Inside this issue:

WBA Fall Association Meeting 2

WMU News 2

BCM Update 3

Church News 3

Disaster Relief Training 4

Men's/Ladies Prayer Retreats 5

Haiti Vision Trip Report 7

Coastline Update 8

Janie Chapman Walkathon 6

October 2017

Volume 34, Issue 10

FROM YOUR DOM Important Dates: October 5—Pastor Appreciation

Event, CCU

October 13-14—SC Disaster Relief Training at White Oak Conference Center

October 16—WBA Association Meet-ing, Bakers Chapel Baptist Church

October 16—BOSSES Day

October 26—Leadership Track meets

October 30—DOM’s birthday

November 3-4—Ladies Prayer Re-treat at the FFA Camp

November 7-8—SCBC Annual Meet-ing in Columbia

November 17-18—Men's Prayer Retreat at the FFA Camp

CASTING THE VISION

I recently read the following and thought I would share it with you since October has been designated “Pastor Appreciation Month”. It is written by Daniel Case and is found at www.case-studies.com.

The month of October is “Pastor Appreciation Month,” a month in which we’re all being encouraged to “do something special” for our Pastors. This year, our church showed its deepest spiritual side by honoring our Pastor with a “Sunday Evening Fellowship,” a time when we all get together and eat (an important spiritual event in our tradition). A few folks said some really nice things about him, we had a lot of fun, and gave him a special love-offering. Other churches have done other things appropriate to them and their people to give their Pastors special honor. But—and you just knew there’d be a “but” here, didn’t you—I can’t help but wonder why it is that we actually need to have this “national observance,” with a month set aside to honor our church’s staff. Honestly, if you need a special event like “Pastor Appreciation Month” to show your ap-preciation and support for your Pastor, I think you’re in serious need of a “Spiritual Oil Change,” and maybe a tune-up, too. Why limit your encouraging words toward your Pastor to the month of October? Why wait for a “special event?” Why do we even need to have a “Pastor Appreciation Month” in the first place? Could it be that we need to soothe our aching consciences for all the times that we take our leaders for granted? I’ve had the privilege of being in close fellowship with a lot of Pastors. I’m afflicted with a “Pastor’s heart,” and have on a few occasions had the privilege of being the support person that a Pastor called on when he couldn’t go to his own flock for support. In fact, one of the best jobs I ever had (while it lasted) was one where I was working closely with dozens of Pas-tors, helping them to utilize my medium of choice (broadcasting) to enhance their ministries. Frankly, I’ve been appalled by some of the situations that these guys have to put up with. For some reason, many churches assume that the Pastor, as a person with a “Spiritual” vocation, doesn’t have to be paid as much as similar people in the community. Folks forget to factor in the “Pastor Tax” (Self- Employment tax) when they talk about sala-ries, and then they want to add up every single dime they pay—even for things like travel expenses, book allowances, and health insurance—and use THAT inflated figure (the “total package”) to compare to their own salaries. How many of us would like to have our employer decide that, since they pay $200 every month toward insurance, it’s fair for you to earn $2500 per year less than your peers in similar lines of work? Ridiculous as it might sound, it’s done all the time. The financial pressures can be difficult, but there are also perceptual stresses. Most folks believe Pastors ought to be perfect people, and they put them under the microscope regularly to examine them. Many of the folks in the pews are selfish, childish, and immature, and the Pastor is often found walking the “church politics tightrope” without a net. No matter what he does, someone goes away mad. Don’t forget to factor in the schedule. Pastors put in a lot of hard hours preparing sermons and teachings, and they are routinely rolled out of bed in the middle of the night because someone just died or was taken to the hospital. Now, I know that your church is different. Still, you’d be surprised how many Pastors are discouraged, overworked, overstressed, and under-supported. Continued on page 4

This summer the Sunburn Unit was busy from May 27 through Sep-tember 5th. 35 volunteers from 11 churches served at the unit, min-istering to 3,368 visitors from every state in the country as well as

from 20 other countries around the world. It is our prayer that through offering a “cup of cold water in Je-sus’ Name” many have been impact-ed for the King-dom.

