Women - Melanie McRae, Cassie Kubler &

Sheila Leon

PrimeTimers - Lori Martin

Chairman of Deacons - Milton Tucker

Administrator - Miguel Viruet

Preschool Director - Jennifer Rojas

Secretary - Jill Bartman

Pastor - John McRae

Worship Director - Jacob Johnson;

Leaders - Anthony Anderson & Cassie Kubler

Youth - John & Melanie McRae

Children - Fran Rice

Preschool - Linda Schmitz

Men - Steve Robb

Sunday, August 20 2017

8:15 am — Tim Mays & 10:45 am — Milton Tucker

Facts & Figures Budget needed weekly: 9,215

08/06: 16,269 08/13: 10,275 08/20 –0- 08/27: -0-

Opportunities This Week

Sunday, August 20

8:15 am ....................................................................................................... Traditional Service, Chapel

9:30 am ……. Sunday School: Babies/Preschool, Modular; Children to your regular classrooms

10:45 am ............................................................................... Contemporary Service, Chapel

Children’s Church: 1st—3rd grade & 4th—6th grade, Upstairs Cheever

2:00 pm ………………..………………… Hobren Marriage Recommitment, Chapel w/Fellowship, FH

6:00 pm ………………………………………………….……………………………….. Evening Worship, Chapel

Monday, August 21

9:30 am ............................................................................................ Meals On Wheels, KABC, Kitchen

Tuesday, August 22

9:30 am ................................................................................................................... Prayer Mtg., Chapel

7:00 pm .......................................................................................................... Boy Scout Troop 101, FH

Wednesday, August 23

7:00 pm ………………………………………………………………….. Mid-Week Prayer & Worship, Chapel

Thursday, August 24

9:00 am ………………………………………………………….…. Men’s Prayer McDonald’s, Bloomingdale

7:00 pm ............................................................................................... Praise Team Rehearsal, Chapel

Friday, August 25

6:00 pm .............................................................................................................. Jesus’ Heart Arabic Church, FH

Saturday, August 26

Sunday, Aug 27 ~ Ordination of Pastor John McRae

9:30 am …………………………………………………………………………………………….…… Sunday School

10:45 am ……………………………………………………………………………………...………..Worship, Chapel

6:00 pm ………………………………………………………………………….………. Evening Worship, Chapel

My next step today is: BEGIN

□ I have invited Christ into my heart for the first time

□ I would like to join KABC.

My next step today is: CONNECT

□ Sign me up for the New Member’s Class (Discovery)

My next step today is: SERVE

I’d like to know more about serving with:

□ Preschool □ Children □ Youth □ Greeters □ Music □ Other

I would like more information on:

□ Salvation □ Baptism □ Membership □ Kings Avenue Christian Preschool

MINISTRIES: □ Children □ Youth (7-12th grades) □ Singles □ Seniors

□ Men □ Women □ Music

Prayer Requests / Messages (circle if it’s just for prayer and NOT to be published )

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Kings Avenue Baptist Church 2602 S. Kings Avenue, Brandon, FL 33511

Office: (813) 685-3095 Fax: (813) 684-7052

Email: church@kingsavenue.org Website: www.kingsavenue.org

“Building God Pleasers” II Corinthians 5:9

To transform and equip families with Biblical truth so that they may become God pleasers. Our Vision:

August 20, 2017

Building Forward

Matthew 9:37-38 “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest,

therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”

Matthew 7:24-27 Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is

like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the

winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock…”

If we tried to set our foundation on anything other than Christ we would be setting ourselves up for

disaster and shame.

Romans 9:33 As it is written: “See, I lay in Zion a stone that causes people to stumble and a rock

that makes them fall, and the one who believes in him will never be put to shame.”

Intimacy with Christ will enable us to make decisions that align with His will rather than our own. If we

do not set Christ as our cornerstone – then we do become susceptible to future shame because of bad

decisions, sinful actions, etc.

We must all be unified in our submission to God, looking to Him for direction.

Colossians 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church...so that in everything he might have the

supremacy.

Ephesians 1:19-23 .. seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and author-

ity... And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the

church, which is his body...

