The Maclander - Macland Baptist Church

The Maclander
MACLAND
BAPTIST CHURCH
SPECIAL
POINTS OF
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From the Pastor
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50 Years of
Ministy
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From the Pastor
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Ministry Events
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50 Years of
Ministry
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Deacons on Duty
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June Calendar
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June Menus
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As spring draws to a close
and the summer months
begin, we have much to be
thankful for at Macland
Baptist Church. Our services over the past many
weeks have been greatly
blessed by God, especially
since we came together as
a church and began having
only one morning worship
service. We have seen
many decisions made, several have been baptized,
and the Holy Spirit has
been moving in a very
powerful way each Sunday. We give all praise and
glory to God!
Yet as the summer months
begin, we need to remind
ourselves that the work of
ministry has to continue
even as many travel and
take vacations. In fact, the
summer months are among
our busiest and most productive of the entire
year. In the month of June
we will hold our annual
Vacation Bible School
(June 6-10, 9 am to 12
noon); our children will be
attending CentriKid Camp
at Lee University in Cleveland, Tennessee (June 1317); and our youth will be
going on a mission trip to
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where they will do
street witnessing and other
ministry (June 18-24). We
will still have weekly adult
choir practice, handbell
choir practice, elementary
school children’s choir
practice, hold special Bible
studies for youth and
adults, conduct our
monthly outreach night,
promote missions, and of
course, engage in our regular worship services each
Sunday morning and evening and on Wednesday
evenings. The work of
ministry must continue,
and we must always remember that the devil
never sleeps; he never
takes a break; he never
goes on vacation; and he
never leaves his work killing, stealing, and destroying
to
someone
else. Though we all need
rest and need to take time
to get away with our families, we must ever be on
guard against the wiles of
the devil, and we must stay
faithful in our commitment
to the Lord and in our service to the Lord's
church no matter what time
of year it might be. Perhaps these summer months
could be a time that some
who have drifted away
might choose to get back
into a Sunday School class,
or get involved in a missions project, or make a
special effort to join us on
outreach night, or get involved in our music program. There is no greater
blessing in living the
Christian life than being
directly involved in the
work of ministry, and summer can be a time we enjoy
this blessing most of all.
During the month of June,
I plan to begin a new Sunday morning sermon series
on the Old Testament book
of Daniel.
I especially
want to focus on the courage and commitment to
God exemplified by Daniel
and his faithful friends as
they faced great danger in
openly living out their
faith. There are many lessons from this book that we
can learn and apply to our
own lives today as we face
ever increasing hostility to
true Christianity and Biblical morality in our own
nation. Do your best to be
a part of this eye-opening
study of what it really
means to live godly for
Jesus in an ungodly age.
Pastor Richard Walker
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Ministry Events
Camp is four days this year due to
the Independence Day holiday.
That means we are able to offer a
reduced rate of $154.00. Contact
Dawn for more information on
how to register.
www.maclandbaptist.org.
Dawn Schafferdawn@maclandbaptist.org
770-943-5511
Mark your calendars for weekly
and special events!
If you have volunteered to be a
leader at Winshape Camp, July 58, please register at
www.winshapecamps.org/
wscvolunteer as soon as possible.
We need to order t-shirts. If you
have not volunteered, but are interested (you must be 10th grade
completed or older) please contact Dawn Schaffer at the church.
Don't forget there is:
Sunday School for all preschool
and elementary kids each Sunday
morning.
Choir elementary school children (1st - 5th grade) each
Wednesday night 5:45 - 6:30
p.m. through the summer. See
Eddie Lowery for more information.
Mission Friends (preschool),
G.A.’s (girls) and TeamKid
(boys) each Wednesday night
from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
VACATION BIBLE
SCHOOL
Join us for VBS this year, June 6
– 10, from 9 a.m. until 12:00.
VBS is for children in grades 5K
– 6 completed. Register now at
www.maclandbaptist.org for
your spot at VBS. If you are registered to serve, please register as
a leader. There are classes for
children under 5K completed if
the parent or their primary caretaker is serving in VBS.
Students and
College & Career
SNACKS NEED FOR VBS
TEACHERS’ LOUNGE
Please bring snacks (NO PEANUTS OR PEANUT BUTTER) for the VBS teacher’s
lounge. Snacks can include
chips, crackers n cheese, sodas,
water, cookies, anything to snack
on. For more information, please
see Dawn Schaffer.
July 5-8
8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
Hillgrove High School
1st - 9th grade completed
John Thompson, Minister to
Students and College & Career
john@maclandbaptist.org
770.943.5511
P2 MISSIONS:
PHILADELPHIA
June 18th-24th
Students!
It’s summer time
again, and we’re excited for P2
Missions/World Changers. This
year we are returning to Philadelphia and will be laboring with
Pastor Ken Richardson at the
Neighborhood Church in South
Philly. This will be a great time of
Outreach, Evangelism, Worship,
Bible Study, and Fellowship as
we serve the community and help
the church establish deeper roots
in South Philly. The cost is $180
and signups were due by June
1st. If you want to register after
that it’s on a case-by-case basis,
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pending the availability of open
slots. Financial scholarships are
available. For more information
or questions contact John
T h o m p s o n
at john@maclandbaptist.org.
from that night, this thought ran
through my head: What a great
picture of a healthy church. All
ages gathered in Worship, together, "One Family/Faith/
Mission".