Monday, October 16, 2017 Bakers Chapel Baptist Church

3261 Bakers Chapel Road Aynor, SC 29511

Meal begins at 6:00 p.m. Pre-session music at 6:45 p.m.

Meeting begins at 7:00 p.m. ($5.00 per person, payable at the door.)

Everyone is invited to attend, but only those messengers voted on by a member church are

eligible to vote on business.

Pray, Proclaim, Permeate was the theme for State Missions this year and the basis of activities at the 2017 Walk-a-Thon for Janie. Children, leaders, parents, and volunteers gath-ered on Saturday, September 23, at the Conway Recreation Center for fun, fellowship, and learning about missions, praying for missions, giving to missions, doing missions, and par-ticipating in the work of the church and the denomination. An offering of $313.00 was given for The Janie Chapman Offering for State Missions. We take great delight in these chil-dren, parents, leaders, and volunteers who gave so willingly and freely of their money and time to “walk for Janie!” Waccamaw WMU hopes at least two women from churches will attend a planning meeting on October 1, 3:00-4:30 pm, for “An Appalachian Christmas for Families in Kentucky” at Maple Fellowship Hall. Call 843 855 0787 for more information. Women and teenage girls are en-couraged to attend Carolina Women, October 6-7, at Fort Caswell, NC. A full program is planned for this event. To check registration status for Wait-ing List, call 803.227.6203. On November 6, Jamestown Bap-tist Church will host the Baptist Women’s World Day of Prayer. A meal ($5.00 payable at the door) at

am - 2:00 pm, $12.00 per person. What better way to begin your Christmas season than with time in prayer for international missions and spending time with one of those missionaries. This event will include concentrated times of prayer for missions, sharing from one of our IMB missionaries, lunch, fellow-ship, and a few other surprises. Plan to join us for this special time which is guaranteed to get you in the Christmas spirit, as well as stir your heart for the Season of International Missions! Registration ends Friday, December 1st! Mark your calendars for these events coming in 2018! January 27. “A Morning for Caring” (emphasis book event) at NMB First. February 11. “Tea for Two” Stirring Friendships at Maple. February 17. GA Brunch/Children‘s Missions Day at Buck Creek. We thank each and every Christ Follower for their generosity and willingness By All Means to follow His example; to step into the world around them; to cultivate relation-ships; and to create opportunities to demonstrate the love of Christ. God bless, Peggy Jones, WMU Director

5:30 pm, with program to follow. All Baptist Women are encouraged to at-tend and, in conjunction with “We’re Here for You” event, to bring a non-perishable food item to benefit a local ministry for Thanksgiving. Debby Akerman, former president of national WMU, is guest speaker. An offering for the North American Baptist Women’s Union will be taken. Reserve your seat by phone 843 855 0787 or email pjjones@sccoast.net by October 26. A new missions project this season is the South Carolina WMU “Christmas Backpacks for Appalachia.” The [state] goal is to collect 5,000 backpacks for distribution to children and youth (primarily in Ohio) in areas of need in December of 2017. The statewide col-lection will take place on Tuesday af-ternoon, November 7, at the 2017 South Carolina Baptist Convention meeting, Shandon Baptist Church in Columbia. If you have any questions regarding the Christmas Backpacks for Appalachia, call WMU at 803.227.6205 or wmu@scbaptist.org. Ongoing projects in Waccamaw in-clude the OCC shoeboxes for Operation Christmas Child, and the Christmas prisoner packets to be distributed in Columbia and the JRL Detention Cen-ter in Conway. Christmas at Camp LaVida will be held on Tuesday, December 5, 10:00

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WMU NEWS

WBA FALL MEETING SUNBURN UNIT SUMMER STATS

OCTOBER IS PASTOR APPRECIATION

MONTH Make sure your pastor knows he is loved and appreciated! Plan to recognize and honor

him sometime during the month of October.

Need some ideas?