Christ is the head of the church – the leader. He is the beginning – the firstborn from among the dead,

so that IN EVERYTHING He might have supremacy. In Ephesians it says that God placed all things

under his feet – He is head over everything FOR the church which is His body. Christ is not given au-

thority over the church to lord it over us in a negative way but to be Lord over us – to provide, lead,

direct, encourage, and build us up. He is head over everything FOR the church.

Unity enables us to build momentum and for our effort/skill to be multiplied.

1 Corinthians 12:12-14 Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one

body, so it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body…and we

were all given the one Spirit to drink.

Paul often drives the point of unity to the churches he writes to:

Forgive one another…put on love…bound together in unity (Colossians 3:13-14)

Be humble & gentle…bear with one another in love…keep the unity of the spirit through the bond of

peace (Ephesians 4:2-3)

We are all one body…be devoted in love…honor one another above yourselves (Romans 12:3-8)

Let there be no divisions among you (1 Corinthians 1:10)

Carry each other’s burdens and you fulfill the law of Christ (Galatians 6:2)

Being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind (Philippians 2:2)

Live in peace with each other (1 Thessalonians 5:13)

We must all recognize that the work ahead will require something from each of us.

Nehemiah 1:2-4 They said to me, “Those who survived the exile and are back in the province are in

great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned

with fire.” When I heard these things, I sat down and wept. For some days I mourned and fasted

and prayed before the God of heaven.

This news so affected Nehemiah – it burdened him, it weighed him down. We need to be burdened as

Nehemiah was for our community. Knowing that people we interact with every day are dying and going

to hell should weigh on us to the point that we mourn over the potential loss and eternal separation

that they will experience unless they receive God’s greatest gift of salvation. We should respond as

Nehemiah did and fall on our face before the Lord and bring this burden to Him – not just to drop it off

at His feet and do nothing about it – but to ask God what He would have us do.

For us the message is clear. The church is interchangeably called the body of Christ and as members of

that body we have a responsibility to its upkeep. Not just the physical maintenance and restoration, but

to the edification or building up of one another. Without building each other up, we will not be able to

Build Forward as we are called to do.

—Pastor, John McRae

We’ve plenty of Walmart

Cards available for purchase!

Not only would your cards help cover the costs for “Walk Through Bethlehem” but, all proceeds go to help support the KABC Preschool in purchasing curriculum, supplies, and reinvestment into the facilities! For questions, email Rich Tumicki at: tumickirealtor@aol.com

Looking ahead….

6 weeks—4 years

Do you or someone you know desire a Christian environment to minister to your child throughout the day?

You’ve found the right place! Exciting things are happening! For enrollment information, please contact Ms. Jennifer at 684-9453.

CONNECTION CARD Date _________________

(Please place this card in the offering plate, give to the Welcome Center in the back, or an usher or pastor)

Name ____________________________________________________________________________________

Email Address ___________________________________________________________________________

I am a: 1st time guest 2nd time guest Regular Attendee

Address _____________________________________________________Apt_________

City __________________________________ State ____________ Zip ____________

Best Contact Phone: ( )______ -_____________; ( )______ -_____________

Home, Cell, Work (circle) □ I text

Circle: Adult: 18-19 20-30s 40-50s 60s+

Single: 18-19 20’s 30’s 40’s+

Teen

If this is your first visit, how did you hear about us?

Guest of: ____________________________

Kings Ave. Christian School

Newspaper

Website

Other ___________________________

Military:

Tyler Richie Zach Lane Morgan VanHeuvel Matt Aubrey Steve Robb II

Nicolas Swilley Daniel Ortiz Robert & Angela Taylor Josh & Christian Grant

Law Enforcement/Firefighters/Paramedics:

