Mt. Ruhama Baptist Church

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Looking Ahead
May 12
May 17
May 20
May 27
June 7
June 16
June 22-27
July 12-16
July 23-26
Sept. 14-18
Golden Agers ~ Cookout @ Ken Trouille’s Pond @ 10:30 am
Valor III in Concert @ 6:00 pm
RA/GA Cookout @ Christian Tours @ 6:00 pm
GA/RA Recognition Service @ 7:00 pm
Graduates Sunday @ 10:30 am service
Children ~ River Bend Park
Children ~ End of School Swim Party
Caswell ~ Youth Camp
Vacation Bible School
Children’s Camp (1st-6th grade) ~ Awanita Valley
New Seasons ~ Fort Caswell
Our Offerings Last Sunday
Needed Weekly to Meet Budget - $9,682.70
* Budget Item
Attendance Last Sunday
Sunday School – 204
Budget………................................................................... $14,856.60
*ASTP …………………………………………………… $1,162.00
*Wednesday Night Income……………………………….
$116.50
Budget Total …………………………………………….. $16,135.10
Building Fund……………………..…...…….…............. 130,913.00
TOTAL………….…..……….…...................................... $148,326.60
G.R.O.W. Rotation Schedule
Team 1 (Tim & Teresa)
May 5
Team 3 (Randy & Karen)
May 18
Team 2 (Trey & Melissa)
May 12
Team 4 (Mike & Beth)
No G.R.O.W. (Memorial Day)
Hallie Ann Black
May 6, 2015 @ 8:54 am
7 lbs., 3 oz. 21 inches
Proud Parents: Laura & Marty Black
Proud Big Sister: Lidia Black
Proud Big Brother: William Black
Proud Grandparents: Edsel and Sherry Black
Mt. Ruhama Baptist Church
3273 Mt. Ruhama Church Rd. Maiden, NC 28650
Church-428-8961 Fax-428-8963 Pastor-234-8356
Website: www.mtruhama.org Email: mtruhamabaptistc@bellsouth.net
“Impacting Our World by Sharing His Word in Hope of No Soul Left Behind”
Proverbs 29:18
††† In His Service †††
Mt. Ruhama Baptist Church
Rev. Michael Staton, Pastor
Mrs. Caroline Smith, Minister of Children, Mr. John Stroud, Minister of Music
Mrs. Ashley Brown, Organist; Ms. Jo Hoyle, Pianist; Ms. Dawn Treadway, Secretary
May 10, 2015
††† Morning Worship Service – 10:30 am †††
Mother’s Day
Deacons Counting Today: Alan Story & Randy Wimberly
Tape Ministry: Phillip Caldwell & Mike Tallent
Duty Deacon: Ray Von Caldwell
Bible Buddies Today: Melissa Cope
Next Week: Julie Carroll
Nursery Workers Today:
Babies – Gail Little
Ones – Kathy & Makenzie Goodson
Twos & Threes – Linda Caldwell
Night: No Services
Welcome and Opening Prayer…………………………………. Ray Von Caldwell
*Praise Hymn………………………………………….........“Shout To The Lord”
Sharing Christian Greetings
Children’s Message………………………………………….......... Madison White
*Hymn ….....……………………………………………… “The Family of God”
Offertory Prayer
Receiving of Tithes & Offering
Recognition for Mother’s Day (GA’s distribute gift)
Choir ….. …………………………...………………………… “All About Grace”
Scripture …………………………………………….……............... 2 Timothy 1:5
Message …………..“Mom’s School of Preaching” ……….. Rev. Michael Staton
*Hymn of Invitation # 134 ....……………………………….. “Jesus Paid It All”
Next Week:
Babies – Cherie Stutts
Ones – Jill Boston
Twos & Threes – Angela Stone / Teresa Schrum
Night – Cherie Stutts (Valor 3 – Concert 6:00 pm)
(If you are led by the Holy Spirit to make a decision for Christ today, wish to
speak with the Pastor about making Mt. Ruhama your church home or need to
come for a special time of prayer, we invite you to come forward during our hymn
of invitation.)
9:15 a.m.
9:20 a.m.
9:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m.
*Benediction
*{The Congregation is invited to Stand}
The flowers on the remembrance table are in Memory
and in Honor of all the Mother’s.
Happy Mother’s Day!
REMINDER:
VALOR III IN CONCERT NEXT SUNDAY
@ 6:00 pm
††† NO EVENING SERVICES †††
Ushers Today: Ben Elmore, Allen Wimberly, Roger McCaslin, Fermon Davis, Jeff
Torrence & Bradley Elmore
Next Week:
Mickey Laney, David Caldwell, Shane Alexander, Blake Henley, Brent
Henley & Rocky Wimberly
††† Opportunities Today †††
Pastor/Deacons Prayer Time
Church Library Opens
Sunday School
Morning Worship
No Evening Services
††† Opportunities This Week †††
Tues.: G.R.O.W. @ 7 pm (Trey & Melissa)
Wed.: Prayer Warriors & Senior Adult Choir @ 10:00 am
Wednesday Night Meal @ 6:00 pm
Tone Chimes Practice @ 6:15 pm (in GA room)
Children’s Choir Practice @ 6:15 pm (in Sanctuary)
Praise Team @ 6:30 pm
Prayer Meeting @ 7:00 pm
Youth @ 7:00 pm
RA’s, GA’s, & Mission Friends @ 7:00 pm
Choir @ 7.30 pm
Children
Sun., June 7th ~ River Bend Park
Children and their families will walk trails and possibly do a GPS activity in
preparation for VBS theme. We will also have a picnic lunch at the park.
