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Volume 24, Number 13 June 28, 2015 www.eastmont.org
A Look Inside... From Your Pastor See Insert
Scenes from VBS 2015Page 2
College Help NeededPage 3
Sr. Adult Christmas Lights Trip Page 3
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CHILDRENS MINISTRYJeremy Lynch - [email protected]
Our SonSparks Lab VBS at Eastmont was a huge success! We saw
children come to know Jesus, grow in their faith, encouraged in the
hope of Gods promises, and gain friends that will last a lifetime.
Yes, VBS was a lot of sacrifice and hard work for many, but know
that your reward is in heaven and lives were changed because of it.
Thank you coordinators, teachers, leaders, guides, and staff for
your dedication and Christ-like attitudes. We couldnt have done it
without you!
Make sure to mark your calendars for next years VBS, June 13-17,
2016, with family fun night on the 16th from 6 - 8 PM.
Upcoming Dates to Remember
July1st-Country/Country no RA/GAs, we will instead have a meal,
inflatables, music, and more
July6th-10th-1J2SummerClubs for grades 1st - 6th, bring brown
bag lunch and your loving adult or chaperone for some fun till 3 PM
each day. Well meet at 9 AM at Eastmont, then serving at Hyde Park
from 10 AM - 11:30 AM.
July8th-RA2-LiterBottleRockets
July10th-11th-Mom/DaughterCampatWorldSong
July15th-RA/GAWaterWar
July20th-24th-GACampatWorldSong
July27th-30th-RACampatWorldSong
July30th-August1st-Dad/LadCampatWorldSong
August2nd-PromotionSunday
August3rd-7th-1J2SummerClubs for grades 1st - 6th, bring brown
bag lunch and your loving adult or chaperone for some fun until 3
PM each day. Well meet at 9 AM at Eastmont, then serving at Hyde
Park from 10 AM -11:30 AM.
SCENES FROM VBS 2015...
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Thursday Night Home Groups-June 25 - Pool Party at the Seays
house (7506 Mossy Oak Dr.)-Meeting in July at the Klepacs house
(4036 Samantha Dr.)
Beach Retreat to Panama City BeachJuly 10-12 at Laguna Beach
Christian Retreat. Cost is $150. Contact Gene for more information
or to sign up.
Help Wanted Looking for individuals or Sunday School classes to
provide a meal for our students on Thursday nights. If you can help
please contact Tracie Klepac (303-4710 /
[email protected])
HomeGroupsSunday, June 28 from 4-6 PM
Super Summer Alabamaat Shocco Springs, July 13-17Remaining
balance was due June 14.
YEC - Youth Evangelism ConferenceJuly 24-25 @ Samford
UniversityCost:$55 (Super Summer attendees only pay $25)
Registration forms available in the student ministry area.
COLLEGE & CAREERGene Kim - [email protected]
SENIOR ADULTSBilly Dickey - [email protected]
MISCELLANEOUS
STUDENT MINISTRYSteve Robinson - [email protected]
WELCOME TO EASTMONT
Forever YoungTuesday, July 21, 2015 at 10:00 AM in room 205Guest
Speaker: Eileen Mitchell Covered dish lunch to follow program.
MISSIONSBilly Dickey - [email protected] (international)Gene
Kim - [email protected] (local / national)
Recycling for MissionsWe are collecting empty inkjet cartridges
(no laser or toner cartridges) and used cell phones (no
accessories). Place these items in the ministry baskets located
around the church. All proceeds go toward Eastmont Mission Trips.
Thank you for recycling for missions.
Guatemala Mission Trip - November 20-28, 2015If youve signed up
but havent turned in your deposit and/or passport, please contact
Gene ASAP. Next meeting is June 28 at 4 PM in room 110.
Charles Buster & Shirley Broadway 60th Anniversary
Reception
June 28; 2-4 pm in the Fellowship Hallno gifts please; regrets
590-4330
Help needed!We are in need of ladies to help deliver gifts to
homebound members. Call Julia Edwards at 271-0723 if you would like
to help.
THANK YOU!Thank you to everyone who donated to the Medical
Mission Team going to Central Asia in July. Over 300 toothbrushes
& tubes of toothpaste were collected. Great job and thanks for
your servants heart. Bro. Billy
Jacelyn Jewell (June 14, 2015)by Profession of Faith and
Baptism
Kenzie McClelland (June 21, 2015)by Profession of Faith and
Baptism
Madeline Owens (June 21, 2015)by Profession of Faith and
Baptism
Georgia Christmas Light TripDecember 3-4, 2015Cost includes:
lodging, admission to all light attractions, dinner at Legacy
Lodge, breakfast at Legacy Lodge, Lunch at Blue Willow Inn, gas for
the buses. 1 per room: $260, 2 per room $180/person, 3 per room,
$150/person, 4 per room, $144/person. Please contact Cheryl Wells
ASAP to reserve your spot. A $50 deposit is required.
