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December 2020
Every church, regardless of size or resources, has a role to play in reaching every nation.
Your generosity through praying and giving are the lifeblood of Southern Baptist missions.
PRAY and GIVE
Your prayers and gifts are bringing the HOPE of the GOSPEL to a WORLD in need.
Information from the IMB Global Impact Guide www.imb.org/lottie-moon-christmas-offering-resources
Contact the Nolachucky office to receive links to videos from Bryan & Whitney Jackson (Japan) and
Andy & Michelle Milam (Portugal) for use in promoting the Lottie Moon Christmas Offering.
Your generosity sends and sustains missionaries. 3,623 IMB Missionaries Worldwide (as of 5/31/2020)
Your generosity takes the gospel to the unreached. 89,325 New Believers and 47,929 Baptized Worldwide in 2019
Your generosity trains nationals to multiply disciples. 12,368 New Churches Star ted and
18,598 Pastors Trained Worldwide in 2019
Your generosity meets tangible needs.
Agricultural projects provide entry to regions that are otherwise difficult to access with the gospel. At the same
time, missionaries bring much-needed expertise to rural areas and, often, marginalized people.
Job Training—Life changing opportunities can come in the form of learning new skills to those trapped in poverty.
Learning a viable trade often means an escape from a life of exploitation.
Medical Needs—Unreached communities can often be accessed through medical workers providing desperately needed
healthcare in hard-to-reach places.
Refugee Care—The modern refugee crisis provides unparalleled opportunities to meet the basic needs of individuals and
families in biblically mandated mercy ministries while sharing the gospel.
2020 Lottie Moon Christmas Offering National Goal: $175 million
Nolachucky Baptist Association
Office will be CLOSED
December 24, 2020—January 1, 2021
For the Christmas & New Years Holidays
The next newsletter will be published in late January.
Advent Devotions: Preparing for a Season of Hope, Peace, Joy and Love can be downloaded from IMB at: Advent-Devotionals_4-WEEKS_HOPE_PEACE_JOY_LOVE.pdf (imb.org)
Montvue Baptist Church
Celebrates
100th Anniversary
Pastor Lance Cummings receives a TBMB plaque from David Hawkins, Nolachucky Director of Missions, in recognition of the 100th Anniversary of Montvue Baptist Church.
Do you love working with senior adults? Are you a good listener or encourager? Do you have three hours during the week to help others who may be lonely or needy? Then you will want to be involved in this new ministry opportunity.
The Tennessee Baptist Mission Board is working with the Governor’s Office of Faith Based Initiatives and the Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability on a call line for Senior Adults called the Tennes-see Hope Line. The line will be used for Senior Adults (age 60 and up) to call in if they are lonely, need assistance in some way, or need to talk.
Volunteers are needed to answer the phone line Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM central. It is hoped that a volunteer will only serve one 3-hour period a week, and maybe less. Volunteers must apply to be a TN Hope Line Volunteer by filling out a volunteer application at: https://www.tnbaptist.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/TN-Hope-Line-Volunteer-Application.pdf, sub-mitting to a background screening, and completing TN Hope Line Training. Email Carrie Kidd, [email protected], TBMB Compassion Ministries assistant, for more information about the TN Hope Line.
Campus Ministries Department is looking for churches to host students during our Spring Break Missions Project Eagle.
We would like to have a ministry opportunity for our students to be involved each day of our Spring Break — March 8-12.
Consider allowing these students to bless your church by working on mission projects that might include cleaning, construction, food distribution, helping senior adults, or other needs your church might propose. You can host students for one day or a project for the entire time. Let us know the number that would be required and the type of work students would be doing. If you are able to provide lunch for the students, please let us know. The students will be staying on the campus at Carson-Newman, so there is no need for overnight accommodations.