Tues., June 16th ~ End of School Swim Party
Location: Eddy & Jill Caldwell’s House – dinner will also be served.
SEE YOU AT THE POLE
Maiden Elementary PTO is hosting “See You At The Pole” on May
20th, 2015 @ 7:00 a.m. & 7:15 a.m. Please plan to meet at the
Maiden Elementary flag pole, to pray for the students, staff, school
and community.
Tone Chimes and Children’s Choir Practice
Wednesday, May 13th @ 6:15 pm ~ Tone Chimes practice in GA room and Children’s
Choir will practice in Sanctuary.
Bible Buddies
We are looking for help with Bible Buddies! Please talk to Caroline if you
feel the Lord is leading you to help with the children.
New Seasons
Pastor Casey Clark has agreed to oversee and help with the event.
God Bless!!
Fort Caswell – Sept. 14-18. Leave on Monday, the 14th, return on Friday, the 18th. $263.00 per
person (Wed. & Thurs. evening meal @ local restaurant – Dutch)
One half deposit due May 1, full payment due July 1. Don’t Miss Out!
Golden Agers
Tuesday, May 12th ~ meet @ Ken & Jan Trouille’s for a Cookout.
Meet around 10:30 am. Bring desserts, condiments, etc.
VBS ~ JOURNEY OFF THE MAP
VBS is July 12-16, 2015.
Please see the Bulletin Board in the
Fellowship Hallway for all Registration Forms. There is a slot to put your
completed forms also.
We need Adult Volunteers! Join us as we
prepare to share Jesus’ love with our church and community children.
Please take as many as you need to invite everyone to join us this year
for VBS - as we Journey off the Map.
We will be having the following training sessions for all our volunteers.
Please attend so we can share with you the VBS curriculum and other
important information.


Any
Youth Volunteer Training and Pizza Supper - Wednesday, June
3 @ 6:00 pm.
Adult Volunteer Training and Breakfast - Saturday, June 7th @
9:00 am.
questions,
contact
Caroline
Smith
or
Charlotte
Story.
ATTENTION ALL GRADUATES
Graduates Sunday ~ June 7th
We will be honoring our high school and college graduates during the 10:30 am service.
All graduates (or graduate parents) please let Church Office know by Sunday, May
10th if you are going to participate in Graduates Sunday. Thank you!!
Eye Glass Holders ~ Mission Project
Calling all women with sewing machines!! If anyone is interested in helping make eye glass holders
for a Mission Project, please contact Carol Laney. She needs 1,000 of them made by June when she
leaves for her Mission Trip. There is a large bag of donated material from Sharon Treadway (Dawn
Treadway’s mom) in the Office with a sample done by Callie Cope. Anyone interested can come on
Fridays with sewing machine and sit in Fellowship Hall, unless prior event scheduled. (Office is
open from 8am-4pm)
Prayer List Note
As of June 1, 2015, the Prayer List will be cleared and starting over with current
names in need of prayer. This will help with the immediate prayer needs of
members, families and friends during their time of need. Thank you for your
understanding of this decision.
Mt. Ruhama Baptist Church Staff
Mt. Ruhama Baptist Church
Prayer List – May 6, 2015
COLLEGE/BIBLE COLLEGE/
SEMINARY STUDENTS
Ayla Acosta – Wake Forest
Andrew Beard – NC State University
Michaela Beatty – Lenoir Rhyne
Chelsea Boston – CVCC
Blair Brown – Wake Forest - School of Medicine
Daniel Brown – Duke University
John Caldwell – Liberty University
Pierce Caldwell – Liberty University
Harlie Cope – NC State University
Trey Eades - CVCC
Taylor Harris – University of South Carolina
Ryan Hoilman – Liberty University
Seth Hubbard – CVCC
Morgan Kelly – Gardner Webb
Justin Lail – Randolph College, VA
Kaitlyn Lail – Lenoir Rhyne
Dakota Lewis – UNC Wilmington
Hunter McCall – Appalachian State Univ.
Cody McRee – Appalachian State Univ.
Brandon Moxley – CVCC
Adam Parker – Western Carolina
Ryan Simmons – UNC Charlotte
Jessie Story – Lenoir Rhyne
Madison Story - Appalachian State Univ.
Jared Torrence – Appalachian State Univ.
