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In This Issue

Pastor’s Study p1

Spaghetti Lunch p3

Media Center p4

Kids’ News p 5

VIPs p5

India p6

Upcoming Events p6

Meet our Staff

Member p7

Birthdays p7

Anniversaries p8

FROM THE PASTOR’S STUDY...

within India at least as an accepted

culture. To be a Christian in India

may just mean that you are not

Hindu, Buddhist, or Islamic. India

has 24 states at present but one of

the interpreters told me if a dispute

were to arise there may be 25 tomor-

row.

Following the service that day

we took another 4 hour bus ride up to

the Camp ground at Charala Kunnu on

the top of one of the Mountains in the

area. It was a beautiful area sur-

rounded by what looked to be sort of

a mountainous rainforest. The chil-

dren were eager to meet us and more

than happy to give us a photo oppor-

tunity.

We made

short work of

unloading and set-

ting up our rooms

for a meeting to

give us the logistics

for the week of

Camp.

The air horn sounded twice

every morning at 5am, once on the

east side of the campus and another

on the west side of the campus. The

.Ashaniketan

(Honoring God through Service)

On April 27, Sandy and I along

with 11 other missionaries headed off

for Kochi, Kerala, India. After passing

through the airport in Doha, Qatar,

Saudi Arabia we arrived in India. Even

though it was 4:30 in the morning, the

airport was packed with people.We

were taken by bus to Kottayam, Ker-

ala, India where we spent the day

making arrangements for services the

next day at the Saint Paul’s Church of

South India in Mooledom, Kerala. This

church was the Church where Raju

Samuel had attended while growing up

but never hear the Gospel of Jesus

preached there. The worship service

that morning was nothing more than a

service ritual where everyone who was

a member partook of the communion

service listened to a reading from

Psalms and a testi-

mony by the Asso-

ciate Pastor about

his year of educa-

tion at the semi-

nary.

Ke ra la i s a

“Christian” state

MESSENGER

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the camp all week and about 30%

of those attending made some

decision, whether responding in

repentance for salvation or rededi-

cation to the Lord. Some made

commitments to a missionary call

to spreading the Gospel of Jesus

Christ.

I had the privilege to

preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ

in India. Wow, I never dreamed

when the Lord called me to be a

pastor that I would personally be

preaching the Gospel in the utter-

most part of the earth,. Wow, the

first night I preached I was over-

whelmed at the faithfulness of the

Lord Jesus Christ. I broke down

before preaching and afterwards I

again was brought to tears over

how the Lord had used me. Wow,

life with the Lord is truly an ad-

venture.

After the week of Camp

we headed off for the Tailoring

and Computer Institute which is a

complete day away by bus. The

Institute is in another state called

Tamil Nadu which is a Hindu state.

The city where it is located is in

Palani, Tamil Nadu, India which

hosts a Hindu Temple which

houses a god that has an elephant

head with a human body with an

extra set of arms and hands.

When we arrived the people were

preparing for a Hindu festival. It

started early the next morning with

a constant banging of drums and

other instruments being played the

only thing that seemed to have any

consistent cadence was the drum—

the rest just seemed like chaos.

Stanley. who is the missionary at

Palani, wanted to take us to see

the temple which was on top of the

nearby mountain. But before we

went we wanted to make sure that

we would not be required to wor-

ship. We were just going to see

the spectacle. We did but we did

not make the trek up the mountain

on foot, we rode in a cable gondola

to the top of the mountain. The

blindness of these people in their

worship of their god was com-

pletely heart breaking. We just

wanted to shake them to wake

them up

from the

blind fool-

i s h n e s s

that they

had given

them and

their chil-

dren to in

this wor-

children were up and eager to be-

gin each and every day of the week

even on the last day we were there

when we were exhausted. Devo-

tions, morning quiet time before

breakfast which was at 8:00 am.

We had two Bible stidy ses-

sions and tea time followed by

lunch at 1:00 pm. The afternoon

consisted of two more Bible study

times for the older children and a

Bible study and craft time for the

younger ones with tea time and

afternoon play time of games

which were designed to reinforce

the Bible Study times. The India

counselors had what they called

“two by two” time where they were

sharing the gospel directly with the

students, one on one.

The evening consisted of

worship beginning at 6:30 pm and

finishing between 8:30 and 9pm

followed by supper and another

praise time and finally off to bed.

It was exhausting but the children

never seemed tired at all; however

we Americans were running on

empty by the end of the week.

We had a great week of

camp. We had 260+ students at

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With Special Thanks To My Church Family

Thank you to our Church Family

Thank You… Spring Woods Baptist Church

for you fantastic support of the Spaghetti Lunch Fundraiser for the Student Summer Activities. On Saturday, May 19th during the lunch we collected

$1015.00. WOW! Now the student leaders can have funds to support the Christian activities for the students through out the summer. You can con-tinue to donate for this cause as you feel led.

In Christ,

The Student / Youth Committee

ship. Many groups looked like generations of families living in the same darkness. Stanley looked at us

at one point, with a sad heavy heart and said, “this is my mission field”. Stanley had been taken a few

months earlier by Hindus and was beaten and saturated with kerosene to be burned. But the authorities

came along and caused the people to flee. Praise the Lord for God’s provision of deliverance.

The traffic is something to see. We saw whole families of 5 riding together on one motorcycle.

