“...encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.” I Thessalonians 5:11

Pottawatomie-Lincoln Baptist Association, Shawnee, OK ~ Dr. Russell R. Cook, Director of Missions Vol. 17, No. 1 January, 2013

JANUARY

BIBLE STUDY

The Greatest Week in History: Luke’s account of the Passion Week. It can be ordered at www.lifeway.com.

Assn. Office

CLOSED

Jan. 21 for Martin

Luther King

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EXECUTIVE BOARD

Next meeting will be February 11, 2013

From Your

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Assn. Office

will re-open Jan. 2. 2013

Ed Newton, Evangelist

Faith Baptist Church

Bartlett, TN

Doug Miller, Pastor

Southeast Baptist

Muskogee, OK

Kevin Clarkson, Pastor

First Baptist Church

Moore, OK

Roger Spradlin, Pastor

Valley Baptist Church

Bakersfield, CA

Dr. Tony Evans, Pastor

Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship

Dallas, TX

Steve Stroope, Pastor

Lake Pointe Church

Rockwall, TX

Roc Collins, Pastor

Indian Springs Baptist Church

Kingsport, TN

Bob Bender, Pastor

First Baptist Church

Black Forest, CO

January 28-29

Southern Hills Baptist Church 8601 S. Pennsylvania Ave., OKC

Monday: Vocational Evangelist Sessions 9:30 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. General Sessions (Both Days): 1:30 p.m. and 6:25 p.m.

Breakout Sessions (Tuesday): 9:00 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.

All full-time and bi-vocational Pastors welcomed. All spouses of all board members welcomed. Meal for all, 6:00 p.m. Board Meeting: 7:00 - 7:45 p.m. Breakout Session for wives: 7:00 - 7:45 p.m. Joint Session for all: 7:45 - 8:30 p.m.

SPECIAL EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING Monday, February 11, 2013

6:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Shawn & Amber Crawley, Guests

(RSVP by Tuesday, February 5, 2013)

Church News

Please let us know of any upcoming events or news from your church!

ROSE DAY

State Capitol Wednesday, February 6

Registration / Rose Distribution: 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 p.m. Rally: 11:45 a.m.

Location: House Chambers

“Connecting People” I John 1:1-3

The early followers of Jesus were deeply convicted of the need for their families, friends and communities to connect with Him. They seriously de-sired fellowship with other people that would come as a result of their con-nection. They wanted the fellowship to be real—like the fellowship they themselves had ”with the Father, and with His Son Jesus Christ.” The mission of the church and of our Sunday Schools is to “Connect all people to Jesus (Savior) - to His truth (Scriptures), to His community (Saints) and to His mission (Service).

I. Connect people to the SAVIOR (v.2 “...we have seen and testify and proclaim to you...eternal life…”) A. PRAY for their connection to the Savior. B. PREACH that they might be connected to the Savior. C. MINISTER that they would be connected to the Savior.

II. Connect people to the SCRIPTURES (v.1 “...we have heard...the Word of Life…”) A. HEAR the Scriptures. B. READ the Scriptures. C. STUDY the Scriptures. D. MEDITATE on the Scriptures. E. MEMORIZE the Scriptures.

III. Connect people to the SAINTS (v.3 “...so that you too may have fellowship with us…”) A. People are connected to the church as they WORSHIP TOGETHER. B. People are connected to the church as they WORK TOGETHER. C. People are connected to the church as they WITNESS TOGETHER.

II. Connect people to SERVICE (v.5 “This is the message we have heard from Him and announce to you…”) - cf. Acts 1:8 A. God has given us the POWER to serve Him. B. God has given us the PLAN to serve Him. C. God has given us the PLACE to serve Him.

This is a theme that any church could adopt. It is a theme from which every Pastor could preach a series of sermons. It is a theme that every Sun-day School class could utilize. Give it some serious consideration. — rrc

It Might Preach!