COLLEGE MISSION TRIP:
QUITO, ECUADOR
As we move into Summer, I am
excited to share that we will continue to do music all summer long
for kids 1st - 5th grades on
Wednesday nights from 5:45 pm 6:30 pm in the choir room.
July 16-24
Prayer Warriors. This summer
our college students are heading
to Quito, Ecuador to labor
among the lost and unreached. This trip will focus on
helping IMB Church Planters in
the city establish and strengthen
their ministry. Our team will be
doing community outreach, inhome Bible studies, helping in
house churches, doing ministry
in the city parks, and helping
with Vacation Bible
School. Please consider committing to praying for the team as
they prepare to serve, and during
their trip. For more information
or questions contact John
T h o m p s o n
at john@maclandbaptist.org.
MBC Music
Ministry
Eddie Lowery, Minister of
Music
eddie@maclandbaptist.org
770.943.5511
CHILDRENS’ CHOIR
I just want to say how proud I
am of our kids. They were
AWESOME at our Evening of
Praise service on May 29. Also,
thank you for encouraging your
child to be part of our Children’s
Music Ministry here at Macland.
As I was looking at the pictures
We will work on the musical
"God's Not Dead". This will be
for children grades 1-5. Here is
what our rehearsal schedule will
look like in June:
June 1 - Normal Schedule 5:45
pm - 6:30 pm in the choir room
June 8th - WE WILL NOT
HAVE REHEARSAL. THIS IS
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL
WEEK.
June 15- Normal schedule, 5:45
pm - 6:30 pm in the choir room
June 22 - Normal schedule, 5:45
pm - 6:30 pm in the choir room
During the week of May 25 our
Pre-school Choir had a party and
their last rehearsal. THEY WILL
NOT MEET DURING THE
SUMMER.
Thank you for giving us the opportunity to sing with your kids.
If you have any questions please
feel free to call, text or email me
anytime:
Ph. & Text 770-853-8869
eddie@maclandbaptist.org
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WMU NEWS
JUNE MEETINGS
The morning group of WMU,
Women on Mission, will meet on
Tuesday morning, June 14,
2016, at 10:00. As always, we
will have a wonderful brunch
before our business meeting. In
an effort to continue to get to
know Macland’s members, our
guest speaker will be Joseph
Arnsdorff. Joseph is a member
of the music ministry and sings
in the adult choir, the mens’ ensemble and is a soloist. He also
sings for weddings and special
occasions. He has just been approved to be one of our Macland
Baptist deacons. His testimony
promises to be a wonderful
blessing for all of us. Please
make plans to attend for a morning of great fellowship. Bring a
friend!
The evening group will meet on
Monday, June 13, at 6:00 in the
fellowship hall. Linda Ruth will
be our guest speaker. Linda and
Neal have been members of
MBC for many years. She is the
Church Cook, WMU Chairperson, GA Leader and a SS teacher
for 7th & 8th Grade Girls. She
has an inspiring testimony you
will want to hear.
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GOODTIMERS
The Macland senior adults, known
as the Goodtimers, enjoyed a day
of food, fun and fellowship as we
rode the bus to Blue Ridge to catch
the train to McCaysville,GA/
Copperhill,TN. We rode the 26mile round trip in an open-air car
through the hills of northeast Georgia and beside the beautiful Toccoa River. The scenery was beautiful and the weather was perfect.
We were very pleased to have our
Pastor, Dr. Walker, and his wife,
Karen, with us!
Our next gathering will be on June
16th for Game Day. More information will be announced as the
plans are finalized.
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spiritual growth.
This year's lineup of
speakers includes:
MACLAND CELEBRATES
dynamic
Johnny Hunt – Pastor of First
Baptist Church of Woodstock,
GA
Fred Luter – Pastor of Franklin
Avenue Baptist Church of New
Orleans, LA
Billy Godwin– Pastor of Ephesus Baptist Church of Villa Rica,
GA
Jay Strack founder of Student
Leadership University in Orlando, FL.
The fee includes a steak dinner,
conference sessions, and all conference materials. Please plan to
join us for this life-changing
weekend. Make plans today to
join us in August! You don't
want to miss it!
P l e a s e r e gi s t e r n o w a t
www.maclandbaptist.org. See
Steve DuVall for more information.
See John Thompson for more
information.
The West Georgia Men's Conference is an exciting opportunity for
the men of our area to gather
together for dynamic worship and
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50 YEARS OF MINISTRY
By Nancy Arrington
“Let all things be done decently
and in order” I Corinthians 14:40
If you were a visitor to Macland
Baptist Church in the late sixties
and seventies, you would be met
at the front door by Mr. Quillard
(“Slim”) Bundrum. If you were a
child you would be offered a
piece of chewing gum. “Mr.