Josh Williams – University of Southern Utah
OTHER
Deacons & their wives
Rev. Michael and Donna Staton
Chris & Caroline Smith
Laban & Teresa Helderman
John & Melanie Stroud
Youth Pastor Search Committee
HOMEBOUND
Vetra Bandy
Stella Caldwell
Macel Drum
Yates McCall
Bob & Linda Morrison
Mary Ellen Nixon
Harry & Sarah Williams
Mabel & Deanna Wilson
MISSIONS
PHYSICAL
Dewey & Kathie Aiken
Steve & Nellene Carter
Rev. Steven & Samantha Staton
Campus Crusade for Christ
Jane Abernathy
Floy Mae Abernethy
Janelle Abernethy
Nan Abernethy
Roger Abernethy
Sylvia Abernethy
Diane Bandy
Vetra Bandy
Eric Blackburn
Adam Bosley
Cleo Bumgarner – back problems
Susan Burris
Mary Cahill – Stage 4 cancer
Betty Caldwell (daughter of John Bean)
Dena Caldwell – breast cancer – chemo
Faye Caldwell
Mark Caldwell
Shirley & Max Caldwell
Brittany Campbell
Rick Christopher
Dillon Crawley
Amber Davis – cancer
Deborah Dlugos – breast cancer
Dalton Edwards
Talitha Edwards
Billy Ellis
Frank Fiorentino
Gwen Goodson
Deborah Griggs
Johnny Hager
Ella Mae Hager
Suzanna Hahn (leukemia)
Billy Hamlett
Dwayne McAllister
Faye Hicks
Shirley Hinson
Allison Hodge – 11 yr. old - leukemia
Asher Hollar (Baby- Lee & Malynda VanDyke’s grandson)
Phyllis Hood
Joann Huckaby
Shirley Hudson (heart)
Rev. Malcolm Ivey
Mike Jarrett
Bob Kelly’s Mother
Peggy Kirby (Caroline Smith’s mother)
Trevor Lail
Charles Lamm
Queda Laney
Dustin Leatherman
Linda Lineberger (wife of Tim Lineberger)
Bailey Livengood (Dawn Treadway’s niece)
Jenny Marks
Kenzy Mayhew
Wendy Miller – cancer (friend of Alex Schlosser)
Eddie Mincey
Dwayne McAlister
Darin McCaslin
Jeremiah McGinnis
Brad Moser – Medicap Pharmacist
Church members to be called to full-time mission service
IMB Missionaries in E. Asia
Missions Organizations
Mt. Ruhama Missions, Peru Group
Primeira Igreja Baptista in Carapicuiba
David & Beth T. – Foreign Missionaries
Dalenburg Family/Africa Missionaries
Randy & Trellise Faile, Open Eyes-Costa Rica
Young Family and Anita Drum & Family
Abraham Thomas, Agape Royal Ministries, India
Coalwood Community Church (Church Plant)
COUNTRY
Men & Women serving in the Military
SPIRITUAL
Application of God’s Word to our lives
After School Tutoring Ministry
Crystal Bowman & Family– new member of
Coalwood Methodist Church, WV
Gideon & Graffiti Ministry
Hope House, Evarts, KY
Andrew Mann-Graffiti 2 Bronx, NYC
Salvation for the lost; Troubled Marriages
Lenarue Baptist Church, Harlan, KY
Youth & Children’s Ministry
Bradley Wimberly & Danny Clark
SYMPATHY
HOSPITAL
Mary Grace Bell – Robin Johnson Hospice Home in
Dallas, NC (Patty Bell’s mother)
Paula Murphy
Earl Phillips
Charlie Price
Agnes Pruitt
Mary & Gaye Railey-cancer (Frances Withers)
Pansy Ratchford
Gary Reavis
Beth Schlosser (blood clots)
Cecil Schronce
T.C Scronce
Ryan & Gary Setzer
Lorna Dawn Sheets
Madison St. Clair
Ruby Staton
Steven Staton
J.T. Towery
Sharon Treadway (lymphoma)
Marty Velie (Brother of Judy Miller)
Ashley Wagner
Dorothy Warta
Dean Webb
REST HOME
Sarah Bandy – Abernethy (Room 304)
Ruth Beal – Carillon (Newton) (Room A-09)
Nancy Burke – Abernethy (Rehab – Rm 502)
Claudette Ferrell – Abernethy (Room 709)
Wray Frazier – Abernethy (Rehab)
Dorothy Henley – Abernethy (Room 611)
Barbara Herman – Britt Haven (Wilkesboro)
Helen Hewitt – Abernethy (Room 239)
Florene Hicks – Wexford House (Room 202B)
Roy Huffman – Carolina Rehab-Icard
(Friend of Susan & Carroll Abernethy)
Coyte Punch – Abernethy (Room 227)
Joe Sigmon – Abernethy (Rehab - Room 508)
Esther Watkins-Lineberger - Abernethy (Rm 207)
Frances Withers – Abernethy (Apt. 505)
Please keep our Youth
Pastor search committee in
your prayers!