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A twice monthly publication of Mechanicsville Baptist Church, Mechanicsville, VA

05.01 .19 - 05 .15 .19

2 Pastor’s Pen

2 May Sermons

2 Baby Dedication

2 Mother’s Day Photo Booth

2 Ministry Fair

3 Music Ministry Update

3 May Birthdays / WOM

4 May Calendar

5 Prayer List / Geraniums

5 May Worship Assistants

5 Stewardship Report

What’s INSIDE

Monday - Friday 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Closed for lunch 12:00 - 1:00 p.m.

Office: 804.746.7253

MARVELOUS MAY !

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~ SUNDAY , MAY 5 ~

Engage Sunday School at 9:45 a.m.

with Worship at 8:30 & 11:00 a.m.

~ SUNDAY , MAY 12 ~

Mother’s Day with Baby Dedication,

Photo Booth & Geraniums

~ SUNDAY , MAY 19 ~ Ministry Fair at 8:45 a.m. with Continental Breakfast

Sunday School at 9:45 a.m.

Worship at 11:00 a.m. led by our Dominican Republic

Mission Team

Followed by a Picnic in the Pavilion

with Brownie Bake-Off

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S ome missionaries

in the Philippines set up a croquet game in their front

yard. Several of their neighbors Agta Negrito neighbors became interested and wanted to join the fun. The missionaries explained the game and started them out, each with a mallet and a ball. As the game progressed, opportunity came for one of the players to take advantage of another by knocking that person’s ball out of the court. A missionary explained the procedure, but his advice only puzzled the Negrito friend. “Why would I want to knock his ball out of the court?’ he asked. “So you will be the one to win!” a missionary said. The short-statured man, clad only in a loincloth, shook his head in bewilderment. Competition is generally ruled out in a hunting and gathering society, where people survive not by competing but by sharing equally in every activity.

The Touchstone

May Sermons

May 5 Maintaining Communication

Within the Home

May 12 A Great Woman

May 19 DR Missions Emphasis

May 26

Trust God and

Take Your Stand

Monthly

Wednesday Night Suppers 05.01 - Chicken Casserole

06.05 - Spaghetti

The game continued, but no one followed the missionaries’ advice. When a player successfully got through all the wickets, the game was not over for him. He went back and gave aid and advice to his fellows. As the final player moved toward the last wicket, the affair was still very much a team effort. And finally, when the last wicket was played, the “team” shouted happily “We won! Won!”

That is how the Church, the body of Christ, should be. We’re a team. We all win together!

~~ Pastor Tim

BABY DEDICATION Please call the church office if you would like to have your

child dedicated on Mother’s Day or Father’s Day.

Ministry Fair on Schedule for May 19 8:45 a.m. in the Family Life Center

Looking for a place to connect… grow… and serve? Come to the Ministry Fair on Sunday, May 19! You’ll get a chance to find out what ministries are available at Mechan-icsville and talk with some great folks. God has gifted each of us in a special way. See how you can connect your gifts with others to serve the Lord in just the right

Mother’s Day Photo Booth

As part of our Mother’s Day celebration, our DR Mission Team will have a photo booth set up in the breeze way for an opportunity to take a beautiful outdoor picture with your mom and family. Dona-tions will be accepted and go towards the cost of our mission trip this summer.

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Mark Your Calendar!

The Imani Milele Children’s Choir will be here with us and share in a concert on Wednesday, June 12. More information to come!

Did You Know... That every 3rd Monday is MCEF Night at Stevi B’s? That’s right! A percentage of the sales for that evening go directly to MCEF.

What a great way to have dinner with your church family and friends and support MCEF at the same time!

Operation Christmas Child Needs

Toys for Boys in May

What will bring joy and hope to boys ages 2 to 14?

A Matchbox car, Flashlight with Batteries, Water Bottle or Cup, Hat, T-Shirt, Ball, Playing Cards, Bandana, Tools - screwdriver, hammer, nails, tape measure. And please remember… no liquids, candy, gum or toothpaste allowed.

2 Terry Beck 3 Shelly Kidd 5 Mark Gwinn 6 Miriam Chambliss Frances Englehart Kayleigh Fones Grant Thompson Dalton Washburn 7 Mary Page Gregory Betsy Stainback Betty Webb 8 Stuart Belvin Tommy Crump Charlotte Grammer Ruth Taylor 9 Douglas Brackett William Englehart Lisa Guridy Courtney Madison 10 Kristina Balducci Bailey Broughton David Hines Dennis Tatum Kimberly Walton 12 Bob Wildbore 14 Len Brightwell 15 Sarah Lamphiear Jean Wildbore 16 Neale Culver Cathy Emmons Samatha Harrell Kris Overbeck

17 Ashley Fiffick Sandy Jenkins 18 Elva Hasher Donnie Leake Carley Mann 19 Brian Brown Will Hollins Patti Gilleland Travis Mills Tyler Mills 21 Kim Bowles 22 Jean Foster 23 Bryan Culley Robin Rozell 24 Will Bossieux Earl Chappell Raymond Crawford Claude Daniel Otto Long 25 Alexis Emmons 26 Linda Corbin 27 Donnie Bland Brenda Riel 29 Freddie Pendergraph 30 Shirley Harver MacKenzie Mantlo

