Giveaway August 6

Simpsonville Fall Festival

September 10

EKY Christmas shoeboxes

October 1

Senior Adult Sock Hop

October 8

Japan Mission Trip

October 10-20

Women’s retreat

November 4 - 5

Wednesday,

June 29

3-7pm

Two volunteers are needed for

each shift.

(3-5pm & 5-7pm).

Contact Angie in the office to

volunteer.

Sara Beth Ruble & Justin Hedges

Sunday, July 10 Registered at

2-4pm WalMart, Target &

Fellowship Hall Bed, Bath & Beyond

Ministry Meeting

Sunday, July 10

5pm

Agenda Includes

recommendations from

Finance & Properties Teams

I am so excited to be the Minister to Children and their families at Simpsonville Baptist Church. The whole Thompson family (Brad, Shari, Corey, Matthew and Noelle) can’t wait to be there helping Kids and their families in Simpsonville and Shelby county connect to Jesus. Our first Sunday with you will be July 3rd. If you have a facebook page, I hope you will friend me soon so I can begin to recognize you. I continue to pray everyday that God will show me the ways He wants to use you and I to bring others to Him.

Our ministry theme will be “Kid Connection, Connecting Kids to Christ.” Deuteronomy 6:5-9 will be our theme verse: 5 And you must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. 6 And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you to-day. 7 Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up. 8 Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders. 9 Write them on the door-posts of your house and on your gates.

I look forward to serving with you and helping you grow in your connection to Christ. As par-ents and church family, I pray that we will bind together to help raise the children with whom we have contact, in the fear and admonition of the Lord. Please pray for us as God continues to work out all the details of our coming to serve and in the many transitions that have to be made.

In HIS Love, Ms. Shari

Shari’s first

Sunday will

be July 3rd!

CHILDREN’S MINISTRY

AHG would like to invite all girls to a

new summer walking/running program

called The Xtra Mile.

We meet every Tuesday and Thursday at 9:30am at the church. We begin in the

Fellowship Hall with a short devotion. Our goal is to complete a 5K run by the end of

the summer. Don’t forget to wear your running shoes, and bring plenty of water and

a sweat towel. Contact April Lumbatis with questions 220-2859.

CHILDREN’S MINISTRY

VBS NEEDS

ADVENTURE CLUB

Hello, I am Cindy Lowe, the Adventure Club director. I have been the director of the Sum-mer, After School, and Extended Care programs for over a year and recently became the director of the Preschool Program. I am a mom of four wonderful kids, Lyla, Haley, Jessi, and Ryan and wife to my incredible husband J. I love working in the church and providing a service to the community. If you have never thought about how Adventure Club affects the community, let me share. We provide care to more than 125 children in the different programs of Adventure Club . We teach Bible stories and sing songs children may never have heard in their home or in church. During this past school year, the Afterschool program went through almost the entire Bible. Our bible story teach-ers have a wonderful knowledge of the Bible and are able to share it in a way the children can fully understand. We have incredible staff who have worked with kids for years or are in Boyce or the Southern Baptist Seminary. I am very humbled and proud to be a part of these programs at our church.

Our summer program currently has 88 kids enrolled. We have themed weeks with crafts, activities, games, and a guest speaker each week. We are going on 5 field trips during the summer to the pool, movies, and bowling. It has been a great start, and I am looking forward to the rest of the summer! We have begun registration for 3 & 4 year old preschool and will begin registration for the Afterschool program on July 5! If you have any question regarding any of the programs, please feel free to contact me.

The Adventure Club council has agreed to provide $1,000 monthly toward the utilities of the Family Activity Center. In the month of May, Adventure Club provided $5,000 for the months of January through May and will be giving the $1,000 monthly to offset the cost of the utilities that is being used by Adventure Club.

DID YOU KNOW? The Linda Kerr Scholarship fund has received over $5,580 to date.

