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M ay 8 , 2018

2 Pastor’s Pen

2 May Sermons

2 May Meals

2 Dover News

3 May Birthdays

3 May Worship Assistants

4 May Calendar

4 Prayer List/Sympathy

5 Stewardship Report

5 Upcoming Events

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

Sunday, May 20, 2018 A very special day of worship and fellowship.

Join us at

9:45 a.m. for Sunday School

11:00 a.m. for Worship in the Pavilion

12:15 p.m. for a Covered Dish Luncheon

Chicken will be provided.

Please bring a side dish and dessert.

Parent-Child Dedication Sunday, May 13, 2018

Celebrating the gift of a child is a special time. Join us on Sunday, May 13 as we have an opportunity to share together in a child dedication service.

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E rma Bombeck wrote, “Every

mother has a favorite child. She cannot help it. She is only human. I

have mine-the child for whom I feel a special closeness, with whom I share a love that no one else could possibly understand. My favorite child is the one who was too sick to eat ice cream at his birthday party. . . who had measles at Christmas . . . who wore leg braces to bed because he toed in . . . who has a fever in the middle of the night, the asthma attack, the child in my arms at the emergency ward.

My favorite child spent Christmas alone away from the family, was stranded after the game with a gas tank on E, lost the money for his class ring.

My favorite child is the one who messed up the piano recital, misspelled committee in a spelling bee, ran the wrong way with the football, and had his bike stolen because he was careless.

My favorite child is the one I punished for lying, grounded for insensitivity to other people’s feelings, and informed he was a royal pain to the entire family.

My favorite child slammed doors in frustration, cried when she didn’t think I saw her, withdrew and said she could not talk to me.

My favorite child always needed a haircut, had hair that wouldn’t curl, had no date for Saturday night, and a car that cost $600 to fix. My favorite child was selfish, immature, bad-tempered and self-centered. He was vulnerable, lonely, unsure of what he was doing in the world-and quite wonderful.

All mothers have their favorite child. It is always the same one: the one who needs you at the moment. Who needs you for whatever reason-to cling to, to shout at, to hurt, to hug, to flatter, to reverse charges to, to unload on-but mostly just to be there.

Erma’s description of her favorite child sounds a lot like how God looks at us. God is always there to meet our needs no matter the circumstances we face in life. Acknowledging God’s presence is the beginning of knowing we are favored by Him. God’s love shown to us in Jesus gives us a powerful look at his love for us. We can always cling to the precious promise, “If God is for us who can be against us!” ~ Pastor Tim

May Sermons

May 6

Imprisoned by Things

May 13

Healthy Families are Not Accidental

May 20

The Kingdom Come (Dwight Hedges preaching)

May 27

Glorifying in the Cross

May Meals

May 2

Chicken Tenders

May 9

Pancakes

May 16

Chicken Casserole

May 23

Tacos

May 30

Cold Plate

Leslie & Hazel Watson Offering for Dover Baptist Association Missions

May 20-27, 2018

Partnering with Someone Missional Somewhere Acts 16:9

MBC Goal: $1,100

Annie Armstrong Easter Offering Goal: $5,675.00

Given to Date: $2,966.88

If God is for us who can be against us? Romans 8:31

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Happy May Birthdays

2 Terri Beck

3 Shelly Kidd

5 Mark Gwinn

6 Miriam Chambliss

Frances Englehart

Grant Thompson

Kayleigh Fones

Dalton Washburn

7 Mary Page Gregory

Betty Webb

Betsy Stainback

8 Ruth Taylor

Tommy Culley

Stuart Belvin

Charlotte Grammer

9 William Englehart

Douglas Brackett

Lisa Guridy

Courtney Madison

10 David Hines

Dennis Tatum

Kimberly Walton

Kristina Balducci

Bailey Broughton

12 Bob Wildbore

14 Len Brightwell

15 Sarah Lamphiear

Jean Wildbore

16 Cathy Emmons

Norman Bowles

Neale Culver

Kris Overbeck

Samantha Harrell

MAY WORSHIP ASSISTANTS

Opening & Closing

05.06 - Paul Corbin 05.13 - Thomas Fisher 05.20 - Jay Thompson

05.27 - Mike Hester

Counting Teams 05.06 - Tommy Culley, Bryant Broughton,

Nick Ciucci, Sam Shermer 05.13 - Judi Culver, Linda Hypes,

Paula King, Donna Lockhart 05.20 - Robbie King, Pat Hines,

Jim Kennedy, Jerry Posenau 05.27 - Margaret Davis, Pat Clark

Edna Munn, Peggy Phillips

Nursery Workers

05.06 - Worship 1: Karen Monger, Cindy Culley Worship 2: Charlotte Grammer, Robin Rozell