2013, “A Year to Connect”

This year (2013) is the beginning of a five year emphasis on “Connecting People to Jesus,” particularly through the Sunday School. Our State Conven-tion and the Associations of Churches in Oklahoma are being encouraged to partner together in this emphasis. Essentially, the emphasis re-iterates what Jesus commanded us to do before He ascended to heaven. Only this thrust places Sunday School at the heart of the Great Commission. Our Sunday Schools can connect the people in our communities to Jesus, to His truth (the Bible), to His community (the church) and to His mission (seeking and saving the lost, Luke 19:10). I want to personally encourage our Pastors and lay-leaders—especially Sunday School Directors—to go to the BGCO website (www.bgco.org), click on Ministries, then Sunday School, then Resources. You will find a lot of great ideas and ways to enhance your Sunday School. Connecting people to Jesus is the reason our churches exist. In this brand new year may every Sunday School class, every Discipleship class, every Bible Study, every sermon and worship service CONNECT PEOPLE TO HIM. We have the power of His Holy Spirit, the plan in His Holy Word and the places (in your church and to the ends of the earth) to do it.

— Encouragingly Yours, Russell R. Cook

A Word of Encouragement GOOD SHEPHERD CHAPEL is in need of a volunteer driver for a 30 passenger

shuttle bus on Wednesday nights. Pick up begins at 5:00 p.m. and drop off at 7:00 p.m. Must have a current CDL and a heart for needy children. Please

contact Aaron Hayes at (940) 230-5128 or email at aaron.hayes@okbu.edu. (Bob Dawson, Pastor)

FIRST, CHANDLER Christian sympathy is expressed to Bro. Rick Blackwell in the passing of his mother, Geneva Blackwell, on Monday, December 3, 2012. (Rick Blackwell, Pastor)

FOREST had a Grand Opening of the Forest Community Clothes Closet and an

Open House for the Forest Community Clinic, Saturday December 1. Con-tinue to pray for them as they reach their community for Christ, one need at a

time. (Jeff Bruton, Pastor)

SALATEESKA Pastor, Ben Little, will be preaching at the “Hear My Voice” Native

American Crusade, Thursday, January 10, 7:00 p.m. Iowa Tribe Pow-wow Grounds (Chena Building), Perkins, OK. (Ben Little, Pastor)

Staff Needed

Incorrect information... please call the Associa-tion office, 405.273.4558.

AYDELOTTE is seeking a full-time Pastor. Please send your resume to 10201 N.

Harrison, Shawnee, OK 74804. (Odus Compton, Interim Pastor) DALE is seeking part-time pianist, blended worship service. Contact Douglas

Parker Jr., Search Committee, 405.401.9010. (Doug Parker, Pastor)

FIRST, ASHER is seeking a full-time Pastor. Send resumes to Harold Scott, c/o FBC,

P.O. Box 166, Asher, 74826. (Russell Cook, Interim Pastor) FIRST, MCLOUD is seeking a part-time Choir Director. Send Resumes to the

church, PO Box 180, McLoud, 74851. ~ ~ Taking applications for a paid nursery

worker (must be 18 years or older). Applications can be picked up at the church

or call 964-3344. (Matt Halsted, Pastor) FIRST, ST. LOUIS is seeking a part-time Youth Director. Call Pastor Glenn C.

Peck, 405.273.4596 or 405.830.8359 for duties and compensation. Background

check will be performed. (Glenn Peck, Pastor)

FIRST, STROUD is seeking a part-time Youth Director. Please send your resume to First Baptist Church Search Committee, PO Box 600, Stroud, OK 74079 or

email to fbcstroud@gmail.com (Burl Mackey, Pastor)

FIRST, TRYON is seeking a Youth/Children’s Leader. For more information please

email or call Pastor Bob Fowler at pastorbobfowler@yahoo.com or 405.606.5603. (Bob Fowler, Pastor)

GOOD SHEPHERD CHAPEL is seeking to fill 2 part-time positions; a part-time

Music & a part-time Youth Director. Salary will be negotiable according to

responsibilities. Contact Pastor Bob Dawson, 405.706.9008 for more informa-tion. (Bob Dawson, Pastor)

NEW HOPE is seeking a part-time Worship Leader to lead a blended worship ser-

vice for Sunday mornings and evenings only. New Hope is located 10 miles

west of Shawnee. Please send your resume to New Hope Baptist Church, 37496 New Hope Rd., Tecumseh, OK 74873 or email to

newhopesecretary@gmail.com (Will Wilson, Pastor)

Budget Receipts

Churches listed in red are Pastorless.