Empty clear water bottles 11x17 poster board Red & green 11-in balloons Dried lentils

Foam brushes Paper bowls 8” dowel rods (75 more) Craft glue

Small rubber bands Clear packing tape Grosgrain ribbon Glue sticks

Mini M&Ms Milk chocolate chips Sprinkles (all colors) Twizzlers

Yellow Zinger cakes Mini Oreos Tootsie Rolls White frosting

Graham crackers Animal crackers Pretzel twists Snack bags

Goldfish crackers Vanilla ice cream Ice cream cones Confetti

Small foam shapes without adhesive backing

Individual vanilla pudding cups Red, brown, & green craft foam sheets

Self-adhesive magnet strips Wooden ice cream spoons

All colors of Sharpie markers Multi-color mini marshmallows

Apple Cinnamon O shaped cereal Fruity O shaped cereal

All items can be taken to the church office before July 13.

CHILDREN’S MINISTRY

CentriKid Camp Update This year we had 31 children attend CentriKid camp at Georgetown

College!!! There were 20 girls and 11 boys, plus 7 chaperones!!! As usual, the week was loaded with lots of FUN and great bonding time

with a Christ centered focus. The kids participated in track times such as Foot Praise, Splish Splash, Basketball, Cheernastics, and No Boys Allowed, just to name a few. We started off each morning with breakfast at 7:30 a.m., followed by quiet time (which allowed each of the campers and chaperones time to do their own personal devo-tionals), before the rest of a jam packed day began. And, although "lights out" was scheduled for 10:30 p.m. each

night, I would venture to say that there was not a night that actually happened!!!!

The theme of camp this year was Shipwreck Island: Where God Provides. The kids were lead in Bible Study each day by their group leaders, focusing on Paul's life in the book of Acts. Each day they talked about how God Pro-vides for us. Day 1....God provides Forgiveness. Day 2...God provides Calling. Day 3...God provides Enough. Day 4....God provides Thru Me. Not only was this studied during Bible Study, but recreation and track

times also related back to what they were learning each day.

Although the week at camp was filled with fun, it was also filled with the presence of our Lord! Many of the children began a daily walk with the Lord or dug deeper into their relationship with Him. We praise Him and give Him all the glory for the work He is doing in their lives! In the following weeks, we will be following up with seven

children who gave their professions of faith while at camp!!!!!

Some Interesting and Amazing facts discovered while at camp: Jetta Seirakowski has a beautiful singing voice Luke Wisely needs his own personal secretary and can actually do a

toe touch

Kory Hacker can really dance....really Karly Dugle looks like her brother (Kyler) with her hair pulled back

and acts exactly like her mother did at that age Macey Gowin has to smell her clothes to see which ones are clean

Bailey Sowder didn't scare anyone away Cindy Lowe can't count

Olivia Coffey actually can stay up past 11 p.m. (thanks to Macey) Josh Dugger likes to jump off the diving board.... with his mom's permission Jonah Goldsmith was our hero for finding the "lost wallet" Dana Coffey is not good with directions It was a GREAT week!!!! As we look on towards next year, I would encourage all those children who will be finishing 3rd thru 5th grade and have never been to CentriKid to please consider it.......as well as, all those who have already been. Also, if you've never been as a chaperone.....you don't know what you're missing!!! These

kids are wonderful and worth every bit of the investment of your time!!! There is TRULY nothing like camp!

Dana Coffey

Dear CentriKid Campers: I loved being your church group host this week. Thank you for accepting me into your family and being so warm and welcoming! I would like to leave you with one thing– Phili1:27. ― Only live your live in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ, so whether I come see you or am absent I may hear of you that you are standing firm in one spirit , with one mind, striving together for the faith of the gospel. Preach the Word!! Ginny Lou—CentriKid

MISSIONS

Due to the Japanese tsunami, we

have moved our Japan Mission trip to

October 10-20.

Please note date change

This change has opened our trip up for

additional participants to join the

team.

Cost: $1,700 Contact Matt at ext 14 for more info.