Go to this link: http://www.lifeway.com/Article/

pastor-Ideas-for-Pastor-Appreciation-Month-in-October?intcmp=Pastor-

Appreciation-Landing-Page-Article-Links-20140917

Maple Baptist—Invites you to a planning meeting to discuss the opportunity to participate in “Appalachian Christmas for Families in Kentucky” on Sun-day, Oct. 1 at 3:00 p.m. Call Peggy Jones at 843-855-0787 for more information. Also, they are having Homecoming on October 8 beginning at 10:30 a.m. Rev Dalton “Buddy” Ward will be the speaker. Service will be followed by dinner on the grounds. Also, will host the Nativity Exposition December 1-3, For more infor-mation call Martha Ann Johnson (843) 365-3685 or visit www.maplebaptistchurch.com.

Mount Olive—Will celebrate Homecoming on Sun., Oct. 22

beginning at 11 :00 a.m. New fulltime pastor Stephen Vipper-man will bring the message and special music will be by former church member Chevelle Turner. A covered dish lunch will follow the service

Sweetwater Branch Baptist—Is having Homecoming on Sunday, Oct. 1 beginning at 10:00 a.m. There will be a slide show and dinner on the grounds following the service. Special speaker is Dennis Williams and special music will be by The Harring-tons. Also, they will have a Tur-key Shoot on Nov. 10 from 5-10 pm and on Nov. 11 from 1 pm until. Everyone is invited.

WBA CHURCH NEWS

are trying to engage our campus with the gospel and we are praying students will do that during this month, so pray for students to be bold in their gospel witness. Please pray secondly for a more consistent meeting space for our ministry. We face many hurdles in try-ing to find a permanent location and we are trying to find a home. We are also praying for more churches to come alongside and partner with us in tangi-ble ways, whether that is by prayer walking, providing a meal, or even fi-nancially committing to the ministry on a regular basis. I would love to meet with you and talk through what might work best for your congregation. Again, thanks for all you do to make reaching college students possible. We covet your prayers as we seek to impact campus for Christ.

Praying alongside you for college stu-dents, David Neace , BCM Director davidneace@hotmail.com

It is crazy to think that we are moving toward the mid-point of the semester. This semester has already been crazy with the evacuation from Irma and other strange scheduling incidents. However, we are not let-ting any of that try to prevent us from making kingdom impact on campus. At this point we have contacted and contacted students trying to get them connected, and now we pray, remain faithful, and hope God changes lives as we stay consistent in our presence on campus. If you have college stu-dents in your church, I would plead with you to make sure they are con-nected somewhere as well. It is easy for college students to simply disap-pear and it takes a team effort to en-gage our community neighbors! At the end of September, we took a team of seven to explore, part-ner, and engage the city of Pittsburgh on a mission vision trip. We partnered with a local church planter who gra-dated form CCU. He and his wife

have moved to the city and have planted, and we spent a weekend supporting and exploring how we could partner with him going for-ward. We are desperately trying to build a mission culture in our minis-try and we are hoping this is one way. As we move toward Novem-ber, we will be having our Fall Re-treat next month, and this is always

a pivotal time in our ministry. Please pray now for quality time with students as we seek to pro-vide an environ-

ment of growth. As always, we will have several students who would like to participate but aren’t finan-cially able to, so if you would like to provide a scholarship, please contact me. As we continue to pray for the ministry, here are several ways you can specifically pray. First, we

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BAPTIST COLLEGIATE MINISTRY UPDATE