TOTAL CHECKING AND SAVINGS TO BE ACCOUNTED FOR Beginning Bal. Income Expenses Ending Bal. 11-1-12 11-30-12

Budget 39,584.69 19,510.11 18,113.89 40,980.91 Designated 158,494.78 159,805.96 Total Monies $198,079.47 $200,786.87

Association Website — www.plba.org

PASTORS CHURCH Nov. ‘12 YTD Roger Shaw Agra FBC 601.26 7,556.85 Russell Cook, Int. Asher FBC 172.81 2,173.16 Chris Carter Blackburn Chapel 324.01 2,630.29 Mark Davis Carney FBC 215.88 2,134.17 Rick Blackwell Chandler, FBC 578.79 8,471.07 Keith Henley Chandler Southern 146.70 1,561.30 Doug Parker Dale 51.66 308.61 Mike Mitchell Davenport FBC 345.53 3,927.67 Mike Haines Deer Creek 153.36 2,031.87 Mark Streetman Earlsboro FBC .00 450.00 Ellis Rolette Earlsboro Indian Mission 65.00 133.00 Wayne Knight Fairview 121.03 1,480.73 Dan Campbell Faith 311.21 3,348.31 Jeff Bruton Forest .00 506.09 Lee Witt Hazel Dell 435.21 5,859.28 Tuney Ropp Hillside 2,547.85 12,477.51 Gary Nickerson Hilltop 672.52 5,027.00

Bryan Cook Hopewell 42.00 501.18 Don Acker Macomb 77.81 1,411.00 Mike Hazelwood Mammoth 232.00 3,261.00 Bobby Shatto Maud FBC .00 248.86 Rusty McMullen Maud Trinity 111.72 2,605.72 James Bond McLoud Emmanuel .00 9,247.40 Jerry Gray McLoud Emmaus 140.15 1,211.42 Matt Halsted McLoud FBC 435.11 5,205.37 Ron Cherry McLoud Son Rises .00 1,577.00 Joe Jones Meeker FBC 771.96 4,420.88 Jerry Jackson Morning Star .00 3,492.80 John Hancock Mt. Pleasant .00 1,276.72 Mark Patterson Newalla New Life 631.41 7,809.39 Ed Moore Newalla Pecan Valley 95.84 933.72 Mike Collyer Pink 239.33 3,297.58 Jim Morningstar Pioneer .00 595.02 Nathan Howard Pleasant Home 149.84 1,471.98 Tim Emmons Prague FBC 463.61 5,030.63 Richard Zimmer Rock Creek 565.47 9,133.06 Gaspar Reyes Rock Creek Spanish .00 243.22 Tony Black Romulus 197.76 2,332.64 Odus Compton, Int. Sh-Aydelotte 260.94 3,334.03 David Henry Sh-Calvary 62.50 250.00 Ray Miller Sh-First 318.71 3,836.49 Spencer Davis, Int. Sh-First Indian .00 566.22 Anthony Rhone Sh-Galilee .00 100.00 Bob Dawson Sh-Good Shepherd Chapel 817.08 1,342.47 Jay Sampson Sh-Heritage 804.19 4,240.85 Todd Fisher Sh-Immanuel 1,628.75 20,716.44 Rendon Falls Sh-Karis .00 .00 Tom Hall Sh-New Life 25.00 274.50 John York Sh-Oakland Chapel .00 210.00 Ben Little Sh-Sallateeska .00 1,422.00