For questions and further information, please contact Haley Brooke Owens at [email protected] or call & leave her a message at Carson -Newman Baptist Campus Ministries Office at 865-471-3537 (Offices will be closed from December 18, 2020 through January 4, 2021)
New Creation Community Outreach Church serves many homeless people and is in need of WINTER ITEMS such as: coats, hats, gloves, hand warmers, insulated socks, scarfs, and boots. They can always use
more blankets, sleeping bags, and tents. There are a lot of children on the streets as well as men in their seventies. For more infor-mation about this church and ministry, see their website www.NewCreationCommunityOutreach.com, the Facebook page, or contact Pastor Jeff Davis at [email protected] or by cell 219-484-5029.
Shepherd Care is a tool focused on the spiritual, emotional, physical and financial health of pastors and ministry leaders. TBMB has entered a relationship with three regional Christian counseling centers to provide one free consultation for any pastor, pastor’s wife, or other ministerial church staff or wife who stands in need of a professionally trained Christian counselor due to stress or a “dark night of the soul.”
Our desire is that Shepherd Care will provide a lifeline of help and hope for ministers and spouses who are experiencing burn-out or other emotionally heavy bouts of discouragement, depression, dark-ness, or despair. The Shepherd Care helpline, 1-833-55Peace, goes directly to TBMB’s Pastor Engagement team, who will authorize the initial consultation to a counselor near you. All calls are strictly confidential.
The Fellowship of Tennessee Baptist Vocational Evangelists are plan-ning special One Day Revival/Evangelism emphasis for January. The day of focus for East Tennessee will be January 24, 2021. Churches that plan evangelistic events and are intentional in preparing for them witness more people being baptized. The evangelist will be glad to work with you on ideas for your special day. If you have questions, call or email Jarrett Scott at 615-371-7933 or [email protected].
Sanctity of Human Life Sunday
January 17, 2021
It’s time for the annual Baby Bottle and Diaper Drive for the Pregnancy Crisis Center. These funds are used to support our ultrasound ministry and to purchase diapers and other items needed by the clients ministered to by the Center.
Sanctity of Life bulletin inserts and baby bottles will be available at the Nolachucky Association office beginning on January 4. For more information or to reserve bottles or inserts for your church, please contact Lanette at 423-587-2273 or email [email protected].
2021 Disaster Relief Trainings
January 23—Alpha Baptist Church
To pre-register: http://tndisasterrelief.org/registration-forms/
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Registration
9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Flood Recovery 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM *Spiritual Preparation/Evangelism 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Introduction to Disaster Relief/Recertification 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM FormStack (Bring Cellphone or Computer) 10:30 AM -10:45 AM Break
10:45 AM -12:15 PM Skid Steer/Forklift (Classroom) 10:45 AM -12:15 PM Chainsaw Operation & Safety (Classroom) 12:15 PM -1:00 PM Lunch - $6/person
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Damage Assessment
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Rebuild 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Skid Steer/Forklift (Classroom) 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Chainsaw Operation & Safety (Classroom)
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Mass Feeding 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM Break
February 20—Dandridge First Baptist Church 951 Hwy 92, Dandridge, TN
8:00 AM - 9:00AM Registration 9:00 AM -10:30 AM Shower and Laundry (Classroom) 9:00 AM – 10:30 AM Unit Dir/Blue Cap Training (must have letter of recommendation) 10:30 AM -10:45 AM Break 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM Damage Assessment 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM Fire Recovery 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM Chainsaw Operation & Safety (Classroom) 12:15 PM - 1:00 PM Lunch - $6/person
2:30 PM - 2:45 PM Break
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Introduction to Disaster Relief/Recertification 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM *Spiritual Preparation/Evangelism 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM Skid Steer/Forklift (Hands-on) 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Bucket Truck Classroom Training (A & B) 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Flood Recovery 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM FormStack (Bring Cellphone or Computer)
March 19 & 20—Kingswood School, Bean Station
Friday March 19
6 PM Registration Bucket Truck A & B Classroom Training
Saturday March 20 (Weather permitting)
8 AM until Finished Bucket Truck A & B, Chainsaw & Skid Steer (Hands-on) Lunch Provided *needs to be taken with other courses besides Intro to DR as they will not be certified with just this class as we do not do callouts on this class. This is for personal spiritual preparation before a callout.