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Lucille Hott at Beth Sholom, Don Stewart at The Hermitage

Shirley Armstrong, Steve Beck, Mark Boissieux, Amy Bowles, Betty Bowles, Eunice Bowles, Melvin Bowles, Dale Boyers, Jeanne Bradley, Robin Brightwell, Jean Brooks, Brenda Brown, Florence Brown, George/Bessie Bryan, Joyce Burgess, Jim Cherry, Jerry Clark, Brenda Crawford, David/Janice Culver

Nancy Damron, Rusty Daniel, Jean Davis, Chuck/Margaret Davis, Amy Dixon, Rick Doggett, Roxanne Eliott, Jennifer Fisher, Fisher Family, Jean Foster

Garrett Family, Linda Gerhardt, Leo Gibson, Mary Greenwood, Cliff/Doris Grotz, Dorothy/Eddie Ham, Michael Hechler, Ward/Peggy Hildreth, John/Shirley Horton, Johnny Howell, Shirley Huffman

Sandy Jackson, Dot Jones, Mary Lee Jones, Cecil Keel, Shelly Kidd, Kerry Kinser, Bryan Lane, Jim Lewis, Carolyn Little, Olive Litwinowicz, Audrey Long, David Matthews (Jim Dalton’s nephew), Doris Metz, Tori Nunnally, Patrick Olmstead, Robert/Betty Olmstead

Shirley Pasowicz, J.L. Pitts, Kimberly Pomato, Margaret Rice, Ruth Anne Sawyer, Charles Sprouse, Allie/Audrey Stevens, Ruth Stewart, Ruth Tate, Billy Temple, Daniel, Casey & Eli Toney, Doris Tucker

Joyce Wallace, Daniel Washington, Bill White, Bill/Victoria White, Vickie White, Andy Wibright, Larry Williams, Vera Williams, Melinda Winn, Jim Wright, Patricia Wright

Keeping You in Prayer

The Touchstone

04.21 04.28 Crosswalk ................................................................ 203 ........................ 107 Sunday School ...................................................... 203 ...................... 160 Worship II ............................................................... 195 ........................ 117 Regular Offering ............................................. $9,022.00 .............. $6,002.00 E-Giving ............................................................ 4,080.00 ............... 1,135.00 Designated Funds ............................................... 421.29 ................ 1,038.79 Total Offering ................................................ $13,523.29 .............. $8,175.79

Stewardship Report

When you give through e-giving, the church receives more of your contribution if you

use your bank account (ACH) as opposed to using a credit or debit card.

MAY WORSHIP ASSISTANTS

Opening & Closing

05.05 - Eric Washburn

05.12 - Paul Corbin

05.19 - Jay Thompson

05.26 - Mike Hester

Counting Teams

05.05 - Jay Thompson

05.12 - Donnie Leake

05.19 - Carla Broughton

05.26 - Steve Beck

Nursery Workers

05.05 - Worship 1: Justin &

Kelsey Holmes

Worship 2: Vickie Harmon & Joy Fisher

05.12 - Worship 1: Janet &

Courtney Madison

Worship 2: Heather Dillow

05.19 - Worship 1: Rose Burrows &

Cindy Culley

Worship 2: Connie Harbert & Ann Bowker

05.26 - Worship 1: Pat Hines &

Karen Monger

Worship 2: Terri Beck & Pat Hines

Deacon of the Week

05.05 - Sandra Blackburn - 909.0973

05.12 - Gregg Etheridge - 908.7022

05.19 - Sam Shermer - 445.5370

05.26 - Nick Ciucci - 746.7111

Mother’s Day Geraniums

Red geraniums will be placed in the sanctuary on Sunday, May 12 in memory of or in honor of our mothers. The cost is $8.00 per plant and the deadline for or-dering is May 8. Order forms with envelopes are in the sanctuary and FLC lob-bies. Please enclose payment with your order. Checks may be made payable to Mechanicsville Baptist Church and marked Mother’s Day flowers in the memo.

Christian sympathy is extended to Julie Scott, our Child Care Director and her family in the passing of her mother, Marie Scott. A memorial service and reception will be held here at Mechanicsville Baptist Church on

Saturday, May 11 at 11:00 a.m.

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Join us at

Mechanicsville Baptist Church

On Sundays

8:30 a.m. Crosswalk (Contemporary) Worship 8:30 a.m. M&M (Missions & Music) for children 9:45 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Traditional Worship 5:00 p.m. Encounter Service

Join Us for Wednesday Nights

5:30 p.m. Monthly Wednesday Night Supper (1st Wed. each month) 6:00 p.m. AWANA, Connect Groups & Youth 6:15 p.m. Mid-Week Bible Study 7:30 p.m. Worship Choir Rehearsal

MECHANICSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH 8016 Atlee Rd. Mechanicsville, VA 23111

The Touchstone Church Office: 804.746.7253

MECHANICSVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH STAFF Dr. Tim Madison

Pastor

Rev. Dwight Hedges Associate Pastor to Students

& Spiritual Formation

Paul Rozecki Minister of Music & Worship

Julie Scott Child Care Director

Jean Dart Office Administrator

Jordan Mills A/V Tech Director

Melvin Anderson Custodian

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