Red Mountain Baptist Church ● 1322 Red Mountain Road ● Rougemont, NC 27572

. . . le t us walk in the Lord ’s l ight . Isaiah 2:5

July 14th at 11:00 am

Join us as we celebrate the faithfulness

of God and growing His Kingdom as we follow His will. We’ll begin the morning

service in the sanctuary, as usual,

and then proceed to the groundbreaking to conclude the service.

Gas up the all-terrain vehicle, grab your

camera and join us for VBS as we go

In the Wild for amazing encounters with

Jesus! There are classes for ALL ages, 0 to 95.

Come see what all the excitement is

all about! And we’ll finish it off on

Friday Night as Family Night with

a Hot Dog Dinner! Come join the

fun and fellowship!!

Ya t e s B a p t i s t A s s o c i a t i o n Fo o d Pa n t r y

RMBC will be collecting can goods

through September. Much needed items

are: Peanut Butter • Jelly • Canned

Vegetables • Cereals • Soups • Pasta •

Canned meats/tuna •

Ketchup • Mayonnaise •

Canned/boxed milk •

Canned fruit • Crackers •

Pop Tarts • Juice • No Glass

Please drop off your

donations in the food

barrel located in the

church foyer.

❖ Vann Marshall and his family in the death of his mother and Vicki Turner and her family in the death of her grandmother, Miriam Marshall

❖ Ruby Parrish and her family in the death of her nephew, James Howerton

C an you believe that it is almost here? We have been waiting a

long time to break ground on the new building and the time has finally arrived. On Sunday, July 14th, at 11:00 AM we will have our Ground Breaking Ceremony. We will be celebrating God’s faithfulness. I hope you will make every effort to be there for the ceremony as we give God glory for what He is doing in our midst.

I want to take this opportunity to thank you for giving sacrificially towards the building project. It is because of your generosity and faithfulness in giving that over half of the total project cost has already been given, and we haven’t even put a shovel in the ground yet. Praise God for you!

I know this is a daunting task, but remember God is Able! That has been our theme from the very beginning of this project. We need to continue to remember that Ephesians 3:20 tells us that our God “is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think.” It is God who has led us down this journey, and it is God who will see it through as we seek to advance His Kingdom through this project and the future use of the new building. Praise be to God!

For His glory,

Pastor Dave

Pastor Dave’s Message

for the

Month

Building

Fund

Update

Our Goal $ 675,000

Collected $ 531,579

Balance $ 143,421 as of June 15, 2019

Congratulations to: Chase Ellis on graduating from Piedmont Community College with an Associate of Arts Degree.

New Members

Vann & Margaret Ann Marshall Transfer of letter

Please submit your articles/announcements/events/suggestions to tcardenc@centurylink.net (Carol Carden) by the 20th of each month.

The Men and Women’s Bible Study

will take a break during July and

August, and will resume at regular times in September.

RMBC on MISSIONS Summer kicks off the time of year

when our church becomes the

hands and feet of Christ. We have

three mission trips planned: Moldova (leaving on July 4th), Fuge (our

youth on missions), and West

Virginia (it’s not too late to sign up).

Please be in prayer for all those

going. Pray for safety and protection.

Pray for boldness. Pray for peace,

wisdom and joy. Pray for the ones being ministered to. Pray.

Romans 10:13-14 says; “for, “Everyone who calls on the name of

the Lord will be saved.” How, then,

can they call on the one they have not

believed in? And how can they believe

in the one of whom they have not

heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?”

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LOL!

A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. -Proverbs 17:22

A small-town couple was celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary and their long, loving relationship had long been the talk of the town. For this special occasion, a local newspaper reporter paid them a visit to in-quire as to the secret of their happy mar-riage.

"Well," explained the husband, "it really all goes back to our honeymoon. We visited the Grand Canyon and took a trip down to the bottom of the canyon by pack mule. We hadn't gone too far when my wife's mule stumbled. My wife quietly said 'That's once.' We proceeded a little farther when the mule stumbled again. Once more my wife quietly spoke: 'That's twice.' We hadn't gone a half-mile when the mule stumbled a third time. My wife promptly removed a revolver from her purse, hopped down off the beast, and shot the mule dead. I began to protest over her treatment of the mule when she looked at me and quietly said, 'That's once.'''

I hope you liked that. Now, I've heard that children laugh 300 to 400 times a day while we adults laugh only a mere 15! Believe it or not, experts say that laughing aids diges-tion, lowers blood pressure, reduces stress hormones, increases muscle flexion, boosts the immune system, triggers the release of endorphins which are the body's natural painkillers, heals broken relationships and produces a general sense of well-being!

Let's not take everything so very seriously! Let's start laughing at ourselves a little, and laughing at our enemy's attempts to keep us burdened and oppressed! God has our vic-tory --always! And there's so much work to be done!