Continued from Page 1 Please make it a point to do something special to encourage your Pastor. You’d be surprised how much just a little note of encouragement can do. Send flowers, send candy, or just send a note—the gift isn’t the important point. Let them know that you’re on their side, that you’re supporting them with prayer on a regular basis, and that you love them. They need to hear it. And, by the way, for those of us with multiple-staff churches, the same goes for every single staff member. They all experience the same sort of pressures. Don’t forget the Pastor’s wife, most important human being in your Pastor’s life. She’s the one that props him up when he doesn’t think he can go on, the one who he can confide in. She’s sees him at his worst—and at his best—and often makes the difference between success and failure. A husband and his wife arose one Sunday morning and the wife dressed for church. It was just about time for the ser-vice when she noticed her husband hadn’t moved a finger toward getting dressed. Perplexed, she asked, “Why aren’t you getting dressed for church?” He said, “Cause I don’t want to go.” She asked, “Do you have any reason?” He said, “Yes, I have three good reasons. First, the congregation is cold. Second, no one likes me. And third, I just don’t want to go.” The wife replied, wisely, “Well honey, I have three reasons why you should go. First, the congregation is warm. Second, there are a few people there who like you. And third, you’re the pastor! Get dressed!” Thank God, Church, for the leaders that He’s given us. We’d be in a world of hurt without them. Why wait for “Pastor Appreciation Month?” Right now would be a great time to do some random and spontaneous act of act of en-couragement and love for your Pastor. Because you want to, not because it’s “Pastor Appreciation Month.”

Your Co-laborer in the Lord,

Tommy Richardson, DOM

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SC Baptist Disaster Relief Training October 13-14, 2017

White Oak Conference Center Winnsboro, SC

New Volunteers—$50 Returning Volunteers—$35

Find more information at www.scbaptist.org/dr or call the WBA office.

CASTING THE VISION Page 4

REGISTER NOW….. WBA LADIES FALL PRAYER RETREAT Friday, November 3—Saturday, November 4, 2017 FFA Campground in Cherry Grove Are you in need of spiritual renewal? Do you need to reconnect with God? Do you need restoration? Would you like a renewed passion for prayer?

This is a retreat designed for ladies who are seeking a closer, more intimate relationship with the Lord through prayer. It will be a time of personal, small group and corporate prayer in a non-threatening environment. There will be two large group sessions in which scripture is shared to encourage preparation and practices of prayer. In addition, ladies will meet around the fire pit for a time of prayer and fellowship. Put these dates on your calendar now and plan to attend and bring someone with you! Registration forms are available on the WBA website or from the WBA office.. Cost will be $30.00 per person and will include meals, lodging and materials.

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WBA MEN’S FALL PRAYER RETREAT Friday, November 17—Saturday, November 18, 2017 FFA Campground in Cherry Grove

This will be a time for men of God to come apart for a while, seek God and just abide in His presence. This will be a time of prayer for each other, our churches, and our association. There will be times for personal prayer to connect with God, times of group interaction and times for intercessory prayer and praying for one another. Join us for a time of renewal and re-connection with God through prayer.

Cost is $30.00 per person and includes meals, lodging and materials.

Plan now to attend and bring a friend with you.

Call the WBA office if you have questions or want to register.

Both the ladies and men’s retreats will be held at the SCFFA camp located at 1069 FFA Circle Road off of Little River Neck Road in Cherry Grove. This is a rustic, but scenic location that will provide the opportunity to withdraw from the rigors of daily life and demands to commune with God in a beautiful, natural setting. Accommoda-tions will be bunk style dorms with single sized beds – from 6-10 people per room (upper and lower bunks).

2017 Janie

Chapman Walkathon

Pray, Proclaim, Per-meate was the theme for State

Missions this year and the basis of activities at the 2017

Walk-a-Thon for Janie. Children, leaders, parents, and volunteers

gathered on Saturday, September 23, at the Conway Recreation Center for fun, fellowship, and

learning about missions, praying for missions, giving to missions, doing missions, and participating in the work of the church and the denomination. An offering of

$313.00 was given for The Janie Chapman Offering for State Mis-sions. We thank program leaders, parents, leaders, volunteers and children who gave so willingly

and freely of their prayers, mon-ey, enthusiasm, and time to con-

tribute to the success of this year's

“Walk-a-Thon for Janie!”