Slim” or “Uncle Slim”, as he was
known, appeared to have a magic
coat pocket that never ran out of
gum. This tall, slender, very quiet
older man would be surrounded
by children every Sunday though
he and Mrs. Ruby had no children
of their own. On homecoming
and dinner on the ground days
both the young and the old would
be at his side to sample the refreshing lemonade he was famous
for preparing.
Installing the steeple on January
7, 1970 completed the vision of
those first members of Macland
Baptist Church. Pastor J. T.
Huckeba felt that he had fulfilled
God’s calling to lead the congregation to this point. He stepped
down and another part time Pastor
was called. Reverend Berry Henderson served as Pastor for three
years at a salary of $350.00 per
month and also worked as an executive with the BP Oil Company. Under his leadership the
church was accepted into the
Noonday Baptist Association, and
the first Sunday in December was
designated for the Lottie Moon
Christmas offering. March was
set aside for promoting Annie
Armstrong Home Missions. After
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only a year as Pastor, the need for
an educational building become
apparent and a committee was
formed to draw plans and make
recommendations. Offerings received on the fourth Sunday of
each month were placed into a
building fund for this purpose.
The Macland community was still
very rural in those days, and our
church was blessed with a delightful couple who owned a small
farm about a mile west of the
church. Mr. Herman and Ms.
Thelma Thoms were brother and
sister and rode to church in a T
Model Ford. Ms. Thelma drove
and Mr. Herman turned the crank
on the outside to start the engine.
They generously shared fresh garden vegetables with everyone.
Their home place was recently torn
down and the property is being
developed. What a treasure of history they shared from their early
childhood days.
Our first full time Pastor was Reverend Harold Proctor who began
his ministry in June, 1974 at a salary of $271.15 per week. He resigned in 1976, but was instrumental in establishing a building fund
in which 10% of the entire
monthly offerings were placed. A
long range planning board was
also initiated.
Much more to come in the July
edition.
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June Deacons
on Duty
6/1 - 6/15
Phillip Linn - 404.557.7620
Steve Lovell - 803.840.0995
6/15 - 6/29
Jack Lumpkin - 770.943.7816
Rick Pensa - 404.515.5498
6/29 - 7/13
Charles Perdue - 770.920.5838
Bob Smith - 980.723.7863
Please feel free to contact your
Deacon with any prayer requests
or other ministry needs.
June Calendar
June 5
June 6 - 10
June 6
June 7
June 13 - 17
June 13
June 14
June 15
June 16
June 18 - 24
June19
June 21
June 26
July 3
July 4
Soup
Juice (16 - 24 oz)
Cereal (15 oz or larger)
Jello
Miscellaneous Items:
Ramen Noodles
Pop Tarts
Instant Oatmeal
For a complete list of food pantry
items go to noondayba.org and
click on Ministries.
Volunteers are always needed. If
you’re interested in volunteering,
call 770.428.8140.
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Baby Dedication
VBS
Property & Space
Meeting
Deacons Meeting
Church Council/
Staff Meeting
Centri-Kid Camp
WMU Evening
Group
WMU Morning
Group
Church
Conference
Goodtimers Game
Day
Philadelphia
Youth Mission
Trip
Father’s Day; No
Evening Activities
Outreach
Lord’s Supper in
Evening Service
No Evening
Activities
Independence
Day
Office Closed
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June 1
Spaghetti w/ meat sauce,
salad, bread, dessert,
coffee, tea
June 8
VBS Week - No Meal
June 15
Roast beef & gravy, mashed
potatoes, peas & carrots,
bread, dessert, coffee, tea
June 22
Chicken & rice, green beans,
bread, dessert, coffee, tea
There are two different ways to
make dinner reservations:
1) Please complete a yellow
card (located in the pew rack
next to the hymnal) and place
the card in the offering plate.
2) Call the church office.
Deadline for reservations is
Noon on Tuesdays.
June 29
Pork chop, veggie casserole,
bread, dessert, coffee, tea
3732 Macland Road
Powder Springs, GA 30127
770.943.5511—office
770.943.3720—fax
info@maclandbaptist.org—email
maclandbaptist.org—website
Macland Baptist Church is a family oriented, Bible believing, Bible
preaching Southern Baptist Church. We are traditional in worship
style. We offer a morning worship service at 10:30 am on Sundays,
Sunday and Wednesday evening services, and strong Sunday
School and AWANA programs. We also provide GA’s, Mission
Friends, Teamkid, and WMU to help provide missions education
and training for our children. We have weekday and weeknight ladies Bible studies and a growing number of specialized classes for
adults on Wednesday evenings in addition to our prayer service.
We offer a special midweek student worship and Bible study. We
have an active children’s program and age graded nurseries. Our
goal in providing these programs and opportunities is to train and
equip the body of Christ to do the work of the ministry and to reach
a lost world for Christ.
Our music is a mix of traditional hymns, Southern Gospel favorites, and contemporary specials. The preaching is from the New
King James Bible in expository style. We are evangelistic in our
approach and are missions minded.
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