Our team will be leading a VBS for children and students, and doing

street and college evangelism. We will also provide an American

cooking class for the women.

Kenya 2012 Mission Trip

July 24– August 6

This trip will be a medical missions trip which we

hope will offer a medical, dental and vision clinic.

We will also provide water filtration systems and

training.

APPROXIMATE COST: $3,500

$100 deposits and a firm commitment are due by January 1.

We encourage you to check with your medical care providers regarding

their interest in joining us.

ALC Baby Bottle Campaign TOTAL GIVING TO DATE

$1,003.03 Please continue to

return all

baby bottles!

July Mission Totes Shelby County Back Pack Program

Rice Krispy treats, Pop Tarts, granola bars, canned fruits and soup in POP TOP containers, prepackaged cheese or peanut butter and crackers, individual serving bowls of

cereal. All items can be taken to the Mission Cove.

MISSIONS

DID YOU KNOW? Brian Straub was involved in a

Summer mission trip to Philadelphia.

He worked with the Salvation Army in

inner city ministry that included a mini

VBS, mentoring & fellowship with street

kids, & painting, gardening and yard

work. He also worked in the greatly un-

derprivileged Somerset area doing street evangelism.

Mike Waterman is currently

involved in a mission trip to Lesotho,

Africa.

Lesotho is

a small

land-

locked country north

of South Africa. The

focus of his trip is

church planting.

Mt. Vernon, IL

Mission Trip

July 3-9

It’s not too late to join this team which will be helping to brick a

church. We also need folks to help

with cooking and evangelism.

Go for a week or a few days. Mt. Vernon is just a short

3 hr drive away.

Contact Bob Gordon at 243-3213.

Your prayers are much appreciated for this team!

Meadowridge Apartments Clothing & School Supply Give Away

Saturday, August 6

Many of the children in Meadowridge Apartments come from low-income families, and they could use a little help providing the necessary school supplies and clothing to begin the new school year. We will be collecting: new & clean, pre worn clothing in good condition for both the children and their

parents. shoes and sneakers for elementary aged children—this need is our greatest so if

you see some on clearance, please pick a pair up! elementary aged school supplies. There will be a list at Wal Mart for the Simpsonville school.

All donations may be taken to the church office.

Colonial Hall Summer Celebration Tuesday, June 28

6pm

We will enjoy water games and have summer snacks.

Contact Angie at ext 18 if you can provide watermelon,

vanilla ice cream or cola, orange or cherry 2-liters.

Eastern Kentucky Matt Garner

This month's newsletter is a bit different because I'm writing to you from the field, both literal and figurative. I'm on the mis-sion trip in eastern Kentucky and am sitting on the back patio of a ministry called Haven of Rest, looking out on a field and then on to mountains in the background. Haven of Rest is a prison min-istry started by a woman named Eileen Mullins. It's across the street from the Big Sandy Federal prison around Inez, KY. Eileen started this ministry after her son shot and killed his wife and was sent to prison. She realized there was no place for visiting families to stay when they came from all around the country and felt God telling her to build this place and minister to these people. This is only one of the many ministries in eastern Kentucky that has God's finger-prints all over it.

We've got a large group from our church working in a 25 mile radius as well as other groups who have joined us. Besides the Haven of Rest, we have painted and restored a church in West Van Lear; we have a group led by Ken Hyde who is painting, doing construction, and building a deck for a dynamic church plant in Paintsville called Mountain Community Fellowship; there's another group serving at a ministry called ARO (Appalachian Reach Out) working with a huge food and clothes closet and doing a local VBS. We are getting ready for a revival service to-night in Inez and preparing for a Touched Twice clinic on Saturday where people will receive free medical/dental/vision care as well as spiritual counseling. Posters are up all over the towns and there is excitement in the air!

We have had nightly worship services and last night got to baptize (in a swimming pool) a young woman who had dedicated her life to Christ! We also heard testimonies of others giving their lives to Christ! It was amazing and humbling.