Alec Glass Charlie Richie Jeannie Thomas Jason Thomas

Kim Torres Alex Robb Jaclyn Ferguson

Health Issues: Please pray for all our shut-ins

Cancer: All loved ones, acquaintances with cancer… and their families & doctors

Vivien Megronigle Charlotte Blake Zachery (13) Barb Calvert

Sharlea Hobren (GIST) Karen Sutton Paulette Francis Jeff Gokee

Janet Charron Karey Erickson Steven Cleveland Virginia Korn

Jace Driggers (7) James Beavers Miguel Viruet, Sr Xavier Melendez

Kristin (30s) Hospice Mrs. Ciccarello Linda Van Emburgh Ray Brock

Marylin & Red Fitsimmons Lisa Godwin Cheryl Tullis Julie Richie

Prayer list updates: Please help us update these lists above. If you personally know the person still has those needs for prayer, please put your name and their name with MILITARY, LAW or CANCER on a Connection Card

Other: For friend’s and relative’s salvation Wanda Bashan (88) — mini strokes and finding a nursing home Don Heap — broken leg/rehab; wife, Diana (dementia); Ron & Kathy Tomlinson & Jessica Shelton, caregivers Michael Hobren — suffering w/Rheumatoid Arthritis, pray for medical stabilization Mother of Herb McRae — Assisted Living w/her husband Julie Richie — surgery went well, home recuperating Loveda (Karen) Shoemaker — home — Tim Cyndi Wall — grieving the death of her son, Tony—Barb Block Linda Van Emburgh blood clot in lower abdomen, swelling in leg, tumor not growing! Teri Vazquez — pray for health & healing Jeff — cancer (stage 4), refuses to hear about Jesus, won’t go to doctors — Kathleen M.’s brother

New Prayer Requests/Praises This Week:

Rusty Banner — Mass in throat, test Monday with possible surgery. Bro-in-law to Mel & Tonia Lomax

Carol Clark — will have surgery on her leg next week at Tampa General. Doug Gokee — Brandon Hosp., B, Rm 220—stroke,Severe infection, blockage in neck — Maryann P. Aron Grogan — Crohn’s Disease is out of remission & terrible case of Colitis. (Because Aron’s unable to mow his yard, due to sickness, he asks if there is anyone who would volunteer to do it each week.) Sharlea Hobren — cancerous lesion to be removed on Tuesday, 8/22, at 10 am. Grace Oglesby — having a very hard time with back and shoulder problems & upcoming tests Dan Prenatt — home/a bit weak & has future appointments with the VA — Karen PRAISE!!

George McRae — very little pulse/extremely low blood pressure. — Pastor John’s grandfather Terri Self — brain tumor surgery, recuperation @ home/possible chemo — G. Oglesby’s d–in-l PRAISE!! Carlos Terry — Placed on regular regime of dialysis — Grace Oglesby’s brother James Whitman (Tina Lasman’s father)— colon issues & infection. He is hospitalized in ICU — J. Peed Libby Wright – shoulder and back hurts/had MRI & waiting for report. Pray for healing. Unspoken — upcoming surgery & medical procedures — Grace Oglesby’s family member

Jon Frueh is teaching from the Book of Hebrews.

We meet in the Chapel for Prayer and Bible Study at 7 PM. Hope to see you there!

We’re so excited you’ve chosen to worship with

us today! If you are visiting and you don’t have

a church home, let us say Welcome Home! We

invite you to come and find your place and pur-

pose here at KABC!

Please use the CONNECTION CARD in the bulletin

to check off any information you would like to

receive, any questions we can answer or prayer

requests you may have, and drop the card in the

offering plate, at the Welcome Center or with

Pastor Chuck as you leave the service today.

First-time visitors: We have a spe-

cial gift for you today at the end of the

service. If you missed turning in your

CONNECTION CARD in the offering

plate, please bring it to the back table

when you pick up your gift.

Brother Chuck & Sharr-an

Please Join Us

Saturday, September 9, at 3:00 pm

In the Chapel with Reception Following

Please RSVP by signing up in the foyer, in your Sunday School Class or by email to: church@kingsavenue.org Please give the total number of your family attending. It is greatly appreciated.

If you wish, financial gifts should be made pay-able directly to Brother Chuck.

Thankful Video If you would like to record a video message to Brother Chuck and Sharr-an, please write "VIDEO" on the connection card with your name and contact number. Bill Bartman will contact you to set a time and date, either at church or in your home.

WE NEED YOUR HELP!!!