05.13 - Worship 1: Rose Burrows, Pat Hines Worship 2: Carla & Bailey Broughton

05.20 - Worship 1: JoAnne Brown, Lisa Guridy Worship 2: Becky & Sam Shermer

05.27 - Worship 1: Denise Mills, Kayleigh Mills Worship 2: Kelsey & Justin Holmes

Deacon of the Week

05.06 - Sam Shermer - 445.5370 05.13 - Jerry Posenau - 730.1990

05.20 - Nick Ciucci - 746.7111 05.27 - Karen Rosser - 840.8848

17 Sandy Jenkins

Ashley Fiffick

18 Elva Hasher

Donnie Leake

Carley Mann

19 Patti Gilleland

Travis Mills

Brian Brown

Tyler Mills

Will Hollins

21 Kim Bowles

22 Jean Foster

23 Bryan Culley

Robin Rozell

24 Earl Chappell

Otto Long

Claude Daniel

Raymond Crawford

Wil Boisseux

25 Alexis Emmons

26 Linda Corbin

27 Brenda Riel

Donald Bland

29 Freddie Pendergraph

30 Shirley Harver

30 MacKenzie Mantlo

Operation Christmas Child Items for May are… Fun things for BOYS ~~

Cars, Trucks, Games, Balls, TOOLS for the older boys: Screwdriver, tape measure, hammer, duct tape, screws, nails

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Mark Your Calendars for

Vacation Bible School

July 29 - August 2, 2018 Feeling led to lead Bible School

this year? We are excited how God

is going to use this year’s VBS to

reach our community for Christ

and grow up our children in their

faith in the Lord. Contact Dwight

Hedges for more information at

ldhedges69@gmail.com.

Looking for more information? Join

us for one of our VBS planning

meetings at 12:00 noon on:

Sunday, June 3 Sunday, July 1

Dover Seniors’ Lunch Sponsored by the Dover Senior

Adult Council

Tuesday, May 22, 2018 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Hunton Baptist Church 11660 Greenwood Rd.

Glen Allen

Join us for a great meal with enter-tainment by Lin & Dawnie Smith, gospel singers from Colosse Bap-tist Church and the Barbershop Quartet.

The cost for lunch is $9.00 and reservations can be made by calling the Dover office at 550.1980 or emailing them at:

dover.info@doverbaptist.org The deadline is Mon., May 14

Sunday, May 20 9:45 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Outdoor Worship in Pavilion 12:15 p.m. Covered-Dish Luncheon 1:30 p.m. DR Mission Trip Training 5:00 p.m. Encounter/RA’s, GA’s,

Mission Friends, Choirs 6:00 p.m. Ensemble & Youth RISE 7:00 p.m. Handbells

Monday, May 21 11:30 a.m. AA MCEF Night at Stevi-B’s 6:30 p.m. Long-Range Planning 7:00 p.m. Basketball - FLC

Tuesday, May 22 11:00 a.m. Staff Mtg. 11:00 a.m. Dover Senior’s Lunch 6:00 p.m. Worship Team

Wednesday, May 23 11:00 a.m. Mid-Week Bible Study 5:30 p.m. WNS - Tacos 6:00 p.m. Awanas, Connect, Youth 6:15 p.m. Mid-Week Bible Study 7:30 p.m. Adult Choir Thursday, May 24 7:30 a.m. Fellowship Breakfast 6:30 p.m. Missions Development 7:00 p.m. Volleyball - FLC

Sunday, May 13 8:30 a.m. Crosswalk 9:45 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Worship II - Mother’s Day/ Child Dedication

5:00 p.m. Encounter

Monday, May 14 11:30 a.m. AA 6:30 p.m. Stewardship/Pers. MOM Search Teams 7:00 p.m. Basketball - FLC Tuesday, May 15 10:30 a.m. WOM - John Bryant Rm. 11:00 a.m. Staff Mtg. 6:00 p.m. Worship Team

Wednesday, May 16 11:00 a.m. Mid-Week Bible Study 5:30 p.m. WNS - Chicken Casserole 6:00 p.m. Awanas, Connect, Youth 6:15 p.m. Mid-Week Bible Study 7:30 p.m. Adult Choir Thursday, May 17 7:30 p.m. Endowment Team 7:00 p.m. Volleyball - FLC Saturday, May 19 2:00 p.m. Outdoor Worship Set-up 7:00 p.m. DR Mission Trip Training

In the Coming Weeks

Holliday Lake State Park Spring Family Campground Weekend!

June 15-17, 2018 Cost = $25 / person or $50 / family

Let Dwight know by June 6!