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June 28, 2015Sunday, June 28
8:10 AM Worship Service9:20 AM Sunday School10:30 AM Worship
Service5:00 PM Discipleship
Tuesday, June 305:30 PM Aerobics
Wednesday, July 19:00 AM Craft Class 5:00 PM Country/Country
Concert
Thursday, July 210:00 AM Bible Study 5:30 PM Aerobics
Friday, July 3Office Closed
Sunday, July 58:00 AM Mens Breakfast9:20 AM Sunday School10:30
AM Combined Worship Service
No Evening Activities
Tuesday, July 75:30 PM Aerobics
Wednesday, July 8 5:00 PM Outreach5:15 PM Fellowship Meal6:15 PM
Adult Choir
Orchestra PracticeTimeout (youth)
6:30 PM Mission GroupsPrayer Meeting
Business MeetingMens Small Groups
Thursday, July 1010:00 AM Bible Study 5:30 PM Aerobics
July 1, 2015Country / Country Concert & Free Hot Dog
Meal.
July 8, 2015Hamburger Steak, Corn Nuggets, Broccoli,
Salad, Desert, & Drink $5/Adult $2/Children (Max.
$15/family)
June 14, 2015Preschool .......................... 75Children
............................ 65Students
............................ 46Adults
.............................. 625Total
................................. 811
June 21, 2015Preschool .......................... 72Children
............................ 49Students ...16 (mission trip)Adults
.............................. 661Total
................................. 798
June 14, 2015GeneralBudget
$28,853.13EmergencyFund
$3,098.25
June 21, 2015GeneralBudget
$32,738.17EmergencyFund
$3,412.25
June 28, 2015BobbyEdmond - (334) 271-4083
July 5, 2015BobFranklin - (334) 731-2046
Office: (334) 277-6300 Fax: (334) 277-6322 Careline: (334)
277-6384 Website: eastmont.org Kindergarten: (334) 244-9324 Prayer
Room: (334) 277-8876 E-mail: [email protected] Facebook:
facebook.com/eastmont Twitter: @eastmontbaptist
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BUILDING LOCK-UP
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From Your Pastor,
Some Baptist churches have a system of rotating deacon
leadership. After a few years of service the deacon takes one year
off. This prevents burnout and allows for new deacons to serve.
Other churches seem to use a different method. Instead of
rotating deacons they rotate pastors. Every few years they dismiss
one and hire another. One church changed pastors so often they put
the new pastors name in chalk on the road sign. I mentioned that
one Sunday and in the next worship service one of our deacons was
sitting on the front row with a chalk eraser in his hand (very
funny).
As I begin my 29th year, I realize how richly blessed I am to be
your pastor. My ministry here has been contingent on two factors. I
serve here because of (1) a calling from God and because of (2)
permission from you. If either of those change my role as pastor
should change too. Each day I wake up, I must hear the Lords
trumpet call to serve.
Dr. Elmer Nielsen was my pastor when I was ordained. Ill never
forget the wise words he gave me before my first sermon. Mike,
people will forgive a lot of bad sermons if they know you love
them. Boy was he right! He then added You cant just say you love
them. You must show you love them.
God seems to call two kinds of pastors these days. One is a Big
Rancher. He has 1000 acres to manage. He doesnt know all the sheep.
It is just too large. But He is the Rancher/Pastor.
Then there is the Shepherd/Pastor. He serves about 40 acres. He
knows all the sheep by name. This is the challenge. I have a
shepherd/pastor heart but God has grown us into a ranch of over
1000 sheep. My heart longs to know you by name and minister with
you. But the task is overwhelming at times.
Here is the solution. Remember how God and you both called me as
your Pastor? Well, it is both God and you that have enabled me to
be the Pastor. Without you I could not have lasted these 29 years.
Not even 29 days. God supplies the strength, but you have shared
the ministry load. You have visited, prayed, given, shared, worked
and ministered.
Guess what? That has been a key to Eastmonts strength all these
years. Not one or a few persons doing the work, but all the people
doing Gods work together. All without applause or attention. All
for the glory of God.
My Request. A community has to see and care for all of its
people. Sometimes those who need the most help, are the hardest to
see. Those who cry the least, often suffer the most. Im asking you
to do something very difficult. Im asking you to seek out those in
our church or our community who are in need. Find a way to
graciously encourage or help them. Maybe it is someone you havent
seen in years. Or maybe it is someone you pass each week. There is
an impulse to turn away from a beggar. We all have felt that. Im
asking you to continue to be the hands and feet of Christ. Just as
you have done this for the past 29 years, do it now even more. The
20 minutes you spend with someone can make an eternity of
difference for them and you.
In these years together I found something odd. The best way to
minister to you is not to focus entirely on your individual needs,
but to focus on the needs of others. There is nothing more
satisfying than making a positive eternal difference in the lives
of others. Lets continue that. Jesus and me is great. Jesus and we
is better.
Better Together,
Brother Mike