They were sitting everywhere and yes some of them were very small children and none of them had hel-

mets. The marks for lanes are only suggestive and the horns must break down regularly because of their

overuse. Horns are blown with every breaking and acceleration. There is a vast population in need of the

Gospel of Jesus Christ which compel us to continuje to work there. Pray for Bro. Raji and the missioms

because the Lord is using them and the need is so very great.

We want to thank you again for all the prayers as well as the financial support that was given to

enable Sandy and I to go together on this mission trip. This was an experience I am so very greatful to

have had the privilege of having my wife by my side during the trip. As much as I wish you could under-

stand all the things we experienced I know beyond a shadow of doubt that my words to paint the picture

and even the Holy Spirit to convey my heart to you has only dulled in comparison to being there. Praise

the Lord who has done great things, He deserves all the praise and glory for it all.

Bro Jerry and Sandy

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NEW MEDIA IN THE LIBRARY

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VIPs for June

KID ’ S NEWS

3-Jun 10-Jun 17-Jun 24-Jun

RP-Faith Ellis-Edgley RP- Denise Traphagan RP-Rae Parker RP-Tan Tang

Wendy Mancuso Joyce Ritchie Sandy Mayfield Martha James

James McLin Betsy Green Judy Arnette Whitney AquinoJohnnie Mae McLin Regina Horton Daisy Hebert Amanda MaynardCandace Edgley Hope Tang

School is out and I'm ready for summer. How about you? This summer your Sunday School teachers have a few things planned for you. Be sure and be in SS every Sunday to find out what is happening for the month!

This month we are continuing our study about Jesus ministry. We will learn how Jesus calmed the storm. Next we will hear about the time Jesus fed five thousand men plus women and children. The next two Sundays we will study some of the parables. First will be the parable of the sower then the last Sunday we will talk about three parables found in Luke, chapter 15.

We will learn one of my favorite Bible verses this month. It is found in Psalm 107:1 and it says: "Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever." Isn't that wonderful verse to remember? God's love endures forever, not just some- t i m e s , but forever!

Nora Bonham

Children's Director (SS and Children's Church)

GOOD BYE!

School Bus

Thank you SWBC for all your

Prayers and Support

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It is sometimes hard to just say thank you when you want to use so many

other words that simply do not exist because iit seems that a simple thank

you is not enough. But in saying that, we would like to thank you for ALL

of your support on our recent Mission Trip to India! God of course was so

good, as He always is. We were able to see the Lord change 54 lives by

receiving His abundant grace, mercy and forgiveness along with 34 rededi-

cations to walk before Him holy again.

Please continue to pray for the Indian people that are surrounded by false

gods at every turn and also suffer consequences for their walk with Christ.

The Lord showed us that there is persecution for standing for Him but none that we have seen here

in America which launches us forward in doing His work here in our community. This must be the

reason that Paul encouraged Timothy to stand strong and to understand that it would be difficult

and to be encouraged in doing the work of the Lord.

We are blessed to be a part of a body of Christ that sends out missionaries to spread the Word of

God to the uttermost parts of the world. There are no words that would be sufficient in explaining

how blessed we were to be participating in that work!

Keep praying for the people of India and for the leaders that the Lord has put into place there as they go about the work of the Lord as He commanded. May we also get to going about the work that He has placed us in as a body of Christ in the community that He has given to us!! Love you all and am blessed to call you our church family!

Bro .Jerry and Sandy

June 3 Upward Soccer Celebration

June 7 Quilt & Crafts

Photography Group

June 10 Quilt & Crafts

June 17 Father’s Day, Andrew Preaching

June 19-20 Southern Baptist Convention

New Orleans

June 21 Quilt & Crafts

Photography

June 28 Quilt & Crafts

Upcoming Events to Watch

For in June

P A G E 7Welcome to our Newest Staff Member

Lisa Mahaffey is the newest face in the Nursery Wing. f the name sounds familiar to you there is good reason. She is the wife of Robert Mahaffey, our previous drummer accompanist. She has been hired as a Nursery / Preschool Worker for SWBC and began on Wednesday, May 30th. Lisa comes to SWBC with previous nursery work experience in both churches and day care facilities. Please stop by the Nursery and welcome Lisa to SWBC. Who knows, maybe we will get to see more of her husband Robert, too.

June Birthdays

Janel Wayeh June 2

Lou Dayton June 6

Dennis Moore June 6

Buddy Thweatt June 6

Kathleen McConathy June 9

Phyllis Lathrum June 10

Bethany Maynard June 10

Jack Mayfield June 12

Faith Ellis-Edgley June 17

Jan Dobbs June 18

Jo Ann Rizzo June 18

Lorna Estep June 24

Gina Fikes June 24

Candace Edgley June 25

Louise Miller June 25

Donna Moore June 25

Stan McBee June 27

Mary Wilson June 27

Cheryl Andrews June 30

Mandy Bullock June 30

June Taylor June 30

Address Service Requested

June Family Birthdays

and Anniversaries

As He leads you into another year covered

by His grace and filled with His love,

may your heart feel even more in His Joy.

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Staff emails

Jerry Mayfield, Pastor jerrylmayfield@aol.com

Jerry Williams, Music jerrywilliams@travelleaders.com

Donna Moore, Programs dmooreswbc@gmail. com

June Anniversaries

Dennis and Donna Moore

June 5, 1977

Stan and Ann McBee

June 11, 1994

Robert and Stacey Greaney

June 16, 2001

Lonnie and Laura Payne

June 25, 1077

Mark and Jan Dobbs

June 26, 1999

Carol and Linda Nixon

June 29, 1968

saries

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