After checking out a home with water damaged flooring in the kitchen area of a widow, Baptist Builders completed the project of tearing out and replacing the damaged floor boards with a new
floor. The lady was very happy with the help she received as she no longer worries about falling through the floor.
Disaster Relief Volunteers Continue to Meet Needs
East TN Disaster Relief volunteers assisted with demolition of a fire-damaged home in Bean Station recently.
Right: More supplies shipped to hurricane victims in Louisiana in November.
Children in an orphanage in Bethlehem, Israel received blankets recently via the Joseph Project, a partner with Harvest of Israel.
RECYCLE CHURCH LITERATURE
It’s time to recycle church literature and materials through CROSS Ministries. Please bring materials by
Dec. 15. Thanks!
Director of Missions David Hawkins Office phone: 423-586-7331 Cell phone: 423-258-8891 Email: [email protected]
Secretary/Clerk/Treasurer Susie M. DuBois Phone: 423-586-7331 Fax: 423-586-7334 Web site: www.nolachuckybaptistassociation.org Office Hours: 8:00 a.m.—4:30 p.m.
304 Calvary Drive
P.O. Box 326
Morristown, TN 37815-0326
Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage Paid Morristown, TN Permit No. 176
Pastors & Wives Birthdays and Anniversaries
Celebrating Birthdays in December & January: Dec. 3 .............. Michelle Milam, IMB Missionary, Portugal
Dec. 7 ................. Mrs. Erika Jerezano, La Gran Comision
Dec. 10 ............ Rev. Julio Hernandez, Rios de Agua Viva
Dec. 16 .......................... Mrs. Kristie Davis, New Creation
Dec. 18 ................... Rev. Bonifacio Tomas, Alfa y Omega
Dec. 27 ............................... Rev. Sonny Davis, Fernwood
Dec. 29 ........ Mrs. Teresa Lyons, International Fellowship
Dec. 29 ................. Andy Milam, IMB Missionary, Portugal
Dec. 30 ............................... Rev. David Williams, Hillcrest
Jan. 1 .................................... Rev. Chuck Mills, East Point
Jan. 3 ...................................... Rev. Scott Helton, Fairfield
Jan. 4 ....................................... Mrs. Judy Williams, Grace
Jan. 8 ............................... Rev. Ross Woody, Rocky Point
Jan. 8 ........................ Mrs. Veronica Hawkins, DOM’s wife
Jan. 12 .................... Rev. Scott Farmer, Robertson Creek
Jan. 13 .................................... Kirsten Naude`, MK, Africa
Jan. 19 ................................... Mrs. Vicky Bunch, Highland
Jan. 26 ............................. Mrs. Christina Webb, Westview
Jan. 29 ..................................... Trevor Naude`, MK, Africa
Jan. 31 ............................ Rev. James Williams, Jr., Grace
Celebrating Anniversaries in December & January: Dec. 20. ......................... Dr. & Mrs. Larry Parrott, Calvary
Dec. 31 ............. Rev. & Mrs. Jeffery Davis, New Creation
Jan. 6 ................. Rev. & Mrs. Travis Henderson, Fairview
Nolachucky Baptist Association
Christmas Fellowship and Luncheon
December 7 at 11:30 a.m.
Davy Crockett Restaurant
Cost of lunch will be covered by Nolachucky Association
2020 Conference Chairman—Dr. Keith Mowery, Buffalo Trail
MINISTERS CONFERENCE
Online donations can be made to the Nolachucky budget or designated to any of our Nolachucky ministries. Click Give Online and follow instructions.
Text giving is also available: text NOLBAPT and the amount to 73256. Both options are simple, easy, convenient and secure ways to donate.
The Baptist & Reflector Annual Summit Edition is available at no cost to anyone who wants to stop by the Nolachucky office to pick up a copy.
Notice of Cancellation: The Bi-vocational Pastors and Wives retreat scheduled for January, 2021 in Pigeon Forge has been cancelled.