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Howard Lynch at Autumn Care, Lucille Hott, Don Stewart at The Hermitage

John Anderson, Shirley Armstrong, Steve Beck, Bill/Sandra Blackburn, Amy Boles (James/Carol Boles daughter), Polly Boschen, Amy Bowles (Eunice Bowles’ granddaughter), Eunice Bowles, Norman/Betty Bowles, Dale Boyers (Alice Bridges’ brother), Jeanne Bradley, Robin Brightwell, Jean Brooks, Florence Brown, George/Bessie Bryan, Joyce Burgess, Jeff Carr, Tim Cates, Jim Cherry, Nancy Chittum, Jerry Clark, Brenda Crawford, Mary Culley, David/Janice Culver

Nancy Damron, Howard/Jean Davis (Mary Kay Winn’s parents), Chuck/Margaret Davis, Amy Dixon, Rick Doggett, Roxanne Eliott (Jim Wright’s granddaughter), Jennifer Fisher (Aaron’s sister), The Fisher Family, Jean Foster

Linda Gerhardt, Leo Gibson, Mary Greenwood, Cliff/Doris Grotz, Eddie Ham, Michael Hechler (Diane Kennedy’s son), Ward/Peggy Hildreth, Hillard Family (Mary Hawthorne’s family), John/Shirley Horton, Johnny Howell, Shirley Huffman (Ruth Stewart’s sister), Barbara Jackson, Courtney Jackson, Dot Jones, Mary Lee Jones, Dick/Charlsie Joyner, Cecil/Rae

Keel, Jim/Diane Kennedy, Kerry Kinser (Paige Kinser’s mother) Bryan Lane (Floyd Lane’s son), Carolyn Little, Jim Lewis, Olive Litwinowicz, John Long, Will/Audrey Long, Leonard Loving (Dorothy Ham’s brother)

Tim Marshall (Carolyn Schneider’s son), David Matthews (Jim Dalton’s nephew), Patrick Olmstead (Robert/Betty Olmstead’s grandson), Robert/Betty Olmstead

Shirley Pasowicz, Lisa Phillips, J.L. Pitts, Edwin Power (Margaret Davis’ father) Margaret Rice, Ruth Anne Sawyer (Norman/Betty Bowles’ daughter), Allie/Audrey Stevens, Ruth Stewart, Ruth Tate, Kitty Thompson, Daniel, Casey & Eli Toney (Faye Toney’s son & family), Doris Tucker

Joyce Wallace, Daniel Washington (Deborah Steele’s grandson/Audrey Goode’s great grandson), Bill White, Vickie White (Anita Blackwell’s sister), Andy Wibright (Terri Wibright’s step-son), Larry & Mildred Williams, Vera Williams, Melinda Winn (Munn’s granddaughter), Jim Wright, Patricia Wright, (Shirley Armstrong’s daughter), Kitty Yarbrough

Keeping You in Prayer

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May 6, 2018

Crosswalk .................................................................................................................... 100 Sunday School .......................................................................................................... 149 Worship II ................................................................................................................... 106 Regular Offering .............................................................................................. $12,616.25 E-Giving ............................................................................................................. $3,585.00 Designated Funds ................................................................................................ $937.32 Total Offering ................................................................................................... $17,138.57 Roof Loan Balance, Net .................................................................................. $46,085.44

Stewardship Report

Christian sympathy is extended to Mr. & Mrs. Wayne Blackwell in the death of Anita’s father, Thomas V. Martin, Sr.

Donate your gently used Christian fiction and non-fiction books, Bibles, extra Sunday school materials, etc. to Christian Library International. CLI’s purpose is to glorify God by providing these materials to prisons, jails and youth detention centers. CLI serves prison inmates in all 50 states. Hun-dreds can be blessed by just one book!

Judi Culver will be collecting these materials until June 15, at which time they will be delivered to the collection site in Raleigh, NC.

Please consider looking at home for items you may not want any longer and donating them to this ministry. For more info visit the CLI website at www.cli.world.

If you ordered a 40th Anniversary DVD, it is available for pick-up in the church office.

40th Anniversary DVD’s Available May 20, 2018 Outdoor Worship

in the Pavilion & Covered Dish Luncheon

June 3, 2018 How Can I Keep from Singing

A night of music presented by our Music Department

June 10, 2018 Graduate Recognition Sunday

Stay tuned for more information.

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Join us at

Mechanicsville Baptist Church

On Sundays

8:30 a.m. Crosswalk (Contemporary) Worship 9:45 a.m. Sunday School 11:00 a.m. Traditional Worship 5:00 p.m. Encounter Worship 5:00 p.m. RA’s, GA’s, Mission Friends, Children’s Choirs 5:20 p.m. Adult Choir Rehearsal 6:00 p.m. Youth/Ladies Ensemble 7:00 p.m. Handbells

On Wednesdays

11:00 a.m. Mid-Week Prayer & Bible Study 5:30 p.m. Wednesday Night Supper 6:00 p.m. Connect Groups, Youth, Awanas 6:15 p.m. Mid-Week Prayer & Bible Study 7:30 p.m. Adult Choir

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

Jackie Broaddus Child Care Director

Linda Dickerson Interim Minister of Music

Tommy Crump Interim First Service Coordinator

Jean Dart Office Administrator

Jordan Mills A/V Tech Director

Melvin Anderson Custodian