July 2019 Birthdays & Church Events

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1

Brenda Owens

2

3

4

Beth Chambers Sue DeBlanc Phillip Ellis

5

Leigh Watson

6

7

Dawne Lewis

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

Ground Breaking Ceremony 11a

15

James Ellis Lane Ellis

16

17 Sheila Compton

18

Linda Weaver

19 Traci Humphries

20

21 Jacob Jackson

22

Ellen Clayton Joe Glenn

23 Chris Turner

24

Hank Taylor Teresa Wrenn

25 Lloyd Gresham

26

Greta Parker

27

Colton Watson

28 Trustee’s Mtg. 5p

29

30

Adelynn Glenn

31

Memory Verse

“Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.”

Ephesians 3:20

M o l d o v a M i s s i o n s

M o l d o v a M i s s i o n s

V a c a t i o n B i b l e S c h o o l

Moldova Missions

F U G E - Y o u t h M i s s i o n s

Red Mountain Baptist Church P.O. Box 103 Rougemont, NC 27572

919-477-3657 www.redmountainbaptist.com

Rev. Dave Pryor - Pastor Rev. Cameron Lewis-Youth Pastor

Address Correction Requested

Honoring Faithfulness

“Greet Asyncritus, Phlegon, Hermes, Patrobas, Hermas, and the brothers who are with them. Greet Philologus, Julia, Nereus and his sister, and Olympas, and all the

saints who are with them.” -Romans 16:14-15

Today we come to the last set of greetings that Paul

gives to particular believers in the ancient Roman church. As we prepare to consider this last set of

names, it will be helpful for us to review the purposes

of these greetings. The obvious reason for them is that

the Apostle wanted to say hello to the Roman

Christians whom he knew personally or through the testimony of other believers. Yet that is not the only

purpose for the greetings.

We have easy access to paper and pens, but in the

ancient world this was not so. Writing materials,

including scrolls and sheets of papyrus, were

expensive, and it was important to make the most of

whatever space you had when you wrote to others. Paul fills the valuable space of Romans 16 with more

than just names; he also notes and praises much of

what these men and women did for the church.

Frequently, he mentions that the people he greets were

hard workers in the Lord (vv. 3, 9, 12), thereby holding

them up as examples to the rest of the church in Rome. John Calvin states that this is purposeful,

designed to inspire the other Roman Christians to

work hard in the Lord as well. He writes, “The

testimonies which [Paul] brings here in favor of some

individuals, were partly intended for this end, that by honoring those who were faithful and worthy,

faithfulness itself might be honored, and that they who

could and would do more good than others.” By

honoring those who had served the church well, the

Apostle meant to encourage others to do the same.

We also find in this list of greetings a reminder of how

the church is to function. The Apostles were key figures in laying the foundation for the church, but

they did not labor alone. From day one, the work of

Christ’s church has been done only through the

contributions of all its members. No one person, not

even an Apostle, can do all that is necessary for the

church to function well. In fact, Paul’s greetings show us how the Apostle relied on the hospitality and labor

of others to get his job done. Christians form one body

that is healthy only when all members use their gifts to

serve the Lord and one another (1 Cor. 12).

We do not know anything about the people Paul names

in Romans 16:14-15 except that some of them were

slaves or former slaves, and that some of them volunteered their homes for corporate worship, prayer,

and fellowship. (“The saints who are with them” refers

to Christian gatherings.) These believers took part in

the church’s ministry according to their gifts and

resources. May we always do the same.

Not everyone who works hard for Christ’s church

receives honor and commendation from other people such as we see in Paul’s list of greetings. But even

when no one else commends us for our work, the Lord

sees what we are doing, and it is His evaluation that

matters. Let us all serve the Lord in gratitude for our

once-for-all salvation so that we will one day hear

these words from God Himself: “Well done, good and faithful servant.”

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July Nursery Toddlers Children’s Church PM Child Care Team Kids

7th Ingela Gillie

Heather Young Heather Glenn/J.

Shull/N. Young

Vicki Turner

Seth Pryor VBS VBS

14th Beth Chambers Sheila Sanders

Hank & Cathy

Taylor

Dawne Lewis

Colby Sanders

Steve & Debbie Copley

Sheila Compton Kaye Dills

21st Joyce Glenn

Tammy Pendergraph

Beth Chambers Emma Pryor

Connie Garrett/Blake Gillie/Kaysi McDaniel

Ashley Crabtree Penny Pendleton

Adam & Megan Riggs

28th Sheila Compton Sammi Watson

Cindy Jeffries Nancy Shuler

Michael Hall/Dillon Watson/Sammi Watson

Laura Pryor Sheila Sanders

Cindy Jeffries Laura Pryor

Wed 3rd - Gail Bowen

Tammy Pendergraph 10th - VBS

17th - Sue DeBlanc

Janice Watson

24th - Cindy Jeffries

Penny Pendleton

31st - Gail Bowen

Tammy Pendergraph