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HAITI VISION TRIP REPORT A few weeks ago, Mark George (Pastor of Pleasant Meadow Baptist Church), Eddie Hill (Chaplain for Horry County Police Department), Tommy Richardson (Director of Missions, Waccamaw Baptist Association), and Benjy Hutson (Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church) were able to take a few days and visit the country of Haiti. This trip was birthed out of a desire to get our churches involved in ministering somewhere outside the United States. God has commanded us to have a global mindset about the Gospel. At times, I feel as though I operate with an “out of sight, out of mind” mentality when it comes to ministering to those around the world. I focus my attention on serving and taking the Gospel to those in and around me. However, if we are striving to be biblical in our outreach, we

need to be involved in ministering and taking the Gospel to those who are never out of the sight of God and who are, most certainly, not out of the mind of God. This includes every nation, not just ours. This includes going to places that are outside of Horry County, outside of South Carolina, and outside of the United States. This does not mean that we go to these “far away” places to the exclusion of taking the Gospel to our own county, state, and country, but it most certainly means that overseas missions is to be on our Gospel centered agendas. Dr. David Lanier from Southeast-ern Baptist Theological Seminary once said, “We have been given the same mission the disci-ples were given (Matthew 28:19-20), and we have better shoes.” Translation: Christ has com-manded us to go to the world and to make disciples and we have better means of getting there (cars, technology, planes, etc.). With this in mind, it should be noted that “From everyone who has been given much, much will be re-quired; and to whom they entrusted much, of him they will ask all the more.” (Luke 12:48) While in Haiti, we visited Haiti Christian Orphanage in hopes to develop a long term partnership with this organiza-

tion in order to make a long term Gospel impact in Haiti one orphan at a time. We met with Jasper, the orphanage owner and operator, and it was clear that his heart was to provide a place for these orphan boys to call home and ultimately a home that is leveraged for the sake of Christ and His Gospel. Jasper’s story of how God rescued him from a lifestyle of sin fueled his passion for a rescue min-istry for orphans. He spoke about the need of partners within United States to help with funding, building, and general planning. Having seen the condition of the orphanage, it was clear that the aforementioned needs are genuine. The or-phanage is a large place that could possibly serve up to 100 orphans, but the funds and partners within the United States are limited and thus, they are only able to serve 12 boys at the present time. We hope to change this. While there in Haiti, because of generous donations from the 4 Horry county churches involved, we were able to provide a month’s food supply along with school uniforms and school supplies for the coming year for the orphan boys and orphanage staff.

Four Horry county churches took up love offerings the Sunday before we left for Haiti, and through those gifts, we were able to meet multiple real physical needs. Imag-ine the impact that could be made if more churches were to be involved in a long term relationship with the or-phanage. Sure, we could meet physical needs through giving and going there on a regular basis, but think of the potential of real Gospel impact that exists within that orphanage. Unwanted little boys and little girls being taken in for the explicit purpose of sharing the good news of Jesus Christ for years to come. I implore you to pray seriously about how your church can be involved with this ministry. I pray God will use us, in the future, to be actively involved in ministering to these in Haiti and others throughout the world. After all, we are told in James 1:27, that “Pure and undefiled religion in the sight of our God and Father is this: to visit orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.” How are we doing?

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“Ask of me, and I shall give thee the

heathen for thine inheritance, and

the uttermost parts of the earth for

thy possession. “

Psalm 2:8

Greetings from Coastline!

Recently, we partnered with an organization called Pre-born. Pre-born is assisting Coastline Women's Center obtain an ultra-sound machine for our Myrtle Beach office. As you know, our mission at Coastline is to transform the lives of those we serve by sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ. So, when God aligned us with Pre-born it was no surprise their mission is the same! They visited our locations and spent time with our staff, volun-teers, and Board of Directors. They were very impressed with Coastline and approved the assistance we needed for the second machine! The greatest reward was during their visit they ignited even a greater passion in all our hearts to reach lost souls with the Gospel. Since last week we have celebrated 4 new salvations and 2 rededications!

To God Be the Glory! Forever and ever amen!

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Founder/CEO

1607 Ninth Avenue Conway, SC 29526 Phone: 843-248-9358 Fax: 843-248-3058 E-mail: contact@waccamawbaptist.org Website: www.waccamawbaptist.org

DOM—Tommy Richardson

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BCM Director—David Neace

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