I am sure you will hear more about the trip, but for now, just know that God is at work in these hills and your prayers and support are needed.

After some date wrangling, we have set October 10-20 as our new tentative dates for the Japan mission trip. if you are interested in going with us and sharing the gospel in a foreign land, contact me at matt@simpsonvillebaptist.com. There's no telling how God will use us!

Haven of Rest

Building a 48 X 12 ramp

Deacon Ministry

Jim Pruitt Edith McGowan Dale Kramer Mike Moore Steve Eden Peter Shin Ralph Greenwell

Clark Jesse

Kathy Mansfield

Chet Miller

Randall Childers

Brent White

Ronnie Sowder

Jill Sowder

2011-2012

Yokefellows

Jeff Logue Barry Lloyd Amy Griggs Melissa Brendemuhl Dale Sanford

We are pleased to

announce our

Deacon Ministry Team

for 2011-2012.

The Deacon Chairman is Dale Kramer, and the other

appointed positions will be chosen during the July meeting

which will be Monday, July 11 at 6:30pm.

We will be working on a mission statement which will have

it’s focus on having a servant’s heart.

Please contact Dale Kramer at 722-5535 if you would like to

receive a visit from one of the members of the team, or if

you would like to suggest an individual that would

enjoy a visit.

Please be in prayer for the following students and chaperones who will attending Crossings Camp July 11-15.

Chase Hawes Hailey Coffey Abigail Griggs Bethany Griffin Lyla Lowe Sarah Sanford

Kipp Moore Taylor Royse Tyler Kennedy Cassie Baker Russ Jones Katie Vogel

Adam Miller Thomas Royse Ryan Metcalf Ryan Hunter Paul Miller Shelby Vogel

Taylor Webb Abbey Gowin Hannah Renfro Jordan Webb Stevie Kute Kyler Dugle

Jacob Dugger Ben Barnett Brandon Gray Nathan Sames Caleb Vogel Kirsten Dugle

Kaitlyn Goode Cherri Hamilton Ruthie Sangster Morgan Isenberg Madison Sowder

Hannah Stumbo Rebecca Mouser

Chaperones: Mike Moore, Rhonda Jones, Shawn Mouser, Ronnie Sowder, Luke Wisley,

Michelle Vogel

STUDENT MINISTRIES

July 7 Swimming at the Sanford’s

Hosts: Dale and Stacey Sanford

53 Plantation Dr., Shelbyville

July 27 Backpack Blessings Mission Project

Simpsonville Baptist Church

August 3 Summer fun at the Gowin’s

Hosts: Johnnie and Stanalee Gowin

797 Bagdad Rd., Shelbyville

August 10 Summer Finale-

Swimming at the White’s

Hosts: Brent and Angie White

28 Indian Springs, Shelbyville

6:30pm6:30pm6:30pm

Did you know?

Our 6th,7th and 8th grade students

had a Fellowship this month at Gattiland with 22 attending.

On The Road Report

Logue Home 16 students & 5 adults: 21 total

Miller Home 10 students & 6 adults: 16 total

Griggs Home 17students & 9 adults: 26 total

Fusion 56 partnered with Truth 4 Life class and had

a volleyball/pizza fellowship at the park. We had

several youth of various ages come out to welcome

the incoming fifth grade. They did a great

job. The Moore, Greenwell, Jesse, Lloyd,

and Sangster families provided food

and drinks. Shari Thompson’s fam-

ily also attended. A big thank you to all that helped!

STUDENT MINISTER SEARCH TEAM REPORT

The team is down to less than 10 candidates and will begin Skype interviews this week.

Team members are Jill Sowder, Jo Baker, Steve Boyd, Matt Garner, Melissa Sangster, Kathy Mansfield, Dale Sanford, Bob Scott,

Dale Kramer.