After 35 years of ministering to hundreds of people at KABC and the community, it is impos-sible to contact all of them using mail service or even email service.

BUT if you have contact with any former friends/members of KABC, would you please call/email/Facebook them to let them know of this important event?

Please tell them that Bro. Chuck is retiring after 35 years at KABC. His last Sunday is August 13 but there will be a retirement party at 3 pm on Saturday, Sept 9. If they plan on attending, please RSVP to the church office, 813-685-3095 or church@kingsavenue.org

For all of them, near and far, to please send best wishes/thanks to him and Sharr-an by email (to church@kingsavenue.org) or by a card at KABC, 2602 S. Kings Ave, Brandon 33511, with the NOTE on the outside of "RETIREMENT," so these items can be intercepted and collected to give him on the day of the retirement party.

Thank you for this important help. Encourage all those you contact to pass this information onto others they still have contact with. 35 years is A LOT of people.

The 2017-2018 Primetimers’ schedule and sign-up sheets for field trips are available. Please see Lori Martin 813-505-3357 for a copy and to sign up for your spot.

Dr. David Jeremiah

Tuesday, October 3 USF Sun Dome, Tampa

Sunday, August 27th

On this particular Sunday, there will be Sunday School at 9:30 am and a single Worship Service for the entire church family beginning at 10:45 am, in the Chapel.

We are honored to recognize John McRae as the new Pastor of Kings Avenue Baptist Church and are going to have a special service of Ordination into the Christian Ministry and Installation as Pastor during the 10:45 am Worship Service.

Please join us during this very important event as Kings Avenue Baptist Church looks forward to the ministry of John, and the exciting prospect of all that God is going to work through him and the church together in the coming days.

Blessed be God

2 Corinthians 1:3-11 Rev. Mark Thomas, Bible Teacher

Paul has been put in the position of defending his apostleship by people who are opposing him and what he has been teaching. How can we know that what the Bible teaches us today is God's truth? Have you ever been confronted by someone who insists that the Bible might have had relevance once, but is no longer good for the times in which we live? This is a very real issue in the Church today, and it forms the basis for what we will be discussing tonight in the Chapel, beginning at 6PM. Hope to see you there!

Sundays

8:15 & 10:45 am

Worship Services — held in the Chapel.

Babies — Preschool — cared for in the Modular

Sunday School

9:30 - 10:30 am

Children: Upstairs Cheever

Grade 1-2: Rm 202; Buddy Class: Rm 203

Grade 3-6, Girls: Rm 213; Grade 3-6, Boys: Rm 214

Youth: Fellowship Hall; Middle & High Schools

Adults:

Ladies’ Class: Chapel Prayer Rm; Senior Adults (Jerry Peed): Chapel Classroom; Adults: Upstairs Cheever; Mark Hoyt (Rm 205), Chris Prenatt (Rm 206), Mark Thomas (Rm 208), & Steve Robb (Rm 209)

First Baptist Church, Indian Rocks

October 13 & 14

Our group will be staying overnight at the Hampton Inn Largo, with Continental breakfast. You may share a room 2-4 people, please let us know who you would like to room with. We will book your rooms in a block at the discounted rates: $119 for King or Queen Double; $129 for a King Suite.

For more information, talk with

Melanie McRae, Cassie Kubler or Sheila Leon.

44 KABC Ladies have

signed up . . . How ‘bout

YOU!

This event is open to the KABC Church. If you

want to attend, please call 685-3095 to be

placed on the list for free tickets.

FREE FREE TICKETS

Walk Thru Bethlehem Update wtb2017kabc@gmail.com

EVENT:

WTB University — Fellowship Hall

Sat, November 4, , 8 am—1 pm

DONATIONS NEEDED:

The month of August we are asking you to pick up extra paper products and bring them to our donation basket in the foyer. We need aluminum foil, napkins, paper plates, plastic utensils, paper towels, etc. If you are already grabbing these items for your family, please grab a second one for WTB.

Thank you for the water donations. GOAL MET!

Please continue to purchase Walmart gift cards from our Pre-school for the extra items that will need to be purchased for the WTB staff and concessions. Every dollar helps us towards our goal.