Mike Craig Sh-Temple 1,002.01 10,826.48 Larry Norris Sh-Trinity 141.52 1,839.40 Steve Dominy Sh-University 265.08 3,998.38 Butch Bradley Sh-Wallace Ave. .00 1,763.47 Charles Wigington Sparks FBC 173.32 1,241.20 Glenn Peck St. Louis FBC .00 2,691.88 Burl Mackey Stroud FBC 741.37 5,550.26 Don Tiger Stroud Sac & Fox 11.03 108.61 Bill Haas Tecumseh All Nations .00 147.69 Tony Peak Tecumseh FBC 1,078.71 10,383.31 Will Wilson Tecumseh New Hope 50.00 400.99 Clint Dawkins Tecumseh Sharon 640.45 7,971.62 Bob Fowler Tryon FBC 150.62 1,764.64 Britt Lesley Wanette FBC .00 1,657.07 Bill Howse Wanette, Victory Pointe .00 50.00 Russ Houser Wellston Cornerstone .00 373.08 Darrell Sullivan Wellston FBC 332.00 4,387.66 Lane Buckley Wellston Trinity 110.00 1,100.00 Donation .00 2,865.00 TOTAL 19,510.11 220,797.24

BLANKET THE STATE MINISTRIES Please contact Marsha Cook at rrmlcook@sbcglobal.net for how you can help in providing blankets for needy children and the homeless in Shawnee…OR…other needy persons in your area. WE NEED MANY, MANY BLANKETS!!! WE NEED YOUR HELP NOW!!!

A NUGGET FROM MY SPIRITUAL JOURNEY… Due to holiday printing schedules, I am writing this article just a couple of days after the shocking shooting at the school in Connecticut, which actually happened on my birthday. I have a feeling my birthdays in the future will now have this memory attached to them. But, that is “nothing” compared to how all of the birthday and Christmas celebrations for years and years to come in the families personally involved in this tragedy will never be the same again. The first reaction of many people has been to say that guns are the problem. If we are truly honest about it, we have to admit that guns are not the problem. They are inanimate objects until they are put into operation by a human being with a will to choose, a heart of destructive/evil intent, and a finger to pull the trigger. The first murder in history was done by one brother, Cain, to another, Abel. He had no gun…likely only his fists or a big rock or big stick. Senseless slaugh-ter. The baby Moses was hidden by his parents and rescued by a Princess whose father, the Pharoah, had ordered the murder of every baby boy born to the enslaved Hebrew women in Egypt. The midwives who received the order had no guns…they had a heart to avoid obeying the order. Eventually the sol-diers of the Pharoah used other means, probably swords or drowning, to carry out the order of murdering thousands of those baby boys. Years later, when our Savior, Jesus Christ the Lord, was born as a baby in a manger, King Herod was so threatened by His birth that he ordered the murder of all baby boys under age two in the land, an act carried out by soldiers with swords. The beautiful stories of the rescue of baby Moses and the birth story of the baby Jesus are marred by the blood of those murdered babies around them, whose families were just as devastated as those in Connecticut. Senseless slaughter. Throughout the ages, pagan (godless) tribes and nations have practiced child sacrifice or infanticide. During WWII, thousands of Jewish children were starved, gassed, gunned down, buried alive, or subjected to hard labor until death. Senseless slaughter. Since 1973, with the passage of Roe v. Wade, nearly 55,000,000 babies in America have been put to death while still living and growing and maturing in the warmth and previous comfort of what should be the safest place on Earth—their mothers’ nurturing wombs. Their lives have been ended—before they could even see daylight or flowers or rainbows or could run and play in any school yard anywhere—by members of the medical profession, who are supposed to do all that is possible to prevent harm and to sustain life as long as possible. Senseless slaughter. THOU SHALT NOT KILL was not written on a tablet for guns or swords. It was written by the finger of God on that stone to then be written on the hearts of mankind! Father, forgive us…forgive us…forgive us…

Marsha Cook, WM&M Leader

SAVE THE DATES…BGCO WOMEN…see www.bgco.org Ministry Leaders Retreat; Embracing Your Pinterest for Ministry

January 18-19, 2013—Sullivant Retreat Center State Evangelism Conference: MY316: Serve Like Jesus

January 29, 2013—Special Luncheon Speaker: Lauren Chandler Ministry Wives Weekend: The Battle Belongs to the Lord

March 1-2, 2012—Character Inn, Oklahoma City BGCO Women’s Retreat: A Love That Never Lets Go

April 19-20, 2013—Falls Creek Keynote Speakers: Lisa Harper, Angie Smith

Worship: Jourdan Johnson

PLBA WOMEN

SPECIAL PRO-LIFE EVENTS Sanctity of Human Life Sunday

January 20, 2013 Rose Day at the Capitol, Oklahoma City

February 6, 2013…10:30 Registration, 11:45 Rally Contact ERLC at the BGCO, 405-942-3800, for publicity materials!