PROPERTIES TEAM

June has continued to be a busy month

for the property team as they have continued to oversee and organize

special projects. The baptistry in the Chapel has been sanded and received a fresh coat of

paint. The Chapel’s final Sunday School room is on schedule to be completed by July

1. With a new student minister being called to our church, our Student ministry area

(below chapel) has received a carpet shampoo and closets and classrooms have been

cleaned out. The property team consists of Scott Sagesar, Lisa Davis, Jerry Gordon,

Larry Curry, Al Poulter, Gary Stewart, and Denise Miller (staff representative).

Crafts For Christ was originally formed from a home

group that studied the book Missional Renaissance. Marilyn

Rhoads and Susan Fenton came up with the idea to make

crafts to sell and use the money for missions. We started to

meet in April and had our first craft show at the Fish Fry on

June 3rd. God was good… we made $537. All profits go

towards our missions ministries.

Our next craft show will be this coming Fall and we also hope to have a booth at the

Simpsonville Fall Festival. Please keep a look out for the dates in upcoming publication.

We would love for you to join us! We meet each Monday in the Fellowship Hall from

10am-2pm. ( Please bring your lunch!) Both men and women are welcome and no experience

is necessary. We have something for everyone to do.

If you have homemade craft items you would like to donate, please call Amy Griggs at

722-8582 and we can make arrangements to pick them up.

I would like to thank Susan Fenton, Marilyn Rhoads, Betty Woodrum and Shirley Ragan

for their hard work and dedication. Our first craft show was a huge success due to their

dedication and God’s faithfulness.

“ God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

1 Corinthians 1:9

Amy Griggs

NEW MINISTRY

We can utilize many of the odd things you have gathering dust in your garage or home. Material, foam shapes, bells, paint, paintbrushes, batting, thread, thread spools, jewelry beads, wire, old crosses, odd pieces of wood, etc. can all be used to create something fun. A trip through your “odds & ends drawer” could give that special touch to the right project!

July 2011

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

Crossings

forms due in

the office.

2

3 9am Worship 10:30am Sunday School 1pm Hispanic Worship

4

Church office closed for Independence Day

5

9:30am The

Xtra Mile

6 6:30pm On The Road

7 9:30am The Xtra Mile

10 am Goodtime Travelers

8 9

1pm Wedding

in Chapel

10 9am Worship 10:30am Sunday School 1pm Hispanic Worship 2pm Bridal Shower 5pm Ministry Meeting

11

10am Crafts

For Christ

6:30pm

Deacon

Meeting

12 9:30am The

Xtra Mile

13 On The Road cancelled

14

9:30am The

Xtra Mile

15 16

17 9am Worship 10:30am Sunday School 1pm Hispanic Worship

18

10am Crafts

cancelled

19 20 On The Road cancelled

21

Beth Moore

cancelled

22

VBS Concert

at the Park

23

24 9am Worship 10:30am Sunday School 1pm Hispanic Worship

25

10am Crafts

26

9:30am The

Xtra Mile

27

6:30pm

On The Road

28

9:30am The

Xtra Mile

29 30

31 9am Worship 10:30am Sunday School 1pm Hispanic Worship

Mt.Vernon.IL Mission Trip

Crossings Student Camp

Vacation Bible School

Simpsonville Baptist Church

P.O. Box 56

Simpsonville, KY 40067

Goodtime Travelers Adult Day Trip

St. Meinrad Archabbey in St.Meinrad, IN Thursday, July 7

We have been invited to join First Baptist Church of Shelbyville’s

Senior Day Group for an exciting tour and lunch of this beautiful abbey.

We will leave from Simpsonville at 10am and utilize their beautiful

air-conditioned bus and van.

Cost: $3 to help pay for gas and the cost of your lunch.

Contact Alice Wells (212-6431) by Friday, July1 to reserve your seating.

The Benedictine tradition came

to the Midwest in the 1850s,

when the Swiss Abbey of

Einsiedeln sent two monks to

Indiana to start a new

foundation.

Today, the monastery of Saint

Meinrad is a thriving community

of about 100 monks who pray,

work and live in community.

Monte Cassino Shrine is one

mile away.