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4 Mrs. Lindsay (Rusty) McMullen PO Box 263

Maud, OK 74854

Pastor’s Wife, Trinity, Maud

4 Rev. Roger Shaw 13900 River Ridge Rd

Perkins, OK 74059

Pastor, First, Agra

6 Mrs. Trena (Mark) Davis PO Box 596

Carney, OK 74832

Pastor’s Wife, First, Carney

6 Rev. Gaspar Reyes 1409 Morren Drive

Norman, OK 73071

Pastor, Rock Creek Hispanic

8 Mrs. Cowena (Jimmy) Anderson 403 N. Washington

Shawnee, OK 74801

Retired Pastor’s Wife

9 Mrs. Amie (Rendon) Falls 6 E MacArthur

Shawnee, OK 74804

Pastor’s Wife, Karis Ministries

10 Mrs. Bernice Lowder 12 Willow Creek Rd

Shawnee, OK 74801

Former Pastor’s Wife

11 Mrs. Jamy (Todd) Fisher 1403 Manchester

Shawnee, OK 74804

Pastor’s Wife, Immanuel

13 Mrs. Carol (Ellis) Rolette 405 N. Pesotum

Shawnee, OK 74801

Pastor’s Wife, Earlsboro Indian

13 Rev. John York 311 Debbie Lane

Tecumseh, OK 74873

Pastor, Oakland Chapel

15 Rev. Jerry Gray 17770 Cedar Brake

Choctaw, 73020

Pastor, Emmaus

18 Mrs. Sherry (Al) Farrow 1 Dennis Blvd.

Shawnee, OK 74804

Retired Pastor’s Wife

18 Mrs. Becky Traxler

11354 Valley View Rd Prague, OK 74864

PLBA Printshop Manager

22 Rev. Nathan Howard

500 W. University, Box 60002 Shawnee, OK 74804

Pastor, Pleasant Home

25 Mrs. Shannon (Wayne) Knight

48504 Hwy 3 E Earlsboro, OK 74840

Pastor’s Wife, Fairview

25 Rev. Wayne Knight

48504 Hwy 3 E Earlsboro, OK 74840

Pastor, Fairview

31 Mrs. April (Clint) Dawkins

2326 Faith Blvd. Shawnee, OK 74804

Pastor’s Wife, Sharon

31 Rev. Tuney Ropp

33892 E 1040 Rd McLoud, OK 74851

Pastor, Hillside

Anniversaries 8 Rev. & Mrs. Gaspar Reyes

1409 Morren Drive

Norman, OK 73071 Pastor, Rock Creek Hispanic

13 Rev. & Mrs. Jeff Bruton

970726 S. 3430 Rd

Chandler, OK 74834 Pastor, Forest

20 Rev. & Mrs. Ben Little

128 N High Ave.

Shawnee, OK 74804 Pastor, Sallateeska

23 Rev. & Mrs. Jim Reynolds

2 Lancet Circle

Shawnee, OK 74804 Retired Pastor

24 Rev. & Mrs. Glenn Peck

18 Comanche Circle

Shawnee, OK 74801 Pastor, First, St. Louis

28 Rev. & Mrs. Tony Black

40255 State Hwy 59B

Macomb, OK 74852 Pastor, Romulus

(Racer kits are available at the Association office for $3.75 each)

1 New Year’s Day

2 Assn. Office Re-opens

6-12 January Bible Study (The Greatest Week in History: Luke’s account of

the Passion Week)

17 Oklahoma Youth Ministers meeting, OKC, Baptist Building

18-19 Women’s Ministry Leader Embrace Retreat

19 Area Keyboard Festival

20 Sanctity of Human Life Sunday

21 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day — Assn. Office CLOSED

26 Area Keyboard Festival

28 Oklahoma Baptist Symphony Concert,

28-29 State Evangelism Conference, Southern Hills Baptist Church, OKC

29 SEC Women’s Emphasis, Southern Hills

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